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charge of devotions at the morn
ing's session and Mrs. Clifford
Kirk gave a report of the deacon
ess work. The devotions were in
charge Of Mrs. Rebecca Brinton,
president of the Wilmington dis
trict. The closing address to the
delegates was made by the Rev. ].
r. Bicking, pastor of Scott M. E.
Church, Wilmington. Mr.. Bicking
after reviewing the work of the
society, spoke of it's growth dur
ing the past so years. He paid
tribute to the women for carrying
on such a worthy work, and urged
them to increase their numbers
and to continue to work and ex-
pand their activities in the years
to come just as they have done in
the past.
Smyrna times., 1930-11-19
DR.GAYL0RD A. HITcH,LAUREL
DENTIST COMMITS SUICIDE
FOUND IN CELLAR OF HOME
WITH TOP HEAD BLOWN OFF
Family Unable To Account For
Act; Appeared in Good Spirits
Laurel Shocked Over Affair

DR.. Gaylord A. Hitch, 55 years
old, dentist was found in the
basement of his home on Central
avenue, Laurel, Thursday morning
at s o'clock by his son, Filbert. A
shot gun with one empty changer
was found beside his body. It ap-
peared that the shot had been dis
charged through the roof of his
mouth blowing the entire top of
his head off. He appeared to have
been dead for several hours and it
is thought that he went into the
basement in the night after the
family had gone to sleep, and COM
mitted suicide. He had been in
his usual health, having played
golf during the afternoon and at
tended the movies in the evening.
DR.. Hitch was popular and we'll
known in Laurel. He was the or
ganizer and first president of the
Laurel Rotary in which organiza-
tion he continued as a member un-
til about a year ago. He was
former director of the Peoples
National Bank of that town. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Helen
Hitch, one daughter, Mrs. Imogene
Goshal, and one son, Filbert, both
of whom were living with him, al
so one sister, Mrs. L. M Smith, of
Laurel, two brothers, DR.. Joseph
Hitch, of Laurel, and DR.. David
Hitch, a prominent physician in
Philadelphia. The coroner was
notified and an inquest was held
Thursday night and a verdict of
suicide given. The funeral was
held from the home Friday after
noon at 1.3O with the Rev. F. AL
ban Parsons, a former rector of
st. Philips P. E. Church oficiat-
ing.
Smyrna times., 1930-11-19
REEDY ISLAND QUARANTINE
Old Buildings on Disinfecting Pier
In River To Be Demolished.

Construction and rehabilitation
work involving expenditures of
more than 100000 at Reedy Island
Quarantine Station, Port Penn,
were announced Thursday thrugh
the Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce in conjunction with its cam
paign to relieve unemployment. A
letter from Charles n. McMunn,
custodian of the station and ad-
ministrative assistant of the Unit
ed States Public Health Service,
outlines the work in detail. Some
of this work has been started and
ly. Mr.. McMunn's letter to the
Chamber is, in part, as follows:
"a contract has been let to S. d.
Collins, of Port Penn, for removal
of buildings from the old disinfect-
ing pier near the ship channel and
re-erecting them on new founda-
tions on the island. Also construc-
ton of a new pier head further in
shore. After the buildings are re-
moved the old disinfecting pier will
be demolished. The total amount
of this contract is S39, ,87S,O00. The
work is progressing satisfactorily
with approximately 25 men en-
ployed at present, but Mr.. Collins
informs me that he expects to in
crease his force soon. TN addi-
ton there is available, an appro-
priation of S14, 100000 for an ad-
ditional building for officers quart
ers. This item has not yet been
placed on the market. "A repre-
sentative of the supervising archi-
tect's office has been on the sta
tion for several days preparing
specifications for installation of a
submarine cable for conveying
commercial electric current from
the mainland to the island, and for
wiring certain of the buildings. An
appropriation of approximately
1000 is available for the purpose.
Bids will be invited in the near fu-
ture as it is desired to have the
installation completed before the
advent of ice in the river"
Smyrna times., 1930-11-19
JUDGE CoNRAD'S WILL FILED
Valued Antiquarian Collection left
to His Two Daughters

The will of the late Henry c.
Conrad, former judge of the Della
ware Supreme Court, State archi-
visit, postmaster and city solicitor
of Wilmington and Delaware's his
torian, who died at his home +" The
Judges, on West Market street,
Georgetown, on Friday, October
"a, has been filed for probate with
Register of Wills G. V. Messick,
at Georgetown, by United States
Senator Daniel o. Hastings, of
Wilmington, executor, and Mrs.
Edith L. c. Allen, wife of DR.. H.
Croskey Allen, of Norristown, Pa,
a daughter of Judge Conrad, nam
ed in the will as executrix. One
hundred dollars was bequeathed to
Mrs. Ella Kitchens, a neighbor,
and like amount to Joseph H.
Evans, of Wilmington. The re-
mainder of the estate, comprising
one of the finest antiquarian coll
lections in the country and valued
at many thousands, together with
other personal property, was left
to his two daughters, Mrs. Allen,
and Mrs. Rachel Baker, of East
Aurora, N. Y. Two of the most
interesting things for Judge Con-
rad was to collect data on histor-
ical facts and events and rare
pieces of dishes and crockery. and
antique furniture.
Smyrna times., 1930-11-19
NEW NAME FOR BULLETIN
"Signposts" For November is In
the Hands of Subscribers

The November issue of Sign
posts" the Delaware bulletin of
education, published jointly by the
Delaware State Board of Educa-
tion, the Delaware Parent-Teach-
er Association and the Delaware
Citizens Association, is in the
hands of the subscribers. The
magazine is edited by Eta j. Will
son, executive secretary of the
State Teacher Association
with an advisory council consist
ing of: H. v. Holloway, State Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction.
w. A. Wilkinson, Department of
Education, University of Delaware
Allan Hulsizer, Director Demon
stration School Project. S. M.
Stouffer, Superintendent City
Schools, Wilmington. II. T. Ennis
president State Parent Teacher
Association. The new name has
been chosen to indicate the type of
material presented since the publi-
cation hopes to help chart the way
for those who are interested in fol-
lowing the new trails blazed by
research and science in the educa-
tional world. An appropriation
from the State Board of Educa-
to send complimentary copies to
all the teachers in the State.
Smyrna times., 1930-11-19
CONFERENCE HOME MISSION
SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS
MRS. IRENE b. FILM OF WILL
MINGTON, REELECTED HEAD
Other Officers Elected - Decision
Reached to Bond Both the Dis
trict and County Treasurers

The election and installation of
officers featured the closing ses-
sions of the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, that was held
in st. Pauls M. E. Church, Will
mington. Mrs. Irene B. Finn of
Wilmington, was reelected presi-
dent of the society for the fourth
time. Other officers elected were /:
Vice-president, Wilmington dis
trict, Mrs. ]. H. Brinton; Middle
town district, Mrs. M. Register;
Dover district, Mrs. Thomas Hill;
Salisbury district, Mrs. William J..
Downing; corresponding secretary
emeritus, Mrs. Emma L. Weldin;
corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Bertha M. c. Reeves; recording
secretary, Mrs.E. H. Clemo; treas
urer, Mrs. Annie E. Midlam; cor
poration managers, Mrs. Edward
McIntire and Mrs. H. A. Cox. Mrs.
Brinton and Mrs. H. H. Huntingdon
are the retiring members of this
board. Mrs. A. J. Abrahams pre-
sided at the election of officers and
the tellers were: Mrs. Ralph Du-
laney, chairman; Miss Cynthia
Arts, Miss Catherine Messick,
Mrs. Gertrude Jacobs, Mrs Mabel
Worth. The officers were installed
at the closing session. Mrs. Ed
ward McIntire, chairman of the
committee on constitution and by
laws, gave that report and a sec
tion was adopted providing for the
bonding of the district and confer
ence treasurer, the former in the
sum Of $1,000 and the latter in ST.
600, the premium to be paid from
the contingent funds of the dis
trict and the conference, respec-
lively. A change in the method of
handling checks of the district and
conference treasurers was also
adopted. Miss Claribel Winches-
ter, visiting deaconess, was in
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Laws of Nature
There are no new laws of nature
man merely discovers them and
then applies them to his uses.
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new model of the six-cyIinder car which has
u'0yed such vide popularity. In both the
CHASSIS and body, you will find expressed, as
never before, Cheyrolet's well-known policy
= progress through constant improvement.
'Ae new Chevrolet is longer, lower and
'DiAingly smart. The radiator has been
N'pened and its appearance enhanced by a
'''ins tle-bar and chrome-plated parabolic
'''0iamps. The long hood sweeps back
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-18
Coming "His Captire ..... WOnan'' .......
Attractions At Theatres
FATHER HUBBARD AND
 TALKIE AT PALACE

|, At 8 o'clock tonight Father Hub sbard will give his lecture on the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
 at the Palace theatre and also show still and moving pictures. Follow ing the lecture, Alice White will
 be shown in the talkie, Hot Stuff. , Both lecture and feature are for the price of one.
 < Miss White, who is devoting her
 cinema life to resting the eyes of the tired business man and spread ing the gospel of joy, has an ideal
 vehicle for her purpose in Hot Stuff which, while a story of col llege life, will appeal to children sof all ages, from to TT and up. 1t is not necessary to be collegiate, .nor to even wear a raccoon coat, ito thrill to the escapades of Alice, las the little wise coed, and her ,don't -give-a- -whoop collegiate pals. 7 Alice makes it easy for the ig- Inorant, as well as the learned, to react favorably to her antics. In other words, this gal has whole
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-18
MYSTERY THRILLER
 SHOWING, COLISEUM

All lovers of good mystery; all lovers of swift, pulsating action in moving pictures will enjoy seeing the Canary Murder Case" the story which has won acclaim throughout the United States, play ing at the Coliseum theatre William Powell, in the role of Philo Vance, the great fictional detective cre- ated by the mysterious author, s. s. Van Dine, has powerful role and handles it in a maSterful way.
 The story moves swiftly, surely, logically from the finding of the body of the slain woman in her apartment through the mystifying details of the murder to the discov- cry of the perpetrator of the crime.
 With the presentation of The Canary Murder Case" new de- parture in moving pictures is pre- sented. There are no eerie con- ditions created merely to excite the emotions. There are no tricks employed to fool the public. Every thing is shown to the public in a straight, matter of fact manner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-18
O'MALLEY GOES.
 SOUTH SUNDAY
Commissioner of Fisheries Ends Annual Inspection
 of Salmon Fishery

Completing his annual admins trative work in connection with the Alaska fisheries, Henry OMalley Commissioner of Fisheries, left Sum day on the Brant, Capt. E. L. Hun ter, for Seattle. He will spend a day or two in Ketchikan and then proceed direct to Seattle.
 Before leaving he expressed grat- ification at the status of the South cast Alaska salmon fisheries. Ex- cept for the South Prince of Wales Island district, the conditions are excellent, he said Packs all over the Panhandle are heavier than for 1929 and fish are plentiful every where.
 The Commissioner will go to Cali fornia for few days, then return to Seattle to attend hearing on the Fraser River salmon treaty. Af- ter that he will go to Maine to es- tablish fish hatchery and return from there to his headquarters in Washington, D. c.
 After having a few minor repairs made, the Brant will return here to be stationed until the end of the current season.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-18
By ALICE ALDEN

Tennis and matrimony form 6 triumphant doubles team. This k the opinion of Eileen Bennett, ia
 nous English tennis star, who feels that it is about time that some one utters a few words in defense of the married woman athlete. And since Eileen herself became Mrs Edmund Fearnley- -Whittingstall last November, she feels that she is entitled to point not onlI to her self but to the many married wom- en who took part in the recent ten his championships and who found that Wimbledon and wedlock were highly compatible For in this years women's singles at Wimbledon, 34 of the 96 entries were married. and of the 32 who reached the third round, eleven were married, and in the final sixteen, as many as seven were designated as Mrs. !" and all of them were proud of it.. And is it necessary to point out that the greatest player of them all, the woman who emerged tri- umphant, from what proved to be one of the finest semifinals ever contested was not other than Mrs. Helen Wills Moody who feels that it would not look quite right not to use my full name" and who, in fact, would rather be known as just Mrs. Moody.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-18
NRANCELL GOES
 TO TCH|KAN; SIT K A IS HERE
Plane Flies South with Pas
 senger Destined for Seattle

Leaving here yesterday morning, the seaplane Wrangell with J Decano as a passenger flew t3 ketchikan From there, he was to be taken in the Sitka to Seattle The Wrangell is expected to re- turn here tomorrow.
 The seaplane Skagway yesterday did. trap and cannery patrol duty and in the late afternoon and eve hing made short sight t-seeing flights with tourists off the steamship Prince Henry.
 This morning, the Skagway went to Port Herbert to pick up D. H. Freedman, Jr., Vice-President and Treasurer of the United States and Alaska Packing Company, and brought him to Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-18
MRS. WILBUR IS ENROUTE NORTH ON LONG TRIP
Wife of Secretary of Inter for Is Coming North on Aleutian

r Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur, and
 Ray, Jr., wife and son of Secretary
 Wilbur of the Department of h.
 terior, are passengers on the steam
 Ter Aleutian which is due hero
 carly Tuesday morning, and will be met by Gov. George A. Parks. They are accompanied by E. K. Burlew,
 Administrative Assistant to the Sec 'retary of Interior, and son. { The entire party will go as far north as Circle. Going to Seward they will take the Alaska Railroad there and, visiting Anchorage and Mckinley National Park enroute, will go to Fairbanks. They will go by automobile over Steese Highwa, from there to Circle.
 s Returning, the party will travel by motor car over Richardson to the coast. MT. Burlew will stop off here for a week Or ten days enroute south, while the rest of the party will continue Through to Seattle
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-18
FAILURE CAUSE IS NOT KNOWN,
 SAYS DR. RICH
Bureau of Fisheries in Dark As to Failure of Red
 Run at Karluk

| The cause of the failure of the
 red salmon run at Karluk tliis
 year has yet to be definitely de termined, but it was very likely due
 to unfavorable conditions in the
 spawning beds, or some other deter
 rent factor in fresh water rather
 than anything in the ocean, it was said today by Dr. Willis H. Rich,
 scientist of the United States Bu- Ereau of Fisheries.
 He arrived here Saturday night on the steamer Alaska and will be in this district for a week or more making some stream exami- nations and doing other work.
 The escapement in Karluk River in 1925 was good, 1,500,000 red fish. going up to the spawning areas. Under normal conditions, the beds should have been well seeded and the run of reds this year should have been good. The bureau, Dr. Rich said, is unable to say, how ever, that the beds were well seed- ed, because it wasn't able to have men on the ground during and af- tr the spawning period
 'On the basis of the large escape ment in 1925, we had predicted a good run of reds in Karluk this year. The run was virtually failure, and this was the first time that we have missed so badly on our forecasts. It goes to prove that it is absolutely necessary to watch the spawning beds closely if we are to maintain accuracy and, have dependable knowledge upon which to base our conclusions as to the runs, Dr. Rich said.
 He is inclined to think some ele- ment in fresh water curtailed spawning or destroyed the spawn. The seaward migration of small fish in 1928, resulting from the spawn of 1925, was comparable to those of 1926 and 1927, whereas the es- exponent in 1924 and 1923 was much less than in 1925. The sea- ward migrations of 1929 and this year were many times those of either '26 or '27, and indicate good runs for 1881 and 1882.
 Sunday Dr. Rich and Capt. M. J. O'Connor, Asst. Agent of the Bu- reau of Fisheries, spent several hours inspecting fisheries in the southern end of the district, stop ping at Craig, Olive Cove and other points.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-18
ffff sks 's*8if Stakes at 4 qua Caliente
 WiH Hit $I7O,OOO Total

AGUA CALIENTE, Mexico. Aug. 18.-The worlds richest horse race will top the list of Is stakes to bring $170,000 to the nations thor oughbreds in the second annual winter meeting of the Agua Calf ente Jockey club. 9 5ss e
 The second annual Agua Caliente handicap, with $10O,00O for the owner of the horse who hits the wire in front. heads lineup of races that will include nine more stakes than were offered in last years inaugural.
 All told, the Agua Caliente handi- cap, descendant of the Coffroth handicap of other years, probably will be worth $14O,OO0 to the vic- tor. 4
 Two $10,000 stakes, one with $7,500, and five with 5000 in add ed values. figure among the larger cuts, with others ranging from $1 500 up.
 The two $10,00O tests will be the California handicap and the Agua Caliente derby.
 The latter, which with the Agua Caliente handicap is feature race revived from the old Tijuana win ter runnings, has been cut, from $25, 900 to the present figure. The feature handicap was worth $75, ,000 in added money last winter.
 The fourth most profitable race will be the San Diego handicap, which will pay $7,50O,
 There also will be the second annual Coronado Town Plate event. a race for women jockeys, which attracted much interest year ago. While present plans call for the opening of the winter sea- son on Christmas day, there is some talk of lifting the barrier for the first race, on Thanksgiving day instead. n
 The summer session, opening on July 4, will not adjourn until Labor day. The winter running will come to close March 29.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-18
ALL RECORDS BROKEN BY TENAKEE CANNERY;
 73,OOO CASES PUT UP

The salmon cannery of the Super for Fisheries at Tenakee broke all previous records this season with a pack exceeding 73,0OO cases of fish, according to J. T. Tenneson, owner and superintendent who visited here Saturday and Sunday. He returned to Tenakee today by plane.
 MT. Tenneson said he had never seen salmon so plentiful as this seal son. While the runs were a few days late in showing up, when they did come the fish were so numerous it was almost impossible to keep the gear clear. Fish are still running through Icy Strait and down Cha than Strait, he said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-18
GLACIER PRIEST
 | LEADS IN CLIMB
 OF MENDENHALL
Father B. R. Hubbard Will Lecture at Palace
 Theatre Tonight

Rev. Father B. R. Hubbard, S. J., famous volcanic and glacial eX- plorer, known as the Glacier Priest, who will deliver an illustrated lec- ture at the Palace Theatre here this evening on the wonders of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and Aniakchak and Ven iaminof craters, made a trip Sat- urday to the head of Mendenhall Glacier
 Leaving Juneau shortly after midnight Friday, in company with Fred K. Ordway, Alaska Scenic photographer and Robert E. Ellis, aviator explained Father Hub bard, I've went by automobile to i Tolch Rock whence we started up the left hand side of Mendenhall along the route taken by me\in my memorable trip across the Mer- denhall- ice system four years ago. After Is hours of climbing, for the most part on ice, we reach eG cur objective, the base of the huge peaks at the head of the glacier We crossed the glacier to the right hand side, traversed a side glacier tributary to the Men denhall and then recrossed the Mendenhall through the crevassed ice between the huge ice falls Tn l the glaciers higher stretches.
 See New Wonders
 Every time I go on the Men denhall see new wonders and new problems in ice A man could spend life time on the Menden- hall and never begin to solve it's scientific problems. The ice has receded considerably along the left hand side compared with what it vas four years ago. The greatest surprise was the discovery of new interglacial stumps of trees 400 or 800 feet above sea level and two miles farther back in the glacie.' than the more famous interglacicr stumps near Mendenhall lake This means that not so long ago not only was the present lower section of the Mendenhall a huge forest but the valley of ice which tourists view in awe from the bridge over the river, was likewise covered with sylvan monarchs. I never saw so lIt,n 1ok rains have cleared all snow from the glacier and made a coating of very smooth new ice.
 "Th:5 ;.iaGe the going very dan gerouS but both MT Ellis and MT. Ordway handled themselves like veterans of spike and ice picks. We hacked steps for hours along treacherous crevassed walls, crawl ed along ice ridges not a foot wide and with yawning blue depths hundred feet deep on either side and played chess in our zigzag crossing of the wide glacier. Wealth CT conditions were not ideal for photographs and my 60-pound pack o1 material was carried in vain, but the day, nevertheless, twas a suc- cess and the exercise beneficial"
 At the lecture tonight, in addi- ton to new pictures and slides Of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Father Hubbard will show cOlored slides of Aniakchak and Veniaminof craters, which he ex- plored this summer. These slidea were colored by Sister Stella of St. Ann's Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-18
Watch For 3'Hit tue Deck''

load of it and not a little ability to act, along with it.
 Hot Stuff" was adapted from "Bluffers," college story by the collegiate author Robert s. Carr It deals with two very devilish stu dents, boy and a girl, who pre- tend to be lot worse than they are, and when each discovers the others secret, they naturally fall for one another like ton of brick.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-08-18
BRIGHTER ARRIVES
 AND GOES TO SEWARD

With oil for the Standard oil lcompany's station here, and powder and other equipment for the AL aska Juneau Gold Mining Com
 pany, the Alaska Steamship Com
 pSny's freighter Panama came into
 port Saturday and departed yes Iterday.
 Department from here, she took
 railroad ties from the Juneau Lum-
 Der Mills for delivery to the Alaska Railroad at Seward.
 On her westward voyage she is scheduled to call at the way ports Of Cordova, Valdez and Latouche. She will load copper ore at Cor dova on her return voyage south.