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Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
APPROVE MORE
ROAD BUILDING
Widening of Milford RehO-
both Road Six More Feet
To Be Done This Year
WORK ABOUT DOVER

Construction projects involving
an expenditure Of about 81 900 900
were reviewed BY the STATE HIgh~
way Commission 1t z meeting n
Dover Iesr Thursday, ~ z perr u
the 1873 building program ard viii
oe carried To corapIscIo1 They
include Z tWo-115Le stretch II Esga~
Ezg from the State police sc&casE
north II Dover " -ze BsQ rcs1
which 1ghNsF @1 oe - feet
E8ce pspEg II Loccke-@s1 street
10 Dgves after TIE present post
l1s75ce LIS b,aa1 removed eE1 c1e
street aas been ex-en6s5. rsle lis
-anoe beng aioogt -arse-g1ar-ers
IF m6Ie. the road VII b. 20 fset
x-ide, TIE building II Bsrkers
Landing bridge and ELL near Mag
nOha The program also includes
2 siE-foot widening Of the Milford
RehobUth road; the widening Of
the Milford road: four
foot widening Of the Harrington
Milford road; paving Chestnut
street in New Castle; the paving
Of Washington street, Wilmington
when il has been extended thru to
Penny Hill; the resurfacing o T the
Dover -Hazlettville road; the dual
highway State Road to Bear, 2-02
miles. 20-foot. A delegation from
the several interests Of Whining
ton appeared before the commis-
sion asking for highway through
Wilmington to relieve the present
congested condition of traffic over
Front. French and Market streets.
Announcement was made by the
State Highway Commission of the
dismissal from the service of the
police force of Raleigh B. Hill, one
of the Penny Hill State highway
police. It was also announced that
the State police force will be in
creased by six men. There are six
men available from the last school
held by the department.
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
VANDALS VISIT
WELFARE HOME
Discharged WOrkmen Sus-
pected of Tearing Plaster
and COrnices in 20 Rooms
ENTERED THRU WINDOW

Workmen who were discharged
at the Old Age Welfare Home at
Smyrna are suspected of having
vented their spite on their former
employers by breaking into the
home and wrecking the decorative
plaster trim and plaster cornices
in about twenty rooms early Sun
day morning, according to a re-
port made to the attorney gener-
ais office in Wilmington, Monday.
Martin Schilbred, of the William
Steel & Sons Company, general
contractors on the job, said the
damage amounted to about $500.
It consisted of the smashing ap-
parently with axes, of the decora-
tive. cornices and beads of plaster
and metal. There was a watch
man stationed on the building but
due to its size and due TO the fact
that there was no hardware on the
windows surreptitious entrance
into the building was easy. The
vandals apparently entered the
building By one Of the windows
and slipped upstairs. With axes
or hatchets they smashed the cor
nices and decorative plaster work.
J. &. Shawdee, is in charge Of nhe
work for the e-ata. and is naKing
an investigation.
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
GRADS
GET DIPLOMAS.
81 Members of Smyrna High
School Graduating Class
Are HOnOred
PRIZE AWARDS MADE

Last Wednesday evening the
smyrna High School Auditorium
was crowded 20 its capacity, every
seat being taken and enough
standing 70 have filed half the
room back Of the auditorium had
the partition been lifted and the
room thrown open TO the public.
II wss the largest graduating class
ever 10 he turned cut from our
schools and Incidentally the larg-
est commencement audience ever
assembled. The clsss or 81 mem
hsrS ID cap and gown. 6Llsd the
front Of the platform and back Of
the clasS were seated the School
Board and Faculty Inc stage was
beautifully decorated with flowers
TIE c12Ss co1ors. nlgas and SILVER
beng displayed not only % ths
stage nae ay S1rs2@srS Ct The
same co1orS making : canopy over
the whole ala5soT5l-a- Walrsr O-
EEoEec&er, president of me School
Board presided and announced ths
numbers o9 the program which
opened With an Invocation by Rev
DT. y. u. johnson The saluca-
tory address Horizons was CIV
en by Miss Sarah Knight and the
valedictoTy, The Ships Of Life, n
was by Jay r. Spry. These mum
bers were interSpersed by chorus
singing by the school and instru-
mental selection by Miss Jean
Eastman and Miss Thelma Rogers
Mr.. Hoffecker gave an appropriate
talk to the class and presented the
diplomas. This part Of the pro
gram being concluded, President
Hoffecker announced the prize
awards for the year. III a number
Of cases they were presented by
the donor in person. Among these
was one by DR.. Charles NJ Whar-
ton, a former Smyrna boy, now of
Dover, who is director of physical
education Of the University Of Del
aware He not only gave $500
each to the boy and girl showing
the greatest efforts but next year
he will present prizes in memory
of his mother, Mrs. Amanda Ash
craft, who made her home in
Smyrna until her death a number
of years ago. These prizes will be
awarded to the best papers on
Temperance" The list Of prizes
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
NAME FACULTY
FOR NEXT YEAR
kindergarten School Dropped
On Account of Lack of
Funds for Department
SOME GRADE SHIFTS

The Faculty for the Smyrna
Special District School, has been
signed up for the ensuing year.
With one exception, all the teach
ers who taught the past year will
retain their places for another
year. Miss Helen F'oard of Mid
dletewn who taught the Kinder
garten School the past year will
not be back next year because of
no appropriation being provided
this department for the little tots
below the first grade will have to
be abandoned The bill, which
passed both branches of the Legis-
lature, was among those Governor
Buck allowed to die because treas
ury funds would not permit the
Governor saddling more expense
on the State than it was able to
take care of. This bill was among
the number of worthy measures
that failed of executive approval.
The complete teachers staff of the
Smyrna Special District Schools is
as follows:
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Emily n. Graham. = 3.
Thelma N. Rogers. B. $.
Glenn $. King. 4. 3.
Mildred = Horsey. : 5
vola ". vogeI. = B.
High school Mathematics
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Junior HHgh English
Helen 2. Start. Norr1aI Carrl6catR.
Junior High Marherlarbcs
Ilnbsr social S,,1zuce
ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
Bessie q Mz11hgws 1t Grade CsrrEfita1s.
SIKH Grade Ssern1n 7
Dt,rfs II SrrfaE mi grrsIasss Esr-Htl.sE1s.
S1-h Gar-Ial1s. SzsCr1EE :
Carolyn Van Fsl1. - Grade EsrrHil,zz1s.
Firm E-H1s- Ss,g1lzn 7
EIEtzEstrh I'll F-wsri Is Grade Gzrrafl,iEl44.
FE57h Grade S,s.ss1Isn :
Eurh g. EHuFrIH1. 1s1 GrnEis Gz4--1iit.H-4s.
Fourth Crude SzEnlan :
Mss EEllkr Sczu1- j s. Grade Gtr11fltiHlte-
Third Grade SaC1IEn
EliizRhssih Mar-Irl Isl Grade CErrrfEE1s.
Third Grade Sarriun !
Mflarsaa = PurthBr-d Isl Grade Germ fiinE1H
Sesand GrsRdR. Sarri1n :
H5ufn VI Robinson, lst Grade Carsfficzrs.
Second Grade. Sacti0n
Julia W Griffith, 1st Grade Car-ihcRrR
First Grade. Section ]
Caroline =. Starts, st Grade Ca-rIfirH-R.
First Grade Section
SPECIAL TEA CHERS
George w. Wright. b G. 5.
Commercial Suhjecrs
Frank Fl. Hynson. B. NJ E.. b EFF.
Industrial Ais
Herbert =. Pearl. B. 5.
Physical Education
Henrietta slsrivan. 2. $.
Home Economics
Helen ID Wright. b S Ar
A. Jean East0n. p. s. .. Music
SECRETARY
Margaret u. Slaughter .....-. Smyrna
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
STATE GUARD
CAMP TO OPEN
Delaware Guardsmen to Get
Ii Days Training This
Year at Bethany Beach
900 MEN AND OFFICERS

The 198th Coast Artillery, A. A.
Delaware National Guard, will, ac-
cording to reports from Washing
ton, go to camp at Bethany Beach
for the annual 15-day field train
ing this summer. The date set
for the start of the Is days train
ing period is July 29. Brigadier
General Weller E. Slower, the ad-
jutant general of Delaware, said
Monday morning that he had as
yet received no definite word on
the situation. General Stover is
making efforts to have Battery A,
261st Coast Artillery, H. D.. Del
aware National Guard, accompany
the 19Sth c. A., to Bethany Beach,
when the latter goes. The 19Sth
c. A, was to have gone to Fort
Hancock Saturday. but the condi-
tion of Hancock, crowded with
Civilian Conservation Corps men,
forbid the possibility of this. APP
proximately 900 men and officers
will be encamped at Bethany
Beach for the 15-day period, if
Battery A. 261st c. A., accompan-
les the 19Sth c. A. All prepara-
tions for the annual encampment
of the regiment are heing carried
on as usual under the direction of
Colonel ]. Schulz, commanding Of
ficer, 19Sth c. A., and 1t. Colonel
S. z. i. Duncan, reglmental officer.
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
MOVEMENT FOR
DELAWARE DAY
Petition with Over 1000 Sign
ers to Be Presented To
Governor Buck
MARKS US "FIRST STATE"

More than 1000 persons have
signed petitions circulated for the
past four weeks, in various parts of
the State, asking Governor Buck
to set aside December Z, each year
as Delaware Day" and issue a
proclamation accordingly. It is
likely that at the session Of the
Legislature in January, 1885 an
effort VIII be made to have
statute enacted designating the
day as state holiday, and provid-
ing for appropriate exercises dur
ing the week in the public schools.
The movement was launched the
second week in May Of this year,
but it was not until Monday, May
IS, that it was given out to the
public It originated with Prof F.
Paul Burkholder, who thinks there
should be an observance IF the
ratification Of the constitution by
Delaware He set to work on the
project Of calling the attention to
the citizens to it and conceived the
idea Of circulating petitions sol
that Governor Buck might know
the people were interested in il
The state Federation of Women s
Clubs Rotary, Kiwants and Lions
Clubs members of fraterBal Or
ganizations ard prominent men u
al walks IF lie have signed the
petitions Sponsored ~ the George
-own F.0tarY CIso The raoVs~
aer- ~ ,ear wlaelY 56GorseG,
IT Z m-ssrEg n eEe CeGrgefowE-
Fyay@r.ars lssc @ee< Pres GeEt
B@rt tzan &slenzk zEg,GEcs6s
Fr1f r. pan g@xlolsr ~ JGs~
ec@ z W'@cleS %czss Treasurer
G5erge s Williams flsaes Del
g s-ecereY Ce1ersl Frank -
gcres er6 gaaaes p Ccslee u ~
Lelzwa5e Citzens association Z
co-au+ae % carry r1e peatlo1s
w Dover scaae tl-1e r1ls Week sld
present taem u GeYerror Blak.
and II the saae riale polnt or ro
him how much Interested the peo-
PIE of tie State seen 70 be n rhe
project
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
BRIDGE GOSSIP
OVER ON SHORE
Effort Now Being Made 10 In
feresf the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation
LEGISLATURE FAIL 5

= further effort TO interest the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton ia the proposed bridge over
the Chesapeake Bay has been
made BY a group Of Baltimoreans
including Howard Bruce, W. Ros-
coe BonseI and Stuart G. Janney.
conferred at length with Harvey
o. Crouch, a member of the r. F.
2. board. Certain Of the r. F. G.
engineers who have studied the
bay bridge plans also were drawn
into the conference and for nearly
two hours its necessity and posi-
bilities, also its possible revenue.
were revived. No decisions were
reached but the bridge advocates
are to come to Washington again
in a few days for further confer
ences. Due to the fact that the
self -liquidating projects which the
r. F. C. originally was authorized
to encourage by loans or purchase
of bonds will be placed against the
public works legislation, it may be
necessary for the bridge promoters
to deal finally with that authority.
The r. F. C. has ben deferred from
participating in the financing of
the bay bridge by two circum-
stances. One is the fact that the
Maryland Legislature failed to
make provision at the last session
for the approaches to the bridge,
and the other is a doubt on the
part of the technical staff of the
corporation that the earnings will
be sufficient to liquidate the loan
which the Government is asked to
make.
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
SMYRNA GRANGE MEETING
Program Wednesday Evening in
Charge of Mrs. Ernest Blendt

Program Wednesday Evening in
Charge of Mrs. Ernest Blendt
Smyrna Grange met Wednesday
night with a large attendance. The
program which was in charge of
Ceres, Mrs. Ernest Blendt, COM
prised: Opening song, Legend of
Ceres, Mrs. Ernest Blendt; Recita-
ton. Corn on the Cob Merrill
Lee; vocal solo, Mary Hynson;
Grange Journal, Mrs. Ernest Mat
tiford; guessing contest, Mrs. Nor
man Short; corn shelling contest,
in charge of Mrs. Elwood Kemp;
vocal solo, Marjorie Pryor; piano
solo. Mrs. Howard C.Deakyne; dis
cussion on seed selection, care Of
SEED, testing SEED anu pest TIME 20
sow wheat, oats and barley, led by
Ernest Mattiford; vocal solo,
George Blendt; guessing contest,
mrs. Eruezt DiEgis.s
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
STATE SCHOOL BOARD STAFF
Reelected Yesterday With III. V.
Holloway as State Superintendent

Reelected Yesterday With III. V.
Holloway as State Superintendent
The State Board Of Education at
a meeting in Dover yesterday, re-
elected its staff for the ensuing
year as follows: State superintend-
ent of schools, H v. Holloway; as
sistant superintendent in charge of
high schools, John Shilling, assist
ant superintendent in charge of
elementary schools, H. B. King;
business manager, J. o. Adams;
superintendent of transport, Will
liam Ball; director of physical ed
ucation, George F. Hendricks; di-
rector of art, Miss Rachel W.Tay-
lor; supervisor of art. Miss Mary
G. Sheppard; director of research,
r. L. Herbst; director of music,
Glen Gildersleeve; supervisors of
music, Miss Helen E. Martin and
Mrs. Elizabeth Cathcart; director
of adult education, Miss Marguer-
ite H. Burnett; rural supervisors,
Miss Phyllis M. Heck. Miss Ella j.
Holley, George R. Miller, Jr., Cal
vim E. Afflerbach, Albert Early
and E. Paul Burkholder. The res
ignation of Howard Williams as
rural supervisor for Kent County
was received and accepted. The
board decided not to fill the vacan-
cy at the present time. The fol-
lowing visiting teachers were also
appointed: Mrs. Martin I. Barnes,
Mrs. Leila A. Thomas, Miss Edith
H. Jones and Mrs. Gertrude Lewis.
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
FAREWELL TO ED DAWKINS
Members of Local Fire Company
Tender Him a Farewell Party

The members of the Citizens
Hose Company of Smyrna, met at
the Fire Hall on Friday evening
for a farewell party for their fell
low firemen, Edward r. Dawkins.
who left on Sunday for Bingham
ton. N. Y. where he has accepted
a position as manager of the meat
department of one of the Grand
Union Stores Company. Clifford
Jones in a few well spoken words
presented Mr.. Dawkins with a
Gladstone travelling bag on behalf
of the Citizens Hose Company.
Refreshments were served. Mr..
Dawkins was secretary Of the fire
company and because of his leav-
ing Smyrna, had to resign his Of
flee.
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
THREE MORE STATES "WET"
Connecticut, New Hampshire and
Iowa, Join Parade of States

Hitherto dry-voting Iowa has
joined Connecticut and New
Hampshire at the Statewide cleo
tions held yesterday, in pouring
out an avalanche of ballots in
favor of crossing the Eighteenth
Amendment from the Constitution
making it IA states in a row. A
total of IA commonwealths are
now recorded in the repeal column.
States to vote previously were:
Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, In
diana, New York, Nevada, New
Jersey, Massachusetts,, Wyoming,
Rhode Island and Delaware, all of
which gave sizeable majorities to
repeal delegates.
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
n FRANCES MILLAR WEDS

n Frances Darrah MiIlar Be
ms the Bride of 5. Mcconnell, Jr.
AE Frances G. Darrah Millar,
sater Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Mliar, Of 21OO Walnut street,
adslphia, and Palm Beach, Fla,
& niece Of Mrs. Ernest P. Collins
als town, and Alexander G.
,'ah Of near Clayton, was mar
to Mr.. Samuel Mcconnell, Jr.,
j z. S9th street, New York,
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Nc
A Of New York and Edge
II Water Mill, L. l., last even
a. s o'clock in the Memorial
Nh Of st. Paul, Overlook.
Il Eev. c. E. Snowden perform
@ ceremony. The bride, who
\ gwen in marriage by her
T. wore gown of white net
n. .aneta, with long sleeves
" 70 the elbow and trimmed
small net ruffles. The ruffled
4 formed a circular train. and
! pain tulle veil was arranged
ruching of tulle. She car
Il hlies of the valley. Miss
<'a Darrah Collins and Miss
sa'et Victor Collins, daughters
-, and Mrs. Ernest Price Col
q Smyrna, were the only at
aus for their cousin. Their
y. \ we're Of peach tone moussel-
ue sole with short rufHed
A. and peach tone taffeta
II d mat formed bustles. They
y mall peach horsehair hats
usd with narrow bands of
Z i and carried boquets Of
~ Yslpnlnium, yellow daisies,
cporagons and gypsophilia,
1 aies Rogers Earl, Jr., OF
& O'A' served as best man.
4 /, included Mr.. Harrison
ALBERT Best Mcconnell,
Y ne bridegroom; Mr.. Al
ulsnant, Of Charlotte, NC:
/ w ,an Balls, Of Huntingdon,
Y - al. Samuel Richards
4. u Chestnut Hill. The
J j ~ vas followed by a recep-
4 *k ~ rIlII Farms, Over
NcConell and his birds
s-n' e the Tennis Place
~, -. Forrest Hills Z. j.
"ecoing trip.
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
PLAN ANOTHER REUNION
Reunion of Former Pupils Of Gar
man and Oak Hill Schools July 4th

Reunion of Former Pupils OF Gar
man and Oak Hill Schools July 4th
From many sections of this and
adjoining states the former pupils
of Garman and Oak Hill Schools
are looking forward to the annual
reunion to be held at Oak Hill
School on the Fourth of July. The
BOYS and girls who attended those
schools in years gone by will once
more pack their dinner pals and
assemble at ten o'clock. After
greetings and lunch Mr.. William
A. Scott, Representative in the
General Assembly from Appoquin-
mink Hundred, will call the roll of
Old Garman's and tell of his ex-
periences as a teacher at that
school. Mrs. Christopher L. Mar
tin. formerly Miss Emma Sylvest-
er, who taught at Oak Hill several
wears, will call the roll of Oak
Hill. Several others who taught
at those schools, including Mrs. c.
Wistar Thompson, formerly Miss
Anna Griffith, of Vineland, N. j.,
and Mrs. Edward E. Harding,
formerly Miss Lenora Clements, OF
Philadelphia, Pa, are expected to
be present and to take part in the
program. These meetings are not
only a reunion of teachers and
scholars but of families as well. A
very enjoyable time is anticipated.
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
AT WESLEYAN METHODIST
Rev. w. w. Henry, Pastor. An
nOunces Services for Sunday

Services at the Wesleyan Meth
odist Church are as follows 1890
a. m. prayer and praise meeting;
230, Sunday School; Z o'clock
Young Peoples Meeting; 73O,
Evangelistic service. Weekly meet
ings, Tuesday and Friday evenings
81 g n'cIock Tn-rieht the Young
people will hold their monthly bus
mess meeting at the home of Mrs.
Violet Clampit, Mrs. Sarah Palmer.
president, in charge.
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
IIYRNA DAIRY
MEN PROTEST
I'D Milk Price Hearing of
,,.rotary Wallace at
Washington, ID. c.
', ,uT FOR FARMERS

.,sst S. Mattiford, Smithers
uax~ w H. George, well-known
re- rfarmers of the Smyrna-Clay-
at rcipity attended at Washing
y n c. Monday, the confer
IS F Md at the instance of Secre-
an 4 Agriculture Wallace, at
xer, nsnartnlent of Agriculture.
es, han 400 dairy farmers and
E NJ of the Interstate Mir
6 MIS- Association and the
era ,a,lnbia Milk Shed assembled.
W. farmers from a wide area
de ,,s5 up BY the report the
~ we're 10 get S5 cents per
hos. ,,s5 pounds fob. Philadelphia,
h S-5 instead they were to be only
ma " rs cents per hundred
'isas Y over the present prevailing
,rat. and the Receiving Station
riv Y get an increase Of 80 cents
,pdred Dairy farmers felt
"a ,bis was not enough; that the
i " between what was offered
IA l snd tie price the distributor
y get. was hardly q fair
Il Dsiry farmers at the meet
,eys y Washington Monday de-
y rhey had nothing to Do With
i 0r.racts presented and enter
80 protest. They felt they should
81, neep advised ana given .
,er ny " study the plan before it
~ ressatea % Secretary Wal
rAsv therefore adopted q
u adcr argSag tee Secretary of
j \ airase to postpone his I'M
saees " tae pact until they
- assa aassrses Sess.scfers time to
- WV cassr Swr case TIE an
es a eae pgoSsesceto2 COST
a Vile rzsee. they MAINTAIN
maaes esr ~ more @eneat to
armar sa5 5s solely Sn the 90
" ehe a5sez5eator- me o.
as co eAs agreement were -
VI INV aapo-1aaSty yesterday
second day of The meeting
rgs,sr their side of the con
rrgy with the Secretary of
iltlre. me Federal AgVlcal~
Department was presented
sides of the argument but
shsld passing on the question
they had time to give the
ir further consideration. Sec
lg Wallace was not at the
a;ng when IL opened Monday.
assistant Thomas M. Wood
d acted il his stead. Several
s III. Woodward had to rap
u6er 50 spirited did the dis
sn become. Roland s. Morris,
adelphia attorney and a form
AMBASSADOR 70 Japan, repre-
ting the Interstate Milk Pro
S Association, and stated
bis organization was interest
z establishing a price agree
Continued On PAGE FTve)
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
Urse Boggs Dies in Seattle

Uric Boggs, son Of the late
James d. Boggs, or Dover, died At
SeattIe. Washington. Oh Saturday,
June 10 Mr- Boggs was nearly
81 years of age He was native
of Dover but for The past 20 years
rad resided - Seattle where he
Ras connected with Z city Depart
manr About - years ago n
-arrzs5 Ms Ma-s G06@zn- 0f
Dover wa0 SURVIVES hI@ a veil
= LII -C1hsr- Mrs Jams D
gCzr1ulzlss @ F4rz FEw8
Smyrna times., 1933-06-21
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
James t. Trualx, Retired Farmer,
and Former President Levy Court

James T. Truax, a lifelong cit
izen of Smyrna and community,
passed away on Wednesday, June
IA, at his late residence on the
DUPONT Boulevard at Smyrna, in
his 88th year. He was the son of
the late James and Mary (Patter-
SOM Truax and is the last of a
large family of his name and gen
Grafton, which family has been
prominent in this community. At
the age of 20 years he sold his
farm at the Big Oak and retired
to Smyrna where he has spent the
remainder of his days. Mr.. Truax
was a successful farmer, good
citizen, and a consistent christian
gentleman. For three successive
terms he was member of the
Kent County Levy Court and pres
ident of that body. Mrs. Mary
Nelson Truax, his wife, a few
years his junior, passed away sud
denly September 20, 1880. There
were five children, four boys, Jonn
Fletcher Truax, who died Septem-
Der 1, 1924; James S. Truax and
Frank Truax of Smyrna; William
Nelson Truax of Chester. Pa; Ada
r.. wife of Rev. r. K Stephenson,
a member of the Wilmington An
nual Conference, now retired and
now living at Smyrna The fun
eraI services were conducted at his
late residence by Rev. John L
Johnson, pastor Of Asbury NJ. E.
Church Of which the deceased was
a member. Interment was at
GIenwood Cemetery
JrEe Baggs Dies in Seattle
TTrfe R0pgs son Of the late
Evening star., 1933-02-24

was taken to the Billings Memorial
Hospital. suffering from body bruises
received when struck by a street
car, The police said they had learned
from tenants of a rooming house. where
the woman lived, that she had been an
opera singer. Trunks bearing labels OF
foreign hotels and steamship lines were
found In her room.
F. D. Riley, motorman of the street
car, gave the police statement In
which he said the woman had jumped
in front of his car. She was questioned
by Police Sergt. Fred Webster, who,
when he asked her for her reason for
the act, quoted her as saying:
ooh, troubles, despair"
Records of the Chicago Civic Opera
Evening star., 1933-02-24

prove the truth Of your utterances, 50
long as you hide behind the cloak Of
protection and privilege which the State
Senate affords. am, therefore, asking
you If you will not be kind enough and
courageous enough to repeat outside OF
the State Senate the same words that
you uttered In the Senate.
81 do not seek damages, but do seek
Evening star., 1933-02-24

Association show that one Of the prin-
cipal singers of the company during the
season of 1924-25 sang under the name
of Augusta Lenska, with Edith Mason,
Mary Garden, Rosa Raisa and other
stars. She was a contralto. During the
World War Miss Lenska was prima
donna with the Teatro de la Monnaie
at Brussels and with the Royal Opera.
A fire department crew rescued the
woman from beneath the car by lifting
it up with jacks.