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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Firemeh Will
Open Carnival
Here Sept. 9th
Many Outstanding At
fractions Are Listed,
Including Radio Per-
SOnalitieS.

Next Monday evening. Septem-
Der 6, the Milford firemen will open
their annual carnival at the mu-
nicipal parking lot at the foot OF
Park avenue. North Milford. This
year the carnival will be different
from that of any previous year. 1t
will be different and better. The
firemen have gone to great trouble
and expense to provide entertain
ment for everyone.
While it is impossible to attempt
to enumerate the hundreds of in
teresting and spectacular attrac-
tions that have been secured, a
few which will definitely appear
during the carnival are Cousin
Lee and his Gang" THE North
Carolina Ridge Runners" and The
Lehigh Valley Boys" Those of you
who have radios have listened to
these boys make the "rafters ring"
Now you are going. to have chance
to not only see them and have them
play your favorite numbers. but
you can see them and talk to them.
Listen in on your radio for the an
nouncement Of the nights they will
be present.
Every night will be fun night.
and remember it is free, there is
positively no admission charge TO
the grounds. Come out and bring
your family to see and hear those
aforementioned Barn Dance Wiz
ards as well as many other out
standing radio personalities who
will be present.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
More Corn Ordered
For Farmer Relief
Seven Additional Carloads VIII
ShccOr Drought Stricken Farmers

Seven more carloads of corn
have been ordered from the Com
modify Credit Corporation for
shipment to Delaware to aid
drought stricken farmers. the state
U. s. Department of Agriculture
War Board has announced. This is
in addition to the five carloads Or
dered about a week ago.
This is shelled corn and will be
distributed to help meet the short
age of feed grains-a shortage
which is steadily growing worse
because of drought conditions that
have cut feed production.
To help further in meeting the
critical shortage of feed in this
area the Delaware USDA War
Board reports that the CCC is pur-
chasing stocks of hay in areas of
the West where there is a surplus.
Under this emergency feed plan
the CCC will ship to the state sup
plies of hay for distribution by a
farmers cooperative serving all
sections of the state.
Shipments of this hay are ex-
pected in the near future and far
mers in need of it are advised to
contact their local county USDA
War Board at Newark, Dover and
Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Hatcheries On
= in S uIa
Adopt Price
Roll Back
Secretary H. F. William
son Of Georgetown No
titles OPA That VOlun-
tary Reductions Have
Been Made.

Hatcheries of the Delmarva Pen
insula and the New England states
have reduced the price they are
paying for Matching eggs from 10
to Is cents per dozen and also have
reduced the price of baby chicks
to IA and 16 cents each to the poul-
try raiser, according to H. F. Will
hanson, secretary of the Neppco
Hatchery Division. with Offices in
Georgetown.
Recently Mr.. Williamson ad-
dressed an open letter to OPA Ad-
ministrator Prentiss Brown in
which he stated that lin order to
cooperate with you in this vOlun-
tary roll back policy. the majority
of the members of our Organiza-
tion. which represents so per cent
of the hatcheries on the Delmarva
Peninsula and most of the hatch
cries shipping broiler chicks from
New England and the intervening
states, have reduced the price they
are paying for Matching eggs 10 to
Is cents per dozen.
THE price of broiler chicks has
been reduced accordingly. In keep
ing with the usual practice of in
dependent thought and action,
there will be a few hatcheries SELL
ing at slightly higher figure. 1t is
confidentally expected by Septem-
ber l most of the chicks being sold
in the Delmarva area will be moved
at IA to Is dollars per hundred.
We realize that the hatchery is a
central cog in the poultry indus
try mechanism bridging the gap
between the breeder and the poul-
try raiser. We are glad to make
it easier for the broiler grower to
accept the ceiling price for his pro-
duct. In return we think that Mr..
Average Citizen should be able to
buy poultry at a consumer ceiling
price. Mr.. Prentiss Brown, will you
please attend to that?"
Mr.. Williamson stated in his let
ter that the Neppco Hatchery Di-
vision was anxious to cooperate
with the administration anti-in-
flation policy and to assist the OPA
in this objective.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Hopkins Fills Post
OF Attorney-Gene
Dover Lawyer To Succeed Lieut..
Henry J. Ridgely In Kent Office

Appointment of Melvin Hopkins,
Dover attorney, to complete the
term of Lieutenant Henry J. Ridge
ly, U. S. N. R., also of Dover. as
deputy attorney general for Kent
county. was announced last Friday
by Attorney General Clair J. Kill
oran.
Commissioned last spring. Lieu
tenant Ridgely has received orders
and is to report soon for service at
a New England naval air station.
Mr.. Hopkins, city solicitor of Do
yer for IL years, will be serving his
second term as a deputy attorney
general. He was first appointed to
the post in 1881 by former Attor-
ney General Reuben Satterthwaite.
Jr.
The new deputy served as attor-
ney for the House during the past
two sessions of the General AS
sembly. He is adjutant also of the
Dover Civilian Defense organiza-
tion and executive officer of the
Dover squadron of the Civil Air Pa
troll.
Mr.. Hopkins, who has his law Of
flee on State street in Dover, is
Delaware secretary of the United
States Corporation Company and is
well known throughout the state as
a corporation lawyer.
In 1922 Mr.. Hopkins associated
himself with James M. Satterfield
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Colored Man, Girl
Slain In Sussex
MilISbOrO Workman Stabbed, Cedar
Neck Child Shot In Stomach

John Edward Martin. negro. age
80 years. said to be an employee
of the Houston-White Company. of
Millsboro. was found last Saturday
night in a corn field. near the Mills
boro Poultry Company plant with
stab wounds in his lung and kid
ney. The body was discovered
about O'Clock. it is said, but so
far the name of the person who
found him has not been disclosed.
Martin was taken to the Milford
Memorial Hospital in the ambu
lance of the Frankford Fire Com
pany. He died a short time after
being admitted without regaining
consciousness. officers of State
Highway Police Station No. 4. To-
Gated near Georgetown. are said to
be working on the theory that he
probably might have been slapped
during a crap game. a drunken
brawl or was held up and robbed.
An arrest. it is said. may be made
within a short time as suspicion
centers around two or three per-
sons.
Mary Louise Smith, 11-year-old
negro girl. living in Cedar Neck,
between Milford and Milton. is
dead as a result of a gun shot
wound in the stomach. The shoot
ing is said to have take nplace
last Saturday night between 6 and
u o'clock at the home of her mo-
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Petition For Sussex
Soil District Filed
Document Calling For Establish
ment OF Area Has 100 SignerS

A petition signed by approx
mately 100 Sussex county land Ow-
ners requesting the establishment
ia Soil Conservation District il
the county was mailed to the sec
retary of the State Soil Commits
sion today.
Five meetings were held in diff
ferent communities to discuss the
Enabling Act with farmers and as
a result o fthese meetings. the pc
tition was prepared.
Following action by the State
Commission on the petition. pro-
viding they approve the request. 4
hearing will be held for the pur-
pose of determining whether soil
district so petitiOned would be eff
fective in conserving the soil in
the proposed area.
According to H. B. Hendricks.
State Soil Conservation Represen-
tative for this area, a Soil Conser-
vation District has much TO offer
farmers who are. interested in get
ting drainage work done on their
farm efficiently. Mr.. Hendricks
pointed out that the demonstra-
tion work done on the farm of \.
E. White near Bridgeville was
highly satisfactory and he urged
farmers to stop in and see the re-
suits of this work.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Forms Are Ready
For Income Tax
Volunteers Aid In Mailing
Out 10000 New-Type
Blanks

Relays of special volunteers
worked in the Office of Internal
Revenue. postofflce building. Will
mington, last Friday and Saturday
to mail some 10000 copies of the
declaration of estimated income
for the calendar year 1943," Nor
man Collision, collector, said this
week.
MIR. Collision said approximately
10000 of the forms were mailed out
to Delaware taxpayers the past
week.
He said that not all taxpayers
will be required to file the decla-
ration since they are paying their
tax in full through the withhold
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Edw. l. Glenn, Jr., Is
Hurt In Air Crash
Cadet Filler Seriously Hurt At Field
In Arkansas

Edward l. Glenn, Jr., %, a cadet
pilot stationed at Walnut Ridge.
Arkansas, was seriously injured in
an airplane crash Monday, accord
ing to telegram his father, Ed
ward l. Glenn, of Wilmington. a
former state senator, received We'd
nesday from the commanding Off
Ger at the air field. Mr.. Glenn tele-
phoned to the base and was inform
ed his son was operated on We'd
nesday morning for internal injur-
les and that his condition was not
very satisfactory. Mr.. Glenn was
unable to learn any details of the
accident. He was planning We'd
nesday night to hurry to Walnut
Ridge by airplane.
Mr.. Glenn received a letter from
his son Wednesday. In it he de-
scribed the test flights he has been
making and said he was getting
along fine. He expected to begin
night flying tests soon.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Delegates To
KiWanis Meet
Are Elected
w. r. Burke, E. F. Isaacs,
r. G. WOllters, H. M.
Phillips, V. Bennett To
Represent Milford.

The streamlined War Time Capt.
tol District Convention of the XII
wanians will be held at Roanoke
Va, on October IA and Is. The Mil
ford Kiwanis club will be we'll rep
resented by the club president
William Burke and five other dele
gates. who are Lieutenant Edgar F.
Isaacs. Jr.. Edmund F. Steiner,
Past President Robert G. Wollter
Harvey NJ. Phillips, Jr., and VinaI
Bennett.
David B. Greene, who is lieu
tenant governor of the seventh dis
trict. will also attend, being an
officer of the Capitol District.
The convention will hear achiev-
ement reports of the various COM
mittees and plans for further work
this year. Some of the talks by
outstanding guests will be on Post
War Planning. Deep thinkers know
that this planning is parallel in i'm
portance to War Planning.
The Milford Kiwanis Club has
just launched another important
project in the establishment of a
Girl Scout Troop for Milford. A
leader has been chosen who is well
acquainted with youth leadership
and is otherwise well qualified for
the position, Mrs. David B. Greene.
The Kiwanis committee who is at
work with Mrs. Greene is Vinal
Bennett, chairman, Lawrence lap
etina and George l. Jester. Any
girl or parent interested should
with Mrs. Greene
soon.
A committee was also appointed
10 investigate the need for perma-
1ent placement of life preserver
rings along the high walled creek
between Walnut street and Wash
ngton street bridges.
Councilman George Jester re-
ported that the club should expect
soon a visit from a member of the
Board of Health relative
o the clubs feelings in the mat
er of child delinquency. The club
seemed agreed that some
ype of curfew should be adopted
)y City Council.
The underprivileged child COM
nittee was authorized to entertain
crippled children when
he next circus comes to town.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Honor System Replaces
Ban; Motorists Ex-
pected To Use Gasoline
For Essential Needs
Only.

Legal restrictions against pleas
ure driving in the northeastern
states, including Delaware, were
lifted Tuesday at midnight. it was
announced jointly in Washington by
the Office of Price Administration
and the Petroleum Administration
for War. Motorists will be placed
ON their honor to avoid non-essen-
tial driving.
Lifting of the ban came after
three months and IL days of va
cation time when travel is nor
mally heaviest. During that time,
hundreds of persons were stopped
in Delaware by OPA enforcement
agents and a large number fined"
coupons for violating the ban by
specially formed panels of resi-
dents.
Although OPA officials said that
motorists would no longer be stop
ped to check on pleasure driving,
they emphasized that it should be
realized by all that unrestricted
driving is out as long as gasoline is
needed for our fighting forces.
Black Market Target
"The energy and enforcement ef-
fort which has been used in con-
nection with the ban on pleasure
driving will now be turned to a
vigorous prosecution of those who
engage and participate in black
market gasoline operation at the
expense of law-abiding citizens who
are patriotically supporting their
government in this time of war;"
it was said.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Big Cole Circus
Here Next Thurs.
Tim Mix, Jr, viii Star In 1913
Victory Show

Arrangements were concluded
recently for the big James NJ. Cole
Circus to exhibit on the Hopkins
lot on North Walnut street, Mil
ford. one day only. for two per-
formanees at Sand p. m, Thurs
day. September 9.
The big show making its first
appearance here comes from a long
tour.
Travelling via 35 motorized
units, the circus carries about 80
head of trained and wild animals.
two hundred performers and work
ing people.
The 1943 Victory tour of the
James NJ. Cole circus offers 90 out
standing acts of circus entertain
ment, starring Tim Mix, Jr., popu-
lar western cowboy. singing and
musical star with his group OF
Colorado cowgirls.
Bud Anderson, popular circus
Snowman. presents an act of wes-
tern horses. one of the most elab-
GRATED displays of trained horses
ever presented.
Eva, the worlds greatest per-
forming elephant. doing a most
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Many Men Called
By Draft Boards
Several Local Men Inducted By
Georgetown And Harrington

The following men were induct-
ed in service by Local Board No
1, Georgetown, on August 20:
Army
Robert B. Atkins, Georgetown.
George Henry Baynum. Jr., Mil
ford
Alfred Leroy Bratten, Selbyville.
Harry Guy Birmingham, Lewes.
Raymond Edward Cannon. Mil
ton.
Arlie Benjamin Clark. Milton.
John James Darden. Lincoln.
James Roland Deputy. Milford.
Richard Carl GoeckeritZ. George
town.
Ernest Ross Harmon, Baltimore.
Titus Martin Henry, Rehoboth
Beach.
Edison Carl Lodge. Jr.. Lewes.
John Boyce Ponder. Milton.
Kenneth Willard Schmierer, Re-
hoboth.
Lloyd Short, Georgetown.
Percy Thomas Smith, MachipOng.
Va.
Theodore Harley Sturgis, George
town.
Joseph NAPLES Thoroughbred,
Rehoboth.
Fred Luther Walls. Georgetown.
Harry Ralph Warrington, Harbe-
son.
John Timothy Wilkerson, Mills
boro.
Navy
Alfred Franklin William Allen,
Lewes.
Earl Edward Clark. Jr.. Ellen
dale.
Purlies Mckinley Cottman. Har-
beson.
Paul Wilton Hall, Lewes.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
State College Is
Ready For Opening
All Indications Point To Large En-
rOllment; Sept. Is Opening Date

Workers on the campus of his
toric Delaware State are getting
things ready for the 53rd year
which begins on September Is. The
boys dormitory has been COM
pletly renovated and other repairs
are being pushed ahead for the
opening.
According to reports from the
Registrars Office, applications for
admission are ahead of this per-
iod last year and indications are
that Delaware State will have a
large enrolment. The period of
September 1917 has been set
apart for "orientation" and a rich
program will introduce these so
called Freshmen Days"
The faculty will gather for an
institute on September lila at
which time DR.. Howard d. Gregg
will preside over a series of meet
ings on the contributions of State
College to the war effort and to
postwar reconstruction.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Reception For New Fac
ulty Members Will Be
Held The Day Preced-
ing Opening.

According to A. E. Humes. presi-
dent of the Milford School Board,
the date for opening local schools,
has been changed from Monday,
September %, to Tuesday. Septem-
ber IA.
The reason given for the early
opening is the fact that the drought
has curtailed crops and children
who were expected to be needed to
harvest crops. will not be needed.
On Monday evening, September
13. a reception and tea for the new
teachers will be held at the high
school.
The following incomplete facul-
ty list has been announced:
superintendent E. Shill-
ing.
Assistant Superintendent-W w.
McGinnes.
Librarian-Miss Erna E. Martin,
Assistant Librarian-Miss Edna
c. Barker.
Commercial Department - Miss
NJ. Louise Hastings. Miss Reba
Eisenbrey.
Merchandising Frances E.
LatheTs.
Home Economics Department
Mrs Mildred d. Wells, Mrs. Alma
S. Smith.
Vocational Agriculture-Marvin
G. Calls.
Music-Charles H. Sharman, Ju-
niOr-Senior High School.
Physical Education-Miss S. Re-
becca Buckingham.
Manual Training-JOhn T. Nc
Gee.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Lynch Heights Fire
Unit Demonstration
Public Invited To See Equipment
Demonstrated Tomorrow

The Civilian Defense fire fighting
equipment of Station No 5, locat-
ed at Lynch Heights. will be dem
onstrated at p. m. tomorrow af-
ternoon, Saturday. September 4,
at the community building in Mil
ford. This unit consists of a tank
truck with 500 gallon capacity and
pumper trailer.
Next Tuesday evening at s o.
clock. September Z. is the date set
for the dedication service of this
station and the First Aid Emergen-
cy Sector Station No. 20. The First
Aid Emergency Sector Station is
also located at Lynch Heights. 1t
is now in operation with a full
supply of first aid materials. cots,
and other supplies. Everyone is in
vited to attend this demonstration
and dedication service. 1t will be
worth while to attend both the
demonstration and the dedication.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Sussex Bond
Drive Opens
Officially
September 9
Full Civilian MObiliza-
tiOn Requested For
Start Of County Drive,
Quota Of $4,226,3OO Is
Set AS Goal.

The drive for the sale of the third
war loan will start in Sussex coun-
ty with an elaborate civilian de-
Tense participation program on
September 8. according to Mayor
Edward c. Evans of Milford, who is
chairman of the drive.
Permission has been requested to
start the campaign with the sound
ing of the air raid sirens in the
county, and a mobilization of the
county's entire Civilian Defense
organization.
This method has been selected as
the solicitation for the sales will be
carried on by the OCD organization
and the County Agricultural De-
partment
COunty's Quota $4,226,3OO
The cOunty's quota is set for S4,-
226,300. Milford's quota is $5OO,OOO
The slogan for the campaign is
Back the Attack with War Bonds"
The drive will continue through
September, and will be featured
through the county with bond ral-
lies, parades, and hOuse-to-hOuse
canvassing.
The Civilian Defense organiza-
tion of the county will make the
canvass in the towns, and the Ag-
ricultural Department will have
charge of the rural communities.
County chairmen of the drive
with county OCD coordinators will
have charge of the campaign in
their respective districts.
Campaign Officials
The county chairmen and eoor-
dinatoTs conducting the campaign
are:
Bridgeville-Martin Dooren.
Blades-John E. Hastings.
DagsbOro-J. P. Baker.
Delmar-M. B. Sherwood.
Ellendale-Thomas Wilson.
Frankford-Leroy Ryan.
Franklin Butz.
Greenwood-Paul Lord.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
ROtarians
TOEntertain Soldiers
Men Of The 19Sth C. A.
A. A: In This Vicinity
Will Be Guests Next
Tuesday Evening Of
Local Service Club.

The Milford Rotary Club will
honor men and officers of the Mil
ford area who have returned from
service with the 19Sth at a dinner
meeting next Tuesday night, Sep
tember Z, in the Milford Commun-
ity Building. About Is from Mil
ford and vicinity will be included
in the contingent. Major Anthony
Summers, former commander of
Battery F of the 19Sth, is chairman
of the committee, assisted by R. A.
Derrickson and State Senator Rob-
ert H. Yerkes.
In addition. the club has an
nounced that all service men of Mil
ford and vicinity will be welcome
at the dinner.
Monday evening of this week the
Milford club was host to five of
the 19Sth group at the weekly din
ner meeting. They were Sergeant
George S. Williams, Sergeant Ed
ward Murphy, Corporal Oscar Hol-
leger, Corporal Joseph Kielbasa,
and Corporal Marvin Hitch. Ser
geant Williams was the speaker
reviewing the regiments activities
on Bob Cat Island.
The names of the men invited to
the dinner next Tuesday follow;
Marvin Hitch, Alfred Denney,
Jr.. George S. Williams. William
Lloyd Hunt, George Otwell,
Edward Murphy. Leonard Carter.
Oscar Holleger. Clarence David
son, Donald Masten, Joseph Kiel-
basa. all of Milford and vicinity;
Luther Crisp of Harrington; Chas.
Y. Beebe and Richard Reynolds. of
Lincoln. and Russell Legates of
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Increase Likely In
Cigarette Price
Growers Sock FOur.Cent Boost In
Ceiling OF Product

Possibility that American smok-
ers may have to pay more for their
cigarettes was seen this week in
demands of the tobacco growers
for a four-cent increase in the
price ceiling of fue-cured tobacco.
Although admitting that action
on the price ceiling of cigarettes
also is in the mill. 0PA spokesman
declined to reveal whether the ad-
justment would be. an increase in
the retail price.
Growers in the principal tobacco
raising states of the southeast,
meanwhile. have demanded that
OPA boost the price ceiling on
graded and tied flue-cured tobacco
from Al cents pound to As cents.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
$2,N6,OOO In War Bonds Sold
Here In Year; Quota Doubled

we'll Messrs. Pierce, w. F. McFaul
and Clarence M. Welch, Jr., did
their job as chairmen is reflected
in the total sales, which doubled
the proposed goal and then added
a bonus of $4,000.
This was a splendid job and the
chairmen and various other COM
mittee members are to be congrat-
ulated for their outstanding
achievement.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Highway Fall Is
Fatal To Girl, II
Eva Wright OF Near Cannon Frac-
lures Skull In Jump From Truck

Eva Wright. 11-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wright
of near Cannon, was fatally injur-
ed last Friday when she jumped
out of a moving truck driven by
Roy Calvin Jackson, Cannon far
mer. who had stopped his truck
along the road to give the little
girl ride home.
She and Russell Clark. IL years
old. of the Cannon section, were
sitting in the rear of the truck
when the little girl suddenly jump
ed out and fell. her head striking
on the stone road, fracturing her
skull.
DR.. G. Metzler of Bridgeville was
summoned and he ordered the girl
sent to a hospital. She was taken
to the Milford Memorial Hospital
in the Seaford firemen's ambulance
and died shortly after being ad-
mitted
Driver Is EXOnerated
Coroner w. l. Conaway of Green
wood held an inquest at Seaford
last Saturday. The jury returned a
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Pleasure Driving
Restrictions off
FRANCIS DILL KILLED
IN SICILIAN ACTION

AS the Chronicle prepared
for press word was received
that Francis Dill, aged 35
years, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Dill, near Milford,
was killed in action on or
about August 3 during the
campaign to reduce Sicily.
Francis was a graduate of
Milford High School. class
of 1881, and prior to his
joining the armed forces
was an employee of George
and Lynch. construction COM
pany, and had a marine en-
gineers license. The death
of Dill brings to six the
number of young Milford men
who have given their lives
for their country. Further
particulars were lacking at
press time. Dill is a grandson
of Mrs. Luther F. Cubbage.