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Smyrna times., 1928-11-28
LEGION POST is MORE ACTIVE
Better Attendance Since Armistice
Day-NOtes of Last Meeting


The David G. Harrison Post, No IA,
American Legion, Smyrna, are hold
ing very successful weekly meetings
and its members are very much en-
thused with the results obtained from
their annual Armistice Supper. This
is manifested by the increased inter-
est of the members and the appear
ance of old members at the meetings
who have seldom attended in the past.
For the current post year, 1928-1929,
two merit charms will be awarded for
service. One will be presented to the
Legionnaire having the best attend
ance record, while the other will 60
to the Post member who succeeds in
securing the largest number of paid
up members for the year. At the last
meeting held on Wednesday evening,
November 21St, the Post voted that
the entire net proceeds from the Arm
istice Supper should be applied i'm
towards reducing the out
Indebtedness at the local
banks which was Immediately attend
ed to by the Post Finance Officer,
Clark w. Knots.
Smyrna times., 1928-11-28
PARACHUTE LANDS, BLACKBIRD
Search Now Being Made for Supposed
Mysterious Missing Aviator

Blackbird, Nov. 27.-Farmers and
county police officers in the vicinity of
Blackbird are searching the vicinity
for some trace of man or a basket
that may have bean attached to a
parachute that landed on the farm of
William Fortner and tenanted by A.
V. Guessford, two miles from Black
bird, at 4.30 o'clock Monday afternoon
The parachute is of white silk, ten
feet in diameter The appearance of
the parachute caused much specula-
tion and the path of the parachute is
being patrolled in search of a possible
operator having been injured. No
planes from which he might have
leaped were seen in the vicinity.
Smyrna times., 1928-11-28
DEL-MAR-VA MUSKRAT FARM
Farm Opened up Over Near
Sharptown, Md.-A Growing Indus
try on the Delaware and Chesapeake


try on the Delaware and Chesapeake
1rappers along the Delaware Bay
and River Shore from Delaware CITY
to Lelpsic are preparing for a busy
season with the prospect, despite the
report OF securing many muskrats.
Now that these fur-bearing animals
have become very valuable for their
fur and meat, the industry has become
one of the best paying on the Del
Mar-Na Peninsula. Farmers having
muskrat marshes are making more
real money at trapping than they do
their farms and muSkrat marshes are
IN demand. Some are busy buying
marshes and making muskrat farms
out of them. Over near Centreville.
Nd, there is already a large muskrat
farm and now another one has opened
near Sharptown, Md. George Arnolds
Of Pittsburg, recently purchased the
old Cod Creek mill site, over near
Sharptown, Nd, including 81 acres of
land. He has erected a bungalow on
the property in which he lives. This
place is near the town and contained
in the original grant 800 acres of
land. The mill site is one of the old
est IN this section and the grist mill
was among the first to grind and
among the last to be abandoned. When
these mills were running several yes
sells We're built just below the mills
launched and fioated out the creek in
to the river. 1t was then a large
trade center, but of late years the
place has been neglected and unat-
tractive. Mr.. Arnolds will use the
pond for the propagation of muskrats.
An embankment on one side of the
pond towers 25 feet above the surface
of the water, and will be used as a
shelter and breeding place. The pond
now has a great many muskrats in it
but they pass in and out. Mr. Arm
Olds has enclosed the pond and much
Of the land adjacent with fine wire
fence, settled in the earth much below
the runs of the muskrats. He will
stock the pond with muskrats as soon
as he can buy them. Prices asked are
considered prohibitive, every trapper
III the community being engaged in
some sort of trap with /
which to catch muskrats alive. This /
! not an experiment with Mr.. Arm
dds, as he propagated muskrats in |
Louisiana before the floods Of that
section interfered with his business. /
ie also conducted a silver fox ranch (
n Michigan for several years. The I
nuskrat industry Of the Delmarva
Peninsula is one of the oldest of its i
lind in that territory and has been
arried on for over a century. A
TRANCE feature of this is that the ma
ority of the land inhabited by musk
ats has been owned and operated by
hree or more generations of one fam
ly. The muskrat industry lies chiefly
n lower Delaware and the Eastern
'hore of Maryland. The muskrat in
ustry in this territory is estimated to
q worth from S1,OO0,OO0, to $780,
90 annually The meat which was
nee of but little value now sells for
s much as the fur did a few years
60.
Smyrna times., 1928-11-28
BLOssoM-FETE "MoTHER' HELD
Mrs. Ella C. Emory of SeafOrd, Held
for Manslaughter in Death of Man

TOT ManSldugnter IN Deatn OF Wan
Mrs. Ella C. Emery, clubwoman and
widow of George w. Emery, oyster
packer, was held under S25O0 bail by
Deputy Coroner NJ B. Griffith of Rid
ley Park, Pa, on a charge of man
slaughter. She is alleged to have
been the operator of car which
struck and fatally injured Edward L.
Mifflin, 65, a former postmaster of
Ridley Park, as he alighted from a
trolley car near his home. Mifflin
died in a hospital Friday. She gave
bail and returned to her home at Sea
fGrd. Mrs. Emery, who is well known
all over Delaware, was the originator
of the apple Blossom Festival held
at Dover last May, in which thousands
of people from all over the Delmarva
Peninsula participated and which
will be an annual event.
Smyrna times., 1928-11-28
ASBURY NJ. E. CHURCH NOTES

Chancellor Clark of American Uni
versity of Washington, ID. c., to Talk
Rev. r. X. Stephenson, d. d., pas
tor Of Asbury NJ. I. Church, announc-
es that next Sunday morning that Dr.
DR.. Lucieus c. Clark, chancellor of the
American University, Washington, d.
c., will be present and preach at the
morning service at IL o'clock. Other
services Of the day are Sunday School
at 10 o'clock a. m; Epworth League
at 6.45 p. m, and Evening preaching
service at 7.30 p. m. DR.. Stephenson,
the pastor, will give the sermon.
Smyrna times., 1928-11-28
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES

Sermons Next Sunday Will Be Deliv-
cred by Mr.. Cause Little of Princeton
There will be the usual services at
the Presbyterian Church on Sunday
Morning Worship vat 1890; Sunday
School, 11.45; Christian Endeavor at
GAS; evening worship, 7.30. Mr..
Cause Little will preach both morning
and evening.
Smyrna times., 1928-11-28
Community Thanksgiving Services

Community Thanksgiving Service
will be held at st. Peters Church to-
morrow, Thanksgiving Day, at ten
o'clock a. m. Fhe Rev. r. K. Steph-
enson, pastor Of Asbury NJ. EChurch,
will preach the sermon.
Smyrna times., 1928-11-28

Rev. f. A. I"laoine Receives CaH
Rev. E. A. Lemoine, rector of st.
Peters Protestant Episcopal Church,
has received a call to the Diocese Of
Easton, Maryland. Fuller particulars
are withheld.
The Washington times., 1928-08-16
Capital Living Costs
Drop Slightly

Washington living costs have down slightly
during the past yeato be exact fhreetenths Of per
cent according nationwide report wholesale and
retail prices just made public by the Bureau Of Labor
Statistics.
The Washington times., 1928-08-16
Wedding PLANS
UPSET BY LAW

The love Of John Thomas Jett,
81, and Edith May Stone. II, who
live on adjoining farms near
fredericksburg, Va, will have to
"cool off, for two months before
this couple. who almost staged a
successful elopement yesterday
can he married.
Jett and his second-cousin sweet
heart were captured by Detective
Sergt ID. q. Fletcher and the girls
irate father just as the Rev. Hugh
T. Stevenson. of Bethany Baptist
Church was about to tie the knot.
No more dramatic interference with
marriage ceremony was ever
staged In the District.
A few more moments and the
couple would have been man and
wife As 1t is they will have TO 20
back To their homes and wait two
months until the wollld.be bride be-
comes 18 and, according TO the Mir
ginia laws. able to 'oyerrule" pa
rental objections.
Al stormy scene Is said to have fol-
lowed at Police Headquarters when
Jet was brought before his near
father-in-law.
Jet was released and said he
would take a trip to Baltimore ITO
see the sights before going back to
Fredericksburg. The bride went
back home last night with her
father
The Washington times., 1928-08-16

MIR. HerIurtns pfeIaced letter 10
The Washington Times. in con-
demnation Of the Coloners No Pet
ting and NeckiDg" ediet In Wash
ington's public parks. with a prayer
of thanksgiving that Colonel Grant
was not In office when he. Mr.. Her
furth, was doing his necking.
II am a free.thinker and be,
lever in liberty. Herfurth wrote.
and l am conscious of the fact
that / was young at one time and
have petted in the Washington parks
more than once.
I'm fact. had Lieutenant Colonel
Grant been the director of the pub
lie parks, l might not have a fam.
lily to pet today" Herfurth declared.
Now" writes the embattled Her
furth,. every government is made
of good families; the unity of the
government is family; and every
thing that tends to destroy the
family Is deyilish and Infamous.
Il believe in marriage; believe
In petting: / hold in utter contempt
the opinion of long haired men sor
short haired women who denounce
The Washington times., 1928-08-16
8, ESCAPES
CAR DEATH

A collision between two taxi
cabs at Eleventh and r Streets
Northwest early today completely
wrecked one cab, with painful
injuries to the driver, and seriously
DANA ged the other cab. Thsre
were no passengers in either
machine.
The demolished cab was driven
by Walter Hamilton. colored, 81
of the 1900 block Ninth ST.. n. w.
It was travelling east on p ST.. when
the other vehicle. driven by Will
liam Tayman. ii of the 200 block
Eleventh ST. s. E., struck II while
Tayman was driving north on
Eleventh. Hamilton was treated Tor
head cuts at Freedmen's Hospital.
Girl Saves Life
Clinging to the fender OF a street
car which knocked her down. 3.
year.oId Louise Marion Redmon, OF
the 1900 block Thirty sixth st. n. W..
thereby saved her life last night
The child was dragged is feet,
but escaped without serious injury,
according to physicians who treated
her at Georgetown Hospital. me
car which was driven by Motor.
man J. n. Thompson. struck the
girl while she was playing in front
of her home.
When Charles p. Eurnette. of the
1900 block Ingraham st. N. W.
brought his car to halt at q
stop at Fourth Street and Pennsyi'
vania Avenue Southeast last night
i was struck by a taxicab when
tailed to stop at the sign. ponce
re mort
The Washington times., 1928-08-16

Many women in the employ
of the Government break
down in health and some even
commit suicide under the
strain Of keeping their work
abreast DC others under aua-
bearable working conditions,
according to Mrs. Margaret
Hopkins Worrell, president Of
the League Of the American
Civil Service.
Mrs. Worrell's attack. directed
particularly at efficiency ratings
and efficiency schemes under which.
Government workers labor, was dc.
livered last night at & meeting 0f
the league In the Interior Depart
ment auditorium.
Several Letters Read
The league head read number
of letters from women Federal
workers describing the conditions
under which they work in most
cases the writer's described these
conditions as funbearable. I.
One woman wrote that only the.
lack OF physical courage prevented
her from committing suicide. She
expressed sympathy for Miss DOrO-
thy Sherlock Or tile I100 block =
ST.. N W who committed suicide
recently because the Ihcessailt
pounding Of typewriters had driven
her crazy.
Pooling Condemned
The pool system ofo letter
writing. which il said to have
caused Miss Snerlock's suicide was
bitterly condemned last night. Under
the pool system TWISTS for q
whole bureau are thrown into 4
single room and kept busy from
morning To night turning out q
certain number Of pages Of copy
an hour.
Other speakers at the meeting
included Col. winfield Scott Com
missioner of Pensions and Charles
M. Galloway. former Civil Service
Commissioner and now counsel for
the league. Scott also scored ell
ficiencv ratings
The Washington times., 1928-08-16
FACE BURNS
[NGI;| (|GE
POISON
DEATH

Paul n. Randolph, about 40,
al veteran, who was found
dead ii Arlington National
Cemetery esferday committed
suicide by drinking poison,
The Washington Times learned
On good authority today.
Coroner b. III. Swain. of Arlington
pounfy. last night issued q certificate
III suicide by strangulation and de-
cIared the instrument Of death to
have been d knotted necktie. which
was found wrapped around the dead
mans neck
RandoIphs face and mouth were
burned ~ acid. the informant said.
Identification of the man Is prac-
tfeally complete, Al. Ws Collins, ri
he etelfans Bureau, said. a tele-
gram has been sent to the man s
daugi1fer Miss Houston Randolph,
a Allentown. PA
Records OF the Veterans Bureau
show that Randolph was recently
discharged from walter Reed Hos.
eeant ii Company q. Seventy first
the day war WAS declared nv the
United states. and was discharged
January &, 1919 It il believed he
had prior and subsequent service
records. as q forwarding address on
Tile at the bureau was iii care of Eat.
terry Al, Seventh Coast Artillery
Corps. Fort Hancock. N. j.
Burial arrangements are being
held III abeyance until positive idenr
tIfication IS made and in accordance
with the wishes Of his daughter.
The hody was found under 4 Tree
bbptlt T0 feet Off Mcclellan Drive
Wal by 4 eolored workman Near
iIl hody was found a Monday.
ne5xkpaper and scraps OF letter
fk.fin the United States Veterans
BIl5seal which concerned an adj
Jtisted compensation case. The let
to had been torn except for parts
hearina name and serial number.
The man had been dead about as
hours Major James Fl Truitt. acting
medical officer at Fort Myer said
He scolited the possibility that the
man had been killed elsewhere and
his body brought to the cemetery and
left there. Not d cent OF money nor
an article Of jewelry WAS found.
The Washington times., 1928-08-16

Should you complain that steaks
and roaats have gone mp in price
since June. 1927. remember that pork
IL cheaper By several cents a pound.
II you notice that lamb, canned
salmon and hens are slightly adj
vanced over the 1927 figures, recall
that cheese is down j n cents pound
and rolled oats have fallen off three
miils--3-10 OF cent.
Washington is paping s1.3 per
cent more today for its food than it
did in 1913. and that's the highest
percentage of Increase In the coun-
try.
But recall the trying days Of June.
1920, when the cost OF living on all
items was 1913 over the 1919 costs.
The present percentage Of increase in
all items in this city over December.
1914. is 59.7. That includes food,
clothing, rent, fuel, light, house fur
nishing goods and miscellaneous.
The Washington times., 1928-08-16
Showers w i'll Keep
Weather Cool For
Day or Two

Threatening skies and sticky
heat greeted Neutrality-suspicious. on
their way to work today. After
two days of fine weather. the
thermometer began to ascend
again and only the low percentage
Of humidity and cooling breezes
kept the city from swelterins as
1t has done in the past two weeks.
There Is no danger Of another
48 hour rain, the Weather Bureau
said. Showers" are forecast and
the forecaster means just that.
Gentle to moderate southeast
winds are expected to prevail.
The Washington times., 1928-08-16
Ban on ark Spooning
Called Joy Killing

Col e Grant 3D. director Of Public Buildings and
Public Parks murderer Of the sunshine Of life and
of fe joys, in the opinion Of Hugo Herfnrth
IA b. LII NJ. Of George Washington Park, Alexandra.
The Washington times., 1928-08-16
WITH THEIR PRIZE PATIENT

WI1n II1IIN INA1AE
MISS PEARLE As GRIFFITH left, and Miss Frances
ID Williams right, staff nurse, Of the Washington
=. Phillips Of 736 Twelfth ST. IS ~. Misses Griffith
and Williams have just returned from Boston where they
attended siSWeeks course given at Harvard in the
care Of crippled children They are supervising the
work Of caring for crippled children Of the society and
Julia Is one of their patients
The Washington times., 1928-08-16
Design to Be Delayed
For UnIknown,s Tomb
Times ststt Photo

The design for completing the
tomb d the Unknown Soldier 1T
Arlington Win not Be selected ninth
atter November I. the war Depart.
n1eSt announced today
Meanwhile origiHators 81 the five.
designs which we're recently chosen
from the ~ submitted are expected
to restudy their designs and pre-
pare plaster models.
The Washington times., 1928-08-16

petting."
Every man who climbed to the
top OF 1.-The ladder Is good neekef4'
II venture 10 saw that Colonel
Grants grandfather did his shaic:
every great man did.
Many parents are too narrow
minded to allow petting ait home
and now the Government says that
they must not pet in the parks.
What right have they to murder
the sunshine OF lifeg What right
have they to assasainate the JOY #
life?"
The Washington times., 1928-08-16
"A Story Of
Reckless
Love


Nancy Dean. golden haired. dark
eyed. has lived al her life with the
0sDays N Appleton, 4 small WIS.,
cOnafn town; for two years she has
worked N tho station lunch room
70 help pay the rent. There she
meets John Blair, who invites her
to 70 10 the circus Nancy loses
her Job and Iearms she n really the
granddaughter ~ tile rich Mont.
eomnery Deanes In milwaukee, and
that her mother julie Abbott cir
Gus performer Il coming 10 town
ana wants f0 aee the baby slSe de.
serted rs years before. Nancy goes
III fIne show with John and Sees
Julie drop from 3 trapexes fllo
riiaIRes wildly to fIne hospital where
her mother dies telling her she
loved her father Nancy suddenly
decides Il - 70 NIiIwaultee and
Blair whom she has grown 70 at
Inlre, gives her Il letter ~ = roll
IAgo friend who runs the Wear
Ever Mills there. On tlle train
she meets one Ginger Warden
sIangy np-fOsdafe, rood hearted
model Who takes her 10 her own
boarding house and invites her ID
share her rOoms Nancy i shocked
~ its disorder and doesn't know
quite what 10 think oE her cO1npau'
ion. Two friends 0f Ginger, Jerry
Duranf and Vic FIemn1ing take the
girls II = parfy IN tlle studio u 4
woman artist Vic goes crazy over
Namcy,s blonde beauty and has
braWI with man who he thinks
h tOO attentive IL her.
Ginger started pulling "a
= dress, IS though ths entire
matter were disnl isse q
Neither said anything for
five minutes Nancy couldn &
She was trying To weigh
what Ginger had told her
Ginger was occupied with
her makeup, involved i'll The
complicated Art of beading
her long eyeIashes.
Just when the silence was
beginning to BE- heard
there were voices and loud
laughing on the stairs. Some.
ore was coming up to the
third floor Nancy recog-
nized the voices Of Vie Elem
ing and Jerry Durant.
CHAPTER TX
Anyone home iii the
hood war
Jerry Durant stuck his
grinning face into Ginger
room without waiting for
either Of the girls 70 answer
his knock. This was the
second time he and Vic had
burst right into the room.
Nancy was glad they had
not come few minutes
earlier when Ginger was
parading up and down Il
her negligee, talking about
her girIish figure. She
decided that this sort Of
thing was what her new com
Continued On Magazine Paga
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-16
I. v. c. A. PLANNING
GIRLS REST ROOM
To Be Located in New Leonard
Building

Plans are under formation by the
officials of the Y. w. C. A. for the
/, establishment of a girls rest room
/ to be located in the new Leonard
building on Main street The pro-
posed room will be open to all girls
In the city. Although the PROPOSE
ton has not been placed before the
official board for approval, it is ex-
pected that the idea will meet with
favor. 1t is planned to open the
room within month.
The membership rally and the
18th birthday celebration of the
founding of the Y. w. c. A. in New
Britain held last evening in the GYM
nasium at the 7. w. c. A. was a
decided success and was attended by
q large gathering. The membership
and educational committees acted as
hostesses.
Following a supper at $50 o'clock
. play and butterfly dance was pre-
scented. Miss Ruth Sheldon was the
main speaker of the evening and
spoke on the topic. International
Relations" She dealt mainly on the
South American countries and ex-
planned the feeling that the people
of those countries have towards
America. Miss Sheldon said that
the South Americans did not under
stand America and had the idea that
this universe was always looking out
for its own interest at their expense.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-16
PHEASANT TAKEN CAPTIVE
RIGHT In HEART OF CITY
Bird Caught at Central Park With
Broken IHg-May Have
Been Hit by Auto.

A beautiful rainbow colored
pheasant, which evidently strayed
into the heart Of the city, was cap
tured by Captain Stanley Rozanski
Of the fire department and Patrol
man Charles J. Anderson in the
flower bed in Central park last
night at about 6 o'clock. The bird
was first noticed by some boys, who
in the darkness could not determine
what it was hopping around in the
flower bed. They notified the officer,
who investigated. and found the
bird elusive. Captain Rozanski. who
happened to be about, came to his
assistance and together they round
ed the creature and finally cap
tured 1t. 1t proved to be a vari-col-
ored pheasant and upon examina-
ton they found that its leg was
broken. 1t was evidently hit by some
passing automobile. The bird was
taken home by the captain.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-16
Woman Denies Firemen
HELPED Her Enter Home

Mrs. Helen Procko, OF 152 Ire.
mont street. whose Is months old
baby locked her out yesterday
morning and forced her to call upon
stated that she put the call into the
department around $50 o'clock but
was told to call again in Is minutes.
She called again and waited around
until nearly noon. When no help was
forthcoming she broke a window
and gained admittance to her apart
ment. After the excitement was over.
Mrs. Procko stated that the tiremen
came to her assistance but were too
late to render any help.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-10-16
HURT NEAR MEMORIAL

Mrs. John Chapman Of kensing-
ton, whose daughter Alice was kill
ed several days ago when struck by
an automobile. was treated last
night at New Britain General hos
pital for an injury to her hand. the
result OF fall on the ste ps at the
entrance to the pool at Walnut Hill
park. Mrs. Hill was with her at
the time. and supernumerary Off
Ger James Crowley had t IN taken
to the hospital. The accident was
witnessed by Councilman and Mrs.
John E. Holmberg Of ~ Ash street
and Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Fortier Of
1859 Kelsey street.
OFFICER Crowley reported that the
women misiudged their distance as
they we're on the steps, the light be-
ing poor.