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Milford chronicle., 1944-08-11

Friends of Mrs. Brown Thaw-
ley enjoyed a dessert bridge par
ty which she gave at her home
on South Walnut street Thurs
day evening OF last week. Pres
ent were Mrs. Frank r. Grier,
Mrs. Clyde Nelson, Mrs. A. e.
Humes. Mrs. George Sheafrer,
Miss Dorothy Derrickson, Mrs.
Jack NAPLES, Mrs. Byron Gibson,
Mrs. Edwin Fisher, Mrs. Laur-
ence Fitchett, Mrs. Warren
Young. Mrs. Rex Thames, Mrs.
James Cresson, Mrs. James
Humes, Mrs. Harvey Phillips and
Mrs. David Hugg.
Milford chronicle., 1944-08-11
WEBB

James F. Webb, SO years old of
Blades. died in Kent General Hos
pital, Dover. early Saturday MORN
ing, August 3, following a linger-
ing illness. He was president of
Webb and Turner. well known
building contractors of lower Della
ware, also was owner of a large
shell crushing plant at Blades, and
was associated with several other
businesses. In addition to his wife,
he is survived by two sons and two
daughters. Private Ira ]. Webb, u.
S. Army, and Private Burton E.
Webb. Army Air Forces. and Miss
Eleanor Ellen Webb and Miss Betty
Belle Webb. both living at home;
five brothers, Isaac. Norman. and
Horace Webb of Glendale; George
of Dover. and Charles of Green
wood; two sisters. Mrs. Carrie Bur-
ton of Milton and Mrs. Mollie Bur-
ton of MillsborO. The funeral was
held Monday afternoon with SER
vices in the Blades Methodist
Church at 2 O'Clock. Interment was
made in Blades Cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1944-08-11

BUY WA. BOsps.
Milford chronicle., 1944-08-11

This evening Mrs. Thomas r.
Wilson, Miss Harriet Wilson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Houston Wilson are
entertaining a large group of
friends to buffet supper at their
lovely country home Fairfield"
i'm Prime Hook Neck.
Evening star., 1944-03-29

Read These Great April Features:
Book Length Novel, STRANGE EN-
COUNTER, Jean Dupont Miller; MADE
OVER WIFE,, ehunning Pollock; Book
Condensation, II AM A HOLLYWOOD
EXTRA, Volta Boyer; WHO COULD ASK
FOR ANYTHING MoRE?". Koy Swift.
Evening star., 1944-03-29
A. P. Bureau Editor Killed
In Chicago Auto Crash

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Mar. 29.-William H
Lochner, 27, an editor in the Chi
cago bureau of the Associated Press,
was killed last night when his auto
mobile struck a cement safety post
on the near North Side.
Police said Mr.. Lochner was alone
in his car, which apparently caught
in a streetcar rail and caromed into
the post.
Mr.. Lochner, a nephew Of Louis P.
Lochner, formerly chief Of the Berlin
bureau of the Associated Press,
joined the Associated Press In 1910
and was employed in the Chicago
and Springfield bureaus. .
Mr.. Lochner was born in River
Forest ILL.,, and was graduated from
Concordia Junior College in Mil
waukee, Wis, In 1887 and received
his B. A. degree in journalism from
the University Of Wisconsin two
years later.
Evening star., 1944-03-29
King Victor Pledged
To Revise Government
After Fall Of Rome
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NAPLES, Mar. 29.-King Victor
Emmanuel has pledged himself to
form a government with "a larger
base" after the Allied capture OF
Rome, with an italian Parliament
to be elected within four months
after peace is established, 1t was dis
closed yesterday.
The Kings personal program for
the government of Italy was made
public by Vito Reale, minister of
the interior, in speech at a rally
of the Italian Democracy party in
Potenza last Sunday and reported
for the first time.
The program was embodied in a
letter which the King sent to 1t
Gen. Frank N. M. MacFarlane
deputy president of the Allied Con-
troll Commission, last October 81.
Communists Leader Arrives.
The announcement conceded with
the arrival yesterday of Palmiro To-
gliatti, head of the Italian Com
munist party and former secretary
lof the Communist International
from long exile in Moscow. Togliatti
also known as Ercoli, Immediately
called meeting of party leaders
from various parts of the country
for tomorrow.
With the return of Togliatti, q
lessening of left-wing opposition tc
the King and Premier Pietro Ba-
doglio was forecast in Italian politi-
cal quarters.
German propagandists have as
serted that Togliatti already was in
Italy clandestinely, and said he Or
ganized the strike of Italian workers
earlier this month in Northern Italy
Continuation Of Ministry.
The Kings seven-point program
called for continuance of the present
ministry until the government re.
turned to the capital. "Once Rome
has been liberated from the Ger.
mans there shall be constituted 6
ministry with larger base which
shall include representatives of al
parties, but no one in any way com.
promised by Fascism," it stated.
1t said Parliament shall freely
and completely discuss institution.
(such as the monarchy and re.
FORMS" and "the crown will faith.
fully follow the popular will as ex.
pressed by freely elected representa-.
tives of the nation" 1t asserted tha
the country, latter free consultation
shall be arbiter of its own destiny.
Evening star., 1944-03-29
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If you are sluggish, headachy, list
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take one or two E-Z Tablets at bed
time, and tomorrow note the differ
ence! 60 Tablets Csc at drug stores.
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Orphans Scholarship, and will
enter Washington College this
fall.
Miss Hubbard came to the
tournament just in time to con-
graduate the winners of the ma
tional women's pair champion
ship, Mrs. Wilkinson Wagar of
Atlanta, Ga, and Miss Ruth
Sherman of New York. Both
these girls play a mans style of
game, as shown in todays hand.
The problem is wholly one of
bidding. Despite the four hearts
in Mrs. Wagar's hand, a small
slam in hearts cannot be defeat
ed because of the fortunate To-
cation of the diamond king. Six
hearts doubled was made in sew
eral instances. Miss Sherman
felt that the chance of beating
the contract was not great
enough, and in view of the vul-
nerability, she decided to take a
sacrifice"
With the lead Of the ace of
diamonds, she had no trouble in
making the contract. The ace
was ruffed in dummy, two
rounds of trumps were played,
then a club trick given up.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
YOU ARE YOUR NO. l
IN THIS WAR
By Mark Van DOren
Written for NEA Srrrine


The big figures of this war
are not always the best ones to
consider. Millions have died, but
the meaning Of one death if il
is that of your son or husband
may be greater. Millions have
contributed their effort TO win
the war, but it is your own eff
fort that counts to you.
The Germans have been re-
sponsible for destruction and
agony beyond computation. Very
we'll, do not compute it in big
figures. Say to yourself: Some
thing or someone I valued has
been destroyed.
Or say: l can do this, and I
will do it to the limit of my
capacity. I will buy twice as
many War Bonds as l planned
to buy; l will read twice as
many serious books about the
war as / read last year; I will
argue twice as we'll with those
who do not seem to understand
it.
The war Is personal to us or
it is nothing. 1t is not the his
tory Of others; it is what has
happened and is happening to
us. The big figures have their
place.
But so has number one. 1t is
yourself.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15

military service" This is a bus
Ter war. Travel orders now end
"tdn." And the necessary travel
is now enormous.
Millions of soldiers and SAIL
ors are travelling on the rail-
roads. Some are wounded and
many are convalescent. Often
one wounded soldier may have
to travel from a surgical hos
pital to convalescent hospital,
and thence to a port, or to a
month at home.
You may think that you can't
rest at home. Well. l can rest in
my home, cluttered up as it is
with four kids and their beauti-
full mother.
And if / want to help a SOL
dier even more than not riding
on the railroad. I'd buy a Bond
with that dough that l DON'T
spend on railroad fare.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
OUT OF THE DARKNESS
By Faith Baldwin


1t is shocking to me to realize
how many people seem to feel
that when the war is won our
responsibility toward our Allies
and the liberated nations will
be over. This is not so. For a
long time we shall have to feed
the children of Europe.
Have you ever seen a starv-
ing child or even child who
was hungry - and had no ice
box to raid? I have. 1t is not a
pleasant sight. These young
sters who have somehow sur
vived bombings and disease,
these little children with bellies
swollen from malnutrition and
the drawn, age-old faces, these
must be fed.
This is important. This is vi
tai. Not only from a humanitar-
ian but from a selfish stand
point. For the children in Eu-
rope are the future citizens of
the world just as our children
are. Only normal children -
those who have a roof over
their heads and enough cloth
ing and sufficient food and med
ical care - only these can grow
into responsible citizens. Chill
dren who are half-starved may
not die. But they mature warp
ed both mentally and physically.
Are these the men and women
who are to control our future
world and our world is
all of il, not just the u. S. A.
If they are, then their starva-
ton will SOW the seeds of an
other war a war which
our children or our grandchil-
dren must fight.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff CORRESPONDENT

Like lot Of other people,
Kenny Baker had to go to New
York to prove to Hollywood that
he could act.
Hollywood discovered long
time ago that Kenny could sing,
but a series of insipid screen
characters inspired by his stoog-
ing on the Jack Benny radio
show convinced the movie MAX
ers that he should stick to sing
ing.
II was stuck with insipid
characters in Corny pictures"
Baker says, and l couldn't get
out of them. l was typed as
sap with about as much back
bone as jelly fish"
So year ago Baker said ncrtz
to Hollywood, suffered up his
home, drained his swimming
pool and took his wife and three
children to New York. The rest
you know. Kenny was a hit on
Broadway opposite Mary Mar
tin in "One Touch of Venus He
sang, of course, but what pleas
ed him most was that the New
York critics were equally i'm
pressed by his acting.
He left the show recently to
return to Hollywood for a radio
program and the title of Radio S
No. l Tenor" And he's pleased
by something else. Several film
studios are bidding for his serv-
ices in straight acting roles.
"One Touch of Venus con-
WINGED Hollywood that Kenny
Baker could act and it also con-
WINGED Kenny that stage work
should be listed as essential TO
film careers.
Il had sung with bands on the
stage" he said, but had never
had the chance to act before a
live audience. | should have
paid THEM for letting me work
in the play"
MARY MARTIN-MINUS"M
He'll never forget the time
Mary Martin ran across the
stage wearing only a pair of
shoes.
That happened during the
plays first tryout in Boston.
"She had TO make a fast change
Kenny said. land in the COnfuS-
ion of opening night she un-
dressed on one side of the stage
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A GREAT TEAM

I'VE ore the only two peoples in the world who
could have done it." soys EngIonds Field Marshal
Montgomery Of the AngIo-Americon planning and
accomplishment Of the nvosion
The field marshal is probably right Other anti
Axis nations quarrel with each other, and within
their own boundaries. British and American policies
and diplomacy don't always jeII But the two ornies
have fought as one - from Tunsio to France. And
Montgomery gives credit where credit is obviously
due-to General Eisenhower
Through the long pre- invasion months Of plan
ming, Britons and Americans we're I'VE" to General
Ike. Any American officer who couldn't work with
his British colleagues was sent packing. BY such
methods General Eisenhower showed that he was O
great enough coach to put together the greatest
team in the world.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
THE COUNTY INFlRMARY

Mocomb county, no less thon her sister govern
uentoI units throughout America, hos fully oeeePt-
ed as one phose Of it's social economy, the proper
provision for the oeed that they who so long have
proved of value in the everyday life OF the eommun-
ity may spend their declining years in some semo-
lance of dignity and in their own homes.
The Federal and stote pro9roms whereby soe'o'
security extends benefits and assistance to the osed
TO dependent mothers and children ond TO the blind
reflect the growing soeioI consciousness OF people,
II is no longer portison matter IL is simple one
Of humanity
The Moeomb county board Of supervisors is to
be eompIimented upon it's determination to include
exponded infirn,ory provisions in its postwar pro-
oronn 1t u.s. surely, q eommendoble step in the d.
reeton all soundthnkins persons pursue.
While, so far as this writer knows, no specific
sum hos been suggested adequate for the further
onee of this program here - and it is to be hoped,
of course that Federal funds may be forthcoming to
defroy major port Of the octuo construction ex-
penses - we think the supervisors wise in thinking
Of the not far distont years when virtually the
entire population will be bonketed by social seeur-
ity provisions. The cycle will have been complete
when the social security program is IS years old.
The day when poorhouses, as such. must be eros
ed from the American scene is not far distont Such
pages Of American social history. They have done
but little to inspire other thon the sheer onmoI fact
Of living.
Ii is heortenine to learn thot the board Of su-
pervisors is oIreody thinking in terms Of future
social needs and giving particular thought to the
doy when the poor house will exist no more; to the
time when - through social security benefits -
all Of the heoIthy aged will mointain their little
homes, among their lifelong oequointonees; ond the
core Of the nfrm will prove the major problem for
county social agencies
II is our considered belief that thorough ex-
animation Of the eounty's future needs will more
thon support the supervisors tentotve plans for in
firmory expansion. In foet suggest that the board
go deeper in thot line Of thinking - and plan
ming; that it not skimp in its disqualification pro-
gram; and that it lay the groundwork for a
comprehensive, Ions-term plan covering the physical
froiIties of the needy.
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Tor college he made the discov-
cry that he was a better singer
than virtuoso. Il sang at SO
many Lions, Rotarians and XII
Wanians luncheons that l was
known as the service club ten
or"
The Baker home is in Beverly
Hills. But there's also $50
acre Baker ranch near Santa
Barbara where he spends most
Of his time. Mrs. Baker is Ger
aldyne Churchill, the girl next
door whom he planned to marry
ever since they went to high
school together. They were mar
ried in 1888, and have three
children-Kenny Jr., 8, Susan,
6, and Johnny, 8 months.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
SWITCHED FROM FIDDLE

Among the typical people
whose problems cannot be solv-
ed without the constructive use
OF faith the following are fam,
liar.
The youth whose mind has
never walked up. Nothing is the
matter with his 10. Far from
being outwardly handicapped,
hard-beSet, or emOtionally warp
ed and crushed, he is comfort
able, secure, and easygoing. But
he is also aimleSs and apathetic.
The arouSal of such a youth
from his lethargy is always as
sOCiated with the awakening Of
faith. Only when some person,
idea, or vocation that he be-
lieves in comes up over his hor-
lion will he bcstir himself. Con-
version is commonly described
in terms Of transformation from
sin to goodness, but some Of its
most startling examples are the
awakening Of listleSs minds by
the impact of a compelling faith,
AT that point their life really
begins, for as Oliver Wendell
Holmes said, IT'S faith in some
thing and enthusiasm for some
thing that makes life worth
looking at"
Faith, far from being hostile
to intellect, is indispensable 10
its arousal. Wherever mans in
tclligcnce is focused on object
ives il is determined to achieve,
the inspiration Of such intellect
ual endeavor is always faith in
something. Faith in aviation S
possibility came first, then in
tellcCt was concentrated on il.
In all scientific experimentation
faith blazes that intelligence
converts into highways, believes
in possibilities that intelligence
makes into actualities. No faith
in anything. no marShaling Of
intelligence around it!
Faith, conceived theoretically
in terms Of the false opinions It
can be Crcdulous Of, can be the
foe Of intelligence, but conceived
pSyChologically as an inherent
capacity Of our nature, it is in
diSpcnSablc TO the arouSal and
concentration Of intelligence.
A man can deal with himself
i'm this regard more effectively
than anyone else can deal with
him. His friends may think him
by nature stupid, and ne may
have accepted this picture Of
himself as true, whereas the
real trouble may be not that
his mind is dull but that his
fGith-faculty is dormant.
Charles Darwin tells us that
his father at one time was dis
couragcd about him and thought
he would amount 10 nothing:
My father once said TO me,
You care for nothing but shoot.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM f MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

At the recent national tour
nament, the members of the
American Contract Bridge
League were thrilled to meet
Miss Jean Hubbard of Annape-
lis, Md, whose father, Comdr.
II. E. Hubbard, went down with
the destroyer Meredith in the
South Pacific in 1912. She is the
first child of a serviceman killed
in action to be awarded War
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
. BARBS
A hard winter Is predicted by

A hard winter Is predicted by
the coal supply.
Supplies sufficient to keep Hit
Ter for years are being taken to
his Berchtesgaden mountain re-
sort. The Allies also have plans
for seeing that he gets his fill.
The OPA has brought back
nickel-a- serving coffee. And it's
no fair charging another nickel
for rent on the cup.
A Judge suggests that all cars
be taken away from careless
drivers. Then our streets would
be safe and quiet - and almost
deserted.
What's a greater calamity than
squeaky shoes in a public Ii
brary?
Friends are all you have to
keep you from being a stranger!
We hope the policeman who
married the Illinois society girl
has no trouble learning how to
cook.
What we need right now is
propaganda to convince flies that
human beings carry germs.
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on Ge2zg f.
REAL PERSON
By DR.. HARRY EMERSON FOSDICk

ing. dogs, and rat-catching, and
you will be a disgrace to your
self and all your family" Who
could have guessed what would
happen when faith in an idea
daWned on that mind. marshall
ing its latent powers for a life
times work?
The person who is being dis
organized by negative attitudes.
William James saying that "the
sovereign cure for worry is re-
ligious faith" illustrates the
effect Of any positive use of the
faith function upon a soul har-
assed by fearful and Self-pitying
moods. Anxiety, loss of conf
dence, self depreciation, t h e
lonely sense of being shut up
within oneself, poWerlessneSs,
misgiving, apathy, pessimism,
fearfulness - such egati V e
moods take from the person his
power Of attack on life, and the
corrective attitude is confidence
in life, belief in its possibilities,
trust in its available resources,
assurance of its Worth-WhilencsS
that is 20 say, a positive faith.
Many psychological roadways
lead into the mOrass Of negative
moods, but only one leads out
faith. With the facilitating sense
Of inferiority we have dealt al
ready, but the sense Of superior
ity can be equally embedding.
The perfectionists make up a sad
company.
One man with an utterly neg
ative attitude toward life sought
the minister's help. He was
proud Of his fine, unCompromls-
ing principles; he was an over
Scrupulous idcaliSt; and he could
90 nothing with the world. He
tried to 60 TO church, but the
church was not good enough for
him. He tried business, but bus
mess was all wrong. AS for the
world at large, il was too evil
COR man like him-he shrank
from sullying his pure soul by
contact with it. His perfection
list idealism untitled him TO step
up TO any imperfect, unfinished,
disliked situation, TO perceive It's
possibilities, believe in its
worthwhile aspects and so with
a stimulating faith attack il as
a sensible and courageous man
should.
II in any diSagreeablc, morally
deplorable. or tragic situation a
victim OF negative moods can be
persuaded that any shred OF
goodness or any valuable posi-
bility is still there to believe
in. the hope of cure has dawned.
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THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE III
BY franklin =. Adams
Written for SEA Service

written for NEA Service
BLESS me-" said John God
frey SAKE Q8l6-1889), this is
pleasant, riding on the rail"
Mr.. SAKE wrote this poem a
little before my time. And there
are fewer things every year that
! am able to say that about. 1t
was, in short, a long time ago
since riding on the rail has been
pleasant, and it is growing in
creaSingly unpleasant.
You ask me why. Thanks for
asking.
Because the soldiers and sail
ors are travelling. In World War
l travel orders ended with The
travel directed is necessary in
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-09-15
. SO THEY SAY

There are territories which
can be given up even if it
should hurt, but there are 9TH
ers which must be held at any
price. This summer may be the
last bloody war summer. -
Voelkischcr Beobachtcr, HItlCr's
newspaper.
II is not unreasonable 10 be-
lieve that the encmy's front-line
c o m b at strength in fighter
planes has fallen off approx
mately 20 per cent since Janu-
airy. Enemy reserves will not
come easily 10 replace these
planes. - Secretary of War Hen
ry l.. Stimson.
I am scared every time I 60
over the target. That is, just be
fore 60 over. Afterward, you
get such a kick YOU want 10
make another pass and often you
do. - Lieu. Col. John 7. HCnc-
bry, ll8 bombing missions in
Pacific area.
In spite OF the fact that Amer
lean troops have been exposed
TO every known disease. the dis
ease death rate is only one
twentieth as high as in World
War I. and the lowest ever re-
corded for the United States
Army. - Brig Gen. James S.
Simmons, Army Preventative
Medicine Service chief.
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NoRMALcY

War hos quietly taken owoy that comfortable
feeling Of the pernnonence and sodity Of ordinary
customs and events. Probably few people noted the
feeling when it Wos present or consciously missed it
when it vent We certonIy hadn't until we read that
New York fashion designers ore already planning to
90 beck to Poris, ond thot preparations ore under
way for the world premiere of Hollywood picture
In Fronce this winter. Suddenly it oil came beck to
u.s. We knew how Noah must have felt when the
dove returned with the olive branch
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. IN HOLLYWOOD

and then discovered her clothes
were on the other side. Her cue
was coming up so she just ran
across the stage behind the seem
cry. Only she forgot there was
a five-foot open place in the
scenery, putting her in full view
of the audience, just before she
reached the wings. 1t was kinda
dark, though, and l guess no one
noticed her"
Kenny was on stage at the
time. Il always miss all of
those things he said.
SWITCHED FROM FIDDLE
Kenny Baker, Monrovia,
Calf, boy, has done all right
since he switched from playing
the violin to warbling. In jun