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The Washington times., 1933-03-31
Farley Bars Self
To Seekers of Jobs

Postmaster General James A.
Farley kept his office door locked
yesterday while Members of Con-
greSS and office seekers applied
in vain for a chance to see him.
More than 200 callers were told
they must wait until next Tues
day, because of the press of de-
partmental business.
The Washington times., 1933-03-31
Mrs. Erskine-BOLst
Gets Cruelty Decree

NICE, France, March 31.-The
Nice court today granted a divorce
decree to Mrs. Blanche Erskine-
Bolst from Capt. Clifford C.
Erskine- -Bolst, former British M. P,
on charges of mental cruelty. She
is the daughter of Senator Ma
Guire, of Massachusetts,.
The Washington times., 1933-03-31
A0VERIIsEMEMr
Bronchial Infections
Are Dangerous

Don't let them get a strange
hold. Fight germs quickly. Creo.
mulsion combines the best helps
known to modern science. Powerful
but harmless. Pleasant to take. No
narcotics. Your druggist will re-
fund your money IL any cough or
cold no matter how long standing
IL not relieved by Creomulsion.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
ENROLMENT AT e. OF ID.
Over Hundred Applications for Ad-
mission at Women's College,

The general spirit Of willingness
to assume new responsibilities that
is being aroused throughout the
country IS affecting college attend
ance as the advance enrolment at
the University of Delaware indi-
Gates, both at the Women's Col
lege and at Delaware College Over
a hundred applications for admis-
sion have been received to date
from new students for the Wom-
ems College alone and a report as
to a larger number for Delaware
College is to be expected While
the number accepted cannot be
definitely stated until after the
final meeting Of the Committees on
Admission which will be held early
in September, the enrolment for
the coming year promises to be
larger than usual
Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
92-YEAR-OLD
VETERAN DEAD
Levic Barcus, Decorated Con-
federate, Found Hanging in
CenterviIle Orchard
COMPLAINED OF WOUND

Early Friday mornig Levic Bar
Gus, 80. Civil War veteran. climb
ed tree on the farm Of John
Kent, at Centerville, looped a
double moose around his neck ar.i
jumped. At 73O, Kent walking
through his orchard, found Barcus'
body hanging from the tree. The
force Of the drop had broken the
aged mans neck He had been
dead for sometime Barcus. as far
as Kent was able to learn in the
four months that the man had
boarded at the Kent farm, fought
on the Confederate side during the
Civil War and was decorated for
bravery. During a battle he suf-
fered head wound, which accord
ing to Kent, bothered Barcus re-
Gently. The past few days Barcus
seemed despondent. but despite
this mood and his advanced age he
managed to be quite active, ac-
cording to members of the Kent
family. He also worried about fin
ances, they said. The last seen of
him alive was before he retired
Thursday night, Kent said The
farm owner surmises that Barcus
arose early Friday morning and
securing a piece of heavy rope and
a ladder from the barn went to the
orchard. Deputy Coroner James
F. Hearn said Barcus climbed the
tree, adjusted the double moose
around his neck and then jumped.
His feet were five inches above the
ground when Kent found the body.
Efforts are being made to locate
relatives of the man. He is be-
lieved TO have a nephew in Balti-
more and is thought to be a men,
ber of a fraternal and veterans
organization in that city.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
93-Year-Old Man Cuts
Big Tree Into Kindling

Shelburne, Mass.-F. A. Fiske.
who is ninety-three but sturdy. has
completed splitting. saving and pill
ing the wood from one of the big
gest hard-ash trees ever felled in
Franklin county.
The tree, which stood on Fiske's
land. was four feet in diameter at
its thickest point and from the con-
centric rings it is estimated it was
seventy-seven years old.
Friends felt he was too old to
do such strenuous work. but Fiske
exclaimed:
Il tell y l want something to do
these pleasant days. Can't sit
around the house doing nothin.
I'm better off workin' up wood than
would be sitting still and hating
myself"
Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
OPEN BIDS FOR
ROAD PROJECTS
viii Construct -Four Sections
of Sixteen Foot Stag Roads
in This State
NO AWARDS MADE YET

At a meeting Of State Highway
Commission last Wednesday bids
were opened for seven highway
construction projects four Of which
are for 16-foot Stag roads. No
awards were made. The first esti-
mates considered were for the con
struction of a road from Bacons-
Ralphs-Salem School in Sussex
county, a distance Of 5 miles. The
estimates were as follows:
Walter Roach and Son, George
town, S15,812; Field. Barker and
Underwood, Upper Darby, $13.275;
Old Line Construction Company,
Chestertown, Md, SIS, $50; NJ. j.
McDermott, Georgetown, S13,75O;
E. Finley Mixner, Dover, S14,575;
Fox Reynolds, New York. S17,375.
Second contract, Downes Chapel
Hazel School, 4 410 miles, Kent
County: George and Lynch, Dover,
S13,O39.50: D. E. O'Connell, Will
mington, S14,456; Continental Con
tracing Company, Baltimore, S17,-
667: Wilson Contracting Company
Wilmington, S13,114; E. Finley
Mixner. Dover, S14.265: w. w
Truitt. Lincoln City, S13,829; Rey-
noIds Company, Inc, New York,
S15,189.
Third contract, Selbyville toward
Gumboiro-3 $40 miles. Sussex
County; Waller and Phillips, Sails
bury. Md, S12,865; Old Line Con
struction Company, Chestertown,
Md, S12495; NJ ]. McDermott.
Georgetown. S12,829. so: Walter
Roach and Son. Georgetown, S12,-
021.50; Fox, Reynolds, Inc, New
York, S14, $50.
Fourth contract, Denney's Cor
ner to BARRIERS Corners $40
miles, Kent County: Wilson Con-
tracting Company, Wilmington,
S19.389; George and Lynch, Dover.
S18.020; D. E. O'Connell and Sons,
Wilmington, S21, ,422; Continental
Construction Company, Baltimore,
S24 .O63; NJ. ]. McDermott, George
town, S18.340; E. Finley Mixner,
Dover, $20,742.5O Fox, Reynolds
Company, New York. S23, ,5SS: w.
w. Truitt, Lincoln City, S19.713.
Fifth contract, Lincoln City to
Milford 2 miles, Sussex county:
Old Line Construction Company.
Chestertown, Md, S12.959: Fox.
Reynolds Company, New York,
$4,000; Walter Roach and Son,
Georgetown, 1859; w. W. Truitt
Lincoln City, $15O5S.
Sixth contract, Green Spring
Vandyke, New Castle county, IL
$40 miles: NJ ]. McDermott,
Georgetown, S36,S3O; d. f. O'Con-
nell and Sons, Wilmington. SAL
1886; George and Lynch, Dover,
S36,046; Continental Construction
Company, Baltimore. $40, 6,524;
Field, Barker and Underwood, Up
per Darby, $3S, 1913; A. Patrillo and
Company. Wilmington, $50, ,375;,
Fox, Reynolds Company, Inc. New
York, S44.115: w. w Truitt, Lin
coin City, S39,s13; Wilson Con-
tracing Company, Wilmington,
S36, ,S91. so.
Seventh contract, sidewalk at
Lord Baltimore School. Sussex
county, 1900 feet: Spear, June and
Company, Middletown, S7610.50;
w. P. Short, Bethany Beach, ,S7006;
]. A. Bader and Company, Will
mington, S7297; w. w. Truitt, Lin
coin City, S739S.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET
18th Annual Convention Held at
RehObOth ON September and 9

The 18th annual convention Of
the American Legion Auxiliary,
Department Of Delaware, will be
held at Rehoboth on September 8
and 9 in conjunction with the an
nual convention of the Department
of Delaware, American Legion.
Headquarters for the auxiliary will
be at the Hotel Henlopen and the
business sessions vii be held in the
same hotel, commencing each
morning at $50 o'clock. The call
for the convention was issued by
the departmental president, Mrs.
Jacob Ehrlich, of Dover.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-30

ed away and the break-waters
were badly damaged, Hench said.
Automobiles of many of the resi-
dents and cottagers at Ocean CITY,
were covered with sand to such an
extent that only the tops of the
cars were visible Thursday morn
ing. Sand, driven by the flowing
tides and waves, covered almost
all objects on the grounds. Many
of the visitors and storekeepers
left their belongings behind them.
Reports were that the furniture in
the first floor Of the George Wash
ington Hotel was floating about.
The roof of the Rideau Hotel was
reported as badly damaged by the
storm.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
Robin May Have Caboose
Until Eggs Are Hatched

Benton Harbor, Mich.-A mara
thon robin who had to keep on the
wing to hold the pace with her
brood is getting a rest here.
Conductor Roy Blodgett saw the
bird flying under the caboose of a
freight train. Investigation re-
vealed nest in the under struc-
ture. and inside 1t two blue eggs
The next train brought an extra
caboose with the order: use ex-
ira caboose until robin is done
with car"
Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
MAY HAVE C.C.C.
CAMP IN STATE
State Forester w. s. Taber
Asked for Information Con-
cerning Camp in Delaware
WOULD BENEFIT STATE

State Forester w. S. Taber, Of
Dover, has been asked by Civilian
Conservation Corps officials in
Washington for information as to
the facilities for the establishment
of camp in Delaware during the
winter months. The request for
information states. that if winter
forestry c. c. G. camps are estab-
lished and maintained, camps will
be located in the States with mild
er climates, as camps in the north
ern states would have to be closed
during the winter months Mr.
Taber has been asked to furnish
information regarding the facil-
tiles for the location of camp
here and the extent Of work that
might be accomplished. A move
ment is now on foot, it was report
ed. to bring the camp to lower
Delaware where most Of the for
ests are established. Options, it is
reported, are being taken on large
tracts Of timberland at this time
by group of citizens interested
in the project. Mr. Taber said
that if the State Of Delaware has
acquired enough publicly owned
lands to justify the establishment
Of camp here, the government
may authorize the establishment
Of such a camp in this State. 1t l.
understood that the State Forestry
Commission will communicate with
the State Emergency Relief Com
mission within a few days. and ask
consideration Of the ALLEGATION Of
some of the relief funds for the ac-
QUESTION Of funds for land for the
work in this State Commenting
on the situation, Willard Springer
said that since the government
would furnish the funds for EN-
ploying the men and the relief
commission only the funds for the
land the net result Of the alloca-
tion Of funds by the State would
direct unemployment relief and a
benefit to the State in improve
ment in forests. The land would
cost about $1,000, it is stated. Del
aware, as stated by the President
in a recent address, is the only
State in the Union that does not
have a c. c. c. forestry camp, and
Mr.. Taber expressed the belief that
if the camps were TO be maintain
ed during the winter months, those
in the northern states closed and
others opened in the southern
states with milder climates, this
would afford an opportunity for
the State to benefit. Delaware has
relatively little publicly owned
lands now suited for the work,
which would benefit from forestry
work, most of the public land be-
ing along the shore in the vicinity
of Lewes, Rehoboth and Bethany
Beach. The c. C. c. Camps were
most of them opened on July l or
shortly after, for six months, and
their continuance through the win
ter is now being considered by
Washington authorities, it is con
cluded from the recent letters to
the State foresters.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
KENT, MD. HORSE
Held on the Farm Of WiIl-
son, Near Chestert5Wn, All

Held on the Farm Of VILE,
son, Near Chestert0wn, Aa
The Kent County V
Horse Show to be he'd o. :.
of William Toulso1. VI
from Chestertown, Il
Thursday Afternoon A.
will have the following i14
the exhibition events Il.
Major John F. Walls, Of II
States Remount Depot F1
Va; Jason Fisher. j
Spring Valley Hunt C-15
more, and Stuart Harrll!l
ton. Edmond S. Hurt. z
county, Nd, will BE ma;!a
course and Clarence u VI
Chestertown. secretary.
prospective entries nave
ceived for the eX1!o.--'-
and races a feature Of W.
be the point 70 poinl !'.;
run il c0l0rs, II Wh'el y,
from Maryland ana De-''A.
clubs will have entries
Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
To Jolly the Old Boy

Like to please middle-aged man?
him: Young man."
Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
PRECAUTJOT'
TO DRIvp.
Safety Council g.,
:. arefulIy /
i'Oiiuay' Labor Ds,
nHHE , OF SA.

Labor Day lii.
during the extra i5r. a';a.
good many drivers = ~ @i:.
the wheels Of their cs.~ - q
Day the rural road. -. "
ually congested AZ o..'a;
a hurry The VIII ~, ,'s'y-,
ognize taat ali '.'s' q
present extra ,raeio -. o.''
will prepare f9r TIN .''l1.' a
ware Safety Council .g,1. ~
you plan y7ar .r.B csrss:.. s;'.
!na' .l, your oar is d g53s u
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wont have .g I3d-,,o
less haste ATT.
turn nome r All.
tninuse N 'F1fia Jams that n
- ,~.s, s<iss "A=a driving k...
f1c safety Tsev
consideration aad C9,,.,
According p tae Count. :,
rarely have any 9itacu..,
al"ays remember Tia. 4
courtesy VIII give the g.s
Just the opportunity As a.
complete that .urn It +
the man behind JUS. /.
neeoed r. pass you il
Court tesy demands that yr
slgnal "nen you intend ]
stop. It does al. psrrt
hog the road The .rs4.
1ails f. make any create, !,
u the long ritz than ID.
driver He # a nuisanc:
menace. Legislation Inn
number of hours Z c0mns
hicle operator NAV wa-E
passed in many s.a-4s /
there IS 40 law cont,a..
number Of hours Other W
may drive. You may s..r
wheel twenty-f0ur h0ur. /.
as far as the Law i co1..-
by So doing you w!II /.
chances not justified by i
OF common sense Set
yourself even when YOU az
on a long trip and s.1g
when you are tired Or s
reason is obvious. Fa..gu
cidents 90 hand in aa.:
drivers not only endar.s
own lives but are also a nz
all others who use the hig.7
Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
Fcxhound Turns Wild

The Forks. Maiaa-A thorough
bred foxhound owned by Merit Nor
ris, old-time Maine guide, has
turned wild and is running with
packs of foxes near Marshall
mountain.
Smyrna times., 1933-08-30
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF 50 YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths,
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF AUGUST 20, 1888

Taken from our old files OF
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-01
Killing Two Birds

The appointment of Senator Frank Ber- gin of New Haven to the state liquor com mission would naturally exclude him from further consideration as a candidate for the job of U. S. District Attorney in Connec- ticut. That position is now held by Major John F. Buckley republican, who strangely enough is likewise member of the liquor commission It is being whispered in var
 ous circles that by naming both Senator Bergin and U. s. District Attorney Buckley to the commission Governor Cross obtained two objeetives And it is logical to believe that this has happened whether or not the governor actually contemplated it.
 There is no doubt about the personal qualifications of either of the above two men for the positions for which they were chosen. They are a high type of citi- zen, prominent for years in public life, yet not catering to political domination by machine rule nor using their positions for purely personal purposes. In the past the Democrat has had many an occasion to praise both of them. So if we seem to take different attitude now, let 1t be understood that we still feel about the men just as we always have. Our recent complaints have been based not on their actions, but the places into which they have been precipi- tated by the rapid movement of political events in this little old state of ours.
 There seems to be little doubt now but what the nomination of Attorney David A. Wilson, former Hartford postmaster and now chairman of the democratic state cen- tral committee, for U. s. District Attorney will be approved at Washington. Opposi- ton in the form of Mir .Bergin no longer looms. His candidacy was said to be favored by one faction of the democratic party. while that of Mir Wilson was pushed by another. In the face of an apparent deadlock between forces that would control distribution of patronage from Washington compromise candidate in the person of the present republican incumbent might well have been chosen. Therefore Governor Cross has disposed of two candidates with one commission and the field is left to Mir Wilson. Can this be called pure chance or something else?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-01
Isolated Gangsters

As far as number of prisons permits, it is the plan of the federal justice department to use different one for each convicted member of the Capone gang in Chicago. The leader himself is in Atlanta. His brother has been transferred from Leaven- worth to McNeil Island A lieutenant has been placed in the Northeastern penitentiary in Pennsylvania.
 The boys are thus kept far enough apart to make communication practically impossible Also, 1t will be harder for them to rally supporters among other pris- oners and to plan either escape or absentee control of the rackets they once pursued in Chicago and vicinity
 It is well to avoid taking any chances with this group, and we'll to check their recognizing and promoting activities at the start. The government has done effec tive work in removing several Capone men from the scenes of their anti-social careers. It should keep up the good work until raeketeering and gangsterism become con- sderably less profitable and popular than they have been in the past.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-01

Editor the Waterbury Democrat, Waterbury, Conn.
 Dear Sir:
 In connection with the movement to fix the date of Easter, will you permit me to comment upon the suggestion in your editorial of April 21 that calendar rerormers should bear in mind that Easter is 8 holy day rather than holiday, and is not controlled by civil law but by church law.
 This, of course, is correct, but your suggestion does not take into account the fact that there Is a holiday dependent upon the date of Easter which is controlled by civil law, namely Good Friday. This day is observed in large number of countries as an actual holiday and in some of the states of the United States. According to booklet Bank and Public Holidays Throughout the World" issued by the Guaranty Trust Co, ninety-nine countries and possessions and the following states of the United States observe Good Friday as a holiday: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Min nesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania; Tennessee: also Hawaii. Philippine Islands. Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It is explained with regard to Connecticut that "a day of fast ing and prayer-usually Good Fri day-is designated each year by the governor"
 AS you point out. Easter shifts over a period of thirty-five days from March 22 to April 25. so that the similarly shifting date of the civilly authorized holiday-Good Friday-cannot be controlled un- less the date of Easter is con- trolled.
 However, the fixation of Good Friday is only one of the reasons for the demand for a fixed Easter. The principal reason is that the inc cessant change in its date has a disturbing effect upon our econ omic life. It affects differently each year the textile industry because spring fashions are dependent upon Easter. spring travel and the tourist business, which often awaits the date of Easter, the food Industry. on account of Lent. and all allied lines of business. Inasmuch as the existing church rule for detrmin- ing the date is based on tradition and church custom rather than upon any divine sanction. and be- cause from the standpoint of church liturgles there are also good reasons for fixing the date of Eus- ter, 1t is considered that the de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-01

In the main Altoona taxpayers are striv- ing for a better democracy in their sugges- tions. But even under our present cum bcrsome form of government we manage to achieve something of that for which our forefathers Iabored. If we haven't perfection, at least we have for the most part happiness. And that is not the par ticular forte of many governments these days. Things could be better in the United States. That is something to work for and we seem to be doing that now. The country will never suffer from too many suggestions for reform, but it will move slowly in adopting all of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-01
THE HABIT OF GETTING OUT OF JOINT

| Nine years ago both arms of a girl then 2l years old were dislocated at the shoulder in an accident But when X-ray pictures were made some time afterward both shoulder ]olnts were in place. Several times after that, while doing or dinary things, the arms would come out Of the sockets, she says, particularly the left arm. AS a rule, before the doctor arrived they snapped
 back into place, and the doctor concluaea that they had not been really dislocated after the first time.
 This has happened hundreds of times the lady ayers and as there is no reason 10 believe the case complicated by love we may concede years for am sure a lady never lies more than that except for love. At any rate' every time it happens it causes much pain and em- barrassmeI1t and once or twice the lady has narrowly escaped serious accidents because of lit After each dislocation the arm and shoulder is painful for days. She has learned how to snap it back herself but at thirty-ho mum, my notion of Utopia is a world where every body, having once attained thirty, stays tnirty forever after-at thirty, as the present world IS arranged, a girl hatessto think of spending the rest of her life snapping her shoulders back
 into point The doctors told her the shouloHrs o .h young lady yearns to consult somebody or do something about It.
 When the shoulder joint is dislocated the capsule or ligament which completely encir- cles the joint is necessarily torn or stretched, and sometimes this capsule remains loose. as probably in the case described, so that slight movements of the kind which caused the orig inaI dislocation w.ll throw the arm out of joint again. After several repetitions of this the joint is very readily dislocated. It becomes a bad habit.
 Formerly various shoulder cap harnesses were used to restrain the joint, but with indlf- ferent effect, and for live girl of 1883 such treatment would be appropriate as a nain- sock petticoat with ace ruffles.
 The sensible course for the young woman IS repair of the torn capsule or tightening of the relaxed or stretched capsules. This is an or thopedic operation, but any physician who is qualified to do surgery can treat the case as successfully as the one who limits his practice to orthopedic surgery. The arm must be kept in sling for three weeks after the operation. Passive movements-manipulatio by the phy- sician or his trained physical therapist-are begun in the third week, and active movements or exercise in the fourth week. In five weeks the patient is able to return to work.
 Where it is impossible to undergo such treat ment, light appliance which reminds the pa- tient to hold the shoulders back, and discour- ages slumping dropping forward hunching of the shoulders. tends to prevent recurrence. Or without an appliance, constant endeavor to maintain tall erect posture-shoulders back, chin inside imaginary stiff collar, crown of head trying to touch ceiling, hands clasped behind, toeing in. he1ly proud as Hi-Ling says Bracing yourself in this way is a good habit to follow anyway say just amoment or two at every hour by the clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-01

We are heartily in accord with the amendment to the public works bill pros posed by Representative Koppleman of this state. The Hartford congressman believes that road building and grade crossing elim- instion money should be allotted to the several states on the basis of, population. Now federal aid money for roads is allotted on three points population, area, and post road mileage. As result some of our western states with their wide expanse. but small population derive the greatest benefit from these federal grants. although their contribution to the federal treasury in other respects is relatively small. Each of the above factors count one-third in the allot- ment, so it can be seen that such states as Connecticut and Rhode Island with their large populations, but small area suffer as a result. The Koppleman amendment would more than double our state grant. And we could certainly use it.