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Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. Jas. r. Galley, Minister, An
nor,nces Services for the Week

The thought that the child Jesus
brought springtime into the world
is used by Sir Edward Burne-Jones
in his well-known picture, THE
Star of Bethlehem" The picture
presents a winter scene. The
Mother, Mary, sits pale and fragile,
with the Babe upon her knee, the
earth is frost bound, the trees are
bare, and everything is chill and
desolate. But round about where
Jesus lies Spring has broken out.
Flowers are pushing their way
through the frozen soil, and there
is happy laughter of new and JOY
Gus life. BY this picture we are
reminded of what Christ has done
for the world. Wherever He went
Spring came into lives. Hard
hearts softened. Sinful lives were
changed. The Life of Spring sue
ceeded the death of Winter. What
would happen to the seeds heneath
the soil if the Spring did not come
and cause them to grow? What
will happen to our souls if the
Spring does not come and give
them Life? Let us avail ourselves
of the sunshine which is in Christ
Jesus. that we might blossom forth
and grow in Him. The plans for
our mid-week service have been
changed for this week. DR.. Robert
f. Speer, one of the secretaries of
our Board of Missions, is speaking
in the West Presbyterian Church
in Wilmington at o'clock. All
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Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
MOVING TIME HERE
Number of Residence Changes Are
Noted i'm and About Smyrna

Tomorrow, March 1, is annual
moving day in this vicinity. A
number, however, are moving to-
day Those noted in and about
Smyrna are as follows: Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. NoWlan, who have been
occupying the property of George
w. Boehmler on South Street, have
moved into the bungalow of Clar-
ence B. Raymond on Delaware
Street, recently vacated by Mr.and
Mrs. William Doughten. Mr.. and
Mrs. Doughten moved into their
newly built bungalow on Mt. Yer
non Street. Mr. and Mrs. Nowlan
were succeeded on South Street in
the Boehmler property by DR.. and
Mrs. Ellis E. Mccoy of Trenton,
N. ]. DR.. Mccoy takes the place
of DR.. Porteus engaged in tubercu-
losis eradication in Delaware with
the U. S. Department of Agricul-
! ture. Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Miller,
who have been occupying the
Stockly property the former home
of the late ]. E. Hoffecker on north
Main Street, have moved to New
port, Pa About April 1, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hilory w. Oliver and family
will succeed the Millers ard Mr..
and Mrs. G. Harvey Wright and
family who have been occupying
a bungalow on the boulevard VIII
take the home vacated by the
divers. Misses Sadie and Elva
Stephenson who have been making
their home in Wilmington, will re-
turn to Smyrna tomorrow and
will move into the property of Mrs.
May H. Williams on South Street,
vacated by Mr.and Mrs. Carl Bart
lett who move into the Gilbert
Pratt property on Commerce
Street, vacated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles O'Connell, the latter hav-
ing moved to Wilmington. Mrs.
Maude Sparks who has been living
on Frazier Street in the w. A.
Stokesbury property, has moved
into the property of Miss Mary
Spruance on Commerce Street va
Gated by Miss MaCde Lamb, the
latter moving into the residence on
the boulevard next to Tip-Top Car
age. Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Hartnett
and family will succeed Mrs.
Sparks on Frazier Street. Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Porter who have been
occupying the c. z. Sapp property
on Commerce Street, have moved
into the property of Miss Mary
Spruance, vacated by DR.. and Mrs.
James r. Porteus, the latter NOV
ing to Trenton, N. ].
Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
SMYRNA GRANGE PROGRAM
Discuss Facts Pertaining to Life of
George Washington at Meeting

George Washington at Meeting
On account of the condition of
the country roads, there was a
small attendance at the meeting of
Smyrna Grange last Wednesday
night The program was present
ed by the lecturer, Mrs. Helen
Brown and opened with a song by
the Grange. Worthy Master How
ard Deakyne gave a talk on the
Vivian Slides pertaining to the
secret work of the order. A vocal
duet was given by Miss Mary Hyn-
son and Mrs. Helen Deakyne fol-
lowed by a discussion in which all
took part on interesting facts con-
corning George Washington. A
surprise, a game under the direc-
ton of Miss Ethel Virginia Roe,
concluded the program. Tonight
Wednesday, at 7 o'clock, the ami
versary supper of the Grange will
be served.
Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
FIRE AT JOSEPH SHELTON'S
Garage and Car Destroyed by Fire
Shortly After Midnight Monday

Fire, caused, it is said, by a
short circuit in his automobile,
practically destroyed the garage of
Joseph Shelton in the rear of his
residence on Union Street around
one o'clock Monday morning. His
automobile, an Essex coupe, was
completely destroyed and is be-
yond repair. The loss will figure
several hundred dollars. The
SMYRNA firemen were summoned
and extinguished the fire, also kept
it from spreading. Situated as it
is. near the row of houses on Union
Street, and a number of buildings
and stables in close proximity,
there was feeling of concern until
our fine organization of f1remen
had the situation under control.
The fact the roofs were covered
with snow, also aided the situation.
Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
ASSEMBLY TO
MEET TUESDAY
Adjourned Session Called For
Next Week Will Face
Some Serious Problems
WELFARE HOME FUNDS

With several problems of serious
Importance to the State as a whole
confronting them, members of the
General Assembly will reconvene
at Dover next Tuesday at noon af-
ter a 90-day adjournment pro-
claimed by Governor c. Douglass
Buck on December 8, last year,
following the disagreement be-
tween the Republican controlled
Senate and the Democratic con-
trolled House over the time for
final adjournment of that special
session which was called to enact
legislation for the relief of the
needy. Leaders of both political
parties predict the coming session
which, in reality, will be a contin-
uation of the special session called
last Fall, will be one of the most
important any Legislature in Del
aware has held for many years.
The two houses will have to con-
slider ways and means of carrying
on the relief work and providing
the necessary money to finance
this project. In addition they will
also have to take some action to-
ward providing revenue with which
to finance the State government
until the end If the current fiscal
year, June 80, because the general
fund is exhausted. There are also
several projects in need of funds to
complete their building program.
One of these is the State Welfare
Home, Smyrna. The legislative
situation is going to be complicat-
ed, political leaders say, by the
question that has been raised over
the right of Senators Keith, Maui
and Wharton to their seats. John
Biggs, Jr, Democratic State chair
man, has challenged their legal
status because each of them had
accepted other State offices which,
he contends, automatically remov-
ed them as members of the Senate.
This action is pending before the
Superior Court of Kent county
which meets today in Dover and
which may hand down some deci
sion in the case, arguments in
which were heard several weeks
ago. Whether court rules they are
entitled to sit or are disqualified an
appeal to the State Supreme Court
is foreseen in order to get final
ruling and it is doubtful if such
ruling can be issued before next
Tuesday. In the absence of such
decision and in the event of the
three Senators insist on taking
their places in the Senate it is pre-
dicted the Democrats in the House
will take steps to block all legisla-
ton that is passed by the Senate
with the aid of the votes of Sen
ators Keith, Maull and Wharton.
In this connection some House
members have intimated the House
may decide to hold perfunctory
sessions daily until the Biggs
mandamus appeal has been finally
settled. When the two Houses
convene at noon it is practically
certain Governor c. Douglass Buck
will have a message of Importance
to send to them. This probably
will necessitate a joint session at
which the message will be read.
Several problems for the consider
alton of the legislators probably
will be submitted to them by the
Governor.
Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
hn ROUTE AT DENTON
NO Eastern May Ac-
&9And and Delaware Line

md Eastern May Ac-
1!And and Delaware Line
Delaware and Caroline
Maryland, is watching
\ 'l The application which
aa'e and Eastern Rail
apaly has filed with the
commerce Commission
'ad operate the NARY
plaTare seacoast Rail
N ss ! Denton in Maryland
n uaoptank river for a
Yatly over a mile to the
a Nd, depot. If the
a na service from Ocean
:, aiinors via Love Point,
IT, ,.' lae abandonment Of
a.,. bridge, now passes
! '''slalsburg, Nd, is dis
s,s ! Tie Interstate Com
~nnlasiOn has already
s s'.as' it is thought that
.s a'ls !, traffic from this
y ) , : diverted to this pro-
! 10 loafe at Denton, with
!, aas connections from
4ll and passengers. -
Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
SMYRNA 10Th CENTURY CLUB
Mrs. q. Harvey Wright VIII Have
charge of Program Next Friday

Mrs. G. Harvey Wright will have
charge of the program at the
Twentieth Century Club on Friday
afternoon, March 2. Mrs. Wright
is chairman of education. At one
o'clock there will be variety
luncheon at which Miss Grace
Baird, president of the Wilmington
Century Club and Mrs. Frank
Reynolds of Wilmington, will be
the guests of the club. A fine pro-
gram is being planned, the speak
er for the afternoon being Miss
Baird. There will be several mu-
steal selections.
Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
s SNOW,
|sIG, SMYRNA
\, Traffic Monday and
l,s1,s Businsss-Half
i, Of School
nv HAS RECORD

u,.. visited by another
{ sunday sa that swept 'aS. , the
's.ntic seabOard' that IKE
w., u.s. Storm, did consider
''n t y life and property.
- vas followed by a a ao,l,
'.,,tre to within a rev
s,rs zero yesterday
'n r.Sruary goes out to-
: o.s Of the most wln aLy
: . IA the history of the
s, w.. Bureau. The storm
] morning started WIN "a q
NOW that continued 1o !,
i. ,-' hours, turning to hail
~ 'I,st and continuing a
I .,rt Of Monday. The snow
g civ or seven
1ssre we're drifts but not
/ 5 the previous snow be-
1, bail laid a crust on lns
y and held it back from
i. 4 the extent it would
r., had not the snow turn
ii. Late Sunday evening
N Monday morning Smyr-
% digging ltseli ou' u ~;
nsac was bad and Ousl-
n he time being was par
ouly five of the nine
/ u, reached Smyrna and
+ri,nce was 50 reduced by
slIding their children back
mi that schools closed
!, MON for the rest Of the
I'M routes and mail routes
|npeisd and the rounds were
| "a more or less difficulty.
Highway Department
Eault work in keeping the
IN Open. With every snow
ID truck pressed into ser
u oversting "a hours a day.
Of the men working
the Department was
n keen the U. S. Route -,
Ia north and south DUPONT
rd open during the entire
! At no time was Route Is
! b traffic and while Route
j State Road to Elkton was
because of a pile up of
tone point, even this road
n by Tuesday at noon. The
Ent and drifting snow
be work very difficult as in
aas the drifts would block
ae N a few minutes after
POW had passed. Special
vs. put on Route 10 and al
be south bound dual road
xd, traffic was diverted on
n bound and curing the en-
''a ibis road was kept open
a1ac proceeding slowly
'afa and south on the one
Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
'F'dAEsr OF NOTE
b" ! nt.' and State Sen.
rs' V keith Retrotbos

Ii ! and State Sen.
INs J y Keith Betrothed
e. a. !. Wright, of ches-
d j saturday the en-
aan Wright, to Stats Mass
tst !. v Keith, of Dover.
I'd ,a,, Wesley Collegiate
sr.s received the bachelor
os sl,s f'on the wome ems
- ' ! Of Delaware, in 4
d 4. : member of the
asl. - Ss,i Frederick Junior
ss :. attorneys ', Of D 3 One
rrss.it,' . !. Mr.. and Mrs.
asg VII, u Wilmington.
VIII take place in
Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
SNOW DERAILS P.RR. TRAIN

Left Tracks During Storm at Ches-
tertown, Md, on Sunday
A Pennsylvania Railroad engine
and three freight cars left the
tracks at Chestertown, Md, Sun
day during a heavy snow storm,
Nobody was hurt. Thomas Paine,
the engineer, of Wilmington, Del,
directed wrecking crew in re-
placing the derailed cars. The train
was en- route to Chestertown from
Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
Move Snow From Business Section

noNe ShoW From BUSINESS Section
Smyrna Town Council, with a
force of men and trucks yesterday
and to-day, cleaned the snow piled
up in the cutters in the business
area and removed it so automobile
traffic and parking places at the
curb could be facilitated.
Smyrna times., 1934-02-28

ESls1' si Years, Celebrate
|As ss ssalanin H. Moor.
n ia week. IS. southeast to q
Ha t H.. lived : in that To- J.
n sNsadas aa ami, Observed
'' iarn home. Oh
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
F ATERS SIGN
NEWPLAYERS

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. 81.
New football players joining the
Fraters are Ellet Cabell, all-state
halfback: Archie Via, of w. & L.
fame; Copy Goodwin, star punter
of last years eleven, and boa"
Williams, former all-Marine end.
Nick ColaSanto, coach, has
called an important meeting of
the team for tonight. The Fraters
engage the Meridians of Wash
ington here in Baggett's Stadium
Sunday at 2:3O p. m.
The Pirate Midgets, holders of
the 1888 football championship
of the city, will hold an i'm
portant meeting tonight. Dodo
Robinson has been named coach.
Alexandria's commercial bowl
ing league opened last night. The
Aero Auto five won from the
LippS Luncheon Room, 1867
1885. while the Tidewater Oil
defeated the Old Dominion Boat
Club, 1,615-1,599. Jack Howard,
of the boat club, had the highest
Set-379.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
3daS4H+S
'COnnie Was Among FeID
That Called the Turn
But About Those Deans
By BILL CORUM

on the boys you'll be glad are
not triplets when you meet 'em.
You will hear guys going about
saying that young Daffy is a
better pitcher than old Dir.
Listen to 'em if you like, but
don't you believe it.
Far be it from me, Mike, to
be of aid and comfort to an
alien enemy. But what I am
going to tell you now is no more
than every man, woman and
child in the Polo Grounds could
see for himself yesterday. The
Giants are playing like the fat
mems team from Elmira, O..
They always have been a sharp,
tightly knit, huStling club,
though never a great one.
But the performance they
put on with the Phillies yester-
day was something to send you
into the subway weeping. They
had as many chances to win
what, as it turned out, would
have been the pay game as
Harlow would have partners at
an ElkS' dance.
Can you picture the Phillies
getting 16 hits off Prince Hal
Schumacher, King Karl Hub
bell and Papa Luque?
Gravely Fearful
Now if the Giants can't look
any better than that against
an old Army team such as the
Phils, I'm gravely fearful that
they haven't got much left
with which to annoy you and
your Tigers in the series.
OF course, that was only one
bad game and they may have
got the horrors out of their
systems before the series rolls
around. They're stumbling,
but they probably will still
stumble home ahead Of the
Cards. and that may make 'em
a different team for their
meeting with your boys.
Just the same, Mike, I'm go
ing to do you a great favor
and pick Detroit to be the next
champions Of the world.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
O'Neill Says:
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handed. Rogell has an average of
.261, but for the last four years
has been well over that mark.
Critz, at second base, never was
q hitter of Gehringer's caliber.
This year ne has been low in the
standings, lowering at .240 or
lower. He is not the power hitter
that Gehringer is, and according
to recent averages, has driven in
fewer than so runs.
John "They Can't Beat Us"
Ryan is a .240 hitter over a year,
but he hit .278 in the series last
year, and is the type of player
who rises to an emergency. What
ever his inspirational values to
the Giants may be, and last year
he fired the entire team with his
enthusiasm, this writer cannot
rank him above Rogell as short
stop. You have to swing along
with the weight of artillery. Ryan
has provided fewer than so runs
for the Giants this year.
With jackson at shortStop, the
advantages of Detroit around the
keystone are lesSened materially.
jackson not only is better short
stop than Rogell, but his greater
driving power offsets the few per.
centage points that favor the
Tiger.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
Oh OWN
FANS To HONOR
RUTH HERE

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Age and time have tempered the
Babe in his reckless flirting with a
career such as the Gods open to
only a few. The Babe is guarded
in his speeches, Suave of manner
and diplomatic in his intercourse
with his public. He is never too
busy to do one hundred nice little
things for this man or that. He
is besieged by hundreds who have
no claim upon his time. He is
rushed by pests. In all his crowded
hours he has never denied a re-
quest made by or in behalf of small
boys.
Babe, there's a crippled kid
in a hOSpital-"All right,
where is he? I'll be there in the
morning"
Is the never failing answer.
He was that boy who lay for
weeks in the hospital, sick unto
death. The doctors said if Jimmy
could be reused to a new interest
in life, he could be saved. But
how to rouse him? The physicians
racked their brains. Finally
some one breathed the magic
name of Babe Ruth.
Babe went to see Jimmy. He
brought an autographed ball, a
bat, a glove and a cap-his cap;
Babe Ruth's cap.
Jimmy recovered and one day
he walked down to the Yankee
bench, the Babe Ruth cap on his
tousled head, the Babe Ruth glove
on his hand
"Here I am, Babe; it's Jim.
my" he cried.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
CLAN is, CARDS
PRESSING
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Continued from 1st Sports Page
Brooklyn IA times in 20 starts.
st. Louis has beaten Cincinnati
IL times in 18 starts.
If New York wins two of its
games, the Cards will have to
sweep their series with the Reds
in order to tie. If the Giants
break even, the. Cards will have
to win three out of four. If the
Giants lose both games. the Cards
can cop by winning three out of
four games.
Waite Hoyt, wearing a Pitts
burgh uniform, is still pitching
for New York. When kid Is
years old. he went South with the
Giants. But never did he pitch
a better game for New York than
yesterday when he turned back
the Cardinals, 80, and Paul Dean.
Hoyt allowed two hits, both by
Rothrock.
Carl Hubbell was called into
action against the Phils yesterday
but the Phils won, S to 4. The
rubber is leaving Hubbell's arm,
and what looked like a well-rested
team for the world series two
weeks ago will go into the big
test worn to a ravelling and tired
to death.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
Kirk Miller Saws:

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fighter from the careless, Vi
cious, reckless one.
It guarantees the spectator a
fight over which there will be
no squabble in so far as a low
blow is concerned.
It protects the commission
from criticism Of scandalous
verdicts in which a foul blow is
claimed, denied and disputed.
There can't be a foul with a
foul-proof cup, so why avoid
providing the satisfaction and
peace and safety which their
enforced use guarantees. The
public deserves this.
False Impression
Following the suggestion here.
in some time ago that the local
boxing laws be brought up to
date by adopting a foul-proof
cup, the spokesman of the box
ing commission was quoted as
saying that foul-proof apparatus
added four pounds to a fight
.er's equipment and handicap
ped him too much.
That statement is ridiculous.
A foul-proof device, with the
padding that goes with it,
weighs no part of four pounds,
and every rational person
knows this. In fact, it weighs
less than one-fourth part
thereof.
At the same time the spokes-
man declared Washington does
not need foul-proof protectors
because no fighter will foul an
other through fear of having a
round taken away from him.
If that were so, which it
isn't, did it keep the cash
customers from paying money
for a bout that ends in a dis
puted decision wherein two
rounds are taken away from an
outstanding winner because of
an alleged foul? No figher can
lose any round or win one
through foul claims with the
foul-proof cup.
Wake up, commission!
The Washington times., 1934-09-27

units. Costello
The Colonials this year have no
less than a dozen fine backs. OF
this dozen, eight are of the hard
driving, hard-running type. Sew
eral of these eight are elusive
runners as well as pile driving,
smash 'em-up players.
Now, here is the key to the G..
w. team of 1894: G. w. teams of
the past few years have been
lacking in numbers of hard-driv-
ing, hard-running backs; this year,
G. w. has the numbers.
Look what G.. w. has this year:
Reev McGibboney, Leemans,
Plotnicki, jenkins, Kavalier, Han
ken, Brewer, Brazil, Alexander,
Trinastich, Howard Petit, Lind.
Reeves and Leemans will make
a great pair. Speed, lots of it,;
leg-drive, lots of it; above all, the
desire to turn on speed and power.
Both big and strong and agile.
Both can "take it," and, inciden'
tally. both can hand it out"
McGibboney, too, has speed to
burn, lots of drive, remarkable leg
power. Jenkins and Kavalier, not
quite so fast as Reeves, McGib.
honey and Leemans, nevertheless,
are speedsters, and are excellent
blockerS.
Hanken, Brazil, Brewer and
Alexander, all fullbacks: all big
tough, hard-driving backs: all ex'
cellent blockers; fighters every
one.
Lind, Trinastich and Horace
Petit will improve and will be OF
great aid to the Colonials this
year. Lind is light.
Teams Scrimmage Again
Catholic University and Maryland
scrimmage again today. This is the
last of the preseason scrimmage
series arranged between the two
C. u, aiming at LaSalle (Oct. 81
to hit Holy Cross (Oct. 49, drew
a setback yesterday when Bon
Makofske, sophomore fullback ace
injured his ankle. Maryland fears
st. Johns of Annapolis, to be
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
1t Was a Surprise, But
a Pleasant One Just
The Same, Mr.. Mickey
NEW YORK. Sept. 81

NEW YORK, Sept. q
Mr.. Gordon Stanley Cochrane,
Navin Field,
Detroit, Mich.
My Dear Mike: First of all,
congratulations.
I can't say I always knew you
could do it, because the truth is
that it was almost September
before I realized that you and
that Detroit team of yours were
on the level.
I thought maybe you were do
ing it with mirrors, the way you
play the saxaphone, or that one
of those automobile companies
in Detroit had discovered some
new principle of aerodynamics
that was holding you blokes up
there.
Moreover, the only baseball
man whom I personally know
gave you and the Tigers a royal
Bengal chance before you had
clawed your way to the top, was
an old gentleman whose name
you'll likely remember-Conule
Mack.
Two Deans; One Rowe
Remind me when I get out
there next week, Mike, to tell
you about the one that begins:
"Once there were two pitchers
named Dizzy and Dazzy."
Oh, well, maybe 1 might as
well tell it to you now. If st.
Louis should get into the world
series you'll be hearing enough
about Dizzy and DazZy. If from
nobody else you'll hear it from
them personally. But jot this
down, Mike, and remember that
I told you. It Is easier to listen
to 'em than it is to bat against
'em, tough as it is to listen to
'em.
If the Cards break in with
you, how are you going to make
one Rowe equal two Deans?
You can't slice LynWood up
like chocolate cake and make
two portions out of one, you
know.
And here's another little tip
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
T ELIMINATION
FACES KANN'S

Heurich Brewers and Kann's
play today in the weekday league
series, meeting each other on the
South Ellipse diamond at 4 p. m.
The winner will meet the G. P.
o. nine tomorrow on the same dia-
mond.
Elimination faces the Kann
nine today, since it has lost one
game to date in the series. The
Brewers have won three straight.
The Storeman will depend upon
Joe Wallach today to keep them
in the series. The Brewers will
depend upon Everett Russell or
Archie ScriVener,