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Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

Last week the people of Milford
were outdoing themselves in the way
of social events. The Misses Davis
entertained at a bridge luncheon on
Tuesday afternoon; on Thursday,
Mrs. Allan Jones gave a bridge par
ty, at which there were seven tables,
and on Saturday, Miss Mildred Truitt
about forty of her young
friends at bridge and five hundred.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

Representative White has intro
duced bill in the Legislature to
reduce the maximum speed of au-
tomobiles in open country from
twenty to fifteen miles per bouz
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

Senator H. A. dupont entertained
the members of the Legislature at
dinner yesterday noon.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

j. Cow Evans, of Cambridge, Md,
spent a few days with his parents
this week.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

The new Levy Court for Sussex
county met this week and organized
by electing James Harry Reed, of
Ellepdale, as president, and Joseph
l.. Cahall as attorney.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
H. Davis was a scene of merriment
last Friday evening when many of
their friends called to help them
celebrate their nineteenth wedding
anniversary.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

The local troop of Boy Scouts
went to Dover on Monday even
ing by bus to attend the District
"Anniyersaree. The Tenderfoot
team of Burton Coverdale, Jim
my Peterman, Henry Pusey and
Tommie Baxter won first place
in the Knot Tying Contest. The
troop received the award for ad-
vaneing the most scouts from the
Tenderfoot ranks during 1910.
These boys are supervised by
Henson Evans as scout master,
and have shown their enjoyment
of scouting by the advances they
have. made. The same group of
boys, young and older ones, gave
the program at the monthly
meeting Of the Milford Parent
Teacher Association meeting,
held in the high school auditor
ium on Wednesday evening.
SO
The Milford group of Business
and Professional Girls Club, of
the District of Delaware, Y. W.
c. A., will hold its February din
ner meeting on Tuesday, the
eighteenth, at Poplar Grove Res
taurant All members planning
to go to the meeting will meet in
front Of Plaza Theatre at 5.45
sharp. At the meeting there will
be an installation of the newly
elected officers for the year 1941
and a good representation of
members is urged. The meeting
will also end the Pal Club for
1910 season. Members will pre-
sent their Pals with gifts before
a new club will be started for
the coming year. An interesting
meeting has been planned and it
is suggested that all members
be presented to welcome the new
officers.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

The hospital benefit card party
wiIl3be held in the Community
Building two weeks from to-
night, the twenty-eighth, begin
ming at eight. Not only will
bridge be played but the COM
mittee is arrapging several other
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

On the occasion of her birth
day, Mrs. Albert Dyer entertain
ed a few friends at her home OH
Tuesday evening at a turkey din
Rer. Valentine colors. red and
white, were used in decorations
for the table and the dining
room. Those enjoying the hospi-
tality of the hostess were Mrs.
Dorothy Kitchens, Mrs. Frank
Webb, Mrs. Frank Carpenter,
Mrs. Georgia Mills, Mrs. Edward
Evans, Miss Alice Brown, of Mil
ford, and Mrs. Ernest wilkins
and Mrs. Mary johnson of Will
mington.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14
THIRTY YEARS AGO
TAKEN FROM THE 1911 FILES OF
THE MILFORD CHRONICLE

Miss Helen Lofiand, of Lewes, is
visiting Miss Mildred Truitt.
Mrs. William Vent, OF Milton, has
been the guest of Mrs. James H.
x A4A% u tffa 4tNs4AA igEfiieflliI
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

Today is St. Valentines DayI
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

The Milford New Century Club
celebrated its thirteenth anniversary
Tuesday evening in the club room
with an entertainment and musical
program.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

Miss Sara Webb has returned FROM
q six-weeks visit with relatives in
Brooklyn, N. Y, and Hoboken, N. ].
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14


kinds of games for those who
attend. Reservations for tables
or tickets may be made with
Mrs. Frank r. Grier, Mrs. Cur
tis Vinyard or Mrs. David Gle
ments. Refreshments and prizes
follow. the playing.
50
Mrs. Harry L. Grier is enter
tanning small group of friends
at cards this evening in compli-
ment to Mrs. Bessie Hall Plum.
50
Tomorrow at the University of
Pennsylvania, William. e. Miller
win be awarded his master de-
gree in music education. In 1882
Mr.. Miller received his bachelor
degree from State Teachers Col
lege at West Chester, Pa. For the
past few summers he has been
attending summer school and
the master degree is the result.
Mr.. Miller is doing splendid
work In Milford High School and
his friends congratulate him on
his accomplishment and his
work.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

Mrs. A. w. Staudt entertained
the Sewing Circle yesterday at
her home on Clark avenue. As
usual, the members went for
dessert and remained for the
afternoon.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

On Saturday evening, Miss
Charlotte Ryder entertained a
smalf group to dinner at her
home on South Walnut street in
compliment to Miss Jean Gallo
way. whose wedding will take
place, this evening.
Milford chronicle., 1941-02-14

I'LL THINGS worked
together for good for
the Milford New Cen
tury Club on Monday
u when the annual lnn-
Evening star., 1941-07-18
Bv DON S. WARREN.

Acting on legal advice that a
Federal pure food law enacted in
June, 1899, superseded old District
laws, Health Officer George c. RUN
land today notified the Commission
ers his % food inspectors no longer
could condemn spoiled food on sight.
He explained that condemnation
of spoiled food must await action
by the Federal Government. on
complaints. with the Federal Gov
eminent using the process of libel
actions in the courts. He declared
the authority under which the Dis
trict government and its food in
spection service had been operat-
ing was abolished" authority hav-
ing been transferred TO the Fed
eral Food and Drug AdminisIa-
ton.
The health officer declared he
felt the new practice seriously
jeopardizes the public health" and
he urged the city heads to seek
clarification and correction of this
handicap on the work of con-
demning spoiled food.
AT the same time, he transmitted
to the Commissioners report from
DR.. R r. Ashworth, director of the
Health Department food inspection
bureau, showing that about 100000
pounds of food products had been
condemned "on sight" in the last
two weeks, but that hereafter the
new procedure must be followed. the
activities of his inspectors being
limited to investigation and exami-
Evening star., 1941-07-18
President Says Press
Gets His Lindberoh Mail
tha ArsnniataS prass

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt told reporters
today he had observed that the
press had received a letter. written
to him by Charles A. Lindbergh,
saying that Mr.. Lindbergh had a
right to an apology from Secretary
of the Interior Ickes.
Mr.. Lindbergh released The letter
in New York yesterday and a presi-
Dental aide said it had not yet
reached the White House.
Secretary Ickes had criticized Mr.
Lindbergh in speech Monday con-
tending that the flyer encouraged
Americans not to resist Hitlerism,
In his letter addressed to the Presi-
dent, Mr.. Lindbergh declared he had
no connection with any foreign gov
eminent and suggested that the
President make an investigation OF
his flea
Evening star., 1941-07-18
War in East Turning
Into Nazi Victory,
Hitler Declares
Capture Of $50 Plan
In Depot on Rood to
Leninerod Claimed
~ the Associated Press

BERLIN, July l8.-The titanic
struggle on the Eastern front is
turning everywhere into a German
victory. the communique from Adolf
Hitler's headquarters declared to-
day.
Although the high command re-
verted once again 10 its single-sen-
tence report on the battle which is
described as transcending any other
in history for sweep and size. its
bulletin still reflected unreserved
confidence
Tremendous operations in all
sectors of the eastern fronts are
progressing in our favor" it said
simply, leaving the details to other
sources.
Authoritative quarters in Lon
don reported that the German
advance on the Leningrad and
Smolensk fronts had not been
completely halted" although de-
termined Russian counterat-
tacks have been carried out at
several places on the long 'front.'
Air Depot Declared Taken.
Capture of Russian airplane
depot with $50 planes on the line of
the German drive toward Leningrad
was claimed by one authorized
spokesman. In the same area. it
was said, Nazi forces seized 1000
horses. 1000 trucks and about 5000
prisoners, including a whole bat
talon of women" after inflicting
heavy losses on the Red Army.
Rumanian reports said German
Rumanian forces had occupied the
Bessarabian towns of Hotin, Soroca
and Orhei, all on or near the south
bank of the Dniester River. which
was the border between Russia and
Bessarabia before the U. S. S. r.
took that province from Rumania
a year ago.
D. N. B.. offlcial German news
agency, quoted military headouart-
ers IN Bucharest as saying "strate-
gic key positions in Bessarabia are
IN our hands"
Germans foresaw victory so de-
cisive that its consequences would
have far-reaching effects on the
fate of Europe"
Informed German sources said
thousands of Russian prisoners had
been taken in the cleaning up oper-
See BERLIN, Page A-1sJ
Evening star., 1941-07-18
U.S.. Law Forces DC. to Change
Food Condemnation Procedure
Inspectors Authority to Forbid Sales
AT Sight Abolished, Dr.. Ruhond Says

nation and complaints TO the Fed
eral agency.
District officials were informed
that while the District department
has % inspectors assigned TO this
work, the Federal agency has only
eight inspectors who cover Mary
land. Virginia and West Virginia as
we'll as the District, with headquar-
ters in Baltimore.
District officials were told during
recent conference with repre-
sentative of the Federal Security
Administration that 1t was not be-
lieved it was the intent of Congress
to restrict the activities of local
health departments TO the extent
that DR.. Rutland visualized. but a
promised statement of clarifica ton
has not yet been received, DR.. Run
land said
DR.. Rutland reminded the Com
missioners that he had raised ques-
tions as to possible complications
between the Districts old statutes
and regulations and the new Federal
law, and that Corporation Counsel
Richmond B. Keech had ruled that
provisions in the 1889 Act superseded
any and all contrary provisions in
District law and regulations.
Specifically, Mr.. Keech referred to
a District regulation stating that
when. in the judgment of the Dis
trict inspector or other officer of the
District government. any article of
food is unwholeSome or UNIT for use
See INSPECTION paps Al
Evening star., 1941-07-18
Congressional Group
Urges Vigorous Man
As Commissioner
Senator McCurrun
Wants q D. c. Native
As Huzen Successor

Urgent recommendation that
President Roosevelt appoint a
vigorous and courageous man to the
Board of Commissioners of the Dis
trict was placed before the Chief
Executive today by congressional
delegation actively interested in
District problems.
Calling on the President at the
White House for a broad and over
all discussion of local problems were
Chairman McCarran of the Senate
District Committee, Chairman RAN
dolph of the House District Com
mittee and Senator Burton, Repub-
lican, of Ohio, a member of the
Senate District Committee.
AS the three left the White House,
they said they had not presented
any names for possible appointment
as replacement of the late Com
missioner Hazen, but that they were
in agreement on the type of man re-
quired. They said the President was
in accord with this recommendation
and would act soon to fill the
vacancy.
McCarran Backs Native.
Speaking for the group, Senator
McCarran told reporters he believed
also that the new Commissioner
should be native of the District.
Among other District matters dis
cussed with Mr.. Roosevelt were the
crime-prevention problem, the rent
and housing situation and the con-
dition of eleemosynary schools here.
Senator McCarran said he thought
the latter were inadequate.
The group did not indicate that
they had proposed any administra-
tive changes in the local enforce
ment agencies but Senator McCar-
ran remarked as he left the White
House, Washington must be a safe
place for the law abiding to live in
and unsafe for the lawless."
Senator McCarran said it was
brought to the attention of the
President that steps should be taken
through the Commissioners for q
reformation of the Districts police
system.
Although the congressional visi-
tors said they did not discuss with
the President the present vacancies
on the local Public Utilities Com
mission, they agreed that action
quickly must be taken on this prob
(see DELEGATION, Page A-10J
Evening star., 1941-07-18
5000, 900 Tons of
New Vessels Due in
AZ, British Told

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July l8.-The United
States is going to build enough
ships Ito bring goods into the
United Kingdom and into every
theater in the world where de-
mocracies are fighting Hitler"
Harry Hopkins, supervisor of the
United States lease-lend pro-
gram, said today.
Here on an official visit, Mr.. Hop
timated United States shipbuilding
Yards would build and make ready
for sea 1000 900 tons of merchant
men during 194l and at least 6,000,-
900 tons during next year.
We are going to see that the food
amounts OF cheese and dairy prod
ucts, fats and pork products get over
here he said.
Silent on Transshipment.
Mr.. Hopkins said American flag
ships could, of course. go to Iceland,
but he declined to discuss whether
transshipment of war supplies to
Allied merchantmen there was con-
templated on large scale.
The President has said our goods
are going TO arrive" he said. "All
I can say is that we are going to
do it
And. he added. We are going to
protect our own ships"
To questions whether American
merchantmen would send supplies to
China. Malaya and Singapore, Mr..
Hopkins answered only that every
ship of ours that moves anywhere
in the world has one purpose, the
war effort, and it is done in the
closest cooperation with your Min
istry of War Transport and their
representatives in America"
He said he could not comment
on whether the United States was
sending war supplies to Soviet Rus
Sia or to Turkey.
Mr.. Hopkins said he would be
here a week or 10 days and then
would fly home. He emphasized that
his visit was concerned solely with
the supply of war goods.
He told his British and American
We have launched our vast pro-
gram OF airplane production. which
is moving ahead very rapidly now.
Great new factories are coming into
production in the near future. par
ticularly for heavy four-engine
bombers.
The bombers. he asserted. would
be able to reach into easternmost
parts of Germany.
The 1912 shipbuilding figure is
about 100000 tons better than
United States yards turned out
during the peak year of the World
Wars program. he said.
We are convinced that between
England and America we can build
far more of these planes per month
than Ge1many-and better ones" he
said.
AS a general comment on produc-
ton in America, I would say produc-
ton Is increasing every month. 1t
is going to increase every month and
1t is going to be more extensive than
realizes.
The whole production effort of
your own country and ours must
be to supply munitions of war that
are sufficient to overwhelm the die
Evening star., 1941-07-18
Lottery Sets in Motion
Calling Up Of Men
Il for Army Duty
Stoff Sergeant Draws
, First Number, 1876,
At Impressive Ceremony
By CARTER BROOKE JONES.

From youths eager; unwearied
ranks America began mastering to-
day 100000 reinforcements to swell
her far-flung lines of defense
The numbers assigned these youths
just turned 21-4,437 of them from
their country's Capital-tumbled
out of bowl last night without
plan or pattern. in democracy Of
chance that jumbled impartially the
symbols held by sons of the power
full and sons of the straitened and
the luckless. by those born to COM
fort and those denied it.
The student and the laborer, the
clerk and the mechanic, the home
less and the heir to fortune-all
were equal as 800 capsules were
drawn at the Departmental Audi
torium out of the famed goldfish
bowl that served the fates of war
in 1917 and 1918 and sent hum
dreds of thousands to the battle
fields of France.
Hall Thronged.
Nine months ago there was an
other lottery in the same ornate
hall, and then 5000 capsules were
drawn to decide how 16,500,000 reg
istered Americans between the ages
of 81 and IS would be called up
and considered for military service.
The hall was crowded then, and the
President of the United States
opened the ceremony amid a hushed
tensity broken by the scream OF q
mother whose son held the first
number, which Secretary of War
Stimson drew.
Last night the auditorium was
thronged again, and the lottery for
youths turned 2l since last October
16, the date the vast increment reg
istered, was conducted again with
ceremony worthy of its Importance.
President Roosevelt was not there,
but many officials were.
Yet there was difference. Most
of the capsules drawn at this lottery
were pulled out by brown-clad fig
ures that existed only on War De-
partment charts at the last lottery
the selectees themselves, men whose
numbers were drawn on october 20.
No one screamed this time when
any number was drawn. But there
was applause as, each stalwart.
young man in uniform stepped for
(see DRAWING, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1941-07-18
Adopting New Tactics,
Russians Declare

MOSCOW, July 18 tPD.-Hand-to-
I hand bayonet combat in trench war
fare radically altering the Germans
blitzkrieg style was reported to have
developed today with the Red Army
holding on after a night-long battle
on the huge front from the Baltic
10 the Black Sea.
AS the Germans second sustained
offensive drew to the close of its first
week. a Soviet communique reported
pitched battles at the scenes of ma jor
action several DAYS earlier-in the
PSkovPorkhov. Smolensk, Bobruisk
and Bessarabian sectors.
A dispatch from the front to
Izvestia. the official government
newspap per. said new battle situ-
alton had arisen with Russian
troops in individual trenches to es-
cape the German artillery and svia-
ton and meet Nazi infantry with
bayonetS.
Eight Assaults Repulsed.
Despite heavy German fire.
IZvestia said. the Russians are
emerging from bombardments with
small losses as a result of these
tactics, and one battalion was said
to have repulSed eight successive
German assaults that way.
Another, it was reported, with
stood German onslaughts for 20
hours. then counterattacked at night
and caught the Germans by sur
prise, wiping out a group of staff
officers.
The newspaper cited tricks remi-
niscent of trench fighting in the
World War 1t said the Germans
were using rockets as signals for
night action-red to open fire, white
for orders to attack and green to
cease flre-and related how one Rus
sian officer sent up his green rocket,
silencing the Nazi fire, and then
led his troops into a countercharge,
Rain Drenches Front.
Reports from the front said rain
was falling, drenching the fiat lands
and marshes and threatening to
ground the Germans Stukas and
halt the tank units at the critical
moment of the German offensive.
The Red Army is hanging on,
determined and unbudging at every
vital position. the official Russian
war report declared.
The battling. contrary TO recent
days when a lull has been expe-
rienced on most sectors at dusk.
rose to a new fierce tempo almost
the entire length of the front.
Only in variation of the sectors
where especially heavy engagements
we're mentioned. did the communique
covering night operations differ
from that of yesterday.
Heavy Fight Near Bobruisk.
Heavy fighting was reported dur
ing the night in the BobruiSk area
on the south side of the Smolensk
salient, where the Germans have
driven to within 230 miles of Mos
COW. Yesterday it was on the north
side of the salient, where fighting
was hardest.
The Novograd-Volynski area be-
fore Kiev was not especially active.
according to the Soviet command.
But in the Pskov-Porkhov sector
(See MOSCOW, Page A-3J
Evening star., 1941-07-18
z More Missing Nurses
Landed in British Port
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 1.-two of six
American Red Cross nurses aboard
a steamer torpedoed at sea landed
in British port today.
They were Margaret Irene Somer-
vile, Catskill. N. Y. and Helen
Jurewicz, South Amboy, N. ].
Their rescue lowered the number
to Six-four from the ship on which
they were travelling and two from
the Netherlands vessel Maasdam.
which was torpedoed and sunk in
the North Atlantic last month.
The Maasdam carried II nurses.
All % nurses aboard the two ships
were bound for service with the
Harvard Field Hospital in Britain.
Evening star., 1941-07-18
1roop-laden Nazi Convoy
Sunk by Subs, British Say
iy the Associated Press.


LONDON, July 1s.-seven sailing
vessels filled with German troops.
gasoline and ammunition have been
sunk in the Mediterranean by Brit
ish submarines, the Admiralty re-
ported today.
Among them it said, was one
whole convoy of q schooner and
three large caiques, which was wiped
out.
tCaiques are small sailing YES
sells common to the Eastern Medi-
terranean. Many probably fell
into German hands with the oc-
cupation of Greece
In addition to this convoy" the
Admiralty said, "one schooner and
two large caiques which were carry
ing German troops and military
stores have been sunk.
Both schooners and the five
caiques were wearing the German
flag"
The communique also listed a
supply ship, escorted by Italian de-
stroyers and warplanes, as torpe-
doed and probably sunk.
Evening star., 1941-07-18
Rain Now Threatens
To Halt Nozi Drive;
Russians Digging In
Battles Developing
In Favor of Germans,
Reich Chiefs Claim
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Rain drenched the Russian
German war front today, threat
ening to bog down Adolf Hitler's
mechanical armies at a critical
moment in the 27-day-old cam
paign, but the Nazi high COM
mand asserted that gigantic
battles on the eastern front are
developing in our favor in all di-
rectionS."
BY contrast. the Soviet high COM
mand declared that, after violent
all-night fighting, the Red Armies
were still holding all vital positions
with no significant changes" IN the
vast struggle of 100000 men.
The Russians also reported that
hand-to-hand bayonet combat in
trench warfare. radically altering
the German blitzkrieg style, had
developed. Russian troops were
said TO be digging in to escape Ger
man artillery and aviation and to
meet Nazi infantry with bavonets.
Reds COunterattacking.
Authoritative sources in London
said the Nazi juggernaut drives
toward Leningrad and Moscow had
mot been completely halted" but
that the Russians were counter
attacking fiercely in several sectors
Dispatches from Berlin said Ger
man columns driving toward Lenin-
grad RusSla's second biggest city,
had captured a Russian airplane
depot with $50 planes. and also
seized 1000 horses. 1000 trucks and
1000 prisoners amid heavy losses to
the Soviets.
Beyond this claim. the Germans
made no specific report of fresh
gains, asserting broadly that
sweeping Nazi victory was in sight"
Sazi Oil Shortage Seen.
In London, official quarters said
Germany's armies and air force were
threatened with an acute shortage
of oil and fuel if the Russian cam
paign continues through September.
Already. it was said. Nazi supplies
have been severely cut by invasion
of the U. S S R and by Soviet
aerial bombardment of the PloeSt1
oil fields in Rumania, and supplies
captured in the Nazi sweep across
Western Europe have been used up.
Evidence that similar pinch was
being felt in Italy was seen in a
Fascist government order today can
ceiling all gasoline rations for pri-
vate automobiles. effective October
l, because of the growing difficulty"
in getting rubber and gasoline
through the British blockade.