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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-14
BEER VENDORS FORCED
TO WATT
Flow OF Legalized Beer In
County Delayed

Would-be sellers of foamy
suds in Cecil county are impa-
tient at the delay which the
provisions of the law have
caused them before they can
legally sell 80 per cent beer.
A great majority of those
who intended to take out Ii
censes failed to understand
that after they had filled out
their application blanks, con-
tanning the signatures Of ten
citizens recoml.-GnL ing them as
suitable persons TO sell the bev-
erage, that their application
had to be advertised for a
week and that they would be
required to take out a Federal
license in conjunction with the
State license.
Quite a number of the appli-
cants thought they could OBJ
tain the necessary licenses at
once and start selling the bev-
erage without any delay. Up
until Saturday night when the
office of the clerk of the court
at Elkton, closed, about thirty
five persons had filed their ap-
plication papers for licenses.
1t is predicted that there will
be at least two hundred appli-
cants before another week.
The licensed dealers are di-
vided into two classes, one the
"Off Sale" and the other ION
Sale" The "Off Sale" class
includes merchants and deal
ers who sell with the UNDER
standing that it is not to be
drunk on the premises. Their
license is $25 a year. The ION
Sale" includes restaurants and
hotels that dispense the bever-
age on the premises. Their lie
cense is $50 a year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-14
TO IMPROVE ROADS BY
WIDENING
State Roads Commission VIII
Improve Routes One
And Forty


And Forty
The Road Improvement Bill
that passed the Legislature and
was signed by Governor Ritch-
lie, provides for a bond issue OF
$4,OOO,000, the proceeds of
which are to be devoted to the
widening and improving of
both roads leading from Balti-
more to Philadelphia, over
which there has been much
controversy.
One of the roads is by way of
Bel Air and Conowingo to the
Pennsylvania State line and
the other via Aberdeen and the
Susquehanna river bridge at
Havre de Grace. The bill as
finally passed was a substitute
for an original plan to raise
funds for road widening by
heavy imposts on trucks.
The decision of the State
Roads Commission to improve
both Route No. l and Route
No. 40, settles a controversy
that had been waging bitterly
for several years past, and has
brought joy to all hands who
have worked diligently for the
deterrent of travel conditions
over the respective routes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-14
ELKTON BANK OFFICIAL.
RESIGNS

Irwin T. Kepler, executive
vice president of the Elkton
Banking and Trust Company,
which has branch banks at
Rising Sun, Chesapeake City
Cecilton, has rendered his res
ignation, and it has been ac-
cepted by the Board of Direc-
tors, effective April 1.
Mr.. Kepler has accepted a
position with the Equitable
Life Assurance Company and
will work out of the Whining
ton office. He has for the past
year been connected with the
Assurance Company in part
time capacity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-14
SIX MONTHS in HOUSE OF
CORRECTION

AS a result of a fight in Elk
Neck, Alonzo Briscoe, is con-
fined in Union Hospital, Elk
ton, suffering from a possible
fractured skull, when hit over
the head with a sharp instru-
ment inflicted by Howard
Johnson. Johnson, when ar
rested, was carrying a conceal
ed deadly weapon. On this
charge he was sentenced to the
House of Correction for six
months He is also being held
without bail awaiting the out
come of Briscoe's injuries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-14
RED CROSS OFFICERS

At a dinner meeting of the
Cecil County Chapter of the
American Red Cross, held in
Elkton, April 8, the guest
speaker was Richard w.
Thrush, assistant director first
aid and life saving department,
of the national headquarters.
Officers of the Chapter were
reelected, as follows - Chair
man, Mrs. A. Victor Davis;
Vice Chairman, Miss Grace
Wells Price; Chairman of Roll
Call, Rev. Vernon w. Lane;
Representative to National
Convention, Mrs. Sterling E.
Dunbar and Rev. Vernon w.
Lane.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-14
NEWARK BOY SCOUTS WIN
PLAQUE

The first-aid troop of New
ark, Del, Boy Scouts was
awarded second place in the
First Central Church, Wilm-
ington, for the first-aid demon
stration, competing with SO
troops. The SO troops were
eliminated until the eight
teams remained, the Newark
team being enc Of tie eight,
and in the final meet Newark
scored 293 pc - out of a pos
sible 800.
The silver. plaque was given
by the Delaware Safety Coun-
Gil.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-14
HERD IMPROVEMENT AS
ISOLATION

The Cecil County Dairy Herd
Improvement Association will
hold its annual meeting and
dinner on Friday evening,
April 14th, at the New Central
Hotel, Elkton, at 700 o'clock.
At the meeting Ralph England,
the tester for the association,
will give his annual report of
work done, and John A. Con-
over, Dairy Specialist from the
University of Maryland, will be
present and make an address.
All dairymen who are interest
ed in dairy Improvement work,
are invited to attend.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-14
EASTER SERVICES

Sunday morning service at
James M. E. Church, Rising
Sun, will consist of special
Easter music by the choir, and
sermon by the pastor, Rev. A,
B. Frye.
In the evening a pageant en-
titled, Festival of Lights" a
candle light service for Easter,
will be given by the Sunday
School. The public is cordial
ly invited to both services.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-14
ELKTON ROTARY CLUB

The EIkton Rotary Club has
elected the following officers to
serve for the ensuing year:
Harry L. Croak, president;
VIM. C. Feehly, vice-president;
Lynn B. Gillespie, secretary
treasurer; Carol K. Elder, Jas.
w. Hughes, Albert D. Mackey,
Roy J. Schmidt and Edward w.
Crothers, directors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-14
AUTOMOBILE TAG FORGER

William Griffin, of Forest
Hill, Hartford county, was ar
rested for a number of viola
tions of the automobile law
last week, the most unusual
one being the changing of 1880
tags to 1888 tags. The change
was a neat piece of work, and
could only be detected by care
full scrunity of the "3" which
had been soldered in place of
the 80" The repainting of
the tags had been carefully
done. He was sentenced to
the House of Correction for
three months.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-14

The horse show at Foxchase
Farm, the DUPONT estate at
Fair Hill, on April 1, drew a
field of sixty-three entries, and
was attended by a crowd esti-
mated at 1000 people.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-14
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events of
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

Good Friday.
Sunday next, the 10th, is
Easter.
Plum and peach trees are
putting forth blooms.
April showers appear to have
developed into continuous
rains.
Racing at the Havre de
Grace track begins Saturday,
April Is and will close on the
29th.
Friday, April IA, Good Fri
day, will be a Legal Holiday.
The banks in Rising Sun will
not be open for business on
that date.
The public schools of the
county closed on Thursday of
this week, for the Easter vaca-
ton, and will reopen on Tues
day morning, the 18th.
The Thomas r. Rink dwell
ling property, on Pearl street,
was sold at private sale on
Monday, by J. Otis Kennard,
executor, to David Cooney.
The recent public sale of the
personal property of the late
Mrs. III. M. Boulder, of Elkton,
which included a number of an
tiques, amounted to over ST.
200.
The National Bank of North
East, for which DR.. r. G. I'm
derwood, president, was ap-
pointed conservator, reopened
on a 100 per cent basis, on Fri
day, following it's reorganiza-
ton.
The New York Store, con-
Quoted for some years past in
Rising Sun by Louis Berko-
WITT, has been closed and all
goods moved elsewhere. Mr..
Berkowitz advertises his prop
erty for sale or rent.
Phil Emerton's original Dia-
mands, fresh from a protract-
ed engagement at the Steel
Pier, Atlantic City, will be
featured on the evening of
April IS, at the Co. c. Clubs
annual Easter Ball, held at the
Armory, in Elkton.
A delegation from the First
district, appeared before the
County Commissioners at their
meeting last week, and asked
the repair of a stretch of road.
A delegation from the Taxpay-
ers League protested some of
the bills filed for payment.
The Postoffice Department at
Washington, has awarded the
contract for carrying the mail
on the Star Route between Elk
ton and Centreville, to Winfield
S. Ashbridge, at a bid of 81, 750.
There were twenty-five bids
submitted for the contract.
Rev. ]. w. Prettyman, who
has been pastor of the Zion M.
E. charge for the past ten
years, has been transferred to
the St. Johns charge at Lewis
vile, and Rev. Mr.. Adkins, OF
Galena, appointed to the
charge vacated by Mr.. Pretty
man.
Elder Park Association, of
Elkton, has elected the follow
ing officers: President, John
E. Gonce; Vice president, Man
ly Drennen; Secretary, VIM.
Sterling Evans; Treasurer,
Mrs. 1. D. Davis; Executive
Committee, John S. Lee, G..
Reynolds Ash and w. D. Brat
ton.
George Johnson and James
Tinsley, two colored men who
had been seen lettering about
freight cars at Perryville. were
arrested by railroad detectives,
and given hearings before
Magistrate Drennen, of Elkton
They pleaded guilty to vagrar-
cy and trespassing and were
sentenced to six months in the
House of Correction.
The members of the Port
Deposit basket ball team, win
ners of the county league
championship, were presented
with small gold basket balls,
engraved with their initials,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-04-14

MlSS EuuOld OuOIIOdA 10
spending the Eastertide at her
home in Easton, Md.
Miss Rachel Rittenhouse, of
Zion, was a visitor of Rising
Sun friends last week.
Mrs. Clara Biles entertained
the members of the Komrade
Klub on Thursday evening.
Mrs. F. E. Baker, who has
been suffering from a severe
attack of grip, is improving.
Austin Dixon, of Philadel-
phia, was a visitor at the home
of Mrs. B. H. Brown during the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
Lyons, of Coatesville, were
Sunday guests of Mrs. H. B.
Patten.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Mingle, OF
Harrisburg, Pa, were recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
K. Thomas.
Mrs. Ada Burlington was the
Sunday guest of her daughter,
Mrs. Donald Dudley, at Silver
Springs, Md.
Miss M. Lidie Stewart is an
Eastertide visitor at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Ella Reese,
in Philadelphia.
Miss Rachel Clancy, of Mer-
chantville, N. j., was a visitor
during the week of Mr.. and
Mrs. David T. Reed.
Mrs. Norris Reynolds enter
tanned the Contract Bridge
Club on Tuesday afternoon, at
her home on Cherry street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Tosh
and son John spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Heacock, Oaklyn, New Jersey.
Miss Dorothy Bonner is
spending the Easter vacation
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Bonner, in Philadel-
phia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. D. Mertz
and little daughter Louise, of
Philadelphia, were Sunday Wis.,
itors of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Lane.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schneck,
Of Philadelphia, spent the
weekend with Mrs. Schneck's
parents, DR.. and Mrs. J. B.
Slicer.
Mrs. HI. Porter Shaffer and
granddaughter Ann Perry Con-
way, of Searsdale, N. Y, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil E.
Ewing, at the Bungalow.
Evans Patten, student at
Carnegie Institute of Technol-
ogy, Pittsburgh, is spending
Easter vacation with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter E.
Patten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman Clay
ton, Mrs. Lillian Robertson, Mr..
and Mrs. Asher S. Robertson
and son Harry, spent Sunday
at the Masonic Home, Eliza
BEETHOVEN, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Adams
had as their weekend guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Chensey,
of Haddon Heights, N. j., and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Adams,
ST., of Philadelphia, Pa.
Many Cecil CONTAINS, in
Guiding a number of the men,
bers of the Elkton Bar, the
Clerk of the Court and his as
|sistants, other officials and
many citizens, attended the
funeral of Associate Judge Lee
win w. Wickes, of this Judicial
District, from his late home in
Chestertown, Monday after
noon.
Lonard c. Wilson, of Pleas
ant Hill, secretary of the
Farmers and Mechanics Insur-
ance Company, has purchased
the Martindale properly, in
Zion, and will occupy it after
June /.
Services will be held at Con-
owingo Baptist Church Easter
morning, Sunday, April 18th,
with a special sermon, "The
Risen Christ" by Rev. S. C.
Blackburn, at eleven O'clock
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-15
POLICE SNAC is
HIT BY M'NUTT
Legislation Is Needed to
Remove Force From
MaYr's Control.

First snag in the McNutt govern
mental reorganization was encoun-
tered today, when it was found, that,
without additional legislation, the
state police can not be removed from
jurisdiction of Frank Mayr Jr., sec
rotary of state.
With Governor Paul v. McNutt
out of the city, administration lead
ers at once set to work to draft a
bill to remedy the situation. The
Governors approval being secured,
the measure may be introduced in
the senate late today, it was said.
In the interim, Al Feeney took
the oath of office as director of the
division of public safety in the ex-
ecutive department, and assumed
the Office vacated by the ousting of
Alfred HogSton, state fire marshal.
Feeney will have charge of &C
tivities of the fire marshal, state
police, criminal Identification bu-
reau and possibly other duties added
from time to time as McNuts's re-
organization plan becomes effective.
Those drafting the state police
bill encounter the matter of Civ
ing the officers full police powers,
which constantly has been opposed
by organized labor.
Until now the state police merely
have been deputy secretaries of
state, with police power limited to
catching offenders using motor We
hicles. They were financed from
the automobile theft and license
transfer funds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-15

One of the alleged bandits,
Heavy" Adams of Detroit, was
killed and Lloyd Cox, q, of De-
catur, Ill, his companion, was
wounded.
Hearing the cries of his 54-year-
old mother, Stephen rushed to her
defense with a butcher knife. The
bandits took one lock at the en-
ragged youth, and fed to their auto
mobile without obtaining loot.
Close on their heels came Stephen,
armed now with pistol he had
snatched from a bureau drawer as
he raced through the house.
AS the robbers entered their car,
Stephen opened fire and Snythe
crumpled and died with three bull
lets in his body.
Cox, suffering a bullet wound in
his throat, escaped temporarily,
walking to Bartonville, a Peoria
suburb. There he was captured
when he entered a restaurant to
call a taxi cab. He was taken to
a hospital.
Cox, unable to talk because of
the throat wound, answered police
questions by writing notes.
Mrs. Marsh recently had collected
$1,000 on an insurance policy fol-
lowing the death Of her husband,
and police believed the plan Tues
day night was to kidnap Stephen
and hold him for ransom,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-15
Hourly T4mnerature4
Homer Elliott Is Named
State Savings Receiver

Testimony by Wolcott at recent
hearings before Cox indicated the
banks 5000 depositors can expect
little or no dividends.
Wolcott's last partial report, fled
Jan. 81, shows the institution had
only $3,282 cash on hand Jan. 81.
1t lists receipts totaling S1,347 and
disbursements of 1926 by the re-
ceiver for the period, Oct. 81, 1882,
to Jan. 81, 1888.
Please accept my resignation as
receiver of the State Savings and
Trust Company of the State Prop
erty Company and the New Haven
Realty Company, effective at your
honor's pleasure" Wolcott's notice
to Cox read.
Request for grand jury action
against State Savings and Trust
Officials recently was made by Paul
Rhoadarmer, attorney, who repre-
sented Arthur Lynn and Charles
HaSSe in successful circuit court
suit for recovery of 5000 from the
collapsed institution.
Cox is studying information al
ready barred in the investigation of
three defunct banks under circuit
court jurisdiction. Other hearings
will be held in few days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-15
Face Island DISPUTE
Copyright. 1898. by United Press

tCopVflgnt. 1888. DY united PreSS)
GENEVA, Feb. Isl p n s
threatened withdrawal from the
League of Nations may involve the
United States and other powers in
a serious dispute with Japan over
possession Of the 1000 islands in
the Pacific which form a bridge" of
$500 miles east and west between
Japan and the United States.
The islands, formerly German, are
held by Japan under mandate from
the League of Nations, acting as
custodian for the victorious powers
in the World war.
Nobody in Geneva believes Japan
would relinquiSh the islands when
she quits the league, although she
would have no legal right to retain
them. The islands are too valuable
for strategic reasons.
They control American communi-
cations in the far east.
The United States never has re-
cognized the league mandate as CIV
ing the islands to Japan, and theo-
retically still claims a share.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-15
AMAZON WAR
LOOMS; RIVAL
FORCES CLASH
Colombia Breaks Diplomatic
Relations With Peru
After Battle.
BV United Press

By United Press
BOGOTA, Colombia, Feb. IS
Colombia broke off diplomatic rela-
tions with Peru today after Peru
Wan planes attempted to bomb a
Colombian fotilla near the disputed
port of Leticia. Colombian planes
repealed the attack in an aerial en-
counter above the jLngles.
Colombian forces at a. m. to-
day occupied the town of Tarapaca,
on the Putumayo river, 100 miles
north of the disputed Amazon river
port of Leticia, it was announced
officially.
Capture of the town, northern
outpost of the Peruvian troops in
the undeclared warfare between the
two countries, was preceded by a
Commandment from Colombian gun
boats on the river.
Aimed at Transports
Official sources here said the Pc
ruvian air bombs were aimed at
transports carrying soldiers en-
route to Tarapaca, 100 miles north
of Leticia, but the bombs fell in
the Putumayo river and did no
damage.
1t was stated officially that the
attack occurred in neutral Brazilian
waters before the f1otilla reached
Colombian territory.
Colombian airplanes commanded
by Major Boy, German flier,
drove off the Peruvians, an official
announcement said.
Aggression Is Charged
Colombia charged Peru with ag-
erosion in attacking the transports.
A communique issued soon after
midnight by the chancellery said:
In view of the attack by Peruvian
forces on a Colombian flotilla navi-
eating in neutral waters completing
it's mission of policing Colombian
territory, the government has
ordered the Colombian minister at
Lima, Peru, to make formal protest
/ to the Peruvian government against
aggression and to ask for his pass
ports Immediately"
During the day, passports will be
given the personnel of the Peruvian
legation at Bogota.
Hostilities between Colombia and
Peru have threatened since last
September, when Peruvians oc-
cupied the port of Leticia, coded by
treaty to Colombia. The port is
1900 miles up the Amazon from
the Atlantic, and was of consider
able commercial Importance during
the rubber boom.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-15
Pari-MutueI Bill FdUOrdbIy Reported;
Provision Puts Damper on Dog Races

Shaping at dog racing and designed to bring
approximately million dollars annually in revenue
into the states Golfers a revamped pari-mutuel
betting bill was given favorable consideration today
in the house OF representatives 1t was handed in
with a recommendation for passage by the public
morals committee.
In the revised measure, the state is divorced from
partnership in gambling and receives its revenue
from the 81 900 day license fee to be paid by the
racetrack operators and 20 cents on each paid adj
mission.
Among amendments Incorporated in the bill by
the public morals committee is one reducing the
annual racing meets from seventy-two to fifty days
which could be divided as desired.
All tracks must be at least mile in length with
county fair association tracks exempt. County fair
tracks would pay only SIS day license fee
The slap at dog racing is taken through a provi-
sion limiting the daily racing time from noon to 7
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-15
Governor to Permit Institutions to Resume
Their Business in Communities Where
Sentiment Sufficiently Is Quiet.
GLOOM ROUTED; CHEEKY IN CRISIS
S40,O0O00O Aid Ready in Detroit; Comstock
Backs Up on Charge That Ford Is
to Blame for Troubles
BY RAY BLACK
United Press staff Correspondent

DETROIT, Feb. Ex-Governor William A Comstock
paved the way for most of Mhgans banks to reopen
datey, despite his eight-day moratorium.
While he refused to authorize end of the bank holiday,
which he had ordered Tuesday preserve the financial sta
by of the state the Governor issued the following state
ment at Lansing:
"The state will not interfere if banks which open de-
spite my proclamation do not prefer creditor against
another
Governor Comstock gave that the state would
take action against banks (which feel that sentiment
their communities sufficiently quiet to permit them to open
their DOORS"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-15

With instructions to make an in
ventory of remaining assets of the
defunct State Savings and Trust
Company, Homer Elliott, former dis
trict attorney, today was named
temporary receiver.
Elliott, who has been acting as
receiver for Eben H. Wolcott, was
named to the post by Circuit Judge
Earl R. Cox shortly after Cox re-
ceived Wolcott'S resignation.
AS attorney for Wolcott, court
records show that Elliott already
has been paid fees totaling $4,000,
similar to the amount paid to VOL
colt.
Cox said the temporary appoint
ment was necessary to fill the gap
left by Wolcott's rendered with
drawal. Formal acceptance of VOL
colts resignation will be withheld
until Cox studies the final report
Of the former receiver.
Wolcott said his resignation is
mot due to any differences with
the court"
Il am resigning," he declared, so
that Cox may have free hand IN
administering the trust"
Final report of the receivership
viii be fled Immediately, Wolcott
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-15
BLAMES BRITAIN
FOR Low PRICES
Ruthless Policy to Force
War Debts Adjustment
Is Charged.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. discharges
that Great Britain is attempting to
keep world prices down so as to
reduce debtors capacity to pay"
were made before the senate pros
perity-seeking committee today by
Rene Leon of New York, money ex-
pert.
Leon charged that Britain is using
such a ruthless policy in order to
obtain readjustment of her war
debts on reduced basis.
Leon, a retired financier, and re-
Gently technical advisor to the house
coinage committee, asserted Britain
is carrying out such operations
through a 100000 pounds secret
exchange equalization fund" pur-
chasing gold currencies in the ex-
change market, and thus obtaining
control of the dollar exchange, and,
consequently, the control of Amer
lean prices"
Leon was the first witness at the
senate finance committees best
minds" clinic today at which
opinions of Wall Street figures and
steel industrialists on how to end
the depression were sought.
Self defense" measures, he said,
would include gold embargo which
would make impossible the further
purchase of dollars by the British
for control of American currency"
Asserting that if the barter sys-
tenn spreads in this country gov
eminent as we conceive it can no
longer Junction. he said he favored
reconciliation Of silver, with con-
gress authorizing the purchase of
$2OOO0O,O00 worth Of the metal at
not more than so cents an ounce