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Smyrna times., 1931-03-11
CONGRESS PASSES oLEo BILL
Measure Fathered by Senator
Townsend of Delaware. Signed

Measure tathered Dy senator
Townsend of Delaware. Signed
Senator John 9. Townsend, Jr.,
Of Delaware was a guest at the
White House Wednesday morning
at the invitation of President
Hoover, while the President ap-
proved the oleomargarine bill, of
which Senator Townsend is the
author. The bill deals with the
imposition of a tax on this product,
and has been the subject of consid-
cradle discussion in Congress, and
especially in the House. Senator
Townsend introduced the bill few
weeks ago, and since that time it
was thought doubtful if the meas
ure would be enacted at this ses-
sion. The Delaware Senator, not
withstanding the press of commit
tee work since introducing the bill,
gave it much of his time and at
tention. He was a visitor on the
House floor at the time the bill was
up for discussion after having been
passed by the Senate.
Smyrna times., 1931-03-11
BIDDLETOWN GIRL a BRIDE
Miss M. Rebecca Wallace Becomes
Bride OF J.W. Lafferty, Wednesday

Miss Mary Rebecca Wallace.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
E. Wallace, of Middletown, and
Jackson w. Lafferty, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Willard S. Lafferty, of
Middletown, were married by the
Rev. Melvin Wheatley, of Bethesda
M. E. Church of Middletown, at the
home of the brides parents, at $50
o'clock last Wednesday evening.
The bride was gowned in skipper
blue chiffon with blonde slippers
and stockings, and carried a bou-
quet OF orchids and pink tulips.
The maid of honor was Miss Ella
". Cole, of Wilmington, cousin of
the bride. She wore a gown of
pale green chiffon with blonde slip
pers and stockings, and carried
yellow tulips and red roses. Benja-
min Lafferty, of Wilmington.
brother of the bridegroom, was
best man. The wedding music was
played by Miss Gertrude Smart, of
Hillcrest, Delaware. The home was
attractively decorated with palms
and ferns and only members of the
immediate families were in attend
ance. After the ceremony a din
ner was served at the home. After
April / Mr.. and Mrs Lafferty will
reside at their home near Coates
vile, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1931-03-11

Richard could have become educat-
ed to that point. But stranger de-
velopments than that have come to
pass in the last twenty years.
Next was the store of Presley
and Enoch Spruance. These gen
tlemen were substantial merchants
and did a large business. Presley
Spruance has been previously re-
ferred to. Enoch Spruance was
largely interested in one of the
stage lines. Next to his store was
his dwelling house. He had a num-
Der of sons, most of whom reside
in Smyrna and vicinity and one
daughter who married William c.
Eliason. From Spruances to the
hotel there were several dwellings
end shops Of different trades. The
hotel was then kept by Thomas L.
Temple, before referred to. I re-
member that Dan McCaully used
to bring to this hotel droves of
horses and mules, and the boys
would struggle for the privilege Of
riding the horses to the mill pond
to water. At one time there was
hostler there who was a SOM
nambulist. Once in a while, i
would be discovered in the morning
that quantities of the corn or oats
had been taken from the feed bins
during the night. Time and again
this hostler would sit up and watch
all night for the thief, but no de-
lection followed. One night as Dan
McCaulIy was entering the hotel
after the inmates had all retired,
he saw the hostler coming down
stairs, lighted lantern in one hand
and KEYS Of the stable and feed bin
in the other. On speaking to him
and receiving no reply, McCaully
discovered a peculiar look about
the hostler and decided to follow
him. The man went to the stable,
unlocked the door, entered, then
passed in and out the stalls of 40
to 80 horses, giving each one an
extra feed, then closed up, return
cd to the hotel, retired for the
night and next morning reported
another robbery. He was both as
tonished and alarmed when Nc
Caully informed him of what he
had witnessed the night before.
From the hotel stables, there
was but one house on the east side
Of Commerce Street to the mill
pond. think the miller lived in
that one though there was but lit
tie if any grain ground there at
Smyrna times., 1931-03-11
trom last week.

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mans Corner was
piner Mansfield,
Il ieTeler ana uen Ian i !,
! ..r ...;aos and children
.11rd marriage. HIS
II Vas near my age.
H., T. that I was y to 13
!, | think / never saw
tI We we're both mar
/. antilles. l was stop
so-sl in Baltimore, 2
rsd, looked sorutiniz-
psssed on to the
|, nj inquired my name.
med to where I was
4 made himself known to
n ! most enjoyable af-
! !. rcounting the scenes
II, Of our childhood. He
smyrna to Ohio, at the
Jay and there married
.i,ud lady and suose-
,rrsd with her to her
81 was pro slavery
| Income anti-slavery. l
, how he shocked me
il ne that il the town
An lived there was a
aored persons, rich, ed
sfned; that when ne
snch or a lecture, he
whether he took his
this colored man and
OF whether they came
1 :aats beside him and
b a word that the
ii not exist there. I
then comprehend how
Smyrna times., 1931-03-11
More than
1000 miles IN
a New Ford

abstaniial worth of the new Ford is reflected In
|Nd performance, economy and reliability. Its
+ and endurance are particularly apparent in
|nwhere bad roads and severe weather put heavy
! burden on the automobile.
less than year new Ford Tudor Sedan was
/ more than seventy-three thousand miles a
Ffnute. The operating cost per mile was very low
Ea'dcaly the only expense for repairs was for new
rng and new bearing for The generator.
Hcar carried an average load of 1900 pounds of
nd was driven $50 miles daily. ''The Ford has
laed to go when was ready writes one of the
naa carriers operating the car. ''The starter did
a last winter even at 81 degrees below zero. The
n about 20 miles per gallon. AT times pull a
Whenever have bulky load.''
other Ford owners report the same satisfactory
nance. Every part has been made to endure - to
N@ faithfully and well for many thousands of
Smyrna times., 1931-03-11
| IlElRs AGO TOLD OLD
'[yiIRBACN IN 1880
,rtAS 1T lAP-
4 I SMYRNA TINES
uritten Fifty Years
happenings Fifty
s,.rious TO Year III I

fIes Of the cor
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4 relaIlse NJ md its lead
'sslibed siiis fftv ~ wears back
| 4 that Illlie .ron1 the present
| 10 years will appear in
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
SORORITY PICKS
NEW OFFICERS
Times Staff Photo
MET VIM pAKED

Delegates to the annual ma
tional convention of Kappa Delta
sorority, now in session at Ward
man Park Hotel, today elected
Miss Olga Achtenhagen, of Ap-
pleton, Wis, national president.
Miss Achtenhagen is associated
professor of English at Lawrence
College at Appleton. She was
formerly national editor of the
sOrOrity'S national publication,
"The Angeles
Her successor as editor of the
magazine, elected today. will be
Mrs. Percival Hall, jr., of Wash
ington, formerly associated edi-
tor.
According to reports at yester-
days session Kappa Delta now
has property holdings to the
value of more than a 100000,
invested in "a houses, seven
lodges and four lots.
In an effort to help sorority
members effected by the depres-
sion it was voted yesterday to
increase the student loan fund.
The establishment of two $500
scholarships was announced.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
GIVEN
FINE Of S14O

Convicted of five traffic viola
tions, Andrew Standfield, 1904
Carolina st. N. w., today was
fined total of $14O by Judge
Ralph Given in Police Court.
Policeman E. L. Baker, of the
Second precinct. said he started
in pursuit of Standfield's auto
mobile at Fifteenth and Corcoran
Streets Northwest yesterday, and
pursued him for several miles at
a speed ranging from % to so
miles an hour.
Finally overtaking the man in
a wooded section of Georgetown,
the policeman charged him with
driving without permit, speed
ing, passing two stop signs,
driving the wrong way on a one
way street, and passing a red
light.
The red light charge was dis
missed. For the permit charge
the penalty was a fine of $100
or 80 days; for speed, he was
given $25 or Is days: on each OF
the stop sign charges the SEN
tence was IS or five days, and
the one-way street charge brought
a like penalty.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Festive Fourth Awaits
Those Who Remain Here
Staff Photo

A special display OF 36 aerial
pieces of floating fireworks will
coincide with the massing of
colors. Addresses will be given by
James Grafton Rogers, Assistant
Secretary of State; DR.. w. Hayes
Yeager, of George Washington
University, and Thomas P. Little
page, who will preside.
Two swimming meets are Sched-
uled at 10 a. m. One is at the
Mckinley Pool, and the other at
the Francis Junior High School
pool. The new Anacostia golf
course will be opened at the same
hour, and matches of the District
of Columbia tennis championship
will begin at 10 a. m. on courts
in Rock Greek, Potomac and
Henry Park.
Northeast Parade
Sponsored by five citizens aSSO-
Citations, a parade, concert, fire
works display and contests will be
held in the northeast section Of
the city. beginning at 1880 n.
m. The parade will start from
Rhode Island and South Dakota
Avenues, proceeding to Taft Park,
where the rest of the program
will be held.
Beginning at 1 p. M, a pro-
gram will be held at the Pail
sades under the auspices of the
Conduit Road Citizens Associa.
tion. The eighth annual cele-
bration in Wesley Heights will
begin with a flag-raising cere-
mony at $50 a. m. at the club
house. Boy Scouts will officiate.
A program Of games will be held
at the American University ath,
letic field, and children's cos.
tune parade will be held at
p. m. A dance at the clubhouse
at 10 p. m. will complete the cele,
bration.
Programs at Chapel Point and
Colonial Beach are also expected
to draw crowds. Many Washing
ton people will doubtless leave
the city for the weekend, as the
holiday falls on Saturday.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Marylanders Get
Reserve RATINGS

Commissions as second lieu
tenants in the Army Reserve
Corps have been issued to the
following residents of Maryland:
Victor Power Gillespie, Sudlers-
vile; Gerald Lee Gordon, Jeffer-
son; Elmer Rathbun Halle, jr.,
Towson; Joseph Bernard KuhnS,
Taneytown; Bernard Robert
Kutcher, Glenburnie; Sweetser
Linthicum, Linthicum Heights;
Augustine Joseph Muller, Brad
shaw; AlonZo LIE Page Seidler,
Towson: De Forest Douglas
Woodruff, Linthicum Heights,
and Samuel Hastings Wrightson,
Claibourne.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
NeIU Designations
Made at Vet Bureau

Nine additional appointments
In the Veterans Administration
were announced today by Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Hines. All of the
appointeeS have been on the staff
Of the Veterans Bureau in some
Rhat similar work. but the new
designations under the reor-
kanization are:
James T. Brady, assistant
solicitor; James D. Hayes, head
attorney, Administrator Appeals
Group; George P. Hughes, chief,
law division, Solicitors Office;
Luther E. Ellis, chief, legislation
And regulations division, Solicitors
Office: w. C. Black, chief clerk,
Veterans, Administration; M. E.
Pollock. chief of classification,
Veterans Administration: G.. H.
Sweet, chief of personnel,
Veterans Administration; DR.. G..
M. Hyland, chief of contact,
Veterans Administration. and Ed.
ward E. Odom, chief, guardian
ship division, Solicitors Office.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Sure Is DiscOuraging
How Few Folks
Are MGrrying

If prosperity is "just around
the corner" it must be proved
by the figures of politicians and
not by local June marriages.
Mrs. Mabel Rogers Rynex,
marriage license clerk at Dis
trict Supreme Court has COM
piled her figures for the merry
month Of June and diScloSeS
that but IS more marriage IL
censes were obtained than in
the same month last year.
It has been said by the SageS
that modern romance is goV-
erned more by financial condi-
tions than in the days Of our
grandparents and If this be the
rule then prosperity is not
much nearer this year than
last. The total number Of IL
censes for June, 1881, v re SS1.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Van DUZER GETS
| OKAY FROM
! D. {. HEADS
Rotary Turn Lasted More Than
I Year, Despite Criticism;i
Autoists to Keep to Left

: An amendment to the traffic
eode, abolishing the current style
Of a rotary left turn and pro-
viding for establishment of the
Hoover center turn, was approved
Today by the District Commits
gionerS.
On recommendation of Traffic
Director William A. Van Duzer.
the new turn will not be put into
affect until September IS.
Lasted a Year
The rotary turn was placed in
affect more than a year ago at
intersections controlled by police
men or signal lights. This style
turn was recommended by the
now Assistant Traffic Directors
William Harland and M. o. Ed
ridge and stoutly defended by
Them whenever criticism arose.
Director Van Duzer, in recon-
tnending the change. informed
the Commissioners that the center
turn regulation was carefully stu
died and approved by Col. A. B.
Barber and his assistant, C. w.
Stark, representing the National
Conference on Street and High
way Safety.
It also has the approval Of DR..
Miller McClintock, of Harvard
University, and Inspector Ernest
Nv. Brown, of the Traffic Bureau.
How Turn Is Made
The regulation provides:
"Approach for Iefturn for
motor vehicle shall be in the
lane for traffic to the right Of
and nearest to the center line
of the roadway, and the left
turn shall be made by passing
to the right of such center line
where it enters the intersection
and upon leaving the interSec-
tiOn by passing to the right Of
the center line of the roadway
then entered.
"A left turn from a One-way
street into twO-way street shall
be made by passing to the right
Of the center line of the street
being entered upon leaving the
intersection"
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Gen. Cochran Dead
After Motor Mishdp

The death of Brig. Gen. William
B. Cochran, U. S. A., retired, at
Salisbury, Md. yesterday, as the
result of an automobile accident,
was announced at the War De-
partment today.
General Cochran, who was born
in Middleburg, Va, July 9, 1868, is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Mathilde
K. Cochran, Princess Anne, Md.
He was graduated from the Vir-
ginia Military Institute in 1888
and served as private, corporal and
sergeant and was appointed a Sec
ond lieutenant of infantry March
%, 1896.
General Cochran was honorably
discharged February S, 1919, and
retired at his own request after 80
years service, November 80, 1922.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03

The 155th anniversary Of Ameri-
can independence will be fittingly
celebrated here tomorrow in
various sections of the city.
The program at the Sylvan
Theater will start at 6:55 p. m.
One of the features will be the
taking of the oath of allegiance
to the flag by the entire audience.
This program will be climaxed by
a monster fireworks display, be-
ginning about $50.
Marines to Play
The Sylvan Theater program
will open with a concert of pa
triotic music by the Marine Band,
followed by the flag professional
and massing of colors by veterans
and patriotic societies in the Dis
trict, under direction of DR.. B. C.
MacNeil, legion commander.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Holiday Rules GiUen
For Small Children

Over-eating and excessive exer-
else must be forbidden small chill
dren in the intense heat and ex-
citement of the holidays, if an un-
necessary death toll is to be avoid
ed, Miss Katherine Lenroot, assist
ant chief of the Children's Bureau,
warned today.
Use Of fireworks should be abso-
lutely forbidden small children
and carefully supervised in older
ones, Miss Lenroot added. Even
the so-called harmless" fireworks
may cause serious burns. Plenty
of rest and as little interference
with routine as possible is recon-
mended,
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Er-SLGUe, 20, Quits
21-Yedr d. e.. Post

A 70-year-old colored man. Sam
uel E. Jones, who was born in
slavery in Charles County, Md.
was retired after 81 years service
in the District government yes
terday with ceremonies in the
District Building board room.
Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner H. R. Robb, in whose Of
flee the aged negro served as
messenger, declared that Jones
was never once late for work or
reprimanded by a superior during
his long service. He was presented
with a purse by fellow employees.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
adams Mill Rd. Rum
/ Raid Nets 3 Arrests

Members of the newly organ
Dzed First district vice squad ar
rested two men and seized a guam
tity of alleged beer in an apart
pnent at 1917 Adams Mill Rd.
N. W., late yesterday.
Shelby I. Campbell, 25, and
Henry Lewis. colored, 38, are
charged with illegal possession.
Five gallons of whisky and So
bottles of beer were confiScated,
police say. The squad battered
down a heavily REINFORCED door,
and discovered an elabotate elec-
trically operated liquor cache.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
NONE ESCAPED.
DISTRICT JAIL
IN YEAR
Yearly Report Is Favorable
Reflection Of Efficiency Of
Col. Peak and His Guards

Prisoners to the number of
14,437, many of them "lifers,"
passed through the District jail
in 1880 and were watched over
by IS guards, working in three
shifts of eight men.
Not one escaped.
Excellent Record
This is the record made by Col.
William L. Peak, superintendent
of the jail, who administers his
charge with a minimum of men,
yet never has seen attempts at
Jail deliveries since taking over
the institution.
In 1920 the jail was guarded
by 20 men who had merely 1907
prisoners to look after.
The present guards work seven
days a week. They start at $1.500.
The maximum salary they can at
tain is $1,6S0.
More Guards Asked
Colenel Peak has asked for six
additional guards which will al
low the men to have one day off
weekly, and the regular Saturday
half holiday.
A bill may be introduced in the
next Congress which will place
the Jail guards on the same foot
ing and salary as the police de-
partment. It will also provide
for three captains, three lieuten-
ants, and. six additional rotunda
and wing men.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Cited
For Gallant Service

Announcement was made at the
War Department today of the
award Of the Soldiers Medal to
Lyle E. White, first sergeant, In
fantry, U. S. A. and of a citation
for gallantry in action to Arthur
Biesenthal, private, Infantry.
Sergeant White on August 9,
1928 rescued a woman from drown
ing in the James River, near Fort
Eustic, Va. BiSenthal distinguished
himself in the World War.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
LAD SAYS ADULT
THRASHED HIM
Tt sure is tough us kids
can't play around without get

"It sure is tough us kids
can't play around without get
ting into a peck of trouble"
Nursing his bruises and cuts,
11-year-old Melvin Baker, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Baker, II
H st. N. E., ruefully relates the
story of his alleged beating by
D. H. Blake, manager of a fill
ing station at North Capitol and
I Street. yesterday.
Melvin's mother swore out
warrant for Blake today charging
assault on her young hopeful.
According to the lad and his
playmate, Robert Zachary, the
boys we're playing on the street
and one lad (the gang refuses
to divulge his name) turned on
the hose. Blake, at first in a
playful mood. squirted the chill
dren with the water.
Then, according to Melvin:
"He just got mad all Of a
sudden and when us kids hOI-
Tered Bet you can't catch u.s.
he grabbed a switch Ofen a tree
and came after us. / tripped
and fell and he began lambast-
ing me. 1t hurt awful"
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
COURT CITES
CONGRESS
IN CASE
J. E. CoIIitIoWer Company
Charged With Selling Two
2,0O0-Pound Units Here

Coal must be sold in the Dis
trict by the long ton or multiples
thereof. Any other method OF
sale is illegal, Judge John P.
Mcmahon ruled in Police Court
today.
Overruling a motion to quaSh
the test case Of the James E. Col
liflower Company. Inc, charged
with violation of the District
weights and measures law, Judge
Mcmahon said Congress had
clearly established the long ton
of 2,240 pounds as the unit by
which coal must be sold here.
The company is said to have
sold two "2,0OO-pound units"
The defense contended that
coal could be sold in any weight
desired. provided the purchaser
was informed the sale was not
by the ton.
congress interpreted
Judge Mcmahon said in part:
81 am of the opinion that
Congress intended to and did
adopt the long ton, consisting
of 2,24O pounds avOirdupOis, as
the unit of weight by which
coal was to be valued and sold,
and that it prohibited the sale
of coal in any other manner
than by the standard of weight
already established.
"A provision that coal shall
be sold by the long ton, con-
SiSting of 2,240 pounds avOirdu-
pOiS' does not mean, of course,
that q coal dealer may not
sell more or less than a long
ton Of coal. 1t means that
coal must be offered for sale at
a certain price per long ton
and whenever coal is thus Of
fered for sale at a stated price
for a long ton of 2,24O pounds,
and a smaller quantity than .
long ton Of 2,24O pounds Is
sold, it shall be sold At a pro
rata price, unless the purchaser
is informed to the contrary at
the time Of sale"
Climax to Controversy
The question of the long and
short ton unit has been in con-
troverSy for some time. since
dealers here announced their in
tention of selling by "2,0OO-pound
units" rather than by long tons.
The case was prosecuted by
Special Assistant Corporation
Counsel William A. Roberts.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Watson Finds JOy
In Presidents Trip

President Hoover is very much
stronger in the country's estima-
ton Of his administration as a
result of his recent speeches in
the Middle West and his pro-
posal for an intergovernmental
debt moratorium, Senator Wat
son (RD of Indiana, declared
here yesterday.
Just returned from Indiana,
Watson said the G. o. P. there
had taken on new life since Mr..
Hoover addressed the Republican
editors Of the State
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Cruiser Commander
Praised for Rescue

Capt. Edward J. Marquart,
commander of the light cruiser
Louisville, was commended yes
terday by Secretary Of the Navy
Adams for the splendid manner"
in which he directed the rescue
Of passengers from the s. S. Har-
ward after she had grounded near
Point Arguello on May 80.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Georgia AUe. Parking
Lin1itin0 Is Granted

A regulation providing one-hour
parking along Georgia Avenue be-
tween Delafield and Farragut
Streets Northwest, was approved
today by the District Commits
Sioners.
Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer recommended the change
after receiving a petition signed
by Is residents of the section,
urging the change.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03
Baby Lightly Burned
SlUULLOIUinq Ammonia

Peggy Ann LeVister, 2, of 606
florence st. N. E., is recovering
today from mouth burns received
when she swallowed a small por-
ton of ammonia last night. At
Casualty Hospital it was said her
condition is not serious. She
was later taken home.
The Washington times., 1931-07-03

&c days left to file your per-
SOnal tax return. Securities
owned, whether pledged or un-
pledged, must be included in re-
turns.