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Milford chronicle., 1944-08-11

Victory nationally is in the Of
fling for the Republican Party. This
is so because the trend is that way.
Practically every election through
out the country since the general
election of 1912. even in the hamlets
and villages, have been Republican.
The Republican Party will win
nationally and throughout the
states next November because. as
Democrat Jim Farley says: The
people are tired of being kicked
around" They are fed up on re-
gulatons, edits, manifestos. dir
ectives and what not foisted upon
them illegally and unlawfully with
no mandate of Congress behind
them. They are sick and tired of
being governed by executive de-
crees instead of laws of Congress
as provided in the Constitution of
the United States. The New Deal
will suffer ignominious defeat for
the reason that it is un-American.
1t is unconstitutional. 1t is con-
trary to every sound principle of
economics and sociology. 1t is
against the system of free enter
prise. healthy competition ard in
dividual initiative. 1t is opposed to
local government. 1t favors regi-
menting the people from Washing
ton instead of allowing them to con-
tinue to govern themselves in their
sovereign capacity as free people.
Milford chronicle., 1944-08-11

Just a news stand? No. II is a
battle-ground. In this tiny terri
tory rival publications fight for
the attention of the public. From
left to right you can find all shades
of political and social opinion, free
ly expressed. And because of this
newsstand is more than just a
convenience in the life of an Ameri-
can town. 1t is a front line. There
is another battle going on around a
news stand, more far-reaching than
the competitive rivalry of paper
against paper, magazine against
magazine. For there are always
people-yes, even here-who dis
like to see opinions freely express
ed and who attempt to bring all
sorts of restraining pressures on
those who champion the Press's
freedom. But those who write and
print and publish the free opinions
of America. they see a threat to
that freedom as a threat to all free
doms, and vigilantly hold back |
wielders from closing in
on the news stand. For the news
stand is freedoms front line.
Milford chronicle., 1944-08-11
REPUBLICAN DELEGATE
PRIMARY ELECTION FOR
SUSSEX COUNTY

Pursuant to call by the Republi-
can State Committee. the Republicans
of the Fourth District. comprising
Sussex County. are requested TO as
semble at the usual voting places in
the several Districts between the hours
OF ZOO and 700 O'Clock p. NJ. on
I WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1914
and select Delegates and Alternates
to the Republican State Convention
to he held at Dover Delaware, on
TUESDAY. AUGUST 29, 1914
At 200 o'clock p. NJ. in the Leg
islative Building. for the purpose Of
nominating three candidates for cleo
tors to vote for a President and a
Vice President of the United States;
candidate for the Office of Represen-
tative from the State OF Delaware, in
the Seventy-ninth Congress of the
United States: a candidate for tine
Office of Governor; candidate for the
Office Of Lieutenant Governor: can
didate for the Office Of State Treasur-
er; candidate for the Office of Audi
tor of Accounts. and for the transac-
tion of such other business as may
properly come before said Convention.
DELEGATES ARE APPORTIOEED
AS FOLLOWS:
FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT
First Election District. delegate:
Third Election District. 2 delegates.
SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT
First Election District. l delegate:
Second Election District. delegates;
Third Election District, 2 delegates.
THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT
First Election District. / delegate:
Second Election District. delegate;
Third Election District. 2 delegates.
FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT
First Election District. 1 delegate;
Second Election District. 2 delegates.
FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT
First Election District. 1 delegate;
Second Election District. 1 delegate;
Third Election District. 2 delegates.
SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT
First Election District, delegates:
Second Election District. 2 delegates;
Third Election District. 2 delegates.
First Election District. 2 delegates;
Second Election District, delegates. |
EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT
Two delegates.
NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT
Three delegates. .
First Election District. 2 delegates: |
Second Election District. 2 delegates; |
Third Election District. delegates.
Any Republican desirous of being a
Delegate or Alternate must file his or |
ner name with the Chairman of the |
sussex County Republican Committee |
1t least ten days prior to the date Of
he PrimSirssi ,Tss Js namely; ely, 0K on OR No6N BE
On SATURDAY. AUGUST IL. 1874. |
All persons believing in and sup
porting the principles of the Republic
AN Party and who have been duly
registered are entitled to vote.
Committee Of SUSSEX County.
WILLIAM j. SWAIN, Chairman
JOHN c. LANK, Secretary.
Issued August 2, 1914. a4-3t'
Milford chronicle., 1944-08-11

Electric power development has
been made such a political issue
by the Federal governments great
hydro-electric dams, that the
people lose sight of the real prin-
ciple involved. 1t is common prac-
tice for administrators of tax-ex-
empt Federal projects to argue
that they furnish power cheaper
than can highly-taxed private en-
terprise.
If it is important for the govern
ment to go into the generation of
electricity in order to save the
private householder a few cents a
month on his electric bill, why
should it not go the rest of the way
and furnish food. clothing and rent
'at cost" which items constitute
the bulk of his financial worries?
The people should get this issue
straight and decide whether they
want to change our country from
a nation of private enterprise to one
of state socialism. Public owner
ship of power is socialism. any
way you look at il. When you
eliminate profit. you eliminate
private opportunity.
If we favor putting the govern
ment into the power business to
save a dime. we should be hund-
red times more anxious to put it
into farm production. clothes pro-
duction and housing production.
Already these ideas are being ad-
vanced as the next logical step |
from socialized power to other
socialized industry.
If the average American wants
to work for the government in
stead of for himself. then vote for
socialized industry. But don't be
fooled with the idea that half the
business of the nation can run
without profit. while the other
half is allowed to operate as pri-
vate enterprise, with a profit.
AS government takes profit out
Of business, it must secure its
taxes to operate by heavier and
heavier assessments against the
wages of individuals.
Milford chronicle., 1944-08-11
MILFORD NECK

There's a rainbow on the cloud
for you"
Methodist Church
Rev. ID. f. Wood, Pastor
Sunday. August 13
p. m. Sunday school.
3 p. IN. Sermon by the pastor.
THE word of the cross is TO
them that perish foolishness; but
unto us who are being saved it is
the power of God."-I Cor. 1:1S.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Short of
Wilmington are spending some
time visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Short and Mr. and Mrs.
George Bennett.
Mrs. Sarah Marker and Mrs.
Ethel Lingo are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman in Baltimore this
week.
Mrs. Richard Marvel of Booth
wyn. Pa. and Mrs. John LOngbot-
ham were Wednesday afternoon
visitors of Mrs. NJ. Ellen Bond. .
MIR. and Mrs. Robert X. Jester
spent Sunday evening last with Mr..
and Mrs. D. F. Jester and Mr.. and
Mrs. C. E. Jester. ~s.
There is a brighter day COM
ing by and by"
Milford chronicle., 1944-08-11

The Political Action Committee
of the CIO has launched something
new on the American scene-power
politics. We have always had poll
tical parties. but they have repre-
sented all groupes of people. Now
we see one group. numbering its
members in millions and highly
financed by initiation fees and
monthly dues, deliberately planning
to dominate elections. 1t has been
allowed to make campaign contri-
buttons of any size, whereas in
dustry has been stringently limited
on political expenditures.
A man cannot get a job in the
United States in most of the basic
industries, particularly if they are
producing war materials. without
paying dues to a union. The i'm
plications behind the Political Act
ion Committee of the CIO are there
fore terrific.
If politics can be organized as
labor has been. so that no man can
get into public office without Com
forming" what kind of a govern
ment are we going to have? 1t
will take real statesmen in Congress
to meet such powerful pressure,
backed by millions of dollars.
American citizens must watch
with Jealous eye the growth of Or
ganization power politics" which.
if uncontrolled. will destroy liberty
itself. Fortunately, our voting bal
lots are still secret. and a man can
let his conscience be his guide at
the polls.
Milford chronicle., 1944-08-11
How To Hold
FALSE TEETH
More Firmly In Place

DO your false teeth annoy and ein-
barrass by slipping. dropping or wab-
bling when you eat. laugh or talk?
Just sprinkle a little FASTEETH on
your plates. This alkaline (non-acidl
and more comfortably. No gunimy.
gooey. pasty taste or feeling. Does
not sour. Checks plate odOr" lden-
ture hreathl. Get FASTEETH today
at any drug store.
Milford chronicle., 1944-08-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Wilgus
and their daughter, Mrs. Nettie
West called to see Rev. and Mrs.
Otis Jefferson of Wilmington, who
are occupying a cottage at Pitts
brugh Beach for a few days. They
also spent one evening with Mr..
and Mrs. Luster Lynch of Roxana
at their cottage at Maryland Beach
at Fenwicks Island.
Mrs. Elizabeth Murray Boswell,
whose husband. Corporal Paul Bos-
well, is overseas. left on Monday
for a visit with her parents-in-law.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis T. Boswell in
Washington. d. c.. and her sister
in-law. Mrs. Carl Boswell at
Rockville, Md, whose husband is
also overseas.
Milford chronicle., 1944-08-11
MILLYILLE

The best news should always
come first. Mr.. and Mrs. II. II.
Dukes and Mrs. H. II. Dukes, Jr..
have received word that Lieuten-
ant H. H. Dukes, Jr., is well and
they are now permitted to write
him. Harry has been prisoner
of war in Germany since April.
Sergeant Harry Dale. Jr., of
Hunter Field. Savannah, Georgia,
is spending a 15-day furlOugh at
home with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Dale.
Mrs. L. C. Lynch hears from
her grandson. Billy Ross Ringler,
Jr., who is somewhere overseas.
Billy is one of our town boys.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-21
Ferguson Seeks To Call
Kin,meI And Short First
In Pearl Harbor Inquiry

WASHINGTON, Nov. 90 R -
Senator Ferguson R-Mich) sug-
gested tonight that those in COM
mand at the time be called as the
first witnesses if the Senate orders
an independent inquiry into the
Pearl Harbor attack.
Ferguson proposed such an in.
curry by a five-member special
Senate committee in a resolution
drafted for introduction tomorrow.
It calls for "a full and complete
investigation into the sneak Japa-
nese attack.
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kim
mel and Major General Walter {.
Short have waived h e tWo-year
statute of limitations as a bar to
possible courts martial on dereic-
ton of duty charges.
Ferguson said he would offer his
resolution tomorrow along with a
report from the judiciary commit
tee approving another six months
extension - from December 7, OF
the deadline for institution OF court
martial proceedings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-21
Cigmet Shortage Hits
Soldiers In Paris Area

PARIS, Nov. 2O.-P)-Soldiers
and officers In Paris and many
other rear areas were told today
they could get no cigarets, al
though the black market has them
at 81 per pack.
Combat troops at the front re-
Gently were on short supply, but
now they have plenty.
A large amount of Army cigar
cites has been diverted, by one
means or another, into the black
market. Vendors peddled Aneri-
can cigarettes at $3.50 a pack two
weeks ago to war-wealthy Paris
ans. Now since they have boosted
the price to 81, they still are get
ting more offers than they can
fill.
Officers in the Paris and rear
areas were put on reduced cigaret
rations last week and enlisted men
got none. The scarcity here is
linked to supply and transport
problems connected with the Of
fensive. They expected troops in
the rear area to get cigarettes next
week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-21
PARIS BLUEBEARD
ADMITS MURDERS

PARIS, Nov. 20-R-Bearded DR..
Marcel Petiot admitted on the wit
ness stand today the Staying of So
persons-thirty of whom he said
were Gestapo officers and the rest
traitorous" Frenchmen-as court
hearings opened in one of Paris
most mysterious cases.
Petiot, in a dramatic four and
one-half hour talk, wove a story Of
intrigue, plots ard counterplots that
extended into three continents and
many nations, including the United
States. Included in his testimony
was mention of ''secret weapon"
which he said he once had offered
to the American consul, but which
he said had been turned down.
The Acknowledgement with the
SO deaths-freely admitted the STAY
ings before Judge Collety and said
all met their deaths through "a
secret method.
Petiot-Who says he holds cap
taincy in the FFI-said he might
disclose later in the week details Of
his secret weapon which would have
permitted America and Britain to
fire on German-occupfed Europe at
Continued on Page Seven; Col. 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-21

The board deferred action on a
recommendation of tn e Grand
Jury, that a plaque with the names
of all of the men from the county
who have lost their lives in World
War II be placed in the court
house.
Commissioners I. W S Coleman
moved that ext7aditicn papers be
prepared for Walter Hayes, negro,
who was tried in Recorders Court
in August for non-support OF his
four minor children and who has
failed to keep his promise of a
$40 weekly payment for the chill
dren. The board agreed to arrange
for return of Hayes from Danville
Va.
Addison Hewlett, chairman, read
letter from John Colucci, Jr. OF
The Carolina SkyWays, a new prl'
vate airport in the vicinity of Sea-
gate on the Wrightsville Beach
road, asking that the board have
a large ditch, near til airport,
cleaned. Colucci added that unless
the ditch is properly drained hea-
Wy rain will make the airport use
less
The commissioners agreed to
have a drainage crew investigate
when possible.
County Attorney Marsden Bella
my was asked to investigate the
present tax assessment on the
credit bureau Of the Chamber OF
Commerce.
The county board decided to
make a $500 appropriation, which
it voted on in August for the mill
tary affairs committee OF the
Chamber of Commerce, payable
directly to the chamber.
A motion was passed 10 sign a
release showing that part OF Lee
gion stadium, which has been used
by the Coast Guard, has been re-
CONTINUED OIL Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-21
CHINESE CAPTURE
BURMA ROAD TOWN

CHUNGKING, Nov. 90 B -
Chinese troops are fighting inside
Bhamo, strongest remaining Japa-
nese base in north Burma, and
have recaptured the Burma road
town of Mangshih, e. miles inside
China from the Burma border, the
Chinese high command announced
today.
Against these Allied vicotries,
the high command acknowledged
indirectly that two great japanese
forces aggregating probably 2oo'-
600 troops who are invading
Kwangsi province from the east
and north had completed a juno
ton west of Liuchow. severing CHI
ma and completing an unbroken
link all the way from Manchurla
to Hong Kong.
(The Tokyo radio in broadcast
recorded by the FEC declared that
the u. S. Air Force in China had
destroyed and abandoned its air
field at Manning (Yungning), about
100 miles south-southwest of n e
point where the Japanese Junction
appeared to have been effected.
The unconfirmed Japanese report
said the Manning field was the
sole enemy air base in south CHI
na.")
Arrivals in Chungklng reported
that all routes leading from the
danger zone in Kwangsi province
were choked with refugees-a sor-
nv spectacle of human misery. 1t
was conservatively estimated that
a total of 100000 Chinese now
had fled their homes since the War
with Japan began in 1887.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-21
gHIPYARD OPENS
WAR LOAN DRIVE

With Col. George W. McHenry,
U. S. N. C., Camp Lejeune. sound
ing the keynote of greater War
bond purchases, the Sixth War
Loan drive was opened at the
North Carolina Shipbuilding COM
pany yesterday with tW 0 rallies
attended by thousands of employees.
The first program, marked with
he parade Of the Lejeune band
through the yard, was held at II
an. and the second at 7:30 pm.
Music for the latter gathering was
provided by the New High school
ROT,C. band.
Paying tribute to the shipbuild-
sEs for their contribution to the
var effort, Col. McHenry told them
you are the long finger Of indus
ny the motion and power which
e,.'S US SeINICemen OUR drlVe, our
S y spirit You carry us to
ue hundreds Of points where we
vdA strike The enemies of our ma
tOn."
We must he advised, econ
aAue TO buy war bonds until this
country is again peaceful, again
.'+odoIed with the toll and clam
Or Of war"
ne asserted his belief that every
1 ua is capable Of making
,s personal sacrifices as m y be
necessary Of pIedging mis- time,
NVA'lAued on Page Three: Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-21
Navy Reports
10 Ships Lost

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. -R)-
Loss of one destroyer, two de-
stroyer escorts and seven lesser
craft in the Pacific was announc-
ed by the Navy tonight.
Of the total of 10 vessels, the
communicate said seven were lost
through enemy action Or the pc
rils of the sea in the Philippines
area. But it was specified that
thew were not casualties of the big
battles of October 1925. The 9th
ers went down in the New Guinea
area.
Losses in Philippine waters were
destroyer Abner Read, the de-
strover escort Eversole, the mine
sweeper YMS 10, PTS 800 and 32l,
the fleet tug sonoma, and the
landing craft (infantry) 1868.
The other vessels were the de-
stroyer escort Shelton and the
PTS 1863 and 371.
The Department previously had
renorted the loss of 6 ships in the
Philippines battle of October 24-25,
including a light carrier, 2 escort
carriers and a destroyer escort3
Today's announcement brings
the total loss of Navy shlps o.
all types since the beginning OF
the war to 228.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-21
WLBOrders End To Ohio
Phone Operators Strike

Dayton, where federation officials
said operators left their jobs in
protest against payment of $18.25
a week for expenses, plus salary,
to out-of-town operators brought in
to the Ohio Bell Telephone Com
pany's Dayton office.
Operators in other cities quit
their switchboards in sympathy
Gripping long distance
and manually-operated local SER
vice. Local calls were unaffected
where automatic d a | telephones
were installed.
Picket lines paraded before tele-
phone exchange buildings in many
cities. In populous, heavily-indus-
trialized northeastern Ohio, plant
and maintenance workers joined
the walkout, and in some other
cities maintenance men refused to
pass picket lines.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-21
ENEMY LOSES ll8
PLANES AT MANILA

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Nov.
20.-(P)-In their fourth strike in
force this month at the Manila
area, U. S. carrier planes Satur-
day destroyed a total of lib Japa-
nese planes and set fire to two
large cargo ships and one large
oil tanker, Adm. CHESTER W. MINI
itz announced today.
Only light Japanese fighter op-
position was met as the carrier
planes raked shipping and airfield
targets. Ten planes were shot
down in the air, eight others de-
stroyed by fighters near the Am
erican carriers and about 100 de-
stroyed on the ground.
This increased to 731 the total
enemy warplanes destroyed by
Navy forces in the air or aground
in the Philippines this month.
(The months unofficial grand to-
tai for the Philippines is 921 Japa-
nese planes destroyed, including
those smashed by Army and Naval
filters under command of Gen. Dou-
glas MacArthur)
Nimitz disclosed that Vice Adm.
j. S. Mccain, formerly air COM
mander in the South Pacific and
recently Naval air chief in Wash
hgton, commanded the carrier
task force which hit Saturday.
Despite the heavy toll exacted on
enemy shipping in repeated strikes
on the Manila bay area, the appar-
ent absence of vessels there Sat-
urday is surprising, because OF
Japan's great need to keep Luzon
reinforced and well supplied
against an invasion threat.
Of the third fleet toll of Japa-
nese aircraft for this month, 716
were destroyed in the Manila area
CONTINUED on Page Two: Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-21
Chang Gives
Army Control
ToCen: Cheng!|
Chinese Leader Reshuffles
Cabinet After Clamor
For Change
u. S. PRESSURE CITED
Shakeup May Clarity Com
munist Question With
Central Regime
ruuNCKINC Nov On

CHUNGKING, Nov. 20. -
Up - With China's military
position becoming increasing
ly more critical, Generals
simo Chang Kai-Shek reshuf-
fled eight cabinet posts today,
naming Gen. Chen Cheng
minister of war succeeding
Gen. Ho Ying-ching.
Popular clamor had urged a
shakeup on the central government
for some time iii the face of contin-
uing Japanese military gains in
southeastern China.
CThe changes followed the recent
recall Of Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell
as American commander in China
India Burma and the disclosure that
Washington had been insisting on a
reorganization of the Chang gov
eminent and a settlement of the
Communist question:
Gen. Cheng, A, formerly was
commander of the Chinese expedi-
tionary force which now is fighting
successfully in the Salween river
area to open up land route from
India through Burma to China. Gen.
He had been minister of war since
1880.
o. K. Yui, former mayor OF
Shanghai, was boosted from vice
minister to minister of finance sue
ceeding DR.. H. H. Kung, who now
is in the United States.
Others involved in the shakeup-
welcomed by all circles in Chung.
king with some predicting further
hanges-Were:
Chow Chung Yao, from minister
of the interior to vice president OF
Continued on Page Seven; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-21
PUBLISHER NAMED
S NTH SUCCESSOR

COLUMBIA, S. c., Nov. 20-lF-
Wilton E. Hall, Anderson newspa-
per editor and publisher, was ap-
pointed tonight by Governor Olin
u Johnston to serve the unexpired
term OF the late Senator Ellison D.
Cotton Ed Smith.
Hall, native of Anderson, has
been editor and publisher Of the
Independent and Daily Mail in that
city for 10 years. He is lifelong
friend of Governor Johnston's.
Smith, 80-year-old dean of the
Senate. died at his plantation home
near Lynchburg last Friday, Just
six weeks short Of compile ing IS
years in Congress. He was defeated
in the summer Democratic primary
by Governor Johnston who will take
the seat next January 20.
Hall, who in addition to being
publisher of the two Anderson pa
pers, also owns and operates radio
station VAIN.
He began his career as a news
paper publisher when he was q
years old. He negotiated the mer-
ger of the Anderson Independent,
which he founded. and the Ander-
son Tribune, in 1925, and the Daily
Mail was bought in 1880.
In 1885 Hall established the radio
station.
In 1941 and again in 1914 the
anderson newspapers won first
Mnntinued ON Page Two. Col. u