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Milford chronicle., 1946-05-31
Living Costs Are
Spiraling Uplrmds
Food, Clothing, Furniture
Advance Fifty Per Cent
Over 1899
BV Associated Press

Most of the things that make up
the average family budget now cost
more than 30 per cent more than
they did the day war started III
Europe. the Bureau OF Labor
Statistics said last Friday.
Food. clothing and house fur
nishinss costs. which represent 81
pcr cent of the budget for wage
earners and moderate income
workers. in large cities. are now a
little over 30 per cent higher than
In August, 1899" the bureau de
clared. in report reviewing the
steady climb in retail costs.
The consumers price index now
stands at 1909 per cent of the 1888
50 average and three per cent above
the average year ago.
Milford chronicle., 1946-05-31
Lions Making.
p | a n $ L o T.
Charter Night
Harold u. Nutter, Of
Camden, \. j., To Make
Address On June 7th;
Committees Named.

Harold r. Nutttr. of Camden.
y. j.. one of the leading realtors
in the Garden State. Il past director
of Lions International. and pres
entity serving Lions International
as third vice president. will be the
principal speaker at the Charter
night ceremonies of the local club,
recently organized Mr. Nuttcr is
a former Milford boy. the son of
the late Mr.. and Mrs Charles Nut
ter. and is very faVorably known
here. The Charter night exercises
and dinner Will be held in the
Community building the evening OF
Friday June 1th. The program
will begin promptly AT 80 O'Clock.
The night selected as Charter
night for the local group by the
sponsoring clubs. Seaford and
Laurel. falls on the birthday Ol
Lions International. and President
W. Dean kimmcl. of the Milford
club. with committees, is planning
a gala occasion. The charter vii
be presented by Dr. Lee y. Rade
maker. of Salisbury. Md, Governor
of District 22-B. Lions Information
al. Toastmaster will be San
Pierce. of Sraford. zone Chairman
of 22-B.
At the hi-mOnthly meeting o
the local club held Monday even
inc at Calvary NpthOdiSt Churcl
the following new members wer
welcomed into the organization
James Salevan. Joseph keml
William Goodrich. William Wells
Granville Snyder. Fleming Han
CMilford's new City ManagerD an
Harwood JamisOn
(Tnrn To HHre 3 HlnaSel
Milford chronicle., 1946-05-31

Delaware growers of cucurbits-
cantaloupes. cucumbers. water
melons and squash are faced an
nually with a disease control prob
lem that the Delaware Agricultural
Experiment Station hopes to fur
ther eliminate through research,
says George l.. Schuster, Director
of the Agricultural Experiment
Station and Extension Service.
Director Schuster reports that
the Experiment Station plant path
ology department has developed Il
new project that will deal with the
control of these crop diseases. The
project will be conducted for five
year period.
Milford chronicle., 1946-05-31
Colored School
Exercises Tonight
j. Il. Hammond OF Denton, Md.
Will BE Guest Speaker

Graduation exercises of the Mil
iofd Junior High School. colored,
Will be held this evening, Friday,
May 81, in the State ArmOry at ): 10
o'clock The program. graduates
and faculty follows:
Professional.
The National Anthem. audience.
Invocation, Rev +. V. Wimber-
ley, ST Paul Methodist Church.
Welcome, Gloria Mosley.
The Lords Prayer. chorus.
Whittier Bound, Constance Cha
ney
Deep River. chorus.
Practical Suggestions for Peace
time Living, Vocational Division
tal Industrial Arts, tbD Home Max
ing Education.
Dreaming OF My Old Home, Sweet
Home, chorus.
Address. John =. Hammond. prin-
cipal, Lockerman High School
benton. Md.
When y Gypsy Makes His Violin
Cry, chorus.
(Turn to Page 3. Pleased
Milford chronicle., 1946-05-31
How The Congressional Members
From Delaware VotedLast Week

by the Secretary of Commerce. de
ieated 45-32; Tunnel, for; Buck,
against
On motion by Senator Ball tx
Minn to kill IA proposed amend
ment to the labor bill by Senators
Green and Pepper which would
make the administration of EN-
ployes' welfare funds subject TO
regulations prescribed by the fed
eral security administrator, ap-
proved 1894; Buck. for; Tunnel,
against
On amendment by Senator Byrd
(D-Na) to the labor bill to require
(Turn TO Page 3. PleaseJ
Milford chronicle., 1946-05-31
Townsend Farm In
Maine Destroyed
Loss To Former Delaware l. =.
Senator Estimated At 100000
BY Associated Press

PITTSFIELD. ME. Seven build
ings Oh big poultry farm owned
by former L. S. Senator John G..
Townsend, Jr.. of Selbyville, Del.
were destroyed by fire last Sunday
night at loss estimated unotii-
cially as between 100000 and $50
600.
Twenty-Five thousand chickens
escaped harm because they either
were on the range or i'll colony
houses.
The destroyed buildings, all
wooden. included the home of Ivan
Kennedy. resident manager, who
lost most OF his furniture and
clothing.
Milford chronicle., 1946-05-31
BY Associated Press

How Delaware members of Con
eress were recorded as voting on
recent roll calls:
SENATE
On amendments by Senator Pep
per (D-Fla) to the labor bill to give
congressional approval to union
controlled welfare funds. defeated
4G-l2; Tunnel Cd, for; Buck (R) i,
against.
On amendment by Senators
Green (D-RD and Pepper to the
labor bill to make the administra-
tion of employees welfare funds
subject to regulations prescribed
Milford chronicle., 1946-05-31
Rev. A. j. White To
Come To Milford
Former Chaplain Named Pastor Of
st. Johns And 1T. EdmOnd'S
(Continmeu from FIRST pAge)

The appointment of the Rev. An
drew }. White, recently released
from the Army Chaplain Corps, and
former senior assistant rector of
st. Pauls Catholic Church. to be
rector OF St. Johns Parish. Milford,
and of St Edmond's, Rehoboth, ef-
tective today. was announced b!
the Chancery Office of the Diocese
OF Wilmington last Friday. Father
White was the first secular priest
OF the diocese to become chaplain
in the armed forces.
Appointed by the Most Rev. DR.
Edmond j. FitzAlaurice. bishop of
Wilmington, Father White succeeds
the late Rev. Leonard 4. Regan
who died May ..
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Evening star., 1946-09-22
By MARY FRANCES COGDell

out of the tomato plants.
Even before the war took
away the hired man, she
liked to putter in her yard
and she constructed the
swimming pool and rock gar
den just below the terrace in
front of her home.
Capt. Hancock'S love of her
home is just as evident on
the inside of the house as on
the outside. Her own friend
illness and charm are reflected
in its informal and homelike
furnishings. The living room,
with its chintz-covered sofa
and chairs, is dominated by
a huge stone fireplace at one
end, and on the mantel are
a model of the aircraft car
rier Yorktown, on which her
brother. Comdr. Cooper B.
Bright. served in the Pacific
for "a months, and 4 model
of an early American clipper
ship.
Conveniently located in the
living room is a desk where
she sometimes works on Navy
reports and records she brings
home from the office. A
WAVE since the WOmenS
corps was organized, she was
a yeomanette during World
War 1, twice a Navy widow
Evening star., 1946-09-22

THE HOUSING SHORTAGE
here holds no terrorS for Capt.
Joy Bright Hancock, highest
ranking woman in the Navy.
When her days work as head
of the WAVES is done, she
goes home not to tiny
apartment, but to her own
bungalow on the outskirts of
Falls Church.
1t was eight years ago, Capt.
Hancock said. that she tired
of paying rent every month
and having nothing to show
for it. So, in the days before
building material shortages,
she picked a choice site in
the nearby Virginia hills,
bought % acres of land and
built her home on a hilltop
that overloOkS the surround
ing countryside.
Since then, she has been
developing her wilderness
and now has about two acres
cleared and planted with
fruit trees. vegetables and
flowers. or terraced and green
with grass that needs cut
ting every two weeks" Be-
cause of the labor shortage,
Capt. Hancock herself is the
one who handles the power
driven mower, and she also
spends her week ends work
ing among the white pines
that line the winding drive
way and pulling the weeds
Evening star., 1946-09-22

and for many years a civilian
employe in the Navy Depart
ment. She was named WAVE
commanding officer recently,
with the highest Navy rank
ever held by woman.
Perhaps it is only natural.
with her own strong love of
the Navy. for her to be doubly
proud of the job the WAVES
have done-a job that has
been called excellent" by
the highest ranking Navy Of
ficerS. most of whom have
urged Congress to pass a law
making the WAVES a part of
the peacctime Navy.
The SureSt way we know
we have succeeded Capt.
Hancock says, lis the fact
that right now l have on my
desk more requests from shore
stations for WAVES than
have WAVES to send
Sometimes her duties as
WAVE head keep her in town
until late, but she has always
preferred to drive to her
home. even if it was after
dark. than to get a room in
town. Her brother and his
family have been living with
her for several months. but
plan to move soon. and then
some lucky WAVE officer
friend will have a chance to
share the white brick bun
galow.
Evening star., 1946-03-24

1ARTooNlNC may look easy, but actually
it is fraught with occult mysteries that
require years of study. You may be able to
draw like Michelangelo, but you'll never make
a cartoonist until you're up on such matters
as Squeans, Pewds and Brffts.
Let us first consider the Squean. A Squean
Evening star., 1946-03-24
SqueanS. PlewdS 4 BriffitS
OR. HOW TO BE 4 CARTOONIST

looks like loose -jointed asterisk. When
number of Squeans are placed over char
acter's head they indicate that he has been
drinking.
A Spurl. which looks like coil of wire, and
Crottles, which are merely crosses. may be
used in combination with Squeans. thus:
Evening star., 1946-03-24

whether they're running in the Sahara Desert
or the Congressional Library The second panel
shows the Fembor, which looks like a cork
screw with no handle. 1t indicates unconscious
ness, nobody has been able to figure out why.
Evening star., 1946-03-24

Two very interesting symbols are illustrated
in the next two panels. In the first we see the
Brifit which is little ring of dust that means
a character is running like all get-out. Cartoon
characters are always followed by Brifhts,
Evening star., 1946-03-24

BUT the most important of all cartoon
symbols is called the Agitation Line. Several
of them placed alongside the head show that
character is in some state of mental anguish.
Evening star., 1946-03-24

LET us next take up the Plewd, which is
among the most useful of cartoon symbols.
Plewds are the little drops of perspration that
Evening star., 1946-03-24

Study them very carefully. for if you can truth
fully call yourself master of the Agitation Line,
you are well along on the road to fame and
fortune in the Cartoon World
Evening star., 1946-03-24

exertion. embarrassment, fear or practically
anything else. Examine the following figures:
Evening star., 1946-12-06

Take care today to prOviae for to-
morrow. Buy more U. 8. Savings
Bonds.
Evening star., 1946-12-06
Murroy's Letter on Coal Crisis

The membership Of the American
Federation of Labor, the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, and the
Railway Labor Unions demand re-
lief against the intolerable condi-
tions which now confront them and
protection against the ferocious at
tack now being made upon them.
This relief can be forthcoming only
through unified action on the part
of these three labor organizations.
Such unity of action is imperative
and of vital Importance.
In the interest of our membership,
of all the democratic and progress
sive forces of our Nation-whose
very survival may be at stake-I
urgently suggest that the leaders Of
these three national labor organiza-
tions meet as quickly as possible for
the purpose of devising IN unity a
common program of economic and
Legislative measures.
It is my sincere conviction that
we, the leaders of our respective
organizations, must in the interest
of our Nation and our Democratic
institutions arise above any petty or
personal quarrels to assure the sue
cessful completion of such a pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1946-12-06
-s .THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.


reconnaissance troops attempting
to take the village of zell were
halted by 20-mm. fax fire. Sergt.
Chilson mounted an abandoned
enemy motorcycle and. riding In
front of the reconnaissance troops,
located six more 20-mm. guns. One
of the flax guns opened fire on him
from about so yards and shot the
motorcycle from under him.
"Sergt. Chilson hit the dirt, rolled.
got to his feet, charged the gun posi-
ton and tossed grenade which
killed three members of the enemy
gun crew and knocked out the gun.
Then he returned to the lead tank
and directed their destroying fire
on the five remaining flax guns"
Wiped Out Machine Gun Crowd.
His last action of the war, winning
him one of the Oak Leaf Clusters
to his DISC, came a few days later
as his company pressed into Neu-
berg.
Intense automatic weapons fire
from the second story of an apart
ment house threatened to wipe out
Sergt. Chilson's platoon. He ran
across a f1re-swept street into the
house and up the stairs to hurl a
grenade that killed two members
of the machine-gun crew. The other
surrendered and his platoon oc-
cupied the building without a cas-
ualty.
Minutes later" the War Depart
ment account continued, "one of
Sergt. Chilson's squads moving into
the adjoining house was halted by
automatic rifle fire from across a
courtyard. Again Sergt. Chilson
came forward, tossed q white phos-
phorous grenade into the courtyard
as a screen and assaulted the enemy
position with his carbine.
tainted After Job Was Done.
"Hit in the right arm by an enemy
bullet, he shifted his carbine to his
left hand and continued firing, kill
ing two of the enemy before he ran
out of ammunition. When a third
enemy soldier tried to make his get
away, Sergt. Chilson pursued him,
clubbed him into Inconsistencies
with the butt of his carbine and took
him prisoner.
Then, his job finished, he tainted
from loss of blood"
After the Neuberg action, he was
evacuated to England and then back
to the United States, where he spent
four months in Billings General
Hospital, in Indiana, before receiv-
ing his discharge.
Evening star., 1946-12-06

FOLLOWING is the teTt OF letter
ON the coal crisis sent By presi-
dent Philip Murray OF the CIO
to other labor leaders today,
It. has become self-evident that
there Is deliberate and monstrous
movement under way to cripple, II
not destroy, the labor movement OF
this country.
Since WI Day the large industrial
combines, together with their rep
resentatives in Congress, have direct
ed an unabated attack against or
ganized labor. This has taken the
form of deliberate measures to bring
about imitation at the expense of the
American people and through vicious
propaganda to place the blame for
the resulting hardships at the door
of the American workers. Where
labor, in the face of shrinking earn
ings and rising costs of living sought
to obtain necessary wage increases,
industry arrogantly refused to en-
gage in collective bargain in order
to provoke strikes. This was part Of
the uplan to inflame public opinion
against labor.
At the same time the 10th Con-
gress, under the dictatorship Of a
reactionary coalition, refused to
enact any legislation designed to
improve the economic well-being of
the American people such as broad
ening and extending the minimum
wage law, providing an adequate
housing program for veterans and
others, extending the social security
law and other measures embraced
within President Roosevelt's eco
nomic bill of rights. Instead, legis-
lation was whipped through Con-
gress to shackle and weaken its
ability to cope with increasing
enemy attacks.
Elections Declared Misinterpreted.
The election results of November
5 have been deliberately misinter-
preted by these very same predatory
interests as stamp of approval
upon their evil design and has OBJ
viously encouraged them to deepen
their attack upon organized labor.
The stage is set for the 80th Con-
gress to be met by national hysteria
deliberately fomented and inspired.
In essence, the attempt is to divert
the attention of the American peo-
pie from those interests which are
actually causing national hardships
for the common people through in
flation. The fantastic profits Of
American industry today are being
given no attention in spite Of the
fact that this development is clear
proof of the real roots of our present
difficulties. All the social, economic
and legislative gains of the past
decade are in dire danger. The
recent court injunction against the
United Mine Workers of America
and the vengeful fine imposed is
but the first step.
Evening star., 1946-12-06
Reuben Brigham Dies;
Agriculture Official

Reuben Brigham, 58, assistant
director and pioneer in the ex-
tension service at the Department.
of Agriculture, died last night in
Chicago, it was learned here today.
Mr.. Brigham was in Chicago at
tending the National All Congress
and was to have been guest
speaker at a banquet of National
Association of County Agriculture
agents. He became Ill Tuesday.
Born in Marlboro, Mass, he
graduated from the University OF
Maryland in 1908. He became sec
retary to the president of the Uni
versity of Maryland in 1913 and
two years later was made editor in
the extension service of the Agri-
culture College there.
In 1917 he joined the Department
of Agriculture to develop visual and
editorial aids for extension workers
He remained In the extension serv-
ice, becoming assistant director in
1887, except for three-year period
when detailed to the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration. He
lived at Glyndon, Ashton, Md.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Marjorie Snowden Brigham; q
daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Miller:
three sons, David L., Francis and
Arthur G. Brigham, and grandson.
Evening star., 1946-12-06
U. S. Appeals Decision
Endinu Sedition Case

The Government has decided to
appeal the District Court decision
dismissing the mass sedition case to
the Court Of Appeals instead Of di-
rect to the Supreme Court, as had
been discussed, 1t was learned today.
Notice of appeal was filed in Dis
trict Court yesterday by Acting So
licitor General George T. WASH
ington. 1t was explained at the JUS
tice Department today that after
consideration Of the legal aspects in
volved, it was determined that the
case should be taken first to the
Court OF Appeals.
The three pending indictments
were dismissed last week by Chief
Justice Bolitha j. Laws. He held
that the rs defendants had been de-
MED speedy retrial after their first
trial resulted late in 1914 in mis-
trial when Chief Justice Edward c.
Fisher died.
Evening star., 1946-12-06
Mrs. CIoro Perry Dies;
D. c. Resident S. Years

Funeral services for Mrs. Clara
Dean Perry, rs, who died Wednes-
day at her home, 203 Seaton place
NE, will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow
at the Hines funeral home, 2901
Fourteenth street N. w. Burial
will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Born in Armstrong County, Pa,
she was the daughter of Jacob E.
and Mrs. Clara Furman Dean and
the widow of Ulysses Grant Perry.
Resident here since 1891, Mrs.
Perry was member of the Bethany
Baptist Church, 215 Rhode Island
avenue NV. She also was a past
matron of the Cathedral Chapter
of the Order of the Eastern Star
and a former regent of the Ameri-
can Chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution.
Surviving are four sons: Oliver
H., of Rockville, Md, Walter D., of
Havertown, Pa. Paul F., of Beth
esda, Md, and William Earl Perry,
of Washington, and two grand
children
Evening star., 1946-12-06

during two tours of duty in the
Pacific.
Enlisted as Seaman.
Capt. de Blanc enlisted in the
Naval Reserve as a seaman on July
20, 1941, and after flight training
was commissioned a second lieu
tenant in the Marine Corps Re-
serve on May 4, 1912.
A few months later he was as
signed to overseas duty with a
Marine fighter squadron, and ar
rived at Guadalcanal on November /.
The action for which he won the
Nations highest award occurred
when he was leading his section of
fighter planes as escort for a force
of dive bombers and torpedo planes
attacking Japanese naval vessels off
Kolombangara Island in the Solo,
mons group.
Against Terrific Odds.
His Marine planes, the citation
for the award said, "aggressively
countered" attempts of japanese
Zeros to drive off the bombers
Then Capt. de- Blanc dived into q
formation of Japanese float planes
attacking the bombers at 1000 feet
altitude, disrupting the attack ano
enabling the American bombers anG
torpedo planes to complete their as
sault and withdraw safely.
Although this fulfilled his escort
mission, the citation said, Capt. de
Blanc "courageously remained or
the scene despite a rapidly dimin.
ishing fuel supply and, boldly chal-
longing the enemys superior num-
Der of float planes, fought valiant
battle against terrific odds, seizing
the tactical advantage and striking
repeatedly to destroy three of the
hostile aircraft and to disperse the
remainder"
His plane damaged, Capt. de
Blanc headed back for his base only
to discover two Zeros closing in
behind him. The citation con-
tinued:
"Undaunted, he opened fire and
blasted both Zeros from the sky in
a short bitterly fought action which
resulted in such hopeless damage
that he was forced to bail out at a
perilously low altitude atop the
trees on enemy-held Kolomban-
gara."
Went Back in 1914.
The citation did not give details
of how he made his way back to his
base. He was wounded in the back,
arms and legs during the battle.
Returned to the United States in
the summer of 1943, Capt. de Blanc
went on his second tour of duty In
the Pacific in November, 1914, fight
ing in the Marshall Islands area un-
til flying northward in May, 1945, to
take part in the Okinawa campaign
He was relieved of active duty on
December 81, 1945, and accepted a
permanent captains commission in
the Reserve last September IL.
In addition to the Medal o1
Honor, Capt. de Blanc won during
his total of 81 months overseas the
Distinguished Flying Cross, five Ali
Medals and the Purple Heart.
Evening star., 1946-12-06
Decorations
Continued From First Page.)

Sergt. Chilson-the Distinguished
Service Cross with two Oak Leaf
Clusters-rank next to the Medal
of Honor, the Nations highest
award. He also received from the
President the Silver Star with Oak
Leaf Cluster, the Legion OF Merit
and the Bronze Star.
Sergt. Chilson already wears the
Purple Heart with Cluster, the Dis
tinguished Unit badge and the
Combat Infantryman's badge.
Family Looks On
Secretary of War Patterson Joined
in the White House ceremony hon.
oring Sergt. Chilson. Among those
looking on were the hero's wife,
Mary; their 6-month-old daughter
Roberta, and his father and step
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w.
Chilson, of Akron, Ohio.
A former truck driver in Akron,
Sergt. Chilson was inducted into the
Army on March %, 1912, and went
to North Africa with the 179th
Infantry Regiment of the 45th Divi-
sion in June, 1943. Reviewing his
record, the War Department said:
"As the 45th progressed, SO did
Sergt. Chilson. Like his battle
tested comrades he grew leaner,
tougher and combat-wise. He
learned to estimate battle situa-
ton quickly and act on his estimates
quickly. He learned that knack OF
protecting himself by aggressive tao
tics toward the enemy. His officers
remember the example he set for his
company all the way from Italy into
Germany"
Two typical actions in April, l945
won Sergt. Chilson his first Dis
tinguished Service Cross.
Killed 40 of Enemy.
His company moved into Meilen-
helen, driving towards Nuremberg
on April Is, the War Department
recalled.
When the enemy opened uI
with 20-nm. guns, it added, "Sergt
Chilson, observing their positions
moved jeep, armed with a machine
gun, to the middle of the street ano
opened fire. In the action that
followed, he personally killed ap-
proximately 40 enemy rif1emen
knocked out two flax guns, one '88,
and rendered another '88' useless by
knocking out its crew.
"a short time later American