davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
CONTINUED From Page Two)

Mcdowell on Saturday and Sun
day.
John H.. Hoffecker and wife re-
turned from their bridal trip on
Monday evening and were greeted
at their home by a number of their
relatives who joined with them in
partaking of an elegantly prepar-
ed collation..
Abram Sharp, Esq, of Baltimore
made a short visit the past week to
his father, William Sharp.
Medford H. Cahoon, for the past
seven years residing in Frederick
town, No, was admitted to the bar
of that county last week. He stud
led law with his brother, Benson B.
Cahoon, Esq, of that place. The
Cahoons were formerly of Smyrna
and Dover
Miss Mamie Dawson, daughter Of
DR.. E. Dawson of Frederick, is Wis
iting friends in town.
Miss Emma Wilds, Miss Jennie
Smithers and Walter o. Hoffecker
are on a visit to Dover in attend
ance on wedding festivities.
Miss Lou Russell of Philadelphia,
is visiting Miss Minnie Clement.
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05
HOME BURNS NEAR sEAFoRD
Dwelling of MIR. and Mrs. John
Austin Destroyed Last Week

Fire, supposedly originating from
a defective fue, destroyed the
dwelling and contents of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Austin, located on the
old n. ]. Phillips farm on the road
leading from Woodland Ferry to
Bethel in Broad Creek Hundred
Tuesday night Of last week. The
loss is estimated at upwards of
81, 500 to $4,000 There was no one
at home at the time Of the fire,
which was discovered by neighbor-
ing farmers about 1870 o'clock
When the neighbors arrived, the
home was doomed and they were
unable to save anything. Mrs.
Austin and her son, John Austin,
Jr., had gone to Wilmington to
take Mr.. Austin back to his work
with the Pennsylvania Railroad.
When they returned they found
their home in ashes. The Austin
family moved to Seaford from Will
mington, later purchasing the Phil
lips farm from the heirs 3 the late
n. J. Phillips. They moved there
several months ago.
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05
PLAN ADDITION
FOR FIRE HALL
Dover Fire Company May
Erect Hose Tower With
New Addition to Building
w. c. BOYER, CHAIRMAN

The members of Robbins Hose
Company, Dover's volunteer fire.
men, having found that their pres
ent fire house at the corner of Gov
ernors avenue and Reed street was
not large enough to accommodate
its equipment of two fire trucks, an
ambulance and a hook and ladder
truck, at their meeting Wednesday
night decided unanimously to en-
large the present building to take
care of the increased equipment.
w. Charles Boyer has been elected
chairman of tn committee to carry
out the plans of the company. He
was given power to appoint MEM
bers of the company to assist him
in the project. It seems to be the
consensus of opinion of the firemen
to build a one-story building pos
sibly 80 by 80 feet in the rear of
their present building there being
sufficient land for such extension.
A hose tower will be built, thing
which has been much needed as it
has been quite expensive to replace
hose which has deteriorated due to
lack of proper equipment for dry
ing it out. Robbins Hose Company
had as its guest speaker Joseph
Oliver, a member of Engine Com
pany No. 281, Brooklyn. N. Y. who
told of experiences encountered
during his long service as fire
man. Chief Harry r. Hancock of
Robbins Hose Company, has an
the appointment of Thorn
as E. Baker as captain of the sal
wage crew to take effect May 1.
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05
CHANGE GRAND
JURY SYSTEM
Each County in State Empow-
cred To Draw a New
Grand Jury
KENT'S WILL NOW BE TEN

Legislative and executive ma
chinery moved rapidly Wednesday
to bring about the enactment of a
law to carry out change in the
grand jury system Of the State,
made as the result Of a previous
bill amending the State constitu-
tion. The bill, which had been Of
fered by Representative Jackson,
was passed in the House early
Wednesday afternoon. Later in
the afternoon, it was passed by the
Senate. under suspension of rules
and signed by the presiding officer
Of each house. Governor Buck
signed the bill Wednesday night to
make it a law Under the Jackson
bill, the present grand jurors are
abolished and the jury commission
ers in each county are empowered
to draw a new grand jury. carry
ing out the provisions of the con-
stitutional amendment. Mr.. Jack
son had introduced resolution on
Tuesday to provide for the offering
Of the bill, since the time for the
presentation Of new business had
closed on February 27. After it
had been adopted, he introduced
the bill. The Jackson bill was of
fered as a result of the discovery
+Lat - ,~oathoJ I'D I,aa, cot - fpr
naming a new grand jury at this
time. Under the old law, the pres
ent grand juries were to have serv-
ed for the full year The Constitu-
tional amendment, which was ap-
proved earlier in this session, re-
duces the number of grand jurors
in New Castle County to Is, and
the number in Kent and Sussex
Counties to ten each. Immediately
after the Jackson bill had received
first and second readings in the
Senate, Senator Keith, as chairman
of the Judiciary Committee, report
ed it out favorably and moved for
suspension of rules, TO bring it up
for final action. The motion was
adopted Julian Walker, Senate at
torney, explained the measure,
prior to its passage. Speaker Rob-
inson held the House in session
long enough to be able to sign the
bill. After receiving the signatures
of both Speaker Robinson and
President Pro Tenn Simonton, the
bill was on it's way to Governor
Buck for his approval. The chief
executive signed it Wednesday
night.
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05
FIND WOMAN DEAD IN BED
Mrs. Laura Nj. Duffey Dies at Den
ton at Home of Daughter

ton at Home of Daughter
Mrs. Laura Maur Duffey, wife Of
DR.. Roger w. Duffey, of 1876 Co
lumbia avenue, NJ W., Washington.
d. c., was found dead in bed from
heart attack in the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Layman j. Redden,
of Denton, Md, whom she was Wis
iting Mrs. Duffey had been in
poor health but had not been under
the care Of physician within the
last few days. When she failed to
come down for breakfast Wednes-
day morning, Mrs. Redden investi-
gated. Calling in a physician, she
was pronounced dead. Mrs. Duff
fey is a native of Talbot county.
Her husband who is we'll known in
Washington, is native of Hills
boro, Caroline county, having NOV
ed to the capital several years ago.
Her remains were sent to Wash
ington Wednesday afternoon, where
the funeral services were held.
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05
MOVE TO HELP
APPLE GROWERS
Senators Townsend and Byrd
Offer Bill in Congress Pro-
viding for Grading
LOWER FREIGHT RATES

The first definite action to relieve
the apple growers and exporters of
the country came Wednesday af-
ternoon when Senator Byrd Dem,
Va and Senator Townsend (Rep.,
Dell, two of the largest apple
growers in the East, introduced a
joint bill in the Senate to provide
for Federal inspection and grading
of export apples. Machinery would
bet set up whereby the Department
Of Agriculture would establish
grades and standards and certify
them to foreign buyers. The bill
would prevent the movement of ap-
pies and pears in foreign commerce
not accompanied by certificate by
the Secretary of Agriculture show
ing they meet the requirements of
such United States grades as may
be established. It provides, how
ever, that apples and pears in less
than carload lots may be shipped
to countries in the Western Hemis-
phere without complying with the
provisions of the act pertaining to
grades. The cost of inspection
would be met by the imposition of
a fee to be collected from the ship
per by the department. Violation
of the provisions of the act for
shipments to foreign countries
without first obtaining a certificate
would bar the shipper or exporter
from further shipments for per
iod of ninety days and a fine of not
less than 500 would be imposed.
Apple growers from eighteen East
ern States recently met at the sug-
gestion of Senator Byrd, and the
difficulties facing growers and ex-
porters were discussed. The leg
islation offered was an outgrowth
of that meeting. The growers and
importers also agreed to petition
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion to order a reduction of at least
fifty per cent. in freight rates on
export apples, and it was decided
to take steps through diplomatic
channels to bring about a reduction
in foreign tariffs.
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05
Motorists Paying Heaviest Taxes
EUer Levied Upon Transportatiora

A MEXICAN motorists. constitut-
ing roundly one-fourth the
population. pay in addition to gen.
eral taxes probably the heaviest
special levies ever imposed upon
any form of transportation!
The chart, compiled from au-
thentic statistics. tells the story
OF the virtually unbroken upward
trend OF motor vehicle taxes to
new record total estimated at ST.
OS5.0OO.O0O in 1882. This is $50
above the 1881 total, s1,O25, ,OO0, 900,
and 17%6 above the 1929 total.
1928. 100000.
Railroad tax accruals, represent
ing taxes upon the only compar-
able mode OF transportation. have
been declining since 1929. the 1892
total being S2S0.00O.OOO. or $50
less than in 1881 and 3O.5@o less
than in 1890. The decline here was
due to lower gross revenue and net
income. but motor vehicle taxes
generally disregard either valua-
tton or use and thus. while 8.9c of
every railroad revenue dollar in
1882 went for taxes, the gasoline
tax. one OF % lev1es imposed upon
motor vehicles. took 29c from every
gasoline dollar
The real weight OF the automo-
tive tax burden. averaging s45, is
concealed by small payments. The
gasoline tax. averaging slightly
more than SC per gallon. seems to
the consumer merely an increase
IN the price of fuel Yet the total
gasoline tax IN 1892 is estimated
at s60O.00O.OOO. ana in some IN
stances this tax actually doubled
the cost or gasoline TO the con-
surner The average vehicle opera
Tor pays $50 yearly ID gasoline
taxes alone. or about twothirds OF
the motor tax bill.
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05

Economists are studying the 1882
decline in gross gasoline tax col
lections by states. the first in his
tory. as a typical trend. Although
federal. county. and city gasoline
taxes brought total collections to
new record. there have BEEN def.
mite declines in motor vehicle pur.
chases. registrations. and use.
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05
MAY DELAY BUILDING Z. O.
ChestertOwn Hears ReforestatiOn
Play May Take Up Funds

According to information receiv-
ed at Chestertown last week from
Washington, President Roosevelt's S
reforestation program may delay
the work of erecting Chestertown's S
new S67.500 postoffice building.
The governornment, it is reported
will defer work on all building pro-
jects where contracts have not al
ready been signed. The reforesta-
tion measure provides that the cost
of the program may be taken from
the $1OO,OO0,o0O emergency public
building fund, which includes the
Chestertown postoffice appropria-
tion.
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05
NEW FIRE HOUSE AT EASTON
$4,000 Engine House To Be Con-
structed Before Nav of This Year

At a joint meeting of the mayor,
City Council, the United States
Board and trustees of the Easton
fire department held Wednesday
night it was decided to build a $20,-
900 engine house across the street
from the present structure on
South Harrison street. According
to the plans agreed upon, the pres
ent engine house will be renovated
and fitted for offices of the city Of
ficials, including the mayor and
city council and the utilities board.
The new engine house is to be com
pleted before May, when the Del
Mar-Va firemen's convention is to
be held at Easton. 1t is to be a
two-story brick structure, so by 80
feet, with all modern appliances.
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05
DOVER DELEGATES NAMED
Rotarians Elect #. C. Bancroft and
III. III. Hanson to Attend Conference

Dover Rotary has elected as del
egates to represent the Dover Club
at the 5Oth district conference of
Rotary International which con-
venes in Allentown, Pa, April %.
Frank G. Bancroft, president and
H. H. Hanson, secretary. Alter
mates are Russell e. Wilson and
Benjamin F. Johnson. Several of
the Dover Rotarians and their wiv-
es plan to attend the conference.
Dover Rotary is entitled to is reg
istrations.
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05

against a change. Bishop Leonard
ruled that he had no right to cast
a vote in an annual conference, and
therefore the motion was lost. Eff
forts were made to have another
ballot, but the bishop ruled that
another vote could not be taken at
this session of the conference.
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05
Such a DiHerenceI

A writer recently recalled the re-
mark Of a Cambridge painter to
William James. the great psycholo-
gist. There isn't much difference
between men, I've noticed" said
the painter. but what there Is
makes sight Of difference"
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05

Subscribe to The Smyrna Times
$3.50 per years, in advance.
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05
!. iOO Many Votes

a. s'is q, was finally called
ss 'allot was taken by
Hsst.si ! ,s. Total Of more votes
/ Resent man there were dele
b Z i. I. Elmer Perry.
Ss,.si ias Laymen's Confer r
ID c,Ii.S J mistake had been
/ 4. 'saop Leonard aoroa'5 oS'
|@s1ni.,'ei,al conference
/ I'd nv understanding ex-
|. gan vi. "sfe also compell-
E@ glsbo, r. me number Of
sscchss M leonard, after
I Laynsr'- J. voted, reported
sVslss u. conference had
Sihcts ~ reduction 10
|1ht,. % against.
\ sirIs,, nnort Ends
Smyrna times., 1933-04-05
Ifd; Effort Enda

y humber yea in their vote,
'o1ing for and
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
BOARD TOSTUDY
SPORT NEEDS

Extension Of the District recre-
ational and athletic facilities will
be discussed at a two-day meet
ing of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission which
opens Friday at the Navy Build
ing.
A program calling for the ex-
penditure of $42,5OO will be pre-
sented at the meeting. This
program calls for construction
of baseball fields, tennis courts
and purchases of playground
equipment.
Money for financing these
projects has already been asked
of the Federal Board of Public
Works.
Plans for construction of a
stone bridge across Rock Greek,
four foot bridges and a survey
for replacement of Chain Bridge
also will be studied.
"Spend a Dollar and Make a job"
The Washington times., 1933-09-13

Vice President, ad interim, OF
the United States is little Miss
Josephine Sterling, %, secretary
to Mrs. John Nance Garner.
Josephine, brown eyed and
blonde, is the only member Of
the vice presidential staff in
Washington. The GarnerS are
both at their home in Uvalde,
Tex, and Louise Friday, clerk to
the Vice President, is also vaca-
tioning.
In the absence of the Garners,
Josephine is answering all letters,
with the exception of those for
Warded to Uvalde for personal at
tention, and meeting all visitors
to the vice presidential offices.
The letters says Josephine, are
easy. During the last session she
handled great part of the Gar
ner's mail and she knows the
routine.
The visitors are a bit more diff
ficult. Most of them want the
Vice President to back them for a
job, and Garner isn't indorsing
anyone these days. Josephine
tells them that, but they don't al
ways believe her. And they are
quite annoyed at her refusal to
"let them see Mr.. Garner" They
don't believe he is in Texas and
they don't believe that the pretty
little curly headed youngsters is
in very truth the only representa-.
tive of the Vice Presidential staff
on hand.
However, all that is only part
of days work to Josephine. She
has been with Garner two years
and she is wise to the ways of Of
fice-seekerS and constituents.
Settles Offices
Between writing letters and
meeting visitors Josephine is busy
settling Vice Presidential effects
in their new quarters in the Sen
ate Office Building. She is try
ing to get the three rooms ship.
shape before the Garners return
Most of the furnishings of the
suite have been selected by Jose.
phine. Some Of the pieces, ia
vorites of the Vice President, she
moved from his old quarters.
Others have been bludgeoned out
of David Lynn, architect of the
Capitol. Such as, for example,
the gorgeous gilt mirror that will
hang over the fireplace in the Vice
Presidents own office. Josephine
wanted such a mirror and she
called up Lynn and demanded one
He told her if he gave it to her all
the Senators would be wanting
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
ANYWAY, "What Are Senators?" Demands
Gamers Secretary, Holding the Fort forHer
Chief and Proving Patronage Buffer

similar mirrors. Said Miss Jose
phine:
Senators! What are Sena-
tors? 1 want this for the Vice
President"
She got it.
Selects Rugs
Mrs. Garner selected the rugs
before she left and asked Jo-
sephine to be sure that favor
ite chair of the Vice Presidents
in the old offices was salvaged.
The rest of the business she
left to her assistant.
Josephine thinks her job is
the most thrilling in the world,
and that the Garners are "sim,
ply marvellous" She hotly re.
sents any criticism of her boss
for letting his wife stay on her
job as secretary. Says Josephine:
IF they only could see how
she works."
Mrs. Garner has changed 10.
sephine's entire attitude on life.
Once, the young person admits,
she thought being a society
girl" would be wonderful. Now
she says:
81 just think it would be
too stupid and trivial for
words"
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
GORDON To SEE
GOTWALS ON
SEWER JOBS
D. C. Engineers to Prepare
Schedule of New Projects
Under PWA grants

Major John C. Gotwals,
District Engineer Commissioner,
today planned to confer with
Sanitary Engineer John B.
Gordon on preparation of a
schedule of the order in which
sewer projects will be undertaken
under the $1,759,50o public works
grant.
The grant, received yesterday,
will be used in carrying out five
major sewer projects here, and it
is expected work on the first OF
these will begin soon.
Plans Nearly Ready
Probably the first item to be
undertaken, Major GotWals said,
will be the Upper Potomac inter
ceptor sewer, at an estimated cost
of $4,000.
Plans and specifications for this
work are nearly complete and it
is expected a call for bids will
be issued in the near future.
Among the first of the projects
will be the Piney Branch relief
sewer, to cost $400,000.
This sewer is designed to re-
lieve flood conditions at Fifth
and Ingraham Streets Northwest,
which section has been flooded
numerous times during heavy
rains, due to inadequacy of the
present sewer.
Pollution to Be Baked
Other items on the list are the
northeast boundary sewer, $685.
600; outfall sewer extension,
100000: Anacostia interceptor
and pumping station, $4,000.
A study also will be made of a
sewage disposal plant to prevent
pollution of the Potomac river.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
STRUCK BY CAR,
D, c, MAN HURT

j. F. Draper, 3400 block CheSa-
peake st. N. W., was cut and badly
bruised last night when he was
struck by an automobile driven by
Earl Plummer. of Kensington,
Md, on the East-West Highway
near Bethesda.
Draper was crossing the Rock
vile pike at a point where it inter
sects the East-West Highway,
when he was struck by Plummer'S
machine.
The Bethesda volunteer fire de-
partment removed him to the
Georgetown University Hospital,
where, after treatment for cuts
and bruises, he was admitted.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
YOUTHS REPORT
MAN : ATTACK

Police are seeking a colored
man conforming to a de-
scription furnished by two Wash
ington youths who say they were
attacked early this morning as
they sat in their car parked near
Chevy Chase Lake.
j. A. Flourney, 1000 block G st.
N. w., and Horace Luckett, 14OO
block Rhode Island Ave. N w..
told police that the colored man
approached their machine from
the rear and struck at Luckett.
Luckett pushed him from the ma
chine, they said, while Flourney
started the motor and they drove
away as the attacker was prepar-
ing for another rush.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
SLUN ABOLITION
HERE RUSHED

Federal housing officials of the
PWA this week are rushing to
completion plans for eliminating
the Districts slums. The plans
are for presentation as soon as
possible to the Federal Board OF
Public Works.
Robert D. Kohn, director Of
housing for the PWA, has ar
ranged to meet late tomorrow
with Frederic A. Delano, chair
man of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
and for many years active in
eliminating slum conditions here.
At the conference will be also
Charles w. Eliot, I'd, executive
secretary of the Federal Plan
ming Board, and John Ihlder,
housing consultant for the local
planning commission.
It is hoped the plan will ap-
proach completion by Friday or
Saturday and be ready for pre-
sentation to the public works
board soon.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
NJ CARL RULING
On LAB DUE

Settlement of the controversy
which for weeks has tied up con-
struction of Howard University's
new chemistry laboratory is now
up to Comptroller General John
r. McCarl.
Interior Department officials to-
day forwarded to McCarl a COM
promise plan which. if approved,
would permit awarding a contract
of approximately $3.50, 900 for con-
struction of the laboratory.
The difficulty arose over
whether the low bidder, who sub
mitted his estimates before ere
alton of the NRA should be re-
quired to live up to the building
code without additional compen-
Sation from the Government.
Buy in September and Buy American"
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
HEARST DRIVE,
NRA BOOSTING
JOBS HERE
Agencies Report 100 Per Cent
Jump in Calls as Buying
Campaign Advances

Are the NRA and the BUY in
September" movement actually
creating jobs in washington?
The answer is yes, and the fig
ures are startling.
One of a dozen local employ.
ment agencies interviewed by The
Washington Times has reported
that the number of calls from en-
ployers desiring help has increased
this month 109 per cent over last
May. Every agency reported some
increase in employment, varying
from a slight amount to more
than 100 per cent.
Add to this the fact that Dis
trict NRA officials predict that in
local retail trade alone more than
5000 persons are being reem-
ployed, and the fact that the
emergency relief organization is
receiving fewer requests for as
sistance, and the full significance
of Washington's march back to
prosperity can be judged.
An official of the Columbia
Technical Employment Service,
which places draughtsmen and
engineers in new jobs, says:
placement has picked up
considerably in the last few
days. The improvement is about
100 per cent over the figures
for last July"
Office Help Boosted
Office help also is in demand
here. Helen Adams, manager of
the washington Employment Ex-
change, which handles stenogra-
pliers, secretaries and bookkeep-
ers, says the hiring of this class
of workers has picked up con-
siderably in August and Septem-
ber. She says:
"There was in August a so
per cent increase in the num-
ber of calls from employers
over the same period last year,
and 1O9 per cent increase over
last May"
The effect Of the BUY in Sep
tember" campaign and the NRA
is also noticeable in the hotel
business. Clifford Lewis. proprie-
tor of the Lewis Hotel Training
School here, asserts that the re-
quests for skilled help in this field
have shown a decided rise recently.
Pointing out that no code for the
hotel industry has so far been
adopted, he states:
Letters from students Of our
correspondence course all over
the country are beginning to be
optimistic. Dozens who dropped
the course for economic reasons
now have jobs, and are resum-
ing it,"
Other Boosts Seen
Boosts in employment also were
reported from several other local
concerns, such as the Eureka EN-
ployment Agency and the Com
mercial Employment Bureau. The
latter termed the increase to be
about IS per cent.
In corroboration of these fig
ures, Leroy A. Halbert, supervisor
of the Emergency Relief of the
Public Welfare organization, said
the number of applicants for re-
lief has been decreasing. New ap-
plicants are now coming in at the
rate of about 500 a week, whereas
in the middle of July approx
mately 864 calls were being re-
ceived every seven days.
Certainly no further proof
should be needed of the growing
success of the NRA and the BUY
in September" plan, sponsored by
The Washington Times and other
Hearst newspapers.
"Buy in September and Buy
American!"