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Smyrna times., 1931-03-25
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We
Know In and Around the Larg-
er Peninsula Towns

The State eHolstein Association
is contributing considerable money
for county herd and All Club
prizes at the State Fair. Thev
have also appropriated $500 for the
county contest plan which closes
May /.
Smyrna times., 1931-03-25

| With the 384 charters filed in
the Secretary of States office at
Dover for the month of February.
the revenue received from the fl
ing of such charters amounted to
S42,826.O9, showing a falling off as
compared with the month of Jan
uary, both in number of characters
and the revenue received. The
number of charters filed in Janu-
ary was 399, and the revenue re-
ceived was S78,624.60.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Spicer, of
Delaware City, have announced the
forthcoming marriage of their
daughter, Miss Katherine Lloyd
Spicer, to Mr. Stacy L. Jones, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward S. Jones,
on Saturday afternoon, April 4th,
at 200 o'clock in the Delaware
City Presbyterian Church. A re-
ception will follow the ceremony at
the home of the brides parents on
Clinton street, Delaware City.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage on Monday of last
week of Miss Marjorie Moore,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Moore, of Dover, to Will
liam F. Pipder, of Clayton, at
Chestertown, Md. Mr.. Pinder is a
graduate of the Smyrna High
School while Miss Moore is a grad
uate of the Dover High School but
who at one time lived in this town
and attended Smyrna schools.
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risked the voyage in the petty ships then available.
Columbus reputation for veracity as geographer,
naturalist and historian has been assaed severely
IN recent years by number of scholars, among them
Dr. Leo Wiener of Harvard.
Columbus had soaked himself in the urd ac-
counts Of the far east in the travel books from Marco
Polo in the spurious Travels of Sir Jon De Mande-
vlle He had come to think in these rainbow phrases
Believing that he had found the East Indies, he
related his discoveries in terms compatible with what
has been told about these parts by the earlier over
land travellers and their Imaginative exaggerators
His description of his discoveries was like writing
the history Of our oil industry in terms of some of
the more optimistic prospectuses of oil syndicates
Yet this proved all to the good, in it's effect upon
subsequent history A sober and accurate narrative
hardly would have attracted great interest. Column
bus grandiose exaggerations helped nightly to sell
the idea Of the western route and so helped on the
further exploration Of the Americas.
Columbus did not sell the idea of America to
Europe for he died believing that he had tapped the
riches Of the Indies AS late as 609 Hendrix Hudson
imagined, as he sailed past the Palisades that he
soon would burst forth upon the open sea which
quickly would bring him to the treasure islands of
the Orient.
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Just Every Day Sense
RY MRS WALTER EERGnSnN

THE mother of a complains bitterly of the
negligence of other who fail to train their
girls to steady ways.
Those who have boy children have carped upon
this subject since the young The powerful
protective maternal instinct abhors temptation for
its sons and according to the logic of motherhood,
what offers such temptation as the f1ppant girl?
1t is true that many of us do not rear our daugh-
tiers we'll They often untitled for the wifey role
not because of lack of moral training but because
they are IMMERSED in craftsmanship and honesty
Nevertheless, when asserts that girls
are dragging to perdition, you may be sure that
she is prejudiced in favor of male-preSumably
a son-and has no reasonable comprehension of the
subject
IT, as some believe, there has been moral loose
ness among young women for the last decade, men
directly responsible, and it is comparatively easy
TO trace that responsibility
THE weapon with which we destroyed our former
u ideals was the bayonet. The world war killed
more than men. When all permanent things become,
of sudden, impermanent. when traditions tumble
about us when men gaze steadily at death through
long months and women know too well the face of
sorrow then Standards be they set UP ever power
fully sway and fall crashing to the earth.
Men decide the fate of nations; men develop or
tear down religions men make or >unmake civliza-
tons And men dictate and determine the behavior
of their women
This always has been true. 1t perhaps always will
be true When every mothers son has transferred
his notice and affection from the naughty to the nice
girl, when men marry only upright and honorable
women, we shall some startling changes in the
feminine.
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They Can't Read

nliteracy in this country advertised by the an
nouncement of census figures, is no abstract
thing that be laid aside until more convenient
time for action.
-Four and three-tenthS per cent of the population
over 10 years of age neither read nor write the
figures show. In other words, several million men
and women who vote have no way of informing them
selves on the issues of the campaign
They know little of the national ideals or aspra-
tons, and nothing of the national laws They have
no of protecting their economic interest of know
ing the contents of contracts Deeds notices of at
tachment and can not read advertisements that
tell them where they may buy cheapy.
These illiterates disgraceful evidence of the
gap between national promise and performance We
attempt to guarantee to all Corners the right to life
and liberty and equal chance with others on at
least the lower rungs Of the educational ladder.
If we make good promise, we will do our
selves a service we'll as our unlearned brothers.
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HSERVCE--
Keep Eye on School Pupils Health

proper nutrition. Far too often
child is sent to school with a glass
of milk as its only breakfast, some
times with just bite of fruit.
The child is going to be subjected
to wear and tear, both physical and
mental, such as it has not had at
home. Hence it should not start
for school without an adequate
breakfast.
"One year of good feeding at the
beginning of life" said DR.. Rose,
lis more important than ten after
40"
A breakfast of fruit, cereal, toast
and milk is the best type of break
fast for school child.
Bacon and eggs are not needed,
and when taken usually result in
a diminution of the cereal, which
is most important for proper en-
ergy and nutrition.
In most city schools there are
cafeterias in which the children
obtain their luncheons.
There are many schools, particu-
larly in the south, where the child's
lunch consists of a bottle of favored
carbonated beverage of one type
or another, rather than hot soup,
vegetables, salads and milk.
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German FaScistS

German Fascism has entered a new and more
dangerous development That is the significance of
The giant demonstration of the united reactionary
parties at Hamburg, in which Fascists Hugenberg
nationalist, Steel Helmets, and sundry UNEMPLOYED
princes and generals were joined by important bust
ness interests behind the scenes
Hitherto, it has been possible to discount German
FaScism as an Intellectual rabble of broken down
monarchiSts and irresponsible youths Even the rapid
parliamentary gains of the NaN or Fascist party in
the last election could be explained away as a mo-
mentary alteration of the desperate German nonu
laton.
Adoph Hitler the Fascist leader. could be dis
missed from serious consideration as a neurasthenic
Austrian house-panter unable to gain the political
confidence OF majority of the German people
Thus 1t was easy enough for GERMANY and the
rest OF the world to laugh off the ghost of Hitler
counter-revoution
Now the Hamburg mobilization of reaction has
revealed that Hitler and his paraders apparently are
only the screen for capitalists represented bv Haar
Schacht Schacht is more than former president
OF the Reichsbank. He is one of the most brilliant
and daring men in Germany He is one of the worlds
two or three outstanding financial geniuses
1t will be recalled that MusSonis Fascists started
out IN Italy as group of rresponsbles and pstarts
which the world at first refused to take seriously
outon the big Italian ndustralists and bankers were
discovered as the real power behind Fascism.
The world might laugh at Hitler, the mad dema-
Cog 1t might laugh at General Won Seeckt revival
lSt OF Junkerism. 1t might laugh at Hugenberg.
wealthy master of mass propaganda. But the world
can not laugh at schacht-or at Hitler-von seeckt
Hugenberg- Schacht combination
Germany will not remain enslaved by the unjust
Versailles treaty forever Either she will regain her
economic freedom by peaceful means or the time will
come when she turns to the mad methods of the
Fascists
That would mean another European war
If France Britain and the United States are wise
they will hasten revision of the destroying peace
treaties, the cancellation of war debts and renara
TONS the wping out of trade barriers and the ion
reduction of ornaments
This Is necessary for the liberation of GERMANY
This is necessary for world peace and prosperity
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artfully manufacture "a popular de-
mand'."
But it seems to me no more than
reasonable that Gandhi should look
over a field before he ventures into
it. After all, there has never been
any contention that he was not a
propaganda. Indeed, his greatest
glory is his belief that ideas NAV
prevail over force. And the dis
semination of an idea is, of course,
by any definition, propaganda.
Somehow or other the word itself
has come to have an ugly meaning.
We associate propaganda with un-
derhand methods of spreading I'M
truth.
Yet every great teacher from the
beginning of time has been a propa-
gandist. 1t is indeed the twin title
which belongs by right to each in
Spired prophet.
Copyright. 1881. by The Times)
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Peoples Voice

Editor Times-In your paper of
Sept. %, in M. E. Tracy's column,
I read his comments that there was
going to be debt holiday not only
for one year, but for two.
Now will some one please explain
why it wouldn't be a good idea for
these loan companies to have a hol-
iday, not only for one year, but two,
and give the overburdened farmers
a chance to apply this money that
is due on thier farms, by repairing
and painting their buildings and
building fences which are needed so
badly.
They wouldn't lose any money,
they would only be two years longer
getting it. Then if they had to take
the land over, it would be more val
liable with these improvements.
Why did the loan companies
raise the interest last fall, when
everything the farmer had to sell
was going down? Why didn't they
lower it. if they wished to help the
farmer get out from under such
heavy burdens?
MRS. ELMER GORDON.
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What Does Columbus Mean to Us?

Wy, lhotod columbus dav Monday. What does
this intrepid and picturesque native OF Genoa iie'
to Americans in 1881? H.
He rediscovered America and encouraged oCher
E,ropeans to follow his example But there Is HUE
doubt that the spirit of the times was Such Vn"V
others would have performed the feat Oh Oolullo"o
if he had not possessed the great courage TO SCI o
for the Indies on Aug. 3, 1892 Yet Coluni0uS !" -
sufficient Importance for American history Amply "
warrant a reconsideration of his career
columbus did not discover America. The hrSt
human, bein.- to come here were the Monaghan fore
hoors Of orr American Indians, who crossed by the
u,av of Alaska v1rn a stone culture perhaps 1oooo
wears ago. They built up high civilizations IN Me%co
Yucatan Peru and central New York IN some o'iiei
nlaces remaining in a state of barbarism until long
after the white man came
Some following Elliott Smith and his school DE-
rove that America next discovered by clVll1eo
Africans crossing westward and bringing with them
the pyramid culture of Egypt This hypoVheSlS Is
NOT inopossible but it certainly is unlikely
-r1,ore is no doubt that the mortimer did come
here in successive explorations between $40 anu lO'O'
hut anv settlement they may have left was wiped
ont before Columbus 1t is believed that hshermen
from, western Europe frequently reached the Grand
T,.rks If Newfoundland before Columbus sailed.
?, Columbus did not discover America, he was
tho FIRST to come here after the time was ripe for
extensive and continued interest in exploration, and
after inventions the science of navigation made
possible successful traversing of the great ocean
barrier.
For thousands of years sailors off the coast OF
E,rope had possessed ships about as large as those
used by Columbus But he had the mariners COM
mass. which made navigation fairly accurate, if not
wholly safe far out of sight of land.
Columbus was not the first to think the world
Is round to talk about getting to the riches of the
indies by a westward passage or to be bold enough
to make the effort.
Most geographical scholars of the fifteenth CEN
t,rv believed the world round and there was
great interest in the western passage the far east
Columbus the first man to combine the neces-
sary bravery with the lucky breaks in the way of
ADEQUATE financial and politics. support These facts
do not detract from his tie for courage and in
itiatve but they give set-r idea of the background
of his voyages of discovery.
1t is 80 interesting fact nat major scientific
error VS. probs.y responsible for Columbus will
ingness to make his daring trip. Geographers held
that the void slightly less than half its actual
size This placed the Indies essentially in the loca
ton of Central America.
Had the real size of the earth been recognized
1t is doubtful If Columbus anybody else would have
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TT STEMS tn MT pv HAYWOOD
l. OGG4NAO ~ 1N1G ol BROUN

Today 1 start a two weeks vaca-
ton, and, as usual, go away with
considerable trepidation. A column
list always fears to leave his post,
for he never knows just what bril-
liant doing may occur during his
absence.
There is the terror that by the
time his rest period has ended the
boss may wire: Things are going
finely. Stay we're you are. Don't
bother to come back"
My fear is even greater this time,
because I have ben told that the
space will be filled by various bright
young pinch hitters on the staff.
Every newspaperman has at least
one good column in his system, and
some may have many more.
Still, with all due Difference to
those who are going to bat for me,
I must put in a claim right now
that they will operate under a GER
tain advantage.
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who try to persuade the child to
catch rides on the back of motor
cars and who in other ways may
subject him to danger.
A warning will not always pre-
vent the possibility, but sometimes
it will, and certainly the child has
right to such information as is
available.
Other of the most serious con-
ditions which can affect human be-
ings are definitely preventable by
modern scientific methods.
These are smallpox and diph-
liberia. Most schools require anti
smallpox vaccination. In a great
number of communities the use of
diphtheria toxin antitoxin is also
compulsory.
The child should be immunized
not only for it's own benefit, but
for the protection of other children
with whom it may come in contact.
We live in a social world and are
responsible for not ourselves alone,
but also for other people.
Among the most serious consider
ationS, particularly in times of eco
nomic depression, is the question of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-13
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ


Neao Impetus for the Build
ing Arts IN America Is
Given by the Nea0Iy Formed
Coz, structioB League.
ENGINEERS, architects, building
II contractors, and other groups
interested in the building industry
have united to form an organization
known as the Construction League,
The aim of the Construction
League is, in its own words, to CO.
operate for the common good of the
industry and to better serve the ma
ton"
The league hopes to bring about
the union of science and art which
is necessary to make the planning
of buildings and cities both Efficient
and beautiful in the Machine Age.
Nineteen groups of the construc-
ton industry, with more than
100000 members, representing bill
lions of dollars in capital, have
joined the league.
The league also represents the
great army of workers, for one of
the groups associated with it is the
building trades department of the
American Federation of Labor
The league plans to open head
quarters soon in Washington. Event
ually, 1t IS announced, thirtv-fiye
groups will be represented in the
league. viz
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-13
Your Minority Knows

THERE comes a period in the
i life of every daily commentator
when readers begin to write in con-
solingly and say, you're not the
man you used to be-" Of course,
the readers may be right. The voice
of the people is the voice of circu-
lation.
And yet I tinidly suggest that it
is not always the columnist who be-
gins to stale. Sometimes he is just
the same as he ever was or ever will
be. 1t is the reading group which
has become surfeited and over
trained.
Nor am I ready to admit that
wisdom of numbers is invariably be-
yond criticism. After all, a COM
munity which goes on electing Tam
many officials year after year could
even be wrong on the merits of some
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-13
A State Issue

The question of whether the people shall
regulate the utilities or the utilities shall
continue to regulate the people becomes
state wide issue.
When Paul McNutt, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor, an
nounced that he stood for the protection OF
public rights, he created an issue that no
other candidate can avoid.
Any Democrat who attempts to plead Tor
the utility control of government would have
a rather difficult time and any Republican
who defends present conditions would prob
ably find himself with few votes in either a
convention or an election.
The thing that happened to the Old saloon
is happening to the brazen utility group.
They have become greedy, arrogant, bold,
criminal and very foolish.
Not content with extorting unreasonable
profits, the utilities have dipped into the con-
oil of government They have become the
government
At the last session of the Legislature a
measure to place holding companies under
regulation was killed by the efforts OF utility
owned legislators in both parties.
The attempt to egslate on BUSES by
fraud and forgery, just disclosed and de-
nounced by Judge Chamberlin, was utility
scheme 1t was planned by the lobbyists Tor
these special interests. The clerks and leglsla-
tors who participated in this fraud were ur-
der the domination of these lobbyists.
So intrenched in power and so immune to
public opinion have these interests become
that they went the whole route of fraud and
forgery in order to control
They had every reason to be scorntul OF
the public They had been ably and still
are. to reward with appointive office those
who served them in legislative halls. They
have been able to elect, with their huge
oamnaion contributions, men to office who Will
do their will.
The people have seen a long line of decl-
sions against them in practically every rate
case that has affected the large utility IN
terests.
The people have seen holding company
piled on holding company and the pyramid
of high finance supported by extortlons IN
the form of rates.
In Indianapolis the fight is just beginning
for a fair rate for electricity and water Inc
citv is in rebellion The city government is
protesting and the people are planning their
battle
Now the question becomes state wide
McNutt raises the issue. Other candidates
can not afford to ignore or dodge. The people
will demand some specific promises as to what
will be done bv the man who becomes Gov
ernor year hence. They will want dellnlte
pledges.
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B1TE4e9
ANNIVERSARY
44tk1B
MORGENTHAU STATEMENT
October Is

ON Oct. -, 1917, Henry L. Nor
~ genthau, former American am
bassador to Turkey, in a signed
statement to the New York World.
asserted that the kaiser planned the
World war weeks before the actual
beginning of hostilities.
Ambassador Morgenthau said that
war was decided upon at a con-
ference held in Berlin early in July,
1914, between the kaiser and his
military advisors.
On this same date Admiral Won
Tirpitz, formerly minister of the
German navy, in an interview in
the Brunswick Landeszeitung, was
quoted as saying: I'VE are now at
the fateful hour of our existence.
Germany can not maintain her po-
sition as world power against Eng
land unless her position is founded
on might"
Meantime, Marshal Haig's men
were continuing to advance their
new lines in Flanders, though the
Germans landed troops on the coast
of the Gulf of Tagalab, and on Oesel
and Dago islands. The garrison Of
Oesel fought the invaders
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Unfair Criticism

TN the comment concerning
Il Gandhi, it was said by many
American editorial writers that the
Indian leader meant well, but that
his words should not be needed too
utterly, since he was wholly a
visionary and a fanatic.
Now the tide seems to turn. Sew
eral reporters who have interviewed
him cable that Gandhi is prac-
teal man. we'll aware Of his objec-
tives and the best way to obtain
them.
I find, for instance, the Evening
Post is complaining because the
Mahatma Gandhi is sounding out
sentiment before making visit to
the United States.
In other words" says the Post,
Nthis shrewd oriental is angling for
an invitation. No politician in the
hands of his friends could more
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Aims COnnmendabIe

TINE Construction League ac-
Il cording to Kohn, will give adj
dltlonal impetus to many move
mentS for advancing the building
arts in America.
THE league, it is believed, should
do nationally what has been done
IN many cities by local building con-
gresses,' he said. Many construc-
tive policies are being carried out.
but need coordination.
These include the apprentice
ship of the building congresses, the
movement for better quality in
building materials fostered by the
producers council, and the attempts
by the Associated General Contrac-
tors to bring about the re-qualifi-
cation Of bidders and to relieve the a
unemployment emergency.
Reforms Of Importance to archi-
tects and engineers are being pro-
NOTED by the associations of plas-
terers, sheet metal workers, marble
quarrymen and dealers, painters,
and heating and piping contractors.
Another significant program is
that of the Electrical Guild of
America embracing education, old
age pensions for workers, and I'M
employment insurance investiga-
tons.
"The plan of cooperation con-
templated by the construction
league is designed to achieve some
thing more than merely to advance
certain desirable pieces of work be-
ing done by one or another group.
1t is evident that in the process of
working together to help these en-
terpriseS every group will get a bet
ter idea of what its place is in the
economy of the industry.
Through this new relationship
the member associations uncon-
sciously will be making for clarifca-
ton Of function in the building in
dustry similar to that which de-
veloped locally in all of those cities
where building congresses have been
established"