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Milford chronicle., 1946-09-06
Detecting Cheaters
OF u. S. A.
By CLARKE BEACH

WASHINGTON Anybody who
gets money from the government
when he isn't entitled To it has to
buck the General Accounting Off
ice UGAOD.
It's the biggest accounting out
fit on earth. 1t has thousands of
ways of nOSing out lcakagcS of
government funds. whether through
fraud or error
FIFTEEN women. for instance
have learned how GAO catches
up on martial wrong -docrs. Each
was married, or said she was. to
two Servicemen at the same time
and drew wives allotmcnts from
both mems pay.
Trapped by First Names
But they didn't know that GAO
has a file of paid allotment checks
arranged by the first names. GAO
figures that when a woman com
mltS bigamy or adopts a false sur
name she is likely to retain hel
true first name. If in the Mary
file the endorsements of two
checks looks alike. the cases are
checked sometimes with sur
priSing results.
Every voucher paid by dis
bursting officer of the government
IS reviewed by the GAO's Audit hi.
vision. In the fiscal year whicl
ended this July. 10000. 600 vouch
crs were checked.
GAO filed exceptions to HOO,
Ioi the vouchers resulting in III,
governments receiving refund.
of $i3.40o 600. The discrepancies
are usually the result of error ant
not fraud, says +. w. Bell, chic
of the division.
5000 Busy Checking
Bell has 5000 hookkpcpin.
sleuths in his division, some O
them at his headquarters il
Washington and some AT 250 ficlc
stations.
Largest field Offices are il
Cleveland. where 500 accountant
and lawyers check ON payment
made under Navy contracts; an,
, Ill st. Louis. where 600 more kee1
tab on Army transactions.
Most of the work of Bells di
vision is simply checking vouch
ers to see whether they compl
with the law and with the con
tracts involved The division ma
make a complete audit, however
when directed by Congress. as
often is, or in the case of cost
pluS-fixed-fee contracts.
Still Wider Scope
1t also can make an audit q
termination settlements til
contracts which the gOvcrnmen
terminated at the end of the wa
, before performance had bee
completed.
Another GAO unit. the Cor
poration Audit Division. hcade
by T. Coleman Andrews. make
commercial audits of all wholly
, jOwned government corporation.
now numbering about 95.
1t has submitted to Congress
audits of Federal Prision Indus
= tries, Inc. the Virgin Island
Company, the Federal Depos
insurance Corp; Tennessee Va
ley Associated Cooperatives. Inc
and the L. S. Spruce PrOductio
: Corp.
6 Fur Begins To Fly
1t has begun the audit of a
| the other government corpora
tlons, including the Tennessee
Valley Authority and the Recor
istruction Finance Corporate
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-06
aWAsAINGToNA
YsNApsAo1s!i#! 1s!i!!!!s
By WILLARD CARLTON

This last session OF Congress ap-
prOpriated $33. .166 .346. 1853 to run
the government in the fiscal year
which began July |.
This means. in the opinion of
some experienced legislators. that
the country will incur d substantial
deficit for the 18th consecutive
year. Estimates of the deficit run
as high as $12 billion.
The $33 billion figure, of course.
is not entirely complete. Additional
funds will have to he appropriated
under terminal leave legislation for
benefit of enlisted men in the armed
services. The President has re-
questcd an appropriation OF ST.
billion for this purpose. Also, de-
1ciencies may arise next winter.
Strong Effort Pledged
While the $33 billion total was
the official estimate of the House
Appropriation Committee. Repub-
lican members insist tha; the total
should be about $50 billion. if ap-
preparations and Other commit
mCntS are added in.
The Administration is committed
to q strong effort TO balance the
budget in the fiscal year which ends
next June 80. This would be pOSS-
iblc only if expenditures should
run far less than the apprOpria-
tionS and if tax receipts should rise
to new high Levels.
Appropriations for the Army
total more than 81 billion. while
those for the Navy total more than
81 billion. And the rising cost of
veterans benefits makes a sizeable
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-06
Back To Coventry

COVENTRY. England H) The
Coventry Evening Telegram.
blitzed in early 194l and since
printed at nearby Nuneat0n. has
resumed publication here with
editorial offices in pre-fabricated
hutS.
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-06

American workers don't want
a government red-tape artist to
substitute himself for the en-
ployer." "-Intt. Rep. Robert J..
Watt, AFL.
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-06

Genuine collective bargaining
should involve determination by
both sides to resolve disputes and
reach agreements."-The Labor
Union, Dayton, O.
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-06

"In our country the luxuries of
one decade become the necessi-
ties of the next."-PreS. Robert
f: Wason, National Assn. of
Manufacturers.
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-06

Pluto, the outermost planet of
the solar system, is about the size
of the earth's moon, and takes $50
years to complete revolution
about the sun.
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-06

High school seniors have en-
countered certain shortages, but
none in the advice department" d"
Indianapolis News.
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-06

It'll help put my Bible school
over the top."-Sgt. Aha York,
PoU Mall, Tenn, striking oil on
his farm.
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-06
QUOTES
OF THE WEEK

Il have a weakness for helping
peoples. c. Perry, Indian
oPotts, pleading guilty to embex-
zling $143,000.
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-06
IN OUR DEMOCRACY

Dept. of Agriculture expects
corn crop so percent higher then
the 10-year average of 2.60S. 5000
bushels. harvested in the decade be
tore 1945.
A survey by the Bureau of Labor
statistics shows that more than two
million veterans are employed in
manufacturing
A plastic shoe that remains
shiny and ScuffleS if washed with
soap and water has been developed
by manufacturer.
Each year in the L. s. the
presses roll out a minimum of 3
679.522, POO. 100000 words.
The total in l9i5 for all Federal
income tax collections set Il new
high OF $34 ,357 ,010 0,087.73.
Even with increased taxes in,
cluded. the customer pays one
third less today for a gallon of gas
than in 1920.
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-06

There are more people living in
towns of $500 than in all of the big
cities.
Milford chronicle., 1946-09-06

1t has begun the audit of all
the other government corpora
tions, including the Tennessee
Valley Authority and the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-03

sure a suitable result. The situa-
ton is the same in the Soviet spon-
sored referendum on naturalization
of industry in Land Saxony in the
Spring. In that referendum, even
the churches were ordered to en-
dorse Soviet policy and when Bish-
Oh Petrus, of Messen, advised his
parishioners to vote according to
their consciences, he was imme-
diately penalized by a cut in his gas
ration, suppression of his church
paper and so on. In that referen-
there was no secrecy OF the
ballot except in isolated districts
selected for exhibition to foreign
observers. Elsewhere voting was
done publicly under the eyes Of
NKVD. agents on ballots so thin
that the markings could not be con-
cealed. And those who voted in an
unenlightened manner paid the ma
tural price. Such is freedom in
the Soviet zone.
Copyright, 1916 N. Y. Tribune, Inc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-03
GREENVILLE LAWYER
ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF BAR ASSOCIATION

TRENTON, Sept. 2. Lamar
Caudle, of Washington, assistant
Hughes j. Rhodes, of Raleigh, as
sistant state attorney general, were
United States attorney general, and
chief speakers here Saturday at the
first annual meeting of the fifth
district bar association held since
July, 1912.
Caudle told of the varied work
of the federal department of JUS
tice, and explained the purposes
of the planned new federal register.
Rhodes spoke of the diversified
activities of the state attorney gen
eral and his assistants. A native of
Jones county, and former resident
CT Craven county, Rhodes was in
troduced by George R. Hughes,
Jones county attorney, for whose
father, a physician, he had been
named. Caudle was introduced by
State Representative D. L. Ward,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-03
AGED MAN SEVERELY
BEATEN ON SATURDAY
NIGHT BY TWO MEN

SHELBY, Sept. q up j. W.
Dad Lybra1d, 81, who makes his
home in a hovel underneath the
fairgrounds grandstand, lay on the
floor in a semi-conscious condition
for So hours before discovered this
morning, badly beaten by a club
or pipe.
He was taken to a local hispital
where his condition was said to
be critical.
The aged self-appointed custodian
of the grounds was found this
morning by Seth Patterson when he
reported for work at the grounds
and found the gate closed. Lybrand
had opened them each morning.
Sensing something was wrong, he
went to the old mans howell and
found him On the floor.
Lybrand recovered sufficiently
to inform investigators that he had
been beaten by two men Saturday
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-03
Matter Of Fact

membership is required of school
\ teachers, business administrators.
civil servants and others, in favor
ed positions. Party membership
cards in many localities r the on
ly means of securing the full food
ration as shown on the ration card.
Independents are punished by posi-
tive harrassment as well as by the
denial of privileges and opportmi-
ties. By these familiar expedients
the party has been forced into a
powerful political implement.
No Socialist activities are permit
ted in the Soviet zone since the al
legged merger. but the Christian
Democrats and liberals have been
licensed as opposition parties in or
der to preserve democratic appear
ances. How meaningless this pre-
tense is can be judged by the evid-
ence. AS for the Liberal Party it is
a small minority group, the leader
of which in the Soviet zone, is well
known to be an almost senile So
Wet stooge.
The far more courageous Christian
Democrats have refused to become
stooges. They have therefore been
confronted with insuperable diff
culties. threatened with daily dan
gers and subjected to constant
humiliations. The national leaders
of the party would certainly have
called on their followers to abstain
from the ballot if such a step had
not threatened the actual extinction
of every important Christian Demo-
crat in the grip of the Soviets. AS
it is, they have been permitted to
put up candidates in time for a real
campaign in only IS per cent or
so of districts; their meetings have
been prevented; their speeches have
been censored and the candidates
they have offered have been ticket
ed as "fascists." The situation is
typical in Mark Brandenburg where
until very recently only two c. D.
U. candidates were approved out
of thirteen applications.
At the same time, the issue has
been confused still further by
stimulating such agencies as the
Free German Youth" (Soviet SUBJ
stitute for the Hitler judgend) to
put up candidates of their own.
Communist leader Wilhelm PECK
expressed the spirit of the whole
business very simply. The nomiaa-
ton of such disguised Communist
candidates was, he explained, "the
only way to have the elections ap-
pear from the outside as a partic-
ularly democratic form of elector-
al process, while actually contribut-
ing strength to the cause of the
Unity party"
Already it is known that all kinds
of pressure are being used to in.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-03
Continued From Page One)

favored it conversely tended to
blossom forth with large new villas,
extra food rations and other special
privileges. The spirit in which the
Soviet command approached the
problem was admirably summed UP
in an interview between Marshal
Khukov and a Socialist with in
dependent inclinations. The Mar
shall fatty informed his trembling
caller that the merger must be &C
complisAed by May first" The So
cialist mustered just enough cou-
rage to inquire whether this was
IAN order" At which the Marshal
roared out that it was a wish, but
that the wishes of the Soviet COM
mander were the law of the Soviet
zone.
The formation of the Unity party
was, of course, nothing but al ex-
pedient to break the Socialists. That
is precisely what has now happen
ed. Since the merger former So
cialists working within the Unity
party have been reduced to a mini
mum. In Land Saxony, for example,
ninety per cent of this party's posts
are held by former Communists.
Those Socialists who remain as
leaders in the new party are spied
upon in the familiar manner. Even
Otto Grotewphl, sponsor of the mer-
ger and chief Socialist front man. is
not permitted to make public ap-
pearances alone, receive visitors
alone or move about as he chooses.
In the Soviet zone, Unity party
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-03
MORE ABOUT
CAPE FEAR
FROM PAGE ONE

Harry undoubtedly inherited his
talent from his father, Henry Ba-
con, Sr. Harry's real name was, OF
course, Henry Bacon, Jr.) Henry,
ST., you see, was the famous Cape
Fear river engineer who built The
Rocks" at Fort Fisher. You may
also remember that a ship built at
the North Carolina Shipbuilding
company during the war was NAM
ed Henry Bacon after Harry's
father.
HARRY'S MOTIF - Harry is
buried in Oakdale cemetery here
in Wilmington, and his grave is
marked with an architectural motif
he made famous during his life
time, our phone caller said.
We don't know what this motif
looks like, SO some one of these
days we're going to trot out to
Oakdale and take a look at it. And
while we're there We'll hope that
Harry's spirit will forgive US for
thinking his accomplishments
were restricted solely to activities
on the pitchers mound.
Meanwhile, as we blush with en-
barrassment before fame's fair
face. we wonder whether any of the
other Seaside Baseball Club mem
bers attained stature in other fields
of endeavor as Harry did.
1t wouldn't surprise us overly
much to discover that one of them
turned out to be the masculine half
of Anna and the King Of Siam.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-03
Lumbe-ton Negro Struck
By acknowledgements

LUMBERTON, Sept. 2 Henry
Lassiter, Negro of the Sandy
Grove community near Lumber
ION died in a local hospital Sat
urday from injuries allegedly sus-
tanned when he was struck by an
automobile driven by Harry Lee
Small of Fair Bluff on highway Al
about one mile south of the Lumb-
erton city limits last Tuesday.
Lassiter was walking across the
highway in front of the car and had
reached the roads shoulders when
he was hit by the vehicle accord
ing to investigating highway offic-
erS.
Coroner D. w. Biggs stated that
evidence submitted by officers in
dictated the accident was unavoid-
able so that no inquest will be
held.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-03

of Greenville; ana N. G. Reed, Jr.'
Of the OPA enforcement division.
W. J. Bundy, of Greenville, was
elected new president of the as
ISOLATION; with Kenneth Pittman
of Snow Hill, fist vice presldent'
and George R. Hughes, secretary.
w. B. R. Guion of New Bern was
named as councillor, succeeding
Judge Albion Dunn of GreenVlne'
who had held this office for ue
past 10 years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-03

OF New Bern, with whom he spent
the weekend in New Bern.
john D. Larkins, of Trenton,
district president, presided over
the meeting, and W. J.. Lansche,
Jr., Of New Bern, acted in his capa-
city as secretary. Following a bar
becue dinner at the county ag-i-
cultural dinner, an afternoon SEES
sion was held in the courthouse,
at which the chief speakers were
Judge j. Paul Frizzelle of Snow
Hill; District Solicitor D. M. Clark
Milford chronicle., 1946-12-13
ANGOLA GRANGE NEWS

Angola Grange No. 81 met at
the home of Mrs. John o. Davidson
on Friday evening, December 6, at
8 PM. to hold its regular, monthly
meeting and annual election of Of
ficers. The following officers have
been elected for the year 1947 ::
Master, Mr.. Everett Warrington !;
Overseer Mrs John o. Davidson :;
chaplain, Mrs. Ella Roach; stew
ard, Mr.. Thomas Brimmer; asSis-
tant steward, Mr.. Raymond Davis );
lady assistant steward, Mrs. Mary
Robinson; lecturer, Mrs. Bertha S.
Marsh; secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. Frank Jones; gate keeper,
Miss Mildred Robinson; Pomona,
Mrs. Thomas Brimmer; Flora
Mrs. Raymond Davis; and Ceres
Mrs. Apollo Kielbasa. Also, the
worthy master appointed Mrs. Bes-
sic Mustary home economics chair
man and Mrs Apollo Kielbasa the
publicity agent for the following
year
Angola Grange No. 81 will b,
represented by the worthy master
Mrs Everett Warrington, Mrs. Bes
sic Mustard. Mrs. Frank Jones
Mrs. Ella Roach. and Miss Mildred
Robinson at the annual Grang
banquet in Dover on Tuesday eve
ming, December 10.
After the business meeting ev
eryone enjoyed the Christmas par
ty of which the candle lighting
service and the exchange of gift
were the high lights of the socia
hour planned by the lecturer, Mrs
Bertha S. Marsh.
The hostess served deliciOu
home donuts and fruit punch. thu
ending a wonderful evening TO
everyone.
Milford chronicle., 1946-12-13
To Hold Sussex
Poultry School
Continued from first page)

The morning program will in
clude a report on the Chicken of
Tomorrow Contest and the current
brOiler research at the University
of Delaware Agricultural Sub-Sta-
tion by A.E. Tomhave. head of the
Animal and Poultry Department.
What Makes the Chicken Tick -
a demonstration of poultry anato-
nv as it relates to the growth, egg
nroduction and survival will be
presented by w. c. SkOglund OF
the Universitys poultry depart
ment. DR.. John Hammond of
Rridgeville will outline the recent
developments in poultry feeding
Factors affecting the Stability of
the Delmarva BrOiler Industry will
be discussed by James Gwinn OF
the University of Maryland.
The afternoon program will fea-
ture poultry Judging demOnstra-
ton. panel discussion on the
production of top quality poultry
and a review of Newcastle Disease
The demonstration on production
iudeing and culling will be pre-.
sented by A. F. Kish of the Univer.
sitv of Delaware Poultry Depart.
ment.
Leader of the panel on Top Quail
ity Poultry - A Necessity For Oul
Existence will be Paul NJ HOdg
son. acting director of the Bureau
of Markets of the State Board o
Agriculture. AS Il part of this dis
cnssion. Lester Fitzpatrick of th'
Dairy and Poultry Division of tb'
Production and Marketing Admin
iStrati0n will give Il demOnstra
ton of poultry grading.
A review of Newcastle discas
will be given by II. Il. Baker poul
try pathologist for the State Boar
Of Agriculture.
Milford chronicle., 1946-12-13
STATE GASOLINE
SALES INCREASE

A 23.99 per cent increase in gross
gallons of gasoline sold in the state
in October. over October of 1945, is
shown in the motor fuel tax report
of the State Highway Department.
Net gallons. after refund for nom
highway use, increased IS per
cent while tax-exempt sales to the
federal government were $3.50 per
cent less.
Gross sales the past October ag-
gregated 6,200,592 gallons as COM
pared with 5,0O0.S2S in October of
last year, an increase of 1,119,764
gallons. Net gallons in October were
5,453.006 as compared with 4.621.-
0S9, jump of S31,917 gallons. The
exempt sales to the federal
government totalled 45.463 de-
crease of 79,107 gallons under the
124.570 sold in the same month OF
last year.
The report was issued by Ernes
Muncy. administrator OF the mOtO
tax division and secretary of tn,
department. and w. H. Sterling. au
ditOr.
Milford chronicle., 1946-12-13
Retiring Highway
Engineer Reports
Continued from first page)

must be matched by State funds on
a $3.50 basis with the exception of
the grade crossing funds which
can be allocated on a 1000 federal
basis.
Existing conditions confronting
highway work were reviewed by
Mr.. Mack in opening his report
when he commented as follows:
The continued scarcity of labor and
materials. during the first post
war year has made highway con-
tracing uncertain and hazardous
and has pushed costs to levels
above that of any year since the
early twenties.
The condition of much of the
oldest mileage in the State system
was SO critical however that the
Department decided, Immediately
following the close of hOStilities. to
proceed as rapidly as possible with
the necessary construction work,
as long as reasonable competition
among bidders was secured. Ac-
cordingly bids were taken and con-
tracts awarded insofar as State
funds were available.
Mr.. Mack recommended THAT
the program of reconstruction OF
the older highways which has
been the principal work carried on
until all main highways are
brought up to standard widths and
their riding surfaces strengthened
and improved"
For the 1947 construction year
Mr.. Mack recommended Il recon
StructiOn program containing IL
projects involving 99l miles OF
highway and one bridge, all having
an estimated cost of $3.430, 600. He
suggests. ''as much be placing UNI
der contract as funds will allow.
Seven of the suggested projects
are in New Castle county and in
ciude the Market street bridge re
surfacing and repairing and recon
structiOn of the following high.
ways. Wilmington arteries, 3:
miles; ST. Georges to Corbit, 2:
miles. Blackbird to Fieldsboro, 3:
miles, CranstOn Heights to Basi:
Corner. Al miles, Naamans Creel
Road, G.3 miles. Marsh Road, t.:
miles.
The three projects listed fol
Kent county were Milford to Littl,
Heaven, 10.5 miles, Maryland Line
to KentOn, 7.6 miles, South of Har
ringtOn TO Pennington, 2.3 miles
Seven projects were listed fol
Sussex county as follows: Seafort
to Bridgeville. 6.3 miles, George
town to Ellendale, 9.4 miles, Selby
Vile to DagsborO. 81 miles. Days
bOro to. Georgetown. 1912 miles
Shawnee to Greenwood, so miles
Selbyville to Williamsville, g..
miles. Delmar to Laurel, 6.7 miles
Milford chronicle., 1946-12-13
HUNTING

The Hunting Season is now at hand
| hope to hunt the open land
And shoot some meat that's good to
eat
If Brer Rabbits not too fleet
The Old hound dog is on his toes
He'll hound Brer Rabbit wherever
he goes
It's up to me if he is shot
To put his carcas in the pot
| have some friends who kid lot
About that carcaS not in the pot
But | can still run him down
If he should lose the Old red hound.
The rain of hail I'll throw at his
tail
Will stop him cold it cannot fail
And over my shoulder I'll throw his
hide
And March toward home with
pomptous pride maybe
Joseph B. Jefferis
, Milford, Del, Dec. 6, 1916.
Milford chronicle., 1946-12-13

Mr.. Mack further recommends
that as soon as materials and
funds are available the post war
program be initiated and the fol-
lowing new projects be undertake
en-: New Castle County. Newport
Pike; Extension OF Governor Printz
Boulevard to the Pennsylvania
Line: Elsmere Niaduct; Lancaster
Pike extension to the PENNSYLVANIA
Line Curtis Paper Mill Bridge and
realignment of Drawers Creek"
Kent County. construction of
the section of the proposed dual
highway between Dover and Can
terbury Leipsic Bridge. Sussex
County. construction of the pro-
posed dual highway by-passing the
town of Bridgeville."
Mr.. Mack also recommended
that the progressive improvement
of the dirt roads of the State he
resumed as funds are available
The growing demand for further
improvement of Stag and gravel
roads by surface treatment calls
attention to the fact that such i'm
provements substantially increase
! the annual cost of maintenance and
! further recommend that for the
present, selections of roads fol
this Improvement be made from
! those highways which have traffic
count of not less than one hundred
vehicles per day. Petitions now in
the files for this type of work mum.
Der fOrty-eight for total of ap-
prOXimately $50 miles
The report shows that the State
now has l.S7269 miles of dustles,
highways. This is 4S.O59o of Tho
total road mileage in the State
-One road, IL miles in length, i,
the State system was abandoned a.
the result of the construction o
the Georgetown Airport