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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
To Start Adult Farm
Machinery Classes
WIN Begin In All Communities
Where Need Is Indicated

Immediately after the first of the
year farm machinery repair
courses for adult farmers will start
in all of those communities where
a need for such training has been
indicated. This training program
is being made available by federal
funds provided through the voca-
tional division of public schools of
the state. r. w. Helm is director
of this program. Courses may be
started where ever there are at
least ten farmers who want to come
together at a definite time and place
to repair their farm machinery.
Paul NJ. Hodgson. supervisor of
this rural war production training
program stated that for such a
group space may be rented, tools
provided, and the best farm ma
chinery repairman available in that
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
Rev. Jos. S. Kinks
Is Rotary Speaker
Service Men Guests OF Club; Hear
Milford Clergyman Speak

Rev. Joseph S. Kinks, pastor OF
Christ Episcopal Church, this city,
was the guest speaker at the week
ly dinner-meeting of the Milford
Rotary Club, held in the Commun-
ity Building, Monday evening.
The dinner was a testimonial to
the local service men, many of
whom were present. and greatly
enjoyed the splendid talk Rev.
Kinks gave on Christ. In summing
up. Rev. Kinks said it must be
Christ of Bethlehem or Chaos"
The clergyman explained how easy
it would be for the peoples of the
World if they would have followed
the teachings of Christ. There
would have been no war. no world
wide disorder and suffering.
Following the delicious seafood
dinner and just before the address
by Rev. Kinks, the boys were en-
tertained by songs-new and old
sung by the Rotary Glee Club. di-
rected by Charles E. Varney. with
Mrs. Mabel Murphy accompanist.
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
Kiwanis Club
.Installs New
Officers for '43
Big Year, Ahead Is Pre-
dicted For Active Mil
ford Service Club; Has
A Members In Service.

Impressive ceremonies marked
the installation last Tuesday night
of the new officers Of the Milford
Kiwanis Club.
The affair was presided over by
the new lieutenant-governor of the
Capitol District, David B. Greene,
of Milford. Mr.. Greene is a charter
member of the Milford club, and a
past president. He has always been
very active in Kiwanis affairs. This
year he is in charge of all the
Kiwanis clubs on the Delmarva
Peninsula and one of his duties is
installing the newly-elected Off
GERS.
The officers for 1943 are William
r. Burke. president; Lieutenant
Edgar F. Isaacs, Jr., vice president;
Alphonso E. Humes, secretary and
treasurer. The directors for the
year are Harvey NJ. Phillips, Jr.,
Vinal Bennett. Joseph Dare. Fred
C. Geyer, George I. Jester, Edmund
F. Steiner and DIR. James r. West.
Last year was a very successful
and productive year under the able
leadership of Robert G. WOllter
He will now hold the important
post of immediate past president.
and director, as well as being chief
to the president.
Mr.. Wollter in his farewell ad-
dress, thanked the club members
for their cooperation during the
year and gave his assurance of
continued labbrs for the club. He
then presented the gavel to Presi-
dent Burke
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
Applications For
Seed Loans Available
Farmers Urged TO Arrange Now
For 1943 Requirements

Urging farmers to arrange now
for 194S seed and fertilizer require
ments, Field Supervisor Richards
of the Emergency Crop and Feed
Loan Office at Post Office Building,
Dover. has announced that applica-
tiOns are being taken for spring
crop and feed loans.
He stated that his organization.
a unit of the Farm Credit Admins
tration, is assisting those farmers
who are eligible by advancing
funds for the purchase of fertilizer
on loans secured by crops to be
grown or seeded during the 1943
season.
I'VE urge farmers to purchase
seed and fertilizer on a cash basis"
he stated, adding that loans up to
S4O0 based on acreage may be OBJ
tained to finance planting. cultivat-
ing, and harvesting operations.
Loans are on a per cent basis
and are to be paid from the pro-
ceeds of crops when sold.
For further information. those
who are interested may write to
Field Supervisor w. Fred Rick
ards, Box 226, Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
Kent Draft Board
Inducts 80 Men
Many Milford Youths Answer Lat.
est Army Call

The following men have beer
recently inducted into the Army by
Kent Local Draft Board No. 2:
George Llewellyn Smoot, r. F. d.
Milford.
Charles Layton Farrow, FELTON,.
Charles Kensil Rash, Woodside.
Howard P. Phillips, POcomOke
Md.
Charles Leonard Maloney, Wy
oming.
Milton Charlie Bunting. Milford.
Alden Harrington Swain, Har-
rington.
John Joseph Chovostal. Harring-
ton.
William Bass, Milford.
Samuel Thomas Lofland. Fred
erica.
Harold Pershing Minner. R. F.
D., Harrington.
Maurice Philemon Harrington,
Harrington.
Herman Wesley Ryan, Harring-
ton.
Linden Edward Watson. Har-
ringtOn.
Milton Lafamore. Greensboro,
Md.
William Carl Myers, Frederick.
James Howard Biles. Harrington.
Clarence Black. Harrington.
Oscar Harrington, r. F. D., Hous-
ton.
George Elijah Harrington, R. F.
ID. 2, FELTON,.
Roland Robert Walls. Seaford
John Westly Ryan, Milford.
James Edward Flynn, Bowers.
James Dill, r. F. d. 2. FELTON,.
Paul Luff Cohee, Frederick.
William Reynolds Wechtenhiser,
Major William Sockrider. Milford.
William James Schmidt, Wyom-
ing,
Arthur Miron Hutson, Camden.
Walter George LeKits, Jr.. Har-
rington.
Nelson Stanley Hill. FELTON,.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01

lights on motor vehicles. Par
agraph nine of the regulations
is as follows:
The use of high-beam ve-
hicle headlights is absolutely
prohibited. LOw-beam head
lights, if used, shall have the
upper One-half of the lenses
Obscured by opaque paint OF
other opaque material. (Where
headlights might be visible
from the sea they must be
further dimmed-Only park
ing lights being permissible
see Regulations, paragraph
No. y.
Violations of any of the
regulations now in effect are
punishable by severe penalties
of both fines and imprisOn-
ment.
All motorists using any
highway in either Kent or
Sussex counties at night time
must comply with the above
regulations.
Loyal Americans will COM
ply - dislOyal citizens or
aliens will take the cOnse-
Guences.
This is final notice.
John p. LeFevre
State DimOut Director
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
RehObOth Bows
SuccOr Fliers
Down nOffCOast
Swim To Assistance OF
Men Who Crashed Ten
Yards From The Beach
Off RehObOth.

Lieutenant John w. Chew, Jr., 35
years old, of Chester. Pa. and Lieu
tenant Howard T. Carter, 35 years
old. of Wilmington, suffered small
cuts and bruises around the face
last Saturday when their plane
crashed into the ocean 10 yards
from the beach at Olive avenue,
Rehoboth.
Four Rehoboth Beach youths,
seeing the accident from the board
walk, removed their outer clothing
and swan out in the icy water to
the men and assisted them to reach
shore. The fiiers had disentangled
themselves from the wreckage when
the quartet reached the scene. The
youths were: William Massey. II
years old; William Hamilton, 16
years old; Keith Coddington, 16
years old. and Frank Small, Is
years old.
The plane was on a special flight
for the purpose of testing a certain
type of water flare, according to
Major Hugh r. Sharp. Jr., of Will
mington and Rehoboth Beach, base
commander of C. A. Camp Coast
Patrol No. 2. Lieutenant Chew was
pfot OF The pia.ae with Lieutenant
Carter as observer. The plane had
dropped a number of the flares and
the fiiers were observing the re-
suits when the crash occurred.
Prompt action on the part of the
four boys made the rescue only a
matter of minutes. The pilot and
observer were taken to the Beebe
Hospital at Lewes where it was
neither was seriously in
jured. The boys were released by
hospital authorities after treatment
for exposure.
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
USE OF GAS CREDIT
CARD IS CURTAILED

Petroleum Administrator
Ickes has prohibited the use
of gasoline credit cards, ef-
fective January 1, except in
cases, where deliveries of gas
oline obtained on credit by
any customer are limited to a
single filling station.
Ickes said the order was
issued to enabTe wholesale
marketers to reduce costs OF
bookkeeping and personnel.
The use of requisition books
by government agencies will
still be permitted, however.
In addition, credit cards
already issued to commercial
vehicles may be honored un-
til February 1.
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
Family
Killed; Several
Others Injured
Near Dover.
New Jersey People Lose
Lives AS Truck And
Car Crash Head-On
Seven Miles South OF
State Capital.

A family of three was killed and
four other persons injured Mon
day morning in a head-on collision
of truck and pleasure car seven
miles south of Dover.
This was the only fatal accident
In Delaware during the Christmas
weekend period.
List OF Dead
The dead are:
Harry nj. Richards, 22 years old.
His wife. Beatrice, 2S years old.
Their daughter. Patty Jane,
years old, all of Delair, N. ].
Those injured in this accident
are:
Clarence Davis, Jr., 21 years old,
of Mackenzie, Va, driver of the
truck; his cousin, Mildred Davis,
16 years old of Mack, Va, and
Aaron Ayers. % years old of Bell
Haven, Va, who were riding in the
truck; Miss Violet Bailey, 21 years
old, also of Delair, who was riding
in the Richards car.
Miss Bailey suffered a broken
neck and is in a serious condition
in the Kent General Hospital. The
others, except Ayers, who suffered
leg injuries and shock, were treated
for minor injuries.
State police said the accident oc-
CURED near the Woodside migra-
tory camp while heavy fog blank
eted the road.
The Richards car, police said, was
almost demolished.
State police made no arrests but
are continuing their investigation.
The condition of James Foote, 10
years old. and Joseph Roberts, 80
years old.bot of Hockessin, who
were seriously injured in an auto
mobile accident, near Newark. on
Christmas Day. was reported as
fair at the Wilmington General
Hospital today,
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
Milford Complying
With Dirn-Out Rules
Few Violations Reported; Enforce
ment VIII Be Pressed

Most everyone in Milford is CON-
plying with the dimout regulations
There are. however, some who are
not as yet taking these regulations
seriously and who persist in dis
Obeying them.
For the information of everyone
the dimout is an order from the
United States Army. 1t is far more
than a local or state request. and
the Army will see that it is en-
forced. The enforcement of this
law has been placed in the hands
of the Civilian Defense Organiza-
ton and the local police depart
ment. Sufficient time has elapsed
for everyone to become acquainted
with it. Air raid wardens and aux
iliary police have called the at
tention of home owners to the ne
cessity of drawing the shades as
far as they will go. Where there
are not shades in a house, they
must be installed or heavy drapes
of sufficient thickness to definitely
obscurce the source of light. All
outside lights must either be per-
manently shielded the same as the
street lights or else put out for
the duration.
In the event that the people of
this community do not take these
orders seriously and do not vol
UNFAIRLY comply with the regula-
tions, it is more than likely that
the Army will see that this is done.
The average citizen has no con-
eeption of what it means to a city
or community when the Army
places it under martial law. In
talking with the chief warden of
the Third Ward. his comments are
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
Information From
State OPA Director
Tire Inspection, Coffee, Fuel Oil
Ceiling Prices Covered

A commercial motor vehicle may
not lawfully be operated after Jan
nary Is, 1943, without an endorse
ment by an approved tire inspector
on the vehicles Certificate of War
Necessity. After that date. COM
mercial motor vehicles must be pre-
sented for tire inspection at 60 day
or 5000 mile intervals, which ever
occurs first.
Purpose of the periodic tire in
spections, the OPA pointed out, is
to insure proper tire conservation.
Under the inspection plan, opera
tors viii be reqcifed to make all
possible repairs, adjustments or
requirements necessary to insure
maximum service. from their tires
If an inspector finds that a tire
needs repairing to insure maximum
service, he will withhold endorse
ment of the Certificate of War Ne
cessity or record form covering op-
eratiOns of the vehicle on which the
tire is mounted until the repairing
has been done.
If an inspector finds any me-
chanical condition causing undue
tire wear, he likewise will recon-
mend the necessary repairs and
will not sign the operators Certifi-
cate or record form until they have
been made.
without removing tires. the in
spector will check for:
l. Correct air pressure in tires.
2. Bent rims and out-of-true
3. Cuts or breaks in treads or
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
Annnal Report Is Made By Kent
County Agent r. E. Wilson
Covers Food Production

The production of food for bet
ter health of our civilian popula-
tion and an adequate supply for
our armed forces, and the con-
se:vation of resources along with
many adjustments which became
necessary in connection with the
war. effort constituted the major
portions of the agricultural extern
sion program in Kent county DUR
ing 1942, in cooperation with state
and federal agencies, civic organi-
cations and civilian defense groups
and individuals.
In the 1912 annual report which
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
Rationed Foods Are
Listed By Office OPA
List OF Those Not RatlOned Also
Compiled

Processed foods to be rationed in
February. and commodities not in
cluded in the rationing order, as
listed by the Office of Price Ad-
ministration:
Canned and bottled fruits and
fruit juices (including spiced
fruits).
Apples, including erabapples, ap-
plesance, apricots, baby foods. ber-
ries, all varieties, cherries. red sour
pitted, cherries, other. cranberries
and sauce. fruits for salad and fruit
cocktail, grapefruit, grapefruit
juice, grape Juice, peaches, pears.
pineapple, pineapple juice, all
other canned and bottle fruits, fruit
juices, and combinations.
Canned and bottled vegetables
and vegetable juices.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
Christmas Greetings
OUer Air Heard Here
Mrs. James Deputy And
Children, Sandra And Lois
Thrilled Christmas Night

Hello. Peg.
Hello, Sandra.
Hello, Lois.
Sorry. | couldn't be home for
Christmas.
Such was the message that Mrs.
James F. Deputy and children heard
Christmas night as they sat quietly
around their radio. land all through
the house not a creature was stir
ring. not even a mouse" The mes
sage was broadcast over a national
hook-up from Camp Wheeler, Ca.
and was from her husband. Jim"
who is stationed there. The message
locally was heard over station
WDEL.
1t was a Christmas message that
will never be forgotten by Mrs.
Deputy and her two children. Lois
and Sandra. Even the thrill of
waiting for Santa Claus. was insig-
nificant as compared with the one
of hearing their daddy's voice over
the radio from a distant Army
camp. Good luck. Jim.
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01

was prepared recently by County
Agent Russell E. Wilson it was
stated that in the field of crop pro-
duction special emphasis was Civ
en- to tomato cost and management
records in cooperation with local
canneries, pasture improvement
program for dairy cattle to aid in
increasing milk production, spray
information for fruit growers, veg
etable notes for truck farmers, and
cultural problems in regard to hy-
brid corn, varieties of soy beans
for oil production. and wheat allot-
ments.
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01

standard articles as do not re-
quire preparation.
With regard to milk, the produ-
GERS price being higher, until fur
ther notice, beginning January 4,
the price Of plain milk will be four
cents for a half pint and choco-
late milk FIVE cents for half pint,
which is an increase of one cent
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Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
Tuberculosis Is Generally
Contracted By Contact

The important factor in the de-
velopment of tuberculosis is not
inheritance but association. says
the State Board of Health, in citing
the fact that 79S persons who were
known to have been in contact with
people having tuberculosis, were
examined during the past fiscal
year by DR.. Laurence Phillips. di-
rector of Brandywine Tuberculosis
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01

Sanitarium. This figure is over
third of the total OF 1912 persons
to be examined. Three hundred
and twenty of the 79S contacts ex-
amined were new ones and ATS
were old contacts.
Tuberculosis has a tendency to
run in families" says the Board
Of Health, and because a parent
tssssa s ssp1 q unx5
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
Notice Of Increase In Cafeteria
Prices At The Milford Schools

Due to the increase in cost of
foodstuffs and also due TO the fact
that there is no National Youth
Authority Fund to pay student help
this year in the cafeterias, the Mil
ford BOARD of Education proposes
to increase the price OF all serv-
ings by the amount of one cent,
except on ice cream products,
cakes, bakery goods. and such
Milford chronicle., 1943-01-01
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, December %, To
Tuesday, December 30, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford. reports the
following thermometer readings for
Milford from Wednesday, December
23, to Tuesday, December 29, inclu-
sive:
, 1943-02-03

There were sixty-four cards
sent from the Auxiliary to the
President, Senators and Congress-
men concerning the rise of price
and rationing of foods. The Aux
iliary also is donating $1,000 for
~Infantile Paralysis. We are doing
our best for our country.
We are inviting all the wives,
mothers, sisters and daughters of
UE men to attend an Auxiliary
meeting and If you approve we
would like you to become a MEM
Der and participate in our activi-
ties. Let's build an Auxiliary our
Union can be proud Of.
There are more ways than one
we women al help the men in
their Union work. The most i'm
portant is that we cooperate with
them in every way we can.
I can appreciate the way some
of the women feel toward the
Union. My husband has been an
active member for more than five
years. Before joining the Auxili-
ary I was forever fussing at him
for being gone so many nights to
meetings. After getting in the
Auxiliary and being able to 60 to
the Union hall with my husband
and getting acquainted with the
ways and means of the Union, !
try in every way I can to help in
stead of hindering in this Union
work.
Il some Of you who can't see
the reason for your husband being
gone so much on Union activities
would get into the Auxiliary and
learn more of the Union as a
whole, I'm sure you would under
stand that the working class of
people have to fight for a 1iveli-
hood and, not only a few men,
but, all the men must fight to-
gether for all their gains.
Don't be a Union Widder-be a
Union Alder.
JOIN NOW!
, 1943-02-03
JAW Boasts
Largest Union


The United Automobile Work
ers, CLIO, the Union workers who
took the headaches and the heart
aches of the 1887 Shutdown strikes,
paralyzed the automotive indus.
try, and taught management that
the days Of collective bargaining
had come to stay, today boasts
the largest paid-up Union mem
bership in the world
President r. J. Thomas said that
the ranks of the dues paying mem
bership reached an all-time high
of 778,659 during last November,
more than double the November
1910 membership.
The goal of the powerful UAW-
Go is a million paid-up members,
and they r moving steadily to-
ward that goal. Already the Auto
workers bargain for well over a
million workers.
A strong and militant organiza-
ton, the Auto Workers showed
the world that they intended to
fight for the rights of Labor to
the last ditch. Blasted by the
press, condemned by the public,
and fought at every turn by the
powerful UNION, the National AS
ISOLATION of Manufacturers, the
Auto Workers hung on till the
fight was WON.
, 1943-02-03
e CONSTRUCTION
WAVES

CONSTRUCTION phase of the war
program, as far as steel Is concern
ed, lis nearing completion" re-
ports WPB Steel Division Director
Hiland G. Batcheller. High point of
production of structural shapes
and sheet piling was 1854 tons
in July, dropping to 379,056 tons
in November, 1871, and dropped
to 3,074 tons in November, 1912.
, 1943-02-03
Editorial Board
Chances

The following changes have been
made in the editorial board of the
Dayton Union News. Raymond
Waymire of UE Local 8O1 is now
an official member of the editorial
board. William Kesling of UE
Local 801 is now the financial
secretary of the Dayton Union
News. We welcome the new mem
bers and officers to the editorial
board of the Dayton Union News.
, 1943-02-03
Ladies' Auxiliary Chapter
One Is Growing

The Ladies Auxiliary, Dayton Chapter No. l. Is growing by leaps
and bounds. Those who were able went to donate blood for our men
and boys in the service ON Wednesday, January &c. 193.
The social meeting of January q was held in the form of a covered
dish supper. The men joined their wives to participate in the eats
after their Stewards meeting. There were thirty-four in all, which
was good, but should have been a lot more If the women would dc
their part for the Union and themselves.
, 1943-02-03
Looking At The

BY e. 8. Richeson

More than anyone else labor knows what must be done if the men
on the firing line are to stampede the enemy with planes, ships, tanks,
and other implements of modern warfare.
, 1943-02-03

The N. A. M sticking to its
policy of click labor first, has de-
clared open war on the. Labor
Management Production Commit
tee program, and already has its
guns blazing. Every local can act
decisively for an all-out war pro-
gram by calling for passage OF
the Pepper-Tolan-Kilgo bills.
Labor must take the lead in the
fight to see that such a program is
put into effect. We see that steps
should be taken through coordina-
ton of production and proper
planning. for the fullest utiliza-
ton of manpower, instead of rails
ing a howl over the forty hour
week
WHAT N-HOUR WEEK
The phony character Of the de-
mand by labor baiters to extend
the work week can easily be
proved. According to Secretary
Perkins the average scheduled
work week is 48 hours. So it
seems that what they are really
after is the overtime pay. Instead
of President Roosevelt's four free
doms, it would be less than fair
if we didn't mention the war aims
of N. A. MS president Frederick
c. Crawford. He has put them sue
cinctly: " We are fighting for our
freedom. Freedom from rene
gotiation of contracts. Freedom
from Pansy Perkins. Freedom from
the War Labor Board, and OF
course freedom from the Gentle
man on the HILL"
ANTT-LABOR LAWS
Today the outstanding objective
is national unity. No legislation
should be sought which does moi
contribute to the nations effort
to obtain a full and total mobiliza-
ton of all our resources. Legisla-
ton emanating from those who
disregard the present burning
need for national unity and who
are more anxious to destroy labor
organizations than to defeat ou1
Fascist enemies, must meet the
treatment which it deserves-utte,
and complete defeat.