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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23

Resigning his position as an as
sistant coach at Indiana university
today, Hugh Walden (Wally)
Middlesworth, 2424 North New Jer-
sey street, made ready to become
city recreation director here
March Is.
He viii succeed David Kilgore,
who Saturday said he had rendered
his resignation, effective then. The
park board announced Mindless
worth's appointment today.
AGiddlesWorth is a Shortridge high
school and Butler university grad
uate and was a star athlete at both
institutions, captaining basketball
and baseball teams, and playing
quarter back on the football team
at Butler.
He has coached at Iowa Teachers
college, Butler and Indiana since
leaving the Fairview school. Mindless
worth was sought for the recreation
dictatorship when Mayor Reginald
H. Sullivan took Office, Jan. l, 1890,
but turned down the proposal to
stay at Indiana. He is a Democrat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23

Dame Nellie Melba, who died
today in Melbourne, Australia, is
shown in the top photo as she ap-
peared twenty-five years ago at
English's theater in the operate
role, Jeanne D Arc"
The lower photo was taken
shortly before her retirement
from the concert stage in 1926.
Music lovers of INDIANAPOLIS
will remember the Australian
nightingale for her vocal range
and the tonal projections of her
voice.
Other residents of the CITY will
recall that at the heighth of her
career the nation became overrun
with face creams, ice creams. and
other commodities named after
her,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23
GO-Getter!
First Part of Brokers Bet
Won-He Dimes With
President.

By United Press
N7AsHNGTON, Feb. 2s.-w. r.
w Crissey, 27-year-old Philadel-
phia broker, who bet that within a
year he would dine with President
Hoover. play golf with Bobby Jones,
dine with the prince Of Wales and
golf with John D. Rockefeller, broke
bread with President Hoover Satur-
day night.
He attended the dinner Of the
White House correspondents asso-
citation as guest Of one Of the news
paper men, occupying a seat not far
from Mr.. Hoover.
Crissey was jubilant over having
accomplished the first requirement
Of his wager. He is understood now
to be en- route south to find Bobby
Jones.
With $25 in his pocket, a $4,000
wager behind him and a year in
which to hobnob with some of the
worlds most inaccessible people, he
set forth on his great adventure.
Decides to Try
It all started couple Of weeks
ago, during a luncheon conversation
between Crissey and half dozen
friends. They moaned about the
stock market, and he remarked that
nothing was impossible.
s'We mentioned several seeming
~ impossible wagerS of which We
had heard" Crissey recalled, land
I commended that if a man had suff1-
Gent presence, good manners, Ger
tain ingenuity and an indifference
to rebuff, he could carry of the
most incredible wager ever made.
MY friends refused to agree with
me. The argument went on.
suggested that I could carry out any
wager that the rest Of them could
think up. That started it. I only
insisted on enough time.
They accepted, and gave me the
terms. At first I wanted to laugh
the thing of, but then I thought
it over, and decided to have a try
at it."
Gives Up His JOB
And right here it might be men
toned that Criasey apparently has
all the qualifications he outlined as
necessary. Handsome, tall, young,
and ar1iable, he is the sort to whom
it might be difficult to deny en-
trance anywhere.
There's not much doing in the
brokerage business" he said, "and
this is as good way to spend a
year as any other. It will be great
sport. I think can carry the thing
off. I'll know in a year, anyhow"
He has resigned his membership
in the Philadelphia branch of
New York investment firm, just to
show how serious he is about the
thing.
Year Will Tel
One of the stipulations of the
bet is that if any of the four
greats" involved become Iii, or
otherwise incapacitated from enter
ing into nor nal activities, he is
ruled out of the bet, and the others
| remain.
Later he will cross the ocean for
the prince Of Wales-still on the
original $25.
A year from now will tell. At
midnight, Feb. Is, 1892, the six
friends Of the broker will meet. They
will expect to see William Robert
Crissey come marching in-with the
goods and the proof, or else pre-
pared to take his licking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23
Tilted Woman Asks $4,000

By Times Special
PERU, Ind, Feb. 23.-Miss Min
ME L. Benner Of Peru is plaintiff
in $4,000 breach Of promise suit
filed in Miami circuit court here
against Clyde E. Means, a Santa Fe
butcher and stock buyer. She alleges
they became engaged Dec. 10, 1929,
and their wedding was set for April
20, 1880, but he refused to permit
a ceremony. He and Anna Hahn
were married on June I last.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23
INITIATION AFTER DEATH
E.y Times Special

~ Tunes Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. %
A few hours before funeral services
were held at Muncie for Marion
heaky, Indiana university student
who died Of ruptured artery, he
was Initiated here as a member of
Kappa Delta Rho, which recently
pledged him, and its emblem went
with him to his grace.
This is the second posthumous
initiation during the present uni
versity term, the rite having been
given also for Godfrey of Logans-
port by Theta Chi fraternity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23
SUIT FOR SITE PLANNED

Attorney General James NJ.
Ogden today prepared to condemn
for state purposes lots wanted at
the southwest corner Of Senate
avenue and Ohio street as a site
for a new state library and histori-
cal building.
Site was selected by the library
building commission appointed by
the Governor under the 1929 statute
setting q special levy to raise 81, 000,-
900 for the project.
Condemnation proceedings will be
instituted in Marion county courts,
Ogden declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23
so WISHY-WASHY!"
SHE SAID

"Just how any one who has ever used
PEBECO Tooth Paste can use any,
thing else is beyond mel" exclaimed
a woman noted for the flashing beau
ty Of her teeth. "Other dentifrices
are so wishy-washy, but you Just
k7ot0 Pebsco is 10orking pr. Correct!
And she might have added: The
after-taste is so clean, so refreshing,
so cool that users are aptly calling
Pebeco the ICED" Dentifrice. Try
this taste on your toothbrush today.
-Advt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23
SLAYER ASKS RETRIAL

BIZ Times Special
RUSHVTLLE, Ind, Feb. ga
nearing will be held in Rush cir
cult court here Tuesday by judge
John a. Ellsworth on motion for
new trial for William Brown, 19.
Indianapolis, under sentence to life
Imprisonment for the Staying of
Walter Garrison, a policeman, here
three weeks ago.
Counsel for the youth charges
irregularities in proceedings provide
grounds for seeking new trial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23
BARN FIRE BARES STILL
Farmer Awaiting Trial Charged
With Dry Law Violation.
8u Times spscia1

OB 7 tHLbS bp6CluJ
DANVILLE, Ind, Feb. 23.-James
Tate, So, tenant on a farm north
east Of here, is at liberty under
$1,000 bond pending trial on a
charge Of dry law violation, officers
reporting that during a fire in
barn on the farm, still was found.
Ownership of the still, which with
a quantity Of mash was salVaged
before fire destroyed the barn, is
denied by Tate. He says the owner
was his son-in-law, Max Spyres,
who fed at the time of the fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23
IOWA U. CHARGES ARE
HEARD BY LEGISLATORS
Editor Is Called Before Probers to
Reaffirm His Accusations.

Reaffirm His Accusations.
DIES MONIES, Ia, Feb. %
Charges against the University Of
Iowa's administration we're investi-
gated today by a legislative commit
tee Of six members, which had called
Verne Marshall, editor of the Cedar
Rapids Gazette, which printed the
charges, as its first witness.
The investigation was believed to
be without precedent in the state.
The Gazette's charges included:
That nearly $4,000 in interest on
university funds was waived without
authority
That the university paid for labor
and material in construction of pri-
vate buildings.
That conditions which caused
Iowa's expulsion from the Western
Conference we're known to Walter
A. Jessup, president Of the untver-
sity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23
TAYLOR PREXY QUITS
Kansas Pastor VIII Succeed DR..
John Paul at Upland.

By United Press
UPLAND, Ind, Feb. 23.--Dr. John
Paul, president of Taylor university,
has resigned, effective Sept. 1, today.
He named DR.. Robert Lee Stuart,
pastor Of the First Methodist
church, Eldorado, Kan, to succeed
him and university officials have
agreed to the change, it was said.
DR.. Stuart is an alumnius of Tay-
lor and his son, Marvin, is now a
senior at the institution.
DR.. Paul will become associate
president of Taylor and will con-
tinue as editor, Of the Globe Review,
national monthly magazine pub
iished on the campus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23
Aged Women Killed

GREENFIELD, Ind, Feb. 23.-Mrs.
Mile Trees, 70, Greenfield, was
killed when an automobile in which
she was a passenger colhded with
another car near Dunreith.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-23
Veteran Attorney Buried


sHELBYv1LLE, Ind, Feb. %
Funeral services were held today for
Robert w. Harrison, 70, an attor-
r1ey here for nearly fifty years, who
died Saturday.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-23
THOMAS RAWL[NS,
EX- TREASURER OF
STATE, DIES AT 73
Heart Attack Fatal To
Delawarean At Miami,
Florida Home
HAD VERSATILE LIFE

Thomas Newton Rawlins, former
State Treasurer, died suddenly
/ Thursday, January Sth, from heart
attack in Miami, Florida, where he
and his wife were spending the
winter.
Mr.. RawRus was 73 years old. lie
was born in Bridgevile in 1858, the
son Of the Rev. Philip and lth0da A.
w. Rawlins He received his early
education in the public schools, and
spent one year at the Wilmington
Conference Academy in Dover. Later
he attended Dickinson College from
which he was graduated in 1882.
During his early life he taught
school in Delaware and New Jersey,
being at one time a professor at the
Pennington Seminary. Later he en-
gagged in the lumber business and
farming near ScalOrd.
lie was elected State Treasurer in
1901 and reelected in 1906. He was
also active in the Grange movement
and the Farm Bureau, Mr. Rawlins
served for several years as the Sus-
sex county representative Of the
Delaware State Grange.
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-23
DELAWARE'S ONLY
LADY SECRETARY
OF STATE IS DEAD
Heart Trouble Fatal To
Mrs. Fannie Harrington
Layton In Philadelphia
NOTABLE CAREER
Served State For Twenty
eight Years; Was Author
ity On Corporation Laws

Death claimed Mrs. Fannie ue1-
ringtOn Layton, Delaware's only wo-
man Secretary of State, who held
that position for six months, at JEFF
ferson Hospital, Philadelphia, Satur-
day morning. Heart trouble caused
her death.
Although she had been living in
MerchantYille, N. J., for several
months, nearly her whole adult life
previously had been devoted to the
service of the State Of Delaware in
official capacities.
She was appointed by former Gov
ernor Robert P. Robinson to the p0-
sition of Secretary Of State follow
ing the vacancy in that Office Caus-
ed by the tragic death of William G..
Taylor in 1925. She was Miss Her
Iington at the time. Later she mar
ricd the late Dr. Caleb Rodney Lay
ton, former Congressman from Del
aware, and himself Secretary of
State under Governor Hum.
Miss Harrington served as Secre-
tary of State from November 1926
until March !, 1926, when Governor
Robinson appointed Sylvester ID.
Townsend, ,Er, to that office. Miss
Harrington held the position OF
Chief assistant in the Secretary Of
States office, however, for some
time afterwards, until she resigned
and married DR.. Layton. He died on
the Tuesday after the general cleo
tiun in November 1880
Mrs. Layton served as chief clerk
in the Secretary of State's Office for
rs years. She was considered one
of the best informed women on Del
aware corporation laws iAithe State
She served as secretary Of the
State Pardon Board, the State Tax
Commission and the State Board of
Supplies. She was at one time a
member of the State Highway COM
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-23
CONTROL METHOD AIDS
WHEAT PRODUCTION
After Six Years Trial Over 500 OF
Growers Treat Seed For Smut,

That the campaign for the control
of the stinking smut in wheat,
which was launched iii the summer
of 1925 as a statewide program un-
der the direction of Dr.. J. f. Adams,
plant patholOgist Of the University
of Delaware and the State Board of
Agriculture, III cooperation with the
county agricultural agents ana in
terested grain dealers and growers,
has been marked success is shown
by the large increase in the number
of bushels of seed wheat treated dur
ing these past six years.
AS means of summarizing the
results Of this project each year Il
survey is made of the pounds of dust
materials which have been sold by
the various dealers and distributors,
and an estimate is then made in re-
gard to the number of acres planted
with treated seed each fall In adj
dition to securing this information
from these local dealers, similar
data are obtained from the operators
OF the portable treating machines
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-23
State Health Board
Warns MikDeaLers
Statement Issued By authorities Says That MIX Pro
ducers Entering Retail Trade Must Conform To All
Regulations. Only Fair To Dealers Says Statement

ables the dairymen to take the ne
cessary care of it.
The State Board of Health would
further like to draw to the attention
of the public the fact that the Ii
censed dairymen of this State have
been working along with the State
Board of Health for the past six
years and have improved their sup
plies considerably during this pc
riOd. They are familiar with the
fact that in the handling of bottled
milk there are certain factors of
cleanliness and care necessary and
especially is there need for more
equipment than in the case of the
man who has been selling milk to a
cooling station. Consequently, the
attitude of the State Board of Health
is that the consumer should buy only
from licensed dairymen who have
this added equipment and exercise
this needed care and that until these
newer men who desire to enter the
retail business have so equipped
their milkhouses, etc, to handle bot
tied milk, the consumer should not
encourage the buying of milk from
dairfes unprepared to properly han
die the milk and the attendant
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-23

The following article was issued
by the State Board of Health this
week:
1t has come to the attention of the
State Board of Health that, here and
there throughout the various towns
in the State, certain dairymen~ who
have heretofore been selling to the
cooling stations, which ship their
milk to Philadelphia, are now con-
sidering delivering milk in these
same towns. Incidentally, these
same dairymen are hoping to obtain
their customers through Il reduction
in the price of milk below that now
current in the particular towns.
The State Board of Health has al
ways felt that milk at its present
price to the retail consumer is too
low and does not think a further cut
in price is warranted. Why not
make that cut, if some saving is ne
cessary, in the price of motion pic
lures or some other things not quite
so necessary to the infants and chill
dren of this State. There are lots of
other items that may be mentioned
which any sane person will admit,
while important to the fuller enjoy
ment of life, are not neary as i'm
portant as Il good adequate supply
of clean milk at price which en-
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-23
KENT CHANGERS
FAVOR CHANGE
IN SCHOOL
Would Increase Boards In
Consolidated Districts
From Three To Five
STATE AID WANTED

At the meeting of Kent County
Pomona Grange at FELTON, last Thurs
day, aside from the regular order of
business, as well as the social and
literary features, reports were heard
from each of the oranges in the
county which showed considerable
activity Reports OH the membership
campaign, which ended week or
two ago, showed that Capital Grange,
of Dover, was awarded the first prize
of SIS for the largest increase in
membership, and Harrington Grange
was given the second prize of $40
for the second largest membership
increase.
Russell E. Wilson, Kent county
farm agent, gave his report on the
work for 1880, and Miss Helen L..
Comstock, club leader, gave her an
nual report Of the activities Of the
All Club work in Kent county for
the gear
J. Frank Rice, chairman of the spe-
cialcOmmittee appointed TO consult
with the police authorities relative
to petty thieving, gave his report,
which was supplemented by Lieuten-
ant of State Police Ingram as to
plans being made for suitable leg
islation regarding the theft almost
weekly from chicken houses, etc.
The Kent County Pomona Grange
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-23
GOVERNOR BUCK
SIGNS FIRST BILL
Act Creates Assistant Secretary OF
State; William D. Denncy Is Named

Governor c. Douglass Buck was
at Dover on Monday for the first
time since Wednesday of last week
and number of persons congratu-
lated him upon his election as pres
ident of the Equitable Trust Com
pany. Monday afternoon the Cover
nor signed the first bill of the ses-
sion. 1t was the act to create an AS
sistant Secretary of State to serve
for the next two years at a salary Of
$4,000 q year This is tue inst bill
passed by the legislature and one
Of the two passed at this session.
AS soon as he had signed the Ejli
Governor Buck appointed former
GcvernO" William D. Dennay to lie
Assistant Secretary of State. He sent
the name to the Senate Tuesday
morning. There is no doubt about
the appointment being confirmed
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-23
CONTRACTS ARE
AWARDED FOR
SUSSEX SCHOOLS
Work To Start Soon On
Buildings In Greenwood
And Lincoln
FREDERICA HAS SITE

At a meeting of the State BoarC
of Education held at Dover last
Thursday, the awards for the con-
struction of the new Greenwood and
Lincoln schools were made, accord
ing to the bids which had been sub
mitted on January 5.
The Greenwood contract was Civ
en- to the BOwden Construction Com
pany OF Philadelphia, the contract
price being $103,889, and the Lin
coin School contract awarded to
Philip Lange, of Audubon, N. J. The
awards for the minor work of plum
bing, heating electrical and venti-
lating work were made to the low
bidders in each case.
A report was submitted by A. j..
Taylor of the Service Citizens Asso-
citation as to the cost of screening
schools, also concerning the water
situation at Rose Hill School in New
Castle county. An ALLEGATION of 1866
was made on the heating contract at
Arden.
Business Manager J. o. Adams
made a report on transportation ad-
justments which was approved by
the board.
An allotment of $3.50 to the
Georgetown Special District on ac-
count of transportation was made.
The Frederick School Commission
reported progress on the selection
of site for its new school building,
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STATE HOSPITAL
ASKS Sl,956,9OO.OO
FOR BUILDINGS
Trustees Set Sum For Ex-
tension Program Started
Two Years Ago
S6OO,OOO.OO IN BUDGET

In a bill introduced in the Senate
by Senator McIntire the State Hos
pital for the Insane at Farnhurst
requests appropriations of $1,956,90O
TO carry out a plan for permanent
improvements inaugurated two
years ago The bill was brought to
Dover by DR.. NJ. A. Tarumiang, SUI
perintendent of the institution.
Representative Van Sewer intro
duced a bill to appropriate 100000
for a new building and grading
work at the State Hospital at Farm
hurst. The bill did not set out what
this this building is to be for.
The legislature two years ago ap-
propriated a large sum to start the
development plan. The McIntire bill
sets out the following: For the
purposes of constructing the build
ings remaining in the first group,
the buildings of the second group,
the third group, of the proposed de-
velopment plan of the State Board
of Trustees of the Delaware State
Hospital at Farnhurst, there is
hereby appropriated to the said
Board of Trustees. to be paid out of
the Treasury of this State, the fol-
lowing sums:
(a) For alterations in main build
ing, $4,000.
(b) For remodeling of the main
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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-23

By a vote of 20 to Is, the Senate
bill authorizing boxing matches. in
Delaware, passed the House Monday
afternoon and was sent to Governor
c. Douglass Buck for his cOnsidera-
tion Tuesday morning.
Following his usual custom of de-
clining to discuss bills until they
are presented for his consideration,
Governor Buck has said nothing
concerning his probable action.
Those interested in the bill be-
lieve that it will be signed.
If the bill is signed it will success
fully end an effort to legalize boxing
which has been carried ON for twen-
ty years at least. Several times a
similar bill has passed the Senate
but has been defeated by one vote in
the House.
The bill passed by the House on
Monday was passed in the Senate on
Friday by d vote Of il to 4.
Monday afternoon it was reported
fayorably in the House and on mo-
ton of Representative Virden was
taken up under a suspension of
rules
There was nothing exciting in the
passage Of the bill.
Representative Virden asked that
the rules prohibiting persons not
members or enjoying the privilege
Of the floor, to come upon the floor
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-23
MILFORD TOWN
ELECTIONS WERE
QUIET This YEAR
Norman L. Windsor Re-
turned AS President Of
Town Council
ONLY 56 VOTES CAST
Every Candidate On Tick
ct Received Full Vote
SOckrider Reelected
ONLY 56 VOTES CAST

Milford's annual Town elections
on Monday afternoon were very
quiet. There was no contest and
only Sc persons voted. The ticket
as nominated at the annual town
meeting On Friday night received
the full vote cast.
The following men were elected:
President of Council, Norman l.,
Windsor; member of Council from
North Milford for two years, James
L. Davis; for one year, Earl Will
liams; member of Council from
South Milford for two years, Cles-
son e. Brigham; for one year, j..
Elbert Webb; for collector and
treasurer, Arthur J. SOckrider, who
was reelected.
At the Light and Water Commits
sion election, Wilson S. Vinyard
was reelected for a five year term,
receiving 81 votes. This Office is
filled by a property vote.
While the election on Monday
was quiet, the annual town meeting
on Friday night was a lively affair
and almost 400 persons were pres
Cnt. The main fight at the meeting
was over the nomination for cOllec-
tor and treasurer. Frank w. Davis
former postmaster, was a candidate
against Arthur J. SOckrider, the
present incumbent. The candidates
and their friends were active at the
but when the nomination
came to a vote Sockrider was NOM
mated by 315 to 62. There was no
fight against Mayor Windsor and
only minor scraps over the nOmina-
lion of the other members of Coun-
Gil. Since assuming. Office one year
ago, Mayor Windsor, with the CO.
operation of Council. has done much
good work.