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Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Sees
Hard Contest
For Governor
N ew Castle Chairman
Says Democrats To Sell
Out Their Ticket To
Elect Head.

Bayard Sharp, Republican county
chairman, told the Christiana Hun
dred COP committee this week that
the Democrats, desperate in the
state because they know their
chances are almost hopeless, will
undoubtedly attempt to elect a
Governor at the expense Of the rest
of their ticket.
81 believe they're going to put up
bunch of clowns and that they
will try to sell out the entire ticket
except for their candidate for Gov
ernOr. This will make it tough for
use. We must elect a Republican
Governor and a Republican Legis-
lature. The fact that our opponents
will concentrate on their candidate
/ for Governor means that our work
is cut out for us and none of us car
i relax, no matter how certain We
feel that our national ticket will
sweep the country"
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
COP Unity Is
At
.RehObOth Meet
John S. Isaacs Host At
Dinner At ResOr t
Opening Headquarters
For Party.

Need for a Republican victory,
both in Delaware and the nation,
was stressed by speakers at a din
ner in the Belhaven Hotel, Reho-
both, last Saturday night, formally
opening the Sussex County Repub-
Iican- headquarters in the hotel
John S. 1saacs, the choice Of the
Sussex County Republican Com
mittee for Governor, was host al
the dinner.
Among the guests was Hyland P
George, the gUbernatOrial candidate
sponsored by the Kent County Re-
publican Committee.
Party Leaders Attend
Party leaders from all parts Ol
the state, and their wives, were
guests at the affair. Former U. S
Senator John G. Townsend, Jr.
served as POSTMASTER.
A Republican victory is essentia
if the American way of lift is Il
prevail, Ruby R. Vale, nationally
known corporation lawyer whC
maintains a home in Milford, de
Clared. He made one of the prin
Cipal speeches of the evening, urg
/ ing the Republican wOrkrs to carr,
their message to the voters ant
wage a determined campaign look
ing to victory.
Cooperation and unity were th
themes of short speeches by variOu
state and county leaders.
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Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
a Divided Congress
Listens To Message
ByPresident I runan
CURRENT POLIO
COUNT SET AT 20

The total number of polio
cases in the Doris Memorial
Unit of the Wilmington Gen
eral Hospital is %, Wednes-
day, bringing the total num-
Der of cases reported in Del
aware this summer to As, ac-
cOrding to the Board of
Health daily report on polio.
At the same time it was
disclosed that a check for
$4,000 to assist in the fight
against the disease in Della
ware has been received by
the New Castle County Chap
ter of the National FOunda-
ton for Infantile Paralysis.
There are seven patients
under observation at the hos
pital, the health board re-
ported. OF the 20 diagnosed
cases, nine are classified as
non-paralytic; Is as paralyt-
ic, and five as bulbar.
Twelve of the cases are
from Wilmington, IL are from
rural New Castle county,
two are from Kent county
and three from Sussex.
Joseph Donald Craven,
county chairman o fthe ma
tiOnal foundation, announced
that the national headquar-
ters of the foundation had
sent the $4,000 to aid the
chapters financial assistance
to the families of polio vic
Tins.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Were Main
Theme Of Discussion
Yesterday; Governor
And Party We're Enter
tained At Dinner.

Reaching it's climax Thursday
wit hthe annual Governors Day,
the 29th Kent and Sussex Fair
welcomed a record crowd Gov.
Walter w. Bacon was a guest of
honor.
During election years the fair
plays second fiddle" for several
hours as political leaders from all
parts of the state gather in groups
to discuss prospects. Candidates
also were out in full force to plead
their cause with the voters.
Governor Bacon and his party
were welcomed by fair association
officials in an informal ceremony
at the Delaware Power and Light
Co. office at 1890 p. m. Thursday.
The states chief executive was
escorted to the fair grounds by a
committee of which J. Gordon
Smith, one of the fair vice-presi-
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Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Cancer Greatest
Woman Killer
More Females 40 To go SucCumb TO
MaIady Than Any Other Disease

More Females 40 To go SucCUmb To
MaIady Than Any Other Disease
Cancer kills more women be-
tween 40 and 60 years of age than
any other disease, it was pointed
out by Dr. John F. w. King, Medi-
cal Director of the Delaware Can
Ger Detection Centers, who an
nounced that the Georgetown De-
lection Center will hold its month
ly session on August 13.
Appointments are currently be-
ing made for that day. Women de-
string to have the free examina-
tions may arrange to do so by call
ing Georgetown 1862
DR.. King also reminded women
that cancer starts without warning
"To find it early you must have a
physician look for it," he said
That function is performed by the
/ Cancer Detection Centers in q
specialized way.
/ DR.. King also pointed out thai
rates of cure are high only wheT
cancer is discovered early. EARLY
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
LegiOnnOireS Will
Hold Picnic Aug. s
Veterans Will Hold Gala
Affair At Slaughter
Beach

On Friday next August 9th, the
American Legion Post No. 3 Will
hold a picnic on the north end of
Slaughter Beach at eight o'clock.
In case of rain it will be held at the
Log Cabin on North Walnut Street.
Wives, sweethearts and nOn-mem-
bers who so cheerfully helped with
the carnival and made it a success,
will also be invited to attend. A
financial report will be given at the
picnic as to the outcome of the car
nival. There will also be a discus
sion of the purchasing of the base
ball uniforms for the Junior Amer
ican Legion team. This team is
coached by Bernard Briggs, coach
of athletics at Milford High School
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Some Democrats Applaud
Some Presidential
Points; Dixiecrats Re
main AlOOf; Republi-
cans Present United
Front.
BY Nc Aaaociated Pregs


WASHINGTON, July. - 1t was
like a political cartoon, pointed,
precise, and understandable on
sight.
There stood the President, on the
rostrum in the center of the cham
mer, reading his message to this
special session of Congress. On
his right we're the Democrats, alert
and sitting straight in the high
baced leather chairs. The Repub-
hcans were on his left, completely
relaxed, listening in studied 81
lence.
AS Mr.. Truman made his points,
calling for laws to meet various
problems, the Democrats applaud
ed They clapped and nodded and
whispered to each other. There
was motion and sound from the
right side Of the chamber.
Maintain Silence
On the other side, stone statues
maintained a stony silence.
II you closed your eyes, you had
the curious impression that the
floor of the House was half empty.
1t was like being in a theatre
where the ushers had rOped off one
side of the orchestra section.
II was a tableaU, and an extreme
" accurate one, politically. 1t was
a picture Of a complete and un-
bridged cleavage between the two
parties.
The Republicans looked apathet-
ic rather than hostile, bored but
not angry.
They have criticized this call Il
special session as a campaign
continued on page 50
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Youth Killed
Under Trailer
On Apple Farm
Roosevelt Brown, 18, Vic
tim Of Accident Near
Bridgeville Last Satur-
day; Several Hurt In
Weekend Smash-ups.

Roosevelt Brown, 18 years old,
of Bridgeville, was crushed to
death beneath the wheels of a farm
trailer.
The accident in which Brown
met his death occurred on the Del
aware Apple Tree Farm near
Bridgeville last Saturday. He was
riding on a trailer being tOwed by
a tractor, operated by his uncle,
Elmer Brown, state police at
Bridgeville reported.
The uncle swerved the tractor
sharply when he was told by his
nephew that the vehicle was going
to strike a hole Knocked off bal
ance when the tractor ,swerved,
I Roosevelt Brown was tossed from
the trailer and beneath the wheels
of the trailer.
The right wheel of the twO-wheel
trailer passed over his body, and
according to state police, he suf-
fered a crushed chest. The death
was termed accidental by state
police.
In an early morning accident
last Sunday, Betty Beers, is years
old, of Denton, Md, suffered brush
burns of the face. The girl, who
was treated by a private physician
was riding in the automobile O1
Richard F. Behlke, 18 years old
also of Denton, which was invOlv-
ed in a collision with the car Ot
Louis YeakO, 21 years old, of R
D. 2, Bridgeville, six miles wes
of Bridgeville.
Harrington Man Injured
Melvin r. Wyatt, 21 years old, o
Harrington, was treated by a pri
vate physician for decorations o
both knees, the result of an acci
dent between his car and the au
tOmObile of Woodrow Killen, alst
of Harrington. on Route IA, tw,
miles east of Harrington, early las
Sunday. State police said Killen'
car was parked on the shoulder o
the road and Wyatt's autOmObil
, crashed against it.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Natl. Lunch Fair HOnOred State Army
Program Fed Gov Bacon Navy Quotas
$4,000 In l947 On Thursday Filled Up
Nutritious Noon Meals
Were Served Through
out School Year Recent
Survey Reveals.

During the school year which
ended last month about 10000 Del
aware school children ate noon
meals as part of the National
School Lunch Program. These
figures were revealed in a prelimi-
nary review of school lunch opera
tiOns in Delaware during the 1947-
48 school year by J. J. Dittrick, in
charge of food distribution activi-
ties of the q. S. Department of Ag-
riculture in the Northeast.
According to Mr.. Dittrick, 81
Delaware public schools partici-
pated in the National Program last
year. In Delaware the program
is administered by the State Board
of Education under an agreement
with the U. S. Department of Agri-
cultures Production and Market
| ing Administration.
In the last school year about
/ $4,000 of Federal funds apprO-
priated by Congress under the Ma
tiOnal School Lunch Act helped
to bear part of the cost Of the pro
gram in Delaware. The balance
of the expenses was met by funds
from State and local sources anC
by the nominal sums paid by par
ticipating children.
In addition to the Federal funds
which were appOrtioned directly t
[ Delaware to help administer tn,
program, some of the money ap
prOpriated under the NatiOna
+ School Lunch Act was used to bU!
various supplementary foods on I
/ national basis. Among the food
distributed to Delaware schools il
this manner were American cheese
. canned tomatoes, canned tOmat
, juice and peanut butter.
Continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Governors Of All States
HI ave Been Invited;
Officials From Canada
And Mexico Will At
tend Ceremonies.

The Governor Bacon Health
Center at old Fort Dupont will be
formally dedicated September q.
This was announced this week
by DR.. M. A. Tarumianz, director
of the Health Center which is near
ing completion and which will be
devoted to the care of about 800
children and more than $50 adults.
Invitations for the dedication
services will be issued to all state
and city officials throughout Della
ware, and to social welfare leaders
of Delaware and nearby states, as
we'll as health and mental hygiene
officials of the nation.
DR.. Tarumianz also announced
that the Health Center would be
opened to receive first patients on
October 1.
Eventually, there will be a staff
of total of $50 employees to care
for the $50 patients and out patient
clinics.
The dedication has an interna-.
tiOnal aspect since officials from
the Canada and Mexico are expect
ed to attend.
Invitations will be sent to all
governors, asking them to attend
or send representatives.
The tentative program calls for
a luncheon at the Governor Bacon
Health Center, to be followed by a
ceremony on the parade grounds Of
the old Army post. Then, the
buildings and cottages will be
opened for public inspection.
II ChiIdren's Buildings
There will be II buildings, we'll
equipped, to accommodate 282 chill
dren, who are either maladjusted,
pre-psychotic, or acutely psychotic,
,amenable to treatment; epileptics
without psychOsis, or crippled chill
dren or children awaiting assign
ment to foster homes. There will
be five buildings to accommodate
, 266 adults who are either epilep.
! tics without psyCh0sis, alcoholics
without physhOsis, or senile bed.
/ ridden cases. In addition to the
above, there will be five buildings
to be used as dOrmitOries for men
, and women employees; eight build
= ings to house doctors and their
families; IL buildings to accOmmO-
date the key personnel, and nine
{ buildings to serve as OccupatiOnal
Continued On page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
State Health Center
Dedication Is Set
For September 27
BR. FRANK HERSON
SERIOUSLY STRICKEN

AS the Chronicle prepared
for press Thursday afternoon
word was received from the
Milford Memorial Hospital
that Rev. DR.. Frank HersOn,
pastor of Avenue Methodist
Church, had been admitted to
that institution in an uncOn-
sciOus condition. His cOndi-
ton was reported serious by
officials at the hospital.
This is DR.. HersOn's goth
year as pastor of Avenue
Methodist Church.
He was recently invited to
return to the Milford Church.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Sussex Dairymen
Breed Artihcially

The Sussex County Unit OF the
Delaware Artificial Breeding Co
operative, has bred $50 COWS in the
first six months of operation in the
county, according to Harry SChim-
ier of Milton, technician of the Sus-
sex Unit.
The Sussex Unit started opera
ton on Jan. 5th, 1948, with a total
of ia members with approximately
1000 cows pledged to the program
Since its start the unit has grown
to 129 members and 200 cows. Oh
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30

The two owners Of Eagle, Mr..
Landes and Mr.. Isaacs, are well
known and recognized throughout
the industry Mr.. Landes, Eagles
president, is recognized as one of
the industry's most progressive
professors, and his abilities are
widely respected. Mr.. Isaacs is
perhaps better known for his activ-
tiles outside the poultry business,
since only a part of his time is
devoted thereto. He is a widely
known agriculturalist. Gamer
poultry grower. and cold storage
operator. In addition, he is well
known for his political activity ir
Republican circles, having held the
Office of State Treasurer, and hav.
ing been endorsed by the SUSSEX
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Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
George C. Bishop
Rites Are Held
Funeral For Sussex IumboFman
Was Held Wednesday

Funeral services for George c..
Bishop, 73 years old, Sussex county
lumberman, were held at his home
on Century avenue, Laurel, on
Wednesday at IL a. m. Interment
in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Mr.. Bishop, a southern Delaware
Republican leader, died last Sun
day night in the Milford Memorial
Hospital from complications re-
sulting from a fall in his home
last Friday.
Levy Court President
Active in Republican politics for
the past so years, he was a mem
Der of the Sussex County Levy
COurtfo six years. He was its
president for four years.
Born in Selbyville on October
19, 1875, his youth and early man
hood we're spent on the farm o
his parents, the late Joshua anC
Mary Long Bishop.
(contInued On page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Air Park Here Offers
New Flying Course
MilfOTdianS May Take Up CONNER
cial Flying

The Milford Airpark is now offer
ing the commercial course in flying
to the people of this community. 1t
is the only airport in Kent County
to offer this advanced flying course.
Willard Jackson is the owner and
operator of the park. Many indus
tries in and around Milford have
benefited by having access to the
airport and these benefits will be
realized by more Industries as the
air port continues to expand.
Several privately owned planes
are now being kept at the Milford
Airpark and in addition to these
the Airpark has several of It's own
planes which are used in the cOur-
ses being offered. These planes
range from 65-hOrsepOwer to 300
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Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Report Shore League
In Good Condition
''Dal" Culver, League Pres
ident, Issued Statement
Last Week

''The Eastern Shore League is in
good shape, financially and other
wise, and increases in fan interest
and attendance are currently be-
ing reported from all eight parks, .
with this statement, given recent
ly to local newspapermen, Dallas
ID. Culver, president Of the Eastern
Shore League, once again squash
ed the efforts of certain disgrunt-
led individuals to build up and cir
culate a rumOr to the effect that
the present eight-club peninsulaT
circuit was in shaky condition and
might be reduced to a six-cluE
membership next season.
Continued on page o.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Hay Fever Season
Is Here Again
Sufferers Urged To Avoid Contact
With Rag Weed

The hay fever season is here
again, and from now until the lat
ter part of September a great many
people will suffer from this nuis-
anCe disease. But hay fever IS
sometimes more than just an an
LOyance, warns the State Board Of
Health, since it can affect general
health through loss of sleep and ap-
petite, and can lead to infections of
sinuses, throat, and bronchial
tubes.
The disease is due to an allergic
reaction of the individual to some
particular pollen, dust or other sub
stance, and cause tickling, Stuff
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Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Lions Attending
Annual Convention

Delegates and alternates from
the Milford Lions Club to the Lions
International Convention held this
week in New York were Howard D.
Furniss, David A. Clements, Jr.,
Joseph A. LOfland, Sr., and Phillip
r. Jacobs. This group of Milford
Lions left for New York last week
end, and on Sunday evening attend
ed the pre-cOnvention party given
by the Lions Clubs of New York at
Madison Square Garden.
The Lions Annual Convention
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Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
New Castle Tests
For State FlOcIks

A blOOd-testing service for Della
ware poultry flOcks, to determine
immunity to Newcastle disease is
offered by the poultry department
of the State Board of Agriculture.
H. r. Baker, poultry patholOgist for
the State Board, states that any
flock owner in the state, whether a
hatchery egg producer or CONNER
cial egg producer, may avail him
self of this service.
The poultry department is also
receiving Newcastle tests on all
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Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30

SuUSldJIOu anu " answer NlSlLOIS
questions regarding agricultural
problems.
Three Research Programs
Featured at the Field Day will be
the research programs of the de-
partments of plant pathology, hOr-
ticulture, and agrOnOmy. Heads of
these departments are DR.. John w.
Heuberger, plant pathology; E. P.
Brasher, horticulture, and c. E.
Phillips. agrOnOmy.
A total of 25 research projects
underway at the experimental site
will be explained and discussed for
the benefit of farmers and fieldmen
associated with industries related
| to agriculture.
A blOOd-testing service for Del
continued on page 18)
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30

from flies and mosquitoes will do
much toward maintaining general
health through the summer and
preventing an increase in mortal
ity, reminds health OfIicials.
Diarrhea used to cause more
deaths among Delaware babies
than any other single disease, but
with the help Of our doctors and
nurses, mothers are learning how
to guard against it. The two main
causes of diarrhea are improper
feeding and infection, but the dis
ease is entirely preventable and
seldom happens where feeding is
correct and everything is kept
clean.
Baby's diet always needs care
ful watching, but in summer it is
tconiiaued on page -
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Sussex Firemen
Meet At Milton
Seventeen Companies Attended
COnclave Tuesday Night

The Sussex County Volunteer
Firemen's Association, whose mem
bership includes the seventeen fire
companies of the county, met in
Milton on Tuesday night.
Presiding was the president,
James Wilgus, of Selbyville. Colo
mel Edgar Slayer of RehObOth
gave the invocation and former
Mayor Joseph Lank, of Milton, wei
coined the visitors. Response was
made by Ellis Kyttle of Laurel
second vice president of the assO
citation.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Eagle Poultry Co. Hits Production
Record, PassesL LOOQ,OOOLbsWeekIy

The Eagle Poultry Company of Fankod through and
the
0 of
killed
the Shore the largest United States
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Excessive Summer Heat Is Serious
For Babies Health Board Says

That excessive summer heat is serious of babies is shown
by the State Board of Health figures listing
babies under Delaware
D2rrhea
this throughout in
Keeping babies cool possible protected
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-30
Agricultural Experiment Station
Field Day To Be Held august 10

The fourth annual Field Day Of the Delaware Agricultural Expert
will be held University
Georgetown according
mental Station and the agricultural
will begin at $50 when members of the Station
will be present to discuss the research being
Evening star., 1948-02-03

ward to Spring will use February
and March to put their compilations
in good order.
EXTRA NO. 2: And now we're
going to let the women who LIKE
face powder in on a special, too!
This package is regular-size box
of face powder that also contains
a purse f1acon of very well-known
perfume that hints of Paris eve
nings. The "2-0-8" face powder
this company introduced last sum-
mer represents new development
in the art of making face powder.
This powder has wonderful cling
ing qualities, good coloring, and
possesses longer-lasting fragrance.
The combination package sells for
four quarters. 1t contains about a
two months supply of the powder
and the perfume. It's a Special
Introductors" offer and you can't
Hose by trying it's aas
Evening star., 1948-02-03

A correspondent says: "Practl-
cally all women want to marry, and
they feel that life is cinders, ashes
and dust if they do not get a hus-
band. Yet women are the chief
petitioners in the divorce cases.
Why is it that so many Of them SO
soon lose their taste for marriage?'
That is q conundrum that no one
can answer for true, for there are
as many different sources of domes-
tic grouches as there are married
women. and each wife has her own
pet peeve if she is one Of those
pernickety ladies who is always
searching for a crumpled rose leaf
under her 40 mattresses of ease.
Any woman can find a grievance
if she looks for it hard enough, for
even the Creator was not able to
make perfectly satisfactory hus-
band, as is proven by the Adam and
Eve affair. But I think that the
reason that so many women go
about beating their breasts and cry
ing out that marriage is failure
is because they expected too much
of it.
They had built up an impossible
ideal Of earthly bliss in which there
would be nothing but sunshine and
roses; where their husbands would
always be great lovers; where they
would be always clothed in bridal
finery, and where, as the old cowboy
song says, they would never hear a
discouraging word.
And when they found out that
marriage was mostly cooking and
washing and scrubbing and baby
tending and putting up with the
peculiarities of husbands who are
always throwing their mothers in
their teeth, and who had dropped
all of their love-making at the altar.
they just couldn't take it. They
turned on their tear ducts and be-
gan filing their bills of complaint
against marriage.
Another reason why so many
women find marriage a chore In
stead of a picnic is because moth
ers so seldom rear their daughters
to be wives. Not one bride in a
dozen knows how to cook, or wheth-
er to buy sheep. or chop for
lunch. Nor has her mother ever
given her any tips about how to
stroke her husbands fur the right
way instead of getting in his hair.
So it is no wonder that, when the
Young husband sits down to a meal
that is inedible, he says things that
sour her on the whole matrimonial
relationship.
Of course, gloomy and disgrun-
tied wife, who is always complain
ing and fault-f1nding, isn't what
the husband bargained for in mar
riage, either. But, to large extent,
he is to blame for it; for the great
majority of husbands take mighty
little trouble to make marriage a
happy experience to the women to
whom they are married. They
think that all that any woman needs
to keep her entertained and amused
is to sit up and look at her wedding
ring.
Unfortunately, such is not the
case. Little as husbands suspect it,
their wives have the same need and