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Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
Traylor Finds Too Much Silence
Responsible for Business Slumr

economies in management or in
creased profits therefrom. Little or
no consideration was given to the
nature of the businesses involved;
in one instance, for example, soaps
and candies were united. Such
combinations and mergers were
promoted and securities were sold
on the theory that temporary earn
ings derived from a false demand
would not only continue, but would
forever increase.
Furthermore, these securities were
not sold to those in a position to buy,
or who could buy for investment
purposes, but rather to those less
able to buy-to men and women
fascinated by high-powered sales
manship and an Unborn desire to
gamble for big profits. Was such
financial leadership calculated to
inspire confidence or make for an
economic stability which insures
social welfare? I am afraid not.
But financial leadership did not
stop there. 1t actively promoted the
purchase of equity stocks and split
its own unit Of stock par in order,
as 1t said, to bring its market values
within the reach Of the small in
vestor. May I add, parenthetically,
that such action would have been
unnecessary for their purpose had
they waited only few months.
Financial leaders organized and
prom ed so-called investment
trusts to give the small investor a
chance to profit from wise financial
leadership, made foreign loans of
speculative value, and, altogether,
followed the procession obviously
intent upon getting theirs while the
getting was good.
Must Chart New Course
Are we to have a repetition OF
this kind of financial leadership? II
1t be true-as l believe it is-that
credit is the life-blood Of the ma
tion, and that there can be no eco
nomic stability or social progress
without a sound financial structure;
and if it be true-as I also believe
that no financial system is
sounder or more useful than it's
then financial leader
ship in this country must take
stock of itself, turn over a new leaf,
and chart a new course Of conduct
for its future guidance.
If it be objected that not all finan-
cial leaders are guilty of such mis-
conduct 80 and certainly there are
some who are not-the indictment,
nevertheless, stands. AS far as the
record discloses, not one had the
courage to fight in the open against
the tendencies he knew were wrong
and to demand a right-about-face.
is one thing, but cour-
age of leadership is another.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
DOVER LETTER

One night last week two stores
were broken into by parties un-
known and goods to the amount of
$3.50 taken out of them. The VIC
TINS this time were Messrs. H.
Krishbaum and H. Newman. The
former keeps tobacco store and
the latter a clothing store. There
is every inducement for parties to
steal here. After robberies are
committed no effort is made on the
part of the people to find out who
the thieves are.
Wheat in this vicinity is looking
unusually thrifty. If the army
worm does not invade the fields
this summer. we may expect a
large harvest.
Mr.. Cashell still fingers between
life and death, though he is now
considerably better than he has
been at any time since his acci-
dent.
There is a general complaint
among our citizens concerning the
high price of beef. Some of our
butchers are selling il at 18 and
20 cents per pound. The cause of
the fiuctuation is owing to the
scarcity of beef cattle. Hazel &
Bro, our most prominent butchers
have to buy their beeves from
Philadelphia and one of them told
be the other day that they can
hardly get any there. If it were
not for fish, I don't know what our
people would eat in the way of
relish.
Owing to the increase of pupils
to the public schools another
school has been formed, which CIV
es us eight departments. The plan
Of the new school house which will
be erected this year will be large
enough to accommodate all who
may seek admission.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
DISTRIBUTE 1000 PARTRIDGEs
Texas Birds Are Liberated in Del
aware for Purpose of Propogatinn

aware Ior Purpose OF Propagation
One thousand young partridges
purchased in Texas by the Della
ware Fish and Game Commission
were released Wednesday for game
purposes and propagation. Virtu-
ally all the game wardens who
were relieved from duty recently
by the commission because of lack
of funds with which to pay salar-
les, volunteered to distribute the
birds throughout the State without
compensation. Under an act of
the last Legislature some of the
birds were taken into each repre-
sentative district of the State and
were released shortly before dusk
Wednesday night. The commission
boxed the partridges in pairs for
the first time, believing that the
birds could be released from the
boxes without frightening them.
Heretofore the birds were taken to
a likely spot and thrown into the
air. The birds, frightened, would
fly perhaps several miles before
alighting. Some times they would
fly into neighboring Pennsylvania
and Maryland and never return.
Wednesday the game wardens took
the boxes containing pairs to GER
tain localities, near fringe of
woods and placed the boxes on the
ground with one end open. They
left the boxes after scattering
grain outside.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
S. w. Anderson to Repaa

Captain S. W. Andersun
c., a student at the Coast Id
School, Fort Monroe, has ID
dered by the War Departnd
the University of Delawais |
place Lieutenant E. P. kIi|
is to leave the institution /
end of the present Semesta
tain Anderson will ASSUME !
duties as instructor Of R0l
in the Fall. He has bed b |
ent rank in the Unitt
Army since July |, 1920 q
ust Is, 1917, Captain IN
who is a native Of South q
was commissioned a secoM
ant in the Coast ARTILLERY
Reserve Corps, and cOna
a second lieutenant in thec
October 26 of that year. .
ruary 9, 1918, he was CONF
ed a first lieutenant and
his phesent ranking iS'
later.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
To Build Chestertown Church

The Mayor and City Council has
granted to the Rev. George Horn,
pastor of the Chestertown Luth-
eran congregation, permit to
erect the first unit of a new church
property in Chestertown. The
building, which will be used as a
chapel, will be erected on one side
Of two lots recently purchased by
the congregation on High street
extended. The building will be %
by 30 feet, and will cost when
completed $4,000. The Lutheran
congregation is newly organized
religious body in Chestertown. The
work of construction will begin
next week.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
Farmer, at 81, Leaves
242 Living Descendants

Clarksburg, w. Va.-There are
e42 living descendants of Juddiah
]. Britton, eighty-four, retired farm
sr, who died at the home Of a
daughter, Mrs. Grant Plum. at
Rowlesburg, after a years illness
Of heart disease.
There are IA children, SS grand
children and 40 great-grandchil-
dren. Britton was a native of
Bridgeport, Harrison county.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
Hens Are Ancient

The earliest actual reference to
poultry Is said to be that the Chi
nese emperor Flu Hsi, who lived
from 3341 to 1927 B. c.. taught his
people to breed fowls. The Chinese
Encyclopedia, thought to have been
compiled about 1900 B. c., mentions
fowls as creatures from the West"
Later they came to Europe from CEN
trail China by way Of Siberia and
Russia.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
ABDUCTORS GIVE
UP LITTLE HILDA
Detectives Closing in on Kid
nappers Effect Wilmington
Child'S Release
PAY NO $4,000 RANSOM

Hilda Brodsky, 9-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brod-
sky, of 2009 Monroe Place, Will
mington, was returned to her home
Sunday afternoon at 3.20 o'clock
by Elwood Wilson, captain of the
Wilmington Detective Bureau after
she was dumped" out on the pave
ment in front of the rectory of the
Church of st. Mary Magdalene de
Pazzi, TIP Montrose street, Phila-
delphia, when her kidnapers be-
came frightened. Previously a
priest had declined to negotiate
with them about a ransom of
$4,000. No ransom was paid.
Police claim to know the kidnapers
and arrests are expected soon.
When efforts were made by the
kidnapers to induce the Rev. JOS
eph Pugliese to act as a go-be-
tween were spurned by the priest,
he communicated with the police
and with DR.. Arthur Keegan, cor
oner's physician, who advised him
to treat with the kidnapers but to
make no promises. Following this
advice he talked with the kidnap-
ers over the telephone and told
them that the police were close on
their trail and that it would be
best for them to turn the child
over to them. Raids made by the
Philadelphia police on a number of
places frequented by the persons
whom they had under suspicion,
apparently frightened the kidnap-
ers who were told that the penalty
for their crime in Delaware is
death by hanging and about 11.15
o'clock Sunday morning they took
the child to the rectory where she
was told to go up the steps and
ring the bell and ask for Father
Pugliese. She obeyed instructions
and the priest opened the door as
the car sped away. Father Pug
liese at once communicated with
the police and in a short time the
Wilmington detectives and the
Philadelphia police were on the
scene and took charge of the girl
and later brought her to Whining
ton. On the way down she told,
between sobs, how she had been
inveigled into the car in which a
man and woman were riding. Ac-
cording to the story told to the
police, she had reached Twenty
third street and Baynard Boule-
ward Friday when an automobile
drew up and she was told by a
man in the car, that her father had
sent for her. She entered the car
and was driven rapidly toward
Philadelphia. In that city, she
said, she was taken to a house
where she was held a short while
and then taken to another house
where she was kept until she was
released Sunday. The woman in
the case, Hilda said, was the one
who visited the Brodsky Office a
week ago, with the pretense of
making a real estate deal with her
father. At that time, he said, she
talked of buying house at Twen-
ty-second and Monroe Place, a
short distance from the Brodsky
home. The deal, he said, fell
through. Captain Elwood Wilson,
of the Wilmington Detective Bu-
reau. who went to Philadelphia
Saturday night after receiving
top that the girls whereabouts
were believed to be known, took
the child to Wilmington. The re-
union with the parents was affect
ing.
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
Wales Boosts Big Trees

In an effort to attract visitors,
Wales is boosting her big trees. The
Douglas FIR at Powis castle, Welsh
pool, Is said to be the tallest in
Great Britain. 1t is 16O feet high
and IL feet in girth. According to
a recent publication OF the National
museum OF Wales, an oak near the
castle is 100 feet tall, has a girth
of "a feet and contains 2,O62 feet
of lumber. Another not so tall Is
81 feet in circumference but Is hol-
low. An oak felled In 1910 yield
ed 2,426 feet Of lumber. more than
has ever been obtained from any
other tree In Europe.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
Sells Filling Station and Store

w. Harman Reynolds, Real Es-
tate Broker, has sold the McDon-
ough store and filling station which
he purchased a short time ago to
Mrs. Minnie Thomas who also owns
the Pennsylvania filling station
and store north of Blackbird. Mrs.
Thomas win operate both stations.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20

course it has
followed. Unfor-
tUnately, 1t has
had the coopera-
tion of finance
and government
and will like
wise b a v e to
have their CO.
operation in ad-
justing its af-
fairs to a saner
course. What, in
f a c t, did the
| Q a d 9 rs of
finance do fa ap
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
TO coMMENeSs
DUTCH LASesa my
Prominent Person, :, , /
States Historical a., y
0fle Societies to tes'l 4
DEDICATION on NJ.

ne"so tha soos, on Saturday. y M = Y
me 0OOth anniverss,,,.A Aag \
tbg lhg and settling q ! = u
appropriate exsrci,s. sos1neao'|
the dedication q ,t'ss.. e. n'a |
structed building 's'a
the old Town l'Is HsI, Ps't;ae J: & !
.ous State and active 1
various Netherland, ,a...a ~
torlcal society and 'Dss ~.
eielies have signifed ts.a Ss's
slons Of being present W. :, l
Dration, Richard ]. B.s,s
Tetary Of the CONN., n''rl'.
Pennsylvania, has i1toe'j e'''
old R. Morton, assist.r. |
Of tre Lewes Tercepts,,,. ,r, y
mission that he viii ,a''l ,.',!
State at the celebratIT
j Wortendyke, who ,,'., !, o,..,
the Holland Society ot g. gs
has sent to Mr.. Mcrto, q w. ~.
ance Of the invitation ! \
mission to attend H. ~.
Mrs, Edward W. coocb NJ S,4'
ent Of Delaware, N. s.D1,| II
91oiiIi.lea tne following N
Mr.. Morton: ut will giR l
hoers and members great u
g attend the dedication
building erected by ID. n
u IL
Delaware in commemorasr /
hrst settlement of the Stsr
Dutch in 1881, which ', /
place Saturday Afternoon u
1882 John NJ. Scott, ~
dent Of the Pennsylvania Al
Society, wrote the foIoT,l
ceptance: 4 have great n.
in accepting the very cou-.
vitation of the Lewes Tgr]
Commission to attend II.
tion of the building erecta
State of Delaware in CON-
tion of the first settlenr,
State by the Dutch in n
Lewes, on Saturday aften1
Z, at l o'clock, Easten 81
Time. I especially desre
tend to tie commission nv
for the courtesy in regua
to be a guest at the cerenr
that day"
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
Chicago Banker Traces Crash
to Failure of Leaders to
Give Warnings
Danger Signals Disregarded

Speaking before the International
Chamber Of Commerce at Washing
ton, Melvin A. Traylor, President of
the First National Bank of Chicago,
said in part:
Business management, however,
is not alone responsible for the
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20

the home in PENIS Grove at 1
o'clock Sunday afternoon with the
Rev. George r. Morley. pastor Of
st. Paul's M. e. Church, PENIS
Grove, officiating. Burial was in
Riverview cemetery, PENIS Grove.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
To Have Coal Carried by Boat

At a saving of $4,000 year Mil
ford has decided to have the
municipal coal supply brought to
that town by boat.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20

courage the expansion which took
place in the last decade? What, If
anything, did they do to prevent
such expansion with the conse-
quences which they certainly did
know or should have known would
follow?
believe their record in that con-
nection is not an enviable one. AS
early as 1927. it was clearly obvious
to any one having experience with
the granting of credit that if the sit
uation was allowed to continue, and
if expansion and speculation were
carried on unchecked, there could
be but one end-disaster. Yet the
record of American financial leader
ship and of responsible government
officials was regrettably one of too
much silence.
Sounded Few Warnings
Few warnings were issued, and
few attempts were made to attract
public attention to the danger that
threatened. Credit for the expansion
of productive facilities to meet tenn
porary demands was granted to busi-
ness without adequate consideration
of the consequences. Credit without
stint was furnished to consumers to
buy consumable goods, thereby fur
ther increasing false purchasing
power and multiplying debt. No one
called halt
Every kind and character of CON-
bination and consolidation was
made, regardless Of its economic
Instability or the possibility of
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20
DOINGS so YEARS
AGO IN SMYRNA
Notes of Marriages, Deaths,
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF APRIL 10, 1882

tThe Smyrna Times has started
TO look back over its files and tell
what happened around the correspond
ago. We hope to make this a regular
weekly feature. If it does nothing else,
1t will call to mind people and events
of that day that should be interesting
TO the present generation. We hope
our readers will find 1t interesting ald
that it will make the Times more eaa-
erly sought and read-Editor.)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-04-01

comeback of the stricken counties
Baxter pointed out.
At the opening of March, the
National organization had expend
ed a total of S1,437,163 in all its
Northwest drouth relief opera
tions. OF this amount, approximate
ly $310,0 600 was sent into the strick.
en- counties y the National Red
Cross during February. To date,
$589,169 has been applied to Red
Cross work in Montana.
Up to March 5, farmers in the
four states had received $685. 76
in Federal feed loans, according
to the Department of A~griculture's
loan office at Grand Forks, North
Dakota. These loans have been
distributed among 1897 applicants
in the four states, Baxter said he
had been advised by the Grand
Forks office. Federal feel loans
made in Montana total 5,272, aggre-
eating 1 ,010,472.
Free movement of freight on the
part of railroads serving the North
western drouth section, both on
donated feed and foodstuffs, and
On reduced tariffs on feed and
seed shipments, amounts to a con-
tribution by the railroads involved
of approximately 100000. This
cooperation, Baxter pointed out,
will prove to be one of the largest
contributing factors in turning the
tide toward gradual recovery.
Red Cross relief operations be
gan in the Montana-North Dakota
area in the fall of 1880, following
a recordibreaking drouth during
preceding summer months. Relief
work in the South Dakota-Nebras-
ka are was started in the fall of
1881 as a result of a severe drouth
and grasshopper plague in large
sections of these states. In Mon
tana, assistance from the National
organization has been extended to
81 counties. In the four states, So
counties are involved. In all areas
the Red Cross has assisted 123, 639
individuals to date.
In Montana, Baxter said, hund-
reds of citizens have devoted near
ly their full time to the relief task
as volunteers throughout the OPP
GRAFTON.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-04-01

you are all invited to be with us.
AS previously announced, there is
no admission charge, and we will
ask you for a collection to help
pay for the music purchased for all
three choirs. First Lutheran sing
ers number about So and Frazer
has approximately 20. This is all
local talent from Wolf Point and
Frazer and we shall do the best we
can to render this cantata. Mrs.
Morris Listerud and Miss Ruth
Nedrud are the accompanies. The
pastor directs. Note that this ser
vice will begin at 1880 instead of
at the regular evening hour of
7:45. as the cantata will be broad
cast and we must be off the air by
nine o'clock.
Confirmants meet each Sat. at
10 a. m.
Jr. choir meets each Sat. at 8 a.
m.
Church board meets at the par
sonage Monday evening.
Bible study each Wednesday ev-
ening at 7:45. Miss Gunda Hennum
will be in charge from now on as
the pastor will be Out of town at
tending meetings and conventions,
more or less, from now on.
Service at Frazer Sunday, Apr.
10th at 8 a. m.
Senior and Junior Luther Lea
que program and social Friday,
April 1st at 7:45 p. m. A good pro-
gram and social hour is planned.
Won't you come?
PASTORAL conference April IL
and 13 here at our church. Meet
ing April 18th at II a. m. is for
the public, also each evening ser
vice. Plan to be with us and hear
these pastors. You are welcome.
o. r. A. T~ollefson, pastor.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-04-01
, Z q q &c x e q u z !
Sand Creek

Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Fletcher and
children spent one evening last
week with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Kao.
The roads have been almost i'm
passable in a few places between
here and town. We understand our
mail carrier had some trouble in
getting thru Friday. The Seminars
family started to town Saturday
and decided the roads were too
bad and came back.
D. r. Cooper and family have
back on the Tuman place where
they will farm again this year.
William Buxton and Joe Cooper
visited the Sickels boys Sunday.
Mrs. D. R. Cooper and children
called at McMahons Saturday.
Albert Berner, Mr.. Kirkpatrick,
VIM. Kao and Ralph Sickels call
ed at C. w. F1etcher's Monday
morning.
Miss Hazel Seminars was not
able to teach school for a few
days owing to illness. She return
ed to school Monday evening.
Thelma Sickels returned home
with her sister Mrs. Glenn McFar-
lane for a visit.
Chris Hanson and r. II. Wiers
and son were out trying the roads
Monday.
r. H. Wiers and son called at
the Fletcher, Sickels and Kao
homes Saturday evening.
Monday being such a nice spring
day, it seemed tie radio weather
report must be an april fool
joke" but the weather man turn
ed the joke on us and postponed
the farming awhile longer.
Mrs. Guy Sickels called Satur-
day afternoon on her daughter,
Mrs. William KaO.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-04-01

Mrs. Albert stat and daughter
visited Mrs. Ben Gunderson a few
days last week.
Ben Peterson, Joe Camrud, John
Schauers called at the M. G. Sen
EEK home last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Camrud and
family helped the Senzek boys kill
a beef last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. G. Senzek spent
a few days in town with friends
last week.
Mrs. f. H. Ahrens of Vida, Miss
Augusta Senzek and Mrs. M. G.
Senzek called on Mrs. Archie Camp
bell last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Gunderson
and children called at the M. G.
Senzek home Saturday evening.
Ben said he had a hard time to get
through the mud, but when he
went home they had snow to go in.
Miss Gus Senzek of Glasgow
spent Easter at her brothers home.
Miss Senzek has returned to GIas-
Cow.
Well, I guess spring is here,
for the ducks are going north.
Well, everyone must turn out
for the school election April End
at the Wood school.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-04-01
R. c. Will GIVE
GARDEN SEEDS
LIBERAL ASSIGNMENTS TO
INCLUDE POTATOES;
OTHER DATA

With an aim of speeding up
recovery in the Northwestern
drouth area, the American Red
Cross will furnish individual col
lections of garden seed to all its
beneiciaries in Montana, North
Dakota, South Dakota and Ne
braska, who are unable to secure
seed from any other source. This
announcement was made here to-
day by William M. Baxter, Jr.,
manager of the Midwestern Area
of the American Red Cross. In
addition to the seed packets, Bax-
ter said, each of the dependent
families will be given an adequate
supply of seed potatoes.
In the four affected states, there
are now 1854 families receiving
Red Cross assistance. OF this
number, 1924 families reside in
Montana. Distribution of the Red
Cross seed will be made between
April 1 and May 1, in order that
the beneficiaries may receive
them by the normal planting
period.
The organizations entire seed
order calls for $4,000 bushels of
seed potatoes and a. 800 individual
collections of garden seed. Be
cause the number of families now
dependent upon the Red Cross is
greater in the Montana-North Da-
kota droutb area.
The varieties of seed selected
for distribution in Montana and
North Dakota differ slightly from
those to be planted in the South
Dakota-Nebraska area. Both as
sortment were chosen because of
their adaptability to the growing
conditions in each of the two areas.
Extension Service experts cooper
ated with the Red Cross officials
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-04-01

Section IS, Township 33 NJ, Range
"A E., Prin. Meridian, has filed no.
tice of intention to made 3 year
Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before O..
T. Stennes, U. S. Commissioner,
at Wolf Point, Montana, on the 10th
day of May, 1882.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Paul Halliday of Wolf Point, Mon
tana, Ben Youngkin of Wolf Point,
Montana, Cyrus Johnson of Wolf
Point, Montana; j. r. Burgess of
Wolf Point, Montana.
M. ID. NICHOLSON,
8-5t Register.