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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-01
Protestant. Real name: William
Joseph Shields.
CHUCKLE BOY

On a hearty chuckle Cat the right
time, burly (6-2, 220 pounds) Don
Wilson-announcer of CBS's new
Friday night Ginny Simms show
has become a name in radio. Ex-
University of Colorado football
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-01
LIFE" GOES ON

MOS late afternoon five-a-Week
strip, "Portia Faces Life" which
consistently has rated No. 2 or No.
among the radio serials (rival:
when a Girl Marries'D, marked
its fifth year of emotional drama
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-01

Wall has suffered the fear that
during a broadcast she might
sneeze. Although she never did
nor did she ever see anyone else
the actress carries a hanky in hand,
one up each sleeve, to stifle that
which never happens. A trick of
the show: to get Miss Wall in the
proper mood. a private organ con-
cert before air time.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-01

Captain James X. Howard, Com
mander of the Fifth Division.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-01
COMO'S COME-UP

When moon-voiced Perry Como
returns from Hollywood to his
Supper Club" radio show Mon
day through Friday evenings, NBC)
it will climax a long. steady pro-
motion-exploitation campaign by:
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-01

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Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Scouts Planning
Many Actiyities
Local Troops Have Completed A Tentative
Program For Observance OF National Boy
Scout Week, Feb to "A; Troops 100 and
lO2 Will Attend Church in Body, Sunday

Monday February l., many OF
the local scouts Will attend the
District Court of Honor al Dover.
Scouting awards viii hc made At
this honor conrt.
Tuesday evening III" members Of
Troop IO2 viii be the dinner guests
Of their NiWaniS epunSOrs Follow
ing the dinner the members Of the
troop under the direction Of Scout
master Bowman will put on Il short
program showing some scout skills
and handicratt.
Troop Il2 under he leadership
of Scoutmastcr Sanders and assist
ant scoutnastcr Russell Cutrcy.
will hold special scourin2 pro
gram At the school. Will 2ivc a ban
uuet for their mothers The mem
bcrs of This troop viii hi-hi@ht
their services toward victory, and
at each program Will conduct u
feature i'm connection vita national
social hygiene day.
Displays OF scout handicraft
awards. etc. Will be ON display ,h,
balance Of this week and next in
the windows of the Pierre" Hard
ware Store. ]. II. IlmmeS llardW1,
Store. and the j. G. Penney Co
Store.
Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09

In observance of National Boy
Scout Week which opened yester-
day. Thursday. February s. and will
continue through and including
February IA, local troops have
planned tentative program of
scout activities.
On the opening day local scout
masters attended scoutmaSters'
round table at Dover.
This evening members of Troop
102. under the leadership of j. lr-
vim Bowman. are meeting.
Sunday morning the members OF
Troop 100 and l02 will attend di-
vine services at Calvary Methodist
Church, The troops will be led To
the church by George II. Sheaffer
scoutmaster of Troop 100 and Mr.
Bowman. scOutmaSter OF Troop lO2
On the same day G. b. Sanders
scou,master OF Troop II and trool
will attend divine services at st
paul'S Methodist Church.
Sunday afternoon, weather per
mitting. the members of the lOCa
troops will gather at the circu,
lot on North Walnut street, and pu
on demonstration OF scouting art
Members of troops in FREDERICK ant
Harrington have been invited L
attend
Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Musical At Trinity
Church, Frederica
viii Be Held In The Church On
Sunday Evening. February IL

\ musical 10 aid the "Crusadc fOr
Christ movement viii be held at
Trinity Methodist Church, Freder-
ic;;. this Sunday evening. February
II. at 40 O'clock
The complete program follows:
rhe Lord Is My Light" by Fran
Cis Aliitsen Vocal solo. Robert Ru
dolph. accompanied by Mrs. Robert
Rudolph.
Violin solo. to be announced.
Clarence Person. accompanied by
J. II. VI. parhie.
20. Divine Redeemrr," by Gou-
nod. vocal solo, Mrs. Marie Gilten-
both. accompanied hy J. II. NJ Dar-
bic
"MinU>t in &. by Beethoven. vio-
lin duet Clarence Person and Mrs
James Darbic, accompanied by J
H. VI. Darbic.
Steal Away" vocal trio, Eileer
Wharton. Marrilyn JamisOn anC
Geraldine Calhoun, accompanied b!
Phyllis lsaaCs.
Piano SOLO. to be announced
Phyllis lsaacs.
Violin solo. to be announced. Bet
" MariS. accompanied by J. II. NJ
Darbic.
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Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Della. Credit Group
Names Its Officers
l.. ID. Caulk OF WO0dSide l. Re-
elected President o. Association

The Delaware Production Cred
it Association, a farmers cOOpcra-
tive credit organization held an or
ganization meeting in the state Of
flee at Dover last Friday
Five directors were present. l..
ID. Caulk, WoOdside: f. Laird
kratz, Greenwood; Lucius c. Webb.
Lincoln; Victor p. Kohl. Middle
town, and |. G. Ellison St. Georges; :;
w. Dorsey Hines of the Produc-
ton Credit Corporation of Balti-
more, the supervising agency for
the association was also present.
Mr.. Caulk was reelected presi-
dent; MIR. kratZ, vice president: s
NJ. Harrington. Dover, secretary
treasurer; Albert o. Gray. st
Georges. field assistant secretary
treasurer; Miss Rachel B. Bastian
Dover. assistant Secretary-treasur-
er; Miss Jane NJ. Dawes. Dover
stenographer and clerk; and Miss
Helen V. Schneider. Wyoming
stenOSrapher and clerk.
Mr. Caulk. Mr. Kratz. and Mr.
Harrington were reappointed Il:
the loan and executive committe,
for the ensuing year.
The directors and office person
: mel were guests of Mr. Harrington
at the Pleasant Inn. Dover. for din
upr
Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Total Il. S. Casualties
Are NOlU 1882
Army's Newest COmpila-
tiOn Shows 33, 1859
Over Last List

United States combat casualties
since Pearl HarbO1 neared the
three-quarter million mark last
Friday with disclosure that Army
losses have reached 650,420.
The Army's total, plus~the lat
est Navy figure of S6.922G puts the
overall combat casualty figure at
737.342. an increase of 1892 over
last weeks report. The Army ac-
counted for 33, ,469 of the rise.
Acting Secretary Of War Robert
p. Patterson said the Army's fig
ure was based on compilations
made at the War Department thru
January q and refiectedD actual
fighting through most OF Decem-
ber. This would cover the first
two weeks of the big German
cOunter-Offensive in the Ardennes.
A breakdown on this week s
Army figures with those for last
week follows:
Killed 121,676 and 117,25G; :;
wounded 379,G3S and E56,813;
missing 91,573 and S5,450 prison
ers 57,533 and 57,432. Patterson
said 1S6.026 of the wounded have
returned to duty.
Similar figures for the Navy:
Killed 32.SS9 and 32,394; wound
ed 39.S07 and 33,513; miA1 .ng s.
$50 and 9.615; prisoners 4.476 anC
4.447. The decrease i'll the prison
er category apparently ts2resent.
shifting TO other classitications
Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Tax On Cigarettes
Brought In $543,942
January Collections SHOW Increase
Over Same Month Last Year

During the calendar year 1914
the Delaware cigarette tax pro
duCed an income of $543,942.33. it
was disclosed this week by the
State Tax Department.
This was the first full calendar
year in which the tax operated, but
a monthly bym0nth average shows
that the yield for 1871, compared
with the last seven months OF
1@43. fell off considerably. The
tax, enacted by the last session OF
the General Assembly, went into
effect on June |. 1913. In the next
seven months ii produced $4a9,
6o1.S3, an average of $3H.5lI.lo a
month
Throughout 1914 the collection
aggregated $543.942.35, for 4
monthly average of $4532S. .53. The
smallest yield since the tax was
first imposed came in November
1874, when the return was So
SS6.3S.
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Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Folk
In
Auto Mishap
Accident Occurred In
Front Of State HOspi-
tai Early Last Monday
Morning.

Five residents OF Milford and
Milford vicinity were painfully in
jured early Monday morning when
the car in which they were riding.
skiddcd and struck a tree on the
DUPONT Boulevard in front Of the
State Hospital AT Farnhurst. Al
the time of the accident the car
was being operated by Clarence II.
Lynch. Jr.. 10 years old. Milford
son Of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence II
Lynch, a member OF the Navy. His
injuries consisted Of fractured ribs
abrasion of forehead and pOssibI,
fracture of collar bone. Others rid
ing with young Lynch were Clar-
cnce Lynch, ST., ~ years Old Mil
ford. his father, possible back irac-
ture. spramrd peck. laccration OF
right hand
Ralph Norman Lynch. II year:
old. Milford, brother Of Clarence
Jr.. laceration Of scalp, bruises tC
left shoulder.
Private George f. Bowman, Il
years old, near Milford. stationed a
Fort George G.. Meade. Md. bruises
Seaman Second class Waite
Adams. Is years old. near Milford
stationed at cambridge, Md. Navu
Training Station, bruises
.'onla-c 20 the .r V.,. tS, .,u,t-,.
a $2o0 90 The lHjpr~d 2 RI, lake
10 the Delaware Hospital. Wilmin2
ton and tn" New Castle County Al
RaSe ElOsnitaI.
Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
County Agent Says
Order Fertilizer Now
Nitrogen Shortage. Labor Short
ages In Plants Way Tie Up Supplies

"Farmcrs who have not already
dcne so should order their fertili-
lcr now from their usual sup
pliers" say County Agent Will
liam IL. Henderson.
"Thp labor shortage in fertilizer
plants is severe and it will be i'm
Ios@iblc to mix and handle as
lnuch fertilizer as farmers need
Unless it can be kept moving from
plant to farm or local warehouse.
THE War Food Administration
estimates that there may he 10
percent shortage of nitrogen
largely for use ir mixed fertilizers,
phosphate, principally for direct
and II percent shortage of super
use. but that there is 20 nerCCnt
more potash than last year.
"Sulphuric acid is necessary
both for making superphosphate
and explosives and all explosives
contain nitrogen. For many months
euperphOsphate producers were
getting large quantity of sulphur
ric acid from Government Ordanct
Plants. bur this supply was cut of
when the munitions program was
speeded up several months ago
That means that less supcrph0S-
phate can he made and there is ne
alternative. for munitions come
FIRST in War
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Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Masons VIII Meet
Here This Evening
State Communication Will Be Held
In Temple At : =. VI.

Temple Lodge No. 8 A. +. & A. NJ.
OF Milford with WOrshipful Master
f'ranl; L. Sapp presiding will hold
a stated communication this Fri
day sNening. February 9th, 1945 II
the Masonic Temple on y. w. Front
Street at eight o'clock
TIE entertainment committee NJ.
HaswCll Pierce, Warren T. Moore,
and George T. Macklin are making
special arrangements to entertain
a very distinguished guest who will
visit Temple Lodge on this Occas-
sion. Just who the distinguished
visitor is or Why he has not been
identified no one seems to know.
This cOnlnitte who has arranged
many interesting programs for the
Milford MasOnS insists on the at
tendance of every member of Tenn
pie Lodge. W. NJ. Sapp. is not only
asking his own members to attend
tut is requesting that they extend
an invitation to any Master MasOr
in this section to attend and enjoy
4I'ratelnal evening with them.
Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Services For
lynch Boy
Held Here On
W e dnes d ay
Boy Was Accidentally
Shot By Young Bro
ther At His Milford
Neck Home Last Sat-
? urday Morning.

The funeral of Lemuel Emory
Mrs. Claud Lynch. ST.. OF Milford
Neck. was held Wednesday after
noon in the Pilgrims Holiness
Church, Milford, with Rev. Charles
w Baker officiating. lnterment in
Odd Fellows cemetery.
The sad event occurred last Sat
urday, February >. at their home
in Milford Neck when with his
y9Nnger brother, Richard age 10
years. while playing with Il shot
gun, which they did not realize was
loaded
The gun had been left in the
barn by an older brother. Claud,
Jr.. after he had returned from the
marsh He went into the loft to
secure some feed for cattle before
going to the house. When setting
the gun down he looked to see that
no one was around While up the
loft he heard the report of the
weapon. and rushed down to find
Lemuel lying in the barn.
Richard ran to the mouse anC
told his sister, Nora Lee. that he
had shot his brother
Together with her sister, Alma
they carried the, boy in trucl
to the home of Mrs. Mckinley Ma
loney. neighbor, whore tele
phone WAS available. Mrs. MalOn
ey gave first aid and called th'
Milford Memorial Hospital amhu
lance.
The boy was taken TO the hospi
tai. but was dead before he reach
ed the institution.
He is survived. besides his ia
ther and mother, by four sisters
Mrs Emma COverdale, Nora Lee
Alma aud June Lynch; Two bro
Tiers. Claud. Jr. and Richard.
Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
L o m pany L
Wins Grown In
Rifle Match
Milford Outfit Sweeps
League With Seven
Consecutive Wins With
No Defeats.

Results of final matches in the
Delaware State Guard rifle cham
piOnships were announced this
week as follows:
Company f Wilmington. l.2lo;
Company -. NHddlctoWn, l."o3.
mnnou! Z Milford, ll>3: Com
pany +, New Castle, 80
Company \. Wilmington. l,90l ;
Headquarters, Wilmington. $50
Company +, Dover. forfeited TO
Company g. Newark.
High scorers: First Sergeant
Hall. +. Company, PCS; First Ser
@eant Moore. - Company. 235; Cor
p0ral Chandler. c Company. 263 /;
First Sergeant Peet, f company
233: Sergeant Boyer. \ Company
Pa. and Pie Toiand. Headquarters
.bp
Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Kent All Leaders
Organize Group
Lister Hall Heads New Local
Leader Association

\ training meeting for local
leaders of the All Clubs Of Kent
county WAS held on January % in
Dover. The group organized IA To-
cal leader association of the fol
lowing officers: President, Lister
Hall; vice president. 5. y. VI. Ar
mour; secrctary-treasurer Betty
Prettyman.
The organization of the Kent
Chapter of Local Leaders gave the
State of Delaware three All local
leader associations.
Lester Chase. Wildcat Club;
Meryin Hughes. Paradise Club;
john Eisenbrcy. Houston Cardinal
Club; Rev. Leonard Taylor. Will
low Grove club leader, reported
salvage collection in their clubs.
Plans We're made for window dis
plays during National Ill Clul
Week March 3-ll.
Emphasis was placed upon thI
enrolment and encOuragemcntS o
All members to help produce more
food in 1918.
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Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Adventists Discuss
Postwar Plans
Work Gi Rrr>tahliShing Church In
War RaSaged Lands Is Problem

The huge postwar task the
church is facing in reestablishing
its work in war ravaged lands was
discussed in the morning service at
the Harrington SCventh-Day Ad-
vcntist Church OH February 3. Dan
s. Harris spoke AT this meeting,
surveying in part the vast de
slructiOn of properties by war in
countries of Europe, China, the
Philippines. and sections of the
South Pacific Ocean.
Word from Europe indicates that
large numbers OF churches. schools
and other institutions have been
destroyed or seriously damaged.
Their largest European publishing
house has been wiped out, as has
also an important health food fac
tory The Skodsborg Sanatorium
and hospital in Denmark is Occu-
pied by military forces. In Italy
many churches have been bombed.
Before the war Adventist church
properties i'm Europe represented
an investment of more than So
OOO 900.
Losses in China include the Signs
Of the Times publishing plant. with
more than $20,000 worth of equip
mcnt. and China leading Adven-
tist training school near Nanking
This school had more than 60t
students and operated Il fine steel
furniture industry. as we'll as can
ming. farming. poultry. and dairy
projects. 1t was entirely demolish-
ed
In Singapore. the Far Eastern
Division headquarters, with offices
and homes. is in ruins. The Manila
sanatOrium and hospital in tho
Philippines is in the encmy'S
hands. and a secondary school il
Northern LuZon has been destroy
ed. Heavy fighting throughout New
; Guinea. the Solomons. and Other
South Pacific island groups ha:
wrecked many schools. mission sta
, tiOns and dispensaries, and three
, .missiOnary boats were sunk by th'
Japanese Losses in these area
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Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Set DeadIine For
Assembly Bills
No New Business, Except
In An Emergency, Will Be
Accepted After Both Day

The thirticth Legislative day was
fixed as the dcadlinc for the intro
ductiOn of new bills in the Senate
last Thursday under concurrent
resolution which was adopted by
the House.
As last Friday was the sixteenth
day the Legislature has been i'll
session. this means that the dead
line will probably fall around the
tWcnty-tifth of this month.
The resolution provides. how
ever, that genera. appropriation
bills or bills relating to postwar
problems can be introduced after
this headline.
Senator Robert Yprkes. ma iority
floor leader. explained that the
resolution was SO Worded to pro
vide for any changes in the post
war program that might be prompt
ed by the cessation of hOStilities
in Europe prior TO the deadline.
Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Anniversary SO Divorce
OF Cedars Was Gases Listed
Gala Affair In Kent County
February Term COnvenes
In Dover On The 18th;
List OF Cases Is Lar
gest For One Term.

Th1tv-uinc divorce cuss> al"
of the Keul County court. which
conycnes February -, according
to the trial list prepared ny Pro
HONORARY " Marion Stevenson.
This is the largest number of
divOrc" cases 70 be listed for arGU-
meut at ON" term OF court here III
the meMorE of veteran court Off
cials. IL addition 10 the cases
listed for argument There are also
II eases listed for tiual dcCtcc in
divorce
Among the cases listed far ar2u-
mont is on" by Howard Wiley lll!l
a soldier whose wife, Mrs ThchnH
Porter Dill. created Il mild sensa-
tiUn some months ago by writing
to the Wilmington papers ti.dl he
husband EaA been killed in action
The present Whereabouts of Mrs
Dill ar" hot known Dut i IS be
licH cd that she is in Florida.
Oi H." cases on the argument
list IS are acW for the February
term and y have been continued
from preceding terms of which five
are marked for decision. The lis
follows:
For dfcisiou George w Iiol
land Y. Florence Waples Holland
George d. McNatr Y. Elizabet|
West McNatt; Bessie Dyer y. Cur
It's Dyer; Harvey \. Morgan '
Florence Bowers Morgan.
New cases at the February teri
lE1ill ~ I,nr.. z L,Inn,..l
Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Sgt. c.. F. Collins Is
Again I'm Hero's Role
Son OF Mr. and Mrs. Norman Collins
Led Infantry Platoon In Attack

Information has been received
in Milford that a Milford soldier
has proved an able strateSist ON
the European front. The soldier.
Tech. Sergt. George +. Collins.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Col
Inns, of near Milford. a member OF
the Yankee Division. led an infan-
try platoon which broke up a Ger
man machine gun position holding
up the advance of his unit in the
battle of the Ardennes. and cap
tured 80 out of 200 Germans i'll the
surrounding pocket
Collins also is credited with Il
similar type of bravery during the
drive across Lorraine toward the
Saar River late in December, when
he took squad into the town OF
GrOs Rederching and silenced two
German machine guns impeding
entry into the town.
Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Fred A. WOerner, Su-
preme Tall Cedar OF L.
S., Was The Principal
Speaker.

Conceded by the largest attend
ance iii recent years to be one OF
the best and most interesting cere-
m0nials held in Evergreen Forest,
the anniversary meeting OF last
week in Milford can be recorded
as a complete success. From the
time Evergreen Forest Band open
ed the meeting with the celebrated
march Silver Jubilee" in honor
of the 25th anniversary until y
O'Clock midnight, not minute los
time could be found i'll the inter
eSting program. Chaplain Joseph
Lank in the opening prayer asked
devine blessing on the members of
the armed forces. The evening
took on festive appearance as the
Supreme Forest officers were
marched into the building. prc-
sented to the Forest and seated on
the stage. Fred A. WOerner. Su-
preme Tall Cedar of the UniteA
States. made the principal address
of the evening. His remarks were
OF a general nature tOuching on
the present conflict and the future
welfare of the fraternity. His adj
dress was followed by remarks by
Edward Reeves, Supreme Scribe
and Herman Willaredt. the Su
preme treasurer Sharing honor.
with the Supreme Forest Office.
was Frank l.. Sapp. worshipfu
master Of Temple Lodge No. 9. o
Milford. the sponsors OF Evergreen
Forest.
! Another novel feature of the pro
gram was the presence and intro
ductiOn of the wOrshipful master
of four Sussex County MasOni
lOdges-W. NJ. William G.. CasOr
Franklin Lodge No. -. of George
town: w. NJ. Cyrus f. Clendanie
EndeavOr No. II. of Milton. ". y
Leland s. White. Gethsemane NJ
rs, of Reliance; and W. VI. Volli
{, G. Gray, of Doric No. 30, Of Mil
' Vile.
;, Delving back into history III
;, Turn TO PAGE 3 plpaecl
Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Milford Soldier
Wounded In Action
Sergeant Daniel \. Banning Was
Injured In Luxembourg January IL

Word has been received by Mrs.
Anna Banning that her son. Ser
3cant Daniel \. Banning OF Mil
ford, has been wounded in action
in Luxembourg on January -
lie was in the lQ4th Infantry
Regiment and had been in this
company less than a month. lie
had been in the II. NJ Tank Com
nany since entering the service in
May 1913. He received his frst
training at The Aberdeen Proving
Grounds in Maryland. Later going
10 California where he spent seven
tccn months in desert training. He
went to New York to an embark
alton port year ago.
Sergeant Banning is graduate
OF the Greenwood High School
class OF 1894. He has one brother
in service somewhere in Belgium
Pie Linwood Banning. Sergeant
Banning is now in hospital il
Paris. France.
Milford chronicle., 1945-02-09
Rotarians Enjoy
Informative Program
Three Clergymen Presented Talk
On Intolerance And Brotherhood

Members of Milford Rotary Club
enjoyed an informative program
prepared by j. Herbert Nichols on
Monday evening.
Speakers on the program includ-
ed Rev William Edge. pastor of
Peoples Church. Dover; Father
John Lundigan of St. Joseph's
School. Clayton. and Rabbi Her.
bert Druse, of Wilmington. They
renewed some of the situations
arising today from intolerance, ard
lack of understanding between
people. The program was we'll re-
ceived by the membership and the,
response was made by Josiah w.
Boston.
Next week the program will be
in charge of Frank NAPLES. the
fOllOwingCG CGweek will be ladies'
night with ShOckley Daugherty as
chairman.