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Smyrna times., 1929-07-03
DEFENSE AT DELAWARE BAY
War Department Choose Point for
Railway Gun Station

With an eye to girdling the
chain of some one hundred firing
stations or auxiliary forts for new
ly developed railway artillery, the
War Department has completed a
study of Delaware Bay indicating
cost of less than 100000 to
equip that point for the purpose
This information was being studied
by Army officials in the light of
a comprehensive plan by which
new, secondary defence posts on
Delaware Bay, New York harbor
and elsewhere would be linked by
railroad to similar stations all
along the national seaboard. On
the basis of the Delaware study, it
was estimated roughly that all the
proposed firing stations exclusive
of the guns would cost upwards of
S1O0,000,000. The purpose of the
plan, according to Army experts,
is to permit quick shifting to stra-
tegic points of huge 10-inch guns
capable of halting hostile fleets
thirty miles to sea with one-ton
projectiles fired at the rate of one
per minute. These cannonS would
be supplementary to the existing
twenty-one fixed harbor defenses
supported by sixty-fve forts. The
plan is said to have been in process
of development since the World
War that produced the railroad ar
tillery in cdude form as a practical
new weapon. The gun is to be de-
livered to Benecia Arsenal, at the
mouth of the Sacramento River,
pending Army decision on a per-
manent parking place" suitable
for practice firing. The detonations
of a practice gun at Fort McAr-
thur, Los Angeles, broke so much
glass and furniture in buildings
within wide radious that the War
Department has ordered it silenced
The next step will be the sending
of practice train down the South
Atlantic coast to a point near
Jacksonville, Fla, to test railroad
Smyrna times., 1929-07-03
Everett Theatre. MiddIetown

Wednesday and Thursday Give
Brook was right at home as Sir
John Marlay in Paramount's screen
version of the famous stage play,
Interference" The locale of In
reference" is a part of London
within sight Of the Tower Of Lon
don and was educated in Dulwich
College. He did newspaper work
in London and wrote short stories
which were different from many
other short stories because he sold
them for real money He also
taught elocution. Other players in
the film who essay roles equally as
important as Brooks are William
Powell, Doris Kenyon and Evelyn
Brent. The locale of the story is
not unfamiliar to these players, for
all of them, at one time or another,
have lived in the English capitol.
Powell has the part of a care-free
roue, yet his role is one that earns
the sympathy of The audience be-
fore the film is half over. Miss
Brent has the role of a revengeful
young lady who resorts to black
mail when thwarted in the game
of love. Miss Kenyon has the diff
ficult role of the wife of two hus-
bands-Powell and Brook and
who is finally saved, and her hap
piness restored, by the workings of
her first husband, Powell.
Smyrna times., 1929-07-03
PROFIT FOR BERRY GROWERS
Reports From Maryland and Vir-
ginia Say Crop Was Profitable

The strawberry season on the
Delaware peninsula, which has
just come to close, as a whole
was a profitable one, according to
reports of county agents and big
shippers in the principal producing
counties of Virginia and Maryland
Up to June Z, the Del-Mar-Va Pen
insula had sent 462, ,29O truck loads
of Strawberries to Northern mar
kets. The season, ACCORDING & to W.
o. Strong, county agent, Only, Va,
was fairly profitable to the East
ern Shore of Virginia growers who
received an average around So to
81 for good Strawberries. The sea-
son was very favorable for straw
berries, especially the Heffin vari-
ETY., which is grown in large guam
titles in that section. The acreage
in Northampton and Accomac
counties is reported around 5000.
Despite short crop, due principally
Smyrna times., 1929-07-03
New Dover Opera House, Dover

The management of the New
Dover Opera House, having always
in mind the desire to furnish the
best of entertainment to its pa
irons, has contracted for the in
stallation of the latest improved
booth equipment. With the advent
of the talking picture, changes
have taken place in the methods of
photography, making necessary a
much more powerful projection
light to bring out the detail in the
picture. Mr.. George M. Schwartz,
manager of the Opera House, has
announced that the new equipment
installed last week increases the
brilliancy of the picture on the
screen two hundred per cent, thus
bringing out many details which
could not be brought out with the
former lighting equipment. An
other advantage of the new pro-
lection equipment is the complete
elimination of flicker, a certain
amount of which is always present
when using alternating current for
the projecting light. The new
equipment is known as a low-in-
tensity, rejecting arc, and is oper-
ated by direct current, which is
generated at the theatre especially
for the motion picture machines,
by motor generator.
Friday and Saturday-Laura La
Plante will be seen in a dramatic
talking picture entitled Scandal.
1t is based on The Haunted Lady"
a gripping society scandal story by
Adela Rogers st. Johns which ap-
peared in the Cosmopolitan Maga-
zine. Universal has made it into
a talk-film of unusual intensity,
with Huntly Gordon, John Boles
and Jane Winton among the lead
ing principals. The story tells how
a girl of moderate circumstances
rises above her position and maries
a wealthy society favorite. Then
comes a hand from the past to
drag her back and she finally is
forced to risk her husbands re-
spect by barring a scandalous stu
alton, or see a third party go to
prison unjustly. How she faces
this decision makes one Of the
strongest scenes ever screened.
Smyrna times., 1929-07-03
MANY CHARTERS ARE FILED
Charter Business i'm Delaware is
Profitable-Received S420,309.64

Charter Business i'm Delaware is
Profitable-Received S420, 0,309.64
That the charter business in
Delaware is still profitable one is
shown by the number of charters
filed with the Secretary of State
during May. There were 600 chart
ers filed in May from which the
State received S420,309.64 as the
State tax required with the filing
of charters before they are official
1y granted by the Secretary Of
State. While the number of chart
ers filed for the month of April
this year exceeded that Of the
month of May by 40, the revenue
to the State did not amount to as
much as for the month of May by
nearly 100000, Aprirs revenue
from the 731 charters filed amount
ing to S227 ,6O6.11. One large
charter alone filed during May
brought TO the State the sum of
$125,000 while another not quite so
large helped to swell the amount
to $420, ,309.64. The tax on gaso-
line received by the State Treas
urer in May was S78,924.82, which
is a considerable increase over
April and as the summer comes on
with increased driving the amount
lis likely to reach 100000.
Smyrna times., 1929-07-03

in a common effort to serve and
to rehabilitate. In conforming to
the convention mandate and the
national executive committee res
olution, hereby set the week be-
ginning July 1 for the collections
to be made in each department, in
the manner deemed best and most
expedient by the department COM
mander, and the posts under his
jurisdiction. It was the thought
of the executive committee that
more than one day would be need
ed, and as many of the posts will
hold conferences on ways and
means of celebrating July 4th, it
is believed the period between July
] and July Z will be most oppor-
tune"
Smyrna times., 1929-07-03
LEGION WILL RAISE FUNDS
Delaware Members of the Organi-
ZatiOn VIII be Taxed Ten Cents

The American Legion posts of
this State are called upon to raise
an emergency relief fund equalling
10 cents per member the week be-
ginning July l in a letter written
to the department commander, Will
liam E. Matthews, Jr., Smyrna, by
the national commander, Paul ".
McNutt. The letter follows: Zone
of the greatest services the Amer
lean Legion has found to perform
has been emergency relief in time
of disaster. That the Legion has
rendered such service quickly, in
telligently and in a manner possi-
bic only to men trained in wartime
discipline, is attested by the thous-
ands of lives which have been saw
ed and by a general public appre-
citation out of which has come the
slogan: In time of disaster-the
American Legion The experience
es in the floods of New England; in
the disasters in Florida; in the
floods of the Mississippi; when the
dam broke in California, and in
scores of other emergencies, have
led us to organize emergency re-
lief units in all of our posts. This
has not been an effort to take the
place of existing relief organiza-
tions, but to give relief in the gap
period before other relief organ
izations come on the scene. When
such organizations do appear, then
the Legion joins hands with them
Smyrna times., 1929-07-03

bridges and trestles and curves, as
well as projected firing station.
This test is to be made next year
at a cost of about $4,000. The
gun on its own wheels weights $50
tons and costs about 100000. The
War Department has made a study
of the entire coast line down the
Atlantic side, along the Gulf and
up the Pacific and prepared a map
showing approximately 100 points
to which heavy railroad artillery
could be moved in an emergency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21

Tert: "Who is he that opercometh
the tDorld, but he that belfeUeth that
Jesus is the Son OF Cod John,
Us.
To resist and overcome the forces
that conSpire to defeat us Is one OF
ltfe'S supreme accomplishments. When
We think of the world, the world In
which we live, We naturally consider
those influences and forces with which
we individually have to do. To every
man the world Is largely what he con-
ceives 1t to be. To Alexander the world
was the field OF action in which the
conduering armies operated. To him
mastery, power and authority, these
were the supreme ends Of being. To
an artist like Turner, the world was
what he could interpret of it In terms
OF beauty and loneliness. To Beethoven
or Wagner 1t was the response OF the
soul to the concord of sweet sound, and
the capacity to translate 1t in terms
OF harmony. To the man of affairs
and business the world is the sphere in
which he operates. To overcome COM
petition, to resist and II need be an
initiate the forces that are arrayed
against him and to come to place of
commanding power and affluence, this
Is to attain supreme ends.
All of these conceptions conceive Of
life in terms OF limitations. They take
no cognizance Of the deeper spiritual
things OF human nature, nor do they
reckon with mans aspirations for i'm
mortality. 1t is conceivable that
man may come to the place Of highest
distinction and yet be lacking In those
fine qualities that contribute to the
making of moral worth. We have all
known such. They were men who had
attained to a degree Of greatness and
success In their chosen profession or
calling but were signally deficient IN
the attainment Of the, high things OF
character. We have had repeated
demonstrations In recent years OF what
we have in mind. Nietzsche's Super
man. physically and intellectually
might witness OF the highest expression
of attainment, but we can hardly think
of world OF law and order distin-
guished by such type. 1t takes some
thing more than physical and mental
equipment to resist the conspiracy OF
forces that lay siege TO each individual
life. To resist. combat and overcome
these forces demands another kind
of equipment. Conscientious parents
would hardly feel assured OF the secur.
ity and happiness Of their children II
they gave them nothing more than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
The DAYS Of Chivalry Are Past.

The same day that three American
college girls swan the Hellespont We
find sisters Of their sex dominating
bootlegging in Arkansas.
After arresting IA women in raids.
the deputy prohibition administrator
declared that "seventy-five per cent Of
the bootlegging in the State is being
carried on by women" He supple
mented this with the threat that: The
days Of Southern chivalry are over as
far as women violators Of the prohibit
ton law are concerned"
In other days men felt their man
hood challenged to protect and cherish
women as the weaker sex" Now
women have demanded. secured and
are exercising equal rights" They arr
proving that they are not all angels.
II they seek equal rights with men
in the profitable, though unlawful,
trade in liquors or liquor substitutes
they must be ready to take equal
rights" of punishment under the laws,
declares this Arkansas administrator.
While deploring the sorry spectacle Of
woman with six or seven children
being dragged into jail, he emphasizes
that the laws were made for women
as well as men,"
When woman steps out Of her proper
sphere she waves good-by to the days
of chivalry and the tender regard Of
man.
With equal rights 60 equal RESPONSE
bilities. equal obligations. equal justice
under the laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
Our Peace-Time Expenses.

If the Treasury Departments recent
announcement Of fat surplus of $685.
100000 for the last fiscal year led any
body to indulge in rosy dreams regard
ing tax reduction. such dreams are
rudely shattered by the White House
release Of a startling array Of figures to
show the cost of running the United
States in 'hese years of peace and pros
p,rity. For the first time since the war
these expenses threaten to 60 above
$4,000, 100000 in the current fiscal year.
And the explanation is not hard to find.
The Army, the Navy, the Post once
deficit and the huge program Of public
works undertaken by the Government
easily account for the contemplated
increases.
In 1926 the total appropriations for
Army, Navy, Post ONCE deficit, and
those items grouped under the heading
of public works, was $3.50, 900, 900. In
that year the Navy received $4,000
600; the Army, 1851 100000 the Post
Office Department 39,5oo,ooo and APP
preparations for public works reached
Sl70.So0 900. For the year 1888 there
are already in sight needs for the Army
that will require $3.50, 1900, 900; for the
Navy, s452 100000; for the Post once
deficit. $S0,000,0o0 and for public works
S265. 900, 900, making total of $l,l4S,-
100000, and the total does not take into
account he money that will be required
for faril relief. nor the obvious in
creases t-Ner estimates expected in the
Governments building program and the
food control program.
The mounting cost of government, as
shown in the four ma or items discuss
ed by the White House, can be laid
at the door of recently enacted legisla-
ton. Expansion and development Of
aviation both in the Army and the
Navy, accounts for large percentage
Of the increases needed by both serv-
ices. But ~ the Army there is great
building pfogram underway that Is
necessary properly to house end utilize
the authorised strength Of the service,
and In the Navy the cruiser building
and capital ship replacement plans call
for OUTLAWS that may or may not be
altered by an agreement for reduction
in naval armaments. Federal assist
ance to the farmers, river and harbor
improvement, aood control, Boulder
Dam, public building and public road
projects annually swell the total that
goes into expenditure on public works,
while the normal Post once deficit
has been increased by lower rates, high
er wages and shorter hours Of employ
nent. The natural growth in Federal
agencies TO keep pace with the growth
in population will swell the total Of
1888 appropriations beyond figures that
now can be estimated with accuracy.
The only tIIpe for tax reduction seen
by the WhitA House is that careful
financing may reduce the public debt
each year and the saving In interest
rates would make possible lessened
demand for revenue. For the present
this hope seems dim. 1t will be bright
ened only by rigid economy IN spend
ing and plans to spend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21

Congress and y. M. /. y.
Ali over the country, at this week end
some $500 American lads are in the
midst Of a month Of soldering at Citi-
zens' Military Training Camps. They
are there by virtue Of their own Volt
ton and Of the generous provisions
made by Congress for giving elementary
education In national defense to the
youth Of the Nation.
Addressing the C. M. r. c. contingent
now in training with the Sd Cavalry at
Fort Myer, Va. under the direction Of
that scion of one Of Americas famous
Army families. Col. Guy V. Henry, Rep
resentative Louis L. Ludlow Of Indiana
has just presented graphic account Of
Congress- attitude toward the training
war.
Congress is sometimes accused un-
justly" said Mr.. Ludlow, "of niggardly
attitude toward the c. M. T. c. 1 have
taken pains to have figures compiled
from the records OF the War Department,
which show conclusively that, consider
ing the novelty of the experiment, and
the time 1t requires to mold public SEN
timent into acquiescence with anything
that bears military. name. Congress
has been truly responsive to the Nations
need for civilian military training. For
the first year Of testing the experiment.
the year 192l-Congress appropriated
quarter Of a million dollars and IL, 299
trainees were enrolled that year. The
very next year the appropriation jumped
to 100000 and there were 22.ll9 en-
rolled. For the fiscal year 1880. which
began on the first day of the present
month, the appropriation is $2,742,15s
and the enrolment is $500.
During these ten fruitful years, the
citizens camps have trained 26s,24s
men and have sent them out into the
civil walks with quickened patriotism,
keener mentality and better bodies.
They will have picture of what the
camps, which have grown in number
from a mere handful to a total Of Nifty
three, are doing under the sponsorship
and sanction of the branch of Govern
ment that controls the purse-strings. :"
The Hoosier journalist-statesma
added that he has mo fear that Con-
gress will ever turn its back on the
Citizens Military Training Camps" 1t
is we'll for the republic that this Is so.
The camps, Representative Ludlow we'll
says. harmonic perfectly with the
doctrine of the fathers that the safety
OF the Nation lies not in an. enormous
standing army. with its crushing burden
Of maintenance, but In q well trained
citizen soldiery. The lessons in democ-
racy which the camps inspire are Of
incalculable. value in strengthening the
bulwarks of freedom"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
"Home, Sweet Home"

The Library of Congress. has just re-
ceived q manuscript of more than ordi-
nary Interest," copy Of Home, Sweet
Home" in the handwriting Of John
Howard Payne. with two hitherto I'M
published auatrains.
This sentimental old lyric is twined
inextricably around the heartstrings
of the American people. It has an
especial Washington association due to
the fact that the grave of Its author
is here.
Payne, Of course, was responsible
only for the words. The music prob
ably is the most important part of this
combination which has become one "
the folk songs Of America. The author
Of the verses owes his immortality to
a fortuitous mating of words and music.
BY all standards of criticism, the lyric
is rather poor. 1t is an example OF an
abominable style of versiflcation-
jingling and sentimental-which was
characteristic of the minor poets of the
Georgian period and which represents
one Of the transition bridges between
the pure artihciality Of the Queen Anne
era and the naturalness and pure feel
ing of the Victorian.
But 1t hardly can be judged by
literary standards. 1t has met q test
higher and harder than any these can
impcse-the test Of long continued pop
ular favor. There is something in
tangible about 1t which rises above
rules. 1t expresses q universal longing
in a fashion that still appeals to the
great majority of men and women. 1t
furnishes an easily available outlet for
a pent-up emotion which is common
to human beings everywhere. The
singing populace hardly Ia concerned
with the literary craftsmanship of what
1t sings.
After all. compared with the ephem-
eral popular songs Of today with their
bad grammar, childish versificat ton and
utterly artificial sentimentality. Home
Sweet Home" is a literary masterpiece
Just why lyrics set to music are so poor
is an interesting problem. Few would
deny that imprisoned, appealing music
picks slovenly brides from the family
poetry, and gives them q social posi-
ton Of which they are entirely un-
worthy. There are, OF course, notable
exceptions. Some Of the finest lyrics
ever written-those Of Burns, for ex,
ample-also are popular songs. But
this hardly is the general rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-21
The Institute of Public Affairs.

The third annual session Of the In
stitute of Public Affairs at the Uni
verslty of Virginia. which starts the
first week in August, promises to bring
many Washingtonians to- the lovely old
campus under the shadow CT Month
cello.
There they will join in dispassionate
discussions of the outstanding economic
and social issues now before the cour-
try. Or. Charles G. Maphis, dean OF
the Summer School. is arranging FOR
this year an exceptionally rich and
varied program Last Summer the
meetings of the institute we're some
what overshadowed by the political
campaign then in progress, but this year
they will be free to spread over wider
range of topics Of current interest.
Two subjects to which round tables
will be devoted fer the entire period
should be of especial interest-the crime
situation and the rural church. On
the former subject, under the direction
of one of the Nations foremost scien-
tific criminolcgists, an effort will be
made to present all the antagonistic
viewpoints. For the discussions on the
country church Dean Maphis has en-
listed leaders of all the outstanding
denominations.
The Institute of Public Affairs is
modelled somewhat on the older and
better known institute at Williamstown.
but its range is restricted to domestic
questions. It's discussions seldom cross
the boundaries of the United States.
Because of this narrowed field, more
intensive consideration is possible.
The round table on the crime situa-
ton should cover much the same ground
as is covered In the discussions and
studies Of President Hoover's Crime
Commission. The social. psychiatric,