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Milford chronicle., 1930-08-01
Milford, Friday, August l, 1880

WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY for
Milford to bound right into the CEN
tire OF the arena of a beautiful fiji
ture and become noted for its blend
ing of the past and the new era,
which only awaits the active efforts
of the farseeing. This is suggested
by the change soon to be made in a
fine old proper ownership. 1t all
rests with the people of Milford, as
to what action is taken by them to
make dreams come true. The Hol-
land House stands in the very CEN
tire of the town of Milford, with
lawns and grounds surrounding,
which will come on the market in
the near future, and here is the
chance for Milford to step out for its
future beauty and prosperity. Ac-
quire this property now at its mar
ket value. Retain land sufficient for
a handsome park, and let the State
of Delaware utilize the balance of
the land for building a new and
modern armOry; which if proper
planned architect0rially, will make
the central section of Milford thing
of beauty and joy forever. A few
people can recall what the general
appearance of that of Milford pre-
sented to the public sixty years ago.
1t was a waterwashed, sandy parking
place for the OK and mule teams, that
brought cord wood, railroad ties,
bark and even hOop-poles to the
merchants of Milford, and also a
general assembly for Saturday night
crowds. A few saw an opportunity
to create new values for surround
ling property, then uselesssas revenue
producing, and acquired that prop
erty, then useless as revenue pro-
ducing, and acquired that property
for nominal values. The residence
section has left that part of Milford,
and Milford now has an opportunity
to create something badly needed as
a central public park, and the State
of Delaware would establish and
equip a building for modern defense
for the lower and eastern part of
Delaware. The Holland House in
Milford will never become histori-
cal shrine: it has not the back
ground for history. Let us take the
the opportunity and step out to
make just one more dream come
true. Possibly this would add so
much real value, as well as pride to
Milford as a community, that in some
distant year, there might arise citi-
zens with desire to sell the public
ownership of public property to pri-
vate owners; then even they would |
have something worth while.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-01
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SUMMER in THE CHURCHES

The devil is said never to take a
vacation, but half or more of the
churches close up in summer. Many
people say it is too hot to go to
church, and then they go out driY-
ing on sunny and dusty roads that
are much hotter than the cool and
quiet church auditorium.
The forces of degeneration are
busy around us all tlfe time, and
those that are creative and remedial
need also to keep busy. People need
each week some inspiring thought to
cheer them through the dull routine
of every day life, and remind them
that earning a living and money
making are not the only ends worth
pursuing.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-01

reason the era of good hard-sur-
faced road to every farm" will be
either delayed Of accomplished.
This applies to other states, as well
as to our own State of Delaware, and
its three counties. The money is in
sight at no distant future, if intelli-
gent administration by a state high
way department is in control of all
the roads as well as the main streets.
Good roads, good schools and law
abiding citizens have done much for
Delaware, and they will do more if
given the chance.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-01
$2eG
THE PICNIC HABIT

One of the most popular of Ameri-
can summer sports is. the picnic
habit. There is the family picnic in
some scene of beauty. The men
folks growl that the food would be
better cooked in the home kitchen,
but somehow the poetic natures of
the women respond to natures beau
ty as they eat the plain and simple
picnic things with a relish they new
er feel in their own dining rooms.
Then there is the big town, neghbor-
hood, or organization picnic, when
the people meet in jolly reunion.
There the town fathers will take
off their coats and play ball like
kids, even though they feel like cen
tenarians with lameness next day.
And many. statesmen would have
missed their distinguished careers,
had not the political picnics given
them a chance to shake thousands
of calloused hands, and prove them
selves the dear friends of the COM
mon people.
There is only one undesirable
phase of picnics, the dumping of
ugly refuse along the pretty rural
spots. If people love nature enough
to hold picnics in these scenes, why
make them ugly for all the beauty
seekers who pass that way?
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-01

One thing we have to be thankful
for is that jazz composers have not
set the farm blues to music.-The
Pathfinder.
Evening star., 1930-12-07
MELLON OPPOSES
CASH|NG OF BONUS
Holds Plan Would Be Against
Best Interests of War
Veterans.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Immediate payment in cash to World
War veterans Of the face value Of their
bonus insurance certificates is opposed
by Secretary Mellon.
However, Senator Vandenberg, Re-
publican, Michigan, who solicited the
opinion Of the Treasury Secretary on
this proposal now before Congress, yes
terday submitted a counter proposition
to Mr.. Mellon.
The Michigan Senator who has urged
some action upon President Hoover,
proposed in his new plan that the Gov
eminent give the veteran a Government
bond, equal to the value of his certifi-
cate, and which is negotiable at par,
thus avoiding necessity for floating a
huge loan in the present bond market
to get the funds
Secretary Mellon summed up his op-
position to the cash payment In the
following words:
1T seems, therefore, that the proposal
to pay off the adjusted service certifi-
Gates at this time would be against the
best interests of the veterans, unjusti-
fed as a matter Of broad economic
policy, and seriously detrimental to the
public debt operations of the Govern
ment."
Senator vanderberg in his counter
proposal asserted:
Il am unwilling to consider this ad-
Justed compensation phase closed until
evsry possible useful and helpful re-
course has been dismissed with finality. -
He urged that some program be de-
vised to meet this situation In whole or
in part"
Temporary StimuIant.
Secretary Mellon said the distribution
Of $3,409, ,304, 1872 representing the face
value of the certificates would "un-
questionably have a stimulating effect
on business, but 1t would be a tenn
porary stimulation Of an artificial char
acter and could hardly be expected to
have such lasting qualities as would
bring about a permanent recovery"
He said the actual present value Of
the certificates, which do not mature
for about Is years, Is about 81 ITO, ,000,-
600 and to pay their face value would
Continued on Page 8, Column 81
Evening star., 1930-12-07
MARINE COAST GUARD GAME
NETS NEAT SUM FOR JOBLESS
Leathernecks Win Hard-Fought Battle,
z to 0, as President Hoover and Dis
tinguished Throng Look On.

The United States Marines and I'll
Coast Guards, on the gridiron at Grif-
fifth Stadium yesterday afternoon, net
ted tidy sum for Washington's unem-
ployed and at the same time gave Presi-
dent Hoover and the most distinguished
and colorful throng ever gathered in
the stadium what old hands about the
ball park regard as the best show ever
put on there.
The Marines beat the Coast Guard
for the second consecutive year, thereby
holding the Presidents Cup, symbol Of
superiority in service foot ball, by the
score of to o.
Exactly what they did for the unem-
Evening star., 1930-12-07
GROCER BINDS Up
ARMED ASSA|LANT
Bleeding From Blows on
Head, He Calls Police to
Arrest Man.
Bleeding profusely from a deep cut on

Bleeding profusely from deep cut on
lis head, A. B. Barnhardt, 49-year-old
manager of the Atlantic and Pacific
store at Fifteenth and P streets, last
night told police a thrilling story Of a
desperate hand-to-hand struggle with
an armed man who attempted to rob
him in his store shortly after closing
time
Despite the fact that he had been
slugged twice on the head with a lead
pipe after taking a pistol away from
the man, Barnhardt overpowered his
assailant and tied him UP with clothes
line before calling the police When
police arrived they found Lindsay Bunt-
ing, SO, of lis Allegheny avenue, Ia
koma Park, the alleged bandit, uncon-
scious, and removed him to Emergency
Hospital with Barnhadt.
While physicians were sewing up the
wound on his head, Barnhardt gave his
account of the attempted hold-up.
Says He Recognized Man.
II closed my store about IL O'Clock. ="
he said, land started to walk away. Be-
fore 1 had gone block I was stopped
by man, who said he wanted to buy
some groceries. recognized him as be-
ing the same man who gave me a check
two weeks ago.
We returned to the store, however,
and let him in. I started to ask him
about the check when he interrupted
me. Never mind that he said, I don't
want any groceries, where's the
money!"
Barnhardt said he refused to tell him
where the money was, and that the
man then drew pistol from his pocket
Reach up," he quoted the man as
saying, "and come across "
Barnhardt said he offered to give the
man $40 Of his own money, and that
the man then struck him with a piece
Of pipe. They wrestled, but the man
broke loose and covered him with the
pistol, Barnhardt said.
Struggled and Fell.
When he persisted in his refusal to
surrender the stores money, Barnhardt
declared, Bunting struck him again.
That made me mad" he told police,
and grabbed him. We struggled for
few minutes and then he fell over
backward, striking his head on a set of
scales. Before he could get up 1 took
the pipe away from him and beat him
into Inconsistencies. Then tied him
up and called police
Physicians at the hospital said Bunt-
ing was suffering from several deep cuts
on his head and face, apparently in
1icted by the pipe.
Police recovered the pistol and found
a number of cartridges to match it In
Bunting's pocket. The weapon, how
ever, was not loaded. Bunting is mar
ried and has two children.
Evening star., 1930-12-07
lamont SEES US.
|. Job POLICY GAINING
Nation Handling This Crisis
Better Than That of 1920,
Says Secretary.

Due to the comprehensive and force
full program for mobilization of the
Nations resources, quickly formulated
and carried into effect In q remarkable
spirit Of cooperation, the United States
during the past year did not fall into
the disastrous conditions that visited
the country in the depression of 1920
and 1921.
This point was stressed by Robert p
Lamont, Secretary of Commerce, In an
address last night In the National Radio
Forum, arranged by The Washington
Star and broadcast over the coast-te-
coast network of the Columbia Broad
casting System from Chicago.
Outlining the many ramifications of
the plans of governmental agencies and
private industry to meet the economic
depression that started a year ago, and
showing how these programs had fore
stalled much more serious conditions
than have developed, Secretary Lamont
concluded that he had every confidence
that our common effort will be success
ful in preventing the suffering that has
always characterized such depression in
the past"
Hoover Conference Lauded.
Secretary Lamont declared that the
White House conferences called by
President Hoover were the most prompt
and effective marshaling of forces
under public leadership for dealing with
this problem that has ever occurred in
this or any other country" He also
praised leaders of private industry and
city and State governments for their
prompt cooperation in meeting the
emergency and voiced gratitude over
the relationship between labor and
capital, to which he attributed much
OF the success Of sterilization programs.
Labor has Jared much better during the
present depression than in past hard
times, he said.
Secretary Lamont found that while
there Is good reason to believe that we
have already weathered the worst of
the storm and that signs of stability and
recovery are already appearing, it is
clear that we are faced this Winter
with the vital problem Of providing
employment and relief for the un-
fortunate citizens Of our country who
find themselves through no fault of
their own without work and without
income"
At the White House Conferences, he
pointed out, President Hoover outlined
several important lines of action, in
cluding the maintenance of wage rates,
avoidance of industrial disputes, the
extension Of public and industrial con-
Continued on Page 3, Column So
Evening star., 1930-12-07
FOG VICTIMS HELD
WEAK KFROMD|SEASE
Physicians Find Most of BEL
gianS Suffered Heart and
Bronchial Ailments.

BRUSSELS, Belgium, December s.
Villagers In the Meuse Valley went back
tonight to the homes from which they
had ned In terror before a wall of fog
which appeared to be driving death be-
fore it.
The fog had lifted, and with it had
gone the mystery with which 1t had
been endowed. The Public Health Com
mission asserted after an official in
Vestigation that the more than three
score deaths attributed to the fog had
resulted from nothing more mysterious
than weakened respiratory systems OF
the victims.
With few exceptions, all OF those who
died were more than so years old. A
third OF them had passed go, and sew
eral were over TO- Most of them suf-
fered heart ailments and were known
to have had chronic bronchial trouble
The doctors said it was the cold, smoke
laden fog, and nothing else, which
choked them to death.
These findings, supported by the
diagnosis OF physicians who had spent
frantic night treating the victims, ex-
ploded the theory that noxious gases
from industrial plants had caused the
deaths, and they dissipated the fears of
| peasants that Belgium was in the path
Of sinister gas barrage
Simple Folk Panicky.
These simple folk, watching their
neighbors dying in alarming numbers
| persisted in the belief that the fog it.
, self was only the screen for a deadly
attack, whose origin they did not at
| tempt to explain. Some of the farm
stock died also, and last night cattle
slept in farmhouse kitchens, while their
| owners covered inside with all the win
dows sealed
Those who fled to safety at Other
points drifted back home again tonight
| convinced at last that the menace has
been removed.
At the village of Uccle on the out
skirts Of Brussels there was another
pathetic gas tragedy today. Five chill
dren, ranging in age from months to {
years. were asphyxiated in their beds BY
gas escaping from heater while theil
parents were away from home.
The fog left "a dead in eight villages
| In its wake. Many others were made Ill
and nearly all the residents of that part
OF the Valley of the MeuSe suffered seri-
GUS inconvenience from 1t.
HuddIe In Dwellings.
Even after it had lifted the terror
and bewilderment which 1t had inspired
| remained. The simple peasants anc
workmen feared to venture out ever
into the sunlit streets, and many Of
them remained huddled together ir
their dwellings for hours. During ths
height of the manifestation those whose
business required them TO go out muf.
| fed themselves with handkerchiefs
scarves and improviSed masks, recallinf
the influenza epidemic of 1918 in the
same part of Belgium.
Horses and cattle. which were also
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1930-12-07
PICTURE OF MACHAD0
DESTROYED BY STUDENTS
Pupils at Cuban National Univer.
sity Hold Demonstration
Against President.
~ the Associated Proc

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA. December 6.-Students Of
the National University today destroyed
a large picture Of President Machado
IN a demonstration at the institution.
Several hundred students had as
sembled at the institution today, and
after hearing infamatory speeches by
several fellow students they made q
public ceremony Of the destruction Of
the portrait
They were dispersed Immediately
afterward and extra police were as
signed TO the campus.
The authorities had believed the un-
dergraduateS had been quieted after the
Summers unrest by changes made in
the faculty and in the Department OF
Education. Yesterday DR.. Carlos Miguel
Cespedes was appointed secretary of
public instruction and DR.. Carlos De
La Tore was named dean Of the school
Evening star., 1930-12-07
'FALLOO. DOLLY F1ALLOO. ALICE!
ENDS CAPITAL SOCIAL FEUD
Greeting of Mrs. Gam and
Mrs. LongWorth Convinces
Public of Settlement.
Question of Seating at Din
nerS and LunCheons, How
ever, Is Not Decided.
"Halloo, Dolly!"
GsTYallz AIs-t,g

"Halloo, Dolly!'
"Halloo, Alicel"
This was greeting of Mrs. Edward
Everett Gam, sister of Vice President
Curtis, and Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long
worth in the blue room at the White
House during the reception the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hoover gave in honor Of
the diplomatic corps, Thursday night
Quite in contrast to the stately
formality of the greeting of the Chief of
the Nation and the First Lady of the
Land to the direct rep: :esentatives of
the crowned heads of the Old Words
foreign Ambassadors-but it was enough
to convince the public that the feud
between Mrs. Gam and Mrs. Long
worth-had there ever been one-was
settled, and the battle ak buried handle
deep in the floor of the blue room.
Surrounded by the most gorgeous
spectacle witnessed by Washington So
ciety In a twelve month and with titles
being ratified from the tips of cultured
tongues and the highest officials of the
Government playing assistant hosts to
Ambassadors and Ministers from far
parts of the world, these two women
WAAO AAoNC bCCn SAOnCAy dSSOG1dJCO III So
ciety for more than 20 years, met and
greeted one another with hand clasps
and gusto in their voices
Those who had for months heard
rumblings of dissatisfaction between the
two women, even hatred and malice
paused to look and comment. When
the stories and animosity were recalled.
stories that had lifted back and forth
In drawing rooms, at clubs, in shopping
places and even on street cars since a
period just after the Inauguration of
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column a.
Evening star., 1930-12-07
Sports Highlights

Notre Danes stunning 27-0 de-
feat Of Southern California and
Navy's surprise 26-0 victory over
Penn paled almost to insignifl-
canoe all other happenings on
the Nations gridirons yesterday.
Three traditional games in the
South we're thrillers, Georgia
beating Georgia Tech, 1870; Ten
nessee downing Florida, 1876, and
North Carolina and Duke playing
q scoreless tie.
Western Maryland retained the
Old Line State championship by
beating Maryland, TO, and the
Marines clung to the Presidents
Cup by defeating the Coast Guard,
TO,
Leonard Macaluso Of Colgate,
the country's leading point scorer,
booted the point after touchdown
that gave his team q 7-6 triumph
over New York U. .
Evening star., 1930-12-07
MOTORIST TWICE TRIES SUICIDE
AFTER TANGLING CITY TRAFFIC
Policeman Accuses Driver of Trying to Run Him Down
Time of Arrest.

Arrested after he is alleged to have
attempted to run down q policeman
who was trying to arrest him for driv-
ing his automobile the wrong way
around Dupont Circle and tying up
trafic, Leon Woodrow Rice, 81 years
old. Of shepherdstown, w. Va, at
tempted suicide at the third precinct
station last night by hanging himself
with a shirt.
Officer j. Moeller cut Rice down be-
fore he was strangled and a few min
uteS later blocked another suicide at
tempt when Rice tried to ram his head
into lavatory filled with water Rice
was taken to Gallinger Hospital.
Elmer B. Ardeeser, 901 Varnuns
street. driver Of q truck, reported to
the police that Rice epllided with his
Evening star., 1930-12-07

,ployed of the District could not be de-
termined last night. for at a late hour
the various agencies conducting the sale
Of tickets for the game had not COM
pleted the audit of their accounts, and
their only report on the game was that
1t was q huge success from the box
off1ce standpoint.
About $4,000 persons, far less than
the number who bought tickets, braved
the mclement weather and stayed In
their seats throughout the game, while
the Marines and Coast Guard battled
solid hour Of foot ball playing, inter-
spersed with the sort of showmanship
Continued on Page 2, Column s.
Evening star., 1930-12-07

truck on the east side of Dupont Cir
Gle and that he asked him to follow
the truck to the third precinct sta
ton to make report. When rounding
Dupont circle, he said, Rice darted
around the wrong way. He was ar
rested by Park Policeman e. S. Mast
of the Park Police, passenger on one
OF the street cars caught in the jam.
Mast reported that when he got off
the street car to arrest Rice, whose
machine was wedged in the midst of a
mass of street cars and automobiles,
Rice drove the machine at him,
brushed three street cars and ran up
on the sidewalk. AS the machine came
to q halt two other occupants jumped
out and ran. Oficer Mast seized Rice
and took him to the station. He was
booked on charges Of leaving a scene
after colliding, reckless driving and
driving without o permit.
Evening star., 1930-12-07
MILLIONAIRE ARRAIGNED
ON CHARGE or MURDER
Portland, Greg, Man and Former
Secretary Accused of Staying
His Wife.
sy the Associated Press.

PORTLAND, Greg, December e.
Nelson G. Bowles, Portland millionaire.
and Mrs. Irma Louck Paris, his former
secretary, were arraigned in Circuit
Court today on frst degree murder
charges in connection with the death 81
Mrs. Leone Bowles, stabbed to death
November ~.
Preliminary hearing was waived and
the case viii go to the grand fury next
week. Mrs. Bowles was slain In the
apartment Of Mrs. Paris. Her husband
and the ex-secretary said she took her
own life after learning Of intimacies Of
the accused pair.
"A coroner's jury yesterday reported
Mrs. Bowles died from 4 akr,ife wound
made with murderous intent by Irrna
Loucks Paris or Nelson O. BOWles, or
both"
Evening star., 1930-12-07
NEEDLESS COWS FOUND BEACON
TO AVIATORS OFF USUAL ROUTES
Actions of Barnyard Inhabitants Discovered Good Indi
cation of Whether Pilot Is Lost.

and you're on your course" say the
flyers. IF your passage causes Juror.
you'd better check up"
Pilots forced to detour from their
regular route by bad weather first no.
ticed this circumstance.
II their instruments went wrong, they
could md the way home Just BY fol-
lowing line where the cattle reKlained
needless.
Evening star., 1930-12-07
PRAYED FOR STILL

Man Tells Dry Agent Liquor oper-
ations Suspended on Sundays.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LA PLATA, Md, December 6.-Cap-
tured at large liquor still near here
today, Harry Day, colored, 81 years old,
whether the plant had been operated on
Sundays.
mo, sir" he responded. I'VE all went
to church on the Sabbath and prayed
we wouldn't be bothered during the
week
Evening star., 1930-12-07

NEW YORK, December 6.-Actions
Of the inhabitants Of the barnyard are
q good indication as to whether an
aviator is on or OF his course, say the
boys who "ride the stick for Trans
continental Western air.
''If the barnyard occupants pay no
attention to you 1t shows they're used
70 hearing q plane roaring overhead
Evening star., 1930-12-07
REPORT 800 DROWNED
Chinese Steamer Sunk, According
to Hankow Dispatch.

SHANGHAI, December z (F) (Sun-
day. An unverifed dispatch from
Hsnkow TO the Shanghai Post, Ameri-
can language newspaper, yesterday said
the Chinese steamer Sientao sank near
6inti. drowning 800 Chinese.
Evening star., 1930-12-07
PART FIVE PAGES.
Sports Section.

EARL FIVE IAOESs
Sports Section.
PART SIX-I2 PAGES.
Financial News and Classified Adver.
tising.
American Legion Activities-Page II.
Army and Navy News-Page IL.
Organized ReServes-Page IL.
Serial Story, THE Secret of Margaret
Yorke"-Page IL.
Gold Star Mothers--Page IL.
Parent Teacher Activities-Page IL.
District National Guard-Page IL.
District Naval ReServes-Page IL.
PART SEVEN-24 PAGES.
Magazine Section.
News of the Music World-Page 10.
Review of the New Books-Page 20.
Notes of Art and Artists-Page 81.
Crossword PuzZle-Page "a.
GRAPHIC SECTION-16 PAGES.
World Events In Pictures.
COLOR SECTIONS PAGES.
Moon Mullins; Mr.. and Mrs; Little
Orphan Annie; Brutus; the Smythes
Somebody's Stenog: Reglar Fellers
HighlightS Of History.
Evening star., 1930-12-07

HhA AIhKNLE-IU EhUEDs
Society Section.
PART FOUR-8 PAGES.
Amusement Section-Theater, Screen
and Radio.
In the Motor World-Page 4.
Aviation-Page S.
Radio-Page 6.
Veterans of Foreign Wars-Page 7.
Marine Corps Notes-Page Z.
Y. w. G. A. News-Page 7.