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Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27
Youths Ideals

The old theory about youth is
that it sets out in life with high
ideals of achievement and service,
but that as it comes in contact with
the world, it loses these high aims.
Shades of the prison house begin
to close about the growing boy"
wrote William Wordsworth, fam
GUS English poet.
The graduation orators have just
told youth to cling to those hopes
of achievement and service, but
when youth gets out in the world,
it finds life is a hard scramble,
The temptation is strong to keep
ones eye on the selfish goal, and
forget the effect of ones actions on
human life, and crowd some COM
petitor or humble person off the
road.
1t does not pay to forget ones
ideals. One may get more. money
that way. but it is not so comfort
able living with the world and
your own conscience.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27
Drive For Aluminium

The housewives of the nation
are urged to examine their dis
carded pots and pans, and hand
over articles made Of aluminium to
the United States government. Also
to present all they can spare of the
aluminium utensils they are now
using. The government is in dire
need of them, chiefly for the manu-
facture of airplanes.
The housewives are attached to
their aluminium articles, which are
easily cleaned, durable, and rust
less. If they love Uncle Sam they
can help him out of a tight spot by
donating many of these vessels to
the old gentleman. He needs them
with which to make planes that
will keep the robbers away. So
they had better look over this
stuff and see if they can't spare
some of these articles. The boys
who have to operate the planes
will thank them.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27
Independence Day

On July Fourth, 1776, step was
taken in the long battle for hu-
man liberty which was probably
the largest advance that cause ever
made in history. For on that day,
the American people decided that
the old restrictions that had OBJ
structed. their freedom were to be
cast aside, and new nation was
to. be born, based on democratic
and republican principles, THUS
ending the rule of kings and tyr
ants.
The Declaration of Independence
under which the United States pro-
claimed its birth as a nation, had
effects that spread all over the
world. It inspired similar move
ments in many lands. When these
foreign countries saw the United
States winning war through these
principles, and saw it after the war
gaining in power and progress,
they were moved to promote demo-
cratic movements of their own.
England steadily became more
democratic, and democratic ideas
spread in Europe. South America
was swept by democracy, and all
the countries of that continent
eventually threw down the rule of
kings and established republican
governments.
These great changes would new
er have happened, if the American
people had not given the first sue
cessful example on big scale of
the possibility of such govern
ments. The philosophers had
dreamed of human freedom for
centuries, but our people were the
first to make the principle of dem
ocracy a great practical force in
the world.
It is the sad fate today that
many countries which had been
democratic have come more or less
under the power of dictators, or
partly so Our people should show
their faith that this is only tenn
porary reaction, and that freedom
is bound in the end to triumph. by
an enthusiastic celebration of their
Independence day. The celebration
should show what democracy real
ly means. that it calls for educa-
tion, intelligence, generosity, and
good citizenship.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27
Good SeIlers

Very many young people are
hoping to obtain jobs. as sales
people in stores. or for selling on
the road. They ask how they can
win success.
Three qualities can be named
which will help them immensely.
First, an intelligent idea about the
goods they try to sell. They should
be able to talk well about these
goods. Second, perfect courtesy
toward customers. The clerk who
shows impatience with the hesita-
tions of customers will not get
very far. Third, smiling, cheer
full and friendly manner. The world
will walk out of its way to do bus
inesh with sales-pereon Of this
type.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27
The Pugnacity of Man

The nations are pouring out
their billions of money, as if all
their wealth and treasures was of
no more account than dirt. Some
people think women have less
sense than men, but if women were
running the various governments
of the world, it is unlikely that
there would be any more wars. The
instinct of the female sex, which
brings life into the world, is
against this wholesale death. Some
may say the men would better re-
tire from the job of governing the
world, and let the women run it
awhile and keep the peace.
Why is it that the men con-
tinue this infinite folly of fighting,
with the cruel ruin, destruction,
and massacre which war brings
about?
The essential reason is that man
by nature is fighting animal.
The people want universal peace,
= but the peace advocates do not
quite tell us how this pugnacious
fighting quality. which man has in
herited from ancestors who have
fought thousands of years, is to be
quieted.
Men and women may be some
where near equally selfish, but
women seem to have sense enough
not to start any fighting to accom-
plish their ends. 1t used to be
very common for men to engage in
physical combat with people whom
they disliked. Most of them feel
nowadays that they accomplish
nothing by this means. So they
take their disputes to a court of
law. Nations should be able to do
some similar thing.
That does not mean that war can
always be avoided in the present
state of the world. When ma
tion is attacked. it either has to
defend itself. or let some tyrant
place his foot on its neck. Even a
peace-loving woman will fight if
attacked. Ali religion and all COM
mon sense cry out against the
folly of mans pugnacity, which
starts the fighting, and forces
peace-loving people into forcible
resistance.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27
The Day of Patriotism


July Fourth is the day of all
days when there should be a dis
play of true patriotic feeling. By
traditional habit, it has become one
for noisy celebrations, beautiful
fireworks, and all kinds of good
times. Insofar as these celebra-
tions conform to laws and regula-
tions, and show consideration for
ones townspeople, they can not be
objected to.
The true celebration of July
Fourth has lost some useful fea-
lures. People once enjoyed gather
ing for patriotic exercises. Big
town and neighborhood picnics
were common feature. After the
people had partaken of a glorious
feast, the orators were turned
loose, and they produced some elo-
quent tributes to our country.
Today people seem as a whole
unwilling to use such holiday for
any serious talk. After the tolls of
the previous days, they want
good time at whatever sports they
best enjoy. You can't blame them.
People should be willing to take
a few moments to think of what
the day means. The newspapers
try to help with some thoughts
about the holiday, utterances of
famous men who urge devotion to
the country, and they urge the peo-
pie to exemplify patriotism by sup
porting the country's efforts at
progress.
If the schools were in session,
they would give fine talks on the
meaning of the day, but usually
they have adjourned for the sum-
mer 1t is up to the parents to
give their children little good
talk on the history of the country.
Tell the kids what the men and
women of colonial days suffered 1
and endured, so that we, their sue
cessors, should have freedom, edu-
cation, and happiness. Let us enjoy
July Fourth with feeling of graft
tude, that we had such noble an
cestors who did such grand things.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27
DELMAR,

; Mrs. Raymond Wilkerson AM
Mrs. Alfred Nelson with eight girl
and boys from the First Methods
Church, Delmar, left on Saturda,
morning for the annual encamp
ment Of intermediate boys ans
girls to be held at Camp Horse
shoe, near Rising Sun, Md.
Miss Eloise WheatIey is visitinl
her aunt, Mrs. Priestley Wheatley
at Bethel
Mrs Jack Myers of Jacksonville
Fla, is visiting her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Eddie Northum. ~
Miss Emma Handwerker and
Jack Ellis have accepted positions
at the Belhaven Hotel at Rehoboth
for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Kennerly OF
Riverton were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Truitt Of this town on
Sunday. 3.f
Mr.. and Mrs. William "A. Lynch
of Quantico, were Sunday guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee w. Cullen spent
few days of last week with their
daughter, Mrs. Nelson Bradley and
family at Aberdeen, Md. Their
granddaughter. Marjorie Lee Brad
ley accompanied them home to
spend the summer here.
Randall E. Smith, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. w. Smith, graduated from
the New Jersey State Teachers
College at Trenton in the Indus
trial Arts Curriculum on Thursday
afternoon, June IL. The address,
'The Work, Wealth and Happiness
of Men" was delivered by H. L.
Donovan, president-elect Of the I'm
iversity of Kentucky. There were
1872 graduates. Mr.. Smith is. a grad
uste of the Delmar (Del) High
School.
Mrs. Ethel Truitt has returned
from a visit with friends at Letch-
worth Village, N. Y.
Adah Chapter, No. 5, o. e. 8. of
this town, was well represented at
the grand fiesta of the Grand
Chapter of Delaware held in the
Shrine Club on the DUPONT High
way at State Road on Saturday,
June 81. =
Joseph H. Hastings, Franklin W.
Cline and Marion H. Galloway of
Delmar, are leaving on June 26-
for a years training in hte U. S.
Army.
DR.. and Mrs. Howard Locates
have Mrs. A. T. Ayres of Sails
bury as their house guest
Mrs. C. C. West, Mrs. Harry
Beach, Mrs. John Smith and Miss
Clara Ellis attended the Rural Wo-
mems Short Course at the Univer-
sity of Delaware last week.
Miss Mary Ellen Neamand of Sal
isbury is spending the week here
with her aunt, Mrs. James Meier
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27
The Cook-Out Fireplaces

The love for eating outdoors has
spread so far that many families
have built flreplaces or cooking
facilities in their back yards. The
plain corned beef hash and the sim
pie sandwiches are said to taste
100 per cent better, when eaten
under the trees with the singing
birds overhead.
Father says it is just as good as
Transporting the lunch baskets to
some far-away thicket by the side
of the river. 1t is one more sign
of the desire of the women folks
for variety. They may think that
cooking and eating in the same
spot seems rather monotonous, If
you have to do it for 365 days,
which makes 1195 meals per year.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27
The Husbands Stories

The funny man tells about the
woman whose daughter asked the
question What is a second-story
MANI" The answer was, "Your
father. He always has a second
story ready if the first one is not
believed"
How far do husbands deceive
the wives? How often, when they
say they have gone to call on some
sick friend, have they been out
with the boys, or engaged in pur-
suits still more Objectionable? How
often, when supposedly kept at the
office by some pressure of work,
were they merely taking the secre-
tary out to dinner? The husbands
better not think they can put too
many of these stories over. The
modern wife has. too many sources
of information.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27
Look Out For The Trees

The trees on streets and home
grounds are a very valuable pos
session for any town. If all such
trees in some place should sudden
ly fall victims of some pest and
have to be cut down, a severe blow
would be dealt to that community.
1t would be less attractive, and the
homes could not be expected to sell
for the same money as before.
People love towns where nice rows
of street trees and abundant
growth on home grounds are a
feature.
Trees have plenty of pest enc
mics. Many, perhaps all of them,
need spraying against these pests.
Householders should keep watch
of the trees, so that some pesky
bug does not lay them low, or strip
them of their foliage.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27
The Women's Clothes
Business

The business of producing cloth
ing for women is estimated to have
an investment of $3,5OO,OO0,OO0. To
the women folks, the selection of
their clothes is one of the most
essential features of life. The
girls are supposed to attract the
boys, and the women to get their
husbands in part by the taste and
beauty of their clothes. A we'll
dressed woman gains many ad-
vantages through the power and
fascination of dress.
Some men say the women spend
too many dollars on dress. The
poorly dressed girl does not stand
good chance of partners at the
dances, and she does not get so
many proposals of marriage.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27
Youths Who Want Action

Two young Americans recently
appeared at Toronto, Canada. and
signed up for the Canadian air
force. One of them said they want
ed action. These are two of a large
number of young men who have
voluntarily enlisted with the Brit
ish or Canadian forces.
The average youth does not take
to war that eagerly, but there are
a big number who are absolutely
fearless about such things, and
they are a tremendous power in
any army. They can not rest quiet
in ordinary occupations while they
see cruel outrages perpetrated.
Their enthusiasm is contagious.
They put a kind of electricity of
human spirit into an attack. and
any Nazis whom they meet would
better run.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27

Methodist Church next Sunday eve
ming, June 20, at 1880 o'clock. II
will be the observance Of Indepen-
dence Day.
The Woman's Society Of Chris
tian Service met in the Social Hall
Of the church on Tuesday evening,
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27

mary classes will meet in Mount
Olive Church and Junior and In
termediate classes will be held in
the First Methodist Church. The
school will continue over a period
Of two weeks. The commencement
exercises will be held in the First
Methodist Church on Sunday eve
ming, July 20 at 7:30 o'clock.
A patriotic service "The Spirit
of '76" will be held in the First
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27

non.
Mrs. Alfred Kelley spent few
days this week with friends in New
Castle and with her husband, who
is patient in Brandywine Sana-
torium.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cullen
spent Sunday at Matapeake.
The Union Daily Vacation Bible
School in our town will open on
Monday. July Z. Beginners and pri-
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27

June "a.
The increased volume of busl-
ness Of the Peansylvania Railroad
has necessitated the hiring Of q
number of new men. This is the
first time in several years this con-
dttiou has prevailed.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-27
MANY RRIILIANT /,

MANY BRILLIANT people have
lived and died in remote communi-
ties where the world never realized
their gifts. Also many business
concerns which could serve the
community well, are little known
because Of failure to advertise.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-05
Hollywood Sights 4 nd Sounds
sflOW PLACE OF JUNEAU
By Robbin Coons .

HOLLYWOOD, June 5-There's no rleasing actors. You have the perennial juveniles with their toupees, signing in secret about their lost youth. And then you have Robert Stack.
 Bob is 22. He started in the movies as juvenile, playing with the kids-kids like Deanna Dalbin, who is now married. He s scared now, after four pictures, because he figures maybe they won't let him grow up.
 You're as old ss you act" says Bob, the towns most eligible young bachelor, casting an eye mcInd at Robert Preston, Will liam Hc,den, Robert Taylor, Rob- cit Cummings and others c'not much older than I am," he says Wlo get to make love to Irene Dnne, Jean Arthur. Dorothy La- mcur, or Mylna Loy. I've been around older people all my life ard I'd hate to think had to piay down in age all the time. l thsE- a mans as old as he acts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-05
MARY OLGA L0KEN AND ROBERT MEEK TO WED SATURDAY

Miss Mary Olga Loken and MT. Robert Meek will be married at the Resurrection Lutheran Church Sat urday at 4 pm, with the Rev John L. Cauble reading the iin- 'pressive Lutheran service.
 Miss Ethel Loken will be brides maid and MT Norman Thompson will be the best man. Miss Margar- ct Pierce will play several selec- tions on the organ before the cere- mony.
 Miss Loken is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Hans LOken of Sal mon Creek. She attended school ia Douglas and Juneau and business college in Seattle For the las three years she has been employed in the office of the Territorial Con- missioner of Education.
 MT Meek attended school ill Warroad, Minnesota. He has lived in Juneau for three years and is associated with the Alaska Coastal Airways as mechanic.
 A reception to which all friends of the couple are invited, will be held at the home of the brides parents at Salmon Creek between the hours of 8 and II Saturday evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-05
Olive Westby New
 Senior Regent of
 Moose0rgdnizdtion

Mrs. Olive Westby was elected Senior Regent of the Women of the Moose at the meeting held last night at the Odd Fellows Hall.
 Other officers chosen were: Aleen smith, Junior Regent; Helen Jack son, Chaplain; Gertie Olsen, Record CT; Anna Rodenberg, Treasurer; Ly- da Museth, Guide; Esther Commet Assistant Guide; Martha Gutsche Sentinel; Thelma Torvinen, Argus and Elsie Sapolis, organist.
 Officers will be installed at tn, next meeting June 18 with Mrs Gertie Olsen as Installing Officer Mrs. Ordelia Light as Installing Guide and Mrs. Anna Bedding a! Installing Chaplain.
 The installation will be open t, the public and all interested ar, cordially invited to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-05
STIRRING LEGAL
 DRAMA SHOWING
 AT 10TH CENTURY
George Brent and Virginia Bruce Star in Man Who
 Talked Too Much

Who is "The Man Who Talked Too Much? That's the question ycull have to answer when you see the Warner Bros. action drama showing for the last times tonight at the goth Century Theatre.
 Starring George Brent, romantic hero of the memorable Til We Meet Again" and lovely Virginia Bruce. last seen in Flight Angels, . the finn has an exceptional SUD- porting cast including Brenda Mar shall and Richard Barthelmess.
 The dramatic story concerns q brilliant young attorney who sends an innocent boy to the chair. Feel ing himself murderer, he resigns saying. T would rather see 100 guilty men go free than see one innocent man die He becomes rich and famous as the mouthpiece for criminals, but throughout. his beautiful secretary is in the back ground, resisting every threat to their love. The girl eventually wins through the lawyers own regener- ation when his young brother is caught in the infamous network The smooth combination of action and romance makes ''The Mar Who Talked Too Much" one of the worthiest films of the year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-05
GENTLEMAN GYp
 "RAEFLES" !S Al
 CAPITOL THEATRE
David Niven and Olivia de HayilIand Siar in Con-
 edy ofHigh Brow Thief

Eavid Niven plays the title role and Olivia de Havilland provides the romantic interest in the new Samuel Goldwyn production, ~Raf- fles." which shows tonight only at the Capitol Theatre. Rallies is an exciting and fast-moving mys- tery melodrama about the famous Amateur Cracksman, a society "smoothie" who leads a secret life of crime.
 A strong supporting cast which includes Dudley Digges, Dame May Whitty, Lonel Pape. Douglas Wal ton, E. E. Give, Peter Godfrey and Keith Hitchcock surrounds the principal players. Rallies was directed by Sam Wood.
 The story of Rallies" opens in L9ndon. with our hero continuing to baffle Inspector Mackenzie of Scotland Yard with his spectacular 1 lobberies. Rallies, however, decides to turn over a new leaf and to give up his secret life of crime when he becomes engaged to Gwen Man ders, played by lovely Olivia de Havilland. Ironically. however, it is just at this time that he furnishes the Yard with it's first clue.
 Most of the action of Rallies" ' unWinds on the beautiful country estate of Lady Melrose. where the action grows faster and faster, with the detective and the gentle man crook playing an exciting game of wits. It is on this estate, also, that a cricket game is pre- sented, and these sequences are magnificently done, with photog- raphy that is near perfection and unusual camera angles that leave the spectator breathless.
 "Raffles" offers a rare treat to the moviegoer-it is played by a top-notch cast, it tells a thrilling story, it has all the elements Of first-rate entertainment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-05
UNIONS ENDORSE PROPORTIONAL
 REPRESENTATION
Fairbanks Bodies Adopt Resolutions in Sup-
 port of Dimond Bill!

Delegate Dimond's bill whic h would amend the organic act to pro- vide proportional representation in Alaska has been endorsed by the Fairbanks Mine Workers Union To- cal Nc. 444 and the Allied Trades Lccal Industrial Union Lccal No. 1032, according to resolutions re- ceived here.
 The Unions contend that present provisions which give the small number of people in the Second Di- vision the same representation in the Legislature as the more than 10000 people in the First Division are "undemocratic and unjust. and are controlled and used by the spe- cial interest against progress and the welfare of the people of Alaska" '"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-05

Bob is a Los Angeles boy, off spring of one of the first three American families to settle in the original pueblo, and awfully social Stacks of money, but how big a stack isn't on the records. Bob says it's mot so much and he hopes people won't get wrong ideas about a rich boy trying to make good in the movies. He likes to tell how his dad, now dead, rose from office boy to boss in the golden era of business-and es- pecially how his dad dropped piles of dough in the 1929 crash.
 His mother. Betzi Stack, youth ful and his frequent companion at parties and such, took him to Paris when he was five. She di- vorced his father, later remarked him. Bob went to foreign schools, learned French and Italian, and foreot English until he came back, aged II years. Even then he want ed to be an actor. School drama tics, and more Of the same at col leaa. fostered the idea. But he didn't work at it. He worked at polo. He was three-goal player and his University of Southern California team won a Pacific Coast intercollegiate title.
 ! His guardian. George Thatcher didn't care for acting but insisted that Bob try it seriously or not a all. Bob gave up his eight polt ponies and settled down to littl,
 theatre stuff. He wanted to tr. 1 Broadway before movies, but tn
 offer for Durbin's First Love
 came and--"I grabbed it becaus
 I might never have had anothe
 chance" And so the juvenii
 tag.
 He has a boundless enthusiasm for sports, speed, motors an' girls. About the latter he aver that many of his dates are thos he reads about in the gossip col
 umns. For all that, he gets around Cobina Wright Jr., Ann Miller
 Olivia DeFIavilland are amons his recent dates Said An l
 Miller: "Bob's young--but ne worldly What more could a jul venile ask?) He won't marry, n' says, until he has seven-yeal
 contract without options.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-05
Wilson vi(kery
 Wedding Dale Is
 Sci for June 21

Saturday, June 21, is the date se- lected by Miss Jane Vickery for her marriage at Trinity Cathedral to MT. Darrold Wilson.
 Miss Vickery is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. 0. w. Vickery, former Juneau residents who now live at Richmond Beach, Washington. Her sister, Deborah, who will come north for the wedding, is well known in Juneau.
 Miss Vickery has been employed in the Unemployment Compensation Commission cffice. MT Wilson, who is associated with the CAA, has lived in Alaska for five years and in Juneau since February.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-05
E3J1E|;;1;3!ll.Il ||,E| STARTS TONIGHT 1.-THE HONEYMOON
 IS OVER"
Many FriendsCdlI
 To Cong raiuIaie
 RdymondHaydons

A wedding reception for Mir. and Mrs., Raymond Hayden, who were married yesterday morning. was given at the home of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. Lloyd Rlt- ter last evening between the hours of 8 and II o'clock.
 Approximately 65 friends of the young couple called to offer. con- gratulations and best wishes. The rooms were decorated with bou- quets of liiacs and tulips and the buffet supper table was centered with three-tier wedding cake topped by miniature bride and groom.
 MT. and Mrs. Haydon flew to Mary Joyce's Taku lodge on tho plane this forenoon for honey moon. After they return they will be at home to their friends at sll Tenth Street.