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Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25
JUDGE URGES NEW BANK.
RUPTCY LAWS

Judge William Clark, of the Unit
ed States District Court, Newark,
New Jersey, belives that one of the
greatest drains on American busi-
ness is the bankruptcy situation. In
an interview in The American Mag
azine, Judge Clark points out that
in 1929 there were 57,2S0 failures,
which cost $8OO,OOO,OOO. his amount,
he says, was practically a total loss.
He adds that three-fourths of the
failures could have been prevented.
Our bankruptcy laws, continues
the Judge, permits us to help those
who have failed for reasons not of
their own fault. But this class is
comparatively small, and he believes
that the debts of those who fail
through inefficiency or the willful
diversion of funds for speculation or
extravaganza should not be cancel
ed. 1--WE must prevent inefficient
and unethical men from getting
back into business, making it pos
sible for them to try their luck'1
again as many do now," says Clark.
"In England the business man who
does not keep proper books is re-
garded as criminal. If he goes
bankrupt he cannot be absolved OF
his debts. He is barred from the
world of commerce until he makes
restitution"
Judge Clark, in his New Jersey
court, is trying to formulate new
for bankruptcy proceed
ings. His methods are being studied
by the Department of Commerce, the
Yale Law School and other economic
bodies. He hopes for thorough re-
vision of the bankruptcy act.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25
WILDWOOD

We have been having some sum-
mer time weather for the past week.
Mrs. Russell Robbins and Mrs.
Dale Scarborough gave their Sun
day school classes a very delight
full party at Slaughter Beach last
Wednesday night
Many interesting games were
played, and this amusement was fol-
lowed by a doggy and marshmellow
roast. Everybody enjoyed the even
ing of fun. ,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Nutter enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Miller from Rid
ley Parkover the weekend. ~
Miss Ruth Robbins entertained
Mary Watkins over the weekend.
Miss Maude Warner has been
spending her vacation at the home
of her mother, Mrs. ]. w. Warner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Scarborough
and children, also Mr.. and Mrs. Dale
Scarborough and son, attended Tyn-
dall's Camp Sunday evening,
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Summers
the annual state cOnven-
ton and banquet of the Rural Let
ter Carriers at Dover Wednesday
evening. They also attended the
banquet of the American Legion at
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Coverdale en-
tertained guests at dinner Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Bowman, of
Springfield, Ohio, are visiting Mrs.
mother, Mrs. F. T. Ben
nett.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25
WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED

The Problem of people who can't
find jobs is probably the worst fea-
ture of modern civilization. It is
not usually serious in summer, since
farm work and road building create
earning opportunities. But almost
every winter a considerable number
are idle for no fault of their own.
Unemployment creates discomfort,
and is fertile soil in which Com
munist agitators SOW their seeds of
unrest.
Socialists taunt people who be-
lieve in the individual ownership of
capital and industry, that they are
unable to find work for the people.
Their statements are greatly exag-
gerated, still there is a measure of
truth in them that needs attention.
The managers of the industries can
often do something to make their
work run more regularly, by special
inducements to the public and buy
ers to purchase goods in off seasons.
OF course many people who COM
plain of being out of work, are not
capable of holding down any regular
job. They are lazy and inefficient,
and people can't be expected to en-
ploy them. But after all allowances
are made, there will be from time to
time a considerable number of
worthy people who can't find work.
When large bodies of people are thus
idle, the feeling is growing that it is
up to the community to find useful
work that they can do.
1t would seem that it would in the
lcng run be profitable to any COM
monwealth, when considerable bod
les of its people are idle, to start
needed public works, like good roads
or buildings needed for public pur-
poses, to keep these people busy.
Such enterprises would make taxes
higher for the time. But if the
money was we'll spent, it would pro-
mote the development of the state,
and make the commonwealth more
attractive, so that the results in the
end should be good. A body of idle
people are a kind of fostering sore,
a center of disaffection and trouble,
and a possible source Of crime.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25
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THE LINE CRASHERS

The young folks in many large cit
les complain of the gate crashers," ,"
nervy folks who attend parties to
which they are not invited. When
they get these buffers in properly
attended to, they might look after
the line crashers, the folks who re-
fuse to stand in line at such places
as railroad and theater ticket of
fees, but who worm ther way
through a crowd up to the window,
ahead of some who got there long
before they did. bel.
Someone should call those folks
down, and suggest their taking a
few elementary lessons in manners.
A man hates to find fault with a
woman who does such things, but
persons of her own sex should feel
no such reluctance.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25
UP.TO.DATE NEW HOMES

There is a pickup in building con-
tracts indicated by Department of
Commerce reports, and the indica-
tions are that small dwellings are
OH the way back to popularity. But
the new buildings are not much like
those Of a quarter of a century ago,
as new homes are conforming to
modern methods of architecture.
which represents something more
than "just notion" on the part of
the owner. Height above grade, por-
tion of basement excavated, thick
ness of foundation, roof overhangs,
and insulation of the roof prefer
ably with cane board, and with the
walls fortified against cold weather
and excessive heat in the same way;
room sizes, breadth of stair treads,
complete electrical fixtures, and the
latest devices in plumbing, with
built-in garage, constitute some of
the points of the new home of 1880.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25
THE BACK YARD VIEW

1t is a most impressive experience
to take a trip through the splendid
cities and towns of our country, in
cluding many in Delaware, and see
how finely they are developing, with
substantial business structures go
ing up, and homes constantly i'm
proving.
And it is almost equally depress-
ing to take a railway journey and
see how many thousands of people
keep their back yards in such slat-
ternly condition. By these disorder
ly habits, they undo much of what
is accomplished by progressive citi-
zens. Every home owned or renter
who keeps neat and attractive back
yard does more for his community
than can be accomplished by many
hours of talk. --''-
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25
GRAVEL HILL

Hollis Dodd has purchased a new
Ford sedan.
Mrs. Nina Moore and son, Ralph,
of Wilmington, and Mrs. Ruth Yea
sey, of Redden, were recent guests
of Mrs. Estella Clendaniel.
Mr.. Wiley has purchased a Chev-
rolet sedan.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rogers and
daughter have moved to the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben NAPLES, of Cool
spring, were recent guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Cary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Wilson,
daughter Miss Myrtle, and son Clar-
ence, of Chestertown, Md, spent the
weekend with ]. H. KOeppel and
family.
Mrs. Sallie Joseph, of Georgetown,
has been the guest, of Mrs. Woodford
Steward.
George Dunham has purchased a
Ford coupe.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25

is built primarily to aid pleasure
bound parties who can spare at least
a little time. We have yet to read
in the Journal any suggestion for a
cutoff around Wilmington. Down
state users of the highways, who
use them for gainful purposes, are
daily inconvenienced by having to
travel through Wilmington. Possibly
the Highway Department may see fit
to releave this situation.
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DO PEOPLE READ the advertise
ments in newspapers and magazines?
Obviously they do, or there would be
no advertising and, perhaps, no
newspapers or magazines.
But one frequently hears the re-
mark, "Oh, 1 never read the adver-
tisements."
Newspaper advertising writer's
have long known that the public
reads, and reads carefully, the ad-
vertisements published. Let an err
ror creep into almost any advertise
ment, and the response is instant and
An illustration as to how closely
are read has been
furnished in an advertisement of a
manufacturer.
That company, in its advertise
ment of a certain date quoted line
from one of Poe's poems, "And DER
his heart a shadow fell"
Immediately there was a demand
for information as to the particular
poem in which this line appeared.
if not thousands of peo-
pie, wrote to the company asking
where the poem might be found.
That proves people do read adver-
.isements, and read them carefully.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25
A CAUSE OF VICE

DR.. Myerson, professor of neu-
rology at Tufts College Medical
School, one of the country's leading
psychiatrists, thinks that much vici-
GUS living is due to lack of health.
To improve vice conditions, he says,
bring universal health.
Social workers would say that bad
health is a leading cause of vice, and
vice leads to crime. When people
feel depressed physically, they are
tempted to resort to drink and harm
full drugs. For the moment the world
seems fine and their hearts are full
of courage. When they try to re-
peat that illusion over and over, they
have formed a habit that leads
straight down hill.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25
HOT WEATHER

| "A large part VI Iile Aul6IlCdu 1eO-
pie arc quite unhappy through sum
mer's hot weather. They groan and
grumble when the thermometer
reaches the higher attitudes, and
wish they could spend the entire
summer in some cool resort where
no torrid heats could ever touch
them.
If they had that privilege, they
might not come out a bit better at
the end of the year. Alterations be-
tween heat and cold seem a natural
thing. The regions of the earth that
have had these variations have pro-
duced most of the peoples that have
ruled the world.
Much of the prosperity of our
country is due to the warm sunlight
that ripens our crops, and which
makes us the worlds leading
agricultural country. So let us be
philosophical on hot days, take
things a bit easy, and don't try to
do too much in the hot sun. We
shall then come throug hthe summer
the stronger for all the out door life
it gives us.
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WHAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
One of the older men remarks that
when he was boy, he used to spend
a good deal of time listening to the
conversation of workmen as they sat
around at the noon hour while eat
ing their luncheOns. Over the cold
dinner pail of those days much con-
versatiOn flowed. He was impressed
by the amount of interest those men
took in politics and government.
They talked often of what congress
or the legislature was doing. Such
conversation indicated rather high !
level of intelligence.
Today, so far as he overhears con-
Versation, he doubts if the men are |
talking as much about politics and !
government. He argues that this in
dicates a fall in popular intelli
gence. He has the idea that they |
talk more about sports and pleas
ures, their girl friends, the things
they like to eat, etc.
One consideration, however, is
overlooked by this gentleman, and
that is as to- what the women talk
about. The granting of the suffrage
to that sex, the work of wOmen's
clubs and societies, have broadened
their interests. 1t could be expected
that the average group of women rs
years ago would be talking perhaps
more about the fashions than any
thing else.
AS one Overhears the conversation
of women today, questions of govern
ment and politics, and particularly
questions relating to public affairs in
their home towns, are very much
talked about. If the men are more
about trivialities, the wo-
men are less so.
Public intelligence must be rising,
for you can see it in the newspapers,
which reflect the demand of the peO-
Pile to know more about things of
real Importance. Even sensational
print great deal of
stuff other than the scandals and
tragedies and crimes they are ac-
cused of dwelling upon. Every year
there is more interest in questions
as to how we can make better COM
munities and a better world.
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Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25
HOME TOWN THOUGHTS

Business men sometimes ask if
they can afford to advertise. Can
afford not to, with competing cities
spending money so freely on pub
licity?
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25

After deploring the rapid way in
which big cities grow, many people
proceed to spend money in those
cities and help them grow faster.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25
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poem mig
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VISITING
on of the


Examination of the personal col
umns of almost any newspaper
through the summer season, shows
many people reported as making
some trip to visit friends. And they
are entertaining friends. But such
entertainment is a far more hasty
affair than it used to be.
Many of us can remember the
maiden aunts and second cousins
who used to descend on our home
and often stay for weeks.
After a day or two all possible
information had been exchanged, all
possible questions of interest had
been discussed, and there was moth
ing to say. The departure of the
long staying visitors was usually
viewed with some equanimity.
There was something fine about
the generous hospitality of those
days. If you felt an urge to visit
your uncle, aunts, and cousins, all
you had to do was to write and in
vite yourself. The home was gladly
thrown open, and you had a pleasant
vacation without expense, for which
you compensated them by equal
willingness to receive them. 1t was
part of the simple living of those
times, and it held Families togeth-
er. and took the place of the many
sided diversions of these times.
Today the women folks view with
some dread the advent of visitors.
Their notions of housekeeping are
more exacting. They feel they must
&c through splurge of houseclean-
ing before they are ready to receive
the guests. Also they must prepare
elaborate meals. So when we set out
to visit our relatives, we are apt
merely to stay for dinner. Or per-
haps we call in for a half hour on
our automobile trip, and breeze out
of their own town before we have
hardly shaken hands with them.
We have gone to the other ex-
treme, until people hardly know
their near relatives by sight, and
have no comprehension of their lives
and ideas. We have gained lot in
thest rapid times, but we have lost
some family affection and simplicity
that was. valuable.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25

Before criticising your home town,
make sure that your home place is
not worthy of any unfavorable COM
ment,
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-25

An uneventful environment means
mental stagnation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-02
Dorothy Gray's
Representative Is Here

To AdUfSe I on on Beauty W0tIeTS
Miss Jane Decker, beautcian from Dorothy
Grays famous New York salon, is here per-
sonally to advise you, without charge, in all
problems of beauty and treatment you may
have. She will diagnose your individual needs
and prescribe just the right treatments to cor
rect your complexion ills and retain your lovely
complexion. Phone District $500 for an appoint
ment or stop in while shopping.
TOILET GOODS AISLE 49, FIRST FLOOR.
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
HELD
FOR RAILWAY
WRECK

Automobile drivers must pay
for the train wrecks they cause
h This is the gist Of a decision
just handed down by the Dis.
trict Court for the Southern dis
trict of Illinois and reported by
the legal department of the
American Motorists Association.
The suit arose as the result Of
motoriSt driving his truck onto
the tracks of q railroad, causing
the derailment Of an engine and
five freight cars.
The railroad sued the motor
ist for $4,000.
A verdict Of $4,000 was given
against the motorist which was
sustained on appeal to the higher
court.
The decision is Of great i'm
portance to motorists, it is
pointed out by Thomas j. Keefe,
general manager Of the A. M. A.
He says:
"The decision indicates the
trend Of judicial thought where
q mOtOrist and q railroad is
involved, and that where q mo-
tOriSt causes the wreck Of q
train usually q large amount
Of damage results"
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
Safety Glass Made
COMPULSORY bY LULC

NEW YORK, April 30.-The
Massachusetts, legislature h a S
passed a bill which requires the
use of nonScatterable glass in
all motor vehicles carrying pas
sengerS for hire in the State. The
term "nonScatterable glass" is
defined as any glass designed to
minimize the likelihood Of per-
sonal injury from breaking.
The bill becomes effective on
January 81. 1881.
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
G. r. Russell Named
White Sales Head

Vice President Saunders Jones
has announced the appointment
of George F. Russell to the posi-
ton Of sales manager Of the
Whits Company, Of Cleveland
Ohio, manufacturers Of motor
trucks and busSes. RusSell'S head
quarters will be maintained at
the company's home office in
Cleveland and for the present
he will continue as vice president
Of the central region.
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
TRUCK HAULING
ISSUBJECT Of
MANY BILLS

Although more than $500 bills
were introduced in various State
legislatures throughout the coun
try last year, all pertaining to au
tomotive matters and many de
clared to be harmful to the best
interests of the industry and its
millions of customers, some Of the
legislation, both proposed and en-
acted, has been of q distinctly
constructive nature.
Such is the contention of C. A
Tilt, president of the Diamond
e Company, who continues with
an analysis of several trends in
motor truck legislation which he
terms eaS steps in the right direc'
ton.
Tilt explained:
"There is an increasing ten
dency toward raising the speed
limits on trucks equipped with
pneumatic tires"
This at first might seem like
discrimination against solid
tires. but it is not, for pneu.
matics are fast becoming uni
verSal on even the heaviest duty
trucks. They are. of course,
easier on the street and high
way pavementS.
Some Extremes
Another favorable measure
being legalized in one State
after another is the allowance
of heavier loads on six.wheel
than on fOur.wheeI trucks. This
makes for lower road main
tenance costs and higher ef-
ficiency of the operator.
'In Virginia, which has a
maximum allowance of 10000
pounds, the number of wheels
or style of tires used makes
no difference.
Connecticut allows a weight
Of 10000 pounds for pneumatic
tired trucks and $4,000 pounds
for solids. Iowa sets the limits
at 2S,O0O and $4,000 pounds
respectively.
Combating Taxes
"On the other side of the
picture we find a problem that
needs to be cOmbatted-namely,
the exOrbitant gas tax, aver.
aging arOuEu 4 cents a gal
Ion and running as high as
cents in several States.
This is q double unfairnesS in
this respect, for not only is
: the tax too high but in q
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
Recital to Be GiUen
Bu DnncinO Glasses

A dance recital by Miss Frances
Brightwell and her pupils will be
given Saturday at 8:15 p. m. in
the Wilson Normal School Audi
torium, under the auspices of the
Columbia Heights Community
Center.
Guest pupils from Cleveland
Park and Macfarland classes will
also participate in the program
The Washington times., 1930-04-30
James T. Scott, 81,
SUccXI7abs in La Plata

LA PLATA, Md, April 3d.
James Thomas Scott died at his
home near Port Tobacco on
Sunday morning.
He was So years Of age, and is
urvived by his widow and sew.
eral children.
Funeral services were held at
st. Thomas Catholic Church, with
interment in the cemetery adjoin.
ing the church.
The Washington times., 1930-04-30

ing accidents, as many have
done, by systematic safety cam
paigns and methods of training
operators SO that they will be
imbued not only with a spirit
Of carefulneSs but courtesy and
consideration as well"
The Washington times., 1930-04-30

worlds goods. Legislators should
realize this and aid the truck
in its forward march.
"ThOse who build, sell and
use trucks can help further
sentiment in this direction
through cooperation in reduc-
The Washington times., 1930-04-30

number of cases the money
received is diverted from its
original object to more gen
eral purposes.
"The motor truck is daily tax.
ing its place as an increasingly
important factor in hauling the
The Washington times., 1930-04-30

THE organization of this leadership under the direc.
ton of Warren G. Eynon formerly Washington
branch manager of the Ford Motor Company-is de.
signed to give seectve direction to the recognized
needs of owners of Ford products. the Ford Motor
Companys policy of real service is the ideal and pur
pose of this leadership.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
BLONDE IS HELD
IN GANG KILLING
ouizzed in Death of Giant
Toledo Racketeer.

BIZ Trnited Press
CHICAGO, May 21.-Police ex-
pected to learn today from Mrs.
Mary Marshman, 81 former North
western university student and a
radio entertainer, the reason Harry
Anthony, giant Toledo (O) racket
eer, was taken for a ride" here
May z.
Believed to be the blonde Mickey
Anthony lived with In south side
hotel for three weeks before he was
slain by gunner, the young woman
was arrested Tuesday at Canton,
ILL.,, and held for return here. She
was traced through telephone calls.
When she was taken into custody
she gave her name as Mrs. Marsh
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

man. the name used by Anthony in
registering at the hotel. and said
she was % years old. She admitted
casual acquaintance" with the To-
ledo hoodlum.
Lieutenant Walter Storms said he
had learned that two days before
Anthony was killed, while he and
the woman were riding together on
the south side, two men in another
automobile forced Anthony's car to
the curb, chased him into garage
and threatened to kill him unless
he stopped associating with the
woman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
CITY MAN ENDS LIFE
TeIegrapher Takes Poison,
Turns on Gas Burner.

Swallowing poison and then turn
ing on gas burners Of the stove in
his home, George L. Runnels, So, Of
1915 South New Jersey street, ended
his life Tuesday afternoon. Miss
Eleanor Runnels, his daughter,
found his body when she returned
home from work.
Runnels was telegraph operator.
His wife, Mrs. Lucille Runnels and
his daughter could give police no
motive for his act.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21

capacity working crew, and that In
dianapolis plants doing contract
work for the Stutz company are
employing an additional 800 to
ESQ men.
Business charts at the Stutz
plant show 300 per cent increase
in business in April over March, and
a 300 per cent increase in May
business over April business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
NEW OFFICERS SEATED

Indiana university school Of medi-
cine chapter of Phi Chi installed
officers at the annual spring meet
ing in the Sphinx Tuesday
night. They are: Arthur Richter,
presiding senior; Howard G. Coggs-
hall, presiding junior; Myron l..
Habbeger, treasurer. Ralph Shaner,
secretary; Farrell Dragoo. Judge
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21
STUFF REPORTS
CAIN IN ORDERS
FOR CITY AUTOS
Untitled Contract Increase
rs Per Cent; Work Is
Given 1000 Men.

With a total Of 1000 men in In
dianapolis employed on work of
building Stutz automobiles. the
Stutz Motor Company has Is per
cent more untitled orders today than
on Oct. 1, 1929, just before the crash
Of the stock market.
E. S. Gorrell, president. making
this announcement today of activ-
ity at the Stutz plant, said more
than $50 men are employed in the
main plant. approximately half the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-21

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