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Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
Requirement On Bank
Reserve Is Reduced
By Federal ReserUe
CONTINUED from arst pare)

Reserve" banks ,(those in large
cities other than New York and
Chieago) - checking account re-
serves cut from % to 21 per cent,
effective May 5; savings reserves
reduced from TX to per cent, also
effective May 5.
Country" banks = checking ac-
count reserves reduced from 16 to
Is per cent, effective May 1; saw
ing reserves from 71a to Z per cent,
effective May 1.
In recent actions the Reserve
Board has taken these other steps
to buoy up the economy: Twice re-
laxed controls over installment
credit, and also made it easier to
buy stocks by lowering the margin
-or down observation-disclosures
to so per cent.
This weeks action to make it cas-
ier for the banks to lend came af-
ter the sharpest and fastest decline
in business loans on record-a con-
traction estimated by the board at
approximately $1,5OO,00O,OOO since
the start of this year.
The amount by which required
reserves was lowered was almost
as much as the amount business
loans have plunged in the four
elapsed months of 1949.
The boards action conceded with
a drop in excess reserves of Fed
eral Reserve member banks to ap-
proximately $4SO,000,O00, lowest
point in considerable time.
These are reserves the banks
hold in excess of the amount re-
quired, and thus reflect the sum
actually available to the banks foI
lending purposes. The new action
will lift excess reserves to approx
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06

would probably turn to U. S. gov
ernment bonds as an investment
outlet for a good share of the addi-
tional funds made available.
Bankers also felt the reserve cut
was an admission-possib little
late that powerful defiationary
forces are now at work in the ma
tion. Some government economists
and administration spokesmen have
come in for sharp criticism in the
business world on the theory that
they have made too optimistic an
appraisal of present business
trends.
Commercial loans by banks have
been contracting primarily because
of repayments and an unwilling
ness to increase loans in a period
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06

"a years. The McIntire residence
has stood through the early coloni-
al and later years, surviving the
1924 fire and boasting a panelled
chimney breast.
Period furniture in no. 40 The
Strand, home of Mr.. and Mrs. Max
we'll p. Harrington, include a Que
en- Anne lowboy and American sill
ver This clapboard house, built a.
bout 1850. is another survivor of
the 1924 blaze.
Buildings in New Castle, many
containing articles and handwork
from the Dutch founding in 1861,
have been preserved through many
centuries of fighting and peace. Al
ready recognized as. one, of the. old
est towns in America, this commu-
nifty was the site Of William Penn's
landing in 1852, and served as CO.
lonial capital until s1776s
One of the first railroads inSthe
country, the New Castle and Fren-
chtown Railroad, travelled between
North and South on the nations s
principal route through the. busy
community. The Frenchtown Mon
ument on Market Square, made OF
stone sleepers on which wooden
and iron rails bore the trains
stands in New Castles center as
another marker to the towns great
and colorful role in Americas gro.
with.
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Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
Miss Lorraine Mills
Is Beacon Graduate

Miss Lorraine B. Mills, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Mills,
graduated from Beacon College
last week. Miss Mills completed the
general secretarial course and went
to work on Monday Of this week
(May p in the local Offices OF Ly-
ons-Hession and Company, certified
public accountants.
Previous to entering Beacon Col
lege, Miss Mills had graduated from
the academic department of Milford
High School and had attended the
University of Delaware for one
year.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
LINCOLN

Mrs. Ethel Warren's class will
present the Oldest mother and the
youngest mother present Sunday
morning at Church School with a
bower and the primary department
win present a flower to the mother
who has been present the most
Sundays during the year.
Mr.. w. G. Cason is a patient in
the Beebe Hospital, Lewes.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
Rare Architectural Relice Of Early Period VIII BE Open
To Public Again; Among Home To Exhibit
Private Collections

An original colonial home built for the of sgner
when New Castle Day is celebrated
residence
public
the schedule Long recognized architectural
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06

of declining prices. Credit, in other
words, has been available but not
used as much as last year and ear
ier this year.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06

squids move backwards by squirt.
ing out water.
Evening star., 1949-05-22

looting the camp. He and Pat saved their
skins because they'd been sent on = p,cne.
Brent was dead. d. Brent. Professor Brent.
old Daddy Brent. the great nnind the maker
OF men. the maker OF SCIENTISTS He was dead
and Jud was dead. and be. Tim Williams. and
Patricia Arnold were fleeing for their lives.
with little equipment for getting through the
jungle. Thank God they weren't far in.
lHEY reached the comparatively level going
at the top Of the ridge. He paused to catch
his breath. The girl had fallen couple of
times. There was dirt on her hands and on
her face Her mouth was set in bitter line.
Tim looked at his watch. ''Two-thirty." he
said. IF We hold this pace wen reach the
Finca Mirador by midnight"
He half expected her to ask for a spot OF
rest. and was ready to tell her why they could
not. All she said was Good" as she put her
foot in the stirrup. He mounted, vaguely
disappointed.
The porous limestone Of the ridge let water
seep to lower levels. 50 that the top was rather
arid. They Travelled at trot once more, get
ting over two miles briskly before they came
to the far edge and the descent Under the
open sky the air was much hotter than in the
forest. The mules were sweating hard.
The downward climb was less effort than
the upward, but trickier. They stumbled and
slid. Near the bottom the big trees closed
over them again; here there was moisture in
the trail and some very slick spots Tim lost
his footing and sat down violently, yanking
the reins as he did so and jerking the mule
into stumble. Right beside him rattle
snake exploded. He rolled aside desperately
and sprang up, to see the reptiles fangs strik-
ing the mules leg He dragged his shotgun
from its scabbard on his saddle and blasted
the thing. Then he took time to contemplate
what had happened
Behind him Pat stood staring
More bad news" he said Go on ahead.
guess / have to kill it,"
She nodded. He performed his unpleasant
duty, and as he removed his gear from the
dead animal, took stock. One automatic
shotgun and - now - ten Shells
A geologist's pick, notebook, camera, can
teen. He left the pick and camera; this was
no time for surplus weight. A little luncheon
grub left. mostly bosOl, form of ground
Evening star., 1949-05-22

AUTHOR. Mr.. La Fargo has
had plenty Of first-hand ex-
perience as an ethnolOgist to
provide background for this
dramatic new story of the
Central American jungles.
Besides his short stories, he
is the author Of six novels
Evening star., 1949-05-22

mounted slowly. She looked tired all r,vh,
lie was tired himself. tneier than the dav',
effort alone could account for Emotion hat
taken iot out Of him. II felt rood TO al,
down. lie made fre and cut the hird intt
strips. which they roasted m best they cou,t
On sticks. While they were cooking, Pat said
You might b. able to take the mule am
make real nun Tor it. and get help"
/ lie stared n her. Are you nutse'' ri
She said duly. mo. Only it doesn't mucf
matter about me. I'm through anyway. |
can hear the talk right now"
He understood her perfectly. and the i'm.
piled admission should have pleased him
Instead he felt sorry for her. and pretended
not 70 understand. what do you meanl"
DIE turned her slice Of bird over the fame
I don't know what made the Tishaniles turn
hostile. I've been thinking. and can't figure
anything. But I'm the ones been working
with them. and I'm woman, and I'm new
to the game - pup ethnoloast. You know
that I'm going to be blamed for the whole
thing. Or. Brent and Jud and all. This is the
end Of my fine career. It's going to follow me
all over the place"
He thought as he chewed on a piece of
under done bird. She was right He said.
1T shouldn't be as bad as that, Pat Ya,
can't think OF anything that went wrong?
Did you 60 near the od-house?" For the
first time since that noon his voice was
friendly
Nowhere near it. Taucher covered all
that. years ago. They were friendly. I've
been taking genealogies this past week. abso-
lutely no taboos involved. Nothing secret or
delicate. They liked giving them"
They pieced out their meal with scraps
from their lunches. He stood up with sigh.
Don't worry about it now" he told her.
Let's concentrate on getting out of here,
and then we'll put our heads together. I
don't think it has to work out like that" To
himself. he did not sound too convincing.
Thanks. She saw him feeling his thin
pack OF cigarettes She took out her own.
Have one on me. you haven't many left. -
He hestated, and she noticed it. Then he
took one. When she had mounted, he asked
her, How are these people about night
travel! understand they don't like it,"
SCARED to death of it. They've got stories
about the forest at night that really frighten
you. They scare themselves telling them.
don't think they'll move after dark. But
you know how fast they can travel"
He nodded They could keep up dog trot
all day. Ever since his mule died they had
been gaining. We'll. let's co.
Soon the daylight began to ebb. and full
darkness followed with the swiftness of the
tropics. Tim turned on his fashlight, a
powerful. four-battery affair which he had
carried as part of his saddle equipment ever
since, in his first season in the field, he had
Continued on page 20
Evening star., 1949-05-22

hominy. wrapped In a banana leaf MAchcte.
fiashlight. matches. plenty of insect repellent.
thank goodness He counted his cigarettes.
Pat had nearly full pack he believed. and
she smoked very little. hu, he did not want to
have to ask her for any. He put the n,achete
on his bel. and went forward carrying the
shotgun. slicker. and saddle bags.
'Ill have to load you up" he said, ho.ding
up the bags, and they arranged them.
Maybe we can ride double she said.
He hesitated, II was common sense. Well
try if he doesn't balk" M
When they reached the bottom she mount
ed and he swung up hehind her. disiiking the
physical closeness which . few hours ago he
would have welcomed The mulc lay down.
He was not going to carry double.
We can take turns riding" she said. 4
Il walk faster than you, he said shortly.
II he was right. il all this was because Of
something she'd done. the Indians would GER
tainiy be hunting for her. He was leading
Tishanil bait right along with him. He did
not want to be killed. Once again, as he had
done during the war, he was going through
the process Of not wanting to be killed but
then when he got to thinking Of what might
happen they caught her, he encountered
something even worse He stopped abruptly.
, Listen. Pat, there's no point in you lag
ging behind just because my mule got killed"
1t annoyed him to have to put it that way
His eyes avoided hers. That. too, had been
part of the woman business. There would be
no dead mule, there would be no dead - He
stared down the trail, then looked at her
again. The trails clear. You can't miss your
way. You pour on ahead. and when you hit
the Finca you can send them back after me-"
No" 1t was fiat and emphatic.
Don't be silly fool. Your staying with
me doesn't help either of U.S."
Il wouldn't consider it, and anyway, it
wouldn't work. You have fashlight; l
haven't. Neither of US could move after dark"
He thought that over and nodded slowly.
Il guess you're right" Tim had a good,
swinging walk. He would have liked to run,
he felt an urgent impatience to get forward.
He had loved the great forest the soaring,
enormous mahogany trees and chico-zapotes,
the interiacing Of the lanes and the little
palms and huge ferns, but now the quiet and
impenetrablity held terror There might be
anything ahead, behind. on either side. He
guessed it must have been like this in the
Pacific; like this only more so according to
accounts.
Still, in the Pacific you didn't have a pretty
girl on your hands. girl you used to date
long ago in another life, girl whose CUTS you
hated. Brent is dead, DR.. Brent and Jud,
two of Gods finest and gentlest men, all
chopped up with machetes. Old Daddy Brent. =.
A little before five he shot a cojolite, bird
larger than most pheasants. ''We might as
well eat now," he said
Il am hungry" she admitted. She dis
Evening star., 1949-05-22
A Short Story

TINE first ten miles Of the trail through the
Il jungle offered good going The trail was
narrow and twisting. but it was clear and the
ground was level. The two riders held their
mules to a remarkably fast pace. alternating
most Of the time between a smart trot and
lope, The man and the woman were similarly
dressed. They wore broad -brimmed felt hats,
khaki shirts. and khaki trousers stuffed into
high-laced boots. The woman had scarf
loosely tied at her throat. and her hair was a
golden-brown. cloudy ring under her hat
Her good looks were marTed by her strained
expression. while the mans naturally pleas
ant face was fixed in scowl
He was acutely conscious of the woman
behind him, satellite he could not lose She
followed him as remorselessly as the vision of
the horror from which they fled, and he con-
nected the two in his mind
The level ended at difficult. long. steep
scramble up a limestone ridge Here they dis
mounted and led their mules. With the slower
going and the effort, his thinking shifted from
process of mere interjections to more orderly
remembering. Women ethnologists! They
might be fine for work among the tame
Indians in the United States but they had no
business in Central America
He heard her scrambling behind him and
wondered how soon she would play out and
have to be helped You find good site and
start excavations. setting up nice program
running over maybe five years. and then be-
cause you've established good relations with
Tishanil village few miles from the site, they
pick out girl with shiny, brand new MA.
and send her along to study them. It's just
asking for trouble. Trouble in camp, trouble
with the Indians. The Tishaniles take dim
view of women who get out of their proper
sphere. Somehow she'd stuck her pretty nose
into something she ought to have stayed out
of. and then they blew up.
liz CHECKED his thinking His mind was
distorted with fear, anger sorrow, and the
sense of loss, but he was not naturally unjust.
Back at the university he had liked Patricia
lot. Might be she hadn't done anything;
something else could have stirred them up
Even so a woman is a ink 1t wouldn't have
happened if she hadn't been along.
At the same time. she had saved his life -
inadvertently, along with her own Such
short time ago. just this morning. Dr. Brent
had told him to go with Pat and look over the
mounds she had seen on one of her rides near
the village. Old Brent had smiled when he
told him to 60, and he had been fused and
pleased. Sure he'd gotten crush on her. so
had Judson. You couldn't help it, month
after month in the high bush like this.
The morning had been picnic, he'd en-
joyed it. Old Brent had smiled, and Brent
was dead, and so was Judson, spgawled in the
sun by their dig and hacked to pieces, and the
Tishaniles were clowning all over the place,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-14
PRINCESS LOUISE
 BRINGS 21 T0T TOWN

The Princess Louise of Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines docked yesterday here with 21 passengers for Juneau from Vancouver, B. c. She took three Juneauites to Skag- way Southbound, she is due here at am. Sunday and will sail one hour later. Passengers to Juneau were:
 From Vancouver: Mrs. E. Banta Susan Banta, MT. and Mrs. J. Cau- ley. Charles Cauley, R. DeCarlo, MI. and Mrs. G. Ingles, w. McBarry Mrs. J. McClelland, MT. and Mrs A. Rasmussen, MT. and Mrs. F Shepard, Anthony Shepard, l. Tribus, MT. and Mrs. R. Banford MT. and Mrs. R. Murphy, 1. Mac Lean, G. Eide, L. Evans, G. Gordon fer, MT and Mrs. H. Shaughnessy MT. and Mrs. c. Skuse.
 For SkagWay: R. c. Johnson, Earl Rogers, H. J. Brown.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-14
FIRST REPORT E
 MADE 0A DRIVE,
 BOY SCOUT FUND

With 20 of the 60 volunteer work CTS for the Boy Scout finance cam paign having made their first re- ports as of Wednesday evening, a total of S1 ,497.50 was turned in. Of the 96 accounts represented, some of them being groups of employees, 42 gave the same as last year, IT increased their contributions, and B were new contributors who did not participate in last years campaign, according to campaign Chairman A. B. Phillips. Phillips commended the 20 men who had their first re- ports ready and asked that all other report envelopes either be turned in to him at the B. M. Beh- rends Bank, left with Earl Cleveland at the First National Bank, or taken to the Boy Scout office on the third floor of the Goldstein Building.
 Frank Hermanns team proved most energetic, with all six work CTS making their first reports on schedule, for total of S35600. High men for Wednesday night were Comdr. Ed Chester and Don Me Mullen, each of whom accounted for slOO.5O of the total. Runner-up in the amounts turned in Wednesday was Elton Engstrom, with s9l.00, from team 4. Team has two close ccntenders for the second place, with Monte Grisham's s87.50 and Hugh Wade's SS7O0 Tom Morgan proved high man on the executive committee, reporting total of S255to.
 None of the government groups had reported by Wednesday, With the exception of the Territorial Welfare staff, who contributed 100 percent to the campaign. Phillips said that individuals not contacted by tonight could mail their contrib ut.ons to Boy Scouts of America, Juneau, or they may phone 387 and worker will call for them.
 The campaign chairman today appointed George Parks, Jud Whit tier, and Maurice Powers as an auditing committee to check receipts and make bank deposits for the campaign.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-14

able. This person sends number of quotes which the listener wrote down:
 T find people all over America afraid of the future |.
 T want to talk to you about Soviet Russia which leads me to say that there is no reason for fear
 There is one group of Russians whom I dislike: The censors, but l find that they are almost the only Russians for whom I desire to come to a bad end
 Now it is very bad to pull quota tions out of context and it is even worse to quote notes written on a pad during lecture without read ing the whole lecture. So maybe, it was all very good and strong for America and designed to make the boys at Dartmouth love the United States, but what l want to know is what the following means, and this is taken from the college paper:
 '"The quietly effective speaker claimed that he derives no pleas ure out of these evidences, but that if on these alone we can temper some of the extreme fear in the country, it will equip us to better un d erstand Russia and will strengthen us to survive in com petition with her"
 So, MT. Barnes wants us to tenn per our extreme fear" of Soviet Russia. But does Stalin want us to temper that same extreme fear? If so, why is it that every proposal that this country or Great Britain, or France, or any country has made at the United Nations or elsewhere, to achieve peace, to control and limit the atom bomb, to end the distress of the people of Europe, has heen rejected and vetoed by Soviet Russia? Is a campaign being conducted to lull us into false sense of wellbeing? Is that why Dean Acheson blessed this lecture course with his august presence?
 Copyright, 1949, King Features
 Syndicate, Inc.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-14

Mrs. Ray Day gave an impromptu demonstration on the making of flowers from carrots and turnips much to the delight of the mem bers
 All gardeners in Southeast Alaska are invited to enter the next con- test which opens on October 10 and closes Dec. IS. This subject is My Favorite House Plant and It's Care" Prizes will be awarded for the best two letters of not less than 25O words nor more than 75o. Entries may be mailed to Box 2oo2, Juneau.
 Members are reminded to gather material for the next meeting dis plays of Christmas ideas, winter bouquets. dish gardens and drift wood arrangements. Anyone inter- ested in little advance study on these subjects are invited to the home of Mrs. Harry Stonehouse, date to be announced later.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-14
NOTICE OF HEARING

In the District Court for the Terri
 tory of Alaska, Division Number
 One.
 Bank of Wrangell, a corporation,
 Plaintiff, vs. Alaska Asiatic Lum-
 Der Mills, Inc, Defendant.
 Notice is hereby given that O. F. Ohlson, Receiver in the above en- titled cause has filed his final re- port and account of his administra- tion and that October IT, 1949, at 2 PM. has been set for considera- tion thereof by the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, First Division, at Ketchikan, Alaska; all persons interested in said cause, re- port and account are required then and there to appear and show cause why said final report and account should not be approved and said Receiver discharged.
 o. F. OHLSON, Receiver. First publication, Oct. 12, 1949. Last publication, Oct. IA, l949.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-14
LOCAL GARDEN CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS
 BIG MEETING E HELD

One of the largest Garden Club meetings in some years was held Tuesday afternoon at the home Of Mrs. Ray Day who. with Mrs. Jack Clark, served a dessert luncheon at l:30 o'clock.
 Election of officers was the main order of business. Mrs. Harry Stonehouse was reelected to the presidency with Mrs. E. J. Bowling vict president, Mrs Willim Hixson secretary and Mrs Ray Renshaw treasurer.
 The program chairman presented Mrs. J. R. Guerin of Douglas who gave a very interesting account of her many years of gardening, es- pecially the growing of geraniums. Visible proof of her success with these plants was shown in the sev- eral large flower heads of various colors which she presented.
 Mrs. Charles Forward also spur red the members on to new efforts in gardening with her account of visits with growers of various plants during her recent visit in the states. The list of several dozen roses which should do well here was especially appreciated by the club
 Plans for silver tea at the home of Mrs. w. J. Walker ln the near future were discussed and a committee of Mrs. Charles Forward and Mrs. Charles Carter appointed to work with Mrs. Walker to make arrangements. This tea will take the place of the flower show which was not deemed feasible this fall beacuse of the poor season. It Will give the public chance to see her many African violets.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-14
GIRL SCOUT NEWS

We, the Girl Scout Troop No g, planned many interesting things at our meeting "wednesday after school.
 The first thing we did was to ap- point committee to see about pat terms and material for our uni forms. We discussed cake sale which will he held next month.
 After the business was taken up we started discussing plans for our Halloween party. We decided to have a spaghetti feed Oct 28. It was suggested to have it come as you are dinner Mary Whitaker and Paula Cook were appointed to go around and ask the girls to dinner and be sure and wear what they had on when they were asked
 Due to the absence of Mrs. Zal- main Gross we postponed the next meeting to Oct. 28.
 In the game of 20 questions Aileen Kronquist and Paula Cook tied for a ticket to the 20th Century Theatre. Mrs. Gross served us re- treatments which were little boxes of hints We adjourned the meeting early because all had to study for tests.
 PAULA COOK, Reporter