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Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
+. Paul BurkhOlder, Ed
ucatOr, Was The Guest
Speaker At Camden
Wyoming Meeting.

One of the largest crowds OF the
season met at Camden-Wyoming
Fire Company for the monthly
meeting of the Kent County Fire
mems Association. The newly-or-
gani2ed tiremens auxiliary OF the
Camden-W wyoming Fire Company.
served the dinner in the Caesar
Rodney High School. The meeting
of the association was also held
there and the Rev William O. Hack
EFT, pastor of the Wyoming MethO-
dist Church offered the Invocation.
Among the delegation was for
mer lieutenant governor, DR.. Mac
COllum; superintendent OF State
Police Colonel W. l.. IIaviland. as
we'll as educators and many re-
turned serviCemen together with
many state officers
f. Paul Burkholder interested
the tiremen with his after dinner
speech OF sense and nonsense. be
fore he settled down and became
serious.
Gustive f. Sada and H. S. Os
born demonstrated an air pacl
equipment providing safety to fire
men entering smoke or gas filled
buildings Colonel Haviland spok,
at length on the proposed plans 0
radio hook-up with fire compan
les a resolution was offered t,
urge the companies to discuss tn,
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Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
Rotarians Hear
Capt. Angus Hopkins
Dover Air Base Officer Tells Ol
Armed Forces Uniiicati0n Plan

Marked efficiency and economy
would be effected with unificatioE
OF the armed forces. especially with
respect to supplies and hOspitali-
Zation. Captain Angus Hopkins,
public relations officer at the Do
yer Army Air Field told the Mil
ford Rotary club at its dinner
meeting in the Milford Community
Building on Monday night
The officer only recently return
ed from the Pacific area where he
had served 81 months with the
Seventh Air Force as a fighter con-
trOller, having participated in the
,iuadalcanal and Saipan offensives
Captain Hopkins outlined the Wan
Departments plan for unitiCatiOr
Of the services which provides fol
1 director of common supply anC
disqualification who would cOor
dinate purchases and procedures
for all services. resulting III great
er efficiency and interchangeahilit!
as we'll as economy.
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Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
Church Women
Elect Heads
For New Year
Mrs. Benjamin F. John
son Named Head OF
Eastern Shore MethO-
dist Group.

Peninsula Conference Woman $
Society Of Christian Service held its
annual meeting in Avenue Metho-
dist Church on Thursday OF last
week, during which time officers
for 1916 were elected and installed
Dr Raymond Archer, missionary.
spoke on "Christian Responsibility
in Africa" during the afternoon.
In the absence CT the president.
Mrs Ralph l.. Minker of Whining
ton. Mrs. Edgar f. Bradley OF IIur-
lock. Md. vice president. presided.
The following officers. installed by
Dr.. Thomas c. Mulligan. Superin-
tendent of Dover District. will serve
for this year
President. Mrs. Benjamin F.
Johnson. OF Denton, Md: vice pres
ident. Mrs. Edgar +. Bradley OF
Hurlock, Md; recording secretary
Mrs. William r. kiddoo OF Will
mingtOn; treasurer. Mrs. Clinton
II. Brown. of Wilmington: secre-
tary of organization and promotion
Mrs. William S. Finn OF Denton
Md; treasurer OF conference work
Mrs. David y. Reed OF Wilmington
secretary of spiritual life. Mrs. Mel
vim Wheatley. OF Cristield, Md; see
retary OF Christian social relations
Mrs. W. Harmon Money of Middle
town, secretary of missionary edu
cation, Mrs. Hamilton p. Fox q
Salisbury; secretary of you'll
work. Mrs. Harry a. Menser of Will
mingtOn; secretary of children!
work. Miss Annie HOWE of Sails
bury. Md; secretary Of studen
work. Mrs. NintOn Shufelt of Hur
lock, Md: secretary OF supplies
Mrs. Wilmer Fell Davis OF Frder
alsburS, Md; secretary OF litcratur,
and publications. Mrs John Trade
OF Salisbury; secretary OF Wesleyan
Guild. Mrs. Walter McCabe OF vii
mlngton; secretary Of status o
women, Mrs. Harry Conner of Still
Pond.
Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
Guard Shoot Kent County
Is Taken BY Fire Fighters
Company CHoId Session
Local RifIemen Top Will
mingtOnians In Arm
DRY LOup Match Held
In Wilmington.

Company {. Milford, defeated
Company f.. Wilmington, in hotly
contested match last Wednesday al
the ArmOry. Tenth and DUPONT
Streets. Wilmington, when the
teams of the Blue League shot their
first matches Of the indoor rifle
matches OF the Delaware State
Guard
The week before last Company
G, using the Identical team in the
Red League of the State Guard as it
did in the Blue League this week
was defeated by + Company's Red
League team.
The score for the Blue League
contest was: Company &. 1888. ana
Company +. 1894. Private Saunders
was high for Company G with 265
and Corporal Grussemeyer Com
pany +. shot 264. hi%h man for his
team.
Other Blue League contest scores
were: Company b, Dover. 951 F:
Company T.. New Castle. $50: high
shooters, Corporal Hughes. 242 and
Private Ianni. l31: Company \
Wilmington, won 10y forfeit ovel
Company d. Middletown; Company
& Newark. 1858, and Headquarters
Wilmington. III; Captain Donnell
G., 239 nd Sergeant Johnson. Head.
quarters. l15.
Red League scores for last wecl
were Company F. Wilmington, l234
Company {. Milford. 12322: Head
quarters, Wilmington. 1854 anC
Company G., sol; Company \ for
frited to Company u and Conpan.
- forfeited 10 Company T..
Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
Grand Master
State MasOns
Here Tonight
Urah w. Long And Staff
Will Make Visitation
To Temple Lodge No.
9. A. F. And A. NJ.

Al tie regular communication ol
Temple Lodge No. 9, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons tonight, Jan
Uary 25th. 1916 in the Masonic
TEMPLE on \. W. Front St, members
will have an opportunity to hear
and meet the Most Worshipful
Crah W. Long. Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge officers recruited
from many parts OF Delaware
This years visitation has more
significance to the members than
any visit made by Grand Lodge Of
ficials in recent years. Due To the
fact that the Grand Master is ii
down slater, member OF DoriD
Lodge No. 80 of Millville. and per
s0nally known to many. y royal
welcome awaits him.
His aims are lofty. enhodyin4
Masonic work of such high ma
ture that every member of Temple
Lodge is urged to attend and hem
his address.
Other officials of the Grand Mas
ters staff will make short address
, IS during the evening.
The meeting will begin promptly
at eight O'Clock when the Crane
Master and his staff is officially re
CeiVtd.
Al the close of the comnunica-
tion Il social hour will be held il
charge Of the Stewards. Refresh
ments will be served Worshipfu
Master Rowe and the Officers O
Temple Lodge requests the atten
fence of all members Visitors ar,
cordially invited.
Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
State Guard Units
Will Get Inspection
Companies Will Be Given 4S-HOur
Prior Notice Only

Within the next month, Delaware
State Guard units in Wilmington.
Newark. New Castle, Middletown.
Dover. and Milford will be inspect
ed by col. j. Paul Heinel, com
mandins officer. who said not more
than IS hours notice will be given
each unit before it is inspected
Officers who will accompany Col
"nel lielnel on the tours OF inspec-
tion are Lieut-Col. Victor Clark.
executive officer OF the regiment.
Mai. Ralph +. Buckalew. adjutant.
and Maj. Raymond A. O. Lynch.
commanding the Medical Detach-
ment
Mai. Walter NJ. Deputy. COM
manding the Second Battalion. will
accompany the group as companies
of his battalion are being inspected
and Maj. j. Holland Prettyman will
be with them as the First Battalion
unit in Dover Milford and Middle
town are examined.
The inSDeCtions will serve as test
notifications of the individual
companies and are also in antici-
patton of the annual federal inspec-
ton Of officers from the Second
Service Command. probably in
ADril
Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
Local Man 1I5th To
Re-enList In Army
Staff Sergeant w. {. Field
Sworn Into Service AT
Dover Air Field

Staff Sergeant William c. Field
of Milford. last week became the
ll5th man 10 reenlist in the regular
Army as he was sworn into service
hy Lieutenant Colonel George +.
Ceuleers, recruiting officer at the
bower Army Air Field.
The sergeant, Il veteran of more
than three years service overseas,
first entered the Army in June,
1898. He has elected to be stationed
at Dover following his reenlistment
iurlough. He is the eighth man tC
sign this month as Dover aims I'll
reach its quota of 48.
Others who have signed up dur
ing The month are: Pfc. Horace o
Hoelscher. Weimer, Texas; Pfc
Harold X. Rumble. Overland. Miss.
Pfc Marino MartinO. Jr.. Harvey
H.: Pfc. James ID. Carver. Scots
burg. Va. Staff Sergeant Frank l.
McCord, Atlanta. Ga; Sergean
Michael Kolojejchick, Swayervillc
Pa, and Pfc. Hobart H. Brewer
BlackfOOt. Ida.
To date. - of the men have sign
ed for full 3-year enlistments, on,
was signed for IS months and tn,
remaining 81 for year.
Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
John G.. Leach Is
Kiwanis Speaker
Educator Stresses Need For Conn
munity Interest In World Pence

The Milford kiwanis Club had
the pleasure of entertaining and
being entertained by one OF Della
wares leading speakers at their
Charter and Ladies' Night meeting
on Tuesday
John G. Leach, president of Bea-
com College III Wilmington, i'm
pressed everyone who had the
pleasure of hearing him. In his re-
marks he stated that real world
peace as we all would like to have
1t depends entirely on everyone be-
ing interested in it and helping to
make ii a reality He said while
we are all naturally interested in
our own work and local commup-
ny problems, we should widen that
interest to include the country and
even the whole world and to contin-
ually ignore it would only throw
us back TO the position we were
IN after the first World War. Such
indifference played a great part in
allowing conditions to grow and
throw us into having the same iob
10 do over again
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Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
City Officers
Elected Here
On Monday
Afterno o on
Mayor Edward c. Evans
Defeats Major j. HOl-
land Prettyman GA To
427; Council ReOrgan-
lied Tuesday Night.

Mayor Edward c. Evans retained
his office at the election on Mon
day afternoon when he defeated
Major j Holland Prettyman by
vote of 624 to 427.
The voting was lighter than two
years ago when Mayor Evans de-
feated John W Burris 9l3 to 460,
a majority of 453 There We're 1873
votes cast two years ago and 1861
on Monday.
There were no council contests.
William V. Sipple. Jr.. veteran OF
World War ii. received l44 votes
for councilman in the Second Ward
He succeeds Clarence B. Downing
who did not seek reelection.
In the Third Ward William r
Burke was reelected. receiving -
token votes. Holdover Milford coun :
cilmen are: First Ward j. B.
Poore and Louis Ryder. second.
Frank K. Grier; third. John A.
Nailor, and fourth, Frank j. Elton
and Alexander Roosa.
The newly-elected Mayor and
council met for reorganization on
Tuesday night City Alderman r.
Claude Beswick swore in the sue
cesSful candidates.
Under provisions of an act pass
ed by the last session of the Cen
eral Assembly, Frank r. Grier was
installed as vice mayor. In case of
the inability of the mayor to serve
Mr.. Grier would discharge all The
duties of that office.
A. f. Humes was reelected citv
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Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
Pearson Sworn
Into Office
After Senate
Confirmation
Former Vice-ChancellOr
Succeeds Richard S.
Rodney AS Member-at-
Large On State Bench,
Is Well Qualified.

Judge George Burton Pearson,
Jr., of Wilmington, 40 years old.
whO'for the past six years has been
vice chancellor of Delaware. took
office last Friday as member-at-
large of the state judiciary, sue
ceeding Judge Richard ). Rodney,
after a brief ceremony in the Court
of Chancery when he was sworn in
by Chancellor W. w. Harrington.
Judge Pearson was appointed by
Gov. Walter w Bacon and the APP
pointment was confirmed by a ma
iOrity of the state Senate in special
session last Thursday. The report
I'd vote was 10 Republicans for and
six Democrats against.
Both Judge Pearson and Judge
Rodney are Democrats and the APP
pointment called for Democrat
because DelaWare'S Constitution
provides that of the five state
mdges-nOt including the vhancel-
lor-not more than three shall be
of one political party.
AT present. there are three Re
publicanS on the bench.
Judge Pearson and Judge Chas
l.. Terry of Dover are the Demo
Gratis.
The Republicans are Chief Jus
tice Charles S. Richards, Judge:
Frank l.. Speakman, and James b
Carey.
The office which Judge Pearson
held for six years as the state
first vice-chancellOr, is now vacan
following his resignation.
Vacancy to BE Filled
chancellor Harrington, witt
whom rests the authority for ap
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Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
BY Associated Press

New York Benjamin +. Fairless,
president of the t. :. Steel COrpOr-
alton on "Wednesday night OF tins
week asked President- Truman to
call an all-management conference
of experienced executives from
strike bound companies to consid-
er what kind of Il wage increase
the economy of this country can
endure"
These men could discuss frankly
with the President. and give him
the benefit of their advice on what
kind of a wage increase the ecOnO-
my of this country can endure
without incurring the danger OF al
intiatiOnary spiral with Il constant
race between mounting wages anG
mounting prices. Fairless said.
tlO Asks [ =. Operation
He made the statement in an adj
dress broadcast Il few hours after
the striking CIO StrrlWorkrrS ask
Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
List Men Inducted
BY Local Boards
Several Local Men Are Included
In Latest Draft

The following men were recent
ly inducted into the armed forces
by local draft boards at George
town and harrington. The lists fol-
low in that order:
Army Fred Cannon, George
town; Claude Ellsworth Lynch, Jr.,
Milford; Theodore Charles McGee.
Georgetown; Dallas Merle Messick
Rehohoth; James Weldon Sherman.
Milford.
Navy Charles Burton Bennett
Milford
John f. Sapp. Houston; Roland
l.. MalOney. r. f. ID. No >. Box
IA, Milford Claude r. Hutson,
Goldsboro, Md Marshall J. Fraz-
ier, r. f. ID. No. |, FELTON,; Norman
w Burris. 1902 French street. Will
mington; William T. Deputy. Jr
Wyoming; James Steward Viola.
Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
Weekend Accidents
Cause Injuries To 8
Sn0w And Sleet On Highways Re.
Np0n>ihle Fer Most Crashes

Three persons We're injured last
Sunday night in a rear-end collision
on the bridge over Garrison's $ Lake.
near Dover a ear driven by
Thomas Loren2. - years old of
Stanhope. ~ j.. skidded on the
slippery surface and was struck
from behind by another ear Oper-
ated by Thomas Larsen of Reho-
both Beach.
Larsen suffered fractured left
wrist while Miss Catherine Book
hammer, also Of RehObOth Beach.
received laceration OF the right
knee, and Stanley JANUS. ~ years
old, sailor from Bayonne, ~ j.
suffered a laccratiOn of the left
leg They We're passengers in Lar
sens car.
Larsen and the woman were
treated at the Kent General Hos
pltal. Dover, while JANUS was TAX
en 10 the Dover Army Air Base dis
penSary
Car Strikes Pole
Edna 4. Pennington, - years ole
and Gilbert Pennington. 25 year:
old, both of Wilmington r. ID. No
1, were injured last Sunday nigh
when car driven by David |.
Brinton, - years old, of X. ID. No
>, skidded on the Concord Pix
near the Alfred |. dupont Schoo
and struck Il power pole. Both wer
treated at the Delaware Hospita
for minor injuries
Inrl1 pane uln..oI
Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
Farm Income Gain
Boosts Buying Power
Powerful Market For Home Labor
Savings Devices Created In State

A gain in the annual gross in
come OF the average Delaware farm
family from $4.024 in 1910 to $9,S80
in 1871. as reported by the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Las created powerful buyers
market for home labor saving de-
vices. according TO a manufacture
er's survey of this market since
vi Day.
Spokesman for industry visualize
y vast new outlet in rural areas for
equipment such as washing ma
chimes. electric refrigeratOrs. auto
matically controlled central heat
ing systems. kitchen stoves and
vacuum cleaners, according to
John +. Haines, vice president of
Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator
Company. manufactures of automa
tic heating controls. who has just
completed an analysis of the farm
market
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Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
Jersey Senate Is
Given Bridge Bill
Measure Provides Span Be Memoir
ial To War Dead
BY Associated Press

Trenton. y. J. y bill authoriz-
ing construction of four-lane
bridge over the Delaware River to
be- dedicated to veterans of New
Jersey and Delaware who lost their
lives in World War II was intro
duced Monday in the New Jersey
Senate
The bill. offered by Senator John
NJ. Summerill, Jr.. -SalemD grants
the State OF Delaware the right to
construct the bridge, gift" to
New Jersey. and directs the state
highway department TO construct
approaches at the eastern terminus
in Salem County in the vicinity of
the Salem canal.
The bridge is expected to carry
l2.00G.0Oo vehicles year and take
South Jersey out OF a pocket and
place it in the main stream of the
Atlantic Seaboard
Referred To the committee on
municipalities. the bill. one of 2G
introduced in the Senate. is in ac-
cordance with the provisions of q
recent law enacted by the Delaware
General Assembly.
Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
US. elHeadAsks
Wage Limit Farley
airless Asserts Experienced Executives Could
Tell What Increase Is Safely Possible; Con-
gress OF Industrial Organizations Asks For
Prompt Federal Operation OF All y. S.
Owned Steel Plants.

ed President Truman to take i'm
mediate action for government op-
Grafton of 81 600 900 900 worth of
fedcrally-OWned steel plants or
turn them over to "indiViduaIS such
as Henry J. Kaiser. the West
Coast steelmaker
FairleSs declared meeting be-
tween the President and manage
ment might open the way for a
solution not only of the steel walk
out but the other strikes that now
plague the country"
This is Il national problem
which should be solved. not ON the
basis of political considerations
but rather on the broad basis OF
what is in the best interests of the
American people as whole" he
added
Strike Against Recon,ersion'
FairleSS said the current walkoul
was more than a strike by the CIC
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Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
State Farmers Asked
To Raise More Fowl
9,5il,000 Dozen Eggs, 2,500.000
Chickens Needed This Year

Almost 2,500000 chickens and
= .54 600 dozen eggs are among the
mghhghtS Of Delaware farmers
goals for l946-to help swell the
nations $ food basket.
This was announced this week by
G. +, OCheltree, state director Of
the production and marketing ad-
ministration. L. 5. Department Of
Agriculture
Also i'll the state farm ObjectiveS
are lG1 900 900 pounds OF milk.
Goals Now Set p
For the past several years MIR.
Ocheltret stated. farmers of the
United States have been asked to
increase production of food i'll
greater quantities than ever before
In order to translate the needs for
the enormous increase into practi-
cal and easily understood terms
they have been called goals.
These goals have been estab-
lished for each principal item ol
food feed, or fibre. first on a ma
tional basi sthen ON a state basis
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Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
CIO Packers
Vote Today On
Will Decide Whether To
Work After Govern
ment SeiZeS i liant )
Tomorrow.
BY Associated Press

Chicago The striking AFL meat
workers union on "Wednesday oi
this week ordered its men back to
work tomorrow when the govern
ment will seize strlkebOund meat
plants. but the CIO union. which
earlier had declared that seizure
was 'unjust' arranged Il meeting
OF representatives lor today, Fri-
day, To determine what course ul
action would be taken.
The AFI. Amalgamated Meat
Cutters and Butcher WOrkmrn oi
America claims 10000 workers on
strike The CIO United Packing
House Workers has l93,0o0 mem
hers out
Earl Emerson, president. ant
Patrick r.. Gorman, secretary trtd
surer OF the AFI. union, said III ;
statement that las loyal Ameri
cans they had ordered their mel
back effective Saturday
Say Increase Assured
They told reporters they had re
criyed assurances from sources ",
can not reveal that the euVernmen
will apply any wage increase rec
ommended by the tact-tindin!
board rrtroactiVrly At least to tn,
date OF seizure.
Normally. under seizure proceed
ings the existing management
agrees to operate for the govern
ment as its representative, unde
conditions established by the gov
ernment Should conditions in tn,
meat seizure specify wage in
creases, some industry sources pre-
diCted that the packing companie
might refuse TO ratify a manage
ment agreement. Should that occur
the government would have to pu
its own management personnel il
charge Of the packing plants.
Hours after the White House an
nomCed the Agriculture Depart
ment would become the country
boss butcher this Weekend, tn
government lacked any pledge tina
the Go strikers would return /
work
Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
Libby Plants Hold
a" Star Ceremonies
NJ. Haswell Pierce IN. c."
AT Houston Ceremony;
{. +. Ocheltree Present

AT very impressive ceremonies
held at the Houston and Wyoming
plants Wednesday afternoon, Libby
employees were presented with
another Star to the "A" Award re-
Ceived u year ago.
Al two O'Clock Master of Ceremo-
EieS NJ Haswell Pierce introduced
{. +. Ocheltree. State Director OF
Production and Marketing Adm.
who gave the flag presentation ad-
dress
The flag was then presented by
him to the company representative,
f. G. Simpson plant supt and Mrs
Minnie Chism. representative of the
employees.
In accepting the Award on behalf
OF the company. F. G. Simpson
thanked the employees for the fine
cooperation they had given him
during the past year. stating that
every man and women in the plant
can take pride in a job that has
been we'll done.
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Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
Fires Fatally Burn
Man, Destroy Planes
james Collins Victim OF Blaze Near
C0Ol>pring

James Collins, 2S, died early
Wednesday in the Beebe Hospital
from burns received in kerosene
explosion which caused fire de
stroyin@ the home of his father-in-
law. William \. Tinsle, at Cool
spring. near Lewes. His wife, Allie
was severely burned but hospital
attendants said she is expected TO
recover.
Police said the explosion occurred
when Collins poured kerosene on
hot Goals The blast tore the roof
off the house and the building was
doomed when tiremen arrived.
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Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
Edwin Walls Opens
His Market Today
Is Located On Causey Avenue In
South Milford, Opposite Caulk's

Edwin Walls, for several years
manager of the Atlantic and Paci-
fic tea company store in Milford,
and more recently proprietor of his
own grocery and meat store in Lin
coin, is opening today, Friday, jan
uary 25th. a modern food market
on Causey Avenue opposite the
Caulk office building.
Mr.. Walls, is an engertic young
man with wide following and we
bespeak success for him in his new
venture.
He states that he will carry full
line of the most desirable food
items, and in another section of
this paper can be found his open
ing advertisement, which lists ar
tractively priced specials, including
some of the hard to get items.
Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25
Take Remedial Action 1T Once
To Place Your Car In fl Shape

tlp-top shape by making proper ad-
juStments which only require the
services of a mechanic and the
Willingness of the operator CON
siderins the age of motor vehicles
used on the highways today. in
spection and proper maintenance
are OF paramount importance.
Natlohal Safety Council Statis-
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Milford chronicle., 1946-01-25

Is your automobile in good
mechanical condition? If you can
not say yes unhesitatin2ly Mr.. II.
v Maybee, President of the Della
ware Safety Council. urges that all
motorists for their safety's sake
take remedial action Immediately.
The Council is fully cosnizant that
repair parts are still scarce, but
many automobiles can be put il.