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Milford chronicle., 1943-08-20
HOUSTON

Mrs. Mollie Vinyard was taken I,
the Milford Memorial Hospital oil
Friday and will undergo treatment
Cal Lake; who was severely
scalded at the plant of Libby, Nc
Neil & Libby last Wednesday, IL
improving.
Rev. and Mrs. Benson are spend
ing a vacation at Rehoboth.
Miss Eleanor Lee Paradee, OF
Dover, spent last week with hel
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
W. Simpson, while her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. w. Charles Paradee, were
vacationing at Atlantic City, N. ].
Pvt. William. B. Counselman, OF
Fort Dix. N. j.. spent the weekend
with his parents, Postmaster and
Mrs. ]. Burton Counselman, and
his sister, Mrs. Chester Benson
and his nephew, little Johnny Ben
son.
Arthur Dawson and daughter,
Emma, and Miss Mabel Hunter, of
Chester, Pa. are visiting his bro
ther. John w. Dawson, and other
relatives in and near Houston.
Mrs. Marguerite G. Cooper, of
Rehoboth. spent Sunday with her
mother, Mrs. Randolph Graham.
Mrs. Cora Satterfield was the
dinner guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Thistlewood on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Frank Burris
left on Monday for Rehoboth where
they expect to spend the next
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Hollis and
son Calvin are vacationing with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Jump.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Roe and
sons, Junior and Frank, spent a
recent week end with their daugh-
ters in Baltimore.
Townsend Parvis has been spend
ing a furlough with his father, ].
c. Parvis. and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Caldwell. of
Wilmington, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Emmett Harrington, Jr.,
and their mother. Mrs. Caldwell,
during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Thistlewood
attended the celebration of the 5Oth
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Cahall, at the home
of their son, Claude, in Harrington
on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Greenlee were
host and hostess to the younger
married set on Sunday night, when
they all went to the farm and had
a real old-fashiOned watermelon
eating party.
Houston school will open on
90. instead of the s.
This later opening will give the
who aid with farm har-
vesting an opportunity to aid their
parents.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-20
TNANIMITY OF PURPOSE

At a meeting of the Society ol
AutOmotive Engineers in Detroit
Rear Admiral Ralph E. Dawson ol
the Navys Bureau OF Aeronautics
painted a picture of the American
industry which is doing the war
job that is so bewilderlng to the
Axis.
He described the production OF
the Navy's Wildcat fighters and
Avenger torpedo bombers. which
contained 10000 parts, each OF
which had to meet rigid standards
of weight and quality. Yet in spite
of the fact that they were made in
different plants, the planes were
exact duplicates, with all parts in
Interchangeable.
Admiral Dawson praised the au-
tOmotive industry's willingness to
transform its operations to large
scale manufacturing of planes, to
apply new methods. and to ex-
change technical data.
1t is this unanimity of purpose
which has made staggering
amounts of large scale production
possible. Like the battlefront. the
engineering and production front
has changed from a defensive to an
offensive position.
AS President Mac Short of the
Society said at the meeting, in
dustry lost the battle of words on
the conversion to war production.
1t is winning on the basis of action.
Schedules are being met or exceed
ed. and we are settling the ques-
tion of whose equipment is best
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-20
DESTRUCTION BY DECREE

With public attention fixed on
headline war news, the people Of
ten lose sight of domestic issues
For example, the Securities and
Exchange Commission. acting un-
der the death sentence" con
struction" of the Public Utility Act
of 1885, has ordered the dissolu-
ton of the Electric Power and
Light Company. There are $4,000
private citizens who own a total
of $514,000,000 of the company's
securities. Presumably they are
to surrender their investment and
accept something" in lieu there
for, whether they wish to or not.
The death sentence "construc-
ton" can mean injustice and death
to millions of dollars of savings.
It can result in the virtual confis-
cation of property of stockholders
in a utility industry. No blue sky
promoter ever threatened the saw
ings of American citizens any more
seriously than do punitive laws
and over-zealous regulators.
The time has arrived when the
evil effects of the Utility Act of
1885 should be thoroughly examin-
ed by Congress. as well as prac-
tices of the Securities and Ex-
change Commission. with view to
correct defects in the law and pro-
cedures of the Commission.
After all, both the Utility Act
and the Commission were created
to protect. not destroy industry
and investments owned by the peo-
nile
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-20
LOOKING TOWARD THE
FUTURE
Helen Gregg Green

]
Bobby's father had been a mig
six-foot fellow who had nevel
| grown out of the adolescent stage
If / told you how unreasonable h'
had been, how much worse than {
spoiled, incorrigible child, yoI
would say. Writers exaggeratt
frightfully" and perhaps not fin
ish this article. He was unbeliev-
ably exasperating and unreason-
able. And this had finally brought
about his unhappy end.
His widow realized that she must
watch carefully and not have Bob
by follow in his fathers footsteps
She knew that her late husbands
mother had planned her whole life
around her child. The meals in
eluded only the things he liked to
eat; the family even ate when he
wanted to eat; everything and ev-
erybody revolved around him. As
a result, he had been undeveloped
emotionally and mentally, even in
his thirties.
"Bobby's early life must be very
different from his fathers" said
his mother. Il realize it is my re-
sponsibiilty and I'm watching for
opportunities.
when Bobby comes into the
living room during a radio pro-
gram he often begs: 'Mommie let's
turn this Off Lowell Thomas is
Grandfather's program, Bobby /
answer. We must remember the
radio is for the whole family's en-
tertainment.' And at the Public
Library: 'Mommie. I'm tired of this
room: let's go to the Children's
Library Not until Mother has
finished what she is reading, dear;
then l shall wait while you look
through the books you wish to see.
The library, you know, is for Bob
by and Mother and all others who
care to come here Then at break
fast: I'm not hungry. l don't like
That's all right, Bobby,
likes it and Bonn This
and /. Either eat it
or leave it alone. dear Soon he
has forgotten his dislike for oat-
meal and is wolfing his cereal like
The healthy lad he is"
How much better such proceed
lre will be for Bobby than to have
The home activities. day after day,
built around his changing whims.
When a boy grows to be- six feet
all and is still a child, although
ne has a mans physique, it is US
Tally the mother who is to blame.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-20
POST SC
Charles Cannon, {. o.

The spoilers at this post have
been kept exceptionally busy this
week making reports, and there has
been very few idle minutes for
those on duty.
Xxx
On Monday Vinol Kirby relieved
his father. Paris Kirby. and served
with Harvey Clifton, and he then
continued on his night watch
alone. The two watches netted him
12 hours of duty.
Xxx
Mrs. Jennie Sheppard and Mrs
Madalyn Morgan saw that the flag
at this post needed mending, but
being so busy while here, they took
the flag home and repaired it in
fine shape. 1t was brought back
last Thursday and again raised to
the top of the staff.
XXX
Mrs. Sadie Abbott and Mrs. Har-
riet Willis had an exceptionally
busy time at the post on Sunday
afternoon.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-20
POST Sd
Charles F. Sapp, c. o.

One of the recent issues of the
regional magazine Aircraft Warn
ing Volunteer" contains this I'M
portant message from General II.
H. Arnold. Chief of the Army Air
Firces: Every American who
hopes and prays that enemy bombs
may never strike American soil,
owes a debt of gratitude to those
brave men and women who form
our Aircraft Warming System. More
than ever l want to caution the
volunteers of our AVIS to be on
the alert. The Nazis would like to
raid our cities for many reasons.
There is the question of NaZi NOR
ale. A raid OH our shores would aid
Hitler'S cause. Coming events
might also lead Hitler to attack
our shores in order to keep much
of our aircraft for defensive mea-
sures on this side of the ocean in
stead of freeing our bombers for
use over Berlin. You men and wo-
men are the eyes and ears of our
vast protective air-raid net. Your
obligation is great. AS Americans
you are equal to that task"
Xxx
Planes have been coming fast
and furious" these days. This is
due TO the intensive fighter pilot
program which is being put on.
Xxx
A nice outside orientation board
has just been completed for 3-D by
Richard Hall. for which he has the
thanks of the entire personnel 1t
was installed Tuesday evening by
Major Summers. Mr.. Whitehead
and Chief Observer Sapp
Xxx
Be sure to write anything of in
terest in the log, also the hours you
have spotted.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-20
OVERWHELMING PRODUCTION

In his first speech since he was
named director of the newly formed
Office OF War Mobilization, James
F. Byrnes. presented some conclu-
sive figures on overwhelming war
production.
'Th 10O,000th plane manufactured
since we began our war production
program came OFF the assembly line
today" he said.
During the year, we will double
the size of our fleet.
In the month Of May this year
we produced three times as many
pieces of artillery for ground
troops as we did in all nineteen
months of the last war.
I'VE are building merchant ships
four times as fast as they are being
sunk.
America has turned out 2,225.OOO
machine guns since it began to re-
arm.
In 1943's first five months 100
fighting ships were finished--al-
most as many as were finished in
the entire year of 1912.
Our production of high explosive
powder has been six times greater
than during the last war.
I'VE have shipped to lend-lease
countries almost twice as many mo-
tor vehicles as we produced for
ourselves alone in the last war. If
all these vehicles were parked
bumper to bumper they would
reach twice across North Africa"
Mr.. Byrnes went on to describe
the remarkable achievements of
Americas new inventions such as
radar, the locator which is giving
us fighting superiority over the
Axis. the new destroyer escort
which is hunting down enemy subs,
and other ingenious new develop
ments.
This tribute is paid to the same
American industry which the Axis
powers thought capable only of
producing refrigerators. washing
machines. and other essentially
peacetime products.
Little did our enemies realize that
while free American enterprise was
engaged in manufacturing tn e
everyday conveniences which gave
to the American people the highest
living standard in the world, it was
at the same time building up the
skill and the know-how that are
being so efficiently applied in the
present emergency.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-20
POSTWAR JOBS IN INDUSTRY

In its report to the President OF
plan for postwar rehabilitation,
the National Resources Planning
Board has wisely recognized that
private industry must be depended
on to provide the bulk Of employ
ment.
Expanding peacetime industry is
the only answer to the demobiliza-
tion of war industry" said the
Board. "The bulk of employment
must be furnished by private in
dustry and important efforts are
bein@ made to this end by various
groups in the country"
Already industry has indicated its
willingness to assume the burden
of providing employment. Freder-
ick C. Crawford, president of the
National Association of Manufac-
turers has stated that industry
unhesitatingly accepts the nomiIia-
tion as job-giver." All industry
asks is the necessary amount of
freedom to go about the job.
FOR VICTORY: BUY BONDS ----
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-20
NEW EMERGENCY BUREAU

Latest in the long list of govern
ment agencies is the new Commit
tee for Congested Production Areas
headed by CorringtOn C. Gill.
The agency. ushered in without
fanfare. is given wide discretion
and authority. particularly to as
sure the more effective handling
of governmental problems in con-
gested production areas"
There has been no publicity con-
cerning the new bureau. no state
ment concerning its program, ac-
tivities. or objectives. And. as many
Congressman have pointed out, it
can be expanded into one of the
most formidable Federal emergen-
cy bodies. Its director can decide
what are governmental problems
and which are the congested indus
trial areas. 1t is said that in the
"congested areas" the committee
will concentrate on problems such
as transportation. food supply.
schools, health. recreation. an d
fuel
But what it will do about these
problems as well as many others.
and how it will affect the nations
manufacturers is not known by
Congress.
AS it would seem that this new
agency. as well as many others
now under Congressional investi-
ton. needs airing, the Smith Com
mittee in the House is planning to
look into its purposes and objec-
tiVac
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-20
FLASHES FROM OBSERVATION POSTS
IN THE MILFORD AREA

Every Spotter has devoted hours of unring this
the first line of defense hero.
Brushing aside criticism by those who have understanding OF
the real issues stake negectng home work but placing first the
call of duty enduring the har of cold winter and heat
their vigil and appointment they indeed de-
serving high place of honor.
highest military authorities and experts that this work
still important and be carried without abatement
boys of the fighting front offer their life for the
behooves the home front call the Aircraft
Warning Service without laxty quibbing
need volunteers the chief observers now
DISTRICT PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-20
IN MEMoRIAM

In loving memory of our dear wife
and mother. Gertrude Harrington Gov
crdale. who departed this life. August
20. 1912:
are broken, too,
But broken hearts must still live on
Till the mission of life is through.
One year ago you left us. and how we
miss you mother. dear.
And remember all your kindness as
We drop a silent tear.
II is lonesome here without you and
sad the weary way,
For life is not the same today since
you were called away.
Fondly loved and sadly missed by
1t Husband and Children.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-20
State Pays Well On
Wartime Tax Bill
fcontinued from First PaRe,

CONTINUED from First Pager
year, collections of individual in
come taxes were $39, ,250 ,684.62, an
increase of 1.3 per cent over the
'$3S.745, ,445.46 collections of the
1941-42 fiscal year.
Miscellaneous Taxes Up
Collections of miscellaneous in
ternal revenue, including excess
profits, collected in Delaware in
1942-43 were $154,533, ,960.35, COM
pared to $7S,256,11S.59, an increase
of 97.5 per cent; employment taxes,
including carriers taxes last year
were $13,545,34750, an increase of
43.5 per cent over the $9,436,458.5
collected in 1941-42.
Norman Collision, collector of the
Delaware District, Bureau of Inter-
nal Resevenue. has issued a de-
tailed analysis of the federal in
ternal revenue tax collections of
the last fiscal year.
Milford chronicle., 1943-08-20

FOR VICTORY: BUY BONDS :
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-15
Auxiliary Continues
War Stamp Sales

The regular meeting of the
Women's Auxiliary to the Mime.
apolis Urban League will be held
Tuesday, January 10, 1913, 8 p. m.
at the Phyllis Wheatley House
The auxiliary is continuing its sale
of War Savings Stamps under the
revolving plan. Pledges for the
weekly or monthly purchase Of
stamps can be made through the
auxiliary and the citizens of Min
neapolis are urged to make such
pledges.
Registrations for the Baby Pop
ularity Contest are being accepted
by the organization These regis
trations can be made with Mrs. D,
E. Rodgers, General Chairman, Du.
pont 1897, Mrs. Dovie Phelan, As
sistant Chairman, Geneva 4OO5
Mrs. Josephine Chambers, Presi-
dent Of the Auxiliary, Regent $3.50.
A War Saving Bond will be Civ.
en- as first prize in this contest,
Many other prizes will be present
ed those lucky entrants holding
other positions in the finals.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-15
State, Local Governments
Now Hiring Older Women

Hiring Of married women and re-
Taxing Of age limits so older and
younger workers may be obtained
for jobs are among steps taken to-
day by state and local governments
to combat loss Of employees to the
armed forces and higher paying war
industry jobs, according to informa-
ton to the civil service assembly Of
the U. S. and Canada.
Several state and municipal civil
service agencies are reaching out
to their high schools for replace
ments.
State and local governmental re-
cruitment activities In Georgia,
Michigan, Chicago and Cincinnati In
dictate extent to which age and other
requirements have been relaxed, the
assembly said.
Georgia's department Of health is
using, on a haf-time basis for office
work, high school seniors majoring
In commerce, while representatives
Of Michigan's civil service commits
sion speak before high school classes
as much as possible to attract grad
uating students to state employ
ment.
Seventeen-year-old boys were used
this summer as life guards at Chi
caso's beaches by the Chicago park
district, which reports there were
no drownings at the beaches during
the period. On the other hand, Gin
cinnati recently began conducting
tests for typists between the ages Of
40 and go.
Accompanying this relaxation Of
age limits is the emphasis being
placed on recruitment Of married
women, the assembly said. Penn
sylvania's department Of health, for
example, is making use Of house
wives with nursing experience for
part-time nurses.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-15
Uncle Sam in Great Need
Of Standard Typewriter

In plants, factories and business
houses all over the country, the Of
fee girls are being asked to 60 on
shifts.
The government Is asking indus
try to sell back one out Of every
four typewriters for use by the
army, navy and other war agencies.
Typewriters are necessary in
mechanical warfare. Contracts
must be written, messages and or
ders must be typed. Typewriters
are needed on ships at sea and In
field headquarters on land. Manu-
facture has been sopped and 6o0.-
900 more are needed.
Many government departments
have already staggered the hours
Of their typists and private busi-
ness Is being asked to do the same
so that it can get along with fewer
typewriters. By starting half its
typists at a. m. and half at IL
a. m. business can operate on al
most one-hah the usual number Of
typewriters. During the hours when
the shifts overlap typists may have
lunch and do their fling, etc.
The government wants standard
size machines made since January
/, 1885. Regular dealers are buying
them for the government paying
fixed prices.
People with machines at home are
especially urged to sell them.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-15
$500 Planes Fly Over L.
Train-Bound ChicaRoans

No matter how great their hurry,
thousands Of travellers pause each
day on entering Chicago's Union sta
ton to gaze upon one Of the most
impressive war displays in the coun-
try. A dozen huge colored murals
and $500 model airplanes have
transformed the walls and ceiling
Of the stations vast concourse into
a compelling war bond message.
On the west wall Of the concourse
a 40-foot mural depicts a shower Of
war savings bonds descending on
the Capitol On the opposite wall,
go feet distant, a sinilar-sized MUIR
al shows another shower, only
bombs instead Of bonds, plunging
through the clouds onto a target
marked by the Nazi swastika. The
first mural bears the words, For
Us Bonds" while the second
reads, For Them Bombs"
Between the murals an armada Of
$500 scale model American fighter
and bomber planes hang suspended
go feet above the floor. Ranging
from a Widespread of III to IA feet,
the planes all point in the direction
Of the enemy" mural.
Thanking the large murals and
along the side walls Of the station,
10 smaller murals portray the va
rious fighters on the home and mill
tary fronts and also pay tribute to
the part played by labor and the
railroads in the nations war effort.
Each Of these mmals is 30 feet
high. A display of the flags Of the
United Nations completes the ex-
hibit.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-15
Talking Book for Blind

Fortunately, soldiers who lose
their sight in the present conflict
will have to aid them In adjusting
to their new dark world many more
advantages than had their predeces-
sors Of the last war. They can en-
Joy the Talking Book, devised by
the American Foundation for the
Blind, which reads books and plays
aloud; they will find available a
newly improved braille typewriter
on which they can write to their
blind comrades; they win find
games specially designed for blind
people. Better still, they will find a
public vastly more enlightened
in its attitude toward the blind, and
a working service infinitely better
trained and equipped to see that
the dark road which they must trav-
el Is made smoother, happier and
more rewarding in every way.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-01-15

Der 26, at its annual Christmas
party. Mrs. F. A. Scott, 1876 N.
Chatsworth street, entertained at
luncheon on Tuesday, January 5, in
her honor. Mrs. Alice Williams,
993 Iglehart avenue, entertained
Mrs. Jackson at dinner, and Miss
Dorothy Hall, 996 Iglehart avenue,
entertained her at luncheon and
the theater on Saturday, January
2. On Wednesday, December 80,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall entertained their
guest with a Bingo party at their
home. Eighteen guests were pres
ent and prizes were awarded to Mr..
Hammond Turner and Mrs. George
Wills. During the weekend of
January 9Th and 9th, Mrs. jackson
was the house guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jose H. Sherwood, 971 St.
Anthony avenue. On Sunday, jan
uary 10, the Sherwoods entertained
at dinner in her honor. From
there Mrs. Jackson went to Min
neapolis, her former home town, to
spend ten days visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Walker, 1916 Fourth
Ave. s.
Mrs. Archie A. Anderson, IT'S
Iglehart avenue, entertained at a
whist party on Friday, January 8,
to honor her sister-in-law and house
guest, Mrs. Luella Gatewood Of
Seattle, Washington. First prize
was won by Mrs. Albert Allen, Sec
ond by Mrs. George Brooks Jr. and
the BOBBY by Mrs. Raymond Walk
er. The honoree was given a guest
gift. Guests Of the hostess in
cluded Mesdames Eli Hickman,
Raymond Brown, Raymond Walker,
Tom Clemens, Hector Vassar, Paul
Thomson, Ralph Gardner, George
Brooks Jr., Albert Allen and Miss
Lola Vassar.
Corporal Ronald Judy of Fl.
Bragg, North Carolina, is spending
a ten-day furlough in the Twin
Cities. On Sunday, January 10,
Corporal Judy and Miss Marguerite
B. Tresvan were the dinner guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Hatton, 636
w. Central avenue.
Mrs. James Smith Jr. Of Des
Moines, Iowa, wife of James Smith
Jr. of the U. S. Navy, spent the
past week in the city visiting her
husbands parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Smith, $50 st. Anthony ave-
nue.. Mrs. Smith is the former
Winifred Brooks of Des Moines.
Several social courtesies were ex-
tended her while in the city, among
which was luncheon and the theater
by Mrs. Lawrence Stewart, $40 W.
Central avenue. Other guests of
Mrs. Stewart were Mrs. Cora Park
er, Mrs. John L. Banks Jr. and Sgt.
and Mrs. Walter Robinson of Fit.
Munroe, Virginia.