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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-09
Gan Act of God"

Because the starvation OF women and children in
the mining camps is not due to an act of God, the
national Red Cross has decided to withhold food To
Judge Payne and other Red Cross officials this seems
very logical position. But we doubt that it will
be agreeable to the empty stomachs of the hungry
Perhaps Payne has clarified the relief situation
First the national Red Cross refuses to have any
thing to do with unemployment reief-because, OF
course, the 100000 families are not the victims of
an act Of God The Red Cross feels so strongly that
1t must conne itself to relieving acts of God that
it refused to distribute unemployment relief appropr
atoms by the federal government And now it re-
fuses the appeals from ten states to help striking
miners families
Since most needs for relief arise from acts of man
rather chan of God and since the Red Cross sticks
only to God-given calanities, is there not place
Tor new national organization Of mercy to do what
theNRed Cross refuses to do?
Speaking of acts of God, Judge Payne might have
added that the mine who are responsible for
this widespread misery do not hold their mines by
divine right. For years the mine owners have mis-
managed an industry which is basic to the welfare of
the nation. Not only the mine workers and the con-
Stunning public have been victimzed but the entire
economic structure of the country has been weakened
There is limit to such anarchy Unless the mine
owners bring some degree of order and efficiency
HCo uler nouStrys the nation IN sefprotection will
have to take over that industry
For ten years the lawless seshness of mine owners
has piled chaos upon chaos until today the industry
provides neither living for the workers, steady
profit for the owners, nor regulated and conserved
supply for the nation. These facts have been re-
vealed by repeated federal Investigations Time and
again the operators have been given chance to Or
ganize and reform their own industry and always
they refuse
Now the federal government is calling them into
conference in Washington, pleading with them again
to do something.
We do not believe the operators will be, or should
be, given many more chances. If continuation of
the present anarchy all the operators have to offer
naturalization of the mines is the only alternative
If it was an act of God that gave us the mines,
we at least should be able to them without pitched
battles and starvation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-09

Professor Picard of strasphere fame says the
earth looks like big dish from ten miles up. AS if
to confirm our suspicion the earth was in a per-
petual stew
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-09

The reason so many triangle complications arise
may be due to the fact that two love as cheapl
one
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-09

After his first disappointment in love young
Romeo is likely to find that shrinking violet
is no easy pickings
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-09

When and where will the next
worlds fair be held in the United
States?
Chicago, in 1888.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-09
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBETN

Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-09

Who invented the stethoscope?
Rene Theophile Laennac, s
French physician, in 1919.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-09

How many airpIane pilots are
there in the United States and how
many are transport pilots?
There are 15.308 pilots in the
United States Of whom STA are
transport pilots.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-09

What is the title Of the ruler of
AbySSinia?
Emperor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-09

What was the population Of
Washington, D. c., in 1850?
5000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-09

How many Jews are there in the
world and how many live in the
United States and in New York?
David Trietsch, a German-Jewish
statistician estimates that there are
now 100000 Jews in the world;
100000 in the United States and
100000 in New York.
Milford chronicle., 1931-07-17

mature taste that is to come. An
inexpensive and practical wall and
woodwork finish is fiat paint or
enamel, which, with a painted floor
or one which is stained and var
nished, is as practical in the young
girls room as it is elsewhere in
the house.
Unless some strong contrast is
used, the light colors are liksly to
make a room appear insiPsl. A
color scheme which provides for
this valuable contrast and % still
dainty and youthful is as foiicws:
floor, painted a dark egg plant
color; walls painted a pink ivory;
woodwork the same color except
a few shades darker; glazed chintz
draperies with a dark purplish
brown background and a design in
peach, turquoise blue and green;
ruff1ed. peach bed spread. and
light greyed green enameled fur
niture.
Such room would be both dis
tinctive and girlish and could be
assembled without great expense.
Odd pieces of furniture will fit in
very nicely when painted the same
color aid any ambitious, girl will
be able to make the curtains and
bed coverings herself.
Milford chronicle., 1931-07-17

Mrs. Gilbert Wiltbank, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur H. Morris, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Virden Burton, DR.. and Mrs. Irwin
Stambaugh, Miss Shaw, Miss Wilkie,
Mrs. Arthur w. Marshall, Sr, and
Arthur Reed. The prize winners at
the bridge tables were Mrs. Burton
and DR.. James Beebe.
Arthur Conwell of Philadelphia
was town visitor during the past
week.
Miss Elsie Wells has accepted a
position as clerk in Mrs. Bessie M.
Otis store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Williams of
Harrington spent Sunday here with
his mother, Mrs. Louise Williams.
The starting of work on the MEM
orial building at Lewes that is to be
a replica of the old town hall at
Hoorn, Holland, from whence sailed
the Dutch pioneers who settled at
Lewes has been delayed because of
defects found in the title of the land
purchased as site. The plot select
ed for the memorial hall is part of
the Register property. 1t will be nee
essary because of the large number
of heirs to the lot, to have trustees
appointed in certain cases, as some
of the heirs live in other states.
A. T. Lauritsen of Wilmington
who has the contract to erect the
memorial building is ready to begin
operations and said he thought the
legal difficulties would be cleared
up in the near future.
Milford chronicle., 1931-07-17
ZION
(NEAR M1LToN)

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Savage and
son Edward spent the weekend in
Wilmington.
Sylvester Locates spent Sunday
with Frank and Norman Kitchens.
Hiram Outten and family spent
Sunday in Ocean City, Md.
Miss Mayme Long spent the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Long.
Mrs. Amanda Reed is spending
some time in Washington, d. c., as
the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Homer Stogner.
Miss Irma Beideman has return
ed home after spending some time
with friends in New Jersey.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Johnson spent
the weekend at Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Legates and
daughter Edna spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Mcgee and
family, near COolspring.
Kenneth Taylor spent the week
end in Wilmington.
The Zion Epworth League was en-
tertained on Sunday evening by
few selections by the new orchestra
which consisted of the violin by AL
win Beideman, cornets by Richard
Stevenson and Edward Thomas,
clarinet by James Griffith with Mr..
Thomas at the piano. The boys are
doing fine for such short practice.
Their selections was enjoyed by all
present. We hope to have them to
entertain us next Sunday with some
choice selections.
Sunday school at Zion M. E.
Church next Sunday at 2:30 p. m.
Preaching at $3.50, by Rev. Taylor.
Epworth League 500 p. M, Mrs.
Emma Legates, leader.
Milford chronicle., 1931-07-17
THREE OUTSTANDING
ATTRACTIONS ON PLAZA
PROGRAM THIS WEEK

Clarence Muse, the colored actor
who plays the cook who went to the
South Pole in "Dirigible," is seen in
another Columbia picture today and
tomorrow, July II and 1S, in which
Buck Jones is starring in "The
Fighting Sheriff." Muse plays the
role of chronic jailbird. Muses. ac-
tivities gravitate between stage,
screen and the radio. He brOadcast5
regularly. In 1.-The Fighting Sheriff"
he displays his vocal talents.
Just as America stands for hust-
ling business, France for gowns, Ar
gentine for wheat and Spain for rev.
olutions, so do the South Sea Is
lands stand for romance, hula
dances and intrigue. The name of
the South Seas Immediately brings
to mind swaying palms with gay ma
tives beneath, moonlight on CLASSY
water and unrestrained love and
passion.
In "Never the Twain Shall Meet"
which will open July 20 for a two
day engagement, the veteran direc-
tor of Polynesian pictures, w. S.
Van Dyke, has brought the breath
of the tropics, the lure of the native
girl, the all-consuming fire that en-
ters the blood of a white man in the
torrid islands and the conflict of the
Caucasian and the native ISLANDERS.
"Stone walls do not prison make
nor iron bars cage"
Nevertheless Richard Arlen and
Jean Arthur, principals in 1.-The
Lawyers Secret" coming Wednes-
day and Thursday, July % and %,
were thankful that the prison which
plays an important part in the pic
ture was provided with movable
walls.
+, The players, with directors, cam
eramen and other set workers, were
trapped in four-wall set represent
ing prison cell when an assistant
locked the door from the outside to
keep it closed and then departed
with the key. The entrapped picture
makers had to wait patiently for five
while stage carpenters re-
moved one of the walls.
Milford chronicle., 1931-07-17
BLANCHARD'S STATION

Not much wheat has been thresh-
ed in this section yet, due to the
wet weather.
V Miss Belle Prettyman who is at
tending Summer School in Newark
spent the weekend here with her
parents.
Miss Evelyn Stokes has spent the
past three weeks as a guest of her
sister, Mrs. Carl Owens and family
in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. J. Mcdowell, Geo.
Collision and Miss Margaret McDow-
ell spent Saturday evening at Fed
eralsburg Carnival.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL Colegrove and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall and baby of Will
mington spent the Weekend here
with Mr.. and Mrs. F. H Ydtt AID
other relatives. -AaElRA AZ
Mrs. Alice Owens and Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. R. Barwick and son called
on Mr., and Mrs. W. u Nfllsl and
family Sunday. - AS4 =
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Peansenaof
Greenwood called on Mr.. and Mrs.
c. L. Harmon Sunday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1931-07-17
GEORGETOWN \:
Il ~ Ju
PHONE SYSTEM IS.
TO Be IMPROVED
Contract For Erection Of
Building Awarded To
Johnson And Pepper, Of
Milford.

Plans for the construction of a
new central Office building at
Georgetown as a prelude to the es-
tablishment of what is known as the
common battery" method of tele-
phone operation there some time
next summer, were announced to-
day by c. B. Sypherd, manager of
the Diamond State Telephone Com
pany.
The contract for erection of the
building has been awarded to john
son and Pepper, of Milford, who
will begin work in the immediate
future. The building is scheduled
for completion by next November.
The proposed one-story central
office will be located on a plot of
ground 68 by SO feet, on the south
side of Depot street, between Bed
ford and Race streets. The site was
acquired early this year by the tel
ephone company. The building will
be of the residential type, with GER
tain architectural features charac-
teristic of the Colonial era, accord
ing to Mr.. Sypherd. 1t will have a
frontage of 20 feet and a depth of
81 feet.
It's walls will be of stuccO, sur
mounted by an asbestos shingle
roof. The base will be of brick.
Provision is to be made for ulti-
mate extension to the rear, so that
additional facilities may be readily
provided to care for GeorgetOwn's
future telephone requirements.
The entire project, including pur-
chase of the site, construction of the
building, installation of new equip
ment, and re-arrangement of cablss
and wires so that they will con-
verge upon the proposed central of
flee, will require an estimated eX-
pehditure of nearly $4,000.
Establishment of the common
battery method of telephone opera
ton will make available to the ap-
proximately $50 subscribers in
Georgetown and vicinity the finest
possible communication service.
From the viewpoint of the tele-
phone user, probably the Outstand-
ing benefit is the fact that he will
be connected automatically to the
switchboard in the central Office the
instant he lifts the receiver from
his telephone. The operator will
then ask for the number and, upon
receiving it, complete the call.
2 When the new central office is
placed in service the one now in Op-
Grafton at lis North Race street
will cease to function as a telephone
exchange.
Milford chronicle., 1931-07-17

w THEN your daughter is
W. still in grammar school,
' her interest in interior dec
oration is generally not very great,
but when she progresses to high
school and leaves MILDLY blouses
and sandals behind, she begins to
consider frills and furbelows for
her room as we'll as for her dresses.
Since this is a legitimate express
sion of her development, she should
be given all the leeway that she
desires within the limits of the
family budget. Of course she needs
some guidance, because while
most girls of high school age have
very good taste about individual
things, they need some advice at
assembling. Maisie may know what
kind of draperies she wants for her
room, but she will probably be
glad to have some help from her
mother in selecting the wall and
woodwork co1ors which will blend
appropriately with them.
Certainly, dainty colors are the
main choice of the average high
school girl for her room. A color
scheme based on them can be so
devised that it will have character
and yet be delicatez-a fine founda-
tion for the DEVELOPMENT of the
Milford chronicle., 1931-07-17

$1,000 HOOsier Kitchen Cabinets in
Green and IVOry-Special $3.50
$4,000 HOOsier Kitchen Cabinets in
Grey Only-SpeciaI price :... $3.50
5000 HOOsier Kitchen Cabinet in
Oak-ExceptiOnaIl low ,........ $4,000
Milford chronicle., 1931-07-17

For further details regarding this tre-
mendOuS sale, circulars are being diStrib-
uted in all surrounding towns,
Milford chronicle., 1931-07-17
NOTICE

have opened an office with Mrs.
E. r. Hayden, AZ Rehoboth Avenue,
Rehoboth, Del, Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays from to $3.50 p.
M, June 10Th until September 1st.
Avail yourself of the opportunity
and get rid of your chronic and ner-
vous troubles. Chiropractic reaches
all diseases. DR.. Anna K. Gregorius,
Palmer School Graduate, Straight
Chiropractic. j3-tf
ALL TALKING PICTURES at the
Lewes, Del. RCA
Sound. Saturday, July 18, Conchita
Montenegro in NEVER THE
TRAIN SHALL MEET" Tuesday,
July 81, Charlie Ruggles in THE
GIRL HABIT" Thursday, July %,
Paul Lukas, Eleanor Boardman in
"WOMEN LOVE ONCE" Two shows
7:15 and $780, Admission: Adults,
4Oc. Children under IL years, Csc. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1931-07-17
Tables

$3.50 Solid Mahogany Wall Table $3.50
$4,000 Solid Mahogany Wall Table. $500
Complete Assortment of Console Tables
ranging in price from $3.50 to $500
And End Tables, from ~ $1.5O to $500
Milford chronicle., 1931-07-17
DINING ROOM
FURNITURE

1Opc. especially priced
$2O 1Opc Mahogany, especially s1495O
5000 pc BurI Walnut Dining Suite especially $1395O
$139 Opc Bu Walnut Dining Room Suite especially priced $3.50
1929 Opc Walnut Dining Suie "NewIyWed"
$i25 1Opc Mahogany Dining Suite priced ss67O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18

There must be number of people in this country who agree with many of the cutting things that Representative McFad- den. republican. of Pennsylvania. said about President Hoover in Congress this week. While we don't think it was necessary for him to go to the length he did, we think that 1t was his right to say what he pleased about our chief executive. He should not have been censored for his remarks but crit ieized There is vast difference between the two. We didn't notice any censure of Ogden L. Mills, underseeretary of the Treas ury. when he talked about erecting pillories on the steps of the Treasury. If Congress considers the MeFadden attack. wave of hysteria. then We don't know what it can term the Mills outburst. One was as sen- sational as the other. There are probably great many more congressman who would have liked to utter the things that MeFadden did. but who never have sum- moned enough courage. We like to see the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
Quest For Gold

Canada is beginning to feel prosperous again. what with the jump in wheat prices and the increase in gold production. The latter is of growing interest. Production has been stimulated by a government pre- mium paid to Canadian gold miners. Pres ent production is at the rate of about $50.- 000.000 year and steadily rising This is expected to be large factor in restoring Canadian money to par with our own.
 There is longing in many American hearts for new gold discovery in this country. Economists recall that more than onee in our history. new gold in large quantity proved to be the talisman for re- storing prosperity. The opening of the South African gold mines near the end of the last century did that for the world
 The Russian government which is usual- ly shrewder than it looks has had this mat ter in mind for some time. Though it has always professed to scorn gold as capitalistic trash. it has conducted a systematic quest for mineral gold throughout its vast empire. Discoveries recently reported may have pronounced effect not in relieving any i'm mediate distress in Russia but in financing future industrial programs and modifying Soviet ideas. We may critiese gold as an unsatisfactory standard of value and the root of many economic evils. but as matters
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
Two Uses For Dirigibles

The great new drigibc Akron has two purposes. both referred to by speakers at the ceremonies commissioning it as a naval unit. One purpose is, of course. military. In the Akron there is housing for five fighting planes. An engine operates large doors in the under side of the airship from which the planes may drop to sudden combat with enemy planes and return after the battle. There are also gun supplements from which machine or anti-aircraft guns yet to be installed may shoot up the sky. The Akron's up-to- date equipment gives one a shuddering picture of what war from the air may become.
 Its second purpose is commercial. Said David S. Ingalls,. We feel the Akron means mors than potential military weapon that there is possible in this type of ship modified in design to fit the purpose - a commercial carrier of promise. The Akron, it is said, could carry nearly 800 passengers. Enemy dirigbles may have housing for five planes and gun supplements from which bullets will spray the sky and anybody in it. From the standpoint of real peace and pros perity. most of us would rather see rival fleets of air liners carrying passengers and freights than fleets of airships carrying death and destruction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
To Many Contented Cows

Is milk a public utility? Should the State control its distribution and its produe- tion' Who pockets the profit, when the dairyman receives less for raw milk, and the consumer continues to pay top price! Dis cussion of these important questions was fired with the publication of suggestion made to the Federal Farm Board by the Dairy Advisory committee recently. To pre- vent over production the report stated. each dairy farmer should slaughter one out of every ten cows from his herd. It was pointed out that the number of milk cows increased 3.6 per cent last year and that such increase would result in over production of dairy products There were 22.975,000 milk cows in January l931. compared with 22.499.000 in January 1930 The report also urged cooperative marketing of dairy products.
 Another angle to the problem-that of loose milk was brought out by Henry J. Rosner, research secretary of the City Af- fairs Committee of New York, in speech before the American Woman's association. The facts prove that the large milk eompa- nies are we'll able to reduce the price of bot tied milk by the five cents necessary to make it available to those. who now use loose milk he stated. If the milk companies themselves will not make this adjustment. Mir Rosner advocates a State control of dis tributon.
 Total production of the dairy industry in the United States has dropped from nearly S3,O00.O00000 in 1928 to $l,853,756,- 900 in 1850, according to the Department of Agriculture. The past year dairymen have received about fifty cents less per pound of butter fat than they received previously; yet. the price to the consumer has not varied more than two cents per quart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1881
Thumbs Down For Immigrants

The most drastic immigration measures ever considered in this country are pending in Congress Some of them are intended to put in definite legal form immigration measures now in force under administrative action" For example. our consuls abroad even without legal authority, are scrutinizing would-be immigrants severely. and making careful selections before issuing visas. This would be made compulsory. Mexican immi- grafton. too is being limited drastically by insistence on strieter health regulations.
 Two bills introduced would stop all in migration for five years Another would cut quotas to one-tenth of their present fig ure, for an indefinite period, amounting almost to total prohibition. There are also demands for more drastic deportation laws.
 Governmental sentiment and public senti. ment set in more strongly than ever against immigration For many years we allowed heterogeneous aliens to flood the country. Now we are going to the opposite extreme. Unemployment strengthens this tendency. Formerly we regarded immigrants as friends; now we regard them as enemies, who at the very least would take the bread out of our chldrens mouths.
 We may get over this attitude in time, and want immigrants again, whether to do our hard work or to buy our goods. or to add fresh blood. For the present we don't want them. And for the present the essen- tial thing is. while barring them out. to be as fair as possible and make as few foreign enemies as possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-18
Reduce Expenses"

The Philadelphia city council proposed to add 5 l-2 cents per S100 to its tax rate and 50 cents to its water rate. Property owners got busy. Fifteen thousand people stcrmed the city hall shouting: You can't raise taxes! Reduce cxpenses!" The council men thought better of it. They started right in to cut Sl3.000000 out of their 1892 budget. keeping the tax rate at its present level.
 This is in the spirit of the fathers. They're still capable of ringing Liberty Bells in Phil adelphia. Possibly. too, in some of our newer cities. Next to employment taxes to- day are the biggest American issue. though many communities have not yet walked up to the fact. Government in this country from top to bottom, has grown too expens- i've. Taxes can't keep on going up, or even remain where they are, while incomes are coming down. The Philadelphia slogan hits the nail on the head. The obvious alterna- tive for high taxes is lower expenditures.