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Army andNavy News

has been recommended that the selec-
lions wait until converting of the board
at the usual time next December. The
selectees for the grade of commander
remaining on the list of the last selec-
ton board will take care of about 26
Of the additional vacancies, leaving
about 80 to be recommended by the
next board. Unless in the meantime
selected for promotion, captains, 3
commanders and l6 lieutenant COM
manders will be transferred to the re-
tired list of the Navy July /, 1881, and
these retirements will make "a promo
tons to the grades of lieutenant COM
mander and lieutenant in addition to
the number given above.
A board of officers of the Madical
Corps of the Navy will be convened at
the Navy Department tomorrow for the
purpose of recommending not more
than IL officers of that corps for pro-
motion to the rank of captain. twenty
nine commanders of the Medical Corps
are eligible for consideration by the
board, which will be composed of the
following members: Rear Admiral Rob-
ert NJ Kennedy, Captains VIII M. Gar
ton, John M Rrister, Charles NJ. Oman,
Percival S. RosSiter, James S. Wood
ward and Harold w. Smith, with Lieut..
Comdr. George P. Carr as recorder.
The Supply Corps board of officers
that convened recently at the Navy
Department recommended the following
commanders for promotion to the rank
of captain: Charles e. Parsons, Robert
K. Van Mater, William r. Van Buren,
and Elwood A. Cobey. The board also
recommended the following lieutenant
commanders for promotion to the rank
of commander: Omar D. Conger, James
P. Helm, Robert S. Chew, Oscar w.
Leidel, Charles c. Copp, John j. Calf
ney, John A. Byrne Richard S. Robert
son, Charles " McCarty, Eaton G. Ed
wards. John B. Ewald and Samuel r..
White, jr.
Army.
Brig. Gen. Henry C. Whitehead, as
sistant to the Quartermaster General
of the Army, has been detailed to re-
lieve Brig. Gen. Louis H. Bash, also
assistant to the Quartermaster General,
as q member of the Board of Officers
to meet In Washington to determine the
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Navy.
A board of Construction Corps officers
Of the Navy will be convened tomorrow
at the Navy Department for the pur-
pose Of recommending one officer of
chat corps for promotion to the rank of
captain. The board will consist Of
Capts. Richard M. Watt, Henry VIII
liaY1,S, julius A. Furer, Emory S. Land,
Ross P. Schlabach and Alexander II.
Van Kuren, with Lieut.. Comdr. Thomas
p. Wynkoop as recorder The six COM
manders eligible for consideration by
the board are James o. Gawrle, Alva
B. Court, Allan ]. Chantry, jr.: Lew NJ.
Atkins, Philip @. Lauman and Ralph
I. Hanson.
With the enactment into law of the
Britten bill during the closing hours of
the last Congress, the promotion pros
poets of oflcers OF the Navy have been
altered materially. The increased num-
bers of officers in certain grades will be-
come effective upon the announcement
by the Secretary of the Navy Of the re-
distribution Of number in grades. The
redistribution viii, in all probability, be-
come effective on June 5, upon the
graduation of the 1881 class at the
Naval Academy. It Is estimated that
there viii be two additional vacancies
in the grade of captain and SO addi-
tlonal vacancies in the grade OF COM
mander, which will make so promotions
due to the grade of commander in June.
On the same basis, and according to
present estimates, there will be 81 adj
ditional vacancies in the grade of leu
tenant commander, which will afford
124 promotions by seniority to that
grade (three lieutenants becoming ad-
ditional numbers on promotion).
On the basis OF 5,499 regular Navy
officers, promotions to lieutenant will
be normal until the redistribution date
and promotions of lieutenants to lieu
tenant commanders will not at once
create vacancies in the grade of lieu
tenant because of the reduction of 81
per cent in the allowed number of lieu
tenants.
The date of converting a selection
board TO recommend officers for pro-
motion to the grade of commander now
Is under consideration in the Navy De-
partment. It is possible that such a
board may be convened in May, but It
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clause of classification Of officers placed
in Glass B under the provisions OF sec
ton CAB, Act of June 4, 1920.
A number of Army officers will short
" arrive in washington for duty at the
war Department. Col. Laurence Hal
stead, q. S. c. (Inf.). now on duty at
7th Corps Area Headquarters, Omaha,
Nebr., will upon arrival in this city on
March 81 be assigned to duty in the
office of the Chief OF Infantry. Upon
the completion of his present tour of
foreign service in Panama, Col. Aubray
Lippincott. @. S. G. tCav), will come TO
washington and assume duty in the
Office of the Chief of Cavalry. Maj.
Harvey r. Livesay. NJ. c., now on duty
In the Hawaiian Department, will come
to duty at the Army Medical Center,
while Mai. George D. Murphey, @. M. c.,
upon completing his studies at the
Army War College on July !, will go
to duty in the Office of the Chief Of
Staff. Capt. Kendall j. Fielder, Inf,
upon completing his course of instruc-
ton at the Infantry School, will come
to Washington for duty as commanding
officer of the Army Band, relieving
Capt. Curtis D. Away Qnf), about June
IL, who will go to the Infantry School.
War Department instructions have di-
rected that the number of chapla1ns
now serving in the Hawaiian Depart
ment be reduced from Is to II. This
will be accomplished as the tours OF
chaplains serving in Hawaii expire.
The IS chaplains include Chaplain Roy
H Parker baptist South, now en-
route to Hawaii, the War Department
reduction order being issued too late to
revoke his order authorizing him to
proceed to that department. The ID
chaplains now authorized for service in
that department are: Ivan G.. Martin
presbyterian, u. S. Az Albert K.
Mathews (Deciples of Christi; Oscar
w. Reynolds methodist Episcopal !:
Hubert A. Rinard Lutheran); Edward
r. Martin (Roman Catholic; Frank L..
Miller presbyterian, U. 8. Al; Roy H.
Parker Baptist South; Paul B. Rupp
CRefor1ned. U. S. Al; Emerson E..
Swanson methodist Episcopal South
Frank C. Rideout Baptist North
Alexander D. Sutherland presbyterian,
u. S. Al; Frank NJ. Thompson Meth
odist EpiscopaD, and John F, Mona
han (Roman Catholic
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BERLIN, March IA (P).-Conditior
of former Chancellor Hermann Mueller
who Is seriously Ill in a hospital here
was said today not to be greatly
changed from yesterday afternoon
when he showed . slight improvement
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middle of next week. The Rev. Mr..
Rigg, the new pastor for this sta
tion, it is presumed will be here
and preach next Sunday.
The following list of appoint
ments was read at the Conference
WILMINGTON DISTRICT
L. G. Matlock, Presiding Elder.
st. Georges a. Sypherd.
Delaware City-W. F. Talbot.
Chesapeake City,. ]. Cochran.
EASTON DISTRICT
T. E. Martindale, Presiding Elder
Smyrna John d. Rigg.
Smyrna Circuit. A. Brindle.
Townsend Thomas E. Bell.
Appoquinimink-R K. Stephenson
Middletown- w. L. S. Murray.
Odessa-W. H. Hutchin.
Cecilton n4B. w. Chase.
Galena William M. Warner.
Millington-R. H. Adams.
Chestertown-T H. Haynes.
Sudlersville t. Van Burkalow
and L. P. Cochran.
Church William B. Walton.
Centreville-J. P. Otis.
Marydel- w. Burke.
DOVER DISTRICT
R. w. Todd, Presiding Elder
Dover. H. Caldwell.
Leipsic- o. Ayers.
Camden Joseph Robinson and A.
P. Prettyman.
FELTON, j. S. Willis and Benjamin
Warren.
Frederick w. w. w. Wilson.
Magnolia w. F. Corkran.
Milford-J. B. Quigg.
Harrington-W. E. England and
G. L. Hardesty.
Lincoln. N. Foreman.
Lewes- &c. w. Prettyman.
Denton-A. w. Milby and E. "A.
Williams.
Nassau-James Carroll.
SALISBURY DISTRICT
t. S. Williams, Presiding Elder
Salisbury-George w. Townsend.
Delmar-S. T. Gardner.
Laurel-G. A. Phoebus.
Chincoteague- S. Walton.
Pocomoke City. E. c. Hanna.
Accomac-L. E. Barrett.
Crisield-W. J. Duhadaway.
Princess Anne-W. r. Mcfarland
and G. Patchen Smith.
Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety-Under the auspices of this
branch of the Missionary Society a
large and very interesting meeting
Smyrna times., 1931-03-25

a bill and submit the same to the
Legislature. This bill when passed
will be subject to the approval of
the voters of the districts at their
annual meeting, which will be held
on Saturday, April End
Seaford Shell LIME Messrs. M.
Colbourn & Company have within
few years reduced the price Of
this superior fertilizer from 10 to
cents per bushel, and it is now
undoubtedly the cheapest and most
reliable for use in this section. A
moderate and judicious use of lime
each year will do more for the inn
provement of a farm than a like
amount of money expended in al
most any other way. Special rates
of freight have been secured to all
stations on the railroad.
The Morning News has the fol-
lowing item which we publish for
what it is worth: "The Bombay
Hook Land Improvement Company
held a preliminary meeting yester-
day, to take steps toward pushing
the enterprise. Spring weather
having set in, surveyors will begin
their work Another meeting will
be held in two weeks, at which i'm
portant business viii be done.
Streets are to be laid out and the
general plan of the city to be de-
termined upon"
The shad fishermen of the Della
ware will try their luck this week
down the bay if warm weather
should prevail. They usually COM
mence opposite Bombay Hook and
follow the fish at the latter part of
spring as they ascend the river. A
few herring have been caught, but
they are scarce and high, selling
from the fish-wagons at 40 to so
cents per dozen.
Theft-On Saturday night thiev-
es stole from Washington P
Wrench near Bombay Hook, 25
chickens, a large gobler and the
boots and coat of a colored man
from the kitchen. An unsuccess-
full effort was made to force an
entrance to the front part of the
house. Certain parties of the
neighborhood are suspected.
The 18th anniversary of the pas
sage of the Fifteenth Amendment
to the Constitution of the U. S.
will be celebrated at Centennial NJ
E. Church of this town on Tuesday
evening next, the 29th instant. Ad-
dresses will be delivered by Rev.
Smyrna times., 1931-03-25
P. r. +. OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS
Three Scholarships Awarded +.
Sons of Railroad EMPLOYEES


r. V. Massey, vice president i-
charge of personnel, Pennsylyap ]
Railroad, has announced that trraa
scholarships, each good fol fam
years of university training wiII
be awarded this year to sons If
railroad employees The William
H. Brown Memorial scholarship
named for a former chief engineer
of the railroad is open only II
sons Of living or deceased emoloy-
es of the construction and main
tenance of way departments. ii
will be awarded to the student
making the highest average in coI-
lege entrance examinations and
will enable him to take any course
offered undergraduate at Prince
ton University. The winner viii
start college work this Fall. Ap-
plicants desiring further informa-
tion should address the Secretary
of the Princeton University. Prince
ton, N. j., not later than April i.
1881. Two Frank Thompson schol-
arships, established in memory Of
the late Frank Thompson. former
president Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, will also be awarded as a re-
suit of competitive examinations Of
the college entrance examination
board. Candidates desiring further
information regarding the entrance
examinations for 1931-1932, should
make applications in writing to the
College Entrance Examination
Board, All West 1T Street, New
York City, who act as agents for
the railroad company. This should
be done in ample time, so that ap-
plication blanks furnished by this
board will be received by them on
or before May 25, 1881
Smyrna times., 1931-03-25
Wilkshelms Waters and others
Admission free.

Wilkshelms Waters and others.
Admission free.
Public Sales Jonathan Jester on
the eagle Nest" Farm will sell at
public sale tomorrow the oath in
slant, farm stock, etc. Also John
Williams in Pumpkin Neck the
same day, and D. w. Trumpeller in
this town on Saturday 26th in
stant.
The National Bank is making a
very considerable change to the
front of F. S. Phelps Clothing
Store thereby giving it two bulk
windows and fitting it up general
ly. Joseph Smithers has added a
new and larger kitchen to the rear
Of his residence.
S. F. Phelps has made a contract
with Josh Billings" for six lee
lures, commencing at Dover Mon
day next March 28th, Milford 29th,
Middletown, Both, Cecilton 31st,
Chestertown, Md, April 1st, and
New Castle, April 3rd.
Deaths Wells. In this town, on
the 10Th instant, Annie R., daugh-
ter of Francis and Mary E. Wells
in her 10Th year.
Humphreys On the 10Th instant
Lizzie Humphreys, aged 50 years
Minor Improvements The
weather having moderated suffici-
emily to do the finishing work on
the steeple of st. Peters Church,
the painting. etc. has been accom-
plished and the scaffolding remov-
ed.
The painters have reburnished
the residence of Moses Price on
Main street. William w Tschudy
is having a pent roof extended
from his store covering the shop
front of l. NJ Wilson.
Miss Mackey, daughter of Pro
fessor Mackey of Delaware College
assumed charge of the North East
Seminary on last Friday.
A new steamboat is now being
built in Wilmington to run be-
tween Leipsic and Philadelphia.
The wages of Dover policemen
have been advanced from S365 to
S4O0 per year
Personal Rev Mr.. Yingling
will preach his farewell sermon at
Clayton on Sunday afternoon
In the absence of a supply from
Conference the NJ. E. pulpit was
Smyrna times., 1931-03-25

acceptably filled Sunday ~ two l.
the Locals. V. Smith and
James c. Lasseu.
Revs. E. H. Hynson and WiIIiar
r. McFarlane who entered tho
ministry from this place took !
run from Conference for a short
visit among old friends. n tae
Philadelphia Conference which AL
journed yesterday, Rev. f. Stubs
was sent to Wharton Street. T q
Murphy, Broad Street; A. Ritten-
house, Grace; P. Coombe. Falls II
Schuylkin; s. w. Thomas Mn.
teenth street, and w. G. Robinsa.
Lancaster.
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$4,000 OF RIllIF1
LOOT FOUND IIF1II1|
MOST oFLoor For,
iES ALOyd
suspect Seen a..
leased After o' honi
tectives a. s'lOl

E--
.5o5sd he bank If # p5s "
:" s. nights ago sstt,s4 Slag
s. q Taursdsv. j. n.5'S ,ea
q $40 600 il sssiy5.. T.Ya E
zans .al.. Horaing ass- NJ
IS so1..les J were found
z 1 woods % tae a,I,.1ll
own Danisl WsJ1sos gr,s
eei iained for olestia. ..ia.e
ieased after It s54oala ba5
Saat he knew notatag r5s1
ing securities Wal15aa ,,.5Is
y a contractors -lass gaa
nelghoorhood wbs,s s''-
%Sls .a5l found. He is ssi5
.ola police however. ~ "
gone into tie woods NJ
T. order 70 make tea n
lfen His wife corroS'
statements. WaIloo.
read nor write ~.
bonds and securitia,
were negotiable bss ~.
as the property # MI
bank and have been -
teetive Dunn, Of tbs P,
seucy' OF Baltimos
at Oxford ID begin /
search for the rob5sr,
boring country has ~
by police but 50 far M
been found. A new ~
proof safe has been Dra
the directors of the Bsr1
y and viii be installed
the safe recently wrecEs
lars. A syringe used
nitroglycerine INTO tba7
safes combination was /
filing cabinet near H.
reward for the capture 4
ton Of the robbers bas
creased from $1,000 to !,
Smyrna times., 1931-03-25
SMYRNA FIFTY YEARS AGO AS
REVAMPED FROM OUR FILES
ITEMS ABOUT SMYRNA FROM
SMYRNA TIMES MARCH 23,1SS1
Notes of Marriages, Deaths, Real
Estate Deals and Matters of In
terest of Half Century Ago

(The Smyrna Times has started
20 look back over its files and tell
what happened arouad the correspond
ing date of this issue. a half century
ago. We hope to make this a regular
weekly feature. If it does nothing else.
Il will call to mind people and events
Of that day that should be interesting
10 the present generation. We hope
our readers will find it interesting and
that it will make the Times more eag-
erly sought and read-Editor.1
Conference - This body got
through with its deliberations at
10 o'clock on Monday night and
the members returned home on
Tuesday. There was a consider
able shaking up and more changes
than were expected, but the ap-
pointments on the whole are gen
orally satisfactory. There was
considerable rearranging of the
work in this county. Little Creek
Landing has been added to Leipsic
and Raymond's, thereby strength
ening and making it more desir-
able appointment, though adding
to the work of the minister. Rev.
T. o. Ayres in coming to this
place is getting back near home.
Wyoming disappears from the list,
being with the other churches on
the circuit merged with Camden
A new appointment has been made
of part of Camden circuit denomi-
mated Magnolia, which takes in
Barrett's Chapel and a church
near the bay. Canterbury now
goes to FELTON, and it becomes a
two man appointment. On Easton
district Sassafras including Mas
sey, has become a station with Rev
]. H. Wiley pastor. Oxford in
Talbot county has been made
station with Rev. Alfred Smith as
pastor. There are also some
changes in both the upper and low
er Districts. Rev. Mr.. Haynes ex-
poets to fill his pulpit at Chester
town on Sunday and return and
take his family down about the
Smyrna times., 1931-03-25
RESTOR ALTON

rT1HE heavy
Monday, March accompanied down
800 telephone poles, 1000 miles of telephone IS exchanges and
put tnearly3 telephones sout of
To the
the pushed with all the
telephone will be back humanity
possible We appreciate greatly the patience and beance Of subscribers
under these conditions
Before had died telephone nmen and with
trucks cable poles and their the affected areas
As A. NJ the job At four AN
headed the In all 227 men
Philadelphia u and Eastern PnnHF
vania 25.
approximately 100000 feet of temporary insulated wires have been pH
the ground Every expedn mas D
usedfo peedies possible of service.
10TH established win anu
work the outosece eP
we'll under
rebuilding the damaged plant have already begun l
task requiring weeks but construction will provide ~
poles placed and strung
spirit displayed and night the
and difficulties example OF
spirit has tradition of the telephone
q
HE DIAMOND STATE TELEPHONE 'o
"a ernware Company NTH the Bell System
Smyrna times., 1931-03-25
Beginning at Hs,

Dreamers who convert |
realities. and planners F
noble structures alVars +
themSplvas ,ariqsn N,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-10
SUICIDE PACT, POLICE CLAIM
Woman Found Dying in Arms of Husband in
 Home Tn Chicago

CHICAGO, Ill, April l0.-Mrs. Franklin c. Simmons was found dying today with bullet wound in her head, in the arms of her husband Tirach Simmons, Manager CT Armour Company.
 Simmons said she shot herself accidentally.
 The police doubted this and ex~ pressed the belief the couple griev- ed over the death of their three year-old daughter and made a sui eide pact.
 The Simmons were discovered by the parents of Mrs. Simmons be- fore any further execution of the supposed pact could take place.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-10
Neau Flight Record,
 EngIand to Australia,
 Made by Chas. Scott

FORT DARWIN, Australia, April 10.-Charles Sect has set a new record fer a flight between Eng land and Australia concluding it in nine days three hours and 20 minutes. This beats the previous record by 19 hours and 40 minutes which was made by Wing Com mander KingSford-Smith.
 The route is 11,00O miles over plains, mountains, forests and the Malay Peninsula.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-10
PLANE IS DUE TODAY
 AT UNALASkA
Gasoline to Be Cached for Good Will Flight Late
 This Month

On the wing from Tokyo to Unalaska, a Japanese plane, caffy- ing gasoline and landing field experts, is expected to alight there today or tomorrow. At the re- quest of the Japanese ambassador, the Washington, D. C., headquar- ters of the United States Customs Service has telegraphed John C.. Mcbride, Collector for Alaska, say ing that the service has no ob- jections to the landing of the air. craft and asking him to lend such assistance as he can to the flier.
 The fuel plane will deposit gaso- line and the landing field experts will investigate landing conditions at Unalaska. The supplies and information will be available to Aviator s. Yoshihara who late this month in the seaplane A-50, repre- senting The Hochi Shibun, largc and influential Japanese new S. paper, will make a goodwill flight between Tokyo and San Francisco by way of Unalaska, Chignik, Sew ard, Cordova, Yakutat, J Ju n a U Prince Rupert, Vancouver, B. c and Seattle.
 The fueling plane is expected U return from Unalaska to Tokyo South of Unalaska, the Japanese i it is believed, have been informed there is no lack of oil supplies o, of landing places.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-10
WILL SUPPORT
 PRES. HOOVER
Pledge Given Executive by Group of Prohib ton
 Advocates

WASHINGTON, D. C., April 10.-- A group of prominent women, ad- vocates of Prohibition, have pledged President Hoover their support in his "endeavor to enforce the great protective law"
 The President was presented to- day with composite report on the dry law drawn by the unofficial Woman's National Commission for Law Enforcement"
 Mrs. Henry Peabody, Chairman, described the document as based on careful study of the Wicker sham report.
 Although more than 18,000 miles of roads have been constructed in Americas 149 national fore sts, there are 2,037 whole townships that still have no reads of any kind.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-10
BUSINESS IS
 MUCH BETTER

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1o.-The retail trade on the Pacific Coast is far more better thar in March according to reports received from % cities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-10


 trough of extending the western
  Alaska this morning The fallen generally precipitation and from With the exception Seward Pen temperatures higher morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-10

DOUGLAS PROM TONIGHT
 Special Ferry leaves Juneau at nine ?. M. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-10
U S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. WEATHER BUREAU The Weather
 (By the U. S. Weather Bureau)
(By the U. S. Weather Bureau)

and vicinity beginning at April 10: Showers tonight and Saturday moderate southeast winds
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-14
Clark Defense
Pulls Surprise

LOS ANGELES, Oct. Il. U.P)-
The defense in the David H. Clark
re-trial on a charge of numbering
Herbert Spencer, magazine editor.
rested shortly before noon TODAY
after sensational surprise testimony
had been offered by Walter Lee, q
negro porter.
Mrs. Ella Crawford, widow OF
Charles Crawford, political boss,
who was slain with Spencer, was
the first rebuttal witness called by
Special Prosecutor Joe Ford
Lees testimony caught the entire
courtroom by surprise. He declared
that shortly after Spencer and
Crawford were shot in the latter's
Hollywood office, he saw Lucille
Fisher, Crawford's pretty steno-
grapher holding a gun in her lap.
The weapon, Lee said, was partially
concealed by a bloody towel.