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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
EXPLAINS WAR OF HORSE
POWER

The automobile industry had q
running start on war production
long before Pearl Harbor, but that
attack gave the program a,big i'm
petus and the industry is used to
making such change-overs, Charles
F. Kettering, vice president in
charge of research of General Mo-
tors, told members of the National
Press Club in Washington recently.
Mr.. Kettering. who is also chair
man of the National Inventors
Council, revealed that this group is
busily engaged in taking the ideas
and suggestions submitted from
over the country, and analyzing
their usefulness with Army and
Navy authorities. He warned, how
ever, that there were necessary
delays, in getting acceptable ideas
translated into usable products on
mass production basis which the
armed forces can use.
"The inventor and research man
is nothing but a professional anna
teur," said Mr.. Kettering! "He is
an amateur to the extent that he is
doing the thing for the first time.
We work, and work, and work ON
things for months and years. We
have been on some projects for six
teen or seventeen years in industry,
and we think that in sixteen or
seventeen more years, we, will get
them. Learning how to fail intel
ligently is the sole purpose of a !
research organization. If we fail |
Historically, we won't be here"
Looking to the postwar era, Mr..
Kettering said that a lot of labor
creating industries were needed to
meet the problems of readjustment.
He mentioned the patents planning
commission as an. agency dealing
with that problem.
The ''mechanized" war in which
we are now engaged is simply war
of horse power, according to Mr..
Kettering. He said that the auto
mobile industry is not generally
as a horse power indus
try, but that is exactly what it is,
since the 32,000,000 motor vehicles
in this country represent many
times more horse power than in
stalled in central power stations
the country.
"A four-mOtored flying fortress
has as much horse power in it as
the biggest steam locomotive on our
railroads today" said Mr.. Ketter-
ing. This power element has be-
come a tremendously important
thing, and that is largely what me-
chanization means"
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
HOW FAST CAN WAGES
BE UPPED

Leon Henderson, Price ,Administra-
tor, is being congratulated in Wash
ington on his courage in advising the
National Labor Relations Board to rule
against any general, substantial wage
increases demanded by union labor.
He points out that a demand equal to
an increase of 81 day in two war in
dustries-steel and utomobiles-would
force prices up to inAationary heights
despite the new price control law. The
increase in wages would set a new
standard for about 100000 workers in
the automobile industry at the present
time, when the industry is undergoing
conversion to 100 per cent war pro-
duction.
1t is imperative to obtain a maximum
output of war items and a full utili-
cation of all productive facilities limit
ed only by material and labor supply
and to do it nowl AT the same time
it is desirable to furnish employment
to as many employees as possible who
are now unemployed but whose services
will soon be needed. The automobile
industry's program is geared to those
objectives.
Apparently, this is just another at
tempt of G. |. o. to "break through"
and get fresh wage increases.
Congressman Harold Knutson of
Minnesota, has taken the position that
if c. |. o. is going to charge more
money for services that there would be
increased compensation for the officers
and. enlisted men of the armed forces
of the United States now engaged with
General Macarthur in defense of the
Philippines. Mr.. Knutson has intro
duced bill in Congress which pro-
Vides for such an increase.
The National War Labor Board is
battling with the effort of the United
Automobile Workers Union to compel
the General Motors Corporation to pay
premium rates" for Sunday or holi-
day work. General Motors is now pay
ing time and one-half time for work
after eight hours per day and after 40
hours per week, and has offered to pay
double time for the seventh consecutive
days work regardless of what day of
the week that seventh day may be.
Ii seems incredible that the National
Labor Relations Board will allow c. !.
o. to get away with their racket.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08

would not answer the rubber prob
lem completely. "The ideal tire fol
normal temperatures" he said
would be one with a synthetic
tread and real rubber body. Such
tire" he said, gives longer life
but it also costs more because
synthetic rubber still costs 60 cents
pound to make. 1t has been es-
timated that in quantity produc-
tion this price can be driven down
to 80 cents a pound"
"By far the greatest hope lies in
guayule grown in American soil
and milled with American ma
Chimes" Mason continued.
"It is just as real rubber as that
which comes from the trees of
Sumatra. 1t will make tire 80 per
cent as good as the tire made from
the best tree rubber. 1t can be
produced at a cost no greater than
the price of Far Eastern rubber be-
fore the war broke out.
mo other rubber-bearing plant
known, including the famed Hevea
brasiliensis, contains as big a per-
centage of rubber as does the
guayule shrub. 1t (guayule rub
ber) has one chemical difference.
1t contains 20 per cent resin in
stead of 4. Formerly this was a
disadvantage. When guayule was
last used in large quantities Is
years ago, the removal of this resin
was an expensive process. Since
that time two things have happen
ed. First, a new solvent process
has been found which reduces the
price of removal to about one cent
per pound. Second, the plastic in
dustry has provided a market for
the high-quality resin obtained
from guayule." ="
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
MILLSBORO

Mrs. Ida Wheatley and daugh'
ter, Ruth Ann, whose home is neal
Cambridge, Md, spent the latter
part of last week with Mrs. Wheat
ley's brother, Norman Hickman
and Mrs. Hickman.
Last Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Hick
man accompanied Mr.. and Mrs
Laverty Steele and Eleanor SteelI
to Cape Charles, Va, and spent the
day there with friends.
Mrs. Harold Gardner has come
home from Delaware Hospital in
Wilmington, and is making a good
recovery from a major operation.
Mrs. Hubert ]. Stedman also is
getting along nicely since she re-
turned to her home from Memorial
Hospital, in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Arnold, OF
Carlisle, Pa, spent Saturday night
and Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
Charles r. Godfrey.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Dobson cell
ebrated the fiftieth anniversary OF
their marriage last Monday. Mr.,
and Mrs. Dobson enjoy fairly good
health and are the parents of ].
Harold Dobson, Mrs. John Gray,
Miss Ruth Dobson and DR.. Leslie
Dobson, who is a captain in the
army, stationed in Bermuda. Mr..
and Mrs. Dobson have sincere good
wishes for many more years of
happiness and peace.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas ]. Rogers,
of Wilmington, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred o. Hickman over Sunday. Mr..
and Mrs. Hickman, the parents of
Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Laura Dolby and
Mrs. Estelle Holiday were mar
ried sixty five years ago last
month.
Reese White. Jr., a senior at
Staunton Military Institute, has
been visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. r. White, for a few days.
Reese has enlisted in the air corps
but will not be inducted into the
service until school is over.
Philip Johnson. who has a de-
fense job in New Jersey, spent
last weekend here with his family.
The Ladies' Aid met last Monday
night with Mrs. Matte Shockley.
Mrs. Shockley. MRS. Kendall
Wiley, Mrs. Matte Dodd and Mrs.
f. E. Carey spent last Thursday in
Salisbury.
An appropriate program for
Mothers Day is being prepared for
presentation at Hickory Hill
Church next Sunday.
Rev. John A. Clark, of Frank
ford, is the pastor.
Mrs. Emma Corbin. of Philadel-
Dhia, is spending some time with
her brother. Edward B. Collins,
and Mrs. Collins.
Miss Relle McKaig has returned
from a visit with friends in Green
wood.
Mrs. f. E. Carey spent last Fri
day in FrankfOrd as the guest of
Mrs. William S. Long.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Assessment State Allocated
Increase In $l33,5OO Sum
Sussex County In U.S.O. Drive
CONTINUED from Yirs. Page,


The assessment is the greatest in
the third election district of the
Tenth Representative district which
includes Rehoboth Beach, where q
building boom has been going on
since the last assessment. In that
district the assessment is $6,250,-
256. The second largest is third
election district of the Third Rep
resentative district, embracing
West Seaford where the dupont
nylon plant is located. The total
for that district is $4,S00,739.
Georgetown, which embraces the
Ninth Representative district, ranks
third in assessment, $2,S16, ,442, and
has the largest capitation in the
county, 2,265.
Assessment By Districts
The assessment by districts fol-
lows:
First Representative District
Cedar Creek)-First election dis
trict, Sl,685,415; capitation, 773;
second, $1,763,525; capitation, l.
433; third, $2,O86,224; capitation,
1903. Total for district, $5,535, ,164; /;
capitations, 1899.
Second Representative District
Northwest Fork and Upper Nanti-
coke)-First, $8S5,802; capitation,
7O4; second, $1,96S, ,416; capitation,
1927; third, $1.144,762; capitation,
1.O46. Total for district, $685. $3.50;
capitation, 3,577.
SeafOrd Area
Third Representative District
(Seaford and South Nanticoke)-
First, S694,955; capitation SIS; sec
ond, $1,625,6O0; capitation, LAST;
third, S4,S00,739. Total for district,
S7,121,294; capitation $500.
Fourth Representative District
(Broad Creek)-The election dis
trict, $2,445,4S5: capitation, 2.024.
Fifth Representative District
Oittle Creek)-First, s1,591,123; F.;
capitation, 1,18S; second, $1,914,-
AS; capitation, 1899; third, ST.
418,716; capitation, 1895. Total for
district, $4,924,2S4; capitation, s.
8O5.
Sixth Representative District
Upper Dagsboro and Gumboro)-
First, $1,9O2,776; capitation, l,419;
second, $1,619,752; capitation, l.
447; third, s47s,760; capitation,
SOC. Total for district, $4,OO1, ,2Ss;
capitation. 1872.
Total S47,36I,714
Seventh District (Baltimore)-
First, s1,9S6,057; capitation, 1923;
second, $2,165,135; capitation. To-
tai for district, $4,151,192; capita
tion, S.4O3.
Eighth Representative District
(Indian River)-The election dis
trict, $1,639,364; capitation, LIT.
Ninth Representative District
(Georgetown)-The election dis
trict, $2,816,442;. capitation, 2,265.
Tenth Representative District
(Broadkiln and LeWes and Reho-
bothI-First, s2,544,S44; capitation,
1864; second, $1,933,121; capita
tion, 1922; third. $6,250,256; capi-
tation, 1924. Total for district,
$10,72S.221; capitation, 5,410.
Grand total for county of the %
election districts, $47,361,714; capi-
tations, S2,732.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08

Read and Laugh" said the half
dollar to the penny, II am bigger
than you. / shine brighter than
you do. l am more influential
than you are"
Said the penny to the half
dollar, Il am better than you are
/ go to church more often than
you do"
Content.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Wheat Growers Favor
Government Control
(Continued Irom Flrst Pagel

gesting that the final figure would
show approval by more than rs per
cent of those voting.
A two-thirds margin was needed
for continuance of the program.
The vote was cast last Saturday in
40 wheat-growing states.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08

This is the charm, by sages often
told,
Converting all it touches into gold !;
Content can soothe,
Wherever by fortune placed,
Can rear a garden in the desert
waste.
Count your blessings!
Mothers Day, Sunday, May 1Ol
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08

Remember Pearl Harbor! Re-
member il every pay day! Buy U. s.
Defense Swings Bonds and Stamps.
Evening star., 1942-11-28
Civil Liberties Union Plans
Court Fight on Poll Tax
b the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Nov. 2o.-The Amer
lean Civil Liberties Union was on
record today as planning to carry to
the courts its efforts to abolish the
poll tax In eight Southern States.
Through John F. Finerty, its coun-
Sci In the poll tax cases, the organi-
zation Yesterday said that the Sen
ate's action in killing the anti-poll
tax bill indicates the difficulties of
getting relief by congressional ac-
ton The organization added it
believed it would be even more diff
cult to get the eight separate States
TO repeal the poll tax restrictions.
1T is the intention of those inter-
ested to institute a proceeding af-
1ecting the registration of voters in
Virginia in the expectation that it
will be brought before the United
States Supreme Court within a
years time" Mr.. Finerty said.
Mr.. Finerty was counsel in the
case of Odell Waller in which the
poll tax figured in relation to the
selection of jury. Waller, a COL
ored Vrginian, was executed last
summer for the murder of a white
landlord.
Evening star., 1942-11-28

II we prod you enough. You should
know that URUGUAY is correctly
pronounced: "oo-roo-goo-AH-ee."-
c. M.F.
Answer: Oo-o-o, what you said
Roanoke: How should we pro-
nounce the word POSTHUMOUS?
". D.
Answer: Not "post-HEW- -muss. +"
Be sure to accent the first syllable,
which rhymes with "joss." Say:
POSS-choo-muss, or: POSS-tyoo-
muss.
Missoula: Should DIRIGIBLE
ever be accented on the second
syllable?-B. B.
Answer: Never. Accent the first
syllable, which rhymes with beer,
cheer. Say: DEER-idge-i-bI.
Salt Lake: What sanction Is
there for the radio pronunciation
of "analy-seez"2-L. Cd.
Answer: It Is correct for the
plural word analyses" But 1t
should not be used for the singular
analysis"
Mrs. G. D. p, of West Helena,
spots this hilarious typohowler in
the society column account Of q
local wedding: ~Schukert's Ave
Maria was softly played during the
exchange Of ccwsl"
Last cali for my free pamphlet which
kfves simple, non technical key to the
LIME, .hs-him. sha-heY. ve-us efc,
Inis sheaA y u every hoaas ana .
1exs g 1e 1vsai9e e1eF. All s6f
dssisassd 81 I'D 1sn SSndicats. Ine1
Evening star., 1942-11-28
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME

all I need to know. friend Digger"
said he. When Blacky the Crow
and Sammy Jay visit a place more
than once something interesting is
going on there. I think I'll take a
stroll up through the Green Forest
and look around"
With that off Old Man Coyote
started. But he was too sly and
crafty to go straight to the Green
Forest. He pretended to hunt
around over the Green Meadows,
just as he usually did, all the time
working nearer and nearer, to the
Green Forest. When he reached
the edge of it he slipped in among
the trees and when he felt sure
that no one was likely to see him
he began to run this way and that
way with his nose to the ground.
Hal" he exclaimed presently.
"Reddy Fox has been this way
lately"
Pretty soon he found another
trail. SO said he, Peter Rabbit
has been over here a good deal of
late, and his trail goes in the same
direction as that of Reddy Fox.
CUES all I have to do now is to fol-
low Peters trail and it will lead me
to what l want to find out"
So Old Man Coyote followed
Peters trail and so presently came
to the pond of Paddy the Beaver.
"Ha" said he as he looked out and
saw Paddy's new house so there
is a newcomer to the Green Forest!
/ have always heard that Beaver is
very good eating. My stomach be-
gins to feel empty this very minute. {"
His mouth. began to water and a
fierce hungry look shone in his
yellow eyes.
1t was just then that Sammy Jay
saw him and began to scream at the
top Of his lungs, so that Paddy the
Beaver over in his house heard him.
Old Man Coyote knew that it was
of no use to stay with Sammy Jay
about. SO he took q hasty look about
and found where Paddy came ashore
to cut his food. Then, shaking
his fist at Sammy Jay he started
straight back for the Green
Meadows. "I'll Just pay visit here
in the night" said he. ''and give Mr..
Beaver a surprise while he is at
work"
But with all his craft Old Man
Coyote didn't notice that he had
| left . footprint IN the mud.
Evening star., 1942-11-28
AFTE and Dim. Suoy Su,, ,oul ,nui ,.,,

gan to spring up, and the surplus
was disposed of, until finally the
growing Of apples was left to
experts.
Apples grow best In temperate
climates, without extreme heat or
cold, and there are few sections
which do not produce them. The
Great Plains, the cold high noun
famous regions, the sultry low places
in Arizona and California are not
apple climates.
An apple tree planted on private
grounds and well cared for is most
welcome addition to our other trees.
The tree is always lovely. The
flower buds in spring a deep rich
pink, and the open blossoms, with
their pale pink petals and wonderful
perfume. are a call to the bees,
which, in turn, provide honey for us
and assure apples for the tree. The
fruit is most attractive nesting
among the foliage In summer, and
what fun it is to pick your own
apples. We are going to learn to be
the most thrifty Nation in the
world. There Is no reason why we
should not have growing on our land
fruit and nut trees that will help us
save our pennies.
Evening star., 1942-11-28
NATURES CHILDREN
APPLE.
(MdItus syiUestris. }

Arkansas and Michigan choose
the apple blossom as their flora,
emblem. Nearly every person in
America has eaten apples, and Il
quite familiar with several varieties
but few have had the JOY of seeing
an apple tree in bloom or had 8
Whit of the wonderful fragrance Of
an orchard in full blossom. Apples
are victory food this year. The
winter varieties are those that got
special" listing from October q
through Halloween.
This years crop of apples is above
average. The export market Is cut
of by a global war We can ship
fruit to our armed forces and Allies
only in dried and canned forms. Sc
eat all the fresh apples you can
Raw ones. Of course. with their
jackets on. contain a small amount
Of vitamin c, and also fair amount
OF thiamine and riboflavin, needed
in your diet.
Where did the first apples come
from? Not the Garden of Eden. but
Southwestern Asia, whence they
were taken to Europe. Apples are
so adaptable to the temperate cli-
mates that they have been cult
waited in many countries. Since the
Evening star., 1942-11-28

was a young man who gathered the
seeds from the mills where cider was
made. He washed them and carried
them in gunnysacks to places where
he cleared the land and fenced it in
with crude stakes. He spent his life
planting apple seeds, and thousands
OF trees were found growing and
bearing by those who took possession
Of the land. He never received a
penny for his great work. He asked
none, and he died a pauper, happy
that he had planted so many trees
for those who would enjoy them.
Today We have over $500 varieties
Of American apples. Less than SO
are grown for commercial purposes.
The commercial growth Of this fruit
began rs m outgrowth Of family
sized orchards. In the early days
each man planted enough trees to
take care Of his fruit problem.
Gradually the trees came into such
excellent bearing that there vas
more than enough. Than cities be-
Evening star., 1942-11-28
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

BY The FOUR ACES.
| David Bruce surnstone. Oswald J.eo-
1 four, inventors of the system that
has beaten every other system in
existence
The Main Feature
This hand caused much discus
sion," reports ST. Louis fan, be
cause we find it difficult to agree on
anything.
South dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
40 10 632
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483
AK74 AJass
V74 N %
"A 10 So 4K97
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%QJ64
The bidding:
South. East. North. West.
10 Pass IA pass
~ Pass Pass pass
South made four hearts easily
enough, losing only two clubs and
diamond. But when the discussion
started. we differed on these points:
To begin with, should the hand
be bid to game? Perhaps the game
is a matter of luck, since a 80
trump break would defeat the con-
tract, and so would the location of
both top clubs in the West hand.
Perhaps the game is not particularly
lucky, but unbiddable just the same.
Then, if the hand should be bid
to game, perhaps South should have
jumped to three hearts over one
spade. After all, he needed very
little to produce a game.
"Or perhaps North should have
bid differently. Perhaps he should
have bid two hearts to begin with.
Or, having bid the spades, he should
have raised hearts later on.
What do you think about all
these points?"
We think the hand should be bid
to game. It pays to bid a game
when there is an even chance to
make one sometimes when there is
less), and this has far more than
an even chance. Furthermore, the
game is distinctly biddable.
Soth's bidding cannot be criti-
cized. The hand might have been
a complete misflt. He couldn't tell
anything from North's spade re-
sponse, but 1t was up to North to
make things clear.
North should have bid two hearts
to begin with (whereupon South
would have gone to four at once).
But having bid spades, he should
have raised hearts later on. Where
the main feature of a hand is sup
port for your partners suit, you
must show that support at some
time. In some hands there may be
some question as to whether to show
support at once or after a tempor-
izing bid, but it must be shown
sooner or later.
Yesterday you were Oswald ia
coby's partner and. with neither side
vulnerable, you held:
40
0KJs75
oA 1915
] 4 K93
The bidding:
Schenken. You. Lightner. Jacoby.
Pass ~ Pass IA
Pass a. Pass INT
Pass sI?D 3
Answer-Bid three no-trump.
Your partners bid is an invitation
to game You can accept without
hesitation with your generally
strong hand and stopper in the un-
bid suit. This game should be made
without any trouble at all.
Score 100 per cent for three no.
trump, nothing for any other bid.
Question No. 1922.
Today you hold the same hand,
but the bidding is different.
Schenken. You. Lightner. Jacoby.
Pass 10 Pass IA
| Pass p Pass 40
! Pass CD
What do you bid. (Answer Mon
day.
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Evening star., 1942-11-28
Take Ny Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Saturday
Clearinghouse

Winston-Sal Occasionally a
broadcaster will pronounce the noun
evening as "EE-ven-ing." Is it a
three-syllable word?-Mrs. H.
Answer: No. The noun evening
(close of day. should always be
pronounced: EEV-ning. But the
verb evening (making even has
three syllables, thus: EE-ven-ing.
Denver: You do not understand
Spanish orthoepy, but you'll learn