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The Washington times., 1932-06-27
By E. V. Shepard
Five Important Points

z made an opening bid Of
Three Diamonds. Y responded
with Three Hearts. z shifted
to Five Clubs, asking his part.
ner to choose between the minor
suits. Having the King Of
Clubs plus two side aces, Y
bid Six Clubs; whereupon z bid
Seven No Trumps, instead Of
either Seven Clubs or Seven
Diamonds. A grand slam at
diamonds, with four honors,
scores S points less than Seven
No TrumpS, without honors.
No other pair made that bid,
although several pairs bid and
made a grand slam, either at
clubs or diamonds.
In scoring the results in du.
plicate games, there are two
distinct methods employed: the
Mitchell; the Match Point.
Each system has it's advantages
and its disadvantages.
If a hand is played against a
particular pair, when North
and South make $40 points
plus, of course the East and
West pair make $40 points
minus. In either system Of
scoring the respective pairs
turn in those scores, and the
results Of each other hand
played.
Under Mitchell methods, the
final score of a pair is deter
mined by adding the plus scores
in one column, and adding the
minus scores in the other col
umn. The difference between
the totals of the two columns
gives the final score, in terms of
plus points or minus points.
A comparison Of the scores Of
the pairs playing in the same
direction determines the rank
ing of those players for the
match, or contest, played.
Match point scoring awards
position to players according to
the number of pairs playing in
the same direction, that they
have beaten. In every duplicate
game there are always two con-
tests going on. North and South
scores are compared only with
the scores of other North and
South players, because all play
ers in those positions play the
same hands. In similar man
ner, East and West scores are
compared only with the scores
made by other East and West
players, provided, Of course, that
pairs maintain their starting
positions throughout the con-
test.
Suppose seven tables play.
On hand one suppose that one
pair secures a higher score than
the remaining six pairs facing
the same way IN and S. or E
and W.. This pair has beaten
six pairs, so that their match
point score on hand one is six
points. The pair obtaining next
to the highest scores on hand
one is awarded five points, be-
cause that pair has beaten five
other pairs. And so on. In
case two pairs have the same
score on a hand, each pair takes
the same score. Instead of hav-
ing one pair having six points
and the other pair having five
points. for example, both pairs
score 512 points.
In the contest where the
above hand appeared, the five
points obtained over eight COM
peting pairs gave the no-trump
bidders eight points, and the
three pairs playing the hand at
seven diamonds, only six and
one-third points. The difference
gave the first pair top score for
the evening.
Copyright, 1882, King Features
syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
The Rhymins
Optimist
By ALINE MICHAELIs
God Knows

OOd Knows
God knows the urge to climb
That moves the eager feet:
The thought which finds
sublime
And distant goals so sweet;
The noble will to rise
BY sacrifice and loss,
To greet the purer skies,
To lift the heavier cross.
Men may have only seen
The weak and futile hope;
The gulf that lies between
The goal and hands that
grope.
Men may have watched in scorn
The empty life and bare;
The seeking heart forlorn;
The ultimate despair.
Yet, strangely, at the last
These valiant lives disclose
Their triumphs, wrung from
vast
=. Defeats, for still God knows.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
: "'SKYSCRAPER"
AnAbsorbins Narrative Of
Love and Big Business

you were the guest of honor.
Honor! You make me laugh.
And then necking out on the
terrace with Dwight. Dwight,
he's a fine guy, isn't he?
What's the big idea, anyway?
Rich lawyer throws party for
bank employe. That sounds
swell, doesn't it? I suppose
(Continued on 2nd Comic Page
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
Suggestions For
Housewives

Before scraping new potatoes,
let them soak for a little
while in water to which a
piece of common soda has been
added. They will Scrape more
easily and will not stain the
fingers.
"A lump of rough cooking
salt dipped in lemon juice will
remove brown marks from
china pie dishes and tannin
stains from tea cups.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
When Manners
Are Correct
BY MRS. BEECKMAN
A Greeting

A Greeting
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
AS I never wear a hat. what
should I do when meeting a
lady or anyone to whom I
should lift my hat if I wore
one?
JACK.
The only thing that you
can do is to bow graciously,
and say How do you do"...
as dignified greeting to older
people or to friends whom you
know in a rather formal way
and Hello" in the fashion
of greeting those of your own
age, or younger, those whom
you know informally.
The Washington times., 1932-06-27
Who Writes First?
DEAR MRS, BEECKMAN:

Tell me, please, who writes
first, the man or the woman?
Does sthe one going away first
have the prerogative? F.
Theman writes first. He first
asks the woman if he may
have the privilege of writing
to her, and then, if she grants
this, naturally he would be
the one to write first.
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SANITARY NAPKINS u. S. Pat. No. I.ss7.ssA

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TT is called PHANTOM KOTEX.
j Why? Because the ends are so
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KOtex features retained
1t is soft and comfortable, even after
hours of use; wonderfully absor-
bent; treated to deodorize; can be
worn, with equal protection, on
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Noxzen1a has also been
used for years at First
Aid Stations at Asbury
Park. Coney IsIan nd. Lon9
Beach and other Atlantic
and Pacific Coast Beaches
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not show. There's a smart
urown flower at the waist of
the dress, and it is repeated in
white on the coat, carrying out
the reversed idea all the way
through. Each of these suits
is only SIS, and they are only
two of several styles YOU can
choose from.
For the names of the stores
where you can find the cos
tunes described in these arti.
cles, write Miss LavilIe, enclosing
a Self-addressed, stamped en-
velOpe, or call District $3.50,
extension 1879.
Smyrna times., 1932-08-17
v. w. ELTERICH
HAS AUTO STOLEN
Taken From i'm Front of His
Store AT Ill O'Clock Last
Saturday Morning
FOUND AT MARCUS HOOK

While v. Wallace Elterich was
busy in his meat and grocery store
in the Miss Clara Leinberger prop
erty on Main street, Saturday
morning, with his automobile, a
Chevrolet Coach, which he had lust
left, standing in front of his store,
a dark skinned youth with un-
wanted daring, deliberately walked
up, eased himself in the car as
though he were employed by the
store and made off with it with
quickness and dispatch. It was all
done in such a careless manner
that no one, not even Mr.. Elterich
realized what was going on. Mr..
Elterich was standing in the front
part of the store and saw the boy
get into the machine but at first
thought it was some one used to
running errands for him getting
into the car to sit down. He quick
ly realized as the car was moving
off that something was wrong. In
just a few minutes his son, V. Wal
lace Elterich, ,Jr., and Lee Deakyne
made chase in the same direction
the Elterich car was seen going.
The boy made quick getaway.
The state police were notified and
the theft was broadcast all up and
down the highway but to no avail.
Sunday about seven o'clock the
Marcus Hook police notified the
police at the Dover station that a
Delaware car had been found there.
The boy had run out Of gas and de-
serting the Elterich auto got into
another car and drove off. The
Marcus Hook police gave him a
long chase even shooting at the car
but were unable to catch him.
Wallace Elterich, Jr., went to Mar
Gus Hook on Sunday evening and
identified the car as being that of
his fathers. No damage to any
extent, was done to Mr. EIterich's
Smyrna times., 1932-08-17
IMPROVEMENTS AT DOVER
New Street From 'eThe Green" TO
the New State House. Next

With the moving of the old coun-
ty building back 40 feet from its
former position on Court Street,
Dover, adjoining the State House,
and the demolishing of the old
Kent county Jail as soon as it is
vacated which is expected by the
middle of September or by October
/, it is the intention of the State
House Building Commission to
clear up and extend the road from
Dover Green to the new State
House nearing completion so that
a clear view Of the new State
House may be had from Dover
Green and State Street. This would
give an unobstructed entrance
from the old State House to the
new State House by the time the
next Delaware Legislature con
venes in January.
Smyrna times., 1932-08-17
R.Y. WALLEN FARM
VISITED BY FIRE
Straw In Pound Caught Fire
From Auto Backfring and
Confiagration Spreads
DAMAGE PUT AT $4,000

Fire this morning destroyed the
outbuildings on the farm of r. Y.
Wallen near Greenspring, includ-
ing the barn and all its contents,
cow stable, twenty-five tons of hay,
and extending to the granary. Both
Smyrna and Clayton fire engines
were called but owing to the head
way gained by the confiagration
the only thing they could do was
to keep the fire confined and from
spreading to the dwelling. It was
the first trip of Smyrna's new fire
engine to a country fire and fire.
men were pleased with the work
the engine did. The farm is oper-
ated by Herman Stats and ten
anted by David Walls and family.
The fire was caused from the back
fire of a truck driven by w. S.
Harris, who was hauling straw
from the field to the pound. The
straw catching fire, the flames
spread rapidly to the outbuildings
destroying them and
also the truck The damage is es-
.imated to be about $4,000. !
Smyrna times., 1932-08-17
TWO DOWN STATE
FARMERS END ALL
DespOndent Over Crop Fail
ures and the Condition
of Their Finances
BOTH COMMIT SUICIDE

Two Delaware farmers. one of
Delmar and one of Fairmount.
committed suicide within "a hours.
Of each other due, friends said in
each case, to dependency over in
ability to make their farms pay.
The body of William E. Elliott, 81
years old, was found Monday night
in a gas-fiIled room at the home
of his nephew, Harold l.. Smith
with whom he had been living. Mr..
Smith had ben spending the day
with his family at Oak Orchard
When they returned at 6 o'clock,
they found the kitchen closed up
and the cracks under the doors
stopped. Gas was flowing from
several jets and the body was ly-
ing on the floor. Near it was this
note: Goodbye to all 1 hope you
will forgive me for the act After
my debts are paid, l want Marvin
Smith to have what there is left
of my property, if there is any
Marvin Smith is the young son of
Harold L Smith. Mr.. Elliott had
no relatives except his nephew. He
had never married Born in that
section, the son of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley Elliott, he had spent
his entire life farming in that
vicinity. Although he had been
living with his nephew for several
years, he had operated his own
farm near town. He was last seen
alive about 5 p. m. by William
O'Neil, of Delmar, who said he did
not notice anything unusual in the
mans demeanor. - Worry over
farming conditions also led to the
suicide of Alfred W. McIlvaine,
farmer of near Fairmount, Sunday.
He ended his life by shooting him
self in the head, after he had care
fully removed his false teeth and
eft them in the house. He went
to a small building used as work
shop and sat down before firing the
bullet into his brain.
Smyrna times., 1932-08-17
RESCUED IN BAY
BY COAST GUARD
Five Adrift in Motor Boat
Helpless for Twenty-FOur
Hours Are Saved
NEARLY DRIFTED TO SEA

Two women and three men were
rescued near the mouth of the Del
aware Bay, off Slaughter Beach, by
the Coast Guard at noon Monday
after they had drifted helplessly in
disabled motorboat for more than
"a hours. The rescue ended
search in which Coast Guard boats
and airplanes from Cape May had
secured the waters for hours. The
craft was sighted by a picketboat
crew. Had there been an offshore
breeze while the boat was drifting,
it was said, the tiny craft might
have been driven out to sea and
lost. It had no anchor. Those on
board were Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Blizzard, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Bryan, all Of Lewes, and Joseph
Minnette, a visitor there. Mr.. Biz
Zard is a surfnan of the Coast
Guard station. Upon their return
to Lewes late Monday afternoon.
members of the party gave vivid
descriptions of their predicament
during the time they were missing.
Shortly after leaving Lewes on
fishing trip Sunday morning, their
engine failed to function. They
We're too far out to signal the shore
and no boats passed nearby At
ter spending the day working over
the engine. the male members of
the party decided to send up dis
tress flares after dark before the
wind could change and cause the
craft to drift seaward. But moist
air had dampened their matches,
and there was no way the flares
could be lighted The wind did not
change, however, and the boat
drifted farther into the bay. The
sea was not rough at any time
during the entire period. None of
the party reported i'll effects from
the experience.
Smyrna times., 1932-08-17
LOSES VALUABLE HORSE
DIR. Hammond Races With Speed
of 2.O7, Killed by Auto on Highway

DIR. Hammond Races With Speed
of 2.O7, Killed by Auto on Highway
Struck by an automobile oper-
ated by James NJ. Holt, on the
Georgetown-Lewes highway, early
Sunday, Sue Worthy" seven-year-
old bay mare, with a track record
around 2.07, and owned by Doctor
John H. Hammond, of Georgetown,
was instantly killed. For some
time Sue Worthy" had been pas
turing on the plot of land, owned
and adjoining the residence of Con-
gresham Robert G. Houston. In
some way, she managed to get out
of the pasture and made her way
on to the roadway. The mare is
said to have been on the right side
of the road, some distance off the
concrete, at the time she was
struck. The impact was so heavy
that she was killed instantly and
the car thrown into a small ditch
along the road and damaged Pa
trolman Pusey of the State police
placed Holt under arrest on a
charge of driving the car while un-
der the influence of liquor He was
given a hearing before Magistrate
William j. Mustard at Georgetown,
who committed him to the custody
of Sheriff Lorenzo w. Birmingham
for two months, upon failure to
pay fine of S10O and costs. Later
he was released on $500 bond, hav-
ing given notice of an appeal.
Smyrna times., 1932-08-17
BOY Z, DROWNED
IN SMYRNA CREEK
William Faulkner, Jr., of Will
mington, Steps i'm Hole
Overhead and browns
CREATES EXCITEMENT

William w. Faulkner, Jr.,7 years
old, was drowned Friday afternoon
in Duck Creek. The boy, with a
group of other children, had been
bathing nude in the creek, and is
believed to have stepped into hole
where the water was over his
depth, while attempting to follow
the others into the protection of the
bushes. The other children, becom-
ing frightened at the disappearance
of their playmate, notified Mrs.
Ada M. Richardson and Mrs. Syd-
ney Brown. When the latter two
arrived at the creek they found
that William Warren, negro, 16
years old, who had witnessed the
had succeeded in locat-
ing the boy and bringing his body
ashore in a fish net. Mrs. Richard
son and Mrs. Brown administered
first aid to the boy in an effort to
revive him, but Doctors w. L.
Vaughn and J. Q. Cobb, who were
pronounced him dead.
The boy was the son of William w.
Faulkner, who lives near Second
and French streets, Wilmington.
He had been living here at the
home of his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Roades. Coroner Will
bur Pearson, of Milford, who took
charge of the body, held an inquest,
at which a verdict of accidental
was given. Funeral SER
vices were held Monday morning
at 10 at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roades. Interment was made in
Cemetery, Wilmington. !
Smyrna times., 1932-08-17
WRECK OF AUTO
LEADS TO ARREST
Two CheswOld Boys, Both
MOOrs, Held For Theft of
Several Cars
FIND TWO MACHINES

The wrecking of an automobile,
struck by a southbound freight on
the Delaware Railroad near Ches-
wold Sunday night led State and
railroad police to believe that a
series of automobile thefts in Del
aware and Pennsylvania had been
solved. Some in Smyrna are
wondering if there Is not some con
nection with the theft of car of ".
Wallace Elterich Of Smyrna, told
more fully in another column. In
formed of the wreck near Ches-
void, State Patrolmen Sullivan,
Lamb and Cole began an investiga-
tion which resulted in the arrest
yesterday of Perry w. Sammons,
IL, a Moor living near Cheswold.
Police said that Sammons admit
ted he helped to place the car on
the tracks but that he had no part
in the stealing of the automobile.
He gave no reason for wrecking
the car, police said. Sammons was
arraigned before Magistrate Bur
ton Of Dover, charged with OBJ
structing the railroad and was held
in $500 bail for the upper court.
Sergeant Powell and Private Smith
of the State Police Monday after
noon took into custody, Linwood
Durham, also a Moor, aged 81,
from whom they said they secured
a confession that he stole one car
in Delaware and two others in
Chester, Pa. One of the cars was
found in a woods a week ago near
this being the Delaware
car. A second car stolen in Ches-
ter, was located on a road between
and Kenton. The third
car, also stolen in Chester, was the !
one placed on the tracks above !
late Sunday night, police
said. Durham was lodged in Jail |
at Dover for a hearing, the date. of !
which has not been set. Police |
are attempting to locate !
other cars reported stolen recently.
Smyrna times., 1932-08-17

A party of four were rescued
from a sinking nlotorboat out in
the Delaware Bay, opposite Wood
land Beach, Thursday. The party
which included Willard Wade,
Frank Englund and Harry Brehm,
of West Chester, and Jay Van Pelt
of Smyrna, put out in the bay
Wednesday in Van Pelt's boat.
Toward evening they tried to start
the motor of the boat, but failed.
To make matters worse, a sudden
squall partly filed the boat with
water. The four men bailed water
from their boat for nearly five
Smyrna times., 1932-08-17
P.S.duPONT LAUDS
HOOVER'S STAND
But Regrets He did Not in His
Acceptance Speech Pro-
pose Outright Repeal
NO END OF SPEAKEASIES

Commenting upon President
Hoover's acceptance speech, Pierre
S. DUPONT of Wilmington, said that
while the United States should re-
joice in the conversion of the Pres
ident to the view that the 18th
Amendment has failed to prohibit
the use of liquor he regrets that
the President proposed other than
an outright repeal of the amend
ment. Mr. DUPONT in his statement
said: THE experiment now ended
has cost the United States billions
of dollars in taxes, probably as
great a sum as was expended by
us during the Great War. Our
continued national debt remains
costly monument to our unwisdom.
The mistake of prohibition was
fundamental 1t sought to pre-
scribe the personal habits of ma
tion by force of law and in viola
tion of long established custom, but
without prohibiting the custom it
self. It is unfortunate that Mr..
Hoover recommends the continual
tion of this error by placing in the
Constitution new prohibition
for forbidding the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquor at retail fby-the-glass' in
an establishment created for that
that is, in the saloon.
he leaves to State control
the manufacture, transportation,
purchase, possession and use of in
toxicating liquor, as well as all 9TH
er sale both at wholesale and at re-
tail The President has failed to
realize from years of experience
that public opinion will maintain
these retail selling places under the
name of 'speakeasy,' if the term
saloon is prohibited and license re-
fused. Absolute repeal of the
Amendment would re-
turn power to States able and will !
ing to eliminate the saloon with
out substitution, but no amendment |
Of the Constitution will successfully /
prohibit both saloon and speak /
easy in States where either one is /
or tolerated by public /
opinion 1t is generally conceded
hat the Constitutional power of
Congress to regulate commerce
CONTINUED on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1932-08-17
HOME OF HARTMAN
REYNOLDS BURNS
Gutted By Fire Monday With
Loss of Furniture Esti-
mated Over $4,000
CAUGHT FROM OIL STOVE

Fire at noon Monday virtually
destroyed the pretty home of W..
Harman Reynolds, well known ag-
rlcultural implement and automo-
pile dealer at Townsend, entailing
q loss Of $4,000 or $4,000. Mr.. Rey-
nolds lives alone but has a house
Keeper to keep his place in order
and cook his meals. The fire is
supposed to have caught from an
oh stove on the back porch. The
names spread rapidly and crept
INTO the interior from room to room
practically cutting the whole in
terror Of the building and destroy
lng a lot of valuable furniture. The
townsend and Middletown Fire
companies were called and did eff
1ective work in keeping the flames
confined and from spreading to
other nearby properties. The fire
was the second one that Mr.. Rey-
nol0s has had in recent years.
Several years ago he suffered a
considerable loss when his agricul-
ture implement store and automo-
bile show room caught fire do
stroying fourteen cars ard other
valuable merchandise Mr. Rev
nolds rebuilt a better pIaee On tbe
runs and now has one of the larg-
est implement and hardware stores
in that vicinity He is director
n the Fruit Growers National
Sank and Trust Company of Smyr-
"a.
Smyrna times., 1932-08-17
RUN DOWN BY AUTO; KILLED
Billy, the SYear-OId Child of VIII
liam and Grace Page, the Victim

Billy, the S-Year-Old Child of VIII
liam and Grace Page, the Victim
William Page, aged three years,
the only child of William E. Page
and Grace Bailey Page of Mid
dletown, formerly of Smyrna, was
fatally injured when struck by an
automobile driven by William H.
Reynolds of Middletown, a few
feet from his parents home in
Middletown, last Thursday morn
ing. The little fellow and two
other children were crossing the
street when Billy dashed directly
in front of the approaching car
which struck him, knocking him
down, and the front wheel passing
over his body. He was picked up
by Mr.. Reynolds and taken to the
office of DR.. Dorsey w. Lewis, but
at the time of the accident all of
the physicians of Middletown were
out of their offices and he was
rushed to the Office of DR.. w. C.
Deakyne at Smyrna who rushed
him on to the Kent General Hos
pital at Dover. He died just be-
fore reaching the hospital Fun
eral services were held on Saturday
nterment being made in Smyrna.