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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23

The sixth annual concert Of the
musical organizations of the Jun
ior-Senior High School will be
held this evening, Friday, May %,
at 8 D. m. Those taking part are I:
JuRiOr-Seni0r High School
Orchestra
Violins-Herbert Reynolds, Ger
aldine Temin, Janet Stayton, Susan
Argo, Betty Walls, Rachel Davis.
Verna Lodge, Beulah Armour, Dor
is Watson, Florence Bennett. Anna
Pierce. Frances Pettyjohn, Jimmy
Clements, Howard Kitchens, Leon
Donovan, John Geyer, Wanda VIII
kie, Florence Pearce, Clarence Der
rickson, Cordelia Jones, Adele War
rem, Doris Sockrider.
Pianos-Betty Small, Marguerite
William, Mildred Derrickson.
Cello-Virginia Geyer.
Trumpet-Bill Manlove.
Clarinets-Jean Mills, Margaret
Williams, Dolphus wilkins.
Saxophones-Gerald Rogers, Bill
Adkins, Irwin Salmons.
Bass viol-Grace Olson.
Juni0r.SeniOr High School Girls
GIee Club
Jessie Cahall, Betty Wootten,
Eleanor Geyer, Lorraine Newhouse,
Stella Jane Kenton, Bertha Wilson,
Irene Griffith, Janet Benson, Louise
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Several Joined State
Home Guard Monday
Milford Led Lower Part OF State
With 25 Enlistments

Twenty-Five men of this com.
munity Joined the State Home
Guard here on Monday evening
and additional enIistments expect
ed next Monday evening will bring
the unit UP to the full allotted
strength of 88 men and officers.
Former Battery F commander
Captain Anthony S. Summers is
conducting the recruiting, and will
undoubtedly head the new organi-
cation when officers are selected
June 13. Former Lieutenant ]. Hol-
land Prettyman, one of the first
men to sign up Monday evening, is
expected to be the company's
choice for first lieutenant.
The new guard is allowed under
provisions of recent laws enacted
by Congress and the Delaware Leg
islature, and is being formed to re-
place the National Guard while the
latter is federalized.
To be eligible to join a man must
be between the ages of Is and IS,
and in good health. Service will be
for one year or less, uniforms will
be issued, and rifles and sidearms
have been requistioned.
Drills will be held Monday eve
ming and the men will be thorough
ly instructed in military discipline
and first aid.
Among the enlistments Monday
evening were government, employ
ees, farmers, former army officers,
clerks, statesmen, etc., all eager and
willing to do their bit for their
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Is Fourth Consecutive
Triumph For Milford
Resident; Had Total of
Sixty-twO Points.

Mrs. John P. Steward won tht
sweepstakes prize at Milf0rd's
COMMUNITY Flower Show held in
tthe Community Building last wed.
nesday, Thursday and Friday. Mrs
Steward has won the sweepstakes
Of the last four consecutive flower
shows that have been held in Mil
ford.
For the three days of the show
this year she piled up a total OF
81 points.
Mrs Watson Shew of Lincoln was
second with 38 points; Mrs. A. C.
Houston, third, with SO points, and
Mrs. Paris G. Kirby, fourth, with
"a points.
The awards made last Friday
were:
Red, white and blue arrangement
First, Mrs. Steward, Mrs. Kirby,
Mrs. Shew; second, Mrs. Wilker-
son.
Flower shrub-First, Mrs. Stew
ard, Mrs. Houston, Mrs. Ray War
rem; second, Mrs. J. S. Willis, Mrs.
SneWs Lnlfu, MrS. hIfDy.
Victorian vase arrangement =
First, Mrs. Steward, Mrs. Houston;
second, Mrs. Shew.
Under water arrangement
First, Miss Frances Lammey, Mrs.
Kirby, Mrs. J. S. Willis, Mrs. Stew
ard; second, Mrs. Houston.
Simple sprays-First, Mrs. Stew
ard and Mrs. Shew; third, Mrs.
Houston.
Open arrangements-First. Mrs.
Kirby and Mrs. Wilkerson.
Buffet table arrangement-First,
Miss Frances Lammey, Mrs. Robert
Kirby and Mrs. Joseph Isaacs.
Occasional tables-First, Mrs.
Hoey Farrow and Mrs. Steward.
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
9th annual School
Concert Here onight
Musical Organizations OF JuniOr-SeniOr High
School viii ShOw Result Of Years Training
Under Direction OF William E.. Miller

Burlingame, Geraldine Temin, Nor.
ma Lee Kern, Betty Monroe, Gladys
Kemp, Virginia Deputy, Agnes
Lynch, Wanda Wilkie, Doris Wilk-
erson, Lorraine Mills, Ida Mil
bourne, Betty Brimer, Kathleen
Jones, Mary Barbarski, Isabelle
Beebe, Janice Truitt, Charlotte Ann
Bennett, Florence Lynch, Virginia
Lee Hunt, Margaret Ann Warner,
Anna Mae Draper, Lorraine Mills,
Yvonne Hollis, Elizabeth Ann Hdus-
ton, Betty Jane Palmer, Jean Mills,
Jerry Calhoun, Marilyn Jamison,
Jean Kitchens, Daisy Bowen, Clara
Jean Lank, Dorothy Bennett, Dor
othy Wallace, Dorothy Derrickson,
Mae Fox, Barbara Fox, Catherine
Argo, Betty Vinyard, June Joseph,
Ethel Carpenter, Hazel Griffith,
Grace Clark, Sara Ann Lynch,
Phyllis Harrison, Alberta Belts,
Frances Stokes, Audry Wisseman,
Doris Cahall, Naomi Coverdale,
Verna Lodge, Doris Welsin, Elsie
Wintjen, Helen Sherwood, Dolores
Mccullough, Ruth Hellens, Delma
Argo. Geneva Hastings, Helen
Ann Lodge, Bernice
Jean wilkins, Billie Burns,
Ann Mccullough, Betty Lou Han
son, Grace Olson, Betty Lou Elliott,
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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Fires Keep Carlisle
Company On The Run
Four In Half Hour Period
On Wednesday Provided
Plenty Of Excitement

Four fires, all breaking out with
in a half hour of the alarm for the
first, kept Milford's three fire trucks
and a corps of volunteer firemen
busy Wednesday afternoon.
A stubborn blaze started at the
municipal dump on Fisher avenue
In the heart of the industrial Sec
ton at 4:15 o'clock. Brisk winds
famed the flames, carrying sparks
to adjacent properties and threat
ening the j. H. Mulholland Com
pany and Vinyard shipyards.
Firemen. brought this blaze under
control in a four-hour fight.
In the meantime a garage in the
rear of a property owned by Mrs.
Still on Fisher avenue, South Mil
ford, caught fire and was partially
consumed. Damage included the
burning of a pile of wood.
A second garage, belonging to
James Raughley, was ignited by
sparks and partially destroyed.
Damage to the two garages was es-
timated between two and three
hundred dollars.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Kent Club Women To
Hold Picnic, May 26
Affair VIII Be Held In Richardson
Park In State Capital

On Monday. May rs, the club
women of Kent county will get to
gether for. a picnic. Mrs. A. C.
Frear, the vice president of the
county, has made plans for the pic
mic to be held in Richardson Park
at Dover, beginning at noon. In
dividual box lunches will be
brought by everyone, but coffee
will be supplied by the committee.
provided the club members bring
their own cups. An entertainment
committee has arranged for a
pleasant afternoon for all who are
present. This picnic was decided
upon several months ago at the
suggestion of Mrs. Frear and will
make fine wind-up for the calen-
dar year Of the Kent county clubs.
Coming as 1t will, between National
Convention and the State Conven-
ton to be held at Rehoboth on June
and 5. there will be much club
work to be discussed In general
way. Every club is urged to come
Tor the afternoon, bring lunch and
have a good time.
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Racing Leaders
Support Sport
Delaware Park
Season Opening N ext
Friday, May 80, Is
Amply Supported By
Jockey Club.

The extent to which Delaware
Park raving, scheduled to open
on Memorial Day, May 80, is sup
ported by the leaders in racing, is
we'll illustrated by the number OF
members of the Jockey Club who
have made nominations for one or
more OF the fourteen stake events,
The Jockey Club is an organization
of. fifty men, formed in 1894, and
devoted to the ideals of the sport.
It is credited with the revival of
racing in the last century, and with
the, maintenance of high standards
since.
I, Many Of the widely known horses
at present filling the public eye are
colorbearers for Jockey Club mem
bers. Whirlaway. generally accept
ed as the leading three-year-old is
owned by Warren Wright's Calumet
Farm and is an eligible for Della
wares $4,000 Kent Handicap,
scheduled to be run Saturday, June
IA. Moreover, Mr.. Wright is the
leading nominat0r for the Delaware
ftwo-year-old stakes.
Chairman of the Jockey Club is
William Woodward who races un-
der the name, Belair Stud Best
known perhaps of his current, col
orbearers is Fenelon who is an ELI
gible for the $4,000 Sussex Handi-
cap set for Saturday. June 81. Other
of Mr.. Woodward's eligibles are
End, an English refugee
horse, and Greville, Perisphere,
Bolivar and Snow Moon.
Leading nominator for DeIaware's
stakes is Fl Ambrose
Clark, for years a member of the
Jockey Club and an outstanding
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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Poppy Essay Contest
Winners Announced
Virginia Hunt And Lee Smith WIN
Receive Annual Awards

After a lapse of several years
during which there was no state or
national contest, the Milford Post
and Auxiliary of the American Leg
ion decided to sponsor a local Pop
py Essay Contest in the school.
This year it was conducted in the
English classes of the seventh
grade, Mrs. Ruth Nemesh, instruc-
tor. Prizes of $3.50 each will be
awarded to the winners, the Legion
donating the boys prize and the
Auxiliary the girls.
The judges, Miss Edith Simpson,
Mrs. Helen Legar and Anthony
Summers, reported a group of ex-
cellent essays. The prizes were won
by Virginia Hunt and Lee Smith;
honorable mention, Jimmy Peter
man and Nina Austin. The Legion
and Auxiliary wish to congratulate
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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Fire Truck
Chassis Has
Been Ordered
One-Third Of Necessary
Funds In Hand; Rural
Contribution Lacking ;
Drive Intensified.

According to a report made pub
lie this week, one-third of the mon
ey necessary to purchase the new
rural fire truck has been raised
This means that the firemen have
raised $1,000, with $4,000 still tC
go.
This money has been raised by
the young members of the fire COM
pany by square dances and dona-
tions, the subscribers being listed
at the end of this article.
To save money on the truck and
fire fighting equipment to do on it,
the orders have been placed to
guarantee the Carlisle Fire Com
pany against rise in prices.
The XII international three-ton
should be delivered in ap-
proximately three to four weeks.
1t will not, however, be taken over
by the fire company until 1t is
finally paid for.
The pump and other equipment
is being purchased on the same
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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
May Music Festival
At Avenue Church
Third Annual Affair To Be Held
Sunday Evening At $500 O'clock

The third annual May musical
festival by the Junior Choir of the
Avenue Methodist Church, this
city, will be held in the church au-
ditorium this Sunday evening, May
25, starting at eight o'clock.
The program follows:
Organ prelude.
Holy, Holy, Holy-Processional,
by the choir and congregation.
Invocation-Dr. Frank Herson.
The Heavens Are Telling - Ar
thur A. Boettger.
Lift Up Your Heads - Virgil P.
Cassaday, by the choir.
Evening and Morning-Spicker.
ave Marie" from Cavalleria
Rusticana-Mascagni, Miss Flor
ence Horn, guest soloist.
o Worship The Lord-William j.
Kirkpatrick.
For The Beauty OF The Earth
Harry Hale Pike, the choir.
Offertory: Barcarolle-P. Tschai-
kowsky, Mrs. Edward T. Hurley.
The Good Shepherd - Van de
Water; The Publican-Van de Wa
ter, Mr.. Howard E. Holland, guest
soloist.
The Pilgrims OF The Night -
Henry Parker. Miss Charlotte Ry-
der, soprano; Mr.. Charles Curtis
tenor, and the Senior
Choir, guests.
The Ministry of Music - DR..
Frank Herson.
Now The Day Is Over - Joseph
Double Sextet: Margaret
Elaine Townsend. Nettie
Whaley, sopranos; Sue Munson,
Doris Sockrider, Adele Warren,
altos; James Clements, Roy Man
owe, Claud Tease, tenors; William
Howard Kitchens, Thomas
Faix, bassos.
Press On, o Pilgrims-Austin
Niles, Elaine Townsend. soprano.
md the choir.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
VOTE ON DAYLIGHT
SAVING ON TUESDAY

At a special meeting of Mil
ford City Council held Tuesday
afternoon, 1t was decided by
Council to call for a referen-
dunn on the question of chang
ing or retaining the present
system of time. According to
Council much interest has been
shown in having Milford go on
daylight saving, while there is
also a group favoring the re-
tention of standard time.
The special election to de-
eide the issue will be held next
Tuesday. May "a, and the polls
will be open from IL noon until
six o'clock. all residents of the
city, 21 years of age or over, are
entitled to cast a ballot.
If the vote favors daylight
saving, the same will go into
effect Saturday midnight, May
81.
Judges for the election will
be selected from the Rotary
Club, the Kiwanis Club, and
the Chamber of Commerce.
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Sears Launches Drive
To Sell u. S. Cotton
sos Retail Stores, 10 Mail Order
Plants Unite In Effort

The biggest drive to stimulate
the consumption of cotton ever
undertaken by Sears, Roebuck and
Company has been launched by the
firms ten mail order plants and
595 retail stores, H. A. Ulrich,
Sears Dover manager, announced
today.
The company has begun the mall
ing Of 100000 "fyers' or mid
season saiesbooks which biazoned
National Cotton Week." May 16-
%, and called special attention to
a large number of items in which
cotton is used. The retail stores,
cooperating with the Institute of
Distribution, the Cotton Consump-
ton Council and the Cotton Tex
tile Institute, are engaged in a
vigorous Cotton Week campaign of
merchandising advertising and dis
play.
A study of the company's efforts
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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
ManyPastors
Are Changed
BY Peninsula
Methodists.
Sixty-Seyen Are IncIud-
ed In List Of Appoint
ments Read By Bishop
Adna w. Leonard AS
Conference Closes.

Sixty-seven changes were made
among pastors In the list of ap-
pointments announced on Monday
by Bishop Adna W., Leonard, as the
Peninsula Conference OF the Meth
odist Church came to a close.
The Rev. Oliver J. Collins, who
has been pastor at st. PauPs
Church, Wilmington. was named
superintendent Of the Wilmington
district succeeding DR.. w. e. Gun
by, who was assigned to Ebenezer
Church at Easton, Md. The Rev.
EsselI P. Thomas, who has been at
Ebenezer, is assigned to st. PauI's
Church In Wilmington.
The Rev, Ralph o. Jones, who
has been at Brandywine Church,
Wilmington, was named superin-
tendent of the Salisbury district,
succeeding DR.. John ]. Bunting,
who has been designated as pro-
motional director OF education. The
Rev r. T. Thawley. who has been
at Selbyville, goes to the Brandy
wine Church, Wilmington.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
ent
Approves Site
+ or Airport
Huge Tract Close To
Georgetown Selected !;
Expected To Be Ready
Within Three Months.


The Civil Aeronautics Admins
tration has tentatively approved a
S9O-acre tract of land, about one
and a half miles southeast Of
Georgetown, as the site for the pro-
posed Sussex county airport and If
plans for the construction move
along as rapidly as expected, the
port will be finished within three
months.
Capable of accommodating the
heaviest bombers Of the American
army and also located to serve the
commercial interests Of Sussex
county, the airport Is expected TO
cost upwards Of half a million dol
lars.
The land will be purchased by
the Sussex County Levy Court
through bond issue, as authorized
by an enabling act passed by the
General Assembly. The federal gov
ernment through the CAA and
probably with considerable WPA
labor will build the port and hang
ars. The responsibility of opera
ton will remain with the Sussex
County Levy Court.
Site Is Praised
At recent conference in George
town by Levy Court Commission
ers, State WPA Administrator Ben
jamin Ableman, Franklin J. Butz,
representing a citizens committee,
and two high officials of the CAA-
Hervey F. Law, regional air engi-
neer and Albert H. Vessel, district
air engineer-it was declared that
the site selected is probably one of
the best on the Atlantic seabOard.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Orchard Spray Notes
Mailed Out By Wilson
Kent County Agent Furnishes Or.
chardists With Seventh Edition

During the early part of this
week Kent county fruit growers re-
ceived from the Office of County
Agent Russell E. Wilson the sew
enth edition of orchard spray notes
in regard to the recommended in
sect and disease control measures
for apple and peach orchards at
this season of the year.
The information contained in this
edition of spray notes was prepared
by DR.. L. A. Stearus, Entomologist;
and S. L. Hopperstead, Assistant
Plant Pathologist, of the Delaware
Experimental Station, and includes
interesting data concerning codling
moth emergence and activities of
the peach curculio in this area. AL
thought the nights have been cool,
weather conditions in general have
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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Kent All Picnic At
Dover Tomorrow
Annual Event WIN Be Held Al
Silver Lake Park

Final arrangements have been
made for the Kent county All pic
mic tomorrow, Saturday, May "a
according to Helen L. Comstock,
county All agent The picnic will
be held in the Silver Lake Park
beginning at 10:30 O'Clock, E: S. T..
The program will begin with a
circle formation in charge of Will
lard Hickman. local leader of the
Clayton All clubs. This will be a
surprise feature. Following this
Kenneth Baker, farm management
specialist from the University of
Delaware, will address the assem-
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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Balloting To Decide
Wheat Market Quotas
Saturday, May 81, Has Been Set
Aside For Voting

On Saturday, May 81. farmers in
Delaware will join with farmers
throughout the country to decide
whether or not there will be wheat
marketing quotas.
R. o. Stelzer, executive officer
for the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration in Delaware, re-
ports that every wheat community
in the nation will have its polling
place on the last day of this month.
And three local wheat farmers will
be at each of these community vot-
ing places to conduct the referen-
dunn.
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Evergreen Forest Makes Fine
Showing At atlantic City

quarters are in Milford. made the
best appearance ever made by the
down state forest, as it swung
jauntily down Atlantic avenue and
the boardwalk headed by its 30
piece band in its colorful military
uniform of garnet under the baton
OF Assistant Band Leader Chester
Stroup. The forests rangers in
their attractive blue and white uni
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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23

Five thousand members of the
Tall Cedars of Lebanon, represent
ing rs forests from different parts
Of the United States, with twenty
bands and drill units presented a
colorful parade in Atlantic City, N.
j., last Saturday afternoon climax
ing the Ssth annual convention of
the fraternity.
Evergreen Forest No. 40 of Kent
and Sussex counties whose head
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
New Appointments
For Conference Year
Rev. DR.. Frank Hsrson Returns To
Milford For 10th Consecutive Year

Following is the complete list OF
appointments announced by Bishop
AdnA w. Leonard at the close of the
Peninsula Conference of the Meth
odisE Church on Monday:
Denotes change.
Wilmington District
Oliver J. Collins, superintendent,
Bethel and Town Pont-G George
H Murphy.
Cecil Circuit--W. F. Bauscher.
Cecilton--C. M. Griffeth. !.
Charleston-R. w. Hopkins.
Cherry HILL. L. POWELL
chesapeake City-H, 7. Caldwell
Chester Eethel~-W. q. Habbart
scbristiana- Walter A. Glass.
Claymont- q. Stanley Lowell.
sDelaware City Edward ]. Hemp
hill Jr.
'Ebenezer-George W. Goodley,
Jr.
Elk Neck-L. L. Knots. supply.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Berry Festival At
Salisbury Next Week
SenOrita Pulg From Ecuador VIII
Be Crowned Queen

An international atmosphere will
be given the first Eastern Shore
Strawberry Celebration in Sails
bury with the arrival next week of
the Queen who will preside over
the affair. The Queen is to be
Senorita Eugenia Sosa Puig, niece
of Senior Captain Colon Eloy Alta
no, Ambassador from the Republic
of Ecuador to the United States.
Senorita Eugenia Sosa Puig to-
gether with her mother and several
friends from Washington will be in
Salisbury for the three day cele-
bration which starts at noon on
Thursday, May 29. The invitation
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Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, May IA, To
Tuesday, May 20, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following atmospheric conditions
prevailed in this vicinity from
Wednesday, May IA, to Tuesday.
May 20. inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23

Score by innings:
Caesar Rodney % 90 90 0 90
Milford 40 3 10 1 x-1S
Errors: Rash, Cubbsge 2, Cling,
Bennett.
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
High School Defeats
Caesar Rodney, 1870
Everyone On Milford Team Made
One Or More Hits In Debacle

The Milford High School base
ball team, recognized champions of
lower Delaware, set their sights
here Tuesday afternoon and rout-
ed the Caesar Rodney team, Is 20 0.
Horace Wiley worked the hill for
Milford, allowing bat three scratch
hits, and played his usually good
game afield.
The box score:
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Temperature

Total Rainfall ...... .21
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
nerind.
Milford chronicle., 1941-05-23
Prevailing
Wind

Prevailing
Wind
May IA, East-Partly Cloudy
May Is, West-Partly Cloudy
May 16, Northwest-Partly Cloudy
May II, West-Partly Cloudy
May IS, Northwest-Clear
May 10, Northwest-Clear
May 20, Northwest-CIear
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
BRITISH BOMBERS
ATTACK 3 PORTS
Continued From Page One)

docks at Boulogne" and the coastal
command raided docks at Calais.
In the Boulogne attack, the min
istry said, many large fires were
started and later aircraft W e r e
able to distinguish the bursting OF
their bombs in the flames.
At Rotterdam, the ministry said,
bombs were seen to burst in the
docks area.
Oil installations, airdromes and
an unnamed inland port were
among the targets reported
bombed in the western Ruhr ac-
ton, which the ministry called "a
considerable attack"
Ground haze made observation
difficult, but a large number of
the bombs we're seen to explode
in the target area, causing many
fires" the communique reported.
The British acknowledged five
planes were missing from these
offensive operations.
German air activity over Eng
land was reported confined to at
tacks by single Nazi aircraft, of
which one was reported shot down
in the e off the south coast.
Bombs were dropped in three
places in London during a brief
air alarm. Some damage to houses
and a small number Of casualties
were reported in London and east
Anglia. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
COL. C. r. w. MORRISON

COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. 16.-LR-
Col. Charles Ridgley White Morrison,
66, former senior instructor of the
South Carolina National Guard, died
here today after an extended illness.
Col. Morrison, born in Baltimore,
Md, was at one time a member of
the "old Fifth" regiment of Mary
land, and served in it during the
war with Spain.
During his military service he
served in Alaska, the Philippines,
Mexico with General Pershing, and
overseas during the World war. He
senior instructor of the Ma
tional Guard in South Carolina for
seven years, until 1888.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-17
TROOPS READY
China, Feb. !

~CHUNGKING, China, Feb. 16.
-R-Central news, an agency Of
the Central Chinese government,
claimed authoritative informa-
ton" today that six Japanese di-
visions now are stationed in Can
ton, Hainan Island, French Indo-
China and the Spratly Islands, and
four divisions in Formosa.
(Using the customary $4,000 men
for an infantry division as the basis
Of calculation, this Japanese force
would number $50, 900 men,
Central news said the forces
were commanded directly by gen.
eral headquarters in Tokyo and
that the four Formosa divisions
include two fresh from Japan and
one from Manchuokuo.
Such a disposition of troops
would appear to be in prepared
ness for any eventuality in Japan's
"southward drive for a greater
East Asia" sphere of influence.
The Spratly Islands lie in the
China Sea about midway between
North Borneo and the French Indo-
China naval base at Cam Ranh
Fay. Observers have said the JAP
anese might S them as the base
for a blockade to cut off the British
Gibraltar of the East, Singapore,
800 miles away, or for a move on
Ranh, or Saigon, metropolis
of Southern Indo-C China.