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Milford chronicle., 1945-11-30
Santa Claus
House Will
Be Rebuilt
City Council Unanimous
ly Decided To Under
take Project At Meet
ing Tuesday Evening.

Like Phoenix rising from its
ashes. the tabled STORY Book
House" long the abode of Milford 5
Santa Claus every luio season, and
which fell prey to flames that
swept the building where it was
undergoing its seasonal rehabili-
tation last Friday will be ready
for the Patron Saint of childhood.
thanks to Mlford's generous City
Council. who. without Il dissenting
vote. Tuesday evening authorized
the expenditure of the necessary
funds to rebuild the house.
Two of the five huge arches
which for many past Christmas sea
sons have stood silently and ma
iestically at the entrances to the
business distriCt-WelCOmin shop
pcrs from home and abroad. will
also be rebuilt and painted and
placed in the downtown section.
The lights and stars have already
been placed in position and viii
be Illuminated for the first time to-
morrow evening, December l.
The members of the MILFORD
Chamber of Commerce are making
arrangements to have Suitabl,
evergreen placed around the light
and Santa with his pack OF cand.
for good little boys and girls i
expected to arrive in the city abou
the middle of December. and viii
Immediately take up his residenc
III the Story Book House. whicI
this year will be located in Plaz
Square.
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PROCLAMATION

Whereas. on December I.
| 1897. Delaware became the
first state to ratify the Fed
eral Constitution; and
Whereas. this year for the
second time in our history, |
" worldwide threat to our :
constitutional form of government
has been eliminated by the united
and heroic action of our freedom
loving people. thus preserving the
fundamental law of our Republic,
Now. therefore, |, Walter w. Ba-
con. Governor of the State of Della
ware. do hereby designate Friday
December :. l945, as
DELAWARE DAY
and ask the citizens of the State OF
Delaware to pay tribute to the par
Delaware played in the establish
ment OF the basic law of our nation
by her prompt ratification of the
Federal Constitution and also pay
especial tribute to those who have
sacrificed and struggled to pre-
serve this immortal document b!
pledging themselves anew to main
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Milford chronicle., 1945-11-30
Firemen's Supper At
Houston Tonight
Turkey And Oysters In Abundance,
Cooked Country Style

All roads lead to Houston to-
night where the firemen and their
good ladies are serving one of their
famous suppers. Turkey and oys-
ters in abundance, cooked country
style, with plenty of side dishes,
such as potato salad, baked beans,
sweet potatoes, hot rolls, etc,
await you.
The supper is being served on the
second floor of the fire hall and
serving starts promptly at five
o'clock
Tickets are: Adults. $125 each;
children, Csc each. They can be
purchased at the door
The firemen will use the proceeds
after their expenses are met to
make necessary repairs to their
building and equipment and buy
additional equipment as it is need
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Milford chronicle., 1945-11-30
New Buick Is Now
On Display Here
Handsome 1916 Model Tan Be Seen
At Kent And Sussex (OtOr Co.

Flint. Mich. The Buick Division
of General Motors Corporation to-
day announced its first postwar
ears three new lines of 1916 mo-
delS Incorporating outstanding
trends in functional streamlining
and engineering developments per
hitting new standards OF perform
ance.
One of these handsome new 1916
models is now on display at the
Kent and Sussex Motor Company
on North Walnut street, Milford.
The new cars, all straight eights
of the powerful valve-in-h head
"treball design, are characterized
by long. low appearance accentu-
ated through the use of sweeping
airfOil tenders in combination with
wide bodies. massive front and
treatment. smoothly fitting rear
wheel shields and substantially
simplified chrome trim.
Mechanically. they incorporate
several score major design changes
and retihements throughout th,
DOdy. CHASSIS and engine. These
range from an entirely new method
of precision finishing the cylinder
barrel walls. new carburetion ant
new rear axle gear, to new meth
od OF operating the Windshield,
wlpers to make this necessary ap
purtenance for the first time alb
SOlutely noiSeless.
In announcing the new models
Harlow II. Curtice. general man
ager said that initial production
Will be confined to the popular Ser
les 81 Super ears on Il 124-inc
Wheelbase. AS production gets I'm
der way and materials become NOR
abundant, the two other series {
cars will be brought into produt
ton. They are the Series 20 RoaC
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Milford chronicle., 1945-11-30
Legion VIII Install
Officers Dec. 4th
William V. Sipple, Jr., Will
BE Installed As Post
Commander

The newly-elected officers of
Post No. 3, American Legion, De-
partment of Delaware, of Milford.
will be installed by Department
Commander j. Paul Green and staff
next Tuesday evening, December
1. at o'clock at the new Milford
Armory on North Walnut street.
Commander Green will be assisted
by the members of his staff.
After the installation ceremon-
les there will be a buffet supper.
The officers to be installed are:
Commander. William " Sipple, Jr.;
first vice commander. Reese Jes-
ter; second vice commander. Thos.
B. DerricksOn; adjutant, George
Legates; finance officer. Paynter
Sharp; sergeant-at-arms, Henry
Orkin; chaplain, Colonel William
f. Lank; historian. Nina Hall
Watson.
The retiring commander of the
Milford Post is Sidney Schwach,
who will assist Commander Green
with the installation.
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-30
Sussex Nimrod, Shot
While Cunning, Dies
Irwin Welch OF Laurel. SuccumbS
In Memorial Hospital Here

Shot in the face while hunting
last Monday. Irwin Welch. 36 years
Old. of Laurel. died Tuesday in the
Milford Memorial Hospital.
State troopers said Clifton Gala
way, also Of Laurel, told them he
and Welch were cunning lor rab-
bits. He was a short distance away
from Welch when he heard shot
and, walking back to see if Welch
had haggcd a rabbit, he found his
companion lying on the ground
with the left side of his face shot
away
Galloway said he rushed the in
jured man to the office OF Dr G..
Roscoe Elliott of Laurel. who or
dcred him taken to the hospital
Police expressed the belief Wclch
tripped in the underbrush causing
his gun to go off.
He is survived by his wife and
two children. He operated barber
shop in Laurel for several years
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-30
Grants HoldAnnual
Santa Claus Party
Hundreds OF Riddles and
Adults Attended Gala
Affair, ChOirs From
Two Churches Sang
Christmas Carols.

Grants store. Milford. held its
fourth annual Santa Claus com
ing-out party and christmas carol
festival last Tuesday evening. No
vembcr -
Santa. the patron saint of child
hood. WAS on hand and presented
each small child with suitable
souvenir and listened to their
Christmas wants.
The program and members of
the choirs which participated in
;hr program follow
Prelude, Christmas Carols. Mrs.
Roy Pettyjohn.
20 Come. All le Faithful" choir
and audience
Vocal solo, Cantique de Noel,
Nina 10 Kennedy. soprano
The First Noel. Henry Pusey and
choir
Anthem. Silent Night Holy Night
choir,
Christmas Carols. Calvary Youth
Choir.
l. There's a Song in the Air.
= Gloria.
,. JOY to the World
The Avenue Methodist junior
Choir rendered the following mum
herS:
L. The Star of Bethlehem.
> Three Kings OF the Orient
Silent Night Holy. Night,
choir and audience.
Calvary Methodist Youth Choir
Rev. Leslie r. Werner. director.
Mrs. Roy r. PettyjOhn, accom-
PIANIST.
Sopranos Frances Collins. Mn;
10 Kennedy, Esther kenton. Bar
bara Mariner, Margaret Saunders
Mary Ann Kitchens.
TemorS William Drummond
Lockwood EXley, James Hazard
Henry Pusey.
Altos Hazel Argo. Mary Bryan
Dorothy Derrickson. Betty Faving
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Republican Probers
Answer Sen. Tunnel
Talk BY Delaware Senator In Their
Absence i> Bitterl, Condemned
By .INS0llatt.i PrINS

Washington Vigorously deny
ing partisan political motives. two
Republicans told the Senate this
week their sole interest as menu
berS of the Pearl lIarbOr investi-
eating committee is a complete fac
tual report of that disaster for the
future benefit of this nation.
Senators Ferguson -MichD and
Brewster tR-Mel stressed this
theme as tlTey protested that Sena-
tor Tunnel tD-Del last week had
termed them "apolOgiSts for Japan
gentlemen in borrowed kimonas.
Il am moved by a sense of public
service which hope is high above
any cheap partisan politics. Fer
guSOn told the Senate. Il feel that
il is Imperative to the welfare OF
this nation that this investigation
be conducted above prejudice OF
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Milford chronicle., 1945-11-30
Testim m0nial
Dinner Given
Telepho o ne
Girls Here
Local Operators w ere
The Guests OF Honor
At Gala Affair Given
BY Milford Kiwanis
Club Tuesday Night.

Milford's appreciation for a job
we'll done was demonstrated to To-
cal operators OF the Diamond State
Telephone Company last Tuesday
evening. when they were guests of
honor at a testimonial dinner Civ
en- by the Milford Kiwanis club. in
Grange Hall.
The eleven local telephone OPP
orators, headed by Mrs Elizabeth
Il. Kemp. charge. all
attended the meeting. Officials of
the Diamond State Company made
arrangements for the local switch
board to be covered by operators
brought here from Wilmington and
Dover during the meeting.
The arrangements We're made by
Ninal f. Bennett, president, and
Ford Sewell. vice president of the
club, in connection with the or
ganiZatiOnS regular Ladies
Night" dinner-meeting. Theodore
w. Collins, local manager of the
telephone company. also attended
the meeting and Joined in praising
the good work done during the
war and afterwards by the local
operators.
The operators attending, in adj
ditiOn to Mrs. Kemp. were Mrs
Frances r. Dennev. Miss Sara
Phyllis Bennett, Miss Edith Cal
houn Miss Dorothy Derrickson
Miss Betty Favinger. Mrs. Carrie
Jarrett, Mrs. Priscilla Lank, Mrs
Anna NJ. Shea. Miss Catherine Nad
akin and Mrs. Gertrude Simpson
Each was introduced to the audi
enct.
Mr. Collins. in making brie
talk, reviewing the wartime con
tributions of the Diamond Stat
Company and the Bell TelephOn
System, praised the way the tele
phone operators. both in MilforC
and throughout the country. hand
led the many millions of addition
al calls which passed through thei
switchboards.
Communication plays vita
part i'll the fighting OF modern
war" he said. This is true no
only at the battle front. where
is important that the actions {
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Milford chronicle., 1945-11-30
Major Floyd Hudson Returns
rs Kent-Sussex Health Officer

Major Floyd l. Hudson. a mem
Der of the medical staff of the State
Board OF Health since 1894. has re-
turned from army duty in India
and has assumed. temporarily, the
duties of Health Officer for Kent
and Sussex counties. His office
headquarters will be at the Sussex
Health Unit in Georgetown and he
will make his home with Mrs Ilud-
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-30
Bond Rally At
Houston Dec. 6
Affair will Be Held In Fire House
Beginning Al 1870 =. VI.

Senator Robert II. Yerkes, chair
man of the Houston War Finance
Committee. announced today that
the Victory Loan Bond Rally
would be held in the Houston fire
house next Thursday evening, De
cember 6. beginning at 7:30 O'Clock.
A program is being arranged by
the chairman and members of his
committee. and every effort will be
made to raise the quota of $4,000.
This is reduction of half the for
mer quotas, which Houston never
failed to raise and surpass.
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-30
Delaware Holly Wredths
Will Be Minus Berries

Sale of holly wreaths in lower
Delaware, which has amounted to
a 100000 business annually in
previous years. will get under way
in a couple weeks and dealers es-
innate that between two and three
wreaths will be shipped to
points all over the East and Middle
West. The Delmarva Peninsula is
one of the chief sources Of holly in
Milford chronicle., 1945-11-30

son and their two sons. in Reho
both. The post of health officer in
Kent has been vacant since DR.. E.
f. Smith retired in June. and the
Sussex one since early fall when
Dr. Bernard Zukor. ON loan from
the L. :. Public Health Service.
was recalled to New York
Major Joseph k. Beck has also
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the country.
However. the wreaths this year
Will be minus the seasonal holly
berry. Dealers pointed out that the
holly tree blossoms early in the
spring and the frost killed about
80 per cent of the blossoms. HOLM
wreaths this year will carry arti-
hcIal berries almost exclusively.
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CANADIANS MAKE GAINS TN
 NEW DRIVE

PARIS France Feb. g. -(AP)-- A powerful new Canadian offen- sive penetrated four and one-half miles into the Siegfried line, in a pincers move, driving on Rhur and burning Kleve
 The forest defenses have been weakened by trrific artillry and air bombardment.
 Five more German towns have fallen and 1,200 prisoners, includ- ing two battalion commanders who surrendered.
 The American forces are within a mile of the vast Schwammen- uel Dam which controls the flood waters of the Roer river.
 The 1st. Army has broken through the last German oppos- ition south of Strassbourg, and is moving like an avalanche gath ering power as it gains momen- tu-m. German broadcasts an- preached the Nazi lines in a nounce that the Canadians have large scale offensive.
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RED ARMY IS 25 MILES FROM STETTIN

LONDON, Feb. 9. -(AP)-Ths Russians have smashed their way to within 25 miles of Stettin, the German port nearest Berlin, ant threaten to encircle Zsukov witt one of the wars heaviest artH' lery barrages.
 . Oder river Qualifications stii block the way to Berlin.
 The Red Army is hitting a Liebnitz, which guards the ap breaches to saxony, and are clos ing in on Kurtsch which is T. miles from Breslau.
The Nome nugget., 1945-02-09
THREE MAYORS HANGED IN GERMANY

 LONDON Feb. g. -(AP)-The Germans have announced the ex- ecution of another mayor for fleeing from his city before the advance of the Red Army.
 Mayor Schroeder of Koenigs- berg, was hanged for leaving be- fore receiving evacuation orders.
 This is the third such offense and subsequent execution
 The mayors of Breslau and Bromberg were also executed.
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STRIKE IN SEATTLE E
WELDERS
 WALK OUT IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Feb. g. -(AP)-Lass night15O members of the United Brotherhood of Welders, cutters and helpers refused to report for work in the Todd Dry Dock on Harbor Island, in response to a call by Henry Doty, president of the Independent union.
 Only about 20 out of 250 men were on the job but there were no pickets.
 The walkout arose over a dis pute between the Brotherhood and the AFT boilermakers un- ion after what Doty called union activities, and the discharge os 4 welders.
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WOLF BITES TRAINER Pfc. ROER

ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. g. -(AP) Pfc. Louis Roer, of White Plains, who has been trying ito cross breed sled dogs to wolves, lost his enthusiasm when a wolf bit him and infection set in.
 His conclusion is that anything more than an eighth wolf Is dan- gerouS.
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Third Notice!

The annual meeting of inc Arctic Club will be held in inc Home Economies room of inc High School at $500 p. ra.. Feb. l3. le45. following a pot-luck dinner at 6:30 p. m. All mem bers are urged 10 attend.
 w. H. CAMERON.
 President
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VOLCANO
 ERUPTS IN Mexican City

URUAPAN, Mexico, Feb. g. - (AP)-Particutin, a volcano near here has been in such violent e. ruption for the past A hours that windows and doors have rattled constantly throughout the city. The mountain is only g miles away. Uruapan is cov- cred with sand and ashes, and the sun is obscured.
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AIRBORNE
 TROOPS HIT MANILA DOCKS

IN THE PHILIPPINES Feb. g
 -(AP)--BY c. Yates McDaniels. Amphibious vehicles of the 37th division crossed the Pasig river near the Malaganan Palace to root out the Japanese who had wrecked the bridges and kindled
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GERMANS ARE VOLUNTEERING STRONGLY

ROME, Feb. g. -(AP)-The Ger mans have launched a stiff count erattack On 5th Army newly gained positions in the Serchio valley
 No large scale fighting on oth- CT fronts.
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fires in the closely congested in- ytramuros district. They are now on the point of crossing into the last sector of Manila where Jap suicide squads are very active.
 There are nearly two miles of docks in this area to which the airborne troops are trying to break through from the south.
 Bombers are blasting Correg- idor which guards the bay en- trance. Casualties have been extremely heavy for the enemy
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ATC EVENTS

.... There will be a dance Sat urday evening from $500 o'clock until l:00 o'clock. in the High School Gym.
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HOSPITAL FOR INSANE OF ALASKA

WASHINGTON Feb. g. -(AP)- Representative DeLacy introduced bill today for the construction of a hospital in Seattle, for AL aska insane patients.
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SALMON PACK WILL BE NEAR 5 MILLION CS

WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. -(AP)- The Alaska salmon pack for 1945 is expected to total 5,000,000 cases which is IS per cent below nor mai but more than in 1944.
 Manpower shortages account for the decline from normal pro- duction.
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-29
Public Passover Rites
Held In Aachen for the
First Times Since 1898

ADVANCED HEADQUARTERS
U. S. NINTH A1RFORCE. March
28-P-For the first time since
1898, there was a public obser-
vance of the Passover at Aachen
today.
Jewish American soldiers and
a handful Of German Jews assem-.
bled in a partially destroyed barn
for the service. The G. is with
battle equipment sat at tables to
receive the matzos and consecrat-
ed wine.
The barn was the most habitable
place for the service That could be
found in battered Aachen. Ger
man civilians, long indoctrinated
with anti-Semitism, watched i'm.
passively as the Jews gathered.
The service was conducted by
Capt. Robert S. Marcus, New York,
Ninth Tactical Air Force chaplain.
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Forrestal Declares Nayy
May Seek Reinstatement
OF Cancelled Ship Plans

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-(P)-
Secretary Forrestal said today
the Navy may seek reinstatement
of part of the ship construction
program which was reduced yes
terday.
Forrestal said the order cancel
ling 70 Of the "a ships of all types
projected earlier this year original
ed with War Mobilization Director
James F. Byrnes, who was $50
conscious of the impact of the
program on manpower. that on the
basis of relative demand he felt
it was not wise to start
While the Navy MAY disagree,
Forrestal said, somebody has to
weigh competing demands on the
national economy"
The Secretary said the initial
program of "a ships was inaugur-
ated on the basis Of insurance"
because 1--WE do not know at what
point Japan can implement dam
aging attack on the fleet"
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British Merchantmen
Used Miniature Deck
For Anti-Sub Planes

LONDON, March 2s.-(R-
During the most critical period
IN the battle of the Atlantic a
number of British merchant
ships were equipped with "pos-
tage stamp landing decks en-
abling them to carry their own
aircraft protection wit h u t
sacrificing cargo tonnage, the
Admiralty disclosed tonight.
The vessels, grain-type freigh-
tiers requiring a minimum
amount of alteration, were fore
runners of the Nays Wool
worth carriers now used for
escorting ocean conveys. They
were operated by the merchant
navy and carried fleet air arm
pilots.
I'm some cases the pilots had
flat space of only about 400
feet from which to take off and
land" the Admiralty announce
ment said. considering the
alarming deck movement freq
uently encountered in the At
lantic, this was no small feat"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-29
BY ED CREAGH

NEW YORK, March 26. - (R -
When White Ghost, Wagner-lov.
ing circus horse, sets hoof on the
Metropolitan Opera house stage
Saturday night, he is likely to find
the welcome mat rolled up and
slowed away.
It's not that the Met is snooty
about his sawdust background. 1t S
just that some sensitive toes were
trod on when Robert Ringing pre-
sented White Ghost-one of Ring
ling Brothers famed Tennessee
walking horses-to Soprano Helen
Traubel.
Now you'll Il have a real mount
instead of one of those sorry-look-
ing nags," said Ringing, a Chi
cago Opera singer himself before
he became president of the circus.
Miss Traubel, who leads a horse
on stage in "Goetterdaemmerung,"
was delighted.
Not so the Opera Association.
What sorry-looking nags?" de-
manded a MET" spokesman. "Our
horses have been better this year
than ever, and the black one Miss
Traubel leads is a young, healthy
animal, Nag, indeed"
One reason for the houses SEN
sitivity is that a horse refused to
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Ex-circus Horse Facing
CoolReception At Mat

face the audience in performance
of Boris Goudonov'' last season.
forcing Armand Tokatyan to sing
the role of Dimitri while riding
backwards.
Miss Traubel, an old hand with
horses during her girlhood in St.
Louis, said today she was convinc-
ed that the white steed's debut
would dispel any prejudice against
him.
MIR. Ringing has been singing
Wagner to him all winter in Flori-
d." she explained, $50 1 expect
him. unlike some of the horses l
have used, to behave perfectly. 1t
wouldn't surprise me if he knew
the cues"
White Ghost will rejoin the cir
Gus when he isn't helping Miss
Traubel sing Bruennhilde. There S
really no place for a horse, even
walking horse in an apartment,
his new owner said.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-29
40 Persons Feared Dead
In Brazil Flash Flood

RIO DE JANEIRO, March o.
P)-Up to 40 persons may have
died in a flash flood Tuesday at
Petropolis, Brazils summer CAPT.
tai 40 miles north Of Rio de janet
70.
Newspaper dispatches said today
30 bodies already had been re-
covered as the Rio Piabanha, swol-
len by heavy rains, began to SUBJ
side. Damage was estimated at
approximately $1,00O,OOO
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