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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-07
Stassen To Speak At
Seaford AYR Rally
{. Coleman Bunting Announces
Session For April 18th

Harold E. Stassen, one of the
four announced candidates for the
Republican nomination for presi-
dent, will visit Delaware on April
IL to address the annual conven-
tiOn of the State Federation of
Young Republicans.
This was announced from his
Selbyville home Monday night by
c. Coleman Bunting, president of
the Young Republicans of Sussex
County who are making the ar
rangements for the convention.
Mr.. Bunting said he had con-
tacted Mr.. Stassen, former COVER
nor of Minnesota and now presi-
dent of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, and had obtained his con-
sent to make the principal sneech
at the convention which will be
held in Seaford.
The visit to Delaware by Mr.
Stassen will he the second by a
candidate for the Republican nom
ination. Senator Robert A. Taft, Of
Ohio, spoke in Wilmington on
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-07
School Bus Rent
Cost Is Played
G. r. Miller Says 100000
Monthly Spending Is
Too Much

The contract system under
which state schools rent busses is
costing 100000 a month, the state
superintendent of public instruc-
tion disclosed recently, adding,
this is too much and has risen
enormously; the state board should
have it's own busses."
DR.. George r. Miller, Jr., MAX
ing his first appearance on the
televisiOn press show, MAY We
Quote You, over WDEL-TV, also
stated:
l. State Board of Education
members are now considering add
ing to the curriculum a new social
studies unit on religion from the
historical standpoint;
2. The discOntiuance order from
the board to the Milford Schools
released time religious education
program was delayed from Sep
tember 1948 to last fall because
of the confusion on the issue
which existed;
8. The board and "all those
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-07
Deputy Auditor Lillian
Martin Sees Annual
Deficit Of $12,OOO,OOO
By 1853 Unless Gross
Income Tax Bill Is
Enacted.

Unless the 1853 session of the
General Assembly drastically re-
duces appropriations or enacts ex-
tensive revenue raising legislation,
Delaware faces an annual deficit of
about $12,O0O,OOO beginning July 1,
1868, and may have deficit of
$4.OOO,OO0 by that date, a state
official said last Thursday.
These cold, hard facts" were
outlined by Mrs. Lillian /. Martin.
state deputy auditor of accounts.
at a meeting of the legislative
study group of the Wilmington
Branch, American Association of
University Women, at the home of
Mrs. Frank r. Swezey, 4O7 Bran
dywine Boulevard, Wilmington.
I'VE already have precedents es-
t a ishe ed for appropriations
amounting to more than $33, ,0OO. 900
a year." Mrs. Martin said. Bond
expenses may add another two and
a half million, giving a rough total
for possible appropriations of $685.
100000 annually, she added, "even
if the 117th General Assembly adds
not one penny to the appropria-
tions."
Anticipated Revenues
To meet those probable expendi-
lures, the deputy auditor explain
ed, we have present anticipated
revenues of about $23,5O0,OOO an
nually.
Even by reinstating the so-called
gross income tax return of only
about $9,0OO,OOO would be realized
each year-about three-Quarters O
the amount needed.
Speaking on "Delaware's Fisca
Prospects," Mrs. Martin furthe
pointed out that Governor Elber
N. Carvel, in his budget report t
the 1851 General Assembly. est
mated the revenue for the two-yea
period ending July 1, 1853. woul
be a little over $47,5OO, 900.
62 Million Available
This amount, she said, added f
the roughly SIS, 900 cash bal
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-07
New Surgeon
Joins Staff
Of Hospital
DIR. Kaden Tierney, Vet
eran Of World War IL,
Comes Here With Fine
Recommendations.

Milford's overworked surgeons
have literally received "Lifesav-
er" with the recent arrival in Mil
ford of DR.. Kaden Tierney, who is
presently on the staff of Milford
Memorial Hospital specializing in
surgery.
DR.. Tierney, a native of Clarks-
burg, West irginia, and his charm
ing wife. are residing in the Ad-
kins Apartment on South East
Front Street
The new addition to the medical
profession in this city comes with
the finest of recommendations. A
graduate of George Washington
University Medical College. Wash
ington. d. c., Or. Tierney served
his internship at Providence Hos
pital, also in Washington, and for
five years was resident in surgery
at Children's Hospital, also in the
Nations. Capitol. In the immediate
years prior to the beginning o
World War II, he was associated
with George Washington Univer
sity Hospital and Gallinger NUM-.
cipal Hospital, in Washington
Commissioned as a Major, DR.
Tierney served four years in the
armed services, during the most Of
which time he was on the staff Ot
Walter Reed Hospital in Washing.
ton. He did, however, complete {
tour of duty during the war at the
Vascular Surgical Center at White
Sulphur Springs. Virginia.
Prior to coming to Milford. h'
was on the teaching staff in the
Surgical Department at Georg,
Washington University Medical Col
lege.
Milford chronicle., 1952-03-07
High School Choir
To Give Operatta
Will Present "H. NJ. s. PinafOre"
Next Thursday Evening

On Thursday, March 13, at eight
o'clock, the Milford High School
Choir will present II. NJ. S. Pima
fore" one of Gilbert and Sullivan's
most well-known Operettas.
The play opens on board Pima
FORE" a ship in her Majesty's Navy.
Ralph, a common sailor melvin
James, has fallen in love with the
captains daughter, Josephine dor
Othy BennetD. Likewise, Little
Buttercup, a peddler woman Jan
ct Kern has fallen in love with
the proud Captain CorcOran (Jim
Messick). Glass pride. however,
stands in the way of all their ma
tural inclinations. In fact, the cap
tain has been planning the marriage
between his daughter and Sir JOS
eph Porter, Lord of the Admiralty
Bob Emory.
When Ralph unsuccessfully
pleads his suit and tells Josephine
he will kill himself in his despair,
she finally agrees to elOpe with
him. But, Dick Deadeye, re-
morseful one-eyed sailor (Frank
PettyjOhn), tells the captain, who
is so incensed at this rash act that
he cries "Damme." (Sir Joseph
who has come aboard, is so shock
ed at the captain that he sends him
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Sen. Williams
VIII Address
Business Girls
Delaware's Senior SOlOn
Will Be First Principal
Speaker At Anniver-
Sary Dinner.

united States Senator John j.
Williams, Republican of Delaware,
is to be the speaker here in Mil
ford at a first anniversary dinner
of the Mispillion Business and
Professional Womens Club of Mil
ford, April 4, at $50 in the Com
munity Building.
Because the Senator is such a
well-known and important speak
er, the club is opening its dinner
to the public. What Senator Will
liams has to say in this election
year will be well worth hearing.
The organization sponsoring this
dinner is affiliated with the State,
National, and International Busi-
ness and Professional WOmens
Club, the largest such organization
in the world. These women feel
the need for information concern
ing political affairs and are happy
to be able to bring Senator Will
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Veterans Are Warned
About Federal Loans
VA Says Gil. Loans Should
Not Be Transferred
Without Safeguards

Veterans who sell their homes
and let the purchasers assume the
4 percent CT loans, remain person
ally responsible for the payment
of the loan, Veterans Administra-
tiOn warned this week.
VA said World War II veterans
should not sell their property
without making certain that their
interests are protected. The best
way to do that, VA stated, is to
have the purchaser pay cash or
arrange a loan in his own name.
VA points out that property is
more easily sold with the favor
able 4 percent CT mortgage re-
naming in effect-a factor that
should influence the selling price.
However, a veteran selling his
property with the CT loan intact
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-07
Psychological War
PlannedOnSPeeders
State Troopers Will Begin Closer Guard On
Drinking Drivers; Use Of Radar Unmark-
ed Cars Are Among Thirteen Approaches
To Problem Studied.

Offensive and psychological"
warfare has been declared by the
Delaware State Police against
drunken and reckless drivers and
speedsters, in order to curb high
way fatalities and accidents.
At a council of war" held re-
Gently in the office of Col Harry
S. Shew, state police superinten-
dent-attended by a dozen top
ranking police Officers-at least 13
approaches to the problem were
decided upon.
In the scope of psychological"
warfare against speeding and
drunken driving, will be:
1. Careful watching of private
clubs and road houses near clos
ing time, in order to serve notice
on drinkers that "the last drink
for the road" may be the drink
thatll land them in Jail or before
Milford chronicle., 1952-03-07
Advisory Group Is
Named For DeMolay
Advisory Council OF Local Men
Has Been Selected

An advisory council for the De-
MOlay chapter which will soon be
activated in Milford has been named
by Arthur Webb, master of Temple
Lodge No. 8, AT. & AM. Consisting
of 13 members of Masonic Lodges
IN the lower part of the state, the
group will assist in the formation
of the chapter of DeMolay and help
to guide it in its various activities.
At the first meeting of the advis-
Ory council, last week, A. Ray Will
kersOn was elected permanent
chairman. and w. Logan Grier the
chapter advisor. Other officers
elected were Ted Townsend, secret
.ary and Elwood Hawkins, treasurer.
Petitions for membership in De-
MOlay are coming in at a satisfac-
tory rate, Mr.. WilkersOn has an
nOunced; and plans are now being
formulated, call for the first class
of initiates to be held some time the
latter part of the month, with a
! degree team from the Wilmington
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-07
Cub Scouting
Program TeBe
Set Tonight
In Milford
Session Will Be Held In
Community Building
With Cubs, Parents,
And Scout Officials
Present.

A program of Cub Scouting for
the Milford Area will be set up at
a meeting of prospective Cub
Scouts, their parents, Boy Scout
officials, and Cub Scouting COM
mittee members, to be held here,
in the Varney Auditorium of the
Community Building, this evening,
Friday, March 7th. Announcement
to this effect was made this week
by members of the local commit
tee.
Last week, letters, survey cards,
and Informative literature was dis
tTihuted among the areas boys in
the 8-to-11 age group, and the
youngsters were asked to take this
material home and, with the assis-
tance of their parents, complete
the survey cards. These cards, in
dicating the desire of the boy to
participate in Cub Scouting, were
then returned to the home room
teachers, who, in turn, passed
them on to the veterans who COM
prise the committee for the re-
aCtivating of Cub Scouting here
While some cards are still unac-
counted for, the response has been
most encouraging and clearly dem
Onstrates that there is need of such
a program here.
With the cooperation of Dale
NOlen, local scouting official, the
committee has arranged for the
March 7th meeting and a large
turnout of boys and their parents
is anticipated. During the course
of the meeting, Mr.. NOlen anC
other Boy Scout officials will eX-
plain to the prospective Cub Scouts
and their parents the steps neces-
sary to form Cub Scout "dens'
and a Milford pack, and eligible
youngsters will be encouraged L
make application for membership
at that time An informative film
What Cub Scouting Is, will alsC
be shown.
In order that a successful Cul
I Scouting Program may be set up
/ il will be necessary that the par
ents of prospective Cub ScOut
participate in the program; the at
tendance of parents is particular!
desired for the March 7th meet
ing, and all parents and others in
terested in youth activities are in
vited to attend.
The local program will be spOn
sored by Milford's much citet
IV. F. w. unit, Blue Hen Post No
6483, as part of the veterans all
year-arOund community servic
program. Information COncernin
the local program may be Obtaine'
from any of the following commit
tee members: Dave Hugg, Stew
Beda. Rev. A. J. White, Clemen
Nevins. Palmer Anstine, WilliaT
Kenton. Paul Duphily, or Wal
Quering.
Milford chronicle., 1952-03-07
131.2O7 Tax
Form s Are
Sent Out Bv
H. S. Abbott
Commissioner Points Out
That Returns Must Be
Filed On Or Before
April Both To Escape
Penalties OF The Law.

State income tax and .infOrma-
tiOn returns for the year 1851 to-
falling 131,2O7 are being mailed by
the State Tax Department, it was
announced this week by State Tax
Commissioner Howard S. Abbott.
1t was pointed out by Mr.. Abbott
that returns must be filed on or
before April 80 to escape penalties
provided by law.
Included in the mailing were 22,-
644 large forms for individuals
having income from business, part
nerships, rents or gains from the
sale or exchange of stocks, bonds,
real estate, or other capital as
sets; $3.50 short forms for indiv-
idN2ls, 1873 fiduciary forms, and
7S0 partnership forms.
In addition, information forms
Nos. 100 and 101 were mailed to
$500 individuals, corporations,
partnerships and other Organiza-
tions for reporting payments made
during the calendar year 1851 of
salaries, wages, and other com
pensatiOn or determinable income
aggregating $500 or more to a resi-
dent Of Delaware, or credited sub
ject to withdrawal by a resident
Corporations are also required to
report payment of dividends to a
resident of Delaware when total
payments to a resident during the
calendar year 1851 amounted to
S10O or more.
Those Who Must File
1t was pointed out by Mr.. Abbott
that the law requires that income
tax returns be filed by the follow
ing:
Every single person, including a
minor, and every married person
who was not living with his or her
husband or wife, with a gross in
come of $1,000 or more, who was a
resident of the State of Delaware
at any time during the year 1851
All married persons living to-
gether with a combined gross in
come of $4,000 or more, who were
residents of Delaware at any time
during the year 1851.
A guardian or trustee of a resi-
dent of Delaware.
An executor or administrator OF
the estate of a deceased resident
of Delaware.
O1iiC ers or employees of the State
of Delaware or of any of its politi
cal subdivisions regardless o
whether or not dOmiciled in Della
ware.
Persons domiciled outside o
Delaware who maintained a per
manent place of abode in Della
ware, and spent in the aggregat,
more than seven months of tn
year 1851 within the state.
No Relief From Filing
Failure to receive a blank form
for filing a return does not reliev
any taxable from the obligation O
making a return. The law provide
that failure to file an income ta
return or, in the case of an EN-
plOyer, to file information returns
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-07
DR.. II. II. Bennett To
Address DOUer Club
Asst. To U. S. Secretary Of
Agriculture To Speak At
Rotary, March 18th

DR.. Hugh H. Bennett, special
assistant to. the Secretary of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
will be the guest speaker on Tues.
day evening, March IL, at a dinner
sponsored by the Dover Rotary
Club, at Fellowship Hall, of the
Grace Methodist Church, in Dover.
The Rotarians have, for a number
OF years, made an annual practice
of inviting farmer friends to dine
with them as a mark of their Joint
interest in the welfare of the COM
munity. This year they will be join
ed by the Kiwanis Club and Lions
Club, Of Dover, and other service
clubs, who will also invite farmer
guests.
DR.. Bennett began his career in
agriculture forty-nine years ago
when he was employed by the
Bureau of Soils to map and classify
soils throughout the United States.
He has since become a recognized
authority on the conservation of
natural resources and has been
consulted by fifty other nations in
this respect. Due largely to his ef-
forts, soil conservation laws in all
fOrty-eight states of the union have
enabled local groups Of landowners.
usually by counties or watersheds,
to organize locally governed and
/ controlled Soil Conservation Dis
tricts with the authority to cooper
ate with such federal and state
agencies from whom they may
choose to request assistance.
Practically all of the Districts in
the United States and in three ter
ritories have requested the techni-
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-07

a magistrate on a drunken driving
charge.
2. The greater use of unmarked
police patrol cars in order to dis
suade reckless drivers from de-
pending too much upon their mir
rOrs in spOtting the well marked
police highway patrols.
Warming Signals
3. The erection of signs at
some of the worst speed areas,
warning drivers that police may be
checking their speed by radar.
/. The wider use of the power
to suspend licenses of drivers
whose driving habits are known to
be detrimental to the public safe
ty.
In the field of direct offensive
warfare against reckless and
drunken drivers, the meeting de-
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-07
Pupil Outlay Two Sussex
In Delaware ArmOries To
Tops All US. Cost $ll3,OOO
Statistics Disclose State
Spent An Average Of
S327.OO Per Enrolled
Scholar.

Delaware spent more for the
education of its youth in public
schools during the 1949-5O school
year than any other state in the
nation.
This was reported this week by
the education committee of the
U. S. Chamber of Commerce meet
ing for its annual session in ST
Louis, Mo-
An average of $327.O5 was spent
by Delaware on each student dur
ing the 1949-5O school wear, the
committee reported.
New York closely followed Della
ware with an average expenditure
of $322.36 Mississippi was again
at the bottom with S76.69.
The Chamber of Commerce COM
mittee also disclosed that the
average salary of American ele-
mentary and secondary schOO
teachers in 1949-5O was more than
$4,000 for the first time in history
The survey showed that the fig,
ure was S3,012, a IA per cent in.
crease over 1948 and 1O9 per cent
more than the 194O-5O average. The
1949-5O earnings are the lates
available.
California teachers received the
highest average-$4,268. The Dis
trict of Columbia was second will
$500. Mississippi was lowest will
$1,416.
The committee reported tina
average expenditure per pupils wa
1921. AS in 1850, compared with $18t
in 1948 and $8S in 1910.
The committee said that almos
six billion dollars was spent il
1949-5O on public education, in
Guiding interest, bond retirement
and capital investments. compares
with $2,344,00O,O0O in 1910.
The survey disclosed that tn
number of school districts drODpe,
from 116,999 in 1910 to 98,817 il
1948 and 1925 in 1949-5O.
Milford chronicle., 1952-03-07
Condition {, State Finances
By July 1853 Is Disputed By
Deputy Amditor, Accountant
Accountant For Budget
Commission, E. H. Dav-
is, Discounts Debt AS
Seen By Mrs. Martin !;
Predicts $3,OOOyOOO
Surplus In 1853.

A surplus of more than $3,OOO,-
900 rather than a $4,O0O,OOO deficit
will be Delaware's financial pic
ture on June 80, 1858, E. H. Davis,
chief accountant for the Perman-
ent Budget Commission said last
Saturday.
Mr.. Davis submitted figures to
refute statement made last
Thursday by Mrs. Lillian H. Mar
tin, state deputy auditor of ac-
counts, who forecast the deficit.
Mrs. Martin had predicted a def
cit of at least $2,OOO,OO0 and pos
sibly twice that amount by the end
of the 1928 fiscal year.
Mr.. Davis said Mrs. Martin
based her remarks regarding an
ticipated revenues on a budget pre-
pared during the last quarter of
1850 for the 116th General Assem-
bly,.
Since that report, Mr.. Davis said.
the anticipated revenues are ex-
pected to be higher, and an addi-
tiOnal $800,OOO annually will be re-
ceived from additional revenue
producing laws enacted by the last
General Assembly.
Mr.. Davis said he believes the
surplus available in the states
general fund on June 80. 1858, will
be approximately $3.451 1897.
Referring to Mrs. Martins deficit
figure, Mr.. Davis said: ut is ap-
parent the reference to the pres
ent anticipated revenues of about
$23. 100000 annually was taken
from the budget report prepared
during the last quarter of 1850
Due to national and state changes
/ in conditions, the anticipated reve
nues will be approximately $27,
132,161 for the fiscal year ending
June 80. 1852. and S25,OOO,0OO 70
the fiscal year ending June &c
1881"
The revenue-DrOducing laws en-
acted by the 116th General Assem-
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Bids To Extend Dual
In Kent Due Mar. %
Work Is Expected To Begin Some.
time During April

Bids will be received by the
State Highway Department on
March 28th for extension of the
dual highway from Camden to
Canterbury, along Route Is. the
Highway Department announced
this week.
The construction program will
cover s 95 miles. according to Rich
ord A. Haber, chief engineer of the
denartmant.
Thus the existing dual highway,
which ends At the Dover hv-Dass,
inst north of Camden. will be con-
tiruad towards the southern end
Of the state.
Mr.. Haber disclosed that altor-
nate bids will he received. One
will he on the hasis Of rigid
pavement. while the other bid will
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Speed Greatest Menace
OF The Highways

Our greatest highway menace
speed-was named today by the
Delaware Safety Council as the tar
get in emphasizing to motorists the
outlining cause for the majority of
accidents and fatalities here in
Delaware and in our neighboring
states over the past few weeks.
In placing emphasis on the inher-
ent dangers of excessive speed the
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Wildlife Exhibit At
Dover Armory Mar 13
Several Groups, Both Federal And
State, Are Cooperating

Nine groups, state and federal,
will enter exhibits in the wildlife
and conservation show to be held
in the State Armory at Dover on
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
March 13, IA, and IS. The Delaware
Federation of Sportsmen and Con-
servatiOn Clubs is sponsor of the
show, first of it's kind to be held
in Delaware.
DR.. James A. Vansant, superin-
tendent Of the RehobOth Special
School District, is general chair
man for the show.
Exhibits, including live game and
fish, will be entered by the State
Board of Game and Fish Commits
siOners, State Forestry Depart
ment, Delaware Water Pollution
Commission, State Marine Fisher
les Research Bureau, State High
way Department, Soil Conserva-
ton Service, U. S. Bombay Hook
Migratory WildfOwl Refuge, near
woodland Beach, the Brandywine
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One Touch OF Venus
At u Of D Mar. Ills

The E 50 Players of the Univer-
sity of Delaware will present their
annual musical comedy, "One
Touch of Venus, on March 11th
through 18th in Mitchell Hall on
the University campus.
The cast is filled with the tops
in musical and dramatic talent
from the University. The leading
role of Venus, a statute who comes
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Dry Grocery Prices
Are Moving Upward

Although the overall cost Of food
to the housewife has remained
steady, Joseph ]. McBryan, region
al OPS director. reported this week
that dry grocery prices are moving
upward.
He said a check of food stores in
the Pennsylvania Delaware : South
Jersey region showed that prices
of foods on the shelves of super
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Milford chronicle., 1952-03-07
Committees Named
For Dairy Meeting
George c. Simpson, Ralph Jump
Are Named For Session

Committees were named this
week, to arrange for the annual
membership meeting Of the Sussex
County Dairy Herd improvement
Association, according to Alden P.
Short, President of the Association.
The meeting, to be held in the
Coolspring Community Hall on
Thursday, March 18th, will be pre-
ceded by a dinner starting at 1900
p. m.
Committees named by Mr.. Short
are as follows:
Program: William T. Thompson
Lincoln, chairman; Earl Tull, Sea-
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