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Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
Mastery of India Won
at Battle of PIassey

Great Britain's control over India
may be said to date from the time
of Robert Give, who in 1744, at the
age of eighteen, was sent from Eng
land to be a clerk for the East In
dia company. He soon gave up the
pen for the sword and became a
great military genius. The old In
dian empire of the Great Moguls
had fallen into the hands of provin-
cial viceroys and in the fight for
supremacy Give aided certain Of
these against others backed by the
French. His great victory of
Plassey, in June, 1857, with 5000
men opposed to $4,000, determined
the struggle. In 1773. the three
provinces of Madras, Bombay and
Bengal were placed under the ad-
ministration of a governor-general,
and Warren Hastings, the first gov
ernor-general, laid the foundations
of the present administration of In
dia. After the Indian mutiny in
1857, the direct sovereignty of India
was transferred from the East India
company to the crown and on jan
uary 1, 1877. Queen Victoria was
proclaimed empress of India.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
DRIVER ASLEEP HITS TEAM
Walter Short, MilIsboro, Fined $40
for Running Into Wagon

Frederick Carey, aged 21 years,
son of Mr.. ]. w. Carey, Denney's
corner, near Dover, was in a pc
culiar accident late Friday after
noon, while driving a mule to
wagon on the State Road about
two miles north of Dover. While
driving on the dirt road he was
run into by a large truck driven
by Walter E. Short, of Millsboro.
Both truck and wagon were going
north when truck ran off the con-
crete road into the wagon and
broke off a back wheel, and killed
the mule. Young Carey was ex-
amined by a physician who said no
bones were broken but he was suf-
ering from shock. The truck is
owned by Cordrey and Short of
Millsboro. At a hearing before
Magistrate Burton, Short is said
to have admitted that he was
asleep when the accident occurred.
He was fined $40.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
Changes Made by Time
on New York's "Bowery"

In 1755-60, the stretch of road
known today as the Bowery was
fair country road, bordered with
comfortable homes, blossoming or
chards, vegetable and flower gar
dens, meadows dotted with cattle
and horses, and an occasional tavern
or windmill. The fences were of
split rails, wooden pegged or nailed
to posts or set in forks and held by
withes.
It was at night, when candles and
whale-oil lamps made what the
street then considered a brilliant IL
Elimination, that the lower Bowery,
about 1S25-30, began to give prom
Use of what it was to be in future
years; the sidewalks thronged with
pleasure-seekers, among them sail
ors with rolling gait, lusty, sleek
haired young butchers. mechanics,
f1ashy girls and bully boys from the
Five Points. At night the
street cries are all of tasty ed
ibles-fresh strawberries, "Oysters !
Here's your brace, good oysters"
steaming hot yams served by negro
mammies from charcoal fires, baked
pears which you picked up by the
stem from a pan or crock of thick
sirup and ate standing; and finally,
and most popular of all, hot corn on
the cob.-From "Old Bowery Days"
by A. r. Harlow.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
ARE YOU ALWAYS RIGHT?
$3.50 of All Persons Injured or KILL
ed in Auto Accidents, Pedestrians

Safety Sally" says: you may
be in the right and think a car can
stop, but remember your body is
not match for a moving mass of
| iron and steel. When afoot, walk
facing traffic, always keep to the
side of the road-At night wear
white or carry q light" Sixty
five to eighty-five per cent of all
persons injured or killed in auto
mobile accidents are pedestrians.
There should be, however, no gen
eral conflict between pedestrians
and motorists" because all of us
are pedestrians at times and most
of us are motorists at times. The
reckless or inconsiderate motorist
and the "dare-you-to-hit-me" pc
destrian are each menace to 9TH
ers as well as themselves. The We
hicles are seldom damaged when
the collision is between the motor
ist and the pedestrian. Use care
and the ambulance will not be call
ed for your reckless driving or
walking. In connection with the
night driving the Delaware Safety
Council wants to emphasize sane
piece of legislation passed at the
last session of the General Assem-
bly, which when more widely COM
piled with by those walking on the
highways at night will greatly re-
duce road accidents. This is
piece of legislation which requires
the pedestrian walking on the
highway at night to carry light
or wear white" At a distance of
seventy-five feet the pedestrian,
particularly if he happens to be
wearing dark clothing, is practical
ly invisible to the operator of a
motor vehicle even if the operator
has the most approved lighting de-
vices. If you must be on the high
way after night walk facing traf-
fic, and if possible, clear off the
paved roadway but be sure also to
carry a lantern or fashlight or at
least wrap a white handkerchief
around your arm. This little pre-
caution may be the means of
averting a serious accident. And
city pedestrians don't jay-walk.
Why hang your life on some driv-
er's brake-iining
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
First Friction Matches

In 1850 ignition Of sulphur and
phosphorus by friction was discov-
cred by Godfrey Haukwitz, but 1t
was nearly hundred and fifty years
before the discovery was applied to
use in matches. The year of 1927
saw the first really useful friction
match, made by an Englishman-
John Walker, druggist of Stock
ton-on-Tees. In 1886 the first i'm
proved friction matches were made
in the United States by Alonzo
Phillips of Springfield, Mass.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME
Railroads as Well as Private Autos
Take Crowds to Washington

Cherry blossom specials and ex-
cursions were put on by the Penn
sylvania Railroad to Washington,
d. c., last week and Sunday, April
IL, to carry visitors to view the
celebrated Japanese cherry trees in
full bloom. This in addition to the
many who went in their own autos,
took an influx of people to the Ma
tion's Capital. Each year the in
spring spectacle of springtime
beauty when 5000 cherry trees
burst into bloom draws throngs of
visitors to the tidal basin and
speedway in potomac park. Two
varieties of these trees are in the
park, which lengthens the bloom
ing season, as those with the single
blossoms come out first and from
ten days to two weeks later those
with double blossoms burst forth.
The mayor Of Toxic presented the
Japanese cherry trees to the city
of Washington in 1922, and the
trees came into full bloom for the
first time in the spring of 1924.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
"Pannare" Old Custom

During the time of pannage-the
legal term for the feeding of swine
In wood or forest-each common
er can turn his swine into the new
forest for a period OF four weeks.
This custom is one of the Oldest III
England, says an article In tne
Montreal Family Herald. In early
times forest-fatted pigs were thought
the best for breakfast. and even
men were considered to benefit ana
their strength increase if they had
an acorn diet. pigs in pannage
was one of the most pfeclously
guarded privileges during the teuual
davs and one of the few to survive
until today.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
ADJUST DISPI1
OVER INSIR]
Officials of Defuld
Cannery Gets SEA
the $4,000 CD
COMPROMISE RI!

A compromise has z
between four insuTanz 1
and officials of the ds.1
Cooperative CannsF y
ty, in the matter Of "A
the payment Of sls,@ |
a fire last January J. /
stroyed the cOnpaHH /
Fairlee, according toS1
attorney for the csll4I
He said $4,000 Tills1
insurance cOmpaniss
panies argued that ~
been taken on the 'Hl1
before the fire and j. !
ance policies did not 4
necessary mortgass Il
tors threatened to III
County Circuit c0uH
promise is believed w.
of the proposed a'ti'l
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
Soldiers Refused Votes

Many of the soldiers of the Rev.
olutlonary army never cast a ballot
in the Republic they had helped es-
tablish, because of property quail
fications required for voting. New
York's constitution permitted no
man to vote for governor who did
not own land worth $500 free of
debt. In 1900 Tammany Hall bought
land for members to enable them to
qualify for voting. The organiza-
ton obtained a majority in the
common council In this manner.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
MOSQUITO WAR
ON PENINSULA
DIR. A. C. JOst, Delaware State
Health Chief, Explains
What is Done in State
MEETING AT SALISBURY

Definite steps to secure prelim-
mary survey in the matter of
mosquito control throughout the
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula were COM
pleted last week when representa-
tives of the Public Health Depart
ments and Bureaus of Entomology
in Delaware, Maryland and Vir-
ginia with the United States De-
partment of Health and the United
States Bureau of Entomology, met
to discuss the proposed plan in the
offices of the Del-Mar-Va Eastern
Shore Association, at Salisbury,
Md. Fred P. Adkins, Chairman of
the Administrative Committee of
tire Association, presided and ex-
planned that this second meeting
was called to bring together rep
resentatives of the State Health
Departments and State Entomol-
ogists so that facts as to how in
dividual States might proceed
could be presented. Mr.. Adkins
called on DR.. A. c. Jost, Executive
Secretary, Delaware State Board
of Health, who outlined steps being
taken in that State toward a pre-
iminary survey this season. DR..
L. A. Stearns, Entomologist of the
University of Delaware, further ex-
planned the activities in Delaware
which provide for practical car
rying out of the preliminary sur
vey there. DR.. Ernest N. Cory,
State Entomologist, University of
Maryland, reported that they are
completing plans for very similar
preliminary survey in Maryland
and outlined the activities through
out the nine Eastern Shore Coun-
ties. A. E. Goodrich, Division En-
gineer Of the Maryland State De-
partment of Health, explained the
cooperation which that Depart
ment would offer in the work be-
ing gotten under way. DR.. L. L.
Williams, Jr., Chief Surgeon, U. S.
Department of Health, spoke in be-
half of Warren J.. Draper, Com
missioner of Health, State of Vir-
ginia, explaining that if residents
in the two Eastern Shore of Vir-
ginia Counties, Accomack and
Northampton, would provide
nominal sum toward the survey
the State would assume a proper
tion of expense and furnish the
equipment and services of capable
men for the survey in those coun-
ties. This was supplemented by
statement made by DR.. F. c.
Bishopp, Principal Entomologist,
u. S. Department of Agriculture,
who, in behalf of Mr.. w. H.
Schoene, State Entomologist for
Virginia, said that they would CO.
operate in the plan within means
available. w. o. Strong, County
Agent, of Onley, Va, stated that
he believed that the sum requested
to insure the preliminary survey in
the two Counties could be obtained
and based upon this there was def
mite assurance that Peninsula
wide preliminary survey will be
launched this season. DR.. L. L.
Williams, as well as DR.. F. c.
Continued on Page Seven)
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
Be Considerable to Job

An old job is like an old friend.
We become so accustomed to its
virtues that we may overlook its
value and helpfulness. We never
knowingly slight or abuse an old
friend. Isn't it the part of wisdom
then to guard an old job just as
Zealously Grit.
Evening star., 1932-10-01
TYDINGS FOSTERS
HOME OWNERSHIP
Maryland Senator Points to Cur
rent Opportunities and Faith
in Future.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, October Senator
Millard E. Tydings is of the opinion
that home buying at today's market
prices is both an aid toward revlving
business conditions and affords the pur-
chaser the opportunity Of efecting a
real bargain
Senator Tydings declares real estate
has weathered several depreSSions in
the past. 1t conquered all Of them
covery.
Thousands of housing engineers, ar
chitects and community planners agree
that in dealing with permanent popu-
lation you must deal with the home.
People usually live in apartments only
until they can live in home. A city
begins and ends with its home accom-
modations.
1T isn't strange to continue further
and say that the building of homes
has much effect upon unemployment.
There are many different trades in
volved in the construction of a home.
When we include the people employed
by the manufacturers of building ma
terials we can begin to visualize the
vast Importance of home building to
the prosperity of a nation.
There is but one way to increase
home construction activity and that is
to buy your home now AS the list
of unsold houses decreases it will stim-
ulate the building of more homes. Those
who buy now are taking advantage of
market which has reached its low
est level. Not only does this afford the
opportunity of gaining real bargain
but you are doing your bit toward re-
viving business conditions in general. q"
Evening star., 1932-10-01
MATERIAL PRICES
CONTINUE TO RISE
Slight Advances Registered
During Last Five Weeks
of Bureau Study.

Slight but steady increase in the
wholesale cost Of building material has
continued during the five weeks ending
with September "a, according to the
current report of the United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The index fer this group of commod-
tiles was 70.7 fer September "a, as COM
pared with 70.4 for September II. 7O.2
for September 10, 500 for September
and 69.6 for August 27.
The index of the wholesale cost OF
housefurnishing goods remained steady
at 74.6 for the three weeks ending Sep
tember "a, which compared with IA
for September and 749 for August q
The cost of metals and metal products
rose slightly, the figure being 80.1 for
September "a, as compared with 1876
for September II and 800 for August
27, but was slightly below the levels
for September and September 10.
The index for all the 784 commodities
studied by the bureau was 65.4 for sep
tember "a, the same as for the preced-
ing week. a slight increase over the
level for August 27. but slightly of from
the levels for September 3 and 10.
The index numbers are based on
average prices of 1926 as 100.
Evening star., 1932-10-01
TRANSFERS INCREASE

Real estate activity for August was
measured by an index figure OF 54.2,
according to the compilation MADE
monthly by the National Association OF
Real Estate Boards The figure is based
on official totals of deeds recorded IN Of
cities.
The index is seven points higher than
the index figure for July, which was
472. and come fairly close to the lnoeH
of August, 1881, which was 59.0
The index is based on 1926 hgures
as 100 per cent.
Evening star., 1932-10-01
DISTRICT BUILDING
S2O1,61O IN WEEK
Two Schools, II Houses and
Remodeling Included in
New List Work.

Building projects having a total esti-
mated construction cost OF S201 600 were
approved during the past week by Col.
John w. Oehmann. building inspector.
Included in the list of new work were
specifications for two school projects,
IL private dwellings, two stores and
number of remodeling operations.
Plans were approved for a one-story
brick school building at Forty-fourth
and Ord streets northeast costing $685.
600, and for completion of another Dis
trict project, the Crummell School, on
Gallaudet street. between Kendall and
Providence streets northeast, at Ivy
City. to cost $32, 1000
Other permits issued included the
following:
Cooley Brothers, owners and builders;
George T. Santmyers, architect; to erect
five 2-story brick dwellings, 1908 to
1909 Benton street and 24OO Thirty
ninth street; to cost $4,000.
Ben S. Fisher, owner: Elmer Cap
pelman, designer; Bradbury & Mohler,
builders; to erect one 2-story brick
and tile dwelling, 1887 Plymouth street;
to cost S18500.
Joseph Gatti, owner; D. K McKen-
zie, designer; P. S. Dove, builder: to
erect one 1-story brick store, 1751 Penn
Dwelling Permits Sought.
C. ]. Deck, owner; E. w. Syme. de-
signer; C. R. Matheny, builder; to erect
one 2-Story brick and concrete block
dwelling. 6157 Thirty-frst street; to
cost $1,000
Robert Peters, owner and builder; L.
W. Giles. architect; to erect two 2-story
brick dwellings, 4240 and 4242 Benn&ng
tn
G. S. Seek, owner and builder; Dillon
& Abel designers; to erect one 2-Story
brick dwelling, 608 Van Buren street,
to cost $4,000.
Edith A. Barrett. owner; H. w.
Gaines, architect; E. w. Shoots, builder;
to remodel 1081 Wisconsin avenue, to
cost S5,000
Martin McInerney. owner and build
er: o. R. Scholz, designer; to erect one
1-story brick store. 1915 Georgia avenue,
to cost $4,000.
j. W. Hickman. owner and builder;
J. j. Hensley, designer; to erect one 2
story brick and tile dwelling. 200 Tuck
erman street, to cost $4,000.
Other Buildings Planned.
Barnett Cohen, owner: v. G. johnson,
builder: to erect one 2-story brick ad-
oition. 1905 Ninth street northeast, to
cost $1,000.
John Karle. owner and builder; to
erect one 1-story frame dwelling, 1916
E street southeast, to cost 81 300
Leone Mavilia. owner; j. G.. Patter-
son, builder: to make repairs. 1922
Pennsylvania avenue southeast, to cost,
$1,000
Wilbur F. Nash. owner. designer and
builder: to remodel 1928 De Sales street.
to cost $4,000
Evening star., 1932-10-01

the Silver Star Home at 1731 HOban
the public of The Star
Here dwelling that a
architectural American
Georgian motif,
be noted particularly in outline treatment
three
hudredS OF visitors nave made inspection of its
and educational features design plan finish arrangement and
Evening star., 1932-10-01

The Associated General Contractors,
1t is expected, will give strong support
to the proposal for creation OF pub
lie works department, the belief being
that it would result in more economical
and more efficient Government con-
struction operations.
Joint Study Now Lacking.
If this were done. it is pointed out
the setting up of more comprehensive
construction committees in Congress
would be practical necessity.
Although there are at least II sep
arate standing committees of the
House and Senate under the present
congressional organization, which regu-
larly consider and frame legislation
directly affecting various phases of the
industry, there is in neither house
committee to consider the problems of
out by Edward j. Harding. managing
director of the Associated General Con-
tractors.
The depression more than anything
else" Harding declares, has brought
about a realization of the necessary
integration of the construction industry
and the interdependence of each branch
upon the other. Recognizing this. it
would certainly seem that Congress
should provide means for considering
the industry as whole, as it has done
with agriculture. banking, labor, the
railroads and mining. by providing a
standing committee dedicated to that
purpose"
Separate Action Cited.
Closely related pieces of legislation
affecting the industry are considered
simultaneously and independently by
two or more committees of the same
house, whereas they should be con-
sidered in their RELATIONSHIPS to each
other and the entire ind-itry, Hard
ing declares.
affecting the construction industry
now is considered by sufh committees
OF the Senate as those on Education
anG Labor. Expenditures in Executive
Departments. Irrigation and Reclama-
ton Manufactures. Post Offices and
Fest Roads. and Public Buildings and
Ground In the House such legislation
may be handled by such committees as
th1-c cl the District of Columbia, EX-
pcld u"eS in Executive Departments,
T-c31 Ccntrcl, Irrigation and Reclaim
&c, Labor. Post Offices and Post
# a., FubGc Buildings and Grounds,
A IS and Naval Affairs.
ri Harding cites as an example the
f. thct at the last session of Congress
tlo so-called Bingham-GosS bill to re-
Cuire general contractors to list their
s.lbcontractors in their bids was being
considered by the House Committee on
Expenditures in Executive Departments.
while at the same time the Carley bill
to provide for separate contracts with
subcontractors was before the House
Continued on Second Page.)
Evening star., 1932-10-01

sizes OF houses and lots, placement of
buildings on their sites, gardens and
general landscape planting, service IA
cllltles, alley and street plans and the
Continued on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1932-10-01

The house will remain open daily from
9 am. to 6 pm. for one more week
under auspices of The Star. It is
reached by driving out @ street to Wis
conSin avenue, right to Reservoir road,
then west along this recently widened
artery to Hoban road, just west of
Forty-fourth street, then north to the
house marked by silver star sign.
Advanced thought in the development
OF community of homes now is for
giving serious attention to the plan not
only for each individual house in a sec
ton, but for each building in relation
to all others nearby.
Principles Illustrated
This method applies to many impor-
tant features of house planning and
construction, including not only the
architectural design, but treatment of
lawns, selection of building materials,
Evening star., 1932-10-01

diplomas of merit to be awarded to the
owners and architects of buildings Sc
lected for recognition by jury of archi-
tects for the past two years. The
awards are to be made early next year.
The certificates will carry the state
ment: The Washington Board of
Trade Committee of Municipal Art
award in architecture. The Washing
ton Board of Trade has selected the
Continued on Second Page)
Evening star., 1932-10-01
Home Owning Building Section Washington and Suburbs
STAR HOME ILLUSTRATES
PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING
Exhibit House Designed With Consideration of Sur.
roundings-Hundreds Visit House During
First Three Weeks of Showing

ME Importance Of designing house in relation general
surroundings and its neighborng buildings illustrated
/ Hnnea Hoha rIIi1
Evening star., 1932-10-01

TN keeping with its purpose Of recog-
niZing merit in design of buildings
erected in the District and of fos-
i tsring better building, the Wash
ingtor Board of Trade now is lay
ing plans for making its awards of GER
tificates for architectural accomplish
nents during the past two years.
Through its Committee on Municipal
Art, headed by T. A. Mullett the board
is preparing plans for selection of
jury of out oftown architects which
will pass upon the merits Of buildings
erected during the past tWo-year period.
An engraving has been made for the
Evening star., 1932-10-01
CONTRACTORS SEEK PLAN
FOR PUBLIC WORKS UNITY
A. G.. C.. Board Expected to Urge Consolidation of
U. S. Agencies-C Committees
Also Subject of Session Here.

Federal Department of Public Works.
- to consolidate the Governments construc
ton activities governing of
its Fall meeting
her H.
At the leaders will study the advs
ability seeking formation Of standing committees construc
which might be referred all leg
affecting the industry
action the sponsoring of model
uniform establishment of system of certified
huid with eW 10
Evening star., 1932-10-01
SEEKS VALUE RULES
Home Loan Bank Head Calls for
Appraisal System.

Basic rules for real estate appraisals
by the Il regional home loan banks
must be stablished, Chairman Fort
states The National Association OF
Real Estate Boards, through the Amer
ican Institute of Real Estate Appraisers
has offered its services in any way they
can be used in working out the ap-
praisal method and machinery of the
new banks.
Evening star., 1932-10-01
Dwelling Is Planned.

William A. Stuart as owner ana
builder, plans to erect two-story prlcK
dwelling at 4708 Forty-slxtn street, &C.
cording to plans filed with the Distrlct
government.