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Evening star., 1942-02-09
Japs' Drive Is Stalled,
And Possibly Broken.
In Northern Burma
British Forces BoIstered
By Crack Chinese and
Fresh Indion Troops

~ the Associated Press.
RANQOON, Burma, Feb. o.
Crack Chinese fighters and fresh
Indian troops today bolstered the
British on the Salween River
front, where Japan's drive toward
Rangoon and China's last gate
way to the sea was stalled in
Northern Burma and, possibly,
broken.
Tho reasoned optimism" which
Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell, the
United Nations seneralissimo In the
Southwest Pacific. voiced after his
tust-disclosed second visit to the
Burma front WAS reflected even more
forcibly by 1t. Gen. T. ]. Hutton,
the British commander in Burma.
With the Japanese still stationary
4 week after capturing Moulmein
and failing repeatedly to get an
effective foothold across the Sal
ween or cripple Rangoon as . base
by air attack, Gen. Hutton declared:
I'VE are in q far sounder posi-
ton to call q halt to the Japanese
than before"
Reviewed Situation.
Gen. Waveu flew from his Java
headquarters in the Netherlands
Indies to talk with officers and men
on the Moulmein front within ear
shot of enemy cannon and reviewed
the whole situation In Southeast
Asia with Gen. Hutton.
Much weight was attached to the
presence of large Chinese forces
fighting alongside Britain's i'm
perials in Burma.
Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, until
recently Britain's Ambassador at
Chungking. speaking over the CAL
c.1tta radio, predicted q big push"
BY American, British and Chinese
troops. His reference to American
forces was not explained.
Mai. Gen. Lancelot Dennis, head
OF the British military mission in
Chungking, said large contingents"
Of Chinese troops which reached
Burma weeks ago ARE now playing
an important part in the defense
Of the country" and their numbers
have recently been increased and
are being increased"
Except for some patrol activity
near Japanese-held Paan, on the
east bank of the Salween about 80
miles north of Moulmein. where
the British thwarted some attempted
Japanese crossings, most Of the week
end activity was In the air.
Rangoon Bombed ! Hours.
In before-dawn bomber assaults
for the fourth successive day on
Rangoon yesterday, the Japanese
sent waves Of planes over Burma's
chief port for three hours at Is
minute intervals, but an r. A. F.
communique reported only slight
material damage.
CA Tokio broadcast said Jap
anese planes sank two ships
docked at Martaban, across the
wide mouth Of the Salween from
Moulmein, set flre to military in
stallations there and attacked
trains and British troops to the
north.)
Maj. Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-
Smith, Governor Of Burma. acknowl-
edged Rangoon's vulnerability to air
attack, but he declared there was
no immediate threat to this city
from the Salween front and that
government oflces would remain
here.
Three Japanese spies have been
caught and shot by police. British
military headquarters announced
last night.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
u. S. Weighs Viehy Reply
On Aid Reochino Axis
British DESTROYER Sunk

LONDON, Feb. 9 P.-The de-
stroyer Matabele has been sunk,
the Admiralty announced last night.
The 1,870-ton Matabele carried q
normal complement Of 100 and cost
about 81 1900, 900.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Food
Continued From First Page

ing to the thousands of Polish civ
ihans who arrived in Iran from Rus
sia in dire plight.
There are about 100000 other
Polish civilians in Southern Russia
and negotiations are under way with
Moscow to get relief to them. Many
of them. it was reported, had to sell
their clothing to get food.
u. S. Weighs Viehy Reply
On Aid Reaching Axis
An explanation from Vichy of re-
ports that French aid is reaching
Axis forces in Africa in various
forms was under consideration by
the United States today.
Undersecretary Of State Sumner
Welles said at a press conference
that q reply had been received from
Vichy to an ofncial inquiry made by
this Government on the basis Of
published reports that the Axis
African campaign was receiving
effective assistance from the French.
He said, however. that he could
not discuss the matter any further
beyond saying that it was under
consideration.
Evening star., 1942-02-09
Extensive Rongoon Raids
Reported by Toxic

CThe following dispatch was sent by
an enemy country whose motive in re-
leasine news is. likely to be propaganda.
Axis claims should be credited only
when confirmed BY American or Allied
AourceSl
Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
Kent Democrats
Favor Change
In Nominations
County Committee Votes
29-5 For Convention
Nominations At Dover
Session,

The Kent County Democratic
Committee last Thursday night
voted 20 to 5 to return to the con-
vention system of nominating the
party's candidates for county Off
ces, dropping the direct primary
method.
The action was taken in recon-
sidering a previously approved
plan to hold county convention to
decide the question of return to
nomination by convention.
The latest action of the commit
tee will eliminate the expenses
which would be necessary for the
holding of an assembly of delegates
to determine the issue, officials ex-
planned.
Josiah o. Wolcott, Jr., committee
chairman, presided. E. Y. Williams
is secretary.
There will be six delegates from
each of the 10 representative dis
tricts to select candidates for coun-
ty wide and district offices. The
time for the convention will be fixed
later. In the meantime, rules will
be drafted in accordance with the
change in the system of nomination.
County officials were nominated
by convention until 1914, then by
direct primary until 1880. Again
the convention plan was adopted
until 1884. Since then the primary
has been followed.
Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
Adults Are Urged To
Take Inmunizations
Health Authorities Disappointed
That Older Persons Lack Interest

Disappointment that more adults
are not coming out for the immuni-
cations against typhoid fever and
smallpox is expressed by DR.. T. E.
Hynson, director of the Division of
Communicable Disease, who has
charge of the immunization pro-
gram now being carried on by the
State Board of Health. The immun-
izations are being stressed by the
state in an effort to prevent the
possibilities of epidemics of these
diseases should we have war time
emergencies on the peninsula. Doc
tors and nurses may not, in the
future, be available in sufficient
numbers to care for such emer-
gencies.
DR.. Hynson reminds citizens that
for each person who becomes ill
with any of these diseases, one or
more people will have to assist
with the care of the patient. Such
care will prevent the devotion of
energies to the defense effort, hence
keeping physically fit" becomes a
patriotic duty.
Though the grown-ups are slow
in either going to their own physi-
clans or to the health clinics for
this treatment the children are re-
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Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
State Bankers Head
Urges War Bond Sales
All Banks Urged To Coop
crate; First National
Subscribes 10O0O

Wallace F.. McFaul, president of
the Delaware Bankers Association
and chairman of the division of
banking and finance for the Defense
Savings Staff for Delaware, has
requested all banks and building
and loan associations, through sub
committees, to cooperate with the
treasury department in the sale of
Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps.
One of the greatest contributions
which the individual can make to-
ward the winning of the war is
through the purchase of Defense
Savings Bonds and Stamps.
Mr.. McFaul appeals to all finan-
cial institutions to adopt the pay
roll allotment plan. This affords
each officer and employee with a
systematic plan whereby a small
deduction each week or month will
grow into $25. 90, $4,000 and $4,000
bonds. You will be proud to own
a share of America. The goal is
100%.
The First National Bank and
Trust Company of Milford has sub
scribed 1909 to the payroll allot-
ment plan.
Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
Delaware Girl Stars
In Popular Film
"Always In My Heart" At Plaza
Next Wednesday And Thursday

To 15-year-old Gloria Warren
goes the unique distinction of be-
ing the youngest film player ever
to have story written especially
for her in which to make her debut.
always In My Heart" is the pic
ture, and it will have its first local
showing Wednesday and Thursday,
April l and 2, at the Plaza Theatre,
Milford.
1t is rare indeed that a studio
orders a story written around
new personality. And to have this
done to youngster of is is almost
unthinkable.
But that's what Warner Bros. did
for the pretty young singer. What's
more, they hired Walter Huston
and Kay Francis to play the two
other top roles in the picture. And
they're pretty we'll satisfied with
the result, for after seeing a pre-
view of always In My Heart"
they're already scrambling around
for another vehicle for the youngs-
ter.
The brown-haired youngster thus
joins a growing list of youthful
singing stars that already includes
Deanna Durbin, Judy Garland, Sus-
anna Foster, Kathryn Grayson and
one or two others. At the moment .
she is somewhat torn between an
ambition to be an actress, and
burning desire to sing in opera.
Success in either venture will con-
found a number of former school
mates in Gloria's home town of
Wilmington, Delaware. They scoff-
ed openly a scant year ago when
she confided her ambitions.
Credit for Gloria's appearance in
Hollywood must be about equally
divided between her mother and
Charles Martin, a radio producer.
Mrs. Warren determined to get her
daughter a hearing that would de-
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Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
Registration For
Men 45-64 viii Be
Held 9Th Of April
15,OOO,OOO To Be Listed
For NOn-Fighting Du-
ties; One Group, 18
And 10 Years Of Age,
Still Remains.

The government has ordered the
Oldest group of men under the Sc
lective service laws to GA inclu-
sive-to register on April 81, for
possible non-combatant service in
the future.
(The lottery to determine the
order in which the new regis
trants will be called, United
Press said, probably will not be
held until Congress authorizes
their service in specific phases
of the war effort.)
The new registration date pro-
claimed by President Roosevelt will
leave only one group not yet re-
corded, those of Is and 10 years.
15,00O,00O Involved
Estimates of the total registra-
tion for the 1854 age group range
around 100000.
While none of these comparative
oldsters will be taken into the fight
ing forces, there is the possibility
that some or many of them will be
assigned ventually to essential war
work. Brig.-Gen. Lewis B. Hershey
has said that one purpose of the
draft law was. an accurate and
systematic appraisal" of the supply
of man power.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
w. F. Tammany, u. S.
Naval Officer, Dies
Passes In Brooklyn Hospital; Was
Born, Reared In Lewes

Word was received in Lewes on
Tuesday OF the death Monday,
March "a, in Brooklyn, N. Y, Naval
Hospital of Lieut. Comm. William
Penuel Tammany, 80, son of Mrs.
Lena N. Tammany and the late Ro-
man Tammany, Delaware educator
of Lewes.
Commander Tammany, who was
born and reared in Lewes, had
been critically ill since last De-
cember. He was graduated with
high scholastic honors from a
Washington, d. c., high school at
the age of II, and was entered at
the United States Naval Academy
at Annapolis, where he graduated
in 1924.
In addition to his mother, Com
mander Tammany is survived by
brother, Samuel N. Tammany, of
Newport. He was cousin of Mrs.
George S. Messersmith, formerly
of Lewes, wife of the ambassador
to Mexico.
The body was sent by train to
Lewes Wednesday. Funeral SER
vices will be conducted today (Fri-
day. at 2:30 o'clock from the Pres
byterian Church, Lewes, with inter-
ment in the Presbyterian Gene
terry.
Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
Defense Stamp
Plan
Covers State
S avings Staff Head
Lauds Interest Of
DOwnstate Firms In
Aiding Defense.

F. S. Wilcox, Jr., state chairman
of the payroll savings committee o.
the Delaware Defense Saving:
Staff, U. S. Treasury Department
ON Wednesday declared he is pleas
ed with the interest being shown in
the payroll saving plan by down
state firms and persons.
C. M. Welch, Jr., is chairman fol-
Sussex county, while Barton Mac
key is chairman for Kent county.
Sussex Committee
Other members of the Sussex
committee are: Ray Hamill, Lau-
rel; D. d. Culver, Seaford; Joseph
Marshall, Lewes; William H. Ayres,
Millsboro; Henry Graves, George
town, and J. r. Buell., Selbyville.
Other Kent county committee
members are: J. w. Radish, Dover,
and Edwin X. Price, Smyrna.
Mrs. C. A. Grasselli, II, chairman
of the women's division of the Del
aware Defense Savings Staff, this
week announced the personnel of
the divisions advisory committee.
1t comprises: Mrs. C. ]. Del Colo,
Mrs. c. M. Dillon, Mrs. James N.
Ginns, Mrs. j. Paul Green, Mrs.
Catherine T. Robbins. Mrs. Law
renee V. Smith, and Miss Eta Will
son of Wilmington, Mrs. P. c. Eli
oft of Seaford, and Miss Mary M.
Klaes of Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
$1,634,750 Work On
Rivers, Harbors Urged
G. g. d. Canal Tpkeep, Important In
1913 Placed At $1,334,75O

A total of $1,634,7 $50 could profit
ably be spent ON river and harboT
improvements and maintenance in
Delaware and adjacent waters dur
ing the next fiscal year, the Army
Engineers Corps stated this week
in it's annual report.
Largest item suggested is the
expenditure of an estimated $780,
$50 for maintaining the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal. In addition,
the report says, $565,000 could well
be spent on improvements in the
waterway, which is said to be sc
per cent complete as a project.
S190,000 For HarbOr
An expenditure of $190,OOO is rec
commended for the maintenance of
the Wilmington harbor, which the
report states, is 80 per cent COM
plete.
Other Delaware items in the list
most of which are provided for
in the War Department civil func-
tions bill passed by the House and
now pending in the Senate-were:
Murderkill River, maintenance,
$4,000; Mispillion River, mainte-
nance, $45,000; Broadkill River,
$4,000; inland waterway, Rehoboth
Bay to Delaware Bay, 100000; In
dian River Inlet and Bay, $4,000.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
Jalopies In Yards
Must Be Strapped
5000 In - Auto GraVeyards Al
fected By Federal Order

An estimated 5000 jalopies in
Delaware's dozen auto graveyards
must be reduced to scrap and sold
to mills and metal dealers before
April 1, according to a letter sent
to dealers this week by the Bureau
of Industrial Conservation of the
War Production Board in Wash
ington.
The order, signed by Merrill
Stubbs of the Automobile Grave
yard Section, says the government
has not been satisfied with the re-
suits of the present efforts of scrap
iron dealers to speed up the flow of
scrap to the mills. The letter re-
ceived by David Ploener of the
Ploener Auto Salvage Company in
Wilmington, states:
You and all other dealers in
your state are asked to see that the
contents of every graveyard are
purchased prior to April 1, and that
all contents except a small inven-
tory of loose saleable parts are re-
moved out of the graveyard before
May l."
Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
Mrs. Irwin c.. Burton
Century Club Speaker
Vivid And Interesting Account OF
Life OF Katherine Cornell Given

Mrs. Irwin @. Burton was the
speaker at the Milford New Century
Club on Monday. Mrs. Burton gave
vivid and interesting account of
the life of Katherine Cornell, the
very successful Broadway actress,
whose love for the theatre began at
tender age. Mrs. Burton, great
admirer of the star, spoke of Miss
Cornell as having been grown and
nurtured for purpose, that of por-
trayal of varied types of persons
and that of bringing much pleasure
to her audiences. From a back
ground of normal childhood, Miss
Cornell began her stage training
early, playing small parts and
staying strong in her determination
to make that her work. The story
was told as only Mrs. Burton could
tell it, making the members of the
club see Miss Cornell in her sue
cesses and giving her years such
a freshness and satisfying quality.
AS one member afterward express
ed herself, 81 feel that know Kath-
crime Cornell now" -
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Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
Kent Firemen
Met At Clayton
Last "Wednesday
Decide By Unanimous
Vote To Write To Rail-
road Superintendent
About Train Fires.

AL the both meeting of the Ken
County Firemen's Association held
at Clayton last Wednesday night
the firemen discussed the numer-
Gus fire calls in Kent county since
the first of the year for grass fires
many of which apparently started
from railroad trains. Several rail-
road men among the delegates said
that engines used to be equipped
with spark arresters, but many en-
gines that have been put in SER
vice since the war time boom are
probably without them now. State
President F. C. O'Neal, a former
railroad fireman, said that to use
the venacular of the railroad man,
engines are now taking a terrible
beating in hauling much heavier
loads and longer trains and that
the engines are mostly equipped
witE stokers which stir up the live
Goals and cause a shower of burn
ing embers to scatter along the
right of way. The association de-
cided to write to the superinten-
dent of the Del-Mar-Va Division
seeking a method to curb this type
of fire.
The delegates arrived at 1880
o'clock and were served a turkey
dinner by the ladies of Ewell Meth
odist Church. The Rev. II. B. KEEL
so offered the invocation and later
at the business session welcomed
the firemen. State Chaplain Rev. T.
c. Jones, of Harrington. responded.
and South Bowers were
not represented at the meeting,
-wo directors were also absent.
State President O'Neal discussed
he agreement each town or COM
would be required to sign
f and when the emergency equip
nent loaned by the government is
lvailable. The host company sur
,rised many of the delegates when
hey arrived to find that Clayton
lad erected an addition to their
present fire house. When finished it
will give the fire company much
iner quarters.
The State Chaplain extended an
invitation to all firemen to join
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Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
State Guard Retains
Fund For Emergency
About $4,000 Is Expended From
Original $4,000 Appropriation

The bulk of the $4,000 appropri-
alton for the formation of the new
Delaware State Guard is being
held in reserve for maintenance OF
the guard in the event of an emer-
gency, Adjutant-General Paul R.
Rinard stated this week.
Up to the present time between
$4,000 and $4,000 has been spent
for uniforms made up of cover
alls, blue jackets and blackwatch
caps for the 400 members of the
guard.
The balance he explained, must
be kept on hand for the mainte-
nance of some of the armories u.s.
ed by the guard and also to pro-
vide food and other necessities
when the guardsmen are called into
action.
For the present. General Rinard
continued, the uniforms now used
are the practical articles but later,
depending upon receipts from
series of dances to be held at the
State Armory, Tenth and DUPONT
streets, Wilmington, dress uniforms
will be issued.
The present uniforms, while not
as expensive nor f1ashy as those
worn by guards of other states, are
the most practical for combat SER
vice. They are similar TO those
used by the Air Corps ground crews
and all armed forces and mechan-
lied cavalry units.
The first of the planned series of
dances will be held April 6 and will
feature Bob Chester's orchestra.
The second, May 2, will have
Charlie Spivaok's orchestra and
all of the affairs will feature So
called name bands.
Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
Jurors Drawn
In Kent County
R. Scott, W. Ward, T.
HOlcOmb, R. Yerkes, r.
Robbins, L. Matthews
Called In Tenth Dist.

Jurors for the April term of the
Kent county courts have beer
drawn by Jury Commissioners
Walker L. Miffiin and Wilbur E
Jacobs. The regular panel fol
lows:
First Representative District
George e. Stevenson, Samuel Wal
lace, Harry Bostick, Edgar w
Frazier.
Second: Howell H. Buckingham
John Ellingsworth, William B.
Markland, Robert L. Frazier.
Third: R. S. Macklin, John W.
Thompson, Fred Marker, Fred
Burke, Jr.
Fourth: William Creig, Brady
Thompson, Nolan Steele, Robert A,
Davis, Jr.
Fifth: Earl Humphries. Charles
Pearson, Leo Scanlon, William
Sixth: William Rose, Amos Min
ner, L. d. Caulk, Jr., Bayard Ca
hall.
Seventh: Homer C. Nickerson,
William Kohler, W. Thomas Pick
ering.
Eighth: Victor H. Warren, Mar
ion McGinnis, Branch Dickerson.
Ninth: Norman Butler, Norris
Graham, Andrew Anthony.
Tenth: Ralph Scott, Wright
Ward, Bankson T. Holcomb.
Oyer and Terminer panel:
First Representative District:
George Rothwell, Arthur Gearhart.
Second: Thomas Buckson, Ro-
land Garrison.
Third: Alex Darrah, Franklin
Ross, Ed Ennis.
Fourth: Alva Hutchins, Willard
Hurd, Charles A. Moor.
Fifth: James H. Wheatley,
Franklin F. Johnson, William p.
Sixth: Edwin D. Dill. Nathaniel
Kersey Walters.
Seventh: Alonzo f. Porter, H.
Reedy Voshell, Louis A. Drexler.
Eighth: Charles N. Webb, How
ard Nye, John Darby.
Ninth: Howard c. Martin, Jacob |
:. Messner. Augustus Raughley.
Tenth: Robert Yerkes, Russell |
Leonard ]. Matthews.
Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
Sussex County
HON en- akers
Meet April LIST
Mrs. Whiteley Jewell Of
Milford, President Of
The Council, Will Pre-
side At Session.

Approximately 200 members oil
Sussex county home demonstration
clubs are expected to attend their
thirteenth annual Achievement Day
to be held in Georgetown at the
Grace Methodist Church on We'd
nesday, April l.
Mrs. Whiteley Jewell, president
of the Sussex Council, will call the
meeting to order at 10:30 o'clock.
In keeping with the significance of
Achievement Day, a part of the
morning session will be devoted to
reports of activities that various
clubs have sponsored during the
year. Mrs. Conwell DOdd, secre-
tary of the council and a represen-
tative of the Harbeson Club, will
present a combined report of these
activities. Mrs. Dodd will be as
sisted by Mrs. ]. P. George of the
HaEbeson Club; Mrs. Roy Judy of
Greenwood; Mrs. William O'Day of
Reliance; Mrs. Harvey Warrington
of the Nanticoke Club, and Mrs. G.
A. Swanson of the Shawnee Club.
Mrs. Arley Taylor of Andrewville,
Kent county, will give a short re-
sumo of the activities of Kent coun-
ty clubs.
Mrs. Chester Stroup and Mrs.
Ralph Baker of Georgetown will
have charge of the musical part of
the program and are planning
luo-piano number as a special fea-
ture.
In the afternoon Mrs. Jewell will
present Mrs. Dorothy Waldo Phil
lips, we'll known lecturer of Lans-
1owne, Pa, whose topic will be
Mental Hygiene-A Strong Wea-
pom for Democracy" Mrs. Phillips
was born in England and educated
in English schools and at the Col
ege of Neuchatel in Switzerland.
She is well known as a lecturer |
before women's clubs and civic Or
ganizations and LED a panel dis
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Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
Turkey Growers To
Meet This Evening
Down State Growers To Discuss
Problems At Georgetown

Another educational meeting fol
turkey growers of Sussex county
will be held in the Georgetown
Grange Hall on Friday evening
March q, at o'clock. This meeting
is being scheduled around turkey
rearing problems and establishing
ranges. This is the third in a SER
les being held in cooperation with
the Delaware Agriculture Exten-
sion Service.
The feature of this program is a
talk by c. Il. Burkhead from the
u. s. Department of Agriculture.
His subject will be "The Turkey
and Broiler Outlook for 1912"
Other subjects to be discussed dur
ing the evening are as follows:
My Experience With Turkey
Ranges" NOrvel Pepper.
Getting Ready for the Poults," !"
Bill Murray.
Management Pointers on the
Range" M. c. Vaughn.
Turkey growers assisting Frank
Gordy. assistant county agent for
Sussex county, in making arrange
ments for this meeting are: William
Murray, Ocean View; Burton Wag-
anon, Georgetown; M. c. Vaughn,
Coolspring; Norvel Pepper, Sea-
ford.