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The Ely miner., 1942-12-24
TRAINING AT DULUTH.

Misses Dolores A. Wiley and Lorene
E. Wiley of this city reported for duty
on December IA, at Duluth to the
NYA war production training center
to take training in power sewing. The
young ladies will reside in the resi-
dent center operated in conjunction
with the training center. Upon COM
pletion of of their training they have
agreed to accept employment in ind
ustries related to national defense.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-24
On This
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

Highway accidents, since the speed
limits have been lowered to wartime
standards have decreased SO per cent.
The Milan Times says the 35-mile
limit should be made permanent even
after the war. This would give the
travelling public a chance to view the
beautiful scenery of this great state
of ours. Those who wish to go faster
can take airplanes.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-24
Tu0MELA NOW
in AFRICA FIGHT

Pfc. Toivo j. Tuomela is
stationed with the u. S. forces
in North Africa, according to
a card received by The Miner.
The card bore picture of the
city of Oran.
"The days here are very
warm, but it cools off at
night" he said. 81 want to
say hello to my friends"
The Ely miner., 1942-12-24
Vincent r. yerich Trains
for War Work Position

Vincent F. Jerich is now in training
at the NYA war production training
cneter at Duluth, where he is taking
machine shop work. He will be en-
ployed in defense industry upon the
successful completion of his course. =
The Ely miner., 1942-12-24
"GHOST SHIP OF THE PACIFIC"

The boys of the San Francisco have a special
for their cruiser It's the Ghost Ship of the Pacific" The
that to date the Japs have reported sinking her
less than four times Seaman Anton Seme declared Right
at this the San Francisco being repaired made
ready for another day of battle with the Japs who,
doubt wish their reports only true
The Ely miner., 1942-12-24
Recreation Department
Seeking Lady Assistant

The recreation department is seek
ing woman assistant director for full
time work. Applications may be made
at the recreation office In the Com
munity Center.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-24

ARRIVES SAFELY SOMEWHERE"
Corp. Clarence Hedloff of the q. s.
marine corps has arrived safely at an
undisclosed American base whose 10
cation Is not revealed.
The Ely miner., 1942-12-24

marines Guadacana would not have face bombardment
from the huge of the Jap fleet ---
In action four torpedo planes roaring
the waves attacked his ship Two headed the bow
two for the stern typical pattern of attack employed by
Jap flyers All four shot down. but one pilot made a
suicide dive the San Francisco nog his ship directly
antarcraft gun Only then did deadly barrage
of ackack from the Thirty Buejackets died with
the Jap.
"People back home ought to know what the boys
there going through" SEINE commented "ts rough
tough fight"
Seine will leave Saturday for his cruisers namesake city
California where he will again board his ship From there,
only his commanding officers know what the
All told in five months in the Coral Sea- Seme action
five engagements but the 73mnute night battle
which the u fleet smashed desperate attempt by the
Japs reinforce their Guadacanal blast
the marines with naval gunfire the most devastating
Seaman Seme received special birthday present from the
u S. fleet Oct H. when blasted Jap ships the
bottom in early attempt to land troops Guadacanal
At about the u S. Ships stealing swiftly through the
night in ndanghng STYLE ambushed the unsuspecng
transports broadside from of warshps struck Jap
troop carrier and the ship went flames and smoke
few hours earlier Seme and the c. Os (chief petty
fcer ate heartily of two birthday cakes especially prepared
for the Ely sailor by the bakers in the galley where he works
mess cook when not at his action posts.
engagement the death throes
of warship struck by torpedo The ship blew up with
tremendous sending steel sections 900 feet the air.
Although the San Francisco 1000 feet distant it
struck by pieces of the exploding ships topsde
On the u S. forces knew action with the
enemy imminent, Seme related.
about II o'clock the night of Nov IL, went to the galley
and returned with handful of cold pork chops which turned
my buddes" said Might as we'll eat be-
fore the fight told them. About shells suddenly
flared up.
"Then all hell broke loose"
Savos from the opposing ships blasted the tropical stiffness
and the guns bechng fire and SMOKE flashed vvdly on all
sides, Seine said
In darkness the only time you knew you'd made hit
when something blew up he said Shps burning
on all sides.'
The job facing the that night critical The
Japs had mased battleship cruisers destroyer
transports laden with troops assigned to drive the marines
their oohod the strategic Solomons If the enemy had
ceeded the United States would only have Guada
canal but the Japs would have been favorable position
sever the United Nations lifeline to the South Pacific
The enemy outgunned the u ships But from the bridge
the San Francisco Admiral Daniel J. Caaghan the task
forces commander who later killed only three minutes
defantly said eve want the big ordered
his ships to close in.
Continued Last Page
Evening star., 1942-11-15
a CATCH In The MECHANISM
Hans Schaffts was indulging in a luxury that no
German bombarcier can aHord He was fhinking...

But Hans, but Hans, don't you
see how silly all this stuff is! That
big-abig-rumph-rumph German ma
ton thinking itself so great and so
superior? Can't you see that nobody
is better than anyone else, because
where's the measure, where are
the scales? All this Might and
Sword and Stuff! Don't you see
we're all on a little bit of ball
ooursing through enormous Space?
Not knowing where we are going.
not knowing what's going to hap
pen, all lonely together - and we'd
better be nice to each other? Not
cutting each others throats and dis
emboweling each other, saying,
I am much more intelligent than
Evening star., 1942-11-15

at Headquarters. II ask for trans
fer" he was pleading, his voice hys-
terical. Il can no longer bomb. As
bombardier am no longer any good.
l miss and miss. beg you to trans
fer me. Give me fighter; put me
anywhere. But I can no longer
bomb; as a bombardier l am now no
goodr'
The bushy eyebrows of the man at
the desk knit. They slid apart again.
and a faint smile passed over the
leathery face.
Il see," he said. "Bombardier
Schaffts, you have been at it too
steadily. You are in need of leave.
l accord you two weeks. See that
you spend them we'll - forgetting
everything. Eat, drink, carouse.
Amuse yourself. Drink champagne
we have lots of champagne now
all the champagne of France.
When you come back, you'll find
that you can bomb we'll again -"
But -" Hans started to pro-
test. But, General" he sputtered.
The leathery face froze. "You
have heard my order"
And Hans found himself out in the
hall. In his heart was the despair of a
child who has tried to explain some
thing important to his mother. and
who has not been understood.
1.-TWO weeks leave!" Cham
payne" What good could that do?
When the real matter was that,
every time he was on the point of
dropping a bomb on target, May
sic Gray, at his side, stretched out
a OBTAINING hand. and made him
miss. -IlAFS HOPPER
Evening star., 1942-11-15

bomber Strengthened out into the
level course that precedes the drop
ping of the bombs.
His hand on the release, Hans
waited for the silhouette of the
cathedral to appear in the rectangle
of his sights.
A hallucination for a moment
touched him. He thought that May
sic Gray was at his side, that her
curls were against his cheek, her
laughter in his ear.
Then, abruptly, in small silhou-
cite, the cathedral sprang square
into his sight. He pulled the bomb
release.
But even as he felt the pilot shoot
the plane to one side in a great lurch,
Evening star., 1942-11-15

ROM the start of the fight.
Bombardier Hans Schaffts, at
u his station in the bomber's
nose, had let his mind wander more
than usual. A similar relaxation
seemed to possess the other men,
bers of the crew.
This was, Hans reflected, because
they we're on one of those new raids
felicitously described by their chief
as "Baedeker Raid" One of those
raids careless of military objective,
but aimed directly at the English
hearts; at the things Englishmen
loved most.
There was to be no purblind CROP
ing after some narrow concealed
objective today; whole city was the
Evening star., 1942-11-15

your? O, Hans, what silly talk you
talk!
''And that Fuehrer of yours! That
little bag of envy and rage and ha-
tired and cruelty and venom! Oh,
Hans, you're funny"
In THE nose of the bomber, Bonn
bardier Hans Schaffts now turned
himself completely to his job. con-
centrating tightly, struggling off the
last vestiges of these childish memo
ries. The bomber, in long gradual
slanting, had been coming down
from the great heights. 1t now shot
out of the clouds, and the English
country appeared beneath, and Can
terbury ahead, and the cathedral.
He was caressing his instruments
with long delicate hands. The
Evening star., 1942-11-15

then zoom upward toward
the shielding clouds, Hans
saw that he had missed. He
had missed the church, he
had missed the town; far
below his bombs we're churn-
ing a vacant green field into
volcanoes of black earth.
WHEN the bomber had
regained the home field,
and they had scrambled
out of it, the pilot for a mo-
ment stood facing Hans.
"You we're you
not - just a bit slow work.
ing that release?" the pilot
suggested mildly.
Hans stood there, en-
barrassed and puzzled.
There was some sort of
check" he said slowly. He
frowned. ''Some sort of de-
lay. Some sort of catch. In
the mechanism. 1t should
be carefully inspected -"
But within a month he
was standing before a desk
Evening star., 1942-11-15

ment's consideration he chuckled
his answer in derisive NO" He
was no soft neurotic, of an inferior
race. He was German, of creed
clear and hard - unsmudged by
shameful doubts.
His thoughts flew back to that
summer four years ago, and to May
sic Gray, the daughter of that rather
silly Mrs. Gray who had taken him
in as a boarder. He was fifteen then.
and Maysie was fourteen. She was
hoyden, Maysie Gray, a tomboy.
with that tumbled yellow mop of
hers and those clear hazel eyes -
and that terrible frankness.
How she had run him - he, the
quiet, studious German boy! Over
the moors, over the hills, along the
brooks; or trapping him into match
es of that tennis she played so saw
agely. And laughing at him.
LAUGHING at him all of the time.
Laughing at his serious ideas. Hardly
a day passed that he had not parted
from her in sulk, a sulk he meant
to cherish the next day, and the
next, and forever.
But he never could. You couldn't
sulk long against that bright wild
manner of hers. Soon he'd be run
ming across the fields again with her.
All the same, on their very last
day together she had laughed! They
we're sitting in the arbor in the twi-
light. He was going away in the
morning, back to his own country.
And because he was going away
in the morning, he had poured HIM
self out to her more than he ever
had - and she had laughed!
Evening star., 1942-11-15

target - that old cathedral
city so beloved of those SEN
timental Englishmen.
And Bombardier Hans
Schaffts began to ask him
self a question: What was it
going to feel like? He had
dropped bombs before.
Many! But just in a little
while, for the first time, he
would be dropping bombs
on a place where he himself
had lived. Four years ago he
had passed a summer in the
old cathedral city, a studi-
GUS German boy perfecting
his English. (What a waste
of time! Soon there would
be no EnglandD
Would it be a new sensa-
ton? An intriguing one?
This sowing of destruction
on hooks where he had
loafed, on ways he had trod,
on roofs under which he had
slept II on people he had
known? Would it be a vio-
lent sensation2 After a mo-
Milford chronicle., 1942-06-12
Rural Women's Short
Course june IA To IL
toontInusd from rIral Paasl

During their stay at the Univer-
sity, the homemakers will live In
the women's dormitories and will
eat in the regular Women's College
dining room in Kent Hall.
The program this year will stress
those problems and adjustments
confronting farm women during
this war period. Official represen-
tatives will explain the various
government war time programs
such as rationing, salvage, price
control and others which call for
adjustments in rural livings
Other features included on the
program will be leader training
classes to prepare the homemakers
to take back to their respective
clubs information and skills' for fu-
ture club meetings during the year.
Mrs. Mckinley reports that this
year the homemakers will not
make their annual trip to the Della
ware Art Center and to Longwood,
but will remain at the University
for a full schedule of educational,
and recreational
events.
Milford chronicle., 1942-06-12
NeIU Ration Setup
Splits This City
Continued from FIRST Page,


According to the new setup, North
Milford will have to register for
rationing at Harrington, and South
Milford residents are under the
Milford office.
Complications arise from the fact
that the present rationing office for
Milford which will be placed in the
Sussex area is now located on the
Kent county side of this city.
Division OF Districts
In Sussex county the present IA
rationing boards located in the
various communities are to be re-
placed with boards located at Mil
ford, Georgetown, Seaford, and
Frankford.
The Milford board is scheduled to
cover the first and second repre-
sentative districts of Sussex coun-
ty; Georgetown Office will cover the
ninth and tenth representative dis
tricts of Sussex county; Seaford
office. the third, fourth, fifth repre-
sentative districts of Sussex; Frank
ford Office the sixth, seventh and
eighth representative districts of
Sussex county.
In Kent county, rationing boards
will be established at Smyrna, Do
yer, and Harrington.
Milford chronicle., 1942-06-12

Let freedom ring on Uncle Sans
cash register! Buy u. S. Defense
Bonds and Stamps.
Milford chronicle., 1942-06-12
July Jury Panels
Drawn in Kent County
toOutinusd from Fist rasel

Sixth, Kenneth Wix, Edgar Dill,
Ernest Tucker, John w. Webb, Jr. /;
seventh, Lester A. Downham, Thos.
HUM Brown, Frank Norris, Her
man H. Hastings; eighth, Charles
w. Newman. James S. Raughley,
John Houseman, ]. Hubbard Pat
terson; ninth, ]. Frank Graham, A.
Leonard Harrington, James w.
Hopkins, Leonard Horleman; tenth,
Clement H. Nutter, George Lynch,
Arthur Hall, Frank Mills.
The special panel follows:
First Representative District +
Harvey Ford, Russell Burchard,
Joseph Broadway; second, Anthony
B. Carroll, Henry Carey, Charles
Hodge; third, Harry A. Watson,
Preston Burris, Clarence w. Gears;
fourth, Francis E. Thomas, Howard
Thompson, Paul Smith; fifth,
James w. Valentine, Mike Scanlon,
James B. Goodwin. D
Sixth, Paul B. Hughes, Henry
Weaver, William Thomas Ross;
seventh, Charles r. Brown, George
William C. Burke;
eighth, Thomas Moore, Roland
Knots, William Hart: ninth, Harry
C. Tee, ]. Harvey Burgess; tenth,
Harrington, Jr., Harvey
Short.
Milford chronicle., 1942-06-12
USO Drive Takes Place
OF Six Campaigns
tcontinued from pirst PaFs,

Here are the chairmen of each
town and the amount which has
been sent to the county finance
chairman:
Ocean Hieav-MiilViiie-
Milford chronicle., 1942-06-12
'Ag' Teachers Will
Study Farm Repairs
tcontlnued From rlr.l rarsl

Darrell F. Long, Conrad School,
Planning for Farm Placement and
Cooperation in the Labor Short
age;" Marvin G. Calls, Milford.
Farm Machinery Repair-A Vital
Part of the Regular Shop Pro-
gram" Jones e. Jeffries, State
High School and. College for Color
ed Students, Farm Machinery Re
pair for the Adult Farmers;" Rich
ard e. Burke, Middletown, 20. S.
Y. National Defense Glass and Farm
Machinery Repair"
Ralph L. Watson, Bridgeville,
adult Farm Shop Work and Its
Rewards" Harley F. Taylor, Louis
L. Redding School, Middletown, "a
Community School Garden Pro-
gram at Home;" Harold M. Bene-
dict, Milton, "Salvaging Scrap
Metal, Paper, ETC." F. .Thaddeus
Warrington, Newark, "F. F. A.
Guidance Meeting for New Voca-
tional Agriculture Students" Geo.
M. Butler, Lord Baltimore School,
Planning Ahead for an Agricll-
ture Exhibit" M. Myron Price, Jr..
Laurel, Cooperation With the CT
william Defense Program"
Milford chronicle., 1942-06-12
Kent County USDA
War Board Meets
tconliauad flun susa Faaal

According to instructions receiv-
ed from the War Production Board,
all applications for farm dwelling
construction costing $500 or more
during any 12-month period, and
any other farm construction which
costs in excess of $1,000 during a
similar period must come before
the county USDA War Board for
consideration. Farmers who wish
to purchase materials from dealers
who may be reluctant to sell such
materials because they lack infor-
nation about the order or other
causes should attach to their pur-
chase order a statement to the eff
feet that they are familiar with the
provisions of the conservation or
der. The Kent County USDA War
Board is represented by commit
tee consisting of r. Harry Wilson,
chairman; County Agent Russell E.
Wilson, secretary, and Lyndon d.
Caulk whose duty will be to handle
these applications for farm con-
struction.
Under an amendment to the War
Production Board lumber freezing
order, farmers can now order lum-
ber for use in construction or re-
pair of buildings for storage, and
for packing and shipping agricul-
tural products, provided that
signed compliance statement ac-
companies the order. Wheat grow
ers will be interested to know,
therefore, that the War Production
Board has advised manufacturers
they may build grain bins made of
wood in unlimited quantities, pro-
vided these bins contain no metal
except nails, strapping and small
hardware.
Farmers are urged also to sal
wage all surplus scrap iron, metal
and old rubber which can be used
in the manufacturing of war equip
ment and munitions. Arrangements
have been made through the Kent
county salvage committee to- COL
lect these materials from farms
from which cards have been re-
ceived indicating the amount of sal
wage materials available for these
war purposes.
Milford chronicle., 1942-06-12
Postwar Highway
Demands To Be Great
lountlnuea frum Rlrst Paasl

passenger car traffic is showing a
loss in volume, it is evident that
truck trafiic is increasing. During
the war interval, weather will ex-
act its usual toll and scarcity Of
materials will make 1t difficult to
carry out program of continuous
and adequate maintenance.
.'It is evident that motor tax rev.
enues during the war period may
exceed possible expenditures. One
OF the major weaknesses of the One
Fund Act is that under these con-
ditions, the monies may be expend-
ed for other state purposes. If this
is done, Delaware will face an
alarming situation, as it will be i'm
possible to meet post war highway
demands because of lack of funds.
Should this happen, two unpleas-
ant alternatives must be faced. New
and drastic gasoline and motor Ii
cense fee increases will have to be
levied to provide funds for even
partial program to meet anticipated
conditions. The other alternative is
to permit our highway facilities
further to deteriorate.
Delaware must make some ear
" provision for isolating gasoline
and motor tax revenues, preserving
such funds as remain after permis-
sible and essential maintenance
work is completed, for the post war
period when their wise and pru-
dent expenditure will guarantee a
renewed excellence of this most
vital form of transportation at
time when the general public will
again enjoy its advantages"
Milford chronicle., 1942-06-12
Commencement At
.Colored School
CONTINUED from first Fass)

Presentation of Diplomas.
Presentation Of Awards-Prof.
d. G. Waters.
Closing son, Our Delaware"
Benediction-Rev. ]. A. Fassett.
Recessional-Graduating Glass.
Closing Song, Negro National
Anthem.
The class roll follows: Allan
Baynard, Lillias Bernice Fountain,
Walter Howie, Charlotte Imogene
Mosley, Walter Moore Parker, Jr.,
Edith Ann Turner, Martin Kelleh
Dixon, Frances Savannah Henry,
James Hersha1 Lofand, Archibald
Henry Parker, Lucille Sharp, JOS
eph Franklin Whalen, Doris Blon-
dell Robinson, valedictorian, Reba
Ellen Ross, salutatorian.
Jennie Mae Parker, high honors.
The school faculty is composed
Of George M. Whyte, Mrs. Helen
Games, Mrs. Elizabeth Shockley,
Mrs. Fountain Slater Mitchell, E. L.
Waters. principal, Miss Emma G..
Woodson. Miss Edith C. Scott.
Following the commencement ex-
ercises, Marshall Bell entertained
the graduates and their parents at
his restaurant.
Milford chronicle., 1942-06-12
DELMAR

Mrs. Lille Hayman has returned
rom visit with her sister, Mrs
Minnie Lowe. and family, at Clay
ton.
James White, who has been q
patient at the Brandywine Sana-
torium for past IA months, has re-
turned to his home here with an
arrested case.
Pvt. Louis Truitt of Camp Ed
wards, Mass, spent the weekend
here with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Larry Truitt.
Mrs. James E. Kelley is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Ruth Draper,
and family, at Media, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tingle, Of
Penn's Grove, N. j., spent the re-
cent holiday here with Mr.. and Mrs.
M. W. Tingle.
Mrs. James Ward has returned
from a visit with friends in the
Shenandoah Valley.
Mrs. Richard Morris and daugh-
ter, Dorothy Ann, are visiting rela-
tives in Wilmington.
Master Sgt. Alvin A. Elliott spent
the weekend here with his wife
and mother. He is stationed at
Camp Meade.
Mrs. e. E. Freeney has planned
to spend part of her summer vaca-
tion with her daughter and son-in-
law, Mrs. and Major Joseph Berger,
in Los Angeles, Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Nealie and
Mrs. Gulbronson, of Cumberland,
Md, we're recent guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Mills.
Second Glass Seaman Louis Has
tings, of Philadelphia, was home
over the weekend with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Has
tings.
Mrs. william Jones is spending
some time in Berlin, while her
mother is a patient in a Baltimore
hospital.
Miss Lois Galloway is spending a
couple of weeks with Mr. and Mrs.,
J...G. Nichols in Cheltenham, Pa.
Mrs. Elsie Chapman has return
ed from a visit with her daughter
and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Lauder, in Amber. Pa.
Mrs. Luther Workman, who un-
derwent major operation In the |
Peninsula General Hospital. Sails
bury, couple of weeks ago, has re-
turned home and is recuperating
nicely. @
DIR. George German, of Merchant
Vile, N. j., was a weekend visitor
with his brother, r. r. German,
and family. a&
Mrs. Bennett Phillips has moved
% Wilmington where her husband
s associated with the Hercules
Powder Co. @ !,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Brittingham
lave just received a cablegram
rom their son. Charles, from
Somewhere in Northern Ireland"
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Baker opened
heir home. "The Columbus" at
ocean City for the recent HOLIDAYS.
they will go down later for the
ummer.
Miss June Baker. student at
Ieredith Colleg, Raleigh. N. c.,
as arrived home for the. summer
acation.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sparrow
ave returned from Front Royal.
"a. where their son graduated /
rom Randolph : Macon Academy
ist week. He returned with them
D spend the summer here. !