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Smyrna times., 1929-01-23
BILL WOULD AIDTHE TEACHERS
Retirement Law Will Need S3O,602
For the First Year, If Passed

If the proposed retirement bill for
school teachers is passed by the State
Legislature an appropriation of $780,
COZ will be asked for the first year,
Professor John Shilling, Of the State
Board of Education, told the joint
legislative committee Of women's
clubs at its weekly meeting last week
at the Hotel Richardson, Dover. Ac-
cording to Mr. Shilling, it would cost
S5460 for the maintainance of an Of
flee and bookkeeping, and $25,142 for
guaranteeing annunties for those
teachers who would retire if the bill
is passed. Mr.. Shilling pointed out
that the amounts which the state
would have to guarantee under the
proposed plan would decrease as years
passed on. In presenting the bill to
the Legislature, the sponsors point
out that when teachers reach the age
of 70 years, they have become too
aged to serve with profit to the chill
dren and that the State should guar
antee an annuity equal to one-half of
the salary they were receiving at the
time Of retirement. There is also a
provision for the use of part of the
fund for retiring those teachers who
are permanently disabled on annuities
which would be considerably smaller
than the retirement annuities.
In passing upon the bill, the Car
negie Foundation says that it is sound
financially and does not promise any
thing more than can be paid. Accord
ing to Mr.. Shilling, the teachers of
Wilmington could join as individuals
or they could merge with the State
| System under certain conditions to
which they would agree upon
Smyrna times., 1929-01-23
KENT COUNTY AGENT WILSON
SHOWS ENCOURAGING REPORT
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN
COUNTY HAVE A GOOD YEAR
Fruit Growing, Dairying and Poultry
Industries Especially Show Growth
With Diseases Well Under Control


The 1928 annual report of the agri-
cultural extension work in Kent coun-
ty, which has been prepared recently
by County Agent Russell E. Wilson,
includes the methods Of procedure and
the various contacts that have been
established in formulating and carry
ing into effect a program that incor-
porates practical solutions to many of
the agricultural and economic prob
lens affecting the farmers at the
present time in this section of the
country. In view Of the fact that
fruit growing is one of the leading ag-
ricultural industries in this county,
twentyseven per cent of the time dur
ing the past year was devoted to con
Quoting different horticultural projects
including orchard and grape vineyard
fertilization demonstrations, life his
tory studies and control measures of
the codling moth, and the orchard
spray service in cooperation with the
Extension Department of the Univer-
sity of Delaware and the State Board
of Agriculture, in addition to the
grape vineyard spray service with
special reference to the control Of
black rot and the grape berry moth.
The planning and conducting of pro-
,jects with such farm crops as corn,
wheat, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, soy
beans, alfalfa and sweet clover occlz-
pied twenty-five per cent of the coun-
ty agents time. This phase of the
extension work included the treatment
of seed corn for root rot control, and
the treatment of seed wheat to eradt-
cate the sinking smut, the staging Of
wheat variety tests, demonstrations on
the fertilization of tomatoes, the con-
troll of stem fit and black rot in sweet
potatoes, demonstrations with var
ieties of say beans for hay and seed
purposes, and continuing the alfalfa
and sweet clover campaigns which al
so have proven very successful in this
county as indicated by the increased
acreage Of both legumes during the
past two years.
Approximately seventeen per cent
of the years work was given to pro-
noting the different poultry improve
ment projects in cooperation with the
Extension Specialist Of the University
of Delaware, the State Board of Agri-
culture, and the Delaware State Poul-
try Association. The distribution Of
farm egg record calendars, the pro
noting Of grow healthy chick cam
paign, and the holding Of poultry
judging schools were among the chief
items in this program for the past
year. The subject Of agricultural eco
nomics, which included the co-opera-
ton extended to the various agricul-
tural organizations within the county
and state, comprised seven per cent OF
the county agents time, while assist
ing with the program for the develop
ment Of a better dairy industry and
the production Of a higher grade Of
milk on a more economic basis occu-
pied five per cent. The remaining
twenty-five per cent Of the extension
program for 1928 was spent in work
ing with various soil improvement
problems, and miscellaneous activities
including the rodent control campaign
preparing news articles and reports,
planning and attending to agricultural
Smyrna times., 1929-01-23
Voice Low in Power

New York.-The power of human
speech has been measured electrically
by DR. Harvey Fletcher of Bell tele
phone laboratories. He finds that If
100000 persons all talked at once
in ordinary tones, the sound power
thus created would be just sufficient
to light an ordinary incandescent lamp
The Washington times., 1929-12-30
B0ER GENERAL m u. S.

NEW YORK, Dec. 80. QN.S0.-
General Jan Christian SHUTS
one time prime minister of the
Union of South Africa, arrives
here today aboard the Cunarder
Berengaria.
The Washington times., 1929-12-30
BANKER To HEAD
SCHOOL BOARD

RICHMOND, Va. Dec. so
Robert w. Daniel. of Brandon,
chairman Of the board Of the
Richmond Trust Company and
president of the Liberty National
Bank Of New York. is slated for
appointment to State board Of.
education hy Governor-elect John
Garland Pollard. it has been.
learned here.
Other prospective appointees to-
the board include ex-Gov. 3. Lee
Trinkle. Of Roanoke, and Robert
NJ. Hughes, Of Norfolk.
Former State Senator q. Wal
ter Mapp, Of Accomac, has been
mentioned as 8 possible appointee
to the board.
The board cf education s. to
consist Of seven members, all ap-
pointed By the governor. It is
expected to include one woman or
more. and ct least one Republi-
can.
Hughes IS i sepuhrcan and IS
expected To be the minority party
representative
The Washington times., 1929-12-30
YOUTH RESCUES
AGED COUPLE
FROM GAS

MARTNsBURG, w. Va, Dec.
so.-The timely arrival Of 3 lad,
who had called TO take them to
the home Of q grandson, pre-.
vented the death by asphyxiation
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Asa McKeever,
aged local residents.
The youth, Eugene Bowers,
forced his way into the house
when there was no response TO
his summons. He found the
aged couple unconscious and the
house filled with gag flowing from
q stove. McKeever was seated
in q chair and his wife lying
on the bedroom floor.
Relatives stated after an tnveSti-
CATION that a kettle Of water
boiled over. extinguishtng the
flame when no one was in the
room and that the gas had appar-
emily overcome the couple before
they were aware Of the danger.
They were rushed to q hospital
where they are recovering.
Physicians stated that had they
remained 10 minutes longer In
the house that the fumes would
have proved fatal. McKeever iS
50 and Mrs. tMcKeever, 70.
The Washington times., 1929-12-30
PLEADS
! FOR HIGHWAY

FALLS CHURCH, Va, Dec. 80,
A vigorous plea for the recon.
struction of the Lee Highway,
from Halls Hill just beyond
Cherrydale to Falls Church, was
made by Mayor j. A. ,Bethune, Of
Falls Church, at the last meeting
of the Virginia State Highway
Commission at Charlottesville.
Captain Bethune called the
commissions attention to the
fact that although this highway
is OF vital Importance as a main
thoroughfare from Washington
to the South and already Is con
gested with traffic, the tentative
ALLEGATION for construction In
1880 by the State makes no pro-
vision for it's Improvement and
widening.
He also pointed out that
$4,000 of the money actually
appropriated for this work last
year was diverted to the Glebe
Road. AS a result Of these con-
ditionS, he said, there is q bottle
neck Of narrow rough road be
tweene the fine new improved
section from Washington TO Halls
Hill and the splendid new section
of the Lee Highway west from
Falls Church,
The Washington times., 1929-12-30
FRONT ROYAL
GIVEN PARK

FRONT ROYAL, Va, Dec. 80.
Col. s. r. MilIar has deed to the
town, Rose Hill Park. which com.
prises between five and six acres
Of land, situated q short distance
north of the corporate limits.
The park commands a view Of
Blue Ridge mountain. showing
the northern entrance to the
Shenandoah National Park.
Colonel Millar is widely known.
having entered the army early
In 1900. was captain Of Company
d, 72d Virginia Infantary, and
was on the Mexican border, being
lieutenant colonel Of the Second
Virginia Infantry; during the
World War he served one year, be-
ing lieutenant colonel Of the 116th
United States Infantry, being
retired in 1918 with the rank Of
colonel.
The Washington times., 1929-12-30
Indiana Counts Radios
In Homes of Farmers

LAFAYETTE. Ind, Dec. 80
StIN.S. D Twenty-Five per cent of
the farms In Indiana are equipped
with radios. according to stats.
tics Of the bureau Of agricultural
economics and the Purdue Uni
yersity agricultural experiment
station here.
The figures showed that 81. 900
Hoosier farms had radios. The
percentage was 81 in the more
prosperous farming regions, but
the low number in barren dis
tricts lowered the average to 20
per cent,
Large electric plants supply
electricity to, 10 per cent and pri-
,vate plants to 4 per cent of the
Indiana farms, according to the
statistics.
The Washington times., 1929-12-30

Drunkenness On Gain
Among Children,
Saws Report

NEW YORK. Dec. 80 Q.N.S).
Mounting death rates and In
creased intoxication, especially
among children, was revealed
by police reports from SOS cities
and from census bureau sta
tistics, according to the Modera-
ton Leagues fifth annual sur
vey Of conditions under proti-
bition.
The report, made public to-
day. states that in the 1865
places arrests for drunkenness
increased from T04,336 In 1927
to 743,369 in 1928-an increase
Of 39,033 drunken persons, or
an increase Of SIS per cent in
single year."
This Is q larger increase
than has occurred in any year
since 1s23."
The Washington times., 1929-12-30

B'NAl BIRTH TO ELECT
Argo Lodge, BNai Birth, viii
meet tonight at 0:15 in the
Jewish Community Center to
elect officers for the coming year.
The Washington times., 1929-12-30
DOWNING WHITE
DIES IN VA.
staff Photo,

FRONT ROYAL, Va, Dec. 90.
Downing White, prominent stock
dealer and farmer, died at his
home on Lee Street here this
afternoon, after being i'll a week.
Mr.. White was member Of a
prominent and old Virginia
family. He was painfully in
jured about three months ago
when he fell from a Silo.
He is survived by his wife and
two small children: one brother,
C. H. White, and five sisters,
Mrs. q. v. Steuart, Mrs. William
Dudley, Mrs. Lawrence swan,
Mrs. Robert Leach, all of this
place, and Mrs. Frank Upton, of
washington, D. C. Funeral ar
rangements have not yet been
made.
The Washington times., 1929-12-30
VIRGINIA FACES
NEED Of MORE
JAIL ROOM

RICHMOND, Dec. 3O.-virginia
has 3,447 State prisoners quar-.
tered besides 1000 others in va
riouS localities, with all jails full,
Frank Bane, commissioner Of
public welfare, revealed. It is ap-
parent that the present strain on
the prison system will not dimin-
ish, he said.
The present population Of the
Virginia State Penitentiary is T65,
although 1t is constructed to
house but $50. These figures, how
ever, while above the Saturation
point, are better than those of
other States.
The State farm Is full to ca.
pacity with 215 convicts and 463
misdemeanantS. A year ago there
were 1872 convicts and 256 misde.
meanants at the farm. Figures
submitted from the various road
camps show that there are 1877;
prisoners at work. as compared
with 1855 year ago.
Major Rice M. Youell, superin
tendent Of the State Penitentiary,
reported that conditions at the
penitentiary are much better than
In most Of the prisons, "for 1t
has not been made necessary here
to put men in the corr:iors lad
institutional building. as is the
case in some other places"
Walker &C. Cottrell, chairman
Of the State prison board, aid
provisions for doubling the cell
space may be necessary within
two years at the present rate Of
entry into the institution.
The Washington times., 1929-12-30
Ford Plans to Spend
$4,000. 600 on Plant

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 80
QN.S0.-Ford Motor Company
officials today were planning an
expansion program for 1880 which
will entail an outlay Of $30,.
100000.
Twenty millions are to be spent
for building and plant additions
in various parts of the country,
and $4,000, 900 will be used for
plant equipment, according to
the announcement of EdSel Ford
president.
The Washington times., 1929-12-30
Medal Lost in 1865
Dug Un in Farmyard

RuSHVILLE, Ind, Dec. 80
uNS).-R. W. Dawson. farmer
living near here. has found .
large. gold,plated medal. supposed
to have been imbedded in the
ground Of his barnyard since
1865.
After cleaning the medal. it
was found to bear the name Of
viii Arnold, Ann Arbor, on one
side and the date 1855 on the
other. Apparently it was q
scholastic honor.
In 1865, DR.. John Arnold,
father of Will Arnold, was called
to the bedside of Mrs. DaWson's
grandmother. 1t was thought the
medal was lost then.
The Washington times., 1929-12-30
PRISON GUARDS
WILL STUDY
4 MONTHS

Guards and employees of the Fed
eral prisons in the near future will
be superior or at least equal
their most intelligent and mus
cular prisoners, Attorney General
Mitchell has decreed ell his pri-
son employees must take q four
months course in a special train
ing school he Is establishing in
New York.
The present routine of merely
watching prisoners at work or
In their cells; escorting them to
the workshops, the dining hall
and the chapel and answering
questions relative to law and
medicine with such curt remarks
I'm not q lawyer" or I'm not
O doctor" soon will be q memory.
Mitchell's plan Is to have his
guards at Atlanta, Leavenworth
and other Federal penal institu-
tions be a little bit Of a doctor,
q lawyer, q judge. psychiatriSt
and even a wee bit Of q jurist and
q detective!
Carrying Guns
Some Federal Civil Service ap-
plicants might be frightened from
their desires to carry q pistol in
Uncle Sans prisons when they
note the curriculum Of the Train
ing School.
The type of men who win be
afraid to attempt to pass the
course is the variety the Attorney
General wants to weed from his
prison personnel. He desires men
of high calibre and only such will
be able to obtain passing mark
at the school.
Subjects included in the cur
riculum are: nature and history
Of criminal law, the objects Of a
modern prison, methods Of iden-
tification and apprehension, ball
istics, ju-jitsu, physical culture,
first aid, fundamentals OF hy-
giene and psychiatry, functioning
Of the courts, prosecuting officers
and the judicial system generally,
management of penal institutions,
duties Of officers and guards in
cluding the every day problems
Of discipline, how to understand
individual inmates. care Of gov
ernment property and other
forms Of practical instruction.
Stutsman Schoolmaster
The schoolmaster will be Jesse
o. Stutsman, prison executive
for many years and noted pc
nologist. His staff viii include
q number of noted experts on
police detention and prisons, who
will give frequent demonstrations
and lectures during the course.
Mitchell issued the following
statement concerning Statesman:
"Since his appointment, Novem-
ber /, Mr.. Stutsman has been
conferring with experts in this
field and has had the assistance
Of the Federal Bureau Of Investi
CATION, the New York Police De
partment. August Volmer, for
merly chief Of Police Of Berkeley,
Cal, and the United States Civil
Service Commission.
1T Is planned TO draw students
for the training school from the
regular Civil Service register, who
will report to the New York in
stitution for the necessary period
Of training, and there come in
actual contact with jail and
prison problems and then be ass
signed to the various Federal peni.
tentiaries."
The Washington times., 1929-12-30
STRINE DIES AT so

MARTINSBURG. w. Va, Dec.
So.-Peter e. strine. aged about
80. residing near this city, died at
the home Of his son after a
months illness. Death was due
to the infirTnitieS Of age. 4 Strine.
was q lifelong resident Of the
county and his son Is his only sur
yivor.
The Washington times., 1929-12-30
HOLDS "WATCH NIGHT

BALLSTON, Va, Dec. 3O.-The
annual election Of officers and
watch night" services viii fea-
ture a business meeting OF the
Ballston Christian Church to be
held tomorrow night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25
BONDS IRREGULAR
IN HEAVY TRADING.
New Buying Appears in U. S.
lSSueS-COnvertibie
Group Active.
Special Dispatch TO The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 2S.-Bond
prices were irregular today in another
session of heavy trading. While much
selling came into the market from
those seeking funds with which to re-
store the solvency of their stock ac-
counts, this was Offset by the number
who came to the bond market looking
for investments not subject to the pun
ishment inflicted on equities yesterday.
The new buying was noticeable In
United States Government obligations.
The demand was especially heavy for
Liberty fourth As.
Convertible bonds occupied the fea-
ture place as far as volume was con-
cerned, but their movements were in
determinate. They opened up 2 to 4
points, then eased of.
The demand for sound investments
occaSioned a number of gains in the
better grade railroad and public utility
issues. Chesapeake Corporation As, for
instance. we're up nearly q point, South
ern Pacific 4laS OF the 1868 maturity
we're up 212 points and the general As
OF the Northern Pacific Railroad rose
fractionally. Against these gains there
were losses in Atchison general As.
Pennsylvania general AIS, Union Pa
cific first IS and Great Northern Is,
Philadelphia Co. IS, Columbia Gas SIS
made gains. Standard Oil of New York
4las and Consolidated Gas SIS were
both of, the former O whole point.
In the transactions, Brooklyn-Man.
haitian Transit 6s were up a point and
Hudson & Manhattan SIS of both the re-
funding and income series were sharply
higher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

The government of Panama has set
aside $4,000 to be used IN hghtins
smallpox. n
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Washington Stock Exchange
SALES

Potomac Electric Cons. SSH 900 at
80. $1,000 at 90.
Chesapeake e. Potomac Tel Of Va. SIS
$4,000 at 1003s, $4,000 at 1O03s.
Washington Gas 5s-$3, 900 at 81.
Washington Gas IS A-$1O0 at 101 "a,
$4O0 at lol1s. 500 at 1915. $1,000
at 1919.
Washington Gas 6s B-$5Oo at 1887,
$500 at 1897. $500 at 1882.
Potomac Electric So pfd-5 at 1924.
Potomac Electric So e pfd.--5 at 1854,
at 1053a, 2 at 105, 10 at 1885.
Riggs National Bank at 6007s, 20
at 500.
American Security & Trust Cos at
400, 5 at $50.
National Union Fire Insurance-37 at
27i5.
Columbia Title Insurance co.-1oO at
$751;.
Federal-Annerican COMIC at 80, 5 at
Federal-American Co. pfd.-l5 at 100,
at 100.
Lanston Mcnotype-5S at 1877.
Merchants Transfer d Storage CON-
10 at lis.
Mergenthaler Linotype-10 at 1903, 20
at 1929, 20 at 1929.
National Mtge. & Inv. pfd.-l42 at Az,
100 at IA.
woodward a. Lothrop-4 at 1O6, 5 at
LOG, s at 106.
AFTER CALL.
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co.
4 at 280.
Washington Gas $500 at 9sI4.
Washington Rwy. & Elec. 4s-Sl 900
at S034, $1,000 at al.
National Bank Of Washington--l0 at
400
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25
NEW STEPS TAKEN
IN BANKING PROBE
Economic Policy Commission
to Study Branch Move
Favored by Pole.

The new economic policy commission
of the American Bankers Association,
to which special Importance is attached
this year in the banking world because
this body was specifically instructed by
general convention resolutions at the
ing to watch and report on develop
ments under the proposal of Con-
troller of the Currency John w. Pole
for an extension Of branch banking In
the national banking system, has been
by John q. Lonsdale, presi-
dent Of the association, as follows:
r. Q. Hecht, president Hibernia Bank
q Trust Co., New Orleans, chairman;
George Z. Roberts, vice president Ma
tional City Bank, New York, vice chair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25
SLIGHTLY HURT BY AUTO.
Miss Parent Injured When Ma
chine Turns Over on Colesville Pike

BY a STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.
SLIGO. Nd, October 25.-Migs Anna
Louise Parent of Rockville, Nd, was
slightly injured yesterday when an au-
tomobile in which she was riding turned
over on the Colesville pike near Four
Corners. She received Commissions on
her right arm and ankle.
The accident occurred when the car
in which Miss Parent was riding and
which was driven by Miss Kathleen
Aud, O teacher In the Sandy Spring
School, was scraped by one driven by
Francis NJ Hawkins, jr., of Sunshine,
Md, according to statements made to
Corp D. L. Snyder OF the Montgomery
County police substation here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

man: Nathan Adams, president Ameri-
can Exchange Bank, Dallas; Leonard p.
Ayres. vice president Cleveland Trust
Co.. Cleveland; Frank w. Blair, chair
man Of board Of Union Trust Co., De-
troit; Walter w. Head, president State
Bank Of Chicago; w. D. Longyear. vice
president Security.First National Bank,
Los Angeles; walter 8. McLucas, chair
man OF board of Commerce Trust Co.,
Kansas City: Max 3. Nahm, vice pres
ident Citizens National Bank, Bowling
Green, KY: Melvin A. Traylor. presi-
dent First National Bank, Chicago;
Paul M. Warburg, chairman of board
Of international Acceptance Bank, New
York: O. Howard Wolfe, cashier Phila-
delphia National Bank, Philadelphia,
and Gurden Edwards, American Bank
tary. All Of these were members Of the
commission last year with the excep-
ton Of Messrs. Blair, Head and Long
year, who are new members.
New Forces at Work.
The resolutions adopted at the San
Francisco convention pointed out that
new economic forces are actively at
work vitality affecting our present bank
and the trend toward group and chain
banking Is . matter Of great concern
and Of far.reaching importance to ma
tional and State bankers alike" and
then alluded to the fact that SugRes-
tior1s have been made looking toward
an extension of branch banking in the
national banking system, and the Con-
troller of the Currency has expressed
views which may lead to the appoint
ment of o congressional committee to
investigate the subject"
The resolutions declared that 1--WE be-
lieve all classes of membership in the
association should be represented in any
further study Of the matter, to the end
that sound conclusions may be reached
as to what system or systems would
best serve the economic needs of the
Economic Policy Commission to con-
tinue It's investigation In this matter
and to represent the association in
seeking cooperation with any commit
tee which may be appointed by Con.
gress on the subject" charging 1t with
the duty of watching all developments
in the interests of our members" and
directing It to report its conclusions and
recommendations to the executive coun-
Gil.
The council, which Is the governing
body Of the organization between meet
ingS Of the annual convention, will hold
its next session in the Spring of 1880.
One Survey Already Made.
Under the direction of r. 8. Hecht,
chairman of the commission, who pre-
sented at the San Francisco convention
a survey showing the extent to which
and group banking has developed In
the United States, further intensive
investigation Of this subject Is being
made. with revised material since the
Preliminary report, this is beng issued in
book form by the American Bankers
Association in New York City.