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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
Attaches Are
In
Senate, House
Number OF Legislative
Employees Seven Be-
low Maximum Of 4S
Agreed on by Majority.

With the appointment of AZ at
taches-seven under the maximum
of As agreed upon by majority men,
bers recently, both houses of the
Legislature completed organiza-
tion late Tuesday afternoon.
The House has 81 attaches, the
Senate II. and three attorneys. for
mer Representative Robert H.
Richards, Jr., of Wilmington; Mel
win Hopkins of Dover. and Caleb
NJ Wright of Georgetown, are list
ed as attaches of both houses.
The first resolution in the House
bore the names of only 20 attaches
and after Representative Harvey
H. Lawson. r.. MillsborO, and Rep
resentative Martin Uhler, r., of
Greenwood, had objected to Omis-
siOns, a five-minute recess was call
ed.
This was extended for about a
half hour and finally ended with the
introduction of another resolution
containing additional names.
After the House attaches had
been sworn in and just before ad-
journment for the day. Represen-
tative Fred Bailey, minority floor
leader, commended the majority
party for it's speedy and efficient
organization of the House. He
stressed the importance of a short
and economical session.
Chief Clerks Named
Mrs. Vera G. Davis of Dover, is
of the Senate. and former
Judge John F. Lynn of Whining
ton, is chief clerk of the House.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
Rev. Herson Advises
Tire Inspection Now
Chairman OF Milford Board, Says
Station May Be damned Later

Tire inspection stations will run
into a serious jam unless motor
lists cooperate by acting immediate
ly to have their tires inspected. Dr..
Frank Herson, chairman of the
Milford War Price and Rationing
Board. asserted yesterday. He
warned that after January 81 it
will be illegal for motorists to
operate automobiles not approved
for continuous operation.
In the four weeks since the tire
inspection plan went into effect
on December l. only small per-
centage of passenger automobiles
have been inspected. Mr.. Herson
said. Four weeks remain and
there is likely to be- congestion at
tire inspection stations in the last
few days before the January 31st
deadline unless motorists begin
now to cooperate. Tire inspection
stations have official OPA plac-
ards and they inspect tires under
a schedule of ceiling prices based
on 25 cents a car for simple in
spection which does not require
removal of the tires.
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
List OF Sussex
County Draft
Information Leading To
Persons Named Will
Be Appreciated By The
Board.

There is listed below the names
of registrants of Local Board No
/, Sussex county, who are classed
as delinquents because they have
failed to report their present adj
dress and cannot be located Any
one knowing the address of any OF
the persons named below will be
doing them a favor to report such
information to the office of Local
Board No. l, which is located in
the State Armory. Georgetown.
so that they will not be subjected
to the penalties provided by law
for evaders of the Selective Ser
vice Act.
The men and their last known
address, follow:
Buck Anderson, R. F. D. l, Days
boro.
Page Henry Bowden, R. F. D. 9,
Millsboro.
Stacy Dale Bright. Georgetown.
William Henry Burton. Milford.
Willie Bynes, R. F. D. l, Days
boro.
marry ASDuTy CHufcH, II. r. u.
Lincoln.
William James Clark. 500 Mar
ket street, Philadelphia. Pa.
Edward Albert COrley, Box 1853,
Lewes.
John Robert Donovan. Smyrna.
Moses Crayton. Lewes.
Reed Fuller, R. F. D. l, Selby-
vile.
Frank James Marshall, Milford.
Fred Matthews, Chosen, Fla.
Freemon Mitchner. General De-
livery. Pahokee. Florida.
Herman Mitchell, R. F. D., Sell
byville.
Ellie Morrell, r. F. D., Selbyville.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
Farm Truck Owners
Must File appeals
Before January 10
Notice Has Been Formal
ly Issued By C. E.
Keyes, District Mana
ger Of Defense Trans
pOrtatiOn.

Notice has been issued by Clar-
: ence r. Keyes, district manager OF
Office of defense transportation, di-
vision of motor transportation for
the Delmarva' Peninsula, to chair
men of county farm transportation
committees stating that all appeals
from farmers for an adjustment in
their gasoline allotment for this
year should be filed before Janu-
ary 10.
These appeals are to be presented
to the farm transportation commit
tee in each county, and they refer
to the certificates of war necessity
which farmers made out several
weeks ago and which were checked
over in the head office of defense
transportation in Detroit, Michigan.
Many farmers when they received
their certificates discovered that
not sufficient gasoline had been al
located to carry on their farming
operations with reference to haul
ing produce and other farm COM
modities.
Farmers who did not receive the
necessary amount of gasoline have
the right of appeal for an adjust
ment in their allotment for 1943,
and in Kent county the farm trans
portation committee is located IN
the office of the County Agricultural
Conservation Association in Dover.
Within the past few weeks r. Harry
Wilson, chairman of this commit
tee. has received a number of ap-
plications from farmers for an ad-
justment in gasoline allotment, as
apparently errors were made by
these farmers in estimating their
trucking mileage ON the certificates
of war necessity when this informa-
ton was requested during the lat
ter part of October.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
Everything Ready For
Rent Registration
Announcement Made By Josiah o.
WOleOtt, Jr., Sets Deadline

Everything is in readiness fol
the registration of landlords next
week in the DOver-Seaford Rental
Area, which comprises all of Kent
and Sussex counties, according tO
an announcement made by Josiah
o. Woleott, Jr3 examiner-attorney
for the area.
The registration will commence
Monday, January IL, and must be
completed by Friday, January Is.
A corp of volunteer assistants has
been recruited to assist in the reg
istration.
Every landlord in Kent and Sus-
Eek counties must register the
properties for which they are re-
ceiving rent. Each house, apart
ment. single room, or similar dwell
ing unit must be registered if it
is either rented or offered for rent.
Failure to register a rental space
before January Is is a violation
of the Maximum Rent Regulations
and makes the offender liable to
heavy penalties.
A schedule of registration CEN
ters has been prepared by the Do
yer Office for the convenience of
the landlords in the area. The
schedule follows:
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
Private Harry Shew
At Traffic Institute
Delaware State Policeman
Is Learning Traffic
Control Work

Private Harry Speer Shew OF
the Delaware State Police began
a weeks study January 4 of the
wartime traffic control and acci-
dent prevention methods used by
the Indiana State Police as part
of his field work as a student at
the Northwestern University Traf-
fic Institute, Evanston, Ill.
Private Shew is attending the
Institutes four-month course on
a scholarship of $3.50 granted by
the Automotive Safety Foundation.
Four other students at the Insti-
tute also will take part in the
survey. They are: Corporal Will
liam Mckinley, New Jersey State
Police; Sergeant Herman d. Koel-
Ter, Illinois State Highway Police,
and Corporal Nicholas T. Landers
and Trooper Richard A. Brecht,
both of the New York State Troop
ers.
The purpose of the field trip is
to give the men opportunity to
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
Earl Dean Injured
In Auto Accident
World War Veteran, Well Known
Here, Seriously Hurt

Earl Dean. of Seaford, who en-
listed in Company X. First Della
ware Infantry. when that company
was organized in Milford during
World War No. l, later transfer
ring to the Supply Company, .59th
Pioneer Infantry, with which he
served in France until he was in
capacitated and sent home, re-
turned to Milford for the first time
on last Tuesday evening, a patient
in. the Milford Memorial Hospital
as the result of a serious automo-
bile accident in Seaford.
Dean was a patient in the Yeter-
ans Hospital at Perry's Point un-
til 1899, when he recovered suffi-
ciehtly to be sent ,home. He will
again be admitted TO that hospital.
His right leg and left arm are
fractured.
During his stay in Milford mem
bers of the Clarence Vincent Post,
No. 1898. v. F. W.. have looked af-
ter his needs.
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
First Presbyterian
Intermediates Meet
Young Church Group Entertained
By William Gordon

The Presbyterian intermediates,
formerly the guests of Rev. and
Mrs. J. ]. Brown. Jr., each Sunday
evening at $50 O'Clock, began
meeting in the homes of the men,
bers. Sunday, January 8, when
they were invited to meet with Will
liam Gordon, in the Hallett Apart
ments. East Front street.
Those present were Ruthie
Humes, Ida Ann Hollis. Betty Mon
roe, Philip Walls. Jack Messick,
Ward Hitch, Fred Geyer, William
Gordon. Rev. and Mrs. ]. j. Brown,
Jr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Gordon.
The topic for the evening was
Law" The scripture lesson was
Exodus 20, The Ten Command
ments.
Discussion led by Rev. Brown
and eagerly participated in by the
group pointed out the up-to-date-
ness of some of these so-called an
cient rules. Timely references to
many of our recent dimout regu-
lations emphasized that laws were
essential to public welfare.
After a report was given by the
treasurer, Fred Geyer. invitations
were extended by members for the
next five meetings.
Hosts and hostesses follow: jan
uary 10, Philip Walls, South Wal
nut street; January II, Ida Ann
Hollis, North Walnut street; jan
uary "a, Betty Monroe, East Front
street; January 81, Jack Messick,
North West Front street; Febru-
airy z, Fred Geyer, SOL South East
Front street.
This group of boys and girls de-
serve praise for their spirit of CO
operation in the emergency created
by the shortage of fuel oil. Three
cheers for our patriotic young Am
ericans!
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
The Victory Tax
Fully Explained
Employers Required To Furnish
Employees A Statement

The Victory tax is a temporary
income tax, additional to the regu-
lar income tax, imposed by the
Revenue Act of 1912. 1t is pay
able upon income for the year
1913; consequently taxpayers will
find no reference to it in the in
come tax returns for the year 1912
which are now being sent out by
collectors of internal revenue.
However, payments on account of
Victory tax will be made current
ly, by deductions, or withholding
from wage payments made after
December 81, 1912. The amounts
of the payments are required to
be deducted by the employer and
remitted quarterly to the collector
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
Recent Vaccination Is Best
Preventive For Smallpox

Vaccination is a safe and sim
pie protective measure against
smallpox and anyone who has not
had this protection within the past
5 years should have it now." says
DIR. Edwin Cameron. executive sec
retary of the State Board of Health.
Vaccination consists of placing a
very small amount of smallpox vac
cine into the skin. By far the best
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08

place to do this is on the arm. 1t
is a simple and practically pain
less procedure. In a few days, if
the vaccination takes" the spot
where the vaccine was placed in
the skin becomes red and swollen.
and later, a small sore develops.
This sore should not be touched,
and dirt and water should be kept
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
Honemakers Urged
To Meet 1943 Goals
Home Management Specialist Says
Planning Should Start Now

Its not too early to begin plan
ming now for the 1943 home food
supply, says Miss Louise R. Whit
comb, home management special
list for the Delaware Agricultural
Extension Service.
Miss Whitcomb has assembled
some facts which were recently re-
ported by Delaware farm famil-
les this past year on hoIae food
production. On the basis of these
reports she believes that careful
planning and attention is neces-
sary in not only producing food,
but in conserving a sufficient sup
ply for home use.
The reports indicate that this
past year so per cent of the famil-
les reported bigger and better gar
dens than ever before with more of
the vegetables that are richest in
food elements.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
Kent County Jail
Under Warden Clark
Former Levy Court Member Takes
Over Under New Law


The Kent county Jail has passed
from the management of the sher-
iff to the management of a warden
for the first time.
Joseph Freeman Clark, of Ken
ton, has been sworn in as warden
and on Monday assumed his duties.
The oath of Office was administer
ed by Resident Judge Charles l..
Terry. Jr., in the court house. Clark
announced later he has named Com
stable Norman E. Jett as his dep
uty.
The law changing the manage
ment of the Jail, located in Water
street in the southwest section of
Dover, was passed at the 1941 ses-
sion Of the State Legislature. 1t
provided that the Levy Court of the
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
Mrs. Clarence PLunlmer
Is -Four Star Mother
Slaughter Beach Woman
Has Four Sons In The
Armed Services

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Plummer
of Slaughter Beach, near Milford,
have received word that their son,
Corporal Clarence J. Plummer, Jr.,
has been transferred from Fort
Monroe, Va, to Fort Benning, Ga.
Two other sons who have been
visiting at home have returned to
their stations. Private Charles
Plummer is at Camp Swift, Texas,
and Private Samuel Plummer is
stationed at Aberdeen, Md.
A fourth son, Captain Louis
Plummer is now serving with the
armed forces overseas.
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
State Pardon Board
Has Deferred Action
To Convene Tuesday When 3 New
Members VIII Be Given Seats

Members VIII Be Given Seats
The State Board of Pardons Off
cially had three requirements on
its membership at present but de-
ferred organizing until next Tues
day because of the cOnvening. of
the 1943 session of the State Leg
islature Tuesday morning.
Secretary of State William ].
Storey replaces U. S. Representa-
tive Earle d. Wiley, former sec
retary of state; State Auditor ].
Morris Harrington, Republican.
succeeds former Auditor Fl. M.
Manning, Democrat, and State
Treasurer John S. Isaacs, Republi-
can, succeeds former Treasurer
Peter S. Collins, Democrat. Lieu
tenant-Governor /. ]. MaeCollum
and Chancellor w. w. Harrington
continue on the board.
Lieutenant-Governor MacCollum
will undoubtedly be reelected pres
ident of the board next Tuesday
and Secretary Storey will be elect
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
Kiwanis Club Aids
Local Service Center
Organization Unanimously Agreed
To Make Quarterly Contribution

The Milford Kiwanis Club re-
Gently voted to support the new
Milford Service Center here with
financial aid as well as good wishes.
The club unanimously agreed to
give a cash contribution of $1,000
quarterly towards the maintenance
and support. The club is 100 per
cent behind the movement which
was started by the Milford Busi-
ness and Professional Girls.
Realizing the great need for this
project the Kiwanis Club was very
enthusiastic and feels that all Mil
fordians will support it well.
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
Farm Mobilization
Day Set For Jan. IL
VIII Mark Beginning OF Nation
Wide Drive To Increase Production

On January 12. Farm Mobiliza-
tion Day, as proclaimed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, will mark the be-
ginning of a nationwide drive to
enlist all farmers in the 1943 food
production program.
Highlighting the day will be an
all-net work half-hour broadcast
featuring internationally known
leaders of the United Nations. This
broadcast scheduled for 4 p. M,
will inaugurate the most intensive
food drive in history.
c. +. 0cheltree, chairman of the
Delaware U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture War Board, urges Della
ware farmers to Join other farmers
throughout the nation in enlisting
all their resources for the job
ahead.
Following Farm Mobilization
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-08
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, December 30, TO
Tuesday, January 5, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following thermometer readings for
Milford from Wednesday, December
30, to Tuesday, January 5, inclu-
sive:
The Ely miner., 1943-09-30
Foresee $500, 900 in
Third Loan Campaign
Purchases Count ThrOugh
Saturday; NOlD at
S2SO,OOO.

The Ely areas third war loan
ax; :, .4a - ,o
w
SoOO,UOO by saturday, local
war finance committee officials
state Sales I'm Tn Saturday
,
aA1eiiiooh Can pe eouiioeu Iie
commlttee mas peen INFORMED.
The Ely miner., 1943-09-30

Candidates for positions on
the Army" and Navy" foot
ball teams are working out in
preparation for the all-star
newspaper fund contest set for
Sunday night, Oct. 10, in the
Ely schools stadium.
Thomas J. Murn is coaching the
Cadets while Edward T. Buckley is
handling the "Midshipmen."
A galaxy of former high school and
college stars who saw action back as
far as 1928 are brushing up on the
fundamentals of the gridiron sport
and at the same time are limbering UP
muscles and joints.
Many new faces will be seen in the
lineups for the coming battle, fo1
most of the boys who took part in the
initial fray a year ago have traded
moleskins for military uniforms.
Ossie Ellis, who played in the Beloit
Wis. high school line when many OF
the servicemen he is now helping get
the home paper were still in the Grad
die. heads the list of older aspirants
To team positions. Ellis saw action or
the Wisconsin club in 1928.
Former Memorial high players, theil
positions, and years they saw service
The Ely miner., 1943-09-30

Pacific-bound Ely service
men who envision the tropical
islands as a paradise bathed
in silvery moonlight and in
habited by glamorous native
girls are unaware of the cruel
jolt awaiting them.
Cpl. Frank Stupnik and Tech. Sgt.
Jack w. Purdy have found nothing
resembling the Hollywood version of
life in the South Seas.
Purdy went so far as to have his
impression of what the South Pacific
"ain't, but is" put into cartoon form by
fellow servicemen, Staff Sgt. Barrett,
Gustafson, and V-mailed two of them
to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Purdy.
Sergeant Purdy didn't see any bath
ing beauties on the islands. Instead
bats; spiders and Lizards tormentec
him, an he found no solace in the fat
pipe pe-smoking women. CThe pictures
The Ely miner., 1943-09-30
Former Football Stars Out
for Paper Benefit Contest

follow: Ted Passi, end, 1925; John
Simonick, back, 1885; Walter Jones,
back, 1886; Louis Zanezicn, line, 1940-
IL; Frank Tomsich, back, 1929-3l; /;
Jack Smrekar, line, 1929; Alderman
Edward E. Porthan, back, 193l-34;
Leonard Klun, end, 1933-34; Matt
Smrekar, end, 1892.
Bob Nicholas, back, 1928-30; John
Smrekar, end, 1929; John Miklau-
sich, back, 1885; Frank Miklausich,
back, 1928; Wilfred Brobin, end,
1928-31, Rennold Theno, line, 1888;
George Enquist, line, 1941-42; Clifford
Bird, line, 1888.
Others arc Steve Smrekar, one-time
local grid great who played in the st.
Cloud Teachers backfield in 1898;
Andy Jaworski, line, professional
team member, Chicago, 1934-35; Mar
vim Standall, back, Montivedo, Mimi,
1930-31; Larry Anselment, line, st.
Johns, 1929; Larry Barrett, end, Mich
lean College of Mines, 1912.
Pete Mancini, line, Connersville,
Ind, 1889; Mike Sinko, back, Atlantic
fleet, 1927; Roland Brennan, line, Ely
Junior college, 1912; Tauno Hakkala,
John Chelesnick and Carlo Berini, all
linemen.
The probable starting lineups will be
announced next week. Water boys and
trainers are being selected.
The Ely miner., 1943-09-30
PRESBYTERIANS OF
DULUTH DIST. MEET

The Rev. H. Russell Browne, pas
tor of the Presbyterian church, and his
church officers and deacons were hosts
Monday to the annual session of the
Duluth PreSbytery of which Ely is a
member.
The Rev Richard Deursen of Duluth
acted as moderator of the session, at
which matters of Importance to the
Presbytery of Northern Minnesota were
discussed Present were pastors and
deacons of the Duluth district. Under
the direction of Mrs. Duane Myers,
president of the ladies' aid, chicken
dinner was served at noon in the
church club rooms, after which the
PreSbytery met in the auditorium.
Sixty-five visitors, local officials and
guests were seated at the tables.
Among those present were Archer A.
Anderson, John P. Woods, Victor w.
zisk, Frank Welles H. F. Gibson, Jr.,
Arthur Young, Frank Crassweller. E.
w. Wenzel, Herbert Gibson, E. l..
Charmer, Richard Deursen, A Lusche,
Stephen Covers, Duluth; W. A Wood
worth, Two Harbors; Stanley A. Wick
and Charles H. Ohm, Mora; E. K. Fen
ton, Mountain Iron; Mrs. John Jutin,
Gilbert; Ernest Tremblay, Keewatin;
j. A. WATSON, Coleraine; E. E. Loft,
Virginia: s. A. Blair, Carlton; George
Wold, Big Fork; John Holycross and
Bert Jansen, Effie; Marshal Olson, Ev-
eleth; Harry Toussaint, Hinkley; Ed
ward H. Bull and Herman Olson,
Tower; H G.. Whitfield, Hibbing; c.
L. Spomick, Bovey; Thos. Cornwell,
Evaleth
The Ely miner., 1943-09-30
FIRE T0WERMEN
NOW ON DUTY

Fire lookout towermen this week
went on duty as the forest service pre-
pared to meet any emergency that
might arise during the approaching
fall fire danger period.
October is the worst fire hazard
month of the entire year, forest
service officials here emphasized.
Then frost-killed vegetation will be-
come tinder-dry and highly 1nflam-
mable. Only by observing the two
most important fire prevention rules
while in the woods can serious confla-
grations be avoided. They are:
l. Be doubly sure that cigarets, ci-
gars, pipe heels and matches are out
before diScarding them.
2. Build campfires on a spot from
which dead vegetation has been
scraped and extinguished them with
water.
The Ely miner., 1943-09-30
NEW GUINEA FIGHTER
LAUDS AFRICA WARRIORS

An Elyite who took part in the in
itial fight for New Guinea sends his
congratulations to fellow townsnien
who helped eject the Axis from North
Africa.
He is Corp. Tech. Raphael ]. Grahek,
now stationed in Australia. Writes
Grahek:
Have been receiving The Miner
regularly, and see where the boys from
the home town have been doing a
good job in Africa. Keep it up, boys.
and the best of luck to you all. May
you return home soon to enjoy life the
American way. I've been writing TO
boys from home who are in Alaska,
Hawaii, New Caledonia, New Zealand,
Africa and Newfoundland; so I have
good idea what they have 20 contend
with throughout the world"
The Ely miner., 1943-09-30
ELy Girl is United Air
Lines Passenger Agent

An Ely girl has donned the uniform
of a United Air Lines passenger agent
and today is aiding the war program
by helping to clear essential civilian
and military air traffic through the
Los Angeles airport.
She is Miss Rosemary Murn, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas j. Murn.
Miss Murn was graduated from Me-
mortal high school in 1899, then
studied at the Ely junior for a year
and at the University of Wisconsin for
three years. Her assignment at Los
Angeles followed three weeks of train
ing in the lines passenger service
school at the Chicago headquarters OF
the company
The Ely miner., 1943-09-30
GOOD SHOTS
Police Officers Get Limit
as Duck Season Opens.

Ranking officers of, the Ely police
department gave a graphic Demon
stration of their shooting ability when
they knocked down the bag limit Of
ducks as the season opened.
Chief Douglas Nanakervis and Capt.
Joseph Markovich each got 10 mallards
near Bear Island lake, while Sgt. E. A.
LeBeau bagged 10 on Hula lake.
Hard-luck hunter, as the season
got under way, was Lester Hill.
Hill left three boxes of 12-gauge
shotgun shells in a blind at Sand
lake about 40 miles south of here and
didn't think about the priceless am
munition until he had returned home.
He Immediately went back to the lake
but SOMEONE HAD TAKEN THE
SHELLS.
Hill told friends he got lone lone
some bluebin."
Others who were reported to have
gotten the limit on the opening week
end were Bob Opel, John Carlson,
Frank Baltich and Ray Hoefler.