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Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
Humes Hardware
Observes Birthday
Diamond Anniversary Celebration
Is Now In Full Swing

Way back in 1873 a new hard
ware and implement store was
started in Milford by William A.
HUmes and his brOther-in-law, c.
w. Taylor. The business was
founded on the highest principals
and morals and has prOspered
through three generations. 1t has
come through wars and depres-
siOns, fires and floods. It still
serves the good people of this area
with the best in the general hard
ware line.
The original store was opened
in building about where Ragains'
Pharmacy is located. At the end
of the first year, the partnership
was dissolved and Mr.. Humes
bought out the New York Store,
which stood on the present loca-
tion of the corner of North Walnut
street and Park avenue, then
known as Water street. Ware
/ houses were added and the build
ing improved many times over the
years as the business grew. Con
stant changes occurred in merchan.
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Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30

carried on in different locations in
Dover.
The new bank building will be
open to the public Friday, NOvem-
ber 9Th for pTeview. Everyone will
be invited to inspect the new prem
ises from three to eight o'clock
that afternoon and evening.
Formal dedication ceremonies
will take place on Thursday, No
v6mber 5th at the reception, to
which the stockholders of the
bank, national, state and city Off
cials, representatives of CORES
pOndent banks in other cities, in
dustrial leaders, and officers of all
Delaware banks have been invited.
Admission to this affair will be by
card. The ceremony will include
a brief address by Mr.. Patton and
a cutting of the ribbon at the west
entrance to the banking floor by
Governor Boggs. Hostesses for the
reception will include Mrs. o. H. P.
Baldwin Of Wilmington, Mrs. Will
liam D. Denney, Mrs. George M.
Fisher of Dover, Mrs. Lindale G.
CONTINUED on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
COOtieS VIII Be
Busy In November
Local Veterans Organi-
ZatiOn Has Full Schedule
Arranged

November promises to be a busy
month for members of Puptent No.
4, NJ. o. c.. and COOtiette Club No.
49S, with at least three major
events scheduled. During the
month, members will participate
in a reception for the national
president of the CoOtiettes, the An
nual Pilgrimage to Arlington and
the annual Ladies' Night; these
will, of course, be in addition to
regular meetings Of the two
groups.
On Tuesday, November Bird. a
sizeable group of local COotiettes
and Coolies will go to Wilmington
for participation in the activities
associated with the official vista
tion to Delaware of Mrs. Frances
Brining, supreme "Chief Grayback"
of the CoOtiettes. Mrs. Brining's
visit to Delaware will be climaxed
with a reception at the J. F. Speer
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Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30

Awards are donated by CONNER
cial firms and organizations spon-
sOTing the nationwide program.
Winners of the Chicago trips
are: Marie WOerner, Newark,
clothing; Joan Shorts, Smyrna,
canning; Louise GOf, Mt. Cuba,
dress revue: Judith Lane, Newark,
farm and home safety; David Dia-
mich, Newark, home improvement;
Robert Reed, Townsend, poultry;
Peggy Ann Adams, Harrington,
dairy achievement: John Clark,
Smyrna, garden; Gene Short, Smyr-
ma, tractor maintenance; Everett
Warrington, BridgeYille, field
crops; Peggy Hoffman, Bridgeville,
food preparation Grace Warning
ton, Georgetown, girls record.
Wrist watches will be presented
to: Johnson Murphy, Seaford, home
grounds Identification; Dolores
Lloyd, Newark; Katherine Schulz,
Hockessin, and Mary Lou Derrick
son, Marshallton, dairy foods dem
onstTation; Dolores Ulmer, Hockes-
sin, entomology; Jean Ann Hast
Continued on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
Fmemen Plan To
Complete Drive
FOrFMnds Sunday
DOOr-tO-dOOr Canvass To
Be Held Between The
Hours OF 1 And 2 p. M;
New Equipment Due In
March Of 1854.

The eliminating feature of the
annual drive for funds by the
Carlisle Fire Company of Milford,
a door-tO-door campaign throughout
the entire city will be conducted by
members of the fire company this
coming Sunday, November 1st, be-
tween the hours of one and two in
the afternoon.
During the past several weeks
the members of the fire company
and their many friends throughout
the Milford area have been busy
with the annual fund campaign.
and persons residing in rural areas
and local merchants have been
solicited, the collections according
to Garrett L. Grier, president of the
Carlisle Fire company have been
good, but their is still much to be
done to get the funds needed to
pay for the new pumping equipment
that is due to arrive around the
first of March 1854.
1t is no secret that much addi-
tiOnal equipment is needed by the
Continued on page sixl
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
Station WKSB Ready
To Start Operations
MilfOrd's Own Station Is 93O On
The Radio Dial

AS the Chronicle prepared to go
to press, word was received that
MilfOrd's new radio station, WKSB,
will begin operations this morning
(Friday) at a. m,
Operating on a frequency of $50
on the dial, the station will broad
cast with a twO-tower antenna sys-
TEN, giving cOverage to Kent and
Sussex Counties and parts of Mary
lands Eastern Shore. According to
Herbert NJ. Griffith, Jr., and
Charles V. Lundstedt, managers of
the new station, the brOadcasting
schedule will commence at 6 a. m.
weekdays and 1880 Sundays, and
conclude daily at sundOwn, which
currently is 4:45 p. m.
The station plans to feature pro-
grams of news and music, with
special emphasis on public service
programs of a community nature.
Formal dedication ceremonies
are planned for next month.
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
Pomona Grange
Meets In This City
Luncheon Was Served BY The
Milford Organization

Sussex County Pomona Grange
met in the Milford Grange Hall, on
October %, with Norman Hedges,
of near Laurel, Worthy Master,
presiding. The session began at
10 a. m. and luncheon was served
by the Milford Grange.
Officers for the ensuing term
were elected as follows: G. Airing
ton Pepper, of Midland Grange,
Georgetown, Worthy Master; Ell
wood COulbOurn, Reliance Grange,
Overseer; Mrs. Ruth Messick, Re-
lance Grange, Lecturer; John
Wright, Broad Greek Grange, Stew
ard; Charles Powell, HenlOpen
Grange, Assistant Steward; Paris
Kirby, Milford Grange, Chaplain;
Earl T. Cooper, Columbia Grange,
Treasurer; Mrs. Addie H. White,
Reliance Grange, Secretary; Rus
sell Kitchens, Cannon Grange, Gate
Keeper; Mrs. Neva Phillips, Cool
spring Grange, Ceres; Mrs. Ada
Pepper, Midland Grange, Pomona
Mrs. Anna Mae Davidson, Angola
Grange, Flora; Mrs. Arzie Powell
HenlOpen Grange, Lady Assistant
Steward. Mr.. Hedges, the OUTGOING
Worthy Master, was elected t
membership on the Executive Com
mittee.
Following the business session
Samuel Powell, Chief of Police il
Milford, addressed the GrangerI
on Safety. He presented som,
interesting facts and figures Ol
accidents both in towns and OF
the highways and urged Granger
to back safety measures with in
dividual cooperation as well as co
operation of Grange organizations
Also on the program was a recita
tiOn of a Bible verse by each O
the officers of Sussex POmOn
Grange.
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
National Guard VIII
DTiUe For Recruits
Intensive Campaign Will Be Launched During
November; Recruiting Officer Will Be Sta
toned At Every Armory Nightly From 7
To 10 To Enlist Men.

The Delaware National Guard
will conduct an intensive recruit
ing campaign during the month of
November. OF particular interest to
the residents Of Kent County will
be the activities Of Units stationed
at Dover and Harrington. Head
quarters and Headquarters Battery,
Medical Detachment, Battery A and
Signal Detachment are stationed at
the Dover ArmOry with Battery c
at Harrington. All of these units
are units of 193rd AAA Bn (AW)
(MbD. Battalion Headquarters is
likewise stationed at Dover with
the remaining two Batteries of the
Battalion. B and D, being stationed
at MiddletOwn and New Castle re-
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
c. DOUGLASS BUCK is
NEW TAX COMMISSIONER

Governor J. Caleb BOggs
has announced the appoint
ment of former Governor
and United States Senator
G. Douglass Buck of Buena
Vista, near Wilmington, as
Delaware State Tax Com
missioner, succeeding How
ard Abbott of Georgetown,
whose term expires tOmOr-
row.
The appointment Of Mr..
Buck is for a term Of four
years and becomes effective
November 1st. For the past
several years, Mr.. Buck has
been devOting his time to
the management of his per-
sOnal affairs, and his return
to public life is welcome
news to his many friends.
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30

spectively.
All units of the 19Srd have vacan-
cies for new men. Young men be-
tween the ages of II and 1815 will
not be subject to draft if enlist
ment in the National Guard is eff
fected before they are 1872 years
old. Likewise, older men who have
not passed their 45th birthday are
eligible for enlistment with the
provision that they will not serve
outside the continental limits of
the United States.
During the month of November
there will be a qualified person at
each Armory every night between
the hours of Z and 10 to answer
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
GrOWerS limited To
Tour Turkey Farms
Three Modern Farms Will
Be Inspected On
Nov. 4th

Marketing methods and housing
and management practices on three
modern turkey farms will be open
to inspection on November 4.
A One-day tour to these places
has been arranged for all turkey
growers and any other persons in
terested, announces Silas J. Nc
Henry, assistant extension pOul-
tryman at the University of Del
aware.
Cars will leave the post office
building in Georgetown at 8 a. m. +;
Markers Hatchery in Dover at 9
a. m; and the GlasgOw-ROute 40
intersection at 9:45 a. m. The tour
continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
Lions Aiding Scouts
Broom Sale Tomorrow
Local Service Club Has Under
Written The Project

Boy Scouts of Troop HOO, of
Milford, this Saturday morning will
engage in city-wide broom sale
for the maintenance of expenses of
their troop. The project, under
written by the Milford Lions Club
which sponsors the troop, will begin
at 9 a. m, and boys of the troop
will make a doOr-tO-dOOr canvas
throughout the city.
A high quality broom will be
offered for sale. Made. by residents
of the Lighthouse for the Blind,
of Little Rock, Ark, a nOn-prOfit
organization, these broOms have
been used by many groups through
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Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
Community Calendar
For Coming Week
Events Listed For Period October
3Oth To November 9Th

Friday, October 30
500 p. m.-Football: Milford Hi
Buccaneers VS. Caesar Rodney
High School at Wyoming. Bob
Leslie and Bill Nauman, Coach
es.
Saturday, October 81
Open.
Sunday, November
Church News-See page 2.
Monday, November ,
200 p. m.-Milford New Century
Club, Club House. Mrs. Robert
Rudolph, President.
6:I5 p. m.-MilfOrd Rotary Club,
Varney Auditorium, Communi-
ty Building. Calvin Ball, Presi-
dent.
500 p. m.-Daughters of POca-
hOntas, Lodge Hall. Miss Louise
Higman, POcahOntas.
500 p. m.-Crystal Fount No. 10.
l o. e. F., Odd Fellows Hall.
John F. Savins, Jr., Noble
Grand.
CONTINUED on page sixl
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
Kent Protestant
Churches Adult School
Program Began At Dover Peoples
Church Monday Night

Protestant churches in Kent
County are cooperating in an Ad-
ult School for Leadership Training
which began Monday evening, Oc.
tober 26th, and will continue until
Tuesday, November 10th. Sessions
will be held in Peoples Congregl-
tiOnal-ChTistian Church, As South
Bradford Street, Dover, from 7:3O
to $3.50, on Mondays and Tuesdays,
November 2-3 and $40. Arranged
by the Peninsula Committee for
Christian Education, a group Of
UNCONVENTIONAL Directors of Christ
ian Education working in the area,
the project has the approval of the
Dover Ministerial Union, with DR..
John A. Trader, Pastor of Wesley
CONTINUED on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
Bill Henderson, Urges
Keeping Farm Records
Some POultrymen Are Already
Cooperating In Program

William H. Henderson, County
Agent for Sussex County, is urging
all pOultrymen to keep record
books, regardless of what phase of
the poultry business they are en-
gagged in, whether meat bird
breeders, market work or Matching
eggs. According to Mr.. Henderson,
the record books allows poultry
men to evaluate performance and
production OF flOcks; keep track
of expenses and profits. The Coun-
ty Extension Office in Georgetown
offers assistance in setting up a
simple, yet satisfactory system of
poultry records.
Continued on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
Homecoming Services At
Houston Church Sunday

Methodist Houston Delaware Home
Services Sunday November This will
fourth
building the Church School advancing spiritually
the increased enrolment and attendance has begun
for large build
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
Del. All Winners Named In
National Hazard Programs

Delaware winners
nOunced by Samuel H. Gwinn, club leader
Twelve boys and girls been
All Club Congress Chicago November 20
other Alters will wrist
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-30
Ne1U Farmers Bank Bldg. In
DOUer WILDE OpenedNOU. 9

today by William K Patton, Chairman of the
Delaware,
business
Monday all will again be
in
months the business the bank has been
Seward seaport record., 1953-04-24

the Air Force Cadets at the age of IF with parents consent. They are given the privilege of college course of two or more years, in the branch of the Uni versity of Alaska at Elmendorf. The enlistment is for four years, the officers stated. After being processed at Elmendorf Air Force Base, recruits will be given basic training at Fort Richardson, then returned to Elmendorf.
 The recruiting team expects to make frequent trips about the Territory from now on.
Seward seaport record., 1953-04-24
A.F. RECRUITING TEAM VISITS SEWARD

Captain Clayton L. Bentley and Staff Sgt. Allan Humphreys visited Seward this week to ac- quaint local boys with the ad- vantages offered by the US. Air Force.
 The two officers talked to junior and senior students at the school Wednesday and show ed a film. Boys may enlist in
Seward seaport record., 1953-04-24

Women's Club at the next meet ing. The local school has six or eight entries in the contest which is now Territorial wide, but originated with the Seward school.
Seward seaport record., 1953-04-24

The ACS has two new men. PFC John C. Hepperlen is al ready general favorite with the younger set. Master Sgt. May nard L. Hughes is temporary relief for Sgt. Markey.
Seward seaport record., 1953-04-24
B&PW TO HONOR SEWARD COMMERCIAL STUDENTS

Stewards entries in the annual contest for commercial students will be honored at dinner by the Business and Professional
Seward seaport record., 1953-04-24

Mrs. Robert Freeman and the two little boys are on a trip Outside. She is driving over the highway, will be gone month or so.
Seward seaport record., 1953-04-24

Nine members of the Dream land Bowl teams had their own private blowout Tuesday night, They went to the Wolf Trail Lodge to have dinner of fillet mignon with all the trimmings.
Evening star., 1953-11-12
British Jail Private
Who Found Action
In Foreign Legion
BY the Associo.ed Pres.

FORMBY. England, Nov. 12.-
Pvt. Edward Roberts was SEN
fenced to Sc days in prison by
a court-martial yesterday for
deserting a soft Job in the Brit
ish Army to 60 fighting with
the French Foreign Legion in
Indo- China.
Pvt. Roberts, "a, appeared
wearing the ribbons of the
French Croix de Guerre and the
Cross of. Valor awarded him by
the do-Chinese state of Wet
Nam.
The soldier, a pugnacious little
5-footer. said he deserted his
occupation unit in Germany in
1850 and joined the Legion be-
cause he wanted see some COM
bat. Wounded in Indo-China
on February %. 1852, he was
flown back to France for treat
ment and finally gave himself
up last month at the British
Embassy in Paris.
Evening star., 1953-11-12
EIkton Man Shot Dead,
Wife Wounded in Row
BY the Associated Press

ELKTON. Md, Nov. 12.-An
Elkton man was shot to death
and his wife wounded late this
morning after an argument with
their nephew. police reported.
The dead man was identified
as Gilbert M. Cavender, long a
resident of Cecil County. His
wife was taken to Union Me-
mortal Hospital in Baltimore
with a leg wound.
Police arrested their nephew,
Arthur Biddle, jr., 81. recently
discharged from the armed
services.
officers said Mr.. Cavender was
shot through the chest after an
argument over some property
with Biddle. Mrs. Cavender was
shot as she fed out of the house
into the street.
Evening star., 1953-11-12
Girl, 6, Is MouIed by Lion
After Entering Cage to Pet 1t

named Caesar. The little girl re-
piled that she would if her father
entered the cage first, Mr.. Veirs
said.
They entered and the girl patted
the lion briefly. According to
police reports, she turned and
the lion brushed against her,
knocking her to the floor of the
cage.
Apparently excited by her
struggles and the hurried rescue
movements of the father and Mr..
Ford, the lion began to maui her.
She suffered scratches and
bites on the face, throat, neck
and head.
"I figured the lion was still
just playing" the father said.
But his kind Of playing was
pretty rough"
Mr.. Ford began pounding the
lion over the head with an iron
bar as the father attempted to
pull the girl from under the
animal.
Two Montgomery county po-
licemen. Pvts. George Heflin and
Clyde Ward, driving by in a
scout car. heard the screams of
the girls mother who was
standing outside the cage. The
child was rescued before they
reached the cage.
Evening star., 1953-11-12

with George Washington nim-
self in 1876. Since his day,
Presidents Jefferson, Monroe,
Jackson, Tyler. Polk, Fillmore,
Buchanan, Lincoln, Grant.
Hayes, Cleveland, Theodore
Roosevelt, Coolidge, Hoover
and Franklin D. Roosevelt
have declined to respond to
SubpoenaS or demands for n
formation of various kinds by
Congress.
The underlying reason for
this clearly established and
universally recognized consti-
tutional doctrine has been sue
cinctly set forth by Prof.
Charles Warren, one of our
leading constitutional au-
thorities:
I'm this long series of con-
tests by the Executive to main
Tain his constitutional integ-
rity, one sees a legitimate con-
cluSion from our theory of
Government. Under our
Constitution, each branch of
the Government is designed to
be a coordinate representa-
tive of the will of the people.
:. Defense by the Executive
of his constitutional powers
becomes, in very truth, there
fore. defense of popular rights
defense of power which the
people granted to him. 1t was
in that sense that President
Cleveland spoke of his duty to
(See TEXT. Page A-3)
Evening star., 1953-11-12
Congressman Harold H. Vel
By Richard Wilson
Washington Correspondent Of cowles
Publications

Washington Correspondent Of Cowles
Publications
The story of Soviet espionage
in the United States transmitted
to the President by the FBI on
December 4, 1945, is a 10000
word account of spying activi-
ties on a large scale involving
many American officials.
Soviet Embassy, consular and
purchasing commission person.
mel with American espionage
contacts were named by the
score. Methods of operation and
aims of the Soviet penetration
were outlined. 1t was as COM
plete a summary as the FBI
could give.
In the atmosphere of that
year of victory in a great war,
it must have been a shock to
any one who read it.
It is possible now to give the
substance of this report, many
aspects of which are still re-
garded as sensitive"
The FBI told the White House
that many respected citizens
and Government officials were
in league, not with theological
American Communists, but with
the agents of the Russian secret
police, the NKVD, and the Red
Army intelligence. to steal the
most valuable secrets of the
United States Government.
High Figures Called Spies.
Republicans charge that it is
incredible the White House did
not take immediate action when
the report was received. They
point to numerous officials who
were kept on in Government
after the report was made, and
to some who were even given
higher positions.
Men were named as Russian
spies who had been close to the
heart of the American Govern
ment. Elaborate details were
given of spy contacts. of the
underground apparatus" of
''spy rings" of efforts to gain
the secret of the atomic bomb,
of "Spy courierS," of mail
drops" and money drops" I"
These were strange phrases
then, and were not to become
Evening star., 1953-11-12
FBI Report on Vast Spy Ring
Shocked u. S. Leaders in 7o45
Detailed Document Listing Americans
AS Red Agents Hit Stiff Resistance

publicly current for three years.
But, the information as the
FBI saw it. was transmitted to
the White House, and it was,
according to Attorney General
Brownell, handed to Maj. Gen.
Harry H. Vaughan for delivery
to President Truman. It came
also to the attention of a dozen
other high officials.
Decried by Democrats.
There was high resistance then
in the Democratic administra-
ton to congressional exposures
of communism. It was regarded
as a Republican inspired attempt
to diScredit the administra-
ton. Individuals were being
"smeared," liberties denied, it
was charged. There was no evil
dence or proof, it was also
charged.
But the FBI report to President
Truman did not deal with ideo-
logical activities. This memo
randum," it said, "does not in
clude a discussion of propaganda
media of the SovietS in the
United States nor does it deal
with strictly Communist Party
organiZational activities. It has
been confined to a survey of the
espionage organizational activi-
ties. It has been confined to a
survey of the espionage organi-
cations of the Soviets in this
country. Many of the individ-
uals named in this memorandum
have, at various times, engaged
in strictly propaganda or strictly
party organiZational activity.
However, those phases of their
conduct have not been treated
herein"
Then the account began dating
back to January 2, 1919 and
carrying the story up to date.
The substance of what the
FBI advised follows:
Hundreds of persons, includ-
ing many Russians in official
capacities and scores of en-
ployes of the Federal Govern
ment, had been or were actively
engaged in Soviet espionage.
A top atomic scientist was a
Communist and had been ap-
preached to furnish atomic bomb
secrets from the Manhattan
Project to the Soviet Consulate
in San Francisco through profess
sors at the University of Cali
fornia. This was before the
average American knew anything
of the atomic bomb. The scien-
tist was kept in the key atomic
position because it was thought
his pride as a scientist would
keep him from giving the Rus
slams shortcut" information.
A Canadian spy ring for the
Soviet Union had spread it's OPP
eratives into the United States.
They included employees of the
Federal Government. and were
in contact with a top Russian
spy in this country who was
named and identified. This was
even before the Canadian Royal
Commission began its inquiry.
Pinned Label on Hiss.
One spy ring inside the Fed
eral Government included Alger
Hiss, State Department policy
maker and Harry Dexter White,
Treasury Department policy
maker. This was three years
before Hiss appeared before the
Continued on Page AS. Col. IL
Evening star., 1953-11-12

Picture on Poge AS
trailer which could be towed by
car.
The lions owner, Bartelle E.
Ford, of Aspen Hill. Md. was
charged with violation Of a
Maryland law prohibiting the
keeping of wild or vicious ami
mails. He posted 81 900 bond for
appearance in the Silver Spring
police court Tuesday.
The girl. treated and released
at Montgomery County General
Hospital in Sandy Spring, is
Carla S. VeirS. daughter of H.
Carlton Veirs of 12003 st. Duns-
ton lane. Silver Spring.
Mr.. Ford, who bought two
tame lions about four months
ago for rental to carnivals and
other exhibitions, was inside the
cage with the animal when the
girl and her father stopped to
watch.
Mr.. Ford asked if she wanted
to come in and pet the lion