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Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30
WEDDINGS
BROWN HOLTZMAN

DINONN tlOb DhAN
Announcement of the marriage
of Miss Virginia Brown of Mil
ford, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Brown of Logan, W. Va,
and Edward o. Hoffman of Mil
ford, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
S. Hoffman, of Winchester, Va.
has been made. The wedding took
place at Harrington on June IS,
the Rev. Thomas c. Jones. pastor
of Trinity Methodist Church of
that town. performing the cere-
mOny.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30
NEWMAN

Funeral rites for Mrs. Josephine
Galloway Newman, age 72 years,
widow of Frank Newman, were
held in the Fred w. Harrington
Funeral ParlOrs at Harrington on
Tuesday afternoon of last week,
with Rev. II. V. BranfOrd. pastor
of Asbury Methodist Church. Off
ciating. Interment in hollywood
cemetery. Mrs. Newman passed
away on Friday. June 16 at Mrs.
Laura Webbs Nursing Home in
Frederick. Among the numerous
floral tributes were lilies in a pair
of brass vases brought from Asbury
Church for this occasion. Mrs. New
man presented these holders to the
church in July. 1912, in memory OF
her daughter. Miss Helena New
man.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30

zzz HE WEDDING of Miss
f " Margaret Jane Bar
nard, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Remsen c.
- Barnard, Jr., to Seaman
George E. Chambers, Jr., son of
Lieutenant-Commander and Mrs.
George E. Chambers of Lewes, will
take place in All Saints Episcopal
Church at Rehoboth on Thursday,
July 6, at four O'Clock with Father
Nelson Rightmeyer officiating. Miss
Adele Townsend Chambers, sister of
the grOOm-elect, will be maid of
honor and serving as bridesmaids
will be Mrs. Remsen c. Barnard,
sister-in-law of the bride, Mrs.
Charles Murphy, Miss Demtria
Jones of RehobOth and Mrs. Charles
N. Martus of New Rochelle, N. Y.
Seaman Remsen c. Barnard, bro
ther of the bride, will be best man,
and the ushers will include MIR. Har-
vey Phillips, Mr.. Edgar F. Isaacs,
Jr., Mr.. Carson Ward and Lieuten-
ant David Anthony Potter of Lewes.
A reception at the RehOboth Coun-
try; Club will follow the ceremony.
The brides parents will entertain at
dinner at the club on Wednesday
following the rehearsal.
g.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archibald Mills an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Jean c. Mills, to Private
Richard Hall KINNEY, son of MIR.
and Mrs. Jesse KINNEY. The young
couple are both members of this
years class of Milford High School.
At present Private KINNEY is sta
toned at Camp Wolters, Texas, and
is in the infantry. No date has been
set for the wedding.
g.
Mrs. Herbert Nichols entertained
at her home on Wednesday afternoon
at one-thirty with a dessert bridge.
The guests were: Mrs. James Cres-
son, Mrs. Raymond Masten, Mrs.
Rex Thames, Mrs. Jack NAPLES,
Mrs. Laurence Fitchett, Mrs. Ford
Sewell, Mrs. o. B. Bach, Mrs. John
Fry and her daughter, Mrs. Taylor
Grant Cushmore of New York, Mrs.
Ernest Killen of Harrington, Mrs.
Farrell Jackson of Wyoming, and
Mrs. William Storey of Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30

On Wednesday evening Mr.. and
Mrs. Faix entertained. the members
of the club at Sequoia Inn at Lewes
at dinner and having their sons,
Tom and Dick and Miss Geraldine
Calhoun as guests, too. Reverend
and Mrs. John ]. Brown of Sails
bury were unable to be present as
was Cadet Gunner William Faix,
who is now in the final phase of his
training at Avon Park, Florida.
o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hallett Vinyard en-
tertained the 900" Club at their
home on Monday evening, the mem
bers enjoying the game together.
Guests were Mr.. and Mrs. George
Shaeffer, MIR. and Mrs. Irwin Bow
man, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Schmidt, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Weary, Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott Mid
dletOn, and Mrs. Harry Braud of
Miami, Florida.
O.
More hosts are being added to the
fine list of those who will give a
vacation to the Fresh Air children,
who will arrive next month. What
a good time is in store for these
girls and boys who only know
crowded streets as a playground, and
whose lives have been so hemmed
in by restrictions. The wide spaces
will seem good to them. Mr.. and Mrs.
Milton Swartzentruber, MIR. and
Mrs. Mark Swartzentruber, Mr..
Mrs. L. L. Swartzentruber and
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Swartzentruber
of Greenwood are taking care of
six children. One each will he en-
tertained by MIR. and Mrs. Herman
Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Dut-
ton, and MIR. and Mrs. Earl Sheldon
of Lincoln.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30
ZIPPERER HOSTEDLER

Miss Erie Zipperer, daughter of
W. w. Zipperer. of Clearwater,
Florida. became the bride of Cor
pOral Harold HOstedler, son of
Mrs. V. b. HOstedler of near Mil
ford at a quiet ceremony in the
home of Rev. l.. G. Anderson,
Oceanside. California, on June 8.
Corporal HOstedler is with the Ma
rine Amphibious Tractor Special
lied Training Regiment at Camp
Pendleton, Calf.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30
THIRTY YEARS AGO
TAKEN FROM THE 1914 FILES OF
THE MILFORD CHRONICLE

Rev. Francis Burgette Short of
Spokane. Washington. is passing a
months vacation with relatives
and friends in Delaware. His wife
and son accompanied him East,
and stopped for a few days visit
with friends in Wilmington.
Word was received this week
from W. A. Humes. who reports
that he reached London safely on
June %, after a pleasant trip
across.
Mrs. r. Ralston Davis, accom-
panied by Mrs. Robert r. Rust and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hudson of Har-
beson, are visiting relatives and
friends in Philadelphia, Camden
and Salem, n. J.
William Richards of Washing
ton, ID. c., has. been visiting his
sister, Mrs. Sallie Davis. this week.
The first lima beans to be shown
in Milford markets were sold by
Cornelius Grant, who resides in
South Milford, early last week and
commanded good price. The pods
were well filled with good grade
beans. Mr.. Grant has claimed the
record for early beans for the past
several years, but states that this
season they were earlier than usu-
al.
The directors of the First Ma
tiOnal Bank of Milford at their
semi-annual meeting held this week
declared a dividend of nine per
cent, regular. and another one per
cent extra dividend.
A fishing party composed OF
Louder y. 1earn, James p. Pierce,
Grover G. Parvis. George T. Mack
lin. Jay Pierce. William Ramsey
and Mr.. Buck. went to the coral
beds off Slaughter Beach last week
where they enjoyed a fine days
trout fishing. In all the party
caught one hundred fine sea trout
and a number of bass. Messrs.
Hearn and Ramsey are rivals for
the honor of catching the most
trout and caught the same num-
Der of fish during the day. Hearn
caught one which weighed five and
a quarter pounds, while Ramsey's
largest catch tipped the scales at
six pounds even. The trip was made
in the large launch owned by
Messrs. Hearn and Pierce.
A plague of feas is reported by
many folks this season. Nothing
used seems to kill the nests.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30

Mrs. r. RalstOn Davis, accom-
panied by Mrs. Robert r. Rust and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hudson of Har-
beson, are visiting relatives and
friends in Philadelphia, Camden
and Salem, n. J.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30

Word was received this week
from W. A. Humes. who reports
that he reached London safely on
June %, after a pleasant trip
across.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30
HYETT ANDERSON

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Anderson
of Greenwood, announce the mar
riage of their son, Alfred Ander-
son to Miss Alfredo MOllie Hyctt
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Theodore Hyett, of Lydney, Eng
land. The ceremony was perform
ed on Saturday, May 13. at II a.
m., i'm the parish at the Parish
Church of Lydney. in Gloucester
county by the vicar, l.. p. Jones.
Miss Patricia Hyett, sister of the
bride, and Lieutenant Richard HOr-
lick ROmney were the attendants.
A reception followed the ceremony
at the home of the brides parents.
The parents and close relatives OF
the bride and also approximately
so officers and enlisted men were
present. 1t was the first American
wedding ever held in that town.
The couple left for 3-day honey
moon following the reception. They
visited London, England, on their
trip. Mr.. Anderson is graduate
of Greenwood High School and
Goldey College. Wilmington. He is
now serving as first lieutenant in
the armed forces in England.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30

William Richards of Washing
ton, ID. c., has been visiting. his
sister, Mrs. Sallie Davis. this week.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30

The directors of the First Ma
tiOnal Bank of Milford at their
semi-annual meeting held this week
declared a dividend of nine per
cent. regular. and another one per
cent extra dividend.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30

A plague of fieas is reported by
many folks this season. Nothing
used seems to kill the pests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-12
Danger Spot

Since the war began, housewives have come
out Of the kitchen to climb shipyard scaffolds
with riveting machine and welding torch They
have worked with flashing knives and whirl-
ing saws. awesome cranes, presses and
punches.
Now comes a responsible home economist
with the declaration that the kitchen is lone of
the most hazardous spots on earth" Such
things as kerosene, naptha, I've and abrasives
she calls 'ferocious.''
Probably she is right. Accident figures have
long bolstered her dire warnings. Now it may
be hoped that experience in factories, where
hazards are respected and guarded against
will impel the war-working housewife to plan
better and proceed more cautiously in her
peacetine kitchen
But there is also the possibility that, if the
home economists words get circulated sui
ficiently. no one will be able to coax feminine
factory workers into booby-trapped kitchens
again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-12
Daily Prayer
FOR QUICK CONsCIENCEs.

AS a deep undertone of life runs
our awareness of this world con
fict, into which Thou hast calico
us, o God, whose ways are in
scrutable, yet forever prompted by
love. We sense duly the greatness
Of this crisis hour. Our hearts &C
out in comradeship with our ser.
vicemen, that we pray daily fol-
victory. Still we covet keener
consciousness of what the war
means, and of what Thou art rdoing
with our times. Teach us, we en-
treat Thee, Thy purposes in this
vast upheaval. Open our eyes to
Thy call for righteousness and
good will upon the part of each
of us: may we live for the same
ends as our men fight for. May
we know ourselves true comrades
in arms with all warriors of God
Sensitize our spirits to an under
standing of the spiritual goals at
stake. Make us great enough to
match this opportunity for a new
world, wherein dwelleth righteous.
ness. So in loyal obedience to Thee
alert to Thine every admonition,
we would take up our share of the
burden of war and peace. Amen
WIFE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-12
Make Their Own Plans

AS an example OF the predisposition OF states
to make their own way without too much fed
eral supervision or paternalsm, it is worth
noting that four states-New York, California,
Michigan and New Jersey-now give financial
assistance to local governments for the pre-
paration Of plans and specifics atoms for post
war public works.
New York in 1913 was the first to provide
such aid when the temporary state commission
for postwar public works planning was granted
49, 100000 fof state public works planning and
grants to local agencies on a matching basis.
the state pays one-haf the cost of preliminary
plans up to one-haH of per cent for the de-
tailed plans if the total cost Of planning does
not exceed per cent Of the cost of con-
struction.
The other three states entered the field this
year. California appropriated $1o,ooo,0OO of
which 100000 is to be used for plans and
specifications and 100000 600 for site purchases
Assistance will be given local units through
the state reconstruction and unemployment
commission which was voted 500, 900 recently
to expand its staff and set up two regional
offices.
Michigan appropriated $5,oOo,Oo0 to defray
one-half the cost at local public works plan
ming. The Michigan planning commission re-
ceives and approves ths applications OF local
governments for funds to defray the cost Of
surveys plans and specifications. This COM
mission has issued manual of procedures
and urges that local communities evaluate pro-
jects by the need, the ability Of the community
to finance and support the improvement and
the amount Of employment to be provided.
New Jersey created a department Of eco.
nornic development to supervise ALLEGATIONS
amounting to 100000 to local governments
for plans and specifications
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-12
The Literary Guidepost

operation on scale without prec.
edent in the history Of wars, ar
invasion against an enemy that
had been fortified for years. It de.
manded special invasion ships and
boats, and amphibians, and water.
proof steel. It demanded special
ize training. Above all, it demand.
ed imagination, and in Roosevelt
and Churchill it got imaginative
treatment. Stain called the in.
vasion. the most imaginative
heroic military step in all his
tory"
This paragraph is the key. Mr..
Tobin's narrative supports at all
times his belief that what actu-
ally won the beachheads and later
France was properly supplemented
imagination. We had, the book in
dicates, better materiel and more
Of it, but we had also more flexible
minds which is only another
name for imagination, after all.
Mr.. Tobin's important service is
to align the various invasion fac
tors in proper order and perspec-
tive. The temptation to smother
the whole thing in the plentiful
color" OF the operation was doubt
less great. But the book, is sane,
balanced and clear
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-12
BY JOHN SELBY
Invasion JOURNAL" by

nlCnAru II. IODn (DuttOns $@Js
The finest writing about the in.
vasion of western Europe I have
seen is contained in a medium
sized book by Richard L. Tobin,
called Invasion Journal" Mr.. To-
bins book is very personal one,
and certainly he will not convince
all his readers that all his state
ments are true, which is unim-
portant. Some people, in addition,
will feel that a 60-page introduction
in which such familiar staples as
a convoy trip to England and Eng
lish food are described once again
is little too much Of a curtain
raiser. But for me, even these we'll
chewed ideas and well-k W n
$ c e n s were pleasant in Mr..
Iobln's remarkably fluent n d
controlled prose. When at last
gets down to business, the effect
is first rate.
by the end of 1912" writes Mr.
Tobin, whose home paper is the
New York Herald Tribune 'the
combined chiefs of staff had a
good picture Of what could hap
pen in the west and how it could
be made to happen. It was a work
OF imagination. It was combined
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-12
Out OF The Line. Into The Tub

up" said the lanky soldier. you'll
feel better if you 60 get a drink
quick before you faint"
The other clean doughboy h c
laid down his bundle of dirty
clothes and stood looking at his
hands.
81 couldn't get them clean,' he
said slowly. 81 scrubbed them anc
soaped them, but look at them. u
The hands were still darkly
streaked and grimy.
'"rhat CT. soaps no good, bud
said the lanky doughboy in a gruf
fly gentle tone. That's your trou.
BILE. It's that damn soap"
"It must be ground into them, -
said the solder with dirty hands
without needing the others com
ment. Maybe it'll wear off,
He picked up his bundle anc
walked on.
More soldiers came out of the
bathrooms and others went in anc
the line inched forward.
Flows it been up there?" said
the lanky soldier suddenly remem
bering the original question. Hell
I don't know. It's been like Monte
Cairo or Lungo.. It's a little like
Casino - not as. t ough in some
ways, tougher in others. Same as
Always, guess, only now it's cold
err"
He strobe into the nearest bath.
room and started taking off his
shirt as an aged French woman
scrubbed the ring from the TUX
and turned the hot water on again
He was already half undressec
when she hustled out, pulling the
door shut behind her.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-12
Doesn't Make Sense

No industry is more stringently regulated in
every phase Of operation than the railroad in
dustry. Final authority over its functioning is
vested In the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, non-partisan body selected by the
President. Therefore. a recent action of the
Justice Department in filing an antitrust suit
against the railroads is an attack on the ICC
The Attorney General Charges that a combi-
nation Of private financial industrial and rail-
road interests have acted collusively to main
tain non-competitive rates for Transportation
and to prevent and retard Improvement in the
services and facilities Of railroads for the
Western part Of the United States.'
Let the figures speak for themselves. While
the general price and wage level has scared
upward, average freight rates in the Western
district are approximately II per cent lower,
and average passenger fares without taxes
are about % per cent lower than in 1882
As far as railroad progress in the western
part of the United States is concerned, the
first diesel-powered, streamlined trains in
America made their debut on western lines
ten years ago. Within five years there were
% such trains operating in the United States,
4s Of them on western lines. Today, even in the
face Of wartime restrictions. there are 124
such trains. Air conditioning was first consd
cred for railway cars in 1881. BY the end o,
1888, there were 46 air conditioned railwa,
ears IN the entire country. Two years late,
there were $500 in service on Western line.
alone. While western lines were adopting desc
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-12
LETTER BOX
CHINA'S INDEPENDENCE


To the Editor:
Please permit me space to smart
the following facts relating 70 Wv
mas independence day with YOU
readers.
/. October 10, 1911, was the Gay
of the Chinese revolutionary up
rising which ended in the over
throw of the Manchu Monarchy,
2. Founder of the Repuohc "
China, and its first provisional
President was Sun Yat-sen.
8. Sun Yat-sen was in the unlle'
States on October 10, 1911. He re-
turned Immediately to China, ;,
4. Sun Yat-sen died on Marin
IL, 1925, leaving to the Cnlne"
people his will which charged nh
followers to carry through the PRIV
gram and the principles OF th'
Revolution to their consummanol.
5. Chang Kai-shek, then "a yean
old, left Japan where he was w.
ing military training to JON /"
Revolution in China. i,
6. The Republic of China is oassa
on the Three Peoples Principe,
(San Min Chu y: the principe .
the Peoples Nation min Tsu' IN ~
principle of the Peoples Rlgn,|
min Chuan), and the principe "
t h e Peoples Livelihood (M"
Sheng). 81
7. The Kuomintang (Nationa
Peoples Party is the revolu,,o.
airy party, founded by Sun ls "a,
sen, which over threw the MancA'
monarchy, unified the nation e.
tablished. the National Govern
ment, and leads the nation IN ~
war program.
8. The National Flag OF Cha.
finally adopted in 1928 is Ass
with a white sun with twelve Tsn
on a blue sky in aired field IN
earlier flag of the Repu.
lie of China was a five-bar fls lg1
now no longer in use. the ";
dragon flag with the yellow lt.'
was the flag of the Manchu fuls
c. D. Barcift, Local ChalrnlaII
United China Rela
Wilmington, N. C.
Oct. II, 1914.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-12

ing out looked strangely pale in
the hazy light. They carried their
dirty clothes in the same gingerly
way they had carried their clean
ones. The line moved up as two
more doughboys went inside.
The clean pair moved toward the
outer door slowly and self : con.
sciously, aware Of the contrast OF
their appearance with hose still
unwashed. One halted, lit a ciga'
rette and laughed nervously.
'I'm scared to 60 outside now
he said. II may catch pneumo.
MIA. That's the first bath I've had
in France. I feel weak all over. -
'That dirt's been holding y ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-12
Substandard Dwellings

Denver adopted a housing code last month
local governments with comprehensive ordi-
nances regulating existing housing. The ordi-
nance defines substandard dwelling units and
empowers the building inspector to compel cor
re ton of substandard conditions.
Standards set up by the code are divided
into two groups: Those rejecting conditions
resulting from deterioration or structural faults
and second, conditions arising from faulty de-
n, equipment or utilities. Failure to meet
any one of the 26 specific standards listed in
the code classifies the dwelling units as sub
st ,ndard.
Included in the first group Of standards are
specific references to structural unsoundness.
fire hazards, deteriorating plaster, broken win
dows or doors, lack Of weather proofing and
infestation.
The second group includes requirements
where necessary utilities are available-for a
sink with running water in every dwelling unit;
water closet for every three dwelling units,
but not to serve more than IL persons; win
dows for each room which allow a specific
amount Of ventilation; and separate access
to each dwelling unit without passing through
any room Of any other unit.
In addition to listing the conditions Of design,
equipment and maintenance, the code provides
that not more than two persons per room shall
occupy any dwelling unit-children under six
are not counted as persons. Occupancy of one
dwelling unit by more than one family Is for
hidden.
Costly and time consuming court action to
enforce the ordinance is avoided by empower
ing the chief building inspector to inspect and
enforce the ordinance and by setting up a five
man board of review appointed by the mayor
to hear appeals from persons unwilling to COM
ply with the orders of the building inspector.
Final appeal to the local court is permitted
II the findings of the board of review are not
accepted by the complainant. The local court
is given authority only to determine whether
the decision Of the board was based on sub
stantial evidence or whether the board exceed
ed its jurisdiction, the association said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-12
South England Pounded
Hard By Flying Bombs

LONDON, Oct. 11.-CR)-South-
ern England suffered one of its
steadiest poundings from flying
bombs in months tonight when
the Germans made three attacks
within a few hours.
The first attack occurred before
dusk and the others followed at
about 80 minute intervals.
Each raid encountered terrific
anti-aircraft fire and the guns
scored successes but some missiles
exploded inland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-12
By KENNETH L. DIXON

WITH THE AEF IN FRANCE,
Oct. 3.-Delayed)- Up Inside a
French bathhouse, struggling
line of doughboys waited in various
slumped postures, filthy an d
weary.
They had come out of the front
line for the first time since the
invasion. Each carried a bundle OF
clean clothes, holding it gingerly
for fear of soiling it. The damp,
misty warmth issuing from cracks
in the doors of the individual bath
rooms where other soldiers were
splashing about in huge metal tubs
seemed to seep into their muscles
and relax their cold, dirty bodies.
Their eyes were remote, sunken
and unseeing as they waited with
the sodden patience of men who
long since learned that war is
mostly hurry up and wait-of men
who know worse things than wait.
ing.
A lanky soldier looked up with
suspicious eyes staring bitterly Out
of bearded, hollow-cheeked face.
why don't you 60 up and find
out-reporter?" he sal d sowly,
with biting emphasis on the last
word.
II just came from there, sol.
der, but I figured you'd k W
more about it,
well, If you were up there, you
saw what it's like. Just like al
ways"
Had many casualties?"
He shifted his feet and looked
away, then looked back.
There's so left out of my whole
company, he said duly. 1--WE
started this attack over strength.
I guess you'd call that qui few
casualties.
you're lucky" said a medium
sized stocky boy next to him sud
denly. my squad has only one
left" He didn't look in our direc-
ton as he spoke.
"What kind Of outfit are you
in?" the tall one asked.
Heavy weapons. I'm a ma.
chinegunner."
IT guess you'll get promoted
now" commented the lanky sol
dier without hunor. No one laugh
ed or answered him.
Two bathroom doors opened 81.
mutaneously and the soldiers com.