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Smyrna times., 1934-04-12

SOMEWHERE on the bosom of
the sunny, blue Gulf Stream a
bottle is floating today that may be
washed ashore many years hence
at Timbuctoo. at Malaga, Yucatan
or some equally far off port of call
depending upon the whims of wind
and current Wherever and when
ever that bottle does appear. how
ever, the message which it contains
viii assure a report of it's recovery
and thus provide an accurate and
scientific checkup on the much de-
bated question as to the course OF
the Gulf Stream itself
The message in the bottle Is the
result of the feminine curiosity Of
Dorothy Diane and Dorothy Jacob
son, two well known artists models
who have posed for Howard Chand-
Ter Christy, James Montgomery
Flagg. McClelland Barclay, John La
Gatta, Carl Mueller and other IA
NOUS artists.
With a short vacation trip to Ber-
muda In the of1ng, the two Dor
othys decided to throw overheard a
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12
CENTREVLLLE, Md, MAN DIES
w. M. Foster, Merchant, Passes
Away After Lingering Illness

William M. Foster, aged 68, for
many years a merchant at Burrs-
vile, near Centreville, Md, .but
more recently a resident of Cen
treville, died at his home at Cen
treville Landing last week, after
an illness of several months. The
deceased was born in Delaware, a
son of the late Mr.. and Mrs. John
Foster, and went to Queen Anne's
county, to engage in farming when
a young man. Later he entered
the mercantile business. Since
September 1882, he had held the
contract as one of the bus drivers
for the Queen Anne's County
School Board. He married Miss
Sallie Jane Clough, who survives
him. He also leaves two sons, w.
D. Foster and two daughters, Mrs.
Emory Powell, all of Centreville
and Mrs. Walter Faust, of Lang
horn, Pa. He is also survived by
eleven grandchildren and one
brother, David Foster, of Marcus
Hook, Pa. Funeral services were
held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at Centreville Methodist Episcopal
Church. Interment was in Ches-
terfeld Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12
STATE SAFETY
COUNCIL NEWS
One-third Accidental Deaths
Occur at Home, Making
Hazards More Serious
GOOD ADVICE is GIVEN

According to the Delaware Safe
ty Council, the public has not yet
recognized as they should the ser
iousness of the home accident sit
uation in the United States nor in
Delaware. "Safe at home" is an
expression frequently heard. How
ever, when we consider the fact
that home accident fatalities are
exceeded only by accidental deaths
from motor vehicle operation and
that nearly 1-3 of all accidental
deaths occur at home the hazards
confronting us in our daily home
life are more serious than suppos-
ed. The Home Safety Committee
in attempting to reduce home ac-
cidents find themselves confronted
by numerous difficulties Ordin-
arily accident prevention education
is done through group contacts
with people to be assisted. This is
true in the case of workmens'
courses, foremens' schools, auto
mobile drivers classes and first
aid In the case of home accident
prevention work we deal largely
with people who do not belong to
existing groups and who are eS-
entially out of reach of group ac-
tion. The safety message must,
therefore, be carried to them. To
help accomplish this, the Home
Safety Committee is attempting to
enlist in home accident prevention
those people who by inclination or
profession are either volunteer or
professional family visitors as well
as housekeepers. The Council be-
lieves that if such groups can be
brought to keener realization of
the magnitude of this problem of
education in accident prevention
they will, in the course of their
regular duties, gladly present such
knowledge to those who need it so
badly but who are so difficult to
reach by any other method.
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12
FEAR FREEZE
KILLED CRABS.
Delmarva Bayside Centers
Getting Ready for a Busy
Season Soon To Open
CRISFIELD is CENTER

All along the tributaries of the
Delaware and Chesapeake Bays,
watermen and packers are busy
getting ready for the crab season
which will soon officially open.
Packers are building crab floats
and erecting new crab shanties,
many of which are to take the
place of those destroyed in the
storm of last August, when thous-
ands of dollars worth of damage
was done to the grabbing industry
through the loss of boats and
shanties. 1t being late in the sea-
son when the storm occurred, sew
eral of the packers hesitated to re
build. In Delaware, especially at
LeWes, Bowers Beach, Leipsic,
Woodland Beach and Taylor's
Bridge, there is more or less activ-
ity, the real centers are at Girls
field. Smiths Island, Tangier Isl
and, Deals Island, Hoopers Island
and other places over in Maryland.
With all the possibility of good
season, the watermen, however,
fear that the recent freeze may
have killed several thousands of
the crabs. The temperature of the
water was so low as to cause
heavy freezing in the bay and its
tributaries, and naturally a heavy
mortality among the crabs is fear
ed. Up to the time of the storm
last year, the crab season for that
period was considered highly sue
cessful, both from the standpoint
of production and giving employ
ment to the watermen. Crisfeld,
Nd, is the center of the soft-crab
industry of the Delmarva PENN
sula. All of the crabs taken by
watermen from the islands in the
lower Chesapeake bay are hand
led there. There are more than
two score Of crab-packing plants
which operate there during the
season. Thousands of watermen
catch the crabs. The peeler crabs
are taken from the grassy bottoms
of Tangier Sound and other tribu-
taries of the bay and are placed in
floats at the various crab shanties
in connection with the packing
houses, until they shed and become
soft crabs. These floats, which ac-
commodate from twenty to forty
dozen crabs have to be fished sew
eral times during each twenty-four
hours, in order that the soft crab
may be taken out at once and
placed in grass, otherwise they
would become papershell or buck
ram crabs, which are illegal to
market. When soft crab is once
taken from the water it will re-
main soft when properly packed
and iced for shipment, even to the
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12
RACE FOR POSTMASTER
j. III. Latchum Announces Candi-
dacy For Job at Milford

State Senator ]. Harry Lat
chum, Democratic floor leader OF
the State Senate, has just formal
ly announced his candidacy for
postmaster of Milford. Among the
other candidates who are making
active canvasses for this place are
John S. Hallett, a merchant of
South Milford; John E. Mayhem,
station agent of the Pennsylvania
railroad at Milford. and Burton
Masten, a buyer of cattle, hides
and farm products. All of these
candidates reside in South Milford
with the exception of Senator Lat
chum whose residence is in the
Kent county side Of Milford. The
term of the present postmaster,
William r. Murphy, expires in
June.
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12
SUNDAY DINNER
SUGGESTIONS
BY ANN PAGE

\ ET'S enjoy our favorite egg dishes
u during the next few weeks for this
food is at its best, plentiful, fresh and
cheap. Omelets. soufffes, angel and
sponge cakes. custards and meringues
are usually made only under these
favorable conditions.
? An asparagus omelet or souff1e is
treat and an omelet souff1e served with
strawberry sauce is a dessert fit for a
king, and we are in the heart of the
asparagus and strawberry seasons.
New rhubarb, too, is here with its re-
freshing tartness. The apple season is
waning but new-crop oranges and
seedless grapefruit are coming to mar
ket Bananas are fine in quality and
cheap The fresh pineapple season is
beginning.
Green vegetables are plentiful and
moderately priced.
The Quaker Maid suggests the fol-
lowing menus;
Low Cost Dinner
Beef and Sausage Loaf
Mashed Potatoes Scalloped Tomatoes
Bread and Butter
Sliced Bananas Custard Sauce
Tea or Coffee Milk
Medium Cost Dinner
Rolled Roast of Beef New Potatoes
Buttered Caulif1ower
Bread and Butter
Jellied Fruits
Coffee Milk
Very Special Dinner
Fruit Cocktail
Standing Roast of Beef
Drowned Potatoes
New Asparagus
Hearts of Lettuce Roquefort Dressing
Rolls and Butter
Butterscotch Spice Roll
Coffee Milk
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12
M: les;
Attractions at Strand Theatre

To-day, Thursday Marion Dav-
les gives one of the most entertain
ing performances Of her entire car
eer in the tuneful picture, Going
Hollywood" This time she con-
tributes to her fan public a color
full musical extravaganza which,
besides telling a humorous and
pleasing story, is fairly crowded
with musical lavishness and sci
ence beauty and, above all, one Of
the finest comedy casts ever re
cruited in one picture. Miss Dav-
les is seen as a lonely-hearted girl
whose only love is the voice of a
radio crooner. She catches up
with him, chases him across the
continent to Hollywood, meets
many amusing picfalls in the per-
son of ''the other woman" and fin
ally wins his love after she has be-
come a dazzling film star. Bing
Crosby plays the crooner in Miss
Davies new film.
Friday and Saturday THE
laugh of your life" is promised to
those theatregoers attending the
Strand Theatre when Stan Laurel
and Oliver Hardy arrive in their
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12

West Coast. The market showed
an increase in the price of crab
meat as well as soft crabs during
the 1888 grabbing season and the
demand was considered good. Only
on few occasions did large ship
ments of hard crabs reach market
without finding a profitable mar
ket. It is estimated that nearly
1OO,OOO,OOO crabs are taken from
Maryland waters annually.
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12

commissioners and other minor de-
tails. The bill is presented at this
time so that the members might
have something to work on. The
bill was ordered to be printed in
full in the House daily calendar
and that 500 extra copies be print
ed. With the 100000 available
and with several State projects
now under contract, including
State highways and new schools,
the amount of money available will
total several millions.
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12

new full length feature comedy,
Sons of the Desert" with Charley
Chase heading the supporting cast.
When two wife-bedeviled husbands,
Laurel and Hardy, find that they
must attend their lodges conven-
tion in Chicago, despite the strenu-
Gus obffiections of Hardy's wife,
the latter invents a fictitious ill
ness. With the assistance of a
friendly horse doctor, who poses as
an ethical physician, a trip to
Hawaii is prescribed as a sure cure
with the pair leaving for Chicago
instead. The resultant story-tell-
ing brings about a series of embar-
RAISING situations, which with the
assistance of Laurel and Hardy
and Charley Chase, as the latter's
brother-in-law, becomes a mirth-
provoking film that should make
Sons of the Desert" the comedy
hit of the year
Wednesday and Thursday 1t is
safe to say that no one witnessing
the photoplay version of Dinner
at Eight" will come away without
a feeling of having been a spec
tator to one of the most invigorat-
ing and compelling motion pictures
to evolve from the Hollywood
studios. 1t is often the aim of film
entertainment to combine tears
and laughs with gripping drama,
but it is seldom that a motion pic
ture has SO successfully achieved
this aim as has the Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer screen version of the
celebrated George S. Kaufman
Edna Ferber stage play. Marie
Dressler's fiamboyant impersona-
tion Of a faded musical comedy
star who returns from a period of
retirement abroad in the nick of
time to save young girl from
running her life forever, is alone
worth going miles to watch. There
is the gripping, suspenseful inter-
lude in which John Barrymore as
a movie actor who has lost his
popularity turns down the degrad-
ing offer of a walk on role and
commits suicide. There is the hill
arious episode in which Jean Har-
low, former hat check girl and now
wife of a nouveau-riche and un-
scrupulous financier, turns the
tables on her domineering husband,
Wallace Beery. There is the stir
ring scene in which Edmund Lowe,
a philandering doctor, is caught by
his wife, Karen Morley, in an act
of infdelity and pleads for another
chance. There is the tragedy of
the Park Avenue matron, Billie
Burke, who is so busy with her
pursuits that she does
MT realize until it is almost too
late that her husband. Lionel Bar
rymore, is close to death. There
are various interludes which turn
the spotlight on Lee Tracy, Madge
Evans, Jean Hersholt, Louise Clos
ser Hale, Phillips Holmes, May
Hobson and Grant Mitchell togeth-
er with various lesser lights.
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12
RELIEF BILL TO
PROVIDE FUND
Joint Committee Drafts Mea-
sure Setting Up New
Welfare Commission
DISSOLUTION COVERED

The emergency relief bill which
has been in course of preparation
by the joint legislative committee
of the Delaware Assembly made
it's appearance in the House last
week, being introduced by Repre-
sentative Abrahams, of Whining
ton, he having acted as secretary
and spokesman for the committee.
The bill provides for S1,00O,000
direct relief, which will be made up
of S5OO,OO0 from the State high
way funds and S500,000 from the
franchise tax funds which natur-
ally go into the school fund. No
other figures are mentioned, but if
the bill passes the Federal Govern
ment will match the States
amount with a million dollars.
The apportionment of the money
will be allocated as follows: 73 per
cent. to Wilmington and rural New
Castle; IL per cent. to Kent county
and IS per cent. to Sussex county.
Commission Provided
1t provides for an eight-member
commission, two from each section
of the State. including Whining
ton; each from rural New Castle,
Kent county and Sussex county,
and will be equally divided among
the two major parties, with one
Democrat and one Republican
from each district. 1t further pro-
vides for the organization with a
chairman, vice chairman, secretary
and treasurer and an executive Of
ficer for each county. The mem
bers of the commission are to re-
ceive no salary, but can be paid
actual expenses in the discharge of
their duties. A grade of salaries
is fixed for necessary employees
scheduled according to the work
done, which shall not exceed $50
per week for one class; $40 per
week for second class and S25 per
week for third class. It specifical-
ly states that the dole system is
prohibited and that no person or
persons shall receive any benefits
from the emergency relief who
have not been residents of Della
ware since December L, 1882.
Dissolution Is Covered
It also provides that the COM
mission shall dissolve after all
work is completed and that any
moneys remaining to the credit of
the commission shall be turned
back to the general fund of the
State. Further bills will be pre-
Sented next week nrOvidina- fn~ the
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12
URGES LAND REFORESTED
State Forester Taber Urges Acre
age Be sPut To Work"

State Forester w. S. Taber, cit
ing that there are thousands of
acres of idle and unproductive land
in Delaware which, under the pres
ent trend of agricultural progress,
is likely never to be used again for
the production of agricultural
crops urges that this acreage be
put to work" growing crop of
timber Delaware, through its for
estry department, offers forest
tree seedlings and transplants for
reforestation purposes at a min
imum cost, he cites. The State
Forestry Department to date has
shipped from the State Forestry
nursery over $4,000 trees.
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12

u. S. Civil service examinations
for postmaster at Wyoming are
being held, l.. A. Downham, the
present postmaster. announces.
Applications must be filed with the
commission at Washington, d. c.,
by the close of business on April
13. Forms obtained at the Wyom-
ing postoffice.
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12

MICKEY MOUSE'S latest venture,
a campaign to reduce the milk
surplus, is providing a lot Of fun
for millions of kiddies as can be
seen from this page which is re
produced from the Mickey Mouse"
Magazine. distributed monthly by
the milk companies of N6tt0nc3
Jfi2r Products Corporation. This
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12
WESLEY M. E. CHURCH RALLY
Special Program Rendered With
Rev. o. j. Collins Guest Sneaker

heV. ". d. collins Guest Speaker
A rally will be held Sunday af-
ternoon, April %, in Wesley M. E
Church, Dover, under the auspices
of the Federation of Mems Bible
Glasses. Asspecial program will
be rendered with the Rev. o. ]
Collins of st. Paul's M. E. Church
Wilmington, as the guest speaker.
A feature of the rally will be the
presentation of membership GER
tifcate to the Busy Mems Bible
Glass of Camden M. E. Church
The acceptance speech will be Civ
en- by Willard S. Dickerson, presi-
dent of the class. L. j. Tarburton.
county president will also speak.
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12
MARX LAIR cI6SsI
THE cIVIaIIl'
Sons of Union v.
Trees in r. Y >'
Hare's e..
VETERANS AT cgao

The sixty-niDt,
! T4e .aa surrender Of Co., ,o's
c:seaa5 cse and his coatede'a.l
General Grnes Ulysses s c..
Appomattox Conn u !
observed q saturdav, 4 /. y
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erans, with a tree nr,,s !
mony At Hare's cop.' Ps'lsl
nrst Delaware regtnsa. =
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tlyll ! -, VAR in an ADDE'S \
j j. was ss,,s while i picking d. ]
arms, and at Bra,a-,.. : :
where he took the oats T. !,
as country. Rev Jo1
phreys' pastor Of the d.
enue : Bethany Bapt9 l
commented that histsss,
not making much = :
this the surrender Il "a rs''
to General Ulvs.., -,' !
Grant" despite its ir,,..
American history Dr5rr
trees included Mrs NJ.
Hahn and Mrs. Mari~ !
who planted trees in brrt
respective grandfathan /
Bareford, Of the Fifth,
Infantry and Lewis Hah
Eighth Maryland Infsrt-
Others donated trees in n
their fathers. They are N,
sic Oskins. daughter 4 4
Oskins Of the ons.hrs.
ninetieth Pennsylvania h
Miss Phoebe Walter. dsr-
Townsend Walter Of he n
aware Battery; Miss ID
Gentieu, daughter Of Psn
tieu Of the Thirteenth Cn.
Infantry, and Charles PH :
son Of George ". WeRr
Fifth Delaware Infantry \
ment Commander. On p
Appomattox Camp No. I'd
Veterans, Thomas Hannr
sergeant Of the First DsaTg
fantry Of Cheswold, Del, ]
a tree dedicated to The iE
ware Infantry. Among a
ans present at the caenn
Past Department COM
James T.Twigg, of the Frtl
land Infantry; Charles R. ]
of the One hundred and ]
fourth Pennsylvania Iltgr
Thomas Hammond, Of III
Delaware Infantry.
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12

publication is mighty important to
hundreds of thousands of farmers
for it is devoted to increasing the
consumption Of fluid or bottled
milk, from which farmers secure
the greatest revenue. The maya
zine is built upon the fact that chill
dren will drink more milk if it is
made pleasure rather than a duty.
Smyrna times., 1934-04-12

SITTING DOWN and with only a script to
guide them, these three remarkable young
women hold the attention of millions of
radio fans five mornings week. They cre-
ate the famous Super Sgss characters, Clara,
lu m EN-, whose talk Is miles long and
packed with rich, homeIy wisdom. Broad.
casting, as you see them here, they are
oddly enough-Ueft to rightly EN-, Clara.
7n1Iu
Evening star., 1934-10-26
FIRING SQUAD M0WS
DOWN THREE IN GARY
Reputed Gambling Boss May Die
After Attack-Underworld
War Is Seen.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GARY, Ind, October 26.-Willian1
(Curley) Flanagan, reputed gam
bling boss, was shot critically and one
of his alleged lieutenantS and by
stander were wounded last night as
three men with sawed-off shotguns
opened fire on them in the heart OF
Gary
Flanagan fell, struck by Is pellets.
Doctors gave him an even chance for
life.
Also struck by the slugs were Frank
Gross, alleged lieutenant of Flanagan,
and George Knevvovich, a railroad
car inspector.
1t was reported that another of
Flannigan's employees was target for
the slugs. The aSSailants escaped in
an automobile.
Police pondered two theories to ex-
plain the attack. First, a gambling
war, prompted by Illinois interests,
and second, revenge on the part of
kidnaperS.
Flanagan was abducted three years
ago and held for 100000 ransom. II
was reported that he was freed after
giving a small payment and prom
iSe to pay the rest Of the amount.
Evening star., 1934-10-26
HIGH ANDL0W RUM
TAX TUSSLE SEEN
Result to Depend Largely
Upon Men Chosen in
Coming Elections.

By the Associated Press.
Two conflicting schools of thought
on liquor taxes headed today for q
tussle In the next Congress.
The issue between the high tax
men end the low tax men is be-
coming more clearly drawn. AS for
the outcome, much depends on the
November 6 election. The men chosen
to sit in the next Congress will decide
the tax policy.
Choate For Lower Tax.
One of the most prominent advo-
Gates of the cut-the-taxes-to-kill Ill
bootlegging school is Joseph H.
Choate, jr., chairman of the Federal
Alcohol Control Administration. The
feeling of this school is that high
taXes-the levy on domestic spirits
is now So a gallon and on imports
an additional S5-give the bootlegger
his chance.
The revenues from Intoxicating
drinks of all kinds during the last
fiscal year, which included the first
seven months of repeal, were $685.
100000, sum which fell some $780,
100000 below expectations. For the
first quarter of this fiscal year they
were $109, 1897 ,567, which is conSid-
cred a bit more encouraging.
Secretary of the Treasury Morgen-
thau is ranked among the supporters
Of the present tax idea, though he has
given no official opinion recently. Some
time ago he declared he wanted to see
if he could not drive out the boot
logger by rigid enforcement before
considering cuts in taxes.
New Inroads Made.
The Treasury reported today that il
has made new inroads into the illicit
traffic by co-ordinating the efforts OF
the Coast Guard, Customs Bureau anc
alcohol tax unit on a Nation wide
scale. Officers of these services meet
weekly in various parts of the country
to unity the campaign.
The Treasury also disclosed that the
first months application of the law
enabling the commissioner of internal
revenue to trace shipments of sugar
molasses and other liquor ingredients
had resulted in large seizures of
whisky.
Under the new law, manufacturers
of such ingredients must furnish a
list of purchasers when asked. Thus
when they suspect that shipments are
going to Illicit distillers, Treasury
agents frequently can trace them. A
large haul made recently was the re-
suit of trailing $4,000 gallons of
molasaes to New York State address
Evening star., 1934-10-26
FUGITIVE CAPTURED

Frank Thomas, %, colored, who
escaped from the District workhouse
at LoEton, Va, october 13, was cap
tured yesterday by Policeman John
Wallace, second precinct, and w. E.
Stein, superintendent Of the Occo-
guam Wharf. Thomas escaped after
having been sent to the workhouse
October Q to serve $50 days for
housebreaking and lS0 days for grand
larceny.
Evening star., 1934-10-26
COL. DAVID D. PORTER
GETS ADVANCEMENT
Will Become Brigadier General,
Assuming Marine Adjutant
and Inspector Duties.

BY the Associated Press.
Col. David Dixon Porter, scion OF
one Of the most famous families In
American naval history, will become
a brigadier general in the United
States Marine Corps November /, as
suming duties here as adjutant and
inspector of the corps.
Col. Porter will replace Brig. Gen
Rufus H. Lane, retired on account of
age.
Appointed q second lieutenant in
the corps in 1898 from this city, the
neT brigadier general has seen much
foreign service as well as having
served as aide to Secretary Edwin
DENLY.
Wearer of the Congressional Medal
Of Honor, received at the hands Of
President Franklin Roosevelt at the
White House in April this year for
Evening star., 1934-10-26

extraordinary heroism and conspicu-
Gus conduct in Samar, Philippine Is
lands, Gen. Porter also has been
decorated with numerous other med
ais, including those of the War with
Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, the
Boxer Campaign, China, 1900; Army
of Cuban Pacification, Panama, World
War, Haiti and Santo Domingo.