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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
BEGINS AT sP. VI.

Following Is the schedule for
the alert:
8 p. m.-"Yellow" warning TO
key personnel by telephone.
7 p. m.-First Blue" warning
by public air raid sirens, starting
at SIS p. m. This is the signal
for OCD volunteers 10 mobilize.
7:4S p. m.-'Red' wArni n z
starts after three minutes warning
by sirens.
7:5s p. m.-"Red" period ends
and second Blue" period is init
ated by blasts OF air raid sirens.
$50 p. m.--"All clear" signal
Rolinded by sirens.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
Radio Programs for To-day and Tomorrow

This program hah been
gwen The Detroit Times
BY the stations herein
listed n the presentations
as scheduled are not on
the air. the fault lies with
the stations and not The
Detroit Tines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
Honekone Raid Reported

NEW YORK, July 30 GNS)-
The Japanese propaganda agency
Domei broadcast that 10 Y. s.
planes raided Hongkong yester-
daV
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30

Buy War Savings Stamps the
convenient way. Order them
delivered to your door from your
Detroit Times carrier-saIesman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30

WJBk-Pleasure SHIFT.
mas p. NJ,
WJR-Joan Brooks-M.
WWJ News
CkLW Canada politics.
1850 =. M.
WJR Music Shop.
WWJ-Other Horizons.
WXYZ-Music You Want
MJLB-Dance time.
mas r. NJ.
WJLB News; dance time
l2 100 MIDNIGHT
WJR-News Ace. music.
WWJ-News.
CKLN--News: dawn patro
WlLB America calls-V.
WJBk-Corn Till Morn NJ.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30
CAP 10 Bomb
City in Daytime
Alert ON Aug. 10

Detroit Will Undergo its second
daytime alert Az 10. WITH Is
Civil Air Patrol planes dropping
100 600 simulated paper bombs
from the SKY. the Office of Civil
ian Defense announced today
Tho alert VIII last from : 70
$50 p m. and viii include tho
first diStuCt-wIde mobilization and
disnatchinC Of OCD equipment 10
scenes Of bombing incidents
Details Of the alert were worked
out yesterday az meeting,
presided over 10y Capt Donald $.
Leonard. state director OF the
OCD. and other officials.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-30

WEXI-Gene Brominski-N
WJBK-Ita Ian American.
e;1B r. NJ.
CKLW- Neighbors-
VICAR Platter chatter-V
WXYZ-PRrker FHmily-D.
$50 Y. NJ.
WJR-Adv. OF Thin Man.
WwJ-All-time hit parade.
CKLW-CanAda politics
WXYZ-WACs on Parade.
WJLB-Polish radio family
WEXLS-AusicA program.
s;45 Y. NJ.
NxYz-Victory business.
WJBK-GermAn American.
500 r. NJ.
WJR-Playhouse-D.
WWJ--WaltL Time.
CKLW-G Gabriel Heatter-N
WCAR-News; chatter-M
WXYZ-Gangbusters-D
WJLB-Newa.
WExL--Newscast; music.
WJBK-News: Hellenic hr.
eiIS 2. NJ.
CKLW--Honored music.
WJLB-itAlian serenade.
$50 r. ".
WjR-Brewster Boyd.
WWJ-People Are Funny.
CKLW-Douhle or Nothing
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
An Interesting Letter
From A Local WAC
Corporal Agnes J. Wright Tells OF
Social Side Of Her Army Life

Corporal Agnes Jones Wright re-
Gently wrote to her recruiting Off
GER. Mrs. G.. Marshall Townsend,
telling of the social side of her
life as we'll as the business side.
Her letter follows:
Dear Mrs. Townsend:
Enjoyed my furlough very much,
but was anxious to get back to my
job. Upon arriving back l found l
had been made corporal, which
makes me very proud and happy.
Also after l came back I've taken
my second oath for the regular
Army. Now it is WAC instead of
WAAC. l like my work very much
here at Columbia Air Base, as 1
work in our own headquarters. I'm
duty clerk and assistant mail clerk.
Besides that .as / am one of the
cadre, drill the company. Our
hours are from a. m. to p. m.
After that we have quite a social
life. Every week one of the COM
panies here on the base gives us
a picnic or dancing party. We al
ways set aside Monday night for
that. Wednesday is WAC night and
every week a committee of five
make arrangements for some sort
of entertainment for the members.
We usually go bowling or swim
ming or come back to our day room
for refreshments. Tuesday night is
the weekly dance at one of the
new recreation buildings put on by
the Special Services. Have a swell
orchestra called "Jive Bombers. !"
Each week one of the companies
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
Kent Firemen Delaware's S
Held Meeting Dawn Air Raid
At Cheswold Test Successful
Fire Recorder B ak er
Gave Interesting Re-
port On Fire Alarms
In County.

The 153rd meeting of the Kent
County FiTemen's Association as
sembled at Cheswold on Wednes-
day night aaf last week with oyey
fifty firemen in attendance. All the
officers were present, but two di-
rectors were absent with Milford
and Houston not represented. The
firemen first enjoyed a chicken
dinner served by the ladies of Ches-
void Methodist Church. State
Chaplain Rev. T. c. Jones Offered
the invocation. Fire Recorder Ba-
ker gave report on the fire alarms
in the county and also suggested
the association take some action
on Fire Prevention Week which is
observed in October. Supporting
the state organization which plans
to advertise the week thoroughly
over the state, the county organi-
cation is in full accord with the
state plans. Baker said it vas more
important than ever this year due
to a shortage of manpower and the
fact that unnecessary runs cause
wear and tear on apparatus which
is almost impossible to replace. The
association will again sponsor the
essays in the schools up to and in
cluding the eighth grade. County
prizes will be IS. So and 50 and
winners will compete for cash
prizes given by the State Associa-
ton. State President Frank c.
O'Neal spoke about the training
schools for this fall and winter. He
said they hoped to have at least
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
Special School
Districts Are
Given Salary
Yard Stick
State Board Of Educa-
tiOn Recommends The
Adoption OF Schedule
In Hope Of Effecting
Uniformity.

A salary yard stick" for teach
ers in special school districts was
recommended to the districts by
the State Board of Education at its
meeting last Friday to effect some
uniformity of salaries paid out of
state-appropriated funds.
The board recommended to the
districts the adoption of a salary
schedule based on the following
principles:
That preparation, experience,
and efficiency rating constitute the
fundamental basis upon which
salaries should be determined; that
there be no discrimination as to
the grade in which the teacher
works and none on account of sex,
color. race, marital status, or re-
ligious belief; that maximum
growth due to experience is made
in such period as will enable the
teacher to reach the maximum sal
ary for an "A" rating; and that
additional salary is due for addi-
tional preparation as measured by
securing more advanced degrees.
Also incorporated in the recon-
mendatiop was that the salary
schedule make no provision for the
division among teachers of bal
ances in salary or increment ac-
counts at the end of any given fis-
cal year in excess of the specific
amounts of salary in their con-
tracts.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
Commerce Chamber
viii Hold Annual
ThisEvening
Congressman Earle ID.
Wiley Will Be The
Guest Speaker; Buffet
Supper. Will Be Served
To The Members.

Congressman Earle D. Wiley
will be the guest speaker at the
annual Chamber of Commerce
meeting here this evening FRIDAY,
August 27) at Grange Hall at z
o'clock
Preceding the address by Con-
gressman Wiley the members
only will be served a buffet sup
per in the banquet hall of the Mil
ford Grange. This part of the pro-
gram begins at Z o'clock.
The address will be given in the
auditorium and the general public
is invited to enjoy this phase of
the program. which will begin i'm
mediately following the supper
and as near eight o'clock as pos
sible.
Past President NJ. Haswell Pierce
will be chairman of the meeting
and will introduce the speaker of
the evening.
During the supper hour. from
seven to eight, reports will be Civ
en- by the incoming president, Ed
win L. Fisher, and the outgoing
president, Robert H. Yerkes. and
the treasurer, Wilmer o. Lankford.
Mayor Edward c. Evans will well
come the guests and introduce City
Manager Charles E. Banning and
the members of city council.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
TwoHnrt rs $4,000
Fire Cuts Oil Co.
QueLLing Of Flames On Gas Laden Barge, However,
Prevents More Serious Fire; Firemen Did
Splendid Job.

Two men were burned seriously,
a gasoline storage depot was dam
aged to the extent of $4,000, and
an even more serious confagration
was everted when the blazing su-
perstructure of a gasoline-filled
barge was extinguished on the
Mispillion River here early last
Friday morning. Approximately
1000 gallons of gas were lost.
The injured men are. Herschel
Harrington, about IS years old. Of
Milford, an employee of the Cox
Distributing Company, in whose
yard the fire occurred, and Edward
M. McElven, Lakewood, N. j., mas
ter of the barge. Both sustained
serious burns over most Of their
bodies.
Three explosions shook the sur
rounding countryside at a. m,
and flames shot more than 100 feet
into the air. The fire had been ex-
tinguished by the Carlisle Fire
Company, which brought it's entire
force and four engines into use, by
4:45 o'clock.
The FBI came to Milford last
Friday investigating the cause of
the fire. Static electricity was mem
toned as a possible cause by an
official of the gasoline distributing
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
Rehoboth Curfew Law
In Effect Tomorrow
No Boy Or Girl Under II Allowed
Out After 1880 r. NJ. 90 q. -

When tomorrow Saturday, Au-
gust 2S) rolls around no boy Oi
girl under II years old will be per-
mitted out in public places after
10:30 p. m, unless attended by
parent or guardian, at Rehoboth
Beach. Delaware's summer capi-
tai"
Pressed by the club women OF
the local Village improvement As
sociation, town fathers unanimous
ly passed an emergency law effec-
tive Saturday at noon, to remain in
force for the duration of the war
and six months thereafter. The
new law makes parents or guardian
responsible for minors. under pen
atty of fine or Imprisonment.
Club women presenting the cur
few recommendation were Mrs.
James H. Hughes. wife of former
U. S. Senator Hughes. and Miss
Florence Mortimer, Washington
retired educator.
In passing the curfew ordinance,
the commissioners declared that
an emergency exists making it i'm
perative. Wartime conditions, they
set forth, have OvertaXed the law
enforcement agencies of RehObOth
Beach. because of increased pOpu-
latiOn .overcrOwded living cOndi-
tions. the presence of numerous
strangers and transients. transpor-
tatiOn irregularities, and that juve-
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
At Least 80 Per Cent OF
Posts Manned In State
During Practice, Off
cials Say.

Although started at 6:15 a. m.
an hour which more than one ci-
william defense official declared to
be unnecessarily -incORvenient,'
last Fridays air raid test, accord
ing to preliminary estimates of de-
fense council chieftains. found at
least 80 per cent of the air raid
posts throughout the state manned.
The first drill this month. the
morning test. coming shortly after
dawn, was also the earliest in the
experience of Delaware residents.
The signals flashed by the Sec
Ond Service Command were receiv-
ed here at the following times: Con-
fidential yellow alert, $50 a. m;
first blue. 6:15 a. m. red. 6:35 a.
M; second blue. 6:45 a. m, and all
clear. 6:55 a. m.
In Milford a gOodly number of
warden personnel turned out for
the early drill. And at the control
room. the nerve center of the city's
defense system. almost all of the
special service leaders were on
hand 500 natter the confidential
signal.
Gerrish Gassaway. executive vice
chairman of the State Council of
Defense which had requested the
test. said the results were very
Few violations were reported.
The next drill is scheduled for
some night during the week start
ing Thursday.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
Plan To Mail
Soldiers Gifts
Mailing Of Christmas
Packages Must Begin
By September 18th;
Rules Listed.

The Christmas shopping season
is here-even though the weather
is still warm.
Mailing of gifts for Army and
Navy personnel overseas must be-
gin by September Is, if many of
the men and women in our armed
services are not to be disappointed.
and September Is is less than a
month away
Christmas gifts may be mailed by
parcel post to Army men and wo-
men overseas only between Sep
tember Is and October Is. After
the latter date, such parcels may
not be mailed unless a written re-
quest from thee soldier for the ar
ticle is presented with each parcel.
No soldier should have to ask for
a Christmas gift: so gifts must be
mailed on time. The Navy also
urges that gifts be mailed between
September Is and October Is.
The only way to insure against
disappointment for the fighting
men is to buy at once arid mail
early-mail your gifts as soon as
possible after the September Is
starting date.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27

company.
The Cox Distributing Company
owned by Christopher Cox, Easton
Md. is on the Mispillion River on
North East Front street. in the
northeast section of Milford.
An oil tanker. owned by the
Graham Transportation Company
Philadelphia, had been towed to the
wharf by tug. shortly before the
explosions.
The pumping of the gasoline from
the barge to the land tanks. of
which there are four, each with a
capacity of $4,000 gallons. had been
started when the explosions occur
red. The tanks had been empty and
the explosions occurred after the
pumping had been under way about
20 minutes.
Persons more than half a mile
away were awakened when their
houses were shaken by the cOncus-
siOns.
Following the blast the gasoline
storage tanks Immediately started
to burn. Within a few seconds the
entire yard of the company was
ablaze, and flames shot high into
the sky accompanied by billowing
smoke.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
Election Of Soil
District Leaders
All Land Owners I'm County VIII
Be Given Opportunity To Vote

On September 8, between the
hours of s P. M. and 10 P. M, all
land owners in. Kent county will
have the opportunity to vote for
four soil conservation district SUI
pervisors, and these supervisors in
addition to the chairman of the
Levy Court and the county agricul-
tural agent. will constitute the soil
district board which will direct the
soil conservation program in the
county.
Five places have been designated
in Kent county for holding this
election. namely, Ennis & Deakyne
supply building in Smyrna. Fire
House in Hartly. Oak Grove school
in East Dover. Taylor's Hardware
Store in Harrington, and Thomp-
sons Store in Thompsonville. Two
land owners will be appointed to
conduct the election at each poll
ing place, also to report the cleo
tion results to Russell e. Wilson,
county agricultural agent. who
will then submit this report to the
State soil conservation commission.
Harvey e. Wilson, Smyrna;
Isaac Thomas. Marydel; Lyndon d.
Caulk, WOodside. and C. Arthur
Taylor. Harrington. have been
nominated for district supervisors.
In place of any of these names,
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
S Homes Damaged In
Little Creek Fire
Entire Town Is Endangered By
Sparks In $l2,OOO Blaze

Five fire companies fought for
more than three hours Monday eve
ming before bringing under control
a blaze which destroyed one house,
seriously damaged another. and set
fire to three other dwellings. Chief
Thomas Z. Baker of the Robbins
Hose Company. Dover. estimated
the damage at $4,000.
The fire started in the home of
Leroy Shorts. which had been un-
occupied since Saturday. Cause of
the fire is unknown.
The flames spread rapidly
through the Shorts house which
was doomed when firemen arrived.
A strong southwest wind spread
sparks over the town. setting
ablaze houses on either side of the
Shorts home.
The home on the south side, oc-
cupied by Harry McGonigal, was
damaged under the roof and on the
sides before firemen extinguished
the flames.
The house on the north side.
however, was more seriously dam
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
Gas Ban Lifting
May Be Delayed
If Curbs Are Not 0beyed
September l Removal
Seen Unlikely

Eastern motorists had a renewed
warning this week that the pleas
ure driving ban can't be lifted Sep
tember unless they obey the cur
rent driving restrictions and make
it possible to replenish seaboard
gasoline stocks.
Disclosing that the stocks were
overdrawn 22,700 barrels a day last
week, Deputy Petroleum Admin
istrator Ralph K. Davies said the
trend if continued, will obviously
delay the time that more liberal
supplies of gasoline can be made
available for civilian use"
Davies said a decline in the flow
of petroleum products to the East
Coast during the past three weeks
was caused in part by a gulf coast
hurricane, part by the necessity of
filling the eastern leg of the big
inch" pipeline. Military require
ments have mounted until they take
in approximately one-third of all
gasoline produced east of the Rocky
Mountains, and are expected to rise
still further.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
OPA Seeks Treble
Damages In Suit
Price Head Says Harrington WO-
man OVercharged For Refrigerator

The first treble damage suit to
arise in Delaware from an alleged
violation of OPA price ceilings was
filed this week in the U. s. District
Court in Wilmington in the name
of Prentiss Brown. OPA admins
traitor.
The defendant is Mrs. Lottie NJ
Case of Harrington who is alleged
to have sold a used refrigerator to
a FELTON, restaurant operator at a
price more than 800 greater than
the OPA ceiling for a used refrig-
orator of the make and model in
volved.
The OPA administrator asks
damages of three times the amount
by which the sale price exceeds
the ceiling price. This comes to
$415.5O.
The suit was filed under legisla-
ton providing that ordinarily any
person charged a price above the
ceilings set by OPA may sue the
seller for three times the excess or
$50. whichever is greater, OPA at
torneys pointed out.
However, if the buyer is in busi-
ness he is considered a violator for
having paid the above ceiling price
and cannot file suit. For that rea-
son the present suit was filed in
the name of the administrator.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
Some State Scholars
May Study By Mail
Correspondence Courses In Science
And Mathematics Looms

Delaware high schools outside
Wilmington may be forced to in
stitute correspondence courses in
sciences and mathematics because
because of the shortage of teach
ers, DR.. H. v. Holloway. state su-
perintendent of public instruction,
said this week.
While efforts are being made to
fill vacant teaching positions it is
probable that some high schools
will not have teachers in those
subjects. In that event, the courses
would be given by contract with an
established correspondence school.
These have the material prepared
and all facilities for conducting
this type of instruction.
Schools likely to be involved in
the program will be some of the
smaller high schools in the state.
action is being planned by
schools in other parts Of the coun-
try.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
Appointments Made to
Annapolis, West Point
Names OF Principals Re-
leased By U. S. Senator
c. Douglass Buck

U. S. Senator C. Douglass Buck
has announced the appointment OF
two principals to the U. S. Naval
Academy at Annapolis and two
principals to the U. S. Military
Academy at West Point.
The appointments to Annapolis
are:
John Altman Ray of 3211 Van
Buren, street. Wilmington.
Robert P. Fletcher III of Centre
vile.
The appointments to West Point
are:
Robert Richard Finnegan of
Dover.
Maxwell NJ. Glassburn of 709 Gov
erdale Road, Wilmington.
Glassburn is at present stationed
at the Brayton Flying School. Gu
erO. Texas. Ray is attending the
Bulls School in Washington.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
.TOCaHFatherS
First Who Are
Working On
Non War Jobs
Quota For October Will
Require Induction Of
Some Family Men; No
More Delay Is Seen By
Officials.

War Manpower Commission Off
cials. disclosing October's draft
quota will approximate $4,000,
said this week there was a strong
possibility" the only pre- Pearl
Harbor fathers to be taken then
would be those in non-deferrable
jobs.
The months total was described
as Just a shade" under September's
call and the officials reiterated it
appeared definite that induction of
the pre-war fathers lthose with
children born prior to September
Is, 1912 would actually begin Oc-
tOber l.
Furthermore. they told reporters,
they have received no word from
military authorities that there will
be any cut in the long-proclaimed
goal of a total of 10.S00000 men
and women in the armed forces by
the end of this year. There have
been persistent reports such a cut
was coming.
May Exceed Previous Figures
On the other hand. it appeared
from figures released this week by
Secretary of the Navy Knox that
the number in the armed forces by
next January may be even great
er than any prospective total hit
herto announced-11,06100 900 not
counting Navy nurses or college
youths in the Navy's enlisted re-
serves.
Knox said the Navy. Marines and
Coast Guard already had 1865, 900
in uniform exclusive of nurses and
enlisted reserves-a greater num-
ber than the War Manpower Com
mission had figured they would
have by the end of this year-and
would have 2.S61.0 900 by January
1. The Army goal is set at 100000
by January /, including nurses and
college reserves.
VINO has counted on a further
expansion of 100000 in the size of
the sea services during the first
half of next year while the Army,
although still drafting for re-.
placements, has announced it will
hold its level at 100000 after at
tanning that size.
Lawrence A. Appley, executive
director, and William Haber, as
sistant executive director. said the
October quota wasreceived this
week from the military services.
They stressed Selective Service
does not fix the size of the quota
but merely delivers the goods as
we get the orders from the Army
and Navy.
Delivery of the October quota
was almost two weeks behind
schedule. This factor. coupled with
statements by some Congressman
that Congress will be asked to bar
induction of fathers had stirred
rumors that the military authori-
ties would reduce quotas in order
to stave off the drafting of fathers.
Actually. an extension of the list
Of -deferrable jobs announced
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-27
Butter Supplies Are
Getting Very Lou
May Slash Point Value OF
Margarine In OPA Sub
Stitute Plan

A war food administration Off.
cial said this week that civilian
butter supplies will hit a low ebh
late in November and at the same
time intimated that OPA may re-
duce the point value of olemarga-
rine as an incentive for substitu-
tion.
There is a large supply of oleo-
margine on hand, the spokesman
said, which could be used to tide
the nation over the seasonal butter
shortage period.
If the present point value of oleo
were lowered from the present four
points, 1t would encourage increas-
ed use of the product, he explain
ed, and take the strain off the but
ter situation.
Meanwhile, federal reports show
that while an enormous stockpile
of estimated at about 200,-
100000 pounds-is being built up
by the government. many stores
along the eastern seaboard are
without butter.