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Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18
Advisory Board Setup
For Service Center
Group viii Confer With Officers
OF Girls Club

With work going steadily forward
on the Milford Service Center,
which is being sponsored by the
Milford Business and Professional
Girls Club, the need for an ad-
visory board was recognized and
this week the following have been
selected to serve on the board:
Mayor Edward C. Evans, Father
E. ]. Mccarthy, DR.. Walter l..
Grier, Alphonso Humes and Mrs.
Byron Gibson. This newly-elected
group will confer from time to time
with the officers and members of
the Business and Professional
Girls Club, regarding the activities,
ETC., of the center.
The officers of the girls club are:
Miss Charlotte Ryder;
treasurer, Miss Marjorie Dare; sec
retary, Janis Clendaniel.
The girls have received a num-
ber of cash donations, but are still
badly in need of additional funds to
complete the job. Furniture is also
needed to equip the center.
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18
Basic Facts About
Point Rationing
New System VIII Be Introduced
Early In 1943

Basic facts on point rationing
were outlined today by the Office
of Price Administration.
l.. Point rationing will be in
troduced to Americans early in
1943 when war rationing book two
is distributed.
2. The purpose of point ration
ing is to guarantee everyone a fair
share of scarce but essential goods
while at the same time giving ev-
eryone a variety of items to choose
from.
8. There are three chief differ
ences between point rationing and
the coupon rationing which is now
in effect for sugar and coffee.
4. The first important difference
is this-under straight coupon ra-
tioning, one single coupon entities
the consumer to buy a specific
amount of a single commodity
such as, one sugar coupon entities
you to buy three pounds of sugar.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18
State Dimout
Head LeFevre
Sound Warning
On Blackout
NJ o t orr S is Especially
Warned About Paint
ing Out Upper Half Of
Lenses; Local Council
Set Forth Regulations.

All visiting as we'll as resident
motorists driving in Kent and Sus-
sex counties at night must now
have the upper half of their head
lights blacked out and use low
beam only.
Colonel John P. LeFevre, state
dim-out director, announced that
state police have advised him they
have made plans to enforce the
regulation and will make arrests
after reasonable time. The po-
lice, he explained, are confining
their activities at present to issu-
ing warnings for any violations of
the general dim-out rules but may
begin making arrests at any time.
The following regulations were
passed and adopted by the Milford
Defense Council at a meeting held
in the city council room on Monday
night, December IA;
1. HOmes-Resolved that all
shades in homes be drawn to the
bottom of the window to comply
with dim-out regulations as adopt
ed by council. This regulation to
be effective at once.
2. Outside Lights on Private
PrOperty-Resolved that all out
side lights on private property not
properly shaded in accordance
with the regulations-as adopted by
council to be turned out at once
until properly shaded One call
upon the property owner will be
made to direct attention to light
and explain the necessity for COM
pliance.
3. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are
to travel on low-beam lights only.
Top half of the lens must be
blacked out by paint, tape, or some
similar Opaque device. Spotlights
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Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18
Sugar Stamp No. 10
Good For 3 Pounds
Good Any Time Between
December 16, 1912, And
January 81, 1943

Sugar Stamp No. 10 in War Ra-
tioning Book No. 1 will be good for
the purchase of three pounds of
sugar between December 16, 1912,
and January 81, 1g43.
Allotments to industrial users
will again be 70% of the sugar
base, and institutional users will
receive 500 of their sugar base for
January and February, for which
application may be made beginning
December Is, 1912. The allotment
of $50 still remains for hospitals
treating patients suffering from
acute illness and patients tempor-
arily residing in the hospital.
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18
Farm Families Can Hid
';Share- The-Meat" Program

lockers, are both to participate in
the 21s-pound weekly share allow
ance.
The "share-the-meat program"
was called for by Claude R. Wick
ard, Secretary of Agriculture, and
chairman of the Food Requirements
Committee of the War Production
Board. Meat can still be butchered
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Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18
Board Decides To Hold
School On Saturdays
From February Sixth,
Through May Is, To
Help Farmers, Gamers


The Milford Special School Dis
trict had adopted the early closing
date and has decided to hold school
sessions on Is Saturday, from Feb
ruary 6, through May Is, eliminat-
ing the usual Easter holidays, so
that the schools of the district may
close on May II unless days should
be added on account of any lost on
account of bad weather.
This action was taken after sew
eral weeks of consideration, ON
December IL, at the regular meet
ing of the board, when letters were
read from Russell E. Wilson and
J. Franklin Gordy, county agricul-
tural agents of Kent and Sussex
counties, respectively, calling at
tention to the serious shortage of
both farm and canning factory wor-
kers. They both expressed the opin-
ion that expected emergency could
be relieved only through the wide
spread employment of boys and
girls of school age when the work
ing season starts, and made an ur-
gent appeal to the board to take
measures without de-
lay to free the boys and girls from
school attendance at least during
the harvesting and canning Of the
perishable crops on which the arm
ed services as well as the civilian
population are counting during the
year ahead. The county agents
were joined in this appeal by the
local canning industry. 1t is the
hope and the belief of the board of
education that the parents, pupils
and teachers will cooperate in this
plan so as to make it really eff
fective. We have as yet scarcely
begun to make the personal sacri-.
iices and adjustments that are
sure to be called for as the war
develops:
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18
Horticulturists Urge
Youth For Farm Work
Peninsula Society Seeks COOpera-
tiOn OF State Education Boards

Seeking a solution to the farm
labor shortage problem, the PENN
sula Horticultural Society, meeting
in Dover last week, adopted a reso-
luton urging that boys and girls
of teen age be modified to assist
fruit and vegetable growers on the
peninsula.
The resolution recommended to
the State Boards of Education of
Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia,
and the Wilmington Board, that
they recognize the farm labor short
age problem and source of avail
able labor and provide a program to
organize and educate school boys
and girls of the teen ages in groups
under adult leadership to be dis
tributed where needed among the
fruit and vegetable industries.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18

Delaware farm families can help
the Nation conserve its meat sup
plies by taking part themselves in
the Governments "share-the-meat'
campaign, states Miss Pearl Mac
Donald, nutritionist for the Della
ware Agricultural Extension Ser
vice. Farmers who butcher meat
for home use, and those who buy
from farmers for storage in freezer
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18
Rotary-Kiwanis Clubs
Hold Intercity Meet
Clarence FuImer Of Wilmington,
Guest Speaker At Meeting Tuesday

Clarence Fulmer, principal of the
Wilmington High School, was the
guest speaker at the annual inter
city meeting and ladies' night of
the Milford Rotary and Kiwanis
Clubs held Tuesday evening at the
Grange Hall.
Mr.. Fulmer gave a most inter-
esting talk on current events, trac-
ing the campaigns in Europe, Afri-
ca and the Southwest Pacific. He
said that he believed the Germans
would crack up before the Japan
ese. Mr.. Fulmer likened the mod
ern day Japanese soldier to the
fanatical Mohammed warrior of
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Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18
Instructions For
Meat Slaughterers
OPA Lists Requirements For Those
Butchering Cattle, Hogs, Etc.

Every person in the United
States who slaughters and delivers
to others even so much as one ami
NAL of the sort listed in the OPA
Meat Restriction Order of October
1, is subject to the restrictions of
the order and to its penalties in
case of violation, the Office of Price
Administration stated today. Far
mers who slaughter animals only
for their own use are exempt, and
are not subject to any fine. Animals
covered are cattle, calves, sheep,
lambs, and hogs. Delivery of meat
from these animals to civilians is
limited so that there shall be
enough for the fighting forces of
the United States and its allies.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18
New Rationing Order
For Farm Machinery
Secretary OF Agriculture Wickard
Issues Order &C"

Issuance by Secretary of Agri-
culture Wickard of a new ration
ing order-Rationing Order c.
"unfreezes' farm machinery and
equipment which is in dealers
hands and permits this machinery
and equipment to be rationed by
county farm rationing committees.
But, the order continues the
freeze" of farm machinery and
equipment in the hands of distri-
butors and manufacturers until
county rationing quotas are estab-
lished.,
The special committee Of the
Delaware U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture War Board handling farm
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Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18
Ernest Tatman
Drowned In Lake
Body Was Discovered By Eugene
Paquette Last Saturday Morning

The body of Ernest Tatman, 80
years old, of Milford, was found last
Saturday morning standing upright
in Haven Lake. On the bank nearby
were two sweaters. Eugene Pa
quette, who was riding a bicycle
across the lake bridge, saw the
mans head protruding from the
water and notified police.
Funeral services were held at
his late residence, Front and Mar
shall streets, at p. m, on We'd
nesday. Interment was made in the
Slaughter Neck cemetery. Rev., J.
w. Brinton of Lincoln, officiated.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Elva Ingram Tatman; his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Tatman; two
sisters, Mrs. Nelson Griffith of Bir-
mingham, Ala, and Mrs. Donald
Peet of Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18
Milford Cardinals
Totals

A schedule is now being prepar-
ed. Teams with home courts can
contact Sergeant Thomas May at
the Armory at Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, December 8, To
Tuesday, December Is, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following thermometer readings for
Milford from Wednesday, December
9, to Tuesday, December Is, inclu-
sive:
Milford chronicle., 1942-12-18

OF the new teachers employed,
six are teaching agriculture; six,
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Evening star., 1942-04-06

TIVE EVENINGS HIGH LIGHTS.
VOL, 6t5-Amy Day Program; A bust Of
Gen. Douglas Macarthur Is presented the U. 5.
Military Academy, with Fsdsral Security Ad'
minsirafor MeNuH, Philippine Resident Com
missioner Eli1aIds, Australian Foreign Minister
Eyait and others participating.
Wpt, s.oo-tsvaItsds Of Amsrits; New
Kms; presenting Yellow Jack" with Tyrone
Power.
WNAl, 800 Love a Mystery; Another
body al Frozen Corpse lodoe'
Wgv, s:OO-vm Pop; 10 West Point a,
me- cadets salute Army Day.
WRc, s;3o-WalIensisIns Orchestra; New
time; Margaret Speaks features composition
by her uncle, Obey Speaks-" Prayer Peted."
Wpc, e:00-Voorhses Orchestra: New time;
4 salute 10 Army Day by hr. Melton and Miss
White.
WEV, e0O-Radio Thtief: The Fighting
slny-ninfh." with Pat oBrisn, Robert Preston
and Ralph BeIlamY.
Wpt, e;30-Df. |. o. New time; Jimmy
httlans show remains the same.
Wpt, t000-tonisnisd Program Musical
portrait Of our old pal, Uncle Sam.
WhAL, i0;oo-herry eoRound: Hits Of
Ne past week presented by Phil DueY, Bea
Vain and Victor Ardens band
Evening star., 1942-04-06
SH0RT.WAVE Program,

MOSCOW, 6:t5-Nsw In English: RKE
ii.8 meg, 75.2 m.
LONDON, 6:55-Nsws Analysis CSC, e5t
meg. 3i.3 m.; 65D, Ills meg 75.5 m.
LONDON, sOO-Dsmouaey Marches CSC
s.5S meg, 3i.3 NJ; eSD. Ills meg 75.5 m
SYDNEY, s:75-New and Music: Woio, e5s
meg 3i.4 m.
RIO De ANEIpo, o;oo-prooram in English
P5H, i0.72 meg, 1913 m.
LONDON, o:00-YeadIine News: CSC, s5i
meg, 3t.3 m.; GSD, HIS meg, 75.5 m.
MOSCOW, 9;i5-Broadtas In English: RKt
ii.S meg 75.1 N.
VATICAN CITY, e:3O-Nsw and Comment
HVJ. 9.6 meg 81 m.
GUATEMALA, iO:45-opsrafit Selection,
TeWA, 96S meg 81 m.
GUATEMALA. 1900 "oruussia proerssita'
Concert: IOWA, e.6S meg 81 N.
LONDON, 1t:f5-Britain Speaks; CSC, 95s
meg, 3i.3 NJ; GA, 6.ii meg 4o.i m.
MOSCOW, ii:i5-EnuIish Period; RKE
ii.5 meg, 25.2 m.
LIMA. PERU, ti.30-lnformaiiw Noie,
Peruvian Music: 0AX.4z. 6.0S meg, 49.3 m
GUATEMALA, i7.i5 1u.-tonteh with Ma
rinba: IOWA, o6S meg 81 m.
LONDON, 1870 a.n.Ilafe News; CSC, e.5t
meg, 3i.3 m.; GSl, 6.ii meg, 4o.i m.
Evening star., 1942-04-06
POINTS FOR PARENTS

BY Edyth Thomas Wallace.
BY the simple erpedient OF
using "De" instead OF "you," it
often is possible to change a
young PERSONS resentment into
cooperation.
Evening star., 1942-04-06
EVENING STAR FEATURES.
TIVE EVENINGS HIGH lleArs.

Star Flashes: Latest news with Bill toyls,
kwies daily; WhAl, t:55 and Ass pm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-02-14
War 5e(re(y
 (Ianlped On
 Raie Hearing
Roden $ Questions Go Un. answered by Company
 Auditor af Seattle

SEATTLE, Feb. IA Certa n questions put to witnesses at the hearing here into increased Alaska freight and passenger rates went unanswered yesterday because they might have divulged information which would benefit the enemy.
 Attorney General Henry Roden of Alaska, questioning c. M. Nit chell, Alaska Steamship Company auditor, looked over an exhibit by the company which recited profits and losses for certain voyages and asked for specific answers as to why profits were made on certain voyage and a loss shown for an- other.
 Examiner Furniss instructed Nit chell not to answer and informed Rcden he. could obtain the infor- nation but that it could not be made part of the record
 That's what I want" Roden replied, 50 at least can go back and tell my people I saw it."
 Mitchell then testified briefly con- corning the increased costs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-02-14
N E W EST OF NAVY CRAFTI IS WAR PAINTED
First Vessel Named After Alaskan Town Now
 Ready to Fight

NEW YORK, Feb. 14-The $13- 000000 light cruiser Juneau, 6.0O0- ton sister ship of the Atlanta, which was commissioned last December, today joined Uncle Sam's fleet i'll commissioning ceremonies.
 The first ship ever to start active service in war paint. the Navy said, reveals the fine art to which cam ouflage has advanced"
 The Juneau is the first naval vessel to bear the name of an AL aSkan city or town.
 Ut embodies some of the most advance designs brought out in recent war operations the Navy declared.
 The craft was christened late in l941 by Mrs. H. I. Lucas, wife Of the Juneau mayor, at Kealny, N. J.
 Commander of the Juneau is Capt. L. K Swenson, a native of Utah. Executive officer is Comdr. w. E. Moore, Los Angeles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-02-14
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA = The Capital in War time:
 Rsd String -- Wien a government official gets all bound up in the own red tape, that's news. Take the case of James V. Bennett, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
 MT. Bennett and his staff were caught in that shift of offices de- signed to relieve crowded condi- tions in the Department of Justice building. MT. Bennett was moved to the former quarters Of the Home owners Loan Corporation, now transferred out of Washington. MT. Bennett,s new office is spacious, nicely appointed, with a southern exposure. But there was no buzzer system for MT. Bennett to call hls secretary.
 He put in rush order. Nothing happened. Finally the Director oi Prisons rigged his own call system It consists of string that stretches from his desk through the wall, by passes sub-secretary; winds through a screw-eye and fastens to paper weight that rests on the floor
 Now, when MT. Bennett wants his secretary. he yanks the cord. The paper weight goes thump- Hump on the floor and the secre- .ary comes a-runnin'.
 Helter-shelter The imposing 'eauty of the U. S. Supreme Court
 uilding is something that no visit Jf forgets. Its marble halls beget whispers. Until a few days ago. 1t would have been hard to believe
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-02-14
Transport Planes, Guarded by Fighters, Land Jap
 Forces on Island
FIERCE FIGHTING E
 REPORTED IN pR0GRESS
Australians, Other Imper- : idl Troops, Landed
 on Java Island
tBY ASSOCIATED PRESS,

Japanese parachute troops today struck into southern Sumatra with rnenacing thrust toward the Is- land of Java, the heart of the rich Dutch East Indies.
 Tn the siege of Singapore, Jap anese troops are reported to have captured the $l50,000,000 Naval base on the shore of Johore strait across from the Malayan Peninsula.
 Allied Endorsements
 simultaneously with these reports the Australian Radio broadcast that Australian and other British Imperial troops have landed at Bat avia, on the Island of Java," taking up petitions for the defense of the island.
 Big Scale Attack
 Dispatches early this morning from Batavia, the Capital City of the Island of Java, said the Jap anese parachutists dropped near Palemang and swiftly launched Sto H@HiS aeeuSh Oil tlidt Vltdl lS- land of Sumatra oil center and only 250 miles from Batavia.
 An official communique from Batavia says the defense forces of Sumatra are putting up furious resistance killing Japs by the dozen.
 More than 100 Japanese trans port planes, guarded by fighter planes. have also landed and joined the parachutists in the big attack. 1 1,OOO-NIile Front
 According to early afternoon ad- vices, the fight is still progressing furiously on the first land inva- sion of the 1000 mile long island of Sumatra with a thrust being at- tempted into lower Sumatra.
 The Japanese now have three gun muzzles pointed directly at the heart of the East Indies on an arc extending through Bandjermasin. Southern Borneo, to Makassar, chief port of the Southern Celebes Is- land.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-02-14
50L0N WARNS OF GAS BOMB DANGER HERE
Says Jdps Gould Use AL askd Posts 10 A.
 tack Stdtes

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-Sena- tor Scott w. Lucas, Illinois Demo- crat, today denounced the arm chair complacency of the Ameri- can people and grimly warned the nation that poison gas attacks on it's great cities would be in the off ing if the Axis reached a point where it need fear no reprisal ac- tions on the part of the United States.
 If Japan masters the Far East, !" Lucas said, the next move may be against Russia, the Aleutian Is- lands and Alaska, and with air bases in Alaska, Chicago would be only four hours away for bombers, and New York could be attacked by gas bombs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-02-14
Nazi Warships'
 Escape Brings Much Criticism
Pearl Harbor |nvestiga- lion Demanded by
 Newspapers

LONDON, Feb 14-Reorganiza- tion of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's War Cabinet in increase fighting cooperation among the army, navy and royal air force to avoid further British failures such as the escape of three German war ships was forecast today in in formed parliamentary circles.
 A storm of editorial criticism coupled with a strong demand for an official inquiry similar to the American investigation after Pearl Harbor, was raging.
 Tt would be the best possible thing to show the people that mis- takes do not go unpunished,' a member of parliament declared.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-02-14
NE W MEN IN DRAFT GROUP
 TO REGISTER.

All men from 20 to A years of age, inclusive, who have not regis tered previously under the Selec- tive Service Act, must report to either the City Hall or the Ameri- can Legion Dugout between am. and pm. Monday to have their names recorded for possible service with the armed forces, Selective Service Director John Mccormick reminded them today.
 J. E. Martin will be in charge of registration at the City Hall. The Rev. C. E. Rice will be in charge at the Dugout. Volunteer civilian clerks will assist registrants in answering the questions.
 All registrants must answer nine questions. After registrant has answered the questions and signed the registration card, he will be given registation certificate signed by the registrar The regis tration certificate is green. Preyi- ous cards issued to men signing in the other two registration periods were melon and white.
 The following information must be supplied by registrants:
 Name of registrant, place of resi- dence, mailing address eff other than place of residence), telephone, age in years and date of birth, place of birth, name and address of person who will always know registrant's d dress, employers name and address. and place of employment or business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-02-14
NATION WILL HEAR LEADER
 TELL-0F WAR
President Announces He Will Give Radio Talk
 February B

WASHINGTON. Feb. 14-Presi- dent Roosevelt will make a radio address to the nation at 2 pm. t(Pacific Time) on Feb. .23. Steph- en Early, Presidential Secretary, said today that the Presidents speech will last about a half hour, and that MT. Roosevelt is expected to report on the progress of the
 war effort.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-02-14

 STILL HOLD
 SINGAPORE
imperial Forces Have Not Refreated Further
 Hordes Swarming

. BATAVIA, Feb. 14-The Singa- pore Radio reports tonight the de- lenders are still holding their own and have not retreated further.
 There is an official report the British Naval Base on the shore of Johore strait, not far from the re- paired causeway from the mainland to the Island. has been captured. It is said the Japanese hordes are pouring over the causeway onto the island.
 The Singapore radio also reports tonight the reservoirs on the island are still in British hands on the battle lines although it is indi- cated at least part of the central basins of fresh water are in Jap anese control.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-02-14
RED ARMY
 DRIVES ON,
 LONG FRONT
Fortified Positions of Ger mans Sformed, Says
 Moscow Report

MOSCOW, Feb. IA The Red Army forces are driving west mile after mile on the front between here and Leningrad and are re- ported to have stormed the fortified positions the Germans built in preparation for stand until spring.
 It is reported tne German re- serves thrown into the battle on tfc Kalinin front is melting rapid ly.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-02-14
AUSTRALIA SENDS ARMY
 TO IN DIES
lmperidls Arriving, Com munique from Ba-
 tdvid Declares

SYDNEY, Feb. l4-Reports from Batavia today said Australian forces are pouring into the Netherlands East Indies defenses to stand along side the fighting Dutch.
 The communique said it was not permissible to reveal the number of the endorsements but declared other Allied troops and Empire forces were arriving
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-02-14
AR TYLER Y DUELING ON BATAN FRONT

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA The War Department reported heavy artillery dueling on Batan Penin- sula and resumption of the Jap fir ing siege on. Corregidor fortifica- tions with Jap war planes active.
 No material change in the situa- tion is reported. however, in official dispatches from Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-02-14
PROBE INTO RUBBER SET
 FOR TUESDAY
Senator Brewster Says that Jesse Jones Method
 Is Under Fire

AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 14-The Tru- man Committee next Tuesday will launch an investigation that will tear the lid off the rubber situation III this country" Senator Ralph Brewster, committee member, de- clared today.
 T know Donald Nelson and his associates on the War Production Board are far from satisfied with the way Jesse Jones handles the synthetic situation" Brewster said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-02-14
Imperial Arnly Drives N azis Back Libya

CAIRO, Feb. 14-German mobile columns have been driven back by British Imperials west of Ainel- eazala in Libya, it announced of ficially today.
 The battle took place 40 miles vest of Tobruk.