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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Alert Defense
m Is
Requested By
Gov. Bacon
Milford Civilian Defense
Workers Told Activi-
ties Must Not Be Re-
laxed Until The War
Is Won.

Civilian defense activities at
home must not be relaxed until
the soldere are given orders to
stop firing. Governor Walter W..
Bacon said Monday evening of this
week at the Milford defense rally
when he awarded badges of merit
TO $50 persons active in the organi-
Zation.
The meeting. held in the Com
munity Building. followed an ex-
tensive tour of the Milford defense
area, including fire fighting equip
ment, casualty stations, and other
units. The Governor was accom-
panied by DR.. Meredith I. Samuels,
head of Delaware defense medical
units and members of the local
defense council. They were driven
to the various points of interest by
the members of the Milford Motor
Corps. The girls comprising the
corps were nattily attired in their
new uniforms.
The tour began at Lynch Heights
when the states chief executive
congratulated the people of that
area for their fine organization and
zeal in defense activities. Before
the rally the Governor, Milford de-
fense officials and Rotary Club
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Ebe T. Palmer New
Game Warden Here
Milford Man Named To Succeed
William Webb; HaS Assumed Duties

Ebe T. Palmer, of South Milford
prominent Republican party work
er and former employee of the
State Highway Department. assum-
ed the duties of Sussex county
game warden. succeeding William
Webb. also of this city, Wednesday,
December |.
Mr.. Palmer was the choice of
party leaders of the First Repre-
sentative District of the county.
For the past few years he was in
charge of a highway maintenance
truck and prior to that was man
ager of the local Atlantic and Pa
cific Tea Company Store.
MIR. Palmer came to Milford from
Lewes about 13 years ago and since
making his home in this city, has
been active in the affairs of the
Republican party, contributing to
the success of that party in no
small measure.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Suspend Restrictions
On Hog Slaughtering
Ban Lifted SO That Surplus May
Flow To Market Area

The War Food Administration
has suspended all restrictions on
hog slaughter for a three-month
period, effective Immediately. Cliff
ford w. Shedd, state supervisor, ex-
planned that because of large num-
bers of hogs in the hands of far
mers, it is necessary to lift re-
strictions so that the surplus may
flow to market areas.
The producer may, under this
suspension order, kill for his own
use, or sale. or transfer to others,
all hogs he is able to handle No
license or permit is required. The
400-fb limitation for farm family
consumption is included in this
suspension order.
Mr. Shedd pointed out that this
order applies only to hogs and eau
toned that all other live stock
slaughter continues to be restrict
ed. He said this order in no way
affected the transfer of ration
stamps between wholesaler or con-
sumner and producer. 1t still re-
mains necessary for the slaughter
er to demand and accept ration
stamps from all of his customers
for all rationed foods that he pro-
duces and turn these stamps back
TO his local OPA Ration Board.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Scout Honor Court
Here December 9th
Affair Will Be Held In Avenue
Church; Public Invited

According to Senator Robert Fl.
Yerkes. chairman of Troop No. 100.
and a member of the Dover District
Executive Committee, plans are
complete for the Scout Court of
Honor which will be held in Mil
ford next Wednesday, December 8,
in Avenue Methodist Church. The
program as arranged by Senator
Yerkes. Mr.. Harry Yarger. field
representative, and local Scoutmas-
ter Marvin Calls. and j. Irwin
Bowman. follows:
0pening-Posting of Flags.
Pledge of Allegiance.
Song-God Bless America.
Salutation - Mayor Edward C.
Evans.
Address - Frederic Wellington,
Scout Executive.
Movie-Senior Scouting.
Court of Honor-Sen. Robert H.
Yerkes. district committee. Pre-
sentation of awards to Second
Glass. First Glass; Merit Badges to
Star and Life Scouts.)
Song-America
Benediction, by Rev. DIR. Frank
Herson, pastor of Avenue Methodist
Church.
Taps with Echo) = Don and
Lewis Brinton.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Here Are Some. Dates 1t viii
Pay You To Keep In Mind

using fuel oil Each unit good
gallons until February Z.
valid for and fats.
d. and + for prOcessed foods
4-Last Brown c. II, and for
Start using brown N stamps
December i2-Start using brown p stamps
brown
A, B and
foods
Last brown L. NJ, N and stamps.
stamps.
o Period fuel oil
OIL through
March H.
Start using brown T
15Las stamp 20 for five pounds
16-Start using brown u stamps.
r, S, U stamps
February 7-Las day o coupons
February day o AS gasoline coupons
14-Last Period 8 fuel oil
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
MasOns Will
Attend Church
This Sunday
Past Gran ID Chaplain
Rev. DR.. Frank HersOn
Will Deliver A Special
Sermon. .

Temple Lodge No. 8, A. F. and
A. NJ. Of Milford, will attend church
in a body at the Avenue Methodist
Church on Sunday morning, De-
cember 5, at 10;45 a. m. This is
Masonic Go To Church Sunday"
that originated during the term of
Past Grand Master Harry Lowe,
and is now rigidly observed.
Past Grand Chaplain Frank Her
son. member Of Temple Lodge
No. 8, will deliver a special sermon
in keeping with the occasion. DR..
Herson is one of the best inform
ed ministers in the state on Ma
sonic customs and tradition. His
addresses before his lodge of
which he makes several during the
year are always looked forward to
by the members of the craft. He
is a big favorite with the member
ship and a large attendance is ex-
pected
Temple Lodge membership will
meet in the old church building at
10:30 a. M. and proceed to the new
church in, a body, headed by the
officers of the lodge.
This years officers of Temple
Lodge are: Worshipful Master. Fred
S. Bailey; senior warden. Frank l..
Sapp; junior warden. Ira w. Rowe;
secretary. James p. Pierce; trea-
surer, Edwin P. Messick; senior
deacon, Edward Affeld; junior dea-
con, Archie Fagen; senior stew
ard, James G. Holzmueller; junior
steward. John Satterfield; tyler,
George Davis of George +.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Four Are Killed In
Weekend Crashes
SelbyIille Boy And Pony Die. Dri-
yer Fatally Hurt

Automobile mishaps cost the
lives of four Delawareans over the
past weekend. two of them being
killed on highways of this state
and two in an accident i'm North
Carolina.
The dead are:
Robert Lee Stevens. s years old.
Selbyville. killed when his pony
was struck by car at Selbyville.
Raymond Murray, 3S years old.
,Frankford, driver of the car in the
Selbyville accident.
Joseph S. Talucci. II years old,
of 100 Kells avenue. Newark. kill
ed in a understandable crash
near Windsor, n. c.
Walter d. Holton. Jr.. II years
old, of "a Townsend Road, Newark.
also killed in. the North Carolina
mishap.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
ROllin' Abroad
All Soldier
Musical, Plays
Here Dec. 10th
Fort Miles Players Will
Appear At The Plaza
Theatre For Great
Army Hit Show, Many
Celebrities In Cast.

'Rollin' Abroad" the all-soldier
musical of the Fort Miles Players
which will appear at Plaza Theatre,
Milford on Friday, December 10,
presents a cast whose members
have shown unusual talent i'm the
theatrical field. For many of them
this appearance i'm the Fort Miles
hit is merely a continuation of
their chosen civilian profession.
Corporal David FitZgibbon, who
conceived and directs the show, is
a veteran of considerable stage ex-
perience, with his career starting
at the ripe young age of 15." He
teamed for years with his sister i'm
a dancing act which showed, among
other places. at the famouc Kit
Kat Club in London and the Cen
tral Park Casino in New York City.
While in Europe. the Fort Miles
artist gave command performances
before the royal families and also
appeared with the Cochran Revues.
FitZgibbOn took Clifton Webb's part
in AS Thousands. Cheer" rous-
ing stage success which made a
nationwide tour, and also had top
billings in casts with Beatrice Lily
and Irene Bordoni.
Sergeants Mare Laub and Jesse
Berkman, who wrote the music for
"Rollin'' Abroad" as we'll as much
of that for it's predecessor, Here
We Co." had interesting musical
careers which they have carried
on in the Army as members of the
HDD Band and Orchestra. Laub
was associated with Red Uarye and
well known bands. including the
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Keep Children With
Colds At Home
Save Others From Becoming In
fected BY Common Cold

Children with colds should be
kept home from school. out of con-
tact with others, says the State
Board of Health, for the common
cold is especially infectious in the
early stages and is readily confus-
ed with the early symptoms of
many other contagious diseases,
such as measles. pneumonia, and
light cases of scarlet fever.
Though colds are not. ordinarily.
considered serious. there are rea-
sons why children with acute
colds should not be sent to school:
1. A child with an acute cold is
too i'll to learn much if he is in
school.
2. There is the great danger of
his injecting others with the cold.
3. He lengthens the time of his
own recovery because of fatigue
and exposure.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Mr.. And Mrs. GreenLy
Receive Purple Heart
Medal Was Awarded Pos
thumOusly To Their
Son Orlando

Mr.. and Mrs. David Elmer Green
ly of South Walnut street. this city,
received notification this week from
the War Department that the
Purple Heart medal has been
awarded posthumOusly to their son,
Lieutenant Orlando Greenly, who
gave his life for his country on Sep
tember 16. in Italy.
Lieutenant Greenly was serving
as acting captain at the time of his
death. and during the nine years he
served his nation in the armed
forces. won many promotions and
honors, and served in many parts
of the world.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Red Cross Monthly
Report Submitted
Four City Wards, Houston
Included In Mrs. Frank
WapIe's Statement

Mrs. Frank NAPLES, local chair
man of the Red Cross surgical
dressings. has made a report of
work done from October IL to No
vember "a by the four wards of
Milford and Houston. And while
the work done has been good in
comparison to the number of work
ers, Mrs. NAPLES thinks the num-
her of workers falls short of what
could be expected from a town the
size of Milford. One ward, the first,
made over half of the total amount
of dressings for the above time:
which should stimulate other wards
to a. better showing and better
participation. The recent report as
made by the state headquarters in
Wilmington that the years quota
would be met, has nothing to do
with the work that must be con-
tinued in 1914. So workers will be
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Many Turkeys Held
On Delaware Farms
Raisers Hope For Better Prices
During Christmas Season

Many lower Delaware turkey
growers. according to reports, re-
Trained from selling their fiocks
for the Thanksgiving holidays with
the hope that prices would be
more conducive for the Christmas
holidays. They figured, it is sta
ted, that many of the birds would
take on additional weight and
thereby increase their profits. The
Thanksgiving holidays found many
growers, it is said. with turkeys
somewhat under size with the re-
suit that if they had sold they
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Xmas Savings
Clubs HerePay
Out Sl24,OOO
Caulk Club Heads List,
Disbursing $53,OOO.OO;
Last Years Total Was
$120,OOO.OO.

Residents of Milford, who for the
past fifty weeks have been practic-
ing thrift and each week laying
aside a sum for the Christmas Saw
ings Fund conducted by the local
banks and the l.. ID. Caulk Com
pany were rewarded last week to
the tune of $l24 900. This money
was RELEASED by the Milford Trust
Company, the First National Bank
and Trust Company, and the Saw
ings Fund Club of The L. d. Caulk
Company. all of which have been in
existence for several years This
is an increase of 81 900 from the
disbursements made by these three
clubs last year, and indicates that
the idea is still popular in Milford.
In the state total of almost So
100000 has been distributed this
season
The first savings clubs on the
Peninsula were started several
years ago at Salisbury, Md. The
general public eagerly accepted the
method to systematically save for
lue hOlludy SedSOu. OHOIlly lUele-
after The l.. ID. Caulk Company
conceived the idea of conducting a
savings fund for its employees. The
plan was successful. and outsiders
were allowed to join the club. The
Milford Trust Company later took
up the idea, and it. too. was sue
cessful and secured many deposit
Ors therefrom. A few years later
the First National Bank and Trust
Company started its club and each
year has shown a satisfactory in
crease in the number of persons
who have Joined its club.
This year the Caulk Savings Club
has sent out checks to the approx
innate amount of S53.000 to its men,
hers. The Milford Trust Company
has mailed a total of $42 900 to
those who have saved in it's club
The First National Bank and Trust
Company is paying approximately
$29 900. This money is released in
time for the holiday buying and is
a welcomed asset to those thrifty
persons who have taken advantage
of the three clubs in Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Milford Defeated
20 To 18, By Dover
Locals Dominated Play During
First Part OF Game

Dover High School remained un-
beaten for the season by turning
back Milford High School, 20 to Is.
in their football game at Milford
last Wednesday. 1t was the final
game of the season for both teams
and the second time Dover defeat
ed Milford this year.
Milford dominated the play dur
ing the first half and was leading
at halftime, is to 0, as a result of
two touehdowns scored by BrintOn
on line plays and another by John
son on a pass from Brinton.
Dover came to life in the second
half and after receiving the kickoff.
Marine tossed a pass to Mitchell,
who raced 20 yards to score. A few
plays later Marine caught a Mil
ford punt on the Dover 10 and re-
versed his field to run the 80 yards
for a score. Near the close Of the
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
May Call For
100000 Men
IN January
Will Be Twice Total Ex-
pected By VINO; WAC
Recruiting Lag Gets
Partial Blame.

The Army's draft call for Janu-
ary is to be twice the figure the War
Manpower Commission has been
expecting, it was learned this week,
and as a result the combined Army
Navy call will approximate 10000
men.
This is about the present monthly
figure, as contrasted with previous
indications that calls would begin
dropping after the first of the year.
The expanding Navy never ex-
pected to reach top strength until
well along in 1914 and the Army. il
was reported authOritatively. won't
be- at its expected peak strength of
100000 men by January l for two
main reasons:
Two Reasons Given
/. The WAC enlistment drive has
been disappointing. (The ARMY is
pleased with the performance of
its women soldiers and is willing to
take hundreds of thousands. but
only about $4,000 have enlisted to
date.)
2. Draft boards are tagging so far
behind their quotas they may be
unable to catch up even by the end
of January.
Uncertainty over what Congress
would do about the drafting of pre-
war fathers CAUSED many boards to
delay calling them
The general expectation. bolster
ed by War Department testimony
on Capitol Hill, had been the Army
would need only requirements af-
ter the first of the year.
The number of requirements.
however, is one of the great ques-
tion marks of the war, since it de-
pends on how many casualties the
will suffer.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Navy Man Fatally
Injured In Kent
Pharmacists Mate Falls Or
Jumps From Truck;
Dies In Hospital

A Navy pharmacists mate from
the Naval Auxiliary Air Station al
Chincoteague, was fatally injured
last Friday night in highway ac-
cident south of Camden. His name
was withheld at the request of state
police and Navy authorities until
the next of kin is notified.
Police said the men either fell
or jumped from the cab of a lum-
ber truck, the rear wheels of the
vehicle passing over his body. Wes-
ley Phippin, "a years old, of He
bron, Md, driver of the truck, said
he was bringing the machine to a
halt at the Navy mans request
when the accident occurred.
He told police that he had pick
ed up the Navy man and his COM
panion. Louis Schwindt, also of
the Chincoteague station, near
Bridgeville.
William Carey of Woodside took
the injured man to the Kent Cen
eral Hospital. Dover, where he died
several hours later.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
War Mother Sponsor
Of Vinyard Craft
-Snbchaser 1896, Sponsored By Mrs.
]. Lynn Pratt, Wednesday

Another subchaser. the S. c. 1896
was launched at the Vinyard Ship
building Company, Milford, We'd
nesday afternoon, December l.
Sponsoring the ship as she made
a graceful slide into the MispilliOn
River was Mrs. J. Lynn Pratt of
Milford. mother of Captain J. Lock-
wood Pratt. U. S. Navy. and Lieu
tenant ii. g. Eugene Pratt, U. S.
N. r.
The launching party, in addi-
tion to the sponsor, was Mrs. Eu-
gene Pratt. wife of Lieutenant
Pratt, and their children, John and
Lucille, Mrs. Wilson S. Vinyard.
Lieutenant Richard T. Miller, U. S.
N. R., aide to Captain H. NJ. Cooley,
U. S. ~, supervisor of shipbuilding
U. S. Navy. Annapolis. Md, and II.
Goodwin Stevenson, resident in
spector, U. S. N.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Fall Leaves Make
Excellent Compost
Prepare Your 1914 Victory Garden
Fertilizer Now

The bright green leaves that we
enjoyed so much in last summers
hot weather are now dried and
brown-and nuisance as the wind
piles them in corners and around
the shrubbery. We will be busy on
week-ends raking out and burning
them, most OF us never giving a
thought to the fact that we are
sending up in smoke material that
would be valuable for our gardens,
lawns, and flower beds next year.
C.. e, Phillips. extension agron-
Omist for the Delaware Agricultur-
al Extension Service. suggests that
instead of burning those leaves you
make compost of them. Making a
compost pile is neither difficult
nor complicated job. and accord
ing to Mr. Phillips. Its value. to
next years garden is well worth the
trouble.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Investigate Theft Of
Shells At Dover
Three Arrested As Triple Probe
Continues On Use OF Ammunition


With one civilian and two sol
diers now under arrest in connec-
ton with the theft of an estimated
5000 rounds of shotgun shells from
the Dover Army Air Base, investi-
cation of the use of Army shells by
civilians is being continued by the
FBI. state police, and Dover police.
John Frederick HOuseman, Al
years old. of Dover, aviation en-
thusiast and taxi driver, was plac-
ed under $1,000 bail by U. S. Com
missioner Albert F. Polk this week
on a charge of receiving shotgun
shells said to have been stolen from
the air field. He waived hearing and
was held for the federal grand jury.
Deputy U. S. Marshal NJ. Howard
Lyell arrested HOuseman i'm Dover.
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Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, November "a, TO
Tuesday, November 80, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following thermometer readings for
Milford, from Wednesday, Novem-
yer "a, oeTusqy
Der "a, to Tuesday, November 30,
inclusive;
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03

WHEREAS. December 1887, became the
ratify Federal Constitution;
WHEREAS The General Assembly of State Delaware by
duly approved
A. 1888 authorized and directed the
calling event.
WHEREAS. This march freedom begun by
challenged by the totataran nations
and ffty-four years later to the day;
NOW THEREFORE,, Walter W. of
of Delaware in accordance with the authority
hereby designate Tuesday. December Z 1913.
Milford chronicle., 1943-12-03
WARE DAY

the citizens the
foeathes the they played founding country
and rededcate themselves the
vaon of nation and its life during these trying
further that flags displayed
and that suitable exercises i'm this
be staged all schools churches organizations
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. l. Walter W. Bacon
the State of Delaware
Great Seal of the said State be
day of November year
hundred fOryhree independence
United States of America the sixtyegh
By the Governor. WALTER W. BACON
(SeaD of William Storey
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-07
8 in Game Raid
Are Sentenced

Recorders Judge Donald Van
Zilc today sentenced eight persons,
twice convicted on charges Of con-
.spiracy 10 violate gaming laws,
growing out of police raids in 1910
on the Norwood Mutual House,
514 Josephine street.
Found guilty in January. 1912,
a new trial was dered on
grounds that the raids were lie
gal. A jury before Judge Van Zile
convicted them again last month.
They are: Walter Norwood Of
$50 East Adams and Harold Har-
sentenced from one TO five
years Robert Davis. ~, of 2746
Jay street. and Preston Allcvne,
Al, Of 1913 East Warren avenue,
six months TO five years.
The other four, placed on n
years probation are Harold Wood
ward, 30, living at a Detroit hotel;
Miss Charlotte Norw God. a,
daughter of Walter Norwood. Mrs.
Laura Davis, AZ. wife Of Robert
Davis, and Mrs. Agatha Plummer.
40, of 545 East Elizabeth street
The four sentenced 10 prison
terms filed appeals and are free
under 81 1000 bonds awaiting hear
ing on their motion
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-07
TOOK MEALS ALONE

Doctor Carvcr'S first Detroit
WISH was m 1897 10 attend the
Farm ChcmurCy Council, where
scientists from all parts OF the
nation honorCd him
The retiring doctor Shyly re-
fused 20 take ms meals with them
for fear he might cause some en-
barrasSmcnt 10 members from the
South
He spent hours OF his visit walk
ing and talking with Henry Ford
Ford returned me visit the next
year. In 1899 Doctor Carver
again came TO Detroit 10 VISIT his
-f-+ef4a -II14aH-ea44e- fftff5+ii n ittf7
IN July.
The world famous scientist would
moi admit there were any other
reasons for that visit. RumorS that
he would spend his last few months
of life seeking "A solution for The
nations rubber shortage, were
turned aside.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-07
President S Birthday
Ball Plans Changed

There will he no Presidents
Birthday Ball this year.
Thcater parties. boxing matches,
basketball games and Bird & O
parties will be DctroitS con-
tribution 10 the annual lnfantilo
paralysis campaign, the committee
announced today. Tentative
dates arc January 2S and %.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-07
STUNNED FAME. MONEY

He Stunned fame as he did
money. His salary al Tuskegee
went TO students who sought edu-
cation.
Born a slave in one-room cabin
near Diamond Grove. Mo. he re-
ceived a BIS. in agriculture from
Iowa State College in 1894; MS.
in agriculture from the same
school two years later; Fellow,
Royal Society of Arts. London,
1916: Spingarn Medal, 1923, y. Sc,
Simpson College, 1928 and the
Humanitarian Medal, 1871.
The CarVerS reared him and
gave him the name of George
Washington. because of his youth
ful honesty and industry. He spent
his carly years roaming fields and
woods with a McGuify Speller
clutched under his arm.
When he was 10 he left for
Neoshio, Mo, eight miles away to
attend school and pick up odd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-07
VERT1SEMfNT

Two other doctors make similar glow
ing clinic reports--one. a United States
Government health phYsc en- reporting
on IS cases and Mexican Government
heslth physician reporting on . cases.
Other doctors also report remark able re-
suits IN many individual cases. One doc
Tor now N his 53rd year Of practice
SD ted that in the last three Years he
has treated hundreds q SKIN Sufferers
with COLUSA NATURAL OIL AND CAP
SULEs -- 50 or more psoriasis cases and
many eeIems. acne, athletes foot and
leg ulcer cases. that nearly 90 per cert
81 them set almost immediate fclcf from
pam and itching. that they would sleep
we'll the night q the osY the treatment
was gwen ana wake Up refreshed A0d
better. ths' the treatments restored new
SKIN and that y was the best treatment
he had ever used. 40 drugg SIS report 50
individual eases where "Colusa' sue
ceeced after other MEDICINES and DOCTOR
ing fahcc.