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Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29

day are won by people and nations
who hate war, whose generals are
the public's servants not its mas
ters, whose soldiers are civilians in
uniform. Wavell,, Alexander, Mont
gomery, Eisenhower, Macarthur,
Patton, Clark-and we may add de
Gaulle-are not militarists, and
would not be allowed to be. They
command soldiers who do not love
the military lief, and are most
anxious to get it over with and go
home-so anxious that whatever
they have of courage, of resource
fulness, of iron resolution, they
summon on the day of battle. The
thunder of their guns is the voice of
nations outraged by having to go
to war and determined to punish
the makers of war
Wars today are won by people
who are sick of war, who want to
get on with their work. who want
to raise their children in peace.
They alone have the strength, the
fury and the ultimate wisdom for
victory. They make technical mis-
takes, but they never make the
final mistake of accepting defeat.
The strength of militarist nations
is greatest at the beginning, that of
peace-loving nations at the end.
In the end the very brilliance of
the professional militarists only
exacts a more terrible price from
their countrymen. They win tacti-
cal victories, and in so doing raise
up force against them which de-
stroys them and their people. They
that take the sword shall perish by
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Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29
DELMAR

Sunday, Nov. z, will be observed
as Homecoming Day for the mem.
bers and friends of First Methodist
Church. The Rev. Leonard White,
a former pastor, and the Rev. o. A.
BARLEY, d. D., president OF Wesley
Junior College at Dover, will be
the guest preachers, and j. H. At
we'll, a former member of the
church, will teach the Mems Eel
lowship Bible Glass. The two choirs
will furnish music for all the ser
vices. The W. S. C. S. will prepare
a luncheon for all members, friends
and visitors Immediately following
the morning service in the dining
hall and from 2 to 3 P. M. there
will be Fellowship meeting to
which all will be invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan Elliott, of
Cleveland, Ohio. are visiting Mr..
Elliott's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
B. Elliott, on State street.
Lieut.-Com. Edward L. Thomp-
son and Mrs. Thompson. of Wash
ington, were guests OF relatives
mere last week.
Mrs. James McLernon is enter
tanning her sister, Mrs. w. B. Ward
of Creedmore. N. C.
Boy Scout Troop, No. ia, re-
newed their meetings with a wei
ME roast at their new camp site
outside of town. John Downing and
David Sullivan passed the tender
foot test. Three new members were
accepted into the troop. Billy Bar
rail-, Philip Howard and Harry Ell
lott. The boys did not meet dur
ing the summer due to the fact
that all the scouts worked on near
by farms. Each boy reported his
earnings at the meeting, and the
total was $621.00.
ScOutmaster Daniel Culver an
nOunced that a troop review will be
held by the troop committee on the
next meeting mite. ]. f. McClaine.
Jr.. Granville Brumbley. David
Green and Raymond Wilkerson.
form the troop committee. Troop
No. 174 is sponsored by the Lions
Club of Delmar.
At the last meeting. Glen Rayne
Post No. Is. held its installation of
officers. The State Commander.
Floyd jackson. and his stan in
charge of the ceremony. Officers
installed were: Conn.,. w. Claude
Guthrie; 1st vice-Com.. J. Newall
Johnson; End vice-Com., L. d.
Short; adjutant. Raymond B. Will
kersOn; finance officer. w. w. Cal
lOway; sergt.-at-arms. William Ad-
kins; historian. S. Harrison Jones.
W. B. White, chaplain. who was
unable to attend. will be installed
at the next meeting. John Fader,
past-State Commander, showed a
movie made of the last National
William Matthews, of
Smyrna. was also a guest.
Pvt. l. H. Wingate. Jr., who has .
been stationed at Jacksonville. Fla.
has been transferred to Aviation
Ordnance School, at Norman, Okla .
homa.
Cpl. Robert o. Pote, stationed at
Camp Polk. La, has been spending
a 15-day furlough here with his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe
Pote.
Members of All Saints P. E.
this town. will hold a
party in the Parish
House Saturday evening. Oct. 80.
Is cents. Games. dane
ing and eats. Everybody welcome.
Jesse E. Taylor. Jr.. 25. of 4O4
Lincoln avenue. this town. is new
recruit at the U. S. Naval Training
Station. Great Lakes, Ill.
Upon completion of his recruit
raining he expects to be granted
/ 9-day leave. Il
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Paul Ellis have
received a cablegram from their
,On. Jack. telling of his safe ar
'ival in England.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29

AFTER FOUR YEARS of war,
y the. German Army remains form
idable fighting force. 1t is but fair
to the United Nations soldiers in
Italy and to our Russian allies to
say this. Though the terror of its
name is not what it was after the
fall of France. a tough residue of
reputation and of fact remains. In
the management of supplies, in
battle discipline and in skill of
command, Germany's fighting
forces reflect nation which has
subordinated everything to war.
It's art. its music, its science, its
philosophy have been suppressed
or diverted to this one end. Neither
Beethoven nor Goethe, neither So
crates nor Kant. neither Archi-
medes nor Newton. neither Phidias
nor da Ninci, not the noblest, not
the most ascetic, not the more gen.
er0us and gifted of mankind, GER
tainly not St Paul nor Jesus of
Nazareth, could have survived in
this militant Germany. None could
have survived who put the love of
mankind or the love of God, the ,
worship of truth or beauty, ahead .
of the art science and worship of |
war.
A kind of perfection came out of .
this concentration on battle. The .
German commanders, so far as we
know, have not made little mis-
takes. The campaign in North AT
rica was rational. 1t all but reach
ed Alexandria, Cairo and SueZ. At .
times it was superbly directed. The
invasion of Russia moved accord
ing to an ingenious strategic plan.
II came near cutting the line of
the Volga and capturing the Cau-
casus oil. though the German eva
cuation of Smolensk now shows
how completely it failed. The sub
marine attack on the Atlantic life
line was boldly conceived and exc
cuted. We shall know after the
war how nearly it succeeded. Even
the Inflated air assault on Britain
was pushed to the very brink of
victory. Indeed, It is quite possible
that future students of military
history will read the story of the
Germans tactics with much pro-
fessional edification.
Yet they will note that success
came just so near, time after time,
and was never finally grasped. To
the Nazis it may seem that a kind
of fatalism followed them. They
could win victories but not the
war. They were like climbers on a
mountain. They could surmount /
one ridge, but beyond it there were !
always others. One enemy beaten /
down, another rose. The Nazi mind
will never solve the mystery. Yet it ,
is quite simple. {
The simple truth is that nations j
which specialize on war can no
longer win them. They might have
done so in the days of Jenghiz ]
Khan. They cannot now. Wars to- {
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29
LONG NECK

Mr.. George Niblett and Francis
Moore, of Wilmington. spent the
weekend with Mrs. Amanda Moore.
Mrs. H. H. Warfel spent last
week in Oxford. Pa.
Mrs. c. f. Lingo and children
were callers in Millsboro Thursday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Culver spent
last week in Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29

ONE OF THE CHIEF premises
of those who argue that only a col
lectivist economy holds any hope
for a prosperous America in the
future is the argument, so favored
by the theorists and academicians
who have had a field day in Wash
ington the past 10 years, that we
have a mature economy" These
gentlemen maintain that all the
frontiers have been conquered,
that there never again will be
enough work in peace time to keep
everyone employed, that stern gov
ernment domination of industry,
subsidies. deficit spending and a
strongly centralized government
are the only policies that will keep
multiplied millions permanently off
the dole.
1t is interesting in the light of
this viewpoint to read the state
ment made a few days ago before
the federal communications COM
mission by a top executive of the
Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. He revealed that after the
war the Western Union intends
gradually to abandon the use of
wires for transmission of mes
sages and use a beam of light as
the transmitting bedium. The lab
oratory work and the preliminary
planning is all done. What remains
is to put the new technique into
practice.
But this job-the retirement of
old equipment, the construction of
new apparatus. the training of per-
sonnel and the other change-over
problems will require about 10
years to complete. That alone
means employment for lot of
people for a decade.
What is significant with respect
to this disclosure is the fact that
this is only one single development.
If a survey were to be made now
it undoubtedly would show that
scores of other industries and bust
nesses are contemplating changes
and improvements in method based
On recent discoveries. The war has
accelerated progress
n scientific research. Discoveries
are being made which
will be of value in the building of
better, more efficient peacetime
economy as well as currently help
ng the war effort. The physical
of America may be won,
,ut the frontiers of the restless
human intellect never will be
cached until the day Utopia is
ealized.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29

WHEN THE HISTORIANS write
about America in this war they
will certainly consult the files of
metropolitan newspapers, such as
the New York Times, Philadelphia
Inquirer or Boston Globe. Such
newspapers, however, will have to
admit in all modesty that there is
one part of the story they cannot
tell, but which the small-town dali
les or weeklies can and do tell SUI
perbly. Newspapers in New York,
Philadelphia or Boston can't fol-
low all the local boys in service.
The small-town papers, with their
intimate touch with smaller circu-
lations, can and do follow them.
And in their local items and special
pages for men in uniform one feels
the throb of this great struggle.
Here are the reunions and fare
wells, the little triumphs. the les
ser adventures as we'll as the great,
the small talk of war.
Tom Jones of the Army Air
Corps is home on leave after COM
pleting a tour of duty in the Medi-
terranean area. Maybe Tom will be
married before he reports for his
next assignment. Frank Howard's
many friends will be glad to know
that he has been promoted to pri-
vate, first class. Frank is stationed
at Miami. Corporal Bert Ross, judg-
ing by the letter his proud father
brought into the Office, is living in
luxury in the Mex Guinea jungle.
His tent even has floor. The other
day he ran across Ed. Williams,
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29
DACSBORO

Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Clayville had
as guests on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles WeischadeI. Mrs. Jacob
Stormer and daughters. DOrthea
and Mrs. Louise Messick. all of
Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29
GLENDALE

Mr.. and Mrs. John Warren, of
Milford, were guests Of relatives
and friends of this community on
Thursday.
Albert Millman, U. S. Navy, is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. ]. Millman.
Sunday guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John G. Dickerson were Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Dickerson and daugh-
ter, Phyllis. of Glendale; Carlton
Workman, of Milford, and Ronald
Dickerson, of Lincoln.
Mrs. Louise Jones spent the
weekend with her husband, who is
employed in Wilmington.
Earl Clark, Jr., of Navy, is
spending a few days with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Clark, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. w. Ellingsworth
and daughter were Sunday callers
in Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Derrickson
of Philadelphia, and friends, and
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Tyndall of Lew
es, were Sunday evening guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Derrick
son and family.
Miss Allie Macklin entertained
guests from Wilmington last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul v. Smith were
recent callers in Milton.
c. w. Ennis. Sr.. of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with his family
here.
Mrs. Della W. Baker entertained
guests during the weekend.
Mrs. Vim. d. Ellingsworth and
son, Billy, went TO Philadelphia on
Friday.
Little Miss Gradella Welch Ennis
is a patient in the Milford Memo
rial Hospital and at this writing is
improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. TimmOns, Sr..
and son, Alton, visited relatives
and friends in Maryland on Sun
daV.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29
Advertisement For Bids

Sealed proposals will he received by
the State Highway Department at its
office. Dover, Del, until 200 p. NJ. E.
w. T. November 8. 1943. and at that
time and place publicly opened for
contracts involving the following APP
proNimate quantities:
CONTRACT s33
Slaughter Beach croins
Slaughter Beach, Sussex Co.
- 1907 Timber Groins
2I0O Lin. FIT. Creosoted Timber Piles
~ NJ. Il. NJ. CreOsoted Timber
Sheeting
Q NJ. u. NJ. Creosoted Timber
Wales
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29

Sixty thousand acres of wheat for
1914 is the goal set in Delaware by
the States Department of Agri-
culture War Board.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29
CHURCH NEWS
Ellendale Methodist
Rev. d. T. Campbell, Pastor

Sunday, October 81.
Sunday School services at 10 A..
NJ. in charge OF /. w. Warren. su-
perintendent.
Preaching at IL A. NJ.
EpwOrth League service at 7:45
p. NJ.
Worship service at 8 P. M.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29

Attention is called to the Special
Provisions in the proposal. specifica-
tions and contract agreement.
Performance of contract shall COM
mence within ten (lOD days after exc
cution of the contract and be complet-
ed as specified.
Monthly payments will be made for
80 per cent of the construction COM
pleted each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied
by a surety bond. certified check. or
money to the amount of at least ten
(1O) per centum of the total amount of
the proposal.
The envelope containing the propos-
al must be marked Proposal for the
construction of State Highway Con-
The contract win be awarded or
rejected within twenty (20C days from
the date of opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
Complete sets of plans and specifi-
cations may be obtained after October
is, 1913, upon receipt of two dollors
(S2.OO) for each contract, which
amount will not be refunded.
Make checks payable to the State
Highway Department.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
BY: F. v. DUPONT. Chairman
w. w. Mack. Chief Engineer
Dover, Delaware.
October 6, 1943. ol5-29-2t
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
MillSbOrO Trust
Company

OF MILLSBORO
In the State Of Delaware at the Close
of Business on October 10, 1913
ASSETS
Loans and discounts lin
cluding $500 over
draftSD ..................S zoJ,SO5.bb
United States Government
obligations. direct and
guaranteed ............. 1903. GSS 90
Obligations of States and
political subdivisions ... 100000
Other bonds. notes. and
dehentureS .............. 2D9, ,696. 4S
Corporate stocks ....... 1O.S00, IL
cash, balances with other
banks, including reserve
balances. and cash items
in process of collection. 3i4. .56i.l2
Bank premises
owned .Sl4,16l.S5
Furniture and
I7.Ol5sS
Real estate owned other
than hank premises ..... $500 %
Other assets .............. l2.4l
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29

CONTRACT 1877
Church & S. Main SITS.
Selbyvllle, Sussex Co.
Cement Concrete Widening o.e2 Mi.
1900 Gu. Yds. Excavation
l125 Gu. Yds. Cement Concrete Pave
300 Lin. Ft. Expansion Joint
300 Lin. TT. Cement Concrete Curb
1000 So. Ft. Cement Concrete Side
walk
200 Lin. TT. 12" Concrete Pipe
80 Lin. TT. Is" Concrete Pipe
Catch Basins
5000 Lib. Castings
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29

Total Capital Accounts. $167, 20
Total Liabilities and
Capital Accounts ~, ,423,sS3.Tl
sThis banks capital consists OF COM
mon stock with total par value Of
'0''0''' MEMORANDA
(a) On date of report the
required legal reserve
AGAINST deposits OF
this bank was ...... $272,2ll.2l
(b) Assets reported above
which were eligible as
legal reserve amount
l. ELISHA M 4. STEELE. Cashier. Of
the above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is
true, and that it fully and correctly
represents the true state OF the sew
eral matters herein contained and set
forth. to the best of my knowledge ana
belief.
ELISHA A. STEELE. Cashier
Correst-Attest:
]. A. BURTON
w. p. MONROE
w. BLAINE ATKINS
State Of Delaware,
County OF Sussex, IS:
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 25th day of October. 1913, and ]
hereby certify that / am not an officer
or director of this bank.
(SeaD
Luster H. Long. Notary Public
My commission expires 4-10-45.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29

FOR SALE-Abruzzi Rye. re-
cleaned. Frank Clendaniel. Inc,
Lincoln. Phone Milford 1913. II
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29

For VicfOry - Buy EOHdJ!
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-29

Total Assets ..... 81, ,443, ,3s37t
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of indi-
Viduals. partnerships. and
corporations .......... 81 ,66I .JGJ. ~
Time deposits of indi-
viduals. partnerships. and
corporations .......... 57J,653.3T
Deposits of States and
political subdivisions -. G.3G5.96
Other deposits (certitied
and officers checks.
etc1 .................... 5.0lS.S9
Total
Deposits 81. .275. .6OS.5I
Total Liabilities mot in
Guiding subordinated OBJ
legations shown below $2,275, ,603.51
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
CapitaIs ................ 100000
surplus ...........ssssss 1v'OVu'VV
Undivided profits ........ 57743.50
Reserves ........ 10.036.76
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Evening star., 1943-05-02


entertainments OF all kinds, and later.
when occupied by Prof Louis G. Marini,
it became celebrated dancing hall, and
here many an oldest inhabitant danced
the waltz, lancers. schottische, Virginia
reel, polka, quadrille and York, and they,
no doubt, still regard some OF these
dances superior to the present ones.
After the building was vacated by
Prof Marini it was occupied by several
branches of the Government, including
the Census Bureau, and in more recent
years it was remodeled inside for busi-
ness purposes.
During the existence of this old hall,
however, it served many good purposes
aside from those mentioned. A meeting
was held here in 1859 to organize the
Washington & Georgetown Railroad Co.,
the first street railroad in Washington,
which began operations in 1862.
The Church of the New Jerusalem also
held some of its early meetings here, as
did the Medical Society and the Mission
of Calvary Baptist Church, and shortly
after the National Rifles was reorganized,
in 1880, this fine military organization
used the basement floor Of this building
as its armory
The site Of Temperance Hall is inter-
esting as having been at a rather early
date the location of a "ramshackled
leaning, tottering, caved-in frame and
Evening star., 1943-05-02

all demands In normal times, 95 per
cent of this total was brought in by
ocean tankers. Today we are relying en-
barge deliveries and some transportation
nlakeshifts.
This spring there is coming to the East
100000 barrels day-but still further
East, in Europe, there is demand for
more and more gasoline. All benefits
from increased deliveries have been abb
sorbed by our armed forces and will con-
tinue to be, for some time to come. This
is gasoline war. BY the end of the
year we will probably bring in nearly
the normal amount needed in peace, but
there is no peace and the demands of
war are beyond anything anticipated
in past planning.
Normally we used $4,000 barrels Of
gasoline day. The allotment for this
April has been on the basis Of 5000
barrels a day, and May will show no
improvement, because even now military
and naval Withdrawals are cutting into
the April stock.
Last winter the Navy loaned" 4,213,-
1856 barrels of fuel oil and gasoline for
civilian and industrial consumers during
the critical winter shortage, from q
petroleum pool, and states emphatically
that this cannot be done again.
With the bitter memory Of last winters
fuel shortage still fresh, Federal officials
will foL nh 1r,{rt
will build up stocks at all costs. The
amount being diverted for this purpose
is quite large, consisting Of at least a
fourth, and often third or more, Of all
petroleum fuel coming into the East
daily.
But there are no indications Of any
further cut on motorists. Already the
OPA realizes that 1.37 gallons per week
is below the amount necessary to keep
batteries charged and cars working, and
has said that rationing on civilian mo-
torists cannot be cut further.
Mr.. Ickes has publicly announced that
he hopes to provide more gasoline before
the summer ends. Should there be any
change in coupon values it will come in
the form OF greater allowances for A
book holders. 1t is not likely that B
and G book holders will get any more
than 3 gallons for each coupon; ration
boards, when they issued the books,
already took into consideration the fact
that in the East they were good for only
three, and made up the difference by
allowing more coupons than for the rest
Of the country.
Better Breaks for Motorists.
According to the AAA the motorist
will get another break; he will be better
able than heretofore to get repair parts
for his car. Often he would have to
lay his car up for days while he went on
a frantic foot search for some small
part no longer in stock. Again, no
miracle is expected-just steady i'm
provement.
The War Manpower Commission has
recognized automotive repairs and
maintenance as an essential activity,
and the War Production Board is now
moving to give more attention 70 civilian
Evening star., 1943-05-02

In pursuing his efforts for prohibition,
1t was Mr.. savage's practice to give
frequent temperance lectures from the
Patent Once steps and elsewhere In
the downtown section Of the city, and
upon one occasion he was even pelted
with eggs, and though the account of
the incident, which occurred in 1853,
was printed in humorous strain, yet
it was not likely a laughing matter with
Mr.. Savage. The report of the occur
renee. probably printed in the National
1utelligencer, goes on to say:
Egg Excitement: 1t is well known to
both citizens and strangers that Mr..
George Savage and party of his friends
are in the habit of holding temperance
meetings on Pennsylvania avenue and
at other places outdoors on the Sabbath
day during the prevalence Of fine
weather. Last Sunday while Mr.. Savage
was speaking before the door of Mr..
Upperman there were occurrences Of an
unpleasant character, which gave rise,
yesterday afternoon, to proceedings be-
fore Justice Donn-George Savage VS..
A. Hunter.
"A large crowd Of persons assembled
in the Office and much interest was
manifested during the progress Of the
examination.
"Mr. Savage was represented by Mr..
A. T. Harrington, master painter, who
assumed the position of a lawyer for
this especial occasion. Mr.. Hunters
counsel was Col. M. Thompson.
The first witness called was Mr.. Saw
age, who stated that while he was ad-
dressing an audience on Pennsylvania
avenue last Sunday afternoon Mr..
Hunter assaulted him by throwing eggs
at him. He was struck both in the face