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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30
Numbering Babies

AT last gang warfare has become terrible to U.s.
The blood Of five babies staining the sidewalks of
Harlem has made see that this thing, grown up
in our midst. often joked about, seldom spoken OF
with indignation, is monstrous and dreadful
Those bloodstains can not be washed away until
gang warfare is obliterated
For the blood guilt is not all upon the men who
brought machine gun into crowded street and
opened fire playing children 1t comes much closer
home
Gangs have been terroriNng our cities for a good
many years and we have tolerated them We can
not blame them alien influx according to men
who have made study of the growth and history of
racketeering. Colonel Robert I. Randolph, Chicago
engineer whose contributions to such study have
been notable says racketeering is IAN inside lob for
which business itself is very greatly responsible"
Years ago, he finds, business men and labor leaders
seized upon it quick solution of the problems of
competitive conditions and labor organization con-
troll And, says Randolph "the power and spread of
the evil is traceabe in great part to the respectable
appearance of its hiding place.
Then came prohibition, with its opportunity for
Illicit liquor traffic, the quick growth of awless opera
tions, and finally the murder of babies.
We must fight gang rule and warfare with every
weapon the law gives US with concerted action of
municipal state and federal agencies. But that is
not enough. We must get to the root of this thing
and the condition which has made this sort of
liquor traffic possible, and end the tolerance of gangs
and racketeers in respectable" business.
After ALL civilized nation does not let its chill
dren be killed with machine guns as they play.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30
Chained to Calendar

TINE whole trouble with life so
i far is that too much Of it falls
into assignments. We're not even
content to let our holidays just
happen.
Instead we mark them down on a
calendar, and there they stay as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30
IT SEEMS TO ME BY H EEg25S

fixed and set as an execution day.
There are times, for instance,
when I feel like turning over a new
leaf and leading better life and
giving up cigarets, but when I look
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30
what IS a water dog?

That is a common name for bell
benders, large, ugly, but harmless
salamanders, which are found in
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and
the southeast. They are voracious
and feed on crawfish, fish and other
water animals, and readily take the
bait from f1shermen's hooks. They
exude much Sims and are diff
cult to handle, and can live for hours
out of water. The spawn resembles
that Of frogs, but is lighter in color.
They reach length Of about 20
inches.
Can a parcel be mailed c. o. D. to
Great Britain?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30
Our Major IdiOcy

Statesmen still are trying to if they can save
Europe through a half-bion loan to Germany
Rugged individualists haunt us with the information
that Britain is spending $25OOOoO0O year on I'M
employment insurance.
s Such figures appear staggering when they rep
resent spending to advance the well-being of man
kind But no such excitement stirs us when we learn
OF truly colossal OUTLAWS for purposes of human de-
struction.
Come now the announcement of world armament
figures in the year book of the League of Nations for
the last fiscal year.
The various nations spent no less than $4,15s,-
100000 for ornaments last year. This figure is not
naitigated by that the expenditures getting
any less On the contrary the nations spent $780,
100000 more last year than the year before.
s The outlay per nation among the major states:
United States $707425000
Soviet Union .....e...s.s....s 5789430O0
France neutrality-suspicious. 46698OOOO
\ Great Britain s............... 465255OO0
Italy .........e.......s.4.....e. 248,946,OOO
Japan .......s.....sssss.....s. 236861OOO
s India ...ss...........s.ss".o...2 ll507OOO
Germany ..................... 1719230o0
+ Spain ....................... 1125s3O00
China ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 942e1O 900
81 Poland ...................... s2s73OOo
s Such is the state of affairs we approach the
seventeenth anniversary of the outbreak of the Hwar
to end war" No sensible person expects any state to
scrap its defenses while its neighbors arm to the
teeth But 1t is about time the nations got together
for really sincere facing of the disarmament prob
lem If we do not want the apes to protest the doc
trine Of evolution
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30

Texas physician says that because of light cloth
lng bobbed hair and the new freedom" women are
living longer. He might have given them greater
cause to rejoice if he had said these things make
them look younger longer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30

A New York magistrate suggests that gangsters
be hanged from lamp posts. That would be letting
them off lightly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30

New York police have warned night clubs to
clean up or close up" If they had taken care
OF the first part of it themselves, that would have
been news.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30
Modern Medicine Emphasizes Diet

This is the second Of series of TWEEN
ty-six timely articles by DR.. Morris Fish
bein on GOOD Truth and Follies," deal
ing with such much discussed but little
known subjects as calorieS. vitamins,
minerals. digestion and balanced diet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30

A cubic inch of air, scientist declares may con.
tain billion microbes 1t is statistics such as these
that take your breath away
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30

The trouble with most girls today who sigh fol-
Slenderer figures is that they are penny wise and
pound foolish.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30

Germany's broke, but there may be somethin
in her pocket battleship
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30

BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal of the American Medical
Association and Of Hygeia, the
Health MaOazine
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-30

HENRY L. sT1MsoN, secretary of state, has fol-
A lowed the lead of Andrew Mellon and gone to
Europe to take vacation. The charms of Europe
are very enticing to American diplomats these DAYS:
they simply can not be resisted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
WOMAN JURY FIGHT
IS ON IN COUNTIES
Many Pleas For and Against
Come From Montgomery
and Prince Georges.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, February 18.-The
question of jury service for women con-
tinues to be holly contested one in
Montgomery and Prince Georges Coun-
ties, the legislators of both counties
receiving many communications from
the proponents and opponents of the
step each lay of the session. So far the
proponents have been much more active
in memoralizing the legislators than the
opponents.
Bill Introduced.
A bill to give women the right to sit
on iuries was introduced in the House
Of Delegates two weeks ago by Delegate
Marvin harrington of Montgomery
County, who acted on the request of
the State Federation of Women's Clubs,
which is on record as favoring it.
When the Delegates returned to An
napolis last night to start the seventh
week of the current session. they found
letters from many womens organiza-
tions. including the State Federation
and the Decatur Heights Housekeepers'
Club. advising them of their action III
indorsing the proposal
One of the Delegates is answering all
of these communications. with inquiries
seeking the details of the meeting al
which the organization involved gave its
Endorsement. He asks how many at
tended the meeting and whether rec
ord vote was taken.
Mount Rainier Woman Objects.
One of the few to voice opposition to
the measure was Mrs. Ella Nalley of
Mount Rainier. who in letter to Dele
gate William F. Keys declared the bill
threatened to strip women of their
delicate code of morally and throw them
into the valve of murder and muck that
is being ground out in the courts of
our land"
Mrs. Nalley is an official and active
worker in the Prince Georges Pomona
Grange, the countrywide organization
which last week went on record as
against jury service for women.
New highways constructed in the
world last year had total length Of
nearly 10000 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18

property exempt from taxation, such as
churches, educational institutions and
hospitals. Such institutions situated
within the town have an approximate
valuation of an additional $4,000 900,
making a total valuation of improved
property of $12,0O0O00. 1t is obvious
that the replacement value, less depre-
citation, would approximate $15,000,000,
all of which property is under the pro-
lection of the Takoma Park Volunteer
Fire Department.
Insurance Rate.
"The insurance rate" continues the
report, ION frame structures within Ia
kcma Park is 81 cents per 500 on
frame structures with metal roofs and
81 cents per 500 of insurance on
frame structures with Shingle roofs.
These rates are applicable to property
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
TAKOMA F|REMEN
GUARD MILLIONS
Property Under Their ProteC-
ton Valued at $4,000, 900,
Report Says.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TAKOMA PARK, Md, February 10
Irvine H. Ware. president of the Ia
koma Park Volunteer Fire Department,
has filed with the town officials report
of the activities of the fire department
for the year 1880. prepared by J. R..
King, who has just retired as chief en-
gineer CT the department.
One of the features of the report is
the reference to insurance rates and
valuation of property within the cor
poratlon limits The value of
improved property within the cor
porate limits of the town of Takoma
Park Md" says Chief King, lis APP
proximately $4,000 900, which is a con-
sentative estimate That valuation does
not include the value of the improved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18

in the protected area. which. Of course,
includes property situated within the
town. The insurance rate on the above
structures is Al cents and As cents per
500 of insurance, respectively, in what
is designated as unprotected areas-that
Is, property within an area which is I'M
protected by fir9-fighting forces"
Sc Alarms Answered.
Chief King reported total OF BE-
alarms of fire responded to by the de-
partment during the year 1880. total
of 1884 miles were travelled to and
from the location of these fires, an av-
erage of ga miles per alarm. The nu-
merical strength of the fire-f1ghting
force responding to such alarms was the
equivalent of 828 men or approximately
10 men per alarm. The approximate
property damage was $500, an average
of 1920 per alarm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
'sNice Decorations"
Revealed as Work
OF Flemish Master
Pictures Purchased for
$500 Valued by Ex-
perts at $4,000.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February 18.-Mrs. Jason
F. Whitney of Evanston could have a
neat little profit of some 1857 per cent
in case she ever wanted tn dispose of
the nice decorations" she purchased
from Chicago dealer, art experts said
today.
The mice decorations" were identi-
fed by Maurice Goldblatt. connoisseur,
as authentic paintings of the Flemish
master, Rubens, and estimated that
they were worth in the neighborhood
of $4,000.
Mrs Whitney paid $500 for them.
The dealer from whom she made the
purchase said he acquired them simply
as two decorative drawings by an
artist unknown
Goldblatt, however, said they were
Rubens' Presentation in the Temple"
and Alteration of the Shepherds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18

New highways constructed in the
world last year had a total length Of
nearly $50 900 miles
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-27

NTYLES and living are becom-
~ ing more gracious day by day.
~ The old postwar disregard
Tor the leisurely arts of life has
passed and we now wear trailing
dresses to quiet parties where con-
versation has been revived along
with the games of an earlier period
and several new ones, devised to
supply the demand for dignltled
entertainment. In the nursery, be-
fore the fire, after dinner, i'll the
afternoons, on the beach or i'll the
mountain cabin, games have be-
come the chief means of pleasant
entertainment. intellectual skill
and happy companionship.
Ingenious means of making and
placing game boards add to the
excitement Of these new indoor
sports. With wood or beaver board
for foundation, the designs for
playing checkers. backgammon,
parchesi and other games OF this
type are painted. These can be cut
any size 10 fit the requirements OF
a particular table or space. Besides,
an exaggerated design may be
more interesting than the conven-
tional one on the ordinary COM
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-27
GROW HEALTHY
CHICKS PROGRAM

In connection with the 1881 pro-
gram of the grow healthy chicks
campaign, which was started in this
state three years ago under the di-
| rectiOn of II. S. Palmer, extension
\ pOultryman of the University of Del
aware, each poultry raiser in Kent
county received recently from the
offcfe of County Agent Russell e.
Wilson, circular letter explaining
the plan of this project for this year
and soliciting the cooperation of all
the poultrymen in the keeping of
chick mortality records and follow
ing the sanitation practices as rec
commended by the extension depart
ment.
In addition to this circular each
pOultryman also received an instruc-
ton letter which has been prepared
by the poultry specialist, and which
includes the nine points or practices
which comprise the 1881 grow
healthy chicks program, and a circu-
lar which H. r. Baker, poultry dis
ease pathologist of the State Board
of Agriculture, has prepared with
reference to bacillary white diarrhea
which is one of the most serious dis
eases affecting chicks throughout
the country.
Along with the material which
was enclosed with this letter from
the county agent there were also
cards on which the pOultrymen have
been requested to keep a record of
the mortality losses in their hOcks of
chicks during the first s weeks.
These cards are for their own per-
sOnal use, and at later date the
poultrymen will be asked to send
this information to the county extern
sion office on other cards which will
be mailed to them for this purpose.
Among the points or practices
which are considered in this project
for this year include such recon-
as clean chicks from
:ulled and tested flOcks, clean brood /
er houses, clean ground, clean litter,
;lean feed and water, and clean or /
sanitary management, and the CO. /
operation of all poultry farmers is /
leing solicited in the following of /
I'll or as many of these practices as
possible in the raising Of their chicks
his pring. The average chick NOR
ality rate for Kent county in 1890
vas rs per cent, which represented
he records from 63 poultry fiocks
With total of 75,2l7 chicks during
he first 2S days from the date they
we're Matched, and it will be of in
crest to learn the mortality rate in
93l on those farms where these
practices have been fol-
owed.
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-27
FRANKFORT

Chicken thieves seem to be at
work in this community. They have
recently visited the hen houses OF
Mrs. Handy Nelson and Mrs. Asher
E. Collins. Several choice fowls
were stolen.
Gardening is beginning to get un-
derway. Peas, radishes, onions and
cabbage are being started. Garden
ing is not yet general, only those
having locations favorable to early
work are doing anything.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Williams an
nOunce the birth of daughter,
Caroline Marie, February 18th, at
the Milford hospital Mrs. Williams
was formerly Miss Mildred Tingle.
The FrankfOrd Free Library was
recently the recipient of Il dozen
fine books. They were donated by
Mrs. r. N. Cassatt, of Philadelphia.
The gift is appreciated and is being
enjoyed by the patrons of the Ii
brary.
The annual Chautauqua festival
was held here last week. An excel
lent program was given. 1t was
well received by the public. 1t
seemed that the whole program was
better than ever. The guarantors,
about 50, have contracted for the re-
turn of the ChautauQua again next
year. 1t has been coming here for
about is years and has always given
satisfaction.
Mrs. Burton G. Cannon recently
entertained her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Maclin of Wilmington.
Saunders Truitt, of Milford, was
a visitor here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Furman, who
have been living on Staten Island.
N. Y, have returned here to their
home on Knox street.
Joe Franklin and family are for
saking town life to go to farming in
Baltimore hundred. The property
which he is vacating on Thatcher
street is to be occupied by William
Coffin. 1t is also reported Mr.. COf- |
fin has sold the property, near Lambs !
Camp, where he now resides, to A. |
Frank Williams.
Mrs. Frank Townsend and Gaugh-
ter Yvonne entertained at a dinner
Monday evening the following
guests: Mr.. and Mrs. John Ellis of |
Mr.. and Mrs. Eben
Townsend of Dagsboro. Mr.. and Mrs.
Leland Burton of Lewes. Oliver
Long of Selbyville and Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Horace DerricksOn of Ocean View
and Ardmore, Pa.
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-27
DELMAR

Mrs. Milton Cleary, of Whining
ton, was visitor in Delmar Wed
nesday.
Mrs. John H. Atwell is spending
a few weeks with relatives in New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marian Hastings and
daughter Eleanor spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Hast
ings at Parksley, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Paul Ellis have
returned from a visit with friends
in North Carolina.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle Nelson. Mrs.
Alice Hearn and Mr.. and Mrs. V. ].
Carmine spent Sunday and Monday
in Philadelphia.
E. w. Palmer and Fred M. Wright
are attending a feed dealers con-
ventiOn in Springfield, Mass, this
week. They motored to Wilmington
and with other dealers went by
train from Wilmington to SPRING
field.
William S. Marvel, Sr., entered
the Peninsula General Hospital, at
Salisbury, Monday, for observation
and treatment.
Arthur Sturgis, who has been
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Sturgis, in this town for a few
weeks, has returned to his home in
Wilmington.
The members of the junior and
senior classes are busy reheaisng
three-act musical comedy, See
You Later" which they expect to
present Tuesday evening, March 10,
in the school auditorium. The SEN
ior class of the Delmar, Md, school
will present their annual play Thurs
day evening, March 5th, in the Ell
cora Theatre. Title of play, after
You I'm Next"
Miss Elizabeth Matthews is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman JEFF
fersOn at EastOn, Md.
Marion Lee Kitchens is suffering
with a sprained ankle from playing
at school.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. James /.
died of pneumonia early |
Monday. Funeral services were held .
1T st. Georges Tuesday afternoon
md interment was at Laurel.
Dealia Fleetwood, of Chester, Pa,
spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs.
Annie Fleetwood.
Regular meeting of the New Cen
ury Club was held Tuesday after
noon with the president, Mrs. Paul
(. Ellis, presiding. At the close of
he business meeting Mrs. VIM. Mar
,el and Mrs. V. J. Carmine present
ID the following program: "Amer-
ca" by club; reading, "WashingtOn's
Best Portraits" Mrs. V. J. Carmine;
Columbia the Gem of the Ocean;
eading; Sonnet, Miss Mary Lou
'lemOns; song, Mt. Vernon Bells;
QUESTIONABLE conduct
d by Mrs. Marvel; "Star-Spangled
}anner".
Mrs. Susie Marsh was q Philadel-
hia visitor on Tuesday.
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-27
FIVE YEAR FIGHT
To SAVE BEAUTY
ENDS IN SUCCESS

A struggle to save beauty started
live years ago with Il letter to an
editor 1t has ended after one of the
hottest conservation fights in the
/ history of the country, involving the
interests of large power company
! the stirred resentment of a whole
state, the efforts of national orean-
iZatiOns. And everybody is happy-
even the power company. For the
people of Kentucky have won as
their own forever, the wild beauty
of Cumberland Falls, the second
largest waterfall east of the Miss
issippi River. The power company
has reGained the public goodwill.
The settlement has given an impe-
tus to Identification which may re-
suit in a new scenic highway chain
in Kentucky.
Editor Tom Wallace of the Louis
Vile Times received a letter from
State Park Commissioner Vane Pra-
ther protesting against the Cum
berland Power Company's plan to
set up Il power plant at the falls.
The editor Immediately commenced
campaign TO block the project and
the citizens of Kentucky heartily re-
sponded. The combat waged from
courts to legislature Nature lovers
in every section of the country
Joined the sidelines, and the late
Senator II. Coleman du POnt of Del
aware gave the state S230.G00 for
the purchase of the tract inclosing
Cumberland Falls.
But the struggle continued, while
the price of land increased.
Recently the heirs of Senator du
Pont raised the original sum to
100000. The power company ac-
cepted the price, although it was
considerably less than its invest
ment, and sacrificed a promising
power site. The wilderness region
became a state park.
Seth Gordon, president Of the Am
erican Game Association, one of the
national organizations which work.
ed to preserve the area, declared the
campaign to be IAN out
standing evidence of an aroused ia
tional interest in protection of seen
lc beauty and natural resources"
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-27
Be Chic ''Play the Game
By BERTHA ANNE HOUCK

mercial game board. A ping pong
table can be fashioned satisfac-
torily from wall board and made
in several pieces. These are joined
to one another with hinges so that
the table may be folded up. 1t will
be found TO be a great convenience
in the house that is not large
enough to provide space for a spe-
cial game room. as it can be set
on top OF the dining room table.
Wood needs only priming coat
TO seal the pores. Then it is ready
10 be lacquered or enameled. The
hard, smooth surfaces that these
materials produce are very salts
factory for the purpose of playing.
Wall board must be sized before
the printing coat is applied; other
wise it is finished like wood.
Game boards can be painted on
various permanent surfaces around
the house wherever they would
prove decorative and convenient.
The center of a built-in window
seat or a settle before the fire are
two especially suitable places.
Here two people can sit on either
side of the backgammon or check
er pattern and play in comfort.
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-27
MARYLAND
"The Old Free State"

l5y -. Rcf OlemOHS
A State that's blest with wOndrous
cline.
Where Natures bountoous gifts com
bfne
With all that one might wish or
name
TO crown her with enduring fame
A State long been by Nature blest
With all things good,-the very best
! For every creature, great or small
/ That comes within her reach or call.
A land where sunlights brightest
CLEAN
Shines forth with radiance supreme
And finds its way to every heart
It's joy and gladness to impart.
A State, where courage blends with
power;
Which never yet was known to cow
Ell
Meath tyrant's heel in days of woe,
But ever bravely meets her foe.
When Nations call to arms we hear,
She answers promptly, loud ana
clear;
Most valiantly performs her part
With patriotic hand and heart.
She moves alway in Peace or War,
With Right alone her guiding star;
And with that star her beacon light,
Pursues her couse,-her pathway
bright.
She bears aloft her Flag of State,
And with assurance, calm, sedate,
Maintains. her honor, strength and
fame
And adds new lustre to her name.
A State most rich in ancient lore,
From mountain height to ocean
shore; .j
Astounding wealth!-how truly great
Is Maryland, the old Free State.
Delmar, Md.
February, 1881.