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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-31
Democrats Try
 to Play Safe
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 greater incentive to play 0 care- full, steady game because any other kind will tend to Jeopardize public confidence in the party's capacity to carry responsibility safely.
 The conflict of forces, both in the national committee meeting and in the maneuvers fin congress, ex- plains most of the present demo- cratic activities.
 The truble comes from two d. rections. First, the various poten- tial presidential candidates and their friends are jockying for po- sition, which sets up cross-cur- rents that inevitably endanger party harmony. No sooner do the repub- lican insurgents begin to talk in stage whispers about starting a third party again than supporters of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, as for instance Senator Dill, dem, Wash, seize upon this talk to de- clare that only Roosevelt's nomina- ton can win the liberal vote for the democrats.
 Second. the newly enthroned democratic leaders in the house are broadcasting personal views on touchy issues revealing Inside dif- ferences. The democratic senate leader, Joseph T. Robinson, recent ly warned against saddling m ex-
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taken to a hospital.
 Arlington A. Albert and Clar- ence Keller, both clerks, were inc jured. Weaver was mangled later when he attempted to open the sec- ond package.
 Investigation revealed the pack ages were mailed by two men, de- scribed as of Italian appearance one about 25 years old and the other 35. A third man awaited the two in @ motor car. His de- scription was not obtained. Search for these three suspects resulted in 20 persons being questioned last night, but all were released.
 The bombs bore the imprint of expert work, authorities said. Each was ingeniously constructed in a small rectangular box. A small glass fruit jar was packed with two pounds of extra.explosive dynamite at the bottom of the con. taincr. Above was placed Q small dry-cell battery. A wire led from the battery through a hole in the jar cover to the dynamite. An- other wire ran from the explosive to @ copper plate attached to the cover of the box. Two hooks held the lid of the box down tightly. When either hook was ,loosened the copper plate dipped down and made contact with the wire on the battery. firing the dynamite.
 The boxes were specially prepar- ed to obliterate any clews. The wood from which they were made had been placed down carefully. other possible Identification marks had been removed from all other material in the bombs.
 The packages were mailed as gifts" One was described by the two men who mailed them as con- taining clothing. Another was listed as a "toilet set"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-31
CROSBY OPENS INTERCLASS SERIES
Girls Basketball Games Underway At
 Blue And White
Miss Florence Tmnbul Directs-Busy Three Months Expected Program Open to All Girl Students VOlleyball Tournament Completed

The Girls Volleyball tournament has just been completed, after 9 very enthusiastic season. The Orange team came out on top win- ming six series, while the Blue maidens lost six. A final summary of the league, compiled by Miss Turnbull, follows: Dec 8 to Dec 22nd-I Series. Red vs Blue Team, won by Red Orange vs Lavender, won by Orange.
 Orange vs Blue, won by Orange Red vs Lavendar, won by Red.
 HI Series.
 Orange ys Red, won by Orange Lavender vs Blue, won by Laven- der.
 W Series. Aed ys Blue, won by Red. Orange vs Lavender, won by Orange.
 V Series.
 Orange vs Blue,. won by Orange Red vs Lavender, won by Red.
 VI Series.
 Orange vs Red. won by Orange Lavender vs Blue, won by Laven' der.
 Total Series Won.
 Orange, 6; Red, 4; Lavender, 3. and Blue, 0.
 The Blue Fish swimming classes will continue on Fridays and ii still open to advanced swimmers who wish to join and become mem bers. This class gives profiency ir strokes, endurance and diving, and leads up to the life saving tests to be given later in the year. Many of the members are almost ready to receive their badges, a blue fish embroidered in green and gold, for a bathing suit emblem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-31
NAUGATUCK VALLEY
 TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION

James DWyer or the OhkVIIIe company is the vice president .oi the Naugatuck Valley Industrial Traffic Association rather than James c. Greer as announced in yesterdays paper. Mfr Greer is the new member of the advisory board of the association. Membership in the club is open not only to enl- ployes of shipping rooms and traf. flo departments ih local stores and factories as announced yesterday hut Is also open Co railroad euls rl0yes and to members of the vari- ous trucking concerns oe fho Naugatuck Valley.
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Severe Irritation Prevented
 Sleep. Healed by CutiCra.

broke with red rash and the itching and burning mad Later the breaking out turned es that were estered and bad for three o months The irritation erpons and from sleeping My face dg ured by them
 began using cucua Soap and Ointment and after using three cakes box of Cucua Ointment heaed gne Stanton ls9 Orange St. Waterbury Conn., Mare 3 sp se Ointment each Address: Aborao II. Maiden Mss!"
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Girls interciass basketball games ct Crosby High school will get un- derway this afternoon in the school gymnasium, according to an an- nouncement made this morning by Miss Florence Turnbull, girls phy- aical director, who will supervise the playing of all games. Games will continue for two or three
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ROME REGRETS TT

Rome, Dec 31.-(UP)-News of the Easton bomb plot was received with indignation by the public to- day and the activities of anti-fas- cists abroad were severely con- demned by the press. The Giornal D'Italia commented:
 "Anti-fascism is associated with the most bloody criminality and re- veals itself as increasingly men, ace to peace and social order in the very countries in which 1t lives undisturbed or hidden.
 "The terrorism which has been their preferred tactics lately shows the anti-fascists are now making their last stand, from which any ideals are excluded.
 we profoundly regret the inno- cent victims of the friendly Amer lean nation. We are confident the American authorities will be able to throw full light on the mysteri- ous criminal plots which are dan gerous to the American nation, Italian colonies and Italian diplo- matic representatives"
 Expect Arrests Easton, Pa, Dec 31-(U. P.) - Postal inspectors and members of the New York police bomb squad expected this afternoon to have Q definite clue within a few hours" that would lead to capture of the men who mailed six bombs in the Easton postoffice.
 They claimed the bombs showed Russian workmanship" They de- cided Easton was selected as the mailing place because the machines addressed to New York, Baltimore and Pittsburg, would arrive at about the same time. They theoriz- ed that the bombs were addressed to prominent Italo-Americans be- cause of the hatred of communism because of the hatred of commun- fists for Fascism. Because com munists have had difficulty enter ing Argentina, the detectives be- lieved one bomb was addressed to the Argentine vice consul in Bal timore.
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lend him his well-pressed suit for an hour or two he would see his father, get money, return the suit and give him $15 as rental. The watchman compiled with the re- quest. But he hasn't seen the suit or the $15 and has learned that the senator has no son down on his luck all the Johnson sons are do- ing well.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-31
Compounce Tribe of
 Red Men of Bristol

The Compounce tribe of Red Men of Bristol are making elab- crate arrangements for the annual visitation of it's state officers Jan. 12. when it is planned to give the officers and past chiefs of the state a banquet. Following the meeting an entertainment will be presented and refreshments served.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-31

1 in temporary loan and has met with no success so far. New Haven Is looking for $1,000,000. Other cities In Connecticut and New Eng land as whole are il the same boat and are still guessing where the money is to come from.
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some American manufacturers have advanced their automobile prices in London 10 equallze the fall in the pound sterling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-31

Belgium's attempt to restrict the importation of Russian flax is meeting with protests from local merchants.
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DON'T QUOTE ME
(By United Press,


 Washington, Dec 31-(U. P.)- service, must wait until spring be- ble apartment at the new Depart i1ient of Commerce building. Spencer is 0 sturgeon, and has been with the government for more than 20 years, swimming idly about in his modest quarters at the bur- eau of fisheries. The new aquarium ing is air-cooled, with warm and luxurious trappings, but the de- Monday in It's new building, decid- ed to get along without fish for a few months.
 That amiable, we'll dressed and usually good looking young man behind the hotel counter isn't a room clerk any more. He is 0 re- ception secretary.
 Jeff Ford, vice-president of the Hotel Greeters of America, an- nounced the innovation here.
 "The boys seem to be very en- thusiaStic over this title," he said, after the good news had been im- parted to the erstwhile room clerks at the New Colonial Hotel. II believe 1t has done much to assist them to take their position and re- sponsibility with greater interest and enthusiasm"
 The name of Senator Johnson of California Is one to conjure with among night watchmen, apparent ly. Last night q young man ap- preached c. E. Gilmore, watchman at Q downtown office building. He said he was Henry Johnson, son of the senator from California. He was down in his luck. out of a job, and was here to see his father and get help. But he couldn't face his parent in the shabby clothes he was wearing. If the watchman would
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Judge YeOmans
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Legion Won the
 First Skirmish

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Smyrna times., 1931-05-13

The message will come to Boyer in
the Governors office at the State
House at PAP p. M, from Mary
lands representative in Annapolis.
1t. Governor j. Henry Hazel,
George S. Williams, president Of
the State Board of Education, DR..
Holloway, John S. Shilling, assist
ant state superintendent of public
instruction, and Virgil E. Wiley SUI
perintendent of Dover schools, are
expected to be in the office during
the transmission of the message.
Boyer will relay the message to
Harry Bentley, IL year old senior
in the Trenton, N. j., high school,
and New Jerseys representative in
the Goodwill gesture, at 2.48 p. m.
He in turn will send the message
to Pennsylavnia's representative in
Harrisburg. This novel telephone
conversation will link 48 state cap
itals. 1t will begin on the Pacific
Coast at 8 a. M and end in Wash
ington at II p. m. when message
will be exchanged between repre-
sentatives of the United States and
Great Britain.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-13

Smyrna Town Council, it is
pleasing to note, has lowered
the tax rate on it's real estate
assessment to S5 cents on the
hundred dollars which is five
cents lower than last year.
At the same time they are
about to re-contract with the
Eastern Shore Public Service
Company at a lower rate for
electric current at wholesale,
the new rate to go into effect
at once and not next March
when the old contract would
have expired. This is refresh
ing news and reflects good
business judgment over any
attempt to revive the old
Smyrna electric light plant
by buying new dynamos and
operating with oil engines.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-13
MILLINGTON
Items of Personal and Social In.
terest Cleaned About Town

Millington, Md, May 12-At a
recent meeting of the Epworth
League of Trinity Church, the fol-
/ lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Julian
Leager; vice president, Thomas F.
Stevens; secretary, Anna Shahan;
treasurer, Edward R. Walls; cor
responding secretary, Frank Barn
hart; Eve agent, Ava 3. Atkin-
son; superintendent 1st department
c. Louise Jones; superintendent
End department, Mrs. Y. Rolph;
superintendent 3rd Department,
Betty F. Jones; superintendent 4th
department, Mary Durham. Five
new members were added to the
membership roll A social hour
followed which was enjoyed by all.
Mrs Maria Stevens, of Milling
ton, but formerly of Sudlersville,
passed away at her home early
Tuesday morning of last week.
Mrs. Stevens was 81 and is surviv-
ed by two sons, Mr.. Edward Stew
ems and Mr.. Harry Stevens, of Sud
lersville Funeral services were
held from the home of Mr.. Edward
Stevens. Interment at Sudlersville
cemetery.
Millington Council, No. 80,
Daughters of America will hold all
future meetings in Community
Hall on Wednesday nights by the
kind permission of the Fire Com
pany.
The Volunteer Fire Company, of
Millington, is busy preparing for
the annual carnival to be held on
July End to 11th.
Mr. and Mrs. George Ringgold
and son Roger, of Kennedyville,
were recent visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Edwards
Mrs j. Reighe Hill, of Chester
town, has been spending some time
with her father, Howard Stevens,
Sr.
Mr. Paul Bowman, of Whining
ton, who has been i'll of the meas
les and his mother, Mrs. Ruth
Bowman is better
Howard Stevens, Jr., of Eliza
beth, N. J., was recent guest of
his father, Howard Stevens, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Clendaniel
of Kennedyville, were visitors last
week with Mr. and Mrs. Alenda
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wilkinson
and daughter and her husband, of
Easton, and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Pinder, of New Castle, were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Wilson last
week.
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which shall increase the prod
uct, then they have to be urg-
ed and even begged not to use
this new productive power,
and to hold down their pro-
duction. While many coun-
tries suffer from lack of food,
our farmers suffer because
they raise too much of it.
Many farmers, hearing that
the government is trying to
keep the production down,
will quickly plant a few extra
acres, convinced that there
will be a shortage. But they
should have a care. Bigger
crops mean more farm labor
to be hired, which may take
all the profit out Of the crop.
However, farm labor will
not cost so much this summer
as it did up to 1929. Many
farm boys who hired them
selves to the cities and towns
when the big wages were be-
ing paid, are back at the old
homestead today, satisfied
with good old home fare. The
1881 farmer needs to keep his
costs down, raise no more
than he can sell for a fair
price, and raise stuff that the
market demands. If he does
not know what will sell, let
him ask his banker or his
state agricultural college or
farm adviser. The mere fact
that he always has raised
something else, does not prove
that he can make a profit on
it under present conditions.
The whole country is interest
ed in farm prosperity, since if
the farmers can't buy, the
factories can't run, and the
store man can't sell his
goods"
Smyrna times., 1931-05-13

The government is warning
the growers of various food
products, that they must re-
duce the amounts raised if
they want decent prices.
Wheat growers have been told
this over and over again. "A
few days ago." says the Mil
ford Chronicle, WORD was
sent out to the potato growers
that the present indications
are for a 10 per cent increase
in that product, and if they
persist in planting so much,
they can expect the lowest
prices for years.
After the government and
other agencies spent many
millions of scientific methods
Smyrna times., 1931-05-13
WORLD GOODWILL MESSAGE
Ralph Boyer, Dover School Boy, is
DelaWare's Choice i'm Gesture

The voice Of Ralph Boyer, L.
year-old senior of the Dover High
School will help send a good will
message around the world by tele-
graph on Monday. Boyer was
chosen as Delaware's representa-
tive in the Goodwill gesture under
the auspices of the World Fedora
ton of Education Associations by
DR.. H. V. Holloway, State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, be-
cause of his high standing in the
senior class. The message which
he will relay to New Jerseys rep
resentative in Trenton will pass
over telephone wires through every
state, finally meeting in Washing
ton a message from Europe, Asia
and Africa, by way of London.
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truth is not excluded-that is
to be tested and extended by
vital experience. The wise
man will not shut a door and
close a book and cease to be a
scholar because he has left
college and is out in the world
at work. He will go on learn
ing, always.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-13

The fruit and berry grow
ers of the Delmarva Peninsula
are joyfully estimating q
profit of $1,OOO,OOO from their
$3.50 acres of strawberries
which will soon be ready to
ship to nearby markets. The
yield is expected to be light
and the quality and price
good. The Transcript hopes
that these early predictions
are correct and that this old
Eastern Shore commodity will
again prove to be one of the
most profitable crops grown
on a like acreage between the
two bays -Middletown Tran
script.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-13

THE SMYRNA TIMES is an independent
paper devoted to the welfare of the town
IL represents and the State of which II
is a part. 1t also gives the items OF
importance of the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland.
ADVERTISEMENTS Smyrna Times
il the business medium not only for the
town 1t represents. but for the outlying
district of which il is the center. en-
hracing the towns of Clayton. Kenton,
Cheswold. Townsend. Leipsic. &c. A rate
of SO cents per inch an insertion charg-
ed for transient advertising. Season or
yearly display advertising rates quoted
on application. For Sale. For Rent.
Lost and Found advertisements occupy
ing one inch space or less, a minimum
charge of so cents per insertion. Public
Sale advertisements rs cents per inch
first insertion and SO cents per inch for
each subsequent insertion. Locals and
Reading Notices. is cents per line per
issue.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-13

Rehoboth now ranks first of
Sussex county towns in the
assessable value of real estate
within her boundarie e =.
Georgetown and Milton are
second and third on the list.
THE resort community at the
southermost end of our state"
comments the Every Evening,
"has had wonderful growth
and development in the last
decade. The former village
with here and there a cottage
and a public house or two has
expanded, as if by magic, un-
til she has become one of the
most attractive of the season
resorts along the Atlantic
coast. Her fine beach, safe
and enjoyable surf bathing
and excellent fishing are sup
plemented by picturesque
wooded groves that contribute
to the combination that gives
the place precedence over the
features of pretentious rivals.
"In recent years Rehoboth
has provided accommodations
for most Delawareans who go
away from home during the
Summer, and the colony there
is rich in the spirit Of COM
munity pride, as is attested
and demonstrated by the
beauty Of the Summer homes
overlooking the wide expanse
Of beach, the bay and the
ocean.
Perhaps those who have
not recently visited Rehoboth
would not accept the valuation
figures as accurate, until as
sured that they are official.
They perhaps may indicate
that $3,500,0O0 of the $4,272,-
666 assessed value of the en-
tire district is placed on the
resorts realty. 1t may pos
sibly represent scarcely more
than 25 per cent of the actual
marketable value of the land
and improvements within the
boundaries of the town."
Smyrna times., 1931-05-13

One of those easy, faulty
epigrams declares: f'Make the
scholar and you spoil the
man." 1t is uttered some
times by men who are proud
to be known as "practical'and
who make the grave mistake
of emptying the vials of their
scorn upon the theorists, who
are assumed to know only
what a textbook told them
once upon a time. 'But,,,
comments the Snow Hill Mes
senger, "modernly practical
men are compounding the old
quarrel with the theorists.
Great industries are recogniz-
ing how hard they lean on lab
oratory science. In the need
of exact measurement and
specific process, they have
learned to respect the physi-
cist and chemist, inviting
their aid as consulting engin-
eers, as learned specialists in
medicine are called to a pa
TENTS bedside.
1T is a powerful alliance
when a man who knows how
to handle laborers lines him
self up for the building Of a
bridge or the building of a
subway, OF the making Of a
road with the man who had
the long course Of technical
training, who digests a blue
print as if it were delicious
shortcake and who sees deci-
NAL places sprinkled over the
landscape as if they were
spring flowers.
Theory plus practice is the
harmony to which our whole
civilization marches toward
the millennium. Though the
Ory is needful and plans must
be laid ere a structure of
whatever kind is reared, it
does not follow that all those
who bury their noses in a
book and browse in a library
are engaged in research and
speculation valuable to the
race. Nothing is easier than
to sit snugly ensconced, out of
the hurly-burly Of the storm
of living, reaching attenuated
metaphysical conclusions that
are Of no earthly use. Men
tai gymnastics there may be,
but they are of the imperfect
kind that overworks sinews of
little consequences, permit
ting muscles that are import
ant to be atrophied from idle
ness.
Training Of school or col
lege has for its end not an
airy, foolish, fantastic chaff
of speculation, but an equip
ment Of fact - and poetic
Smyrna times., 1931-05-13
Smyrna is to have its

Swimming Hole at Lake Como
again this year, thanks to
Smyrna Town Council. So
well was this innovation re-
ceived last year it should be-
come an annual event. Lake
Como has possibilities for ac-
quatic sports and a recreation
center.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-13

The total value of Delaware
farms, live stock, buildings,
implements and machinery is
placed at S83,271,797 by the
census of 1880, which is a lit
tie less than half the $780,
100000 assessed value of Will
mington real estate. Farms
and buildings alone are valued
at $66,941,747, showing that
the domestic animals and me
chanical devices represent a
value Of S16,33O,O5O, which
further indicates that the
farmer is obliged to expend
about 25 per cent of his capt.
tai for equipment. "The re
port" says the Every Even
ing, "also shows that the
movement back to the farm
has become correspondingly
notable in Delaware as in
some eastern states, for dur
ing 1929 those removing from
the cities to the country num-
bered 719 families, while the
reverse movement was less
than 300-294 to be exact.
''It is still more informing
to stress that part of the re-
port which shows a decline in
raising apples and peaches,
the former orchards, receding
10 per cent from their number
of trees 10 years ago-to 948,-
243. Peach orchards were
similarly affected in the same
decade, dropping from 557, $50
trees to 497,3 BIT in 1929. 1t
is surprising to learn from the
same source that there has
been a shrinkage in pear or
chards, from 275,95O trees to
271, ,345, in 1929, and it may
or may not be significant Of
the further decline in the cul-
tivation Of fruits and berries
to be informed that the yield
Of Delaware strawberry vines
has declined more than so per
cent since 1919-the drop be-
ing from 8,982,938 quarts in
that year to A 4,056,028 in 1929,
the latter year offering the
latest official figures available.
Other features of the state
ment show that Delaware
farmers are turning to dairy
ing in greater numbers than
before and the milk produced
by our dairies has gained
than 3,400,000 gallons in
the last ten years, reaching a
total of 59,026,912 quarts in
1929. The figures as quoted
make it apparent that Della
ware orchardists are planting
fewer peach and apple trees
and that the berry vines are
likewise decreasing in yild.
TIL totals are Illuminating if
not especially assuring"
Smyrna times., 1931-05-13
The Smyrna Times
SMYRNA, DELAWARE

Published Every Wednesday Afternoon, by
r. ID. HOFFECKER. Proprietor.
Founded by Robert ID. Hoffecker. July s.
1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10. 1907.