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Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03
Col. Jim Wickes
Passes After
Long Illness
Dean Of State Publishers
Was Connected COntin-
uously With Papers
For Sixty-Four Years.

Colonel James E.. WiCkes. Della
wares oldest newspaper publisher.
editor. and owner of the Delaware
State News in Dover. died Wednes-
DAY evening. August |. l945 after a
long illness He was 11 years old.
His own paper had completed its
weekly edition Wednesday night
when the announcement of his
death was made. and since it was
in the mail, will not carry the
death notice Of its editor and
owner
From the time. at the age of Is
years. when he would climb on q
soap box in order to reach the type
case. down through 81 years. Colo
mel WiCkes had been continuously
identified with the printing and
publishing field. He BEGAN his
career in 1881 as a printers
devil in the office of the Dover
Delawarean. and remained with
that paper for nine years. when he
went to Piedmont. Alabama. There
he became connected with Pied
mont Inquirer. purchasing the
paper a year later
He returned to Delaware in 1896
and published a paper at Smyrna
TOR five years after which he re
turned to Dover to help establish
the Delaware state News.
The publication of the Delaware
State News was the one and only
hobby Of Colonel Wickcs. His
paper has always been progressive
supporting civic progress and the
continued improvement of the
public school system. In politics il
is an independent Democratic
paper.
A veteran member of the Del
marva Press Association. COlOno
WiCkPS at one time served a!
president of the organization. A
the time of his death he was Al
honorary member of the ROtar.
club of Dover and member of tn,
Ancient Order of United WOrkmer
He remained on his Job unit
April Is of this year at which tim
he became i'll and was removed t
the Kent General Hospital. Afte
10 davs in the hospital he was re
moved to the Airvicw NurSin
Home, south of Dover where he re
manned until last Friday when h
was taken to his home
He is survived by his wife.
nephew. Irving Wickes of Wi
:, mincton. and niece. Mrs. MOll
= Shell of FarnhurSt.
The son of dOsepn and I.ydi
a Chapman Wickes. Colonel WickC
was born in March 27. 1886
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03
company l.
Again Wins
Fighting g g Cock
Efficiency Award Ha $
Been Won BY Local
Outfit Five Times In
Succession.

For the titth consecutive time
company &. Milford Delaware
STATE Guard. has won the Delaware
Blue Fighting cock. for the highest
4tandiuG in efficiency among the
seven companies OF the regiment
tur April May. and June.
Announcement was made this
week by Col J. Paul Heinel. com
mandine officer. that company &
will carry the emblem on the
~pearhcad of the staff of the com
pany Guidon until the next award.
in three months
Adds To H0n0rS
the commanding officer of COmpa
ny & which recently received a
special citation from the Second
Service Command for its outStand-
record.
Company e will also be awarded
another gold bar. to he added to
the four awarded previously
Company { made rating of G3.2
to, efficiency for the three month
period of April. May. and June,
Major Ralph t. Buckalcw. adiutant
OF the regiment said
Middletown Second
Ratings made by other units are
company u. Middletown. 5SS:
Company G. Newark. 5S: Company
+. Wilmington. 81: So: Company
4. WilminGton. 53.5: Company f.
New Castle. 1876, and Company b
Dover. g. s.
The ratings are on per cent OF
actual strength of units in relation
10 authorized strength. drill at
tendance: administration of train.
ine program. equipment reports
mobilization plans. service records
and state nt training. including
general appearance, military cour
teSy and discipline, first aid. ga
naSk drill. manual of arms. clos
order drill. extended drill. guar
duty. recruit schools. nOn-COmmis
stoned officers school. small arm
training and tactical training. an,
care Of equipment.
Company & has been marke
anon. the seven companies of tn
regiment for the enthusiasm of tn
l,r. unnol iuI the program of act
vittHs and training and for tn
quality of leadership. Colon,
lleinel said in announcing tn
awards.
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03
Cancel 5000, 900 Lbs.
OF Cheese For Army
Action Shows Drop In Needs For
Troops In European Theatre

tn" Army said. this week it had
cancelled contracts for 5000 900
pounds of timed heavy-type cheese
effective September / The cancel
latlon was said tO reflect down
Ward revision III requirements in
requirements of cheese for militia
ry personnel in Europe.
Agriculture Department officials.
who said they had not been in
formed of the cancellation. said
that naturally no decision had
h'"n made as to disposition of the
cheese, which had been alloCatcd
70 tn" military services by the
Agriculture Department.
They said ttP cheese may hc dl-
N"rt"d to lcnd-leaSo. foreign relief
or civilian use. Inasmuch as over
all supplies are far short Of re-
unlromentS. there will he no diff
Guilty, they said. in finding mar
k"t for il
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03
Ordnance Co.
Here etoReopen
On Peace Time
W ork Soon
Plans For Production
Call For Two Hundred
Employees With Work
Scheduled To Begin
Within Thirty Days.

Plans for peaCe-time production
and employment at the plant of the
Milford Ordnance Company in Mil
ford moved forward last week with
the announcement that the plant
and equipment had been purchased
by Edward j. Lyons and James J.
Dervin. former stockholders and
officials of the Milford Ordnance
Company The plant will he own
ed and operated by the Milford
Chemical and Manufacturing Com
pany
James j. Dervin. president of the
new organization has received a
contract from the NOma Electric
Company of New York City for the
production of pcacc-time item
that will require in the neighbOr-
hood of two hundred employees. All
production will he under the direct
supervision of John Fry. who also
was associated with the Milford
Ordnance Company
Mr.. Dervin further stated that at
the present time seven employees
are under instruction at "A factory
in Port Allegheny. Pa. learning the
work that will be done at the Mil
ford plant Work has already start
ed on the necessary structural
changes and the installation of the
new machinery. and from all indi
cations the plant will he in full
time operation within the next y
days Further expansion in th'
production program neCessitatint
an additional ESQ people has beel
held up temporarily by restrictions
on strategic materials Upon thu
release of these materials by thu
War Production Board. which il
expected around December. th'
plant will start on the second con
tract item. which will bring the to
tai number of employees TO ap
proximately 500.
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03
Delapare's Br0iler Income Last
Year Better Than $7O,OOO,OOO

ties and III" nine counties of Mary
land and three of Virginia on the
Eastern Shore of the CheSap ppakc
Bay. is rich in production and con
tains many uniqu" manufacturing
features.
y research on little-knOwn in
dustries in the peninsula disclosed
among other things that three
Turn to Page ; Pleasel
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03
Nine People Hurt When
Two Cars Crash Head
On Near Dover. One
Dies In Kent General
Hospital.

Thirteen persons were injured in
auto miShaps over the weekend.
Nine Of the victims were involved
in a hcad-On collision of two ma
chimes near Dover shortly before
noon last Sunday One of these vic
TINS is still in a critical condition
while the other seven were seri-
0usly injured. Four persons were
hurt in accidents in Wilmington
Neal Mcnamara. one of the nine.
passed away in the Dover Hospital
ON Monday evening. without re-
gaining consciousness.
The collision near Dover occur
red just north of the junction of
the Kits IIummock Road and
Route ll3. Although police have
been unable to find any witnesses
To the accident. both cars We're be
liCvcd to have been proceeding at
high speed since they were almost
completely demolished and all
passengers were so seriously in
jured they were unable to be ques-
toned
Occupants of the car travelling
north were identified as Neal Nc
Namara, 45 years old. driver. Mrs.
Mary Mcnamara. IS years old:
Neal Mcnamara. Jr.. II years old:
George g. Appel, 41 years old. and
Mrs. Norma Appel. 80 years old. all
of Baltimore. They are believed to
have been returning to Baltimore
following a vacation in Ocean City.
Md.
The second car. driven by Staff
Sergeant Glenn a. Erscher. q
years old. travelling south was as
Sumed to be enrOute to one of the
lower Delaware beaches. Other Oc-
Cupants were: Staff Sergeant
Frederick p. Berger, Miss Virginia
Icieler. 10 years old. of Dover. and
Miss Rachel f. Farrow. 23 years
old. OF Townsend.
The soldiers are at the station
hospital AT the Dover Army All
Field while the others are reCeiv
, ing treatment at the Kent Genera
Hospital
Mr.. Mcnamara suffered severe
decorations nf the scalp. compound
fracture of the left leg. and inter
nal injuries His wife has inter
; nal injuries and decorations of the
head and arms. while their son has
compound fracture of the left leg
| and multiple decorations of the
> head
Nh Appel has fractured righ
: leg and cOntusiOns of the head
, Mrs Appel suffered fractured lef
leg and decorations and abrasion
of the body.
CTurn to Page >. Pleased
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03
Many Are Injured
In Auto Smash-Ubs
Over The Week-End
FARMERS MARKET HERE
Is DECIDED Success

The experiment on Satur-
day in trying out a farmers
market in Milford was such
a success, it seems likely il
will become a permanent in
StitutiOn.
The market was held in
the lot adjoining the Plaza
Theatre. and was we'll filled
with farmers Offering pro-
duCC for sale that they had
grown on their farms BY
noon many of the farmers
had sold out despite the in
clement weather.
The market will he re-
repeated tomorrow, Saturr
day. August I, and if il con-
tinuCS to prove success,
it will probably become per
manent.
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03
Car Dealers Should
Send In Applications
Those Wishing To Sell At War
ranty Price Must File With Office

Dealers who wish to sell used
commercial vehicles. used passen
ger automobiles and used motor
cycles at warranty prices should
send in their applications immed
lately to the Wilmington District
Office, Charles w Hardesty. State
Director of OPA, announced re-
Gently
The application is made on OPA
Form 694-2l63 and may he obtain
ed from your local board. Any
dealer making a sale of used mo-
tor vehicle at a warranty price on
or after August /. 1915. who has
not received his certificate of ap-
proval. signed by the district di-
rector. and showing his assigned
(Turn to Fage 3. Please)
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03

Tn" gross income from hrOilcrs
in Delaware last year WAS more
than $7ono0.no0 which was nearly
doubl" that of 1912. which totaled
$31 .0oo.oo" Last year tho income
had increased to $50.0oo.oo more
than two-thirds OF the agricultural
income in the state
The Delmarva Peninsula. con-
sistinG OF Delawaro's three coun-
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03
Clothing Collected
Here Helps Many
Victims Of War viii Receive Gar
mentS Before Winter Sets In

Clothing contributed hy the
American people will reach mil
lions OF war victims overseas be
lore winter sets in. according to q
report from Henry J Kaiser IA
tiOnal Chairman of tn" United Nd-
tional Clothing Collection NH|0r
T., &. Evans. local chairman of the
clothing drive, who received the
report. made il public today
The report included q statement
by President Truman that the local
clothing collection committees
throughout America hay" render
cd a service to world peace. .
President Trumal added.
BY meeting and exceeding their
goal of 30.00o 900 p0und, Of cloth
CTurn to Page ,. Pleasel
Milford chronicle., 1945-08-03
F.F. 4. Winners
At I air Are
\ II II d III II { c II
Students Place
High On Winners And
Judging Lists At Har-
rington Exposition.

The toj5owlu4 listed members ot
Future Farmers ol America. Mis-
pillion Chaptcr Milford HlGh
school. W"rc exhibit winners at
the annual Kent and SUSSEX Fair.
Tomotocs William Warren. SEC
ond
Onions Burton Covcrdal" third.
William RoWmau fourth.
Potatoes ,aud variety Robert
Campbell first. Milton N'nnard.
third
Potatoes Irish CohhlcrI Harry
lindalc. fourth
corn r6 stalks William Bow
man. second. George Carey. third.
Charles Thomas fourth.
Rye opcck, Robert camper.
FIRST
Soyhcana ope,kl Robert Fit
gerald. sccond Robert Camper
third
Rcd Glover Hay ChuudlcHI Rob
crt Camper thlrd
crimson Glover Hay thnndl"S
Martin Covcrdale. first. Burton
Cuvcrdalr. second
Nfalfa thundlcsp Floyd Bless
iuG. FIRST. Robert Camper. third
Lcspcdeza ,hundl"Sl Roher'
Camper. first
Sovhcama Chund!c.n Rohor
Camper. FIRST: William Bowman
second
Barley 'hundleGl Robert cam
per, second.
Timothy ,bundlcD William
RoWman second
Result, OF +. +. \. Iudging ContfS
1t kent-SuN>rN Fair
Potatoes First. Allen Rcddcr
TarrinGton High school. second
Charles Bennett Milford IIiGl
school third. Robert O'N"a'
Rridccyillo High School SChoo
with high scoring team. Miltor
II&h School
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-11-16
Poll Tax Repeal Now
Possible in November

Legislation: HR. passed the
house in spring session by 2-1 major
ity, now goes to senate floor having
been reported favorably from senate
judiciary committee. Some 81 sena
tors have pledged themselves to in
yoke cloture Limitation of debate)
and prevent filibuster, which has de
feated measure in earlier attempts at
passage.
Need: Need is emphasized by a
glance at balance of this page of i'm
portant legislation Unemployment
compensation, full employment, and
other bills are stymied in committees
dominated by poll tax representatives
Senators and representatives from
Southern poll tax states are elected by
small minority of constituents. They
are not representative because they
are not responsible to the people. Sew
en- states still retain this No. 1 him
-drance to voting. The seven Gala
bama, South Carolina, Mississippi, Ar
kansas, Virginia, Texas, Tennessee)
are the reason the South is nations
economic problem No. 1.
Action Required: Get your senator
pledged to vote for cloture when bill
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-11-16
FEPC Fight Continues:
Signatures Needed

Legislation: Bills establishing a per
manent Fair Employment Practices
committee have been favorably re
ported out of both house and senate
labor committees. The house bill is
blocked in the rules committee and bill
will be brought out only when 218 sig
natures are obtained for the Discharge
Petition (No. a or by use of Calendar
Wednesday, day on which labor com
mittee chairman, if given opportunity
can ask consideration.
Need: Attempts to pit group against
group are already growing in num-
bers as economic conditions becomes
less satisfactory. Economic crises
which can be expected in view of con-
gressiona1 inaction on fundamental
legislation will make an FEPC abso-
lutte necessity.
Action Required Get representa-
tives to sign discharge petition and
to commit themselves for uncomprom-
Using fight for passage. Get senators
committed too Senators should state
they'll vote for cloture, vote for bill
Available Material: Write National
Council for Permanent FEPC, $50
f Street NV, Warrington, and Nation
al Federation for Constitutional Liber-
ties, 2O5 East 42d Street, New York II.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-11-16
Heroes of the Sea
Seek Protection

Legislation: The Seamen's Bill OF
Rights CHR. 2346) would give merch
ant seamen-heroes of the sea-bene
fits similar to those granted our sol
diers and sailors and marines in the
regular armed forces. For the dis
abled seamen the bill provides hos
pitalization, vocational rehabilitation
and disability benefits. All war serv-
ice seamen would receive educational
benefits, employment assistance in Sc
curing jobs ashore, and guaranteed
loans for the purchase of homes, farms,
and businesses. The dependents of
dead or disabled war service seamen
would receive disqualification and
death benefits.
Need: Our merchant seamen per-
formed heroic service for the nation.
More than 5000 were casualties of
enemy action. They have been award
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-11-16

the former failed. The cooperative
stood up and the joint stock corpora
ton dwindled into liquidation. Judged
by the standard pattern of co-opera
tive structure, however, the land bank
they built reflected its builders dis.
trust of the principles of cooperative
management, for, though the banks
were to be owned entirely by the CO.
operative associations, under the plan
adopted, ownership was divorced en-
tirely from management and control
except for the slender particular that
the owner-associations elect one bank
director out of seven, and nominate
one other. Other than being members
of the overall FCA board, the respon-
sibility of these two directors in rela-
ton to the associations, which elected
and nominated them, has never been
defined But no right is given the as
sociations as owners of the land banks
to hold land bank stockholders meet
ings, or meetings for council and dis
cussion, or for any concerted action
on matters of common interest such
as proposing remedies for errors in
the system, or for the development of
leadership from which to select suit
able men to serve on their governing
board. There is no provision for de-
veloping consensus of opinion and no
organ for it's expression if such con-
sensus of opinion were developed In
short, the principle of cooperative au-
tonomy so essential to all democratic
and cooperative ways of life was plain
ly distrusted by the builders Of the
system, and the errors persist in large
degree to this day.
The cooperative principle was furth-
er violated and distrusted when the
newly established banks were manned
not by men who were cooperative
minded, but by many bankers and poll
ticians who were confessedly the least
cooperative minded of all men. These
men, true to their greed for authority
but contrary to cooperative plan,
tightly centralized the system to the
point of strangulation, reducing the CO.
operative associations to rubber stamp |
status with no essential functions |
ogies of socialism and communismena |
The system when the associations |
were restored to function through the |
process of decentralization which aft
er II slow years is still incomplete.
Such evidences of those congress-
mems scrawny faith in the co-opera-
tive principle may be contemplated
with charity and understanding when
we remember that at the same period
the designers of automobiles were put
ting buggy boxes complete with whip
sockets on the chassis of cars mounted
on solid rubber tires. 1t is a wonder
full thing that the builders of automo-
biles let faith in the underlying prin-
ciple of their industry lead them on
to its complete application. That
faith is expressed in the shining mod
els of our latest cars. The builders
Of our credit system suffer by com
Darison
ITO Be Continued.)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-11-16
Opinions Of
Continued from Page Two)

1
The Peoples Voice The eight receipts
are also enclosed. This at least is a
start in the right direction-I hope to
contact many more families in this
county during the next six weeks and
so strive to enlarge the circulation
of The Voice. Right now, more than
any time in the past, de we need
| HONEST enlightenment concerning
our own government, what our Off
Gals and representatives actually
think and do-and just WHY they
think and do thusi Just whom are
they really servingi How under the
sun can we hope to get the truth about
the true state of affairs in other coun-
tries when the truth concerning all
branches of government in our own
country is so constantly twisted and
misrepresented by the big majority of
answer it, start in ones own commun-
ity to spread true facts and figures,
plus some real thinking, and | don't
know of any better way to do this
than to put into the hands of the
people some such instrument as The
Peoples Voice-more power to youl
Better send me another subscription
book-weather permitting, I'll fill it,
Sincerely yours,
MATILDA S. BRENNEMAN.
P.S.; Would you please send a copy
of the November issue to each of
these new subscriptions? MS.B.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-11-16
Bill Would Help Save
81, 900 Babies a Year

Legislation: Bill Is. 1879 would
make 100 million dollars of federal
funds available to states for medical
care and health services for mothers
and children and child welfare service
for emotionally sick and insecure chill
dren and for children without parent
al care or supervision.
Need: hi1drens Bureau, Dept. of
Labor, now has only 1 u million dol
lars to assist all As states in develop
ing childwelfare services, serves only
400 of 1910 United States counties.
even in relatively good year of 1940,"
Senator Pepper points out, half our
children were living in families with
incomes of less than 500 week. Good
maternity care cannot be purchased
with leftovers from $40 after food,
clothing and shelter for a family are
paid for"
Readily Understood: If the infant
mortality rate for all states were
brought to the level of the best state,
we could save 81, 900 babies every year
Action Required: Urge Senate Ed
ucation and Labor committee to hold
immediate hearings and report bill out
to senate.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-11-16
Minimum Wage Bill Is
Veterans Legislation

Legislation: Bills CHR. 3914) IS
.1349) would amend Fair Labor Stan
dards act by putting immediate floor
of Csc an hour under wages Bills
would raise this floor to 75c in two
years Hearings underway in both
senate and house. In senate educa-
ton and labor committee bill is get
ting strong support from Senators
Tunnell Aiken; is being fought by
poll tax Senator Ellender Ua). House
hearings in labor committee began Oc-
tober Is.
Need: Millions of veterans face Of
fers of less money in postwar jobs
than they received as enlisted men in
army and navy. They'll be joining 10
million. Americans who, at peak of so
called war prosperity" were earning
less than Csc an hour. Those 10 mil
lion one out of three American work
ers, not including those in agricul-
ture, domestic service, or professions,
have had far less than bare subsis-
tence wage.
not be inflationary. Extra pay would
go for shelter, clothing, etc. Increase
would work no hardship on business,
would open new markets, build stron-
ger nation.
Action Required: Get senators and
congressman committed to passage
Get local businessmen, faced by COM
petition Of firms paying less than liv-
ing wages, to urge passage of this bill
Contact all veterans organizations in
communities and emphasizes that this
is truly veterans legislation.
Available Material: "Substandard
Wages" 32-page, fact-iflled pamphlet
by Joseph Gaer with Lynd Ward il
81 per hundred from CIO- |
PAC, 205 East AID ST., New York II,
NJ Y
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-11-16

reported that General Patton, during
the thrust into Sicily had ordered a
'battle-fatigued" soldier out of his cot
and boxed his ears. {. What was
not reported at that time was that the
soldier who got slapped was of Jewish
descent and that the general, hot and
fatigued and fresh from the fighting
front, used the words "yelIow-beIIied"
or "yeIIow-streaked," linking them up
with direct reference to the patients
racial background.
q. Morgenthau :. and Frankfurt
ter beloved in the White House that
the important issue was that Patton
had used the word Jew in reprimand-
ing the reluctant warrior CATER all,
what are we fighting for anyway, MIR.
Presidency -. ."etc. ad nauseum.
O'Donnell has since admitted his
story was untrue.