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Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05
HOMEMAKING PROGRAM
TO SPUR FOOD SAVING

Homemakers will have an oppor-
tunity to participate actively in the
food conservation program, through
Wheat and Meat Savers" contest
TO be conducted on the Delaware
Farm and Home radio farm show
presented daily over Station WDEL,
1890 p. m.
Beginning on December and
continuing for six weeks, the best
wheat and meat savings suggestions
of the week offered by homemaker
will be featured on the Friday
homemakers program Of the, Della
ware Farm and Home Hour. The
winning suggestion of the week, as
determined by the judges, will also
receive a prize.
The contest, conducted by the
Delaware Agricultural Extension
Service, is open to any woman ol
girl who plans and cooks meals fol
her family. Among suggestions thai
may be entered are recipes for US
ing meat substitutes, less expensive
cuts of meat, poultry or for extend,
ing left-oyers; ways to use up left
over bread, cereal or cake; anC
ways to reduce waste through bet
ter storage
A new contest will begin ever!
Friday. Women may send as man!
entries as they wish, either at on
time or over. the six-weeks period
Contestants are asked to includ'
with their entries, their name, ad
dress, whether adult or under Il
years of age, and number Of per
sons in their family.
The winning food saving sugges
| ton will be chosen on the basis o
! the proportion of vital food saved
! the ease with which the suggestet
practice can be adopted by otne
families, ingenuity in making use O
food already on hand, and the at
tractiveness and nutritive value O
the food saving ideas.
Judges of the contest will be Mis-
Hazel Baker, foods instructor
Miss NJ Gertrude Holloway, exten
sion nutrition specialist, both fror
the University of Delaware; an
Miss Doris Dean. home economic
teacher, Newark High School.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05
GLENDALE

Mrs. Elwood Lynch and daugh-
ter Gwendolyn of Ellendale and
Mrs. Clarence Il. Abbott, Jr., and
son Jimmie of Georgetown motor
ed to Wilmington on Friday and
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Rogers and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Wiley
spent Friday in Wilmington.
Miss jeanette Wiley spent the
holidays with Mrs. ]. Harry Lynch
of Milford.
Leon Tucker motored to New
York last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Clendaniel
and daughter, Frances of Milton
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Tucker and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Nelson Hall anC
son were dinner guests of Mr.. anC
Mrs. Leon Craft and son of Fed,
eralsburg, Md, on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. w. Ellingswortl
and daughter were callers in Lewe!
Ou rIludy.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Derricksol
accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. Eltol
Lynch of Lincoln on a trip Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Webb ant
daughters of Stockley and Mr.. ant
Mrs. William Beebe and children
of Newark and Mr. and Mrs. Hun
ter Jones and daughter of Milfor,
were guests of Mrs. Harry Arne,
on Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Webb wer
callers in Milford last week.
Misses Bessie M. Warren an,
Anna Sheppard were shoppers il
Philadelphia recently.
Miss Doris Webb of Stockle
spent the weekend with Mrs. Har
ry Arney.
/ Mr. and Mrs. A. r. Jones, Jr
and children visited relatives an
friends last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Harriso
and Miss Margie Clark spent tn
holidays in Rushville, N. Y.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05

Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Tyndall of
Lewes were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. John B. Derrickson and
family on Thursday.
John w. Dickerson, who has
been a patient in the Milford Me-
mortal Hospital, Milford, is home
and improving.
Harry Arney is very ill in the
Milford Memorial Hospital at this
writing. Mr.. Arney is a farmer
near town and the neighbors kindly
helped get wood on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Veril Webb motor
ed to Ohio last week to visit rela-
tives and friends.
Glendale Methodist Church
Rev. w. Bundick, Pastor
Sunday, December z
Sunday school services at 10 a,
IN. in charge of F. w. Ireland, SUI
perintendent.
! Preaching at IL a. m.
/ $50 D. m.-Youth Fellowship.
Worship service at 1880 o'clock
/ Rev. Ira Doyle of the Kenton-
1 CndA WAAA OO tAO 60Nos
/ speaker
Union Methodist Church
Rev. w. Bundick, Pastor
4 Sunday, December
Sunday school services at 2 p. IN
4 Preaching at p. m.
McCOlley's Methodist Chapel
Rev. w. Bundick, Pastor
Sunday, December z
Sunday school services in chargt
of Preston Donovan, superinten
dent.
Faith Bible Holiness Church
Rev. Robert b. NailOr, Pastor
Sunday, December
Sunday school services at 2 p. m
Preaching by pastor.
Everyone welcome.
Do your Christmas Shopping il
Milford and Save Money. Milfor'
Chamber of Commerce. n14-6
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05

Those men who enlist in the avia-
ton cadet training program for
three years will receive, upon grad
uation "a commission as End 1t. in
the Army of the United States, and
will be assigned to pilot duty with
the U. S. Air Force. Those men un-
able to graduate may accept a dis
charge from the service.
For further details regarding ap-
plications for Cadet Pilot Training
contact your local Army and Air
Force Recruiting Sgt. located in the
State Armory, Dover, Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05
Political Parties
Hearts in the Midlands

CARBONDALE, III. - (P1 =
Southern Illinosis University stu
dents of economic statistics have
located unofficially the population
centers" for the various political
parties in the United States.
The population center of Demo-
Gratis was fixed as In Turkey Run
State Park, in west-central Indiana.
For the Republican voters of 1914,
1t would be around Padua, in wes-
tern Ohio.
The study based on 1914 election
returns fixed the center" Of per-
sons affiliated with the minor par
ties to the left. geographically
speaking or near Cape Girardeau,
Mo.
The study fixed the 1945 U. S.
population center near West Lib
erty, in southern Illinois. The off,
cial 1910 center was near Carlisle
Ind. In 1890. 1t was a little east of
Baltimore, Md.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05

Australia's most abundant nat
ural resource is said to be rabbit
skins.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05

West Point had the first program
Of prescribed intramural athletics
in any U. s. university.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05
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Ready-Built Houses
A prefabricated five-room house
made with asbestos siding is being
featured by national retail chain!
Evening star., 1947-05-25

T WILL try to keep this essay away
Il from technical golfing terms as my
readers may include non-golfers. Golf
has language all its own, and the less
said of this language in family news
paper the better. However. some golf
ing terms are inevitable in an authorl-
tative article of this kind so | think it
wise to offer the following words:
Par: A standard of strokes perl
which is achieved by either skill or
luck, depending on whether you or
your opponent achieved it.
Fnir,puy: The part of the course on
which the game is played.
Rough: Where you play.
Evening star., 1947-05-25
BOB 'll13E1 COL DICTIONARY

Trap: A small puddle of sand.
(Small, that is, when viewed from the
fairway. When you re in it. it looks like
Texas taking a deep breath.)
Lie: Position of your ball. Also,
your account of the game.
Bunker: A trap wrong side out.
Hole: The objective which you try
to attain in par strokes. Also, what you
should have in your head for taking up
the game in the first place.
DuTer: Your partner.
NasI,ie: Name of club; obsolete.
NibHck: Ditto.
Crosby: Ditto.
Evening star., 1947-05-25
HOW TO PLAY GOLF WITH CROSBY

HUN lU fLA1 UULf WllH ChUSD1
Continued from page four
some rough times He should remember that If he
sticks with the game long enough and works hard
enough, eventually will come the happy day when he
breaks 70. III never forget my first So don't know
when it's coming but believe me- I'll never forget it.
prime requisite of the game is the proper number
Of clubs These consist of to belong to and about
SO to carry You may pick this set OF clubs any way
you choose either using system or paying tor them
As for golf balls, better buy gross, This should
get you through the first hole. | have found that
efforts to economic useless, To minimize COLTS
greatest sources of expense, lost balls and temper
broken clubs l invented ball stuffed with homing
pigeon feathers and set of clubs shaped like BOOM
erangs had to abandon both when the ball kept
ending up in loft in East St. Louis. and it was en-
barrassng to explain the bumps on the back of my
head as having come from my own driver.
The first thing to do, that you have clubs and
balls, is to learn to address them properly. I'd sug
gest addressing them Byrd Expedition and mall
ing them all to the South Pole.
Sly Stzatagem
If YOU play golf long enough there is certain to
come time when all your baser nclnations rise to
the fore and YOU are tempted to kick your ball from
bad lie out into the farway This. of course. you
must not do Send $595 to B. Hope, North Holly
wood, Calf and receive in plain wrapped package
one Little Gem Hollow Headed Driver with Auto
matte Trap Door in Bottom You surrepttiously
slip the ball into the head of the club, take practice
swing then walk to the green press button
and release the ball. You accompany this little
stratagem with some appropriate remark such as,
"Not bad pitch shot, eh, partner?
But suppose you standing over the ball Through
your mind will fit the advice keep your head down.
This is fair advice, but may be ignored under special
circumstances, such as Ladies Day at the club,
Above ALL don't be nervous Some players cannot
stand the tension of the game. Displaying beautiful
form in practice, the moment tournament play
starts they fall apart like Sidney Creenstreet
taking off his girdle.
The average golfer strives constantly to improve
his game have given that up, although III admit
there was time when kept changing clubs In fact
| changed clubs every time the dues came due.
Like all golfers. enjoy playing with some persons
more than others, and at Lakeside we have formed
small club -within-a-club whose members include
Clark Gable, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Johnny
Evening star., 1947-05-25

Weissmuler and David Nlven. AS you can see.
little group is loaded with talent, charm and beauty
and as often as go around together wonder mod
estly how happen to be with them. consider it an
honor Besides, they tip we'll I'm the envy of every
caddy at Lakeside.
I've been trying to help Dorothy Lamour with her
golf game lately We go out to the club lot together
Every time she drives make few suggestions, but
without success She always goes straight to the club
Dorothy is SMALL but she's wonderful example OF
the importance of form in getting distance Look how
far Dotties has taken her.
Fellow Road Runner
AND then we may as we'll face it - there's my
fellow road runner Crosby has set himself up as
authority the game. merely the strength OF the
fact that he was around when it was invented.
Obviously this claim doesn't hold water, except
here in California in February. when anything will
hold water. Crosby could make the same claim
about the invention of the steamboat. but !
defy him to run one.
Credit this beat-up balladeer with being an avid,
if somewhat awkward. player, though. | take pride
in the fact that with pictures and radio manage to
play as much golf as do However Crosby steals his
livelihood in the mediums, plays more golf than
do and still has time to social secretary of
the Friday Afternoon Mothers and Others Club
Crosby is such an ardent golfer that ne has clause
in his Paramount contract stipulating that he can
forget the picture and go out to Lakeside if the is
shining I've known cloudy days when it has taken
him over an hour of long distance phoning to find
some place in the country where they can honestly
report that the sun is indeed shining
But don't confuse his fervor with his ability. III
admit that Crosby sometimes gets lower scores than
| do but it's pretty sneaky guy who'll bring his
agent along and give him 10 per cent of his total
Troubled by Hook
BEATING Crosby. however, is distinction, He took
lessons for three years just to learn how to get the tee
into the ground. Yet Crosby will look you straight
in the vest and deny that he ever took a dvot All
can say that Catalina Island wasn't there before he
started playing golf.
l admit my deficiencies. l have always been trou-
bed by a sharp hook. One person suggests one pro-
another person suggests another pro Paramount sug
gested plastic surgeon.
Actually | have but sincere word OF ad''ce 10
the golfer 1t concerns sportsmanshlp and comes rom
the heart Just remember that everyone loves gooo
loser - but that it's the bad winner VINO PICKS up
.L h.o, The End
Evening star., 1947-05-25

Boyer Aspirin is fost. And the
foct thot IFS ready TO go to work
within Two seconds, TO bring you
really quick relief from ordinary
headache, neuritic or neurolgic
poin is important.
But its remarkable effectiveness
and wonderful gentleness are also
important. And records show that
Boyer Aspirin's single active in
qredient is so effective doctors
Evening star., 1947-05-25

regularly prescribe IT for poin
relief is so gentle TO the sys-
tenn they have mothers give it
even TO small children!
Keep these points in mind
whenever you buy anything TO
ease pain. And don't foreet-no
other pain reIiever con match
Boyer Aspirin's record Of re-
liability . . its record Of use by
millions Of normal peopIe-with-
out i'll effect. So always get Boyer
Aspirin. It's one thing you can
take with complete confidence.
Evening star., 1947-11-19
u. 5. Can't Back Down
On Sale Of Tankers,
Wherry Group Told
by the Asseeiatsd Press

Raymond S. Mckeough, member
OF the Maritime Commission, SAID
yesterday the government had made
commitments Tor the sale OF 81
tankers to foreign countries and
cannot, in good conscience, back
down.
Mr.. McKeough told the Senate
Small Business Committee the Cab
met had asked the commission TO
handle the sales and he is making
no apologies for carrying out the OBJ
legations" OF the Government.
The Commissioner was replying
to contentious of Committee Chair
man Wherry that the tanker trans
fer is illegal and unwlse." Senator
Wherry takes the position that the
tankers should be sold to American
oil firms in order to help build up
petroleum supplies on the East
Coast.
81 Delivered Thus Far.
The commission has thus Tar de-
livered 81 OF the tankers abroad ana
~ more are being processeo Tor
sale. Disposition OF the remaining
At has been held up pending ruling
by the Attorney General on Legality
OF the sales.
Senator Wherry said the commit
tees records show the maritime
commission has on file 4S applica-
tions by American firms for 157 P-2
type tankers.
How, he demanded, "can the
commission sell to foreign countries
in view Of the civilian demand?"
Mr.. McKeough replied that Mari
time Commission counsel had held
the sales legal. He added:
Furthermore, when we sell to
United States shippers there is no
assurance that even one pint of the
petroleum that they will carry is des-
tined for American consumers"
Jobs Reported Disappearing.
The CLOS Maritime Committee
told Senator Wherry the sales must
be stopped"
Hoyt Haddock, executive secretary
of the CIO group, wrote Senator
Wherry that a sizeable proportion
OF the tankers are now in active
Evening star., 1947-11-19

service and the sale will mean an.
other heavy blow to American mer-
chant seamen."
He said the American Merchant
Marine feet has been dropping
steadily in size and within the last
few months 10000 jobs at sea have
disappeared" In addition, he said,
employment opportunities in long
snoring and other maritime indus
tries have dried up"
Evening star., 1947-11-19
u. 5. Leadership in Relief
10 Europe Urged by Meyer

The United States must take the
leadership in European relief this
winter, Eugene Meyer, chairman Of
the board of the Washington Post,
declared yesterday at a luncheon
meeting of the Advertising Club Of
Washington.
If Europe's plight is ignored, he
said, there will certainly be chaos
Evening star., 1947-11-19

and confusion there can only arise
political pressures which will en-
danger the peace Of the world"
Mr.. Meyer, who returned recent
ly from a trip to Europe, declared
that inadequate food in Europe is
Evening star., 1947-11-19

Licorice candy is made from juice
taken from the roots of the sweet
root" plant cultivated in southern
Europe. Louisiana and California.
Evening star., 1947-11-19

the root of inadequate production.
In view of the lack of q bumper
wheat crop here Americans must
cut down on grain consumption and
make the same sort of all-out ef-
fort which was made during the
Evening star., 1947-11-19

war to bring about rehabilitation
now, he said.
Officials from all four Washing
ton daily newspapers were at the
weekly meeting yesterday. Frank
.Gatewood presided.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-04-05

was dust in the Centralia mine.
The crime was that the coal
company failed TO abide by the
state mining laws and did not
take the necessary measures TO
control the dust and reduce to
a minimum the possibility of
a dust explosion.
There are several ways in
which dust in a coal mine can
be CONTROLLED. The simplest
and most practical way is
sprinkling with water. In
spector Seaman in his report
of March Is, 19447, just a week
before the disaster, recon-
mended that the dirty haul
age roads be cleaned and
sprinkled."
The State law specifies very
clearly; SIN case the passage
ways, roadways, or entries of
any mines are so dry that the
air becomes charged with road
dust, the operator of the mine
must have such roadways reg
ularly and thoroughly sprayed,
sprinkled or cleaned.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-04-05

the blast. One miner described
the dust in the mine as being
knee deep.
ALL coal mines have dust.
The breaking and disintegrating
OF coal and rock causes dust,
coal-cutting machines m k e
dust, and a number of other
factors create dust in mine.
The Centralia mine was OPP
Grating two "buggies" which
are especially big dust makers.
A buggy" is like a truck, and
is used instead of coal cars to
haul coal from the face (source)
to the parting Certain point
where the buggy unloads the
coal into pit cars.
The pit cars are then taken
to the bottom" where the
coal is hoisted to the surface.
A buggy" has large rubber
tires like a tractor, and its
running back and forth all day
churns up considerable dust.
THE crime is not that there
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-04-05

it in an out-of- the-way place
where it will not be an ex-
plosion hazard. Companies use
this method least because it is
the most expensive.
A number of things could
have happened in the blasting
which never did before. First,
a large number of shots (pow-
der blasts going off at an
exact moment together could
have started and brought on
the dust explosion.
Second, one or a number of
faulty shots could have created
what is known as a windy"
shot. Such a shot under GER
tain conditions can result in a
dust explosion.
REGARDLESS of what set
the dust explosion off, the i'm
pertant fact is that the Com
pany was violating the State
law again when it was permit
ting the blasting of coal while
the large day shift was still in
the mine.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-04-05

The company violated this
section of the law.
ANOTHER method used to
minimize the dust hazard is to
'rock-dust' the mine. This is
done by applying a coating of
rock dust (heavy and non
combustible dust. The mining
laws are very explicit in re-
CARDS to rockdusting.
States the law: Where coal
dust exists in quantity and
character 10 constitute an ex-
plcsion propagating hazard.
rock dust shall be applied and
maintained. :"
Here again Inspector Scan
Ian warned the company that
it was violating the law. Said
his report of March 10, 1916:
The mine is not adequately
rock busted.
+ = =
A THIRD method of elini-
mating the dust hazard is to
remove the dust entirely by
loading it into cars and placing
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-04-05
Especial TO the Starr

CENTRALIA, III. = Max
Hayes, coal miner, who was
working the day-shift in No.
5 had a cold on Tuesday, March
IS.
He stayed home from work
20 take care of the cold and
IS alive TO work some more
in a coal mine. For forty
eight hours without sleep he
worked with the rescue
teams TO bring his buddies up
the shaft. those buddies he
worked with every day. the
men who sang with him in
the washup room. The men
who are no more because the
flu didn't get them at the
right time.
Mr. Hayes is too shaken to
say much. He stood in the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-04-05
They paid with their lives
TO improve our condition"

door way of his little house
and watched his small daugh-
ter playing with puppy by
the pump in the yard. He
couldn't speak for while. He
breathed the air deep into his
broad chest as if trying to con-
vince himself he was alive,
that he had a right to life when
his buddies are dead. Finally
he spoke.
Il have one thing to say"
he said. These men have
paid with their lives for the
decent working conditions
the union tried TO get the
coal miners last summer. I
guess they can get something
now after they've given Ill
men,"
Mr.. Hayes face was bitter.
angry. His eyes flashed. He
turned and went into the house.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-04-05
What really happened in the CentraLa Blast?

Exactly what happened in
the Centralia mine tragedy
which took the lives of Ill
miners. is not definitely known
and may never be. However,
in view of the facts available.
and in the opinion of survivors
and other experienced miners,
there is little doubt that the
explosion was a dust explosion.
Two main types of explosions
occur in coal mines, gas ex-
plosions and dust explosions.
A gas explosion can probably
be ruled out for the simple
reason that there was very
little gas in the Centralia mine.
In gassy mines men work with
closed lights, in the Centralia
mine they used open carbide
lights.
Excessive dust in coal
mine constitutes an explosion
hazard. Dust in the Centralia
mine was excessive, according
to the reports of state mine
inspector Seaman and other
Centralia miners who escaped
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-04-05

clear case of non-e enforcement by
the Illinois Department of Mines
and Minerals, specifically director
Robert Medill. But the mining
laws make it practically impossi-
BILE to penalize Medill, other than
bringing about his removal
AS for penalizing the coal com
panies, the highest penalty which
can be imposed is "a fine not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars or
imprisonment in the county Jail
not TO exceed six months. or both
at the discretion of the court.
mining Laws, Penalties, Sec. 28).
The mockery of the penalty
provisions of the present Illinois
mining laws can best be shown
by contrasting the penalty called
for in case person is found
guilty of trespassing on company
property. It's exactly the samei
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-04-05
Mine reports:
No dir reading

The following quotes are from
the inspection reports OF Driscoll
Seaman, state mine inspector for
the Centralia District. They en-
phasize how the company COM
pletely ignored the state inspec-
tors report
December 10, 1945 = mo air
reading at last cross-cut 81 70
South.''
June 10, 1946-"No air reading
at last cross-cut 2l-22 South"
September 3, 1916 = mo air
reading at last cross-cut 2l-22
South" Recommend that ven
tilafion be increased at last cross
cut at 2l-22 South" -. -. :.
November 10, 1946-"Ventila-
ton inadequate at working faces
in 2l-22 South
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-04-05
P0y respect to
blost victims

The entire membership of
Local 1854 of the CIO Unit
ed Electrical, Radio & Ma
chine Workers bowed in one
minute of silence in respect
to the memory of the Cen
tralia blast victims this
Monday at the Stewart
Warner plant.
John \ S. Kelliher, presi-
dent of the local, said that
the union has demanded a
full investigation by state
and federal authorities, and
prosecution of public Off
Gals and coal operators
found responsible. The local
stands ready, he added, to
give whatever support or
assistance to the AFL min
ors they request