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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
AGAINST SACRIFICE FLY
Hickey Backs Barnard in Effort TO
Alter Base Ball Rule.

CHICAGO, October 20 R.-Thomas
jefferson Hickey, president Of the Amer
lean Association, today joined President
Ernest s. Barnard of the American
League in the movement to rid the
scoring rules Of the sacrifice ny.
THE sacrifice ny unquestionably has
no place In the rules and am In favor
of its elimination at once" President
Hickey said.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-25
SAFE MYSTERIES SOLVED
Layton Conoway COnfesses to 8
Safes Stolen Within Last Three
Weeks From Towns i'm Sussex

The mystery surrounding the
theft of three safes from business
houses in Maryland and Delaware
during the past three weeks is be-
lieved to have been solved with the
alleged confession on Thursday of
Layton Conoway, formerly of Will
mington, who has been making his
home in the lower part of the state
for some time. After Conoway's
alleged confession the police of
lower Delaware also arrested Rob-
ert j. Mears, of Milton, whom
Conoway implicated in the theft of
three safes which were later found
looted of cash amounting to about
$500. The first safe was stolen
from the office of a plant in Bish-
opville, Md. 1t had been carted
away in an automobile and found
last Sunday near Roxanna, looted
of SIS in cash. Valuable papers
were left in the safe. The second
safe to be stolen was taken from
the establishment of John ANAL
or, of Milford. Burglars drove up
to the filling station and store,
some time last Wednesday night
or early Thursday morning, and
removed the safe weighing more
than 500 pounds and containing
5000 in cash. Mr.. Nailor closed
his store about 9 o'clock Wednes-
day night and opened it at $50
o'clock Thursday morning when
he discovered the robbery. En-
trance was secured by forcing
open a rear door. Mr.. Nailor
found tracks of a truck that had
been backed up to the door. There
were marks across the store floor
for about fifteen feet where the
safe had been rolled across the
floor to the door from where it
was loaded into the truck. In ad-
dition to two hundred dollars in
cash the safe also contained a
number of valuable papers. This
safe was found on Sunday. 1t had
been looted of S125. Valuable pap
ers were left untouched. The third
robbery was on Saturday night,
June 14th, when a safe was taken
from the Diamond State Milling
Company offices at Milton. The
safe was found last Thursday
along the Queen Anne Railroad in
a dense woods. The safe had been
looted of 5000 in cash and as in
former instances, all papers were
left undisturbed. State Detective
Ottie Donoway, Sheriff Bud Coy
and Corporal Purnell, of the State
Highway police, made the arrests
after Detective Donoway had trac-
ed the robberies to Conoway, who
broke down after a severe grilling
In each instance after entrance
was gained to the places robbed,
the safes were taken from the
building and removed to dis
tance and broken open.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-25

Pittsville-H. G. Burkins.
Pocomoke City-A. w. Ewell.
Poplar Springs. F. Wooden.
Powellville-W. F. Bauscher.
Reliance Supplied by nearby
pastors.
Ridgeville- B. I. Barnes.
Salisbury-W. H. Litsinger.
Seaford-G. ]. Hooker.
SharptoWn-G. E. Turner.
Snow Hill. L. Schlincke.
Stewartstown-F. S. Cain.
st. James,. L. Marker.
ST. Michaels- -Ziba Adams.
Susquehanna- L. Murphy.
TeXas-E. H. Keehner.
rinitySalem-C. B. Robey.
Tyreanna John Alvis, supply.
Union-C. p. Butler.
Union Bridge-W William Schmeis-
er.
Wallace Memorial w. Sifir-
in.
Warwick S. Marshall.
Washington:
Alexandria,. NJ Compiler.
Calvary. w. Townsend.
Cherrydale- A. Trader.
Congress Street-H. A. Kester.
First Church-T. J. Huntington.
Fort Myer Heights. MDinkle.
Mount Olivet-N. c. Clough.
Mount Tabor-C. M. Kelser.
North Carolina Avenue G. E.
Brown.
Rhode Island Avenue - F. Y.
Nicholson.
The New Church-W. "A. Rob-
erts.
Wesley Chapel Of Kent J. W.
Baxley.
Westminster-C. NJ. Elderdice.
Wilmington:
First Church.. L. Ward.
Peninsula w. White.
West Wilmington Walter Stone,
supply.
Whaleyville ). P. George.
Wye and Queen Anne. A. w
Simms.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-25
NAME MILFORD POSTMASTER
William r. Murphy Receives Of
fetal Notification of New Position

William X. Murphy Receives Of
fetal Notification of New Position
President Hoover forwarded the
name of William r. Murphy to be
postmaster at Milford to succeed
Mark l.. Davis, the present incum-
bent. The appointment of Mr..
Murphy was recommended by the
Delaware delegation at Washing
ton. Mr.. Murphy received official
notification that he had been Sc
lected for the local job on Wednes-
day morning. Just when he will
take charge at the postoffice was
not announced. 1t is anticipated
that the appointment will be con-
firmed rapidly by the Senate. Mr..
Murphy is a young man who has
been a life long resident of Mil
ford, and who has taken an active
interest in Republican politics.
Others who took the examination
for the job were James P. Pierce,
G.Roy Bennett and Harry B.Thaw.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-25
ELECTED MEMBER OF BOARD
Judge Hugh Nj. Morris Director of
Wilmington Trust COmpany

At a meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Wilmington Trust
Company Judge Hugh NJ. Morris
was elected a member of the
board, effective July /, after Judge
Morris retires from the bench of
the United States Court for the
District of Delaware. Announce
ment of his election as a director
was made. During his service on
the bench Judge Morris has had
no connection with any business
enterprise. He was director of
the Equitable Trust Company
when he was appointed judge, but
resigned that directorate before
taking up his judicial duties.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-25
FORMER SMYRNA BOY HEADS
BEETLE INSPECTION SQUAD
RALPH X. STEPHENSON Is AP-
POINTED GROUP FOREMAN
Henry Shapley, Also Inspector
Eight Road Inspectors TO Cover
the Beetle Inspection Area

Beetle inspectors for Delaware
and the Eastern Shore of Mary
land have been appointed by Di-
rector Cranston in charge of this
beetle inspection area as follows:
Ralph K. Stephenson, foreman, Re
hoboth; A. L. Joseph, Hollywood;
A. G. Craig, Newport; ]. R. West,
j. w. Cooch, foreman; Newark;
H. r. Shapley, Smyrna; j. Z.
Parks, Wilmington, Lewis Learn
ed, Cheswold; F. H. Perner, fore
man, Cleveland, Ohio; H. c. Bauer,
Wilmington; w. w. Ellis, Della
ware City; r. Todd, Bridgeville.
Road Foreman, Frank M. Hopes,
Wilmington, inspector at Milford
and Harrington; Atwood Everson,
Wilmington, foreman of market,
Wilmington; w. B. Smith, market
inspector, Wilmington; Ernest
Thomas Muncey, market Inspector
for Wyoming; Arthur w. Hope,
market inspector at Woodside,
Viola and FELTON,; Paul B. Smith,
Marydel. All the above will be on
duty from II noon until 9 p. M,
beginning July 1. The following
Road Inspectors have also been
appointed: Nelson Mayne, Donald
Legates, Fred Steinle, Jr., Will
mington; Delmar w. Hollans,
Bridgeville; George Henry Bay
mum, Jr., Milford; Thomas A. Rud-
dell, Milford; Gerdsen E. Burbage,
Wilmington; Joseph H. Flamzer,
Wilmington; Daniel T. Stevenson,
Milton. According to Mr.. Grams
ton, the beetles have not appeared
in any great numbers. Scouts
around Dover last week failed to
find any beetles. They are how
ever, expected within the next
week or ten days.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-25
KENT ATTENDANCE RECORD
Smyrna Public School Receives
Highest Percentage in Attendance

Miss Leila A. Thomas, Kent
county visiting teacher has com
piled the per cent attendance of
the different schools of Kent coun-
ty for the year as follows: White
schools Smyrna, 94.3 per cent;
Dover, 93.7; Caesar Rodney, 93.7;
Milford, $50; Harrington, 92.4.
Colored schools, Booker T. Wash
ington, Dover, 94.5 per cent; Har-
rington. 928; Milford, 92.7; Smyr-
ma, 89.S; Caesar Rodney, 85.7. The
standing in five special districts
high schools as to boys and
girls for the year shows the fol-
lowing: Girls, 95.1 per cent; boys,
94.8; grade girls, 94.5, and boys,
91.7.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-25

Carroll Circuit-F. N. Bowers.
Cecil Circuit-C. M. Jenkins.
Centreville-G. A. Morris.
Chestertown-E. A. Sexsmith.
Clayton. w. Paris.
Crisfield-E. c. Graham.
Mariners. S. Owens.
Cumberland - Carroll Maddox
and 9. E. Shaw and j. F. thinner
man, assistants.
Dagsboro-O. G.. Brewer.
Deer Creek-EllsWorth Jennings.
Der Park-G. w. Ports.
Delmar-J. T. Bailey.
Delta-B. F. Ruley.
Denton. w. Kirk.
Dorchester-W. c. Mumford.
Dover-Leipsic-W. H. Hodges.
Doylesburg-H. F. Hudgins.
Easton-E. t. Read.
Elizabeth. w. Balderston.
Fairfax Supplied by nearoy
pastors.
Fawn Grove-K H. Wareheim.
fredericksburg E. Leister.
Felton-To be supplied.
Finksburg- Avery Donovan.
First Church, Newark R. l..
Shipley.
Frederick j. Phillips.
Friendship-D.A. Stockley, sup
ply.
Georgetown-M. E. Hungerford.
Greenbackville-J. P. Adams.
Greenbush and Tasley-J. R.Mc-
Keawn.
Greenwood G. Hager.
Grove-A. w. Belts.
Hallwood- w. Anstine.
Harbeson-P. M. D. Schauer.
Harmony, w. Va M. e. Dear
holt.
Harpers Ferry and Middleway
@. H. Hobson
Harrington-R. w. Sapp.
Howard-C. F. Cummins.
Hurlock- A. Holland.
Indian River Supplied by pas
tor of Dagsboro.
KemptoWn-E. z. Coleman.
Kennedyville-J. M Brown.
Kent Island-G. s. Ross.
LAUREL. E. Cummings.
Laurel Circuit-Lee Ellottt, sup
ply.
Leeds-C. L. Dawson.
Lewes-W. D. Wilson, supply.
Lewistown-Liberty-O.W. Prince
Lynchburg H. Lynch.
Mardela-F. B. Bailey.
Milford. L. Nichols.
Milton-L. c. Randall.
Mount Nebo-Stephen Galley.
New Church-B. A. Brown.
New Market-A. H. Green.
Nichols Memorial L. E. Hadda-
way.
Northumberland w. Gordon.
Oakgrove and Prince George =
G. E. Baughman, supply.
Oxford-E. w. Simms.
Parksley-D. K. Sturgis.
Philadelphia:
Emmanuel. E. Wunder.
St. Luke's-C. c. Day.
Taylor Memorial b. Jester.
Pipe Creek-F. M. Volk.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-25
BOY 19, GIRL IL, MARRIED
Charles Dean and Miss Eloise
Haclxett of fredericksburg, Md.

Charles Dean and Miss Eloise
Hacl<ett of fredericksburg, Md.
Eloping Wednesday afternoon to
Ridgely, Md, where they were
married at the parsonage by the
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, Miss Eloise Hackett II,
and Charles Dean 10, came home
announcing their marriage to their
surprised parents and friends.
Miss Hackett, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hackett, was grad
uated from the fredericksburg High
School last Friday evening. Mr.
Dean is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor Dean, living near Federals-
burg, where the young couple are
now residing.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-25
Paul Lambert.

Chesaco Park - Paul Lambert
son, supply.
Christ Church-N. o. Gibson.
East Baltimore. H. Jones.
Edmondson Ave-. L. Green.
Eutaw-J. A. Dudley.
Evergreen-F. d. Reynolds
t3lenburnie-vv. F. Wright.
Grace-T. t. Kirkley.
GraceIand Park G. Wood
ward, supply.
Hampden-E. D. Stone.
Keen Memorial M. Adams.
Lauraville w. Crosby.
Linthicum Heights-P. F. War
ner.
Lowe Memorial A. Melvin.
Marley-G. r. Donaldson.
North Baltimore Roberts
Payson Street-H. o. Keen.
South Baltimore C. H. Stocks
dale.
starr ]. n. Link.
St. John's-E. L. Bunce.
st. Paul's- Louis Randall.
Towson-J. F. Bryan.
Trinity. G. Eaton.
Violetville-W. B. Judefnd
West BALTIMORE. M. Gill and
G. A. Ogg.
Wilton Heights-T. c. Jones.
Bedford, Pa-Reginald Brohawn
Belair- X. McCaslin.
Bivalve F. M. Cliff.
Buckeystown-C. e. Dryden.
Cambridge G. Milligan.
Cannon-C. NJ. Cullum.
Caroline w. T. Archer.
Smyrna times., 1930-06-25

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|. SMYRNA, DEL.
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Smyrna times., 1930-06-25

You definitely feel these performance
advantages of the Chevrolet Six You
see high value typiied by the beautiful
Fisher Body and scores of advanced
engineering features. And you Know
the fine character of Chevrolet
materials, craftsmanship and design.
Come and make the Chevrolet
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Smyrna times., 1930-06-25
/ Drivers of Skies
neUez. lUlyIlf Less!

aDns Six means wanting a Six for
w. Driving a Six simply closes the
sslent' y. Driving a Six is so different
SOe'ter that the miles seem to
Tas IT'S Wise to Choose a Six p
", y ns Chevrolet Six. "Step on the
-or hunt out some hilIs-or
!, 'su through the traffic. It's all
u, 'uooth and easy in a Chew
,,' '' Sli-so free from la aging,
The Washington times., 1930-07-17
THE BEAUTY
BOX
BY Helen FolIett.

When young women get sun
ray lines around their eyes,
they are usually underweight.
The skin surface, lacking the
support of adipose cushions,
takes on crepe-like appear
ance. Oiling with cold cream
should be done before saying
ones prayer at night, and If
the little dear can pe made to
take her cod liver oil like a
good child, there will soon be a
difference in her appearance.
Blondes. having more delicate
skins than brunettes, are usu-
ally the ones who suffer most
from premature wrinkles. Espec-
ally the featherweightS.
White hair should be beauti-'
fully dressed. No casual top
wad will do for silvery tresses.
If the soap shampoo discolors
white locks, as 1t sometimes
does, the white of eggs should
be used instead. In beauty
shops can be found a purplish-
blue liquid which is used in the
last rinsing water to bleach
!. away the yallarly tints.
The Washington times., 1930-07-17
Dale Meditates

For over six hours Dale
stretched out in his easy chair
in the library, had gone over
every single factor in the Gibbs
case. He could not shake off
the dread, uncomfortable feel
ing he experienced; there was
an unhealthy clamminess that
clung to it. He tried to fathom
the reason for this feeling but,
somehow, the only explanation
he found was in the shuddering
recollection of that bashed-in
head, CORY and lifeless, which
had been his Introduction to
the affair.
The factors upon which to
focus his attention were few
enough and the threads which
led to and from them slender
indeed. There were only Mrs.
Robertson, her husband, Wal
lace and Druid. 1t appeared
scarcely reasonable to include
the latter two. Wallace was
an intangible figure thus far
little more than a Pigment OF
imagination. Druid, if more
real in personality, was less
valuable as an accessory a1ter
the facts.
Suppose it was Wallace who
was the criminal. What could
be done except to wait until he
showed himself? Captain Blake
had cabled Scotland Yard about,
wallace and received a mega
tive reply. wallace did not at
all fit in with Robin Dale's
ideas of the spectacular in con-
nection with the Bibbs case.
And Druid: What possible
connection could he have with
a murder committed thousands
of miles from him? One might
lust as well exhaust all posi-
bilities, but although Dale
stayed with Druid for an hour
he got nowhere.
, Then Florrie Robertson: What
possible motive could she have
for committing the crime?
Robin Dale considered each one
in turn as the possible Grim
inal There was mani
festly no motive. and if there
had seen he could not have
pictured her by the farthest
stretch of his imagination. as
the perpetrator of such an
atrocious crime. She was so
palpably the weak, retiring,
clinging type. There was All
other angle, of course: Suppose
the murdered man was not her
brother. That was fantastic,
more, in keeping with the case.
Who could it be? Her lover?
It wouldn't hold water that
way. Wasn't her husband IA
miliar with all the facts? The
more Robin Dale thought of it
from that standpoint the more
absurd it appeared. A betrayed
husband might. if he loved her
enough. protect an erring wife
but no. never when the
deed was so frightful, horrible.
The Washington times., 1930-07-17
. By j.
. ARTHUR HOERL
TELL IT TO ELSIE!
By Elsie Robinson :

was too slow, II ! asked her to
go out with me.
This went on for a couple Of
years, with her temper and her
boozing getting worse and worse
= and the baby left to q
nurse to take care Of. And q
sweeter baby you never saw.
either. Pretty as b picture.
And bright. But her mother
couldn't see her. Or If she
did take care of her at all, she
was apt to get in a rage and
slap her. And when I hoped
on her for it, she would fly
into q rage at me. Shed curse
i, and swear and yell that she
wondered what she ever saw
in me that made her want to
take up with me, anyway.
+ "I started out with a lot of
big ideas about being magnani-
nous and forgiving, and giving
the. girl a chance / fell for
this old hooey about helping
'em come back And what
did / get for it? Three years
of first-class misery.
"I only stood it for that long
because / was. hoping against
hope that, she would get next
to herself and change. But my
only reward for that was that
I found she was stepping out
on the sly with ,a rich old bozo,
old enough tosbe her father.
When that happened I gave
her the gate. I knew then that
there was no use bothering with
that kind of woman any longer.
When a woman goes wrong 1t
does something to her that
can't be cured. A man can
step around, and stop when he
wants to, but stepping around
destroys something in a woman.
She can't come back, ever.
She's been marked for life.
$50 here I am, with a lot of
shattered illusions and a little
wisdom gained and my
little daughter to raise alone.
So I say to Peter, Back out
while there's time, old fellow.
Don't let yourself be gyped by
this woman, like I did. Take
a tip from one who knows. It
won't work. If awoman's once
bad, she's always bad!
ANDREW r."
I'll admit that it's a terrible
story, Andrew. But I must dis
agree with your statement that
all women, ''once bad, are
always bad" Your wife was a
pretty poisonous character and
no mistake! But there are
; women who have come back"
I've known them.
It's perfectly true that you
can't trust every woman to
Straighten UP and live OH the
square. But you can't trust
every bad man to, either.
And how about that, Gang?
What's your opinion?
The Washington times., 1930-07-17
Reporter Too Late

He abstractly broke the shell
held in the small egg cup. In
peeling it off he broke through
the white and a stream of yel-
low oozed out. At that instant
Dale sprang to his feet as
though by an electric shock
and rushed in frenzy to the
telephone. He berated the op,
orator at headquarters for the
delay in connecting him with
Captain Blake.
Captain, call your man at
the Madison Avenue place
quick! I'm afraid it's too late
now. damn nae for q fool. II
you don't hurry she'll be gone!
Call me back at home!"
Robin Dale hung up the re-
ceiver. He paced up and down
the library.
What a blind fool! If that's
happened it'll be too late again!
Maybe too late forever! Damn
me for an idiot"
He kept on m,lnbling to him
self as he walked nervously
back and forth. Raymond and
Reilly came to the threshold
and stopped
What the devils the matter
with him? Just another screwy
reporter"
At that instant the telephone
bell rang. Dale almost leapt to-
ward it.
well? Yes. Dead? She
was dead when you found her
head Dashed in? And he's carry
ing on like maniac? I'll come
right over!"
To be continued tomorrow
The Washington times., 1930-07-17
Now Continue

the other hand, if the victim
was Tlorrie Robertson's lover
there was a motive; but again
Dale couldn't make it jibe with
the facts. Why would man and
wife be together in such happy
companionship? She would have
no reason for protecting him
after such an awful deed
At five Robin Dale turned in,
tired and weary and no nearer
the ultimate solution than he
had been the night before, the
week before, for that matter.
His last thought, as he dropped
INTO a heavy sleep, was that
something would have to take
place, was going to take place
:. otherwise. too perfect. :.
He awakened at 10 thor
oughly refreshed. He had
formed a habit of satisfying
himself with that little sleep.
The gang in the dining room
were not as fortunate. there
were stiff necks and stiff joints
when Dale finally got them to
their feet. He telephoned to
the coffee shop downstairs and
arranged for breakfast. Soft
boiled eggs in their jackets
were a passion of Dale's.
The Washington times., 1930-07-17
When Manners AreC Correct
BY Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-

} and tell each guest how much
her assignment is. The guests
then send their checks to you
for this amount, and you then
buy the gift that you have in
mind.
You realize, of course, that
this is not the easiest kind of
shower to give? You do not
make it easy for q friend to
regret" the shower for then 1t
looks as If she did not wish to
contribute the assigned amount
toward the present. In other
words. in order not to be socially
embarrassed, every one whom
you invite will have to send
her check or money order for
the amount that you indicate,
whether or not she intends to
attend.