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Evening star., 1943-10-28
Protests DeSertiOn
OF Dogs BY Owners.

To the Editor of The Star:
After reading in the daily papers about
the serious epidemic of rabies in the
District of Columbia and nearby locali-
ties, I am not merely angry but enraged
at the callousness and brutality shown
by owners of pets who driveetheir dogs
away from home, allowing them to wan
der, without food and water-perhaps
subjected to cruel treatment from per-
sons who dislike animals-until through
suffering the poor creatures become ac-
tually vicious. If not actually driven
from what was once home" ofttimes
they are taken out into the suburbs and
turned loose to starve, seeking mas
ter who is not worth one jot of the
affection a dog may have bestowed upon
him. Considering the cases of aban-
donment in Washington and elsewhere
nearby, it is no wonder that rabies is
running its course in the District these
days. Let the persons guilty of this
criminal indifference and cruelty look
to their own conscienceS and confess
Cat least to themselves) that for every
child or adult attacked by dog driven
to madness, these former owners may
convict themselves as unforgivable
partners in guilt because they cared
nothing for the safety of those friends
and neighbors thus attacked, and
turned their pets out.
ADA LOUISE TOWNSEND.
Evening star., 1943-10-28
Postwar Aviation

In suggesting that American avia-
ton companies should not compete
with each other in the overseas field
but that there should instead be
| only one United States international
airline, Juan T. Trippe, president of
Pan American Always System, has
anticipated what will be one of the
more important of our postwar
problems.
AS outlined in his address to the
National Foreign Trade Convention
In New York this week, Mr.. Trippe's
idea is to establish this single airline
as "a community company-owned
and controlled not by any one avia-
ton interest but by all American
transportation interests able to con-
tribute, under an organization plan
approved by the Government" Such
an arrangement, he implies, would
be much more sensible than having
ten or fifteen of our airlines trying
to make a 60 of it overseas not only
against each other but against
powerful foreign monopolies as we'll.
In support of his proposal Mr..
Trippe points out that Britain used
to have four international airlines
but that these now are concentrated
into one community company" in
order to meet the world competition
of other countries, whose overseas
aviation was consolidated long ago.
In not having the same set-up. he
suggests, the United States lacks
certain very definite advantages in
its air dealings abroad, for I'VE alone
among the trading nations have no
official policy to guide our overseas
air transport effort" through
single channel.
A similar thought was expressed
last month by w. A. Patterson, presi-
dent of United Air Lines, in letter
to the Civil Aeronautics Board. Like
Mr.. Trippe, Mr.. Patterson does not
look forward with relish to the
prospect of having a dozen or more
American aviation companies COM
petlng in the international field.
Taxing the North Atlantic air
market as an example, he estimates
that only forty-three giant planes
will be needed by all countries to
handle the traffic in that area in
1948. Thus, if the forty three planes
were distributed equally among
seven foreign nations and the
United States, each nation would
operate less than six planes. If
more than one American company
were competing internationally,
therefore, there would probably be
little or no profit in it for them and
the likelihood would be that they
could continue such competition
only with the help of heavy Govern
ment subsidies.
Without passing on the merits of
Mr.. PattersonS argument or Mr..
Trippe's, it may be said that from
the standpoint of both domestic
economies and a favorable United
States position vis-a-vis foreign in
terestS, the problem of how we are
to compete in the international air
market will be troublesome one if
not handled realistically. Mr..
Trippe's suggestion may not con-
stitute the right answer, but it seems
fundamentally sound enough to
merit the fullest attention of our
airlineS and the Government.
Evening star., 1943-10-28
Portrait of Any Man

He to his private miracle returns.
While the sky splits; 1ohile seas giue
up the dead.
He holds leaf 1Dhile the green
forest burns.
Wrapped in his dream, he does not
care to see
Ho1U the 1Uhite tunic sIo1Uly turns to
Across his neighbor'S breast; ho,o
the bro,Dn hand
Once lifted in the autumn OF the
year,
Holding the apple and the sunset
pear,
Lies clenched upon a harvesting OF
sand.
He stands and gazes on his little
star
While the moon rises on a dying
land.
SARA VAN ALSTYNE ALLEN.
Evening star., 1943-10-28
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Driter, although the use of
a pSeudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
q uie1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-10-28
Thanks for Reports
OF Church Assembly.

10 VIe CuIVoI OF me oVdT.
Belatedly, but none the less sincerely,
I want to felicitate and congratulate
The Star on the fine job of reporting
our Episcopal general convention in
Cleveland two weeks ago.
No other Washington paper came
anywhere near the coverage and the
accuracy of The Star. I am extremely
grateful to you for this service rendered
to many Episcopalians in the Capital
district. EDWARD r. WEIIES.
Evening star., 1943-10-28

The superlative in commentator
of mans keen eyesight is to say
that at single quick glance he can
tell the top from the bottom OF
these new issues of postage stamps.
Evening star., 1943-10-28

The Gestapo has instituted Corpo-
raj Punishment for Germans ex-
pressing dissatisfaction with the
war, in an attempt to stave off Gen.
eral Collapse.
Evening star., 1943-10-28

@. How many canals are there in Ven-
ice?-L. L.
A. There are 1T canals, spanned by
more than 400 bridges.
Evening star., 1943-10-28

Q. Where in South America is the
Garden of Peace?-D. S. c.
A. The Garden of Peace Is In La Plata,
Argentina. In it there are on display
national flowers from Is of the 81 Amer
lean republics.
Evening star., 1943-10-28

@. What is the southernmost inhabt-
ed spot in the world?-W. Ell.
A. The weather station maintained by
the government of Argentina on Laurie
Island in the South Orkneys.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18
HELEN MeKIM

BY the death of Helen McKim at
Milford, Delaware, on May %, 1943,
there came to a natural conclusion
a long life of service to the
church. Miss McKim was the eld-
est daughter of Rev. John Leighton
McKim and Sarah Fisher Rodney.
his wife. Her father had 4 long
ministry of 5S years. all but ten of
which were spent in the Diocese of
Delaware. Almost all of Miss Nc
Kim's life was lived in a rectOry
and within the shadow of the
church, with those countless SER
vices which only a willing and
loving hand could perform.
Through her mother she was di-
rectly connected with the leaders
of State when the land was young.
She was a member of the AssOcia-
tiOn for the Preservation of Vir-
ginia Antiquities. To a keen and
active mind was added a most lib
eral training in classical literature
and the liturgy of the church. and
these. with a love of local history,
made cOmpaniOnship with her a
source of keenest pleasure. Miss
McKim was buried at st. Peters
at Lewes, Delaware. with
many generations of her family.
r. s. r.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18
BIRTHDAY PARTY

On Monday, June IA. at 921 East
Front street a delightful dinner
party was given in celebration OF
James r. Deputy's birthday. Mr..
Deputy is an employee of the w.
T. Grant Company.
Decorations were in keeping
with the spirit of Flag Day, using
red. white and blue flowers and
banners.
Those present who helped cele-
brate were George Perry. manager
Of w. T. Grant Company store
here, and the employees. Mrs.
Myrtle Kibler, Miss Lillian In
gram, Miss Orpha Webb, Mrs.
Mary Boyer, Mrs. Lille Hall, Mrs.
Edith Draper. Miss Betty Daneg-
ger, Miss Janet Stayton. Miss Stel-
la Potter. Miss Edna Mae Vada-
kline, Mrs. Esther Reed. Mrs. Dor
othy Williams, Miss Grace Ben
nett and Miss Doris Watson.
Mr.. Perry and the employees
presented Mr.. Deputy with a beau
tiful and useful gift, which was
greatly appreciated.
After an evening of music the
guests departed amid wishes for
many more happy birthdays.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18
PRESBYTERIANS PICK
PULPIT COMMITTEE

At a congregational meeting last
Sunday morning the local Presby-
terian Church elected a pulpit COM
mittee to select a new pastor for
the church. Members of the COM
mittee are William V. Grier, Miss
Ida Rosa, Mrs. S. p. TOadyine, &.
Franklin NAPLES and Mrs. Wilson
S. Vinyard. The pulpit committee
of the Session also includes W.
Shockley Daugherty, Wilmer o.
LankfOrd and Jacob II. Rosa. Pres
byterian procedure permits the
choice of minister from the Pres
byterian fellowship in any part of
the United States.
The 465th Stated Meeting of the
New Castle Presbytery on Monday
approved the request of the Rev.
John jackson Brown, Jr., for the
dissolution of the pastoral rela-
tionship in Milford as of Septem-
ber 10, l943. 1t also approved the
request of DR.. Jefferson ID. Black
we'll, G. N. Galbraith and Ralph
Grier, representatives of the Pres
byterian Church in Salisbury, Md,
for the installation of the Rev.
John jackson Brown, Jr.. as pas
tor of the Salisbury Church on
Is, at p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18
WEDDINGS
HOPKINS = MARTIN

I1OI MAN IN
Announcement is made of the
marriage of Miss c. Agnes Hop
kins of Wilmington, daughter of
Mrs. Emma c. Hopkins, of Milton,
and the late Theodore S. Hopkins,
to Mr.. ]. Sinclair Martin of Pitts
burgh, Pa, son of the late William
and Elizabeth Martin. The wedding
ceremony was performed by the
Rev. DIR. Willard G. Purdy. in the
Chapel of First and Central Pres
byterian Church on Saturday after
noon, May 20. at 2 O'Clock. The
only attendants were Mrs. Robert
W. Reynolds of Wilmington, friend
of the bride, and Mr.. David Martin
of Pittsburgh, brother of the bride
groom. A reception followed the
ceremony at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Reynolds of BrOokland Ter
race. Mrs. Martin. who is assO-
ciated with the DUPONT Company in
Wilmington. is a graduate of Mil
ton High School and of GOldey
College. Mr.. Martin was graduated
from Glasgow Technical College.
Glasgow. Scotland. and also a stu
dent of Oxford University. He is
connected with an aircraft corpora
tiOn.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH

Service report for Sunday, June
20: Subject. Is the Universe, In
Guiding Man. Evolved by Atomic
Force?
Golden Text: / Corinthians 3:6.
To us there is but one God, the
Father, of whom are all things, and
we in him.
A Bible citation from the lesson
sermon: Revelation All. Thou art
worthy, o Lord. to receive glory
and honour and power: for thou
hast created all things, and for
thy pleasure they are and were
created.
Correlative from the Textbook.
Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures" by Mary Baker
Eddy: Infinite Mind creates and
governs all. from the mental mole
cule to infinity. This divine Prin-
ciple of all expresses Science and
art throughout His creation. and
the Immortality Of man and the
universe The scientific fact
that man and the universe are
evolved from Spirit, and so are
spiritual. is as fixed in divine Sci
ence as is the proof that mOrtals
gain the sense of health only as
they lose the sense of sin and dis
ease The great l am made all
that was made" Hence man and
the spiritual universe cOexist with
Cod
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18

Richard Hartley entered the
University OF Pennsylvania Hos
pital last week for an operation
on his foot.
Miss Mary Pearce will go to
Philadelphia on Wednesday where
she has accepted a position with
the Army Engineers.
Professor and Mrs. Thomas d..
Smith and daughter Myra of New
ark, were Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. f. Legar'
Mr.. and Mrs. Remsen c. Barn
ard. 3rd, and son Remmie, spent
the past weekend in RehObOth
with Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Barnard.
.
Miss Isabel Lankford returned
home on Sunday after spending the
past few weeks with Ensign and
Mrs. W. o. Lankford in Califor-
mia.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mertz and
children. Mary Emma and Jack of
Wilmington, are spending two
weeks at their cottage at Slaugh-
ter Beach.
Miss Dorothy DerricksOn, Mrs.
Fred Lynch, Mrs. Wallace Burn.
Mrs Robert Baynum, Mrs. Frank
Mag, Mrs. Norman Hall and Miss
Sara Grier represented the Mil
ford Red Cross Motor Corps at the
supper meeting held at Red Cross
headquarters in Wilmington on
Monday night of this week.
Colonel and Mrs. w. f. Lank
the Department Encamp-
ment of the United Spanish War
Veterans held in Baltimore on
June u and 13. Arthur w. Clapp of
Delmarva Camp No. IA, was elect
ed Department Commander. Col
Onel w. f.. Lank of Delmarva Camp
was elected delegate to the Ma
liOnal Encampment to be held at
Boston. Mass. on August IA to IS.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18
STATE HIGHWAY WORK
HAS SLOWED DOWN
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Frequently when a condition
has arisen which requires work, we
find that by the time we are able
to get a crew on the job some
other fault has also developed at
the same location" Mr.. Mack said.
THE situation is especially acute
with the Delaware department
from the manpower situation, and
next comes the matter of shortage
of materials"
An indication of the loss of
funds which would have been sus-
tanned by the highway department
had not the state single fund"
plan been placed in operation by
the Legislature three years ago. is
given by figures on the gasoline
tax collection provided by Ernest
Muncy. secretary, State Highway
Department.
Gas Revenue Decreased
The net decrease in gasoline col
lectiOns in the IL months of the
1928 fiscal year with the corre-
spending IL months of the 1941-42
fiscal year was $SO9,751.69, or
about 81 per cent.
Net collections after refunds had
been made of the gasoline tax for
the IL months of the 1942-43 fiscal
year were $1.502. .457.3S and for
the corresponding IL months of the
l941-42 fiscal year, $2,312,2O7.07.
MIR. Muncy estimates there will
be a decrease of 100000 for the
full fiscal year of 1942-43 from
l94I-42.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18
LATE DISCIPLES CLASS

The class of THE Late Disciples
met with Mrs. Elizabeth POOre,
Tuesday evening. June s. with 81
members present. The meeting
was called to order by the presi-
dent, Mrs. Tingle. after which the
class was led in prayer by the
teacher. Mrs. wilkins. During the
blackout the class all joined in
singing hymns.
The new-pal club was started
and names were drawn for the new
year. Gifts were given out and
each pal was asked to guess who
her pal had been for the past year.
The class will not be able to hold
its annual dinner at RehOboth this
year, but it will be held in the
basement of the Calvary Methodist
Church on Tuesday evening, July
13. The meeting was then closed
with the class song Let The Beau
ty of Jesus Be Seen In Me-" and the
Mispa benedictiOn.
The hostess of the evening then
served refreshments.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18
Kent Farmers Petition
For Soil Program
CONTINUED from FIRST Pass,

islation there must be at least 25
land owners to sign the petition
before the state soil cOnserhation
commission can consider such a
proposal. The petition for estab-
fishing a soil district in Kent coun-
ty, which has been submitted to
this commission, contains the sig
nature of 143 land owners.
This petition was secured by
holding community meetings of
land owners in several areas where
the soil conservation needs of the
county were discussed and the pro-
visions of the. soil conservation
district law were fully explained.
The passage of the soil cOnserva-
tiOn district law was strongly rec
commended by a number of we'll
known farmers in Kent Sussex and
New Castle counties, and a similar
law is now in operation in A states
The state soil conservation com
mission will conduct a hearing of
land owners within the proposed
area, and following a favorable
hearing a referendum vote of land
owners will be taken. The COM
mission will declare the soil con-
servation district established upon
the affirmative vote of the major
ity of the land owners voting.
The state soil conservation COM
mission appointed by Governor
Bacon May 2S, 1943, consists of
William II. Naudain. MarshalltOn;
Ralph w. Wine, WOodside; Harry
Cannon, Bridgeville. and Alden p.
Short, Georgetown. II is required
that the appOintive members of
the commission shall be holding
legal title to and shall be earning
a livelihood from a farm.
After a soil conservation district
is established a board of soil dis
trict supervisors is formed. con-
sisting of four land owners resi-
dent within the soil district, and
elected by a majority of the land
owners voting. together with the
chairman of the County Levy
Court and the County Agricultural
Agent. The board of supervisors
is empowered to promote measures
for the drainage of farm land and
other means of saving the soil, and
to secure, with the help of the
state commission. machinery,
equipment and materials for pro-
noting soil conservation within
the district.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18
Kent County Court
Lists Divorce Cases
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The affair, according to all re-
ports, was such an outstanding
success that the residents of this
thriving little community are al
ready planning to hold another in
the near future Several of the
younger people are looking for
crate that would be suitable to use
in an out-of- doors fireplace.
The growth of this community
in the last few years is ample evil
dence that it is a good community
in which to live. The picnic last
Sunday is further evidence that
the people are cOngenial. With
plenty of fine building lots avail
able Lynch Heights will continue
to grow. and this writer hopes it
will retain the same community
spirit so evident last Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18
ODD FELLOWS TO HOSOR
DEAD on MONDAY NEXT
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Whitley Jewell, Osborne Scott
and George Vinyard are the latest
members of Crystal Fount induct-
ed into the L. S. Armed Forces.
Jewell and Scott are in the Navy
and Vinyard in the Army.
At a recent interview, William
F. Matthews, Grand Master of the
Delaware /. o. o. F., stated that
if the Sovereign Grand Lodge did
not raise objections. it was his in
tention to call the annual session
of the Grand Lodge of Delaware
Odd Fellows to convene in Will
mington in November. Last years
session was cancelled at the re-
quest of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge. This action necessitated
Grand Master Matthews holding
the grand mastership for the sec
Ond term. Considerable business
awaits the grand lodge session in
cluding the election of new Off
GERS as well as routine business
that has accumulated since the
last session.
Win lue eleCllOH VI d new Sidhu
master, who in all probability, will
come from Wilmington, it is an
assumed fact that the deputy grand
master will come from down state.
Whether or not Crystal FOunt
Lodge will bring out a member for
this position has not been an
nOunced.
Edmund Paquette, noble grand
of Crystal FOunt Lodge, extends a
cordial invitation to every Odd
Fellow to attend their meetings
each Monday at eight O'Clock.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18
GRADUATED FROM
ARMAMENT SCHOOL

Horace B. Wiley. private first
class. aged 81. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace B. Wiley. Sr., Milford. stu
dent. April 10. armament. 42-43A-17.
Graduated from Milford High
School. Captain of basketball; ;
played football and baseball.
Wiley entered Fort Dix. went
to Miami Beach. to Hammer Field,
Fresno. Calf. to Buckley Field,
to Lowry Field. Col. Before enter
ing the armed forces he worked at
the local powder plant Of the Sus-
sex Ordnance Co. Mr. Wiley is
married and his wife lives in East
Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18
Personal Happenings

Mr.. and Mrs. Carson Ward were
in Pocomoke City, Md, for the past
weekend.
Miss Sara Nutter has been visit
ing in CharlestOwn, Md. as the
guest of Captain and Mrs. Joseph
s. Mach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Bower of
Delaware City were dinner guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Gibson on
Saturday.
Miss Florence Pearce returned
home on Tuesday after being grad
uated from Linden Hall Academy
at LititZ, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin G.. Burton
and children of TOwsOn, Md, were
guests Of MIR. and Mrs. Frank r.
Grier over the weekend.
Miss Ann Hall Wilson returned
to Philadelphia on Monday after
spending the past two weeks with
her mother, Mrs. Sadie NJ. Wilson.
Nelson Sills and his guests, Bob
Blackwell and Archie Adams of
Red Bank, N. j., all students at
v. P. l.. are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs David N. Sills.
=
Mrs. Leroy Stevenson and Mrs.
Charles Banning returned home
on Friday of last week after spend
ing the past month at Palm
Springs, California, as the guests
of Lieutenant and Mrs. William
Stevenson.
Mrs. Laurence Fitchett and two
sons, who have been with Captain
Fitchett at Fort Sill, Oklahoma,
have taken up their residence
again at their home on South Wal
nut street for the summer. Mrs.
Fitchett has her sister. Mrs. w. +.
Young. living with her for the pres
ent.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18
Scout Farmers To
Operate New Camps
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leaders and satisfactory equipment
can be secured. The camps will be
established before July l, if poss-
ible. Camp locations are now be-
ing studied.
To Pay Own Expenses
Each camp will consist of so
scouts, in the charge OF a scout
master, assistant scOutmaster, and
camp manager. The scouts, more
than 300 of whom are already en-
rolled for periods of two weeks or
longer. will pay approximately 81
week for board, and will receive
current hourly or piecework rates
for their work.
Following the asparagus season,
major attention will be devoted to
bean and later to tomato picking.
The boys will work at all times
under the direction of scout lead
ers in groups of % or so, averaging
about six hours of work a day. The
camps will be conducted accord
ing TO Boy Scout standards, with
careful attention to health precau-
tions and to leisure time activi-
ties.
viii Receive Insignia
Each scout who gives at least
two weeks of farm camp service
will receive a certificate of service
from the government, and is en-
titled TO wear on his uniform the
insignia of the Victory Farm Vol
unteers of the U. S. Crop Corps.
He will also receive a special farm
service window card to display at
his home.
Milford chronicle., 1943-06-18
4-H'ers 'AIl-Out' To
Help Prevent Mishaps
frnn,Inusd from HIrst Psesl

containers of infiammable and ex-
pIosive liquids. In short, they are
impressing upon farm people the
All principle of the coordinated
use OF the Hands, Head and Heart
for Health.
Outstanding records of achieve
ment I'M this activity will receive
honor awards provided by the Mem
nen Company, which include med
ais. special plaques. $500 War Saw
ings Bonds. and trips to the Ma
tional All Club Congress in Chi
cago. The activity is being con-
Quoted, along with other wartime
projects of production and con-
servation, under the direction OF
the u. S. Department OF Agricul-
ture. State Agricultural Colleges
and County Club Agents. The last
named win furnish full details.