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The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-08-08

R. J. SuRATT
 Probate Judge First publication Aug. s. 1947 Last ublicatiou Aug. 15. Io47
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-08-08
RICHARD SURATT

hI1tAND Sl hA
 Probate Judge First publication July Is. 1947 Last publication August \, l9t7
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
State Setting Pace
In Cancer Reporting
Proposed Plans Discussed ut Dover
Meeting, December 10

Delaware may be setting a pat
tern for the reporting OF cases OF
cancer that will later be adopted by
ether states. The whole program
for Cancer Control is SO new that
ideas are just beginning to "jell' at
National Headquarters, and many
of these ideas are being tested here
in Delaware, according to DR.. b. A.
Schneider, Assistant Director, De-
partment of Statistical Research,
American Cancer Society, who
spoke at a State Board of Health
Nurses conference in Dover on Fri
day, December 10.
Proposed plans for the reporting
of cancer in Delaware was discus
sed by DIR. John w. Spies, Director
of the Division of Cancer Control
Delaware State Board of Health
who stated that the Delaware re-
port form is one used by physicians
hospitals and clinics, and patholo-
g'cal laboratories reporting cases
of persons with any kind of tumor
The reports are simple but give al
the information necessary for direcI
service to the patient,
Complete reporting is the keynote
of success to the Cancer Contro
Program. With the correct nam,
and address of every case reported
direct service may be given. "Sucl
services, without interfering witt
the normal function of the physi
(continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
EDITORIAL
This Is Directed To Each And
Every Member Of The State
Highway Department

For years past the citizens of Milford have been
asking you at frequent intervals for automatic
troed traffic light at the intersection of Route 113 and
the Milford Harrington Highway at Haven Lake Cross
ing. Each and every of you men know where this
danger spot located At least survey has been
made of the cost of such nstaationbu nothing has
been done about IT, Numerous deaths have occurred
and hundreds of minor accidents have been the
here during the past few years.
The latest of these was the crash in which Negro
woman lost her life Christmas evening (ast night. At
least one other serious accident has happened at this
same crossing during the past few days. Gentlemen of
the Highway Commission the time has arrived for you
to take action-and positive action at that We resi-
dents of Milford and vicinity cannot sit idly by and al
low you to ignore the needed daccdent preventative any
longer. You have the authority to do this work-and
do it now human life is just thing that cannot be
returned once it is snufed out If you cannot raise the
money (and you CAM for this absolute necessity why
not drop of your too many traffic cops from the pay
roll and let his salary pay be used for the needed safety
device This is written to each and every of you,
from the Chairman to each member individually You
owe it to this community to stop this unnecessary snuff
ing out of human life, and the endless and rising
Der of traffic accidents at Haven Lake Crossing If you
have any defense for not taking action will publish
it in the same spot in which this editorial is printed
During the year 1913 intend to call your attention to
this danger spot at very very frequent intervals until
YOU take measures to remedy it. AS each death is
recorded we shall tag them directly at your door until
such time as you see the highland may it be soon.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Youth Delegates To
Leave December 20
Peninsula Conference Unit VIII
Attend Sessions In Cleveland

Completed plans for the atten-
dance of the Peninsula Conference
delegation at the forthcoming
Methodist Youth Conference to be
held in Cleveland, Ohio, December
30-January 2 we're announced in
Dover last Tuesday by the Rev.
Richard M. Green, executive secre-
tary of the Conference Board of
Christian Education.
Mr.. Green, who will head the
delegation, explained that 1O7 youth
and Is adults from the four dis
tricts of the Peninsula Conference
will take part in the sessions, view
ed as the most significant of any
held by the Methodist Church.
Nine thousand young people and
1000 adults will participate, in
cluding nationals from practically
every country.
Three chartered buses will carry
the Peninsula delegation, leaving
Berlin, Md, Salisbury, Md, and
Cambridge, Md, at 6 a. m. on De-
cember 80. One of the buses will
stop at Dover to pick up the Dover
district delegates at s a. IN.
(continuen on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Highway Accidents
Show Gain In 1947
Deaths, However, Show Decrease
During The Year

While the number of total acci-
dents on Delaware highways, out
side Wilmington, increased IA per
cent during the IL months of this
year over the corresponding per-
iod of 1916, decreases in fatal acci-
dents and deaths resulting from
such mishaps, are reported by Ma
jor Herbert Barnes, commanding
officer, state police.
From January 1 to November 30
there were 2,144 accidents, COM
pared with 1879 for the IL months
of last year while fatal accidents
for this year tOtaled 49 against 54
for the comparative months of
1916, a decrease of nine per cent.
Fatal accidents this year cost SO
lives as against So deaths in the
11-month period last year, a drop
of four per cent,
The injury record for this year
however, is up 10 per cent, there
having been 992 persons injured in
accidents this year against 899 dur
ing the first IL months of last
year.
There were 81 accidents involv.
ing pedestrians this year compar'
ed with 95 for last year an eight
per cent decrease, while II pedes
trian deaths were reported agains
20 for last year, a decrease of Al
per cent.
An increase of 10 per cent il
(contfnued ON page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
PIaytex Employees
Get Xmas Bonus
All Employees And Guests Attend
COlOrfuI Christmas Dance

,Yuletide greetings in the form of
Profit-Sharing Bonuses were dis
tributed by A. N. Spaniel, President
and founder of the International
Latex Corporation, to all employees
at mammoth get-together on Fri
day, December 10. The tenth year
since the founding of PlayteX Park
at Dover marked not only the tenth
rrofit-sharing distribution, but the
greatest amount of money ever to
be divided amongst the LateX per-
sonnel In this connection it is note
worthy that there have been two
such profit-sharing distributions
during 1947.
Mr.. Spaniel, in explaining the
general pattern of the profit-shar-
ing distribution, pointed out that it
formed but part of an overall pro-
gram of employee benefits that in
cluded free life insurance, free hos
pitalization and surgical insurance,
paid vacations up to three weeks a
year, all legal holidays off with
full pay, aid conditioned work areas
throughout the plant ,and numer-
Gus other benefits which make
working conditions at PlayteX Park
among the finest in the United
States.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Prizes OF $3.50 Will Be
Given Away Following
Inspection By Neutral
Judges, Christmas Bus
mess Heaviest IN Years

Harry E. Mayhew, president of
the Milford Chamber of Commerce
and Garrett L. Grier, chairman OF
the Mercantile Division of the
Chamber, announced today that
neutral judges would begin judg-
ing the lighted and decorated
homes of Milford the first of next
week The winners of the $3.50 in
cash prizes will be announced in
the next issue of the Milford
Chronicle. The prizes are first, $50:
second, $25; third. SIS, while there
will be six consolation prizes of
$40 each. The judges decision in
all cases will be final.
Without exception the merchants
report the best Christmas business
in the city's history. Many records
were broken, especially Saturday,
December 20, when the majority
report the heaviest business in
their history.
Old Kris had a big season at his
headquarters in the "StOry Book"
house on the Walnut street bridge
panel Records disclose that the
patron Saint of Childhood, inter-
viewed some 11,S40 kiddies, while
he received a total of over 5000
notes. This, chamber officials be-
believe, constitutes an all time rec
ord.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
GOU. Bacon Weighs
Fuel Aid Plea
Chief Executive Receives
Request For Co
OrdinatOr

Gov. Walter w. Bacon this. week
said he had received and had taken
under study a request by Senator
Tobey (R-NH) that he consider ap-
pointment of a Delaware Emergen-
cy Fuel Coordinator as one step to-
ward overcoming fuel shortages in
this area.
Governor Bacon and the COVER
nors of 27 other states were sent
the same request by air mail from
Washington yesterday, which
reached the Governors office in Do
yer this Slorning.
A copy of the report of an oil in
dustry committee appointed by To-
hey, to recommend a voluntary plan
to ease the short fuel oil supply
was sent to each of the governors
together with letter calling their
attention specifically to the recon-
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Tax Receipts
Show Drop OF
% Per Cent
p. S. dupont In Annual
Report Attributes De-
crease To Fall In Inher-
itance, Estate Levies.

Receipts of the State Tax Depart
ment for the fiscal year ended June
80, 1947, amounted to $6,262, 1888
as compared with $8,149.749.24, a
net decrease from the preceding
year of $1,8S7,55O.31, or 1872 per
cents Pierre S. dupont, State Tax
Commissioner, disclosed in his an
nual report released recently.
The decrease is attributable to
the fact that during the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1916, abnormal in
heritance and estate tax collec-
tions amounted to $3,065,S0 as
compared with collections of $685.
SAT during the fiscal year ended on
June 30, 1947, decrease of ST.
517,25S.
Collections from net income tax,
franchise tax, gross income tax and
licenses exceeded the preceding
years collections from those sour
ces.
Income Tax Receipts Up
The largest increase was from
net income tax which yielded ST.
762, ,1771, as compared with ST.
464 ,47S, an increase of 1927 ,693, or
20.3 per cent. The collections con-
stituted the highest yield from net
income taxes since 1881. Income
tax collections for 1945 amounted
to $1,271 ,453. The report points out
that up to June 80, 1947, total of
99,954 income tax returns were fill
ed reporting 1916 incomes and that
as the right to file joint returns for
husband and wife was exercised
by 52,115, a total of 151,709 persons
over 21 years of age or otherwise
required to file returns were ac-
counted for during the current
year. Of the total of 1884 returns
/ filed, taxable returns totaled 51,73e
as compared with 43,292 for the
previous year. The report states
that more taxable net income ta1
returns were filed during the cur
rent year than were filed in any
continued page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Christmas Observed
At Delaware Colony
Fine Play, "The Guiding STAR" Was
Presented Last Wednesday

The Christmas festivities for the
children at Delaware Colony, the
State Training School at Stockley,
will consist of series of enter
tainments and the usual turkey
dinner, together with the distribu-
ton of boxes of presents.
On Wednesday afternoon, Decem-
ber II, the children gave Christ
mas play, entitled "The Guiding
Star" for the Board of Lady Visit
ors and club members who brought
with them the Christmas boxes that
their clubs had assembled for dis
tribution. On Sunday afternoon.
the play was again presented for
the Colony children and employees
and members of the Rehoboth XII
wants Club. 1t has become tradi-
tional with this Kiwanis club to
visit the Colony on a Sunday before
Christmas and present to every
child in the institution a box of
candy and fruit individually wrap
ped. On Christmas Day a turkey
dinner is served, including pie and
ice cream. The ice cream is do
mated each year by a Wilmington
manufacturer.
Christmas morning, Santa Claus
appears at all the cottages and
greets the children. After break
fast, each child is given a box con-
tanning toys, items of clothing. nuts
and candy. Several hundred boxes
are donated by women's clubs.
church groups, civic clubs and in
dividuals, each box being wrapped
and marked with the child's name.
Several weeks prior to Christmas,
each group or an individual is as
signed the names of several chill
dren with some suggestions as TO
what the child might enjoy receiv-
ing. Many of the children also re-
ceive boxes from parents and rela-
tives. The whole day is devoted
entirely to the children.
Special moving pictures are
shown in the auditorium during
the week, and an entertainment by
professional talent is also provided
from a fund of about $4,000 do
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Big New Years Show
At Reese Theatre
Cahall Gas Service To Give Away
$500

At the Reese Theatre. Harring-
ton, a New Years Eve midnight
show is as much expected and de-
sired as the coming of the New
Year itself. This popular theatre.
located at Harrington, was the or
iginatOr of this type attraction and
hundreds of DelSware and Mary
land theatre fans every year join
in the fun. This year the manage
ment announces the coming of sew
eral superb stage attractions. Con-
tracts have been signed whereby
Sleepy Hollow Ranch will present
the WILL Hayloft Hoedown stars
in person. Well known radio en-
tertainers head this presentation,
such as the Bland Bros, Henry
Styer of the popular blackface ra-
dio team, Smoky and Henry;
WTUX trOubadours, Curly Hurd-
man, champion fiddler of West Vir-
ginia; Kitty O'Brien, queen of the
hayloft, and many others.
The unique feature of this show
is that it will be broadcast over the
entire southern network direct from
the stage of the Reese Theatre.
Another novel feature is the Civ
ing away of $500 by Cahall's Gas
Service Company. furniture deal
ers, of Harrington.
The special screen attraction fol
the evening is the latest of the Joe
/ PalOoka series "The Knockout"
Tickets are now on sale and thu
price will remain the same as for
mer years, all tickets being $1.00
tax paid.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
First Big Snow Of
Season Has Arrived
Seven Inches Reported On Level
At 10 A. NJ. Today

A day too late for the kiddies'
Christmas, the snow came, start
ing at 9:15 Christmas night, and
at ten a. IN. today, Friday, Decem-
Der 26, seven inches had fallen,
and the storm had shown no sign
of abating.
Travel in most directions had
come to a standstill, or at best was
crawling along at a snail's pace.
Several of the secondary roads,
especially in the northern part of
the county. were reported to be
closed, while below MillsbOro, no
snow was reported.
Near Lincoln, a Short Line bus
enrOute to Milford, skidded in the
soft wet snow and landed in a
ditch. No one was hurt, however
and word was dispatched to Mil
ford to send another bus down to
take off the passengers. while the
vehicle was pulled from the ditch
In Milford the street gang was
busy at the pedestrian crossings
while store and home owners went
to work with will to remove the
snow from in front of their estaD'
liShmentS.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Methodist To Open
Conference May II
Annual Sessions Will Be
Held In Union Church,
Wilmington

The committee on entertainment
for the ninth annual session of the
Peninsula Methodist Conference
announced this week that the con-
ference will be held in Union
Methodist Church, Fifth and Wash
ington Streets, Wilmington, begin
ming Tuesday, May IL. The sessions
will be held the first part of the
week and will not continue over
Sunday thus carrying out a mo-
ton passed at the last session of
the annual conference and marking
a departure from the schedule of
previous years.
The conference will close on Sat-
urday. In former years it opened
on a Wednesday and was carried
over to the following Monday. While
Bishop Charles Wesley Flint, pre-
siding bishop of the Washington
Area, has presided for the last few
years, it has not been determined
IL he will conduct the business next
May.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
c. r. Layton
Is Sworn In.
As Judge At.
His Residence
Appointment Was Con-
firmed By State Senate
At Special Session Last
Friday; Other COnfir-
nations.

Three hours after the State SEN
ate unanimously confirmed his ap-
pointment last Friday night, Caleb
n. Layton, III, of Wilmington, son
of a former chief justice of Della
ware. was sworn in as resident
Judge Of New Castle County.
The ceremony took place in the
livingroom of the new jurist's home
at 2zo2 MasDonough Road, Wawa-
set Park, Wilmington.
The oath was administered by
Judge George Burton Pearson, Jr.,
associate judge at large for the
state.
Bacon Is Present
Attending the ceremony were
Gov. Walter w. Bacon, Albert
stetser, chairman of the Unemploy-
ment Compensation Commission
Henry NJ. Candy, attorney for the
New Castle County Levy Court, anC
Mrs. Candy; William S. Potter ant
Howard Duana, attorneys anC
friends of Judge Layton; Mrs. Lay
ton. Mrs. Pearson, Mr.. and Mrs. H
K Dugdale, Mrs. William Yerke'
and the judges daughter, Marion
Sturges Layton.
Judge Layton's term of Office il
u years, at an annual salary o
$4,000. He succeeds Frank L
Speakman.
Judge Pearson, also an appointe'
og Governor Bacon, made few re
marks in praise of Judge Speak
mans service before the new judg
assumed Office.
(continued On page l2l
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Two Hurt Christmas
Shopping In City
Mrs. Cecile Stuart, Mrs. Peral Car
penter, Struck BY Cars

Due to the heavy holiday traffic
in Milford there has been at least
two accidents to pedestrians this
past week.
While crossing the street at Sec
ond and South Washington last Fri
day, Mrs. Cecile NJ. Stuart of Mil
ford. was struck by a car operated
by Walter Nj. Belts of Milford. She
was taken to the Milford Memorial
Hospital suffering from cuts and
abrasiCns.
While crossing the street at
Southeast Front and of Walnut
Streets last Friday, Mrs. Pearl Car
penter was struck by car oper-
ated by Franklin Tucker of Hous-
ton. She was taken to the same hos
pital, but went home after it was
found she was not seriously in
jured.
Sergeant Powell and officer
Downes of Milford police, are in
vestigating both accidents.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Vets Lose, Girls Win
To Close '47 Season
MiddletOwn Power House Too
Much For V. +. w. Group

Milford's two community basket
ball teams, the Blue Hens and the
Vets, completed the 1947 phase of
their schedules on Monday evening
Milford girls defeating Lewes A. A.
girls, 29-17, at Lewes, while the
Vets were losing, 44-35, at Middle
town. Monday evenings games will
be the last for both teams until
Monday, Jan. 5th, when play is re-
sumed on the home court with the
girls meeting the Milton girls team
and the Vets meeting the undefea-
ted ChestertOwn Legionnaires.
In games played to date, the Blue
Hens have won four out of five
starts, the local girls having de-
feated Lewes twice, Denton once,
and split pair of games with
Georgetown. The Vets, still under
strength due to injuries and other
causes, have broken even in six
Mar-Del League games, defeating
Harrington, Camden and Cecilton,
and losing to Denton, Dover and
continued on page 5,
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Lighting Contest
Judging VIII Start
Early Next Week
WOMAN KILLED in
CRASH XMAS NIGHT
NEAR HAVEN LAKE

State police, attached to
the Georgetown Police Sta
ton, are continuing an in
vestigation into the cause of
the crash that took the life
of Julia Benson, age %
years, colored, of near Fell
ton, early Christmas night at
the Haven Lake intersection
of the Harrington-Milford
Route 113 Highway. Prelim-
mary investigation discloses
that there were two cars in
volved in the fatal collision,
one a Ford sedan driven by
Leonard Benson, age 80
years, husband of the fatally
injured woman, and a 1889
Studebaker sedan driven by
Ruth E. Davis, age AZ years
of Camden. Both cars were
badly damaged and Benson
was severely lacerated about
the face, neck and head.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Army Ground Forces Offering
Pre-SeIectiOn School Plan

The U. S. Army joins the U. S.
Air Force in offering High School
Graduates the opportunity to select
the technical training they wish be-
fore they enter the service was an
nounced by S/Sgt. Clint o. Dollar,
local Army and Air Force recruit
ing Sgt.
The pre-selection school plan be-
came effective in September for
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Land
Prices Are
Still Growing
Boom Inspired BY War
Continues Growth, Ag-
riculture Department
Reports.
BY Associated Press


WASHINGTON, Dec. - The war
inspired boom in farm land prices
continues to grow, but at some
what reduced pace, the Agriculture
Department reported recently.
On an upward trend since the war
started, land prices over the coun-
try as whole increased one per
cent during the four months ended
Nov. /. This compares with three
per cent increase in the correspond
ing months last year.
For the year ended Nov. 1, aver
age values were up eight per cent
compared with IA per cent for the
year ended Nov. 1, 1916.
Although the average of farm
land values for the country as a
whole on Nov. was lower than the
1920 infiationary peak, the percen-
tage rise during the present boom
period has been greater than dur
ing the World War ii boom period
Measured from 1858, average
values have now increased 81 per
cent, compared with the peak in
1920 that was 20 per cent above
1924.
Preliminary estimates place
farm operators net income from
farming in 1947 at $4,000 900 900
or 20 per cent above 1916 and 40C
per cent above 1910.
Rejecting farm prosperity, the
department said reports showed
that demand deposits in banks il
20 leading farm states in October
were five per cent greater than &
year ago.
On the other hand, significant
land-price curbing influences were
said to be somewhat more apparen
now that year ago. :
Farm operating costs, for exam
pie, were reported about is per cen
above last year and more than dou
bic the level of the pre-war period
Especially sharp increases in tn
cost of labor, feed, seed and build
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-26
Stalling Seen
By Government
On Trader List
Stassen Says u. S. Could
Disclose In Ten Min
utes Whether Officials
PrOfited AS Insiders.
BY Associated Press

OI AOOOOAtALO0 - 4 wv
WASHINGTON, Dec. - Harold
E. Stassen declared Wednesday the
Government could say "in 10 min
utes" whether present and former
including White
House officials, made speculative
profits on the commodity markets
from inside information.
The former Minnesota governor,
an active candidate for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination, said
in statement that the people
would insist on specific answers to
five questions he posed about gov
ernment insiders" and Twill not be
fooled by shower of irrevelant sta
tistics."
He referred to a list of I'll big
traders made public this week by
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson
in accordance with a congressional
resolution. The names were fore
runners of a group expected to total
$4,000.
The only government official on
the list was EDWIN w. PauIey, Spe-
cial assistant to Secretary of the
Army Royal. Pauley previously
told the Senate appropriations COM
mittee he had something less than a
million dollars invested in the com
modify markets at the time he ac-
cepted the government position last
September, but that he had nOt'uset
any inside information and had liq
Undated nine-tenths of his holdings
Employees Names Asked
Meanwhile, Representative Mac
Kinnon (R-Minn) requested Secre
tary Anderson to release the names
of "71 local, state and federal gov
ernment employees" who were repre-
sented as holding wheat futures
| this fall.
Continued on page %