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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Gov. Bacon Urges
Viga For Sabotage
Chief Executive Urges
No New Years Let-Up
At Meeting Attended
By State D f en- s e
Leaders.

Full vigilance in guarding against
sabotage over the New Years holi-
day was called for last Sunday by
Gov. Walter w. Bacon at a meet
ing of civilian defense officials
from all parts of the state.
The meeting, held in the Public
Building, Wilmington, was called
by the Governor for the coordina-
tion of Delaware's defense efforts.
StimsOn Asked Action
Governor Bacon opened the six
hour conference with a talk on the
Importance of the work. He re-
vealed that he had received a mes
sage from Secretary of War Henry
l.. StimsOn requesting that every
vital point in the state be guarded
over the Christmas holidays. at
is just as serious a matter to guard
over the New Years holiday as it
was over Christmas" Governor
Bacon declared.
Full cooperation of the general
public in defense activities was re-
luested. The Governor remarked |
that men of the armed forces "have
TO do a lot of work not of their
own choosing" and that civilians
similarly could be expected to give
lime and effort.
The Governor congratulated Will
nington and other communities for
he organizations they already
nave created to carry on defense
activities.
Six Small Bombs Found
Emphasizing the Governors ap-
zeal for full-time vigilance. the
United Press reported from Phila-
lelphia a special police detail dis
covered six small bombs on NUM-
:ipal pier. headquarters of the
Delaware River police and fire
'oats.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02

Christmas at the Colony for Men
tally Deficient Children at Stockley
was an enjoyable occasion, due to
the kindness of great many clubs
and individuals who provided boxes
for the children. Women's Clubs,
Rotary, Kiwanis and Quota Clubs,
Oranges, p t. AS, Professional
and Business Women's Clubs,
church organizations and others,
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Kent Poultry Farmers Plan
10 Keep Records During 1942

Starting with October of this
past year, the poultry cost account
work in Delaware entered upon an
other project year with an increas-
ed number of poultry raisers keep
ing complete records of expenses
and receipts Of their entire poultry
business to determine those factors
which influence profit OF loss in
the production of eggs for the mar
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Christmas At Delaware Colony
Was Very Enjoyable Occasion

including a long list of individuals,
were contributors. On Sunday the
Rehoboth Beach Kiwanis Club
brought candy and oranges which
were distributed by Santa Claus,
following the annual Christmas
play given in the auditorium by the
Colony children. Decorated and
lighted Christmas trees were set
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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
.atermen To Study
Petty Officers Rating
Course VIII Open Jan. 13 At Fred
erica School; Part of Defense Plan

A series of classes of instruc-
ton to qualify fishing and oyster
boat operators of Delaware for a
petty officer rating in the naval
reserve or coast guard will open
Tuesday night, Jan. .13, in the
Frederica High School.
Fourteen watermen of the Bow
ers area attended a meeting Mon
day night in the fire hall to ar
range for the course. Instructors
for the classes, to be held on Tues
day and Friday nights, will be
supplied through the Wilmington
Power Squadron.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02

There are over 20 poultry farm
ers in Kent county who are en-
rolled in this project which is be-
ing conducted under the direction
of County Agent Russell E. Wilson
in cooperation with H. L. Richard
son, extension poultryman of the
University of Delaware Agricultur-
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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
State Beekeepers To
Hold Annual Meet
Fifth Session VIII Be Held At
Caesar Rodney School Jan. II

caesar hOuney school Jans Ii
The fifth annual meeting of the
Delaware State Beekeepers Asso-
citation will be held at the Caesar
Rodney High School at Camden on
Saturday, January II, reports John
M. Amos, assistant entomologist
for the Delaware Agricultural Ex-
tension Service at the University
of Delaware, and secretary-treas-
urer of the beekeepers association.
At this all-day meeting, Della
ware beekeepers will hear George
]. Abrams. specialist in agriculture
at the University of Maryland,
speak on Important Considera-
tions in Using Bees for the Pollina-
tion of Crops"
Lima beans as a crop and as
source of honey will be discussed
by the group. Members of the as
sociation will also learn more of
the curative effects of bee stings
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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Rule On Kent Board
OF Canvass Is Issued
State Supreme Court Gave Order
Last Friday Afternoon

The State Supreme Court last
Friday ordered issuance of a rule
requiring Chancellor w. w. Har-
rington and Resident Judge Chas.
L. Terry, Jr, to show cause why
they should not reconvene as the
board of canvass for Kent County
and, in the official count of the vote
for county comptroller at the No
vember, 1910, election, included
only the votes cast within the
county. The rule is returnable be-
fore the Supreme Court on Tues
day, Jan. 20.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Temperature

Total Rainfall ........ "a
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Milford chronicle., 1942-01-02
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, December "a, To
Tuesday, December 30, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following atmospheric conditions
prevailed in this vicinity from
Wednesday, December "a, to Tues
day, December 80, inclusive:
Tonnorofura
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Stock Market Turns
Slightly Irregular
Al AtDay'sCIose
Prices FoIter After
Midday RoIIy From
EorIy Decline
FIN CIAL.
BY VICTOR EUBANK,

hSSONldIcu FTcSS WTlEIs
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The stock
market tried TO shake off bearish
war news today and in many in
stances, was moderately successful.
The list met little selling at the
start, but it was so light that bid
ders soon began to step in here and
there and pull up shaky leaders. A
fairly active rally before midday
converted initial losses Of fractions
to a point or so into advances Of as
much. Dealings then slowed and
trends faltered. The result was mild
irregularity at the close.
Some early nibbling was attrib-
uted to the persistent belief that
the lengthy downswing of the mar
ket had discounted to a greater or
lesser extent the collapse of Singa-
pore, the critical Macarthur posi-
ton in the Philippines and the
chances of japanese victories at
Java. Burma and other strategic
centers.
Submarine shelling of the huge
Oil refineries in Aruba, Netherlands
West Indies. not so far from the
Panama Canal, together with at
tacks on American tankers at the
Dutch island. served to chill buyers
and stem the forenoon recovery
push.
Du Pont, up a point at one time,
backed away when directors voted
a dividend of $125 on the common
versus SITS paid in previous quar-
ters.
Bethlehem Steel made scant re-
sponse to the Supreme Court de-
cision upholding a. lower court de-
cree that the Government could not
recover allegedly excessive profits
accruing to this concern and its
shipbuilding subsidiaries during
World War No. 1.
United States Steel and Youngs-
town Sheet were a bit resistant.
Helpful here was an increase of Z
OF a point at 962 per cent in this
weeks estimated steel mill opera
tionS.
Some Rail Bonds Up.
Small gains for selected rail issues
| dotted an irregularly lower bond
market today.
Several of the carriers lowered
around the highest prices in months
toward the end of the session.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Some Rail Bonds Up.
Howuiiun Trade Shows
Recovery in Month
By the Associated Press.


HONOLULU, Feb. 16.-There are
increasing indications that Hawiian
business in general is recovering
from the first shocking effects of
war.
Gross income tax collections in
Honolulu for January indicated
net retail business for the month of
s14 ,205 400, compared with s14,O85,-
489 in the same month last year.
The increase undoubtedly resulted
from the influx of military men
which more than offset the evacua-
ton of civilians.
The net wholesale business also
showed gain, in a quick recovery
from the shock of the December z
attack on the city and Pearl Harbor.
Six building permits for homes
were issued in Honolulu in the last
few days and one $4,000 property
sale recorded. indicating confidence
of builders and purchasers that
Honolulu would come through the
war without another devasting at
tack.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Chicago Grain
81 the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-Wheat took
the lead in a general grain price
advance today with gains of as much
as a cent a bushel at times.
A stimulating factor in the wheat
pit was a raise of l cent in the
minimum price at which Govern
ment owned grain was offered for
sale to milling interests. This mini
mum price, equivalent to s132 in
Chicago, was still slightly over the
price at which millers could buy
wheat for May delivery in the fu-
lures market and several cents over
quotations for spot delivery.
Wheat closed ss-7s cent higher
than Saturday, May, 1.301sA July,
1875 -132; corn unchanged to 4
up, May, 875s-s4; July, 8912; oats.
ls-12 up; rye, unchanged to y up;
soybeans, 1s-9s higher. Both rye
and soybeans showed gains of more
than a cent at one stage but later
reacted due to profit taking.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Treasury Halls
Big Success
Of Offering
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Treasury today acclaimed as
a success its Friday-the-13th bor-
rowing of Sl,50O,O00,000 last week. .
officials said subscriptions for the
bonds were more than three times
the amount offered and market con-
ditions since then indicated that
"the bonds were bought for the most
part by investors and not spectators
or free riders"
An official said the volume of SUBJ
scriptions were especially satisfac-
tory in view of the gloomy military
situation and the approach of tax
payment time.
The borrowing was accomplished
by the sale of "a per cent 10 to 13
year Treasury bonds.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
RetoiI Car Financing
In December Shown
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Retail financing of automobiles
during December, the last month in
which sale of new cars was per-
mitted, amounted to S104 ,243 .309 on
223,768 vehicles, of which 81 ,932 were
new, the Commerce Department said
today on the basis of reports from
400 organizations. These sales were
nearly 10 per cent greater than in
November. but more than IS per
cent Under December, 1910.
Retail financing of automobiles
for the year totaled s2,025 ,159, ,236 on
4,416,803 cars, of which 1,478,355
we're new.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Ford Slows Down Schedule
For Aircraft Engines
By the Associated Press.

DETROIT, Feb. 16-Lack of alu-
minum and i'll effects of a seven
day working week on employees has
caused the Ford Motor Co., spokes-
man said today, to reduce war pro-
duction in its aircraft engine and
tool and die plants to six-day
schedule.
Employees engaged in production of
Pratt g. Whitney airplane motors
will work six 10-hour days instead
of seven as heretofore. The Ford
spokesman explained that If addi-
tional aluminium were allotted to
this plant a shortage would result
in other war industries.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
A. T. & T. Has Reserve.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. l6 (Py.-
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co. has created an $4,000, 900 cush-
ion for 1912 taxes, according to
James w. Hubbell, president of the
subsidiary New York Telephone Co.
THE company earned $40 a share
last year, but paid SO in dividends,
thereby creating cushion of $18,-
100000 and that is pretty good for
tax purposes" he asserted in an
interview.
Evening star., 1942-02-16

Stock and Add Net
Dividend Rate. 90 High Low Close Chgt.
tWright Aero So 10 SO SO SO
Wrtgley 3a----- so so so - VI
Yale q Tov.60a. l9 10 10 r u
Yellow Trk Ia 6 12% l2% 1924
Ygstwn 8 q T. g. 21 34H 33% 34as r "
YgstS&T pf5.50- / 81 81 81 2
Zenith Radio L. 3 9 8H 8h- u
Approximate Sales To-day
11:oo AM 10000 1900 Noon $4,000
100 Pm 100000 900 PM 800. 900
Total. $4,000
.fUnit of trading ten shares; salss
printed in full. In bankruptcy or receiver
ship or being reorganized under Bankruptcy
Act, or securities assumed by such COM
panies. Rates Of dividend In the foregoing
table are annual disbursements based on
tion. Unless otherwise noted. special or
extra dividends are not included. xd X
dividend, xr Ex rights. Also extra OF
extras a. Cash or stock DECLARED or Rsid
last year PAYABLE in Canadian. funAs:
X Accumulated dividends paid or declared
this year
Evening star., 1942-02-16

Chicago Cash Market.
Cash wheat, No. > mixed, %; corn,
No. 3 yellow. S21a-S4 No. 4. 1881 "a; No.
5. 74'.,7s1a: sample grade =oy yellow IL
5Sh-59la No. l white, 60-60l4; No. 2,
5934: No. 4. 55l2 Barley. mailing. S0-99,
nominal: feed and screenings, 57-67 nomi-
nal; No; I barley: 2s. Soy beans No; eo 3
Field seed per hundredweight. nominal
Timothy, 15O-7.75: alsike. 1550-1S.00;
red top. SO0-S.75; red clover, 16 00-1S 90;
sweet clover, g 6.50-o.00.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index Of
IS commodities today declined to 81 o6.
montR ago DAY as Year ~sss ssa sS sOo
1941-42. 1910. 1899 1933-3s.
High --- 9S.06 1925 1922 9sl4
Low 77.03 IS 50 637S Al "A
U926 average equals 1909
Evening star., 1942-02-16
FOREIGN BONDS.

NEW YORK CITY BONDS.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Du Pont Directors
Order Dividend Of
S1.25 a Share
Distribution Contrasts
With $1.75 q Shore
Paid Previously
By the Associated Press.

WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. 10
Directors of E. I. du Pont de
Nemours & Co. today declared an
interim dividend of s125 a share on
the common stock for the first quar-
ter of 1912, payable March IA to
holders of record February "a. In
previous quarters the company paid
SITS a share.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Bonds

BY private wire dirse, - The star.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Odd-Lot Dealings
By the Associated Press.

The Securities Commission reported to-
day these transactions by customers with
odd lot dealers or specialists on the New
LOOP purchases involving 23s95 shares;
974 sales involving % O67 shares fnclud-
ing "A short sales involving 432 shares.
Evening star., 1942-02-16

I R { A S u Z Y
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-20
Monpower Commission E yes
Increasing Work. Problem L
Recommends Thot New War Contracts
60 to Areos Were lobor is Available

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2O-(R
War manpower commissioner
Paul. v. McNutt said today that
10 per cent of the total volume
of war products contracts
awarded between May / and
June 20 went to areas where the
labor supply already was made
quate.
An additional Sc per cent
went to areas of prospective La
Dor shortages while. only IT'S
per cent was directed toward
areas where there was a surplus
of workers, he reported, declar-
ing that much greater attention
must be paid to the labor supply
factor in awarding contracts.
Effective utilization of the
national manrcwer requires that
additional war work should be
directed towards areas with ade-
quate labor supply and away
from areas where labor short
ages exist or impend,' McNutt
said III statement.
"To increase contracts and la
Dor demand in shortage areas
} will inevitably result in Excess
sive migration, aggravated hous-
Ding problems, increased pressure
on oyercrowded transportation
and other community facilities.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-20
State poia1o crop
Faces Late Blight
Expert Worms Growers
Of Fungus Infection

81 Elm LANSING, Aug. 20 =
(P)- Michigan potato growers
were warned Stoday by Michi-
gan State College experts that
late blight threatens the de-
struction of much of their 1912
crop.
H. c. Moore, M. S. c. potato
specialist, said warm, moist
weather conditions general this
su m mer contributed to the
spread of the disease, a fungus
infection, over several midwest
ern states and It all of Mich
igan's 10000 commercial acres
were threatened.
The flight is evidenced by a
blackening of the tops of pla1,
Moore said, and spreads fast IN
moist weather. It will reduce
production to one-third or one
quarter of normal in a few days,
he said, and cause rot in stor-
age potatoes later.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-20
Chinese DcfieS
Rescuers; Dies
i'm Flaming Shack

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Aug.
Notwithstanding would-be
rescuers with a pitchfork. Ow
Young Sun, ~3-year old Chinese
ranch worker, burned to death
in a burkhouse on the Runyon
Dorcey ranch.
Deputy Coroner Leonard Wat
son sale, Sun, drinking heav-
lily and respondent over the
prospect of b e ing drafted, set
fire to the 60-bed clubhouse.
Ranch workers rushed to put
out the flames but he held them
at bay with a pitchfork.
Then, as flames mounted, Sun
reiterated further into the house
until rescue was impossible.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-20
Seek Dismissal
in 5py(ase
Bohr's Attorney
Mops Request

NEWARK, n J.. Aug. 90 -
(Pl-- Frederic NJ. =. Pears
court-aSSigned counsel for Her
bert Karl Friedrich Bahr, plan
ned 10 ask today for a directed
erd let of acqu ttal on the
ground the government had fail
ed to prove his client was Nazi
spy.
The government rested yester-
day after placing in evidence a
bulky statement by Bahr relat-
ing IN scenario-like fashion the
intrigue by which the Gestapo
directed him 10 obtain informal
ton concerning American war
production.
In no place did the statement
say that the former Buffalo, N.
Y, scholar intended to carry
out his instructions after his ar
rival in Jersey City from his
native Germany. although it adj
iiiihNNN il1 ,OOO
the Gestapo. Bahr has been on
trial since Monday in Newark
Federal Court on charge of
conspiracy to commit espionage.
Detailing infinitely his coach
ing in espionage work, Bahr's
statement related that Ameri-
cas- entry into the war scotch
ed Gestapo-framed plans to send
him to the United States in the
guiSe of an inventors represen-
tative to the General Electric
Company at Schenectady, n. Y.
Later, the statement contin-
ued, invisible ink and United
States currency were concealed
in his clothing and luggage, and
he was rehearsed in the history
of a Jewish family line, which
had been eXtinguiShed, to fit
himself for his assumed role as
refugee in flight.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-20
Mystery Man
Rewards Buyers
of War Stamps

The Mystery Man." W h O
brings Id ky holders of War
Bonds and Savings Stamp pur-
chase receipts bonus, wa S
abroad throughout Mount Glenn
ems downtown section yester-
day.
Lucky shoppers who purchas-
cd War Bond or Stamp during
the day and who were question
ed by the Mystery Man" were
awarded prizes varying from 81
to, SIS if they could produce
their receipts.
Included among those receiv-
ing cash awards were: Lois
Vierk, Morris Chisik, Ruth
Pfluger, Joy Clair Ogden, Mrs.
H. N. Craig, Mrs. Claude Bowl
ing, Coralie Lyons, Mrs. Fran
els Cranston, Mrs. Robert Miller,
Mrs. S. l.. Richard, Morton Bow
man and Miss Mary H. Gregory
of Jackson, Michigan.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-20
Coroner's Jury
Probes Death
Dodge Case Goes
Before Jurors

DETROIT. Aug. 20 - (P) -
More than so witnesses waited
their turns today to tell a cor
oner's jury what they could con-
corning the mysterious injury
that caused the collapse and
death of John Duval Dodge, 43-
year-old son of a multi million
aire automobile manufacturer.
Dodge died in Receiving hos
pital last week of a cerebral
hemorrhage which Psychologists
attributed to a 10 inch skull
fracture. His death posed this
three-fold problem for investi-
gators, problem now passed on
to two men and four women
tentatively chosen as a coroner's
jury:
Did Dodge suffer his fatal
in jury in humping his head
against the floor of the precinct
station in which he collapsed
while awaiting questioning or
did that jolt only aggravate an
earlier injury?
Was his skull fractured in the
home of a friend, Howard E.
Lange, where police seized him,
in Lange's absehce, during an
investigation of /. neighbours re-
port of prowler7
Or was he injured on a tour
of drinking places that preceded
his visit to the Lange home
Prosecutor William E. Dowl-
ing, who has questioned scores
of men and women Dodge en-
countered on his final escapade,
said it would take the jury
week or more to review the evil
dence. He said that he himself
was not satisfied the whole
story had yet been told, and ex-
pressed the hope that the in
quest would shed new light on
the case. -
Miss M j & n o n Fontaine, at
tractive interior decorator who
roomed in the Lange home, was
described by the prosecutor as
a probable key witness. Dodge's
widow, Mrs. Dora Macdonald
Kline Dodge, with whom he
quarreled in Miss Fontaine's
presence on the night preceding
his collapse, was also under SUBJ
poena.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-20

"The result may well be in
ability to meet delivery dates"
At the same time, McNutt eau
toned against any large move
ment of war workers currently
laid off because of raw materials
shortages and allied difficulties,
and said these lay-offs had not
lessened prospects of develop
ing labor stringency.
ANY workers who are now
being laid off will be neededSat
their old jobs or in new war
jobs as soon as production prob
lens responsible have been
worked out" he said. "In no
sense can they be considered an
addition to the total available
labor force.
ANY large-scale shifting of
such workers to other areas of
demand would only serve to con-
fuse still further the already diff
ficult labor recruitment and al
location problem.
"Our expanding production re-
quirements have not changed
nor has our expanding need for
labor. The present situation on
iy incfNases the necessity tor
greater production and for the
fullest and most careful utiliza-
ton of the workers we have.
1T is more important now
than ever to stop labor pirating
and boarding and to make GER
tain that every individual who
is capable of doing a job is given
a chance to work whether he is
white or black, male or female,
native or foreign born, physical
ly perfect or handicapped"
Emphasizing the growing seri-
business of the labor supply stu
alton, McNutt saidta survey of
100 important labor market,
areas last month had shown cur
rent shortages of male labor in
35, an increase of two over June.
These shortages were princi-
pally.in aircraft and shipbuild-
ing centers, he said.