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Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
T.G. Townsend Backs
DeweyA Convention
Former u S. Senator Is First of Nine Delegates
Elected At State Conclave This Week To
Pledge His Support; New Deal Bureau
cracy Is Flayed By Senator Buck; Harmony
Prevailed Throughout Inspiring Session.

Former U. S. Senator John G.
Townsend. Jr., of Selbyville. be-
came the first of Delaware's nine
delegates to the Republican Ma
tional Convention to pledge himself
when he stated publicly at Dover on
Wednesday that he would vote for
Governor Thomas Il. Dewey, of
New York. if Dewey is a candidate
for the presidential nomination.
Mr.. Townsend's statement. COM
ing toward the end of the Republi-
can delegate convention in the Cap
itol Theatre, Dover. aroused the
greatest moment of enthusiasm. II
was Immediately an important top
ic of conversation, for the former
senator is chairman of the Repub-
lican Senatorial Campaign Com
mittee.
Called on to speak by U. S. Rep
resentative Earle ID. Wiley, Of
Dover. who had been elected per-
manent chairman of the convention,
Mr.. Townsend. predicted that IF
we nominate the proper candidate
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Sussex Farm Bureau
Names New Officers
Charles P. Splcer OF Georgetown,
Elected President

At the annual meeting of the
Sussex county meeting of the Sus-
sex County Farm Bureau. held in
the Georgetown Grange Hall. the
following officers were selected for
1944-45: Charles p. Spicer. presi-
dent, Georgetown. Coulter Passwa-
tsrs. vice president. Bridgeville;
William Hopkins, secretary and
treasurer. Lewes. Directors: Phil
ip Jacobs, Milford; Coulter Pass
waters, Bridgeville; Daniel H. Cal
lOway. Bridgeville; Chas. l.. Hud-
son. Laurel; Fred Wright. Delmar;
Elwood Workman, Georgetown. r.
d. /; Grise McCabe. Selbyville; w.
c. Phillips. Fairmount; George
Briggs. Georgetown; William Hop
kins. Lewes; Charles P. Spicer.
Georgetown; Oliver Boyce, Cannon.
P. c. Turner. president of the
Interstate Farmers Council. spoke
on the need for farm organization.
Martin Sutton. representative of
the Maryland Farm Bureau, dis
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Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Stocks Reduced By Half
In Some Cases; Deal
ers Hail Rise In Price
OF Poultry.

Feed stocks on Delaware farms
have been reduced by a record per-
centage, in some cases to less than
half the amount last year, because
OF the large number of livestock on
the farms and because Hast years
crops were shortened by drought.
According to the crop report for
April issued by the Bureau of Ag-
ricultural Economics of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture. stocks of corn
are estimated at 1.1SS,000 bushels.
80 per cent less than the amount
on hand a year ago, wheat stocks
are estimated at $4,000 bushels as
compared with $4,000 bushels on
April /. 1913. oats stocks at 10000
bushels ave As per cent less than
those a year ago. and soy bean
stocks at 10000 bushels are So
per cent less than the 100000 bush
els available last year.
Feed requirements have been un-
usually high owing to record num-
bers of livestock and poultry on
farms. it is explained. and because
of restricted movement and the
tendency of farmers to hold grain
for feeding on their own farms,
supplies available for purchase are
small.
Price Rise Hailed
Meanwhile. the Delaware Feed
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Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Farmers Feed Applications
At Record Low A sked For
In DelawareHearn Fund
Milford PhilanthrOpist
Set Up Fund To Aid
Worthy Children In
This Vicinity.

The following statement made
today by the Milford Trust Com
paDy. serving as trustee of the
Louder N. Hearn Educational Fund
is self-explanatory:
Resolved. That the Milford Trust
Company as trustee of the Hearn
Educational Fund. established un-
der the will of Louder N. Hearn
authorizes the following announce
ment:
The will of our late fellowtowns-
man. Louder N. Hearn. provided
for trust fund. of which the Mil
ford Trust Company is trustee, to
be known as the Hearn Education
al Fund of which the income is to
be used in helping and assisting
the worthy and deserving white
boys and girls of this vicinity in
securing an education. Mr.. Hearn' S
will stipulated that the trustees
were to use their judgment in the
distribution of the income so as
to do the most good.
Pursuant to the terms of this
bequest the Milford Trust Com
pany invites applications for the
financial assistance of the Hearn
Educational Fund from the boys
and girls of this vicinity for the
furtherance of their education. APP
plications should be sent to the
Hearn Education Fund in care of
the Milford Trust Company. The
final date for the receipt of appli-
cations to be acted upon this year
will be May 4.
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Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Women's Club To-
Aid Sussex Students
This Years Graduates May Again
Obtain Loan

To members of this years grad
uating classes, the Business and
Professional Women's Club of Sus-
sex county is again offering a Stu
dent Loan Fund. A small loan fund
was first established by the club
for educational purposes in 1871.
This year the loan is being Of
fered to members of this years
graduating classes who are Sussex
countians; heretofore the loan had
been offered only to the schools
of towns represented on the clubs
membership.
Application for the loan should
he made by filling in the special
forms which have been distributed
among the superintendent of the
schools. Those interested in addi-
tional information about the loan
should contact one of the following
members of the educational COM
mittees: Mrs. Dortha Cannon, of
Bridgeville; Miss Dorothy Morgan,
of Bridgeville; Miss Madeline Ar
mold. Laurel, and Miss Myrtle JEFF
ferson, of Georgetown.
All applications should be mailed
TO Miss Myrtle T. Jefferson, of
by May I.
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21

we will elect a majority in the
House, we will elect the president
will win the Senate"
VIII Vote For Dewey
That Governor Dewey was his
reference to the proper candi-
date" Mr.. Townsend lost no time
in stressing. that UNLESS you in
struct me differently l shall con-
fide in you now that my vote at the
convention will be for Governor
Dewey of New York" He ended
with an appraisal of the New York
governors administration.
Earlier. in both the keynote
speech of U. S. Senator c. Doug
lass Buck. who was elected a dele
gate, and the eight-point resolu-
tion adopted by the convention, the
Republican Party in Delaware left
no doubt as to its line of attack in
the approaching presidential cam
paign.
Senator Buck criticized the New
Deal government of "bureaucrats," "
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Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Child, Woman
KilledbyT Truck
As They Stood
On Kent Road
Richard Quillen, Four
Years Old, And Mil
dred Kruppa Hit AS
They Watch Dog Play
In Lake.

A four-year-old boy and his aunt
were killed and the formers mo-
ther injured late last Friday after
noon when they were struck by a
truck while standing on the banks
of the Wyoming Lake along Mill
Dam Road.
The dead are: Richard Francis
Quillen and Miss Mildred Kruppa,
32 years old, both of Wyoming. Mrs.
Irene Quillen, 30 years old. mo-
ther of the boy, suffered multiple
bruises of the body and shock.
Truck Goes OF Road
State police said the driver of
the truck, Percy Lee Bronson, %
years old. of the 800 block Locust
street. Wilmington. failed to nego-
tiate curve just beyond the Fred
Dolby bridge and swung over to
the left side, striking the three per-
sons who were about two feet off
the dirt road watching a dog romp-
ing in the lake.
The boy was thrown to the
ground while Miss Kruppa was
hurled about Is feet into the lake.
The mother was either brushed or
jumped into the water but escaped
serious injury.
The mother and son were taken
to Kent General Hospital in Dover
in the car of Jack Fields of Wy
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Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Republicans ms
Held Primary
Last Saturday
Carl Simpson And Mrs.
Mabel Dyer Defeated
G.. B. POOre And Miss
Bertha Cole In Contest

Lively contests took place on
Saturday afternoon list in four
election districts in Sussex county
for selection of the Republican
County Committee members. In the
third election district of the First
Representative District (Milford)
Carp Simpson and Mrs. Mabel f.
Dyer won over Brainard Poore and
Miss Bertha Cole by vote of more
than three to one. the vote being
232 to 62. Mrs. Dyer has served
two terms as a member of the
county committee and is county
vice chairman as well as a member
of the State Central Committee.
The contest in the first election
district of the Fifth Representa-
tive District was between James
NJ. Lowe and Mrs. Pearl Carey and
Victor Wright and Pearl F. Work
man. Lowe and Mrs. Carey were
elected Mr.. Wright. who has been
a leader of his election district for
many years. is sealer of weights
and measures of the county.
Walter B. Tingle and Mrs Eva
Hickman won out in the third cleo
tion district of the Sixth Represen-
tative District tGumbOro) in one of
the most spirited contests in the
district for many years.
Five hundred and seventy-one
votes were cast in the Ninth Rep
resentative District Georgetown
which proved to he the real battle
ground in the county. The contest
was between Magistrate w. Elwood
Wright. member of the Board of
Elections of the county and a for
mer county chairman. and j. Lin
den Barr. a former register of wills
and member Of the General Assem-
bly,. and at the present time a
member of the Industrial Accident
Board There was no contest for
committeewOman Mrs. Beatrice
Tyndall. who has held office for the
past two terms and is deputy reg
lister of wills. being on both tick
cts. Magistrate Wright received a
majority of nineteen, the vote be-
ing 295 to 276.
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Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Dental And Medical
Courses For Wesley
New Courses VIII Fit Young WO.
men For Important Positions

Plans have been completed for
addition of a medical and dental
secretarial course to the curricu-
Ium of Wesley Junior College at
Dover with the beginning of the
fall term TO fit women for work as
secretarial assistants in doctors
and dentists offices. The course
has been arranged by the college
with the cooperation and interest
of DIR. Floyd P. II. Moore, dentist,
and DR.. Mary Allen, physician. both
Of Dover.
Replicas of a doctors and dem
lists office will be installed. The
dental secretarial course will in
cmde one hour of instruction
week by DIR. Moore while DR.. Allen
will teach the medical secretarial
students one hour a week on the
medical phase. Other subjects in
the course will be: Chemistry. BIZ
ology, emergency hygiene, short
hand and typewriting, psychology,
and professional bookkeeping. The
Rev. A. A. Bartley, president OF the
college. explained that the course
is designed to qualify the students
To begin work in a Doctors or dem
fists Office without the necessity
Of having to spend the early months
OF employment in learning the es-
sentials required.
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Company c Praised
At Federal Review
Officers And Men Win Plaudits For
Skill And Fine Appearance

Company c of the Delaware State
Guard was cOmplimented on its ap-
pearance and training demonstra-
ton at the annual federal inspec-
ton in the armory on Wednesday
evening. A large number of citizens
witnessed the inspection. including
members of city council. the Cham
her of Commerce. Kiwanis, and RO-
tary Clubs.
Sergeant William Marshall Hugg
was complimented by the inspec-
tiOn officers for being the only
guardsman in the Delaware State
Guard with , years perfect attend
ance.
Company e. generally recOgniz-
ed as one of the crack State Guard
outfits on the Atlantic Seaboard.
recently was awarded the states
highest honors for drilling. attend
ance. etc.
The inspection party included;
Colonel George Ruhlen. command
ant of Fort dupont; Lieutenant
Colonel ]. v Schoonmaker and
Colonel f. f. Compton. Fort du-
Pont: Lieutenant-ColOnel Jo h n
Rachek. Second Service Command;
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Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Grangers Observe
10th Anniversary
Congressman Earle ID. Wiley Was
Guest Speaker Last Saturday

Milford Grange met on Saturday
evening. April Is, to celebrate
their 10th anniversary. Seventy
five members and friends partook
of the bOuntiful supper and enjoy
ed the fellowship together. The
tables were lovely with the bowls
of snapdragons and jonquils. Mrs.
J. S. Willis, Sr.. toastmistress.
Singing of old songs by entire
group.
Prayer. Clarence E. Jester, Past
Master of Delaware State Grange.
Greetings. l. Donald Jester, Mas
ter of Milford Grange.
Remarks. ]. H. Roosa, Past State
Master.
Duet, Kenton Sisters.
Remarks by daughters of charter
members. Miss Roosa and Miss
Barker.
Presentation of Silver Star Ger
tificates by A. Bailey Thomas, Mas
ter of Delaware State Grange, to
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Downing, Maud
Abbott, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard r.
Moore. F. Davis Watson, Edna G.
Barker, A. o. Humphreys. FL. d.
Cook and Trena Kenton,
Milford Grange has eight past
masters living-six were present
and answered the roll call.
Singing by group.
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Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
ROtarianS To
Hold Ladies'
Night May 9th
c. ID. HOlzmuelIer Has
Secured l.. F. Living
stOn, DUPONT Manager,
For Guest Speaker.

The war is being fought and won
in the research laboratory, the
home, the factory, and on the farm
as well as on the fields of battle
all over the world.
This is one of the important facts
that will be discussed and Illus
trated by l.. F. Livingston, mana
ger. dupont Agricultural Extension
division. during the annual Ladies
Night program of the Milford Ro-
tary Club on Monday evening, May
s. The affair will be held in the
community building.
C. d. Holzmueller. who is ar
ranging the Ladies' Night pro-
gram. says that Mr.. Livingston
will point out that while war is
still a struggle between men, it
has also become gargantuan TO-
bot-like conflict between the null
titudinous products of chemical,
engineering, and other technical
research.
How research has been speeded
up to develop numerous chemical
products and requirements for un-
available materials required for
all-out war will be outlined by the
speaker, with numerous concrete
an dexamples.
He will show that modern war
is a conflict of chemicals and that
without a highly developed chemi-
cal industry this country today
would be helpless.
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Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Seven Million Paid
In Income Taxes
Total Number OF Payees viii Ex-
ceed $4,000 Estimate

Nearly S7,OOO.OOO has been paid
in the past few days in federal in
come taxes with the estimated tax
returns, due midnight last Satur-
day night.
Norman Collision. collector, Del
aware district office. Bureau OF
Internal Revenue. said this week
two large mail sacks, filled with
estimated returns mailed by per-
sons late Saturday, were received.
The cashiers Office was deluged
by the checks, money orders, and
cash sent in over the weekend.
Most of the persons are paying one
quarter of the amount they esti-
mate they will have to pay in in
come taxes. in excess of that with
held by employers. About one-sev-
enth are paying the estimated tax
in full.
Twelve thousand persons came in
to file in person and the remainder
mailed their returns in to the Of
flee. The total will run over the
estimated $4,000 for the state, Of
ficials said.
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Travel Decrease Is
Shown By Counters
Percentage Of Decrease Over State
Highway Network Is 1859

Traffic on state highways, as reg
istered by four automatic counters
showed a decrease of 11.59 per
cent in March. as compared with
the same month of last year and
1856 per cent as compared with
March of 1912, according to the
traffic report OF w. B. McKendrick.
Jr.. assistant chief engineer of the
State Highway Department
The percentage decreases at the
counters under March of 1943 were
State Route 2. east of Newark, $50;
U. S .13. north of Smyrna, 1921:
U. S. 113. north of Milford, 1888 !;
U. S. 13, south of Greenwood, 5.S4.
AS compared with March, 1912,
the percentage decreases were:
East of Newark. S4.31; north of
Smyrna, 34.71; north of Milford,
34.14; south of Greenwood. 1886.
A counter ON County Route 104.
south of Chesyold. showed an in
crease of 24.45 per cent there while
a similar counter on County Route
SS. north of Dover, indicated 5.SS
per cent decrease.
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Reflect |. r. Brown
State COP Chairman
Other State Committee Members
Named Following Party COnclaVe

Isaac r. Brown, Jr, of 906 West
Twenty-Seventh street. Whining
ton, was reelected chairman of the
Republican State Committee at Do
yer on Wednesday afternoon imme-
diately after the partys delegate
convention was adjourned at the
Capitol Theatre. Dover.
Mr.. Brown. who is register OF
wills of New Castle county, thus
begins his second term of two years
as head of the Delaware Republic
can organization. After thanking
the newly elected committee mem
bers who had chosen him, MIR.
Brown promised a vigorous leader
ship with the immediate objective
that of carrying the state in the
coming general election.
Mrs. Vera G. Davis. of Dover.
was reelected vice chairman of
the committee; Herbert B. Mearns,
of Wilmington. was chosen trea-
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Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Telephone Co. To
Get Security Award
Highest Ranking Civilian Defense
Honor Goes To Diamond State

The National Security Award.
highest ranking honor of the Office
of Civilian Defense, will be given
the Diamond State Telephone Com
pany at special ceremonies this
evening FRIDAY, April 2D at $3.50
O'Clock in the New Century Club,
Wilmington, it. was announced to-
day.
The telephone company is the
first Delaware concern to receive
the award which is granted to in
dustrial organizations for outstand-
ing accomplishment in total pro-
lection and security and signifies
extraordinary achievement in es-
tablishing superior security and
protection measures against enemy
air raids. fire. sabotage and avoid
able accidents" according to oCD
officials.
Governor Walter Bacon will
head the list of outstanding guests
at the ceremonies. when Colonel
Frank McNamee, deputy national
director of the OCD, will present
the award to Philip C. Staples,
president of the Diamond State
Telephone Company All tele-
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Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Colored Youth VIII
Meet On April 28
Session Will Be Held At State Col
Iege In Dover

The Delaware Congress of Col
ored Parents and Teachers will
conduct its annual Youth Confer
ence at State College on Friday,
April 2S. The one-day session will
attract 'teen-agers" from all sec
tions of the state. Schools and To-
cal chapters of the Congress will
send delegates to the confab de-
signed to discuss the role of
youngsters in present-day society
as we'll as to the postwar era.
Mrs. Cecie P. Henry is president
of the state organization. Confer
ence arrangements are under the
direction of Mrs. Vivian ]. Tells,
principal of the State College Lab
oratory High School.
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Set
May l6 As Date
For Convention
Senator Jas. NJ. Tunnel
Selected To Give Key
note Address At Dover
Convention.

Recommending that the Della
ware delegation to the Democratic
National Convention be instructed
to support President Roosevelt fol
reelection, the Democratic State
Committee Monday night of this
week set Tuesday. May 16, as the
date for its state delegate conven-
tion and selected U. S. Senator
James M. Tunnel as the keynoter
The resolution advocating sup
port of President Roosevelt, which
was presented by James M. Reese
Wilmington, set forth that ''it is
the sense of this committee that
the further successful prosecution
of the war in cooperation with our
Allies and the cause of humanity
demands the continuation of the
leadership of this greatest of war
Presidents"
The resolution recommended to
the coming state convention "fav-
orable consideration of a resolu-
tion providing that each of the
delegates and the alternates be in
structed to vote for Franklin Della
no Roosevelt as the Democratic
candidate for President"
Success OF War Cited
"Since the Japanese sneak at
tack, the nation, together with its
Allies. has been involved in a glo-
bal war against the forces of evil
and aggression which seek to de-
stroy the right of self government"
and has been able to defend her
self and aid her Allies and with
them to repulse the common foe, ;"
the resolution said.
1t stressed that "the high de-
gree of success which has been
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Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
All "V" Gardeners To
Vie For Merit Badges
Sears, ROebuck Foundation
Provides Series OF
Fine Prizes

The National All Victory Gar
den Activity, which has contributed
appreciably to increasing food pro-
duction since its inception in 1912,
is continued this year. Through
their All projects, members last
year produced six million bushels
of garden products.
AS incentives to outstanding
achievements by rural youth gar
deners, the Sears. Roebuck Foun-
dation provides gold-plated medals
for four county winners, $25 War
Bonds for eight state champions.
and trips to the National All Club
Congress in Chicago next Decem-
ber as we'll as 500 War Bonds for
eight sectional-national winners.
Last years state winner in Della
ware was Marshall ]. Frazier of
FELTON,.
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
AirpLGne Stamp No. 2
Good For Shoes May I
OPA Announces New Set
Up In Shoe Ration
Plan

Airplane Stamp No. Two in Ra-
tion Book Three will be good fol
the purchase of one pair of ra-
toned shoes beginning May
for an indefinite period, the Office
of Price Administration announced
this week.
Airplane Stamp No. One, current
ly valid. also may be used indefi-
nitely Stamp Is in Ration Book
One will expire April 80.
OPA revealed that distribution
of rationed shoes during 1943 ex-
ceeded production by more than
53,OO0.OO0 pairs. This heavy drain
on Inventories it said. CLEARLY
demonstrates why it has been. nee
essary to decrease the rate of shoe
rationing to civilians"
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-21
Spray Notes Ready
For Fruit Growers
OrchardiStS Can Obtain Valuable
Information From County Agent

Within the past few days fruit
growers in Kent county received
the fourth edition of orchard spray
notes for the 1914 season in regard
to the spraying of apple and peach
trees for the control of insects and
plant diseases which are common
to the fruit crop in this area.
These spray notes are prepared
by the departments of entomology
and plant pathology of the Univer-
sity of Delaware. and are distribut-
ed in cooperation with the State
Board of Agriculture through the
Office of Russell E. Wilson, county
agricultural agent, to those fruit
growers who request this spray
service. Several weeks ago cards
were mailed to all orchardists in
Kent county in order to determine
which growers desired this timely
information on spraying and other
cultural practices, and over 100 re-
quests have been received for these
spray notes.
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p. s. dupont
n a m ed Tax
Head By Bacon
Will Take Over Post He
Held From 1925 Until
1887 On May Is; Call
ed Best For Post.

Pierre S. DUPONT has been ap-
pointed state tax commissioner by
Governor Walter w. Bacon-a post
he held from 1925 to 1897. .
The appointment is effective
May Is.
Mr.. dupont succeeds James P.
Truss who leaves to enter private
employment after seven years as
tax commissioner and Is years as
sociation with the tax office, part
of which time he was assistant to
Mr.. DUPONT.
Called Best For Post
In announcing the appointment,
Governor Bacon said. Il think we
should he very proud that Mr.. du-
Pont has consented to accept the
appointment He is certainly the
best man in the state for this very
important post"
The appointment Of Mr. dupont
is for the remaining period of Mr..
Truss term which ends November
1. 1945.
The return of Mr. DUPONT to the
tax office as its head was hailed
throughout the state as one of the
most important and beneficial ap-
pointsments by the Governor.
Built Up Office
1t was recalled that it was
through the personal efforts and
civic interest of Mr.. dupont that
the state tax Office was built up
into vital department of the state
He became the tax commissioner
in 1925. appointed by the then Gov
ernor Robert P. Robinson, at a
time when Mr.. dupont was virtu-
ally rebuilding the state school
system and at the same time en-
couraging the citizens of the state
to accetp their responsibility in
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