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get a better proposition, Mr.. Hille-
geist said. What the veteran needs
is low-cost rental house. and he
should be protected in this by the
new $50 average rental. 1t would
be better for many veterans to rent
for two or three years while they
plan their homes"
Frank w. Cortright. executive
vice president of the National Asso-
citation of Home Builders, called Mr.
Trumans program "the things we
have been advocating" and urgee
abolition of remaining controls al
an early date.
Mr.. Cortright predicted large
volume of comparatively low-cos1
houses would be built despite lifting
of the $4,000 ceiling.
The restraint on luxury type
dwelling henceforth will be limita-
tion of floor area, and Mr.. Cort-
right said the Home Builders hae
recommended about 1,800 square feet
as the permitted maximum. He
said it was probable the Govern
inent would set an average some
what lower.
More Building Seen.
T. H. Maenner, chairman of the
Realtors Washington Committee OF
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards, said in Omaha, Nebr.
that the easing of restrictions Ger
tainly is going to build some homes. .
Permitting non-veterans to build
will open the field to many persons
who have the money to build homes
and will in turn create many va
cancies for veterans, who want tc
rent and don't want to buy" 'saic
Mr.. Maenner.
Reserving full approval of the new
program, George M. Engiar, presi.
dent of the National Apartment
Owners Association, said the big
need was an increase in rents tt
bring private enterprise into tn.
rental housing field.
Speed Anticipated.
Joseph Meyerhof, president of tn
National Association OF Home Build
ers, expressed belief the decontro
announcement should unquestion
ably speed up construction of home
for veterans and others"
Others lauding the relaxation o
controls were Douglas L. Gilman
president of Douglas L. Gilman &
Co., one of New York's largest resi-
dental real estate firms; Melvin H
Baker, president of National Gyp
sum Co., and Warren S. Bellows
Houston, Tex, president of Associ
ated General Contractors of Amer
lea.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
5 of 6 Children Die
As Illinois Home Burns
BY the Associated Press

ROCK FALLS, ILL.,, Dec. 14.-Fivt
of six children died as result oi
fire which swept two-room cot
tage last night while their mothers
police reported. were away from
home at their places of employment
Three of the children perished ir
the fire. The other two died i'll g
hospital at Sterling, ILL.,. today.
The dead were Walter, 3, ane
Betsy Ann, 5. children of Mrs. Law
renee McKenna, a divorce, ano
Jack, IL, Carol Ann, 18 months, anc
Sharon, 4, children of Mrs. Bernice
Ewart, widow.
The police said the fire appar-
emily started from an oil stove.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Cut in U. 5. Expenses
Demanded in Survey
By National Chamber

The United States Chamber oi
Commerce yesterday backed up its
demand for immediate reduction OF
Government expenses. slicing of the
public debt and lower taxes, by a
26-page survey from its finance de-
partment.
If the Chambers policy is adopted
the report said business would be
stimulated, purchasing power re-
leased and imitation curbed.
Balancing of the budget for the
fiscal year 1888 is the task imme-
diately ahead, it declared.
Congress. will be faced with a
three-fold budget problem" the sur
pey said. ITO assure balanced
budget 1t will be necessary to reduce
expenditures for the fiscal year sub
stantially below the $4l 500 ,000. 900
estimated for the current 1947 fiscal
year. The operation of present tax
laws must be studied to determine
what revisions should be made which
would be to the advantage of the do
mestic economy and yet not reduce
revenues below the total of essential
expenditures. Finally. policies must
be decided with respect to the pub
lie debt.
Cut in Financing Foreseen.
Another major item of contro-
versial nature is that for interna-
tional finance. A substantial reduc-
ton from the $4,200,O00,OO0 esti-
mated for 1947 seems certain"
The departments Survey, entitled
Looking Toward a Balanced Bud
get" was approved by the Cham
ber's Committee on Federal Finance,
officials said 1t declared: "A bal
anced budget will check imitation at
its source"
There is firm ground for the be-
lief that the budget can be bal
snced at level permitting both
tightening of the tax burden and
a continuous lowering of the public
debt, the survey asserts. continuing:
Relief from excessive tax bur-
dens would stimulate business. Re-
ductions in rates on individual in
comes would free purchasing power
which will be needed when the
period of scarcity of goods has
passed and manufacturers and dis
tributors are seeking new markets.
Production Deemed Necessary.
Increased production Of goods,
which should follow tax reduction,
will check imitation rather than
promote it. An adequate supply of
goods and services for civilian con-
sumption is the most effective anti
dote for imitation"
The survey estimates the public
debt will be reduced from a peak of
S279 zoe, ,00O, 900 on February %, 1916,
to s26l ,000, ,000, 900 on June 80, 1947,
a cut of $18,200,000 900.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Nurses Director Decorated

1t. Col. Elizabeth B. Mahoney, d.
rector of nurses for the Strategic
Air Command and consultant TO
the air surgeon, has been decorated
with the Legion Of Merit. 1t was
announced yesterday. Maj. Gen.
st. Clair STREET. presented the
medal at ceremonies at Andrews
Field. Col. Mahoney served as head
of 1st Air Force nurses from No
vember, 1943 to December, 1914.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Ulcers Are Bedsprinqs

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14-LF.-
General Hospital physicians dag
nosed the ailment Of Richard Case
Is, as stomach ulcers until an X-ray
picture disclosed he had swallowed
two bedsprings and parts Of ther-
mometer.
The bedsprings are the small type
used in hunks.
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
A Annual Membership
Meeting Will BE Held
In Grange Hall; {. f.
McCauley To Report.

Presentation OF the annual re
port of Southern States Coopera-
tive, showing Il technlcOlOl sound
movie and comedy cartoon, and ele-
Ction of new members of the South
ern States Advisory Board and To-
cal Farm Home Advisory Committee
will feature the local Southern
States annual membership meeting
for the Milford area TO be held at
: O'Clock on Wednesday evening,
September Is. AT the Grange Hall.
Milford
Heyman RoOSa of Milford will
serve as chairman of the meeting.
which is expected To have an at
tendance of 250 county farmers and
will be among the largest farm
meetings To be held in Milford this
year. The program will include
musical entertainment and recrea-
tional activities The meeting is
sponsored Jointly by Southern
States Cooperative and Lynn and
Jacobs. Milford local Southern
States cooperative service agency.
The annual Southern States
report Will be delivered by G. r.
McCauley of Salisbury, Southern
States district manager for this
area F. r. Jacobs of the local agen-
cy. will report ON services rendered
farmers in this area on Southern
State supplies by his agency.
continued ON page s.
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
Man Shot In Fight;
Hunt His Assailant
Incident Aftermath Of Argument
Near His Residence

State police are searching for
an unidentified man who is alleged
10 have shot Sue lsOm. 26 years
old of DaytOna Beach. Fla. dur
ing an argument near his home at
Houston last Sunday.
He is in the Milford Memorial
Hospital suffering from a bullet
wound of the chin and left should
er. Because of his condition. police
were unable to learn the name of
his assailant.
The shooting highlighted a week
end of crime in which several men
and women were attacked and
beaten by unidentified persons, and
a 15-year-old youth was arrested ON
a charge of attempted larceny
Occupants Disappear
State police said Isom worked at
the Libby Packing Plant. and was
visiting friends in nearby cabin
when an argument followed and he
was shot with a .3S caliber revOlv-
er. When police went to investigate.
occupants of the cabin where lsOm
was visiting had disappeared.
The other criminal actions took
place in the northern end of the
state
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
Red SOx We're
Entertained
AT Testimonial.
Dinner Monday
Ex-Governor Harold G..
Hoffman OF New Jer-
sey Was Speaker At
Banquet Held In Var
ney Auditorium.

Last Monday night the Milford
Athletic Association gave testi-
mOnial dinner to Manager Walt
Miles and the members of the
Red SoX team in the Varney Audi
tOrium of the Community Building
with about 225 stockholders. their
wives and guests present
The main speaker of the eve
ming was Harold G.. Hoffman. for
mer Governor of New Jersey and
former president of the Inter State
League, who gave spirited and
humorous account of some OF his
experiences in baseball
Thomas kibler. president of the
league, praised the team members
warmly. and Walter Miles, their
manager
He said that the members of the
Milford club knew better than any
other club in the league how TO do
things in a baseball way. due to
the expert tutilage of Walt Miles
Another speaker. George Torpor-
Ger, general manager of the Boston
Red SoX farm system, stated that
he had seen the Milford club play
and predicted that many of the
players would reach the top. Top.
orcer added his praise TO that Civ
en- by the other speakers to Miles
who has been selected by the Eas
tern Shore SpOrtswriters AssOcia
ton as the leagues outstanding
manager.
continued on page g.
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
X ent Rally
By COP Draws
Candida ates
Election Plans Discussed
AT MillwOOd Meeting
BY State And County
Nominees.

Republican Party workers of the
Tenth Representative District of
Kent County met last Friday night
AZ the MillWuud Han. near Milford
More than 100 persons attended in
CludinS a number OF candidates on
the state ana county tickets. Mag.
James ". Cannon. a member of the
state Republican central committee
Fran&cd the meeting. Speakers in
cludrd:
j. caleb Boggs. candidate for
congress; Secretary Of state Will
liam j. Storey; former Judge Earle
d Wiley, now serving as Repuhli-
can state chairman; Mrs Vera G..
Davis. candidate for the state
senate from the Dover district and
Nic"-Chairman of both the state
committee and the Kent County
committee. Benjamin r. Johnson
Dover. candidate for state treasur-
CT: Nelson NJ. Hammond of near
| elton. candidate FOR state senator
from the Fifth Senatorial District
Edwin \. PrettYman. Houston. can
didate for representative from the
Tenth representative District
(cOnt ipued nm mage d
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
College Women fire
Planning For Year
Group Is Planning For
Dover Meeting On Sep
tember %; Chairmen
For Year Announced
BY Mrs. Phillips.

Plans for the coming year by the
Delaware Division of the American
Association of University Women
will be outlined at the first meeting
of the board of directors of the
division tentatively set for Sept. 2S
al Dover.
Mrs. Herman r. Phillips of Hav-
en- Lake. Milford, is president of the
division. Other officers. also elected
at the division conference in RehO-
both in June. are: Nicepresident,
Mrs. George w Rigby. Wilmington.
secretary. Mrs. Paul Hodgson,
Camden; and treasurer. Mrs. W. O..
Covey. Jr.. SeafOrd.
EX-officiO members of the board
are the branch presidents, Mrs.
Earl s. Rider. Wilmington; Miss
Caroline Budd. Dover. and Mrs. !.
Leland Fox. Seaford.
Committee heads announced hy
Mrs. Phillips are: Membership
Mrs. George Rigby. Wilmington
education, Mrs. Burt :. Norlin&
Wilmington; international rela-
tions. Mrs Twiford Morris. Sea
ford; social studies. Mrs. Lynn
Waller. Seaford; publicity. Mrs
Bernard A. Hess. Wilmington; tcl-
continued on page -
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
DR.. Fishbein Will
Speak Here Sept. rs
Has Been Secured BY Hospital
Board To Open Expansion Drive

Dr.. Morris Fishbein, internation-
ally known editor of the Journal OF
the American Medical Association,
will speak at dinner To be held at
Milford Auditorium, Wednesday,
Sept. %. the Board of Trustees of
Milford Memorial Hospital announ-
ced this week. The meeting will al
SO hear a report To the community
on the work of the hospital and the
results OF the survey of hospital
facilities which has been going ON
for the past two weeks.
In making the announcement OF
DR.. Fishbein's visit. the board mem
bers expressed great satisfaction
at his being able 10 attend this ga
thering. They announced that invit-
ations are being sent 10 representa-
tives of larger groups in the com
munity and stressed that DR.. Fish
bein is Il speaker we'll worth hear
ing.
continued on page p
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
Social Worker
Is Slain Bv
Father Of Eight
Near Sandtown
Miss r ut h Reinecke,
Welfare Worker, Shot
To Death By Thomas
Griffith On Tuesday
Afternoon.

Ruth Reinecke, 80 years old.
case worker for the State Board or
Welfare at Dover. was shot ana
killed Tuesday afternoon by
Thomas Griffith. 40 years old. ia
ther of eight children, while inves-
ligating living conditions of the
children at their home, near Sand
town, Kent County. State Police
said
Griffith, who was arraigned on
Wednesday in Dover on charge
of murder. according to Deputy AT
torney General Henry J. Ridgely.
told police he killed the social
workers because "she said she was
coming back Monday to take my
children away from me"
Last July, following an investi-
cation by Miss Reinecke, a petition
was filed by the welfare board III
the Kent County Court to have five
of the children committed to the
Delaware Colony for the Feeble
Minded at Stockley The petition
was rejected but the court ap-
proved petition for committing
Grittith's wife, Mrs. Elsie Jarrel
Griffith. AZ years old, to the insti-
tuition.
Club Leader Killed Instantly
Miss Reinecke. "A twice president
of the State Federation of Business
and Professional WOmen's Clubs
and a former visiting teacher OF
the Wilmington Public Schools,
was apparently killed instantly
from the first of two shotgun
blasts that tore through the win
dow of her automobile and into her
face and shoulder State police.
who said that Griffith reenacted
the crime for them at his home,
quoted the man as saying he fired
the second blast through the auto
mobile window because Il wanted
to be sure | killed her"
Police first learned of the shoot
ing when Griffith walked into the
: Kent County Court House at Do
: yer at 2:20 p. m. with his single
barrelled shotgun over his should
: er.
Continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
Enforcement
Staff OF OPA
Is Increased
State Division Will Add
Forty Per Cent More
Workers For Vigorous
Campaign.

In preparation for price control
regulations. an increase OF approx
ima'ely 40 per cent will nt made 10
the personnel of the enforcement
division OF the Delaware District
OPA.
Charles w. Hardesty. Delaware
District OPA director. said this
week that the enforcement division
of the office. including attorneys.
investigators and clerical workers
will be increased from 26. the cur
rent staff. to 80 Colonel John F.
LeFevre. enforcement executive.
heads the division.
Mr.. HardeSty returned TO his Of
flee recently after a visit to the
price control boards at Dover, Sea-
ford. and Milford. On the visits 10
these boards and to the Whining
ton Price Control Board. plans for
increased compliance and more
strict enforcement We're discussed
New Bill Explained
Under the new met slaughter
control bill" Mr.. Hardesty eX-
planned. the OPA is charged with
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
Return Of Ceilings
Bring Meat Shortage
No Stores Have Closed But
Present Supply Is
Limited

Retail ceiling prices were re-
stored last Monday midnight in
Delaware's butcher shops but it is
questionable just how much meat
housewives will find in their fav-
orite shop from now on.
A survey of retail meat stores in
Milford brought replies ranging
from Just a little meat" to may
be enough to take care of our own
customers.
One sure fact emerged from the
replies of butchers and that is meat
will be far from plentiful. Most
shops appear to have plentiful
supply of frankfurterS and lunch
con meats but fresh meat is APP
parently going TO be very hard to
get.
No butcher shops could be found
that have actually closed because
of the shortage, although some are
believed to be considering this
move if the situation becomes
worse
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
h ernB Banning Quits
States CroupSussex Third
Meets Sept. lSParty Ticket
State Senator Nominee
Says "He Knew Moth
ing" About Independ-
ent Setup.

The Journal Every Evening, of
Wilmington. carried a story con-
cerning the withdrawal of Homer
Banning, OF Milton. from the In
dependent Democratic Ticket. in
its issue Of Tuesday evening 1t
follows:
Homer Banning of Milton. nom
mated for state senator from the
fifth district on the deadlinetiled
Independent Democrats of Sussex
County. today filed his resignation
with clerk OF the peace in Sussex
County and announced that he
knew nothing about his candidacy
until he read it in the papers
Banning was one of seven can
didateS named on the slate filed
just under the deadline in Sussex
County last week by group call
ing themselves the Independent
Democrats of Sussex County.
"Paynter G. Ingram OF near Mil
ford was named on the ticket as
candidate for L. 5. Senator in the
race with John j. Williams. Re
publican candidate. and James NJ.
Tunnel. Democratic incumbent.
"iaSe No Permission. He Says
To-day. after filing his resigna-
ton from the ticket with Francis
Morgan. Republican clerk OF the
peace in the county. Banning an
nounced that mo one asked me oil
received my permission for the
move"
The whole incident which CAV,
birth to the Independent Democrat!
was related by Banning to Rober
Tunnel, Georgetown attorney ant
son OF Senator Tunnell Rober
Tunnel said today at Georgetown
continued on page -
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
Stock Again Hit
By Selling Spree
Strikes Blamed As Market Losses
Range From Ill TO $lS Per Share

NEW YORK n (4') The stock
market took its third most violent
tumble of the year last Monday
with losses ranging from 81 To an
extreme of more than SIS Il share.
Partial recoveries from last
Tuesdays sharpeSt market break in
10 years were more than wiped out
for the most part. and composite
averages Of representative issues
slid back 10 their lowest point since
August -. l945.
Prices dipped on the London
Stock Exchange i'll what anall st9
described as a iittery movement at
tributable to the recent sethacks
here. Selling pressure. however.
was light in London.
Bond Issues DrOp
simultaneously. there was a
break here in the government bond
market. One of the issues of the
last Victory Loan dropped 30 cents
TO close at $101.59 for a $l00 bond.
against record high for Sl06 80
earlier this year
Cotton futures also went through
series of erratc gyrations on the
New York Cotton Exchange. At one
point October. 1947 cotton was $3.lC
bale higher at 3490 cents pound
seasons high, only to close $2.40 q
bale lOwer-a drop of $3.50 from
the high.
Continued on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
Chronicle Presents
Convention Issue
Milford Merchants. InduStrialiStS
Purchased 1000 Inches OF Space

1t is with a feeling of pride that
the publisher of the Milford ChrOn
icle and his staff present to the
over 1000 readers of the Chronicle.
what he and they believe TO be one
of the largest and finest papers
from a point of special features and
advertising lineage ever published
by a Delaware weekly.
Assembled around the theme of
the Delaware State Volunteer Fire
men S Association Convention. there
is presented all of the available
data concerning the convention to
be held next Wednesday and
Thursday. plus nearly 1000 inches
of congratulatOry advertising. pur-
chased by local merchants and in
dustrialiSts.
Confronted by present day paper
shortages and underStaffed for such
an ambitious venture, the publish
er and his Co-workerS burned the
midnight OIL for several long
nights to assure early press time
on the issue In their labor OF
continued on page S.
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
Amateur Nights
At Plaza Theatre
First Held Last Thursday; VIII
COntinup For Indefinite Period

Last Thursday night marked the
first presentation of series OF
amateur nights and if the reaction
of the patrons present is any sign
of Judgment these contests are set
TO run for an indefinite period.
1t is planned to hold a series of
elimination contests each Thurs
day night and to continue until
such time as the registration OF
participants is exhausted.
Cash prizes will be awarded each
night and the winners of each
weeks contest will then compete
with winners of other Thursday
nights winners in series of semi
final contests
At the conclusion of the semi
final contests, winners from this
group will compete in the grand
finals contest and the outstanding
amateur performer will be named.
Cash prizes will be awarded at
each contest held with special
prizes awarded to the winners in
the grand finals contests.
Various merchants of Milford
continued on page p
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
Millsboro Vets Plan
To Hold Carnival
Affair viii Be Held From Septem-
her II TO 9S; Many Features

A carnival will be held in Mills
bOrO from September Is to Septem-
ber 2S by the Sussex Memorial
Post of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. whose membership includes
overseas veterans from the Vicin-
ity of MillsbOrO, Gumboro. Days
horO and Ocean View.
The carnival will feature fer
ris wheel and kiddie ride as well
as numerous game and refresh
ment booths for the enjoyment of
the public. A gala parade will be
staged on the evening of Septem-
Der 25, and fire companies, bands,
and boy and girl scout troops from
neighbOring communities have
been invited to participate.
continued on mage
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
One Killed, Several
Hurt In Smashups
Blaze Follows One Crash At Mas
Sau: John Jewell Hurt Up state

A collision between tractor
trailer loaded with fuel oil and a
freight train at a Pennsylvania
Railroad crossing at Nassau, on the
road between Milford and Reho-
both Beach last Friday night, re-
suited in the death of the truck
driver and damage estimated at
more than $1,000 to the vehicle. its
load. and two fiat cars
The driver of the traCtOr-trailer.
John krause. "A years old, of Sl9
cambridge street, Philadelphia.
was taken to the Beebe Hospital in
Lewes by Edward Wyatt, a Lewes
taXicab operator, who happened to
be nearby at the time of the acci-
dent He died there early last Sat
urday morning of shock and null
tiple injuries. including first de-
gree burns of the right arm and
shoulder and fractured right hip
The death was the 55th fatality
continued on page -
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
Jurors For October
Court Are Selected
4. II. Short, J. Let t0mpte. {. f..
Taylor, {. McCleary Drawn In First

The Jury commissioners of Sus-
sex county have drawn the list of
petit jurors and additional petit
Jurors for the October Term OF
Superior Court and Court of Cen
eral Sessions. which begins on Oc-
tOber :. The following are the
names drawn:
Petit Jurors
First Representative District n
Alfred II. Short. Ellendale; John
LeCompte Lincoln; Charles f.
Taylor. Milford; Cecil McCleary,
Milford
Second Representative District
William Hewes. Bridgeville: Mrs.
Leila NJ. Judy, Greenwood Mrs,
Rae O. Spence. Greenwood; Miss
Mary r. Adams, Bridgeville
Third Representative District =
Margaret b. Messick, Seaford, r.
D.; Leroy c. Longfellow, Seaford ;
Mrs Madalyn SammOns. George
town. r. D.. Mrs. Fannie Stein,
Seaford.
(continued on mage ~
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-13
ReU. w. E. Reese VIII
Speak At EUend9e
Well Known Baltimore
Evangelist Will Open Ser
vices This Sunday

The Ellendale Methodist Church.
will begin an evangelistic campaign
on Sunday. September Is, and con-
tinue through Sunday evening.
September % The pastor, Rev. L.
B. Bundick, will preach at both the
morning and evening services on
Sunday. September Is, and begin
ming on Monday evening at eight
o'clock. and continuing every eve
ming, except Saturday, there will
be as guest speaker, the Rev. War
rem +. Reese of the Baltimore Con-
ference Rev. Reese is an old fash
ioned gospel minister, so we feel
that there is a real treat i'll store
for everyone. There will be special
music each evening, also a song
service. You are invited to come
and worship with us, and help us)
make these meetings a success.