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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

/ Sealed proposals will be received by the
State Highway Department, at it's office
4 Dover. Del. until 200 o'clock p M
I Eastern Standard Time December 1st
opened for contracts involving the follow
/ ing approximate quantities:
1 Contract 2O7
Newport-Cranston Heights 1000 Feet
/ 1000 Gu. Yds. Excavation
/ 500 Gu. Yds. Borrow
| $4,000 So. Fl. Cement Concrete Sidewalk
so Gu. Yds. Glass Concrete
| 5000 Lbs. Catch Basin & Drop Inlet Cast
ings
20 Lin. Fl. In Corr. Metal Pipe
10 Lin. Fl "a In. Cor. Metal Pipe
Woodland Beach Causeway, $50 Fit. Timber
Bridge
5000 Lin. Fl. Creosoted Timber Piling
NJ Fl. B. M. Sheet Piling
n M Fl. B. M. Creosoted Timber
Contract 2Is
Chestnut Street Cutof-New Castle 1900
Feet
1000 Gu Yds. Borrow
240 Lin. Fl. "a In. Corr. Metal Pine
120 Lin. Fl 80 In. Corr. Metal Pipe
Contract 220
Reynolds CONGRATULATIONS 4.76 Miles
Acres Clearing
3 Acres Grabbing
5000 Gu. Yds. Excavation
$4,000 Gu. Yds. Borrow
1000 Tons Broken Stone Base Course
1900 Gu. Yds. Cement Concrete Pavement
1000 Lin. Fl. Premoulded Bit. Exp Joint
900 Gu. Yds. Glass A Concrete
$4,000 Lbs. Reinforcement
1000 Lbs. Catch Basin & Drop Inlet Cast
ings
500 Lin. Fl. Is In. Corr. Metal Pipe
$50 Lin. Fl. IS In. R. C. Pipe
$50 Lin. Fl. "a In. r. C. Pipe
20 Lin. Fl. 80 In. R. C. Pipe
1000 Lin. Fl. In. Pipe Underdrain
$500 So. Yds. Glass A Concrete Gutter
1000 Lin. Fit. Wood Shoulder Curb
$500 Lin. Fl. Timber Test PiIing
Contract 22I
Mcdaniel Heights-Tallyville. Sidewalks
500 CT. Yds. Excavation
1880 Gu. Yds. Borrow
21.60O So. Yds. Cement Concrete Sidewalk
10 Gu. Yds. Glass A Concrete
5000 Lbs. Catch Basin & Drop Inlet Cast
100 Lin. Fl. IL In. Corr. Metal Pipe
10 Lin. Fl. IS In. R. C. Pipe
10 Lin. Fl. "a In. r. C. Pipe
Contract 222
Townsend-Ginn's Corner, Sidewalk
1,525 Feet
300 Gu. Yds. Excavation
200 Gu. Yds. Borrow
$500 So. Fl. Cement Concrete Sidewalk
10 Lin. Fl. Is In. r. C. Pipe
Contract 223
Laurel Towards DeImar, Sidewalks
also Feet
200 Gu. Yds. Excavation
1900 Gu. Yds. Borrow
q, 900 So. Fit. Cement Concrete Sidewalk
Gu. Yds. Glass A Concrete
1000 Lbs. Catch Basin Drop Inlet Cast
ings
100 Lin. Fl. Is In. Corr. Metal Pipe
Contract "W"
Dynamite
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25

Contact EOS
Woodland Beach Causeway, $50 Fl. Timber
Bridge
5000 Lin. Fl. Creosoted Timber Piling
2 M Fl. B. M. Sheet Piling
n M Fl. B. M. Creosoted Timber
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-11-25

Contract PIG
Chestnut Street Cutof-New Castle $500
Feet
IS 900 Gu. Yds. Borrow
240 Lin. Fl. "a In. Corr. Metal Pine
120 Lin. Fl. 80 In. Corr. Metal Pipe
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
Protests Against Proposed
Parking Regulations

Government employees and others strongly protest
ing against proposed parking regulations that will deprive
them parking opportunities driving them to the expense Of
street tax buses garage storage in daylight hours
There has been accumulation of hyser about downtown
parking and traffic conditions for long time It psy
Geological than real The time will come when there must be
sharp parking restrictions in downtown Washington but is
not here Until that time does arrive citizens of Washing
ton owning should not be put to unnecessary incon
venence and bounding
Instead of harassng District citizens with all sorts of
sing rules the District Commissioners might look ahead
plans for providing assistance the matter of parking They
might make effort impress upon Federal auhor
ties the wisdom of providing parking under Of the
Federal buildings going the region where the proposed
rules will discomfort in the construction Of under
ground garages
The Federal program of buildings will take thousands of
workers into congested area but things look few
Of them will be able to their machines to and from work
They will have leave their automobiles their park
long distances away.
Thousands of citizens not in service going
be affected by the proposed restrictions of which
tend into not threatened with exceptional congestion
The noparkng mania certainly has seized District Build
ing, to the utter disregard of rights of the public
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
Bank Deposits Here Break
All Records
Lands and Homes Are Good Investments

Banking institutions of Washington show deposits of ap
proximately $281 965 900, altime record
Depression shifts money from business and investments to
the banks which do have the opportunities to make loans
as in periods of prosperity.
Our banks welcome thrift the part of the public but
thrift does hiding money keeping idle at all
times.
In this wonderful National City have not felt depression
as other cities We hardly know what it MEANS despite
the piing up of money in our banks.
Those who are boarding money the purpose of gambling
in Wall Street taking long and foolish chances in other
directions would do we'll to let their stay in the banks
Those who contemplate sound investments household
purchases well begin to make them. There many
splendid bargains to be had in the field Of good invest
men right and the banks are prepared to give fine advice
the subject.
There is better bargain at this time than Washington
estate either homes unimproved lands some OF the
millions put in homes they would bring fine returns
in money and happiness.
Next year. with millions of strangers coming to Washington
for the bcentenna events should be the banner year OF all
Washington real estate bringing large numbers OF
new and well todo inhabitants.
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
"YEs, PLEASE BE BRIEF"
"HOW DO YOU DO?"

One picture is worth thousand words
These four pictures of the powerful Mussoni equal to
four thousand words In fact fifty thousand words wouldn't
you much about the these pictures tell showing
the strong face powerful chn intense concentration There
indeed is a Roman
You him the first picture courteously receiving
visitor.
Next emphasizing the value of time by answering ques-
ton follows:
desiring Italy needs peace for
shall do nothing to
internal stability which have brought But nobody
either other nations
their lips their hands their sword hits
Italy to take steps to safeguard
country"
You notice what he says about other nations with their
upon hits We might be able to
like Mussoin in this country, although of
high spirited Americans should not want dictator
We to run ourselves least think that
ourselves if make mistakes.
The picture Mussolni work at his desk located in the
great hall of the Paazzo Vene The only furniture in the
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
Blue-Eyed Parents
Can blue-eyed parents have brown-eyed children? o
Brown-Eyed Children

Can blue-eyed parents have brown-eyed children?
Yes said Gregor Mendel an Austrian monk, in 1860
No. said Judge Michael Fenberg OF Chicago the other day.
in deciding that brown-eyed plaintiff who claimed be the
of bueeyed parents could not share in his alleged fathers
million dollar estate
Now comes Professor Leslie R. Dunn distinguished zoologst
of Columbia University and says Mende all right and
Judge Fenberg is all wrong.
Mende as you know experimental with sweet in his
monastery garden discovered that certain characteristics IN
plants are transmitted through the generations in
cordance with fixed mathematical principles Other observers
have found that similar laws apply to human beings.
Mendels law unnoticd until 1900 long after Mendel
had died But as Professor Dunn says it's truth has been
conusivy many times in the last thirty years.
Judge Feinberg however is reported as ruling:
Thrre is nothing whatever theory. MendeIs law
bos never been scientifically to
the human race"
When law and science clash, law wns-TEMPORAR1LY .
Judges said:
There is nothing whatever theory that the earth
Astronomical laws have been SClen
tcay could apply to the human race
Not even judges say that now.
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

I don't go to shows any
more, at Z o'clock.
I don't talk to people any
more, at z o'clock.
I don't even eat any more,
if it happens to be Z o'clock.
I JUST SIT IN A CHAIR
AND LISTEN TO AMOS N
ANDY.
Months and months ago,
people began telling me about
Amos n Andy how they
could barely manage to exist
all day, waiting for Amos n
Andy to get on the air
And as they talked they
snickered and Rugged them
selves and made faces and
went off into sudden blasts
and bleats of joy. And almost
everybody else, listening to
them, did the same thing. But
I didn't. I was Requested. I
snorted and shifted. M thank
ed God I was Grown Up.
And went off and wrote
snooty articles about Amer
ican InfantiliSm.
And now, I'm just as bad
as they we're. No, I'm worse.
There isn't, in all the world,
anyone amosnandier than l
am. I don't care WHO'S on
the air when z o'clock comes
around. Mister Shaw or Rudy
or Einstein or King George
they've all got to get off so I
can listen to Amos n Andy.
And it's all because of Andy'S
PICKLEMENTS.
Poor Old Andy
I don't know how Andy
Jared in the days before he
started getting in Picklements.
I suppose he killed time in a
lot of funny ways. But I
wasn't listening to him then.
And I can start enough an
tics myself without needing to
hear about his. But when he
landed in those PicklementS--
When I tuned in one night
and heard him groaning and
Amos grunting about what Mad
anne queen and M. Smith Of
Smith m Smith was goin' to do
to them-why right then m
there I moved in on that 7
o'clock hour and I've been at
tending regular ever since.
For if there's one thing I un-
derStand its PICKLEMENTS!
Funny thing about Pickle
ments-you always think Yow,
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
HE READS
ape of Mussolini's power

huge hail. shows interestingly the shape of Mussolins
full head.
His skull belongs the brachycephalic type which
short head making up breadth for its shortness The
typical American business head is dolichocephalc which
means long head.
Some believe that the wide head energy and the
long head thought This particular head of Mussons pos
sesses both.
Mussolni says truly:
with and will end with
me- done in Italy, and when my
the people spirit which will
people iken to Bismarck they say have
a l. inventor, we nave
something marvellous machine in Italy today we have
tempered by the ordeal OF anarchy ana we
know what their patriotism is worth"
Mussoni rules Italy and lives for Italy, and to the
workers looking him in the face:
immediate witness to work, know that
work for to increase your
weEbeing and to morally and spiritually"
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
Takes Up Cudgel For
Dry Law Enforcement

EGlCOT, me 11HLeS.
I do not understand why you
seem to get so much pleasure
in criticizing and pointing out
the mistakes of the enforce
ment agents of the prohibition
laws.
This time it is in The Times
under date of March Is. Like
all other squibs from your pen,
in this article you appear to en-.
courage and condone law Vio-
lation as you point out what
you term results of prohibi-
tion."
The case you refer to is Mrs.
Potocki, whom you say admits
bootlegging in order to support
an invalid husband and two
children. You state no one but
a fanatic would blame the Wo-
man. Then you go on and tell
us that it is a fact that hun
dreds and thousands of women
in this city have gone into the
bootlegging business. That, sir,
is a very serious charge to
bring against the women of
this city.
The writer and his wife en-
joy a very extensive acquaint-
ance in this city, and neither
of us can name a single man
or woman bootlegger. I regard
your statement as a downright
insult to common decency and
y reflection on the intelligence
Of the sex. You say their prof
it's are not large, out it means
a great deal to them, if they
happen to be out of work. You
says that prohibition has not
only taught them to drink but
set them up in business. You
go a step, a long step, further.
and say this condition prevails
in every city of the country.
I would like to suggest to
The Washington times., 1931-03-31

restore a mans equilibrium be-
fore he skidS into matrimony.
Love is what makes a man
of 20 feel very old and wise
and a man of 40 feel awfully
young and foolish.
The first psychoanalyst was
the Serpent: and the first sup
pressed desires were a woman's
desire to know things she
ought not to know and a mans
desire to eat things that were
bad for him.
The man who'll acknowledge
he's wrong when he's right is
a diplomat and a gentleman;
but the man who'll acknoWl-
edge he's wrong when he's
WRONG is q miracle.
At this glamorous season, no
man would mind drifting into
an engagement if it were not
for the danger that it might
possibly lead to marriage.
Copyright, 1881, King Features Syndi.
cate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-03-31

are different from the other fel-
lows. Different and more ter
rible. Maybe you have good
sense of humor about life in
general. Maybe you can laugh
at the usual line of trouble 80.
being sick, getting in debt, hav-
ing a row with your family.
But just let you get in Regu-
lar Picklement and you haven't
a grin left. Stead, you get all
solemn and smoked up about
yourself and you try to walk
extra straight and look extra
noble so nobody'Q suspect that
your insides are all scrambled.
Meet the Boys!
And then some night, while
you're sitting thinking of all
the bonehead plays you've
made, and feeling low. sud
denly you hear a wheeze and
a coupla gruntS spreading
themselves out over the air
And there's Amos n Andy
Groaning in the witness
chair
Sweating like murder while
M. Smith reads those Ducky-
Wucky letters that Andy wrote
to Madame Queen
M you think of the Ducky-
Wucky letters YOU'VE writ
ten
M the time some Queenie
had YOU on the run
E m the cold shivers that have
run down YOUR spine
We All Have PickIements
And something happens! All
OF a sudden YOUR Picklement
isn't just your Picklement any
more. It's part of ev2rybody'S
Picklement. And everybody'S
got a Queenie-somewhere. M
everybody's got an M. Smith
sending ShiverS down his spine
Just while you're listening to
Andy all that comes to YOU
BANG! And you wiggle-and
Snicker-and look around to
see if anybody's watching you
and then a big wave of re
lief breaks over you-and you
bleat right out loud with joy
and slap your knee and
make faces to yourself
Then after that? Well, after
that, every night you call all
other bets off and listen for
Amos n Andy. For at last
you've discovered the undying-
est bond of brotherly love there
am. IT'S PICKLEMENTS!
mEEiEht. 1891. King Features
- / syndtOateE IncA lii
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
ONCE-OVERS
Is Your Wife Bored?

There is not much to keep
the balance of a woman Of
brains whose care all day long
is children and keeping them
out OF harm and mischief.
No matter how much she
loves home and children, no
matter how devoted to her huS-
band and his interests, children
and "baby talk" exclusions of
other interests is bad for the
health and boreSome.
She longs for opportunities to
converse with those who can un-
derstand something besides
words of one syllable.
It is not sufficient that a hus-
band provide a good home and
some luxuries for his wife, if he
spends his evenings at the club
or lodge.
The woman who is a student
wants not only to read but to
have someone with whom she
can discuss her reading.
Perhaps she cannot find the
time to go out to women'S
clubs herself.
She must be housekeeper and
baby tender, clothes mender
and jack of all trades to keep
up her home and the loved
ones in it.
Married life becomes drab
indeed, if she is also denied the
society and the sympathetic
understanding of her husband.
Planning. meals and budgets
and making them come OUT
right is all very well but there
is not complete happiness with
out mental uplift, and oppor-
tunity for self expression.
copyright 1881 InternatiQnaA
-; Features SeEHse& InN1 -
The Washington times., 1931-03-31

the entire country went on a
tear.
I would like to ask you, sir, if
you were living during saloon
days, and do you remember
any drunkenness then? And,
if so, don't you remember the
woods were just as full of boot
leggers as they are today?
Haven't you forgotten the con-
ditionS that existed here on the
streets of Washington and the
country over prior to prohibit
tion? Refresh your memory.
L. j. ALLEN.
Cause and Cure Of
Domestic Tragedies
Editor, Times:
I feel as if the world should
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

know why a woman pays!
Every day we pick up the
papers we see some woman or
man has been murdered or
whipped because of a love af-
fair. People say, IF she was
a good wife, it wouldn't have
happened" Why don't the
public weigh both sides.
After a man and woman
marry, the man seems to for
get the woman likes to look
nice and looks forward to him
to take her out. But when he
comes home he's too tired to
go out. When Junior arrives,
Mother has to devote all her
attention to him. and it's not
long before the few dresses
she had are worn out. When
she asks for a new one, Hubby
says, wait until Junior gets
a little bigger" or Il haven't
the money just now"
And so it goes. Neglect fol-
lows neglect. Then comes the
stranger. He praises her a bit.
She forgets her drudgery for
a time and starts out on her
new love affair.
Then you hear Of the fatal
tragedy.
Men, think a little more of
your wives, and you will find
there will be less domestic
tragedies and more cheerful
homes.
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
TIMES TEST

Do you know:
/. What ocean is east Of
North America?
2. Into what rvier do the
Great Lakes drain?
3. On what river is Albany,
the capital of New York
State, situated?
4. What stream makes the
Florida climate warm?
Fill each blank:
6. The - came to Amer
lea in about 1000 A. D.
7. Montcalm was a
general.
8. Thomas wrote the
Declaration of Inde-
pendence.
9. Lord Baltimore founded
the colony in America
10. Poor Richards Almanac"
was written by --.
Match correctly:
IL. exceptional
existing in name only
IL. certify
to become of less worth
13. depreciate
uncommon
IA. nominal
additinoal security
IS. collateral
verify .
NAnsWerA on AEagaxine RassN
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
The Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen Rowland
Mixed Grill

Mixed Grill
Salt water and criticism are
both awfully good for you-and
awfully hard to swallow,
They say that the gigClo has
become a real factor of modern
society and is regarded as
Gods gift to bored wives and
lonely widows.
Welcome, Mister Gigolo!
Mama wants a dancing -beau-
Wants to play around, again;
But girls cop all the older men.
Old men like 'em young and
cute;
So, Ma must take a substituted
From the days of Cleopatra
to the days of Peggy Joyce it
has always been the woman
who amused a man, who has
caught, held and ruled him
not the woman who adored
him.
Love may make the world go
'round-but, in other days,
mother love usually manages to
The Washington times., 1931-03-31

you, sir, if you and your eve
ming sheet will devote your
time and influence to the i'm
portance Of obedience to law,
instead of using your influence
to encourage and condone vio-
lation, and especially as per-
tains to the Eighteenth Amend
ment, you will accomplish fan
more good. Think it over. You
seem to take a delight in TAX
ing a wallop at the prohibition
laws every time a crime is conf
mitted, just as though prohibit
ton caused it. You appear to
think this earth was a paradise
before the adoption of the
Eighteenth Amendment and as
soon as that went into effect
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

The work an unknown good
man has done is like a vein of
water flowing hidden under
ground, secretly making the
ground green.-Carlye.
Leave not the word unspoken;
Keep not the gift too late:
Show love or friendships token;
Give now and do not watt"
-Belben.
The Washington times., 1931-03-31

The poor must be wisely
visited and literally cared for
$50 that mendicity shall not be
tempted into mendacity, nor
want exasperated into crime.
Winthrop.
He who gives up the small
est part of a secret has the
rest no longer in his power.
Richter
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
Mr.. and Mrs. Wood
Which Is Wiser?

Clayton Wood Buffalo workingman who, with his family
the horse that brought them the money. He says:
'NOw 1 where luck lies I'm going in for horse
Mrs Clayton Wood wants to buy house and lot She does
not think much of racing source Of steady income
Which is wiser?
80 Correct
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
Hearst Papers ADVOCATE

l. Honest friendship nations entanOtn0 alliances
Nth none."-Georoe Washington
Proportional representation the United States Senate no
than Senator's Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional reapportonment in the House OF
Representatives.
departments OF the Army OF the NGuy ana o. the
Air Forces all united under Secretary OF National DEFENSE
Federal action the limit OF Federal poUerS to dooSh
AlterGcv under q Secretary of Education.
Installation of the the first OF January tonon
ting the November election
SeIecttue immigration those suited for Aert
citizenship and American needs.
Deportation OF and extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 years.
3. publicity tGTeS to prevent ot0 tar
dodgers from escaping TAXATION
Modification VoLStead act to permit light wines and
beers under Federal regulation.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-05

FOR RENT-Sleeping room in mod
ern home. Call at 400 9Th st. Phone
43l.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-05
FINANCIAL REVIEW

New York Dec. 5.-(Pl-Happen
ings in the financial world over the
last few days give additional inter-
est and Importance to a series of
events scheduled for next week.
The reopening Of congress, Presi-
dent Hoover's message, the railway
labor conference at Chicago and the
German debt meetings closely follow
the Wabash receivership, the Cana
dian railway wage cut and break
in German bonds. all of which
sharply focus attention on decisions
and recommendations soon to be
made.
Railroad matters were uppermost
in the domestic financial news this
week and influenced security prices
ncticeably.
The Wabash action caused car
rier bonds to become demoraliEed,
suffering on Wednesday what was
probably record drop for one days
trading on the New York stock ex-
change. Considerable discussion
arose as to whether further receiy-
ershipS were on the way.
The stock market has several times
backed away from the Oct average
lows, but recoveries have been linz
tied. Wall Street puts no credence
in rumors of organized support. be-
lieving important banking interests
feel the market should find it's own
level; but it is apparent the sup
posedly large short interest takes
fright easily because Of the markets
extreme sensitiyity to unexpected
news of favorable nature Bond
trading has become more matter
of quotations than of actual values.
Retail trade is feeling the stimu-
lus of Christmas shopping.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-05

FOR RENT-Three room apartment,
almost new, with private entrancs
and private bath. Will be vacant
December Is. Call at 3l6 Eleventh
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-05
MINNEAPOLIS REVIEW

Minneapolis. DEC. 5.-(AP-U. S.
q. A.)-Although the uncertain ac-
ton OF foreign markets kept world
wheat markets unsettled during the
week ending Friday, home markets
were steadied by the strcng domestic
cash situation. Offerings continued
light.
Receipts of cash wheat were the
smallest of the season, Minneapolis
receiving only 420 cars of all kinds
while Duluth took in only Al. At the
close of the week II per cent protein
No. dark northern sold at 3 to SC
over December. December was up 3
3-4 for the week, closing Friday at
10 5-8, while May advanced l 7-8,
closing at &C 3-4.
Because of limited offerings, price
changes in durum were erratic and
in O wide range. Duluth December
advanced 4 Ia closing Friday at
IS 1-2.
Tightness in the cash market was
the principal strengthening factor in
rye, December advancing 2 3-4 and
May being up SD.
Oats fluctuated in a narrow range,
but held steady. December advancing
1c to close at IS. Barley was firm,
December advancing 2 5-8 and clos
ing at 80 IA.
Light offerings firmed flax, Decem-
ber advanced 3-4 to close at
l4l 3-4.