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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
BETHEL

The Ladies' Aid will, be entertain
ed'on Thursday evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Levin Moore.
4 Misses Isabel Moore, Grace Mes
sick motored to TemperenceVille,
Va, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Garrett, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Garrett, Messrs.
Paul and John Garrett of Whining
ton spent Christmas Day with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Car
rett.
Miss Ruth Eskridge spent the
weekend in SeafOrd with Miss
Mary Esther Dutton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Uric Smith and
daughters, Frances and Anne Lee
spent Christmas Day in Harrington
with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Fleming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Hastings and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bsk-
ridge and children spent Christmas
Day in Laurel with Mr.. and Mrs. E.
B.. Hastings,
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Warrington,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kari Thompson and
son Billy of Seaford were Sunday
guests of their parents, Mr.. and
AIRS. VIM. Massey.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H. Williams
had as dinner guests on Sunday Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Williams and son,
Edgar, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Phillips and daughters, Margaret
and Mary Ellen of Middletown, Mr..
aud Mrs. VIM. H. Williams, Jr., Mrs.
Reuben Outten of this town.
Mrs. Lulu Massey was week.
end guest Of DR.. and Mrs. Ira A. B.
Allen in Seaford. ...- ,- ...-.--
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Clark of Will
mington spent Christmas Day with
her mother, Mrs. Nolia Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoyt Morris and son
Charles of Philadelphia, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Weaver and daughter
Ruth, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Morris and
son Fred, Jr., of Wilmington, Mr.,
and Mrs. Roland Conoway and chill
dTen of Seaford spent Christmas
Day with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
U. J. Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arba T. Hudson and
son Arba T., of Pleasantville, N. j.,
were weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Melbourne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack ,Furness and
on Jack, Jr., of Philadelphia, Mr..
md Mrs. Raymond Mabrey and son
sof Clayton also Mrs. Florence Fur
miss were weekend guests of Mr..
Ind Mrs. Howard Furness.
Mr.. and Mrs Warren Riggin Of
Philadelphia were town visitors oV-
er the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Stemples of
Georgetown were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. B.. Messick on Christmas
Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hopkins of
Philadelphia spent the Christmas
holidays with the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Hopkins.
The Merry Methodists were enter
tained at the home of Mrs. Harry
Williams on Friday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02

Many football players would play
lots better if they showed half as
much enthusiasm in the game as
Graham McNamee does.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
McQuade Elected to Head
Bankers Association

at may be that we need
some vast, all at once reOr-
ganizatiOn of banking form and
structure, but l am more in
clined to believe that, II laws
are to be changed, the place to
reform them Is in the granting
of charters. Why not stop the
trouble at the source? Why
think of grand and elaborate
denominations for the prOtec-
tiOn of banks after we have al
lowed weak and unSOund ones
to start?
"In the same way, people dis
cuss interminably the industrial
or power trust and monopoly
problems, while the States go
on merrily competing with one
another in granting charters to
any sort of a careless or even
vicious holding company. with
every conceivable privilege
tackled on that the mind Of
clever, and not always too over
ethical, lawyers can tnlnk OF.
Issue Fewer Charters
"Why lock the stable door
after the horse is stolen? The
banking reform we need Is far
more severe restriction, both in
law and public opinion. upon
the formation of banks"
Mr.. Atwood said he does not
view the future with apprehen
sion, but sees the present depres
sion as a period of convalescence
from over-Selling, over-production
and the abuse of credit, from
which complete recovery is only
a matter Of time.
While the business of the con
vention is closed, most of those
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
NeW Haven Gets
Electric Engines

Delivery has just been made to
the New Haven railroad by the
General Electric Company Of the
first of 10 new electric locomo-
tives, costing nearly $2,O00,00O,
which will be used in the rail
roads high-speed. passenger ser
vice between New York and New
Haven.
The new locomotives exceed in
weight and rated capacity any
heretofore used on the New
Haven railroad. being designed to
haul trains of IS to 80-ton Pull
man cars at maximum speed.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
COLORED ELkS
LOSE APPEAL

The Virginia colored Elks lost
their suit against the Elks of the
World, yesterday when Judge
John ]. Parker at Charlotte, N.
c., reversed a. decree of the. Dis
trict Court of Virginia dissolving
temporary injunction restrain
ing the former body from setting
up a separate grand lodge.
The Virginia grand lodge was
organized by Casper Holstein,
wealthy New York clubman;
John M. Marques of Philadel-
phia; James C. Carter, Rich
mond, former grand treasurer of
the World body and Leon Reid
and John Shivers, both Of Rich
mond. The case was presented
for the Virginia body by Joseph
Pollard, William Forman and
Carter.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
RAILROADS PAY
HIGHER TAXES

More than one-third of their
net earnings were paid by the
railroads in taxes to the various
Federal, State and local govern
ments in the first four months
of this year. the American Rail
way Association reports.
Reports as to revenues and ex.
penses for the Class I railroads
show that out of each dollar of
net revenues received in the four
month period 36.73 cents went
for taxes.
Gross 7.6I Per Cent
On the basis of gross revenues,
the amount of taxes for the four
month period totaled 7.61 cents
for each dollar thus received,
the greatest amount for any
corresponding period on record.
For the same period last year
the amount of taxes paid by the
railroads amounted to 6.62 cents
per dollar of gross revenues,
while in 1920 it was ATT cents.
There has been an almost
constant annual increase in the
tax bill of the railroads, which
in 1890 paid total of $31 ZOO, 900
in taxes, compared with $685.
100000 in 1880, or an increase of
1887 per cent.
Increase Raped
The rate of increase for rail
way taxes in the 40 years from
1890 to 1880 was more than
IL times as great as the rate
of growth in population.
More than one-third of the
property, activities and traffic
of the railways in the first four
months of 1881 were devoted
to producing net earnings suf-
ficient to pay the tax on rail
way property as a whole.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
8 BANK Of j. s.
HEADS GUILTY
Of FRAUD
Marcus, Two Singers Found
to Have MisappIied Funds;
Face Seven Years in Prison

NEW YORK, June 20 GNSO.
Three of the four officials of the
closed Bank of United States. ac-
cused of wilful misappropriation
of the banks funds, we're found
guilty early today. The jurors
were unable to reach an agree.
ment on the guilt of the fourth
defendant, Henry w. Pollock, a
vice president and director.
Bernard X. Marcus, president
of the institution: Paul Singer, ex.
ecutive vice president, and his SON,
Herbert Singer. president Of one
of the banks subsidiaries, were
found guilty of miSapplicatiOn Of
funds as part Of a transaction in
vOlving a total sum of $4,000, 900.
Remanded for Sentence
Judge George L. Donnellan, pre-
siding. remanded the bankers un-
til next Tuesday for sentence.
The maximum penalty faced by
the guilty officials is seven years
in prison.
After IL weeks Of bitter argu.
ment the case went to the jury
yesterday. The jurors began their
deliberations at 4:3O p. M. and
returned "a verdict at 2:25 a. m.
today after frequently requesting
Judge DOnnellan to clear up
doubtful points.
Largest Bank Failure
The closing of the banks doors
on December IL, 1880, marked
the largest bank failure in the
history of the United States.
1t was charged that Marcus,
Pollock and Saul Singer, as di-
rectors of the Municipal Safe De-
posit Company. aided and abetted
by Herbert Singer. miSapplied
funds of that company. owned
by the bank. to purchase from
the Bolivar Development Corpora.
ton Is shares of the Premier De
velopment Corporation. These
two corporations were referred
t as a dummy firm.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Ritchie Forecasts
Chain Stores Curb

BUENA VISTA SPRINGS. Pa,
June 2O.-Governor Ritchie. of
Maryland, speaking at the final
session of the Maryland Pharma-
ceutical Association and Travel
erS' Auxiliary here, was vigorous
ly applauded when he forecast
the possibility of the regulation
by the State legislature of chain
stores as they relate to phar-
maciSts.
Governor Ritchie was intro
duced as the only pharmacist
governor in the United States
and leading candidate for the
Presidency.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20

retary; Albert S. Galley, for his
twenty-third term, treasurer, and
Frank J. Hogan, counsel.
Banking Reform Urged
Albert w. Atwood, Washington
financial writer, told the conVen-
tion that banking as a whole
needs reform. citing as evidence
the heavy toll of failure during
the past few years. He declared:
Because of the heavy toll of
failures in the past few years, it
goes without saying that bank
ing, as a whole, needs reform.
and we all know the general line
which this should take. Bank.
ing must become more prOfeS-
siOnal and less circumStantial in
its origin.
1--WE have had too many banks
formed for inadequate and ex-
traneOuS reasons; any kind of
an institution has been able to
call itself a bank, and this must
stop. The banking structure
must Sift and settle down.
Now Going On
This it is doing rapidly and
naturally at the present time,
and whether it needs any fur.
ther legal help through changes
of laws extending branch or
other multiple forms Of banking,
or providing for different types
Of organization or jurisdiction
from what we now have, such,
for example, as Mr.. POOle'S trade
area idea, am not wise enough
tn saw.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
GRAVES ABROAD
GET PRAISE

Cemetery in France are better
kept than any she has seen in
this country, Mrs. Edwin Smith,
Gold Star mother who recently
returned from pilgrimage to
the grave of her son. told a meet
ing of the HenderSon-Smith.Ed-
monds Post, American Legion
Auxiliary. at her home in Rock
vile, Md.
Mrs. Smith praised the treat
ment accorded the war mothers
who were on the pilgrimage.
Miss Lucy Smith and Mrs.
Helen C. Weldon were elected
delegates to the State national
conventions of the auxiliary and
Mrs. Guy Watkins { I'd Mrs. Dan
Louthran were elected alternates.
No meeting will be held this sum.
mer,
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Girl In Hospital;
Truck DriUer Held

Miss Ruby Miller, $40 Oats Pl.
N. v, was recovering today from
slight injuries received in an auto
mobile collision yesterday between
a truck and a taxicab at Third
Street and Maryland Avenue
Southwest.
Miss Miller was treated at
Emergency Hospital. The driver
of the truck, Alonzo Berger. IS,
was charged with driving with de-
fective brakes.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
HOOVERCERTA|N
TO WIN, SAYS
REP. T|LSON
Republican Leader Stops OFT
Here on Way to the Coast;
Confident of G. O. P. Victory

Voicing a political opinion Sug-
gestive of the old slogan, don't
change horses in the middle Of
the stream" Representative John
Q. TilSon of Connecticut. Republi-
can leader of the House, today
predicted the denomination and
reelection Of President Hoover
in 1892.
Coming to Washington 10 con.
fer with President Hoover before
leaving on a vacation trip to the
Pacific Coast, he said there Is
every reason to believe American
business condition will improve,
and if so, the Democrats will b.
robbed of much of their ammunl.
ton.
But even if economic conditions
are not entirely satisfactory, the
people will again return Mr..
Hoover to power. he predicted. He
added:
'It is generally known that
the economic depression Is q
world condition and that IL IL
were not for world conditions,
the United States would al.
ready have recovered.
president Hoover Is IN no
wise to blame for the situation,
and he has done a magnificent
job in his efforts to better con-
ditiOns. The people realize this,
and they knO wMr. HOover'S
abilities"
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
VALLEY PLANS

Roland w. Rogers, landscape
architect of the Maryland Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission, will present plans of
the commission for the develop
ment of Cabin John Valley and
lateral streams when the Brad
ley Hills &C immunity League meets
at Congressional Country Club on
Monday evening, June %, at 8
o'clock, Col. A. B. Barber. presi-
dent of the league, announced.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Waterman Prevents
ShOU WindOU Theft

An attempt at window smash
ing and robbery of the establish
ment of Nathan Freeman, 1910
Seventh st. N. w.. was frustrated
by a watchman early this morn
ing. An unknown colored man
smashed the window with brick
and was scooping up articles in
the window display when he was
frightened away by the watch
man. Nothing was missing.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Southern ShOpn1en
Vote 5-Ddu Week
Photo by International

Shopmen of the Southern Rail
way System have voted to accept
a five-day working week, rather
than have any of their number
laid off. H. J. Carr. vice presi
dent of the international Asso-
citation of Machinists announced
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
RidenOur Sues
For ALin1Onu Arrears

July 6 has been set for hearing
the petition for contempt in be-
half of Mrs. J. Blanche Ridenour,
who charges that F.. Burton Ride
nour. of Chevy Chase, had failed
to pay his alimony to the amount
of $500.
Mrs Ridenour was granted an
absolute divorce and alimony,
July II, 1880, on the grounds of
infidelity.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Lyon Village Women
Elect Club Officers

The Lyon Village Women's Club.
at its meeting last night, reelected
Mrs. I. C. Buchanan president for
the ensuing year.
Other officers elected were Mrs.
M. N. McNight, vice president:
Mrs. Clarence Croft, secretary;
Mrs. R. w. Livingstone. assistant
secretary. and Mrs. Richard E.
Groettum, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Chicago Told Need
Of Cheap Housing

That conditions in Chicago are
ripe for a program of large scale
construction of housing for fami-
lies with annual incomes under
$4,000 is shown in a survey just
completed by Prof. Coleman
Woodbury., of the Institute for
Economic Research of Northwest
ern University.
The Woodbury. report was pre-
pared for members OF the large
scale operations committee of
the Hoover Conference of Home
Building and Home Ownership.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Quarry En1pLOye Dies
As Rock CruSheS Him

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, June
20.-Walter Snyder, %, quarry en-
ploye at Blairton, this county.
died in local hospital several
hours after being pinned beneath
a huge rock a short time after he
had reported for work.
Snyder was married and was the
father Of three young children.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20

HOT SPRINGS, Va. June 20.
Edward j. McQuade was elected
president of the District of Colum.
bia Bankers Association at its
cloSinC session here today. C. H.
Pope was elected vice president;
George o. VaSs, second vice presi-
dent; Frederick P. H. Siddons, Sec
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
y. S. Alcohol Likely
To Omit Dividend

Directors of the U. S. Industrial
Alcohol Corporation will meet for
dividend action June Is and
probably will suspend payments,
since the management is not in
favor Of continuing to pay divi-
dends that are not earned.
Three months ago, the quarterly
payment OF $3.50 share, in force
since 1929, was cut to so cents,
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Auto Theft Suspect
Held on $1,000 Bond

Charged with theft Of the
automobile of Carl B. Furr, Of
Lyon Village, Va, which was
parked in the downtown area,
George Wesley McGaha was held
yesterday for the Grand Jury ur-
der $1,000 bond by Police Court
Judge Mcmahon. The defendant
was said to have driven to Dan
vile, Va, in the machine. ..
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
SCRAP MARKET WEAK

The Youngstown scrap market
continues weak, with heavy melt
ing steel quoted from $3.50 to
$40 ton, unchanged from a week
ago.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
TODAY'S MOST
ACTIVE STOCKS

NEW YORK. June 20 U.N.s).-The
following are the high, low and closing
prices of the 10 most active stocks on
the New York stock Exchange today:
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
BOND AVERAGES
STOCK AVERAGES

'CopYrlSht, 1851, Standard Statistics
Company, IN.S)
N926 Averages Equals 1OOl
so 20 20 90
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Financial Ne U.S. Stocks Bonds Commodities and Conn1en
New York Bond Market

Fractions represent Sands
IOII mems "D1 l.J2
The Washington times., 1931-06-20

United states High Low close
Liberty 8hs 32-47. 10? 21ll0? 2Ol102 21
LIST 4ks 32-41llO3l5llOS lSllO3 Ia
The Washington times., 1931-06-20

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Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-01
.PROsPECTORs PLAY UNIQUE
 CAME AT ALASKA COLLEGE

I'll play a monzonite," says the prospector from the Iditarod, as he places a specimen of monzonite on the table "I'll trump that with a serpentine," retorts his opponent on the opposite side of the table. No, this isn't exactly a new game that you are reading about. It is a game developed five or six years ago by Dean Ernest Patty at the Alaska College to teach the mining short course students the sight de- termination of the common rocks. It is exciting as poker game and good deal more dangerous for if an irate player ever starts throwing the cards, then 1t is time to call an ambulance.
 Numbered rocks are used for playing cards and during game each prospector plays hand" of 25 rocks.
 Excitement runs high in a close ly contested game and several in stances have occurred where prospector dug down into his poe ket and laid a $5 bill on the table to back his judgement on a rock. It is then that all of the diploma tic skill of the referee is required 1 to restore tranquility.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-01
escaped uninjured.

Trouble was noted when nearing the end of the lake and Gillian switched over to the his reserve supply tank and the gasoline feed was apparently resumed for an other minute and then the motor failed completely The safety of air transportation was well-illus- trated here when Pilot Gillian, with a dead motor and no prepared or suitable landing field, picked out as suitable spot as possible and glided down, landing the boat in heavy brush The passengers scarcely felt the jolt but low trees and stumps tore off the two lower wings of the plane.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-01
PILOT H. GILLIAN HAS
 CRacxUP NEAR CORDOvA

Water vapor in the gaS-line, which froze while~in mid-air, stop ping the engine, resulted in Pilot Harold Gillian, president of the Gillian Airways, making a forced landing between Miles six and sev- en, out of Cordova, back against the mountain off the railway tracks recently and caused consid- erable damage to the Ireland am- phibian plane though the occupants
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-01

Samuel W. Harper, aged AT years, died in Fairbanks recently, reports the Fairbanks News Miner. Death was caused by an intestinal ail- ment of long standing which had not incapacitated MT. Harper. He leaves to mourn his loss, a widow and 10 children.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-01

The cause of the fire which de- stroyed the Opdyke home on Nome Creek recently is still unknown, says the Fairbanks NeWs-M Miner. The loss is estimated at $4,0OO. The cabin had just recently been built and it carried no insurance.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-01

Word received ip Fairbanks re- gently told of the death in Los Angeles on November l of Mrs. Dorothy Blocker, onetime resident of Fairbanks and creek commun- ities, reports the News-Miner.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-01
DECEMBER MEMORABLE DATES

DECEMBER MEMORABLE DATES End, 1923 - Monroe Doctrine de-
 clared.
 5th 1823-First Day Chanukah-
 Jewish Holiday. 7th, 1917-United States declared
 war on Austria. l2th, 1916----Peace Proposal by Ger
 many. l4th, 1799-WaShingtOn died. 14th, 1911-South Pole reached 18th, 1835-Great fire at New York. 22nd, 1920 LII Mayflower Pilgrims
 landed at Plymouth Rock 28th, 1856-WoodroW Wilson born
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-01

Try our Seattle Ice Cream Fresh on every boat at SYLVIA'S.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-01

The schooner Alice Cook, a float ing herring saltery, was complete ly destroyed by fire recently when off Johnson Point, near Cordova. The loss is estimated at $20,000, re- ports the Cordova Times.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-01
Free Fur Marketing Service

which, since 1925, has en- abled many thousands of trappers to obtain more fur money. Learn now
 how the Worlds Largest Store can helpyou-write for Johnny MuSkrat's s new book today!
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-01
WHEN WINTER COMES

IS YOUR house packed to the caves with tremend- ous stores of flour meat clothing ana other supplies to carry you through the long winter!
 Not very likely!
 But if not, won't you-like the butterfly that played all summer without thought of the cold days to come-wont you be in danger of facing famine, months before spring comes around again?
 Certainly not!
 When wintry winds are blowing their coldest, and the storm is waing like forgotten banshees on the -top the chances you may be eating juicy strawberries from Costa Rica and fresh asparagus from Florida For the day of storing up supplies against the barrenness of winter has gone forever. It has passed when America ceased to be lot of scattered communities, and became nation united by swift line of transportation.
 As you read the advertisements telling you just what the stores contain for you fresh to your order remember that here are the inexhautible store rooms of today :. stOrerO0ms that have banished forever the anxieties that went with the snows of yesteryear.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15
Packers Are A,caiting New
 Ruling on Grocery Trade

No one seems to know exactly why the appeal is to be taken.
 All effort is being made to ex- pedite the new action, but it is not expected to reach the court before it's October term.
 The packers have the right to engage in the wholesale transpor- tation and sale of groceries regard less, but it is learned from semi- official sources that they likely will not establish any important trade relations in groceries until the case finally is settled. Their operations thus far under the modification orders are said to have been limited.
 National farm organizations, which supported the demand for modification, believe that the vast purchasing power of the big four" packers will open a new market tor farm produce, increase the com- petition for it, and result in higher prices to the producer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-15
MINING
 ACT REPEAL IS
 BEFORE SENATE
Dimond Introduces Meas. ures to Repeal Restric-
 tions on Claims

Repeal of the so-called Wicker sham Mining Act, passed by Con- gress August 1. 1912, and of the Territorial supporting act is the i object of two measures introduced in the Senate yesterday afternoon by MT. Dimond The repealer of the first, it is provided, shall not become effective until approved by Congress, but outright repeal is proposed for the Territorial Act. A bill by MT. Benjamin seeks an appropriation of $5,000 to cooper ate with. the Federal government in the employ and operations of a predatory animal hunter. It is contingent upon the allotment of S5.000 a year by the Federal au- thorities.
 Senators Lomen and Sundquist are joint authors of a concurrent Senate resolution direc ng the Commissioner of Education to make survey of conditions with the view of establishing regional high schools at Nome and other parts of the Territory and also to determine the feasibility of having all high schools accredited by the universities of the Pacific North west"
 The so-called Wickersham Act limits the size and number of plac- CT claims that can be staked in the Territory, and curbs the appli- cation of the general mining laws of the United States to the Terri tory. It is contained in sections 129a, 129b, 129c, 129d and 129e of the Compiled Laws. The local statutes on the same subject, which it is sought to repeal, are contained In Chapter 10 of the session laws of 1915 and Chapter TO of the session laws of 1927, both relating to the location of mining claims and annual labor thereon.