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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17
Move Dover Scout
Office To Milford
Harry iarger, Field Executive,
Now Located In This City

Due to wartime congestion in
Dover. the Del-Mar-Va Council of
the Boy Scouts of America has
moved the field service headquar-
ters for lower Delaware from Do
yer to Milford. according 10 Fred
eric Wellington. scout executive of
the council. City authorities in Do
yer have had TO take over the room
i'll the City Hall where the Office
was formerly located. Field Scout
Executive Harry A. Yarger. i'm
charge of the lower Delaware field
service. has found residence in
Milford. 126 South East Second
street, where the Office will be To-
Gated.
The move was agreed upon after
consultation with Dover scout
leaders. Mr.. Yargers schedule will
include certain days in Dover where
he will continue service.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17
Truck Buyers Are
Warned By ODT
Make Sure Gasoline Ration VIII Be
Granted Before Making Bid

People who buy trucks being
sold by the Army because they arc
no longer fit for military use may
find themselves unable to obtain
gasoline. Clarence E. Keyes, dis
trict Office of Defense Transporta
ton director. warned this week.
He asked that persons planning
to buy such vehicles consult the
ODT motor transport district Office
at Dover before submitting bids to
army salvage officers.
Several cases have occurred, Mr.,
Keyes said, where persons have
purchased trucks and then found
the proposed services were of
nature that would not qualify them
for allOtments of motor fuel and
mileage.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17
The President Signs
Father Draft Delay
New Statute Will Not
Affect All Those Now
Classified AS la; Nc
Mutt Is Stripped Of
Power.

President Roosevelt has APPROX
cd Congressional attempt to slow
the father draft-but the future
looked unchanged to la dads:
when the ArTAy wants them,
they're going.
DisTegarding veto request from
War Manpower Commissioner Paul
v. McNutt, the President signed the
bill which strips McNutt of all au-
thority over SeIective Service at
the same time it orders pre-war
fathers placed at the bottom of the
draft pOOl-prOvided such action
does not interfere with the ''or-
derly flow of the nations manpow-
er into the armed forces"
Neither McNutt nor Major Cen
eral Lewis B. Hershey, Selective
Service director. would see report
ers to discuss the bills effect on
the draft and civilian manpower.
Earlier McNutt argued. however,
that it would seriously weaken"
the manpower situation by divid-
ing authority over civilian and mil
itary needs.
There was some speculation that
might now resign, but this
was considered unlikely.
The bill carries this potentiality
for slowing the father draft. A
commission it creates to
examine Army and Navy physical
requirements could lower the
standards enough to make draft
eligibles of present borderline
4-F's. Men in that group without
dependents would precede the fam
lily men into the Army. But the
might leave the stand
ards at their present level.
Orders went ont from Washing
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17
Vegetable Wastes
May Make Washes
Contain CnrOtene And RibOilaI ' in
Necessary For BrOilcr Growth

Dehydrated vegetable wastes may
be one answer to supplying caro-
tene and ribOilavin in broiler
mashcs. Arrangements have been
completed with the Eastern Reg
ional Research Laboratory of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture and the Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station of the University
of Delaware for cooperative re-
search project OH this problem, ac-
cOrding TO George l.. Schuster. di-
rector of the Experiment Station
and Extension Service.
The Regional Laboratory has al
ready dehydrated vegetable wastes
from commercial truck farms and
finds through chemical analyses
that these wastes contain liberal
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17
Horticultural Meet
Information Available
Growers May Obtain Releases BY
Writing Dr. MannS At Newark

This years meeting of the PEN
insula Horticultural Society was OF
outstanding interest to growers.
both because increased production
of fruit and vegetables is essential
TO the war food production effort
and because substitutiOns and new
materials are necessary to replace
those normally used which are not
available during the emergency.
At the society's 57th annual
meeting in Salisbury. Md. Decem-
Der 9 and 10. the Peninsula's fruit
and vegetable growers had an op-
pOrtunity to discuss with each
other their wartime production
problems and to learn of improv-
ed practices. new materials, and
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17
State College Head
Active In Planning
COlOred College Executive Has
Aided Postwar Program

President Howard d. Gregg of
State College, has recently COM
pleted series of speaking engage
ments throughout the state in the
interests of the institution. Many
of his visitations to communities
involve determination of plans
and procedures for postwar re-
habilitation.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17
Kiwanians Plan For
New Years Dance
Bob Cummings Band From Will
mingtOn Will Furnish Music

In spite of restrictions ON almost
every type of commodity. there will
be no rationing Of pleasure for
Milford this New Years Day.
A dance is being planned by the
Milford Kiwanis Club for the night
OF Saturday, January l, 1914. 1t is
TO be held in the new Armory Hall,
and that popular and swing music
maestro from Wilmington. Bob
Cummings. will furnish the music.
Plans are now being made for
new novelty entertaining features.
Dress for the affair will be semi
formal.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17
Pasture-Hay Crops
Are Being Surveyed
Cards Have Been Sent Out BY
Kent County Agent II. L. Wilson

AS a part of the livestock feed
production program for Delaware
in view of the shortage of home
grown feeds, especially hay and
pasture crops. further efforts will
be made again this coming year by
the Agricultural Extension Service
to induce farmers to grow more of
these crops and to conserve all
feed produced as a vital phase of
the wartime production and con-
servation program.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, December s, To
Tuesday, December IA, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller. weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following thermometer readings for
Milford, from Wednesday. Decem-
ber s, TO Tuesday, December IA.
inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-17

'Tnrn tn rare ]. Please
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06

Complaints would be flled by CALL
ing on civic organizations and other
bodies to cooperate in the move
ment to establish rent control in
the city.
Directors of agencies where ver-
bal complaints have been made in
the past were urged to direct future
complainants to the rationing head
quarters where official forms will
be given them. All complaints re-
ceived there will be forwarded to
the OPA district office in San
Diego and, if sufficient in number,
steps will be taken to establish a
rent control office in Ell Centre.
APPOINT OFFICER
If this plan is carried to compile
ton a rent control officer will be
appointed who will have authority
to adjust rents where they appear
out of line. Persons refusing to
comply with the rules will face
penalties provided by federal law.
1t was generally expected that if
the control plan is put into effect
here rents would drop considerably.
Scores OF complaints have been
made in the past of excessive rent
charges. In MAN, instances, it has
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06
D AMBl'Ne
EpoR1ER
Dead Eye Gene

Dead Eye Gene
A hunting expedition was in the
offing Bill Mitchell and his boy,
14-year-old Gene, were getting
ready to shoot some doves.
These shells are certainly hard
to get" Bill told the boy. Take it
easy and don't waste any" He
handed Gene 10 shells and took the
box containing the rest of the
Mitchell family allotment of shells
for dove hunting. They separated
and began stalking the illusive
doves.
Bill shot and shot and shot. He
bagged three doves.
About this time Gene found
Dad" said Gene alphabetically.
81 only got eight doves. If you'll
give me two more shells I'll get my
limit"
Bill looked at his three little
doves and thought of the shells he
had used to get them. He was dis
guested with his brand of marks
manship.
Here are your two Shells" Bill
said, handing them over to Gene.
Here take another one and shoot
a sparrow for your cat"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06
Mountain Fire
Fighting Tools
Sent to Valley

Rather than waste a truck
load of fire fighting equip
ment useless in a desert area,
officials of the university ex-
tension service in Imperial
COUNT wednesday prepared to re-
turn to equipment to San Diego.
The equipment was loaned to I'M
perial Valley for use by the rural
fire fighting departments but was
found to have been accumulated for
use in wooded areas.
Among the equipment were huge
cross cut saws used in cutting down
forest trees, of which Imperial
county has none. There we're hooks
for dragging logs and other equip
ment typical of that used in forest
areas. The shovels and some of
the other pieces could be used on
the desert but it was deemed wiser
to return the whole truckload rather
than have it stored because it Is
practically useless in the desert or
have it scattered around
"The state forestry department
did splendid work in supplying I'M
perial county with two trucks for
the rural fire departments" Off
cials of the extension service said
Wednesday. but someone slipped
up in sending this truck load of
equipment needed in the forest
areas of California. We are CRATE
full for the fire trucks but we know
they need this equipment they loan
ed us in some othar areas. That is
why we don't want to store it and
say nothing. That would be waste
of valuable fire fighting equipment.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06
California Labor
Leader Succumbs

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct Cup
Edward D. Vandeleur, secretary
of the state federation of labor,
died today at his home.
.Vandeleur, 81, suffered a stroke
a year ago from which he never
fully recovered.
Born in Yountville, Napa county
in 1886, Vandeleur received his
grade and high school education in
Napa schools. He came to San
Francisco in 1915 and went to work
as a Carman for the Municipal rail
way. BY the end of the year he
was president and business repre-
sentative of the Carmans Union,
Local 518.
In 1888 he became president of
the San Francisco labor council
and in 1884 was elected president of
the state federation of labor. Later
he became secretary of the state
federation.
Vandeleur represented the CON
servative" wing of organized labor.
He once warned that communist
agencies were planning to wreck
labor, promote general strikes, and
sell out the workers to the c. l. o."
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06

milk to be made effective in Octo-
Der and to continue until Dec. 81.
Under the subsidy a minimum OF 25
cents per 100pounds of milk would
be paid to dairymen and not more
than so cents per 100 pounds. To
date no specific amount for the
subsidy payment has been set for
southern California.
If the maximum subsidy is grant,
ed Imperial Valley, it was pointed
out at the hearing, the increased
costs incurred by dairymen since
April l would be covered and no
increase in the consumer price
would be necessary.
Distributors joined producers in
approving the proposed increase.
Dairymen told o. T. Farrell, hear
ing officer, that they could get
more for their hay if they sold it
instead of feeding it to their cows.
Although statistical studies by
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06
Ceiling Prices on
AppIes Are Set

WASHINGTON. Oct. 6.-OUP)-
The Office of Price Administra-
tion today established maximum
prices for apples for home con-
sumption which it said will rest in
average national retail prices of be-
tween 10 and II cents pound for
the season.
The retail maximum for Octo-
. ber, the low point in the season,
will average about 9h cents a
pound, approximately one cent un-
der the present national average,
OPA said.
Apple prices will vary by the
month to reflect storage and other
charges.
Regional and district OPA offices
soon will announce ents-per-pound
retail prices for their areas, it was
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06
Nazis Wouldn't
Pose for Gable

A USAAF BOMBER STATION
IN ENGLAND, Oct. 6.-UP)-
Capt Clark Gable who, as photo
grapher and gunner, took part in
five Flying Fortress raids on Europe
is plenty miffed because the Luft-
Waffle wouldn't hold still
He doesn't know whether he did
a good job in his quest for action
pictures to be used in a training
film for gunners.
1--WE won't know much about it
until the whole thing is put to-
gether," Gable said. THAT won't be
Until we get back to the states.
I'VE shot lot of film, but for
some reason the German fighters
wouldn't hold still. I think we got
some valuable shots, though, and
I'm naturally hoping that the pic
lures will be what we've been work.
ing for"
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06

because they cannot stay IN the
dairy business if feed and labor
prices continue to mount and sup
plies of protein feed are not made
available to them.
Some relief may be granted them,
probably through government SUD-
sidy, as no one appears to have
much hope that the OPA will re-
lent and let them charge more for
milk. They won't know until later.
The hearing was called upon the
departments proposal to increase
the minimum price which dairy
men shall be paid by distributors
from S1O2 per pound milkfat, the
present price, to $I.15 fob. the
ranch.
AUTHORIZE SUBSIDY
In accordance with President
Roosevelt's order to hold that line,
OPA officials indicate no DISPOSE
ton to increase retail milk prices
but the war food administration
has authorized a subsidy on fluid
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06
New Tax Program
Denounced as Too
Stiff by Congress
MOrger1thau Blamed by
Democrats, Republicans
Alike for Proposals

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.
(UP)-R'epublican members
of the house ways and means
committee, in a joint state
ment, today denounced the
administrations new s1O,500,OOO,O0O
tax program as going "far beyond
what the average person is able
to pay"
The tenor of the statement was
similar to the criticism of the pro-
gram voiced by ways and means
Committee Chairman Robert L.
Doughton, D., N. c., on Monday, a
few hours after the program was
presented to the committee. Dough-
ton said it was more than average
taxpayers "can reasonably bear.
Doughton's statement already had
doomed the treasury program.
The Republican statement was
issued by Rep. Harold Knutson, of
Minnesota COP spokesman on the
committee. 1t also called for all
possible economies in the govern
ment's budget asking the American
people to bear an additional tax
burden.
HEAR ALL EVIDENCE
Prior to hearing all the evidence,
we feel it would be improper for
us to take a definite position on
specific items" it said.
The statement drew attention to
the assertion of Rep. John Taber
of New York, ranking republican
on the house appropriations COM
mittee, that 40 per cent of the
treaSury's recommendation could be
discounted through economies
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06
S
Even
Series
Birds Win End
Game. 4-3, for
Cooper Brothers

YANKEE STADIUM, New
York, Oct. 6. (UP)-A few
sad hours after their fathers
death, the Cooper boys paid
tribute to his memory today
by leading the st. Louis Cardinals
to to 3 victory over the New
York Yankees and squaring the
l943 World series at one game each.
With a heavy heart, big Mort
Cooper beat the favored Yankees
with sharp shooting pitches to his
grief f-stricken battery-mate and
brother, Walker, as they kept their
pre-game VOW to win this one for
Pop"
They received the news of their
fathers death just before leaving
their hotel for Yankee Stadium,
where the New Workers had beaten
the Cards 4 to in the opening
contest. Manager Billy Southworth
had not yet decided whether to
pitch big Mort, for the ace of the
Red Bird hurting corps had been
suffering from shoulder cold.
MAKE DECISION
The trio-SouthWorth and the
two saddened brothers-met in the
dressing room and the decision was
made to send Mort to the hill.
We'll play and we'll win," Mort
said. Because that's what he would
want us to do. Well win this one
for Pop"
And as they started down the
gloomy tunnel to the field, where
crowd of 68,578 fans were waiting,
Mort turned to Walker and said:
"Well, Coop, I guess he was just
roofing too hard for us. Let's 60"
And go they did.
Big Mort poured his high, hard
one in there from the gun and,
although he was in trouble a num-
her of times, he always stood there
a moment-looking toward his
brother as t. renewing their pact
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06
vinson Approves
Some Milk Hikes

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (UP) -
Sterilization Director Fred M. Vim
son today ordered limited increases
in wholesale. and retail milk prices
where such action is necessary to
correct serious milk shortages in
communities of $4,000 or less.
The Vinson directive specifies
that retail price increases must not
exceed two cents quart. Retail
increases in excess of one cent q
quart-or action which causes in
creases of more than one and a half
cents a quart over prices prevailing
in March, 1942-must be referred
to Washington for approval.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06


ton of the two electric systems and
had granted priority to the district
for the purchase of equipment
needed in effecting the consolida-
/ ton.
Evan T. HCwes, president of the
districts board of directors, expire S.
I'd concern over labor shortage and
stated that this problem was the
most severe his organization would
be faced with in tying in the two
! systems.
FEW TO SWITCH
Hewes and other district leaders
had hoped to obtain the services
of a good ruinber of California
Electric company employees but it
appeared Wednesday that only
about 20 of these workers would
switch over to the district. Out of
approximately go persons who are
in the employ of the California
concern, 20 will be transferred TO
other communities and 20 will ac-
cept work with other companies,
Hewes said.
Included in the prlorities sward-
ed the district by the WPB are such
items as transformers electric wire,
etc., badly needed to actually con-
meet the layouts.
The priorities were granted by
WPB officials in Washington after
NJ. j. Dowd, the districts chief con-
sulting engineer, had formerly pre-
sented the project to them.
One of the major tasks that will
face district workers will be faced
by office workers in Imperial in
taking over accounts formerly held
b. the selling company.
Already understaffed in handling
accounts of 10000 power consumers
and 5000 water users, the districts
office force must take over an adj
ditional 1850 accounts.
Meier routes must be altered to
provide for new territories and
new account numbers must be set
up for all new customers. In addi-
tion a connect" order must be
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06


Lieut.. Gen. Mark w. Clark's An
o-American Fifth army scored it's
greatest success since the capture
of Naples when it forded crossing
of the Volturno, which flows 18
miles north of Naples and 96 miles
southeast of Rome.
The capture of Aversa and Mad
daloni gave the Fifth army control
of the main roads northwestward
to Rome.
The Fifth army and Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomerys British
eighth army to the east were
pounding ceaselesssly at the yield
ing German line across Italy, and
pushing steadily northward in the
sweep against the italy capital.
AT UNNAMED POINT
Shock forces of the Fifth army
plunged across the Volturno at an
unspecified point in blasting the
first breach in the natural line
on which German Marshal Albert
Kesselring had been expected to
undertake his first stand above
Naples.
The plight of the Nazis. above
Naples, where they had clung Stub
bornly to positions near the city
since last Friday, was intensified
by the loss of Aversa, eight miles
north of Naples, and Maddaloni,
Id miles to the northeast.
The fall of the towns deprived
the Germans of their main trans
port hubs on the Naples front.
Aversa is the first rail and high
way center directly north of Naples.
and Maddaloni is of almost equal
Importance.
On the Adriatic, the Eighth army
was battering down stiffened Ger
man resistance west of Termoh, and,
inland, was sweeping forward so
swiftly in some sectors that the
troops were rounding up the hind
most German stragglers.
The strategic pattern of the Allied
battle for Italy began to emerge
more clearly, with trip-hammer
aerial blows at the German COM
munications both Immediately be-
hind the front and we'll to the
north.
Flying Fortresses of the north
west African airforce set the pace
with a heavily concentrated at
tack on Bologna, the railway hub
commanding the bulk of the Ger
man transport southwark to the
battle zone.
SMOOTH RAIL YARDS
The Forts, in one of the most
successful air attacks ever made by
the northwest African forces,
smashed vital railroad yards at
Bologna, the north Italy industrial
and communications center. The
American gunners destroyed eight
of an attacking formation of 30 to
35 Messerschmitt and Focke-Wulff
fighters.
The Bologna yards were well COW
cred with bombs, shattering con-
centrations splashing the railway
shops, warehouses;, tracks, and a
bridge. An oil storage depot was
left aflame, and many fires and
explosions we're seen. Hundreds of
large bombs were dropped on
Bologna in the 45-minrte attack.
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06

oClidUC ouDoIlOutcu lOl Tic WIlctlcE
bill which would have deferred all
pre-Pearl Harbor fathers until Jan.
l. Administration leaders declared
the Wheeler bill was dead.
The increased allowances were
provided in an amendment spon-
sored by Sen. Ed. C. Johnson, D.,
Colorado.
Johnson's plan would provide $50
a month for wife and one child
and $40 a month for each ad-
ditional child. The present allow
ance is $62 a month for a wife and
one child and $40 extra for each ad-
ditional child. Johnson's plan would
not change the present $50 month
allowance for a childless wife.
ON VOICE VOTE
The measure restricting occupa-
tional deferments was proposed by
Sens. Josiah Bailey, D., N. c., and
Bennett Clark, D., Mo-, as SUBJ
stitute for the Wheeler bill. The
senate, on voice vote, agreed to
the substitution.
On motion of Sen. Burton K.
Wheeler, D., Mont, the substitute
was amended to require that busi-
ness concerns furnish written
statements of indispensability of
employees whom they wish to have
deferred.
The senate also added to the ad-
ministration supported substitute
an amendment by Sen. Bennett c.
Clark, D., Mo, for creation of a
medical commission to re-eXamine
the standards of physical fitness
for service in the armed forces.
NEW COMMISSION
The new amendment called for
appointment of the five-man COM
mission ito assist in the determina-
ton of whether or not men should
be deferred from training and serv-
ice because they are physically,
mentally, or morally deficient or
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06

SJruSRle lOI COllIlOl VI IIlt AeStdll
Turkish reports persisted, how
ever, that the Germans have occu-
pied both Cos and Leros and landed
on Samos in a determined effort
to protect the invasion road to the
Balkans. Allied sources here had
no confirmation of German land
ings on either Leros or Samos.
The Cairo communique said there
had been mo change" in the situa-
ton on Cos.
Fighting continues against strong
German forces" the communique
said.
Supporting the defenders, British
Hudson bombers and Beaufighters
on Monday night bombed Nazi air.
fields at Martha and Calato,
Rhodes, and Kastelli and Periada,
Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-06

welt in his message to congress said,
'it is possible, however, that the
fortunes of war will permit an
earlier consummation of this joint
will of the American and Filipino
peoples
Sen. Millard e. Tydings, chair
man of the senate territories COM
mittee, already has introduced a
bill authorizing the president to
proclaim immediate" independence
of the Philippines. The measure
counters a Japanese independence
announcement. The Tydings bill is