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Smyrna times., 1929-12-11
TWO MILLION DOLLAR ROAD
Nov Open From Maryland Line to
Cape Charles, Va.--Important Link

Virginia's two million dollar
highway from the Maryland line to
the southern terminal of Cape
Charles is thrown over to the mo-
torists this month, completing a
direct hard surface highway from
of the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula. With
the exception of two short links
further south, it is now possible to
drive your automobile from the
Canadian border to Miami over
hard surface roads via the famous
Eastern Shore country. According
to Henry G. Shirley, State High
way Commissioner of Virginia, the
Old Dominion has spent $2,074,493
on the highway from the Maryland
border to the capes. This includes
two mile section from the main
route into Parksley and similar
strip from Tasley to Onancock.
Virginia has been eight years in
building the 81 mile highway, start
ing the project with a short sec
tion out of Cape Charles in 1921.
Yet the state has spent far more
upon that highway through Acco-
mac and Northampton and in the
remainder of the state when COM
pairing the average expenditure
per county. It was not until 1921,
that Virginia took the obstruction
of state highways seriously. Since
then it has spent $74 100000 on
hard surfaced roads. If other
counties of the state had gotten
proportionate allotments with the
two shore counties the state would
have expended S3,104 900 900.
Cape Charles is now about two and
half hours drive from Salisbury,
where formerly it required at least
five hours over rough dirt roads.
Already Accomac county is pre-
pairing to beautify the highway
with the planting of crepe myrtle
trdees. The county supervisors
this week appropriated funds suf-
ficient to plant two miles.
Smyrna times., 1929-12-11
PERFECT ATTENDANCE HONOR
ROLL FOR SMYRNA SCHOOLS
PUPILS OF VARIOUS GRADES
ON HONOR ROLL FOR MONTH
Teachers of IL Grades of Smyrna
Schools Submit Their Honor List
to Superintendent Schantz

Smyrna Special District Schools,
@. w. w. Schantz, superintendent,
submits the following list of pu-
pills reported by the teachers Of the
twelve grades, who are entitled to
SO on the Honor Holl for the month
Of November:
18th grade, Miss Shorter, teach
er Ernestine Ferguson, Anna
N1lda, Margaret Stark, Mary
Stark, k,Anaa Thompson, Mary Wal
lace, Estella Warner, William Hob
son, Joseph Jefferson, Richard
Price, William Moffett, Sarah Ben
nett, Florence Corrie.
11th grade, Miss Rogers, teacher
M. Blechman, ]. Blizzard, M.
Crossley, F. Fravel, c. Garrison, w.
Mabrey, j. Pratt, S. Streets, M.
Boggs, G. Clifton, E. Crossley, E.
Roadway, E. Shortall, H. Wallace.
10th grade, Miss Keithley, teach
er- Roberta Collins, ,Thelma Cross
ley, Audrey Davis, Isadore Hand
loft, Rosemary knight, Alma Loose
Smyrna times., 1929-12-11

sons, A. Reynolds, E.. Shockley, M.
Warner, N. Bason, D. Carey, I.
Todd, F. Goldsborough, NJ. Harper,
H. Hilyard, H. Jones, w. Spence,
F. Stevens, H. Stevens, E. Stats,
H. Still, r. Warner.
7b grade, Miss Fry, teacher-A.
Attix, r. Burris, MCook, M. Cross
ley, S. Davis, E. Donovan, r. Ed
wards, F. Everett, J. Everett, r.
Everett, E. Faulkner, c. Heino1d,
G. Jewell, e. Lickerman, A. Nc
Claim, D. Price, c. Urian, K Wag-
enhour.
9th grade, Miss Matthews, teach
er-H. Denney, M. Hurd, Alma
Lewis, A. Oros, P. Mannon, w.
Skinner, NJ. Spence, j. Urian, j.
Caldwell, H. Goldsborough, J.
Shockley, w. Shuster, j. Talbot,
J. Thompson, r. Wood.
5a grade, Miss Pryor, teacher
V. Ennis, R. Garrison, 1. Goldsbor-
Cugh, D. Handloff, M. Heinold, H.
Hutchinson, M. Jefferson, B. Oliver
E. Phillips, E. Reimann, E. Robin
son, M. Stevenson, N. Wallace, M.
Webb, E. Williams, E. Boyles, D.
Davidson, H. Deakyne, V. Ennis,
c. Jones, B. Masten, F. Morrison,
F. Thowley.
5b grade, Miss Van Pelt, teacher
james Anthony, A. Archer, d.
Bush, NJ. Ennis, r. FAIRIES, V. Ford,
w. Hutchins, W. Moffitt, J. Melvin,
F. Light, L. Sapp, M. Sapp, S.
Todd, j. Truax, N. Urian, r. Urian,
r. Van Hay.
IA grade, Miss Scout, teacher
D. David, r. David, E. Edmondson,
J. Gafford, M. Hurd, F. Jacobs, A.
Lowman, R. Lemoine, F. McNatt,
M. Rothwell, v. Ryan, V. Spence,
NJ. West, G. Bartlett, W. Davis, A.
Fretz, L. Lafferty, P. Marker, r.
Radish.
4b grade, Mrs. Smith, teacher
D. Hemsley, E. Leager, I. Oros,
E. Robinson, w. Shelton, C. Cole
man, P. Enlow, E. Ford, B. Melvin,
v. Scorah.
ga grade, Mrs. Jefferson, teacher
p. Baggs. NJ. Cochran, D. Cooper
E. Davis, D. FAIRIES, r. Grier, L.
Harper, H. Killen.
3b grade, Miss Burchard, teach
er- 3. Masten, F. Stevenson, v.
Kemp, r. Short, T. Slaughter, E.
Todd, V. Tucker.
"a grade, Miss Robinson, teacher
P. Bickling, c. Blendt, r. Bush,
R. Cochran, G. Davis, NJ. FAIRIES,
r. Ford, c. Garis, @. Jones, M. Lee,
3. Grier, c. Hufschmidt.
20 grade, Miss Sherwood, teach
er-J. Jones, r. Lowman, E. Ma
brey, B. Marshall, M. Passwaters,
L. Pleasanton, L. Slaughter, N. NJ.
Staats, H. Stevenson, J. Turner,
Q. Still, G. VanPelt
Ia grade, Miss Griffith, teacher
M. David, H. Ennis, T. Ford, v.
Harry, M. Leager. ]. Clough, R.
Deakyne, w. Short.
1b grade, Miss Stats, teacher
r. Nowland, 3. Phillips, D. Short,
A. Stevens, B. VanPelt, F. Mark
er, j. Masten, P. Nowland, w.
A. Robinson, F. Steven
son, E. Truax.
Smyrna times., 1929-12-11

than three years, introduce a
schedule of reduced rates on var
ious kinds of out-of-town calls on
January /. One change of import
ance to Wilmington of ten cents on
day rate Standardization calls
between Wilmington and New
York, Harrisburg, Pittsburg, Cum
berland, Md, and Washington, d.
C. Reductions of from five to ten
cents are TO be made on all sta
manifestation calls at day rates
between all other points from so to
800 miles distant. Station -to-Sta-
ton calls are calls for telephone
by number or otherwise, on which
the calling party does not ask the
operator to locate a particular per-
son. Day rates are in effect from
4.30 a. m. to p. m. 1t is estimat-
ed that telephone users throughout
Delaware will be saved approx
mately $21 900 annually through
introduction of the reduced out-of-
town rates." Mr.. Bardo said, while
in the Bell system through the
United States more than $5,00O,-
900 yearly will be saved" Out-of-
town rates were reduced by S.
100000 by the Bell system on Oc-
tober 21, 1926; by $1,5OO,0OO on
December 1, 1927, and by S5,OOO,-
900 on February l, 1929, Mr. r.Bardo
pointed out. The January 1 rate
reduction of S5,OOO,o00 will thus
bring the total yearly saving to
telephone users throughout the
Bell system to 100000.
Smyrna times., 1929-12-11

Mildred Mills, Agnes Moffett, Mar
garet Pawn, william Palmer, Mar
ion Scout, Helen Skrivan, Edna
Slaughter, Robert Talbot, Mereta
Warner, William Wright.
Ga grade, Miss Knotts, teacher
H. Armstrong, N. Arthurs, @. Bak-
er, H. Donovan, M. Gilroy, E. Har-
rington, M. Hartnett, G. Lemoine
S. Middleton, H. Lockerman, E.
Bennett, L. Boyer, M. L. Darrah,
M. Donovan, M. Garrison, R. Jar
rell, L. Langrell, L. Robinson, L.
Pratt, t. Hawkins, F. Shapley, H
Spence, ]. Spry, E. Streets, EVIL
iamS.
9b grade, Mr.. Hynson, teacher
F. Hilyard, G. Lawton, H. Lower
c. Simmons, M. Todd, H. Pugh, G.
Blendt, NJ Hoffecker, S. Knight, H.
Hulhanek, M. Media, B. Wright,
A. Bartlett, V. Wooda1.
Sa grade, Mrs. Vogel, teacher
e. Carey, NJ. Caldwell, A. Council,
F. Crossley, S. Crossley, E. Davis,
C. Gears, N. Hutchins, M. Malcom,
M. Pusey, M. Ryan, D. Slaughter,
F. Stevens, c. Sullivan, E. Wallace
M Warner.
8b grade, Miss Wentworth, teach
er-L. Gardner, w. Hemping, L.
Severson, L. Walker, w. Stepan-
off, K. Alfree, M. Hohnson, G.
Machamer, D. Moffet, r. Severson,
Y. Virden, B. Virden.
"a grade, Miss Start, teacher
Rosie Darrell, NJ. Deakyne, V.Hein-
old, A. Jones, F. Morrison, G. Par
Smyrna times., 1929-12-11
S8,OOO,0O0 TO BE EXPENDED
Information Sent TO President
Hoover by Governor Buck, Tuesday

mower Dy GOEernOr Buck, tuesday
That Delaware will spend on
public works 100000 within the
next six months end $8,0OO,0O0
within the year was the irforma-
tion sent to President Hover by
Governor G. Douglas Buck, Mon
day. This information was secur-
ed from thorough survey made
by the Governor. At the confer
ence which the Governor called to
meet in Dover at 11.3O Thursday,
the Governor gave the details of
these expenditures and discussed
these expenditures as well as the
general business conditions with
the prominent men whom he had
called in conference. Two of the
men who were in conference with
the Governor attended the confer
ence called in Washington by Pres
ident Hoover on Thursday of the
preceding week. They are Lam
mot DUPONT, president of the du-
Pont Company, and c. D. Garrett
son, president of the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce and of the
Electric Hose and Rubber Com
pany. 1t was the idea of the Gov
ernor to send the total of proposed
expenditures for Delaware to the
President. He will present the de-
tails at the conference. Messrs.
DUPONT and Carretson will there
fore have the full information
available when they meet in the
Presidents conference on next
Thursday.
Smyrna times., 1929-12-11
TELEPHONE RATES ARE CUT

Telephone Patrons to Save S2I 900
Annually on Long Distance Calls
Announcement has been made by
Edward p. Bardo, district manager
of the Diamond State Telephone
Company, that the company will,
for the fourth time in little more
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-10
One More Soviet Achievement.
By X. VOROSHILOY.

THE great practical value of the flight of
distance of over 20O0Okilometers from
Moscow thru Western Europe the Asiatic Con-
tinent, Pacific Ocean and the American Con-
tinent to New York, consists in the fact that
we had again chance to prove the high quail
ity of Soviet airplane building and also the
high quality of the Red flyers, and also to
start so to say, the beginning of an airway
between th1 two continents.
The successful flight accomplished by the
heroic flyers of the Soviet aviation proves bet
ter than words the great achievement of the
entire aviation industry of the proletarian gov
eminent and which reaches, in this respect, the
heights of the most developed capitalist coun-
tries.
The airplane, Land of Soviets," is not the
only type of the Soviet metal, multi-motored
airplanes Many other machines built by the
hrotherly efforts of the workers and engineers
of our industry have perfect qualities of the
Sovieo metal airplane construction. A short
while ago tr-motor, metal airplane of the
passenger type, "Wings of the Soviet" crossed
all Europe, about 5000 KIN. with a record race
speed of ITO KIN. per hour. All of these flights
had for their purpose a check of our posi-
bilities and great undertakings.
In this repect the flight Of the "Land of
Soviets" gives new undeniable proof that
we are on the right path in the construction
and building of airplanes of the high level of
our technical achievements The flyers, Com
rades Shestakoff and Bolotov, the mechanic
Fufaev, and navigator, Sterlgov, with great
knowledge Of their trade and with great cour-
age, accomplished the most hazardous flight
over three continents and oceans.
OF all the ocean flights in the last years,
we can hardly find another flight encounter
ing so many hardships and many natural OBJ
stacles as the Moscow-New York flight, which
flight was accomplished in the fall, at time
when the meteorological conditions are less fav-
orable to overcome cyclones and typhoons.
Comrades Shestakoff and Fufaev, Gromoff,
Chuchnovsky, Babush, Nezsheraup, Mosieff,
Kopiloff and many others, no less brave red
flyers, are well known not only to the workers
of the USSR, but far beyond the borders, for
their flights inside of Russia and foreign
countries.
The crew Of the Land Of the Soviets.' the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-10
Notice on the Expulsion of
|. Saffron.

The c. C. C. has approved the decision of
D. E. C. of District to expel I. Saffron from
the Party as degenerate tool of the Trotzky-
ties in Minneapolis.
Saffron was previously suspended from the
Party as a Ttrotzkyite. When, on July 3, he
applied for reinstatement and signed a state
ment repudating the Trotzkyites, this state
ment was published in The Daily Worker, but
the reinstatement was held in allegiance.
His actions since then, however, proved con-
clusively that Saffron was playing double
role against the Party.
His degeneracy, typical of all right wingers,
reached the extent Of supporting, together
with other Trotzkyites, the reactionary Zionists
on the Palestine question, and Of aligning with
the right wing in the Independent Workmen's
Circle in their fight against the Party, going
even so far as to attempt to throw out Party
member from a meeting by force
Such elements have no place in the Commu-
mist Party, and all workers are hereby notified
that Saffron is expelled from the Party
CENTRAL CONTROL COMMITTEE.
COMMUNIST PARTY OF U. S. A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-10
COTTON MILLS
AND LABOR

If we waran so poor, you'd not be so rich N
| rememba what tn Good Book says about tn
rich N tn poo They'll git their when they
die"
"Hell?" | as..-~.
Marg spit brol | neatly between the
rails.
What else?" she answered.
WELL that idea doan satisfy me" | replied,
and we were off on an argument.
On Monday, after working hours, I went
over to see Katy. Katy had come over from
Brandon to stay with her married sister and
mind her kids, while her sis ~ led in the
mill. Katys baby was still little and
sickly for her to go back to = ming, yet.
Her sisters youngest child was six months,
and her oldest, nine years with chain of five
between. This system of working between ba-
bies and mindng the neighbours just before
and after your new one came, SO they
work awhile, is we'll worked out Luckily, the
babies are not all born at the same time of year.
Now, since no child under fourteen is allowed
to work in the mills without special permit,
there is another system. The oldest child
below working age whether eight, nine
twelve, takes its Mas place in the kitchen and
minds the string of little ones and Ma goes
into the mill. There is a compulsory school
law for those under fourteen, but no one pays
attention to that-eXcept some of the kids, who
want learning" and cry and beg, and get their
parents to crying, too But in the end, they
usually have to quit SONIA work along of
Pa.
Katy's brother and sister lived on the edge
of the village where the poorest cottages stood
No trees or flowers here. Only yellow dirt,
flies and sizzling heat. Around their shack
ran a high chicken-wire fence, and the gate
was locked. Inside stood, Katy, Winding twelve
half-naked squalling children Katy herself
was as small and undeveloped in body
little girl of ten. When you saw her face for
the first time it came like shock to you that
she wasn't grown woman The more you
Hooked at her, the more puzzled you became.
She looked ten and she looked fifty. Her once
blue dress hung like a sack straight from her
flat chest to just below her knees, she was
barefoot and her straw-colored hair ended
irregularly below the margin of her ears. AL
together, with her skinny and legs and
her wistful eyes, she was child But her pal
lor and drawn look around the mouth right
fully belonged to old people. There are many
in the villages like Katy, whom the mill has
gotten too young.
ITO be Continued)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-10

honored flyer Gromoff, pilot of the "Wings of
the Soviets," and Baranov, who accomplished
the most difficult flight over Pamir and our
other first class flyers, behed the glory of the
unconquerable fighters of the air in the face
of the entire world.
We must mention the exceptional interest
shown in the flight by the American workers
and business circles, who are closely connected
with the aviation business in America. This
was shown not only by the tremendous well
come to our Red flyers, but also by the colec-
ton of money to buy tractors for the agricul-
tural needs of the Soviet Union.
In the name of the Workers and Peasants
Red Army, | send my flaming greetings to the
Flyers of our Red Aviation. This new victory
of the "Land of the Soviets" will go into his
tory of our aviation and socialist construction
as a great example of the collective building
up Of wide masses of workers, peasants and
technical forces of our union, in the building
Of the Soviet Red Fleet.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-10
By MYRA PAGE.
(COntinlted.)

This 96-page book by Myra Page, "Soatkern
Cotton Mills and Labor" IS published by the
Workers Library Publishing Co., IS E. 125th
St., N. Y. c., and is ready for distribution
The price is IS cents--an unusual loa0 one for
d 96-page book of first-hand Information of
the class struggle IN the South.
Honey" Marg turned back to me, 81 tell
you what's on my mind. It's my boy, Tom He
wants to be an electrician, in tn worse way
Ever since he wuz a it'll boy, he's hardened
after machinery n things like that. He's buyed
books'n fixin's of all kinds. Well, his sis n
him n me been savin fer seven year now; SOS
he cud take tn course. By correspondence,
they call it. 1t cost one hundred and fifty
dollar, but SEEM as Tom was so anxious, they
tole him he cud tex it fer ninty-five. But we
jes' can't seem to git that much ahead. Sick
ness or tn mill runnin's slow, or somethin' jes'
sets us back. Toms twenty-seven now, n |
doan knows he ever will"
Couldn't he take it up around here at school,
say?"
'Naw. They doan learn em no trade that
but mill work. I tell you, honey these mill
owners vans to keep us in tn mills. l knows,
I've a-watched 'em forty-five year now. My
gal tells me shud keep my mouth shut. But l
knows"
Marg peefed through Ihe green VINES at an
other visitor coming up the walk
"That you, Miz Rhoads?"
"Yes'm, it's me- Kin l hev n ear o corn?"
Help yourself. Only git 'em ripe. N woan
we set a spell?"
Marg lowered her voice eve. live in common
like, us six families here" With her right
thumb she indicated the houses fronting the
little square of dirt before us. each ones
got litl' patch Wages bein' what they is,
we coulden git along without. One raises beans
n peas, another, yellers' tatters. N me,
raises corn. Whin meal time comes, we 'jes'
go n help ourselves.
"Now, tn drouth n hot weather is KILN
our crops, n tn mills only runnin' part time.
1 tell you they're gittin' us lower n lower.
They wan US on our knees, that's what. We
amt low enuf fer 'em, yit. Millionaires they
are, Mr. Hutchins n tn res N l remember
him as littr boy SO poor he'd no breeches to
cover him.
"They made their money out of US. | look
at their fine houses whin I go into town, n |
thinks to myself, you made that out 20 us.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-10

HUSTAVO MACHADO, secretary of the Ven
ezuelan Revolutionary party, of the
leading participants in the revolt in June
against the bloody dictatorship of Juan Vim
cente Gomez, puppet of American Imperialism
in Venezuela, just visited New York and gave
the Daily Worker an exclusive interview of the
events in Curacao.
'The revolution which broke out against
Gomez" said Machado, Originating in Gu
racao, a small island in the Caribbean Sea,
off the coast of Venezuela, was mass move
ment of 1000 Venezuelan, Negro and Jamaican
workers employed in the worlds largest oil
refinery of the British controlled Dutch Col
onial Empire"
For the first time the facts behind the up
rising of workers and peasants against the
iron-fisted 74-year-old dictator of Venezuela
were Brought out by leader Of the revolu-
tionary forces.
'The Venezuelan Revolutionary Party which
led the revolt" Machado said, first captured
the Wiiamstaadt fortress, the workers being
armed with matchetes alone, long knives used
for harvesting. We made the Governor of
Curacao, DR.. Fruyter prisoner, together with
the chief of police, known as the tiger of
Amsterdam"
'We did not know, when we had him in GUS
tody of the revolutionary forces" declared
Machado "that the tiger of Amsterdam was
the butcher of the Indonesan workers, or he
would not have gotten off so solely.
"After storming the fortress and imprison-
ing the British-controled Dutch governor and
police chief, we collected what arms we could
to make effort to join the revolutionary
forces in La Vela de Coro in Venezuela Coro
is a five-hour cruise from Curacao
"The chief of police told us that only suf-
ficent arms were kept on hand to shoot down
striking workers. We took all the guns and
ammunition could lay our hands on, which
were very limited; forced Herr DR.. Fruyter to
sign written order for our transportation
on the American ship 'Maracaibo," commanded
by the helpful Capt. Morris, to Coro, Venez-
uela.
thousands of the oil workers wanted to
accompany us. But our arms were limited and
we could take only 250.
"The military leader of the revolutionary
expedition was Gen. Rafael Simon Urbina,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-10
ON THE DAILY
WORKER"


smaller and better staff, which works as an
organization.
At the same time the Language Department
is instructed to prepare for the next meeting
of the Polcom a statement on the position of
the other Party papers, for the politicalizaton
and improvement of the methods of work.
Throughout the work of the eEtire Party
press the struggle against the Right danger
must be concrctized by stimulating self-criti-
cism from below, from the workers in the
shops, on all phases of Party and trade union
work. The struggle against the Lovestone
renegades must not be isolated to the sphere
of elmer Party problems, but must be inter
twined with every question of the class strug-
gle, from the smallest problems of building
the revolutionary trade unions, of the fight
against naturalization, to the defense of the
Soviet Union and its socialist construction, and
the struggle against imperialist war.