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Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
Urge. Motorists
TO Use Mail TO
Renew Licenses
Can Perform A Patriotic
Duty And Save Them
selves Time, IncOnven-
fence By Using Mails.

Motorists of Delaware can per-
form a patriotic duty. save them
selves time and inconvenience and
help conserve gasoline and wear
and tear on their tires by mailing
in their automobile operators re-
newal stubs Immediately.
Only 5000 of the 100000 licensed
automobile operators in Delaware
have applied for new operators
licenses.
Only 20 days remain in which to
renew the license. Therefore. it
is urgent to mail your renewal
stub with $l00 to the Motor We
hicle Division either at Eighth and
Bancroft Parkway. Wilmington;
Dover or Georgetown.
The specific directions are; Tear
of the renewal stub from the cur
rent operators license; mail it
together with S100 in cash, check
or money order to the Motor We
hicle Department. There are no
blanks to fill in on the stub ex-
cept in case the mOtorist has
changed his address. If you have
changed your address. you should
fill in the space provided for your
new address.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
DR.. Tarumianz, F. V. dupont Is
Hospital Head, Renamed To
Serves Is Years Highway Board
State Hospital Superin-
tendent Came To Della
ware Institution On
May 2, 1918.

DR.. NJ. A. Tarumianz, superin-
tendent of Delaware State Hospi-
tai. rounded out his twenty-fifth
year. Of service at that institution
last Sunday.
He came to the hospital May 2,
1918, as nassistant physician, af-
ter serving on the staff of a pri-
vate hospital in West Virginia.
DR.. Tarumianz was appointed su-
perintendent in 1926, succeeding
DR.. William H. Hanker. He had
been named medical director the
preceding year.
The superintendent has Witness
ed the expansion of hospital facili-
ties to three times their 1918 size
Some of the outstanding additions
are the observation clinic, contin-
ued treatment and re-education
buildings. the nurses home. the
New Castle building. originally the
county hospital; Wilmington Hall,
Kent Hall for employees, a chapel,
a new carpenter shop and garages
and a 120-acre farm.
Admissions to the hospital in
1918 tOtaled 121. There were 2S6
persons admitted last year.
DIR. Tarumianz was appointed
state psychiatrist and criminolo-
gist in 1929. He is also chief of
service at the Delaware
Hospital in Wilmington and is con-
sultant at Wilmington General
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
Gov. Bacon
N mes UCC
Board Members
r. J. Quillen, Mayor J.W.
WOOdfOrd Are Reap
pointed; Fis h cries
Board Set Up.

Governor Walter w. Bacon has
announced reappointments of two
members of the Unemployment
Compensation Commission and the
appointment of the new Delaware
Commission of Shell Fisheries.
The UCC selections are: Robert
J. CULLEN of New Castle and May
or J. Wallace Woodford of Dover.
Members of the she'll fisheries
commission are: Wilbert Rawley of
Leipsic, and Charles Pagan of Bow
ers Beach, for terms of three years,
each; Harry Blades of Bowers and
Deputy Attorney General Henry
Ridgely of Camden. for terms of
two years, each. and John W. Will
cults of Bowers who automatically
becomes a member of the commits
sion as collector of oyster revenue.
Named To Archives Board
Governor Bacon also reappointed
the following three members of the
Public Archives Commission. whose
terms have expired: Mrs. Eleanor
B. Cooch of Cooch's Bridge; J. Ed
ward Goslee of Stockley and Mrs.
Mabel L. Ridgely of Dover. Each
was named for term of four
years.
While Mr.. Quillen and Mayor
Woodford were reappointed to the
UCC for terms of six years each,
these terms will technically expire
by July l. under an act of the re-
cent session of the Legislature.
The new law. which becomes ef-
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Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
Was First Named To
Commission In 1922 By
Former Governor Will
liam d. Denney.

Governor Walter w. Bacon has
announced the reappointment of F..
V. dupont as a member of the
State Highway Commission for a
term of six years.
Mr.. DUPONT. who Is chairman of
the commission, was first named a
member of it by former Governor
William ID. Denney on March "a,
1922.
Like his father, the late U. S. Sem
atOr T. Coleman DUPONT. Mr.. du-
POnt has taken a keen interest in
the development of good roads in
Delaware.
Governor Bacon also appointed
Mrs. Natalie dupont Edmonds of
Wilmington a member at large of
the State Board of Welfare, for a
term of four years. She succeeds
Mrs. Eloise B. Bergland.
He also named George E. Weaver
of Wilmington a member of the
Labor Commission of Delaware to
fill the unexpired term of Charles
A. Hagner. who has been made sec
retary of that body. Mr.. Weavers
term will expire April l, 1947.
The Governor announced the re-
of DR.. Lester A.
Walsh, DR.. Ida r. Baker and DR..
Howard H. Layton of Wilmington
and DR.. Bertram II. Blum of Do
yer to the State Board of Chiro-
pOdy Examiners for terms of four
years each.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
Annual Grant Days
Start Here May IL
Wide Varieties OF Merchandise
Have Been Procured

Despite the difficulties of obtain
ing merchandise this year, the an
nual Grant Days" Sale starts next
Wednesday. May ~, at the w. T..
Grant store at Milford. George W.
Perry, store manager, announced
today.
with so much merchandise linn
tied or completely restricted, the
wide assortments still available to
our customers during this store
wide sale will surely be welcome"
Mr.. Perry said. We're still able to
offer many of the hard-to-get lines.
OF course, we have emphasized the
all-impOrtant family necessities
and priced them as low as we pos
sibly could.
I'VE believe it's our duty to keep
prices lOw-and quality high. I'm
sure that those who are on hand for
our big Grant Days Sale will agree
that we have succeeded"
Reductions on regular Grant
will be featured in
every department throughout the
store. In addition. many special
purchases will be feature attrac-
tions."
The Grant Days Sale will con-
tinue through Saturday, May Is.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
Club
Has Final
Meet
Mrs. M. Haswell Pierce,
President, Presided At
Closing Session Last.
Monday.

The last spring meeting of the
Milford New Century Club was held
in the club rooms on Monday with
Mrs. H. Haswell Pierce. the pres
ident. in the chair. The opening
meeting of the fall will be on Oc-
tober IL. Five directors were elect
ed for the term of three years and
one director was elected to fill out
an unexpired term. The five direc-
tors were DR.. M. Dalema Draper,
Mrs. August F. Faix. Mrs. Herman
Phillips, Miss Ida Draper and Mrs.
Alfred Houston. The director elect
ed to fill the unexpired term was
Mrs. Charles Banning, who was
also elected to be the correspond
ing secretary, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mrs.
Theodore Townsend. End. These
officers were installed by the presi-
dent. Mrs. Pierce gave her report
of the years work, as Mrs. Bur-
ton Hendricks, third vice presi-
dent. filed the chair. Mrs. Pierce
congratulated the members upon
the success of the years club work
Filling all days with the required
federation subjects, the club has
among its achievements contribu-
tions to Red Cross in funds and
rooms. the NJ. S. C. and the scholar
ship fund for a South American
student. Among it's membership
there are three nurses aides, Mrs.
Ford Sewell. Miss Sarah Nutter and
Mrs. Davis Watson. Mrs. Frank E.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
Delaware War Tax
Receipts $500
Expect Revenue From NeU State Emergency Levy
To Exceed $2,II5OOO; Regular 1912 Income Tax
Receipts Estimated At Close To $I,OOOOOO.

Receipts from the one per cent
war emergency tax reached $685.
900 for the first 1943 quarter at a
late hour on Friday. April. 80, and
the State Tax Department an
nounced that with many returns
still not filed the low range pre-
diction of a 100000 annual yield
will be surpassed.
Basing its estimates on the $685.
900 figure the department estimat-
ed a total 1943 yield of well over
$2,1145,000 for the pay-as-you-gO
tax inaugurated for the first time in
Delaware during the recent session
of the General Assembly.
1912 Tax Exceeds $1,000,0O0
Regular 1912 income tax receipts
were estimated at close to $1,000,-
900, the budgetary figure. with sew
eral thousand returns to be re-
ceived.
Tax officials were pleased as re-
ceipts for the emergency levy
mounted. This revenue, largely re-
ceived through a Withholding plan,
was written into the law to replace
funds reduced by rationing and
price ceilings.
No Extension Of Time
When the offices were closed at
9 p. m. last Friday, more than so
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
James l. Luke
Named Head OF
Board
To Five Year
Term To Succeed Will
Hard Springer, Jr., On
May Is.

Governor Walter w. Bacon has
announced the appointment of for
mer State OPA Administrator
James L. Luke as State Liquor
Commissioner for a term of five
years.
Mr. Luke will succeed Willard
Springer. Jr., the present commits
siOner, whose term expires on May
Is,
No compensation is provided for
the Office to which Mr.. Luke was
appointed.
Mr.. Luke recently resigned as
state director of the OPA, effective
April Is, acceding to the demands
of National 0PA Administrator
Prentiss NJ. Brown.
The forced resignation of Mr..
Luke. attributed in many circles
to purely politics. has resulted in
a storm of protests from various
quarters and even designations by
some of those who worked under
him in the OPA organization.
Mr.. Luke was first named ra-
tiOning administrator on December
&c, 1941, under civilian defense. on
a purely voluntary basis and with
out compensation.
On May 13, 1912, he was appoint
ed state director by Leon Hender-
son. then national OPA adminis-
traitor Under the permanent plan.
he had to qualify under civil SER
vice. and became a civil service
Mr.. Luke resides at sol Edgehill
Road WestOver Hills, Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
Millville Man To
Head Sussex Firemen
Clifford Temple viii Be Named
President On May IS

The Sussex County Volunteer
Firemen's Association at a meeting
in the fire house at Seaford last
week nominated the following Off
GERS for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Clifford Temple of Millville;
first vice president, Emory Stevens
of Selbyville; second vice presi-
dent, John Q. Johnson of SeafOrd;
secretary, Elbert G. Bailey of Lau-
rel; treasurer, w. Herold Britting-
ham of Lewes. The above will be
duly elected at the next meeting of
the association at Bridgeville on
May 10.
Robert Hastings of Laurel Npresid-
ed at the meeting. The delegates
were welcomed to SeafOrd by Van
Leer Stephany, vice president of
the Seaford firemen. President
Hastings responded. The new fire
department at Dagsboro was ad-
mitted to membership in the asso-
citation, thus giving the association
a membership of 16 fire depart
ments in the county.
Ernest Jefferson of Milford gave
the main address of the evening.
Other talks were given by Frank C.
0'Neal of Harrington, president of
the Delaware State Volunteer Fire
mems Association; Reuben A. Stew
ard of Seaford, past president of the
state association; Van Leer Step
hany and John Q. Johnson of Sea-
ford; Charles Conaway of Green
wood, past president of the Sussex
County Volunteer Firemen's Asso-
citation; ]. c. McGee of Dagsboro,
and Joseph Lank of Milton.
President Hastings appointed
committee, composed of Charles
Conaway. Emory Stevens, and j. AL
ton O'Day OF Seaford. to compile
list of all members of the associa-
tion serving in the armed forces
Fire recorder for the county, Rob-
ert Hastings, gave his monthly re-
port. Members of the ladies auxil-
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Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
BLGckOut DimOut
Rules To Be Enforced
Col. ]. p. LeFevre, State
DimOut Director, Issues
Final Mandatory Notice

With the blackOut and dimout
regulations established by the mil
itary authorities now enforcible in
the Delaware state courts and state
and other police officers called
upon to arrest violators. Colonel
John p. LeFeYre, state dimout di-
rector, ha sissued final notice to
citizens that observance of the reg
ulations is mandatory. His notice
follows:
Since November IA. 1912, regu-
lations issued by Major-General T.
A. Terry. commanding general of
the Second Service Command,
which includes Delaware. govern
ing the control of artificial light
ing in Kent and Sussex counties
for our protection from damage or
destruction in enemy attack. have
been in force; further. on January
"a, 1943, our commanding general
established air-raid protection reg
ulations governing blackouts. the
control of lighting and radio, the
movement of vehicles and other
conveyances, and the activities of
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Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
State All Members
To Observe Rural Sun.
Day Set Aside BY President Falls
On May is

Delaware All club members will
observe Rural Life Sunday on May
IS, the day set aside as Il Am An
American Day" by President Roos-
evelt, announces c. Z. McCauley,
county All club agent supervisor
for the Delaware Agricultural Ex-
tension Service.
This annual event will include
special services in many churches
of the state emphasizing to All
club members good citizenship and
the duties and opportunities of
club members in a nation at war.
Arrangements have been made
~ representatives of local All
clubs for special sermons by the
ministers, or for programs to be
presented by the club groups. All
other youth groups are extended
an invitation to attend the service
in their communities.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07

persons were still waiting to COM
plete their forms and make their
payments. During the afternoon,
from about $3.50 to 5 p. M, the
crowd fell off. But at all other
times during the day the Office
was thronged.
The department announced that
meritorious reasons for delay in
filing will be given full considera-
tion within the next few days. I'm
familiarity with the new tax laws
will be considered. But no general
extension of time was granted.
Tabulated 1912 regular returns
passed the $4,000 mark early in the
evening last Friday. But there was
no way of learning how many ad-
ditional thousands of returns were
in mail sacks that will be opened
within the next few days.
James P. Truss, state tax COM
stated arrangements are
to begin a survey of nom
residents, other than those from
whom the one per cent tax has
been withheld by an employer.
Few nOn-residents, he said. have
filed the green form for those who
have income other than that from
which the tax has been withheld
by an employer
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
All Rejected
By Boards S
Will Be Put
In 4-F Class
Ruling Will Avoid Re-
peated Physical Check
ups Except When De-
feet Is Believed To Be
Corrected.

Draft boards have been ordered
to place in AT all men who have
been rejected for armed service be-
cause of physical defects, instead
of keeping them in la.
These men will not be required
to take additional pre-induction
physical examinations unless the
board is certain that the defect re-
sponsible for the rejection has been
corrected.
The ruling, it was explained, re-
suits from->a new Army policy of
restricting the number of men ac-
cepted for limited service to per
cent of the total accepted for gem
eral service in any one day at an
induction station.
Some boards have continued re-
jected men in la and have sent
them back to the induction stations
after a few months, in the belief
that the registrants might be ac-
ceptable then.
Because they remained as las,
it was difficult for these men to
obtain employment. National Sc
lective Service headquarters said
that the new arrangement would
remain in effect until uniform and
permanent physical standards" are
prepared for registrants.
Acceptance of limited service
men has been resumed after a two
weeks lapse. Formerly, 10 per cent
of the total accepted in one day
could be limited service men.
Boards locally have generally
placed men rejected by the Army
into AT, but in some cases they
were placed in Ia remediable class.
or la suspended class, to be sent
for examination again. These clas-
aifirafiOuc apa nOW ahOliahad
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
Local Bond Drive
For April Was I'm
Outstanding Success
Quota Here Was 100000
For Month, TwO-thirds
OF A Million Sold; Sew
eral Groups Aided Sale
In This Locality.

When the great War Bond Drive
was launched in April, Milford
community accepted a quota of
100000 for the month, one of the
highest community quotas in the
entire state. This week with all
the tabulations complete, it was
announced by the committee in
charge of sales, that during the
month of April two-thirds OF
million dollars worth of bonds
were sold in Milford, thus the COM
munity responded to the Govern
ment's call for financial assistance,
by meeting and passing the quota.
The success of this drive was
achieved only by the cooperation
of almost all the residents of the
community. The committee is es-
pecially appreciative of the bond
selling work of the medical unit
of civilian defense on the Kent
county side of the city, and the
ladies of the New Century Club on
the Sussex county side, the school
children and faculty of all the
schools also contributed their SER
vices.
In addition to the sale of bonds
during the month the local COM
mittee headed by Clarence M.
Welch, Jr., M. Haswell Pierce and
Senator Robert H. Yerkes. fur
thered the adoption of the payroll
savings plan, by the industrial
plants operating in the city. at
present all of the major industrial
plants in the city have subscribed
to the plan.
At Houston the residents put on
series of drives that sold ap-
proximately $4,000 worth of bonds
in that community of less than 300
souls. To date over $4,000 worth
of bonds have been purchased by
the residents of that town, and the
Libby, Mcneil and Libby canning
factory in Houston was one OF the
first lower Delaware plants to
sign up 100 per cent with the pay
roll savings plan.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
Milford To Have
Audible All-Clear
Three Short Blasts Will Announce
The All Clear

The Civilian Defense Council of
Milford at its regular monthly
meeting OH Tuesday night. May 4,
adopted an all clear audible sig
nal so that the citizens of Milford
will definitely know when a black
out is over and may at that time
turn on their lights. The following
is brief summary of the air raid
warning system as promulgated by
the Army and all citizens should
familiarize themselves with these
signals so that they will know what
to do during an alert or blackOut:
l. The first audible signal you
hear is known as the. blue and
consists of long steady blast
on the town steam whistle and
air horns in various parts of
the city for two minutes. 1t
means enemy planes are head
ed this way. Here's what you
do. All lights are out except
street lights. Cars continue on
low beams People may contin-
lie walking to their destination.
Civilian defense mobilizes.
2. The second signal you hear is
the red signal consisting of a
series of short blasts on the
steam whistle as well as the
air horns for two minutes.
This means the real thing. En-
emy planes are approaching
and a bombing is expected. All
traffic stops. All lights are
blacked out. Everyone must
take shelter.
,. The next audible signal you
hear is a return to the blue
which is a long steady blast
on the steam whistle and air
horns for two minutes. This
means enemy planes have pass
ed and may return. YOU MUST
NOT TURN YOUR HOUSE
LIGHTSON. KEEP THEM
OUT. Street lights come on.
however. so that pedestrians
may continue on their way.
Cars resume traffic on low
beams. The Civilian Defense
organization remains mobiliz-
ed and must stay on their posts
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Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
Is Dead, so Hurt
In Elkton Blast
Five Buildings Destroyed At Tri-
umph Explosives, Inc. Tuesday

At least Is workers were killed
and so injured at o'clock Tuesday
afternoon when an explosion shat
tered two buildings at the Triumph
Explosives, Inc. plant in Elkton.
Md. and fire destroyed three others.
While the official company state
ment put the toll at Is, other esti-
mates of the loss of life were as
high as 25. with perhaps as many
as 125 hurt.
The identified dead were:
Wilson Warner. ElktOn.
Miss Iris Young. Elkton.
! Ellis Simmons. 50. Elkton.
Mrs. Hurley Galmore, 20, of
Ccatesville, Pa.
. Susan Rolli. Iyena. Pa.
. Charles Millman, Camden. Del.
Gilbert Poore. Warwick, Md.
Della Truman. Cedar Grove, w.
Virginia.
Willie Craddock. South Boston,
Virginia.
Jewell Nediffer, Allentown Hills.
w. Va.
Tentatively Identified dead:
Calvin Fallow. Dover. Del.
Jack Teatross. DaRville. Va.
Acting Coroner Clifford Marker
said that there is one other uniden-
titled victim, while leg and an arm
found indicate that there are at
least two more dead.
Injured included:
Chester Whaley. 2, Newark, Del,
burns about the body.
Ollie Mae Quinn, Newark, Del,
back injuries.
William d. Ellison. SO, Elkton,
head injury.
Henry McCauley, 26. Elkton, la
cerations.
At least five of the injured are in
critical condition, and the death
toll is expected to mount.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
WAAC Recruiting
Here Is Delayed
Lieutenant Hayes win Release
Schedule At A Later Date

The recruiting for the Women's
Army Auxiliary Corps, which was
TO have taken place tomorrow. will
have to be postponed. A letter ear
ly this week to Mrs. G. Marshall
Townsend from Lieutenant Ida
May Hayes. contained the infor-
nation that all of the WAAC per-
sonnel had been called out of the
state for a meeting on May and
the schedule for recruiting in Sus-
sex county would be postponed un-
til a later date. Lieutenant Hayes
was to have spoken at the meeting
OF the Milford Grange and have
given short talks at Plaza Theatre
and Reese Theatre In Harrington
on Saturday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
Governor Appeals
For Raid Spoilers
Cites Repeated Warnings OF Pos
sible Air Attacks In Radio Speech

Volunteers to man air raid spot
ting posts throughout Delaware
were called for in an appeal by
Governor Walter w. Bacon. chair
man of the State Council of De-
fense, over station WDEL recently.
"It takes thousands of persons to
operate and maintain this corps"
the Governor asserted. "At the mo-
ment the service is very short
handed"
Fine System Developed
The broadcast was sponsored by
the Ground Observer Corps of the
Philadelphia Air Defense Wing, the
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Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
Harrington 'Peeper'
Gets Year In Jail
d. c. Benson, BurrsViIIe Negro,
Slashed Observers On April II

Daniel Calvin Benson, 81 years
old, Burrsville, Md, has been SEN
fenced to one years Imprisonment
on each of two charges of assault
and battery on Ernest Raughley
and S. NJ. Williams, of Harrington,
whom he was accused of cutting
with a knife after he had been OBJ
served peeping into a house at
Harrington April II. The sentences
are to run concurrently.
Both Raughley and William iden-
titled Benson as their assailant af-
ter the defendant pleaded not
guilty and trial was started. How
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Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, April 2s, To
Tuesday, May 4, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following thermometer readings for
Milford from Wednesday, April
2S, to Tuesday, May 4, inclusive
Temperature
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07
E. F. STEINER

All persons qualified vote general may at
the School Election The polls open the
hours of o'clock and five o'clock
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-07

EARLY ROSCOE GALLOWAY
GEORGE H. DRAPER, JR.
DAVID GREENE.
WALTER l.. GRIER
ALPHONSO E. HUMES
HARRY II. MULHOLLAND
WALLACE F. McFAUL
E. F. STEINER