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Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Ceiling Prices Are
Set For Nylon Hose
First Quality NylOns Will Range In
Price From 95t To $2.05 Per Pair

While YOU are standing i'll that
line. hoping to get pair of nylOns,
be certain that you won't be paying
more than ceiling price for them.
With nylon hosiery coming on the
market now. and with the pOssibi-
lity that they will be plentiful by
June, the government has set cell
ing prices, based on June, 1874
prices. This order MRP-602. be-
came effective November 20, 1945.
According to the ceiling prices,
first quality. full fashioned nylons
range from % cents to $205 a pair.
First quality. seamless nylOns will
range from 20 cents to $135 per
pair. Wholesale manufacturers
and retailers ceiling prices for ny
Ion hose arc listed separately for
full-fashiOncd. seamless, and spe-
cial constructions. Also. nylon-le2
and all nylOn constructions arc
priced separately. and these are
further divided into first, second
and irregular quality hose. Retail
ceiling pricings are listed accord
ing to whether the retailer is q
mail order and chain store house
or a regular retailer. and whether
the hosiery is branded or unbrand
cd.
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Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Delaware Alumni
Dinner February 23
DR.. W. q. Sypherd viii Speak On
lni'cr>ity'> Development

The University of Delaware
Alumni Association will hold its
annual mid-winter banquet on Sat
urday. February %, in the Gold Ball
Room. Hotel DUPONT. Wilmington,
with an attendance of 300 expected.
DR.. W. Owen Sypherd. acting
president Of the University of Della
ware. will be the principal speaker
on the topic. The University of
Delaware and Its Development He
will be accompanied by heads of
various university dopar;f~nt$
each of whom will give brief talks.
They will be introduced by Dr..
Syphcrd.
Joseph Cherpak of Wilmington,
president of the alumni association,
will preside at the banquet and
Deputy Judge Caleb BOggS OF the
Family Court will be tOaStmaSter
Among others on the program is
John y. Mcdowell, alumni director
and director of the new public re-
latiOnS office at the University OF
Delaware. He will speak on tho
Development Fund and other
phases OF the public relations pro
gram.
James e. Stewart. recently re-
turned Army officer. is chairman OF
! the banquet committee.
Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15

The Eastern Shore Baseball
League last Sunday afternoon
adopted IA 126-gamc schedule for the
1916 season at league meeting
held in the l.. ID. Caulk Company
Auditorium in Milford.
The season will open on May y
with the following schedule OF
games: Milford at Dover, Federals-
burg at SeafOrd Salisbury at Eas-
ton, and Cambridge at Centrevllle.
The same teams will meet again
the following day with the order OF
play reversed, thus giving the other
four towns their home openings on
May 10.
Dr. Gricr Vice President
DR.. Walter l.. Gricr. of Milford,
president of the Milford Athletic
Association. was elected vice pres
ident of the league. Thomas }. Nib
Ter of Chestertown. Md, who was
elected president at a previous
meeting held in ScafOrd. presided.
Doublehcadcrs will be played on
Memorial Day, July and Labor
Day. but they will be of the split
variety. the teams meeting III one
town in the afternoon. and i'll the
other town in night contest. nc
Sunday games will be played II
Cambridge and Salisbury, Md.
The league also decided to hire
nine umpircs this season instead Of
eight and also elected the follow
ing directors: Milford, +. Roscoe
Galloway; fredericksburg. Jake viii
liams: Ccntrcville, Herbert Arm
Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
300 Attended Scout
Honor Court Here
Address Given B. Earl Hilltiker,
Conser,atiOniSt And Naturalist

approximately 800 persons were
present at the high school auditor
ium here on Tuesday evening to
witness the first big postwar Boy
Scouts Court of Honor.
Scout Troops We're PRESENT. from
the following communities includ-
ing the two troops from Milford,
Dover 5 troops. Ocean View, Mid
dletoWn, Harrington, Bridgeville,
Seaford, RehobOth, MillsbOrO,
DagsbOr0, Lewes, Georgetown and
FrankfOrd.
Carter Wexford of Seaford Serv-
ed as chairman. he was assisted by
William SpOtswOOd, Bridgeville,
Arthur G.. Livingston, Dover; Ira
Whitney. Seaford; j. irwin Bow
man, Milford; Russell Fry. SeafOrd.
The following awards were made
tour life Scout Awards. 9 Star
Scout Awards. One TcnderfOot Air
Scout Award. 7S Merit Badges to
81 boys. , First Class awards, II
second class awards.
The guest speaker. who introduce
ed by Scout Executive Fred Well
ington. was Earl HilIfilker, former
ly connected with the New York
State Conservation commission
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Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Tax Expenditure Is
Reported In Kent
Appropriations As Required By
Law Took Third OF Money

Tho annual report of tho county
finances shows that one-third of the
tax money received by Kent county
last year was used TO pay for ap-
preparations required by existing
state laws.
The report indicates that the to-
tai amount received from taxes was
$14S, ,455.9S while the amount paid
out on appropriations required un-
der law was $52.122.70.
The total income from all sources
Tor the period from November 30.
l944. to November 80, 1945, was
1922 .632.21. an increase of $40
23l.o1 over the previous year.
These receipts include the amount
received by the county for various
state-aid projects.
Receipts for the various countv
Offices located in the courthonsC
totaled $@%3 l3.6S. which is $S.016.7f
more than these Offices received
during the previous year. The larg.
est amount collected was the re.
corder of deeds whose total re-
ccipts amounted to $16,1S4.25. Al
increase of $f,5SS over the previous
year.
Disbursements for the count,
during the year totaled $273.603.97
decrease of $7.995.SS as compared
with the previous year. The ap
preparations to various agencies in
creased $5.809.1O.
The amounts paid out by tn
county on these appropriations, in
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Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Home Accidents Hurt
Many Each Season
Falls Are Most Common OF All The
Mishap> Occurring In The Home

Many persons each year are
severely injured in accidents in and
about American homes, according
to the Delaware Safety Council. be-
cause no sturdy ladder or stepstOOl
is available when needed. TO reach
high places. members of the house
hold stand on frail or shaky chairs.
aims Of chairs, fragile boxes or
barrels, radiators. windowSills,
sinks, the edge of bathtubs, and on
lower cupboard drawers. They
straddlC the space between two
pieces of furniture. Even when
there is a ladder in the house. some
prefer to take Il chance on getting
%lon2 without it rather than to dc
the job the safe, if possibly the
slower way. They add to the Ions
roll of persons injured in falls from
heights.
rails arc Of common occurrence
at every age. But whether it is be
cause old people fall more often. oI
because when they do fall the re
suits arc more serious. the grea
majority Of deaths from falls occu
among those advanced in wears
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Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Completing Plans
For Houston V. F. w,
Meeting viii Be Held At The Fire
House Next Wednesday Evening

An organization meeting with the
ultimate purpose of forming Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars Post OF
United States at Houston. will be
held in the fire house auditorium
in that town. next Wednesday eve
ming. February 90. at eight o'clock.
Franklin Morgan. veteran of
the war in the South Pacific. with
Is months prc-Pearl lIarbOr ser
vice. presently employed at the +.
|. DUPONT Company at SeafOrd, will
serve as chairman of the meeting
Mr.. Morgan will be assisted by
Chester Marvel "a veteran of the
North African and Italian cam
ptigns. and Carl e. Smith. a veter-
an of over 30 years service i'll the
United States Navy.
The program in its entirety will
be explained by John j. Wachtcn
chief Of staff V. +. W. of Delaware
Mr.. Wachten is a resident of Will
mingtOn.
A survey by Mr.. Morgan ant
committee reveals that there are
approximately IS scrviccmen in the
Houston community who are eli
giblc to become members of tn
Y. f. W.
1t is the earnest hope of th'
chairman and his co-wOrkCrs tina
everyone of those eligible to par
ticipatc will be present at thi
meeting.
A blank appearing in an ad
vertisement on another page of thi
paper may be clipped and mailc
to Mr. Morgan.
Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
VIII Sell Facilities
Of Prisoner Camp
Will Auction Off II Pre-
fabricated Units OF George
town Camp On March l

The facilities of the prisOner-of-
war camp No. |, located about 72
miles from Georgetown, near St.
Johns Church. on the Pricbe-Pratt
Farms, will he sold at public auC-
ton on March |.
The camp, which was construct
ed by the Delmarva Housing Cor
pOration during 1914, to house
German prisoners of war working
in the various poultry processing
plants of the members of the COR
pOratiOn. cost $4,000. 1t comprises
u prefabricated buildings.
When the government terminated
the use of the camp the buildings
were sold to William Priebe and
Norman G. Pratt who plan to dis
pose of this and other adjacent
properties in the vicinity.
Mr.. Priebe and Mr.. Pratt have
taken over the Plaza Hotel. at Re-
hObOth Beach. which is undergoing
extensive repairs. They plan to de,
vote their entire time to the man
agement of the hotel
Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Church School
Glasses Hold
Fine Banquet
Sunshine And Brother
hood Groups At Cal
vary Held Annual At
fair Last Friday.

The annual banquet of the Sun
shine and Brotherhood classes Of
the Calvary Methodist Sunda!
School was held in the social hall
o. the church on last Friday night.
February s. One hundred and fifty
members and guests were in atten-
dance. The affair proved to be one
OF the finest Of all those held and
and was enjoyed by all. Mr. \. d..
pickerson led the group in the
singing OF America after which
Rev H. +. Werner. minister of the
church, led in the Invocation. Mr.. Il.
Mason Baxter served as the master
OF ceremonies. substituting for Mir.
\inal Bennett who because of i'll
ness could not fill the job. Mr. BaX-
ter handled his job iii most COM
mendahlc manner keeping the
crowd in constant laughter with
his stories of Introduction. The pro-
gram was enriched by all the vocal
selections of Miss Nina 10 Kennedy
who was accompanied by Mrs. Will
liam Watson, and Mr. j. Herbert
ANINIlOiN. W IiO W as az VII lIltu ~
Mrs. Roy Pettyjohn. Mr.. Davis
Donovan delighted the gathering
with his humorous readings The
guest speaker for the occasion was
the Rev. Walter II. Stone. Minister
of the Mt. Oliver Methodist Church
iii SeafOrd. Del. He thrilled the
&roup with his most stirring mes.
sage on the subject. Making the
Church Effective" His comments
were most thought provoking anC
stirred challenge in the mind,
/ and hearts of all who heard him
! The program was completed Will
group singing of the best know
and loved of the favOritc songs o
other days. The banquet was pre-
pared and served by tho member,
OF the WOmcn's Society of the &c
dar Neck Methodist Church.
Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Joint Motor
License Plan
Adopted Here
Car Owners Will Renew
Operators Cards, Reg
istratiOn All At Same
Time BY New Plan.

Adoption of a new plan whereby
of Delaware motor vehicle
drivers licenses who are owners
OF motor vehicles registered in
Delaware may renew their opera
tors licenses and motor vehicle
registration at the same time has
been made. The new plan will be-
come effective today, February l3,
George 5. Williams. state motor We
liclc commissioner, said.
Under the plan motor vehicle
operators and owners who have
tags which expire March II and
June 80, may procure their new
operators licenses and have their
cars registered at the same time.
The new registration renewal will
net be effective until the present
registration expires and the new
operators licenses becomes valid
on June |.
Operators licenses must be re-
reWCd by May 81. The new plan
will be used at the three motor vc-
hiclc division offices. Bancroft
Parkway and Eighth Street. Will
mingtun: Georgetown. and Dover
The application for renewal of tho
operators licenses and the renewal
OF registration may he made at tho
same time. either in person or by
mail
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Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Community Building
Activities Next Week
For Week Starting. Sunday,
February IL, And Ending
Saturday, February %
Sunday, February II
Closed
Mondav. February 18

basketball practice in gymnasium in
the afternoon
Century club Luncheon in the Audi
torium1 from IL to 30 r. IN.
Rotary Dinner Meeting in the Audi
torium from 6:lI to s .. m.
Carlisle Fire Company Band Practice
in the Auditorium from to ~ p. III
Library open from Z to p. III.
Tuesday, February 19
Basketball practice in the gymnasium
in the afternoon and evening
Wednesday, February 20
Library open 3 TO : p. IN.
Century Club Dancing Class III the
Auditorium from = to 7 =. IN.
Carlisle Fire Company Dance in the
Auditorium from 8 to 12 y. M.
Thursday, February n
Basketball practice in the gymna Sium
in the afternoon and evening
Fire Company Drill in Truck Room
At G30 p. m
Friday, February %
Girl Scouts Meeting in locker room
and gymnasium from TO p. IN.
3admitton in gymnasium from 8;"n
to Ia p. m.
Saturday. February %
Fire Company Dance in the auditorium
from s to IL p. M.
Library open from ~ to II noon and
from to p. M.
T.. G. Evans. Superintendent
Oscar T.. MalOney. Custodian
Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Annual Mems Day
AT Bethel A. M. E,
Approximately S339.37 Turned In
At Big Rally Last Sunday

The annual Mems Day held at
Bethel A. NJ. T.. church. this city
last Sunday, was the greatest ever
held in the history of the Church.
Early reports show that approXi-
mately $539.57 was turned into the
church Golfers during the day.
Captains reporting during the
follow: Matthew Cannon, $lo.10;
Joseph Whalen, .$73.20; Clifton
Green, $l6O.55. Marshall Bell, $lS6.-
%.
The Young Colorcd Mems Ropub.
ican club of which Mr.. Bell is tn,
president took the lead in collect
ing. and including the report sub
mitted by Mr.. Bell, turned in ;
total Of $2ll.55.
The Male members of the Clui
also turned out for the special ser
mon Sunday afternoon with I.
members present.
Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Informs President Tru-
man He Wants No Of
flee Under His Jurisdic-
ton; Says Some Resent
Getting The Truth.
BY Associated Press

Washington political ex-
plOsion which may rcverberate into
the l94S campaign, Secretary of the
Interior Harold l.. Ickes resigned
on Wednesday of this week. de-
claring that he would not commit
perjury for the sake of d party"
And in bitter parting shot at
the President on Wednesday night,
he told the Chief Executive he had
no desire to hold any Office under
his jurisdiction.
The 7-year-old New Dealer, or
iginal member of the Roosevelt
Cabinet. accused President Tru-
man of impropriety in passing
Judgment on question of ver-
acity" between Ickes and Edwin NJ.
Pauley. Mr.. Truman's nominee for
Undersecretary of the Navy.
Ickes had told the Senate naval
committee that Pauley made him
the "rawest proposition" he ever
received an offer to raise $500 900
in campaign contributions from oil
men if the government would drop
suit for title to submerged Off
shore oil lands. Pauley denied the
charge and President Truman said
Ickes could have been mistaken.
Ickes resigned in a 3,000-word
letter to the White House, and
elaborated on his reasons in an eX-
traOrdinary news conference at
tended by 500 reporters.
Snaps at "GenerOSity"
President Truman "Wednesday
night accepted the resignation in q
cold, formal note and Ickes snap
ped back with sarcastic refer
ence to the Presidents generosity
and graciousncss.
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Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Sanitation Division
Is Now Expanding
Return Oi Ser, iccmen Has Caused
Dept. TO Start Postwar Work

The returning of sanitarians
from war service to their posts with
the Division of Sanitation of the
State Board Of Health will enable
that division to expand its work
toward the prC-war level says r.
E. Beckett. the divisions director.
who states that the war took five
men from the division. that two
have returned 50 far. and that an
other will be discharged shortly.
Lack of personnel practically cut
ont the divisions work in the SAN
itary inspections of restaurants
schools, and service stations, and
reduced the amount of community
sanitation that could he accom-
pliShcd. Having increased person
mel will enable the division to do
moro Of this work and also to in
crease the frequency of the inspec-
tiOn of dairies. Mr.. Beckett said.
1t is hoped that rc-survcyS of
various towns may be made as to
their water supplies and sewage
systems, with the aim of helping
/ them plan for needed improvements
as was done by the division between
/ 1898 and 1910. Home sanitation is
another field which will again re-
/ cClVc attention.
Meredith and Keller Return
The men who have returned tt
the division are Ward Meridith ant
! Walter Keller, both of whom have
had nearly three years Of service il
the South Pacific. Mr.. Meriditf
served with the Seventh Malaria
Control Detachment doing malari;
control work in New Guinea ant
later both malaria control and san
itatiOn in the Philippines. Mr.. kell
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Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
To Organize
V.F.W. Post In
Milford Feb. 26
All Eligible Veterans Are
Invited To Meeting In
New Milford ArmOry
On That Date.

Plans for Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post for the Milford area.
were discussed in some detail al
meeting held last Monday even
ing in the Milford Community
Building. over one hundred veter-
ans. all of whom served overseas
in the various branches of the
armed forces, were present.
Representatives of the Depart
ment of Delaware V. +. W.. were
present and answered question pos
cd by the prospective members.
James j. Deputy, veteran of the
war in the China-India Burma The
atrc was elected temporary chair
man of the local group.
A second meeting will be held ON
Tuesday evening. February 20. i'm
the New Milford ArmOry on North
Walnut street. al which time the
local post will be further organized.
officers for 1916 elected and appli-
cation made for a charter. All
veterans who join within the next
90 DAYS will he given status of
charter members and their names
will be inscribed on the Post char
ter.
Present indications are that we'll
over 100 veterans Of the Milford
area plan to become active mem
bers fthc local post. Veterans de-
string further information may OBJ
tain same by contracting either
James J. Deputy. DR.. James r. West
or George G. Russell, Jr, the locaI
committee.
A blank appearing in an advcr.
tiscment on another page of this
paper may be clipped and mailed
TO Mr.. Deputy
Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Secy lckes Resigns;
Refuses To Commit
PerjuryFor Party
DELMtRNA FIRENEN TO
MEET At HARRINGTON

The executive council of
the Delmarva Volunteer Fire
men $ Association, AT a re-
cent meeting at Sclhyvillc.
accepted The invitation Of
Harrington to hold the 1916
convention of the Peninsula
Association at Harrington
this year
The annual convention will
he held in the latter part Of
May. the dates To be announ-
cod.
Charles Honey. chief of
the BrandyWine Hundred Fire
Company. BelletOntc, prcsi-
dent of the tri-state aSsOcia-
tiOn, presided AT the meet
ing Fred Brown. president
Of the Minquadalc Fire Com
pany. and president of the
Delaware State Association.
also attended.
Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Benefits Out
When Jobless
Refuse To Take
Referral Jobs
Judge Charles L. Terry,
Jr., Rules Wilmington
Man Not Entitled To
Unemployment Pa y;
Labor Dispute Alleged.

The Delaware Unemployment
Compensation Commission is not
compelled to make payments to a
petitioner who refuses to accept a
job referral on the ground that the
work is outside the state, because
the pay is not acceptable to him
because of the implements he
would have to use or because he
would have to join union.
This was the opinion handed
down last Friday by Judge Charles
l.. Terry Jr.. in upholding ruling
of the commission.
The opinion is III the form of a
review of the commissions deci-
sion in an action brought by Brad
fold Bigger, of 903 Spruce Street,
Wilmington, member of the
brotherhood of Painters. Decorat-
crs and Paperhangers Local, No
100. A. +. l..
Bigger. who was represented il
court by |. B. Padway of the Wash.
ington office of Joseph A. Padway
general counsel for the American
Federation of Labor, and Morris
Cohen, Wilmington attorney. re-
fused a United States Employment
Service referral to a painting job a
the Deepwater, New Jersey plan
of the Dupont Company.
Reiprral Made Jan. Il. 1911
The referral was made on Jan
II. 1914, several days after Bigge
had registered for unemployment
compensation benefits. Prior to hi
registration he had been employe,
by Robert J. Peoples, 1923 Wood
lawn Avenue. at an hourly wage o
$1.375 on the basis of an eight -hou
day
Bigger refused the referral, ac
cOrding to the court record. be
cause the hourly rate was $1.2'
spraygun painting was used, and
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Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Kent And Sussex Fair
To Be Held July 22-27
viii Open With Spectacular Jack
HOchman Show

Officials Of the Kent and Sussex
Fair Association attended the Tri-
state Fair Association at Reading
last week to arrange dates for this
wears fair and to select vaudeville
and other features. The fair will be
held from July % to - inclusive.
1t will open on Monday night
with a Jack Hochman show on the
race track, and conclude with auto
races. Fireworks will again be a
feature each evening. Triangle
Shows will exhibit on the midway.
Those making arrangements are
Ernest Raughlet, Fred Powell, Full
ton Downing. Jacob Williams, Will
liam Chambers and Earl Sylvester
Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Storey To Represent
Governor In Texas
Secretary OF State Will
Attend Anniversary Cere-
monies February 1919

Col. William J. storey, Secretary
Of State. will represent Governor
Walter W. Bacon at the ceremonies
tC he held in connection with the
Tooth anniversary of the entrance
Of the State of Texas into State
hood to he held at Austin. Texas, on
February 18th and 10Th. col. storey
will be the Delaware representa-
tive in the major events on the
program.
On the evening Of the 18th the
Texas centennial committee will
hold a dinner for the groups repre-
ScntinG the various States, Of which
{ ol. Storey will he one of the
speakers. This will be followed by
program to be presented by the
Austin Chamber of Commerce.
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Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
According To Growers The
Culling Of Flocks Will Ruin
The Delmarya Industr,

Delmdrya pOultrymen last Friday
appealed to their congressional re-
personalities for relief from what
some growers fOrsee as dire con-
sequences as the result of PreSi-
dent Truman's order to reduce
wheat supplies and Gull poultry
flOckS.
G.. Hale Harrison. of Berlin, Md,
enc of the largest producers in this
largest poultry growing section of
the country, forecast that ANY fur
ther monkeying with the chicken
business will now mean that by
July l it will be on its way out as a
commercial venture in these parts. "
Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Appeals to Senators

Roland Bcauchamp, also of Bcr-
lin. and president of the Delmarva
Rroilers Association. said he had
telephOned L. S. Senator George
Radcliffe O-Md and wired U. S.
Senator Millard +. Tydings D-Md)
for assistance in the situation.
Other growers here agreed with
Beauchamp that from 5000 to 1000
flock owners in the area are faced
with the likelihood of selling at any
price in spite of financial loss.
Growers and hatcherymen were
unanimous in predicting adverse
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Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15

The appointment of two All Club
Agents has been announced by
George H. Schuster. Director of the
Agricultural Extension Service,
University of Delaware.
Maurice b. Field. of Newark, has
been appointed Al Club Agent for
New Castle County. Mr.. Field at
tended Iowa Wesleyan College,
Milford chronicle., 1946-02-15
Auto Inspections Will Be Resumed
When The Industry Improves

regulations requiring inspection
before registration could be re-
Ee"ed was a war time emergency
act which was placed in effect be-
cause OF the need for continuing the
operation of some motor vehicles
because of war work.
All OF the inspection regulations,
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