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The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Working Hours Cut
To GiUe Jobs to Idle

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 25.--
Announcement has been made by
the Du Pont Rayon Company,
that it's Waynesboro, Va, plant
will put into operation immedi-
ately a 40-hour week, changing
the present working schedule
from As and so hours.
The move is made to assist in
relief of the unemployment stu.
alton and will mean the addition
of several hundred more employees
at Waynesboro.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
NEW MARR CASE
WIT TNESSES
FACE QUIZ
Meanwhile, Women Of Charity
Group Find Mt. Harmony
Family State every Bad"

Citing the very bad" living
conditions at the Mt. Harmony
homn Of the seven Mckenzie
children, one of whom was
acct Il of shooting A. K. Marr
to death while two brothers
looked on, Miss Mary Murray, Of
the Catholic Charities Of Balti-
more, today said she is trying to
find homes for the children in
Baltimore institutions.
Youngest 18 Months
Miss Murray, after a confer
ence with Miss Agnes Duval,
Prince Georges county social
service worker, visited the home
of the children yesterday. Chief
of Police jeremiah Crowley accom-
panied her.
The children are John Henry
Mckenzie. who said he saw a
man run from the house after the
shot was fired; Becky, 9, who told
a similar story; George, 8, who ac-
cused his younger brothers, Jo-
seph and Phillip, of the shooting;
Herman, 4, and William, IL
months.
New witnesses Found
Meanwhile, county police are
investigating every clue, and are
attempting to obtain a complete
account of the slain mans activi-
ties on the night preceding the
killing. The police are following
the theory that Marr was shot
out of doors and placed in the
Mckenzie kitchen, where the body
was found, by Becky.
Chief Crowley said today he had
found several new witnesses, but
refused to divulge their identity.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Italian Art on Way
To Baltimore ShOlU

BALTIMORE, Sept 25.-Seven-
ty-five paintings by contempor-
ary Italian artists, to be shown
at the Museum of Arts in No
vember in the first exhibition of
its kind in the United States,
are en- route here, according to
r. j. Mckinney, director of the
museum.
The show will be opened No
vember 4 by John w. Garrett.
American Ambassador to Italy,
and will continue five weeks.
The collection later will be taken
to other American cities.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
CHILD, 3, browns
Photo by Interna tional

MT. AIRY, Md, Sept. Is.
Wading beyond his depth in the
Patapsco River here yesterday,
Charles Lester Barth, 8, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry Barth,
jr., of near Woodbine, was
drowned.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
Auto Tags for 1882
To Reverse COLOrS

The usual black and yellow
auto license plates will be is
sued in Washington for 1882. only
next year the figures will be
black on a yellow background, in
stead of yellow on black.
Maryland cars will display red
figures on white, and both Vir-
ginia and West Virginia motor
lists will have tags bearing white
figures on a black background
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
III BOTTLES; S1O0 FINE

Alfred Johnson, colored, who
pleaded guilty to possession of III
bottles of beer, was fined S100 and
costs by Judge Snow in the Alex
andria police court.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
WILL MEET MONDAY

The Kensington Chamber of
Commerce will meet in the school
auditorium at 8 p. m. Monday.
The Washington times., 1931-09-25
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Smyrna times., 1931-06-24
COUNTY FIREMEN MEETING
Last Meeting Until Fall Held at
Bowers With Haddaway Presiding

The monthly meeting of the Kent
County Firemen's Association was
held at South Bowers, Wednesday
evening. This was the last meet
ing until fall. Sergeant Sam Pow
ell of the State Police and Mayor
of South Bowers were master of
ceremonies, and the fremen were
royalty entertained. For an hour
they were entertained by George
A. Borum's keystone Merrymakers
of Chester, Pa. The Odd Fellows
Quartette of Milford, sang num-
ber of selections and Dick Demp-
sey of Dover, gave a clog dance.
The busines session convened in
the South Bowers Fire House with
President Haddaway in the chair
All of the Kent County companies
were represented with the excep-
tion of Milford. Past State Presi-
dent Pettijohn chairman of the
Convention Committee reported on
the plans for the State Convention
at Dover. He said over $500 in
cash prizes were to be awarded
and that it is believed the total
value of prizes will extend beyond
81 900. The committee urged dele
gates to hustle their company pic
ture together with a short history
of their company to be published
in the year book. Richard Demp-
sey, publicity chairman, resigned
on account of business, in favor of
Harry c. Tee, of Harrington. The
question box was then opened and
this brought forth five problems
for discussion by the firemen, all
members present took part in the
discussion by submitting argu-
ments as to the best method of do
ing things of various kinds in the
fire fighting game. Such as the
proper method of getting a twelve
foot hook ladder over the ridge
pole of a two-story house. Due to
the lengthy discussions it was not
possible to get rid of all the ques-
tions last week. So three were
held over for the first fall meeting.
They are: How much water of
chemical should be used in chimney
fires =; BEST way to lay a fire
line ?";; How many Kent county
companies have salvage covers 2"
AT the coming State convention
the State vice-president is to be
elected from Kent county. The
delegates unanimously indorsed the
President, ]. E. Haddaway. Mr.
Haddaway is at present a director
of the State association. Lewis w.
Walker of Clayton, vice-president
of the Del-Mar-Va Firemen's Asso-
citation, was indorsed for the di-
rectorship in case of a vacancy.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-24
ARMY WORMS DAMAGING
CROPS ON EASTERN SHORE
APPEAR IN QUEEN ANNE'S
COUNTY, Md, EATING CROPS
Farmers Using Ditch Method as
Most Effective ContrOl-Some
Fields Heavily Infested


The army worm has made its
appearance in various section Of
Queen Anne's county, Maryland,
and has caused considerable dam
age and heavy losses to a number
of individuals destroying barley,
corn and young clover. In some
places the fields have been swept
clean by the devastation of this
caterpillar. At "Kinderbrook" the
home farm of Earle Bishop about
90 per cent of a barley field has
been ruined and greater portion
of so acre corn field. This prop
erty is located near Ruthsburg. In
Corsica Neck Chatfield farm, own
ed by Mrs. Ellis B. Long has suf-
fered heavy losses, large corn
field being ruined and a splendid
crop of young clover destroyed. A
barley field on the farm of Law
renee Morris has been hard hit The
farm on which Edwin E. Burris
lives in Spaniard's Neck has had a
barley field badly damaged. Steps
were taken Immediately in all
these places to exterminate the
army worm. Poison bait or spray
ing has been resorted to also the
ditch method of trapping the worm
has been used, which consists of
plowing deep furrow and throwing
the earth toward the field already
infested and then applying poison
bait or dragging the ditch fre-
quently during the day. This
method aids in preventing the
spread of the worm. In most cas-
es, by the time the owner of a
field discovers these pests they
have become so well established
that it is rather difficult to find
any effective method of control
The worm is a rare visitor to this
county and while there have been
reports of it being in isolated sec
tions, it is stated that the last
countrywide visitation was about
40 odd years ago. 1t comes only
after a cool wet spring. Army
worms are caterpillars that appear
in field in enormous numbers. They
are the larvae of medium-sized
grayish or brownish moths. The
eggs are laid in clusters containing
many eggs on plants usually Of the
grass family. They hatch in seven
to ten days and young caterpillars
which develop rapidly locate on the
lower leaves of growing plants.
About two weeks after Matching
the caterpilIars may strip fields
and thus attract attention. In an
Smyrna times., 1931-06-24

the principal countries in which
data is available have been listed.
Although the 1929 rate for the
United States is over 8 times as
high as that set for Denmark, it is
worth mentioning that the Den
mark rate increased from PA in
1927 to 26.2 in 1928. In Sweden
31.4 in 1928 to 36.2 in 1929. In
Germany from 800 in 1927 to Ais
in 1928. Continuation of such in
creases will obviously bring these
countries to the United States lew
Ell. Safety is emphatically a world
wide problem. In Delaware since
1919 statewide organization
known as the Delaware Safety
Council has been operating a con-
tinuous campaign Of education for
the control of accidents. That this
campaign has been successful to a
certain degree is evident from the
statistics. In the past four years
child traffic deaths have been de-
creased so per cent. Since 1924
the miles travelled per auto traf-
fic have almost doubled. Industrial
establishments suffered less than
so per cent of the national ex-
pentancies, but we have merely
scratched the surface. The Safety
Council is endeavoring to point out
some Of the more prominent causes
of accidents and by pointing these
accidents out to you attempt to Sc
cure your aid in eliminating the
causes. Sam Landlord, the 'Bos-
ton Tar Baby" Of boxing fame, is
no longer the invincible gladiator
that he was in his youth. His
once keen eyes have dimmed, his
muscles no longer respond quickly
to the first law of -self-pres-
ervation. AS pedestrian he was
knocked down in a bout with an
automobile recently but he "came
back" and finally won a victory in
court. The Attorney for the De-
tense claimed that Landlords de-
fective eyesight was a partial
cause of the accident, but the
Judge disagreed and fined the driv-
er. He said: "a man is not bound
to stay in bed because his eyesight
is failing. Pedestrians have rights
which motorists are bound to re-
spect. The driver has no right to
consider that every pedestrian be-
fore him is hale and hearty and
capable Of making a ten foot leap
to safety" There's a lesson in
that decision. The Delaware Safe
ty Council says you are not a 100
per cent safe driver unless you
drive as you would if you suspect
ed all pedestrians were blind.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-24
BARCLAY NURSE KILLS SELF
Mrs. Nj. Van Ostenbridge Suffered
From Periodical MeIancholia

Mrs. Margaret Van Ostenbridge,
trained nurse and well known resi-
dent of Barclay, Md, ended her life
Thursday night by shooting a load
from a 20-gauge shot gun through
her neck. Death was instantane-
Gus. According to testimony at an
inquest conducted by Coroner F.
Charles Walls, Mrs. Van Osten-
bridge had been suffering from
periodical spells of melancholia,
and Thursday she took the first op-
portunity that had been given her
during that period to commit sui
eide. She often had threatened to
end her life and her husband, HON.
er j. Van Ostenbridge, had taken
precautions to keep the weapon
from her. She had returned from
Philadelphia shortly before the
shooting occurred. She is survived
by her husband and two children,
Minnie, 13 and Catherine, IL. Van
Ostenbridge is a truck farmer and
conducts garage business. He
had gone to his place of business
shortly before Mrs. Van Osten-
bridge shot herself. The woman
was pronounced dead by DR.. C. H.
Metcalfe, who had been summoned
by the daughters, when it became
evident that Mrs. Van Ostenbridge
was having another spell of mel
ancholia.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-24
.H|T-RUN DRIVER DOWN STATE
FINED $500 BY MAGISTRATE
C.G.DILL,VIOLA, BUMPED REAR
OF OTHER CAR, DROVE AWAY
For This He is Fined and Also Has
His Drivers License Revoked
Gets a Severe RebuIxe

Justice of the Peace H. B. Shaw,
of Milford, in court at Milford on
Tuesday night of last week, i'm
posed a fine of $500 and costs and
revoked the drivers license of
Charles G. Dill, of Viola, Del,
charged with running away from
the scene of an accident. The col
lision occurred Sunday evening on
the State highway just north of
Milford. H. M. Ingram, of Milford
was out for a drive in his automo-
bile, accompanied by his wife, when
his machine was struck in the rear
by the car driven by Dill, as he had
started to pass the Milford car.
The impact jammed the doors of
Ingram's car and neither Ingram
nor his wife were able to get out.
According to Ingram, Dill endeav-
ored to pull away, but on the rear
of Ingram's automobile was a hook
used to faSten a trailer" and this
hook caught in the front of Dill's
car and held it fast long enough
for Ingram to secure the license
number. Dill finally broke away
and drove off towards Milford. A
passing autoist was hailed and he
and Ingram went in pursuit. They
located Dill, they said on a dirt
road where he had turned off the
main highway. Ingram then came
to Milford and had a warrant is
sued for Dill's arrest. In imposing
sentence Justice Thaw delivered a
rebuke to Dill, saying that al
though the damage was slight that
Dill's chief object seemed to be to
get away from the accident re-
gardless of the physical condition
of the occupants of the other car.
In this, he said, Dill had committed
a grave offense, and as Dill had
before been convicted of reckless
driving he would impose a fitting
sentence.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-24

Mr.. Daniel v. Anderson will sail
June q for Rome, Italy, where he
has accepted a post as clerk in the
U. S. ConsuPs Office. His parents,
former Lieutenant Governor and
Mrs. ]. Hall Anderson, their other
children and Miss Rose Virden, will
sail on the same boat with Paris,
France, as their destination. They
plan to remain a year.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-24
Franklin jackson, Dover, Dead

Mr.. Franklin Jackson, who was
rs years of age, died Tuesday of
last week, from ailments from
which he has been suffering for
several months. Funeral services
were held in the chapel at Odd Fell
lows Cemetery, Camden, at two
o'clock Thursday afternoon. Mr..
Jackson was well known in that
vicinity where he resided practi-
cally all his life. He came to Do
yer from Camden, many years ago.
He was a lifelong Democrat and
known for his genial disposition
and ready wit. Mr.. Jackson had
served as custodian of the Old
County Building, the Court House
and more recently at the Kent
General Hospital.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-24
BIDS OPENED FOR ROADS
Highway Department Also Gets
Estimates For Surfacing 20 Miles

Estimates For Surfacing 28 Miles
At a meeting of the State High
way Commission last week bids
were opened for three new roads
and for resurfacing % miles of
other roads. The new roads ag-
gregate 10,549 miles and at the
lowest bids the cost of the work
will be 1924, ,9665O Of the new
roads for which bids were received
one is in each of the counties of
the State. The road in New Castle
county will extend from Delaware
City to Port Penn. The bids were:
White Hall Neck road - Motifs
Corner, Kent county, $50 miles.
Old Line Construction Company,
Chestertown, Md. 1864, ,752. so; Louis
Domento, Philadelphia, S65, 1856; w.
w. Truitt, Lincoln City, S58,930;
Suburban Construction Company,
Ardmore, Pa, $57, ,255; George and
Lynch, Dover, S56, 6,265. so. Port
Penn to Delaware City, New Cas-
tie county, 1874 miles, w. w.
Truitt, Lincoln City, S97, ,999; Louis
Dolenti, Philadelphia, 97,3O9; ID. E.
O'Connell and Son, Ridley Park,
S86, 6,34S; Suburban Construction
Company, Ardmore, Pa, S87, ,432.
Browns Church to Middleford, in
Sussex county, 3.515 miles. Old
Line Construction Company, Ches-
tertown, Md, $50, ,757; w. W.Truitt
Lincoln City, s55,211; Walter
Roach and Son, Georgetown, S54,-
445.10; Highway Engineering Con-
struction Company, Selbyville, ,S53,-
757. For surface treatment of %
miles of road, Good Roads Com
pany, Inc, Upper Barby, Pa, S29,-
232; The Cooper Company, Sails
bury, Md; S2S, ,596.S0; George and
Lynch, Dover, S2s,e76; Martin
Contracting Company, Philadel-
phia, S36,512. No contracts will
be awarded until the bids are gone
over by the highway engineers.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-24
CONTRACT FOR SUSSEX JAIL
New Structure Costing S81, ,206 to
Be Built by Nj. J. McDermott

Construction of a new Jail for
Sussex county took tangible shape
on Tuesday of last week when the
Levy Court Commissioners, after
considering the bids submitted on
June 9, awarded the contracts to
the following: Jail erection and
construction according to base bid
and alternates, Matthew J. McDer-
mott, Georgetown, 57,374; electri-
cal work, Arrow Electric Com
pany, Philadelphia, at base and al
ternate bids of $2,985; oil burner
equipment, j. Tillie Bryan, Sea-
ford, 1,808.90; plumbing, Daniel ].
Keating, Philadelphia, $1,000;
heating, Daniel j. Heating, $8,999
The total cost of construction, bas-
ed on the bids as submitted, will
be S81, ,206.90. The jail, according
to present plans, will be built at
the Sussex County Almshouse
farm, about two miles from
Georgetown, along the DUPONT
I1lSuWdy. Recommendations 1OI
128 prisoners is being provided for,
but this, it is already contended is
inadequate, when it is taken into
consideration that the population
of the penal institutions of the
State are increasing among the
long termers. Within 20 years, it
is figured, the contemplated new
Jail will be too small Eventually
it is planned to convert it into a
county workhouse similar to the
New Castle County institution. If
this is done, an additional wing
will have to be constructed as
working quarters, which probably
will amount to as much as the pro-
posed new Jail is to cost. Under
an act of the Legislature, passed
at the last session, the Levy Court
Commissioners were authorized to
bond the county in the sum of
100000. If the contracts cover the
entire completion of the institution,
there will be a balance of approx
imately $4,000. The furnishings
will probably cost between $4,000
and $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-24
Anarchistic Principle

Anarchism is a system of social
doctrines and propaganda based
thereon, the essential features of
which are the abolition of all con-
stituted authority and the com
plete emancipation of the individual
from every form of control, politi-
cal, social and religious.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-24
Airmail Has First Call

Airmail is given preference over
ordinary mail United States Post
Office department order. issued No
vember 9. 1923, says: "Airmaii
must be given special attention,
and must not, under any circum-
stances, be handled as ordinary
mail"
Smyrna times., 1931-06-24

other week they prepare to trans
form and entering the ground be-
come pupae. The moths emerge
ten to fourteen days later, and US
ually fly away depositing their
eggs elsewhere.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-24
m SAFETY COUNCIL
F''' ACCIDENT FIGURES
.r,Eg LAST YEAR
! y ,yY OTHER YEAR
r,,ss Billion Dollars
~ lI.,isats i,at Could Have been
's''IseO $1,000 Persons Killed

hti .,asnts Could Have been
's'lIssO ss'0OO Persons Killed
,..r We accidentally killed killeo
n, \, b the United States
] NJ other year. The figures
~ released from the
Fl D's.tv ~ Council. Here
. ~ sad facts about ac-
q N 4 tse yearly survey re-
! aIlIV soo0 persons were killed
@v'' \. during the year.
'Ilsl !. lnilIiOn more were acci-
y l.rr,d. Three billion dol
' ..ojsst estimate Of the
y YEARS accidents. Chill
=, ',.-ning :. slowly how to
4 .i,,r+. So are pedes-
s,,ltc and motorists
y me- accidental toll to
IN TN heights. The United
| rijentally, head the world
IN; BY a wide margin
[a,pts are avoidable. They
II BY needless, needless
|SF.g. Isn't it about time
| ii; problem more serious
|, How many people real
\ serious factor acciuenls
| ! ause of death? Among
/ .,.isuts are the second
/. rr,e Of death being ex-
| ny by heart disease;
I 4nsles accidents are the
\ rst important cause Of
I'm exceeded by heart dis
s,rr cerebral hemorrhage,
! r.,hritis, pneumonia, tu-
r. md influenza. Among
4 frn 5 to Is the one out
4, suse Of death is acci-
| Ne second is heart dis
| Nh. tuberculosis; fourth,
Il. frequently we pride
|sm the fact that the Unit
Il lads the Nations Of the
[.nauy things, however, we
|lnt that according to Of
|sris many foreign coun-
the United States in
tsY schievements measur-
h; basis of the death rate
NJ population. AS a mat
tla, seventeen foreign ma
sxd the United States in
Ezgt The lowest death
|xn00OO population is that
E-Ek. Next comes Bel,
In the Netherlands, Italy,
l. Ireland, Sweden, Nor
lEta, Germany, England,
/ Is,sn. France, Scotland,
|lAni, Switzerland, Canada,
limited States. Lack of UP
b Information prevents a
i Gcurste comparison but
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
Miners Conference Plea
Still Undecided

The request of the United
Mine Workers of America to
President Hoover to call a ma
tional conference of bituminous
coal operators and miners to
work out plans for stabilizing the
industry was still undecided to-
day.
After more than six hours Of
conferences between officials of
the miners organization, Secre-
tary of Labor DOak and Secre-
tary of Commerce Lamont, ex-
tending over two days, DOak said
"Other interested parties" would
have to be consulted before the
two Cabinet members could make
recommendations to the President
about the conference.
Doak declined to indicate who
the "other interested parties"
were, but it is believed they con-
stitute another group of operators.
Those who conferred here last
week with Doak and Lamont
turned thumbs down" on the
proposal for national conference
on the ground it would have no
effect in bettering conditions in
the industry.