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Smyrna times., 1927-01-19
REHOBOTH OCEAN BOULEVARD
Route For Highway From Lewes to
Ocean City, Nd, Being Surveyed

The State Highway Department has
ordered a survey of the proposed con-
crete road which, if built, will extend
from Lewes Beach along the ocean
front to the Maryland line. State en-
gineers are preparing for this task
which will take several weeks to COM
plete. Decision to make this survey
is said to be due to the fact that Gov
ernor Robinson in his message to the
State Legislature approved of the
building of this highway and urged
the present Legislature to make pro-
vision for its completion. In order to
have the data ready to present to the
legislators, should the occasion re-
quire the State Highway Department
thought it advisable to order the sur
vey and to have it completed as soon
as possible. Should a bill carrying
an appropriation for this road be pre-
sented during the present session the
State Highway Department will then
be able to furnish figures as to the
amount of material and money requir-
ed for the fulfillment of the contracts.
The survey is being made under the
supervision of Edward Rose, Sussex
county engineer, of the State High
way Department. If Maryland should
join Delaware in this building propo-
sition it will link Rehoboth and Ocean
City, Md, together with concrete
chain of roads.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-19
FIRE THREATENS DOVER HOTEL
Hotel Richardson Has Kitchen Blaze
as Dinner Guests Were Assembled

The Robbins Hose Company of Do
yer, was called out three times on
Saturday, all three of the fires being
chimney fires, two of which were in
Dover. The first one at Z a. m. was
on the farm of James McCrystal be-
tween Cheswold and Kenton. The sec
ond around 1890 O. m. was at a home
on Washington street, Dover, and the
third at 6 o'clock Saturday night was
at the Hotel Richardson, the chimney
leading from the range in the kitchen,
catching fire. The hose company re-
sponded to all three fires with but lit
tie damage done at any of the three
places. At Hotel Richardson, the
alarm was sent in just about the time
of the gathering of the hospital forces
for their supper and reports and for
a while some little concern was had as
to the extent of the fire. 1t however,
was eXtinguished
Smyrna times., 1927-01-19
EASTERN SHORE GAS TAX FIGHT
Citizens Want Each County to Make
Its Own Levy For Road Use

Considerable opposition is develop
ing on Maryland's Eastern Shore to
the proposed increase in the gasoline
tax of two and one-half cents, and it
is thought the programme of State
Highway Commissioner John N.Mack-
all in the present General Assembly,
will not go through without strenuous
opposition from this quarter. The
present tax of two cents is thought
by many persons to be quite ample
for present neds and motorists here
abouts do not relish the additional
taxation which will bring the tax up
to four and one-half cents a gallon.
The answer of the State administra-
tlon is that part of the proceeds will
go toward building lateral roads and
the rest toward eliminating grade
crossings throughout the State. But
a recent convention of county commits
sioners of the nine Shore communities
and the legislators decided each coun-
ty should have the privilege of impos-
ing its own gasoline tax for the pur-
pose of improving it's own lateral
roads. A recent development was the
unanimous vote by the Eastern Shore
Travellers Association, representative
of all the commercial travellers on the
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula, to petition
of the Legislature from the
nine counties to oppose the measure
and the additional gasoline tax to be
imposed by the State.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-19
H. P. HALL is BUDGET HEAD
Smyrna Senator Selected to Head Bud
get Committee at Meeting Monday

Smyrna Senator Selected to Head Bud
get Committee at Meeting Monday
The general budget committee, COM
prising the finance committee of the
Senate and the appropriations com
mittee of the House met Monday af-
ternoon in the Supreme Court room
of the State House and organized by
electing Senator Hervey P. Hall of
Smyrna, chairman of the Senate
finance committee, chairman and Rep
resentative H. NJ Buckson of Dover
secretary. The committee adopted a
resolution to meet each morning at
1920 o'clock to hold hearings relative
to requests of the various State agen-
cies and others asking appropriations
from the State treasury. Organiza-
ton of the general budget committee
was perfected following passage of a
Senate concurrent resolution, intro
duced by Senator Hall authorizing
and directing the committees of the
two houses to organize by selecting a
chairman and secretary and proceed
forthwith to the consideration of the
said budget and budget appropriation
BILL" joint meetings to begin within
five legislative days after the budget
bill "has been submitted" The bud
get bill was submitted together with
the governors message Monday of
last week. The resolution also directs
the State Librarian to provide meet
ing room for the committee. Prior to
the present session of the Legislature
meetings have ben hid either in the
Suprme Court rom, which is made
quate, or in rooms on the first floor of
the State House, which were eliminat-
ed when the new State House annex
was built onto the present structure.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-19
BILLS TO REPEAL STATE DRY
LAWS INTRODUCED At DOVER
TWO MEASURES ARE OFFERED
TO KILL LOOSE AND KLAIR ACTS
Indications That Proposed Laws Will
RepOse in Committee Until Liquor
Men Try and Muster Strength

Bills to repeal the Loose and Klair
liquor enforcement acts were intro
duced simultaneously in the Senate
and House Monday afternoon, Senator
Simonton being sponsor for two bills
introduced in the Senate, and Repre-
sentative Virden for the two bills in
troduced in the House. All four bills
were referred to the temperance COM
mittees of the respective bodies. The
bills with respect to the repeal of the
Klair law are directed at Chapter 239,
Volume 80, Laws of Delaware, and
with respect to the repeal of the
Loose law, at Chapter 10, Volume %,
Laws of Delaware. Introduction of
the Klair and Loose law repealers by
the Wilmington members will start
what is expected to be one of the
most spirited fights between the"wet"
and "dry" forces since the session of
1919, when the Klair Statewide pro-
hibition law was passed. With both
the "wet" and "dry' forces claiming
majorities on the temperance commit
tees, it is doubtful if either the House
or Senate bills are acted upon until
late in the session, as it now appears
the "wets" will have to muster enough
votes either in one branch or the 9TH
er to force the bill out of committee.
Unless this can be done, it is a fore
gone conclusion that neither bill will
be acted upon. 1t was learned how
ever, that neither of the above mea-
sures is sponsored by the physicians
of the State, who have gone on record
as favoring merely a modification of
the Klair law to enable them to pre-
scribe whisky as a medicine in certain
cases, and that the bills incorporating
the wishes of the medical fraternity
The Klair law prohibits the manufac-
ture or sale of liquor in any section
of the State and also prohibits the fill
ing of physicians prescriptions of
liquor for medicinal purposes. Ply
sicians of the State as a body recent
ly adopted resolutions opposing that
section of the Klair law which makes
it unlawful for them to prescribe
liquor, and urging its repeal. The
New Castle County Medical Society
also adopted similar resolutions rec
emily at meeting at the University
Club, Wilmington, attended by about
100 leading physicians of the city and
county. They had planned, it was
to offer either a bill to
amend that section of the law prohib-
iting them from prescribing liquor for
medicinal purposes, or to back
for the repeal of the entire
law, feeling that the Fedral prohibi-
tion laws, if enforced, were adequate,
prohibiting them from having
for liquor filled even in
cases where human life was at stake. |
1t is likely a separate bill will be in
troduced later in the House to amend |
the Klair law to meet the objections
Of the physicians.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-19
ASBURY NJ. E. CHURCH NOTES
Rev. R. X. Stephenson, d. D., Pastor,
Announces Services for Next Sunday

Il IL
Announces Services for Next Sunday
Rev. R. X. Stephenson, d. D., pastor
announces the usual services for Sun
day, all except the meeting of the Ep-
worth League at 6.45 which will be
omitted. In conformity with the rul-
ing of the Smyrna Board of Health
which has ordered the schools closed
and ban against children under q
attending public gatherings on ac-
count of the few light cases of scarlet
fever in the vicinity, the services at
the church next Sunday will be held
for those of twenty-one years of age
and over only. The special services
which have been going on nightly at
Asbury M. f. Church, have been sus-
pended for the present Services next
Sunday as follows: Sunday School, 10
a. M; preaching service, II a. M; Ev-
ening service at 7.30.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-19
Smyrna Schools Closed for Two Weeks

Owing to several light cases of
scarlet fever in Smyrna and vicinity,
the Smyrna Board of Health deemed
it advisable to close the schools Mon
day for two weeks to ward off a pos
sible EPIDEMIC.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-19
~ COUNTY GRAND JURY
ADayls and William ID. Hud-
"''h From The First District

y ADayls and William ID. Hud-
"''n From The First District
@onty Y Jury Commissioners,
- hopkins, have drawn the
y y panel Of grand jurors to
" Tr. NE entire year: First dis
y 'luam R. Davis, William D.
-. eeSnd On district, Ralph C. Will
Siy Mayer, William s. Short:
r. 'se'' ! 2. Emile Potter, S. T.
| cS,i. fourth }. district, David Rod
/ n ri-S'leS SS. Hopkins; fifth district.
! P,o PSopklns, W. Ross Jones, Will
II. ''Son; . sixth district, william
Cooper Gruwell; seventh
~ ii1nk nj Norris, Samuel W.
/ G.o,,'.o e. 'oIn m Meredith; eighth dis
! nj ge = Waldman, John w. Kill
| Sr+su suSIrlct, ,Iil,:, R. Wesley Ross.
n S12 VIA. William B. Tharp; tenth
~ TSallan B. Hall, Thomas A.
h Ne T.!I grand jury will report 4.
AOnday, February 21.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-19
$4,000 Mile Limit on Kent Roads

If bill introduced by Representa-
tive Conwell Monday morning should
become a law, no road or highway
could be built in Kent county in the
future costing more than $4,000 a
mile. This bill, however, would not
affect roads now under construction.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-19
wi h CENTURY CLUB

|tl lH,i,3y IHI,d,y Was in Charge Of
hi ! TTIady' sa Chairman Literature
| "a q. mandy, chairman Of liter
sa \ ',al 4 re Of last fridays
OEi5s. .ne Twentieth Century
i, @ssl 2 sickness, Mrs. Ken
| i 1aole " to give her book j, re-
/ d 4 Y Stead Mrs. f. w Daw-
ss !. Interesting \ story. A full
ID G.c.GSess GSesired I, for Friday. Mrs.
|s' ifoe, Ea, State President. and Il
sis.,mta harrington, Kent q, County lt,v
Afs, are to be the Clubs I
n ,sei,i ! short program there ]
kcabe ~. .nour, at which time
| i Wishes 70 meet the menu Sel1,s
ngrsSIf' SIf'nyrna ! Club. Please con con-
sab.,, hostess on Fl FriJav Jo1-
IT, 4 s, and extend the hanJ asi
ay--s6ay sSmyrna's good old hos hos
-Cor. See. i'os
Smyrna times., 1927-01-19
Firemen Summoned to BIacliston,s

Owing to a chimney fire on. the
farm of D. F. Robinson near Blackis-
toms Cross Roads last evening. the
Smyrna and Clayton fire alarms were
set off. Firemen responded and soon
had the fire extinguished. Loss slight.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-19
FTjIIN VETO 70 PROPOSED
|III'IIjlJIS I'I3 CHESAPEAKE BAY
Ovp.RTMENT WILL MOVE
!, - BRIDGE CAN BE BUILT
|ldng Of BTIdge ,3sE. f5os, Possible IC Quick
'SpM to N lMaKe 1.It;more City
Route To bdilli

a Route 10 D"
>. tbe report that the War
HP.' i.'',t had vetoed the proposed
.'- .sross the Chesapeake from a
4 ,sar s,lVeC ChestetOwn, Md, to Bay
4 as ! short distance from Baltl-
M the objections seem to have
ru' !. and withdrawn by the War
.rsrt, y The announcement has
Nv into thousands of resi-
y ,rsr y. On the Eastern Shore of
|e,15. nd, especially around Chester
4 IrnI md has extended to this part
|sI,Tsre among residents who see
y highway from said proposed
!, tbe dupont Boulevard by
/ ViIIington, Clayton and Smyr-
! ~ also revived talk Of a
| irm Woodland Beach to New
srd a shorter and more direct
4 h the Atlantic Coast resorts.
,mOunced objection to the eigh-
ran from a point near Baltimore
IN point ten miles from Ches-
IL Nd. was on the ground that
.rture would interfere serious
IN he firing Of IA and 16-inch
A0n the Government proving
[ts Aberdeen across the upper
I ae BAY. Now that the Navy
[nspt has consented to the re-
I'M those guns To the Navy
N At Dahlgren, Va, it is said
d pending in Senate and House
|Iangton will probbaly be pass
In Instance Of the Maryland re-
|ru.7es in Congress. 1t is not
| ast what will be the attitude
len Shore representatives in
| 1e legislative body when the
proposing the bridge is in
there. Eastern Shore legis-
Ee been reticent in discussing
rNsed span, it is announced BY
b Il Shoremen enthusiastic over
|rst which will place the nine
b within easy reach of the
Eri metropolis. The Kent Coun-
knbr Of Commerce, however,
ak resolved to draw up reso-
! heartily indorsing the bridge
Eiidn and to send copies to the
aa and to all influential per
llpied in the matter. A copy
~ Be sent to the Del-Mar-Va
y Shore Association with head
~ at Salisbury. Although the
p d the span, which will be the
Eehicular bridge in the world,
\ dssigned to bring the Shore
rs within marketing distance Of
lzni i Is not expected that Will
'Had Philadelphia will lose the
rsral traffic now going to those
Ftm this section. It is thought
AMlsnts Of the projected span
'ch Of the trade now going
VII continue to move in that
/ Erection along the Del-Mar-Va
1ach includes the dupont boule-
Delaware. 1t IL believed,
m nat Baltimore will regain
aaaderable extent much of the
las lost because Of the natur-
sna Of Maryland's inland sea
\ closer economic and senti-
AatiOnship will spring up be-
" sections Of Maryland that
II last growing apart because
means Of communication.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-19
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES

Mr.. Mcdowell of Princeton Seminary,
Will Preach Two Sermons Sunday
The Mission Study Glass will meet
at the home of Mrs. ]. N. Lloyd We'd
nesday evening, January 10Th, at 7.30.
On Sunday there will be morning and
evening worship as usual-10.3O and
7.30. Mr.. Mcdowell of Princeton will
preach at both services. Christian
Endeavor at 6.45. Last Sunday, Mr..
Mekoff of Princeton, preached both
morning and evening.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-19

ENJOY Skating and Shedding Pastimes
with the schools closed, children
have been having a jolly time skating
and shedding. Lake Como has been
the mecca for many. Real winter
sport has been enioyed.
Smyrna times., 1927-01-19

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"I'll take tn matter up with my
father when he gets back to town
He's out of tn city for a day or two. -
was the more or less evasive reply
vouchsafed the newspaperman. Sc
| thus it happened that Donald de
parted after more inconseauential
words, as wise as he was before be
came-and no wiser
There's some connection between
! this sudden move in Brooks stock
and tn kidnapping of Pop" he told
Bill Garfield upon his return to the
Times office. Its moral certainty
that two such uncommon events-or
three, if we include Diana's expert
ence-wouldn't happen almost stimuli
taneously just by chancer
The city editor nodded in agree,
ment.
Its tn working out of a we'll
cooked scheme" he said with con.
viction. "Th' abduction of Diana
Brooks and her release "a hours af.
| terward was done to scare Pop
There's no chance about it. And
| tn devil of it is" he went on wor.
riedly, Brooks newspaper stock
hasn't been paying any dividends
for more'n two years. TIL six papers
| have showed nice profit, but it
takes all their earnings to keep tn
four white elephants in tn swim.
| Poq's been fighting tooth an toe
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|DaailyDozen
AnsUerS

Here are the answers to Now
You Ask One" for today. The ques-
lions are on page Z:
I. A perennial.
2. The spider crab Of Japan, whose
body often measures over four feet
across.
3. Termites, or white ants, which
have destroyed much valuable pa
per money.
4. Because all of them except
some tropical kinds live on insects.
5. Peanuts are produced under
ground by an herbaceous plant.
6. Six years.
Z. President OF the Federal Coun-
Gil of Churches.
s. Yes; Andrew Johnson was i'm
peached. but the impeachment was
not sustained.
9. The Southern Pacific. accord
ing to the World Almanac, 1927 edi-
tion).
10. Entomology.
IL. Nov. 20. 1874. on a farm In
Tazewell County, Illinois.
IL. Mayor Duvall served two
years as treasurer of Marion County.
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Brooks stock, but / wouldn't sell
them for 10 times tn market price
right now In fact, wouldn't sell
at any price just at present"
When his visitor had gone Don
picked up the telephone and called
several acquaintance he knew who
were holding some Brooks newspa-
per stock. He discovered that each
one had been approached that very
day by would-be purchasers who
had offered them the market price
for their stock and 500 bonus for
blocks of 1000 shares. Some had
sold, Don learned, and some had held
back, DESTROYS of getting at the cause
of bull move in a stock on the out
side of the market.
One of the men with whom he
talked referred him to John w. Wal
den, senior member of Catawba
Citys leading law firm, Walden, Hig-
gins & Walden. The junior member
was John w. Walden, Jr., "popu-
lar young man about town" and a
very persistent sutton for the hand
of Diana Brooks.
ct think I'd better see TIL VALID
ems right away and have a talk with
them on this matter" unused Don,
when he hung up the receiver. "Old
John Walden and Pop have known
each other for years. He's better
posted in stocks than 1 am and may
he able TO wise me up to something. y
An hour later he was sitting op.
posite the Junior member Of the law
firm in his private office. He had
made the other acquainted with the
facts as he understood them regard
ing the evident attempt to corner all
the outlying shares of Brooks hold
ings.
what is tn game, and who rs
back of it," That's what I'd like to
known asserted Don, with pugna-
cious setting of his square jaw.
John w. Walden Jr.. studied the
tips of his manicured fingers to
mask closer study of his visitors
face.
This was the first time that Don
Keene and young Walden had ever
met, despite the latter's acquain-
lance with Diana Brooks and the
fact he moved in the same circles
with Don. It was with some curios-
ity, therefore, that Don looked the
other over and was looked over in
return.
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CA,HCRD WEBR
AND pQE ELO

neil for six months to put those four
sheets on tn right side of tn led
ger. But"
A significant shrug that spoke
volumes supplemented his speech.
You mean failure to pay a divi-
dend is soaring people into selling
their stock?" asked Don, in his di-
rect way of speaking. Even SO,
he continued quickly why should
tn buying up of this outlying stock
affect tn organization as a whole?"
That's just it; therein lies tn
nib of tn little secret. I'll bet on
it. Who and what is back of this
plot? Why was Diana Brooks kid
mapped, held "a hours and then re-
leased? When tn reason for Pops
disappearance-th' purpose of his
KIDNAPPING is shown-then Wen know
what this drive on the organizations
stock means"
do you suppose the Waldens
could possibly Know who is at tn
bottom of it," queried Don, his mind
.reverting to the equivocal answer
young Walden had given him that
day.
Bill Canfield's sensitive mouth
twisted curiously and the look he
shot at his associate held a world
of meaning.
II don't know what your opinion
is of John Walden, Jr.." he said
slowly, picking his words with ex-
IRENE care. LAS for me. well, tn
fact is II just don't fancy him. l
know there's a rumor that Diana
Brooks and he are engaged: 1 don't
believe it myself. don't believe
he's tn type OF man she'd come to
love. and from talks we've had
she and IL don't believe she d
marry a man she didn't love
Whether he or his father could be
mixed up in this stock buying deal
well. I'd hate to accuse anyone
without just cause. At tn same
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NEW gT0RV T0nAV

DIANA BROOKS, beautiful daughter
OF ROGER BROOKS. owner and pub
Usher OF. the Catawba City Times and a
chain OF nine other. daily newspapers.
was kidnapped from the veranda of her
home. but released. unframed. Roger
Brooks redoubles his efforts to. over
throw the corrupt city. administration
and defeat politicians OF the Ring and
the Under%orld, and then himself disap-
porter and SOB-SISTER. accompanied
BY BILL CANFIELD. city editor. and
DINNY MORRISON. City hall reporter.
wait at 8 a. m. in the editorial room
Of the Times for news of the missing
publisherN. They are Joined by, Diana
and DONALD KEENE. literary editor of
the Times and guardian Of Teddy.
Diana has received a possible clew
tire company goes to meet the woman
from whom Diana has received the tip.
moved from his original place of con-
cealment and promises to phone Diana
of further developments.
Teddy, by her actions. betrays to
Diana her secret love for Don.
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MAY -. 1927

- MAY Il, IyZI
The help-yourseif plan of
a cafeteria enables the
finest of foods at "odd
penny prices" to be serUed
at Whites Cafeteria "On
the Circle"
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time, as I said before. L don't like
John w. Jr."
To this somewhat voluminous an
swer to his question Donald Keene
listened without comment. But he
smiled his appraci ton Of he city
EDITORS characterization.
To BE CONTINUED
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What's the answer to this enig-
ma? Is John w. Walden welding
the mysterious power confronting
Brooks? Read tomOrrow's install
ment.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-22

Louis Engdahl, "Ten Years of the
Soviet Union," has Just been pub
lished.
The tentative list of further publ
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Publishers is proceeding to get out is
the following:
Lenin-"On America" (Ready in
December).
Lenin-"On War" (Ready in De-
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Bukharin-"P "Proletarian Revolution
and Culture"
Stalin-"Questions and Answers to
American Trade Unionists." (Ready
in November).
Bedacht-"T Story of American
Democracy"
Foster-"The Decisive Battles in
American Labor History" "The
American Labor Movement - What
1t Is and What 1t Ought to Be-"
Pepper-"America and England" :"
Moore-"The Negro Worker"
Lovestone Communism for
Americans. THE American Commu-
mist. America Today 'Ruthen-
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Dunne-"The Coolidge Admins
tration."
Study Courses for Work
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Minor-"The Frame-Up AS An
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Knutson-"The Working Farmer"
Stachel Communist Organiza-
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(Author to be announced) "The
Working Woman"
Lovestone and Foster-"The Labor
Party"
Bittelman-"Th Workers and the
Coming Elections"
This program is to cover the period
beginning with the Tenth Anniver-
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held in the summer of 1928.
Orders for the first number Of the
series, the pamphlet by ]. Louis Eng
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The prices are: 15c per copy, IL cents
in lots 10 or more, 10 cents--100 or
more, 8 cents-300 or more.