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Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
EASY DIVORCE
BILL KILLED
Measure Which Attracted Ma
tiOn-Wide Attention Killed
i'm the Senate
DEAD FOR THIS SESSION

Representative William t. Ben
nett's so-called easy divorce" bill
was defeated in the Senate Friday
afternoon by a vote of Z to 5, with
one member replying mot voting
on the roll call. This is the pro-
posed act which would have made
it possible for non-residents to ap-
ply for divorce after go days res
idence in the State and which
would have made possible an abso-
lutte decree within six months. 1t
further specified that all those
granted a divorce should be assess
ed a tax of $50 as part of the costs,
this sum to go to the State. This
measure has attracted more atten-
ton, probably, than any other bill
that was introduced at this session
of the Legislature. 1t brought Del
aware into national prominence as
a contender with Reno, Nevada,
and from the time it was first pre-
sented its sponsor has been the re-
cipient of more than hundred in
uuiries which came from almost
every State in the Union and from
Canada. Most of them were from
men and women or lawyers repre-
senting clients who said they would
come to Delaware at once to apply
for divorce if this bill became a
law. Stewart Lynch, attorney for
the House, in explaining the act to
the Senate, said it had been labeled
incorrectly because it would not
make it any easier to get a divorce
in this State than it is now, for it
did not change the grounds for di-
vorce as specified in the existing
law. He said almost every lawyer
Continued on PAGE Five)
Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
REV. w. ]. BONE
MEETS DEATH
Killed in Auto Accident Near
McDOnOugh Friday After
noon, Returning Home
WIFE AND OTHERS HURT

Rev. William ]. Bone, the popu-
lar and much beloved pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church of
Smyrna, was instantly killed and
his wife and two women passeng-
ers, injured in an automobile acci-
dent near McDonough, shortly af-
ter four o'clock Friday afternoon.
Rev. Mr.. Bone and his wife, and
their two guests, Mrs. L. Irving
Handy and Miss Agnes Arnold,
had been at the Delaware Hospital
to see Mrs. Frank F. Evans, who
was under treatment there for the
removal of cataract from her
eye. They were returning home
when at or just below McDonough,
a car came out Of side road al
legged to have been driven by Will
liam H. Smith of near McDonough.
Both cars were speeding south.
While passing the car, it is said,
Rev. Mr.. Bone cut in too short in
front of Smith and the cars hook
ed hub caps. The pastor lost con
troll of his car and it veered to the
left and turned over three times.
AS it turned over the final time
Mr. Bone was hurled through the
top. He landed on his head The
injured persons are: Mrs. Ella Bone
his wife; Miss Agnes Arnold, of
Washington, d. c., and Mrs. Mary
B. Handy. Spectators pulled the
three women from the wreckage
and hastened them to the Delaware
Hospital. Mrs. Bone was treated
for shock and decorations of the
body, Mrs. Handy for a broken
arm above her left wrist and Miss
Arnold for a strained back. Mrs.
Handy's daughter, DR.. Margaret
Handy, a leading medical practi-
toner of Wilmington, had just left
for New York City and her case
was turned over to DR.. Mullen. All
are recovering from the shock.
Mrs. Handy and Miss Arnold ex-
pect to be discharged soon but Mrs.
Bone, it is said, will have to remain
two or three weeks. Following the
accident Friday afternoon Sergeant
Elderkin and Private Smith of the
(Continued on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
LEGION AUXILIARY PLAY
Stage All Set For Production of
"Aren't We ALP at Como Theatre

stage All Set For Production of
"Aren't We ALP at Como Theatre
Everything is in readiness for
the production Aren't We All', to
be presented by the American Leg
ion Auxiliary tonight and to-mor-
row night at the Como Theatre.
The show is a three-act comedy
with three skits and several spec
ialty numbers by chorus Of about
twenty girls. The cast includes
much of the local talent and a good
evenings entertainment is in store
for all attending. The committees
in charge have worked hard TO
make this show a great success.
Those in the cast are as follows:
Reynolds Stevenson, Herbert B.
Radish, Stuart Wilds, Helen Pawn,
Mrs. Grace Garis, Harper Jones,
Edward Everhart, William Ever
hart, Betty Williams, John Urian,
Nelson Everhart, Hilory Oliver,
Frank Broadway, Davis H. Bell,
Harold Lassell, James Everhart,
r. w. Slaughter, w. E. Matthews,
Jr., Harry ]. Lower, w. E. Poore,
Henrietta West, Robert Talbot,
Meredith Todd, Henry Lower, Jack
Magill, Howard Kemp, Harriet
Hutchinson, Elizabeth Jones, Eliza
beth Phillips, Melvina Stevenson,
Mary Hartnett, Kitty Sullivan,
Blanche Oliver, Alverna Jones, Ruth
FAIRIES, winona Skinner, Jane Nab
rey, Alma Lewis, Sara Anna Jones,
Henrietta Denney, Evelyn Robin
son, Mary Short, Kathryn Horn,
and Mary Hart Wright, together
with "the Jury" composed of a
number of Smyrna citizens.
Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
AUTO ACCIDENT IN SMYRNA
Two Cars Come Together at Inter
section of Commerce st. and Blvd.

An accident occurred at the in
tersection of Commerce Street and
the boulevard about two o'clock
Sunday morning when a Chevrolet
roadster driven by Richard Argo
of Milford, did not make stop at
the intersection of Commerce
Street and continued on to the
boulevard striking the Chevrolet
sedan driven by Stanley Gragoy of
Philadelphia, Pa. The Pennsyl-
vania car was going south and be-
sides the driver, there were four
other occupants. There were also
four other occupants in Argos car
of Milford. Both automobiles were
completely demolished. The driv-
ers were taken before Magistrate
G. r. Stevenson and both charged
for reckless driving but Argo was
found guilty and was fined $40 and
costs. Six of the occupants of the
two cars were injured and were
taken in the American Legion Am
bulance to the Kent General Hos
pital at Dover
Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
BOARD TO FIX
MILK PRICES
House Passes Measure For
Five Members to Regulate
and Control Sale
BILL PASSES THE SENATE

In the lower House Of the Della
aware Legislature last Thursday,
by vote of 18 to II, Representa-
tive Prices bill, providing for the
creation of the Milk Commission,
was passed and forwarded to the
Senate for its approval. The act
grew out of the recent milg regu-
lations placed on dairymen by the
Milk Producers Association. To
protect the interests of Delaware
farmers and dairymen the bill was
introduced some weeks ago. The
measure as passed creates a COM
mission to consist of five members
to be appointed by the Governor
within Is days after the act be-
comes operative. Three shall be
intra-state shippers and two inter
state shippers and it shall be the
duty of the commission to investi-
gate, regulate and control the sale
Of milk in Delaware and fix and de-
termine the prices which shall be
paid by the producers and consum-
ers. This act is the result of the
findings of a committee named
sometime ago to confer with offic-
ials in neighboring States to de-
termine what could be done to re-
lieve the stringent regulations the
dairy farmers claim the big deal
ers are forcing on them. Some
members questioned the wisdom of
this act in allowing a commission
to fix prices, claiming the ultimate
consumer would have to pay more
for milk than they do now. Mr..
Price explained it was an emerg-
ency act to enable Delaware to
cope with nearby States in the
event they increase prices. This
bill passed the Senate yesterday
and is expected to be signed by the
Governor.
Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
SHAD PRICES HIT LOW LEVEL
And This Despite the Limited Del
aware River Catches

Retail prices for Delaware shad
struck a new bottom last week
when roe was sold for IL cents a
pound and the buck for nine cents.
Saturday night roe shad We're re-
failing for Is cents and buck for
10 cents a pound. During the five
fishing days of last week fishermen
operating from Delaware City net
ted approximately $50 shad. They
have come to the conclusion that
shad are becoming more scarce in
the Delaware River each year.
However, the fish are unusually
plentiful in the Chesapeake Bay
this spring.
Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
fyTAKE OVER
NO
i All Three Counties
,,,ii,,r 225 Miles to Be
r,der State Control
NILES KENT COUNTY

s-.te Highway Department
|.,,r took the first step to-
NJ .sEing over nearly 100 roads
totai length estimated at
LIZ into state highways by
IL advertisements announc-
4 '.ronosal in the newspapers.
", in accordance with an
! legislature, appearing in
\, q. Laws Of Delaware, may
In over by the State High
'n.nartment one year from
.,siication of the list. Accord
|, Stste Highway Department
!, there are about IS miles of
/, New Castle county, about
Kent and about 100 miles IN
!, an the list. Among the i'm
I. roads in New Castle coun-
',icb the department recon-
/, 10 taken over by the State
M Lancaster Pike; the New
,r.Newark road; the Center
h Perry's Tavern Road; the
trial Highway from the VIII
Avn city line to the Pennsyl-
state line; the Summit
! TO Newark Road; Harvey
to Naaman Road; the road
Brsndywine Sanitarium to
nicola Highway; the road
Adams dam to Thompson's
n the Noventown School to
,bOro Road, and the Creek
from Newark to the Pennsyl-
state line. One road which
officials have mentioned as
iesirable, but which is not
rned, is the Concord Pike,
Talleyville to the Pennsyl-
state line. Important roads
IN the Kent couny list are:
zng's Highway, Dover; the
Milford road, which has been
I'd; the Tub Mill Road; the
stion between the main high
auth Of Pennington, and the
ngton-A n-Andrewsville Road. In
( county, the Lewes-Reho-
Road, the Frankford to Days
staftox Road; the Lincoln
rd-Rehoboth Road; the
ri-Laurel-G Georgetown Road
Ecers Mill; the Seaford to
llnd Road; the Glendale to
ttsr Beach Road, to Argo are
med as being important.
Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
INFERENCE AT
|Seyan MethOdists Con-
|ade an Interesting and
Enjoyable Session
MORAL ASSIGNMENTS

I thirteenth annual session of
AAde Atlantic States Confer
Of the Wesleyan Methodist
anation, concluded its weeks
at the church German
on Sunday and the visit
Egates and officers left Mon
'uu 10 their praise of Rev. w.
asniy the pastor, and of Smyr-
i Spliality. Much good result
l'n the conference session in
a' In the pastoral assign
announced, the Rev. w. w.
! NE popular pastor Of Smyr-
1 returned for another year.
/ aasr appointments were as
y Camden, N. j., Carrie M.
re and Lois E. Richardson;
!, n ;y' Point, n. J., supply; Jer-
4 4y a J. Shea; Peekskill, N.
pply; Philadelphia, o. Wes-
aadley; vineland, N. j., H. w.
ans Willow Grove, Pa, Mrs.
n whitney and Miss Marion
asy; Smyrna, w. w. Henry.
4 auO"lng are the officials for
kr.,s.6 year: President, F. A.
n. Vice-President, A. j.
", I secretary, Miss Pauline
\ tieasurer, Fred L. Keith;
secretary, Harry ]. SEN
-, sunday School Secretary.
IN Iarlon R. Whitney. Sunday
board Miss Marion r.
" ~. Miss Alice Bump, Mr.. FL
I pasnel. D' Missionary Board
81 ou'terheld, A. ]. Shea, H. ].
l.. T. n ". Hawkins, Harold
" Woman's Home and For
! Tar Tsrslonary Society, Rev. Mrs.
] 3s,eister. Correctional Rep
Rs,,., Rev. P. P. Baker. Ed
-. 'l 7 representative, Frank H.
a, NJ, A., B. D. Resolutions
tragic death of the
1, ~, . Bone, were passed. A
", ,,'s Of thanks and apprecia-
sua1 passed for the loyal CO.
s,,s sn and support the church
ssiD.'s 0.s and people of SMYRNA
sRs 70 . make the conference
sks uos d rising vote of
ss and s,,s. sven The Smyrna
ior their coopera-
Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
III. p. Jones, Registered Pharmacist

Harry P. Jones, manager of the
Howard R. Jones Pharmacy. this
town, has received his certificate
from the State Board of Pharmacy
as a Registered Pharmacist. Mr..
Jones passed his examination be-
fore the Board at Newark recently.
He is being congratulated.
Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
Owners Responsibility

The lower House of the Delaware
Legislature Thursday afternoon
passed the Senate substitute to
Representative Green's bill intend
ed to relieve the owners of motor
vehicles from responsibility for in
juries to passengers riding as
guests in their cars.
Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
Council Fixes Tax Rate at 75 Cents

At a special meeting of SMYRNA
Town Council the appeals from the
assessment were gone over. 1t
was voted to fix the 1888 tax rate
at rs cents on the S100, reduction
of 10 cents over last year.
Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Harry V. Pyle, Wilmington, Hus-
band of Margaret FAIRIES Pyle

Harry V. Pyle, aged 81, well
known in Smyrna, died at his home
in Wilmington, Friday after a ling
ering illness. He was a son of the
late Robert E. and Mary (Patter-
SOM Pyle. Besides his widow, who
was Margaret FAIRIES, daughter of
the late William A. FAIRIES, of
Smyrna, he is survived by one son
William A. FAIRIES Pyle, a technical
Electrical engineer of the Della
ware Light and Power Company of
Wilmington. Funeral services were
held at his late residence, 2204
Monroe Street, Wilmington, at one
o'clock, yesterday (Tuesday) after
noon, and his remains brought to
Smyrna the same afternoon and in
tered in the family lot in Odd Eel
lows cemetery. The services We're
in charge of Rev. B. NJ. Johns,
pastor of Grace M. E. Church.
Masonic burial ceremonies were
held at the grave in charge of
Washington Lodge, A. F. and AM,
of Wilmington. Mr.. Pyle was
for many year a Wilmington mer-
chant, but for the past seven years
has been employed by the Delaware
Power and Electric Company He
was a member of Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church. He also was a
member of several fraternal organ
igations as follows: Jr. o. U. A. M,
Parkside Lodge, No. PIT A. F. and
A. M, at Camden, N. J.; Rabboni
Chapter Council, No. 8, R. A. M,
Van Hook Council, No. 8, Royal
and Select Masons, Cyrene Com
mandery, No. Z, K. T., Camden.
Death of Mrs.L. f. HiIyard, KentOn
Mrs. Martha A. Hilyard, widow
of Lewis F. Hilyard, died on Mon
day at her home at Kenton. She
was rs years of age and the daugh-
Continued on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES

tor, Announces Services for Week
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton,
rector, announces the following
services Friday, 7.30 p. m, the
Litany will be read. Sunday next;
7.3O a. m, celebration of the Holy
Communion; 10 a. M, Church
School; IL a. m, Morning Prayer
and sermon. Subject of the ser
mon, There Stood by the Cross,
His Mother"
Smyrna times., 1933-05-10
Death of Mrs.L. F. HiIyard, Kentol

Mrs. Martha A. Hilyard, widow
of Lewis F. Hilyard, died on Mon
day at her home at Kenton. She
was rs years of age and the daugh-
Continued on Page Four)
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
4 GROUP
HOLDS PARLEY

The first general discussion Of
the program for the Roosevelt in
augural March 4 was begun
shortly before noon today when
DR.. Cary T. Grayson, Inaugural
Committee chairman, called into
conference twenty-odd associates
who will act as subcommittee
chairmen or hold other executive
positions.
This conference was held at the
washington Building, where the
Inaugural Committee recently
established headquarters. The
call for the meeting was issued
yesterday by DR.. Grayson, who
had a conference Saturday night
and Sunday with President-elect
Roosevelt at Hyde Park, New
York.
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
NJ 'LEOD BACKS
BOUTS IN GYM

Two members of Congress and
two organized Washington groups
today have given their support to
Columbus University in its row
with the Board of Education over
intercollegiate boxing in public
school buildings.
Representatives Clarence J. NC
Leod Of Michigan, a member of
the House District Committee,
and Fred A. Hartley, jr., of New
York, urged the school body to
grant the request of Columbus
University for use of Mckinley
gymnasium to stage boxing
bouts. Mcleod said he could con
ceive no valid reason for refusal
to permit such use of the gym
naSium."
The District Chapter of the Dis
abled American War Veterans
and the athletic committee of
the Jewish Community Center
have made similar requests to the
board.
The school body will review the
requests, and will probably hear
Dean John r. Fitzpatrick, of Co.
lumbus University, at its meeting
tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
maryland RUN
BILL DRAWN

BALTIMORE, Jan. 10.-A State
liquor control plan, calling for
establishment Of drinking and eat.
ing places modelled on the best
type of German beer garden" is
being drafted today, Edgar Allen
Poe, jr., State leader for the Cru
saders, announced.
The bill will be introduced at
the present session of the legisla.
ture by Douglas Huntly Gordon,
president of st. Johns College
and delegate from the Balti.
more Second district, according to
present plans.
The measure is to provide for
privately operated, limited-profit
institutions, bound to turn over
to the State any profits above a
certain maximum. It is to be
come operative when and if the
national prohibition laws are
changed.
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
.RENALDO PLANS
JAIL APPEAL.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10 Q.N.SO /.
Duncan Renaldo, Hollywood film
actor, today prepared an appeal
from the sentence of a Federal
court which ordered him to pay a
$4,000 fine and serve two years in
prison for falsely representing him.
self to be an American citizen
when he applied for passport.
The Government alleged he was
a citizen of Rumania.
United States attorneys said de-
portation proceedings would be
started against Renaldo, which
might enable him to escape the
prison sentence.
Renaldo's troubles started with
the episode of the passport, which
he needed to go to Africa to play
in Trader Horn," in which he at.
tained screen fame.
When he returned from Africa
he divorced his wife, Mrs. Suzette
Renaldo, who filed a $4,000 suit
against Edwina Booth. co-Starred
with Renaldo in the picture.
The Washington times., 1933-01-10

A well-dressed young man Of
about IS is sought by police today
for snatching purses last night
from two women.
Mrs. Martha C. Burwell, of the
3400 block Mt. Pleasant St. N. W.,
lost eight 500 travellers checks
issued to her son. Robert, and 81
in cash when the robber snatched
her purse near her home.
A man answering the same de-
scription snatched the purse, con-
tanning $5, of Mrs. Sarah L. hay
den, of the 200 block Tennessee
Ave. N. E., on B Street near
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
A. r. of G.. E. Lodge
Receives Its Charter

The General Accounting office
Lodge, American Federation of
Government Employees, today is
in possession of it's charter, pre-.
sented by David r. Glass, vice
president Of the federation. Ed.
ward T. Chapel has been re.
elected president. and other Off.
GERS include william G.. Burke,
vice president; Harry @. Ritner,
secretary-treaSurer; John A
Smith, sergeant-at-arms; Mrs
Effie M. Meerdink and William
S. Stoner. delegates; Harry G
Ritner, chairman of membership
committee.
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
8 500 CHECKS ARE STOLEN

Twelfth street Northeast. In
both cases the youth escaped IN
an automobile. The robber was
slender, wore a dark suit and had
black hair.
Vernon Gill, of the 100 block
Rhode Island Ave. N. w. said
three colored men who hailed his
taxicab robbed him Of So and his
watch in the 900 block of Morton
st. N. w. about midnight.
Alexander w. Kramer, another
hacker, of the $500 block Con-
necticut Ave. N. W.. said white
fare held him up at pistol point
and took $3.50 at Lincoln Road
and Bryant Street Northeast.
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
HiLLSdGLe Citizens
Oppose School Cut

The HillSdale Citizens Associa-
ton, meeting last night at Birney
school, opposed plans of the
Board Of Education to abolish
seventh and eighth grades in the
school. A committee was ap-
pointed to urge officials to recon-
slider. A tentative program for a
celebration of Negro history week
at Birney school, February 13,
was outlined.
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
CITIZENS To ASK
MORE POLICE

Charging inadequate police pro.
lection in the Kenilworth district,
the Kenilworth Citizens Associa.
ton will petition the District
Commissioners for a larger police
force.
At a meeting last night in the
Kenilworth School, Fletcher B,
Shipley was elected president.
other officers named were
Charles M. Maize, vice president;
Willard A. Dritters, recording sec.
.retary; Paul Dallman, financial
secretary, and George j. Daur,
treasurer.
The Washington times., 1933-01-10
AHEPA DANCE JAN. 23

The local chapter of the order
of Ahepa, will hold their tenth
annual dance January 20 at 10
p. M, at the Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star., 1933-12-07
FILIPINOS SEEKING
FREEDOM AT ONCE
Rejection of Hawes-Cutting. Hare
Law Explained by Isauro
Gabaldon.

The people Of the Philippine Islands
Wlsh freedom without further delay
ana Tor that reason have rejected the
HaWes- Cutting Hare law proposing ulti-
mate freedom, Isauro Gabaldon, for
mer Philippine resident commissioner
ana at present member of the Philip
pine independence delegation, said to-
DAY IN statement issued here. Mr..
Gapaldon Is guest at the Ambassador
Hotel. The delegation has come to
washington to urge upon Congress the
pendence to the Filipinos. Mr.. Gabal-
don said in his statement:
i have accepted the invitation of the
phiIppine Legislature to form part Of
the independence delegation because I
was given to understand that we are
coming to the United States to demand
the fuilhlment of the pledge contained
In the preamble Of the Jones law en-
acted by Congress in 1916. The only
condition imposed in that preamble for
the granting of Philippine independence
has long been realized as officially GER
tified by former Governor General
Francis Burton Harrison and by the
late President Woodrow Wilson. The
time Is ripe, therefore, for the Ameri-
can people and Government to live up
to their pledged word.
The great majority of the people of
the philippines made 1t clear by the
rejection OF the Hawes- Cutting Hare
law that they wish no further DELAYS in
the redeeming of the pledge ALREADY
made to them by the American people
through their constitutional represents
atives.
MY position ON this question is too
well known in the Philippines as wen
as In the United States Congress. where
I represented my people for eight years.
am, therefore. merely restatinR nv
views on the matter"
Evening star., 1933-12-07
GRIDIRON widows"
TO Be ENTERTAINED
Mrs. Roosevelt Again Will
Look After Ladies Whose
Husbands Attend Dinner.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Gridiron boys will be boys, SO
Mrs. Roosevelt is going to entertain
again for the ladies, including Labor
Secretary Perkins. Saturday night.
She issued invitations to high wom-
an officials. cabinet wives. Gridiron
wives and women Of the press. all by
their sex barred from the semi
annual stag dinner of the club. which
the President will attend.
On the last such occasion Miss
Perkins, chatting with other White
House guests, laughingly said the club
could Just as well have invited her
along with the rest of the cabinet, for
she'd have gracefully declined. Shes
the only cabinet member ever omitted:
But the Gridiron Club already had
its rules all fixed to take no chances
That happened after Miss jeanette
Rankin, first woman member of Con-
gress, became the first and only wom-
an to make the Gridiron grade.
She was invited by Harry ]. Brown
and went to the World War dinner OF
December 8. 1917. At the next meet
ing, on January II, 1918, the club
passed this resolution: Resolved
That the character of the Gridiron
Club as regards the presence Of wom.
en- as guests or spectators shall not
be changed without vote of the club.
And that stands, SO Representative
Ruth Hanna Mccormick found to hel
disappointment in 1929, and so any
other women would still find.
Arthur Sears Henning handed in
Mrs. McCormick's name as one of hi:
guests for the April 13, 1929 dinner
but the club secretary wrote him 9
note, and Mrs Mccormick dined else.
where