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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
First Assembly Held
At High School
Supt. Robert +. Shilling In Charge
of First Weekly Program

The first high school assembly OF
the year was held in the auditor
ium on Wednesday morning under
the direction of Robert E. Shilling
superintendent of the schools. Mr.
Shilling addressed the assembly of
students. and said that the morn
ing program would be of patriotic
note. and had been prepared by
Miss Mary Freas.
He welcomed the old and new
pupils and likewise the teachers,
and said there was serious work
ahead but he hoped there would
also be fun. Miss Adele Knepley.
teacher of music in the elementary
grades, was introduced, and she
accompanied the singing of the as
sembly. Miss S. Rebecca Bucking-
ham. physical education teacher,
was presented. Also presented was
Charles H. Sharman, instructor of
music in the high school. Mr.. Shil-
ling announced the part the pupils
would have in the current bond
sale. a bicycle parade on Tuesday
and at the end of the sale. playing
at that time. The program. as an
nOunced by Elsie Clifton, was as
follows:
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
Firemen To Campaign
For Fire Prevention
State Association Has Completed
Plans According To President

According to State President
Frank C. O'Neal of the Delaware
State Firemen's Association. all
plans have been completed by the
association to sponsor the biggest
campaign on fire prevention ever
held during Fire Prevention Week
which is nation wide during the
week of October 3-9. Each fire COM
pany throughout the state is ex-
pected to cooperate in the drive to
prevent fires. Advertising mate
rial procured by the state organi-
zation will be distributed to the
delegates at the state convention
in Dover on September 22.
MIR. o,Neal urges civic clubs in
the various communities to lay
stress on the subject at their meet
ings from now until fire prevention
week. In order to put the cam
paign over in as many home as
possible, the association is again
sponsoring fire prevention essays
by the school children, Offering
cash prizes to the winners.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
Free Movie To Aid
Local Bond Sales
Monday, September %, Has Been
Set Aside

Monday. September 81. has been
designated as Free Movie Day
at the New Plaza Theatre here, il
was announced today by NJ. Has
we'll Pierce and Wallace F. Nc
Faul. local chairmen of the War
Activities Committee. On that day
the purchase of a bond on the the
atre premises or through the the
atre. will admit the bond buyer
free to any performance of BEST
Foot Forward"
Free Movie Day" is part of the
nation wide campaign on behalf of
the Third War Loan in which the
film industry is taking part as a
member of the all-American team
working with the War Finance
Committee. The arrangement was
made possible through the cooper
alton of the Schine Theatres and
the Distributors Division of the
War Activities Committee.
Schine Theatres are giving the
free admissions to their thea
tres. and the distributors agreed
to forego their percentage rentals
for attractions played on that day
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
Harrington
Board Inducts
VI nv Men
September Quota In
cludes Several Married
Men From Milford and
Vicinity.

Edward Curtis Rash, Governors
avenue, Dover; Thomas E. Walls,
113 Front street, Milford; Norman
Eugene Brown, Mispillion street
Harrington; Benjamin Hughes, Jr.,
Harrington; Marinus Wagemaker
4432 Marble street, Philadelphia (;
William Henry Warren, Jr., 6O2
West Twelfth street. Wilmington !;
John Burton Case, r. F. d. No. /,
Harrington Calvert zimmerman
Morgan, All East street, Milford; /;
william Desmond Luff, Delaware
avenue, Harrington; Charles Ed
ward Bradley, Ward street, Har-
rington: Leonard Thomas Rolli-
son. Harrington; Howard Gene
zeigler, Wyoming; Lewis Golf,
Woodside; James Edward Truitt.
20 Kirkwood street, Dover; Ralph
Harding Smith, Houstona Richard
Francis Adams, r. F. d., FELTON,;
Paul Samuel Galloway, Camden;
Harold Morris Carter, Camden;
Frank Diver Doud, Camden: Leo
John Dutke, r. F. d. 1, Dover;
Josepn Leon Gray, harrington
George Caleb JehnsoRs sFredesiea::
Frank Hirons Lafferty. West street,
Harrington; Edward Brooks Lay
ton, Pennington; Sol Martin. Dor
man street. Harrington; Earl Will
liam McColley, Railroad avenue,
Harrington; Thomas Wesley Pal
mer, I'll South East Second street,
Milford; Charles Frederick Rapp,
Liberty street. Harrington: Her.
bert David Robbins, Frederick;
Wallace Elmer Thompson, A State
street. Dover; Richard Wilcutts.
Camden; Edward George Wiley,
James Coolidge Scott, r.
D.. Houston; Franklin Polk Foun-
tain, SIS Church street, Milford;
Samuel William Abram, r. d. l.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
A. B. Killen Fatally
Injured At Dover
Telephone Repairman Tripped Over
Wall At Hall OF Records

Ambrose B. Killen. 46 years old
a repairman for the Diamond State
Telephone Company at Dover, was
found dead on the hard-surfaced
driveway of the Hall of Records in
Dover shortly before o'clock last
Sunday morning.
Dover police said an investiga-
tion indicated that the man. who
was on his way to the Aircraft
Warming Service control center in
another building. had tripped over
the south driveway wall. which ex-
tends one foot above the Hall of
Records lawn. and fell the five feet
to the gully-like driveway. landing
on his head.
On Way TO Control Center
Police learned that Killen. who
was an overseas veteran of World
War l and widely known in this
section. was to have gone on duty
at the control center last Satur-
day midnight.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
Mrs. Ruth Hoch Gets
Sussex Court Position
Bridgeville Woman Appointed Pro.
hibitiOn Officer For Sussex County

Mrs. Ruth W. Hoch, of Bridge
vile, has been appointed by Judge
Ernest V. Keith as probation Off
Ger of the Juvenile Court of Sus-
sex county. succeeding Mrs. Gladys
r. Toms. of Lewes. who has held
the position since June l.
Mrs. Hoch is a member of the
Republican County Executive Com
mittee from the second election dis
trict of the First Representative
District (Bridgeville) and also is
member of the State Central
Committee.
Mrs. Toms. wife of Andrew D..
Toms, of Lewes. who has been
engaged in social work in the state
for the past fifteen years. resign
ed the position of Sussex county
probation officer about a week ago.
effective on Wednesday.
On Thursday afternoon of last
week she was sworn in as deputy
prothonotary of Sussex county un-
der Prothonotary Vernon W. Nc
Cabe.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
OIL RATION PERIODS
ANNOUNCED BY OPA

Charles w. Hardesty, state
OPA director, this week an
nounced the period for use
of fuel oil stamps.
The No. 1 stamps are good
until January 8; No. 2, from
November 80 to February Z;
No. 3, from January 4 to
March 13; No. 4. from Feb
ruary s to September 80, and
No. 5, from March IA to
September 30.
There is an overlap for
each period of about a
month to allow for any de-
lays in delivery.
One unit is at present
worth 10 gallons.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
Kiwanians To Erect
Service Mems Shelter
Plan To Put Up Several Along The
Highways Near The City

Recognizing a great need for
travel aid to service men, the Mil
ford Kiwanis Club has voted to
build several roadside shelters
where enlisted men can wait be-
tween rides in patriotic motorists
cars.
The first hut will be erected on
the north side of town and will be
marked with big letters "Give A
Service Man A Lift" Drivers wish
ing to aid a soldier or sailor can
stop at that point and give him a
left towards his home.
1t was also voted to entertain
Milford's crippled children and
other worthy children by taking
them to the circus this Friday. If
you know any deserving child,
please call William Burke. at Kent
County Motor Company. phone 29O
and give him the names.
A total of war bonds was taken
by the public relations committee
and it was found that during the
past year members had purchased
more than $21, 900 worth.
Plans were discussed foi u farm
festival to be held soon. George
was appointed chair
man and his committee will an
nounce the date later. Dancing will
be the main attraction of the af-
fair with a good orchestra.
At a recent meeting the Rev.
Paul Kellogg of Christ Church. Do
yer, spoke on post war planning.
His talk was one of the most in
and interesting discour-
ses of the year, as Rev Kellogg is
very much interested in the after
the War World.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
Preston Eisenbrey
Gets School-Bus Job
Dover Bank Clerk Elected To PO-
sitlOn Held BY Late william Ball

Preston G. Eisenbrey. Dover,
was elected by the State Board OF
Education last Friday afternoon as
supervisor of transportation of the
State Department of Public In
struction. He will succeed the late
William Ball who held the posi-
tion from the time it was created.
Howard r. Moore. prominent
Granger, farmer and Republican
leader. was an applicant for the
position.
A native of Kent county and
resident of Dover for the past %
years, Mr.. Eisenbrey is at present
bookkeeper and a teller for the
First National Bank. Dover, with
which he has been connected for
the past IS years. He is a past
grand master of the Grand Lodge
of Delaware. l. o. o. F.. and MEM
Der of Philodemic Lodge, No. Z. l.
o. o. F., Dover. He is married and
has two daughters. Merle Jean. a
freshman at Cedar Crest College,
and Betty Ann.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
Bond Rally At
Houston 70 Be
Held Tonight
George T. Macklin Of
Milford Will Assist
Committee. With Sales
This Evening.

Temporary chairman of the
Houston Third War Loan Drive,
Senator Robert H. Yerkes, said to-
day that plans were complete for
big bond rally at the fire house
in Houston tonight, Friday, Sep
tember "a. beginning at 8 O'Clock.
George T. Macklin, of Milford,
will be present and assist the local
committee with the sale of bonds.
Houston has always more than
done its share during the drives
and there is no reason to doubt
that the present drive will not be
heartily supported by the resi-
dents of that community, who have
supplied as many fighting men. on
basis of population, as any COM
munity in the United States.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
FRANK LAWSON NAMED
CHIEF GAME WARDEN

State Representative Frank
A. Lawson of Townsend, was
named chief game warden
at the reorganization meet
ing of the State Board of
Game and Fish Commission
ers last Tuesday night, sue
ceeding E. Sherman Webb
of Dover. The appointment
is effective October IS.
w. M. Davis of Odessa was
elected president; J. Henry
Hazel of Dover, new member
of the commission, was nam
ed vice president, and Har-
ley G. Hastings of Bethel,
secretary.
The following Office force
will be retained: Mrs. Cecil
del. Harbordt, Dover, secre-
tary to the chief game war
den. and Mrs. Ruth Pyle of
Smyrna, clerk.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
Labor Specialist .-.
Here September 80
Representative OF War ManpOWer
Commission to Help With Problems

In furtherance to the war effort
and for the purpose of achieving
the most effective utilization of the
services of labor in essential and
locally needed activities. Thomas
Russell, local manager Of the War
Manpower Commission, announced
today that arrangements have been
made to have a representative of
the United States Employment
Service of the War Manpower
Commission to be at the Milford
City Hall on Thursday and Fri
days of each week between the
hours of a. m. and 4 p. m. start
ing Thursday, September 80.
Mr. Russell stated. this was being
done to assist workers in essen
tial and local activities in this
area on regulations of the En-
ployment Sterilization Plan now
in effect
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
Will Collect Papers
Here Every Saturday
Save And Tie Up Your Papers
Truck Will Call Every Saturday

Beginning this coming Saturday
and continuing until further notice
a city truck and if necessary, city
trucks will collect scrap, especial
ly newspapers. magazines. card
board etc, in this city. Collection
will begin promptly at 10 o'clock
and will continue until all avail
able scrap is collected.
Housewives are especially urged
to see that the bundles are secure
ly tied and set in front of the
homes, unless this is done, collec-
tions can not be made.
Out-of-town deliveries of paper
or other scrap can be made at any
time to the old red mill, which is
official scrap salvage headquarters
in this city.
If you have scrap paper. maga-
zines, cardboard. ETC.. call Senator
Robert H. Yerkes, the local scrap
salvage chairman, at 10 or 20, and
give your name, he will see that
your papers. or other scrap is call
ed for.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24

Wartime milk production can be
seriously affected by the health
of the dairy cows feet. Foot rot.
or foul foot. is one of several cattle
diseases that cause severe economic
loss to dairymen, according to
Prof. T. A. Baker, of the Depart
ment of Animal and Poultry In
dustry at the University of Della
ware. The infection is common in
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
Playground Given
Chairplane Ride
David hay Donates Equipment In
Memory Of Donnie HOlzmueIIer

David Kay. president of the Kay
Amusement Corporation, who fol
the past several years. has con-
Quoted the carnival for the Carlisle
Fire Company of this city, present
ed the Milford Bathing Beach and
Playground with a chairplane ride,
which has been set up at the play
ground and will be ready for use
next season.
Mr.. Kay, who through his square
dealing and generosity. has won a
place in the hearts of Milfordians.
has been thanked for his fine gift
by the playground committee and
the members of Milford city coun-
Gil.
Mr.. Kay made the presentation
in memory of Donnie Holzmueller,
who was lost at sea when the U.
S. S. Cythera. patrol vessel. was
sunk by the Nazis over a year ago.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
Kent Firernen Discuss
Fire Prevention Week
Meeting At Camden Marked By
Lively And Interesting Discussion

When an appeal was made for
aid by the U. S. o. center in Dover
to help in supplying the soldiers
and sailors of that section of Kent
county. the Kent County Firemen
at their regular meeting in Cam
den on Wednesday evening of last
week quickly took up free will
offering among the delegates and
raised 500 for the fund and at the
some time the delegate were
handed a letter to take back to
their companies for consideration.
Members of Fruitland Grange SER
we'd the dinner to the tiremen in
the cafeteria of Caesar-R Rodney
High School, the state chaplain,
Rev. T. C. Jones offered the invo-
cation A short recess was held fol-
lowing the dinner after which
President Clifford Milbourn took
charge. Willard Dickerson of the
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
Sore Feet In Dairy Cows May
Seriously Reduce Mix Yield

Delaware during the winter be-
cause many barnyards have poor
drainage and the cattle stand in
mud much of the time. Mud causes
irritation of the skin arouE3 the
hoof and also harbors organisms
which cause the infection.
First evidence of foot rot is
lameness and Inflammation of the
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
Poultry Record
Calendars In Kent
Project Is Under Direction OF r.
4. Wilson, County Agent

One of the projects in the poul-
try program in Kent county is the
cost of production and egg record
which is being kept by a number
OF poultry raisers to determine
those factors that influence profit
or loss in the business, and 1t is
expected that other poultrymen
will become eooperators in this
project again during the coming
year beginning October /.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
COngreSSnten Get
Figures On Draft
Selective Service Director
Hershey Outlines Sta
tistics For SOlOns

Military manpower statistics
were outlined by Major General
Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Ser
vice Director, this week as fol-
lows:
Total registrants IS
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-24
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, September Is, to
Tuesday, September "a, Inclusive

Charles ]. HolzmueIIer, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following thermometer readings for
Milford, from Wednesday, Septem-
ber Is, to Tuesday, September "a,
inclusive:
Evening star., 1943-12-03

and Millers' Association, which
stated: There seems to be plenty o1
corn on farms, but 1t is almost i'm
possible to move corn of farms
Farmers fill their cribs and just sit
tight. Corn is security with the
banks in the grain belt States"
One reason given to explain the
withholding of corn has been the
fact that it is more profitable to
feed the grain to hogs, and sell II
as pork meat, than to market 1t a.
grain. The profit in such feeding
however, is very much less than 1t
was at this time last year, when corn
moved to market freely.
The corn-hog ratio at Chicago to-
day is 1875 to l, against 1855 to / q
year ago. This means that 100
pounds of live hogs are now worth
only 1875 bushels of corn, while last
year they were worth 165 bushels.
Record breaking receipts at livestock
markets indicate farmers are not
holding hogs to pour mour corn into
them, but, instead, are marketing
them at lighter weights than last
year.
Evening star., 1943-12-03
President Maintains
White House Routine
By Remote Control
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The White House is wherever
President Roosevelt is these days,
and although the Chief Executive is
thousands of miles away attending
war conferences he is carrying on
routine presidential business just as
If he were in Washington.
No one is authorized to act for the
President while he Is away. Only
one person, Mrs. Ruth w. Talley OF
the Interior Departments General
Land ONCE, has power Of attorney
to sign his name, then only on land
patents. Hence, no matter where
the President may be all bills, execu-
tive orders and other papers requir-
ing his personal signature have to
be sent to him and returned
When far away how does he COM
ply with the constitutional 10 days
allowed him for action on bills and
resolutions?
Under an Interpretation stemming
fro(l the Wilson administration, the
10 Gays do not begin until q measure
reaches the President in person.
Moreover, Sundays are not counted.
Several bills, executive orders and
vetoes have been sent to the Presi-
dent-and returned-since he left
for North Africa. Apparently to
guard against any future challenge
of his actions, he attached line to
his vetoes giving the date the bills
reached him. For example, in his
veto Of the bill to make Pearl Harbo,
day one of honor for the armed
services. he said the bill was pre-
sented to him November IS, though
Senate records show it was trans
mitted to the White House Novem-
Der 18. The veto was dated Decem-
ber /.
The bill, placing pre-Pearl Harbor
fathers at the bottom Of the draft
list and taking the selective service
out of the hands of the War Man
power Commission, has been for
Warded to the President, but for
security reasons the White House
Will not say when it was forwarded
or whether it has been received bv
the Chief Executive.
Evening star., 1943-12-03
WCTU Protests Bill
To Permit Pin Bows

The District Chapter of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union yesterday filed with the
House District Committee sharp
protest against the pending bill to
permit nighttime employment of
minor boys as pinsetters in bowling
alleys.
we can get along without bowl
Ing. We cannot get along without
ply sic lily and morally sound
youths" said Mrs. Josephine Gurley
representing the local unit of the
WCTU.
The group, she said, opposes any
changes in child labor laws extend
ing working hours of minors, anC
especially those which would be
applicable to non-essential occupa-
tions. Holding that II pm.-is toe
late an hour for any minor to work
and especially those under 16 years
Mrs. Gurley wrote mo child keeping
such late hours is able to do full
justice to his school work"
Asserting there would be physical
and moral dangers to youths in
being abroad at time when anti
social activities are most likely te
be carried on" Mrs. Gurley said
bowling alleys often are located
near taverns and other places
selling liquor and, if not, it is al
most inevitably necessary to pass
some Of them on the way home"
The bill is being considered by q
District subcommittee headed by
Representative Russell, Democrat OF
Texas.
Evening star., 1943-12-03
Northeast Citizens Council
Weighs Junk Yard Protest

The Northeast Council of Citi-
zens' Associations today was study
ling an objection by the Brentwood
Terrace Citizens Association to
junk yards extending along Brent
wood road NE.
Opposition to the location of the
establishments was expressed by
Mrs. Margaret Merchant, a dele
gate from the Brentwood Associa-
ton, at the councils meeting last
night at No. IL precinct.
Vincent P. Boudren, represent
ing the Metropolis View Citizens
Association, announced that q Ci-
villain Defense rally will be held
at 8 pm. Tuesday at st. Vincent's
School, Fourth and Charming
streets NE. Representative Cum
ningham, Republican, of Iowa will
be the principal speaker. The pro-
gram also will include music by the
Metropolitan Police Boys Club
Band,
Evening star., 1943-12-03
Rudy va||ee and Bride
Honeymoon in Desert
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. Rudy
Vallee, who forsook grooming for the
life of a Coast Guard lieutenant.
and his bride, Bettejane Greer of
Washington, one of screendom' S
newest glamour girls, have chosen
the desert for their weeks honey
moon.
1t. Vallee, AZ, and the 19-year-old
actress were married last night in
Westwood Community Church by
Capt. j. E. johnson, Navy chaplain.
About 200 friends attended the Ger
emony, in which Mrs. Ralph French
was matron of honor. 1t. Vallee's
best man was his former agent,
Walter Kane, now also a Coast
Guard lieutenant.
A reception followed the marriage
which was Miss Greer's first and 1t.
Vallee's third The prewar orches-
ira leader and singer was wed May
6, 1928, to Leonia Cauchors, but the
marriage was annulled a few weeks
later. In 1881 he married Fay Webb,
singer. They were divorced in May,
1896. Miss Webb died six months
later.
Evening star., 1943-12-03
Markets Lack Corn,
IMidwestern Farms
Still Have Plenty
BY the Associated Press.

| by tne hSSOclaIed FreSS.
CHICAGO, Dec. "A scarcity of
corn in marketing centers provides
sharp contrast with conditions on
farms in the Midwestern corn belt,
where, according to reports received
by grain firms today, there is plenty
OF the golden grain.
The corn harvest this year was in
excess of 3,000,000,0O0 bushels, the
second largest on record, but the
movement to terminals has been far
below the needs of deficit produc-
ing areas, such as the East, which
must import corn from the Midwest
to provide feed for dairy animals.
One leading grain firm said,
Much corn has apparently been
held on farms in anticipation of an
increase in ceiling prices" The pres
ent ceiling is SLOT bushel at
Chicago, and news dispatches from
Washington have said this would
be raised to lure the grain out.
According to our reports" the
grain firm stated, huge amounts Of
corn are stored in open and tempo
rary cribs, and considering the pro-
duction, there must be sizable sur
plus on farms"
Much the same sentiment was ex-
pressed by the Missouri Grain. Feed