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Smyrna times., 1930-05-28
b. G. HARRINGTON ENDS LIFE
Brother of Ex-Governor of Mary
land, Dies in Cambridge Hospital

land, Dies in Cambridge Hospital
Benjamin r. Harrington, broth
eT of Emerson Q. Harrington,
former governor, died Friday af-
ternon while being taken to Cam
bridge Hospital. Death was due to
a bullet wound in the temple. Mr.
Harrington was wounded while on
board the State police boat Cal
vert, on which he was returning to
Taylors Island from fishing trip.
On board the Calvert with him
were his brother, Winder F. Har-
rington and Captain Charles
Bromwell, his companions on the
fishing trip. Mr.. Harrington, who
vas a retired Gamer, had been in
i'll health for about a year. 1t was
said, however, he was in excellent
spirits and had gone into the cabin
of the boat to get a drink of water
while the vessel was proceeding to
Taylors Island. There was a sound
of a shot and Mr.. Harrington S
brother and Captain Bromwell
went to the cabin. Mr.. Harrington
was found on the floor. A pistol
whicl had been in the cabin was
nearby. When the boat reached
Taylors Island, Mr.. Harrington
was placed in an automobile and
FASTENED to the hospital.
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CORRESPONDENTS
Continued From Page Eight

Lockerman and Mrs. Edward Dan
ields entertained the recent meet
ing of the Ladies' Aid.
Mr.. Stephen James Of Belair.
Md, has been spending several
days with his brother, Mr.. Cook
James.
Mr.. Dallas Hart, Of Chester, Pa,
was a recent visitor to his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Hart ,Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Jones, Of
Newark, N. j., have been spending
a few days with relatives in this
section.
Mr.. L. L. Maloney gave a stag
party at his home on Friday even
ing last.
Mrs. Lank, of Lewes, has re
turned from a visit with her
daughter, Rev. and Mrs. Robert
Hodgson.
Smyrna times., 1930-05-28
SUDLERSVILLE
Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned About Town

Sudlersville, May PA number
of folks from the town and Com
munity attended the monthly so
cial of the Sudlersville Group of
Churches which was held at Mill
ington. These socials are proving
to be very popular and are acting
as a means Of getting the people
of all the fourteen churches of the
group better acquainted with one
another.
While playing at school last
week John Truitt, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Spencer Truitt stepped on a
nail and stuck in his foot. He had
to miss several days from school,
but is now able to be about.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grafton Hardesty
and family of Salisbury were rec
ent visitors of Mr.. Hardesty's
brother and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Noble Hardesty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Gadd, of
New York, has been the guest of
Mr.. Gadd's sisters. Mrs. Annie
Sudler and Mrs. Addie Sudler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Stevens had
as their recent guest Mrs. Stevens
mother, Mrs. Jump, of wyoming.
Miss Margaret Hackett and Miss
Helen Hackett are able to be out
after being confined to the house
for many months by illness.
Mrs. Ruth Brays, Mrs. Austin
Roberts and MI. Robert Brays
have returned from Camden, Nj,
where they attended the COM
raencement exercises CT Cooper
Hospital Nurses Training School.
Miss Betty Payne Braye and Miss
Catherine Braye, daughters of Mrs
of the graduates. Both of the
Misses Braye completed coursee at
Sudlersville High School.
The Sudlersville Grammar School
held their annual festival in the
School House and it proved a de-
lightful affair.
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NOTICE

Lot holders who are more than
three years in arrears for the care
of their lots in ODD FELLOWS
CEMETERY should settle with
the secretary. w. w. Hynson, at
once if the lots are to be in order
for Memorial Day. II takes time
to cut and trim lot and il a
number neglect to settle until the
last few days it will be impossible
for the men to get them all in
shape.
Trustees OF
Odd Fellows Cemetery
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TOWN COUNCIL TALKS MORE
ABOUT BOULEVARD LIGHTS
Continued From Page One

ditely and kept white and fresh,
Council has ordered a mechanical
liner 20 do this work. This outfit
has become a necessary aid in
these days of auto traffic. Council
has also ordered a license tag for
the trailer which the town uses for
hauling.
Smyrna times., 1930-05-28
SICK HEADACHE STOMACH GAS
Draw Them Out BY the Roots

In cases of continuous or repeat
ed headaches, with gas on the
stomach, accompanied by loss of
appetite and sleepless nights that
leave the victims terribly tired"
and worn out" all the next day,
Flaxolyn is recommended by the
wise ones who know
1t SENS to draw out sick head
aches and gas by the roots" says
those who have used it. F'laxolyn
gives relief in so many cases be-
cause of its compound action. %
1t activates the gastric juices of
the stomach which not only in
creases the appetite, but also aids
digestion (2) 1t helps to flush the
kidneys mildly. thus ridding the
Smyrna times., 1930-05-28
LOST

A Pink Linen Handkerchief with
bars of white linen hemstitched in
Cne corner. Reward if returned to
THE TIMES OFFICE,
5-28 1t Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1930-05-28
FOR SALE

Set Handmade Wagon Harness.
complete. Set Hip Straps, Set
Check Lines. Apply any evening.
II. w. OLIVER,
5-28 1t Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1930-05-28
SHERIFFS SALE
OF VALUABLE
r E AL EST A T E

By virtue of writ of Levar Facias to
me directed, will be exposed to sale by
way of Public Vendue, on the premises. on
Smyrna times., 1930-05-28
FOR SALE

A Home Comfort Range, in per-
feet condition. Call 382 or write
5-28 1t Box ID. Clayton, Del.
Smyrna times., 1930-05-28
WANTED

Colored cook wishes place a.
sea shore in June. Write
244 N. Lincoln Street,
5-21 3t Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1930-05-28
NEW SERIES

NEW SERIES
BUILDING AND LOAN STOCK.
From now until June 30th. 1880. shares
may be had in a new Series of stock of
The Kent County Building and Loan As
sociation. Dues are fifty cents per share
per month, shares mature at1One Hundred
Dollars. For further particulars and to
secure shares, call at the Office of the As
sociation.
The Kent County Building and Lean
Association
I5-I7 Dover Green,
Dover, Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1930-05-28
ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
OF
THE KENT COUNTY BUILDING AND
LOAN Association

The annual meeting of stockholders OF
The Kent County Building and Loan As
sociation will be held on Tuesday the
Third day of June. 1880. at 3 O'Clock P M.
at the office of the Association at 15-17
Dover Green. Dover, Delaware, for the
election of directors and the transaction of
such other business may come before
such meeting.
C. L. HARMCNSON. Secretary.
Smyrna times., 1930-05-28

system of much waste that must
be cleared away. 81 1t is one of
the few preparations that is COM
plete in correcting constipation. 1t
is gentle and yet thorough in its
action upon not merely one, but
several of the chief organs of elm
ination.
That partial action is
why SO many fortunate men and
women have found that Flaxolyn
helps to clear the intestinal canal
so much more completely. When
'all is Well, back comes your keen
appetite and the full joy of life!
You too, will say, Nov, I know
how to draw out sick headaches
and gas by the rootsi"
Smyrna times., 1930-05-28

5-28 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
MINING AUXILIARY
TO HONOR VISITORS
Women Representing Engi.
neerS Will Preside at Lunch
con tuesday.

q Mrs. william S. Culbertson, wife OF
the United States Ambassador to Chile
and Miss Margaret Baxter of the Forum
Club, London, England. will be the
honor guests at the monthly luncheon
Of the District of Columbia section
woman's Auxiliary to the American In
Stitute of Mining and Metallurgical En-
gineers, Tuesday afternoon, at the Co.'S
mos Club.
=, Miss Baxter will give an illustrated
talk on the British empire, which Will
be the principal entertainment feature
of the luncheon Following her visit
In Washington, where she has been the
guest of Mrs. Minnie H. Pilling for the
past fortnight, Miss Baxter will tour the
United States, lecturing before women's
club groups and other organizations on
her country, on the political status of
women in England and on the sig
nificance of their club activities today.
Mrs. N. H. Dearton, chairman of the
District of Columbia section of the
auxiliary, will preside at the luncheon
Tuesday
=. Mrs. Herbert Hoover, formerly ma
tiona1 president, now serves as honorary
president Of the organization, which is
composed of the wives of members OF
the American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers, and has a dual
purpose-to promote fellowship among
the wives and to carry on charitable
work among the miners. One Of its
principal works is the establishment OF
libraries in mining towns and out-of-
. the-way posts for the use of the miners
and their families.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
FINANCING PLANNED
FOR HOME OWNERS
, Central Corporation Would Facil-
itate Employment in Building
Trades, It Is Said.

The National Building Survey Con-
ference has initiated plans to set up a
central finance holding corporation to
supply funds to home owners who wish
10 60 ahead with immediate repairs and
improvements. The purpose of the
movement. according to Fenton B.
Turck' of New York, chairman of the
conference, is to facilitate employment
in the building trades.
we believe the finance plan proposed
VIII 90 far toward encouraging immedi-
. ate home moderniZation operations, -
/. Mr.. Tufek said Sinplifcation of this
financing through a central agency, he
explained, would go far toward enabling
the home owner to make necessary i'm
provements without the necessity Of i'm
mediate payment for the work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
PARKER BRIDGET co.
WILL OPEN BRANCH
Headquarters. to Be at Fifteenth
st, and New York Ave-, With
= Mount Pleasant Store.

"A new departure in the merchan-
oisng plan of the Parker Bridget Co.
clothing establishment, which now is
preparing its new main headquarters
IN the Washington Building, at Fiji
teentn street and New York avenue,
was revealed yesterday with the an
nouncemsnt of plans to establish a
branch store at 3113 Fourteenth street,
IN the center of the Mount Pleasant
section.
The company has consummated a
leasing agreement with j. Frank and
judith L. Steele. owners of the Four
teenth street property, for rental of the
building for 10 years, it was reported by
lions.
The building has a frontage of 30
feet and a depth of liz feet. It will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
HIGHER ALLOWANCE
FOR NAVY APPROVED
President Endorses Increase in AL.
lotment to Enlisted Men When
Absent From Station.

By the Associated Press.
It was announced yesterday by the
Bureau of Navigation at the Navy De-
partment that President Hoover had
approved an increase in allowance for
rations and quarters for enlisted men
en- route or when absent from their
stations.
Under the old order allowance for
meals while travelling was set at S2.25
per day, or IS cents per meal. The
new order increases the allowance for
meals to SO per day, or 81 per meal.
An allowance of rs cents for quar-
tiers has been provided in addition to
the SO for subsistence. The allowance
for quarters Is not to be effective when
Pullman OF Stateroom accommodations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
TALK ON AIR LEGISLATION.
Representative Cable to Speak at
ST.. Aero Club Luncheon.

Representative John L. Cable of
Ohio, author Of several important pieces
OF aviation legislation now pending be-
fore Congress, will be the speaker at a
luncheon meeting of the Aero Club of
washington chapter of the National
Aeronautic Association at the Willard
Hotel at 1890 pm Tuesday.
Mr.. Gable will speak on the various
measures now pending before Congress
which have to do with aviation develop
ment and regulation. Reservations for
the luncheon may be made at the Offices
OF the National Aeronautic Association
in the Barr Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
DRAMA GUILD PLAY
CONTEST TO CLOSE
Manuscripts to Be Turned Over to
=. Judges After Saturday Night
- Deadline.

The first annual play-writing con-
test being conducted by the Commu-
nifty Drama Guild will close on Satur-
day night. DR.. Paul kaufman, chair
man of the contest committee, an
nounced yesterday the manuscripts
would be turned over Immediately
thereafter to committee of judges.
The contest is open to any resident
OF washington, the metropolitan area
Of Maryland and Virginia and the con-
testantS may submit more than one
manuscript If they desire. Dr. Kaufman
reminded that the acting time of plays
must be not less than Is minutes nor
more than 20 minutes. Only ore-act
plays will be accepted in the contest.
The decision of the judges will be an
nounced March Is and an award of
$25 will be. made for the best play.
Manuscripts may be sent to Dr. Kauf-
man, chairman, playwriting contest
Committee, Community Drama Guild,
Franklin Administration Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
POLICE AUTO AUCTION
TO AID RELIEF FUNDS
Ninety Cars and One Cycle on List
Of Lost, Stolen or Abandoned
Vehicles.

Ninety automobiles, ranging from
gaudy collegiate" models to powerful
and more refined appearing machines,
and a lone motor cycle will be offered
for sale at public auction by the Metro
politan Police Department, February IS,
at 10 o'clock in its property yard at
Twelfth and Water streets.
The cars are lost, stolen and aban-
doned vehicles, and will be sold under
the law which permits the chief clerk
of the Police Department to dispose by
auction OF. all property not claimed by
owners within a period of six months
after its recovery by police.
Funds derived by the auction are
turned into the general relief fund Of
the Fire and Police Departments.
Preparations for the sale were start
ed yesterday by H. M. Luckett, chief
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

be extensively remodeled and q new
facade erected for the purposes Of the
clothing business. The building Is To-
Gated on the east side Of the street
above Irving street.
1t is expected the shop will be ready
for occupancy September 1. This will
follow the opening of the main store
on the first floor of the Washington
Building, which will have entrances on
both g street and New York avenue.
Plans now are being completed for the
remodeling of the space in the down
town building and the store is ex-
pected to be established there within
three months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

will be reimbursed on the basis Of Is
per day for meals and rs cents for
quarters. A graduated scale of allow
ance has been made for men forced to
be absent from their station for a long
er period than three days.
The Army, Marine Corps, Coast
Guard, Coast and Ge0detic Survey and
public Health Service will be affected
by the new order as well as the Nav,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09

and property clerk Of the department.
A search Of the records Of previous
auction sales made by Pvt. o. d. Rogers
of the property department revealed
yesterday that the smallest sum ever
paid for q machine at a police auction
was 10 cents, The. highest was $llo
Rogers said. y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
GOLD STRIKE CONFIRMED
Alaskan Town Made Booming
Mine Center by Discovery.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, February g (4N
Combination of a rich gold strike in
the Ruby district between Fairbanks
and Nome reached here today by air.
plane. The strike was made on the
Poorman, Wolfe and Beaver Greek
watersheds and was reported especially
rich on Beaver Creek, where it was
said the ground ran as high as Sc a
foot and 20 cents to the pan.
Preliminary surveys indicated the nav
streak on Beaver Creek was at least
so feet wide and extended for a mile
The town Of Ruby has been Converted
into booming mining center by the
strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
MACDONALD ON AIR.
Son of British Premier in Radio
Address Saturday Night.

Address Saturday Night.
Alister Macdonald, son of j. Ramsay
Macdonald, prime minister of Great
Britain. will deliver his first radio ad-
dress since his arrival in the United
States Saturday night at GAS o'clock
over the Nationwide network of the
Columbia Broadcasting System. He will
speak ON "What;I Think of America"
mfr. Macdonald has been in the
United States for. little more than a
north getting the feel of architecture"
as he expresses it. At the present time
he is on the Pacific Coast. where he
has been visiting Hollywood.
A plug of tobacco figuring in Civil
War raid in Tennessee is in the Confed-
crate Museum at Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
SENATE PASSES BILL
TO HONOR WASHINGTON
Fess Measure Authorizes $500, 900
Appropriation for Publishing
First Presidents Letters.


First Presidents Letters.
The Senate yesterday passed the
FeSs bill, authorizing approximately
100000 to be used by the George
Washington Bi-centennial Commission
in publishing the writings Of George
Washington and various pamphlets
relating to the life OF, the first Pres
ident, in preparation for the celehra-
ton in 1882 OF the 2ooth anniversary
of his birth.
The bill was acted on upon motion
OF Senator FesS of Ohio, vice chairman
OF the commission, who introduced 1t
a week ago. The bill also authorizes
the commission to employ a director.
a historian, an executive secretary and
other, necessary personnel in making
plans for celebration Of the bi-cen-
tennial, both in Washington and
throughout the country. The bill goes
to the House for concurrent action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-09
WOMAN is FOUND DEAD.
Mrs. Ida Mason, rs, Victim of IL
Eliminating Gas Poison:

Mrs. Ida Mason, colored, rs years old,
was found dead on the floor of her bed
room in her home, at 1855 @ street,
about $50 O'Clock yesterday morning
Death resulted from illuminating gas
poisoning, the gas having escaped from
a heater in the room. DR.. John Baber
responded to a call received ut Emer-
gency Hospital, examined the body and
pronounced life extinct.
The Washington times., 1930-01-23
TITO SCHIPA COMES

NEW YORK, Jan. % UN.SO. {.
Tito Schipa, Italian star of the
Chicago Grand Opera Company
was to arrive here today from
abroad on the Noneric.
The Washington times., 1930-01-23
COLLEGE PLANS
STRIKE SNAG

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 23.-The
first stumbling block which the
city of Charlottesville has en-
countered in an attempt to get
the proposed State Liberal Arts
College for women located at that
place in conjunction with the Uni
versity Of Virginia came when
the Rotary Club of Charlottesville
refused to go on record as favor
ing the plan.
This was an unexpected action,
as the project has been endorsed
by the Young Mems Business
Club, the Business and ProfeS-
sional Women's Club-two strong
Charlottesville civic units-and
the directors of the CharlotteS-
Vile chamber of commerce. All
three organizations signed a reso-
luton to be presented to State
representatives from the Char.
. lottesville section urging them to
use their influence in getting
the measure put through the
present session Of the General
Assembly.
Opposition to the movement
was expressed by DR.. Dudley
Smith and DR.. Fletcher Wood
ward, member Of the University
of Virginia faculty of medicine.
The Washington times., 1930-01-23

No word has been received yet
from 85 residents of Decker town.
ship, where several feet of water
and ice has covered the territory
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. % T.N-
SO.-Further attempts by rescue
parties to bring relief to several
hundred flood victims in North
eastern Arkansas and Southern
Missouri were to be made today
in the face of zero temperatures.
Hundreds of farm people and
village dwellers sought temporary
shelter in the area when the st.
Francis and Big Lake Rivers over
flowed and inundated vast areas
of lowland.
Prolonged exposure and the lack
Of food have caused several cases
Of pneumonia and influenza.
CHICAGO, Jan. % G.N.SO-
Sub zero temperatures that
brought death and suffering to a
large portion of the United States
continued today with little pros.
pect of relief offered by weather
forecaSterS.
Moline, Ill. reported an unoffi-
cial temperature of 80 below
zero, while Darlington. Wis. was
held in the grip of an unofficial
IS below zero.
The Washington times., 1930-01-23

Last year your Community
Chest gift helped 81 Organiza-
tiOnS; this year it will help IS.
Give literally!
The Washington times., 1930-01-23
MANIAC KILLED
FIGHTING COPS
Staff Photo

CHICAGO, Jan. % G.N.SO A
bullet-riddled apartment house
stained by tear gas bombs today
gave testimony to a fierce pistol
battle fought between police
squads and Pacifico Ciammetti
which ended when the latter was
shot and killed after holding the
police off for nearly an hour in
his barricade.
Ciammetti. believed demented,
appeared unclothed before his
landlady. Mrs. Louise Riggert, and
threatened her with a pistol. She
summoned police and Ciammetti
barricaded himself in his room
and kept the police at bay by
firing through the door.
Finally breaking a window in
his room, police tossed tear gas
bombs inside. Ciammetti then
fired out the window at police
who had surrounded the building
Finally a policeman pushed the
door open and Ciammetti charged
for the door. Bullets from five
guns struck him and he stag
gered back into the room and
died.
The Washington times., 1930-01-23
Zero Cold Brings Flu
To Flood Victims

VINCENNES, Ind, Jan. %
GN.SD - Subzero temperatures
are blamed for scores of ppeu-
monia and influenza cases re-
ported today among the hundreds
of families marooned by flood
waters from the Wabash and
White rivers.
Red Cross surveys show that
2.265 families are flood sufferers,
with 1,025 of these families home
less and the rest in need of as.
sistance.
Leaders of relief expeditions
reported that many cases OF
pneumonia, smallpox and influ-
enza are among the refugees
who sought shelter in the crowded
buildings in the Decker chapel
area.
First Floor Flooded
The first floors of these build
ingS are flooded and the refugees
are crowded in the second floors
A Red Cross airplane piloted by
LieutS. Lawrence Genaro and Wal
ter Peck dropped food ana
emergency medical supplies to the
refugees in this area yesterday
shortly before dusk. The tl!ers
said ice jams surrounding this
area are too thick to allow relief
work by boat. LInl
The Washington times., 1930-01-23
What Community Chest
Dollars Are Doing

west. The hospital handles
a large percentage of charity
cases in addition to those
generally practiced and also
m a n t ainS a splendidIy
equipped school for training
nurses.
THE city streets are not
l. safe places for little ones.
The Juanita X. Nye Council
House gives the little ones
Of the crowded neighbOr-
hood opportunities for safe
play under guidance. Toll
ing mothers need not worry
lest their children be, in
jured. In the summer the
children can cool off by
dancing under showers. In
the winter they read books
in COZy corners.
The Washington times., 1930-01-23
Trap 'Coon-Kangaroo
In Virginia Hills

LURAY, Va. Jan. ga kan.
garoo-raccoon was captured last
night in the Blue Ridge of this
county by Lee Buracker, who
lives on top of the Breedlove
. mountain, in the Shenandoah
National Park area, 10 miles
Southeast of Luray.
The coon's front legs appear
to be about two inches long; the
hind ones about a foot in length
The latter have all the charac,
te"istic crooks of the Australian
kangaroo. The animals head is
shipped like that of a deer, the
eaI being long and sharp.
I'm place of the long ring tail
Of the coon, however, is only