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schools outstanding court pas
timers.
An added attraction will ne the
band from the Indiana Soldiers and
Sailors home at Knightstown, who
will be guests of the Flashes. The
net team from the Home also will be
guests. The bano is widely known
throughout the state.
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and the Shireman twins. Joe Kelly will
] referee.
Schoensrup and Violet lead Ney Bethel
Independents to victories over the first
| and second teams of the Sugar Greek
Sunday School Saturday. This gives New
Bethel a record of winning ten games out
of the last twelve. For games, write
Ray Fisher, r. r. g. Box 277, Ihdianapo-
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Independent, Amateur Basket Notes

at tonight in their gym at $50 Eastern
avenue. St. Philips Boys Club will meet
Indianapolis Wyandottes in the curtain
games with Saints call W. R. Linn, Ir
7726 or Ia. 44O2.
Hoosier Aces will tackle Heffleman
Candy tonight at at the Riverside M. e.
gym. For games with Aces call or write
F. F. Grove, 1926 Brookside avenue, Oh.
Western Electric desires games with
ether company or church teams. Call Lii
25lS during the day or Ha. 2671 during
the evening, ask for Finn.
East Park. leaders of League A in the
Alliance Basketball Association. will OPP
BY one contest. in the feature game e of
tonight'S card at Woodruff Place at $780,
In the opener at $50, Third Christian
lege avenue tackles East Tenth.
IN League B contests at East Tenth gym,
Bethel meets Woodruff Place at 7:30,
ture tilt at $3.50 and Tuxedo battles First
Moravian IN the final.
For games with East Park. write Emer-
son Sheldon, sS35 East New York Street
or call Oh. 1909.
American Settlement quintet defeated
would like to schedule games with CITY
teams. Call Riley 1922 before D. M
Central Y. NJ. c. A. meets ShelbyviIle
A. c. on the ''Y'' gym tonight at $50
A preliminary game will be played by Shell
bvville girls end Boarding Department
girls from Real Silk.
Y. NJ c. A. Leaders scored two vic
tories over the weekend. defeating St.
tries. 20 to ~. Scott showed up we'll on
offense for the Leaders while Grant PLAYED
with Leaders. playing in the 15-i7-year-
old class. call Ia. 24S0. ask for Bon,
Three games are scheduled at the Com
munel gym. II West Norris street. f0r -
night. starting &C D. m. Communal
Aidgets viii open the program with Castle
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BRAZIL SPRINGS UPSET
By Times Special

BRAZIL, Ind, Jan. 6.-With Gull
lifer setting the pace, Brazil high
schools basketball team turned in
an upset triumph over their old
rivals from Greencastle here Mon.
day night. "a to II. The victors led
IL to g at half time.
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DOWNEY VS.. SANSONE

George Downey, Indianapolis
featherweight, will meet frankie
Sansone in the eight-round main
go Friday night at Riverside. A
six-round seni-windup and three
four-round prelimS will round out
the card.
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BY EVERETT S. DEAN
Basketball Coach. Indiana U.

CTRETCH MURPHY, Purdue's
~ siX-foot seven-inch ace who
was three times all-western confer
ence center and once leading
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RERRY ATTCHES NANTE

BOSTON. Jan. 6.--Charles Berry
of PhillipSburg, N. j., one Of the
Boston Red Sox catchers, today re-
turned his signed contract for the
coming season.
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PIRATES QUIT FARM

COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. 6.-L. L.
Propst, president of the Columbia
South Atlantic League Baseball
Club, announced the Pittsburgh
Pirates would not operate the local
team this year.
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PHILLIPS EASY WINNER
TORONTO, Ont, Jan. 6.-Jackie
Phillips, Canadian welterweight
champion, turned in an easy triumph
over Jack Gillespie, Detroit, in eight
rounds here Monday, coping every
round
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ton A. c.. Communal Buddies will play
Question Marks. and Communal Y. M
II. A. will face 1rvington Commercials.
Home games are played in the Communal
gym every Tuesday. For dates call Com
munal Building secretary. DR.. 1924.
Variety Aces strong local quintet COM
posed of former high Schol and college
stars, is ready to book games with local
teams having access. to gyms. Included in
the lineup of the Aces are the Luke
brothers from Greencastle. at guards;
Prather of Lebanon. at center, and Dink
Chandler and Flash Harrison; former Man
games call DR.. 6128. ask for Kenny.
Following games will be played in the
Evangelical Reformed Christian League to-
night.
Emmanuel Reformed VS.. st. Johns
s:isG7zion Evangelical vs.. Second
S:o6IFfiedens Evangelical VS.. Fleming
Garden.
Three fast games are on the G. and
]. card tonight at Pennsy Gym. In the
preliminary game at 7.30 p. m. @. s. j.
Girls play East Tenth NJ. E. girls. At
8:15 D. m. c.. g. j. Reserves take on Mt
Comfort Independents. In the final game
@. g. j. Regulars come together with the
strong Trafalgar quintet. In the lineup
of the Trafalgar club are Sadler, the
former Martinsville flash, Buck Adams of
she old Green Lantern State champions
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Totals. =. 3 6 s Totals. 2 7
Score at Half--Wisconsin. s. Illinois. l.
Referee-John Schommer (Chicago). UNI
plre-N E. Kearns de PAUL.
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By Times Special

CLEVELAND, Jan. 6.-Grand
Circuit harness race stewards today
announced the schedule of meetings
for the 1881 season. Indianapolis
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TXTHEN Purdue's speedy bas-
w ket snipers open the de-
Tense of their Big Ten crown to-
night against Michigan at Ann
Arbor, Johnny Wooden, all-Ameri-
can floor guard, will be a marked
man for the Wolverine defense.
Wooden'S brilliant dribbling and
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COOLER MEETS KEPNER

Harry Cooler and Cleve Kepner
will meet in the only match sched-
uled this week in the state three
cushion billiard tourney tonight at
7;30 p. m. at Coolers parlor.
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Good Luck Hank Now
"a unitcd Preas


EVANSTON, Ill, Jan. 6-Henry lizard Luck Hank Bruder
Northwestern football STAR finally produced story which
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Western Electric desires games with
other company or church teams. Call Lii
25l8 during the day or Ha. 1871 during
the evening, ask for Finn.
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Hoosier Aces will tackle Heffleman
Candy tonight at at the Riverside M. e.
gym. For games with Aces call or write
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For games with East Park. write Emer-
son Sheldon, 1885 East New York street
or call CHI 1919
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Forester Cubs. "a to 90. Settlement SQUAD
would like to schedule games with city
teams. Call Riley 1922 before D. m.
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Central Y. NJ c. A. meets shelbyyine
A. c. on the ''Y'' gym tonight at $40.
preliminary game will be played BY Shell
bvville girls end Boarding Department
girls from Real Silk.
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Next sunday the Central alleys will con
duct a 200 scratch singles sweepSiHIa1Ae S
IoIied an entry fee of SIPS covering all
charges.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-14
THIEVES IN AUTO CUT WIRE
FENCE AND ELUDE FARMERS
CROOKS AT BARCLAY DRIVE
OFF AS ARMED MEN WATCH
Steal IL Hens Left From Previous
Raid at Farm Home OF Mrs.
Walraven at Barclay, Md.

The reSOUrcefulness of modern
hennery raiders, who have used
gas on coops to carry off their loot
and shown other tricks alien to the
old fashioned methods of abscond-
ing with a bag of squawkers, was
demonstrated on the Edward Wal
raven farm, in the Barclay section
one night last week when thieves,
surrounded by a dozen or more
irate neighbors, many of them
armed, cut their way through a
meshed wire fence and drove off
through a field with a dozen hens.
that had been left from a previous
raid Mr.. and Mrs. Walraven left
their home Wednesday night about
7.30 o'clock and shortly thereafter
several farmers noticed a Ford car
driven along the road near the
Walraven home. The occupants
were acting in a suspicious man
ner. In a short time the alarm
was sounded quietly and a group
of neighbors gathered. The thieves
were seen to enter the lane leading
to the poultry house, and emerge
with their hands full of chickens.
The farmers, some armed with
shotguns, others with pistols, were
confident they had the raiders cor
nered. However, they were sud
denly surprised to hear the car
speeding across a field The thiev-
es had cut a hole through q wire
fence and escaped across a field in
their car Twelve hens were stol-
en-, all that remained from previ-
Gus raids made on the Walraven
hennery about a month ago.
Chicken thieves were also busy the
past week in the vicinity Of Starr,
Md, where they stole forty hens
from William Dill, near Rolling
Bridge, and a large number of
chickens and an automobile tire
from Davis Neavitt.
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least one canning house handled
5000 barrels of crabs during the
season thus far, totaIing 100000
pounds of crabs. For this amount
the crabbers received about $4,000
while pickers were paid over S5,-
600 by this one house which esti-
mates that $4,000 was paid out
during the season. The economic
depression has not hit the fishing
centers Of the Eastern Shore as
hard as it has affected some other
parts of the country, veteran fish
ermen aver. Boats will bring
loads of Virginia crabs to shore
packing houses after November L,
they assert. Boats from Cam
bridge, Crisfeld and other lower
Eastern Shore centers are coming
farther up the shore and are bid
ding against each other for oys-
ters. Tongers at Oxford and Thigh
man are holding bivalves for the
highest bidder and recently ran the
price from 60 cents to so cents a
bushel. Oysters caught at Oxford,
though fat, are coming in small
quantities and since only about
four bushels day per boat have
been caught it is believed the price
may advance in city markets.
Though bivalves are more plentiful
around Poplar Island they are of
inferior quality and are not bring
ing as high a price as the Tired
Avon river stock. In the Thigh
man Island section maximum of
20 bushels per day per boat have
thus far been taken from the
water.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-14
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
Some Lessons to BE Learned From
the Careless Use of Matches

Last week was Fire Preven-
tion Week throughout the Nation.
The past year recorded the great
est fire waste ever known in the
United States. More than 10000
1 people were killed and a vastly
larger number crippled by fire
with an enormous property loss.
Carelessness and ignorance go
hand in hand as the chief causes
of our great National Bonfire"
There are so many various items
so closely affiliated with fire pre-
vention that only a few of the high
lights can be suggested covering
the major points and leaving de
tails to be added by the Individual
Matches prove to be the Fire Dem
on's 1st lieutenant. The match is
perhaps the most valuable and the
most dangerous article made
by man. 1t has been in use for
less than 100 years, but think of
trying to get along without it.
It is said that more matches are
sold in the United States than in
all the rest of the world. More
than Z million maches are used in
the United States each day. You
can hardly imagine such a figure.
To put it another way nearly 500,-
900 flames are struck every minute
on an average. There is not one
of these flames that would not de-
velop into a destructive fire if it
had a chance. Consequently, every
match must be regarded, and must
be treated, as a possible source of
great damage. It has within it the
power to rob you of your home,
even your life. With the excep-
tino of fires from lightning, spon-
I taneous combustion and a few 9th
er causes, all fires can be traced in
some way back to matches. Do
you ever throw a match away
which is burning or ever glowing
Never do this again. It has caus-
ed hundreds of deaths and has
burned thousands of homes. The
wife of Henry w. Longfellow, the
poet, was burned to death because
she allowed a lighted match to fall
on the floor How do you strike
a match away from you or to-
ward you? Probably you have
never thought about this, but
think about it hereafter and form
the habit of always striking away
from you, thus if the match head
breaks or its head flies off it will
not be likely to set fire to your
clothing. The Delaware Safety
Council says, Matches do not
think with their heads. When you
use them, your head has to do all
the thinking. Do the thinking;
Put them out! and our great ma
tional Bonfire" viii be greatly re-
duced.
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REHoB0TH MOSQUITO WAR
Analyze Species With the View
of Exterminating Them

Town Commissioners Of Reho-
both have taken action to try to
eliminate the mosquito pest at the
resort by next season. T. Clar-
ence Marshall, of Yorklyn, chair
man Of the mosquito control com
mittee Of the Town Commission
ers, visited Atlantic City recently
and conferred with Mr.. Riley, chief
inspector Of Atlantic City. Mo
squitoes from all parts of Reho-
both and immediate vicinity have
been sent to Mr.. Riley to be an
alyzed to determine whether they
are fresh water, salt water, marsh
or house mosquitoes. After this is
determined Mr.. Riley or one Of his
assistants will come to Rehoboth
to determine conditions here and
work will follow to exterminate
the mosquito according to the kind
and places where found. Mr.. Riley
has charge of 80 miles of sea coast
and 80 miles inland around the
New Jersey resort.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-14
COST COUNTY GOVERNMENTS
Governor Names Body to Cooper
ate With the Research League

Governor Buck Saturday an
nounced the appointment of a
special commission under a bill
passed by the last Legislature to
cooperate with the Taxpayers Re
search League of Delaware in
making a survey of county gov
ernment. The commission named
follows: New Castle county, j.
Thompson Brown, of Montchanin
an official of the DUPONT Company;
James T. Skelly, vice-president of
the Hercules Powder Company;
John Govatos, of Wilmington, real
estate broker and banker and w.
Truxton Boyce, of Stanton, former
member of the Legislature. Kent
County p Hall, of Smyr-
ma former Speaker of the House;
Mayor ]. Wallace Woodford, of
Dover: John Carrow, of Dover,
and Judge Walter A Powell, of
Dover. Sussex County Harry M.
Deputy, of Milford, former State
Senator; ]. Leon Black, of Milton;
Daniel j. Layton, of Georgetown,
former deputy attorney general,
and DR.. John H. Hammond, of
Georgetown, former member of the
Legislature. Previous to the pas
sage of the bill by the Legislature
Governor Buck got bids from sew
eral concerns who do this sort of
work as guide as to the possible
cost of the proposed work. These
bids ran around $4,000 but about
this time the Taxpayers Research
League which is equipped for such
work voluntarily offered to do it
for 81 1000. In view of this offer
of the league the bill passed car
ries an appropriation of but 81 1000
for the survey. The idea of the
project is to learn just what coun-
ty governments in Delaware are
costing with the view of suggest
ing ways of reducing the cost. The
commission named in conjunction
with the league will make a report
after the work is completed with
recommendations.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-14
SAFE CAR DRIVING HINTS
Check Your Machine Regularly in
the Interest of Safety

The average motorist drives
carefully because he has trained
himself to do so. Safe driving
means more than keeping your eye
on the speedometer. There are cir
cumstances where a 20 mile speed
may mean flirting with death. The
cautious driver trains himself TO
know these circumstances when he
meets them and to control his driv-
ing accordingly. The careful driv-
er disciplines himself to look out
for possible skids. to proceed eau
tiously around corners, not just
because it is the law but because
his mind grasps the fact that he
may injure others or himself by
ignoring it. He stays on his own
side of the road and keeps his
mind on his one job of driving. He
checks his machine regularly in
the interest of safety Brakes
should be tested every day. Be
fore going half a block from the
garage make a service test by
throwing out the clutch and ap-
plying the brakes. If possible, Sc
lect a dry spot for making this
test. Under no circumstance
should the car be taken farther if
the brakes are not working prop
erly. Drive back to the garage
and see that the faults are correct
ed before driving out again. Once
every 3 months remove the rear
wheels and wash the brake lining
in kerosene. This removes all oil
and grease which, if present, takes
the bite out of the brakes. Never
oil brake Innings. Many cars skid
not only because of slippery streets
but also because of unequal brak-
ing power. Before you start a car
be sure you can stop it. Many a
good driver has had a bad acci-
dent because his brakes did not
hold when he needed them most.
Test your brakes frequently Have
them adjusted whenever necessary.
Many a car runs off the road be-
cause the driver was blinded by
some other fellows headlights.
When your lights are not proper
ly focused they illuminate the tree
tops but not the road. Keep your
headlights focused properly. A
car with one light is an accident
hazard. Keep your headlights fo-
cused properly. A car with one
light is an accident hazard. The
approaching motorist cannot tell
whether it is in the middle or on
the side of the road. If you carry
an extra bulb you won't often get
caught with one dark side. There
is focal adjuster on every head
light. This is usually a screw be-
side the lead in wires. Different
lenses require different focal ad-
AdI b1DLdIl anu Ire
quent bumps easily change the
best adjustment. Frequent tests
and readjustments are necessary.
The headlight lens may loosen and
rotate in the frame Adjust and
tighten them if necessary. Ref1ec-
tors need careful attention. Dents
should be smoothed out. Tarnish-
ed or rusted refiectors should be
replaced or replated. Remember
the message that Safety Sally
brings to you each week. This
week she emphasizes the import
ance of checking brakes and head
lights frequently because she real
ICES that once a year is not suffic-
lent. The Delaware Safety Coun-
ell says that the careful motorist
IS as interested in checking the
safety of his car as he is in check
ng its performance.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-14

Elwood Whaley, Il, died at his
home at Chestertown, Md. early
Tuesday morning Of last week. He
is survived by brother living in
Church Hill, and a sister who re-
sides in Baltimore. Thomas Whal-
ey, of Chestertown, is half broth
er. Funeral services were held
from his home Thursday after
noon.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-14
THIRD SHORE BANK CLOSED
Depreciation of Securities Said to
Have Hit Preston, Md, Institution

Depreciation of Securities Said to
Have Hit Preston, Md, Institution
With the failure to open of the
Preston Bank Of Preston, Md, Fri
day, three of the nine banks in
Caroline county are now closed.
The Goldsboro Bank was closed
earlier last week and the First
National Bank, of fredericksburg,
Md, was closed in July In addi-
ton, a fourth Eastern Shore bank,
the Bank of Queenstown, is closed.
The immediate cause of the clos
ing of the Preston Bank was said
to be the depreciation of bonds and
stocks and a steady withdrawal of
savings accounts, partly due to
the general depression. The cap
ital stock of the bank is S25 900,
the surplus is $4,000, and its con-
tingent fund is $4,000 The max
imum amount of its deposits was
previously 100000, but since the
depression deposits have dwindled
to about $25O,00O. officers of the
bank are: President, Colonel A. w.
Sisk; vice-president, Walker NJ.
Wright; cashier, James A. Traz-
zare; assistant cashier, ]. E. Doug
lass. The directors are: F. E.
Douglass, E. T Moore. Senator N.
H. Hoops, c. B. Harrison, A. j.
Messick and A. Fletcher Sisk.
Preston is a town of 800 or 400 in
habitants, and is located a short
distance from fredericksburg.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-14
GRABBING SEASON GOOD
One Packing House on Shore Has
Handled 5000 Barrels of Grabs

With the oyster season getting
well under way in the Delaware
Bay and Chesapeake Bay, crab
bers will pull in their nets and
lanes at the end Of this month even
though packing houses will con
tinue to buy crabs from Virginia.
The season has been good. At
Smyrna times., 1931-10-14

Mrs. Katherine Hermann Miller
announces the marriage of hel
daughter, Irene Alma, to Harry
Francis Narr, Jr., on Wednesday,
September 18th, in New York City
Mrs. Narr is a daughter of the
late DR.. Miller and is a graduate
If the Milford high school and for
many wears was a resident of near
Milford. Mr.. and Mrs. Narr will
he at home after the 18th of Oc-
tober at $40 Trinity avenue, Amb-
Ter, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-14

Frances Sheridan Haut, lyric So
prano, of New Castle, and Benton
Dales, Jr., bass-baritone, Whining
ton. Delaware's State winners in
the fifth national radio addition,
received notice Thursday to report
at Station WEAF, in New York
CITY, November %, at which time
they will compete in the national
semi-fnals. In confirming the
Young singers triumps in the Del
aware State addition the Atwater
Kent Foundation headquarters also
announced that the silver medals
awarded State winners will be pre-
sented to them in New York.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-14

rs wards toward 5th street bridge
IN Delaware City. It is understood
that no more work of this kind
will be done at present.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-14
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by the
State Highway Department. at its office,
Dover, Del, until 200 o'clock P. NJ.
Eastern Standard Time, October 20th,
1881, and at that place and time publicly
opened for contracts involving the follow
ing approximate quantities:
Contract 2O4
Sidewalk, Farnhurst to Wilmington
City Line 2.35 Miles
$500 Gu. yds Excavation
81 600 sq. #. Cement Concrete Sidewalk
Z5 Gu. yds. Class A Concrete
5000 lbs. Catch Basin & Drop Inlet Cast
Smyrna times., 1931-10-14

les Of the government
Isapeake City, Nd, have
] rip-rapping the canal
bm the end Of the steel
! for a distance Of about
Smyrna times., 1931-10-14

Captain and Mrs. Henry Uric
observed the 50th anniversary of
their marriage at their home at
Rock Hall, Tuesday evening of last
week. Captain Uric is one of the
Oldest residents in the bayside
town and for many years has been
among the most prominent water
men Of the Eastern Shore. The
couple have occupied the same
home in Rock Hall to which they
moved on the night Of their mar
riage. They are receiving congrat-
ulations and valuable remembrance
es from their numerous friends.
Captain and Mrs. Uric are the par
ents of Allan Uric, Rock Hall
postmaster, and Of Herbert A. Uric
cashier Of the Roch Hall branch of
the Peoples Bank Of Chestertown,
and president Of the Rock Hall
Fire Company.