Smyrna times., 1929-03-20
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
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Brief News Isems of People We Know
In and Around the Larger PENN
sula Towns and Communities
About 5000 more trees will be plant
ed along State highways by the High
way Department this year. They in
clude $3.50 elms, 100 planes and 100
weeping willows Bids for them were
opened on March II at Dover.
I Announcement is made by the man
agement of the Hotel Richardson
that a radio will be installed in each
room in the building, wires for that
purpose being already installed. Rec
emily the management of the hotel
installed telephone in each room.
The American Store at Middletown,
was entered by thieves last week, and
eight hams weighing about 104 pounds
and valued at $50 were stolen. An
abandoned automobile was found on
West Main street in Middletown, be
tween the Office and home of George
v. Peverly. 1t is believed the car had
been stolen. It bore no license.
Construction work on new high
way bridge over the Pocomoke River,
at Snow Hill, south Of Berlin, costing
100000, will get under way within a
months, according TO announcement
made by Major John Williar, Of the
Maryland State Roads Commission.
The bridge will be built out of the
1880 replacement bridge schedule,
Major Williar states.
Ex-President Coolidge, on February
25, approved the nomination of Mr..
Jay c. Davis as postmaster for a 4
year term in Middletown on the rec
ommendation Of Postmaster-Genera
Harry S. New. The Senate confirm
ed the appointment on February 18th
and Mr.. Davis term of office began
on that date. He has served in the
capacity Of acting postmaster at Mid
dletown since June 6, 1928.
Crashing into a floating hull which
had been torn from its moring by the
galelike winds which swept the Della
ware early last week, the British
steamer Singapore received damage to
its stem and blow plates, both star
board and port. The hull was sunk.
The collision occurred off Duck Greek
Flats. The hull is lying about a quar-
ter-mile below buoy which is about
1000 feet east of the ship channels.
Announcement has been made by
the State Federation of Women's
Clubs, that Miss Louise James,
student in the Senior Class of Dover
High School, won the State Essay
Contest on the topic, 'Why l. Should
Vote" Miss James Essay was judg
ed the best submitted in this State
and is being sent to Oklahoma where
il will be entered in the National Es-
Essay Contest on the topic, "Why |
Should Vote"
Representative McIntire's bill pro
viding for the regulation Of aerial
navigation and rules regulating the
operation of aircraft in Delaware was
reported favorably in the House last
week. This is a uniform bill and fol-
lows out the Federal government rules
on the question. The House passed
Representative Cooks bill increasing
the amount that Cheswold can raise by
taxation and Representative Nickle's
bill to clear title in the name of the
Mayor and Council of Delaware City
to certain town property.
Delaware City and st. Georges
were menaced by grass fires last
Monday that for short time assum-
ed alarming proportions and called
out many residents of st. Georges to
assist the volunteer firemen. The
first fire, which started about 2.30
o'clock menaced an area between the
home of Earl A. Baum and Nickle's
garage. The home of Mrs. NJ. PEN
nington and the Ponder House were
also threatened by the fines. The
second fire started along the Della
ware and Chesapeake Canal, and for
a short time threatened a lumber
yard at st. Georges. It.started about
o'clock.
Mr.. Frank Flagger, of Baltimore,
Md, member Of a telephone COM
pany crew working near Warwick in
the employ Of the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company, suffered
painful injury on last Wednesday af-
ternoon when a truck derrick acci-
IDENTIFY fell on him and rendered him
unconscious. He was engaged in