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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Citizens Will
Hold Annual
Meeting Here
On January 10.
Election Will Be Held On
Monday, January 10;
Candidates Must File
Names Ten Days Prior
To City Meeting.

Milford citizens will hold their
annual City meeting at the Milford
Community Building Friday even
ing, January 16, 1912, at 1880
o'clock, to discuss matters of civic
interest and hear the reading of
reorts relative to financial condition
of the city. These reports will be
made by City Manager Charles E.
Banning and City Secretary-Treas-
urer T. Carlisle Collins. and the
city auditors and will include a
simplified statement of the citys
receipts and expenditures for the
past year.
Following the reading of the re-
ports, the meeting will be turned
into a public forum and all tax
payers present will be given an op-
portunity to enter into the discus
sion of municipal affairs. At any
time during the discussion the au-
ditors will be available to explain
or answer questions regarding the
financial status of the City, and
City Manager Banning will out
line contemplated improvements
for the coming year.
Following the discussion period,
the slate will be made up for the
annual municipal election to be
held Monday, January 10. at City
Hall, between the hours IL o'clock
noon and 500 P. M. Candidates
will be selected from those filing
their names ten days prior to the
City meeting OF by January 6.
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
War Fund
Drive IsLaunched
In This Community
Chairmcn For Wards Haze Been Selected; Chair
man Burton Hopes To Close Drive By January
IS; Local Quota Is -Four Thousand Dollars.

Under the capable direction of
Irwin G. Burton, this drive to Sc
cure Milford's quota of $4,000 for
Red Cross war relief was opened
this week.
Chairman Burton has named
chairmen for the four city wards,
together with aides, and the contri-
buttons have started rolling in.
The drive in this city has its
counterpart in 10000 other COM
munities for the Red Cross is rails
ing the vast sum of $5O,000.000. of
which the states quota is $260,000.
This money will be used to aid
those residing in the war-scourged
possessions of the United States.
In some of the bombed and war
racked areas the suffering is most
intense, and every dollar donated
to this cause will help alleviate
the suffering of these unfortun-
ates.
Remember when one of the So
approaches you for your
that this area may be-
come the center of war operations,
with attendant destruction and suf-
fering. and dig down deep into
your Jeans" and give until it
hurts.
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Will Organize
DeMolayCrOup
HereJanuary5 5
Mayor Wallace Wood
ford, Of Dover, Will
Meet With Grand
Council On That Date.

On Monday evening, January
Mayor ]. Wallace WoOdford Of
Dover, Deputy of Grand Council
Order of DeMolay, for the Della
ware Jurisdiction, will meet with
the members of the advisory coun-
Gil of Evergreen Chapter at the
Community building. this city. to
affect the organization of the local
governing board.
Members have been duly notified
of the meeting and a full attend
ance is expected to be present at
this initial meeting. The chairman
of the Council will be elected, a
Chapter advisor appointed and as
made covering the var
ious phases of chapter work. Each
member will have a definite place
in the organization, each contri-
buting to the success of the chap
ter as a whole.
During the past three weeks a
few majority members have been
the boys in the COM
in regards to membership
n the new chapter, VINO responded
'avorably to the proposal, and up
% today at noon about thirty
:ames have been received by the
most of these had for
nally submitted petitions. and dur
ng the past week the committee
las been working to complete the
ist of candidates for the initial
lass.
Any of the applicants who have
expressed his intention of filing a
'etition and has not yet done so,
hould see one of the committee by
saturday, Jan. 3. and complete the
The petitions will
e presented to the advisory coun-
il at their meeting on January 5
DR. balloting. Those elected will
the initial class to re-
Give degrees later in the month,
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Mems First-Aid Class
Meets Tonight At 8
To Be Held In The L. d. Caulk
Company Auditorium

The preliminary meet of the
mems first-aid class will be held
this evening, Friday, January 2, al
eight o'clock. in the L. d. Caulk
Company auditorium. The auditor
ium is the yellow frame building
next to the railroad.
According to information in hand
there are still number of vacan-
cies in this class, and all men in
terested are urged to contact
Franklin NAPLES, phone Milford
2SS.
Coach Bernard Briggs of the
high school faculty. will
have charge of the class. Due to
the urgent need for male first-aid
workers, Coach Briggs plans to
meet with his class several nights
each week, in order that the class
may be completed as soon as pos
sible.
The same course for women,
which, incidentally, met for the
first time last evening, is being
by Mrs. Neal Stevenson
Of the Milford Memorial Hospital. I
This class got under way with a
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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02

Committee chairmen and aides
for Milford community follow:
WARD ONE-Clarence Welch, Al
Humes, Chuck" Wright, Haswell
Pierce, Joseph Boston. w. w. Nc
Ginnis.
WARD TWO - H. Mulholland
Bill Sipple, Jr., Garrett L. Grier,
Tom Williams, Frank Grier, Will
liam Murphy.
WARD THREE -. Max Corder,
William Burke, George Jester,
Jno. Jester, Ed. Steiner, Ed. Fisher.
WARD FOUR-Wallac McFaul,
Capt. Summers, Jim Humes. Will
liam Nutter, Whitley Jewell, Ed.
Messick, Wilson Sockrider.
Prime Hook Neck and Slaughter
-Vinol Bennett, Jack B. NAPLES,
Ralph Snowberger.
Cedar Neck Elbert Williams.
Milford Neck-Dave Green, DR..
J. L. West, Charles French.
Houston-EmOry Webb.
Colored People - Perry Reese,
Bernard Young, Rev. J. o. Sock
man. Rev. Downing, Elder Down
ing, Horace Mosley, Goodsell Pow
ell, Horatio Jones, ]. M. Sharpley,
Geo. M. Brown. Edward Drain,
Rev. Jos. Whalen, Prof. e. Waters,
Rev. Fassett, John Houston.
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
4-H Judging Contest
Feature Of Crop ShOLU
State Crop Association To
Hold Meeting At Caesar
Rodney On January 10

Cne of the features of the Della
ware Crop improvement Associa'
tion's meeting held on January II
at the Caesar Rodney High School
Camden, will be the participation
of Delaware All club members in
a corn judging contest.
According to c. E. McCauley
secretary-treasurer of the associa-
ton and county All club agent su-
pervisor for the Delaware Agricul-
tural Extension Service at the Uni
versity of Delaware. this contest.
sponsored annually by the Della
ware Crop Improvement Associa-
tion, is open to all All club boys
and girls in the state.
Club members will compete for
state and county honors in judging
10-ear samples of yellow and white
corn and single-ear samples of yell
low and white corn.
Contestants receiving the highest
scores in each county will be
awarded trips to the annual Della
ware All club short course at the
University of Delaware next June.
In addition to the individual
Judging. three-member teams from
i-H clubs over the state will COM
pete for silver trophy which will
in the possession Of their
;lub for one year.
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Travelling Bible" Is
Feature Of Rebekahs
Schedule OF Winter Visits Is Set
Up by Assembly President

Mrs. Lanah Milbourn, president
of the Rebekah Assembly of Della
ware, l. o. o. F., has announced
the schedule of visits of the "Trav-
cling Bible" which, after its tour
among Rebekah lodges, will go to
the next instituted lodge.
The Bible was presented by Mrs.
Milbourn and now is in custody of
her home lodge, Sarah No. 16,
FELTON,. Each lodge, after receiving
it will present it to the next lodge
on the schedule at a later date.
Sarah Lodge will present the Bible
to Naomi, No. 3. Wilmington, on
Wednesday. January 7.
The remainder of the schedule
follows: Orpak, No. IL, Newark,
Jan. 20; Doris, No. 8, Wilmington,
Feb. q; Liberty, No. 10, Hockessin,
Feb. 10; Florence Bailey, No. Is,
Wilmington, March 3; Queen Esth-
er, No. 5, Grubbs, March 10; Rach-
ell, No. Z, Harrington, May s; Leah,
No. is, Rehoboth, May IA; Tabitha.
No. 10. Camden, May 10; Laura,
No. IL. Smyrna, June l; Beulah,
No. 6, Dover, June 8; Margaret C.
Pyle, No. II, Milford, June IS;
Mary, No. Is. Georgetown, June 90;
Keturah. No. s. Frankford. Sept.
1; Sarah. No. 16, FELTON,, Sept. II.
The Bible will continue in GUS
tody of the Rebekah Assembly
until a new lodge is instituted.
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
POliceCOntinue
Investigation
AS Wife Admits
Staying Spouse
Mrs. Dora F. TyndalI, OF
RehObOth, Says Gun
Went Off During A
Struggle For Its Pos
session In Home.

Sussex county authorities plan
ned to continue the investigation
into the fatal shooting last Friday
of John Selby Tyndall, Rehoboth
contractor, despite a change Mon
day in the story of the case by the
60-year-old mans wife, Mrs. Dora
Frazer Tyndall, in which she ad-
mitted shooting her husband aeci-
dentally.
The decision to continue the in
vestigation was made after police
took Mrs. Tyndall TO her home late
Monday afternoon and asked her to
reenact the details of the shooting.
Atty.-Gen. Daniel j. Layton. Jr.,
said he was not satisfied with the
case at the present time and would
not prefer charges until after it
had been cleared to his satisfac-
ton. Mrs. Tyndall was returned to
The Sussex county Jail and is still
held without bail.
Woman Changes Statement
Mr.. Layton said Mrs. Tyndall
lfter first denying that she knew
lnything of the shooting of her
husband in their home, changed
ler statement to admit that she
lred the shot accidentally while
he and her husband were strug-
;ling fol. possession of the shot
,un.
at was an accident" she is said
0 have insisted in a confession
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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
United States
To Take Over
Del. Job Service
Federal Operation Will
Aid Prompt Action On
Labor Shortages, Dis
placement.

The State Employment Service
now operated as a division of the
Unemployment Compensation Com
mission, will be taken over by the
federal government On Jan. H. After
that date, the office will be known
as the United States Employment
Service for Delaware, Elmer H.
Smith, director, said Sunday night.
LIBERALIZATION of the service was
requested a short time ago by fed
eral authorities. Gov. Walter w.
Bacon said that he had agreed to
the change.
Service Unified
1t was explained that federal op-
Grafton will provide direct ad-
ministrative line from the director
of the employment bureau through
the IL regional labor supply Off
GERS of the service to the individual
state and local offices, and will ia
cilitate prompt unified action ON la
Dor displacement caused by priori-
ties and on shortages of skilled
labor in war industries.
The service will continue to oc-
cupy it's offices at Sixth and Ship
ley streets, Wilmington, and ac-
cording to present plans will have
no changes in personnel, Mr.. Smith
said.
JObleSS Tax Rate Cut
Unemployment tax rates for more
than half of Delaware's employers
will drop from 2.7 per cent to one
half of one per cent on Jan. 1, it
was announced by DR.. Charles w.
executive director of the
Unemployment Compensation Com
mission.
Heretofore, DR.. Wharton ex-
planned. the fixed rate of 2.7 per
cent has been paid by all employ
ers. New rates varying from one
half of one per cent up to four per
cent go into effect on Thursday.
More than half of the states EN-
)loyers will qualify, because of sta
Die employment records in the past
hree years, to be taxed at the new
Ow rate.
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
A. p. ShGLU Elected
Head Of Auto Group
Wilmington Man Is Named
To Succeed w. ]. Lackey,
Deceased

Alban P. Shaw, Wilmington. a
State Highway Department engi-
neer, was elected president of the
Delaware Automobile Association
Monday evening at a reorganiza-
ton meeting at the association
headquarters, 1910 Washington
street, Wilmington. He succeeded
the late William j. Lackey. who
died Dec. II.
Other officers named are: First
vice-president, George NJ. Peirce,
Wilmington; second vice-presi-
dent. George H. Thomas, Dover;
third vice-president. Edward j. Ell
lott, Bridgeville; secretary-treas-
urer, Charles G. Guyer, Whining
ton; executive secretary. Linnaeus
L. Hopes.
Harry w. Loose, elected to the
committee at the Nov. IL
meeting. attended Monday nights
session.
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Sussex Farmers Aid
In Food For Freedom
County Agricnlturists Going "0yer
The Top For National Defense

Sussex county's $500 farmers are
going over the top in food produe-
ton in 1912 in response to Amer
ica's food for freedom" program
Returns from t,se fis.ff ltf ~
of the 1912 crop estimates, made
by the local A. A. A. supervisors,
reveal that our farmers plan in
creases in all foods requested by
the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, ans
wering the defense call with mil
lions of quarts of milk. Further
more, these increases of farm pro-
ducts will be achieved without the
disastrous after-effects that follow
ed crop expansion during the world
war, according to Hylon c. Smith,
chairman Sussex Agri. Defense
Board. Smith heads board that
includes Representatives of all fed
eral agricultural and extension
services in the county.
; The need is for health-building
foods such as milk, eggs, vege-
tables, poultry and pork. These
contain the fats and vitamins so
greatly needed by Great Britain
and our country to assure proper
nourishment.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Tive Milford Xeuths
Advance In Navy
w. Paul Fisher, charles Peter
WaIius Complete Basic Training

U. S. NAVAL TRAINING STA
TION, NEWPORT, R. l., Dec. 90
Especial to The Milford Chronicle)
Graduated as full-fledged appren-
tice seamen in the U. S. Navy last
Saturday, at the U. S. Naval Train
ing Station, Newport, r. l., two
more Milford men are now ready to
take their places on any of the
ships or shore stations maintained
by the U. S. Navy.
Willard Paul Fisher, Ill Frank
lin street, and Charles Peter Wal
ius, r. d. No. 1, are the two Mil
ford Bluejackets who have just
completed their basic naval train
ing here.
Walius, the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles P. Walius, enlisted in the
regular Navy for the full six-year
term; Fisher enlisted in the regu-
lar Navy on a minority enlistment,
to men between II and
1S years of age, with the permis-
sion of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Downes Fisher.
Both men enlisted in the regular
Navy because they hope to. find a
permanent career in the Navy.
Fisher hopes to attain the rating
of carpenters mate, while Walius
to work toward the rating
Of aviation machinist's mate. Both
men are former first-class Boy
Scouts.
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Civilian Fliers Must
Have New Certificates
Permission To Fly viii Be Granted
Only Under Certain Conditions

The status of civilian flying dur
ing wartime emergency shifted
swiftly during the past week, with
the announcement that all Della
ware airports must receive certifi-
Gates of approval from Atty.-Gen.
James r. Morford, who is execu-
tive officer of the Civil Air Patrol,
as the highlight of the weeks
events.
The certificates will be issued
when the various fields of the state
demonstrate they are complying
fully with Civil Aeronautic Author
ity regulations. Chief of these is
that all fields must be under "a
hour armed guard, and that planes
based at unguarded fields must be
immobilized by removal of an es-
sential part.
All planes based at airports not
certified by the encouragement
will be grounded, a proclamation
issued by Gov. Walter w. Bacon
last Friday asserted.
Governor Bacon's proclamation |
was issued following a conference
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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
1941 Spending Tops
Record Of 1918
50, 197, ,S5s,72s Expended In First 26
Days OF December

The Treasury disclosed Monday
of this week that in the first 26
days of this month it spent S2,197,-
S5S,72S, as compared with $2,061,-
100000 in December, 1918, the
most expensive month in the first
World War period.
Defense accounted for $1,5S5, ,96S.-
821 of the December, 1941, spend
ing. Official records did not show
exactly how much of the Decem-
ber. 1918, expenditure went direct
ly for war purposes, but substan-
tial part of it was money lent to the
Allies.
In the 1941 counter part of such
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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Editor VIII Address
Underwriters Meet
VIM. J. Bradley, Editor OF 'HOIicOa',
To Speak At Dover Session

William J. Bradley, editor of the
"Holicoa", an insurance house or
gan. will be principal speaker at
the monthly meeting of the Dover
branch, Delaware Life Underwrit-
ers Association, to be held at the
Hotel Richardson, Dover, on Fri
day evening, January 16. Mr..
Bradley, a prominent figure in the
insurance field, will speak on "The
Magic-nf Life InsnEapeens@sa-.sAs.8
The Dover branch is entering its
second year and includes in its
membership many of the outstand-
ing underwriters of lower Della
ware. 1t is affiliated with the state
which. also maintains
branches at Wilmington, and Eas-
ton, Md. In turn, the state organ
ization is part of the National
Life Underwriters Association.
Officers of the Dover branch are:
Granville Locates, Seaford, chair
man; B. N. Davidson, Dover, vice
David Hugg, Milford,
secretary-treasurer. and William
Hallett and Chester Coffin, Mil
ford, and George Lee, Camden, dir
ectors. Four superintendents of
The Dover area, John H. Miller. A.
A. Hearn, George Hill and Mi. Da-
1idson, comprise the program COM
nittee.
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Beware OF Scarletina
After-EHects Serious
Slight Cases May Wreck Life OF
Child II Not Treated Right

Suspect scarlet fever in even
mild cases of sore throat for it is
the mild cases of scarlet fever,
showing little or no rash, which
cause epidemics, warns the State
Board of HealtII's Division of Com
municable Disease. A slight case
in one child may be transmitted
and become a severe case in an
other youngster. For safety's sake,
keep every child with a sore throat
out of school and see doctor be-
fore you return him to places
where he can infect other chcil-
dren.
Parents should remember that
scarlet fever and scarletina are the
SAME thing and mild case of
scarlet fever (often called scarlet
ina) may be followed by just as Sc
we're complications Of running
ear" or kidney damage as may re-
suit from a severe case, and that
the mild case of scarlet fever is
just as contagious as the serious
one, for both are caused by the
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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
FLagn,an Is Killed
At DeLmGr Yards
William Schultz Of Oxford,
Md, Struck By Freight
Train

William Schultz, 55, flagman, of
Oxford, Md, was killed in the
Pennsylvania Railroad yards at
Delmafs last Sunday when he was
struck by freight train. 1t is be-
lieved that Schultz stepped from
behind his train in the path of a
locomotive on a parallel track. AL
though no one saw the accident,
the body was found on the tracks
opposite his train after am engine
shifting freight cars, had passed in
that direction.
Schultz moved from Delmar to
Oxford seven years ago. He entered
the employ of the Pennsylvania
Railroad as a brakeman on March
z. 1913. He is survived by his wife
and two sons, Sutton and Karl,
both in the U. S. Army.
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Nurses Refresher
Course At Hospital
Mrs. Alice Stevenson VIII Instruct
Course Starting January IL

The League of Nursing Educa-
ton of the State of Delaware has
felt a refresher course in nursing
would be an advantage to the wo-
men in the state who have gradu-
ated from a nursing school, but
who have been inactive in nursing
work.
The feeling is general that every
body is willing and anxious to do
their part in this emergency, and
no resource will be drawn on
greater than that of nursing. To
be prepared to meet that emer-
gency, the hospitals in Wilmington
and the two hospitals in the lower
county are offering a course of six
ty hours to any graduate nurse
who desires to brush up on modern
treatment in medical and surgical
diseases. A committee of the
League of Nursing Education has
outlined the course of sixty hours
in theory and practice.
Mrs. Alice Stevenson, instruct
ress at the Milford Memorial Hos
pital, will teach the course at the
Memorial Hospital begin
ming January IL. 1912.
Applications will be made to Mrs.
Lydia Ann B. Cannon, superintend-
ent of the hospital. and must be in
by January 8, 1912.
A similar course is being offered
at the Beebe Hospital, Lewes.
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Defense Rehearsal
Here This Evening
All Defense Groups OF The City
Will Take Posts At 1880 p. NJ.

According to Mayor Edward C.
Evans, director of Civilian Defense
for this city, rehearsal will be held
this evening, friday January 2,
at 1880 o'clock, of all defense
groups in the city.
The signal for the defense work
ers to go to their posts throughout
the city will be one long blow on
the whistles at the various plants
that have been designated to sound
the alarm during an air raid.
For the information of the gem
eral public this will positively not
be a blackout-it will be rehear-
sal only, and following the re-
hearsal all the groups will go to
The Milford Community Building
where they will hold a frank dis
cussion of the problems that will
come to light during
he dress rehearsal.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Tire Shortage viii
CmGas Consumption
Officials b elieve That
Rubber RatiOning Plan
Will Result In $50 Re
ductiOn In 1912 Civil
ian Gas Use.

A 35 per cent reduction in the
Eation's 1912 civilian gasoline con-
sumption was considered likely by
government petroleum experts be-
cause of new restrictions making it
impossible for the ordinary motor
list to obtain flew tires or inner
tubes for his car.
The effect of these regulations.
these officials believed, would be to
make motorists use their cars less
to conserve their tires for emer-
gency motoring and necessary
trips. Gasoline consumption ac-
cordingly would be sharply re-
duced.
RatiOning May Be Delayed
The same quarters considered
that the rubber conservation pro-
gram might delay the need of dir
ect consumer rationing of motor
fuel, in event the war effort ties up
the extensive transportation facili-
ties used to distribute some 7,200,-
100000 gallons of gasoline annual
ly throughout the country.
nC
Office has become particularly
alert to the transportation of oil
since the United States entered the
war, in view of possibility sub
stantial portion of the great fleet Of
oil tankers now supplying the
coastal areas might be needed to
fuel the forces fighting in the Pa
cific.
Transportation Is Problem
Petroleum supply in the United
States, which possesses great re-
sources of oil, is principally mat
ter of transportation.
Upon the transfer last summer
Of 80 to 100 tankers to the British
the petroleum coordinator ordered
a ration of gasoline for service
stations in seven eastern states and
the District of Columbia.
These restrictions were lifted
when the British reported their oil
supply situation had been relieved
and agreed to return some of the
.ankerS.
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
J. L. Luke Heads State
Tire Rationing Board
Wilmington Man Named Adminis-
traitor By Governor Bacon

All the nations average motor
lists - including even travelling
statesmen, taxi drivers and resi-
dents of isolated areas lacking
other ransportation-will be pro-
hibited from buying new automo-
bile tires. under eligibility require
ments established for the govern
ment's new tire rationing program.
James L. Luke, of Westover Hills,
has been appointed by Gov. Walter
w. Bacon as Delaware's tire ra-
tioning administrator, it was an
nounced this week. Assistant ad-
for the three counties
are: ]. Francis Blaine, member of
the New Castle County Levy Court,
for the northermost county; Mayor
]. Wallace Woodford of Dover, for
Kent county, and Mayor Edward
Evans of Milford, for Sussex coun-
ty. Mr.. Luke said that he expects
to open offices in the near future
10 handle tire rationing under reg
llations issued in Washington.
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