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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
Color Unit Selected
For Guard Review
Sergeants Chosen On Merit Basis /;
Leslie Greenly Represents 60. 'C'

The color guard for the review
to be held today by the State
Guardsmen in training at Fort Du-
Pont has been selected. Governor
Walter w. Bacon will be in the re-
viewing line.
To he chosen for this position is
a considerable honor. officers at
Fort DUPONT pointed out. The
color guard is selected on the basis
of merit. judged by the record of
each man and his appearance.
Those selected are: First Sergt.
John j. Hall. of Company F. Will
mington; Staff Sergt. Claude Four
acre, Company d. Middletown;
Staff Sergt. Leslie Greenly, Com
pany c. Milford. and Sergt. Harry
Fox. Company A. Wilmington.
Training activities at the fort
were similar to those of Tuesday,
when the two provisional compan-
les were put through separate
programs. The company which
made the attack on pretended
paratrOopers on Tuesday took up
the study of the Thompson sub
gun Wednesday. Lieut.. p.
H. ROosa, Jr., was in charge of in
The group also had a
period of close order drill under
Maj. Ralph f. Buckalew.
The one period in which the
activities differed from
those taken up by the other outfit
the day before was the first-aid
session. Wednesday field first-aid
instruction was given and there
were pretended casualties, who
were given proper first-aid. ban
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
Summons To Be Made
According To Order
Number, Regardless of
How Many Or How
Old Children Are.

Local draft boards were author
lied by Selective Service this week
to call up pre-Pearl Harbor ia
theirs after October 1, but only to
the extent absolutely required" to
meet their monthly quotas.
One authoritative estimate was
that only some 100000 fathers liv-
ing with and supporting children
born before last September is and
not engaged in non-deferrable work
would actually be inducted this
year.
Another 10000, however, prob
ably will have to be sent to in
duction stations in order to get
100000 fully qualified men.
Since there are 6,559,00 nom
farming fathers. this would indi-
cate that only about one out of %
will be put into uniform in 1943.
Farmers Draft Proof
The 744,000 fathers regularly en-
gagged in agricultural work will
continue virtually draft-proof for
reasons.
Preparatory reclassifications may
begin at once, but local boards
we're forbidden to order fathers to
report for induction before October
if they are maintaining bona
ide home relationship with chill
iren born before last September Is
md are not workers in the activi-
les classed as non-deferrable.
Also, the boards were instructed
o continue calling single and
,hildless married men first if they
lave no occupational or hardship
ground for deferment and to make
out of the fathers
group, 3-A, "only as needed to meet
he demands upon a local board for
nen for military service"
The calling of fathers will be
according to their draft order num-
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
AWard Air Medal
To Milford Flyer
Tech. Sergt. L. NJ. Baxter
Cited By War Dept. For
Flights In The Orient

Tech. Sergt. Lloyd NJ Baxter
son of Mr.. and Mrs. T. Mason
Baxter. Walnut street, Milford
was among the personnel of the U.
S. Army 10th Air Force who re-
ceived air medals for Operational
or combat missions or both in
India, Burma. and China. the War
Department announced last Thurs
day.
Sergeant Baxter. who has two
brothers in the armed forces. is a
graduate of Milford High School
where he was active in all phases
of sports. He had planned to enter
college but after receiving his di-
ploma decided to answer the call of
his country He enlisted in the
Air Corps more than a year ago.
His father is Milford representa-
tive of an oil company.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
Ernest Y. Keith
Named Judge
For. Kent Court
Dover Attorney And For
mer State Senator Is
Named To Kent Com
mon Pleas Bench.

Ernest V. Keith, Dover attorney
and a former state senator. on
Tuesday of this week was appoint
ed by Governor Walter w. Bacon
as judge of the Kent County Court
of Common Pleas for a term of four
years, commencing on Wednesday.
Under the law creating the Court
of Common Pleas, he also will
serve as Juvenile Court judge for
Kent and Sussex counties.
Judge Keith will succeed Judge
John P. LeFevre and will be the
third justice to preside over the
court, which was. created in 1881.
U. S. Representative Earle d. VIII
ley served two terms of four years
each by appointment of former Gov
ernor C. Douglass Buck. Judge Le-
Fevre was named four years ago
by former Governor Richard c.
McMullen.
Assisted Law Passage
A coincidence is that Judge Keith,
as a member of the State Senate in
1881. was instrumental in securing
the passage of the law creating the
court to which he now has been
appointed as judge 12 years after
it's establishment
Born in Dover on February "a.
1908. son of City Councilman and
Mrs. Thomas V. Keith, Judge Keith
has lived in Dover all his life.
After graduation from the former
Wesley Collegiate Institute in 1920
and private tutoring, he passed the
law student examina-
tions and registered with Attorney
John B. Hutton as a student.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
Harold Schutt
Is Elected
AS National
Com mitteeman
Wilmington Executive
Succeeds Daniel o.
Hastings, Whose Ser
vice Was Highly Prais-
ed By Committee.

The Republican State Commit
tee, meeting last Thursday night
in the Hotel dupont, unanimously
elected Harold S. Schutt, of the
Mayfair Apartments, Wilmington,
Republican National Committee
man from Delaware, to succeed
former U. S. Senator Daniel O..
Hastings.
Mr.. Schutt. former president of
the board of directors of the De-
partment of Public Safety, accepted
the position and thanked the COM
mittee for the honor. He promised
to do all in his power to maintain
and increase the strength of the
Republican party in Delaware
which in the Congressional cleo
tion of last November swept the
state.
The new national committeeman,
a director of the Continental Amer
ican Life Insurance Company, the
Delaware Power and Light Com
pany, and several other firms. was
nominated by James F. Alec. Jr.,
of Dover, a Kent county member of
the state committee. The nomina-
tion was seconded by Mrs. Robert
w. TOmlinson. vice chairman of
the Republican First District Com
mittee of Wilmington.
Leach On Committee
The committee appointed ELL
wood S. Leach, Sis South Heald
street, Wilmington, superintendent
of the Wilmington incinerator and
former collector of taxes for the
Southern Tax District, a member
of the committee to succeed the
late Edward Abrahams, Jr.
Mr.. Leach was nominated by Le-
roy w. Hickman "a New Castle
county member of the committee,
and his nomination was seconded
by Mrs. Bertha NJ. Smith, vice chair
man of the Wilmington Eleventh
Ward Republican Committee.
Testimonies to the astuteness
and tireless attention to affairs of
the Republican Party of Mr.. Hast
ings were voiced by each of the
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
Hail-Storn Wrecks
Crops Near Seaford
Corn Stalks Ripped To Shreds, To-
matO Plants Flattened

Heavy damage to crops in the
Middleford section, northeast of
Seaford, was reported last Sunday
as a freak electrical and rain
storm swept parts of Sussex coun-
ty. Hail, described as big as shell
walnuts, fell in torrents for about
10 minutes in a three-mile area
centering at MiddlefOrd. Farmers
said corn stalks were ripped to
shreds, while tomato, watermelon,
and cantaloupe plants were cut
and fiattened. High winds accom-
panied the hail.
Seaford. Georgetown, and Lewes
reported heavy rain while the Re-
lance area had only light showers.
No rain fell at Rehoboth Beach,
although for a time the sky was
threatening.
Farmers in sections other than
Middleford said the rain repre-
sented thousands of dollars worth
of benefits to the crops"
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
Director Derickson Finds Crops
Of Midsummer Somewhat Early

pected to be in full harvest until
about Aug. 10 in Sussex county.
while the Kent season will con-
tinue somewhat longer. Normally
the peak of the cantaloupe season
is not under way until after Aug.
first.
Growers report that they antici-
pate a yield equal to between so
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
Huckleberry Crop
Bringing In Cash
"POOr Mans Crop Selling For
Fancy Prices In City Markets

Hundreds of dollars are being
realized at this time from a crop
which farmers have not cultivated.
That crop is the huckleberry. Ma
tive to the Delmarva Peninsula and
found in wild state in almost ev-
cry locality, "hucks," as they are
called by many. before the days of
the Colonies served as food for
the Indians and wild life. They Of
ten have been referred to as the
poor mans crop
Huckleberries did not come into
their own until about half a CEN
tury ago when farmers began pick
ing them for commercial purposes.
For the past forty years they have
been in great demand in the city
markets as well as by the urban
and rural folk of the Peninsula.
Hundreds of crates annually are
picked and shipped to the Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Chester, New
York and Wilmington markets.
Many years ago it was not un-
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
Kent County Farmers Vote
For Soil Conservation District

Land owners in Kent county at
a referendum held recently voted
unanimously in favor of establish
ing the entire county as a soil
conservation district, and upon
notification to the State Soil Con-
servation Commission regarding
the results of this referendum the
commission shall at once declare
Kent county to be established as a
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06

soil conservation district in ac-
cordance with the state law gov
erning this project.
Following this favorable refer
endum vote, the next step in the
procedure for the operation Of the
soil conservation district in Kent
county will include the election OF
district supervisors. Of which four
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06

Delaware's midsummer crops,
such as cantaloupes, watermelons
and tomatoes. are arriving some
what earlier than usual this sea-
son, according to the results of a
survey made by w. T. Derickson,
director of the Bureau of Markets.
Catalogues are now at their
peak, according to reports reach
ing Mr.. Derickson, and are ex-
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
Draft Of Fathers
To Begin Soon
after October I
STILL TINE TO JOIN
AUTO MECHANICS CLASS

You still have time to join
the class in auto mechanics
which is being formed in
this city under the direction
of Cecil Moore and Instruc-
tor Bachman. For full partic-
ulars contact Remsen c.
Barnard. End. or Raymond
w. Masten. Remember auto
mechanics are essential to
the war effort. Draw pay
while learning. The class will
be continued after school
starts.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
Poultrymen Of
Peninsula Meet
Group Gathered At Selbyville To
Perfect Organization

More than 100 poultry growers
from the Delmarva Peninsula met
at Selbyville Tuesday night of this
week in the fire house to further
the organization of the newly
formed Peninsula Poultry Growers
Association. an organization to be
composed of growers of the Pen
insule for the purpose of watching
out for the pOultrymens interests
in all phases of the production part
of the industry.
Asa Bennett of Frankford. pre-
sided at the meeting in the absence
of Senator C. A. Bunting, presi-
dent. of Selbyville. Sheets were
passed out among the members in
order to compile production costs
to be able to present factual and
average cost figures to the Wash
ington agencies which are deter
pricing policies of the gov
ernment.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
Still Time To Get
Your Storage Locker
Charles Ingram VIII Continue to
Take Orders Today And Tomorrow

II you are interested in preserv-
ing your food surplus through the
use of a modern quick-freezing
locker. you still have time to rent
one. See Charles Ingram at Civil
ian Defense office. next to Plaza
Theatre, Milford. today or tomor-
row. Orders also taken at First
National Bank and Trust Company
and Lynn and Jacobs Feed Store.
This modern freezing method
will enable you to have fresh vege-
tables the year round. 1t is recon-
mended by nutritionists all over
the country.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
5000 Cannery
Workers Needed
Thomas Russell, Uses Manager,
Appeals To Civilian Population

AT least 5000 food processing
workers will be needed in canning
plants in this area during the peak
season beginning August Is if veg
etable and fruit crops are to be
turned into cans of food for the
fighting forces. Americas allies,
and the needs of the civilian popu-
lation." Thomas Russell, local man
ager for the United States Employ
ment Service, said today.
Canning. a major industry of the
United States. is essentially sea-
sOnal, hometown industry, man.
ned by local workers, Mr.. Russell
explained. This year." he said,
"it is. even more important to de-
pend on the home folks-youths,
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
State Population ,
Shows Increase
"a Pet. Gain Reported In S5-MOnth
Period; 100000 Decline In q. s.

Delaware's civilian population in
creased "a per cent between April
/, 1910, and last March l whereas
throughout the United States-de-
spite a record birth rate-there was
a decline of 100000. the Census
Bureau reported at Washington
this week.
The "a per cent drop nationally
from 131,SO0,O0O to 12S.20O, 900
reflects the growth of the armed
services at a rate far outstripping
natural increases, the bureau said.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-06
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, July IS, To
Tuesday, August 3, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following thermometer readings for
Milford. from Wednesday, July
2S, to Tuesday, August 8, inclu-
sive:
Evening star., 1943-01-03

Taylor, vice chairman Of the WLB,
Mr.. Proper said such action with
out giving us the right to be heard
Is in violation Of due process Of
law, denies us our rights, ignores
the fact that our action was con-
certed, not individual, and contra
venes the spirit Of the creation Of
your board as set forth in the ex-
ecutive order of the President. -
Your charge leveled against our
leadership Of lack of patriotism is
not warranted and is unjusti-
fed when you consider that our
previous peaceful attempts at set
tlement, in which we asked your
help were ignored by you"
Evening star., 1943-01-03

Board to return to work imme-
diately or face loss Of seniority
rights, voted today to go back to
work Monday In the interest Of
national unity"
Leonard Proper, counsel for the
Windsor Employees Union, which
called out 145 workers on Tuesday
because the NLRB denied an ap-
plication to call an election to de-
termine collective bargaining
agent, deplored. however, the action
Of the WLB in directing the COM
pany to execute an agreement with
the Textile Workers of America
(CIO.
In 4 telegram to DR.. George w.
Evening star., 1943-01-03

quarters OF the Washington Adver-
tising Club. Attending were repre-
sentatives Of major department
stores, speciality shops, public utili-
ties and advertising agencies.
James w. s. Hardey, chairman,
said Treasury oficials estimate
there are loo,ooo,ooo partly Allied
War stamp albums in circulation.
1T is our job" he continued, ito
take these albums from Our desk
drawers, our pockets, or wherever
they may be and III them during
the month Of January and redeem
them for War savings bonds"
Evening star., 1943-01-03
HeVey Allen, Novelist, Seeks
s., 200 War Monpower Job
Anthony Adverse
Author Acting Purely
For Patriotic Reason

Hervey Allen. author of Anthony
Adverse" Action at Aquila," 1T
Was Like This" and other novels,
has applied for a position as a press
agent with the War Manpower Com
mission, job carrying an annual
salary of s3,200-a commission
spokesman said yesterday.
Mr. Aliens application, 1t was said,
stated he would prefer to work in
the commissions regional Office at
Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Allen is said to be friend of
Bowman F. AShe, regional manpower
director at Atlanta, and it was
through Mr.. Ashe the commission
received the application. Mr.. Ashe
is on leave from his Office as presi-
dent of Miami University, Miami,
Fla, and Mr.. Allen makes his winter
home near the university His per-
manent residence is Bonfeld Manor,
Talbot County, Md
The Annapolis, Harvard and Pitts
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Homer M. Adams Moved
To New York OWIOffice

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2-The Office of
War Information today announced
the transfer of Homer Mat Adams,
prominent Illinois Democrat, to New
York where he will become admin
istrative officer Of the News and
Feature Bureau of Owls overseas
branch.
Mr.. Adams, a member of the
University of Illinois Board OF
Trustees, was assistant State direc-
tor Of finance under the late Gov.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
BEDROOM SUITES

Walnut 3Pc. Bedroom Suite Water
fall design Walnut finish n hard
wood. vanity, chest IA y Sk0,80
draw and
Walnut
:.;: :: : :; o9 $3.50
Mahogany Solid
binetw woods in a mahog-
any finish. Large pieces. Dresser, } |07O cOAsVU
Of drawe and
Blonde 3Pc Solid
maple in light blonde finish. Modern c,o-o- can 90
design Vanity, chest Of drawers and , ~ W IsVV
W
Evening star., 1943-01-03
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. c. JANUARY g. e4a

sires to enter Government work
solely for patriotic reason, 1t was
said.
The commission spokesman said
action would be taken on Mr.. Aliens
application within a few days.
Evening star., 1943-01-03

Henry Horner and for . time was
acting director. Previously con-
nected with the Chicago regional
office of owl, he left for his new
post today.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
War Stamp Group Plans
To Push January Sales

Plans for furthering the sale Of
War stamps were made yesterday
at a meeting Of the retail division
of the January Fill -Your-War-
Stamp-Album" drive.
The division met at the head
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Jas Philadelphia Strikers
Vote 10 Go Back 10 Jobs

~ the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2.-Strikers
at the Windsor Manufacturing Co.,
warned yesterday by the War Labor
Evening star., 1943-01-03

. Capt Ricken.
hackers messsss to
newspaper boys BE-
fore Pearl Hsrbor
is given dynamic
new force by his
dramatic rescue
after - days of
facing death on .
tiny raft in the
South Pacific.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-31

Victory gardeners here report
four principal insect and disease
threats 10 their plants Tomatoes.
potatoes. beans and cucumbers
have been attacked
A tomato leaf spot. called septor-
ia that appears in round circles
about an eighth OF an inch in di-
ameter on the leaves and slightly
oblong on the stem has a grayish
mouldy center and s%brownish
rim around the mould Il spreads
from the older leaves At the bot.
tom OF the plant and works up
ward. eventually destroying all
the leaves except the new ones al
the top. In time the plant dies.
The control chemical Tor sep
toris. which also attacks potatoes
is mixture OF a quarter pound
Of bordeaux mixture and a small
cake OF soap 10 four gallons Of
water. The MIXTURE must be we'll
stirred and applied with sprayer
TO insure complete immunizstion
Potatoes here are showing signs
O, blight. DOW potato spray OBJ.
tainsble in Ypsilsnu, Is said by
specialists 70 be a specific con.
troll Ia the stem and leaves. But
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-31
Four Major Pests Attacking
Victory Gardens in Ypsilanti

when the blight has reached the
tuber itself. control is limited to
eradication OF the potatoes affect
ed. The blight starts at the edge
OF the leaves and spreads inward
from bottom leaves TO top. The
color OF the blight is purple. 1t Is
best not to wait until the blight
occurs but 10 treat the plants with
the mixture as a preventive. The
blight is a mould that attacks the
leaf in a spot not easily seen by
the naked eye at first. But when
the temperature reaches 70 to 81
degrees the blight penetrates the
leaf and spreads rapidly.
The Mexican bean insect looks
like a large lady bug colored mud
DIV orange with black dots on its
wings. n laws its eggs in the
leaves and the eggs hatch into
small fuzzy orange colored cater
pillsrlike insects. From the top
Of the bean plant nothing seems
wrong until little perforations oc'
cur The caterpillar is then con-
suming the tender leaf body be-
tween the stems lie will complete
Is de.leaf the plant II not con
SEE CARDFNS-Pane z
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-31
Ford to Produce
Precision Device

Anti-aircraft mechanisms which
are used by the U. s. Army to d.
rect, automatically anti-aircraft
guns. and which are SO complicated
that $4,000 parts are needed to
make one OF them. are to be made
On a mass production basis by the
Ford Motor Company beginning at
an early date. The device Is so &C
curate that It may be used against
ground batteries as well.
Mechanisms are so intricate on
the director. and measurements so
extremely accurate that even the
cages TO check them have been al
most impossible to make. The parts
are made 10 special chambers with
heavy machine gagged steel doors.
The rooms must be dust proof and
women's hair covered. Nail polish
and long nails are taboo. The gov.
eminent commissioned the Ford
Motor Company to make the gun
directors before war was declared
in 1871. and Ford's have been max,
Ing them individually before per
lecting plans for their mass pro-
duction.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-31
Nazis Reported Preparing
to Sieze Northern Italy,
Demonstrations Continue
Largest Plant
in Production

Chicago, July Sins Fully
dedicated and its first product
hailed as a smash hit. the Par%
Ridge plant OF the Douglas Aircraft
Co. returned today 10 the business
OF producing more giant transport
planes.
The plant, the largest IN the
world under single roof. vas dedl.
Gated yesterday after the first
Douglas C-5i Skymaster took TO the
air on its maiden flight.
On hand for the ceremonies. Mai.
Gen. Harold George, commanding
general OF the Army Air Transport
Command. said the four-motored.
Bottom sky giant Is the worlds best
allpurpose cargo and transport
plane for heavy loads.
II has. he revealed, cruising
speed OF 220 miles per hour and a
900 mile .cruisinR range
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-07-31
Flames Used
by .Aneriicans
Against Japs
Japanese Barges
Claimed Sunk bv
Allied Planes

Allied Headquarters, Southwest
Pacific, July 3l-UP- American
troops used flame throwers to
route the Japanese from Coral
and log pillboxes and advance
through Lambeth plantation east
of Munda yesterday, 1t was an
nounced today
Using the weapon successfully
for the first time in the Pacific
war the L. s. soldiers crept
through enemy positions under
cover OF tanks and planes TO send
streams OF fire through the pill.
box gunslits.
Not since the Buna campaign
had flsme-throwers been tried
against the Japanese and military
experts checked the results close
ly TO see IL the answer had been
found to the enemy jungle tricks
which have slowed the Allied ad-
vance on the New Georgia base.
North OF Munda. around Bibolo
Hill on the edge Of the Munda air
strip. American patrols beat off a
japanese counterattack. The &C.
ton was in cocoanut groves near
the coast about a mile from the
field.
Diye-bombeTs attacked gun en-
placements and defense positions
on Munda point and Guarassi VII
lage as other planes heavily
bombed the enemy around BaiTokt
Harbor. across New Georgia II
miles from Munda
On the New Guinea side OF the
southern Pacific front. planes and
PIT boats were reported 10 have
sunk at least II heavily-loaded ia
panese barges and damaged many
others in continued assaults on
enemy supply lines.
Liberators. flying through ad
verse weather. dropped % tons OF
bombs on enemy positions south
east OF Salsmaua. the New Guinea
coastal base. Fighting continued
in the Komiatum and Mount Tam
bu areas near Salamaua, the com
munique said. and Japanese dive
bombers made light ineffective
raids on the American and Aus
tIalia ground troops.