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Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Ball Players Need
Eating Place Sunday
All Restaurants Closed Here Poses
Problem. Appeal Made

The first place Milford Red SoN.
SET en- TO he doing very well in every
dt partment except that most essen
tlal food to eat.
With the closing of the local eat
inn houses here on the Sabbath un-
I'll further notice the team members
have been put about to find some
thing to eat on that day
Last Sunday one member of tn"
team was so i'll from weakness, that
no was nearly overcome. He Wa
unable to get anything to eat that
day
An appeal is made To public
.niritcd citizens of this community.
who are interested in boys, to take
some of these boys into their homes
ON Sundays and see that they are
fed. The boys expect to pay their
wav and are not asking for charity
hut they must find places to eat
Those who are interested i'll SerV-
inc these boys Il good nOurlshinl
meal on Sundays are requested tt
contact Edwin Walls at Milford. BIZ
" and leave their name together
, with how many boys they can feed
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Swimming Classes
At Playground Here
Ninety Boys And Girls Are En-
rolled For instruction

swimming classes at the play
ground got underway Monday
morning with approximately 80
hoy, and girls enrolled for inStruc-
tion. Upward OF 60 are taking in
StructiOn for the first time and the
progress shown by the beginning
1W lmmcrS is most encouraging.
The swimming instruction Will
continue all summer and persons
OF all ages are welcome. Those who
ar, only fair Swimmers are invited
to come OFT ana Improve thrlr
%hllity. Export instruction is avail
able at all times.
Soft ball will be the feature two
E:2htS week at the playground
Monday evenings a league cOmpOs-
cd Of young men OF the city will get
underway. Thursday nights Il lCt-
cue composed of the R0tarianS. XII
wanians. Lions and Oddfcllows will
play.
An afternoon league composed ol
boys under Ii will start their com
petition in the near future.
Everyone is urged to come on
and enjoy the facilities offered a
the Playground. Boating, swimming
and games for all ages There are
also Il few choice biz fish left Owe
from last year. AT the fiShin;
Grounds at the end of the Bathin,
Beach
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Factory Worker Here
Is Badly Slashed
Walter POStIcS In Serious COndi.
ton Following knife Attack

Walter Postles. 2i, of North Wal
nut Street. Milford. is in serious
condition in the Milford Memorial
Hospital suffering from slashes
and stahS inflicted by an itinerant
worker at the Davis pickle packing
plant. The accused. Samuel Pippens
20. of Washington. ID. C., is said to
have attacked POstles with pocket
knife last Friday afternoon, slash
ing him across the forehead. the
stomach and the back. and stahhins
him in the chest POstles' condition
is said to be fair today.
Both men were working at the
plant late last Friday, when. ac-
cording to other employees. Postlcs
picked up pickle and threw it at
another employee. 1t accidently
struck Pippens. who started an ar
gument He got knife and serious
ly slashed POstles before they could
be separated. it was said.
Postles was taken TO the hospital
where Dr.. o. V. James said one
lung had been punctured. He is
married and has one small child
Pippens was arrested by Officer
Herman Holsten of the Milford pO-
lice, and is held awaiting the out
come of Postles' injuries.
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
League Statistics
Released BY Howe
Figures Reveal That TuII, Leads
IIurIrr>; Milford IN Club Fielding

Collecting ~ hit, IN 100 utnCS at
bat, ShOrts}op Sprrual0 of thc
fourth place Dover Phillies is in a
class by himself in the Eastern
Shore League batting marathon
with a healthy lca%uc-leading av-
rr1pc of .l22. according 10 official
statistics released by the Howe
News Bureau OF chicago for the
period ending June -
Outticld Maltora of CcutrcviIlc
is second with $50 and Milford )
NHdrl third ~ 81 Dover's Mar
shall is fourth with Bal and leads
Tire league i'm total bases with 81.
ShortStGp Wilson of Milford has
made the most hits. - IIiGdoW
and t,GHn. both Of Dover have sc0r-
ed the most runs. IS SeatOrd :
Mylczck has knocked home the
most tallics 33. while Ccntrcvillc's
Stevens has stolen the most bases
- He sWipcd four in one game
Itun % Pas" -. F,ca>c!
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Diamond B Rodeo At
Del-Mar-Va Raceway
Gala Affair will Be Held At GEORGE
town ON July II, II, Is and ~

The announcement 0t the Dia-
r,ond b Rodeo which viii hc staG-
ed AT the Del Mar-Na RaccWay in
GEORGETOWN. Delaware on three
nights Thursday. Fri
Gay and Saturday. July II. l. and
18th. and on Sunday afternoon, July
/ fth. seems to have struCk a pOpu-
lar chord with the sport lovers of
this section among whom thCr" are
hundreds of r0dCu fans and admir-
crs of that unique character the
Amen lean Cowboy
The kids of the city and vicinity
are wild with anticipation over the
coming of the big r0dc0 as the COW
hoy is the greatest idol of all
American youth and his sport has
lcng been classcd as the most
thrilling and dangerous sport in the
world
Lewis Blackmon. who will pro-
duCc the rOdoO is a noted western
cowboy who has gathered Il herd OF
" lid and tough rOdeO stock to tcsi
the merits of more than fifty COW
boys and COW girls who will enter
the contests of hr0nchO busting
calf ropin2, are-back hronC riding
wild steer wrestling or bulldo2ginG
wild Brahama bull riding an'
kindred sports of the plains C0un
try
The Brahama bulls which will h'
seen in action at the rodcO are
type of cattle new to this section o
the country. they are defendants y
ITu.n 10 Page 5. P!cascl
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Pmi-MutueL Betting
Asked For Harrington
Harness Racing Commits
SiOner J. Writ Willis Con-
sidering Application

j. Writ Willis. Delaware harness
horse racing commissioner. is con
sidcrinG an application for a per
nit for pari-mutual netting on har-
ness races To be held at the Har-
ringt0n Race Track. a 20 day meet
is scheduled to start AT the track
Oct ). with the races to he held ~
night
The last session of the General
assembly passed bill legalizinS
pari-mutual wagering on harness
races. Joseph J. l.imline who is
connected with Delaware Park and
trOtting racing association in New
Jersey is acting in behalf of thu
operators of the Harrington track
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
j. A. Carey Succumbs
To Heart Attack
Member Of Notorious Family Pass
ed Away In SUSSEX county Jail

James A. Carey. aged 81 years.
son of Mae H. Carey. who WAS
hanged in Sussex County Prison.
June !. 1893. for the muruer OF her
brother. Robert Kitchens. seNsn
years prior to the trial. died III
Sussex County Prison last Monday
morning, shortly before noon. Ot
what was apparently heart at
tack Carey. had been cOnversinS
with Warden Smith about twenty
minutes before his death and had
seemed in the best of health and
spirits. He had complained of
slight headache, shortly after eat
ing Il hearty breakfast. He was seen
to slump from d standing position
in his cell. and the Warden sum
moned Dr.. A. G. SmOot. Jail physi
clan, who pronounced the man
dead. In accordance with the Sta
tute, Coroner William |. COnOway
will hold an inquest. this evening
but according to Mr.. COnoway. the
inquest will be purely routine.
since he was satisfied the death
occurred from natural causes
Carey's body was inferred in st.
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Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Jan Beetle Increase
Expected This Week
1916 Population Expected
To Exceed That OF
1915 BY 251b

1t is estimated that the 1916
Japanese beetle population in Della
ware will exceed that of l945 by
about 25 per cent. Reviewing the
hectic program in the state. Dr. l..
A. StearnS. extension entOmOlOgiSt
at the University nf Delaware says
that the probable increase this year
is the result of weather conditions
DR.. Stcarns reports that the first
eCtleS seen this year in northern
Delaware were in Newark ON June
Il. MiddletOwn, June Is. and Will
minGt0n. June rs. Again this year
the Entomology Department of TIE
University of Delaware has located
traps throughout the state to con-
tinue their study of beetle infesta-
ton from year to year. Beetles are
expected to emerge in greatest
Plumbers in July.
Turn 10 Page Z. PIeassI
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Fred Burke, Association
President, Presided;
Fire Marshall Bill Dis
cusscd In Detail.

Fred Burke OF Clayton presided
over the IS6th meeting Of the Kent
{ ountv Fircmrn'a Association last
"Wednesday night at th"swold,
Franklin I.uff. president OF thcS-
void Fire Company welcomed the
DELEGATES and guests To his town
and George ". Swain responded.
Only Il small number about 30 were
prcScnt inCmdin@ George Duncan
from New Castle County. Three
directors were absent and five of
the companies iii the county We're
not represented. The meeting was
curtailcd as many Ot the llt"mVn
wanted to get to Il radio for the
fight. \ little discussion was held
in connection with th" arrest oI
fircmrn operating u carnival i'll
New Castle County. Then the dis
cuSsion driitcd back to the dis
astrrous fires which occurred i'll
hotels recently throu2hout the
nation The fire Marshall bill Was
AGAIN discussed and resolution
passed to submit the previous bill
or a similar bill to the State Law
and Legislative committee. they in
turn To present il to the legislature
Lee Harmon ct MarYd"l and
Frank O'Ncal lead the discussion
On the subject. The matter ot fire
hazards must first he sold 10 the
companies themselves before The
public will hc fir" prevention cons
cious said Mr. Harmon. II is hopct
that it viii not hc necessary to lost
life in som" fir" trap in th'
State before This can hr brou@h
about MIR. Duncan spoke on condi
tions as he found them while at
tending a convention ~ n"arh.
city. The host company served
buffet lunch sitter the mcctm-
several of the tircmcn We're invite,
10 the home of president Iutf, +
get the fight results over his radio
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Traffic Boost Over
Year Is Shown
Drop Under PrF-War Level, How
ever. Reported by Counters

The volume of traffic over state
highways continues TO show Il de-
crease under pre-war l9il but an
increase over last year, according
to recordings of automatic traffic
counters.
Traffic during May was Pill per
cent under the corresponding
month of 1914 and i3.13 per cent
greater than in May of last year,
a report of w. H. MCKcndrick, Jr..
assistant chief engineer of the
State Highway Department in
charge of the traffic and planning
division. shows
Decreases under May. l94l. were:
State Route =. east of Newark. 1884
per cent; L. S II. north of Smyr-
ma. 2645; L. .. ll3. north OF Mil
ford, 22.S9; U. S. Is. south of
Greenwood. 14.S9
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Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Latex Plant Carries
On Holiday Program
Employees 0i Dover Plant IL"
Celebrate July With Pay

Employees ut PlHytcX PHrk, DO
ltr. /, laWarc were notified that
they H"rr receiving another raId
| uliday next Thursday, July !th.
| .csS than a month ago. these ON
Il0yccS enjoyed holiday with mn
pay ON Decoration Day.
The C0mpanyS policy provides
for time off with fun pay tor all
legal holidays, and has been in con
tjnu0uS effect since this modern,
plant WAS first open
.d in Dover Paid holidays ar" hut
part ui broad program of benefits
1T Playtcy Park Some OF the many
t,aiIrc$ include medical and hos
pitaliIatiOn iuSuranC" tor a$ long
as ~ days in the hospital At $3.50
Il day. and additiOnl surgical f."
provisions for every rmplON"" ny
to $1JDO0. All personnel ar" cover
cd hy life insurance prOvldIS2 hCn"-
tits for their families. The lntcrna-
tIunal ! atcX Corporation pays all
Insurance premiums for medical
husuital surgical. and life iusur-
#nCc premiums.
In addition TO tlmC-and-a half ton
all overtime work. employees have
other opportunities for increased
earnings Furthermore. applicants
receive regular rates of pay while
&OinG through the educational an'
training program. Time off wit!
pay for Specific family "mcrG"nCi"
is also part Of this liberal cmplCY"'
welfare policy
These features are but part q
cNcry-daY events at air-Conditionc'
FlaytcX Park. which accounts t0
the fact that more and NOR" Del
marva folks are taking adNantaS
of the idrcl working condition
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Condition OF Three
HHrI In Crash Fair
Two Nurses From Dover
Hospital Involved In
SmaSh-l p Near Dover

CONDITION OF the three persons.
ircludiu% Two NURSES of the Kent
General Hospital. injured seriously
in an accid"nt involving the auto
mobile in which they were ridiu%
and tNO buses early last Thursday
n,ar Dover Wae reported AZ fair to
daY.
Elton L Wool -, of George
town. driver Oi the car. who SuS-
tanned fracture Ol the skull. right
lrg. and possible internal injuries
is slightly improved and Mrs. John
Goodcn. 80. Dover. nurse at the
Kent General Hospital is fairly
GOOD. Both ar" in the Kent HoSp-
tai
Miss Charlotte Nirdcu. -. ui
Wyoming. who Sustained Iaccra
tiuns 0I the nose and eye. is fair
Miss Nirdcu was taken from DO
yer to the Delaware IloSuital las
Friday for an operation on hcl
right cyohall which was seriously
laccratcd in the accident
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Permanent Drivers
License Regulations
Applications Must BE Filed In Per-
son. commissioner Williams States

Automobile operators desiring
to make application Tor a perma-
ncnt drivers license in Delaware
must file their application in per
son at once dt one of the branch
offices of the Motor Vehicle De
partmcnt located III each of tn"
three counties. it has been an
nounced by George S. Williams,
motor vehicle commissioners.
This system is followed. stated
Mr. Williams. "bccauSe there ar"
some questions to be asked Of each
applicant and an explanation of the
qualifications must be given each
applicant at the time the 1ppliCa
tion is filed. Also, the application
must be signed by the applicant in
the presence of the official rcCciv-
ing it.
tn pau
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
State Has Had Only
One Case Of Polio
Precautions Are Listed TO Prevent
Outbreak by State Board

Dr Edwin cameron, executive
secretary of the State Board OF
Health, announces that Delaware is
ore of } which has had only one
case OF p0li0myelitis talso known
is infantile paralySisl. reported Sc
tar this yCar. the others being
North Dakota. Nebraska, Wyoming,
and the District of Columbia. The
four states reporting no cases so
far in l946 are Rhode Island, South
Dakota. Idaho and Nevada. All
figures are based on /. 5. Public
Health Service figures of June Sth..
which show that the country as a
whole has had | 1876 cases of 'pOliO'
reported since the first OF January,
this being an increase of 81 per
cent over l945 when only 903 cases
had been reported up to that time.
The states reporting the highest
incidence for the week ending June
9Th were Texas, 35 new cases; !;
Florida, 33: and Alabama and Cali
tOrnia. Is each. Florida has had POP
cases to June Sth this year; Cali
tornia. 1853; Texas, 157; and Ala
hama. 30.
There were 81 cases Ot pOliOmyC-
litis in Delaware last year and 93 in
1911. with Is deaths For the past
two wears there has been an I'M
usual incidence in the Atlantic
States. reaching epidemic proper
tiOnS in l91i in Delaware. as wei
as in many other states. Incidence
; in this Atlantic States area is no
high at this time. however, ther,
, were only S6 cases of polio" il
Delaware for the l0-year perio'
= from 1893 to 1943.
Precautions Advised
f DR.. Cameron also points ont tha
i intantilc paralysis while unprc
= dictahlc. reaches its highest Incl
= dcncc from late June to SeptcmheI
:. He said that the precautiOnar
;. measures advocated by the Nation
:. al Foundation for Infantilc Para
d lysis are particularly timely nov
and should be observed cvCrywhcr
throughout the nation. These pre-
q cautions are:
a Don't get Over-tircd: avOi
# removal of tonsils and adenoiC
If during the infantilc paralysis ep
dcmic season"
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
To Register Foreign
Firearms Here July 10
Federal Investigator will BE At
Police Station On That Date

An investigator of the Alcohol
Tax Unit, Internal Revenue Bu-
rcau will be in the following towns
ON the dates shown, and at the
times and places SO designated. for
the purpose of inspecting and if
required registering all foreign
souvenir firearms brought or sent
into this country by our returned
veterans. in accordance with the
provisions of the National Fire
arms Act of 1874.
Friday. June 2S AT Newark 10
Il. IN. to & p. m. police station.
Tuesday. July ,, at Smyrna $50
Il. m To p. m. police station,
MiddIctown. > to $50 p m. city
hall.
Wednesday. July :, at Dover 10
a. M. to & p. m. police station.
Tuesday. July =. at Georgetown
10 m. to y. m. at State Po-
lice Barracks; I p. NJ, to & p. m,
city hall.
Wednesday. July 10. at Milford
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Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28

Reports reaching Dr. j. w. llcu-
berger. Extension Plant PathnlO-
gist. Agricultural Extension Ser
vice. University of Delaware, tell
of downy mildew disease being a
week to ten days earlier and more
bers and cantalOupes in South
Carolina and North Carolina. In
view of this. Delaware growers are
urged to begin their spraying or
busting next week SO as to control
this disease if it makes its appear
ance much earlier than usual in
Delaware. Records kept by the
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
IL o spit S a |
Assn. Headed
By Macklin
MilfOrdian Installed At
Annual Meeting OF
Group Last Thursday;
Plans Discussed.

GcorG" r. Nackln OF Milford,
was installed as president of the
DclaWar2 Hospital Association at
l'. aunI!aI u""''nG m Delaware
Ho5pital iasl TWuraiay
other officers installed are:
President elect, James f. VI. Nc
Closkcy Wilmington; vicc-prcsi-
dent, Dr A. r. ShandS, Whining
ton: SeCrctary-treasurc John +.
" ymcr. business manager of IN"
Milford Memorial Hospital; trlIS-
tees. II V Maybcr, Wilmington,
who WAS elected for 4 tWo-ICar
term, and Willard Springer. .lr.,
whose term continues for one year
more.
The Groun discussed plans for
enrolling all eligible Delaware in
stitutions. and plans for attiliating
with the American Hospital A!sso-
citation.
The next meeting will hc held
Iulv Il at the Alfred |. DUPONT In
stitutc of the NCmOurS Foundation
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Trophy Is Won
By State Fishermen
Delaware Team Lands
157 Weighing 233 Lbs;
NJ aryland d er S Hook
Three In Battle Of
Bays"

The Delaware Fishing Team
caught l57 fish weighing 233
pounds Wednesday of this week to
defeat the Maryland Fishing Team.
W hich hooked three fish weighing
II pounds, in ii revival of the twb-
state contest which had not been
held since 1911.
The two teams competed for a
trophy awarded jointly 10y the
News journal Company and radio
station WF'BR of Baltimore The
Delaware anglers. using squid and
muSScls. employed Il drifting tech
niQuc after leaving Tilghman's Is
land in Delaware Bay. The Mary
iandcrs. starting from TilShman 5
island in the Chesapeake, trolled.
Included in the Delaware catch
were cruakerS. wcakfish and
founders The Maryland haul was
limited to r0cktiSh.
Members of the victorious First
state team were Al Marshall, Burt
Hudson, Edward Clcndanicl. Chas.
Clayyillr. Preston Tyndall and
Ralph Lynn. The Judge on the Della
ware boat. the Katherine r.. wa
Alden Miller, Baltimore sportsman
Mayor Edward C. Evans, of Milford
was the judge on the Maryland
boat
The Delaware team was sponsor
cd by the Mispillion Charter Boa
Association, whose president, John
Wolf was the team coach. The as
SCCiation presented the 233 pound:
of fish 10 the Milford Memorial
Hospital
Arnold W CDuCkyl Stewart, out
door columnist Of the Wilmington
Morning News. represented tn
, News Journal Company and tn
state on the Delaware boat.
The trophy will be awarded per
m@nently to the team which take
TWO out of the three contests whic
: are to be held annually. This year
=. award will be made at meeting {
the Chesapeake Bay Fishing Fai
Association TO he hcld at Tilgl
mans Island on August " and |
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Southern States To
Meet Here Tonight
Davis Watson Will Explain Pro-
gram II Grange Hall Session

\ program tor the local annual
Southern States Membership meet
ing to lac held in the Milford com
muuity will h" formulated when
members of the southern States
Milford Advisory board and South
ern States Milford Farm Home Ad-
visory committee hold a conference
at the Milford Grange hall. Milford.
Friday evening. June 2S. at 80.
Davis Watson. chairman of
Southern States Milford Advisory
board. will explain the purpose of
the conference and preside during
the evening. Speakers he will in
tr0ducc are District Manager &. +.
NcCaul"y of Salisbury. Md. who
will give brief report on Southern
States Cooperative, and Duane
Lynn and =. r. Jacobs of the local
cooperative service agencies. who
will make their organizations re-
port
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Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28
Citizen
In Senate Race
J. Williams, Scna-
torial Aspirant, Is Well
Known ThrOugOut Sus-
sex County; Is Active
Church Worker.

Several questions in connection
NTH possible Republican candi-
dates on the State ticket at the
General election i'm Delaware TINS
wear were settled last week when
John !. Williams, Millsb0ru huSl-
ness man. announced that he would
he candidate for the Rcpuhllcan
nomination for United States Scna-
tor.
For quite some time il was gene
rally understood that the Repuhll-
can Senatorial candidate wouli
come from Sussex county this year
in event a candidate was available
in that county and the announce
ment by Mr.. Willims settled TINS
issue.
Well known throughout every
section of Sussex county. as well as
in many other sections of the state,
MIR. Williams has established Il
most interesting record as one OF
the states outstanding business
men.
He and brother established the
Millshoro Feed Company which
concern was most active in aiding
the progress and advancement of
the poultry industry in Sussex
county until it has reached the
large portions of the States bust
ness it represents today
Although he has often been ap-
preached to become candidate
for various State and county of
fices. the announcement that he
would be a candidate for the Re-
publican Senatorial nomination
was Mr.. Williams first invitation
to the voters to support him fol
public office.
During his active career MIR. vii
liams has been affiliated with man,
progressive movements for the I'm
prOvement of affairs in SUISSE,
county, we'll as the State. the ad
vancement of education and he ha
been active in church work.
Many Republicans have gr"ctc
the announcement of the candidaC
of Mr.. Williams with COnsidcrahl
. pleasure since they class him as Il
outstanding candidate who is wei
known for his integrity and ahilit
to represent and maintain an IN
tereSt in all sections Of the State
John c. Leach. of Wilmingto
has announced he may also seek fC
! Senatorial nomination.
Milford chronicle., 1946-06-28

In fixing over her own room,
I'll girl learns basic principles OF
color and design which can be APP
piled to all the rooms in the house.
making them more comfortable and
beautiful for the whole family to
enjoy. Miss Louise r. Whitcomh.
Home Management Specialist of
the Extension Service. University
of Delaware, stresses this fact
when making the announcement
that there are 16 girls taking room
. Improvement this year as one of
their All projects.
In May. conferences We're held