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Evening star., 1931-03-14
RAIL TAX EXEMPTION
BILL FOR w., B. & A. UP
Measure to Be Discussed Again
Tuesday by Senate Finance
Committee at Annapolis.
BY the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. March 14-The Senate
Finance Committee yesterday decided to
consider the question of exempting the
Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis
Railroad from taxation in executive
session, at its next meeting, which prob
ably will be on Tuesday afternoon.
Decision of the committee was ar
rived at in unique fashion, when ms
bers OF the group we're excused from the
regular session of the Senate to discuss
the proposal. Soon after the. Upper
House convened Yesterday, Senator Nc
Intosh, Democrat Baltimore County.
requested and received permission from
President Walter Mitchell to hold a s.
minute session of the influential finance
group In an anteroom while the order
OF Introduction of bills was being con-
sidered by the Senate as a whole
The bill under question was intro
duced by Senator Prick, Democrat, Bal
timore City, last week and asked that
the railroad, which at present Is in the
hands OF a receiver. be exempted from
all State and local taxes for a period of
four years.
Evening star., 1931-03-14
De MENT DENIED WRIT
FOR JAIL RELEASE
Judge Mattingly Decides Defendant
in Stabbing Must Stay
in Prison.
BY stan Correspondent Of The Star.

BY SLaH correspondent OF the Star,
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, March II
"A writ of habeas corpus to secure the
release on bail of Paul e. DeMent, 56,
of Branchville, Md. charged with the
murder of Chaude l.. Hughes, neigh
Dor, was denied by Judge Joseph C..
Mattingly in Circuit Court here yester-
case had been heard
DEMENT, is said to have fatally stabbed
Hughes with a penknife about three
weeks ago during ''back-fence" argu-
ment which grew out of trouble between
their sons.
Attorneys for DeMent asked for the
writ on the grounds that the murder
was not premeditated In denying the
writ, Judge Mattingly remanded the
prisoner to jail to await action Of the
April term of the grand jury.
Evening star., 1931-03-14

wherever seemed best, but not under
French commanders. The plan sug-
gested tor the American participation
in these operations in conjunction with
the French with a considerable number
of our divisions under their command
was not in any sense acceptable to
me. The proposal to divide our re-
Gently formed First Army into several
groups, mainly to assist French armies,
could not be entertained. 1t was
directly contrary to my belief that an
American Army, under its own flag,
could best serve the allied cause.
An enormous amount of preparation
had already been made In our area in
the construction of roads, railroads,
regulating stations, hospitals and other
installations looking to the use and
supply of our armies on a particular
front. Moreover the inherent dis
inclination of our troops to serve under
allied commanders had already grown
to open disapproval, and If continued
under the changes proposed would
have been entirely destructive to
American morale.
Tomorrow: Pershing delivers ulti-
matum to Foch on dispensing United
States troops among allies.
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Evening star., 1931-03-14

good joke on both parties If these
fellows had been right all these
years and get a chance to prove 1t.
You watch this young Lafolette.
You're going to have a lot of deal
ings with him in years to come.
One thing, these progressives won't
have to be very good to be the best.
Evening star., 1931-03-14
Persia Registers soviet Pact.

GENEVA, March IA (P).-The Persian
government has registered with the
League OF Nations treaty of neutrality
concluded with the Soviet Republic In
Evening star., 1931-03-14
Will Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.-Good
many papers are poking fun at these
"progressives" who are meeting I'm
Washington. Well those are the
Evening star., 1931-03-14
Marie Leaves for Belgrade.

BUCHAREST. Rumania, March IL
R).-The Dowager Queen Marie and
her daughter, Princess Ileana, are leav-
ing today for Belgrade
Evening star., 1931-03-14

fellows that are
goin g to run
n ex We arr s
Cover n m e n { i.
Neither Repub-
licans or Demo-
Gratis can even
get excused to
go get q drink
W 1t h o ut h e
''progres s / pe S"
(the balance of
p o W er) sane
tioning it. Be a
Evening star., 1931-03-14

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Evening star., 1931-03-14

Tomorrow: Pershing delivers ulti-
matum to Foch on dispensing United
States troops among allies.
Evening star., 1931-03-14

"one way" / suggested. might be to
withdraw the Americans. from other
sectors and put them in with their
right on the Meuse and let them ex-
tend as far to the west as possible. :"
THAT might be considered" said
Marshal Foch. although it would be
dificult to execute the st. Mihiel OPP
Grafton and have time to shift the COM
mand to another front for an opera
ton there. But there would be no OBJ
lection TO relieving American divisions
from the Woevre est. Mihiel) by tired
French divisions later, 50 they could be
sent to one or both Of the proposed
American groups"
He then requested me TO send reserve
divisions toward the Aisn@ while the
st. Mihiel attack was going on, and
Smyrna times., 1931-10-28

Holloway spoke on schools in gen
eral and S. M. Stouffer, superin-
tendent of public schools in Will
mington, also made brief adj
dress. Following these addresses
there was a discussion on Work
the Schools Of the State Need"
H. E. Stahl, Of Claymont; J. O..
Messner, of Harrington, and r. E.
Shilling, of Milford, spoke on the
needs of the special districts. John
Shilling spoke on the needs of the
high schools and Di. King on ele-
mentary schools. DR.. Walter HUI
linen, president of the University
of Delaware; Dean Winifred J..
of the Women's College,
and Professor w. A. Wilkinson, of
the University, told what was be-
ing done to properly train teachers
for work in the public schools or
other schools of the State.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-28
Opportunity in Plenty
for Weekend Fathers

America needs more week end fa-
Tiers who when the weeks work is
over, become companions with their
children and in this way strengthen
the bond of sympathy between par
ent and children, writes Henry B.
Lent, in the Parents Magazine. II
am a weekend father" says he.
From Monday to Friday l drive fe-
verishly three miles to catch the
$40 train and feel grateful if I am
lucky enough to get the 5 :35 or the
6:1O train back again in the eve
ming. And that leaves me just week
ends to do the most important job
| have-being father to my boy"
Without carrying it to the point
of absurdity l try to be a real pal
to my boy" continues Mr.. Lent, in
the Parents Magazine. Il never
force his relationship, yet as far as
| think it wise. gear my own in
terests I'd his level. One of the
keenest joys of being a father is the
privilege of sharing with your
youngsters the contagious amaze
ment that accompanies his first in
sight into interesting. perhaps com
monplace, activities of your world.
Some Of the things for which | 60
considerably out Of my way to do
with my son on week-ends would be
unbearably tiresome to many peo-
pie. For me it is fun"
Smyrna times., 1931-10-28
Wonders of Universe
Revealed by Stars

Sir James Jeans, the famous
astronomer, has told US that if
Adam had been wireless operator
and had dispatched an sos message
to the nearest globular cluster of
stars, it would still have a long way
to travel before it reached them.
When you consider that light moves
at the speed of 10000 miles a sec
ond, you may realize to some ex-
tent what this means.
Even the sun, on whom we rely
for heat and light, is so far away
that we see him not as he is but as
he was rather more than eight min
utes ago.
Lock up into the sky and you can
not see a single fixed star more re-
Gently than four and a half years
ago. And there are very few whose
light reaches US as quickly as this.
For all we know some of the stars
we see may have ceased to exist
thousands of years ago. There may
have been in the dim ages of the
past collisions which our remote
Observation-Disclosures will live
to see.-Washington Star.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-28
Gospel Truths Brought
to Guatemalan Indians

Adding to the long list of over
900 languages and dialects in which
the Scriptures appear, the Amer
ican Bible society has issued c
translation of the Gospel Of st..
John in Nam, the most primitive
language of 100000 Indians in Gau-
temala. Nam is the most archaic
language of the Mayans, and it is
the eleventh Of the numerous In
dian languages spoken in Central
America into which any part Of the
Bible has been translated. To ac-
compliSh the almost impossible task
of translating the cultural, eXplos-
i've dialect, the translators, Rev. and
Mrs. III. Dudley Peck of the Guate-
mala mission of the Presbyterian
church, had to rely upon human die
tfonaries and grammars-Indians Sc
lected for their general intelligence,
ability and knowledge Of
Spanish. One of these, Aniceto We
lasquez, had three years at the Bible
school, during which he walked 940
miles per year, to and from school.
In Nam. John 3:16, appears thus:
Kun ictsunju ulakjtanmi Dios quiz
xjal, tun tsunju tsajtgkon ocxcujun
Tkual, tuntsun jiniju intxontanmi
til, mlai cubxitj, tuntsun titen
angkbil jumajx." Which being trans
lated into English reads that well
loved verse: For God so loved the
world that he gave his only begot-
ten son, that whosoever believeth in
him should not perish. but have
everlasting life" A translation of
the entire q books Of the New Tes-
lament is under way.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-28
Locksmith's Art Old

The history of the locksmith's art
is probably as old as civilization, and
references to 1t are found in the
early literature of every nation.
Wood was undoubtedly the first ma
terial used in the construction of
locks, but the Egyptians at an early
date employed brass and iron. The
Hebrews and Greeks used crooked
keys with ivory or wooden han
dies. The similarity of primitive
locks made access to the house easy
and led to the Improvement of meth
ods, resulting in the so-called Lace
daemonian lock. Among the ancient
nations lockmaking made little prog
ress in advance of what had been
done by the Egyptians. Even the
Romans used very simple locks. The
tumblers lock was probably first in
vented and used by the Chinese.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-28
ANNOUNCEMENT WEDDINGS
Miss Anna Louise McGinnis to Be
come Bride of AusfiU q Price


come Bride of Austin G. Price
Mr.. and Mrs. James H. McGin-
mis- of Dover, announce the engage
ment Of their daughter, Miss Anna
Louise McGinnis, to Austin Croth-
ers Price, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Curtis c. Price, of Warwick, Md.
Miss McGinnis has been associated
for several years with the United
States Corporation Company. of
Dover, and Mr.. Price is connected
with the Ford Motor Company of
Amber, Pa. No date has been set
for the wedding.
The marriage of Miss Eula Hol-
singer, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. p Holsinger, of Denton, Md,
and George Middleton, Of Chester,
Pa, has been announced. The
ceremony was performed by the
Rev. L. r. Brumbaugh, of Green's
boro, Md, at the home of the bride
at noon Saturday, Oct. IL. Miss
Ruth Holsinger, sister of the bride,
was maid of honor Following the
ceremony reception was held, to
which the relatives and a few
friends were invited. After a we'd
ding trip to Washington, the couple
will live in Chester.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-28
INITIAL STEPS ARE TAKEN
To SURVEY THREE COUNTIES
j. L. BROWN OF WILMINGTON
HEADS THE COMMISSION
First Steps in Study is Aimed TO
Cut the Governments Cost
Were Taken at Dover FRIDAY

First steps in the direction Of !
study to reduce the expense Of
county government in this State
were taken at Dover, Friday af-
ternoon, when a commission, nam
ed by Governor c. Douglass Buck
to conduct such a survey, effected
permanent organization and dis
cussed the matter. A plan of pro-
cedure was approved in principle.
j. Thompson Brown, of Whining
ton, was elected chairman of the
commission, while Russell Ramsey
of Wilmington, director Of the Tax
payers Research League, was Sc
lected secretary. The commission
has the object in view of reducing
the number Of offices, if possible.
by combining some which might
be overlapping and put each coun-
ty on a working basis for better
results. There are four members
from each county on the commits
sion. Mr.. Brown said that these
subcommittee in each county will
organize, choosing their respective
chairmen to supervise studies for
their own counties. The members
of the commission include John
Govatos and J. Thompson Brown
Wilmington; w. Truxton Boyce
and M. Skelley, rural New Castle
county; Hervey P. Hall, Smyrna;
John Carrow, ]. Wallace Woodford
and Judge Walter A. Powell, Do
yer, Kent county; H. M Deputy,
Milford; ]. Leon Black, Milton; DR..
John w. Hammond, and D. ]. Lao
ton, Georgetown.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-28
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
MET AT DOVER LAST FRIDAY
HEAD OF DEPARTMENTS DIS
CUSS NEEDS OF SCHOOLS
Superintendent III. V. Holloway,
DIR. Walter Hullihen and Others
Make Brief Add esses

For the first time in the history
of the State, the State Board of
Education and the heads of the
various school departments in the
State, met Friday for the purpose
of discussing all phases of work in
the schools of Delaware. Many of
the leading educators Of the State
were present and spoke. AT the
morning session George S. Will
liams, president of the State School
Board, presided. DR.. H. V. Hol-
loway, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, made the open
ing address in which he stated the
object of the conference. Follow
ing the address by DR. Holloway
there were brief addresses by John
Shilling, assistant superintendent
in charge of high schools, and DR..
III. e. King, assistant superintend-
ent in charge Of elementary
schools. Brief addresses were also
made by these rural school super
visors: Miss M. Phyllis Mason,
Miss Ella ]. Holley, H. M. Will
Iams, George r. Miller, Albert
Farley, Calvin Afferbach and E.
Paul Burkholder r. w. Helm
spoke on vocational education.
Miss Marian F. Breck spoke on
home economics work. w. Lyle
Molds spoke on agricultural cours-
es, and A. B. Anderson told of the
work Of trade schools. Miss Mar
guerite H. Bennett discussed adult
education. Physical education was
the subject of George F. Hendricks
and Miss Rachel w. Taylor and
Miss Mary G. Sheppard spoke on
art work. Glenn Gildersleeve,
head Of the music department of
the State schools, Miss Helen E.
Martin and Miss Elizabeth Cath
cart spoke on the teaching of mu-
sic. H. Fletcher Brown, vice-pres-
ident of the State school board, |
presided at the afternoon meeting. !
This meeting followed dinner at
the Hotel Richardson which all of
the officials present attended. DR.. |
Smyrna times., 1931-10-28
TELEPHONE co. OFFICERS
George X. Erb Succeeds the Late
E. p. Bardo as District Manager

The promotion of two telephone
officials to important positions in
the Diamond State Telephone
Company was announced today by
i Edward M. Prisk, vicepresident in
charge of the telephone service in
this state. George K. Erb has been
appointed district manager of the
Diamond State Telephone Com
pany to succeed the late Edward
P. Bardo. Mr.. Erb is district man
ager of the Upper Darby district
of the Bell Telephone Company of
Pennsylvania. j. Edward Murphy,
former assistant manager in Will
mington, has been appointed man
ager for Wilmington reporting to
Mr.. Erb. The appointments be-
come effective Monday, October 26.
Both Mr.. Erb and Mr. Murphy are
Delaware residents, the former liv-
ing in Claymont and the latter at
905 w. 29th street, Wilmington.
The new district manager of the
Diamond State Telephone Com
pany began his career in the field
of communications as a student
engineer in Harrisburg in 1916. Re-
signing the following year for mil
itary service, he returned in 1919
to telephone work in Harrisburg
and later was transferred to Will
mington as chief clerk in the com
mercial department of the Dia-
mond State Telephone Company.
At that time he became a resident
of Delaware and in his subsequent
transfer to Philadelphia retained
his home in Claymont. In 1924,
Mr.. Erb was appointed district
manager in the Main Line district
of the Bell Telephone Company of
Pennsylvania, and in March, 1880,
as district manager in the Upper
Darby district which includes Del
aware County in Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Erb, who was born in Lebanon,
Pa, attended the Lebanon High
School and Pennsylvania State
College. Mr.. Murphy was born in
Milford, Del, and is a graduate of
the University of Delaware. He
entered the telephone industry in
1926 as a clerk in Philadelphia and
rapidly rose to office manager of
the Philadelphia commercial de-
partment. In 1927 he was trans
ferred to the Diamond State Tele-
phone Company and, at the time
of his recent promotion was as
sistant manager in Wilmington
The appointment of Harcourt r.
Burns as district traffic superin-
tendent of the Diamond Sttae Tel
ephone Company was announced
today by Edward NJ Prisk, vice
president in charge of telephone
operations in Delaware. The new
superintendent, who will be in
charge of all central offices in Del
aware, takes over the duties Of
Alexander ]. Earey. Mr. Earey
mas been transferred as traffic SUI
perintendent of the Main Line dis
trict of the Bell Telephone Com
pany of Pennsylvania Both ap-
pointments become effective on
Monday, October &c. Mr.. Burns
is a resident of Wilmington and
was educated in the Wilmington
Friends School He first entered
the Diamond State Telephone
Company in 1911 and in the past
twenty years has held important
engineering and traffic positions in
this State and in eastern Pennsyl-
vania. Mr.. Burns is married and
lives at 8 Bedford Court, Whining
ton.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-28
Lirhts Out

At church little Jane listened to
! sermon Oh Let your light shine"
The only part she remembered
was the text bur she didn't under
stand what it meant until her moth
er said: 1T means being good, Obedi-
ent, and cheerful"
In the afternoon there was trou-
bic in the nursery and jane excused
herself for being naughty by saying:
''I've bloWed myself out"
Smyrna times., 1931-10-28

ier H. Sill aymond. ami while
the silyery johnny and his golden
mistress disappeared from the win
dow, Cupid got out his bow and
arrow.
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(WNU Service.l
Smyrna times., 1931-10-28
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28
PUTSIC FRIARS
 DEFEAT VIKINGS
 IN Y LEAGUE
Despins Single in Sixth Inning Scores Winning Runs-Lasky Hit Hard

Soup" Despins finally pinched himself and came out of his bat ting slump last night to produce a scoring single to right field which scored Spot Light and "Cutey" Brown and broke q A tie which gave the Putsic Friars q deserved G-4 victory over "Glasses" Whittaker's Vikings in the first game of the second round of the cenrtal "Y' Twilight league at BraSSCo park.
 The winners collected II binglcs off George "Truckman' Lasky, former Crosby high speed ball twirlcr, while the Vikings could nick Dillon but for four. Umpire Jim Mobile was given an ost"o- pathic ear treatment by Technician Doc Reed following the game for, he claims Lasky's inccssant beg ging for the corner and close plays lodged two dusty bubbles in his "hcarers'.
 Thursday night the Friars meet Harry Lvnch'S Thomaston kacey's in the Clock Town. To date each team has won one game and Thursdays will decide the better outfit. Saturday the Putsics meet the Cheshire Reformatory nine at Cheshire.
 Last nights game by innings; Vikings .0O3 100 0--4 ? Putsic Friars 200 013 x-6 II ,
 Batteries: Lasky and Finkcnz"l- lar; Dillon and Brown. Umpire; Jim "Whistlcr" Mobile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28
Giants Beat Robins
 in Playground

Tn the junior baseball league at Washington Park yesterday the Giants defeated the Robins to 6. Moore and DelBuono formed the Giants battery while Boley and Lacilla upheld the losers, Laurels. To- day the Cubs play the Reds. to- morrow the Braves meet the Phil lies while Thursday the Robins cross bats with the Cardinals and the Cubs tangle with the Giants on Friday.
 In the midget league the Yankees defeated the Pirates 9 to 3 with Kelly and McGrath forming the winners battery and Grimes and SturGes the losers. Denny Noonan umpired the contest. To-day the Indians meet the Collegians while to- morrow the White Sox play the Browns. Thursday the Tigers col lide with the Triangles and Fri day the Senators meet the Ath- letics, all games being played at 2 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28

afforded full opportunity earned tribute one adopted today with Welcome Home celebration Billy Burke of Union City, who is in the nviabe position worlds golfer Today his day insofar the Brass City was concerned organized being by direct Country Club make this memorable one
 Socially athetay have been made for the nubc to greet the newly United Open golf champion
 company with Leo Deg Johnny Farrell and Johnny Golden three of tbe greatest golfers Burke play best ball 18 hole four the Maauck Country Club this afternoon while he bis wife and will the guests of be Maauek Club d. testimonial dinner be gwen at the 1oe Elton beginning at $50 o'clock he dinner open 10 'n Puo those bng to attend being asked to notify Steward Me Connor the Matatuck Country Club.
 Judge John F. McCrath of burkes greatest local admirers this with invitations expected to be accepted Colonel Robert Eaton of Hartford J. Henry ora back of Canaan President Rowy w. Phillips of the Waterbury Country Club following New York writers will probably he present. Dan Parker the Mirror Bill Soum of the American Ford Prick and Sid Journal John Kenan of the and .ackD Doyle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-28
DIVISION VOLLEY
 BALL TEAM R0UT CHASE PARK BOYS
North Enders Score l5-O and l5-l Triumphs- Duggan Beats Fulton Park, 15-l and l5=4

Division street playground saw their championship volley ball team in action for the first time last night when they defeated Misa Mildred Dunne's Chase Park team. 15-O and 15-1. The fans were treated to rare exhibition as the north enders certainly were 1n their prime.
 Playing with the same smooth ness that has marked their games all season the Divisioners had lit- tie difficulty winning the ilrst game. The win marked the inltlai one any team has adm1nlstereo another by the shutout route. Ine second game was similar to tne first with the Divisioners aIways in command. The playing or Sa,ph % Santopietro, Joe Nash, Bill Swee- new T,eecc and Moore was note worthy for the winners while Mlke Moore was the losers best bet.
 The second game of the evening ro,ind Andy Cooney's Duggan team defeating Johnny Troy,,s Fultoh i Park team, IS to 1 and 15 to q. DugSan apparently picked up where Division left off and eaVe inc Cooke Streeters two crushihS setbacks.
 The winners showed perfect co ordination and led by the cohsis, ent playing of Ray Lee outpom cred their north end rlVais. Nap tain Joe Daly excelled TOT @
 losers, Frank McGrath. leaeus director. umpircd both games an. announced that tomorrow n,sn,
 Mil Mil street plays Dusgan anu Chase plays Fulton. both oe'" sta aeed at Mill street