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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Sussex Farmer Is
Found Shot To Death
II. c. JeffersOn's Body Discovered
By Wife; Had Been In Ill Health

Howard C. jefferson. 81 years
old, was found dead last Saturday
in the horse pound of his farm near
Georgetown. a shotgun wound in
the heart. He had been in ill health
for some time.
His wife. Mrs. Jennie Jefferson.
told Sussex county authorities she
returned from a trip to Georgetown
and found both her husband and
his gun missing. Accompanied by
neighbor, David Wilson. she began
a search of the farm which ended
with the discovery of the body. The
gun, with a shell discharged. was
found just outside the enclosure.
Services were held Tuesday at 2
p. m. from the Hickman Funeral
Home, Millsboro, with interment in
Asbury Church yard.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Home Missions Change School
Hold Session Opening Date
At Houston To Sept. l4th
Informal Conference Is
Held At Migrant Gen.
ter At Libby Mcneil
And Libby Cannery.

An informal conference was held
at the Migrant Nursery and Child
Care Center at Libby McNeill &
Libby's Cannery in Houston last
Saturday afternoon. The executive
secretary of the Home Missions
Council of North America, Miss
Edith Z. Lowry, of New York City,
accompanied by Mrs. Jennie Cal
lister of the New York Office staff
were present, as well as Rev. Will
lis Ford, Rev. Robert L. KinchelOe,
Frank T. Rhoad, Jr., of the Balti-
more staff of the Maryland-Dela-
ware Council of Churches and Mrs.
Leary l.. Van ROnk. district su-
pervisor of the council, of Sails
bury, Md.
Representatives of the w. S. C.
s., Mrs. J. A. Rood of EastOn. Md /;
Mrs. Wilmer Fell Davis of FEEDER
alsburg, Md; Mrs. o. II. Spence.
of Salisbury. Md; Mrs. j. A. Fas-
sett, of Milford. and Mrs. M. c.
Watson of fredericksburg. Md. also
attended.
District superintendent of Meth
odist Church, the Revs. Ralph c.
Jones, Salisbury; d. J. Hargis.
EastOn, Md, and o. H. Spence. Sal
isbury, Md, brought helpful mes
sages and Rev. Hamilton p Fox,
pastor of the Salisbury Methodist
Church. added constructive sug-
gestions. The discussion which en-
sued brought out many express
sions of interest in local home
efforts. The staff of Home
Council of the Delmarva
Peninsula includes two student
pastors, a registered nurse. 10
home economists, two assistant
children workers and a supervisor.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Restriction Of
Coal Sales Likely
Plan Sought To Assure All
Homes of Some Fuel
In Winter

To assure all househOlders of
some coal at the winters start. the
Office of Price Administration is
considering restricting the amount
of anthracite which dealers can
sell their customers.
Formal action will await the re-
port of Secretary of the Interior
Harold l.. Ickes. as solid fuels ad-
ministrator to the War Production
Board on the amount of anthracite
available. The report is expected
shortly.
Ickes already has said anthracite
dealers will be held to 80 per cent
of last years supply to assure an
equitable distribution of the avail
able coal. He estimated about g.
100000 tons of anthracite produc-
ton were lost by the recent coal
strike
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Save Scrap Paper
For Collection Here
Collections Will Be Made Last 3
Saturdays This Month

State Senator Robert H. Yerkes.
chairman of the Milford Salvage
Committee, announced today that
old newspapers. magazines. etc,
are needed by several vital defense
industries, and urges the residents
Of this community to save them for
the officials. Collectors will call
for them the last three Satur-
days in September, namely. the
11th, 18th, and 25th.
Money secured from the sale of
papers. magazines. etc. will be
turned over to the treasurer of the
Milford o C d, and will be used to
buy equipment. etc.
Remember the dates. September
IL. Is, and %, and save your
papers and magazines. Help your
meet an emergency
and make a contribution to Civil
ian Defense.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Tag Day For Local
Defense Area Planned
Sunday And Monday, September >,
6, Dates Selected For Drive

Tag Day. or should we say days
for the Milford Defense Area, will
be held Sunday and Monday, Sep
tember and 6.
The days are being held with the
purpose of raising enough money
from the sale of tags to defray ex-
penses incurred by the Milford
OCD on the erection of buildings
and building equipment and to as
sure future operation.
Remember your contribution will
go toward defraying the expense
of building and operating six dis
trict stations.
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03

At a meeting of the Milford War
Bond Sales Committee last evening
at City Hall. it was announced by
NJ. Haswell Pierce. local chairman,
that S2,016.000 in war bonds were
sold in Milford during the year
Sept. /, 1912, to Sept. 1, 1943.
When the quota was decided on
prior to Sept. 1, 1912, the commit
tee agreed that $1.0OO.O0O should
be the goal for the year. Just how
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
viii Be Held In State
To Set 1914 Production Goal

ional food production conference
which has been held in past years.
At these previous conferences,
goals for each state have been sug-
gested by national representatives
on the basis of national needs. This
year each state will figure out its
own goals on the basis of produc-
ton facilities within the state.
[Turn to PAGE ,. Plsasel
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03

Representatives of Delaware Ag-
ricultural agencies will meet soon
to discuss possible 1914 food pro-
duction goals and discuss price
supports and conservation meas
ures for immediate food produc-
tion increases.
They will meet with Washington
agricultural officials here in the
state instead of attending the reg
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
WiLLeyGuest Speaker
At Chamber Meeting
COngressman's Talk Great
ly Enjoyed By Member
ship; Reports Given

Congress may be divided on do
mestic issues, but when it comes
to the war effort the nations law
makers are 100 per cent for total
victory" U. S. Representative Earle
D. Wiley said in an address last
Friday evening at the annual meet
ing of the Milford Chamber of
Commerce.
The average member of Con-
gress. the speaker stressed, is a
sincere and patriotic citizen; each
one has sons, brothers, eor close
friends in the armed forces, and
each one is as vitality interested as
the lowlest citizen in bringing the
present world conflict to a speedy
and successful conclusion.
Turn to Page 8, Pleased
Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, August 25, To
Tuesday, August 81, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following thermometer readings for
Milford, from Wednesday, August
25, to Tuesday, August 81, inclu-
sive:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
Chile's Break With Axis
Gives u. S. a Rich Ally

Chile's break with the Axis made
it the 10th Latin American country
to join the United Nations. The
governments decision brought a
land rich in war-important resources
into the Anti-Axis lineup.
In the north, stretches Of gray and
yellow-green sand and rock indicate
the famous nitrate-of-soda country,
with by-product and additional re-
sources in iodine, salt, borax and
sulphur. In this region are also
copper, iron, manganese, gold, sill
yer and other ores. Farther south
are stable coal deposits.
Nitrate provided the chief source
Of national income during the first
World war. Although copper exports
now. amount to more than half the
total value Of mineral shipments,
nitrate shipments from Chile to the
United States last year were esti-
mated at more than SOC, 900 tons.
Used for fertilizer, it releases guam
titles Of the synthetic product for
making explosives.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
Chilling Legends Grow
From Ghost Ship Tales

Quick solution of a riddle of a
crewless naval tug "seen" towing
an explosives-filled barge through
Solomon Islands waters nipped sea
mystery in the bud, but the inves-
tigation also brushed cobwebs off
the legends of ghost ships of the
past.
One Of the hardest perennials is
the 70-year-old question Of what hap
pened aboard the brig Mary Celeste
bound for Genoa from New York
with a cargo of alcohol. The crew
Of British ship hailed the Mary
Celeste under full sail near Gibral-
tar, got no response. decided to 60
aboard. No sign Of life was found.
Everything was shipshape. Nothing
pointed to foul play. Only the
chronomete-, sextant and the briggs
boat were missing. Entries in the
log had stopped eight days before.
Why the Mary Celeste was aban-
doned is still anybody's, guess. Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the
super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes, got at
the truth to his own satisfaction and
fashioned his explanation into a TO-
mantle novel
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
He Who Laughs Last

NOW they know why we wear
those medals" So spoke United
States marines after they won team
and individual honors in the annual
rifle meeting Of the British Bermuda
command held at the Warwick
range. IS Il
Opposing British, Bermudian, Ca
madam and u. S. army units, ma
rines captured all four Of the
matches in which they were entered
and also took firss prize for high
individual score in each match.
In making . clean sweep. the
Gyrenes avenged q defeat they suf-
fered shortly after they arrived here.
In that match they had to use un-
familiar British rifles.
Following that defeat, the marines
took considerable ribbing from the
Bermudians, who wanted to know
why Leathernecks were so frequent
" seen wearing medals signifying
qualification as rifle experts, sharp
shooters and marksmen.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
ATmail for Towns

Operating at average speeds of
ITO miles an hour, Stinson Reliant
single-engine airplanes are playing
an important role in expanding air
mail service in six states. The Stin-
sons are being operated by an air.
line over five routes engaged in air
mail pickup service which augments
the mail service rendered by the
nations large commercial air lines.
More than 100 communities are be-
ing served by this system and post
office officials express the belief that
with the advent of peace, it will be
possible to extend this pickup service
to include practically every first ana
second-class post office in the nation
those spots in which about 80 per
cent Of all 6rst-class mail origi-
mates.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
Divide Sugar Seed

Every sugar beet plant in Caiifor-
MIA has in operation one Of the ma
chimes invented In the agricultural
engineering division of the Univer-
sity Of California college Of agricul-
ture to shear, or divide, the ordinary
sugar beet seed ball into single
seeds. BY this means hand thinning
has been tremendously reduced.
Each beet seed as harvested, con-
tains several germs each. Planted
whole several seedlings might de-
velop from each seed ball, necessi-
tating thinning by hand. To over
come this, a machine was devised
which successfully divides the seed
ball into single seeds.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
'Expediters' Keep Goods
Rolling Fro-n-Faci ?rie:

A force of expediters, who concede
only that the impossible taxes a
little more time to accomplish these
days." is keeping supplies flowing
so steadily to the war production
lines.
Prime purpose of the expediter Is
to keep the supply lines moving by
offering full cooperation to each
supplier. Often that means going
to the supplier's supplier or farther
down the supply ladder to break a
bottleneck or free the key log which
is causing jam.
The expediter co-operates with
suppliers who, because of wartime
dislocations, might lag in shipments
to the company and thus slow the
production lines. When satisfactory
delivery dates cannot be arranged
by local plant expediters through
telephone, correspondence or tele-
graph, the field technicians follow
through with personal contacts.
Sometimes expediters are called
upon to help even after IN apparatus
has reached the production line
phase. A gear hobbing machine
breakdown recently halted the cut
ting of teeth for spiral gear needed
Immediately in blowers for nautical
engines. An expediter found a gear
hobbing machine of the right type
idle in a large commercial laundry.
Engineers recalibrated the machine
and it was put to work. The navy
got it's blowers, on time.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
Bedridden Italian Now
United States Citizen

MEMPHIS. TENN.-Fred Case,
logged by pneumonia and a heart
ailment, took his second ambulance
ride in three days to earn what
comes to many persons by birth
American citizenship.
Case, q 46-year-old native of Italy,
who was a lieutenant in the Italian
army in the last war, was one Of
the 80 foreign-born persons sworn
in by Federal Judge Marion Boyd.
He was wheeled into the court
room on a stretcher to swear ALE
glance to his adopted country.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
Substitutes for Tung Oil

Despite the wartime shutting of
of export of tung oil from China by
the closing of the Burma road.
American chemists have proved
their resourcefulness by developing
satisfactory alternates for the Chi
nese oil. Hydrated castor oil and
special treatment of some of the
other available paint oils has en-.
abled the production of very durable
and satisfactory paints by American
paint manufacturers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
One-Flight Airships

The Catafighters, or catapult-
launched hydroplanes, that are car
ried by several ships in British con-
voys today, have to be abandoned
after making one flight from the
mother vessel. -. 81
When they have driven off enemy
bombers and submarines, the pilots
bail out and are rescued by motor.
boats, while the planes are left be.
hind in the water. The ships do not
carry hosting equipment to retrieve
them because it is costly and re.
quires too much space.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

Amen: A marine just back from
Australia, told this story which he
assured me is strictly on the level:
A batch Of Jap prisoners. most of
which were laborers, were being
transported from Guadalcanal to
Australia. Americans aboard the
ship, to amuse themselves, played
photograph records constantly with
the Japs. Of course. listening. The
most frequently played Of all was
Kate Smiths God Bless America"
When the ship locked in Australia,
the prisoners. their hands in the air,
marched off singing at the top Of
their voices, in Jap jargon, God
Bless America" r.
Identification: The other evening,
Ethel Smith received q long cable
from lonesome American pals in Rio.
So she sat down and composed q
jocular message in which she in
cluded items she thought might be
OF interest. As she was debating
over the telephone. the girl taking
the message stopped her and some-
what sharply informed her that this
being wartime. certain things could
not be cabled, especially since the
sender was unknown. The petite
organist then gave her name.
"Oh!" exclaimed the message TAX
er. Ethel Smith of the Hit Pa
rade.' Go as far as you want TO,
Miss Smith, like to listen to you
play" st. ..r.. s.r. -.
Rankings and Nominations: A
big load Of hay crossing Broadway
at 50th street Harking back to
boyhood, make a wish though I
can't remember II any Of the many
wishes have made on sighting a
load Of hay. or empty barrels, has
ever come true But what is
there to lose? = /. Sailors wearing
uniforms can't identify but which
plainly are not those of our navy. at
the side door Of . hotel. loading sea
bags and suitcases into an olive drab
truck and seemingly in mighty
hurry to get their work done :.
Possibly some ship Is waiting to sail
=. Or maybe they just want to
get through with that kind Of Job
as fast as possible Two pretty
little girls, who have just entered
their teens, getting all confused when
two young soldiers smile at them
:. Blushing and giggling. they
turn OF Broadway onto And street.
Bell Syndicate.-WNU Features.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
Yanks Weapons
Excel Enemy's
Tests of Material Captured
Show Inferiority of
Foes Weapons.


captured Axis ornaments with
American material in actual firing
tests at Aberdeen proving ground is
demonstrating that the American
weapon Is certainly the equal and In
most cases superior to any foreign
weapon, according to Lieut.. Col. G.
B. Jarrett, chief Of the foreign ma
terial branch at Aberdeen.
Exhaustive tests of captured
Axis ordnance material flown from
the African and Southwest Pacific
battlefronts show that German
equipment is the best. Italian poor
second and Japanese a tail-end
third" he said.
Declaring that Inauguration Of the
foreign-material branch Ito keep us
abreast Of all enemy developments"
has made the United States better
equipped than it was during the first
World war from the point of view Of
keeping ''up to the minute on the
limit Of effectiveness Of the enemy
weapons" the colonel said:
German ornaments, as usual,
show clever design and careful
workmanship.
Lack Mass-Output Idea.
Some late specimens show a ten
dency to substitute stampings, spot
welding and rougher but adequate
material and workmanship for the
finely machined mechanical parts
formerly used.
However, the German mind,
while giving close attention to de-
tails, has not yet grasped the funda-
mental idea of mass production of
ordnance so well shown by the
American mind
He said a lack of mass-produc-
ton facilities in the Reich was evil
denced by captured materials con-
tanning parts that could not be inter-
changed with those Of other weapons
Of the same type, as parts Of Ameri-
can weapons can be interchanged.
due to their mass-production manu-
facture. -
Italian material, to an even
greater degree than German equip
ment," he said, "shows a total lack
Of comprehension Of interchangeable
ity Of parts so common to the every
day American in his automobile
parts and other everyday things"
Japs Poor ut Copying.
Japanese material, he said, was
light and easily carried. but poorly
designed copies Of older American
and European weapons"
Workmanship Is Of low order"
he declared, land even in the all
important ammunition for their
weapons it is so poor as to be al
most unusable in many instances"
"All in ALL" he said. "the Ameri-
can boys facing Axis armies
throughout the world can rest as
sured that they are well armed and
have in practically all instances
far superior weapon to use against
the enemy.
Specific examples are our ma
General Sherman tanks, which are
far superior to anything the Axis
has to offer. -.
And the enemy has nothing like
our .30-caliber carbine. which is de-
signed to replace the automatic pis.
toll for ground troops. They have
nothing to compare with our Garand
rife, and nothing to compare with
our Browning .50-caliber machine
gun"
He said our 105-mm. howitzer,
mounted on the MI tank destroyer,
called 1.-The Priest because Of its
pulpit-like turret, was one Of the
most dangerous weapons that has
hit the enemy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
Even a Trapper Is
Given Boost in Paw

NEVADA CITY, CALIF.-Ris-
ing living costs are felt even in
the wilds of California's Nevada
county. Frank Hanson, county
trapper, who spends the majority
of his time in the wide open
spaces, decided to do something
about it. He requested-and got
raise in pay and travel allow.
ance from the county board.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
Grandmother Planning
Postwar Family Reunion

NAPA, CALIF.-Mrs. w. p.
Blackburn, So years old, already
Is planning postwar family re-
union Of all her descendants who
participated In the war.
II all respond to her invitation
which she is now sending out,
there will be present two sons,
Eve grandsons and a son-in-law
serving throughout the world.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
Red Cross Lays an Egg
To Boost Fund CAMPAIGN

TWIN FALLS. IDAHO.-A black
hen laid an egg in a lunch stand
owned by the Red Cross and helped
the organization's drive for char
liable funds.
The egg was auctioned off for $29.
Then it started the rounds Of civic
clubs.
Club auctions have netted $24.25
more and the egg, now boiled, still
is going the rounds Of the various
civic organizations.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
Divorce Granted; Hubby
Is Private, Not CAPTAIN

LoS ANGELES, CALIF.-Louis
.eiost wooed and won his wife, Hell
81 nose, in the uniform of an army
captain but turned up for break
East IN the uniform of a private.
superior Judge R. Blake. in grant
s divorce, declared he consid-
eu tne case a serious one and
"ouio ask the army to check the
mans record.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
What Better Place Than
That to Look for Teeth

PUEBLO. COLO.-The dentists
patient had removed her upper
denture before having an infected
tooth treated.
"Where are my upper teeth?" she
asked after the treatment
She and the dentist hunted high
and low. Then the Office girl was
called and she too searched. but the
teeth couldn't be found.
well, we've searched every place
but in your mouth" the dentist said,
finally.
Goodness" said the patient.
'They are in my MOUTH
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
Keep OFF the Grass Is
New Peeve to Policemen

ST. LOUIS.-Police here believe
hey have discovered the meanest
man Of the new year.
The wind howled. the snow flew
and the thermometer nosedived
Wnen citizen telephoned the sta
ton, thus:
want man detailed to the cor
ner In front Of my home. There is
ous stop there and some of them
9ample on my grass. I want people
Kept off my grass"
Police comment to the request is
unavailable.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
Warships Use Paint

A battleship requires over $4,000
gallons of paint, varnish and lacquer.
An airplane carrier, depending on
its size, may take $4,000 gallons. A
heavy cruiser uses $4,000 gallons, a
destroyer, $500 gallons, a submarine
$500 gallons. Moreover, warships
battling with the elements while
seeking the enemy, require frequent
repainting, both for protection of
their metal and equipment d for
camoufage PURPOSES.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
Gets 500 Transfusions

A young victim Of regenerative
anemia recently received his 5O0th
blood TRANSMISSION in a New York
hospital. Nine-and-a-hah years old,
the boys system is unable to build
up red corpuscles, and it is neces-
sary for him to get a pint of blood
whenever the deficiency recurs.
Otherwise, the youngster is normal.
He roughs it on the outside and
stands at the head of his class. He
talks freely and finds much amuse-
ment in comic magazines. He has
a three-year-oId sister in perfect
health.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

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