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Smyrna times., 1930-01-15
u. S. to Philippines
Longest Bottle Drift

Washington.-Fro a point off
Lower California to the Philippines
in II months was the trip made by
a drifting bottle recently, and re-
ported to the United States navy's
photographic Office here. On Sep
tember q, 1927, Second Officer r.
M. Stall of the American steamer
X. r. Kinsbury threw the bottle
overheard at latitude % degrees 80
minutes north and longitude 113
degrees 80 minutes west. On Feb
ruary II, 1929, it was picked up
near the Philippines, at about 8
degrees 81 minutes north and 127
degrees minutes east. The bottle
drifted for about 1900 nautical
miles, or $500 statute miles.
The longest drift in records of
the photographic Office is one made
from the southern Indian ocean to
the tip of Cape Horn, between May
81, 1909, and May 10, 1912. travel
ing a total of about 1880 statute
miles. A drift of IL 1850 miles in
the same part of the world from
1902 to 1905 is second. In these
southern seas, the longest drifts
are possible. The recent drift of
$500 miles in the Pacific is about
the longest possible in that ocean.
Smyrna times., 1930-01-15
BORN BLIND, DOCTORS MAKE
Her SEE after 48 YEARS
Whole World Is Miracle to Mrs.
Betty Ann Wagoner After
Successful Operation.

New Orleans.-The whole world
Is miracle to Mrs. Betty Ann
Wagner from her bed in a charity
hospital ward. After 48 years Mrs.
Wagner can see.
There are only two things Mrs.
Wagner wants that she hasn't got.
The first is to see her son and the
second is to learn to read.
Mrs. Wagner was born blind in
Montgomery, Ala, 4S years ago.
When she married she moved to
COlfaX, where she has lived since.
Five months ago Mrs. Wagner be-
came ill and came to a charity hos
pital for a minor operation.
While she was there surgeons ex-
amined her eyes and became con-
vinced that unless the muscles had
atrophied from years Of disuse Mrs.
Wagner could be made to see.
The operation was tried on her
right eye. Several days ago the
bandages were removed.
Il clenched my hands and tried
not to scream" Mrs. Wagner said.
Then | opened my eyes and / saw
the doctors face. 1t was tCo Won
derful.'
The operation was repeated on
Mrs. Wagoner's left eye, but the
bandages have not yet been re-
moved.
Il stand at the window" CON
tinued Mrs. Wagner, land | see au-
tomobile wheels turning and smoke
coming out Of chimneys and people
walking around and | can't believe
it. Think of seeing my son."
Her nurse tells her what things
are.
Il would ask what is that long
pointed thing out there, and the
nurse would say: That's a church
steeple.' I've been going to church
all my life and didn't know a
church steeple."
Smyrna times., 1930-01-15
ARRESTS INCREASE DURING
PAST YEAR POLICE REPORT
MOST PRISONERS ARE AR
RESTED FOR DRUNKENNESS
September Tops Largest Month
for Arrests Having 1867 For
Drunkenness Besides OTHERS

According TO approximate fig
ures obtained at the Bureau of
Police, arrests for drunkenness in
creased in 1929 by 65 over the
previous year and there was also
an increase in the number of ar
rests generally. According to the
unofficial report there were 1886
arrests for drunkenness last year
while for 1928 there were 1921
arrests for the same offense. In
1928 there were 12,484 arrests dur
ing the year while for the past
year there were 1925 or an in
crease of 2,441. There were 172
persons arrested for operating
cars while Under the influence Of
liquor during the year also. Sep
tember topped the largest month
for arrests, there being 1867 ar
rests made and it was also the
banner month for arrests for
drunkenness there being 146 pers-
ons arrested for that offense then
1t was also the big" month for
arrests for parking law violations,
there being $50 arrests. Arrests
for the motor law infractions led
to large part of the increase in
arrests. Tie arrests of drunken
ness by months were as follows;
January, X; February, 95; March,
100; April, 141; May, 80; June,
102; July, 10Y; August, 81; Sep
tember, 146; October, 1873 Novem-
ber, 138, and December, III. Oc-
tober topped the number of ar
rests for operating car while
under the influence of liquor.
There were "a persons arrested
for that offense during that month
The arrests for months were as
follows: January, LOGS February,
1857; March, 1,15O; April, 1,273;
May, 1923; June, 1,449; July, l.
615; August, 1899; September, l.
657; October, 1888; November, f.
393, and December, 893. There
were 1921 prisoners committed to
the workhouse for the past year.
The number committed each
month follows: January, 158; Feb
ruary, 116; March, 157! April, ,161 +;
May, los; June, $50; July, 165;
August, 135; September, 162; Oc-
tober, 153; November, 175; De-
cember, 151 The total amount of
fines collected through the Mum
icipal Court, according to reports
submitted to the Directors of Pub
lie Safety, was $43, 3,476.58, showing
a gain over that for the preceding
year of 81, ,23s.87. The total num-
ber of accidents reported to the
police for the year was 1850. The
number reported by months was:
January, 1872; February, 116;
March, 1872; April, 217; May, 1O8;
June, 153; July, 173; August, 151 !;
September, 229; October, 199; No
vember, 175; December, 265. The
highest number reported was for
December, and the lowest for May.
Smyrna times., 1930-01-15

poet and Past Commander Abel
E<law. all of Wilmington; Com
manders George T. Lyon, Jr., New
castle: F. j. Strickland, Newark;
W n. KenwoIthey, Smyrna; A. G.
livingston, Dover; Lewis Clymer,
Harrington; Roy Z. Wroten, Mil
ford: Edward E. Clendaniel,
Georgetown; DR.. Roscoe Elliott,
laurel; Charles E. Dawson, Sea-
ford. This arrangement places a
responsible member Of the general
committee in each place where a
nost is stationed. 1t is expected
that the various Units of the
American Legion Auxiliary will
participate actively in the recep-
tion Of the National Commander.
This phase Of the arrangements
will be under the direction of Mrs.
William N.Cann, department pres
ident of that organization. The
auxiliary viii be represented at
the Dover meeting by delega-
tions from all units in the depart
ment. Arrangements are being
made by Fox Post, at Dover for
the entertainment al dinner Of
several hundred Legionnaires, Of
fetal guests, and others interested
in the work of the Legion. This
meeting will be open to the gen
eral public, the only requirement
being that reservations for dinner
must be made well in advance
since it is necessary to know
ahead Of time how many to pro
vide for. Governor Buck, Sena-
tors Hastings and Townsend, Con
eressman Houston, and other
State and municipal officials will
be invited TO meet the National
Commander at Dover.
Smyrna times., 1930-01-15
NEW 1880 CHEVROLET SIX
Reduced in Price from S25 to $50
on Seven of the Twelve Models

Reduced in Price from S25 to $50
on Seven of the Twelve Models
Announcement last week of sub
stantinally reduced prices on the
new 1880 Chevrolet Six, at the
same tirne that the car embodying
many distinct improvements made
its public bow, created a sensation
in autolnotive circles at Dertoit
Reductions as announced by w. S.
Knudsen, president and general
manager of the Chevrolet Motor
Company, range from S25 to $50
on seven Of the twelve models in
the 1880 line, while three new
body types introduced for the
first time this year are priced to
parallel the new low figure on
models retained in the current
series. The present base price of
S495 brings the six cylinder Chew
rolet to within five dollars Of the
lowest price at which even the
four cylinder Chevrolet was ever
sold This is made possible, Mr..
Knudsen explained, because 1929
was Chevrolet's greatest year,
with an output of 1,350,000 skies.
Economies of precision manufac-
turoinss, plus savings effected by
quantity purchase of raw mater
ials, brought about lowered pro-
duction costs, which, consistent
with the Chevrolet policy, are now
being passed on to the consuming
public. The new range is from
1865 for the light delivery chassis
to S675 for the sedan, as against
1929 prices of $40n for the light
delivery chassis to S725 for the
convertible landau. All prices are
f. o. b. the factory, at Flint, Mich
igan.
Smyrna times., 1930-01-15

The State Highway Commission
at a meeting recently, approved
the construction of the following
roads for 1880: Blac'-iston's Cross
Roads to Kenton hundred, Kent
county, to the Maryland line; wild
ening DUPONT Boulevard from Sell
byville to Georgetown in Sussex
county; from Thompsonville to
South Bowers Beach; Whitehall
Neck, north of Leipsic; Milford
Cutoff, east of Milford; Cover
nor's avenue, Dover, and from
Masten's Corner to Hollandsvile,
all in Kent county. Some of the
roads will be concrete while others
will be secondary roads.
Smyrna times., 1930-01-15
Air Official Con1rnutes
lO8 Miles Each Day

ST. Louis.-Sam 3. Lambert, vice
president Of the Lambert Aircraft
Engine company, one Of the subsid-
iaries of the newly organized Allied
Aviation Industries, may lay claim
to the title of the worlds champion
cOmmuter.
Every morning and evening,
Lambert commutes by airplane be-
tween his home in st. Louis and
Moline, H., distance of 204 miles
by air, or about 314 by automobile.
At 6 80 each morning he hops off
from Lambert-St. Louis field, /, =
riving at his plant in Moline two
hours later.
Smyrna times., 1930-01-15
Wives Won't Stay Home

Observation-Disclosures are com
planning that women's clubs are
getting so comfortable and luxuri-
Gus that their wives won't stay
home. They blame Americans for
setting the example. The newest
and finest of the wOmen's clubs will
be the Ladies' Carlton club on
Grosvenor place. In the building
will be Turkish baths, swimming
pool, a squash racquets court and
a miniature skating rink.
Smyrna times., 1930-01-15
Immortal Melodies

Chopin was capable of passages
of great power, as his Revolution
airy Etude" and the noble Sonata
in 3 Minor" testify. The latter
contains the celebrated funeral
march, taking one to the very
depths Of human despair, only to
rise again Oh a magnificent hymn
of hope, which is one of the finest
Smyrna times., 1930-01-15
Lesson of Life

The material good reverses its
benefits the more nearly we clasp
1t. All life is a lesson that we
live but to enjoy in the spirit
George Merdith.
Smyrna times., 1930-01-15
|tlIID[i . ,,'ll,, PAl
|f| ISL 4 NEXT WEEK
!, ME- FOR VISTA, q,
b plta FOB TUESDAY, =
\ ksssI ss'''is Attend Dim Dinner
b Vi address at Dover

/ cprnrosss, 9Ss,'8sl 9, ! B8e- Leg
d. # b department 2 q
~ tuesday, Jan an T.
\ sa sa,asnhaner will con- at
y National Defense Con Con
Washington, sl,i on Janu, y.
IN i expected that ..nt ne
/ y / : IBIS State the nezI e.iII
.,tiopal ' executive wlll
'lington from Washing e,
al J entertained oy
" i \ ths city at the du-
y and in the even
a N I taken to Dover, 7,
Y \ !. .Ti5e meeting will
!. ~; state Armory. the :
q soDor will be served
,l5..r !. Fox Post. Ar
v, I, tbe reception OF
n ! 9 commander while Il n
/ committee under a. =.
|. Major c. NJ. Dillon Of
| g,5srts Post, No. 2l' as
IL has been directed to
a. personnel Of the com
|T,t what arrangements
IL. for the Wilmington
;sDsnd entirely upon the
'v,ior Bodenhamer's ar
I.pr Dillon has nameo
en- committee, whose
| r5t only comprise the
'r,rt Of the National
4 in Wilmington, but
\. responsibility for all
r.lts for the Statewide
I1rept details Of dinner
1t Dover: National
.nander John J. Dugan;
isr John A. Bader, II, Of
Post, No. |; Commander
\. Leonard, of Laurence
7u;t, No. q; Grande Chef
william N. Cam, Of the
rOIture Of Delaware, For
L: ct Eight -Chevaux;
v. Miller, Of Delaware
Smyrna times., 1930-01-15
Set Precedent

When Confederate veterans
marched in a body in inaugural pa
rade before the Hoover Inaugural
ton it was the first occasion of the
kind.
Smyrna times., 1930-01-15
Historic Banner Preserved

The flag which inspired the writ
ing of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
is ON display in the old National
museum. Washington. D. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
You May Read a Lot.

NOU may read a lot about many
L goal line stands" this season in
foot ball. but there will be nothing
to surpass the four "set point stands"
OF Doeg, when Shields, attacking with
everything he had in stock, could not
quite break through a defense that
would not yield an inch.
This was different tennis from the
old meetings of Tilden and Johnston.
There were fewer rallies, for Doeg and
Shields were out to pick up a point on
every stroke. Two unusually hard hit
ting services were mixed up with fore
hands and backhands down the line,
played with no thought of safety
played only to score.
All the way through the action was
crisp, fast and full of power. And it
might be stated here that Johnny
Doeg has greatly improved on the
earlier form he showed this season. No
ordinarily good player could have stop
ped Bill Tilden and Frank Shields on
successive days, for Shields had all the
stuff champion needs from start to
finish
Shields had a shade in brilliancy
over Doeg. but 1t was the latter's greater
steadiness that finally turned the trick.
And he always was at his best just
when he had to be-just when the
slightest faltering would have cost him
the fourth set and possibly the match
At these highly crucial moments
DOeg not only failed to slip, but rose to
something above his best previous play
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
A Great Match.

TT will be a long time before any
gathering will see a finer piece of
competition than the battle at
Forest Hills, Long Island, between
Johnny Doeg and Frank Shields for
the tennis championship of the United
States.
Shields, the New Yorker, isn't quite 20,
and Doeg, the Californian, isn't yet %,
but few veterans could have presented
as much courage and nerve control
under such heavy and continued pres
sure as this pair did, especially through
the grueling stages of that last 16-14
set
1t was here that Doeg proved himself
thorough champion, and II was here
that Shields proved he has the skill
and the heart that belongs in the title
holding class.
1t isn't often that big crowd gets
as many thrills from any sport, for they
were thrills that lasted we'll over two
hours and that led finally TO one of
the most stirring climaxes of the year.
Shields, 6 feet inches; Doeg, feet
! inch, looked the part before a service
was delivered. And while here and
there certain technical flaws came up
in the play of each, these flaws were
wiped out and forgotten in the speed,
the power and the spirit of the play
that moved along at a dizzy clip all
afternoon.
They showed they belonged in the
final match of the championship, and
it took everything Doeg had in the
way of skill and courage to prove he
was just trifle more experienced than
his younger rival. 1t was Doeg's margin
in experience and resulting steadiness
that Just carried him over the breakers
into port
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
D. c. GROCERS FORM
TWO GRID SQUADS
135-Pound Team Organized.
Lighted Tennis Courts
Aid SandIotterS.

~ ISTRICT GROCERS, who have
just closed a successful dia-
mond campaign and who are
busy on the bowling alleys,
are going in for foot ball in big way.
The Grocers already have thrown
their hats into the 150-pound class,
but not satisfied with this, they are
organizing a 135-pound grid team,
which will enter the Sport Mart League.
The lighter eleven will drill tomor-
row night at 7:30 at Seventeenth ard
B streets.
The Sport Mart League will hold an
important meeting tomorrow night at
1880 at the Sport Shop. All managers
of teams are requested to attend this
confab.
These lighted tennis courts at Seven
tenth and B streets come in right
handy for sandlot gridders. The Aztec
125 and 135 Founders will also hold a
drill tomorrow on the field adjoining
the courts, which affords them ample
light with which to follow the ball.
The following candidates for the Ar
cadia foot ball team are to report at
609 Kenyon street at 1880 O'Clock We'd
nesday night: Andrusia, Asero B.
Glorious, H. Glorious, Hall, Johnson,
King, Bowman, Finn, Saphos, Senge,
Dean, Caller, Levinson, Nau, Roccati,
Mastromarino, Harris, Welsh. Prentiss,
Shorr. Murphy, Moore, Gatti Tamagni
and Baker.
Bill Gates, former Mohawk Prep
coach. will guide the destinies of the
Brookland A. G.. gridmen, who begin
activities tomorrow and Thursday on
the practice field at Michigan avenue
and Perry street
The Brooklanders, who intend to
enter the unlimited section of the Capt.
tai City League, want all candidates to
report.
Palisades A. c. unlimitsds are anxious
to book a game with an out-of-town
team. Manager Leon Hager can be
reached at 5040 Dana place northwest.
Comet A. c. will hold a meeting to-
morrow night at the home of Manager
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15

THE old master has known the
depths as we'll as the sunlit
heights. He has heard the raucous
cry for his scalp from the bleachers, as
well as the frenzied cheers.
He has seen his club finish last ever
a stretch Of seven straight years OF
postwar depression and struggle. He
has known the glory that goes with
eight pennant-winning clubs, four or
them over a span of five years, and the
! thrill Of world championship triumph
with his 1929 team after lapse OF 10
years.
In 1915 Mack asked waivers on three
of the greatest pitchers of all time
Chief Bender. Eddie Plank and Jack
Coon1bs. mainstays of the four-time
champions. Fifteen years later he en-
joyed the satisfaction of having de-
veloped another trio almost as brilliant
an Bob Grove Rube Walberg and
George Earnshaw, aces of the cham
pionship clubs, 1929-l930.
CONNIE MACK was a great manager,
~ manipulating his men and the
plays with his famous score card
In the days when the squeeze play was
Sin vogue and a home run was a
sensation.
He was still great pilot when the
postwar smuggling era dawned and
altered the games course, WIN bdpe
Ruth rising in mastodonic yehemence
10 demand an $4,000 salary by the
sheer power of his ability to propel the
livelier ball farther than any one else in
history.
Looking backward after he had re-
gained the peak in 1929, Mack confessed
to me that he had underestimate
the rapidity with which the game would
come back after the war"
I'll have to admit / was two or three
years late in catching up with the
parade again" he said. II figured we
were due to win again as early as 1925,
but the pace was fast and then there
was Ruth and that wonderful team the
late Miller Higgins rebuilt. At their
best they were unbeatable"
(copyrieht, $780, by the Associated Press)
Tomorrow-A Home Town Champion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
DEFEAT Of TILDEN
SHAKES NET DOPE
Youngsters Victory Likely
to Cause Shuttle of
National Rankings.
BY HERBERT w. BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n JEW YORK, September IS.
N "A 21-year-old Califor-
l \ nian, John Hope Doeg, sat
on top OF the tennis heap
today, while experts spent their
spare time predicting a whole
sale shift in this country's rank
ing list
Doeg won the national singles title
in a spectacular duel with Frank
Shields, 19-year-oI1 Few Yorker, on
Saturday, and thus became the young
est player to capture the crown since
Billy Johnston first reached the heights
in 1915.
Eliminates Tilden.
But more to the point, where the
question Of a new ranking list is in
volved, is the fact that Doeg, in his
march to the finals. eliminated Big Bill
Tilden, for 10 straight years this coun-
try's No. l player. and Francis T.
Hunter, who has been rated Just be-
hind Big Bill for some years.
On theb asis of 1880 performances
there is a strong possibility that at
least three youngsters, Shields Sidney
B. Wood of New York and Ellsworth
Vines of Pasadena, Calf, may crash
their way into the first 10. Whether
Tilden will lose his place at the top of
the list to Doeg is a moot point, for
the tall Philadelphian played marvellous
tennis in Europe this season. Hunter
is virtually certain to- be dropped sew
eral pegs from the No spot he now
occupies. Doeg, ranked No. 8 last year,
hardly can be denied a higher place.
George Lott, present No. 4, has shown
little this year, and may take tumble.
Three Sensations.
The Texans, Wilmer Allison and
Berkeley Bell, may be ranked higher
than the No. Z and No. positions they
now hold, for both have played spec
tacularly this season. John Van Ryn
is the present No 5; Fritz Mercur. de-
clared ineligible for amateur compete
ton on Saturday, is No. s: Wilbur F.
Coen No. 8, and Gregory Mangin No. 10.
Wood. Shields and Vines have been
the sensations of the current campaign.
along with Cliff Suffer of New Orleans.
Shields now is ranked No IL, but Wood
and Suffer were not ranked at all last
year, while Vines was No. on the
junior list.
Doeg, incidentally. has decided that
he will conflne his tennis next year to
the big tournaments in the metropolitan
area. The husky Californian soon Is
to be married to Dorotlaea Scudder of
Rumson, N. j. and also plans an early
entrance into business in New York.
He will not be a candidate for the Davis
Cup team.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15
FOOT BALL STARTS
ON PACIFIC COAST
Small Army of Aspirants Due to
Answer Call for Practice for
Trojans and Bruins.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, September 15.--
Coaches expected small army of as
pirants to answer the official gridiron
call of the Pacific Coast Conference to-
day at the University of Southern Cali
fornia and the University of California
at Los Angeles.
Coach Howard Jones anticipated 100
varsity candidates, including IL letter
men from the squad which last Fall
tied for the conference title and which
gave the Southern California Trojans
the rating of having scored the most
points of any eleven during the 1929
season.
At the Bruin camp, Coach Bill
Spaulding estimated his call would be
answered by more than so candidates,
including Eight members of last sea-
sons squad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-15

A LExANDRIA, Va, September IS.
~ King Foot Ball gave the first
n intination of his intention to
again crowd the sandlot dia-
mond pastime out of the sports picture
yesterday, when seven independent
elevens went through hard workouts
here.
The st. Mary's Celtics and Virginia
A. c. unlimited elevens, Del Ray A. c..
Alpha Data Omega fraternity and
Iroquois A. c. 145-pound clubs and the
Virginia Juniors and Midgets were put
through hard sessions.
sSEATS" BUDNICK, stellar guard of
i the st. Marys Celtics last Fall.
took charge Of a squad of Is Green
and Gold candidates at Baggett's Park
and directed their entire attention upon
punting, forward passing and other
light work.
"Rube" Hayman, former University of
Virginia tackle, who will coach the Gel
tics again this season, was called to
Baltimore and could not direct his
charges.
Another session has been listed by
Hayman for Baggett's Park tomorrow
night at pm. under arc lights, with
drills to follow on Thursday night and
Sunday morning.
DEL RAY A. C. has the strongest
- squad in it's history, and Coach
Doggy Hamilton, veteran center,
is expecting his team TO accomplish
great deeds. Hamilton's proteges will
get their first taste of battle in a scrim-
mage with Episcopal High at Hoxton
Field Saturday afternoon
Harmon Francis, former George Wash
ington University sub; Babe Clarke,
who played last year for William and
Mary College freshmen; Jack McCul-
Tough, Del Ray captain last season;
Kelly Williams and Tom Wood are bat
Ting for the wing berths
Smerle Douglas, Washington police
man; Dawson and Ike Fordham aspire
to tackle berths. Logan and Eddington
are standing out at guard, while others
showing up well are Pat Bennett, cen
ter: Claude Nixon and Dick Perry,
quarterbacks; Dave Shapiro, Bob Utter
back and Roland Frinks halfbacks,
and Marshall Frinks, fullback.
Shapiro played two seasons ago with
Alexandria Fire Department Props and
is regarded as one of the best run
ming backs in the city. George Mason
is represented on the squad by nine
OF 1IS IOIIutI SIdIS III rIdtlClSt SIdi NJ
Mccullough, Williams Wood, Fordham,
Eddington, Nixon and Utterback.
COACH Buck" Beach and Manager
~ Pat German looked over a snappy
squad of Virginia A. c. candidates
on Shipyard Field yesterday morning
The Virginias will open their season on
october 5, it is thought.
A LPHA DELTA OMEGA will enter
"A the Capital City League 150-pound
section with strong lineup COM
posed almost entirely of former Alex