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Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17

The weather for the past week
,should be conducive to good business
in Florida. The much advertised
sunshine is more preferable than the
gray days we have had for some
time. Several of our residents have
forsaken the old home town tempo
rarily for the beautiful Miami. And
no one censOrs them because the
lext two months are certainly not
Delaware's boasting climate. The
NOgs of the last few days must have
reminded those who have been there
bf London. When the sun makes its
appearance again we will have for
gotten the discomfOrts of the past
md be ready to match Delaware with
he best of them.
"
Beginning with last Thursday
evening when Mrs. William Hallett
gave a party, Milford is keep
ng is record with number of par
les for each week. Mrs. Hallett's
vas a card party and her guests
we're Mrs. Thomas Simpson, Mrs.
7akKirk, Mrs. Howard G. Sapp, Mrs.
Ray Warren, Mrs. Everett ManlOve,
Mrs. T. J. Salmons, Miss Cora Sip
ole, Mrs. Mayme Smith Macklin, Mrs.
Charles H. Abbott, Mrs. Thomas ].
Abbott, Mrs. S. Hallett, Mrs. Carl AL
en-, and Mrs. Earl Atkins.
"
Mrs. Harry P. VanKirk entertain
d on Saturday evening for Mrs.
Charles H. Abbott, who left on We'd
esday for a stay of two months in
florida. Cards were played. The
uests were: Mrs. G. Worts Power,
lrs. Ray Warren, Mrs. Howard G.
sapp, Mrs. Wilbur Bennett, Mrs. Geo.
ID. Simpson, Mrs. John Mayhem, Mrs.
J. H. Abbott, of course, and Mrs.
William Hallett.
\ ~
Mrs. John S. Hallett entertained
small group of friends on Satur-
ay evening. 1t was "Impromptu"
' ut was none the less enjoyable. The
uests were: Mrs. Charles G. Heis-
er, Mrs. ]. Lynn Pratt, Mrs. Thad-
us Windsor, Mrs. Thomas Davis,
Hrs. NJ. HaswelI Pierce, Mrs. Walter |
Barrett and Mrs. Roy Bennett.
"
The Business Girls Club are plan
ing for a bingo party to be given
I ext Monday night at the home of
hrs. Marshall Townsend.
~
\ The Mems Monday Night Bridge
Hub met this week with c. D. Abb
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
EXPLAIN REQUIREMENTS
FOR FEDERAL AID
lnOntinned from Page u

,roDor reserves be set up by the CO.
ppnorstives to meet their own pecu-
lar conditions. In such cases, pro
Vision 1-tSi should be made for ultimate
6iS+ribntion Of such reserves and Tor
tbe distribution of all other earn
inSs % except the limited dividend re-
n1irements of capital stock cooper
stives. upon a patronage basis.
Anv such associations as have de-
,oribed will be eligible to do business
S,,i+b 1 h the Federal Farm Board WIN
W. W. the necessity of coming through
Or' ~. ioining with any other organlza-
ton. .,o,,,o s1,a1a-
ton set-ups of co-operatives to nan
Jis different kinds Of commodl1les
Which % will be mailed to you in a rev
Ja-s These should be helpful III
9niding the organization Of new CO.
ooneratiyes and assisting old ones 10
opmnIv with our requirements
Very truly yours,
JAMES G. STONE,
vice-Chairman Federal Farm Board;
AZ soon as the above mentioned
o4-,ns of cooperative organizations
PC received, the State Board OF Ag-
'.jcniture l will be glad to furnish them
70 anyone requesting same.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17

ming, January 21. If that night is
stormy it will be held Wednesday
evening. Everybody invited to come
and help good cause.
The prayer meeting of Wesley
Church members was held at W. H.
Wright's last Friday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17

Contract cs55-A
Bridge on Selby0VIIle- Willian1sVllle
Highway
200 Gu. Yds. Excavation
$50 Gu. Yds. Borrow
IS Gu. Yds. Cement Concrete Pave
60 Gu. Yds. Class "a" Concrete Foot
90 Gu. Yds. Class "a" Concrete Above
Footings
$500 Lbs. of Reinforcement
geo LIN in F 6oa Wre Sable sboSsr Srar1 Curb ba
500 Lin. FIT. Timber Piling
AOM. Ft. B. M. Sheet Piling
Performance of contract shall COM
mence within ten (10) days after exc
cution of the contract and be complet-
Monthly payments will be made for
80 per cent of the construction COM
pleted each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied
bv a surety bond, certified check, or
money to the amount of at least ten
(1O) per centum OF the total amount OF
the proposal
The envelope containing the proposal
must be marked Proposal for the con-
struction of State Highway Contract
The contract will be awarded or re-
jected within, twenty (20) days from
the date of opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
Complete sets of plans and specifica-
tions may be obtained upon receipt OF
two dollars (S200) for each. contract
which amount will not he refunded.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
j17-4t Dover. Delaware
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17

Ministers complain that the youth
of today takes but little interest in
the church. But if we can remember
correctly, in the days of our youth
the boys weren't so much interested
in the preachers sermon as they
were in whether they could qualify
as an escort home for one of the
good looking girls of the congrega-
ton.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
BurrsviIle

The ladies of Wesley NJ. E Church
will hold supper in the school
house in this town on Tuesday eve
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by
the State Highway Department, at its
office, Dover, Delaware, until 200 o.
clock P. NJ, February II, 1880, and at
that place and time publicly opened for
contracts involving the following ap-
proximate quantities:
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
WhirLs or Winter

bott. James P. Pierce was elected
to fill Dr. E. Neall Matsinger's place,
who is returning to Philadelphia to
live.
"
The 1920" Bridge Club were the
guests of Mrs. Thomas Davis on
Monday evening with all the regular
members present.
"
The Sunny" Monday Bridge Club
met with Mrs. Wilbur Bennett with
Mrs. Stanley P. Short and Mrs. How
ard G. Sapp substituting for TWO of
the members.
"
This evening Mrs. Robert P. Davis
is entertaining in honor OF her
daughter, Mrs. Grier Baynum, OF To-
ronto, Canada.
"
Miss Edith Simpson gave a very
delightful party on Tuesday evening
in honor of Miss Rachel Frame, of
Hammonton, N. j., who is the house
guest of Miss Elizabeth Carlisle.
Miss Frame has spent a part OF each
year in Milford for a long time and
her friends have welcomed her re-
turn for a visit. The guests were:
Mrs. William c. Smith, Miss Eliza
beth Carlisle, Mrs. 1. D. Short, Mrs.
Wilson S. Vineyard, Mrs. Edwin Mes
sick, Mrs. George M. Simpson, Mrs.
Harry Pettyjohn, Mrs. William Hal
lett, Mrs. Frank R. Grier, Mrs. S. M.
D. Marshall, Mrs. Elizabeth Riggs,
Miss Bertha Welcome, Mrs. T. Car
Isle Collins, Mrs. Grier Baynum,
Mrs. Della Hall Deakyne, Mrs. M.
Haswell Pierce, Mrs. Donnan Holz-
mueller, Mrs. 1. D. Short and Mrs. G.
Marshall Townsend.
"
Mrs. G. Marshall Townsend gave a
small party on Wednesday evening
as a farewell for Mrs. E. Neall Mat
singer, who leaves tomorrow for her
new home in Philadelphia. Mrs.
has made many friends
since she came to Milford and they
are sorry to have her leave. Each
guest brought a remembrance glft
which was presented to her after re-
The guests besides the
honor one were Mrs. Sharp wilson,
of Frederick; Mrs. Remsen Barnard,
Miss Dorothy Shuster, Miss Eliza
beth Alden, Mrs. John W. Burrls,
Mrs. ]. Postles Hammond, Mrs. VIII
lard Pierce, Mrs. James MacN1Ven,
Mrs. Davis R. Grier, and Mrs. j.
Frank SaleVan.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
REPORT OF AUDIT

MADE TAXPAYERS RESEARCH LEAGUE OF DELAWARE
FOR THE AUDITORS TOWN OF MILFORD
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17
AUDITORS REPORT
TOWN OF MILFORD

the Taxpayers
their herewith
" SIPPLE
THOMAS DAVIS
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17

We admire people who are enjoy
ing life.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17

Contract 1o4
Milford Cutoff 1.52 Miles
Acres Clearing
15500 Gu, Yds. Excavation
10000 Gu. Yds. Borrow
IS Tons Broken Stag Base Course
$500 Gu. Yds. Cement Concrete Pave
ment
1000 Lin. Ft. Premoulded Bituminous
Expansion Joint
so Tons Amiesite Asphalt Surface
Course
IS Gu. Yds. Glass "A' Concrete
1000 Lbs. Reinforcement
300 Lin. Ft. 15' Corr. Metal Pipe
1928 Lin. Ft. Is" r. c. Pipe
"a Lin. Ft. 3O' R. C. Pipe
6S Lin. Ft. 36" r. C. Pipe
300 So. Yds. Glass "A" Concrete Gut
ter
2eOO Lin. Ft. Wire Cable Guard Rail
42OO Lin. Ft. Wood Shoulder Curb
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17

Contract 141
Owens Glendale, 4.92 Miles
10 Acres Clearing
10 Acres Grubbing
10000 Gu. Yds. Excavation
5000 Gu. Yds. Borrow
747O Gu. Yds Cement Concrete
Pavement
255O0 Lin. Ft. Long. Metal Joint
OR 255OO Lin. Ft. Long. Joint (Non-
Metallic)
1900 Lin. Ft. ga" Premoulded BIZ
luminous Expansion Joint
21O Gu. Yds. Glass "a" Concrete
5000 Lbs. Reinforcement
800 Lin. Ft. Is" Corr Metal Pipe
15O Lin. Ft. 15' R. c. Pipe
15O Lin. Ft. 18" R. c. Pipe
12O Lin. Ft. "a" R. c. Pipe
go Lin. Ft. 3O' R. c. Pipe
1850 Lin. TT. Wood Shoulder Curb
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17

The Business Girls Club are plan
ing for a bingo party to be given
ext Monday night at the home of
Lrc Marshall TnWnSpnd.
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17

Contract 140
Blackiston's- Maryland Line, 3.12 Miles
1-3 Acres Clearing
1-3 Acres Grubbing
10000 Gu. Yds. Excavation
$500 Gu. Yds. Borrow
200 Tons Broken Stone Base
Course
542O Gu. Yds. Cement Concrete
Pavement
1645O Lin. IT. Long. Metal Joint
OR 1880 Lin. Ft. Long. Joint (Non-
Metallic)
32OO Lin. Ft. ga" Premoulded BIZ
luminous Expansion Joint
200 Gu. Yds. Glass "a" Concrete
1000 Lbs. Reinforcement
$50 Lin. Ft. Is" Corr Metal Pipe
156 Lin. Ft. Is" r. c. Pipe
. lTl UIdn, Fta 1S" r. c. Pipe
80 Lin. Ft. "a X. z. Pipe
80 Lin. Ft. 30' r. Q. Pipe
80 Lin. Ft. 36" R. G. Pipe
1000 Lin, Ft.. Wood Shoulder Curb
Milford chronicle., 1930-01-17

TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD:-
response audited the Town
192SDecember 81 1929 We
the of four statements
of receipts and payments OF the
general fund.-
STATEMENT condition of the Treaurer
account with the Town
STATEMENT a summary receipts and payments of the
STATEMENT the bonded and floating indebt
o.
taken complete this audit Ihe
the
superficial
balances
that is Towns bank account
officials
information about the cost the various
aud
determine the exact cost OF conducting e
had been received and paid Neven we
in 1928
the Town officials at the end OF 1928
Council
adequate bookkeeping
actually than the cost OF
recently by the Board OF
Light providing the installation of ade
quate accounting records
Respectfully submitted,
TAXPAYERS RESEARCH LEAGUE OF DELAWARE
The Washington times., 1930-03-07

ing down at her feet. added:
Would you like a cigar?"
Then, she said, he asked her
to accompany him and when she
refused he grabbed her by the
coat, ripping the sleeves. A fel-
low-passengers in the car inter.
fered and crowd gathered until
Policeman Flynn, of the Old Slip
Station, appeared and arrested
Mulrooney.
"Put on Your Socks"
She said several in the train
had called out to her: "Hey, grille,
go home and put on your socks"
Mulrooney denied the girls
charges, saying the girl asked him
for a cigarette. Magistrate Simp
son, however, believed Mulrooney
might have taken a glass or two
Of beer too much, found MIN
guilty, and remanded him to. the
Tombs for sentence.
Eathel was taken to the chill
dren'S court, and while awaiting
ing Mulrooney's arraig g nment
wrote a couple of poems to enter
tain her companions. One she en-.
titled when / Came to Court
and the other when I Face the
Judge"
The Washington times., 1930-03-07

! Chief of Infantry for duty.
Major George F. Humbert, Coast Ar
tillery, to duty with the Organized Re
serves Of the Sixth Corps Area and
assigned to the 947th Coast Artillery
Regiment with station at Lansing,
Mich.
Major Maurice L. Miller. Infantry. to
Hawaii.
Major Stuart C. Wilder. Infantry. to
Major Maurice L. Miller. Infantry.
to the Hawaiian Department.
Each of the following officers Is
relieved from assignment to the regi-
ment indicated and from duty at the
West Point, New York: Capt. Eason
J. Bond. Sixteenth Infantry, Fort
Wadsworth, New York; Capt. Brecken-
ridge Day, Seventh Field Artillery.
Madison Barracks, New York: First
Lieutenant Raymond Stone, Jr.. Twelfth
Second Lieutenant Charles P. Nichols.
First Field Artillery, Fort sill. Okla
homa.
Each of the following first lieutenants
of cavalry, to West Point. New York:
Frederick W.. Drury. Harris F.. Scherer.
Capt. Hugh Whit: Finance Depart
ment. to report to the Chief American
Graves Registration Service for duty
as finance officer in connection with
the pilgrimage of mothers and widows
to the cemeteries of Europe.
Capt. Fay Ross. Fifth Infantry. to
Philippines.
Second Lieutenant Fred w. Kunesh.
signal corps TO Hawaii
Capt. Henry s. Evans. uuartermaS-
ter corps. to Paris, France, and report
in person to the Chief American Graves
CORPS in europe for duty in in"t connection on
with the pilgrimage Of mothers and
widows to the cemeteries OF Europe.
The Washington times., 1930-03-07

to MAS, Pensacola Fla.
Second Lieutenant Harold r. Lee to
MAS. Pensacola Fla.
Second Lieutenant Robert B. I.uckey
to NIB. Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth.
Va.
Second Lieutenant Robert L. Peterson
to MAS. Pensacola. Fla.
to AS. ECEF. NIB. Quantico. Va.
Lieut.; Col. Elias II. Beadle. retired
Lieut.. Col. Albert F, Randall. to de-
partment of the Pacific.
Major Ralph $. Keyser. to NIB. mob.
Pearl Hartor. TIL.
Capt. Graves B. Erskine, to NIB. NYd.
Philadelphia.
First Lieutenant Charles H. Ha.sen-
miller. TO NIB. NTS. Newport. r. l.
Second Lieutenant Frank NJ. June, to
AS. ECEF. NIB, Quantico. Va
Second Lieutenant Homer l.. IitZen-
berg. jr.. to second brigade, Nicaragua.
Second Lieutenant Floyd A. Stephen
son. to NIB. Quantico. Va.
Chief Pay Clerk Delmar J. Dee, to
NIB; Ms. Cavite. P. l.
Chief Pay Clerk Malcolm f. Richard
son. to department of the Pacific.
The Washington times., 1930-03-07
GirlPasses UpSuicide
To Prosecute Fzirt

NEW YORK, March IA 15-
year-old high school girl from In
dependence, Mo-, started out yes
terday morning in her step
fathers clothes to commit suicide
by jumping in the bay from a
Staten Island ferryboat, so she
said, but while in the subway on
the way to the boat a man an
noyed her and she changed her
mind and hailed him to court.
The girl was Eathel Mygatt, Of
Corona. She said she worte two
letters. jumped out of the second.
story window of her home, land
ed on an awning and finally rolled
to the sidewalk unhurt.
Forgot Her Shoes
Eathel, who is attractive, with
chestnut hair and blue eyes, also
admitted that she had donned
her Stepfather's best suit Of
clothes and his soft hat, but for
got about the shoes and wore
her own high-heeled pumps. That
was her undoing, she said.
The young girl took the stand
in TombS Court before Magis-
trate Simpson yesterday and told
how Michael Mulrooney, of Brook
lyn, a bricklayer, whom she said
she had never seen before, asked
her for a match and then, look
The Washington times., 1930-03-07
ARMY ORDERS

Leave of absence Is granted to each
of the following officers: Capt. Joseph
A. Nichols. Infantry. two months, April
20. 193e; First Lieut.. George p. Tour
teliot. Air Corps one month and 25
days, March 10. 1880.
Leave of absence for Is days, on or
about March .. 1890, is granted Mai.
Gen. Briant H. Wells, deputy chief of
staff.
First Lieut.. Robert G. Gard. Field
Artillery, to Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont.
First Lieut.. Karl W. Hsgen, Field
Artillery, to Hawaii.
Major Percy J. Carroll, Medical Corps.
Walter Reed General Hospital, Army
Medical Center, for duty.
Major Herbert H. sharpe. Medical
Corps. to the Preside OF Monterey.
California
The following officers to West Point.
Capt. Walter w. Warner, First Lieuten-
ant James F.. B. McGnerney, Second
Lieutenant Carl r. Dutton.
Second Lieutenant Robert Coleman
Ashley. Air Corps, resignation accepted.
Major Harold NJ Rayner. cavalry, to
West Point. New York.
First Lieutenant Mark Mcclure, Six
teenth Artillery, TO West Point New
York.
Capt Humphrey s. Evans. Quarter
master Corps. to Madison Barracks.
New York
Capt. Egbert ]. Buckbee. Quarter
master Corrs. to Quartermaster Corps
at Tientsin, China.
Major Charles H. Ronesteel, infantry,
to Eighteenth Infantry, Fort Hamilton,
New york.
Major Thompson Lawrence, Infantry.
Major Stephen J. Chamberlin. In
fantry. to Fort Mcpherson, Ga.
Capt Harris NJ. Melasky. Infantry, to
Washington, d. c.. and report to the
The Washington times., 1930-03-07
rlAnINEC COIgpS ORDERS

Col. Edward B. Manwaring to First
Brigade, Haiti about March H.
Capt. John H. Parker to NIB. Paris
Island. S. C.
Capt. Harry Paul AQM to NIB GUAM
tico. Va.
Capt. Hu Fl Phipps to NIB. NAB.
Iona Island. N. Y
Second Lieutenant Laramie D. Snsad
to MD, USS Galveston.
Major Wilbur Thing to First Brigade.
Haiti. about March 10.
Capt. SoIon C. Kemon detailed as
assistant duartermaster.
Capt. John H. Parker detailed rs an
assistant quartermaster
Second Lieutenant David L. Cloud,
1r.: to AS, ECEF, NIB, Quantico, Va.
Second Lieutenant Marion L. Daw-
son. ir., to MAS. Pensacola. Fla.
=, Second Lieutenant Clinton E. Fox to
MAS. Pensacola. Fla.
Second Lieutenant Robert g. Bal
lance. to MAS. Pensa cola. Fla.
Second Lieutenant Allan C. Koonce to
MAS, Pensacola. Fla.
Second Lieutenant Arthur H. Butler
The Washington times., 1930-03-07
PLYMOUTH CA R
PRICE IS GUT

OFT, March 7.-An-
nouncement of a reduction of SOS
to $40 in the prices Of Plymouth
cars, effective next Monday, was
made yesterday by Walter P.
Chrysler, head of the Chrysler
Motor Corporation.
The purpose of the reduction,
according to- the statement. is
to meet the demand for cars in
the low-priced field, and to en-
able all dealers handling Chrys-
Ter products to handle a line of
cars within every price range.
The new price schedule, ac-
cording to Mr.. Chrysler, is made
possible because of expected econ.
omies from the increased pro-
duction.
The Washington times., 1930-03-07
Son Mouned as Dead
Turns Up Alive

LANCASTER, Pa, March T.
Mourning was banished from
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Smith, of this city. as the mother
and father prepared to welcome
home their son, Meyer Smith,
World War veteran, whom they
believed dead.
Memorial services in the Degel
Israel Synagogue were halted
when the parents received q tele.
phone call from their son in Buff
falo.
Overjoyed that their son is
alive. the parents made little ef-
fort to determine how the father
and a sister had identified the
body of another man as that Of
the Lancaster man.
According to Buffalo author
tiles, a man who died in Erie
County Penitentiary Hospital Feb
ruary IA, had papers in his
pocket identifying him as Meyer
The Washington times., 1930-03-07
MRS. OUR|SNAN
IS BURIED

Funeral services were held
today at Danzansky Funeral
Chapel, 1901 Fourteenth st,
NJ. W., for Mrs. Florence P.
Ourisman, "a, who died Of pneu-
monia yesterday morning at her
home, 1901 Connecticut Ave
N. w. She was buried in Ohev.
Sholem Cemetery.
Mrs. Ourisman was the wife of
Benjamin OuriSman. automobile
dealer, whom she married five
years ago.
She was from Durham, N. C..
For q time she attended George
Washington University. She was
one of the most popular mem
bers of the younger Jewish social
set, and was prominent in local
charity work.
Besides her husband, two SONG,
one born Sunday, and Mandell
aged 4; her mother, Mrs. Sarah
Shevel, of Durham, and sister,
Mrs. Samuel Siff,. survive.
The Washington times., 1930-03-07

Smith, Of Lancaster. His father
and Mrs. Sarah Fleischman, a
sister. went to the hospital
morgue and identified the body.
1t was brought here and buried
in the Smith plot in the Jewish
cemetery.
Smith said over the telephone to-
day that he had never been ar
rested and has lived in Buffalo
since he returned from the World
War.
The father told newspaper men
that "he was so glad his son was
alive he wasn't trying to explain
the error.
The Washington times., 1930-03-07
WAS BAD;
OFFICIAL GONE

OAK PARK, Ill, March 7
GN.S0 Missing from his home
for a week, Magistrate James M.
Feron, veteran public official. was
charged with, embezzlemeAt in
warrant issued here today.
The embezZlement warrant was
issued after it was learned that
Feron had given the village a
worthless check for $14,856, repre-
senting fines he had collected,
village officials said.
The whereabouts Of Feron is
still a mystery. He was last re-
ported in Milwaukee.
The Washington times., 1930-03-07
Stanley Stasiak Wins
Over VOgIe in Mat Bout

Stanley Stasiak, reputed Polish
champion grappler, experienced no
real difficulty in overcoming Karl
Vogle at the Strand last night. A
flying mare upset Vogle in "a min
utes, and the Pounding Pole" re-
peated the exact same perfor-
nance in eight minutes.
1t took Joe Turner 40 minutes
to clamp a crab hold on George
Taylor and Rough House" Nelson
and George Romanoff tossed about
for ~ minutes without any def.
mite results.
The Washington times., 1930-03-07
MELLON BACKS
PORTER BILL
ON DRUGS

Secretary Of Treasury Mellon,
In a report to the House Ways
and Means Committee, yesterday
urged passage of the Porter bill
to create a separate narcotics
bureau as step forward in COM
batting the dope menace.
Hearings on the bill start to-
day before the committee. Sec
retary Mellon has designated sew
eral Treasury officials to appear
in support of it.
Changes Proposed
To clarity and strengthen the
functions of the new bureau, Sec.
retary Mellon suggested a few
amendments, chiefly. of an ad
ministrative character. All the
amendments except one have
been accepted by Representative
Porter (RD, of Pennsylvania,
and incorporated in a new draft
of the bill, which was re-intro-
duced yesterday at the SuggeS-
ton of Representative Hawley
tR.), of oregon, chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee
This was done TO expedite the
hearings.
Mellon said:
81 wish to advise that the
Treasury Department is en-
tirely sympathetic to any move
that would aid in the elimina-
tiOn of narcotic addiction.
''There is some doubt in my
mind as to the necessity of
creating a separate bureau to
accomplish what is sought for
i'm this bill.
However, realizing the good
sought to be accomplished by
the bill, the Treasury Depart
ment will support the bill sub
ject to the consideration of the
questions raised above"
The questions referred to dealt
with the amendments proposed
by Secretary Mellon.
Appointment Provided
In the amended form, ap-
proved both by Porter and the
Treasury Department., the bill will
require the appointment of the
new commissioner of narcotics by
the President, with the confirma-
ton of the Senate; will designate
the Public Health Service as the
investigative agency to ascertain
the amounts of drugs required
for medical and scientific pur-
poses, and authorize an appeal to
the Secretary of Treasury from
decisions of the commissioner.
The bill aboliSheS the present
narcotics control board and
charges the narcotics commits
sioner with the duty Of regulat-
ing imports of opium and coca
leaves. from which drugs are
manufactured.
New Name Planned
In his report, Secretary Mellon
suggested the division in the Pub
lie Health Service dealing with
narcotics, including the admins
tration of the narcotic farms, au-
thorized by, Congress, should be
known as the Bureau of Mental
Hygiene" saying:
Previous studies have shown
that mental illness is response
BILE prediSpOSing factor in the
production of drug addiction.
The rehabilitation of drug ad-
diets is, therefore, a problem in
mental hygiene"
He pointed out that the number
OF insane had increased between
1880 and 1880 from 81 to more
than 22O per each 100000 of the
general population. Whereas the
rate had almost trebled, the actual
cases under care had increased to
almost six tirnes the number under
care in 1880, he added.
The TreaSury'S one objection to
the bill which Porter will attempt
tc overcome during the hearings
Is the provision authorizing the
employment Of narcotic agents to
act as customs officers in prevent
Ing dope smuggling at the ports
and borders.
The Washington times., 1930-03-07
FORMER MAYOR DIES

MARTINSBURG, w. Va,
March CHARLES F. Newkirk,
former mayor of Hedgesville and
one of most prominent residents
Of that section, died at his home
there following a Six-weekS illness.