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Evening star., 1943-10-15
? Military Importance
of War-AlCOhO1

each year, half of which is supplied by the
beverage distilling industry.
discovered that a year before Pearl Harbor
the distilling industry voluntarily offered it's
facilities to the government and began the
complicated task of converting it's plants to
war-alcohol production. t-..
More than year ago all whiskey produc-
ton ceased, and the distilers- their facilities
1908 converted - have been working night
and day ever since producing war alcohol at
the rate of 24o,00o,oo0 gallons year.
You can see here some of the many ways
this product is being used.
Evening star., 1943-10-15

SYNTHETIC RUBBER is vitality needed
for tires and many other war uses, besides be-
lng needed for essential civilian economy. A
great part Of our synthetic rubber has war
alcohol as base, and the distilling industry's
facilities for producing this war -alcoho make
1t possible to include 200, 900 tons of synthetic
rubber in the governments $4,000 ton
program.
Evening star., 1943-10-15

4 iEDICAL SUPPLIES-to to alleviate pain,
ombat infection, save human lives-are prepared
nth war-alcohol And much also goes into the
manufacture of plastics, ant-freeze, and lacouers
Or maintenance and camouaage of equipment
IRON a military standpoint, it was
exceedingly fortunate that the distilling
industry was in existence and able to begin
converting to the production of war alcohol
so quickly. Otherwise, we would have Jagged
far behind schedule in our constantly in
creasing requirements for war alcohol Had
we been without modern, well-equipped
distilleries, with the trained personnel to
operate them, we would have been forced
to build and put them in operation In that
event it is easily conceivable that we might
have been seriously handicapped for
many months.
A~o< 2>41 &~
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14
POST 3-F
A. T. Faix, {. o.

Come on. airplane spoilers!
Don't let your interest lag. Help
to preserve our freedom, which
some countries have never had. We
must release our soldiers so they
can go and fight. They will feel
much safer If we're carrying on all
right. We must perform this duty
as the soldiers do theirs; for we're
as proud of this work as soldiers
are of what they do. So come on.
airplane spoilers. Answer tn 8
pleading call! We don't need just
some of you, but we do need you
all! Reading through the log to-
day saw that Mr.. .Faix, our chief
observer, has offered a prize to all
that can get one or more new spot
ters for our post. 1t sounds inter
esting. let's try! It's very encourag-
ing to see so many serving their
f0ur-hour shifts. Here's hoping
there will be many more names
next week.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14
| M0 M E EDUCATION N
"The Child,s First School Is tie
Family"-FRoEBEL
Issued by the National KinderRnrten
Association. West 10th Street,
New York City
NO TEASING, PLEASE
MARY STARCK KERR

A visitor was at little Betty's
home, and the three-year-old
brought in her sailor suit to show
the lady. Her brother was sitting
on his fathers lap, on the other
side of the room.
The visitor duly admired and
praised the suit Betty liked so we'll
and Betty was quite happy. Then
Daddy said. THAT isn't Betty's suit,
! it belongs to Brother"
The visitor said. "Oh, is it Broth
er's suit. Betty?" The children
were only year and a half apart
in age, and either might have worn
it. but Betty shook her head with a
troubled look on her face.
Her older sister answered, 1T
is Betty's suit, but Daddy likes to
tease her."
AS little Betty left the room. the
visitor suggested that teasing was
unwise. 1T spoils a child's DISPOSE
ton" she said.
DO you really think so?" replied
the father. Il have never found
any harm in it. and I like to see
how cute she is when she says it is
hers. and sticks to it when she is
cOntradicted."
Yes. it is cute now. but when
she is older. and contradicts con-
stantly. in expressing her opinion
to you. it will not seem so cute"
said the visitor. II have seen par
r.1,sIl,.ns,
courage them TO make determined
and often saucy retOrts. when
small. and then punish them for the
same thing when they were few
years older. not realizing that they
themselves were to blame for this
bad habit the child had acquired"
Yes. said the older daughter,
who had been listening. "and be-
sides that. it makes a child angry,
and then later il is hard to over
come the habit of getting angry. |
know that from my own eXper-
ience."
When | was a child" said the
visitor. my parents did not tease
me. but friends did. in order to
hear me argue. They thought il
was cute of me to refuse to be
swayed from my convictions that
dog spelled dog and not cat, and
that cat was the only proper way
to spell cat. They did not know
that they were developing the trait
of argumentativeness to a higher
degree than was good for me. and
that later in life. | should have to
hattie against that tendency for a
long time in order to overcome il"
We'll. who would suppose that Il
little fun could do so much harm,"
exclaimed the father. "But when ]
stop to think about it. I can see
that without doubt you are right. ."
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14

And looking thoughtfully at his
elder daughter he said, Il won't
tease you any more, Anna" Then
with a wry smile at the visitor, he
added, "if l can rememberl
Naturally, / don't want to make
life harder for any of my children, ="
he continued, ''but l do tease all of
them sometimes. 1t may be that
some of the misbehavior of my boys
is the result of something that was
unintentionally done to them in
the past. I'll have to think this
over. Being father is pretty big
job, isn't it?"
Indeed it is" said the visitor.
Mothers and fathers are doing one
of the most important jobs that
there are to be done, yet often they
think they have a very small place
in this tragic world. 1t is their
work not merely to guard the lives
entrusted to their care from all
kinds of danger, both outside and
inside the home. but to teach their
boys and girls how to meet dangers
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14
POST 3-D
Albert Peterman, c. o.

We have a premOnitiOn of spring
house cleaning at Sd.
kok
The old chairs have disappeared
and we hear that the paint has ar
rived to renOvate the building in
side and out. We hope also to have
a new linOleum for the floor.
HON
Mrs. Marshall's ambition is to
beautify the surroundings. and we
shall soon see results of her efforts
in dainty little flower garden
around the post.
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Walter Swain. son OF Harvey
Swain. one of our most faithful
spoilers. is with an Army cOnstruc-
ton battalion in Rhode Island.
Walter does not look like the
schOOl-bOy that he was when he
went away. for he has put on
weight. and now tips the scales at
165 pounds.
Please do not forget the recOgni-
ton class this evening at the home
of Mr.. Whitehead. at 8 o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14
POST &c
Charles Cannon, G. o.

Mrs. Nettie Jester, lady assistant
chief observer. has established a
class in surgical dressings to be
held at Millwood hall at p. NJ.
every Monday. under the auspices
of the Sunshine Society of which
Mrs. Jester is president. All OBJ
servers are requested, if possible,
to attend these classes and help
with this urgent Red Cross work.
All persons in the community.
whether observers or not. are in
vited to be present at these ses-
SiOns.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14
PAGING BUCK ROGERS

Cgl For emergency repair service
to any system not included in
above paragraphs, including farm
milk coolers, but excluding domes-
tic mechanical refrigeratOrs and
domestic ice refrigeratOrs. and
comfort cooling systems.
GOI Domestic refrigerators in
which service is required due to a
break down.
uD Domestic refrigeratOrs that
require minor repairs or adjust
mentS.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14
SUMMER IS COMING
PREPARE TO MEET 1T

Summer is coming on and with
it the necessity of uninterrupted
refrigeration in our homes.
We find much confusion and mis-
understanding among our home
makers in respect to the available
ity of parts and service for their
electric appliances.
At this time we would like To
single out the electric refrigerator
and we shall attempt to give as
much information as possible in the
hope that it may help lis to keep
your refrigeratOrs in better cOndi-
tiOn.
First let us consider the man
power problem. The well-trained
refrigeration serviceman is a skill
ed worker and as such was attract
ed to our armed forces and defense
industries by special incentives of
position and remuneration.
This campaign was very effective
and the drain of manpOwer from
this field has been so heavy that as
a result we have left in lower Della
ware, below Middletown, only about
four refrigeration servicemen.
Anybody can readily see that we
don't have enough servicemen for
such large territory and we
frankly expect delays in repairs Of
any domestic refrigerator that
breaks down in the middle of the
summer.
As second in our considerations.
we wish to list approximately i'll
order of priority the different appli-
cations of refrigeration, because
this will be. more or less. the order
in which the service calls will he
taken care of by the respective ser
Vicemen.
~ The processing. tfansporta-
tion or storage of food and dairy
products for the Army or Navy of
the United States, the United States
Maritime Commission or the War
Shipping Administration.
(2l The continued operations of
a cold storage warehouse. CONNER
cial ice manufacturing plant, or car
icing plant.
(3) The continued operations of
a meat-packing house under the i'll
spection of the United States Gov
ernment.
a. The continued operations of
the dry blast" in a blast furnace.
90 The continued operations of
a plant or factory engaged in in
dustrial or commercial processing
of materials for delivery under
defense orders"
90 The continued operations of
a plant engaged in industrial or
commercial processing of food or
food products mot including the
processing of dairy products on a
farm.)
CD The preservation of blood
plasma, pharmaceuticals, or foods
in a hospital. and the transporta-
tion or storage of food and dairs
products, except in establishments
selling or serving food at retail,
and except for domestic storage.
(S) For emergency repair service
to any system used for food pre-
seryation land excluding comfort
cooling systems) in an establish
ment where food is sold or served
at retail.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14

Twenty-four of Delaware's 10S
dentists are now serving in the
armed forces, according to a re-
port recently made by DR.. William
H. Powell, president of the Della
ware State Dental Society.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14

No single food is as important
in the diet as milk. Buy milk in
quantities large enough to meet
the needs of your family and keep
It in the best possible condition
until used.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14

successfully for themselves. For
this to be well done. confidence in
the teacher is absolutely necessary,
so the NO TEASING sign needs to
be put up in every heart and
home.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14
POST BE
John BarcuS, {. o.

Spoilers Elizabeth Purks and
Ida Draper had five reports to
make on recent watch. some OF
them direction changes and once
2 planes going in opposite direc-
tions. No doubt their two hours
passed much quicker with this
added activity.
We are glad Donald Postles has
recovered from his recent illness
and is able TO he back on duty.
#o%
According to the log some of the
signs of spring are: The celloglass
has been taken off the screened
porch, bugs and mosquitoes begin
to appear, and frogs are croaking.
*o*
Somewhat reminding us of the
fellow who said: Sighted Sub,
Sank Same" is Earle Worthing-
tons entry which was: Arrived :
Looked Listened Scratched =
Peered Yawned Departed. ="
Army Jingle at 2:2O A. M
#oA
Harry Pierce and Mr.. Barcus re-
ported that they "denuded the
screened porch" Harry says that
Army phone calls seem to have a
peculiar effect on the observers
they found Earle sitting outside
prOpped up against the flag pole.
Harry also asked when the women
were going to get the garden
spaded. No doubt the log will he
full of answers this week.
HON
At the Recognition Class Tues
day evening it was evident that
some of us are beginning to see
some light through the fog of new
names. new structures, etc. We
also learned that certificates will
l,e awarded to those who complete
the course. Note: Harry Pierce
found the right building this week.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14
Q 49, .A,:, D.
9 clashes !
FROM 3
Observation Posts
IN THE 81
Milford Area
POST 3-B
b. T. HOlcOmb, c. o.

This post has been manned more
efficiently since the addition of
more observers, who have been en-
rolled from Frederick.
KOk
Put one more in our service
flag. This time in honor of Chuck
Wright, who is now in the Navy.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14

NOTICE-Another car of Rutgers
Tomato Plants in Monday, May IL.
FRANK CLENDANIEL. INC.
Lincoln, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14
LOST

I.OST-On the DUPONT boulevard
from Bowers Beach road TO l'roderica.
wheel from lime drill. Finder notify
VIM. Martin on c. c. Case farm. near
Frrdcrica. Del. ltp
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14

Foods canned in glass. onions.
and potatoes should be kept in a
cool. dry. dark storage places.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14

REAL WORKMEN
An AAF Heavy Bombardment
Group lost an average of less
than one percent of its planes per
mission in helping rout Marshal
Rommel's troops from the Middle
East, according to Colonel Hugo
p. Rush who has just returned
home.
Col. Rush organized and conf
manded one of the first Groups in
the Middle East. The Group help
ed repulSe Germans and Italians
at Ell Alamein and then par
ticipated in many missions tUhich
aided in driUing them back along
the TuniSidR coast. Most members
of the crews were very young
and with no battle experience,
yet they were engaged in combat
with the enemy two weeks after
leaving the U. S.
The targets included TObruk,
BenghaZi, TripOli, Sfax, SOuSse,
TuniS, Palermo, MeSsina, Ma
Piles, NavarinO Bay, and many
other coastal towns and ship
ing installations in Italy.
Col. Rush said most of his
Groups missions were made over
great distances. High altitude
precision bombing was carried
out with success on most of the
missions, which averaged ten
hours each. The initial attacks
against Rommel's supply lines
extended a distance of 1000 miles
from the Army base to the tar
get. Liberators were flown almost
exclusively by his Group, Col
Rush said.
PAGING BUCK ROGERS
We have known for several
weeks that the Army is using
radio-controlled target" air
planes, l0ith an eight-foot luing
span, in maneuverS lUith ground
troops. But it was restricted ma
terial and we didn't use it. The
other day, however, censors ap-
proved the story for a Washing
ton newspaper. Two or three
small companies and at least one
of the bigger manufacturers are
producing the miniature planes.
Perhaps the era of bombing
with robot planes "a la Buck
ROgers) is not too far away.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14
WANT-AD

Irrepressible Bill Stout, the De-
troiter who designed the first all
metal airplane, recently placed
the following ad in a Detroit
paper.
Wanted Male Help"-"Air-
craft helicOpter development.
Craftsmen and stress analysis
men. Equal wartime pay. WITH
GREAT CHANCE FOR AD-
VANCEMENT IN POST WAR
PERIOD"
Yes, Stout is conducting ex-
periments on a helicopter, and
has been for some time. He's
building it for one of the biggest
air-frame manufacturers in Amer
lea. You probably will hear a lot
about it before many months pass.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14
HINTS on PRESERVING FOOD

Keep all foods that spoil quickly
at room temperature in the refrig-
orator or other very cold storage
place.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14

For ten years, or longer, a few
top u. S. airmen held that car
rier-based airplanes and flying
boats weren't the answer to over
water air defense-but they made
little headway.
The Army meanwhile devel-
oped two long range, four-engine
bombers for over-water opera
tions. And now, the Navy, which
once considered land-pianes use
full only for training, is using in
increasing numbers land-based
planes originally built for the
Army.
In the past few weeks the
Navy has publicly announced
in dispatches the use of many
LiberatOr plays Navy version
of the famed B-24D in the South
Pacific. And it permitted the
maker of the Ventura twin-en-
gine bomber to announce that
it would construct them for the
Navy as PV-1'S.
In addition three other Army
Air Force models are being built
for the Navy, which will operate
them from land bases.
This marked change in policy
doesn't mean the Navy is giving
up carriers and flying boats.
Obviously, its decision was based
ON these facts: land based planes
haze a greater radius of opera
tion, carry hedvier bomb loads
and fre-polDer, and haze more
speed and utility in the fighting
z0nPS
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14
PLANE TALK
by
fhe Observer
REAL WORKMEN

The Navy is changing Its view on Iand-based arpaneg
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14

Milk and egg dishes are good.
but spoil easily. II 'custards, cream
pies. puddings, etc. are not to be
eaten at once, cool them quickly,
cover, and keep very cold.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14

Keep uncooked. well-cured meat
in dark. cool, dry, airy place.
Leave wrapping on ham, bacon, and
other cured meat until ready to
cook.
Milford chronicle., 1943-05-14

We are glad Donald POstles has
recovered from his recent illness
and is able TO he back on duty.
Browning chief., 1943-01-22
Frozen Tom Cat Causes
Truck To Get Hot

A poor old tom cat sought
warmth beneath the hood of one
of Francis BiHedeaux' trucks one
cold morning this week. but in
vain, for obviously it was as cold
thare as out in the open.
That day Billedeaux started
out for Babb with load. Sud-
denly the engine got hot and
Billedeaux stopped to investigate.
finding poor tommie cold in death.
he having frozen to death. Els
body had prevented the fan to
spin.
There are IA humber of pathetic
instances this week among dogs
and cats in which their lot is a
miserable one in struggling to
survive the severe cold.
If you would be one of Gods
noblemen. befriend these help
less little creatures if you poss-
IDLY can.
Browning chief., 1943-01-22
Oregon Journalist
Continued from page one)

CONTINUED from page one)
will commission YOU as an officer
in the army of Texas. where yeu
will see plenty of action
when the Mexicans had been
defeated and comparative quiet
was restored, Captain John Cul-
bertson secured for Malcolm, his
longtime friend. a position with
the American Fur Company. He
was assigned to the Job of trad
ing with the war.like Blackfoot
Indians in Montana. Not long
after his arrival he killed four
grizzly bear one morning before
breakfast, which won him the
name of Ne-so-ke-i-u. meaning
-four bsar.' He married Black
foot girl. Because of his cour-
age and horsemanship. and be-
cause he protected the rights of
the Indians instead of exploiting
them, he was made chief and
was given the name Of White
Lodge Pole. He was "a when he
was killed by Ne-tus-cho, a young
Indian he had befriended."
Browning chief., 1943-01-22
Congressman 0'Connor
Nominated Member OF
Indian Affairs Com.

News that Congressman James
F. O'Connor OF Montana was
nominated member of the In,
dian Affairs committee, a House
group that is in a key position to
do beneficial things for Indians,
is gratifying to large numbers of
the Blackfeet tribe.
Committee appointments are
confirmed by full membership of
the House, as a formaIity. He
was also nominated for the cen.
sus and flood control committee.
Browning chief., 1943-01-22

We take great pride in our live
stock, for we have some of the
best to be found anywhere.
England also takes pride in its
livestock. Many of our breeds of
cattle, sheep and horses come
from there.
We think farming has been
hard this past season, with the
shortage of labor and machinery.
1t has been harder elsewhere. In
England, for example, feed is
scarce, meats are needed badly
by the people, and German air
men machine gun the farm ami
mails in the fields every chance
they get. We must remember
Browning chief., 1943-01-22
Mr.. Hoover's Salary

The other day an item was 60
ing about in the press indicating
tn q t Herbert Hoover did not
draw his salary as President of
the United States. From a mem
ber of his Cabinet at that time
who was close to him. personally.
the Gazette found out the facts.
As Secretary of Commerce and
later as President, Mr.. Hoover
put his salary into a special &C.
count and spent it in the public
interest. He paid a special staff
of necessary experts for whom
no appropriation of funds was
available. He supplemented the
salary of other men out of this
special fund to bring them into
the public service. But mostly
his salary was subscribed to pub
lie charity. II did not profit
personally a penny by any salary
payments to himself. not even
for his own living expenses or
otherwise.
In 1881. when the depression
hit the land, President Hoover
and all members of his cabinet
voluntarily took a 20 per cent sal.
ary cut. From that time o n.
this 20 per cent portion of his
salary and theirs was returned
to the Treasury.
Never has the White House
seen a more honest. courageous,
intelligent, public-spirited Presi-
dent than Herbert Hoover. He
was a poor salesman of himself.
but he had precious package in
his heart and mind.-Emporia
Gazette.
Browning chief., 1943-01-22
Truck Lights Painted

In compliance with Mayor La
Guardia's dimout directions, head
lights of 400 sanitation department
trucks were ordered painted. The
dim and bright bulbs were retained.
the paint coating being depended
apon to reduce the light. Vehicles
of other city departments used at
night were scheduled to receive the
same treatment.
Browning chief., 1943-01-22
Some Will Die

A brief news item fro m a
Western city reports an auto &C.
cident. The driver was burned
to a crisp. In his car were found
heat-seared containers that had
held gasoline. Before gas ration
ing these containers would not
have been there: that man would
not have died.
A FIVE gallon can of gasoline in
the home. in the garage or in the
back of a car can bring almost in
stant death to anyone in the vi
cinity. Gasoline does not merely
burn. Its fumes in a confined
space have the force of dynamite.
They will explode without warn
ing. the detonator often being an
invisible spark incurred by static
electricity.
As spring n d summer a D.
proach, the temptation will be
strong to save" a little gas for
a trip to the mountains or the
seashore. A percentage of those
who succumb to this temptation
will meet a horrible death. In
all probability there will be cases
where entire homes are destroyed
and members of families killed
or MANNED. They will b a v e
learned about gasoline-too late.
But there are millions of others
who will avoid tragedy by heed
ing the warnings of fire preven-
tion experts; experts who have
studied the dangers facing the
gasoline hoarder. These experts
have pointed out that no gaso-
line container is really leskproof.
A little water in the bottom 10
sufficient to rust through t h e
best can. They also point out
that gas fumes in a basement in
where furnace operates are moth.
ing less than a time bomb. Even
pouring gas into the car tank
may prove disastrous. for here
again static electricity flashing
from tank to funnel could result
in instant oblivion.
These warnings have been iss.
ued in an endeavor to save lives
and property. They are not ap-
peals t o patriotism. Good ex.
cuses by the gas hoarder might
avoid the issue of patriotism. But
no amount of rationalizing c a n
avoid the prospect of death.
Browning chief., 1943-01-22
Subscribe for The Chief
The Cold Truth

Owing to severe cold The Chief has been
forced to delay press work, hopeful of
room temperature that is necessary for ink
distribution. Even with this we still are
facing the hazard of breaking our cylinder
press.
Should casting crack, our problem would
be not only Of gettinga replacement from
an eastern factory, but OF getting prior
ity order from OPA
Yes! War is Hell! And so have be een
the working conditions in this office during
the week.