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Smyrna times., 1931-03-04
KENT COUNTY EDUCATORS IN
CONVENTION ON MARCH 9Th
MISS HELEN p. START, VICE
PRESIDENT ORGANIZATION
Nany Prominent Speakers Listed
on Program-Open Discussion
on All Important Subjects

The annual convention of the
Kent County Educational Associa-
ton will be held in the Dover high
school building on Friday, March
6. The officers of the organization
arranging for the event are: d. A.
Petry, FELTON,, president; Helen P.
Start, Smyrna, vice-president; Les
ter A. Judy. Dover, secretary and
treasurer. Music for the occasion
will be furnished by the FELTON,
and. Singing by the audience will
also be a feature. A concert will
be given by the combined bands of
FELTON,, Dover and Smyrna schools,
under direction of John w. Mac
Faddin. During the noon hour a
banquet will be served in the Peo-
pies Congregational Christian
Church. The meeting will be open
ed by Rev. Milton S. Andrews, pas
tor of Wesley M. E. Church, who
will give the invocation. DR.. H.V.
Holloway, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, will make the
address of welcome. Other speak
ers will be DR.. Robert MacGowan,
of Pittsburgh, Pa; Rachel w. Tay-
lor, Lester A. Judy. F. w. Mick, j.
c. Messner. Time will be allowed
on the program for general dis
cussion of all topics. In the after
Eoon there will be the business ses-
sion, election of officers and round
table. The complete program will
be as follows: $50 to $40 a. NJ
Music, FELTON, Band; Innovation,
Rev. Milton S. Andrews, pastor of
Wesley NJ. E. Church. $40 to 1000
Greetings, DR.. H. v. Holloway.
1000 to 1910 Music, Audience.
1910 to 1855 Address, Marks of
Smyrna times., 1931-03-04
WORLD SLOW TO GRASP THE
BENEFIT GOOD SANITATION
1T WAS NOT UNTIL 1850 SAN
TTARY BATH TUBS CAME IN
Homes Were Dirty and Furnish
ings Were Covered With Scot
From Old Style Fire Places

Philadelphia in 1S43 sought to
prohibit, by ordinance, bathing, in
the home, from November to March.
but the measure lacked two votes.
Virginia laid a state tax of $50 IA
year on bathtubs. Hartford, Prov
idence, Charleston and Whining
ton quadrupled water charges
to owners of bathtubs. But the tub
came into real fame when Presi
dent Fillmore installed one in the
White House. He had tried the
tub in Cincinnati in 1850 and
liked it.
If you think modern cities are
dirty and that modern smoke prob
lens are difficult, consider the
plight of musicians who came tO
London in the Eighteenth century
and lost three whole notes in the
range of their voices from the
smoke of that city. There were
few factories then, and most of
the smoke came from the fireplaces
of the homes. The homes, too,
were dirty and furnishings were
covered with SCOT. Sudden drafts
down the chimneys drove the smoke
through the rooms and deposited
the SCOT On everything. A his
torian says that the lungs of the
duchess of Orleans were perma-
nently injured by London smoke
The fireplace furnished the heat
for the house, but even in the great
homes n the Eighteenth century
only the main hall and. at the most,
one or two other rooms, were heat
ed even ir this way.-Exchange
Smyrna times., 1931-03-04
AUTO statesmen HONORED
Chevrolet Statesmen Being HOnored
This Month by Chevrolet Motor Co.

A group of 1858 automobile
statesmen who in 1880 sold 122,819
new cars and 192, 2,589 used cars, an
average of 40 cars per man, is be-
ing honored this month by the
Chevrolet Motor Company. They
are members of Chevrolet's 100
Car Club, made up of statesmen
throughout the United States, each
of whom sold one hundred or more
automobiles in the last fiscal year.
A medal symbolizing his achieve
ment is being presented by Chew
rolet to each member of the group,
and additional honors are being
given the 242 who were the lead
ers. Four have been named ma
tional officials of the Club, SO reg
ional officers and 2O2 zone officials
of the organization. The presen-
tation of medals and installation Of
officers will occur during the
month at sales conventions being
held in each region and zone in the
country.
Smyrna times., 1931-03-04
FIRST TELEGRAPH LINE IS
NOW REGARDED A MERE TOY
BUILT IN 1884 BY THOMAS
DAVENPORT, A BLACKSMITH
Exhibited in Springfield and Bos.
ton, Mass, and Was Not Used
For Railroad Business

In 1884 Thomas Davenport,
blacksmith at Brandon, VT, eXhtb-
tied at Springfield and at Boston a
working model of an electric car
running on a small track. He had
studied the ideas of Michael Fara-
day with the object of applying the
only half-understood electrical en-
ergy to the propulsion of a We
hicle, Russell Gore writes in the
Detroit News. Unfortunately, the
world was not yet ready for cleo
tric street cars, even if it had avail
able-which it had not till the
Michigan deposits were developed
the copper to make them run.
But the discovery of the magic
metal Jagged just around the cor
ner. while electricity took some shy
peekS to see If the way was clear.
By 1885 Morse was exhibiting
model telegraph machine based on
the system of dots and dashes.
Two years later the first telegraph
line was installed on the London
& Northwestern railway.
The first was regarded as a toy
and was not even used for rail-
road business. Not until it was
pressed into service to tell the Lon
don police that a notorious Grim
inal. one Tawell. wanted for poison
ing a woman. would step off the
train in the metropolis, did its
magic dawn on the world. Tawell.
astonished, was arrested by the
London police. who We're almost as
much astonished as he was that
a slender strand Of copper wire
had carried message faster than
the fastest courier could carry it.
Tawell, a crook. was electricfty's
best press agent in the infancy of
the telegraph.
Cannot Eradicate Grain
Grain is inherent in paper. There
is no way Of removing it.
Smyrna times., 1931-03-04
No Gee" Nor "Haw"

Near ThnrntoWn there is a little
Indian burial ground. unkempt but
undesecrated.
\ hundred years ago the remnant
of the Indian tribe living in the
vicinity gave up its ancestral land
to the white settlers. The Indians
excepted their burial plot Their
treaty stipulated that the white
man should never gee" nor "haw"
his horses in IL. This agreement,
with its quaint phraseOlogy, may be
found in the Boone county records
today.-Indianapo News.
Smyrna times., 1931-03-04
Zeppelin's First Success

Count Zeppelin's first ascent in
n balloon was made at st. Paul.
AIinn.. during visit. This is said
TO be the incentive of later expert
ments. In 1900 he built an airship
which rose from the ground and
remained in the air for 20 minutes.
but was wrecked in landing. In
1906 he made two successful flights
mt n sneed of 80 miles an hour and
i'm 1867 attained a speed Of 36
miles. He retired from the army
i'm 1891 and devoted his time and
wealth TO experiments i'm connec-
tion with dirigible balloons.
Smyrna times., 1931-03-04
Monarch'x Penance

The dignitary who was made to
perform a penancp of standing in
the snCw while petitioning for ab-
solution and reinstatement, during
three days, was King Henry ", en-
peror of Germany, who had been
excommunicated in 1876 by Pope
Gregory VII and who evidenced his
submission in this manner. How
ever, after his reconciliation Henry
was again accommodated and his
son, Henry V, was excOmmuni-
Gated and rec0nciled not less than
four times.
Smyrna times., 1931-03-04

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niece of kitchen eqI,T, lIai,
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anartment ! n to keep ..i'5' "a
drinks, dprl s. desserts and ''i'II'
freeze ice cubes !
These most luxurious .sss !, !
lean ! ''l1 apartments occupy &c I'd !
lowers : ", in this 1. III 4
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they 0lleI w
country home :, I'D
The hotel beloT lia aa' All al
tons for . SOoV ~ = 4ooO PERI
diners, or r!1@ !1S2S
Smyrna times., 1931-03-04
Revised Version

Twelve years ago a certain au-
thor announced that it was his
wife's brains, not her beauty, that
attracted him. But now," he
writes. "after twelve years of mar
riage, | imagine it must have been
her beauty, because | don't see the
rainSl-CHllier's Weekly.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
japan to Fine u. S. Hiers
For Flying Ouer Forts

TOKYO, Aug. 8 GN.S0 Real
izing that Hugh Herndon and
Clyde Pangborn, American fliers,
violated the espionage act unin-
tentionally in flying to Japan
without a permit, but wishing to
uphold the country's laws. au-
thorities decided today to impose
nominal fines on the fliers, it was
reported today.
The authorities were especially
desirOus of uphOlding the regula-
tiOns regarding flying over fOrti-
fled zones. HerndOn and Pang-
born not only flew over numerous
such places, but admitted taking
photographs at various points.
Police continued to hold the
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
WOMAN''S
FATHER FOUND

The American Legion staged a
race with death yesterday in an
effort to bring together dying
girl and her father. The father
was located, but the girl died
in the meantime.
The legion received word that
Mrs. Gladys Vincent, daughter
of Eppa Davis, address unknown,
was dying at East Boston, Mass.
The aid of radio station WRC
was enlisted, and an appeal was
broadcast for Mr.. Davis to get in
touch with the station.
Mrs. Harry Holbrooke, chief
operator of the Fairfax exchange,
who was off duty yesterday,
heard the call. She recalled that
several families by the name of
Davis resided near Lorton, Va.
After calling several of them,
she finally located Eppa Davis
near the High Point Club on the
Potomac River.
Davis at first disclaimed knowl.
edge of a daughter living in East
Boston. and it was not until after
word was received that Mrs. Vim
cent had died that he said she
was his daughter, but that he
did not know she was living
there.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
MRS. ANDREWS
FUNERAL SET

Funeral services will be held
Monday at 9:15 a. M, at Christ
Church in Alexandria, with inter
ment at Middleburg, Va, for Mrs
Marietta Minnigerode Andrews,
nationally known author and sill.
houette artist. and widow of
Eliphalet F. Andrews, former di.
rector of the Corcoran School of
Art. She died yesterday at the
estate of her son, Eliphalet F.
Andrews, jr., at Seminary Hill,
near Alexandria. She was 81.
A patron of the arts for sev.
eral years and a participant
since her early girlhood, Mrs. An
drews had come to be one of
the best known authors and
painters in the country. Several
Of her books are illustrated by
her own silhouettes, chief among
which is MY Studio Window" a
story of Washington celebrities.
She was born in 1869 in Rich.
mond, Va, the daughter OF
Charles and Virginia Cuthbert
Minniegerode.
She was a member of the board
Of directors of the Thomas JEFF
ferson Memorial Foundation, the
Washington Water Color Club,
which she founded, the Colonial
Danes, and the Washington Eng
sh-Speaking Union,
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Z PROSPERITY
PLANES HERE

Two huge trimotored planes
bearing seven representatives Of
the Continental Oil Company, Of
Ponca City, Okla, arrived here
today on the last lap of a "Pros-
perity Tour" which already has
covered 10000 miles and taken
the air tourists to 80 cities.
Twenty-Six States and three
Canadian provinces have been
visited during the flight.
Making the trip are Harry j.
Kennedy, general sales manager
of the oil company; o. B. Lloyd
and P. j. Ryan, assistant sales
managers; o. M. Bounds, man
ager of aviation sales; Frank
Moore, special representative; W.
A. Stokely, manager Of the Rich
mond division and c. r. Nc
Carthy,, manager of wholesale
sales.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
j. s. JOB POLICY
|. IS CRITICIZED

Sharp criticism of the move
ment inaugurated by the Presi"1
dents Emergency Committee on
Unemployment to remove chill
dren from field Of employment
in order that their place might
be filled by adults was voiced
today by Miss Matilda Lindsay,
vice president of the Woman's
Trade Union League.
Miss Lindsay expressed doubt
as to the efficacy Of the COM
mittee's program, which includes
nationwide movement to keep
children in school. To enforce
it's recommendations, she said, 1t
would be necessary to go further
into the economic question Of
child labor. Said Miss Lindsay:
"Of course, every sensible
person sees the wisdom Of
children remaining in school.
But in order that they may do
so it is necessary to insure
the father of the family q
living wage. Just saying they
should do it doesn't provide
food for the child"
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
BOONE GIVE n
PROMOTION

Carrying the name Of Joel T.
Boone, White House physician, a
new list of seven lieutenant COM
manders recommended for pro-
motion to the rank of COM
mander in the Navy Medical
Corps stood approved by the
President today.
Several weeks ago an earlier
list, which failed to include
Boone's name was disapproved.
Those recommended for promo
tion in addition to Boone were
Lieut.. Comdrs. William w. Har-
grave, Clarence w. Rolf, Carleton
I. Wood, William w. Wickersham,
William H. Michael, and Fred l..
Conklin.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
ALY-GERMANY
IN TRADE PACT

ROME, Aug. 8 G.N.s0.-First
results from the So-called
"chequers" visit of the German
Chancellor Heinrich Bruening and
his Foreign Minister Julius Cur
thus to Premier Mussolini and
Foreign Minister Grandi were
announced today.
Germany has agreed to buy
italian oranges and lemons now
on the inhibited list of German
restrictions, and Italy, in return,
will purchase German coal in
amounts equal to the deliveries
in kind called for under the
reparations terms Of the Young
Plan.
At the same time it was an
nounced that Premier MusSolini
had accepted an invitation to
visit Berlin at an early date.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
PLANES To SINK
OLD SHIP

BALTIMORE, Aug. 8.-Lieut
Col. William F. Sharp, assistant
chief of staff, will represent Third
Corps Area Headquarters as an
official observer at the Air Corps
bombing of the old 5,O00-ton Ship
ping Board vessel. the Mt. Shasta,
off the Virginia CapeS next Tues
day.
The Mt. Shasta, now anchored
in the James River, will be towed
to sea and cast adrift so miles
east of Currituck Light.
Nine bombing planes will come
from Langley Field. They will
drop 1OO-pound bombs from vary
ing heights, through a smoke
screen. The maneuver will be
broadcast over a nationwide
radio hook-up.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Mrs. Hoover Christens
Mammoth Airship Today

AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 8 G.N.S) {.
Her great silvery sides simmer
ing in the sunlight, the largest
airship the world has ever
known tugged majestically at the
huge mooring rings in the floor
of the Goodyear.zeppelin dock
here today, awaiting formal
christening by Mrs. Herbert
Hoover this afternoon.
Mrs. Hoover, from q platform
beneath the bow of the ship will
pull a cord, releasing 48 racing
pigeons from q hatchway high up
in the dirigible's nose, chriSten-
ing it the United States ship
Akron. .... H.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08

monoplane, and the fllers were,
therefore, unable to begin over
hauling the Miss Veedol for
nonstop flight from this city to
Seattle.
Pangborn and Herndon will
take off from Sabishiro Beach,
$50 miles north of Tokyo, in their
attempt at a nonstop flight to
Seattle.
The distance from Tokyo to
Seattle by the northern Pacific
route is approximately 4,700 miles.
but varies according to the route
taken. Additional gasoline tanks
must be fitted into the Miss Wee
dol.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08

The formal christening cere-
mony is scheduled for 2::3O p. M,
following luncheon for the First
Lady at the Portage Country Club.
More than merely supremacy
in slighter-than-air fighting craft
is symbolized by the event. In
the U. s. S. Akron, Zeppelin ex-
perts see the forerunner of a fleet
of American dirigibles to be used
in regular commercial flights
across the seas.
It marked the successful COM
pletion of the first great air liner
to be built through private enter
prise in America.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
II Are Appointed
To Fire Department

Eleven WashingtonianS were
appointed privates in the D. C..
Fire Department yesterday by
the Commissioners.
Those named were: Aubrey T..
FELTON,, George r. French, Everett
". Will, Charles c. Sellers, George
M. Burdine, William F. Behrens,
jr., Bernard A. Essex, Carlyle r.
McKibbin, Edward D. Swanner,
Frank H. Kline and John A.
Harrington.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
Z HELD IN AUTO
!. RADIO THEFTS

Headquarters detectives today
believe they have cleared UP a
series of auto radio robberies in
recent weeks. Two colored men,
one the son of a Howard UniverS-
ity official, are under arrest. They
are Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.,
of 760 Hobart st. N. W., the son
of D. o. w. Holmes, Of Howard
University, and Clyde L. Ford, o
taxi driver, of 1925 Fifth st. N. w.
Two radios were recovered By
Detective Sergts. B. c. Keuhling
and Leo Murray. A. third has
been located and will be recov'
cred today.
Ford is charged with the lar
ceny Of three radios. while Holmes
is charged with two.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
NelU Yorker Named
To Fine Arts GrOup

President Hoover today appoint
ed Egerton Swartwout, a practic-
ing architect in New York City
and a native of Fort Wayne, Ind.
q member of the Commission OF
Fine Arts, succeeding Benjamin
w. Morris of New York, whose
term expired. He is a graduate
of Yale University.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
d. C. to Pay Only 81
For House Wrecking

It will cost the District govern
ment just 81 to have the build
ings on the land adjacent to the
Langley Junior High School de-
molished and the ground cleared
for playground purposes.
A bid in this amount was sub
mitted yesterday by H. e. Frank
lin, local building wrecker. Five
other bids, ranging as high as
$500, were received by District
authorities. -s':
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
-Four District Youths
To Enter Coast Guard

Four Washington boys and
four from nearby Maryland who
took the examination for the
United States Coast Guard
Academy at New London, Conn.
passed the tests, it was announced
today. OF $50 candidates taking
the examination, only 66 were
appointed to the academy, which
provides a four-year course with
subsequent commission as an
ensign in the Coast Guard.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
ALUMNI TO MEET

Ernest r. Bryan, class of '29,
will be the speaker at the Syra-
cuse University Alumni luncheon
at 1890 p. m. Tuesday. The
luncheon will be held at Picardi's
Restaurant, 1417 New York Ave,
N, w.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
REPORT HITS
IMMIGRATION
!. SERVICE
Called Oppressive, Inhumane;
Labor Chief Says Observer
Without Practical Experience

Without Practical Experience
Secretary of Labor William N.
Doak today replied, rather mildly,
to the scathing Indictment return
ed by the WickerSham commission
against the immigration services
"despotic" administration of the
deportation laws.
Doak admitted that the Wicker
sham report, which charged use Of
Unconstitutional, tyrannic, and
oppressive" methods in handling
the foreign-born. contained "some
constructive IDEAS" but added
there were other recommendations
with which Il would not agree"
He referred to Reuben Open
heimer, Baltimore lawyer, who
made the investigation and wrote
the conclusions the commission
adopted, as IAN observer without
experience in the practical prob
lens Of deportation"
u. S. Right to DepOrt
He declared:
"The major point, is that the
American people have right to
depOrt criminal aliens and aliens
who have come Illegally into
the country. Amy practical legiS-
latiOn that will strengthen the
hands of the Department Of
Labor in effecting this purpose
will be welcomed by the de-
partment.'
On the subject of criminal
aliens the commission had re-
ported that strong likelihood ap-
pears that the foreign-born IN
the United States can be def
nitely exonerated from the charge
that they have been responsible
for diSproportionate share of
the crime current in the country"
but agreed that foreign law vio-
1aters should be deportad
promptly and summarily.
With issuance of the report,
and Doak's reply, a controversy
came to public light which has
been raging under the surface
for more than two months.
The Wickersham report on en-
forcement of the deportation
laws" is dated May 27, but when
it came into President Hoover's
hands on that date, its publica-
tion was held UP following the
strenuous protest Of Doak against
such a severe castigation of one
of the services under his direc-
ton.
The secretary also at the time
wrote a letter-not made public
to Chairman George w. Wick
ersham. There matters stood until
this morning, when Mr.. Hoover
turned the report over to the
press.
Hits Inhumanity
It was mostly against "oppres-
sion, unfairness, and hardship"
imposed upon innocent aliens
that the commission struck.
1Ol11G111& OUb tAA0U AAAA4AAASA oVAOAA
service agents "despotically" en-
joy the three-fold mantle of de-
.tective, prosecutor and judge,
from whom the foreigner has no
appeal, it said:
MANY persons are perma-
nently separated from their
American families with results
that violate the plainest dictates
Of humanity"
Recommendation was made
that a board Of alien appeal"
functioning independently Of the
Labor Department in manner
similar to the board Of tax, ap-
pea1s, be set up as quasi-ju-
dicial resort to which aliens &C
cused of immigration law viola
tions could take their troubles.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
EMPLOYEES UNION MEET

Local No. II, Federal Employees
Union, held a meeting last night
at the hall, ITO Fourteenth st.
N. W., and discussed routine
business, the coming convention,
and welfare plans.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
BALLOU DELAYS
SCHOOL SHIFT

Further delay in the solution
of the controversy over the trans
fer of the Greenleaf School from
white to colored children was
noted today when no recommen-
dation was received from DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
of schools, who is on his vacation
in Maine.
Members Of the Board Of Edu-
cation are to be pOlled i'm a sec
Ond vote on the controversial sub
ject.
The Washington times., 1931-08-08
CONDITION OF TREASURY

The Treasury balance on Au-
gust sixth was $210,014,941.21;
expenditures $21, 1,672,772.49. Gus
tom receipts, $7,104,235.17.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-29
ASH |S READY ID
 TAKE 0FF9 TODAY
 0N PACIFIC A0P
IF HE CAN GET PLANE IN AIR BATTLE IS HALF
 WON

SAMUSH1RO, May 2s. ~(R)-The problem of getting the monoplane Pacific" in the air with ton and a half of fuel aboard, is the chief concern of Pilot Ash on the eve of his Pacific flight. Everything else is in readiness to give him a smooth start.
 The runway is planked 200 yards after which the plane will taxi along a bare beach a mile or more. It is intended to attain a speed of 70 miles an hour before taking the air.
 If I can only get the plane into the air I feel half the battle has been won," said Ash
 Japanese girls were up all night sewing strips of red and white muslin and a lot of white stars upon a blue field, resembling the American flag, to decorate an evergreen arch erected by a vil- lager over the roadway over which Ash will take to board his plane. The arch bore Welcome" in both Japanese and English
 He landed here after a 38O-mile flight from Tachikawa, near To- kVO. and devoted the dav tn in . specting and preparng his plane.
 He has stripped the plane of every ounce of superfluous metal to tighten the load and will carry no radio or pontoons.
 He is worried a little over the cumbersomeness and hard manip- ulating of the machine.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-29
PRESIDENT ID HONOR
 WAR DEAD, ADDRESS,
 0M HISTORIC GRquAD
WASHINGTON, May 2e. @ :

WASHINGTON, May 29. R -
 In the hilly country where win ter privation and training prepar- ed the Revolutionary soldiers to continue the struggle for indepen- ocnce. President Hoover will honor Americas war dead.
 After delivering his address he will inspect the structure where George Washington and the Ger man-American Won Steuben drill ssssss-sss.2 1ss--~<.ss-.~s s.~.- ed the volunteers to re-occupy Phil adelphia.
 After the inspection the President returns to Washington where the usual Decoration Day services will take place at the Tomb of United States Unknown Soldier.