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Smyrna times., 1932-07-06

Charter No. 23S1-Reserye District No.
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE Ma
TI0NAL BANK OF SMYRNA, of Smyr-
ma, in the State of Delaware, at the
close of business on June 30th, 1892.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts . $685., ,199. Is
Overdrafts ...... ...... ..... 4.1S
United States Government Sc
curities owned .... ..... 152,203.13
Other bonds. stocks, and secur-
tiles owned ........ ........ 21O.188.64
Banking house, $50 100000; Furn-
iture and fixtures. s12.517.OO. 1O2.517.OO
banking house ...... ....-. 15.e12.6S
Bank ...... 49,. ......... 3o.s8O.3 .35
Cash and due from banks ... 81 ,428.30
Outside checks and other cash
items ........... 927.65
Redemption fund with U. S.
Treasurer and due from U. S.
Treasurer ...... ........ 49,. 100000
Total ...... $50. .s1.12O. .461 o8
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in ....... s1OO. 900 90
Surplus .. .. OO.OO00 90
Undivided profits-net ..... 28,591.29
Circulating notes outstanding 1OO.000O0
Due to banks. including certified
and cashiers checks outstand-
ing .... ...... .......... 77753
Demand deposits ...... $1,000. 149, ,89066
Time deposits ...... ......... 615, III. 80
Bills payable and redscounts j. 26,000.00
Other liabilities .... ..... 24.3O
Smyrna times., 1932-07-06

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The Washington times., 1932-10-15
True Propaganda
Federal Workers Launch Campaign

Government employees long the target of malicious propa
ganda have decided to utilize the vehicle propaganda
spread before the people the story of the worker
It is necessary and perfectly proper STEP which
should be encouraged by all who believe in fair play
Over long period and particularly in the last few years.
that great body Of and employed by all the
people Of the United States has been the butt of agner
and detractors.
Federal employees have been pictured fattenng the
public trough all stenogapher pictured as wearing
$500 fur coats and living in luxury; all clerks merely
sitting in comfortable chairs all day and then drawing
nificent salaries twice a month
In short the public has been led believe that the great
bulk Of the taxes paid being spent maintain
army Of parasites
Those throughout the country who in intimate contact
with the Government service know that it false picture
But the great majority of citizens accept face value
They stirred to wrath at the picture of Incidence and
incapabilty in public position
Demagogues find this state of mind fruitful field for
their anngs They beseech their election to office
on the plea of driving ''incompetents' out.
The public generally has little occasion to know the real
worth Of the service of Government employees
Heretofore the workers have been to let the false
picture stand confident that proper recognition would
to them in the end.
But this course has proven unsatisfactory.
It is necessary for the Government empoye to fight actively
for the recognition which should be his without struggle
The effort getting underway will meet many obstacles
put 1t IS able to give to the country the true picture of the
Government worker it will be well worth while.
The Washington times., 1932-10-15
ONCE OVERS
Face the Situation

There are persons whom you
avoid because Of their disturb
ing effect upon you.
They make you nervous, and
therefore in a more or less ir-
responsible state for words or
action.
You wonder why these per-
sons can affect you as they do.
In the presence Of most per-
sons you are self-contained and
in full command of yourself,
but for some reason there are
these others who cause you to
lose your self-mastery.
But you have realized it, and
are making an effort to avoid
them.
You wonder why you are by
nature so poorly fortified
against them?
There seems no reason in the
world why you should fear them
personally. .........
You have committed no crime
ana nave no GTlCky plans 10 De
found out. ..'....
They just make you uneasy
have an uncanny effect upon
you, and why?
Well, why do you avoid them?
If your conscience is clear
and your purposes right, don't
avoid them.
Accept opportunities to be
around them till you have the
sort of control of yourself you
need.
Get control by knowingly as
Sociating with them till they
have no effect on you.
Don't be cowardly-face the
situation, and it will become in
significant.
Copyright, 1898. King Features
sU1dieats. IAc.)
The Washington times., 1932-10-15
The South Seas-Pearl Divers
in the Dangerous Archipelago

Every season more and more
visitors are being willingly lured
to the lovely islands flung like
a Towering garland across the
blue Pacific. Indeed, so trav-
eled is this route that we hear
of visitors returning from Tahiti
complaining that its capital,
Papeete, is becoming too civil
lied, many artificial luXur1es
now being regarded as "neces-
sites" even by the full-blooded
natives.
AS result, visitors lately
have been putting out of Pa
peete in schoonerS to visit near
by islands not affected by the
sometimes very mixed blessings
of civilization.
Every few months a govern
ment boat puts out carrying the
French administrator, M. Fran
co.'s Herve, on a tour of inSpec'
ton, and often visitors accom-"
pany him, to make the acquaint-
ance of an absolutely primitive
people, the real Polynesians.
In the region of French
Oceania is an immense archl-
pelago, many thousands OF
square miles in extent and COM
priSing 80 or more atollS, some
of them quite small.
Many of the large atolls can
be seen from aboard ship for
only a short distance before
they drop below the horizon
The Washington times., 1932-10-15
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
BY Temple Manning

line, and because Of this the
archipelago is charted on mari,
time maps as the Dangerous
or LOW" Archipelago. In II
are to be found great circular
coral reefs formed Of chains OF
islets that gleam gem-like
around a deep blue lagoon, IN
the very best tradition Of the
South Seas.
The little islands are full Of
native cocoanut plantations,
but the French administration
has planted laso breadfruit, ba-
mana, mango, orange, lemon
and guava trees with great sue
cess and much labor. Despite
the abundance of these fruits
much of the food for the ma
tives has to be imported.
Those without money must
live on cocoanuts and fish
alone. These are plenty and
are to be had for the taking.
The natives have tremendous
appetites and don't know when
to stop eating, so when there is
money there is always a huge
feast, and its aftermath is an
island full of groaning natives.
Many Of these islands ship
quantities of mother-of-pearl
gathered by native divers, in
cluding the rare black nacre.
But, of course, it is the real
pearl that means a small for
tune to the diver lucky enough
to wreSt one from the danger
Gus deep.
The Washington times., 1932-10-15
MARRY-GO-ROUND
By Helen Rowland,

Given a good figure, a good
disposition, and a good bank
account-and a woman can go
right on marrying until she
slips quietly into the grave.
One form of megalomania is
that acute inflammation of the
ego which makes man sus-
pect that every woman he
meets will feel injured if he
isn't kind enough to make love
to her at least once.
A philanderer is like a stunt
flier. He always tempts Fate
once too often, and comes
down, at last, with a crash-at
the feet of the wrong woman.
The most difficult part Of a
wedding used to be finding the
old lace and fresh orange bios
SONS. Now it's finding the
bridegroom.
A very i'll man is one who
doesn't know whether his nurse
The Washington times., 1932-10-15

feel as II
were just wallowing in failure.
I made a failure of my chosen
work, and then married a fail
ure for companionship sake.
He is one of those people who
have only one purpose in life
to get drunk. And I guess
7 have only one purpose now,
TOTO get through life some
how, as soon as possible, with
out thinking.
"His relatives take care Of
me. They give me food and
board. I have no friends, no
ambition, no hope. The only
thing I do well is sleep. Yet,
sometimes, when I am forced
to think, I rebel. I feel life
hasn't treated me fair. Every
The Washington times., 1932-10-15
The Deed
Was Done

Mr.. Hoover implies that he
kept the threatened fate of
the country a secret, even
from men like Carter Glass,
because a revelation Of the
facts would have had a seri-
GUS effect on public conf
dence. Having in the secrecy
and solitude of his chamber
saved the country, one ma
turally wonders why at this
juncture, with the crisis still
on, and, with business nerv-
GUS and apprehensive, he
should have broadcast his
heroism to the world.
If he did not realize the
danger in such a proclama-
tion he manifestly is an un-
safe man to have at the
head of affairs in a crisis.
If he did realize it, and
was willing to deal a blow
to the nation for the sake
of votes, he is unfit.
Whatever his motive the
deed was done, the harm ac-
complished, the ineptitude,
or worse, of Mr.. Hoover
again demonstrated.
Meanwhile, another des-
perate play, from Senator
Reed of Pennsylvania, who
returns from his secret pow
vows with Mellon and the
statesmen of England and
France without a word on
the understanding that evil
IDENTIFY has been reached for
the transfer of the foreign
debts to the American tax
payers after the election.
Instead, he tells us, blithely,
that when Congress meets
in December we shall have
beer-through the modifica-
tion of the Volstead act.
The Democrats have de-
clared for that; the Repub-
licans turned the idea down
in convention.
The Washington times., 1932-10-15
The job of private secretary
NAV not offer a girl the most

liberal salary in the world
but it comes very near to af-
fording her the most liberal
education.
Girls don't faint any more.
Why should they? That little
feminine ruse went out of
fashion when modern dances
and petting parties came in and
afforded a woman a quicker
and simpler way Of getting into
a mans arms.
A supreme court judge has de-
cided that a man has the right
to rule his wife, if he supports
her. And now all any husband
needs is the nerve.
A good wife may be a mans
guide, philosopher, and friend;
but a good stenographer is his
smoke screen, his shock -abSorber,
his watchdog, his memory, and
his alibi.
The Washington times., 1932-10-15
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

one should have some reason for
living. Why shouldn't II"
A Common Letter
A strange letter? Not at all.
The commonest of letters. All
of us have known moods like
that. Some Of us have never
known any other mood.
mo reason for living!" we
whine, huddling in the wallow
of our own laziness, ignorance,
fear, disbursement and re-
sentiment.
AND AS FAR AS LIFE IS
CONCERNED, WE CAN HUD-
DIE THERE UNTIL WE ROT!
FOR WHY SHOULD LIFE
SUPPLY ANY NORMAL MAN
WITH REASONS FOR LLV-
ING?
IT IS UP TO THAT MAN
TO SUPPLY HIS OWN REA-
SONS.
AND IF HE WON'T SUPPLY
THEM, 1T is JUST HIS BAD
LUCK!
We are born with all the
makings of adventure. We are
born with curiosity and de-
sire and the will to Live burn
ing within us, and a. world
filled with infinite beauty and
wonder waiting without us. We
are equipped to be parts of
our world, with bodies which
are mechanical marvels and
brains capable of producing
any magic.
SO then, what?
It's Up to Us
So then, it's up to us to
get buSy-to get busy ana pro-
vide our own fireworks,
And, usually, we make a
good start; embark eagerly on
some adventure. Then comes
our first failure, the first cruel
shock of disappointment, and
like frightened, hurt, angry
children we draw back. Re.
fuse to play. Vow Well never
try again.
WE THINK LIFE WILL
COME ALONG PRETTY
SOON, AND KISS OUR
BUMPS, AND TICKLE US UN-
TIL WE'RE EXCITED. AND
COAX US BACK TO PLAY.
But Life doesn't. All around
us Life booms and blazes on
her triumphant way, but she
doesn't turn aside for us. She
doesn't even look at our bumps
and bruises; doesn't stop a
second to coax or beguile.
Life and Us
Instead, she leaves us lying
where we fell. If We don't
want to get up, then we're the
losers, not Life. She has made
us ready. She has given us
opportunity. If we don't want
to play, that's our business, not
Life'S.
Gradually, it dawns upon us
that this is so. We don't want
to believe it. We pout and
peeve. We try to put the blame
on somebody else. We weep
big wet tears of self pity over
ourselves. But it's all no use.
IF WE WANT TO LIVE,
IT'S UP TO US. IF WE
WON'T, THEN WE ALONE
ARE THE LOSERS.
LIFE DOESN'T WASTE ANY
T.IARS OVER WINNERS
AND WALLOPERS. SHE HAS
NO USE FOR CUTTERS.
SHE ONLY CRIES GOOD
RIDDANCE!" AND GOES HER
TRIUMPHANT WAY.
copyright. 1882. King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1932-10-15
Bolstering His
Lost Cause

But Carter Glass says it is
not true.
And the New York Times,
noted for it's conservatism
and it's specialization on fl
nancial affairs, says:
"Quite inexplicable is the
Presidents report that the
Secretary of the Treasury at
one time thought we should
go off the gold standard in
two weeks unless something
were done instantly to rem
edy the situation. The Fed
.eral Reserve authorities
never feared they would be
unable to meet every strain
and demand upon their gold
resources.
All of which means that,
on second thought, the con-
clusion is reached that Mr..
Hoover, in desperate need of
bolstering his lost cause, did
not scruple to misrepresent
even at the risk of doing
serious damage to his coun-
try.
The damage was done; the
market slumped, the dollar
lost in Europe; and more was
done by Mr.. Hoover to
weaken confidence in our
financial structure than had
been done for a long while.
The Washington times., 1932-10-15
Let Mr.. Hoover

Answer
Mr.. Hoover is to discuss
unemployment in his next
speech, and unless it reeks
with as many misrepresenta-
tions as his last, he will
make a sorry showing for
his Administration. W it h
every desire to be helpful,
we would suggest that he
explain:
Why for two years he mis-
represented and bellttled
the state of unemployment.
Why his Administration
juggled the census figures
to deceive the nation.
Why he defeated the
Wagner employment stabi-
lization bill at the begin
ming of the crisis.
Why he killed with a
pocket veto the Wagner
bill for Federal co-opera-
tion with the States on
employment offices.
Why for three years he
made a virtue of his asser-
ton that it is "not the
American way" to use Fed
eral money to prevent star
vation of women and chill
dren.
Why he has refused to
call a conference on labor
similar to those he has
called on Big Business.
Why he fought the Wag-
ner public construction bill
to the last ditch; surren-
dered with reluctance after
forcing a compromise that
reduced the possibility Of
good; and refused for ten
weeks to turn a wheel to
put a man to work when
he had it within his power.
Let him answer Al Smith s
indictment of his record on
unemployment published in
the New Outlook.
Let him mention one
measure for relief that had
its initiation in his Admin
istration; or one that was
finally accepted that was
not forced upon him by
the Democrats and Progress
sive Republicans, backed by
the humane sentiment of
the nation.
Such is the ineptitude of
Mr.. Hoover in public af-
fairs that the country has
come to look forward with
apprehension to his speeches.
The Washington times., 1932-10-15

tragedy, but
somehow life
never seems
to have start
ed, for me. I
am 80, look
40 and feel
like q corpse.
I eat and
grow fat. I
S lie ep an d
wake up, but
I wish I could
sleep again.
IT am an
utter failure.
Sometimes I
81 -
The Washington times., 1932-10-15

Strange the beliefs of human beings For centuries all
believed in the deadly effect of the bassks eye he turned
it on you you were gone
Learned men, including medieval clergymen believed i'm
pcty the bask taking literally the foolish prevalent
superstition See Andrew D. Whites Conflict Between
Science and Theology in Christendom."
Millions still believe in the evil eye and charms to
nuy its effect They include many that consider themselves
Christians And they include tens of millions in China and
other Eastern countries.
These pictures show magic charms by semibar-
barous inhabitants of Burma recently in rebellion against
their king and Emperor" known to as George the
Fifth whose empire extends its benevolent and commercial
hand over the country in which they live
The Washington times., 1932-10-15

You might think the pagan priests that bless and sell
these magic protectors for good price, would lose their trade
after the British machine guns start firing.
But fate favors those who peddle the magic protectors
When couple Of machine gun bullets go through hand
kercief like this the doesn't live to complain of his
purchase or declare the magic ineffective.
The with the of the ewelry When he rushes
with anatcal upheld by his magic charm against
British bayonet that is the last thing he remembers
The Washington times., 1932-10-15

ONLY the other day 1t
Owas announced, hypo-
critically we knew at the
time, that Mr.. Hoover COM
mittee would be hard
pressed for funds this year.
We thought it improbable,
because we knew that great
exploiting interests like the
power combines have too
much at stake to remain
financially indifferent to
the fight.
Then came the announce
ment that the Hoover COM
mittee, scarcely able to pay
house rent, has set aside
$2,5OO,OOO for radio talks;
and that did not sound like
poverty to us. Untortu-
nately, the proposal Of the
Hoover group to monopo-
lize the radio, by persuad-
ing the various stations to
cancel the favorite pro-
grams of the people, has
not been met with much
hilarity.
Here, too, is something
on which the people will do
we'll to mediate a bit. II
the radio people are eager
to turn their stations over
to the political party that
has the most money, to the
exclusion of the other side
of the question, because Mr..
Roosevelt's party has moth
ing to sell, we may as well
abandon all thought OF
popular government, and OF
preserving democratic insti-
tutions. 1t is a subject, too,
on which the Democrats,
who will be in control after
March 4, might think a bit.
In time there will be a limi-
tation on political radio
talks and an equal division
among the political parties.
If the party with the most
money is to own the air,
that which serves Mamman
best will be able to put
anything over on the people.
The Washington times., 1932-10-15

The upper picture shows a
''magic handkerchief" The
lower picture shows around
the outside various pieces of
jewelry, also magic. Inside
is a natives outfit for tattooing
the skin. And such belief in
magic goes with tattooing.
The magic handkerchief and
jewslry were taken from Bur-
mese rebels. They were told
and believed that while wear
ing this handkerchief and
others like it, or one of the
bracelets and necklaces in
cluded in the magic jewelry,
nothing could hurt them.
The owner of the handker-
chief believed that British bull
lets and bayonets would be
turned aside by the handker-
chiefs magic.
The Washington times., 1932-10-15

For three years it has be-
come a standing joke that
every time he speaks the
market suffers a slump.
This was particularly
true in the last speech at
Des Moines. Not only did
the market go down, but,
in Europe, the dollar began
to go down, because in the
hope of making votes he
did not scruple to say that
we were in deadly peril of
being forced off the gold
standard.
This was all the more re-
markable because no one
knew about it but Mr..
Hoover and Mr.. Mills. Even
Carter Glass, with the finest
record as a constructive
statesman in financial leg
islation now living, and
chairman Of the committee
in the Senate dealing with
such matters, was kept in
utter ign rance. Mr..
Hoover, in the greatness of
his soul, preferred to suf-
fer in silence, and through
that magic, for which he
was advertised four years
ago, save the country,
solitary and alone.
The Washington times., 1932-10-15
Will Mr.. Hoover Blunder
Again?
; BIZ Claude G. ROperS :

Author Battles Of the Jackson Period" The Struggle
For Democracy in Jefferson Hamilton"
Tragic Era" and "Beverdge and the Progressive Era
The Washington times., 1932-10-15
Make Your Own Reasons for
Living

IT have no reason for living"
she whineS.
mo, there's no particular
The Washington times., 1932-10-15

What We Women Know
Fate is something that every
woman is waiting and looking
for-and every man is trying to
dodge. Fate, after all, is LOVE!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-17
New Francisco Heater Is
on Sale Here to Aut0iSts
Perfection Windshield Co.
Offers High Type of
Equipment.

No matter how well a sedan body
may be constructed, there always
are few cracks around the doors or
windshields, where cold draft en-
tiers, chilling the occupants to the
marrow. Here is where car heater
is a blessing.
The Perfection windshield Com
pany at 25 West Ninth street, offers
one of the highest type of water
heaters manufactured. The new
Francisco heater, for which the
company is distributor, so is con-
structed that it will heat car in a
short time, even during zero
weather.
All modern improvements are de-
signed in the Francisco heater, Just
a snap of the switch, and small
electric fan behind a little radiator
blows a luxurious volume OF warm
air to the interior of the car.
On the exterior of the chromium
plated heater, small shutters permit
the motorist 10 throw the warm air
in any direction desired.
The company win give a demon
stration at any time.
E. G. Evans, secretary, recently has
equipped his business with COM
plete new service, to check automo-
bile headlights of any type or make.
installation of this equipment was
determined after survey proved
that glaring headlights or lights not
properly Illuminating the road we're
the cause of many accidents. There
Is no charge for this service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-17
FISK TIRES AT
BARGAIN PRICES
Value Of Product Proved
by Good Business of
Franck Co.

G. H. Franck, manager and owner
of Franck Tire Service, local dis
tributor for Fisk products, points
out that the enviable reputation of
Fisk tires has been built over a
period of years. Careful factory in
spection has resulted in uniformly
high class product. Fisk tires stand
up under haEards of the road and
are relied upon by thousands of
motorists.
Franck is holding Christmas sale
On all Fisk products. This season
the bargains offered are exceptional.
Although the high standard quality
is maintained on all tires man
ufactured, market levels have fallen
to such point that the motorist can
equip his car with new Fisk tires
at low price. Trade-in allowances
are large.
The business is located at SAB E.
Washington street.