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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
WET, DRY AIR
POINTS OF VIEW
Al INSTITUTE
Full Repeal Is Demanded
bY Former New York
u. S. Senator.

BIZ United Press
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, July
i.-Complete abolition Of federal
prohibition was urged today by
James w. Wadsworth Jr., on the
ground that all attempts of the cen
trail government to regulate conduct
of the individual inherently are
doomed to failure. The former
United States senator from New
York addressed round-table on
claw enforcement" at the University
of Virginia institute Of public affairs.
The only solution, Wadsworth
said, is to turn the issue back to the
state. Modification Of the eight
zenith amendment would not be
enough, he contended.
He said he had no faith in modi-
f1cation proposals for the simple
reason that all of them propose to
leaving the federal government fully
empowered to regulate, control or
prohibit the conduct of the individ-
ual. BY its very nature, the fed
eral government is incompetent to
perform such function and so
long as we ask it to try such thing,
it will fail"
1.-The people do not intend to have
their daily lives governed from
washington" Wadsworth said.
Their reaction toward any other
proposal similar to this would, in
the long run, be the same.
This nation is too large and to
varied in its elements to be con-
fined in a single straightjacket.
Attempt such a thing and the seams
are bound to tear open and when
they do, infinite harm is done to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
POSTPONE CANADA DUTY

Is Cents a Pound Rate on I'M
ported Magazine Effective Aug. Is.
WASHINGTON, July Canada
has postponed until Aug. Is appli-
cation of a duty Of Is cents per
pound on magazines imported into
Canada, according to a consular re-
port from Ottawa. This duty was
provided in the recent budget pro-
posal increasing tariffs on many
United States products.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
THIEVES MANN AUTO
Break Of Garage Door, Remove
Both Rear Wheels.

Breaking of the garage door,
burglars early today did not steal
the automobile of Cahad Wade,
e26 South Capitol avenue, but they
might as well have taken 1t, be-
cause Wade can't drive 1t. They
removed both rear wheels.
A. w. Robbins of Detroit re-
ported to police that pickpocket
stole $50 from 4 | Tuesday while
he was walking on a downtown
street. Theft of glasses valued at
$50 was reported to police today
by David Kirkman, 22l East Michi-
gan street, apartment 80, who
said a burglar ransacked his resi-
dence while he and his wife were
ct dinner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
BOOZE ARRESTS
SOAR IN CITY,
REPORT BARES
Blind Tiger Pinches for
First Six Months Far
Over 1880 Mark.

Heavy increase in arrests due to
prohibition law violations in the
first half of the year is shown by
a report submitted to the safety
board today by Police Chief Mike
Morrissey.
Blind tiger arrests in the six
months ending June g numbered
838, increase Of 113 over the same
period last year, Morrissey reported.
Police records show 2,105 arrests
for intoxicatioIA increase {! $40,
while arrests for operating motor
vehicle while under influence of Ii
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
RoBBERIES CONFESSED
Suspect Cleared of Suspicion in
Jackson Case Admits Thefts.

Arrested as a suspect in the L. A.
Jackson death case, Charles Cortez,
Is. Of 341 Virginia avenue, has con-
fessed to several robberies in
Shelbyville, police said today.
According to authorities. he viii
be returned to Shelbyville after it
is claimed he gave them written
confession. Cortez was not con-
nected with the jackson staying.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
PETTIS REoPENS CAFE
Basement Site, uAder Direction Of
Kabacher, Can Seat I25.

After enlarging its restaurant and
fountain facilities, the Pettis Dry
Goods Company has reopened its
cafe in the basement, under the d.
rection of B. J. Kabacher. About
125 persons can be seated at one
time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
CITY TEACHER WILL
TAKE BRITISH POST

Lambert. study hall instructor. and Rob-
ert Schultz. physics and band. shortridge
high school: Radford Morris. physical
education. Crispus Attacks. and Elizabeth
Roberts. Latin. Broad Ripple
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
RALPH CAPONE
NOT so SMART
TO UNCLE SAM
Covered His Trail Well, but
Not Good Enough to
Fool Agents.

This is the nth OF a series Of ex-
elusive stories OF "How They Got Al
capone." Previous stories have told how
Capone is now insoIvent as the result
Of business depression and federal prose-
cution Of his gang. and Of Z. s. District
Attorney George z. O. Johnson. their
nemesis
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
Almost Coloriess Ink

There is no colorless ink. There
is, however, a certain form of ca
moufiage in which figures and let
ters are painted on a background
of the same color. This is done by
coloring the paints with pigments,
or mixtures of pigments, which
match one another in color bat
which are of different chemical
composition. They match one an
other because the impression made
on the retina of the eye is the com
bined effect of all of the light rays
that are transmitted to it from the
painted surface. A piece of colored
glass partially analyses the light
by absorbing some of the light rays
and letting others through. What
gets through to the eye is not the
same in both cases, hence the back
ground and the design do not ap-
pear the same color.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
Ancestral Worry Over
the Rising Generation

Owner of some valuable old
books, books whose intrinsic value
is enhanced to him because they be-
1onged to his great-grandfather or
his great-great- grandfather, is Ash
ton G. Stevenson, says a Chicago
dispatch.
That the generations change lit
tie is proved, he believes, by quo
tations from some of the old al
MANAGES he owns. Back in 1924 the
younger generation, it seems, was
worrying the older generation and
the golden age was in the past.
In 1924 the Western Almanack
was sorrOwful because 40 years
ago literature meant learning and
was supported by common sense |;
the ladies of the first responsibility
learned music, but it was the hum
ming of the wheel and learned the
necessary dance steps in following
it; their piano forte was loom
and their novels the Bible; some
respect was paid to old age, to pious
ministers Of the gospel and to Sun
day."
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
Old Hand-Woven Linen
of Marvellous Fineness

Twelve dozen of everything
was the quantity which the proper
continental bride of a century ago
received in her trOusseau. 1t sounds
lavish, but it was actually common
sense, because our great-grandpar-
ents had a grand laundering only
once every three months!
A relic of those brave days an-
pears on special occasions now, in
a smart New York home The linen
damask cloth was woven by hand
in the days when George Washing
ton was more than a memory, and
hand woven SO finely that linen ex-
perts of today marvel at it. Mar
row looms compelled the weavers
to make their cloth in two strips,
which are sewn together down the
middle of the table.
An interesting feature Of this set
ting is that the ancient damask ere
ates a background of harmony for
the latest silver, whose design iden-
tically matches the china.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
JUSTICE McREYNOLDS' VISIT
Justice of Supreme Court Makes
Visit to Talbot County, Maryland

Talbot county, Md, was host last
week to Justice McReynolds, of the
United States Supreme Court. The
jurist was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. David Gregg at their beauti-
full home on the Peachblossom,
near Easton. He was visiting the
county for a few days during the
ducking season on The waters of
Talbot county and is greatly enjoy
ing the sport of shooting wild
ducks. This is said to be the first
time a Justice of the Supreme
Court has been in Talbot County
since the days of the Civil War.
Judge McReynolds was the late
President Woodrow Wilson's first
Attorney General, and previous to
that was Senator from Tennessee.
He was appointed to the Supreme
Court by President Wilson. Judge
McReynolds while there attended
a session of the Circuit Court for
Talbot County, now in session, and
arrangements were made to fit
tingly greet him. Another dis
tinguished man will visit Talbot
soon when Judge Humphries of the
Federal Trade Commission comes
to be the guest of Henry Herbert
Balch, who also lives on the Peach
blossom, near Easton.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
Rome's Downfall

The Roman empire originated
after the battle of Actium, B. C. 81,
and the decline began with the
death of Marcus Aurelius, $50 A. D.
Contributing causes through the
centuries were the aggressive influx
of large numbers of German peo-
pies; hostile advance of the Per-
slams; internal dissension; revolt of
the provinces; migrating under
Heliogabalus of oriental rites and
practices. repugnant to the Roman
people; pestilence which lasted 10
years and carried off one-half of the
inhabitants of the empire; the inva-
sion of the Goths and Huns. and the
final aggression of vandals from At
RIGA. The end of the Roman en-
pire of the West was practically
complete by A. d. 476
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
Corn's MANY Product.

Not much more than half of the
great corn crop of the country finds
its way to the dining table. The re-
mainder goes to the refineries to be
made up into large variety of ma
terials. These include the spar
klers' which do Fourth of July duty,
explosives. face cream, soap, arti-
fetal rubber and silk, varnish, tan
ming extracts, radio batteries, tex
tiles, paper carpet, mucilage, salad
dressing, strip, cooking oil. vinegar
and milk acids. Some considerable
success has attended the manufac-
ture of paper from the stalks, and
1t is probable that at no distant day
a profitable use will be found for
the piles of corn stalks which &C
cumulate each year on the farms of
this country.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
Real Purpose Served
by CuItivating Hobby

II more people had real hobbies
there would be fewer cases of nerv-
Gus breakdown, according to DR.. FL.
F. Kilander, writing in Hygeia, the
Health Magazine. Hobbies keep
children out of mischief and they
relieve the mOnOtOny of routine life
for adults. 1t is well to be able to
lose oneself for an &Our, an eve
ming, or even for day IN some
thing that is not related to the daily
tasks, this author related.
4 desirable hobby should furnish
enjoyment, pleasure and gratifica-
ton; it should require a minimum
Of equipment and expense, in Doc
tor Kilander's opinion. Many hob
bies may be distinctly educational.
Literature, music and astronomy are
examples of that type. Physical as
well as mental health may be i'm
proved by a hobby; sports are of
distinct value.
Many hobbies are started acct
dentany without forethought. 1t is
well, however, suggests Doctor Kill
ander, that parents and educators
should plan indirectly to guide chill
dren in certain desirable interests
in order that their leisure time may
be wisely spent.
Recreation has become a neces-
sity, writes Doctor Kilander. The
trends Of the times indicate that the
schools must include more training
in the use Of leisure time not only
for the years that the student is in
school but also for the time when
he is an adult.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
Famous Dinosaur Skeleton

The dinosaur on exhibition at
Peabody museum of Yale university
is nearly IA feet long, TO feet high,
and the skeleton weighs six and a
half tons. Its estimated weight
when alive was between 81 and 40
tons. The specimen was discovered
by William Reed In Wyoming in
1881, and the bones were brought
to Yale under the direction of Prof.
Othniel G. March. whose research
resulted in this types being known
as Brontosaurus excelus. At Yale's
bicentennial in 1901 a portion of the
skeleton was mounted and exhibit
ed. Lack of space prevented the
erection of the rest, which remained
in storage. A few years ago the
mounting was begun anew. the hall
of Peabody being especially con-
structed to house this one animal.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
Coffee in 1884

AS to the precise date when cof-
fee was introduced into England,
authorities differ, and very little of
real value on the subject can be
found, wrote Edward r. Emerson
in beverages, Past and Present"
Sir Henry Blount visited Turkey in
1884 and in one of his letters SAYS !:
THE Turks have a drink called
'cauphe,' made of a berry as big as
small bean, dried in a furnace and
beat to powder of a sooty color,
in taste a little bitterish, that they
seethe and drink, hot as may be en-
dured. 1t is good at all hours of
the day. but especially at morning
and evening, when to that purpose
they entertain themselves two or
three hours in 'cauphe-houses,'
which, in Turkey, abound more
than inns and alehouses with us"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
True Story

An excited foreign gentleman
Tas awaiting the arrival of his
first-born in one of our hospitals.
He was so certain Ii was going
to be boy that he had invited all
his friends to an elaborate ban
quet that evening and had broad
cast the joyous news all over town.
Thus, when the nurse came to tell
him that the arrival was a girl, his
rage knew no bounds. Hurriedly,
he made several telephone calls,
canceling the feast.
Then, summoning the nurse, he
announced: I'm going to get into
my automobile and go home. You
tell the wife when she's ready to
come home to take a street carr
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
RABBIT SHOW IN JANUARY
First State Exhibit is Planned BY
Bunny Breeders At Milford

The first annual winter show of
the Delaware Rabbit Breeders As
ISOLATION will be held January to
s, at Milford. This will be the first
rabbit show ever to be held in this
State and the association is anxious
to make this a success. An excel
lent premium list is provided, seven
silver cups and one silver rabbit
trophy. There viii be cup for
the best display in the show, one
for the largest entry, best display
of Chinchillas, best display of
Dutch, best display of Flemish
Giants, best display of New Zeal
ands, and one for the best Flemish
Giant. The silver rabbit trophy
will be for the best display of jun
iors in the show Besides the cups
other prizes will be awarded. Prizes
will be distributed on the day they
are awarded at a banquet. Prem
ium lists may be had from the sec
rotary, H. S. Bristow, Jr., Cedars,
Del. The services of one of the
most outstanding judges in the
country, Robert M. Scott, Sr., Tor
resdale, have been secured. The
rabbit show is combined with the
Delaware State Poultry Show and
the Delaware Crop Improvement
Show.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
Scientists Baffled by
Sound of Singing Sands

There are many points in this
country and abroad where the
sands of the seashore are said to
make a sound, and. this is at
tributed to the disturbance of the
particles by the wind, but the sing
ing sands of the Arabian desert is
a phenomenon which has attracted
attention for thousands of years,
and without any really satisfactory
explanation. Here there is no dis
turbance by the wind, and yet
there is plainly a noise at times
which is variously described. 1t
is cross between a low moan and
the reyerberation of a deep-tOned
bell after the hammers blow. The
natives regard it as something SUI
pernatural. Dunes in many parts
of the world have become known
less for the legends connected with
them than for the peculiar charac-
teristic sounds. SonOrOus dunes at
the extreme end of Lower Cali
fOrnia have been responsible for
a Mexican legend of monastery
buried under the shifting sands.
Daily at Angelus time, the ma
tives listen for the faint resonance
of its bells. In South Africa there
are laughing sands, and near the
end of the last century a mining
engineer discovered rumbling sands
in Chile, South America. Moaning
sands have been found in the west
ern Sahara, between TimbuctoO
and Morocco, and musical dunes in
the Libyan desert of Africa. Kauai,
one of the group of the Hawaiian
islands, is famed for its barking
sands.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
DOVER SOCIAL HAPPENINGS
Items of Personal and Social Men
ton Cleaned at State Capital

uOn OIeaned at State Capital
The Rt. Rev. S. Harrington Lit
tell, S. T. D., Bishop of Honolulu,
who has been spending some time
in the eastern States since attend
ing the Episcopal convention at
Denver, was a recent guest of Mrs.
James H. Wilson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry S. Crawford. He was ac-
companied by his sisters, the Miss
es Littell of Wilmington.
Mrs G. d. Jackson has had as
her guests for several days Mr..
and Mrs. William Jackson of Rye,
New York
Mrs. Bernard A. Behen was host
ess to the members of her contract
bridge club at dinner at the Way
side Inn, Smyrna, followed by
cards at her home on South State
street, Dover.
DR.. and Mrs. Stanley Worden
are entertaining his mother, Mrs.
A. G.. Worden of Baltimore
Horace Johnson, student at
the University of Delaware, was
home over the weekend with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Smith
Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Rash of
New York, have been visiting
friends and relatives in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Clements
entertained a few friends at bridge
at their home on Bradford street.
Miss Elizabeth Wilson was hos
tess to her bridge club at the Du-
val Tea House, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dauphin D. Whar-
ton have moved into their recent
ly completed home on North Brad
ford street, opposite Silver Lake.
Mrs. Wharton has returned from
Philadelphia where she has been
spending some time
Mrs. John P. LeFevre, Mrs. JOS
eph S. Mcdaniel, Mrs. r. Tindale
Frazier, Mrs. Charles T. Jackson
and Mrs. t. Marvel Gordon, Jr. mo-
tored to Wilmington last week and
were guests of Mrs. Daniel E.Jones
at luncheon and bridge.
DR.. and Mrs. Cahall Sipple had
as their recent guests, DR.. and Mrs
Charles T. Ash and Mr.. and Mrs
Brokaw who motored from their
home at Bound Brook, N. ].
Miss Jane Hardesty accompan-
led her mother, Mrs. Charles W.
Hardesty to attend the annual re
union Of the alumni of Friends
School, Jenkintown, Pa.
Mrs Maurice A. Hartnett, Jr.,
entertained the members of her
contract bridge club at her home
on North State street.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hazel of
Wilmington, visited Mrs. Hazels
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25

mother, Mrs. Alexander M. DAILY.
Colonel and Mrs. John P. Lee
Fevre had as their guest her moth
er, Mrs. Henry S. Anthony, who
has been spending sometime with
friends and relatives in Smyrna.
Mrs. Walter Morris spent Thurs
day and Friday in Philadelphia at
tending the meeting and luncheon
of the eastern divisional conference
of the D. A. r. at the Bellevue
Stratford.
The Tuesday evening bridge club
was entertained last week by Miss
Arcadia Fleming at her home on
North State street.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
Slow Starting

Modern machinery often requires
a considerable time to get under
efficient working speed. A new 12O-
ton gyrostabilizer, described by Col
lier's Weekly. has a 55-ton rotating
wheel powered by 200 horse power
motor, and requires almost an hour
to attain its working speed of Is
revolutions per second. 1t runs on
it's own momentum for two hours
after the current is shut off.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
Earliest Savings Banks

It was in 1899 that Rev. Joseph
Smith Of Wendover, England, be-
gan taking care of the savings of
his parishioners throughout the
summer and Christmas, adding a
third to the total of each deposit.
A few years later Rev. Henry Dun
can of Scotland began travelling
throughout the land to promote the
establishment of savings banks for
the poor. The first institution of
the sort in America was organized
in 1916, chiefly by Condy Racquet.
an American diplomatic and eco
nomic writer.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25

Because of the fact that tiny fish
cannot protect themselves against
their natural enemies, fish cultur-
lists have found that planting 100,-
600 six-inch trout, raised in rearing
ponds, gives results equal to plant
ing 100000 small fry directly in
streams.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
WORKOUT MEN NEED
OLD-TIME IRON TONIC

Men who are WORKOUT, rundown and
nervous need iron. lime and cod liver pep
tone as combined in Vinol. The very
FIRST bottle brings new strength. better
gestion and increases the red blood. Gives
you new pep and ambition. Equally good
for tired. nervous women and under
weight children. Tastes delicious. Get
bottle today. The desults will surprise
you'll Howard R. Jones. Druggist.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25

Harry c. Clark and Son have
hoen awarded the contract by the
Delaware City School Commission
70 Law 5,879 square feet of Sidewalk
and 1872 feet of curb about the
grounds of the new school. There
1riu be sidewalks on Fifth street
and also on Bayard street. The
total cost of the work will be about
81 $50 and will be paid for out of
tbe funds which were left from the
apropriation after the new school
house was constructed.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
ed it wise to construct a walk
oIong the improved road.

4 large brooder house and 5000
hroilers, were destroyed by fire at
III william d. Scott poultry plant,
if Harrington recently, causing
damage estimated at $1,000. For
time it looked as though the en-
tire plant, consisting of several
brooder houses and a hatchery
would be destroyed, but the Har-
rinoton fire department confined
tbe flames to the one house.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25

M PENINSULA !!'!I , NEWS
\ b aI|If SPICY AtN'
f'7s1sil1S' 7 EXCHANGES
i nd AT0'TTII Towns
Unaware auto !, license
% Ds .s"t out to all own ,!
E ,,'' s.: St. n ID their 'PPli''-
be same
I' Ell to Nj. Harry Hlc OK
s. ,oir a > tract Of land a.D De-
&SS 5''6' : and Port Penn
.,,iOpship football game ne
e.. ,aP' vii be played on N
ls sss Day at Dover as us Is
pug es,toni. This year the ne
D. Be between Newark
bar
|. ! .tsrtsd a movement ito to
Z Eiranis Club and have
,se New Central Hotel as
Wing place
l., 3. Elliott, daughter OF
End, Of Houston po anI
\ IRE Reed, son Of Fred ! eea,
T. Beach, we're married
's+ !. Of last week in
49, Rev. James L.
.,or i the Milford M.
b.
Governor Robert I. noo-
been reelected treasurer
f,tiopal Grange at the
4 The body in Madison
! former governor has
pOsition for several years
I master of the Delaware
snge.
sE.D. dredge Mantua
Dgagsd in redredging the
city branch channel Of
byssks and Delaware can
Move Fifth street bridge
qs is working in a north
Etiou and will complete the
IBIS week.
Tslk four feet wide and
bdrsd yards long is being
M along the Oak Orchard
n The Indian River dam in
|rly direction. This sec-
4. country has been built
y and the State has deem
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25

walk four feet wide and
bdrsd Yards long is being
ked along the Oak orchard
\, the Indian River dam in
H. direction. This sec
n country has been built
ly and the State has deem
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25

] y riliott, daughter OF
Iva D. i Houston, and
\ I'I Reed, son of Fred Reed,
Va Beach, were marrit -
lsiD' ths Rev. James L.
o. u tbe Milford M.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25

man of Elkton,
young ..ssd a movement to
\. y, SWANS an Club and have
New Tsw Central Hotel as
kstlrg place.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
[r,;elrnBnnDLcFE FROM

I,.rt Kunps 4,..o Of H pG[-
! odd = ! tract of land be-
,9!Sosau ! and Port Penn