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Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04

ating on engines designed for it,
while the same ship ying with 73
octane fuel and comparable en-
gines can carry only ten passen-
gers.
Our 1000 horsepower engines
would still be draftsmen's dreams
without the high test gas to run
them. And it takes a lot more
than oil wells to produce that gas
Millions of dollars in research and
decades of painstaking laboratory
experiment were required before
the fuel was produced that could
send the present efficient, high alti-
tude, heavily armored bombers over
our enemies. The oil industry was
experimenting with gasoline vita
minis" before anybody ever heard
of Hitler or Hirohito, or before
there was any conceivable need for
a gasoline. The experiment
ing was simply impelled by the
spirit that keeps this country going
so magnificently, the spirit that
was born of our heritage of free
dom. We can be thankful that it
still exists.
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04
CAUSE FOR PRIDE

One of the most fantastic stories
of the war has not been told and
will not be told until the guns are
still. That is the story of air trans
port. Much of the fighting now
taking place in far-away corners of
the globe, in steaming jungles and
on minute islands, primarily is to
determine who shall control the
strategic air routes of the future.
Fortunately for this country, the
commercial airlines had progress
ed far ahead of any other nation,
and with the arrival of hostilities
were in a position to render inval-
liable service.
1t is largely airline pilots who,
in close cooperation with the Air
Transport Command of the Army
under the leadership of Major Har-
old Lee George, are blazing trails
over the seven seas and all the
continents. These pilots and the
managements back of them who
built the airlines, can rest as
sured that the dangers and tribu-
lations they suffered in pioneering
air operations were not in vain.
AS the U. S. News observes: "The
number of planes leaving each day
for Alaska. for England, for South
America, for Africa, for India, for
China and for Australia is a mill
tary secret. But it is no secret
that the schedule calls for hun
dreds of flights every day, and that
the number is growing swiftly. 1t
is no secret that the fleet of hun
dreds of cargo planes in service
this year is expected to grow into
by the end of another
year."
Those who feel that the airlines
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04
MAGNOLIA

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gourley aRC
daughter, Arlene and Mr.. and Mrs
J Edward Hill spent Thanksgiving
: with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Marine
of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schmick anC
daughter Betty were guests on
Thanksgiving with Mr.. and Mrs
Olin Dill.
Mrs. Sallie Barrett spent Thanks
giving with Rev. and Mrs. r. E.
Green of Harrington.
Miss Betty Tailor of Wilmington
spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w Tailor.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. J9hnson and
sons, Donald and Samuel, of Will
mington, were guests on Saturday
of his mother, Mrs. Maggie john
son, the latter returned with them
for the winter.
H. P. Anderson of Hartly, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. A. Hayes and children, Pa
tricia and Barbara, of Dover, were
guests of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. B. Anderson on Sunday.
John Boone of Trenton, N. j.,
visited Mrs. Elizabeth Boone last
week.
Mrs. Hannah Merkle of Philadel-
phia, was a guest of Mrs. Florence
White last week.
William Balsch of Baltimore
spent Thanksgiving with his fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Pugh of Mills
boro, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. C. Ingram on Saturday.
Mrs. Hubert Dill gave a surprise
birthday dinner for her husband on
Tuesday evening. Those present
were MIR. and Mrs. James B. Nell
vaine and Mr.. and Mrs. James Reed
and son.
Rev. and Mrs. w. L. Beckwith and
son Walter spent Thanksgiving
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Rhea and Mrs. Laura Beck
with of Cambridge, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. johnson were
Thanksgiving guests of Mr.. and |
Mrs. Horace Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Johnson en-
tertained on Thanksgiving Mr.. and .
Mrs. T. B. Spurry and son Freddie,
Mrs. Mamie Kelley and Mrs. Emma
Harrington of Frederick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arlie jackson en-
tertained on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Jackson and little son
Of Camden, Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeless
Of Newark and Miss Wheeless of
Seaford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin c. Hart
and son Connie, Mrs. Kathryn
Knight, Mrs. Edna Davis and Mrs.
Ecca Smith were Wilmington Wis
tors on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. r. Davis enter
aimed Mrs. George M. Gilmore of
Keadon, Pa, last week.
During the recent Women's
Week to promote the sale of war
ponds and stamps, this community
iold over $4,000 worth of bonds
md stamps. The leaders of the
worked hard and are to
)e congratulated on their achieve
nent.
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04
GASOLINE, 'VITAMINS"

When spectacular figures on the
performance of new type military
plane are released, there is a gen.
eral tendency to overlook one inn
portant factor: fuel and it's bearing
on the breathtaking record of mod
ern aircraft.
For example, standard airline
transport plane can carry "a pas
sengers with 100 octane fuel oper-
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04

Mrs. Margaret L. Brice has movet
to the Baker apartments on Soutl
Railroad avenue.
Harry Russell, of Bridgeville
who for the past seven years has
been connected with the office o.
WPA here, is expected to move
with his family to Georgetown
within the next few weeks.
The central section of Sussex
county had heavy rain storm last
Sunday night and farmers report
that the bitches and drainage can
ais are taxed to their capacity to
carry off the surplus water.
Among those home from the col
leges and universities for the
Thanksgiving holidays were: Miss
Sarah Short, Jimmy Walls, Lee
Bear, Charles Cannon, William
Kitchens. Tommy Saunders, Har-
old west, University of Delaware I;
Robert Short, Princeton Univer-
sity; Miss Barbara Mumford, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania; Layton
Ayers and William Reed Hudson,
University of Virginia; Miss Peggy
Walls, Washington Secretarial
School, Washington, D. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Joseph and
son, Charles, have moved to Dover
where he is efployed at the Army
Air Base. The property of Miss
Anne B. Moore, on West Pine
street, vacated by the Joseph fam
lily, is to be occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Williams the first of
the month.
Mrs. Fannie Boyer, North Bed
ford street, is suffering from
broken arm as result of fall.
Mrs. Frederic Walls and Mrs.
Carrie Ryon are spending the
holidays with the
latter's brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Walls, in
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Short,
West Market street, are entertain
ing the latter's aunt, Mrs. George
life, of Philadelphia, during the
holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lamachia are
spending the holidays with rela-
lives and friends in Wilmington.
Mr.. Lamachia is in charge of the
manual training department of the
Georgetown High school.
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Krusen and
son, of Conys Hill, Pa, are visiting
Mr., and Mrs. Eugene Bailey on
West Pine street, during the hollis
lays.
DR.. Preston E. West has been
,alled into the services of the
lrmed forces. DIR. E. F. Phillips,
associated with the op-
ometric practice of DR.. V. Lay .
phillips of Smyrna. however, will
continue the practice of optometry
laily in the Georgetown office of
)r.s West for the duration of the
var
Mr.. and Mrs. James Nichols of
)elmar are being congratulated
lpon the birth of a baby girl, born
November 26. She has been named
,oral Helena. Mrs. Nichols is the
ormer Sallie Parsons of George
own.
A. Hazard, of near Lewes, was
he guest of Rev. Edmund N. Hen
is, Monday night, at turkey din
er at the Lions Club" Mills
orc. :.
A. Hazard, of near Lewes, made
business trip to Philadelphia this
reek. 7
Parsons Bros. Manufacturing Co.,
t Seaford, bought large tract of
imber from A. Hazard, of near
ewes.
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04

SPENDING MONEY out of town
is something like weakening the
foundation of a building. Some
part of the strength that supports
the community is removed.
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04

should be militarized for the dura-
tion, are losing their. American
perspective. If the airlines had
failed to measure up to the tasks
imposed on them, such a position
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04

airlines can expand in the peace to
come, over the entire world, bring
ing to all peoples a good example
of what the free institutions of
America can do.
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04

might be justified. But they have
not failed. We are fighting this
war to save private enterprise, not
to destroy it. Every pilot who
wears the uniform of a CONNER
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-04

cial airline can be doubly proud.
He is carrying on a military mis-
sion against the enemy, and as a
civilian he is helping nightly to
preserve a nucleus from which the
Evening star., 1942-12-29
CI0 Auto Workers Union
To Expand Staff Here

Two vice presidents of the United
Automobile Workers, CIO, Walter
Reuther and Richard Frankensteen,
will come here soon to take charge
of an expanded Washington office
of the union, it was announced to-
day.
Since September. the UAW has
had a small Office at 1920 New York
avenue NV in charge of Norris
Field. Decision to enlarge it's WASH
ington Office was made by the gen.
eral board of the UAW at a meeting
early in December in Los Angeles.
Mr.. Field said no definite location
for the new Office has yet been Sc
lected.
r. j. Thomas. UAW president,
said in Detroit Mr.. Frankensteen
would be in charge of the unions
legislative program and handle all
matters pertaining to the War Labor
Board, the National Labor Relations
Board, the Labor Department and
cases of discrimination against
workers because they are aliens or
alleged "subverSives.
Mr.. Reuther was assigned to ham
die matters pertaining to the War
Manpower Commission, the War
Production Board, Office of Price
Administration, housing and gaso-
line and tire rationing.
Evening star., 1942-12-29
Hull Denies Boa| |mpeded
Bolivian Labor Laws

Charges that Pierre Boal. United
States Ambassador to Bolivia, had
attempted to impede passage of a
Bolivian labor code creating more
favorable conditions for mine work.
ers were denied by Secretary of
State Hull yesterday.
The Secretary explained that AM
oassador Boal had once made in
qulrles about the effect of the nro-
posed labor code on production costs
OF the strategic materials that we
were obtaining from Bolivia" in line
with his duty to report all eco
nomic facts" to Washington.
He emphasized, however, that the
Ambassador did not do or say snv-
thing which could be construed as
an attempt to influence the labor
program, and pointed out that prices
Tor tin and tungsten have been re-
vised upward by agreement with
Bolivia. '
James G. Patton, president of the
National Farmers Union, had called
Tor off1cial information on reports
which he contended indicated that
Mr.. Boal had "intervened" in a
Bolivian labor controversy.
Evening star., 1942-12-29
Senator Barbour Sees
Election Mandate Iqnored

senator Barbour, Republican. Of
new Jersey says he has seen no evi-
oence that the administration has
accepted the peoples mandate" at
the last election
The American people" Senator
BARBOUR said in a statement last
Ilght, voted for the complete devo-
tion TO the winning of The war with
me elimination of politics for the
duration. '-'0
IL essential for the Republican
members of Congress to be aware ~
thlS as well as New Dealers II j,
most unfortunate that since Novem-
per we have seen no evidence bv
'he administration that they have
accepted the peoples mandate"
"A non-partlsan and objective in
depreciation of the election res1,te y
lie continued, was but an assertio,
on the part of the American peonIe
10 let both the members of Congress-
and the New Deal administratio,,
ofhclals know in no uncertain term,
that they expect their elected Repre-
sentative to Congress to exercise
constitutional functions and not tn
continually delegate their power to
tne executive branch of the Govern
ment.
Inc people voted against the svs-
tenn under which vast powers have
oeen vested in the executive branch
OF the Government. then delegated
10 numerous bureaucracies, many OF
winch have been poorly and hastily
administered with the natural result
OF being a tremendous waste Of
money and manpower.
Evening star., 1942-12-29
Hotels, Clubs Expect
Capacity Audiences
On New Year Eve
Cover Charges to Range
From SIS Bond Down;
Big Bookings Reported

New Year eve festivities at Wash
ington hotels and night clubs may
find attendance equal to pre-war
celebrations, a check of reservations
today indicated.
Unlike peacetime parties uShering
in a new calendar babe, uniformity
in cover charges is lacking The
prices range from S25 war bond
per couple at the Wardman Park
and Carlton Hotels to no cover or
minimum charges or advance reSer-
vations at some places. Night clubs
are not raising the usual New Year
eve admission charges, it was
claimed.
There will be no festivities at the
Shoreham or the MayfoWer Hotels,
No table can be reserved at the
Mayfower, where the usual mini
mum of 81 so per person for dancing
will prevail. The Shoreham reported
it was already booked to capacity
for Thursday night.
Dinner and Souvenirs Sc.
The Hotel Raleighs Pail Mall
Room is charging Sc per person.
This amount includes dinner. souve-
Mrs for the ladies and noisemakers.
Reservations are being made rap
idly, it was stated.
The Willard Hotel with a ball
room capable of accommodating
1000 guests, is charging 81 per per-
son, which includes table. dancing,
favors and noisemakers. A special
floor show will be given.
At the Ambassador Hi-Hat. it
will be a case of first come, first
served, there being no cover or min
imum charge. Special entertain
ment has been arranged
The 2400's Lounge Riviera is
charging a 50 cover, with reserva-
tions being held open until $50
o'clock Thursday night.
The Balalaika said it is receiving
many inquiries and reservation re-
quests. The celebration cover will
be $3.50 per person at ringside and
$3.50 per person for all other seats.
Victory" Celebration.
Troika said its customers have
made it known to them in no un-
certain terms that they desire to
celebrate victory in advance of its
achievement" The cover is Sc per
person, which includes dinner and
novelties, as we'll as special enter
tainment. Our customers can stay
as long as they like, even if the bar
must be closed at 2 a.m," an off,
cial there remarked.
The Del Rio, with minimum Of
IS per person, reported it has booked
many reservations.
The. Lotus Restaurant said its fee
OF $3.50 per person would include
Evening star., 1942-12-29
Title 10 Greenbrier Hotel
Acquired by Government

BY t5o Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Dec. %
The Federal Government acquired
title today to the fashionable Green
brier Hotel at White Sulphur
Springs, which already has been
converted into an Army hospital.
The appraisal figure for the
Greenbrier, cottages, casino, stables,
three golf courses and $500 acres
of land was s3.300,000 The pur-
chase price will be fixed either by a
condemnation commission or by
agreement between the Federal Gov
ernment and White Sulphur
Springs, Inc, a subsidiary of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.
Federal Judge Ben Moore entered
an order confirming the transaction.
This served to halt pending con-
demnation proceedings whereby the
Government had proposed taking a
two-year lease on the famous prop
erty.
The elite of several generations
lldu pdIiolilACu lllc llloullIdlll lcoOl
before it was closed to the public
in December, 1941, and taken over
for use as an internment center for
Axis diplomats and journalists.
The hospital was named Ashford
General Hospital in honor of Col
Mahlon Ashford of the Army Med
ical Corps. Some patients already
are quartered there.
Evening star., 1942-12-29
Plans Pushed for Three
War Housing Projects

Federal Public Housing Authority
officials today pushed plans for con-
struction of three war housing prof.
ects-one in Arlington County, Va,
and two at Elkton, Md-following
bids which were received yesterday
at the office of Oliver c. Winston,
director of region three, FPHA.
The Arlington units will be con-
structed on Glebe road, near the
Army and Navy Country Club, off,
cials said, and will furnish living
quarters for 800 families.
The Elkton project will consist
of two units for women war work.
ers, it was said One unit will ac-
commodate 248 white women war
workers, and the other unit will &C
commodate 248 colored women
workers. Amount of the bids was
not announced.
Bids will be received tomorrow,
officials said. for the construction of
1000 temporary family dwelling
units at Middle River, Nd, and on
Thursday bids for the construction
of 500-trailer camp at the Glenn
Martin plant at Baltimore will be
received.
On Saturday FPHA officials will
receive bids for the construction of
$50 permanent family dwelling units
at Cedar Point, Md, 1t was said.
Evening star., 1942-12-29
Baltimore Projects Residents
Initiate 'Se|f-HeIp' Program

cials to get around to the job. would
take steps to make sure trash and
garbage were collected regularly by
the city.
The club hopes to arrange for a
community drugstore and to ex-
pand recreational facilities.
Community dances and other en-
tertainments are being arranged
and a tentative schedule of COM
petitive sports is being drawn up.
"Self- Help" Lauded.
The Civic Club has fostered a
close-knit, wholesome community
spirit of type rarely seen in Amer
ica's pioneer war-worker settle
ments, Mr. Wilson said.
Mr.. Wilson summed up the situa-
ton thus:
Residents of Armistead Gardens
are trying to set an example so that
other war housing areas can see
way to help themselves. The ma
jority of residents of this and every
other housing project are interested
in a better place in which to live.
THE best way to achieve a more
comfortable and happier way of life
is by self-help.'
Evening star., 1942-12-29
Arkansas Girl Named
1943 Maid of Cotton

BY the Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Dec. 29.-Blond.
gray-haired Bonnie Beth Byler, %,
daughter of Lepanto tArk)
planter, was named 1943 maid of
cotton last night in a contest an
nually conducted by the National
Cotton Council for a representative
to tour the Nation as an advocate
of the use of cotton.
Runners-up to the new maid were
Frances Barton Harris of Calvert,
Tex, and Ernestine Ashe of Fort
Worth.
Miss Byler will be sent to New
York for course in modelling, and
later will be taught details of the
cotton industry before beginning a
Nationwide tour in which she will
model cotton fashions and entertain
members of the armed services.
Miss Byler, feet inches tall and
weighing lis pounds. is the daugh-
ter of DR.. c. E. Byler. Lepanto
planter. She was graduated from
the University Of Arkansas In 1912.
Evening star., 1942-12-29
100000 More
Housing Units
Slated in 1943
War Projects in D. c.
Next Year Seen as
insufficient, However

More than 10000 new units Of
war housing will be completed here
in 1943, but this still will not meet
the demand of incoming war work.
ers for accommodations, 1t was an
nounced today by Milton Fischer,
acting regional representative of the
National Housing Agency.
Shortages of materials and labor
make it impossible to build enough
new housing to supply the need
said Mr.. Fischer. 80. we must
rely on fuller use of existing hous-
ing to provide the remainder of the
required accommodations
More than $4,000 new houses,
apartments and dormitory accom-
modations became available in this
area in 1912, Mr.. Fischer said. Pri-
vate builders completed some $500
with priority assistance, while a
number of others were started before
priorities were established and were
completed in 1912.
25 Government Projects.
The Government housing COM
struction during the year totaled
5,317 units on rs projects. The cost
of these projects was approximately
S21 100000.
Private builders have about 5000
more family units under construc-
ton now and priorities are available
for another 1900 units. Public agen-
cies will build 27,887 units. at a cost
estimated at SGT 100000, which will
be available by July /.
Mr.. Fischer mentioned the Homes
Use Service as possible means help
ing to alleviate the housing crisis
which will grow during 1943. Through
this program private homes are be-
ing converted to rooming houses
and leased to the Government. The
Government is also seeking to find
rooms in private homes for war
workers.
During 1912 the War Housing
Center here found living quarters
IN existing housing for more than
$4,000 persons, according to Marvin
M. Wire, director of the center.
Many Placed in Virginia.
| AT the same time, it was reported
that the War Housing Center in
Alexandria, under direction of Bar
bara K. Watkins, found rooms in
private homes for 1900 war workers
ana placed l,100 families in larger
accommodations during the year.
FRANK L. Dieter, manager of the
Arlington County Center, reported
that living accommodations were
found in more than 5000 rooms for
war workers there. In addition. $50
families were located in larger dwell
ing units.
The War Housing Center in WASH
lngton is located in the Informa-
tlon Center at Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV. TIE
center is prepared to answer all
questions concerning housing ac-
commodations here.
Evening star., 1942-12-29
Canned Food Rotioninq Explained

The point system of food ra-
tioning to 60 into effect in about
a month will give the housewife
great freedom in picking out the
kinds of processed vegetables and
fruits her family likes best.
This is one of the important
factors in favor of the point sys-
tenn, according to Harold B.
Rowe, director of the food ra-
tioning division of the Office of
Price Administration, who fixes
the points of value in the Ma
tion-wide job of rationing. The
system, he insists, is highly
flexible"
Suppose, for instance, hypo-
thetically, that her family doesn't
like certain things, such as maybe
sauerkraut or peas. The house
wife will not have ration coupons
she has to spend for these things.
but can use the coupons she has
Tor something else they may like
better-for instance, tomatoes or
beans.
Will Balance Market.
But If too many people begin
to buy tomatoes or beans instead
OF sauerkraut and peas, he says.
OPA can raise the point value of
the more popular foods to a level
where the housewife will be more
inclined to buy the things which
are cheaper from the point of
view of ration points. This will
nave a tendency to balance the
market to better advantage of
every one concerned. 1t would
"direct demand to supplies that
are largest" he explained, land
away from those which are
scarcest."
The problem of just how to
work out the point value of all
the various processed canned,
bottled, frozen fruits, vegetables,
dried fruits and all juices. in
ciudlne soups, is a herculean
tssk. Officials are going at it
scientifically. so as to help pro-
vide the Nations hungry mouths
with as wide a variety as pos
slble, properly distributed.
The point values will not be
fixed until about time for ra-
tloning to go into effect. This is
to help prevent boarding and
speculation. The public is urged
not to try to hoard. Ration
points will be torn out of the
new ration books for boarded
foods.
Benefits Merchant
The point system. Mr.. Rowe
poln' s out, is not only good for
the housewife, and members of
her family, but also for the
merchant.
Business can preserve its exist
ing competitive methods he said,
under the American plan often
referred to as freedom of enter
prise"
The grocer will take ration
coupons from the customer when
he sells rationed goods. He goes
and denosits these coupons in a
bank. This is part of the ration
banking plan" to go into effect
shortly before the public will be
forced to buy rationed goods with
points out of their Ration Book
No. 2.
But the grocer does not have
to save the coupons he gets from
Mrs. Housewife to go buy more
products from the wholesaler.
The grocer piles up his ration
points in the bank, and has a
ration point account. He has also
a check book with which he buys
more food from the wholesaler.
Has Been Tried Out.
He must pay cash, of course. in
addition to ration points. But