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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21

ing 1t forward considerable dis- tance. The plaintiff charges she was thrown forward violently against the front Of the car, suf- fering q concussion of the brain. strained back muscles, sprained ankle that impedes walking and a scaro-illiac strain. The case is returnablc in January to superior court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21
WOOL MARKET.

Boston. Dec 21--nUP)--The lo- cal daily wool market report is- sued today by the Boston U. g. Agriculture Department bureau follows:
 "A very moderate piecing out demand is being received on q fairly broad selection of domestic wooIs. Prices generally are fairly steady. Some sizable quantities Of graded French combing G4s and finer territory woois are selling at prices within the range 40-42 cents, secured basis"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21
HINT FROFESSIONAL SNIFFER IN W0LC0TI
TOWN CLERK REPORTS
 DEFICIT DE S2 466

mounted to s2s.sso.es. Dog ll- cence fees amounting Co e4.38e.fs and fishing and hunting ilcencc fees amounting to eS.1f5 were turned over to tho state. The net revenue amounted to e11.3fC.7O. Expenditures for the period to- taied $f3,769.3l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21

The nrst annual report of Town Clerk Dora A. EEan since that office became part of the clfy's regular departments. was Bubmit- ted today showing that the office. during the past n months operut- ed under a deficit of f2.fD8.e4. The total revenue collected D..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21

anughter of Mir and sfrs 4. D. cowpertbweite of N,e. Woodburg road. will portray the vote Of the maid Etta. iD the play "You and [
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-21
New York Curb Market

rarnIsl,cd r,y Boody Mcclellan
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
SMYRNA HIGH
SCHOOL DOINGS
First Game of Basket Ball of
Season to Be Played With
MiddletOwn, Dec. 9th
SECURE NEW UNIFORMS

The first basketball game of the
season will be played Friday, De-
cember 9th, in the Smyrna High
School auditorium. The contesting
teams are Middletown and Smyrna.
1t is hoped that the towns people
will show much enthusiasm over
the games and turn out in large
numbers to see the contest. The
basketball squads are being equip
ped with blue and gold jackets, in
order that representatives Of the
basketball squads may be distin-
guished as such. The colors, blue
and gold, are the schools colors
The jackets are being ordered and
distributed by Coach Pearl The
Assembly Program for yesterday
November 29, was in charge of the
Senior Social Science Club. After
the opening exercises the program
was as follows: Introduction OF
speakers, Maggie Ann Warner;
Smyrna as a Community, Grace
Machamer, Clara Stark, Clifford
Lawton, Warner, William Shuster
Boyd, Sarah Varisco, Reynolds
Stevenson, Virginia Woodall, Viii
liam Boulanger; Song, Joy to the
World" The banking results fol
Monday, November 2S, are as fol
lows: Pupils in attendance, 698i
deposits, "a; amount deposits, S27,-
Al; total amount to date, S436. .25
Pupils are looking forward to the
Junior Play, who Wouldn't Be
Crazy" to be given in the Schoo,
Auditorium Friday night, Deem
ber q Miss Rogers is directing
the play
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
SMYRNA FIREMEN
AT BOWERS BEACH
Answer Fire Alarm Sent in at
2.30 A. NJ. Saturday-Re-
sort Threatened
$4,000 RESTAURANT FIRE

A fire alarm was sent to Smyrna
early Saturday morning that there
was an outbreak of fire at Bowers
Beach and to come at once. The
Smyrna firemen, mindful of the big
fire which wiped out a section of
Bowers Beach sometime ago, were
quick to respond with their combi-
nation truck but fortunately were
not needed. It was cold, windy
morning but the fire was extin-
guished by the time the Smyrna
fire truck arrived. The fire, due to
a defective f1ue, broke out at 2.30
a. M, in the restaurant owned by
Earl Owens, which is located along
the Murderkill River water front in
the heart of Bowers Beach and in
a short space of time had destroy
ed the restaurant with a $4,000 loss
only partially covered by insur-
ance. The property was formerly
used as a freight house by the
Frederick steamer, which piled be-
tween that place and Philadelphia.
It was large frame building. The
fire was discovere by Owens, who
slept in the building. The fire
spread so rapidly that f1remen from
Frederica, Smyrna, Clayton, Har-
rington, Magnolia, Dover and Mil
ford were unable to save the place.
The Frederick firemen were the
first to the scene of the fire taking
them only 10 minutes after the
alarm was sent in, but the blaze
had already gained too much head
way to be brought under control.
For a time surrounding buildings
were threatened. Rain and efforts
of the firemen are said to have
saved the other properties. The
blaze spread to the store Of Walter
A.Stokesbury, but was extinguished
before any damage resulted. Mr..
Stokesbury was formerly of Smyr-
ma.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
Z ESCAPE WRECK
AT VAUDEVILLE
Two Attempts Are Spoiled to
Wreck Passenger Train at
Whaleyville, Maryland
PENN. R.R. INVESTIGATES

Seven persons escaped possible
injuries when a second attempt in
forty-eight hours to wreck the east
bound Pennsylvania Railroad pas
senger train, No. 9, from Love
Point to Ocean City, Md, was frus-
trated at Whaleyville, Md, Friday
night. Engineer w. S. Wallace of
Ocean City, Md, brought the train
to a stop a few feet from four
heavy logs that had ben placed on
the rails. Had the train plunged
into these logs it would have caus-
ed a serious accident with probable
loss of life. This was the second
attempt within 48 hours. Thurs
day night similar attempt was
attempted near the same town of
train crashed into two logs with
train croshed into two logs with
little damage. The train, FORUM
ately, was not derailed. The logs
are being held by police and rail
road officers as evidence with the
hope of a clue leading to the arrest
OF the guilty parties. E. r. Russell
of Glendale, conductor of the train
expressed the belief that the same
person engineered both attempts to
wreck the train.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
MILFORD FLORIST
HAS $4,000 FIRE
Elton Greenhouses Destroyed
With Hundreds of Dollars
Worth of Flowers
DEFECTIVE FLUE CAUSE


Two alarms were necessary to
rouse enough men to man the ap-
paratus of the Carlisle Fire Com
pany at 13O a: M. Sunday, when
a fire which destroyed hundreds of
dollars worth of flowers and caused
property damage of more than
$4,000, broke out at the greenhouse
of A. E. Elton near Milford. The
greenhouse is on the Milford-Har-
mony road, about a quarter of a
mile from Haven Lake to where
firemen were obliged to string a
line of hose. They were hampered
when the hose broke at several
points along the line. The blaze
started from a defective chimney in
the packing house. which was bad
Iy damaged. Famed by a high
wind, it quickly spread to the
woodwork of a nearby greenhouse
in which there were thousands of
chrysanthemums The water from
the hose froze on the plants, kill
ing those that were not already de-
stroyed by the flames. 1t was 4
a. m. before the firemen got the
flames under control.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
COLD WAVE HITS
HERE, WEEKEND
Temperature Drops on Heels
of Northeast Gale to Fif-
teen Degrees Above Zero
ROAD WORK STOPPED

Smyrna was visited by the first
frigid cold wave of the approaching
winter Saturday night when the
mercury in the thermometer took
a tumble from so degrees Saturday
noon to IS degrees above zero Sun
day morning. The cold wave came
on the heels of a strong penetrat-
ing northeast wind that drove the
usual Saturday night shopping
crowd off the street and caused
many to do what shopping was
necessary and make for home BY
Sunday Lake Como had skim Of
ice and freezing temperature con-
tinued all Sunday, Sunday night
and Monday before the weather be
gan to Moderate Work at the State
Welfare Home, especially the lay
ing of concrete, was suspended.
The laying of concrete on the dual
highway, between Rogers Lane
and Farnhurst, which was sched-
uled to start Monday, was not
started. Several other concrete lay
ing road jobs now under way in
other parts of the State were also
postponed because of danger of
freezing the concrete before it had
time to dry properly. Among the
projects which were postponed
were the approaches to the new
State House in Dover. z. Earl
Downing, resident engineer, State
Highway Department, for New
Castle County, said that the tenn
perature should not be below 36 for
the laying of fiat concrete for road
ways For bridge work and SINH
lar work. the concrete may be
poured at slightly lower temper
ature. With milder weather, work
on the various road projects will
be resumed.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
SMYRNA CENTURY
CLUB MEETING
Was in Charge Friday After.
noon of Mrs. w. ]. Bone,
Chairman of Literature
TALK ON ''THE BIBLE

On Friday afternoon the program
was in charge of Mrs. w. ]. Bone,
chairman of Literature, who first
gave a short introduction to her
subject, Bible Day" and then in
troduced the first speaker, Rev.
Essell P. Thomas who spoke OF
The Influence of the Bible in Civic
Government. !" Rev. Frederick Marx
Barton was the next speaker and
his subject was The Influence of
the Bible in the World of Litera-
ture. Art and Music" Mrs. Cover
dale played a piano solo from the
18th Mass of Mozart and then Rev.
w. c. Bone spoke on THE Inf1u-
ence of Jesus Christ in Making the
World a Better Place to Live In .
There was a large attendance to
enjoy this very worth while pro-
gram. On Friday, December 2,
State Presidents Day, Mrs. Will
liam H. Beacon, President of the
State Federation, Mrs. Matte
Townsend, Vice-President for Kent
County, and Mrs. Edmund Bar
sham. Publicity Chairman, will be
guests of the Club. Music in
charge Of Mrs. Marion Coverdale.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
VS..
THE DEPRESSION
Frank III. Shakespeare Writes
Another Article on Present
Day Political Agitation
UPSET TO BUSHES

We have had many years of'poli-
tics with little or no regard for
economics. We have had wide
spread spending Of taxpayers mon
ey with little or no regard for how
the people could get the money
with which to pay the taxes. We
have had governmental interfer-
ence with the economic law of sup
ply and demand through attempted
control of the wheat and cotton
markets, through pressure on the
money markets, through punitive
surtaxes on incomes, through jug
Cling of tariffs, and through trying
to legislate great moral question.
We have invented much labor saw
ing machinery but instead of saw
ing labor by giving workers the
same wage with more leisure in
which to consume the goods pro-
duced, we have merely created un-
employment that is unable to con
sumo much of anything. BY so
doing, we have thrown our price
system "out of joint" and are hold
ing it that way by our political
system. We have a gold standard
with which to measure the value of
our money. Money is supposed to
represent the STORED up" results of
human effort, yet we measure it
by gold, which of itself, is of al
most no earthly use. Gold, itself,
will neither feed, clothe, shelter,
nor transport anyone, nor will it
add materially to the comforts of
human life. In so far as national
trade and commerce is concerned,
why cant we fix the value of gold
in terms of a lot of useful raw ma
terials and commodities, perhaps
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
GALENA, MD, HAS
SECOND ROBBERY
Thieves Loot Balton & Van
dykes Store of 5000 Worth
of Shoes and Provisions
100 PAIRS SHOES STOLEN

For the second time within the
past two months and the fourth
time within four years, the general
store of Balton & Van Dyke over
at Galena. Nd. fifteen miles west
of Smyrna, was broken into and
robbed early Saturday Goods val
ued at between $500 and 5000, in
cluding more than 100 pairs of
shoes, provisions and general mer-
chandise were stolen in the latest
robbery. Entrance to the place
was gained by prying open a win
dow in the rear of the building The
robbery was discovered when the
store was opened Saturday morn
ing as clerks, who as usual, arrived
early to open the store for the day.
He found goods strewn over the
floor and a door in the rear of the
store unlocked. It is believed the
robbery may have been the work
of a gang which is reported to be
operating in the upper section of
the county A truck is believed to
have been used to haul away the
loot. The firm has lost about S4,-
600 by theft during the past four
years. it is estimated.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
BIDS FOR DUAL HIG HWAY EXTENSION
REYNOLDS CORNER SMYRNA, OPEN

The lowest bids opened yester-
day by the State Highway Depart
ment at Dover on four projects to-
tailed S173, ,325.6O, with bids being
received from half a dozen contrac-
tors in each case. The largest con-
tract is that calling for a 20-foot
dual road from Smyrna to Rey-
nolds' Corner, a distance of 1888
miles. The George and Lynch
Company of Dover was the lowest
bidder, quoting $160, 0,110.60 for the
job. The A. Ventresca and Sons
Company, of Wilmington, quoting
$6390, was the lowest bidder on
the contract for construction of a
four-foot sidewalk from Newark to
Rosedale. A bid for S3755 offered
by w. L. Sewell, Inc, Wilmington,
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
DOVER NEGRO IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
Norris COrney Killed and Will
liam Holden Hurt in Crash
Near Warwick. Md.
WERE TAKEN TO DOVER

Crushed by the impact of load
of lumber when the truck in which
he was riding, crashed into an
automobile near Warwick Thurs
day morning, Morris Corney age
21, negro, of Dover, Del, was killed
almost instantly. William LHold-
en-, another Dover negro. who drove
the truck. was seriously injured.
The injured negro was first taken
to a physician at Middletown for
treatment and then removed to the
Kent County Hospital at Dover.
When the two machines crashed
the bulk of the load of lumber was
thrown forward with violence,
crushing Corney against the wind
shield of the truck The accident
occurred when William c. Degnan,
of Media, Pa, who was on his way
to Warwick to spend Thanksgiving
Day with his mother, made a left
hand turn. The lumber truck which
was right behind Degnan's car fail
ed to make turn quick enough to
avoid striking the automobile.
Degnan's car was badly damaged
but he suffered no injuries
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30

was lowest for the construction OF
a 1200-foot sidewalk and wall at
Naaman's Bridge. The George and
Lynch Company's bid of $3070 was
lowest for the construction of a 16-
foot concrete bridge at Davis Cor
ner, Kenton. The commission, be-
fore opening the bids, approved a
new bridge over Loockerman street
extended, in Dover. Requests for
improvements were made, one for
improving the road from Independ-
ence School by way of Trussum'
Pond to Bethesda Church, in Sus-
sex county, a distance of four
miles; another, a request for a
sidewalk from Odessa to Old Draw
yers Church, about three-fourths of
a mile.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
DETECTIVE WORK
IN TURKEY THEFT
Negro Near Milford, Who
Stole IL Turkeys and 4
Chickens, COnfesses
TRACED BY AUTO TREAD

Uncanny skill coupled with an
excellent memory on the part of
Chief Kosci, of the Milford police,
were the means by which a flock of
stolen turkeys were recovered and
returned to Lawrence Hill, the
owner, near Milford. While Mr.
Hill was away from his home Sat
urday night some one stole eleven
turkeys, four chickens and one
guinea from his poultry yard near
his home on the Milford-Harring-
ton highway. Mr.. Hill notified
Chief Kosci of the Milford police
and Kosci with officer Hickman, of
the state police, went out to the
Hill farm. In looking around for
clues Chief Kosci noticed the
tracks made by an automobile
which had been turned around near
the poultry yard. The tracks were
made when the ground was soft
and the sudden change in the
weather Saturday night had frozen
the tracks hard, leaving the i'm
print Of the tires standing out in
bold relief. Chief Kosci has been a
close observer of automobile tracks
and several times has secured the
identity Of persons by this means
After close examination Chief Kos
ci said, II believe those automobile
tracks were made by car belong
ing to negro named Lester
Shockley, who lives near Cedar
Creek Mills" Sunday morning
Chief Kosci with Officer Hickman
went to the home of Shockley and
after examining Shockley's car
found the imprint Of the tires were
Identical with those made at the
Hill farm. The officers opened the
door of the car and found several
turkey feathers inside and in the
front of the machine they found
the lock that was missing from
Hills poultry house. Shockley was
put through a grill, and finally ad
mitted the theft. He told the Of
fcers where he had taken the
fowls. Mr.. Hill was taken to the
place which was a nearby farm and
identified his property by marks,
having cut the feet of his turkeys
in order to know them. Shockiey
was arrested and arraigned before
Justice Thaw, of Milford. He
pleaded guilty to the charge and
was held under $500 bail for court.
In default Of bail he was commit
ted to jail.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
TOWN COUNCIL
PAYS OFF $4,000
Orders Its Bonded Indebted
ness Reduced, Making S15,-
600 For This Year
WELFARE HOME SEWAGE

Smyrna Town Council at a meet
ing Friday night voted to call in
$4,000 worth of Light and Water
Bonds maturing in 1899, and to re-
duce the town Indebtedness that
much. Last July Council paid off
$4,000 of town bonds which added
to the $4,000 ordered paid Friday
night will mike a total of $4,000
this year. Last year Council paid
off $4,000. Counting what has
been paid off in the last two years,
the bonded Indebtedness has been
reduced from $204 900 to S164 900
rejecting credit on the present ad-
ministration. At the meeting Fri
day night George & Lynch, con
tractors, were paid $4,000 for run
ming the water line out to the Wei
fare Home site and 5000 was paid
the Welfare Home Survey for a
survey for proposed sewer line
from the Welfare Home across
Smyrna by way Monrovia Avenue
and out Commerce Street to the
towns sewage outlet in upper
Duck Creek. Council also bought
a strip of land from James S.
Truax for a right of way. If the
State Welfare Home Commission
decides it is best to use this right
of way granted by Smyrna instead
of a direct run to the creek back of
Webb's Mill, Council has made it
possible for them to do so.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
KILLS WIFE THEN
SHOOTS HIMSELF
L. q. StOckwell of BOyd's Cor
ner Near McDonough Leaves
Note Explaining Cause
BODIES BROUGHT HERE

F. Q. Stockwell, SO, unable to
stand the agony Of seeing his wife
suffer, on Thursday, while she lay
in bed in their bungalow at Boyds
Corner, near McDonough, shot and
killed her and then, kneeling beside
her body, fired a fatal bullet
through his own temple. The
double shooting is believed to have
occurred at about 10 a. m, Thurs
day. Two notes were found, one
on the back door of the bungalow
and another in the room where the
shooting occurred, together with a
map showing where the couple
were to be buried. One of the
notes told what was to be done
with their belongings and told of
persons who were to be notified.
The wife, Mrs. Ada Stockwell, IS,
had been paralyzed and unable to
speak for more than a week. 1t is
believed that the sight of her suf-
fering, and lack of hope for her re-
covery, drove Stockwen to distrac-
tion. A double funeral was held
Monday afternoon from the FAIRIES
Funeral Chapel, Smyrna, after
which the couple were buried in a
single grave in Bethel Cemetery.
Cheswold. The bodies were discov-
cred by Mrs. George Husfelt, a
neighbor, who visited the Stock
wells each day to offer her assist
ance. She found note on the
back door of the pleasant little bun
galow reading, Come in, you'll
find us on our bed" On a table
near the bloodstained bed she
found a map Of the family plot in
Bethel Cemetery, with oblongs
drawn to show the position of the
graves of members of the family
and a place marked for the grave
of the couple. Another note, writ
ten in firm hand by Mr.. Stock
well, explained that the suffering
Of his wife was driving him crazy,
that she had been "the best of
wives" and that he could no longer
stand the agony Of witnessing her
suffering and being unable to ease
it. He asked that the bodies be
turned over to Well FAIRIES and
that they be buried in one grave in
Bethel Cemetery The note furth-
er explained that an insurance
policy for ST 900 could be found il
the bookcase and that all other be
longings were willed to Frank Boy
er, Of Clayton. It also asked that
the Sampson Girls" in Chicopee
Falls, Mass, and his brother in
Jacksonville, Fla. be notified.
Neighbors declared that the couple
had lived in the bungalow and con-
Quoted a small filling station near
by for several years and they were
very quiet, not making friends
readily. They are said to have
moved to Boyd's Corner from
Pennsylvania about two years ago.
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Ralph IL. Tucker, Youngest Son of
John w. Tucker, Dies Suddenly

Ralph l.. Tucker, aged Sc, one of
Smyrna's weI-known young men,
died suddenly Monday evening
about six o'clock from acute dila-
tion of the heart following a con-
vulsion. He and his wife drove up
from Rehoboth Monday afternoon.
Ralph got out Of his automobile at
the store and Mrs. Tucker drove
on with another car passenger to
Wilmington, to return to Smyrna
that evening. Later in the after
noon Ralph left the store and re-
freshing himself with an orangeade
went to his parents apartment to
take a good hot bath and rest be-
fore supper. Sometime during this
interim he had convulsion and
heart attack. He was found dead
on his bed. DR.. Prickett and Dr.
Deakyne were summoned but to no
avail. About the same time Ralph
fuckers wife returned from Will
mington. The shock on her and
Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Tucker, as
well as to his friends, was severe.
Ralph was born, raised and spent
practically his entire life in Smyr-
ma. He attended the Smyrna
Schools and when he grew to man
hood he and his sister, Miss Grace
Tucker, who died last SPRING., en-
tered the social life of Smyrna and
their home, their parents nome,
then on west Commerce Street,
was the center of life and genial
hospitality that extended to their
friends in all parts of the State.
Ralph was associated with his
father in his big department store
of mems and women's apparel on
Commerce Street, Smyrna. During
the past two or three summers he
has been running branch store, the
Tucker Quality Shop at Rehoboth,
where he and his wife (nee Agnes
Gregg and step daughter, have
been making their home. Besides
LIS 1d44441y Ii - sui hANCA ~ LIS
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John w.
Tucker, of this town, and one
brother, Roy R. Tucker, of Bever-
" Hills, California Funeral ser
vices will be held tomorrow after
noon, Thursday, from st. Peters
Church Cof which church he was
a member) at 2 o'clock and inter
ment will be made at Odd Fellows
Cemetery. Friends may view the
body from eleven o'clock until the
hour of the services. Rev. Freder-
ick Marx Barton will officiate.
W. t. Collins, Formerly of Smyrna
William T. Collins, a brother of
Benjamin Collins Of this town, died
at the residence of his son, George
D. Collins, at Tuckahoe, N. j., on
Tuesday Of last week at the age of
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
AT WESLEYAN METHODIST

Rev. w. w. Henry, Pastor, An
nOunces Services For the Week
Services at the Wesleyan Meth
odist Church, the Rev w WHenry
pastor, are as follows: Morning
worship, 1890; Sunday School.
2.30; Young Peoples Meeting .6.45;
Evangelistic Service, 730. The
Rev. Mr.. Matthews, retired pastor
of Smyrna. will preach at the even
ing meeting. The Sunday School
will begin to prepare for the
Christmas entertainment at this
session of the school. Weekly
meetings Tuesday and Friday
Smyrna times., 1932-11-30
Removals Noted in Smyrna

Prof. c. w. w. Scantz and fam
lily moved last week to their new
home on the Boulevard opposite
Belmont Hall. He was succeeded
in the Mrs. Bertha Bailey Clifton
property by Grover c. King and
family who moved from the Ray
mond bungalow. Mr. Edmundson
and family have moved to the JOS
eph r. jefferson residence on Mt.
Vernon Street.