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Smyrna times., 1933-08-16
CONTRACT 314
Bridgeville-Farming 9.265 Mi.
4 Fit. Widening

$3.50 Gu. Yds. Excavation
$3.50 Gu. Yds. Concrete Pavement
5000 Lin. Fl. Bituminous Expansion Joint
300 Tons Bituminous Concrete Surface
IS Gu. Yds. Glass A Concrete
5000 Lbs. Reinforcement
100 Lin. Ft. Is in. r. c. Pipe
1000 Lin. Ft. Cable Guard Rail
10 End Post Attachments
2M Ft.sB. M. Sheet Piling
Performance of contract shall commence
within ten (1O) days after execution of the
contract and be completed as specified.
Attention is called to General Informa-
tion for Bidders" in the proposal. specifi-
cations, and contract agreement. Atten-
ton is also directed TO the special provi-
sions covering sub-letting or assigning the
contract and to the use of domestic mater
als, when financed wholly or in part from
National Industrial Recovery Funds, and
especially called to the fact that the funds
for N r. H. NJ r. NJ, and NJ r. S. pro-
iects were obtained from the provisions Of
the National Industrial Recovery Act Of
June l6. 1888. for the purpose of provid-
ing employment and fastening industrial
recovery.
The minimum wages paid viii be thirty
five cents per hour for unskilled labor and
forty-ive cents per hour for skilled labor
in New Castle County and thirty cents per
hour for unskilled labor and forty cents
per hour for skilled abor in Kent and Sus-
sex Counties.
per cent Of the construction completed each
month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department
Each proposal must be accompanied by
a surety bond, certified check. or money to
the amount of at least ten (10l per
centum of the total amount of the pro-
posal.
The envelope containing the proposal
must be marked Proposal for the con-
struction of State Highway Contract No.
|
The contract will be awarded or re-
jected within twenty (20) days from the
date of opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any or
all bids.
Complete sets of plans and specifications
may be obtained after August 81, 1888,
upon receipt Of two dollars (s2.00) for
each contract. which amount win not be
refunded.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Dover, Delaware
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16

Published Every Wednesday Afternoon. by
r. D. HOFFECKER. Proprietor.
Founded by Robert D. Hoffecker. July 5,
1854 Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10. 1907.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16


Smyrna Bridges-Extension
$50 Gu. Yds. Excavation
a2O Gu. Yds. Glass A Concrete
4SO So. Yds. Waterproofing
$4,000 Lbs. Reinforcement
5.400 Lin. Fl Timber Piling
AN Fl. B. NJ. Sheet Piling
Removal of Concrete Masonry
ordered.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16
CONTRACT s13

CONTRACT 313
LAUREL BridgevilIe 12.107 Mi.
Fl. Widening
$500 Gu. Yds. Excavation
$500 Gu. Yds. Concrete Pavement
900 Lin. Fl Bituminous Expansion Joint
Gu Yds. Glass A Concrete
200 Lbs. Reinforcement
100 Lin. Fl. Is in. r. c. Pipe
900 Lin. Fl. Cable Guard Rail
End Post Attachments
1000 Lin. Ft. Shoulder Curb
Smyrna times., 1933-08-16

CONTRACT 1854
Barkers Landing Bridge
400 Gu. Yds. Dry Excavation
900 Gu. Yds Wet Excavation
80 Gu. Yds. Glass A Counterweight
j al. Yds. Roadway and Sidewalk
Concrete
$50 Gu. Yds Glass A Footing Concrete
200 Sq. Yds. Waterproofng
$4,000 Lbs Reinforcement
35S.00O Lbs. Structural Steel
80 Lin. Fl. Is in. c. NJ. Pipe
80 Lin. Fl. is in. c. NJ. Pipe
80 Lin. TT. ID in. r. @. Pipe
80 Lin. Ft. 18 in. r. G. Pipe
1900 Lin. Ft. Creosoted Timber Piling
ISM Ft. B. NJ. Creosoted Flooring
3M Ft. B. NJ. Sheet Piling
3M TT. p. NJ. Creosoted Timber for
Bridge Tenders
Marine Lights on Tenders and
$500 Lbs. Cast Steel Track
1900 Lbs. Roadway Casting
1900 Lbs. Machinery
200 So. Yds. Asphalt Plank
I OPERATING and Elec- Equipment ~
H. p. Motor
l Operators House
CONTRACT 224A
Washington Blvd to Phila. Pike 1.1s3 Mi.
20 Fl. Concrete
4,5O0 Gu. Yds. Excavation
500 Gu. Yds. Borrow
300 Gu. Yds. Rock Excavation
500 Tons Broken Stone Base Course
$3.50 Gu. Yds. Concrete Pavement
800 Lin. Ft Bituminous Expansion Joint
1000 So Ft Concrete Sidewalk
200 Tons Bituminous Concrete Surface
as Gu. Yds. Glass a Concrete
$500 Lbs. Reinforcement
5000 Lbs. Catch Basin Castings
$50 Lin. Fl. II in. G. NJ. Pipe
300 Lin. Fit. Is in. r. G. Pipe
so Lin. Fl "a in. r. C. Pipe
1000 Lin. Fl 4-inch Pipe Underdrain
$500 So Yds. Glass A Concrete Gutter
500 Lin. Fl. Concrete Curb
2.l0O Lin. Fl. Gable Guard Rail
"a End Post Attachments
1000 Lin. Fl. Wood Shoulder Curb
l 400 Lin. Ft. Parkway Curb
CONTRACT PSI
Smyrna Bridges-Extension
$50 Gu Yds. Excavation
92O Gu. Yds Glass A Concrete
$50 So. Yds. Waterproofng
$4,000 Lbs. Reinforcement
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
WAS PROMISED
! BONUS FOR |
SERVICES
Fitzpatrick Tells Of Two Large
Payments to Him by
Blair & Co.
ny International News Service

William s. Fitzpatrick, a Rocke-
Teller oil executive, told the Sen
ate banking inquiry today he &C.
cepted a 100000 gift from a Sin
clair oil syndicate believing it
came from "the Rockefellers."
Fitzpatrick, former head Of the
Prairie Oil and Gas Company, a
Rockefeller concern, said he had
been promised bonus by Ber-
tram Cutler, a Rockefeller official.
He told of receiving $4,000 in
addition to the 100000. Both
payments were made him by
Blair g. Co., New York bankers.
Came From Stock Profits
The $149 900 came from profits
on sale of Prairie stock, owned by
Rockefeller trusts. The sales were
negotiated by Blair & Co.
At the start Of the hearing
Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate,
read a statement correcting some
Of his testimony Of yesterday. He
told Of q meeting in his New
York apartment Sunday at which
Fitzpatrick told a group OF Sin
clair's friends the story about
''the Rockefellers." He said Fitz-
patrick gave q reason at this
Sunday conference for receiving
the 21a per cent payment. but
he didn't hear it "as I was In
and out Of the room and I had
heard it before" Sinclair was
asked:
"He told you that Blair d
%. wanted him to make some
money!"
Eyes, that was it,"
Sinclair said the Sunday con-
ference lasted seven hours.
Elisha Walker. former president
Of Blair & Co., and q Sinclair
director; Ruloff Cutten, cousin Of
Arthur w. Cutten, the Chicago
capitalist; and Hunter Marsten,
Blair & Co. official, were among
those at the conference.
Denies Deal for Approval
Sinclair also denied having
given out sub-participationS in
the syndicate to directors Of the
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Co. in
order to secure their approval
Of the stock deal. He previously
told Of giving Elisha Walker,
Harry Payne Whitney and several
other Sinclair directors a portion
Of his own share of the syndicate.
Fitzpatrick, who followed Sin
clair to the stand, said "the
Rockefeller" had a large but not
q controlling interest in the
Prairie Oil and Gas and the
(continued on Page 4, Col. 5.)
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
DOLLAR S5.40.
To POUND

LONDON, Nov. IS I.N.SO.-
The American dollar tobogganed
to a. new low of $40 in relation
to the pound sterling late this aft
ernoon in a day Of sensational
fluctuations.
Opening at a fluctuating rate
Of between $3.50 and $5.31 to the
pound, the dollar hit $5.38h at
12:45 p. M, but by 3 p. m. had re-
covered to $5.35. Stocks closed
weak.
The international gold price
was raised 512 pence (about II
cents) today to 129 shillings, "
pence per ounce.
This was approximately $34.06
in American currency at today'S
opening exchange rate of $3.50 to
the pound sterling.
The sale of 166 gold bars, valued
at 100000 pounds sterling Zap
proximately $2.279,O0O, was an
nounced. The name Of the buyer
was withheld. as customary.
BY International News Service
For the second time since the
Government announced its gold
buying policy the price Of the yel-
low metal remained unchanged to-
day as the Treasury announced
today's price for newly mined do
mestic gold at 1886 per ounce.
PARIS, Nov. IS G.N.SD.-De-
clining 46 points from yesterdays
close, the dollar hit a new record
low on the Bourse today, buying
1925 francs at the opening.
In later trading, the dollar fell
even further to 1922 francs, but
rallied fractionally to close at
1874.
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
PAY ENVELOPES
GET HEAVIER

Christmas cheer. or what have
you, will be a little more in evi-
dence for employees of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, it was learned today, for
their pay envelopes are heavier on
the current payday than they
have been for several months.
The bureau. hit by the necessity
to furlough, imposed a furlough Of
Is days, and two days have been
taken each month up to now. Be-
ginning today, however. it will be
necessary to take only one days
furlough each month to complete
the total by the end Of the fiscal
year.
FurloughS were imposed gen.
orally throughout the Department
of Commerce, but it is under
stood that they were not all Of
uniform length and that the time
when they might be imposed was
left to administrative discretion.
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
WOMAN IS SLAIN
IN TRIANGLE

(continued From First PaRe)
kitchen. Mrs. Hall said to me:
"Dan she has got US.
81 said. What do you
mean?'"
"She replied, She knows all
about u.s. / then asked her
what she was doing there. She
replied that she came over to
finish it.
beginning to awaken by
that time, I turned back the
cover, got one foot on the floor
to grab Mrs. Hall, as 1 did not
know how she had got in my
house or what she came there
for, but having heard the re-
marks she made, felt there was
going to be trouble.
Before could reach her, I
heard my wife say, Go back
and don't move another foot.
1 did not know anyone had .
gum"
At this point, Mrs. Boone fired
once, the bullet striking Mrs. Hall
in the left breast.
Was Tipped Off
Mrs. Boone said:
II had been getting anOny'
nous telephone calls for weeks
telling me my husband was
stepping out. He passed 1t off
by saying that some one was
Just trying to have a good time"
Mrs. Boone went by to see Mrs
Morrison. her friend, and to
gether they went to the home o.
Mrs. Hall. a widow.
Didn't Know Wife
Mrs. Hall was alarmed. anc
asked if the two women wer'
planning to take her to Boone''
wife, she not having recognized
the latter. They told her mo"
Unaware Of their destination
assured that she was being takeI
to a hotel, and believing this, Mrs
Hall told Mrs. Boone all abou
the matter and admitted that sh'
had gone with Boone for si1
months. This was the graphic
story Of events preceding tn
shooting as told by Mrs. Boone.
Having wrung the confession
from Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Boone salt
she then told the woman that sh
was the wife Of Boone. Mrs
Boone forced Mrs. Hall to accom-
pany her to the Boone apartment
where the shooting climaxed tn
tense scene.
Mrs. Boone was arrested ant
charged with murder.
Boone is q hardware buyer
Mrs. Hall worked for q chain gro
cery store.
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
7 TUBERCULOSIS
CURE DOUBTED

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-The
hope Of a specific cure" for
tuberculosis, expressed before the
Connecticut tuberculosis Com
mission by DR.. Stephen j. Maher,
international authority on the
disease, was received with con-
siderable skepticism today by the
Medical Information Bureau Of
this city.
Although DR.. Maher'S findings
were hailed as "epoch making"
by his colleagues on the COM
mission, DR.. Iago GaldSton. secre-
tary of the information bureau,
issued a statement declaring there
was little in DR.. Maher's findings
that had not been known for at
least IS years.
DR., Maher announced he had
developed a technique for break
ing down the tuberculosis germ
into q harmless cell. DR.. Gald-
Ston's comment was:
"TheSe cOcci and diplOcOcci
which are reported by DIR.
Maher sound very much like
the dissertation bodies that we
discovered in old cultures Of
tubercuIar bacilli Is years ago.
1t is q far cry from the dis
cOvery Of such dissertation
bodies to the production Of q
specific cure. There is, in the
literature on tuberculosis, no
evidence derived from any de-
pendable experimental work to
warrant the conviction that we
are on the trail Of . specific
cure"
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
DENT IS NAMED
SURVEYOR

(continued From First Pass)
graduate Of Mckinley Technical
High School.
The local Democratic chieftains
John j. Costello, Democratic
national committeeman for the
District, and John B. Colpoys,
chairman Of the Democratic cen
tral committee for the District
had been completely ignored in
the selections.
Had Endorsed Others
They had Endorsed Malcolm
McConihe and Ernest Walker, two
gentlemen who had labored in
raising $4,000 in campaign funds
here and who had worked night
and day in getting out the huge
absentee vote residing in Wash
ington.
Civic leaders unanimously in
dorsed the appointment Of Mr..
Hazen. None, apparently, knew
or had heard Of Mr.. Allen, and
most Of them expressed the
opinion that all that could be
done is to hope for the best" .
The new Commissioners Will
succeed DR.. Luther H. Reichel-
derfer, retired Washington physi'
clan, and Maj. Gen. Herbert B,
Crosby, retired chief Of cavalry
whose terms expired last April,
They continued in office at the
request of President Roosevelt.
Gen. Crosby said he expects to
leave Washington Friday or Sat
urday for San Antonio, where he
is president of The National Bank
of Fort Sam Houston. He said
today he will devote the time be.
tween now and the first Of the
year in learning more about the
banking business and will actively
head the bank after January /.
DR.. Reichelderfer is confined to
his home by illness.
Mr.. Allen has declined to dis
cuss the District government until
he takes office. But Mr.. Hazen
with A years service in the Sur
veyor'S office, has some definite
ideas on what should be done.
Has Many Ideas
He wants the Metropolitan ant
Park Police, the latter under th'
Interior Department, merged. HI
also wants control Of the schools
placed in the hands Of the Com
inissionerS: the District budget
removed from the Federal Bureau
of the Budget; Playground
brought under the District Com
n1issioners; and he wants thC
PARK and Planning Commission
reorganized.
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
CONNALLYS YST|RS
NEAR RIOT At !
LONG QUIZ
Fist Fight Challenge Issued
As Texan Calls Crowd
"CoWardS and Asses"

NEW ORLEAN Nov. IS
U.N.s0.-Two fisted Senator Tom
Connally CD Of Texas, branded
as yellow" by Senate Investigator
John H. Holland. hit back at his
accuser today, raped Louisianans
as towards" and precipitated a
near riot in the Senate subcom-
mittee investigation of the John
n. Overton election. He said:
"T'm fed up with these silly,
asinine and false accusations.
WANTS TRUTH
This committee Is trying to
get 1T the truth Of the matter
not Just the vague accusations
Of some nincOmpOOps in back
alleys.
Furthermore. II anybOdy's
afraid, it's some Of you towards
In louisiana"
The accusation Of cowardice
threw the crowded courtroom into
an uproar. Spectators leaped to
their feet. shouted derisive cpl.
thetS at the Senator and shook
their fists.
One voice heard above the
clamor, yelled challengingly::
Don't call our people COW.
ards"
Conna1ly answered:
''Well, you're one"
The heckler challenged:
"COme outside and say that"
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
Ickes Retains Full
POUer ODer Oil Code

Harold L. Ickes, administrator
Of the oil code, will keep strictly
to himself the powers delegated
to him by President Roosevelt for
supervising the codes adminiStra-
ton.
He has made this clear in an
swer to an attack by Writ Frank
lin, independent oil operator Of
Tulsa, Okla, in which the latter
charged Ickles with performing
functions of the planning and CO
ordinating committee of the oil
administrator. The planning COM
mittee, Ickes, says, is acting only
in an advisory capacity.
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
WOOD|N QUITS.
ACHESON OUT

CONTINUED from, Page ~
the post. He is in his forty-second
year.
Prior to his acceptance Of the
craftsmanship Of the new Farm
Credit Administration, Morgen'
thau was conservation commits
sioner in New York. In Who's
Who he lists his occupation as
a publisher. He has headed a
publication called the American
Agriculturist for the past 10 years.
Acheson has been Undersecre.
tary Of the Treasury since last
March. He was a Maryland law
yer, without general banking ex'
perience, and he has had to carry
a rather heavy load at times dur.
ing the frequent absences Of
Woodin.
It was emphasized at the White
House that his retirement implied
no element of criticism of his
work. He will return to his law
practice.
Woodin announced this after
noon that he would return to his
New York home this week -end
to clean up personal affairs be-
fore departing for Tucson, Ariz..
to join his son, who makes his
home there.
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
RED CITES FISH.
At D|CKSTE|N
NAZ| PROBE
Secretary to Representative
Denies Latter's Presence
At Pro-HitIer Meeting
BY International News Service

Charge that Representative
Hamilton Fish of New York, rank
ing Republican on the House For.
eign Affairs Committee, attended
a German Nazi meeting in New
York last Saturday almost
brought the House Immigration
Committee investigation of Nazi
activities to a Standstill today.
An immediate denial that Fish
had attended any such meeting
was entered by his secretary,
Walter Reynolds. The Congress
man was in New York today. Rey-
nolds said:
"This charge is ridiculous.
Mr.. Fish has publicly opposed
many Hitler policies, particu-
larly that Of Jewish persecu-
tiOn."
C. A. Hathaway. editor Of the
Daily Worker in New York, told
the committee he was informed
by q Nazi who attended the meet
ing in the George Washington
Hotel in New York that Fish was
present.
"Mr. z" New Mystery
Chairman Dickstein CD Of
New York and Representatives
Grove CD Of Indiana and Focht
(R.) Of Pennsylvania, who are
conducting the hearing, halted
the witness. Dickstein asked:
Suppose Mr.. Fish denies that
he was present, could you have
this man come before US to
substantiate it?"
Hathaway had described his
informant as q 'Mr. T." who
holds a high position in the NaZi
organization in New York, and
has been regularly supplying in
formation to, the Daily Worker.
He replied:
'T can't make promises, but
/ think Mr.. z would come be-
fore you in q secret session"
Representative Focht said:
"YOu are accusing Mr.. Fish,
. colleague, and / am opposed
to receiving any proof in Sc
cret."
Said Hathaway:
81 have other document show
ing Fish engaged in Nazi prOpa-
ganda."
Fish Foe Of Reds
Grove interrupted to say that
he did not like to see the name
of a colleague "besmirched," and
"there ought to be some way to
have a public meeting"
Fish was chairman OF the
special House committee which
Investigated Communist propa-
ganda in this country and has
been active in opposing Russian
recognition.
The Washington times., 1933-11-15

Smith was made all the more
pointed by the fact that John F.
Curry, leader of Tammany Hall,
was in Washington for several
days just prior to Smiths arrival.
Curry was not invited to the
White House, and if the Admins
tration or any of it's parts took
any notice of the Tammany chief
tain'S presence in the Capital it
is not Of record.
Curry OuSting Forecast
Politicians generally interpreted
the Rooseveltian gestures in
Smiths direction as a bid for AIS
support in ousting the Curry
leadership Of Tammany and a
thorough housekeeping in the
wigwam. Both Roosevelt and
Smith are opposed to Curry and
his policies, Roosevelt to the ex
tent that he sanctioned the in
surgent Mckee candidacy in the
recent mayorality fight, and
Smith to the extent that he re
fused to support Curry's organiza
ton candidate, O'Brien.
Both would like to see Tam
many reorganized. Proba b y
neither could do 1t alone without
considerable trouble. Together
they could do it without much diff
ficulty. Or so the politicians
think, at any rate.
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
BY GEORGE R. HOLMES

International News Service
A large branch well freighted
with olives was extended in the
direction of Alfred E. Smith today
from the White House.
President Roosevelt has made
two significant gestures toward a
rapproachment with the man
whom he labelled the Happy
Warrior" and thrice placed in
nomination for the Presidency and
the man who opposed his own
nomination in 1882.
Purely Social Visit
The first and most significant
of these gestures was the appoint
ment of Smiths friend, James J..
Hoey, as Internal Revenue Col
lector in New York. The second
was to invite the former governor
to the White House.
AL came and a pleasant time
was had. Political affairs were
not discussed. nor was the NRA,
nor the Roosevelt monetary pol
icy, concerning which Smith has
been critically skeptical in his re-
cent writings. 1t was a social
visit, the first they have had in
many political moons.
The olive branch gesture to
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
OIL MAGNATES 100000 "GIFT" ASCRBED TO ROONFELLE LER
LONG-TERM NRA
LOOMS, SAYS
RA|NEY

The NRA can be abolished II
nations of the world resume their
normal commercial intercourse
and not before-Speaker of the
House Henry T. Rainey said today.
He coupled his declaration with
a prediction that tariff barriers
would continue to dry up world
trade and perhaps bring conHnu.
{ ce of governmental control over
business through the NRA for
years.
OverprOductiOn
Lines already are forming for
battle over making the NRA.
which was limited to two years by
law, permanent. The fight is ex'
pected to come to the fore as
Congress convenes in January.
Rainey declared the Admins
tration feels it must control over
production in American industries
and can only do so through the
NRA. He said:
81 hope the NRA won't be
permanent. Nobody likes these
restrictions. They only submit
them now because Of necessity.
Condition would have been
worse without tive would have
completed the collapse started
in the Hoover Administration.
Gust as soon as we can limit
production to meet the world
conditions, we can do away
with it. II production is con.
trOlled and stays controlled, the
Government can keep hands
off.
TARIFF AT FAULT
"Tf we can restore world
markets the NRA won't be
necessary, and we can't restore
world markets without the CO
operation Of other nations. If
it were not for two uncOnScion.
able tariff bills passed during
Republican administrations, we
wouldn't have any trouble"
Rainey pointed to the actioa
of other nations in renouncint-
the tariff truce as a bad omer.
It indicates, he said, that world
trade will be blocked and the
United States must live more te
itself. He added:
81 wouldn't be surprised II
the NRA is continued for sew
eral years, but I hope not"
Emphasizing the Administra.
tion's determination to restrict
industrial production. much as it
is attempting to control farm
production, Rainey said specific
instances have been found where
overproduction was ruined an en-
tire industry.
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
2 Central Students
Win Coach Prizes

John Simpson, Of the 24O0
block Sixteenth st. N. W., and
Guy Lanzillotti, of the $500 block
Eighth st. N. W., were awarded
first prize in the Junior and
senior divisions, respectively, the
best model Napoleonic coaches Of
the 1888 Washington Inter-School
Competition conducted by the
Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild.
Both winners are students at
Central High School, thereby win
ming for the school plaque
which will be accepted by DR..
H. II. Smith,
The Washington times., 1933-11-15
MOSCOW, REICH
IN MONEY TIFF
BY LINTON WELLS
Copyright, 1893, by International News
SerVice)

MOSCOW, Nov. IS dN.S0.
Serious dispute between Soviet
Russia and the German govern
ment over action Of German
industrialists in demanding repay
ment Of credits in American
dollars and pound sterling at
their face value despite currency
depreciation was revealed here
today.
A communique issued by the
Commissariat for Foreign Trade
and a long editorial in the semi
official newspaper Izvestia dis
closed the gravity with which
Moscow views the situation. L.
vestia sharply warned the Hitler
government against artificial
financial operations"
The dispute concerns purchases
totaling 985, 100000 gold rubles
by Soviet Russia in Germany
from 1880 to 1882.