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Smyrna times., 1931-06-17
COMMENCEMENT AT MILFORD
81 Graduates Addressed by Con-
gresham Robert G. Houston

"a Graduates Addressed by Con-
gresham Robert G. Houston
The thirty-frst annual COM
mencement of the Milford High
School of the Special District of
Milford was held in the Plaza The
atre Thursday evening. There
were 80 graduates, the largest
class in the history of the school.
The following program was pre-
sented: "Rooks March" by the
High School orchestra, under the
direction of Professor Arthur Hud-
son; invocation, the Rev. Alfred
Eells; cornet and trombone duet,
Ralph Reed and Wilson Sockrider;
salutatory, Mildred Burlingame;
High School chorus, direction of
Elizabeth Cathcart; valedictory,
Dorothy E. Murphy; Light Cav
airy" orchestra; the address of the
graduates by Hon. Robert C. Hus-
ton, member of Congress; cornet
solo, "Adda Polka" Charles Breme;
vocal solos, Ponder Morgan, Irene
Williams; presentation of Rotary
award, DR.. Oliver James; presenta-
tion of diplomas, Col. Theodore
Townsend; benediction, the Rev.
Joseph Kinks. The following are
the graduates: Alice E. Appel,
Francis M. Baker, Joshua Bennett,
Mildred o. Burlingame, Francis B.
Coulbourne, Francis c. Dill, Ethel
E. Donovan, Florence e. Farrow,
Marjorie R. Gray, Hazel v. Green
ley, Maxine c. Grove, Mary r.
Kitchens, Verda E. James, Mary E.
Keilbasa, Kennerly B. Lambert,
Ethel M. Lord, Ethel M. sMessick,
Helen E. Mills, Gertrude P. Morris,
Kathryn L. Morrison, Dorothy E.
Murphy, John W.Nichols, C. Town
send Parvis, Gertrude A. Shew,
Mary c. Schobelock, Henry d. Sip
pie, Carl Strahle, Mary c. Vinyard,
Tom r. Williams, Ray A. Wilson,
Jennie Lee Wooten and Robert H.
Yerkes.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-17
Novels InspirA-ion

Sir Rider Haggard wrote his ia
nous king SolOmon's Mines" n
result of dollar bet. His broth
er had just finished Treasure
Island" then a new book, and de-
clared that it was the finest thing
he had ever read. Rider bet him
a dollar he would write book that
would sell as well.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-17

Anyone desiring to enter the 10
cal addition of the Atwater-Kent
Contest are asked to notify Mrs.
Gladys Cleaver before July 31st.
All persons between the ages of 18
and 25 years are eligible.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-17
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We
Know In and Around the Larg-
er Peninsula Towns

Announcement is made by Mr.
and Mrs. George E. Harrison,
Millsboro, of the marriage of their
daughter, Anna Catherine, to Full
ton j. Downing, Milford. The cere-
mony was performed at the new
residence of the couple on Clark
Avenue, Milford, by the Rev. ]. L.
Nichols, pastor of the Milford M.
P. Church.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-17

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Collins, 72,
widow of Joshua Collins, died at
her home in Collinsville, George
town suburb, Thursday night. She
is mother of Christopher Collins, a
railroad engineer who for several
years resided in Wilmington. Her
husband, who died many years ago,
was a prominent brick mason at
Georgetown.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-17

flied farm expenditures, by type of
farm. Copies of these reports may
be obtained, as issued, on requests
addressed to the Bureau of the
Census, Washington, D. C.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-17
Briefly Told

The true way to render age Wig
orous is to prclong the youth of
the mind.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-17

In st. Barnabas P. E. Church,
Marshallton, at 6 o'clock on Satur-
day, the wedding of Miss Anna
M. L. Boyd, daughter of Mrs. Eliz-
abeth E. B. Shannon, of Marshall
ton and c. Ernest Diamond, of
Cranston Heights took place. At
ter a wedding trip north, Mr..
Diamond and his bride will be at
home at Brookland Terrace.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-17

George Dandy was elected pres
ident of the Newark Lions Club at
the dinner meeting of the club in
the Washington House at Newark,
last week. Other officers elected
were as follows: vice-president, D.
A. McClintock; second vice-presi-
dent, George Haney; third vice
president, Robert S. Gallaher; sec
retary-treasurer, John R. Fader;
Lion tanner, Ira S. Brinser; tail
twister, DR.. ]. R. Downes; direc-
tors to serve for two years, R. T.
Jones and Daniel Stoll.
Smyrna times., 1931-06-17

Announcement was made Friday
at the State House of the reap
pointment by Governor Buck of
the following as members of the
Archives Commission for a term
of two years: Mrs. Josephine t.
Smith, John P. Hyatt, both of
Wilmington; S. Warren Hall and
Mrs. Mabel L. Ridgely, Dover; VIII
liam ]. Mustard and Miss Laura
S. Richards, Georgetown.
The annual conference of the M
E. Church was held in the Starr
M. P. Church, Baltimore, Md, last
week. Rev. w. F. Bauscher, pas
tor of Dover M. P. Church attend
ed the sessions. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bauscher are celebrating their
twenty-f1fth wedding anniversary
today, Wednesday, June II. It is
expected they will return to Do
yer for another conference year.
Mr.. Jay G. Davis, Jr., of Middle
town, son of Postmaster ]. c. Dav-
is and Mrs. Estella Wells Davis, of
Middletown, formerly of Smyrna,
returned home last week for
the summer, after completing his
course and graduating from the
Emile Krider Norris School of
and Stage Art" in
Philadelphia, Pa. Mr.. Davis gave
as his graduation selection the solo
play, "The Journeys End" by R.
G. Sheriff.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-17
rHr REDWOOD GAZETTE REDWOOD FALLS. mNNEsorA

mother was q sweet old thing, though
they said she wasn't so yet, huge sort
of shapeless figure, gray hair which
she wore down with sort Of cap
over it. The sister was very nice
looking though she had the typical
nose and large figure.
Thursday we visited the Mosque of
Omar or the Dome of the Rock as it
is called. 1t is the loveliest mosque
we have seen. Such beautiful mosaic
and lovely rugs. In the very center
under the dome is the rock on which
Solomon built the first temple, I'm
derneath you can see where the blood
of the sacrificed animals was carried
off. It was very hot and terrible
glare in the courtyard. We were glad
to get home. In the afternoon we
went to the Garden Tomb and follow
ed the via Doloroso and saw the
tablets for each station Of the cross.
Saturday evening we went out with
our guide to meet his cousin, acting
mayor of Jerusalem. It was a great
big would-be-marvelous apartment
but the walls didn't go with the fur
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-17
PAGE SIXTEEN
County Fair Started
in Schooner Days
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street fairs until 1911, when the old
grounus were purchased, and splen-
did county fair inaugurated. The half
mile track considered one of the best
in the state, was improved at cost
of $4,000, and an old building erected
in the eighties and still standing, was
converted into a poultry exhibition
house. The erection of new build
ings was started at once. In 1911
there were constructed frame barn,
and frame trotting horse barn,
since heightened. In 1912 many more
improvements were made. "Floral
Hail." an exhibition building, was
erected of cement blocks with sub
stantial cement floor. A horse barn
of cement blocks was also put up and
stables were erected the same year.
In 1913 the cattle barn was erected,
while the grandstand was put up in
1912 and 1914.
In 1915, the school districts of the
county erected slightly cement build
ing for the purpose of exhibiting the
work done in the schools.
Thirty acres Of land were added to
the fair grounds in 1914 for a price
of $4,000 and an archway was COM
pleted in 1922. A floor was put into
the stock building, converting it into
a dance hall the same year.
In 1923 pavilion fund was started
by the board for the purpose of build
ing large dance hall. The contract
was let to w. L. Hardy and complet-
ed by the time of the fair. This
building is now know as the Blue
Goose.
1924 was probably the biggest year
for advancement and improvement OF
the fair grounds than any other year.
1t was at this time that the present
large parking grounds, north of the
highway was purchased for 5000 an
acre. The grandstand was rebuilt
and enlarged. The present east end
bleachers were added, roof was put
over the bleachers on the west end,
the box seats were all rebuilt and re-
arranged, reserve seat section In
the grandstand was started and large
and small ticket offices for in front of
the grandstand were built.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-17

University there. So they took US
lp there. / shall never forget Beirut
m the sunset as we went up the
mountains, Naples could be no more
beautiful I'm sure. Then we met
Jimmy, his young brother, typical
American college lad as to jokes,
slang and line. He treated us to ice
cream and then we had to tear down
the mountain. BY this time Beirut
was a fairy all glittering tinsel to be
hung on a gigantic Christmas tree.
We were very tired that night and
the hotel was not as nice as Damas-
Gus, hotter and no electric fans. Mrs.
Muyskens even had 'sbugs" in her
rooms though we escaped that. OF
course our guide was greatly cha
grined at that. The hotel was on the
sea and quite near town.
We left Beirut after lunch, drove
along over mountains, down to the
sea and up again along the Phoene-
clan coast. We crossed back into
Palestine through customs, passports,
etc. Went through the ancient sights
of Tyre and Sidon and finally got in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-17
70 Haifa and on up to Mount Carmel.
W. stovod boro Of another Corrnan


to Haifa and on up to Mount Carmel.
We stayed here at another German
hospitz far above the city of Haifa.
1t, was very cool and damp there.
Our clothes were really damp when
we unpacked them in Jerusalem. We
had good plain cooking here and they
played hymns in the dining room,
much to the disgust Of our guide and
his brother. But it's a good cheap
place, so he takes his parties there
rather often. We went for a walk
and came in after ten o'clock and had
the law laid down to US like boarding
school days.
. We arrived back in Jerusalem just
at IL o'clock.
Wednesday evening we went to
the home Of our guide to meet his
mother, and sister. Neither spoke
English very much, but they had a
nice garden with all sorts of smelly
things like jasmine. They pick just
the blooms for the scent. The inside
of the house was quite horrible with
huge black and white tiles for the
floor and pink satin furniture. The
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-17
Redwood Girl Tells
of Holy Land Visit
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Galilee. 1t surely was beautiful in
the fading light. Tiberius is thriv
ing town, one of the few left on the
lake. We went on outside of Tiber-
Jus to a German Catholic hospitz
where Bethsada used to be. Enclosed
in dark cypress trees we ate nice
supper of fish and sour bread, SQUAD
and apple tart, to the accompaniment
of mosquitoes on a terrace overlook
ing the lake.
But such a night, hot, hot, hot!
We left the next morning at six. We
saw Capernaum and parted from the
japanese lady who was not going
further. From Capernaum we went
across mountains and hills to Da-
mascus. We went to the mosque and
the palace of former Arabian rul-
er. Both were gorgeous pieces of
Saracenic architecture. The palace,
very simple except in the mosaic of
the ceilings and the pale green blown
glass which filled wall cupboards and
side tables. Then we saw the street
called straight" and the window in
the wall out Of which Paul was let
out of the city. Then we saw what
was supposed to have been the first
Christian church, chiseled out of
solid rock but of course the decora-
lions were new. One could imagine
the little band of Christians holding
meetings here.
,t un1 IN, no mill fha
next morning at 9. The hotel was
nice. Lots of good food but every
place we go, baths are extra. We
even had an orchestra. Syria is all
French Mandate, so, lots of French
people every place. The men are as
a whole very handsome but the wo-
men usually fat. This we've thought
true in Cairo, Jerusaleum and Syria.
Though we did see some cute girls in
Beirut.
Monday morning we started out
for Baalbeck where there are some of
the most perfect Roman ruins in ex-
istance. l have good pictures of parts
and can tell you more about them.
They were excavated by Wilhelm II
in 1900 and many of the treasures
taken to Berlin. 1t is still very in
teresting as three distinct ages are
tracable. The Roman, then the early
Christians built a church inside the
old sacrifcial court of the temple of
Jupiter, then the Arabs used the
whole thing as fort, building the
walls higher and making apertures
for the arrows to leave the bows.
Claims to be Georgian
We had special guide. there. He
said he had been born in Georgia and
lived there until he was Is years old.
But such line of bunk and such an
accent! He very likely never saw it
closer than on map. And then he
says he can't read or write it. We
had nice lunch there, too. Ate
some of the regular native Bedouin
food, clabbered milk and big fiat bread
to shovel it in with. A sort of yeast
is put in the milk. 1t really was very
good. We left about 8 o'clock and
went up over the Lebanan's where we
needed our coats and down to Beirut
which is on the sea. Our guides II
year-old handsome brother had gone
with us and another brother was in
the summer school Of the American
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-17

Minnesota Has Rapid
Motor Truck Growth

: In five years, from 1925 to 1880,
motor truck egistration in Minnesota
increased from 44,815 to 108,070, an
increase of 141 per cent. A table in
Facts and Figures of the Automo-
bile Industry" shows only one state,
Maryland, which had more rapid in
crease of truck registration in the
same period.
In passenger car registration Min
nesota increased from 524,S79 in 1925
to 624,902 in 1880, an increase of 10
per cent. The figure for all states was
1896 2O in 1925 to 23,042,840 in
1880, or 80 per cent increase.
Only nine states have more trucks
than Minnesota, but taking cars and
trucks together, Minnesota is in four
teenth place. Minnesota has two mo-
tor vehicles for every seven persons.
Only eight states have larger per
capita registration.
-Ss
Go1offo Wop& Al D~s~- DoS,,1kr
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-17

According to figures just released
by the engineering experiment station
of the Iowa State College, people of
Iowa in 1880 paid 1921, 488,0O0 for
their automobiles and upkeep. The
average corn crop is about 100000
900 bushels and its average value
about $255, 100000. So, according to
these figures the corn crop was $8,-
488,0O0 short of the annual automo-
bile outlay.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-17

niture or the rugs. They all use so
much perfume and au' de- Cologne it
sort of makes one sick.
Sunday morning we drove down to
LYDIA ) an hour from Jerusalem and
caught the train for Port Said. We
had compartment this time with
some very nice American people who
had been in Shanghai, Wallace by
name. We changed at Kantara and
finally got to Port Said.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-17

Mrs. Alice Meeks owns and ope-
rates a 300-acre farm near Logans-
port, Ind, with her divorced husband
as one of her farm hands.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-17

known. They are backed by the
most liberal guarantee ever written.
GUARANTEED TO COST LESS
PER MILE THAN ANY TIRE ON
THE ROAD. And the new RIVER
SIDE MATE (newest member of
the famous Riverside line of tires)
lives up to the traditions which have
made the Riverside name famous.
YET 1T SELLS FOR LESS THAN
ANY RIVERSIDE HAS EVER
BEEN SOLD IN RIVERSIDE HIS
TORY. Equip your car today with
new RIVERSIDE MATE tires-the
greatest tire value America has ever
known!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-17

This is just one statement from one
of the thousands of unsolicited let
tiers in praise of Riversides. River
side tires have been sold by Mont
gomery Ward s. Co. for twenty
years. MILLIONS HAVE BEEN
SOLD-MILLIONS ARE IN USE
TODAY. They are of the highest
quality it is possible to produce
EQUAL TO OR BETTER THAN
ANY OTHER TIRE ON THE
MARKET REGARDLESS OF
NAME OR PRICE. They are made
by one Of the largest tire manufac>
turers in the world. They are built
to the most rigid specifications
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
CITY TREASURER
 OF DETROIT WAS
 PREY OF BANDITS

Detroit, April 21-(UP)-A bandit who carried crime directly to the pocketbook of the taxpayer by rob- ping the city treasurer's office of $28,000 in tax receipts was sought throughout Detroit to-day.
 His confederate, who gave his name as Theodore Crowley, 28, of Chicago, was captured few min- utes after the robbery. The escaped bandit carried the entire loot. which consisted of about $3,000 in cash and $25. 400 in checks.
 The robbery occurred few min- utes after the treasurer's office, To- cated on the first floor of the City Hall, closed for the day. Three policemen usually guard .he cashier s cage, but they left shortly before the robbery. to escort city funds to a bank.
 One of the robbers. perched on a stool placed beside the cashiers cage for the use of one of the police guards, used a wire clipper to snip a four-inch hole through the netting of the cage.
 The cashier, George Wichow. step- ped from his post for moment. and the two bandits. thrusting their hands through the hole in the cage, scooped up all the loot they could reach and fled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
Lawrence of Arabia
 Continues Story
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 added that he was "only very ordinary and pleased creature. whose position in the R. A. F. for bids him to give interviews for pub- lication." Nevertheless. there was no ban on conversations"
 You will recognize me easily" he wrote when he finally agreed to meet me. "The R. A. F. wear a dull grey-blue-green uniform like soldiers, but more scuffy. In this am an inconspicuous and unimpres- sive figure about five and half feet high, with face the color of a boiled lobster"
 Actually, when he met me, grim ming broadly. at the top of the steps from which the Pilgrim fathers em- parked on the Mayflower 300 years ago, he wore over his ''scuffy" uni- form black rubber coat.
 I'm Shaw" he said simply, and under his guidance he descended the steps to water level and entered his American speed boat for the trip across the sound.
 She's the nippiest thing in these waters" he said proudly. "The late Sir Henry Segrave brought her back LIoHI tio HldherS, FurQy Of Port Washington. Long Island She was bought by Colin Cooper of London, and given to me. We English can't make anything that can touch her."
 So he dashed across the sound at 40 miles an hour and l under- stood the reason for the rubber coat. He landed. drenched, at Mount Bat ten, the royal air force station, and there he described to me the philos- ophy that enabled him to live hap pily on so cents day. his soldiers pay.
 Ambition. first of all, seems to him "the cause of most of man. kinds evils" This applies both to personal ambition and the ambition of nations commercial rivalry. the spirit of aggrandizement. If the Egyptians had ambition, he says. they could probably rid their land of British occupational forces in a decade. If Mussolini had not in- spired the Italians with ambition, he adds. Italy probably would revert to it's pre-war status as nation in decade. Ten years, in his opinion, is sufficient time in which to make or break nation-or a man.
 And there are various kinds of personal ambitions which Lawrence
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
II. ARNOLD HILL
 AT ROTARY CLUB
Talked of the Employment Situation Among Ne.
 grOes in Some Places
OUTLOOK NOT BRIGHT

That the conditions of employ ment among negroes are not improv- ing, and in some sections of the country are apparently becoming worse, is the opinion of T. Arnold Hill. director of the department of industrial relations of the National Urban league, which has recently completed 8 nationwide study of ne- groes in the industrial centers of the United States. Mir Hill spoke at the meeting of the Rotary club at the Elton this noon.
 The speaker said: "At no time in the history of the negro since slav- cry has his economic and social outlook seemed so discouraging. The present period of unemployment is sapping the foundations of negro family life and undoing the work of years in the development of economic independence. The rec ords of Family Relief organizations indicate an alarming increase in the number of negro families who'll ly dependent on charity in almost every city in the country. In Cin- cincinnati relief cases among negroes increased from S5 to 800 from De- cember 1929 to January. 1931. In Greensboro, N. C., the cases of ne- gro relief increased 100 per cent in four months. In New York city negro cases for relief increased 300 per cent in the period of year. In Chicago negroes. although but 4 per cent of the population constitute 25 per cent of the total number of re- lief cases. Tn Baltimore 34 per cent and in Dayton 50 per cent; in Philadelphia 40 per cent and in Pittsburg A per cent.
 There is abundant evidence that in the public works programs of the various states and the national government negro workers are res .ceiving scant consideration, and 1t is not uncommon practice in some ci- ties to deliberately oust negroes from jobs in order to make room for unemployed whites. This prac- tice which obviously will not solve the problem of unemployment. in- creases the number of negroes in the bread lines and adds to the bur- dens of welfare organizations. A general shifting of negroes from city to city in search of employment has further demoralized family life and makes more difficult the tasks of mobilization. In every city the percentage of negro unemployed is from four to six times as high as the rate for the city as a whole. And unless there is some definite. planned effort to extend to negro citizens the opportunities for re- employment which are being pro- jected by various public and private agencies, the plight of the negro for the next decade will be wretched in- deed"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21

Building activities in Waterbury took big jump in the first three weeks in April according to figures submitted by the Waterbury Credit Rating bureau of the local Cham Der of Commerce issued to-day. For the first three weeks in April of this year the building permits totaled $97.25O compared to s31.S00 in the same period in 1890. That compari- son shows that the increase of the first few weeks of this month amounted to $65,450 which is consid- cred a surprising jump.
 Tho report also shows that there were 35 deaths in the city compared to 27 births. There were 12 mar riage intentions filed and IA mar riages consummated during the first weeks of April. In the birth classi- fication there were IA boys listed and l3 girls. Five new families moved to Waterbury during that period, one from Florida, one from Rhode Island. one from Massachusetts and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-21
BANK OF ENGLAND
 HAS REELECTED
 MONTACU NORMAN
For the Eleventh Time He Was Placed in the Posi- ton of Governor of the Bank

London. April 21 (UP) - Montague Norman was reelected governor of. the Bank of England today for his eleventh term, estab- fishing an unprecedented record. He first became governor of the bank in 1920.
 Today's election coincided with the arrival of Norman at Southamp- ton from New York. after confer ences in Washington. Norman de- clined to discuss his American visit with the press today.
 Norman was born in 1871. eldest son of the late +. H. Norman, Moor Place. Much Hadham, Herts. He was educated at Eton and Kings college. Cambridge. Serving in South Africa in 1900-1, he was men toned in dispatches and received the queens medal with four clasps and the D.S.O. He was lieutenant of the city of London.