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Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
excursion
Sponsored By
RecreatlOnal
Sunday
Many Planning To Go To
Philadelphia To Sc e
Athletics Play Boston
Red SOx; Leave Here
At 10 A. M.

The second in a series Of excur-
si0ns sponsored by the Milford
Recreational Council will be staged
this Sunday when an estimated 40
baseball enthusiasts. of the Milford
area will leave by chartered bus
for Shibe Park, Philadelphia, there
to witness a major league game
between the Philadelphia Athletics
and the Boston Red Sox. The group
viii leave the Bus Center here at
ten o'clock. and is expected to
reach Philadelphia about noon. It
is understood that many of the
members Of the Milsord Athletic
Club are planning to take Sundays
baseball excursion.
According to Bob Becher, excur-
sion committee chairman, forty box
seats have been ordered for Sun
days game and sufficient reserva.
tions have been made to make full
use of this number; however, local
residents interested in taking this
baseball excursion, but who have
not as yet secured reservations
might do well to contact Mr.. Bech
er. Barney Briggs or Herb Nichols
as there is still a possibility tina
additional fans might be accom-
modated in some way or other.
These excursions are being op
Grated on a non-profit basis with
charge being made that barely Gov
ers cost of transportation and o
admission to game or event. If pub
lie interest and support warrant
il. excursions will be run weekl,
to nearby beaches and monthly t
more distant points.
The Milford Recreational Pro
gram is constantly being enlarge
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Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Lightning Causes
Many Farm Fires

Lightning natures artillery
is one of the greatest causes of
farm fires" commented William E.
Tarbell, county agent, today. Each
year, lightning destroys approxi-
mately S2O,OO0,0O0 worth of farm
property in the United States, takes
the lives of 500 people and Injuries
1900 others"
Farm and rural districts suffer
90ao of the damage done every year
by that fiery menace from the sky
Lightning is one of the greatest
single contributors of the coun-
tVOntlnued On paEe y
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Ragains Is Renamed
To Pharmacy Board
Milford Druggist Will Serve Fol
Five Years

At the annual convention of the
Delaware Pharmaceutical Society
held at Ocean, City, Md, June 9th
and 2Sth, F. Perry Ragains, prom
inent Milford Pharmacist, was re-
appointed a member of the Della
ware Board of Pharmacy for a Pc
riod of five years. Governor Carvel
announced the re-appointment in
person at the Tuesday evening
banquet of the Society.
The following morning at a meet
ing of the Board, F. Perry Ragains
was succeeded as President by
c. Emerson johnson of Newark
The Board of Pharmacy as reor.
ganized at that meeting is as fol
lows: c. Emerson Johnson, Presi
dent; Hughett K. Mcdaniel, Vice
President; Peter Paul Potocki
Paul C. Tigue, of Wilmington; F
Perry Ragains and Secretary Har
ry c. Zeisig of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Cooking
ContestDrdwsMany
Eleven State Residents
Will Vie At Salisbury,
Md, July IL, For Nat
iOnal HonOrs; $50 En-
trants Received.

Eleven Delawareans are among
the forty-four persons who have
either entered or signified their in
tention of entering the National
Chicken Cooking Contest to be held
in Salisbury, Md, on July 18th as
feature of the Delmarva Chicken
Festival. More than $50 are expect
ed to enter this unique competi-
tion.
sThose who will represent Della
ware include Mrs. Van Leer Steph-
any, Seaford; Mrs. Mabel Cannon
Bennett, Bay View Farm, Milford;
Mrs. E. S. Cain, Harrington; Mrs.
Meta A. Records, Laurel; Miss
Mary Hooker, Ocean View; Will
liam Kitchens, Georgetown; Mrs.
! Clara Glover, Delmar; Mrs. John
! Cocran, Delmar: George T. Sargis-
son, 101 w. 14th ST., Wilmington 4;
Mrs. Raymond Lyman, Newark, and
, Mrs. Robert ]. Davis, Newark.
Entry lists for the contest will
remain open until July 5th and
blanks may be secured at Delmar-
va Festival headquarters, Chamber
of Commerce Building, Salisbury
The complete recipe must be filed
with the entry blank.
/ Topping the prize list to the per-
son who can take a typical three
pound Delmarva chicken and pre-
pare the most delicious and at
tractive dish therefrom are the
following: $3.50 in cash plus {
choice of three or more electric
ranges and a $110 breakfast set
Ranges include Westinghouse, Ho
Point, General Electric and Frigi
daire. The breakfast set is an add
ed prize from the R. E. Powell
Company of Salisbury.
Second place winner will re
ceive SIPS in cash and secont
choice of the ranges. Third ant
fourth places will receive SIS ant
$50 cash awards plus a range o.
similarly valued equipment. Prizes
will be awarded to the first tel
places.
Judging will be done by a groul
of five food experts from New Yorl
, who will be part of a plane load o
food editors and experts who viii
be flown to Salisbury to cover th'
event.
/ Competition covers any and al
! ways of preparing chicken and tn
: Festival Committee hopes to de
I Evelop some new or little known re
' cipes which may greatly increas
the popularity of chicken.
8 Certainly this affair may settl
: the century old argument whethe
Maryland fried or Southern-frie
3 chicken is the supreme dish.
Keen Competition is also expect
+ ed to develop in the selection {
Miss Delmarva. Girls from a
parts of the Peninsula are enter
: ing this contest, preliminaries fc
n which will be hello on Tuesda
! night, July 18th, at Memorial F'ieI
II ball park in Salisbury. In til
6 Tuesday judging, six girls frol
i leach of the three states, Marylan,
Delaware and Virginia, will /
selected to participate in the fina
on Wednesday. July 18th. at whiC
| time one girl will be named to rel
| resent each state. From thes
| three. the Queen will be chose
| She will receive a $3.50 SCHOLARSHIP
/ tcontinued on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Joint Press Meet
Il Has Been Called
Maryland, DelmarEa Groups To
Assemble At Ocean City

Congressman Lansdale G. Sass
Ger, representative of the Fifth
district, Maryland, will be the
main speaker at the first joint sum
mer meeting Of the Maryland and
Del -Mar-Va press associations July
S-9 at Ocean City.
: Nearly 100 newspaper publishers
and editors are expected, accord
ing to Glenn T. James, chairman,
and publisher Of the Queen Anne's
Record Observer in Centreville
Md. Mr.. James is past president OF
both press groups.
Primarily a special gathering
the meeting will begin Friday
July s at noon with registration
followed by short business ses.
sion in the afternoon. There viii
be a reception for the group at {
o'clock and a banquet at Z, fol
lowed by a dance.
CONTINUED on page 21)
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plums and peaches and roses. al
though many other flowers, shrubs
and vegetables may be infested.
The wet season last summer may
increase the prevalence of beetles
this year.
Stevens advises that Japanese
beetles can be controlled effective
ly with $50 DDT spray or dust,
used on all shrubs, flowers and
fruits. However. it should not he
used on fruit within one month of
harvest. Chinese Elms may be in
jured by DOT, so use lead arsenate
on this tree.
During late summer the beetles
burrow into the ground, usually in
the lawn, and lay eggs. After the
eggs hatch the white grubs feed on
the grass roots. some times caus-
Continued on page %
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Sussex Dairymen
Hire Ralston Pepper
viii Serve As Supervisor For
Circuit Number One

w III serve AS supervisor EOT
Circuit Number One
Mr., Wilbur H. Jump, President
of the Dairy Herd Improvement
Association, today announced that
Ralston Pepper has been employ
ed as supervisor for Circuit 1 of
the Association. Ralston, a gradu-
ate of Georgetown High School,
class of 1949, took his dairy test
ing training at the University of
Delaware under the supervision of
DelmaT Young, Extension Dairy
man. The Association, composed of
80 members, is now operating
Circuits with a total of IT'S cows
under test. Harry Schmierer of
Milton, is the Supervisor of Circuit
2 of the Association.
Mr.. Jump announced also that
there were two openings in the
Association for other dairymen
who may be interested in herd i'm
provement work at this time. Any
dairymen interested may secure
further information by contracting
Mr.. Jump of Houston. Delaware, OF
the County Agricultural Extension
Office. Georgetown, Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Milford A. c. Upset
Rock Hall Sunday

Behind four-hit pitching by
frankie Hall, veteran right-hander,
and a seventh attack, paced by
Horace Wiley and Hall, each of
whom hOmered, the Milford A. C.'s
scored their second win of the cur
rent Mar-Del League season here
the past Sunday afternoon, defeat
ing favored Rock Hall nine, to
4. AS result of Sundays win, the
local nine is now threatening to
leave the league cellar, being only
a few percentage points behind the
sixth place FELTON, Vets.
Continued on page 19)
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Peninsula School On
Missionary Work
Much Interest Being Displayed In
Program At Wesley July 1922

Many church women are show
ing interest in the two Missionary
Education Movements texts which
will be taught at the Peninsula
Conference School of Missionary
Education, Wesley College, Dover,
Delaware, July 1922.
Japan Begins Again" by William
Kerr. traces the economic and re-
ligious patterns that led Japan to
national crisis. The study shows
the vital role that Christianity
plays in the rehabilitation of the
land. This study will be conducted
by DR.. Paul Warner of Baltimore.
DR.. Warner spent a number of
years at Nagoya Boys School His
course will consist of a series OF
lectures on June 81 and %.
Missions at the Grass Roots" bv
William Shriver, is written for all
local groups. This is excellent for
groups that want to do sometime
about missions in their own COM
munities. Rev. o. II. Wilkins will
be the instructor in this course.
Continued on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
InstGLLment Curb
LGpSeS July ISt
SOlOns Stand Firm
To End Controls
Today
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON, June - Senators
are standing firm on their decision
to end government controls over
installment buying today, Friday,
July /.
The wartime and postwar con-
trolls over the amount of down pay
ments and the number of months
for paying the balance are due to
expire today unless Congress re-
news them.
Senator Robertson (D-Va), chair
man of the banking subcommittee
which held hearings on a proposed
extension of the so-called "Regula-
tion w" said his group "cOntem-
plates no further action"
President Truman and Federal
Reserve Board officials had asked
for an extension as standby anti
imitation measure.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Ten Ton Tomato Club
Launches 80 Contest

Delaware's Ten-Ton Tomato Club
has launched its 1949 contest. it
has been disclosed by the commit
tee which this past week approx
ed rules for the contest.
AS in 194S. the contest is open
and free to all Delaware growers
who produce three or more acres
of tomatoes. All tomatoes grown
on any one farm and the total ac-
reage produced by the grower must
be entered with the execution OF
acreage which may be used in All
or F. F. A. projects.
CONTINUED on page q
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Circuit To Yield About 40
Theatres; Several LO-
Gated In M a rylan6
Film Buying Restricted
(Appearing in the Wall Street Journal
Saturday, June 25)

NAAAeJb edAAN ~sf
WASHINGTON-The Justice De-
partment and Schine Chain The
atres, Inc, announced a consent
decree settlement of the govern
ment's 10-year-old antitrust case
against the movie circuit.
Under its terms, Schine, said to
be one of the nations largest in
dependent movie theatre circuits,
will have to give up about 40 of
its theatres. 1t will be left with
more than 100 theatres.
The consent decree, approved by
Federal Judge John Knight in Buff
falo District Court, is considerably
milder than the decree originally
proposed by the government.
The governments original de-
cree suggested that Schine be left
only with about half a dozen of its
15O-odd theatres. 1t also proposed
tougher restrictions on Schine's
tilm-buying than were contained in
the new decree.
/ Antitrust Suit Filed In 1889
AC bhCdIlSo WulCu OCuinS mus
dispose of are located in 80 town:
in New York, Ohio, Kentucky anC
Maryland.
The governments antitrust sui
was originally filed in August, 1889
Last year the Supreme Court up
held the governments charges O
a monopoly in film exhibition, ant
sent the case back to the Buffalo
District Court for further proceed
ings as to exactly what theatres
Schine must give up and what trad,
practices it must follow. Some fur
ther proceedings were held, ant
then consent decree negotiation
were begun.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
NelU Phone addition
At Milton Central
is Part Of Steppe d
Up Program For
1949

The Diamond State Telephone
Company has just completed a ST.
600 addition to the equipment in
the Milton central office, making
it possible for the office to serve
nearly 100 new subscribers, 1t was
announced today by Theodore w.
Collins, local manager of the COM
pany.
The company is also spending
another $4,000 in the Milton ex-
change area this year in building
new cable and wire lines. Mr.. Col
lins said.
The Milton central office now
serves approximately $50 subscrib-
ers, which is more than three
times the number served in 1940,
before the war, when it served 1S9
subscribers, the manager added.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Milton Man General
Motors Executive
Joined World Famous Company In
1926 And Worked Way Up

Announcement has been made of
the appointment on June /. of
Howard Magee as Assistant Treas
urer of the General Motors COrpo-
ration.
Mr.. Mcgee is the son of Lille
Robbins Mcgee and the late ].
Howard Mcgee of Milton. He was
born in Milton and spent his youth
in Wilmington. He joined the Cen
eral Motors Corporation in 1926,
after graduating from Dartmouth
College. He has been associated
with the Treasurer's office in New
York since that time and since
1914 has been director of the FL
nancial Analysis Section.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Four Diseases
Threaten Tomatoes
County Agent TarbeIl Issued
Warming This Week

So far this season tomato grow
ers have had very little trouble
with diseases, says William E. Tar
bell. county agent, who warns,
however. that the danger of infec-
tion of tomatoes by any one of the
four common diseases is increas-
ing. Hot dry weather has prevent
ed the usual rapid spread of these
diseases, but a wet period of wet
weather would activate them.
Plant diseases cannot be cured
stresses Tarbell. but their spread
can be controlled by spraying OF
busting at regular intervals. An
ounce of prevention in the case of
plant diseases is worth plenty to
the tomato grower.
Continued on page Cd
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Colored Yanks
Play Great Ball
Beat Rock Hall; VIII Meet Black
MeteOrS Of Philadelphia

The Milford Yanks. the leading
semi-professional colOred team OF
Delaware and Maryland, defeated
the Rock Hall Giants under the
lights, 10 to 6.
Having been successful in the
last ten starts, manager Ridgeway
(SquirreD will send his boys
against the famous "Black Mete-
ors" of Philadelphia in two-game
series. These clashes have the
making of the most outstanding
and spectacular games of the year
as the "Meteors" have been unde-
feated to date while the Yanks
have been defeated just once.
The first game of this series Will
he played in Milford Ball Park at
$3.50 p. M.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01


5. Most of the chicks win be deIiv-
cred on June 2S and 20.
Cash prizes totalling S1OO will
be awarded the winners; SIS first
prize; others of $40. SIS, $40, and
six additional awards of S5 each
The first place winner will also re
ceive a trophy from the Delaware
Poultry Improvement Association.
Hateherymen and flock owners
have donated enough eggs and
chicks to make available as an out
right gift to each boy and eirl, the
so chicks required as an officia
entry. Five of the contestants are
using chicks from their own sour,
ces. Barred Rock-New Hampshire
Crosses, New Hampshires and In
dian River Crosses are the kinds O
chicks available from hatcherymen
scontiuued on paEe y
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Girls State Ends
Session At Dover
TwO-Day Term Featured By Simu.
lated Bills On TOday'S Topics

The seventh Girls State wound
up its two-day term in Dover last
Thursday after its legislative
branch had approved bills to per-
NIT sale of yellow oleOmargerine
and to provide $4,000 for each of
the next two years to the State
Forestry Department for acquisi-
tion of land and establishment of
wayside sites and facilities.
Four other measures, relating to
lowering of the voting age to IS,
establishment of a four-member
liquor commission. truant and in
corrigible pupils, and members of
the Old Age Welfare Commission.
were debated by the young femin-
inc Legislators" but failed to pass
one or both of the two chambers.
0leO Bill
The Oleo bill, which was defeated
Gcontinued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Special Summer Exhibition
At ZwaanendaeL Museum

special exhibition ustre china that includes
of placed
the a
They exhibit
will welcomed daily Miss Cathane Maull
Mondays
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Jap Beetle Control Measures
Are Listed By HorticWIt~rist

beetles have arrived for their annual vacation in Della
University
first half
AUGUST causing especially heavy damage raspbee
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01
Eggs, Chicks Donated For
Junior Chicken Contestants

Over $500 dyod chicks and nearly 1000 being
Delaware
girls enrolled
Tomorrow
According the Division
W get under for the Delaware youth between %
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Tests Made After Report
OF Plague in New Mexico
By the Associated Press

SANTA FE, N. Mex, Aug. 10
Two guinea pigs hold the answer
to whether bubonic plague has
attacked human beings in New
Mexico.
DR.. James R. Scott. State health
director, said last night the ami
mails we're inoculated with cul-
lures taken from two patients
suspected of being afflicted with
the plague.
DR.. Scott said the pigs reaction
will provide a final answer, prob
ably within "a hours.
DR.. Vernon Link Of the United
States Public Health Plague Sup
pressive Laboratory in San Fran
cisco, said the situation looks very
suspicious"
DR.. Link was sent from Sap
Francisco after State health Off
cials notified the Public Health
Service last week that two persons
apparently had contracted bubonic
plague.
One is a Taos youth. He was
reported responding well to treat
ment. The other victim is in an
Albuquerque hospital.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Strikes Made Him
A Rec, F., Witness Says
By The. Associated Press

NEW YORK. Aug. 10.-New
York States Communist Party
chairman, Robert G. Thompson,
testified yesterday his experiences
in a series of unsuccessful strikes
on the West Coast in the early
193Os led him to join the Com
munists in 1888.
He said he became interested in
the party because if it's activity
in support of strikes.
This, Thompson said. led to his
decision at the age of 18 that
Communism was the dynamic
force" needed to bring about a
permanent solution of the pro-
blems of the workers.
Thompson, 34-year-old resident
of Queens, resumes his testimony
today in defense against charges
of conspiracy to advocate violent
overthrow of the Government.
He is the fourth of II top Com
munist leaders on trial to take the
witness stand in Federal Court.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Mrs. Elizabeth KIinehanse
Rites 10 Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Lacy Klinehanse, rs, a
member of an old Washington
family, and an active member OF
patriotic groups here, will be held
at 2 pm. tomorrow in the Lee
funeral home, Fourth and Massa-
chusetts avenue, NE. Burial will
be in Congressional Cemetery.
Mrs. Klinehanse, who lived at
231 B Street, NE, died Monday
at Providence Hospital after an ILL
ness of a year.
She was the daughter of the
late Annie and William H. Lacy,
contractor here. Her parents were
natives of this city. Married in
1898, Mrs. Klinehanse was the
wife of William L. Klinehanse.
Railway Mail Service employe who
died in 1921.
She was past counselor Of Pro-
gressive Council No. 9, Daughters
of America and a member of Myra
B. Enright Camp, Royal Neigh
bors, Martha Chapter No. 4. Order
of the Eastern Star and st. Mark S
Episcopal Church. >>S>>.,..,>,s: ~ H..
Surviving are two daughters
Mrs. Elsie Speer and Mrs. Beulah
Pence; a son, William H. Kline
hanse; three brothers, Clarence T.,
William, H. and Walter L.! Lacy,
and one grandson. William Fhom-
as Speer, jr., all of Washington.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Tobacco Road Ban Ends;
London Sees Il First Time
by the Assoeiofed Press

by me ASSoctoteo FIess
LONDON, Aug. 10.-"Tobacce
Road" long suppressed here
opened in London last night and
got a mixed reception.
The reviewer for the News
Chronicle said 1t was as though
some one lifted "a large fiat stone
permitting us to observe the un-
palatable insect life beneath The
Graphic reviewer said he could not
understand why the American
play, which concerns lust and hun
ger among poor white trash OF
Georgia, was banned in the first
place.
The play is a Jack Kirkland
adaptation of the novel by Erskine
Caldwell, which reached Broad
way in 1888.
The Lord Chancellor, Britain's
chief censor, had refused to clear
the play for public viewing until
last month and relented only on
condition that some of the lines be
toned down. 1t opened before a
packed house at the Embassy
Theater.
The Daily Mail was amused by
efforts of British actors and
actresses to master a Georgia
accent.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
1n Mrntnrtaitt

BoTELER, SUSIE e. In loving remem-
brance of my dear sister, SUSIE E, BO-
teller, who died twenty-five years ago
today. August 10, 1927.
Your face is ever before me,
Your voice I cannot forget;
I always think of thee,
MINNIE.
CLARK, INDIANA J. AND JEFFERSON
II. Sacred to the memory of our beloved
mother. INDIANA J. CLARK. who departed
this life thirty-three years ago, August
70, 1915, and our father. JEFFERSON II
1945
Noble parents were they,
Unselfish and kind;
True Christians were they,
In deed and in mind.
Urging us always
To walk in the light,
To help one another
In all that is right.
Some day we shall meet you,
Never more to roam,
In the land Of the blessed,
o"' THEIR CHILDREN.
IANNUcCI, ROSE E. In sad but loving
grandmother. gr a ROSE Z. fANNUccI. uSss who who
departed this life eleven years age today
August 10. 1898. Anniversary mass at
the Franciscan Monastery.
This is the day of every year
Our hearts are exceedingly sad;
The day we lost our wife, mother and
grandmother,
The best friend we ever had.
Rest in peace.
DEVOTED HUSBAND. FELICE; CHILL
DREN, MARGUERITE, RAYMOND AND
FLORA; GRANDSON, BUCKY.
JENKINS, MATTE. In loving remem-
brance of our dearest mother and wife,
MATTE JENKINS, who left US suddenly
three years ago today, August 10, 1916.
Dear Lord. when days are dark and friends
are few,
Mother, how we miss you;
But we lost all when we lost you.
HER CHILDREN AND HUSBAND, MRS.
GRACE JONES Of Atlantic City, N. j.;
Nd; MRS. SUSIE DUNNINGTON, MISS
BLANCHE BATES JENKINS; MR.. JOHN
o. JENKINS, HUSBAND.