davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08

I'd week all movie
~ goers. and even
- those who only sell
- dom go. will have
attended the showing of This
Is The Army" the feature now
at Plaza Theatre. No picture,
unless it was Gone With The
Wind" has been heralded with
such publicity and acclaim. The
premiere on Tuesday evening
was very well attended. in
spite of prices almost unknown
to Milford, and the fact that
the big organizations gave the
Army and Navy Relief benefit
whole-hearted support is high
ly cOmmendable and we'll
worth mention. This picture
meant something special to
Milford for Dick Browning,
who has spent many summers
in town, was a member of the
chorus, and his many local
friends were proud and pleased
that they could see and recog-
nize him. Dick is still in this
country. but anticipates leav-
ing at some near future date.
The play from which the script
for the picture was made will
be taken overseas, presented
by two cOmpanies-One i'm Lon
don and one in North Africa
and when the run is over, the
members will join the Regular
Army. The background of the
play and the picture is inter
esting, much of which is given
in the continuity of the film.
This was good entertainment
at its best.
q
Last week on Wednesday
evening Mrs. Remsen Barnard.
3rd. combined the two bridge
clubs-Tuesday evening and
Wednesday afternoon - an d
was hostess to the members at
that time. Bridge was enjoyed
by Mrs. Harvey Phillips, Mrs.
William Burke, Mrs. George
LindenkOhl. Mrs. Francis Lett
hiser. Miss Sara Nutter, Miss
Charlotte Ryder. Mrs. Raymond
Masten, Mrs. Osborne Scott.
Mrs. Lawrence Isaacs. Miss
Thelma Jewell, Mrs. Edgar Is
aacs, Mrs. Spencer Wills. Mrs.
George Reed. Mrs. George II.
Draper. Mrs. Ford Sewell and
Mrs. Clarence Welch.
q
The junior class of the high
school will give a Halloween
dance on October 30 in the au-
ditorium with McCabe's Or
chestra furnishing the music
from eight TO twelve. Bids are
in the hands of the members
of the class. The highlight of
the evening will be the award
ing of a $25 war bond to the
winner. The affair will be
semi-formal.
q
The Memorial Hospital Aux
iliary meeting. you will re-
member. takes place on We'd
nesday. October 13. at the home
of the president. Mrs. J. Lynn
Pratt, at three.
@
The Milford New Century
Club will hold its first fall
meeting on Monday. beginning
at two-thirty. Mrs. NJ. Has
well Pierce. the president, will
preside. Hostesses for the af-
ternoon are Mrs. Herman Phil
lips and Mrs. David Sills. In
teresting reports will be Civ
en-, new members voted upon
and programs will be distri-
buted.
---------------
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08

Charles A. Roux has leased one
of the new stores of DR.. r Y. Wat
son and will open up a five and ten
cent store. Mr.. Roux hopes to get
his stock in so as to be able to
start up not later than December | g.,
and he really hopes to open at an
earlier date. There is no store now
in Milford of this character. and it
will fill a niche much needed by
the people.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08
MURPHY

Albert Franklin Murphy of Den
ton. Md. a retired farmer. died on
Friday. October l. at the age of 79
years. He was the son of the late
William +. and Margaret Murphy
of Caroline county. He was mar
ried twice. his first wife having
been the former Miss Mollie
FramptOm of Harmony. and his
second wife the former Lulu Van
Cleaf of fredericksburg. Md. Funer-
al services were held in Harmony
Methodist Church Sunday after
noon. Surviving are three sons.
Charles Murphy of Harmony; How
ard Murphy and Herbert Murphy
of Newark; one daughter. Mrs.
Harvey Jester of Milford. and one
sister. Mrs. Frank Thomas of Den
ton. Burial was made in Union
Grove Cemetery. near Preston.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08
DAVIDSON


Mrs. Prudence Elizabeth David
son of Lewes. 80. died Friday. Oc-
tober l. at her home on Jefferson
avenue. there. The aged woman
fell and broke her hip three weeks
ago and never recovered from the
shock. She was the widow of Geo.
p. Davidson, whom she survived by
five months. Surviving her are two
daughters, Mrs. Ruthanna Green of
Lewes, and Mrs. Leah Webb of
Milton. and one son. Elmer David
son of Lewes. Her numerous pro-
geny include 81 grandchildren 2S
great-grandchildren and four great
great-grandchildren, also surviv-
ing. Funeral services were at Con-
ley's Chapel Saturday at 2 P. NJ,
with burial in Conley's Church
yard. The Rev. Howard Davis. re-
tired Methodist minister of Quaker
town. officiated.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08

Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Dra-
per. Jr.. and Sergeant William
V. Sipple were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Draper of
Milton at their home on Sat
urday evening when they en-
tertained at cards.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08

Mrs. Frank NAPLES. local
chairman of Red Cross surgi-
cal dressings. has received a
consignment of gauze for
dressings and has notified the
chairmen of the days of the
week that work will he resum-
ed next week. beginning Mon
day evening. The hours each
day are arranged to best suit
those who are giving their time
and the chairman in charge.
After the rest of the summer
the work will go along we'll.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08

The Memorial Hospital Aux
iliary meeting. you will re-
member. takes place on We'd
nesday. October 13, at the home
of the president, Mrs. J. Lynn
Pratt, at three.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08
WILSON

Mrs. Ella NJ. Wilson. 81 years
old. wife of John Wilson. a farmer,
died Wednesday night, September
29. at her home near Lewes. Be-
sides her husband she is survived
by three sisters. Mrs. Susan Shock
ley of Lewes; Mrs. Lawrence Sip
pie of Millsboro. and Mrs. Hyland
Smith of Cool Spring, and two
brothers, Frederick Walls of Har-
beson. a former state senator. and
Harry Walls. Wilmington. Funeral
services were held Sunday at 2 P.
NJ. at her late home. and burial
made in St. Johns Church-yard.
Officiating were the Rev. H. v.
Branford of Lewes. assisted by the
Rev. W. L. McClintock of George
Gown.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08
NAPLES

John c. NAPLES. sc years old. OF
NAPLES Pond. near Milton. died on
Saturday. October 2. after a long
Illness. He was a leading farmer
of that vicinity and at one time op-
Grated NAPLES Mill. He was a son
of the late Benjamin F. and Susan
Conwell NAPLES. and is survived by
a sisterfi Mrs. Green Bell, of Hur-
lock. Md. and several nieces and
nephews. Funeral services were
held from the home Tuesday at
P. NJ. in charge of the Rev. Will
liam Hudson. pastor of Goshen
Methodist Church. Interment in
Milton Methodist Cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08

Mr.. and Mrs. J. Herbert
Nichols entertained on Satur-
day evening with a bridge sup
per in honor of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clayton Hitch of Washington,
d. c., who were in Milford on
vacations. Other guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Scotten of
Dover. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer
Willis. Mr.. and Mrs. Kennerly
Lambert, Miss Thelma Jewell
and William Berry. a pleasant
evening of cards followed the
supper.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08

Mrs. Broddus Jones. who left
on Monday for her home in
Sweetwater, Texas, entertain
ed a few friends at Derrick
sons on Thursday for lunch
con which was followed by
bridge at home.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08

The Torsch Packing Company,
which is just closing up its season
of canning tomatoes, will now op-
crate its large plant in canning
pumpkins.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08

Miss Elizabeth Katherine Beers.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Irving Beers of Dover. and Ralph
Carmalt Wilson. of Dover, were
married in Christ Church, Dover.
on Tuesday evening in the pres
ence of a large number of friends.
Following the ceremony a large
reception was held in honor of the
newly-weds at the home of the
brides parents. Both Mr.. Wilson
and wife are well known in Mil
ford. where they have been enter
tanned a number of times. They
will reside just north of Dover on
the groOm's large farm.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08

Emerson Adams was surpris-
ed by his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Roger Adams, when they gave
him a party on Saturday after
noon, hOnoring his eleventh
birthday. Games were enjoyed
by Elaine ArgO, Thelma Will
kins. YvOnne Florence Anne,
Dolores and John w. Carroll.
Pearl Shepherd. Billy and
Brenda Clendaniel, Reedy Col
Inns. Winona. Eleanor and John
p. Argo, Louise, Pearl and Bet
ty Benson, Jimmie Willsie. Bill
Leverage, John and Patricia
Argo, Freddie Geyer. Donald
Mills, Bill Chandler. Bruce
Harrington, Charles, Glenn
and Jean Greene.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08

Captain James w. Cannon and
other officers of Company b. or
ganized militia. gave a smoker last
Friday evening to the members and
many participated in the affair.
William H. Warren exhibited pic
lures of the Civil War, which PROV
ed of great interest. After the
smoker Lieutenant William NJ
Pierce invited the entire company
to an oyster supper at the restaur-
ant of Mrs. Carrie Viereck.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08

Senator George F. Pierce is ar
ranging with the contractors to
build a wharf at his phosphate
works in Milford, which will he
$50 feet long. 1t will add mate
rally to the space for the storage
of freight. while waiting for the
steamer to make her return trips
from Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08

Vernon {. Benson has sold his
property on Montgomery street to
Alfred Pitman, an employee of the
electric light plant.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-08

Grover Denney is visiting friends
in Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1943-09-15

When you bring your prescription to Peoples
Drug Stores, only fully experienced, registered
pharmacists compound it :. . using pure, fresh
pharmaceuticals :. always double e-checking
each step. The filling of prescriptions is our
most important duty bring yours to Peoples
Evening star., 1943-09-15

Prices May Vary SHohtlv in Maryland and Viz
ointG Stores FeD Items Which Are Under
State Contract LdwS. Right Reserued to Ltmt
Quantities.
Evening star., 1943-12-17

Allied shipping facilities are over
burdened with the transportation of war
matffial for the fighting forces But
every measure is being taken to send
as much food as possible to the civilians.
The available space, however, is ex-
tremely limited
When the invasion Of Italy was de-
cided it was believed that the Nazis
would put up token resistance until
we reached the main defense line on the
River Po since neither Rome nor the
Campagna Plains are of the highest
military value for defensive purposes.
Unfortunately this did not happen.
The German high command sent a
strong force into the region between
Naples and Rome and we are still ham,
mering at these fortified lines. Although
the winter in Central Italy is not par
tlcularly severe it does interfere with
military operations.
When plans were made to move our
forces far into Italy some of the highest
Evening star., 1943-12-17

power to get mad and are impervious
to shock.
However, there are those who hold
that the people might become resentful
If convinced they were being made fools
OF; that, assuming them to be boobs
the men they had put III power were
humblgglng them-in brief, that they
mad been played for suckers. If this is
correct then the vote last week by which
the Senate overrode the administration
appeal not TO increase railroad wages.
ON the ground that only by holding
the line can initiation be averted. pre-
sented grand opportunity for righteous
wrath.
lnlS was a really critical vote. The
President through his two admins
traitors, Mr.. Byrnes and Mr.. Vinson,
had appealed for support. The conse-
quences to the country of tearing down
the bars had been stressed. Yet, the
Senate went against the President by a
vote of IA to 4 This was one of the
most craven exhibitions ever seen of
senatorial fear of the organized labor
lobby 1t was more than that-because
every single one of the New Deal fol-
lowers of Mr.. Roosevelt, all the Guffeys
and Peppers and Greens and Lucases
all the so-called Democratic Senators
who have basked in the Presidents
favor who have prof1ted by the Presi-
dents patronage. who have lauded him
to the skies, and have intemperately de-
nounced those who dissented from his
policieS-everv one of these men voted
solidlv against him on this vital issue.
And we'll up among them was the Off
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Suggests New Theory
or Slum Condemnation

To the Editor of The Star:
heartily concur in the suggestion
that those who debate slum clearance
should conflne themselves to accurate
statements of fact Consequently. I see
no Justlflcatlon for the recent editorial
a MlSdlreCted Criticism" which an
peared IN columns of The Star Decem-
Der 9.
An appropriation to the NCHA is not
the answer to Slum clearance I suggest
Cnat the burden be placed where it
TlgnluIly belongS-on the shoulders of
the property owners. This easily can be
done by changing the per cent of de-
preclatlon necessary for the condemna-
uon OF lnSanltary and unsafe housing
from the present so per cent to 33I, or
even % per cent. There should be a
rigid enforcement of existing health and
salety measures, some stipulation rela-
tive to modern improvements and by
all means law establishing obligations
OF the tenant. This undoubtedly will
force the demolition of substandard and
unfit dwellings and do much to correct
any condition characterized as "slun :"
Owners with unimproved or unproduc-
tive property on their hands soon will
sell for development.
That private industry cannot do the
Job OF furnishing housing of all descrip
tlons as well and. as economically as
PUBIC houserS is Just so much nonsense
Inc builders ranks have been reduced
by the threat of Government competi-
tlon and those that remain are handi-
capped by priorities etc, but given the
assurance that the Government, tax
Tree. Will not compete and that oppres-
siVe prlorlties will be lifted, there is no
doubt in my mind but that they can
and will produce abundantly.
That the Housing and Rent Control
committee of the Federation of Citizens
Associations has given an accurate and
exceedingly timely report on slum recla-
nation and low-cost housing is the al
most unanimous opinion of unbiased
and qualified appraisers.
Let's stop giving publicity to the vari-
Gus attempts to socialize real estate bv
picturng the Nations Capital as city
OF slums. Let's stick to facts.
ROBERT w. SAVAGE.
Evening star., 1943-12-17

Our French policy is only a symbol of
what we have done elsewhere. We have
packed King Peter and his Yuposlav
government in exile. Yet, it should have
oeen apparent to anyone who under
stood Yugoslav politics that King Peter
would either have to reverse his fathers
internal policies or lose his throne in a
democratic victory.
*
The fundamental issue which has dis.
turbed Yugoslavia since the creation of
the Kingdom has been the nationality
problem. The federal democratic soIu-
uon-orlglnally promised by the domi-
hant Serbs-Was later rescinded in favor
ol authorltarlanlsm and centralizatlon
SERBS, Croats and Slovenes are nations
with profoundly different cultural in
neFIlances. Serbia is Greek-Orthodox:
Croatia and Slovenia are Catholic.
Serbia lived for centuries under the
ottoman Empire and retained MANY
oriental political practices. Croatia and
SloVenla were part of the Western ELL
ropean Austro-Hungarian Empire. The
very aspect of the cities and COUNTRYSIDE
and the way of life of the people is
dlfferent. Yet, the majority of all South
oiaVS wish to live in South Slav state.
the Croats and Slovenes fought for it in
the Austrian monarchy. But they did
not and 90 not wish to live under CEN
tralized Serbian rule, in many respects
backward compared to previous Haps-
burg rule.
therefore, we should have insisted
that King Peter and his advisers re-
nouhce the old pan-Serb policy. We
ga not ana actually Peter became more
stubborn than his father.
Peter and his clique, wishing to main
tam this unpopular policy, were forced
TO be authoritarian, to discourage all
popular movements, and thus create the
countermovement under Tito. A Tito
was bound to emerge, to rally the people
not around communism, but around
federalism and democracy. Communism
is no issue in country which is native
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Operations in ItuIy

When Sicily fell and the Badoglio
government surrendered, there was
general expectation that most of
the Italian mainland would prob
ably be ours in hurry, the belief
being that the NaZis would with
draw fairly rapidly to the north and
make their main stand along the
Po. But events have turned out
otherwise, with our Allied armies
still some seventy or eighty miles
from Rome in Central Italy.
This fact, making it doubtful that
the Eternal City will be in our hands
by the end of the year, can be at
tributed in large measure to the
severity of the weather, the ex-
tremely difficult mountainous ter
rain and the dogged and expert
character of the Nazi delaying &C
tions. There Is little reason to sup
pose, however. that the Allied high
command has been surprised by this
or that the Fifth and Eighth armies
are extraordinarily behind schedule.
On the contrary, although Generals
Clark and Montgomery undoubtedly
would like to liberate Rome in time
to make such a victory a great
symbolical Christmas gift to the
whole Christian world, there is con-
siderable sense in the speculation
that Italy is not slated to be a
primary theater of war and that our
operations there will accordingly
never be conducted on an all-out
basis.
Up to now the Italian campaign
has achieved enormously important
military and political results 1t
has shattered the Rome-Berlin Axis;
1t has had a far-reaching effect on
the policies of Hitler's satellites; it
has preached key segment of
Fortress Europe; it has eliminated
all major threats to us in the Medi-
terranean; it has diverted a sub
stantial number of Nazi divisions
from other actual and potential
fronts, and it has given us air bases
from which vital targets in Aus
tria and the Balkans can be bombed
almost at will. But this does not
mean that the Allied high COM
mand has chosen Italy as one of
the main roads to Berlin Topogra-
ply, with the formidable Alpine
barrier at the north, would seem to
argue against any such choice; it
would seem to argue that in our
overall strategical plans, Italy Is
probably marked down as supple
mentary road at best-a secondary
theater in which only limited OBJ
jectives can be achieved and in
which only limited investment of
our offensive strength should there
fore be made
At the momentous Roosevelt
Churchill Stain conference, 1t was
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Frank K. Kent

clal Roosevelt leader of the Senate
Majority Leader Barkley of Kentucky,
himself, who, for years, has heaned
reproaches upon his fellow w-Senators for
failure to uphold the hands of "our
great President" And who were the
Senators who did uphold the hands"
OF the President. while his fourth-term
sycophantic friends were running avav
from him? Why. two strong anti-Nev
Deal and antifOurth-ter Democrats
Senator Byrd of Virginia and Senator
Bailey of North Carolina-and iwo
stanch RepubHcans-Senators Vanden-
berg and Ferguson of Michigan.
"a
IL was an almo -lcredible perform
ance. Perhaps, one might have expected
the Republicans and the anti-New Deal
Democrats to vote against the President
on this issue. though the vote did them
no credit at all But, by all the laws of
loyalty, one had the right to expect his
1rlends-and particularly his leaders-to
Sland by hlm. Yet, the only men who
olo stand by him were four who make
no pretenSe Of their distaSte and dis
trust 1t would seem that if the Ameri-
can people fully graSped the significance
OF that Senate vote, they would feel
that these New Dealers had been max
ing Tools OF them and would resent it.
But, nearly two weeks have passed and
there has been no sign either of popular
resentment or understanding. OF course.
they cannot have the first without the
second. For various reasons. these Gavs.
1t seems increasingly difficult for them
to acquire understanding.
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Dorothy Thompson

~ neither capitalist nor proletarian
Inc YugoslaV capitalists previously wera
french and are now German, which s,f-
noes for any Yugoslav nationalist n he
antlcapltalist. But Yugoslavs are not
great landoWners-they are small meas
ants ~
Ilto's domestic opponent is not cani-
tallsm, but political and military Ser
blan monopoly. Tito cannot base his
power on noneXisting proletariat nnr
win followers by preaching the exnro.
prlation Of peasant proprietors. So he
took in all parties, reached ont tn tho
oeepIy popular churches, Catholic and
Orthodox, proclaimed the princinle ~
equanty for all nationaIities in the new
4ueosiavia and won a pouIar following
that we now are forced to recognize
even II 1t is unpleasant for King Peter
But the Russians correctly estimated
the popular forces in the first place
Czechoslovakia now has concluded o
treaty Of alliance with Russia after VIC
had opposed it for months. The treaty
VIII greatly raise the prestige of Mr.
Benes in his own country. After +he
experience of Munich the Czechs dare
Anglo-AmerlCan powers. Geoeraphv is
against that solution. But it is un-
fortunate that We must again accent the
triumph OF something We opposed.
Gen. Smuts' speech will hardly he
popular with Frenchmen, Italians and.
later on, Germans. Again, it NAV be
the Russians and not we who offer a
nope OF life to the larger European ma
tons including, when the time comes
their present enemies.
Thus, if eventually Russia dominates
the continent of Europe, it will be he
cause OF what we have failed to do, At
the beginning Of the war it was We and
not Russia. who were popular in Eu
rope even as far east as Yugoslavia If
tnat situation is changing it is the fault
OF our policy or lack of it.
released by the Bell Syndicate. Inc)
Evening star., 1943-12-17
Letters to The Star
Power Politics. Praised
As Something Wanted.
TO the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The man who calls any one who
diSagreeS with him politically a Fascist
Is twin brother to the willing who at
tempts to faSten the label of Com
munist" on an opponent. These babbling
s twins have become triplets by the addi-
ton OF another who rails against power
politics"
Those who have special aversion for
England or Russia assert that the recent
epochal conferences in Cairo and Tehe-
ran make for power politics. Let us
pray heartily that this estimate, though
intended as a criticism, is true 1t is
time that power be added to politics,
dlsplacing the weakness and imbecilities
which have too often degraded it.
The first law of nature is self-preser-
Vatlon and the second is the quest for
further power, physical, mental aod
spiritual. To this end an unknown
benefactor of the distant past invented
the wheel, Archimedes the lever, Steph-
enson the locomotive engine, Fulton the
steamboat, the Wright brothers the air.
plane and Marconi the wireless trans
mission OF sound. Some future physicist
Will discover method to split the atom.
10 live full symmetrical life man must
possess a sound mind in a healthy BODY,
and the basic condition for such life is
power
The present holocaust of global war
vas born of weak politics which, as w.
+. Gladstone said, marks the record of
human government as the saddest page
IN history Government is a business
calllng for power, efficiency and skill,
and too long have great nations been
ruled by mcompetents
Military cooperation with Russia has
been of measureless benefit to the United
States and the British Empire Whv
should we hesitate to cooperate politi-
cally with that great and valiant nation?
Russians have not our type of democracy.
but they have been, and are, indispen
sable as cur comrades in arms. Great
Britain may not rule India In a manner
pleasing to many Americans, but TODAY
l,0oO,0OO natives of India are fighting
under British officers in the battle for
human liberty Evidently these men of
Mother India prefer British power
politics" to Gandhis nonresistance tn
the japanese
lhere Is strength in unity only when
1t Is given power by intelligence and
purpose. HYACINTHE RINGROSE.
New York.