Milford chronicle., 1961-09-29
Dewey CULLEN On
Important Committee
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pleasure of picking a site for a
military air base which now has
grown to be the largest freight
hauling base of its kind in the
world, and that is the Dover Air
Base. He is past commander of
the Walter L. Fox Post in Dover,
and head of the 40 ct in Della
ware. He is commander of the
World War | Veterans Post that
is being organized in Dover and
Middletown. He has organized in
the real estate business over sew
en- corporations which have, pur-
chased houses throughout the Do
yer community.
He has appointed as an assistant
director. Samuel Singer. who was
also instrumental in organizing
the truck industry in the State of
Delaware. and was one of John
Burris' key men who could drive
a truck and became an agent in
the City of Wilmington under Mr..
Burris and also Victor Lynn Lines.
He has resigned recently from
that business and is now with the
Service Trucking Company. He
has appointed as an assistant di-
rector of the lower end of the
state. Samuel j. Williams. who
was also one of the key men who
helped organize the Burris Ex-
press and has continued through
out the years with the Victor Lynn
Lines. All three men are World
War | veterans. William +. Bar
nard. who is general manager of
the Delaware Motor Truck Asso-
citation ard is the head of the
Trucking Industry Mobilization
Committee is also a former lieu
tenant in World War |.
These men heading this organ
ization have called upon an or
ganization which is we'll qualified
to make the following surveys ard
to assist in any disaster that
would interfere with the opera
ton in case of a disaster They
are called upon to make a survey
of every motor truck hauling con-
tractor in the State of Delaware
even though he is an individual OPP
orator or if he is farmer who
hauls his own produce to the cas-
tern market or southern market.
They are also requested to list all
freight terminals of truck brokers
and all transportation facilities
in the State of Delaware, such as
air fields and terminals in con-
junction with the railroad and
boats To list the type of freight
that these companies or individu-
ais are hauling which will event
ually lead to military priority
certificate being issued to these
motor trucks, so that in the event
that there is any blockage of the
roads or disaster which could hap
pen. this priority freight would
move fast They are requested to
make a list of all retired person
mel in the transportation field whe-
Their they are former truck driv-
ers or platform men, regardless
plan announced by the President
in modifying the national guards
and reserve units, and the stepped
up draft, it is anticipated that
there will be definite shortage
in experienced transportation per-
sonnet.
A request is being made through
the newspapers. radios. appealing
TO all motor truck operators or
even a factory that has its own
truck or wholesalers who have
their own trucks to Immediately
by letter. report their operations
a. IS re hoy
crate and the type of freight they
are hauling and mail it to the
director and coordinator of Truck
ing Industry Mobilization Commit
tee at Delaware Motor Truck AS
ISOLATION, p. O. Box 343. Dover.
Delaware. They should not wait
until the organization that has
beer picked to make this survey
to come and get this information.
We hope you will take this infor-
nation seriously.
We do not want to stir up a
rumor but ones who are without
4 priority, ones who are hauling
priority freight and ones who are
not. must have by certification, an
order to be rerouted to the quick
est way to their destination in the
event that there is some kind of
disaster. regardless of whether il
is a hurricane or whether there is
a bombed out road or some un-
known reason that would block
the most important highways
throughout the state III you are
truck outfit which one or a dozen
and you are hauling in one of the
eastern ter states. you must be
listed in order to be given a pri-
GRITTY in case of an emergency. The
ten states will be listed in another
news item. The organization to
make this survey will also be pub
licized over all the state as soon
as the organization and other di-
rectors are appointed.