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Evening star., 1934-10-13
CHANGE IN SCHOOL
TAX BASE URGED
Citizens and Officials oi
Several States Act to
Reapportion Burden.

Need, from the point of view Of the
schools, for Q transfer Of school costs
to q base wider thansis presented in
the general property tax was empha-
sized by DR.. Henry Lester Smith,
president Of the National Educational
Association, in an address delivered
at q Worlds Fair parent-teacher cele-
bration.
Asking for revision Of "outworn and
grossly unfair tax systems" in some
States, DR.. Smith said:
The local property tax, formerly
the sole support Of schools in most
States, is now utterly inadequate, and
the need for new forms Of taxation Is
imperative"
Shifting to State.
Indiana, which frightened its lin
itation on the real estate levy last
year, is an example Of States in which
educational groups as well as farm
groups have joined with urban real
estate groups for widening the tax
base, and for shifting certain costs,
notably of school, from the local gov
ernments to the State, which alone
can draw on wide base. Indiana
educational groups went on the air
in support of the program for tax
modernization adopted in that State
In New Mexico, where the Governor
has appointed New Mexico Taxation
and Governmental Commission to de-
Evening star., 1934-10-13
Marble Resources IN Virginia
Told in University Bulletin

Prof. Arthur A. Pegau Of the uni
versity's faculty In geology.
Twelve varieties of marble are de-
scribed in the bulletin, and eight of
them are illustrated by plates in nat
ural color. The geology of the marble
beds is discussed In some detail and
a map shows the distribution over the
county.
Mr.. Mathews notes that the uses to
which Giles County marble may be
put are varied and extensive, the most
important Of them being for use as
building stone, for the stone crafts,
for monuments and for statuary.
Because Giles County has two rail-
roads running through 1t, as well as
two main hard-surfaced highways,
transportation does not present q
serious problem. No point in the
county is more than 20 miles from q
railway, q few places more than 5
miles from q good road. q factor which
should aid the development of the
marble properties, Mr.. Mathews points
out.
Evening star., 1934-10-13

power lay In the hands Of 100 men,
selected from the great merchant fam
lilies. It was o government by cap
italists, who cared very little for the
welfare Of the poor freemen and slaves
over whom they ruled" The hour was
to come when huge armies Of mer-
cenaries and vast navies Of serfs would
not sufhce to protect the tyrant mas
ter class.
The First Punic War, 264 to 241
BIC, cost men and money, not to men
ton Sicily; and the Second, 21S to
201, left Carthage in the status Of de
pendent ally" of Rome.
$4,000 Surrendered.
A final struggle began IN 149. For
three long years the city was besieged.
In the end only $4,000 inhabitants
were left to surrender to the con-
queror, Scipio Aemilianus. The Ro-
man Senate ordered that the town
should be burned and that its site
should be plowed up and dedicated
to the internal gods"
The Emperor Augustus, in 20 BIC,
founded a new colony near the old
location, and the settlement became
eventually the third city of the i'm
perial realm. 1t, in turn, however,
was destroyed by the Arabs in .69s
AID.
r. z. Anderson, in THE Story Of
the Extinct Civilizations of the East, +"
sums up the tale with the judgment:
THE great generalship Of such Phoe-
nicians as Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and
especially Hannibal, nearly made Car
thage mistress of Europe; but the
struggle between the Semites and
Aryans at length left the latter su-
preme, as they have remained ever
since. The defeat of the Phoenician
race by Rome was q gain to the
world at large"
For the philosopher, the lesson Of
the Carthaginian tragedy Is to be
found in the elemental causes of the
catastrophe. The weakness Of Car
thage was its system of government,
religion and ethics. Democracy would
have cured the evil, but it seems never
to have been tried. Even In the face
OF disaster, greed and cruelty had
their way, and only O few broken lines
Of scattered stones remain TO show
the fate of the sons Of Moloeh, who
built o capital which did not deserve
to endure.
Evening star., 1934-10-13

warm, welcoming, eager glance.
Charles. Gunther sighed. -
He sighed again as, the next night.
he got of the street car at the corner
near his home, worming his way
through the crowded aisles, pushing
and showing past the hot and tired
bodies of his fellow workers. Well,
Tito wouldn't be at the door to greet
him, wouldn't be welcoming him with
a patter Of upraised paws, a Joyous
bark. He hoped Agnes was satisfied
now shed had her way.
He climbed the three flights of
stairs and put his key In the lock.
Dinner was waiting on the table
good, hot, appetizing dinner after
long day Of work-cold, clear glasses
Of iced tea, shaded lights. Yes, it
was clean, well-ordered house and
Agnes smiled as she came toward
him. Well
But they ate In silence. Charles
Gunther could think Of nothing to
say. His mind was full Of Tito. But
this was nonsense. He was acting
like boy-not like a man grown.
He looked up at his wife. Pleasant
and charming she was under the
yellow glow of the light that hung
above the table. But what was that |?
Were those tears at the edges of her
eyes? Yes, surely, and her lips were
quivering.
Charles, lido you think the
Kennedys would let us have Tito back?
You miss him so-and IL do, too.
Charles :"
There was a scratching and a
whining at the door-a smiling and
sharp bark. Charles Gunther flung
his napkin on the floor and rushed to
the screen. Yes, there was Tito
a Tito dusty and painting, lifting
gingerly the furry paws that were
sore from padding blocks of un-
accustomed pavement-a Tito plead
ing but triumphant.
And now Agnes was on her feet.
too, had rushed to the door. the
tears that had risen to her eyes be-
ginning to overflow.
why, Charles!" she cried. 'He's
come home all this way alone!" Her
words ended abruptly: her voice ceased
on note of question and disnay.
For there, outside the screen, stood
Tito. right enough, but not alone.
BY his side, dustier and more road
worn even than Tito, thinner, his
pink and thirsty tongue lolling from
his open mouth. sat a half-grown
spotted pup. Tito had come home
and. coming home, had brought along
friend.
Copyright. 1e34.l
Evening star., 1934-10-13
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispa tch to The Star.
UNIVERSITY. Va, October i3.-
One of Virginia's finest natural re-
sources, of which no economic use
has yet been made, is described in q
bulletin on Marble Prospects In Giles
County, which has just been issued
from the University Of Virginia by
the Virginia Geological Survey.
Giles County marbles are as hard,
fine-grained and dense. and have as
strong and bright colors as domestic
grades Of marble now on the market,
but there are no marble quarries in
the county and but little prospecting
has been attempted, the bulletin
points out.
Detailed discussions of the various
commercial possibilities of Giles
County marble have been given In the
bulletin, which was written by A. A. l..
Mathews for the Virginia Geological
Survey. 1t contains a section on the
petrography Of the marble written by
Evening star., 1934-10-13
Wealth Flows.

The city's commercial interests were
responsible for its first troubles with
the Greeks, beginning in Sicily in 480
B.C., and for its clash with the Ro-
mans in 264 BIC. Sardinia and Cor
sica were occupied by Carthaginian
colonists. Spain was planted with
Carthaginian trading posts. Even
Madeira and the Canary Islands were
included in the Carthaginian domain.
A steady stream of wealth flowed back
to the home port of the merchant
voyagers.
But Carthage was republic only in
D.. theory. DR.. Hutton Webster explains
the source of its tribulations in his
early European History: THE real
Evening star., 1934-10-13
BY ELEANOR BLAKE.

IIJdICQy OOku 11Ai1-
self he must snap out of it-pun him
self together. 1t was nothing short
of childish for a man of 40 to have
allowed to grow in his heart an
affection so strong and warm Tor
little dog. Not even any particular
kind of a dog-just little, brown
fellow with o curly coat and long.
silken ears and clear eyes that had
fixed themselves on those Of his
master with steadfast devotion :.
Besides, Agnes had been right about
it: Tito had brought in dirt-thick
on his paws, tracking up the carpet
they'd saved so long to buy: he'd
chewed up slippers, begged at the
table-barked. Yes, barked! And in
a way that had annoyed the neighbors.
No, Mr.. Gunther didn't blame his
wife a bit for insisting. all last week,
that Tito must go.
You can find a good home for
him, Charlie. There's plenty of people
would be glad to have him-people
who don't live in an apartment. How
about that Mr.. Kennedy down at
your office? Didn't he say he'd like
dog9 Didn't he say he liked Tito?
Well, then :"
Now, while Mr.. Gunther's heart was
warm with affection for his dog, it
was warmer with affection for his
wife. And, In any case, he was more
desirous Of peace than possession.
Since Agnes had decided to make an
issue of it-since the presence of
Tito was actually threatening the even
tenor Of domestic ways-well Tito
must 60.
Down at the office Charles Gunther
with Ike Kennedy and Ike Kennedy
had benin his own phrasing-
pleased as Punch"
"Su-urel" Kennedy had said. I'm
out on the road lot, Gunther. and
the miSsus gets kind Of nervous some
times being in the house alone at
night. Now, with a dog like that
you say he'll bark? Thatm be just
dandy. You bring him over any time
right away. How about tonight,
Gunther?"
"Not-not tonight" Charles Gum
ther had managed to stammer out.
Tomorrow night all right with you?
I ought to fix him up nttle-give
him bath"
But tomorrow night" had come
as inexorably rs tonight" And when
dinner was over and the dishes cleared
and washed and put away Mr.. Gum
ther had descended the three flights
of stairs that led from his little
apartment to the street. Tito was on
a leash and Agnes walked beside him.
Yes, she'd gone along to make sure
Tito would have q good home.
You know, Charles" Agnes had
said while they strolled together in
the cool of the Summer evening down
streets Of shaded apartment buildings
like their own and at last past rows
Of little houses where men in shirt
sleeves watered their own front lawns,
Evening star., 1934-10-13
SHORT STORY--
ITITOtS TRYST
Mr. Cunther Could Hardly Believe His Eyes. But There
Stood His Dog and With Him Friend.
BY ELEANOR BLAKE

talked to their
children, played
with their dogs,
YOU know I like
Tito. too" Her
voice choked o
little. Charles Gun
ther looked up into
her face quickly.
hopefully. and then
away again. No
Agnes lips we're
set in q firm line
beneath her eyes
] that were softening
, to tears. But he's
such q nuisance
4 and, besides, the
4 neighbors."
! Walking home
with Agnes beside
him, Mr.. Gunther
4 thought of Tito
vleft behind--held
in Ike Kennedy's
arms, Tito's tail
w a g g ing, his
eyes questioning.
Thought Of his
thick, brown coat,
his silkv ears his
Evening star., 1934-10-13
For three

| EOR three
II months. now.
l Mr.. Gunther
had reached for
| his hat at the end
| of every working
day with q sense
of anticipation.
For three months
until tonight. To-
night the long. hot
ride home on the
street car would
seem hotter and
longer, the walk
down the shady
street afterward o
cool relief, true
enough, but with o
melancholy in the
very shade, the
dinner that would
be waiting for him
a good dinner, but
unshared with Tito.
Motto was gone.
Tito wouldn't be
there.
Mr. Cunt h e r
shook himself, ir-
Evening star., 1934-10-13

Tomorrow: "Puppet Of Fate" by
ID. J. Leonard, deals with the strategy
Of young wife to keep her husband
with her over the week end when he
was intent on leaving her for q golf
tournament.
The Nome nugget., 1934-06-28

Quoting General Mitchell, form er =G6mander of the Air Forces, \. F. F. and Director of Military Aeronauties. [. s. Army, concern ing preparedness:
 Japan has studied with great eare the strate&ical situation in
 he Pacific She knows that Alaska is the key point because | fs al the apexZof the Pacific triangle. midway between Asia and America IL n the natural bridge between these continents. From fl. New York. Philadelphia. Pittsbufg Washington Cleveland, Chicago. Detroit and all the cities on our decisiye area Soi,ld be at tacked directly. The distance from Alaska to New York is about zoo miles. Alaska is of
The Nome nugget., 1934-06-28
 PAGE THREE

much more ultimate importance to Is stfaegieatyy than=the- flaw allan Islands or the Panama Can al.
 senator Arthur k Rabinsons. recent interesting story in Lib7 erty magazine in which he warns IS against Japanese invasion should be takeS seriously Too +many landing field from Alaska to. Mexico cannot betresiablished, In Oregon an emergency fatd syery 90 miles is already built amdza net work of landing fields are strung all along The coast not including. the large airports in every city and town of that stafe. This is the same of Washington and Cal fornia. Why should Alaska not. have landing fields also?
The Nome nugget., 1934-06-28
AVIATION

tBy Edna Christofferson9
 A meeting of the Nome Unit of ihe Women's National Aeronau7 tie Association was hel6 yesterday afternoon at the City Hall Many new members joined the club Mrs. Thos. 4, Ross being. keenly interested ins flying was especially welcomed as q member and will lake an active interest in the Nome Unit ! Officers of the unit are:
 Mrs. Edna christofferson, Presi- dent Mrs. Nell R. Thomen, Vice President; Mrs. Callie Graham. Secretary: Mrs Edna Lomen, Dir actor.
 Interesting letters were read from Mrs George Green Shaw National --President - Afs stea.lfHs5 National past president, Mrs. James Brozell President of the Oklahoma City unit and many other messages. to he Nome unit.
 The main issue at the meeting was to advocate more landing fields in Alaska and especially in the Kougarok. A plea will he made to Messers Jerry Sullivan, Hanson and Buckmaster at Taylor Creek to cooperate with the Nome unit in giving all possible aid to Ross Kinney and the Alaska Road Commission for building suit able field in the Kougarok which $ so badly needed
The Nome nugget., 1934-06-28

Pruvidinc for |" sgsn nsion of an 7ualo assessment work on mining claims held By I0cation in the
 United States and Alaska.
 Be il enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the pro vision of section 232i of the Re ysed Statutes of tha United Stat eS. which -rpqui4ses- therefor, no less than $1O0 worth of labor tc be- performed or mproyements az 'ra@ating such amaUnt to be made zach year. be F the same s hereby. suspended as to, III min. t0a claims in th United States in cl8I=ng Alaska during the ycar bes1nning at r a'clock merid.n g33, and ending at F o'r.a@& .nieraian July l9& l.. .Ponyla1. Thaf the provisions If tH hot shall n~t apply i'9 sHa IgrT Hv a1e5mant nat G#.t I
 mpjen from the paym@1 of Ia. .leral income tax for tha-aaE
 h.n var .1923: Provided fnrG@ ITHat eyerr~ claimant of any h min ug claim in order tr 1h in I J. bHeG Of this Act, stan He, For canse to he filed. in the office iwhere thc location notice or certi> hate is rccarded on or before 12 o'clock mer dian. July l. 1921. a notice of his desire to hold said mining claim under this Act. which notice shall state that the claim ant, or claimants. were entitled te exemption from the payment -afZa 1 FFaoFal income tax for the tax able year 1883: And provided fur ther, That such suspension of ass essment work shall not apply to ngff4- -tll lan-six- fode-r1initT!g- z.ttatmg held by the same. person. nor to more than twelve lode-mining claims held by the same partner ship, association, or corporation:
The Nome nugget., 1934-06-28
NAT ACTIVITIES

Pilot Kirkpatrick of the NAT took off this morning for Fair banks with mail. express and B. F. Raymond as q passenger.
 Pilot Ross the NAT took Latf for Candle, Deering and Kotzebne today with Mrs. Larry Burrow or Candle and W A. Oliver and
The Nome nugget., 1934-06-28
PIONEER HOME sITkA GIFTS MONEY
.iBy The Associated Press ]

By The AssoclaIed PFess
 WASHINGTON. hlne 2S, F4e publ.r Works Administration alI ese'l=r e, e,eht-seven thonsa nd nhfs hundred dollars for the constrne ion of an Alaska Pi ineers II. H.smh at Sitka. Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1934-06-28

Miss Marie Kiernan as round trip passengers.
 Pilot Mirow of the NAT made round trip to Teller today with Jas. Frawley and W. A. Bartholo- mae as passengers, for Teller, Mfrow returned about 3 pm.
The Nome nugget., 1934-06-28
WRESTLER Is DROWNED
-eBy The Associated Press1

By The Associated Press1
 SEATTLE, June 27 While swimming in Lake Union. Wash. ington, after he had been adrist n a small rowboa;, Charley Han son, professional heavyweisht wrestler was drowned.
The Nome nugget., 1934-06-28
TEXT ON BILL ALLOWING SUSPENSION ASSESSMENT
 WORK ON CLAIMS

Following is the text of the bill passed by Congress and signed by President Roosevelt allowing for the suspension of assessment work on claims this year PUBI4IC NO. 226
 73d CONGRESS-
 (S. 23f3)
 AN ACT
Smyrna times., 1934-05-24
674 GRADUATES IN SCHOOLS
Increase of so Over Number Re
ceiving Diplomas Last Year

A total of GA students will be
graduated from the high schools in
rural Delaware this year; accord
ing to records compiled in the Of
flee of Prof. John Shilling, Assist
ant State Superintendent of Public
Instruction in charge of high
schools. This is an increase of
sixty over the number who receiv-
ed diplomas a year ago and is the
largest total number of graduates
on record for State schools. The
largest class is at Newark where
sixty-eight will receive diplomas
while Dover is a close second with
sixty graduates. This is the larg-
est class ever to be graduated in
the history of the Dover schools.
The first commencement exercises
are listed for June fourth and they
will continue until June fifteenth
The schools with their commence
Smyrna times., 1934-05-24

ment dates and the number of
graduates are as follows: Clay
mont, June 18th, AZ graduates; AL
exis T. DUPONT, June 1th, 26; New
ark, June 1th, 68; New Castle,
June 18th, 21; Smyrna, June 18th,
25; Dover, June 7th, so; Caesar
Rodney, June 9Th, 80; Harrington,
June 5th, 25; Milford, June 11th.
80; Georgetown, June 8th, 80;
Lewes, June 8th, So; Seaford, June
8th, 43; Laurel, June 9th, "a; Del
aware City, June 5th, 18; Middle
town, June 8th, 50; FELTON,, June
9Th, 10; Greenwood, June 5th, 19;
Bridgeville. June 9TH. 26; Milton,
June 5th, Is; Rehoboth. June 8th,
6; Millsboro, June 4th, -; John NJ.
Clayton June 4th, Is; Seloyville,
June 5th, II: Lord Baltimore, June
4th, 12; Delmar, Jure 5th, 16.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-24

APPLETON--This community was
startled on Monday morning last
by the announcement of the death
of John Martin Appleton, of near
Odessa, son of John Appleton, of
that town. His illness was not
known here until late Saturday
evening and his death, which oc-
Cured at midnight on Sunday was
reported almost before rumors of
his sickness had circulated. Mr..
Appleton has always been a man
of apparently strong and vigorous
health. About two weeks ago he
was taken with a chill and seemed
to be progressing very favorably
under his physicians care till
Thursday last when a decided
change for the worse occurred, the
symptoms then being those of ty-
phoid pneumonia. He grew rapid
ly worse till death. The loss that
that community sustains in his
death cannot be estimated. His
reputation was that of a man with
the kindest heart that ever lived
in it. generous to a fault, and his
generosity was chiefly evinced to-
wards those whom he know could
never reciprocate the kindness
done them. The hundreds of dol
lars worth Of provisions that, un.
der cover of night, he has taken tc
families whom he suspected of be.
ing in need will never be known
Continued on Page Three)
Smyrna times., 1934-05-24

to discuss the justice departments
request for the resignation oe
Leonard E. Wales as United State
Attorney for the district Of DeIa
ware. Though more than twa
weeks have gone by the Senator
letter remains unacknowledged. rs
their communication Senator
Hastings and Townsend alluded +,
the fact that the demand f0r M
Wales resignation gave no leas
for the request. They indicate
that it was to be assumed that nr,
itics was at the bottom Of the
move to get Mr.. Wales out in Of
der to make way for a Democrat
whom it said said to be John Bigg-
Jr., State Chairman of the Demo
cratic Party in Delaware. The
Senators told the attorney genera
that they knew the district attor-
ney personally, praised him as a
man and official, and could think
of no valid reason why he should
not be allowed to serve out his
term, which expires in February.
1886. Inquiry by the correspond
ent for the Evening Journal-Everv
Evening at the Department Of
Justice brought the statement tha,
it was the almost unvarying rule
to give no reasons for requests for
designations of officials and en-
ployes of the department It was
admitted that the department
could not of itself compel retire
ment, but it was added that all the
department needed to do was 10
ask the President to issue an ex-
ecutive order vacating the office in
case incumbents declined to resign
This course, it was said, has been
followed in several instances since
Mr.. Cummings took Office, and it
was intimated that it was the
course that will be followed in the
case of the Delaware district at
torney though he will hardly be
displaced until the end Of the inn
minent term of court.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-24
JAP BEETLES
SEEM BEATEN
Scouts Find Few Reports of
Pests Outside of Infest
ed Area
TRAP $4,000 IN STATE

Dry weather in the summers of
1881 and 1882 was an important
factor in curtailing Japanese beetle
activity in 1888, say plant quaran
tine officials Of the United States
Department of Agriculture. This
destructive insect pest needs
moist June and July for maximum
egg laying and Matching, according
to a departmental bulletin. Scout
ing showed very few infested areas
outside those in the New England
States, New York, New Jersey,
Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland
and Virginia, where Federal quar-
antines have been maintained for
sometime. Trapping, the method
generally adopted for keeping
track of the Jap beetles advance
into new regions and of its popu-
lation in the regulated areas, was
more extensive than ever before
because of the extra men made
available by State and county re
lief organizations. In 1888 the
Plant Quarantine Bureau distribut-
ed $4,000 traps in 451 non-regulat-
ed communities, as against 24,5OO
traps in 118 cities in 1882. This
years traps outside the quarantin-
ed area caught 724 beetles in 81
localities, in % of which a few had
been found in 1882; last years
traps caught 565 beetles in 40 COM
munities. Although Jap traps are
useful primarily for scouting, they
NAV be somewhat effective in re-
ducing the beetle population, &C
cording to L. H Worthy, in charge
of the departments work to pre-
vent the spread of the beetle. In
connection with control programs
in several regulated areas large
numbers of beetles were trapped
and destroyed last year - more
than 1 100000 in Maryland, 164 900
in Delaware, $4,000 in Rhode Isl
and, $4,000 in Virginia, and 315,OOO
in the District of Columbia. 9th
er control measures found effective
in the 1888 campaign, Mr.. Worthy
saws, included modification of or
dinary cultural practices and
treating soil with poison to kill
larvae Matching from eggs depos-
tied in it. Some Southern New
Jersey farmers successfully out
witted the Japanese beetle by de-
laying field corn planting so that
the ears silked after the peak of
the adult insects flight. The soil
in several sections, notably around
Erie, Pa, an isolated area of in
festation, was treated with lead
arsenate with excellent results.
Border patrol stations on the prin-
cipal highways leading from the
regulated territory this season re-
moved 253 japanese beetle grubs
and adults from contraband ma
terial surrendered to inspectors,
the bulletin asserts.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-24
Engagement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel f. Hub
bard, of Salisbury, Md, announce
the engagement of their daughter
Miss Anna Mae to Mr.. Harry NJ
Carrow, son of Mrs. H. T. Jones
of Dover. The wedding viii take
place at the home Of the brides
parents, Wednesday, June 20th