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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-03-05
MLDDLETOWN AND GUARDS
BATTLE AGAIN TONIGHT
Hot Court Contest Scheduled to Be Played at State
Armory-Locas Nosed Out Win Over Visitors Last
Wednesday Night-Down-River Team Out of the
Picture if Beaten Tonight-Burritts to Play Pre-
lminary Game-Dillon to Referee

Waterman .............. hlI1Uh
Left Guard
Tonight at the state arnlory on
Arch street, the National Guards
will meet the AN-Middletown
basketball team in a return game OF
a home and home series. It Will be
the last opportunity for the quintet
from down-river to tie the Guards
in the number Of games won and
lost because the local tossers took
a fall out OF the visitors in Middle-
town last Wednesday night.
Every man on the New Britain
team is prepared for hard contest.
Middletown gave New Britain one
OF its toughest battles on the state
armory floor in this city and to-
nights contest will be no exception.
In the game in Middletown last
Wednesday night, the Guards had
all they could do to keep a six point
lead piled up in the first half and
the Middletown team will, Il any
thing, fight more fiercely tonight to
: get back in the running with the
local team.
Niddlatown will Use Guerra and
McCabe in the forward positions
with Hoist, the local boy, at center
AMI Carlson and Waterman. former
! Dixie stars, in the back court This
| is IN imposing lineup and one that
| can make every other team in the
state step to win.
The National Guards will proba-
! bly, start the lineup that has been
used for the greater part OF the sea
son. This will place Sloman and
Rubenstein at forwards. Restelli at
center and kilduff and Sheehan at
guards. The three reserve men.
Taylor, Reynolds and Sturm, will
be ready to get into the show at a
moments notice and they are GER
tain to get in for a time anyway.
Preliminary Game.
The Burritts will play the Meri-
den Falcons in the preliminary
game. The local quintet defeated
the Silver City team in Meriden last
week by a score OF 4s TO 40 after a
hard battle and the visitors are ou'
to get revenge tonight. The first
game will start promptly at o'clock
with the main attraction getting IN,
der way about 8. Dick Dillon vii
referee.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-03-05
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RATTALLNO TAKES MATCH
FROM NEW JERSEY CHAMP

Joe Howard Quickly Finishes Dave Washington in First
Round-Pat Aquilino Only Newark Boy to Win
Match-Ed Ellie of Springfield Furnishes Sensation
By Knocking Out Jack Kelly of Waterbury -
Romano is kayoed BY Waterbury Batler
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-03-05


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Won hnar no remnant talk in the
rarnn If the Roe-on Braves.
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,ho showing made hv the Braves
d,,,ing tho last 10 garnas playe1 last
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hotter than COO ball.
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-03-05
BY BILLY EVANS

Dava Bancroft thinks these e1-
American leaguers will make the
Boston Braves 4 contender for a
berth 4 the first division this year.
Charley Robertson was once with
the White sox and gained fame by
pitching no-h!t no-Fun game.
Jack Fourier played with the
white Sox and the Yankees. George
Mogri1ge, e&-Nat hurlcr, Lance
Eichboure, Who was with the Sena-
tors a while, and Walter Gaurreau,
who SERVED under Connie Mack for
q brief engagement, are three other
former American leagGers Bancroft
IS depending on.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
ALLOW $4,000, 900 TO SCHOOLS
Delaware House Passes Amount for
the Next Two Years, 26 to 5-De-
ficiency Out of General Fund

| The House Monday afternoon, by a
vote of 26 to 5, passed the bill ap-
propriating S5,O0O,OOO for the next
two fiscal years for the maintenance
of the public schools of the State.
The bill was sent to the Senate for
concurrence. The bill provides an ap-
preparation of s2,5OO,0OO for the fiscal
year starting July l, 1927, and the
same amount for the year starting
July l, 1928. This is only 100000
more than was appropriated for each
of the past fiscal school years. The
amount appropriated for schools by
the Legislature two years ago was
S4,800,0O0, or S2,400,000 for each of
the past two fiscal years. The bill
passed by the House Monday after
noon was a substitute for an original
bill which called for an appropriation
of $2,852, SIG for the first year, and
$2,851 ,226 for the second year, a total
of S5,704,042. This was the amount
the State Board of Education had re-
quested for the operation and main
tenance of the public schools for the
next two years. In explaining the
bill, Representative Buckson, said the
budget committee had decided to re-
duce the appropriation asked for to
S2,500,0O0 each year, S704,042 less
than the amount requested by the
State Board of Education The bill
provides that if the revenue from the
school tax sources shall at any time
be insufficient to supply the amount
set forth in the appropriation bill, the
deficiency shall be made up out of the
general fund, to be repaid when the
school revenues come in. Under the
act, not more than ) per cent of the
total shall be used for general con-
troll; not less than 73 per cent for in
structional service; not more than II
per cent for operation; not more than
6 per cent for maintenance; not more
than 10 per cent for auxiliary and CO
ordinate activities, of which not less
than one and one-quarter per cent
shall be for adult education; not more
than per cent for fixed charges; nor
more than l per cent for capital out
lay and for matching the Federal
government for Smith-Hughes voca-
tional education fund, not less than
S20,000 Representative Conwell said
he opposed the bill because he was op-
posed to the present school system.
Representatives Cubbage, Davis, Ellis
and Paradee also voted against the
bill.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
FIRE ALARMS OVER WEEKEND

Smyrna Fire Company Called Out to
Three Fires on Saturday and Sunday
The Smyrna Fire Company was
called out to two fires Friday. The
automobile of Harry Turner caught
fire and was badly damaged, on the
boulevard, below Smyrna. The other
fire was at midnight on the John w.
Attix farm near Downs Chapel, ten
anted by Gilbert Downs. Fire in some
unaccountable way broke out in the
fodder rick and for a time threatened
the outbuildings. 1t was discovered
by Mr.. Downs helper and while they
ran to get the stock out of the stable
Mrs. Downs sent the alarm in to
Smyrna and Clayton. They both re-
sponded quickly and by close vigilance
and hard work they managed to ex-
tinguish the flames and kept them
from spreading. The loss was COM
paratively slight Sunday evening,
Just as the church bells were ringing,
the Smyrna fire alarm was given and
the fire truck called to a fire on north
Main street in a house occupied by a
colored family named Garrison. Fire
was discovered in an upper floor and
was making quite blaze. 1t was ex-
tinguished by chemical before much
damage was done. 1t was due to win
dow curtains blowing against lamp.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
LIGHTNING CAUSES 8 FIRES
Two Cows Burned to Deaht and
Barnes and Dwelling Destroyed

The electric storm, one of the first
IF the season, which passed over
Smyrna, Saturday afternoon, spent
its fury over at Centreville, Nd, dur
ing which two cows We're burned to
death; two barns destroyed, and a
dwelling damaged. The Centreville
Fire Company, had its busiest two
hours in 35 years, as a result of
lightning of the severe storm. 1t was
the first time in 35 years that all of
the equipment of the company was
out at the same time. As soon as
one truck returned from one barn fire
it was called out to another, while one
truck simply made a run fror1 one
fire to another. A fierce wind made
the fires more difficult to fight. In
the two barn fires, it was only due to
heroic work of the fremen and farm
ers who responded to the alarms, that
more livestock was not burned. In
each of these fires, the men were
obliged to break down the doors and
partitions of the stables in order to
pull the terrified animals out by halt
ers. The halter around the neck of
one cow was afre when the terrified
animal was pulled out. The places of
o. J. Moore, Thomas Massey, Benja
min Melvin were visited by fires with
more or less damage.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
JEWELRY BURIED IN FRUIT JAR
Finger Print Clues Lead to Confess
sion by Prisoner in Milford Robbery

After battling Sussex county auth
critics for six months, the $500 jew
elry robbery which occurred in the
store of S. C. Evans and Sons, of Mil
ford, is colved, according to the of
ficers. Paul McNatt, of Milford, has
been arrested and is now in the Sus-
sex county Jail, in default of $1,000
bail imposed by Magistrate William
J. Mustard 1t is stated that he has
confessed. Following recovery of two
stolen radios, McNatt was arrested.
Samuel C. Evans, of the jewelry firm,
who also had a victrola stolen from
the store, obtained a search warrant
and the machine was found in Nc
Natt's- home. Fingerprints obtained
by Bud Coy, deputy clerk of the peace
who as deputy sheriff at the time of
the jewelry robbery, worked on the
case, is a fngerprint expert and
prints taken from some of the stolen
jewelry found pawned in Philadelphia
corresponded with those of McNatt.
He broke down under a grilling and
not only confessed to robbing the
store but told where he had hidden
some of the loot. officers found two
fruit Jars filled with watches and
rings and buried under an outbuild-
ing at his home.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
CANAL DREDGING COMPLETE
Removal of Last DISTINCTIONS On the
Sea-Level Course This Week

Removal of the last obstruction in
the reconstructed channel of the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Will
be completed before the end of the
week, according to announcement
made by Colonel Earl |. Brown, Unit
ed States engineer for the Whining
ton district With the dredging work
nearing completion at Big Cut, mid
way between the Reedy Point en-
trance and the exit to the bay, it was
stated by Colonel Brown that the
waterway which is now only pro
visionally opened to traffic will within
six weeks, be released permanently
for uninterrupted passage of vessels
along its thirteen mile course. A
dredge of the Atlantic, Pacific and
Gulf Company is now at Big Cut,
which is midway between the Della
ware River and the Chesapeake Bay.
The dredge still has few hundred
more feet of the waterway at this
point to dredge free of small land
slides.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
WHOLE NO. 1882
SMYRNA 2OTH CENTURY CLUB
Pupils of Miss Anna Bell Beckett's
Room Furnish Interesting Program
Miss Ernestine Ferguson Wins

/ The program of the Twentieth Cen
tury Club, Friday afternoon, March
18th, was in charge of Mrs. s. J.
Reynolds, chairman of Education.
Miss Anna Beckett, teacher of Fresh
man GA Section), in the High
School with her pupils furnished the
unusually interesting program. The
Smyrna High School Glee Club. un-
der the direction of Miss Lillian Dur
ham, teacher of music, gave two very
pretty selections, Castles in the Air
and Rose Song" They received
hearty applause. There We're ten pu-
pills who entered the contest and they
drew for their topics. Each pupil was
given a little material which he or
she developed into a theme No. /,
Margaret Stark, spoke on workman
ship; No. 2, William Moffett. Team
work; No. 3, Ellen Shortall, "Self
Control; No. 4, Evelyn Hoffecker,
Kindness; No. 5, Mary Wallace,
Sportsmanship" No. Z, Seville
Streets, "Sportsmanship"; No 8, Nor
ma Coleman, "Self Control; No. 9,
Ernestine Ferguson, Health; No 10
Richard Price, Loyalty" The zeal
and earnestness with which they pre-
sented their subject, the grace and
dignity of the manner, and the intel
ligence and skill with which they ex-
pressed themselves was impressive,
convincing and entertaining. Yes,
Freshman (9-A Section), you We're q
credit to your teacher, a pleasure 70
your club friends and pride to YOUR
father and mother, let up hope. We
are proud of you! During the after
noon, Grace Stevens played a very
pretty piano solo and Frederick VIII
liams amused all BY the funny jokes
he read. Miss Laura Bell, Mrs. H. G.
Webb and Mrs. G. P. Jones filled the
unenviable position Of judges and
must have found their task quite hard
Ernestine Ferguson was awarded the
first prize; Richard Price and Seville
Streets were given second prizes.
Much praise is due the teachers, Miss
Beckett and Miss Durham for the inn
pressive program. Friday afternoon,
March 25th, Mrs. F. F. Evans, chair
man of Music, and Mrs. Thomas Gov
erdale, are arranging for a Beethoven
program. Ludwig Won Beethoven
died in 1927, therefore this 1927 com
memorates the 100 anniversary Of his
death.-Cor Sec.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
SHAD EARLY IN THE DELAWARE
Captain Denny, 80, Recalls Catches of
100000 Fish a Season Along River

Captain Samuel NJ Denny, now 50,
and one of the oldest shad fishermen
along the lower Delaware, is rejoic-
ing over the early run of these fish
this season. Captain Denny, who re-
tired when shad began to get scarce
more than a decade ago, has never
entirely given up hope that they
might some day return in great num-
bers. He laid up his boat before the
World War and retired. He lives at
PENIS Grove, n. j., and he watches
the dwindling shad fishing crews start
out from the river bank near his
home. Captain Denny recalls the
days when shad literally swarmed up
the Delaware in spring. They were
taken in such numbers that they sold
as low as 20 cents apiece in city mar
kets. Sturgeon also We're so numer-
Gus that fishermen killed them and
cast their carcasses on shore because
they damaged their shad nets. A
sturgeon now is regarded as a prize
catch. He remembers when as high
as 100000 shad were caught in a sea-
son in the Delaware Bay and River,
while now less than a tenth that num-
ber are brought in.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
LEGISLATURE HAS MUCH WORK
AHEAD BEFORE ADJOURNMENT
SCHOOL TAX BILL STRIKES SNAG
ALSO FILING FEE REPEALERS
School Building Program is Having
Slow Progress = Klair and Loose
Law Repealers Awaiting Action

Although the General Assembly on
Friday accomplished more real work
than on any day of the legislative
session, only about ten per cent of
the approximately S63 bills on the
Senate and House calendars have
passed both Houses. Many important
bills still are in committee Two of
these are the S2,000,OOO school build
ing program bill and the new school
tax bill. These may be reported from
committees this week It is the opin-
ion of number of members of the
Legislature that the school building
program bill, as drawn, gives entirely
too much power to the State Board
of Education relative to the erection
of new schools, and that more power
should be vested in the local boards.
1t also will be necessary to amend
this bill as to the benefits of districts
that have already built schools. The
State School Tax Departments school
tax bill will probably be substituted
by another bill because of the numer-
Gus changes likely to be made in the
original. Many members are insist
ng that the So filing fee feature be
eliminated entirely. Some action is
expected this week on the Klair and
Loose law repealers. and on Repre-
sentative Maloney's boxing bill The
latter has been reported favorably BY
committee and has the support Of
many members of the House As the
bill applies to Wilmington only there
is a strong sentiment among members
Of both branches letting Wilmington
have boxing if it wants it. While
some of the members have suggested
that April be fixed as the day for
final adjournment, judging from the
condition of the calendars it will not
be possible for the Legislature to
complete its work before April Is, if
by that time. After the conference
Of last week on the registration laws
it is probable the committee this week
will be able to reach some agreement
as to the correction of the flaws and
misunderstanding of the permanent
registration law which was passed in
1925. One of the questions to be de-
cided is whether a voter who regis
tered in September or October can
vote at the May primaries, or if only
those registered the first three regis
tration days last year may vote in
the next primary election.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
BRIDGE-TUNNEL BILL KILLED
Maryland Senate Is Opposed to Two
Spans Across the Chesapeake Bay

Maryland Senate Is Opposed to Two
Spans Across the Chesapeake Bay
While Senator S. Scott Beck, of
Chestertown, representing Kent coun-
ty Md. in the Maryland Assembly has
been successful in pushing through
the Senate a bill to authorize con-
struction of an eight mile bridge
across the Chesapeake bay from Kent
county to Baltimore county, on the
western shore, the proposed. legisla-
tion to authorize the construction of
a bridge-tunnel across Maryland'S in
land sea from Queen Anne's county
on the east to Anne Arundel county
on the west, has been killed in the
Senate. 1t is said legislators are de-
cided on the point that there is no
need for two bridges across the bay
at this time and especially in view of
the fact that Baltimore shipping in
interests object to the span below the
Patapsco River on the ground that
would interfere materially with traf-
fic up and down the bay for Balti-
more
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
MARYLAND WANT RECIPROCITY
Conference Over Truck License Would
Allow An Amicable Agreement

A joint committee composed of five
members of the Senate of the General
Assembly of Maryland conferred
Monday with a similar committee
from the Delaware Legislature on the
question of motor truck license reci-
procity between the two states. Ac-
companying the committee from the
Maryland General Assembly was John
NJ. Mackall, chairman of the State
Roads Commission, who urged an
agreement between the two states.
When the conference ended, it was
agreed by the Maryland delegation to
go back to Annapolis and urge the
Attorney General of the State of
Maryland to draft a bill which would
bring about motor truck reciprocity
between the two sattes. Delegate
William Anderson, Caroline county, is
chairman of the Maryland committee.
Senator William F. Allen, president
protein of the Senate, is chairman of
the Delaware committee During
Mondays conference, as in previous
conference between the committees
representing the two legislative bod
les, it was practically agreed that the
State of Maryland is the original of
fender by having taken the initiation
in the imposition of a tax on Della
ware trucks operating over the high
ways of that state, and that it is up
to Maryland to meet Delaware half
way in bringing about an agreement
that will be mutually satisfactory and
end the controversy.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
SMYRNA BILL IN LEGISLATURE
Senate Passes Power Authorizing the
Granting of Franchises and Sell Plant

Senate Passes Power Authorizing the
Granting of Franchises and Sell Plant
The Senate of the Delaware Legis-
lature, passed a bill yesterday to au-
thorize the Town Council of Smyrna
to pass ordinances granting franchis-
es to third parties for heat, light and
power and to use the streets in that
town for such lines; also authorizing
the Council to sell its light plant af-
ter a referendum. This bill also
changes from the third Monday in
February, to the last Monday in
April, the date for holding town cleo
tions. There is also to be a refer
endum on the question of whether the
Council shall levy special tax to Sc
cure a fund for the fire company's
support instead Of holding annual
canivals.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
SMYRNA MINISTERS OFF FOR
ME-. CONFERENCE, SALISBURY
REV. R. X. STEPHENSON, D. D.,oF
ASBURY, EXPECTED TO RETURN
Session of Conference Opened This
Morning at Salisbury, Md, and is
Presided Over by Bishop Mcconnell


Rev. R. K. Stephenson, D. D., pas
tor of Asbury NJ. E. Church; Rev.
George P. Jones and Rev. w. E. Mat
thews, both residing in Smyrna, left
yesterday for Salisbury, Nd, to at
tend the 59th annual session of the
Wilmington Methodist Episcopal Con-
ference. Charles Sudler was elected
a lay delegate, and L. NJ. Price, al
tenate. w. o. Hoffecker, who is on
some conference committees, is also
attending the session. Mrs. Stephen
son and Mrs. Jones will spend the
weekend in Salisbury. On Sunday
next, Rev. w. Gilbert Condit of Phil
adelphia, representing the Near East
Relief, will fill the pulpit in Smyrna
NJ. E. Church in the morning. There
will be no evening service. On April
3, special services will commence and
continue until after Easter The ses-
sion of conference opened in Asbury
Church, Salisbury, this morning,
Bishop F. ]. Mcconnell, presiding
Last night the ministers were given a
splendid reception, done with true
Maryland hospitality at the church,
the seat of conference. Addresses of
welcome were made by Mayor Thorn
as Parker, Dr. Robert Boyle Of the
local ministerian union, E. F. Twilley
and District Superintendent E. S.
Dachiell. /. w. Layfeld made the
response for the conference and a So
cial hour followed. Bishop Mcconnell
did not arrive until late last night,
too late for the reception. Cabinet
meetings with all the district superin-
tendents will be held at frequent in
tervals this week and speculation is
rife over some changes in pastoral
appointments as well as district su-
perintendents. Examinations for adj
mission to the conference on trial
were given last night to seven stu
dents of the conference course at
Trinity NJ T. Church. The students
were: Conrad Hamer, Glendale, Del;
Harvey O. Hufnal, Dover, Del; John
r. Diehl, Centreville, Md; F. Charles
Louboff, Stanton, Del; Roscoe F..
Campbell, Dover; J. G. Handy, West
vile, Nd, and R. Ward Mills, Blades,
Del. Other examinations were given
to-day. Henry NJ. Clark, Middle
Greek, Del, and Oliver J. Collins,
Charlestown, Md, took examinations
to become deacons, having completed
their trial year. O. A. Bardley, Heb
ronsville; Harry n. Daily, Marydale,
Md, and John E. Parker, Canton, Del.
were examined today after complet-
ing the third year of the fve-year
course. Those who took their final
examinations and who, if successful,
viii be ordained were: Vincent A.
Stokley, Fruitland, Md; Gilbert 7.
Gehman, Newark, and John w.
! Grande, Boston, Mass.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
'ChOOL BOARD FUNDS

I.,ra 1'ra Appropriation of s5s.OOO
sE.tm,L oack Pay and Expenses
eito1 L met with considerable
a eyt,. 'le House bill providing
Ia S,a.a w appropriation Of S58, 900
|ea Il 'e \, Board Of Education was
/! NJ !. sle Senate Monday morn
II tbiA money is to make up a de-
| shoal amount in the funds Of
| Ia i Doard. Of the total S4S,-
|ss M - ~, % pay teachers back
= inc;d. YiU'OOO Is to meet ex-
spis /. I 70 the transportation
PRIV was explained at length
det a. holloway, State Super
uohc instruction.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
Constable Smith Takes Hold To-da,

Austin D. Smith, son of Assembly
man Smith of near Clayton, has been
appointed constable for the First Rep
preventative District to succeed w. H.
Tunis Jr., term expired. Fred Oliver
has been appointed constable for the
Fourth District and Frank Everett
for the Second District.
Smyrna times., 1927-03-23

1t is Now Postmaster A. L. Hudson
The transfer of the Smyrna Post
office from Postmaster F. J. Dodson,
republican, term expired, to the new
incumbent A. L. Hudson, republican.
the new appointee, took place yester-
day and Postmaster Hudson entered
upon his official duties this morning.
Evening star., 1927-05-01

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