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Smyrna times., 1934-05-03
KITE CONTACTS WITH WIRE
Boy Hurt When Kite Flown With
Wire, Touches $4,000 Volt Line

Lemuel Messick, 8-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Messick of
the Hickman section, near Dover,
was knocked unconscious and bad
ly burned about the hands by cleo
tricity when a thin piece of wire
of the kind used in tying holly
wreaths which he was using to fly
kite, came in contact with a high
tension electric wire carrying 3d.
900 volts. While the child was fly
ing the kite near his home, not far
from the Maryland line, with the
fine wire wrapped tightly around
his hands, the kite suddenly lurch-
ed across the wire, causing a flash
visible to several persons some dis
tance away. The contact caused
the wire to snap, but despite the
momentary clash of wires the cur
rent that passed through the
thread-like wire was sufficient to
knock the boy unconscious and
blister the palms of both hands.
Even the nails in the boys shoes
were turned black as the current
passed through the boys body and
made its ground connection. Per-
sons nearby picked the injured boy
up and rushed him to a doctor. He
is slowly recovering from the
shock
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03
ON
MISSISSIPPI
st. LOuisianS Plan To Honor
Lives and Deeds of Pioneers
and Empire Builders
COST ABOUT s3O,OOO,OOO

st. Louis, Mo.-Plans for a ma
tional memorial beside the Missis-
sippi river, as tribute to the lives
and deeds of pioneers and empire
builders of the Mississippi valley
and in commemoration of the Loui-
siana purchase. are being made by
a group of st. Louisans. and con-
gress will be requested to act on
the proposal at its present session.
Stately colonnades and majestic
buildings containing statues and
sculptural groups would be erect
ed In a large site in downtown st.
Louis overlooking the Mississippi,
and parkway almost a mile long
would extend along the river front,
under tentative plans for the me-
mortal.
The vast project probably would
cost between S25,OOO,OOO and $780,
100000. Bills are being forwarded
to Washington for Introduction In
congress for authorization of the
memorial. Federal aid will be
sought.
Thomas Jefferson, the outstand-
ing figure In the louisiana pur-
chase. would occupy the command
ing place In the proposed memorial.
Under tentative plans. the principal
memorial building would stand near
the rivers edge just south Of the
Eads bridge and command a sweep
Ing view up and down the river.
Farther back from the shore there
would be two colonades, each about
a block long, standing parallel to
each other and containing statues
and sculptural groups Of pioneers
and empire builders who figured In
the development of the Mississippi
valley domain.
The memorial plaza. for a width
of one block, would extend to the
historic old courthouse. four blocks
from the river front. where the IA
nous Dred Scott decision was is
sued in 1S4S.
Razing of scores of buildings
now standing along the river front
would be necessary to make way
for the memorial
Mayor Bernard Dickmann. one of
the principal sponsors of the me
mortal plan. said 1t was hoped that
in about ten years st. Louis could
hold a worlds fair on the river
front In setting of permanent me-
mortal buildings and sculpture
Luther Ely Smith, chairman of
committee appointed TO promote the
plan. described the place selected
for the memorial as "the most sig
nificant historical spot In the United
States" 1t was from here that the
Lewis and Clark expedition took off
In its explorations Of the northwest
territory.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03
KENT FIREMEN
MEET AT DOVER
w. ID. Boyce Selected Kent
County Director to DeImar-
va Association i'm Lewes
MEETING AT MAGNOLIA

The Kent County Firemen's As
sociation held its meeting last
week in the Robbins Hose House
at Dover. Capt. Robert D. Sim
mons, president of the Robbins
company gave the address of well
come while Past State President ].
f. Haddaway made the response.
Frank G. O'Neal, general chairman
OF the State Convention committee.
made a request that the Kent
County Association donate a prize
for the State Firemen's parade in
September. The association agreed
to donate $50 to the Delaware
company having the largest per
centage of membership in line. The
question box was in charge of w.
c. Boyer, Jr., of the Robbins Hose
Company. Kent County Fire Re
corder Baker scored the companies
for not sending him the monthly
records Of alarms in their district.
He added that he was getting CO
operation from Harrington, Ches-
void and Magnolia. He also dis
cussed pending legislation which
would give the Kent County Levy
Court legal authority to donate
money to the Kent County Fire
Companies. Willard D. Boyce was
the choice of the association for a
Kent County director to the Del
Mar-Va association in Lewes in
May. Mr.. Boyce is at present the
Kent County director The new
term will be for two years. The
Robbins company served refresh
ments. The next meeting of the
association will be held in Mag
nolia in May.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03
Habits of Bre'r Postum

Bre'r 'PosSum is queer fellow.
In daytime he hides and sleeps
When the sun has fallen and the
dense forests are still. he likes best
to travel. Anywhere, almost every
where. he will go in search of food.
Into the apple orchard he may wan
der provided there are no persim-
mon trees nearby. He also feeds
on locusts and wild grapes and sat
isfies his appetite on any wild fruit
within convenient distance of his
resting place.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03

No. Comegys home, south
west corner of the Green.
No. 17-Richard Bassett home,
also the old home of the Farmers
Rank of Delaware established 1907.
Not open.)
No. 1S-C Colonial house built in
1744, now owned by Mrs. Beniah
Watson. In early days owned by
John Banning, Caesar Rodney and
DR.. James Tilton, surgeon of the
Delaware Line in the Revolution.
Not iopen.)
No. Residence of DR.. and
Mrs. Stanley Worden, a loan collec-
tion of old costumes. Interesting
house and garden.
Turn west on bank lane, west
side of Green to Presbyterian
Church, on Governors avenue.
No. Meeting House Square.
Return to Green and turn south
on State street one block.
No. Christ Church built in
1874.
No. % Christ Church rectory,
colonial dwelling, corner of State
and Water streets. Residence of
the rector, the Rev. and Mrs. Ben
iamin F. Thompson. Old church
Bible, colonial church sivler and
records.
No. Primitive Dutch house.
Probably the oldest house in Do
ver Not open.)
No. "a Old Dover Academy.
(Not open.)
South on State street opposite
Kent General Hospital.
No. 25- Garden of Chancellor
and Mrs. Josiah o. Wolcott.
Turn west on Water street to
Eden Hill Farm.
No. 20 Home plantation of
Nicholas Ridgely, formerly of An
napolis, Md.
Near Dover there is also to be
seen, Little Creek Friends meeting,
built in 1902, Barratt's Chapel,
called the Cradle of Methodism in
America" built in 1880; the 'Lo-
gan Tract" on the road from Do
yer to kits Hammock.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03
Illuminated Pencil Is
Shown at Leipzig Fair

Leipzig.-One can write in dark
ness with the aid of the new cleo
trically Illuminated pencil. The
pen. or pencil, has an illuminated
point, which throws a normal light
on the paper without shadows, no
matter how fast 1t moves over the
paper.
A tiny lamp is mounted behind
the point or pen, which receives
Its current from an ordinary type
of pocket or torch cell. The light
Is switched off or on by turning the
cap to the right or left.
The same turn also serves to ad-
vance the lead point. The new con-
trivance for writing In the dark,
which has been exhibited at the
Leipzig fair, is carried In the pocket
easily.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03
Watchman Shifts Signal
and Foils Death Attempt

Dundee, Scotland. - The signal
watchman couldn't dissuade Will
liam Ferguson from his mad pur-
pose Of throwing himself under the
wheels of the approaching Aber-
deen-Leith train. But he could stop
the train. by changing the signals.
Then, with the aid of the train
crew, he overpowered Ferguson,
who later was fined $3.50 for breach
of the peace.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03

DIR. Annie Jump Cannon, the
famous astronomer of Cambridge
Observatory, has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. William ]. Benson at
Dover. Miss Cannon recently ad-
dressed a large audience in Phila-
delphia announcing an important
astronomical discovery.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03
Scout Rallies i'm Lower Counties

Plans and preparations for the
Dover area and the Sussex county
scout rallies are well in hand.
Charlie Dannenberg, the leader of
the Chechawkoos at the Rodney
Scout Camp, will be present to lead
the singing of camp songs and to
show films and slides of camp
scenes and activities. The Sussex
county rally will be held at George
town Grange Hall Friday, May A,
at s p. m. Kent and lower New
Castle county Scouts will take a
hike" on May S to Moore's Mill
Pond south of Dover, starting at 2
D. m. The hike" in Sussex county
will take place May 10 from
Georgetown or Millsboro, the place
to be announced later.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03
SUNDAY DINNER
SUGGESTIONS
By ANN PAGE

TT SEEMS probable that heavy rains
i in the South will curtail the ship
ments of strawberries. tomatoes,
green beans and potatoes. The supply
of other fruits and green vegetables
should not be seriously affected.
Navel oranges are attractively
priced as are also large juice oranges.
Spring is gradually spreading over the
country bringing rhubarb as the first
native product of the gardens.
1t is almost as desirable to have a
cabbage in the house as to have
onions, carrots and parsley 1t is such
a good vegetable, lends itself to va
riety in cooking and in salads and it
keeps very well. Asparagus and even
peas and beans come and go but cab
age goes round the calendar with US.
The Quaker Maid suggests the fol
lowing menus.
Low Cost Dinner
Baked Pork Chops with Onions
Mashed Potatoes Creamed Spinach
Bread and Butter
Banana Shortcake
Tea or Coffee Milk
Medium Cost Dinner
Roast Beef New Potatoes
Green Beans
Bread and Butter
Jelly Roll
Coffee Milk
Very Special Dinner
Tomato Juice Cocktail Crackers
Roast Stuffed Chicken
Mashed Potatoes Green Peas
Spring Salad French Dressing
Rolls and Butter
Fruit Cup Coconut Cake
Coffee Milk
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03

baseball at the Milford high school,
Richard Morgan, son of Marshall
Morgan, of Lincoln, fractured his
left leg just above the ankle while
trying to put out a player on the
opposite team who was sliding into
the base Morgan was playing. He
was taken to the Marshall Hos
pital.
William Stedman, retired Vetern-
arian, died Tuesday afternoon of
last week at his home at Hurlock,
Md. He was 81 years of age and
was born in Bodion, Sussex Coun-
ty, England. Mr. Stedman's wild
ow, Mrs. Ottilie Hacker Stedman,
foster son, and a sister living in
England, survive.
The Port Penn Board of School
Trustees has re-engaged Miss
Emelie Carpenter, Of Port Penn, as
teacher of the four grade school,
there for another year, it was an
nounced at the meeting of the
PIT. A. last week. This will make
the eighth year that Miss Carpen-
ter has taught the Port Penn
school.
Efforts have been made in the
past by the State Department of
Education authorities to influence
the citizens of Port Penn to aban-
don their one-room school and have
their children transported to either
st. Georges or Delaware City to
attend elementary school but sent
iment has always been against
such a move around Port Penn.
After more than a half century
of service, the old Newark Center
station of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, situated at the east end of
the town, is being dismantled. The
building will be moved to Elkton,
where it will be used as shed by
workers When in active use the
station was one end of a train line
from Pomeroy, Pa, and also 10
cal line from Wilmington, which
was discontinued some years ago.
Melvin E. Wheatley, Jr., son of
the Rev. and Mrs. M. E. Wheatley,
of Middletown,w was recently award
ed letter which he won in basket
ball at the American University,
Washington, D. c., where he is a
student Twenty-six other awards
were made. Mr.. Wheatley was
graduated from the Middletown
High School in 1882, and while a
student there was member of the
basketball, baseball and soccer
teams.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03
Big Job of ScrubbinR

Nearly ninety statues In London
are under the care of the office of
works. and some half dozen men
find constant employment in looking
after them.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03
11 eARDGNS, anGS,
| !, Be a Most Most N
Lis Event Mex. ext
|sIrri'y Afternoon
, u1sroRlc HOMES

all parts u
idrl s..d :. to attend the
q 'Sps.,'I ~. ! "A Day With
sIss[a,,se I'sass, and Gardens Of
rtd au'I j held under the
!, .ss e Dover 9 a',5 Ca Garden .soe18s eiss
f's l.s;tal's historic public
apI,s ssirate homes and gar
P,,'s, 4, exhibitions of state
y ID documents, togesne5 s1ed
~ collections a. assemOlsd Sold
|ssr.rs's ',,a past, will vi u be : M nels 8
y hours of 1890 and ? ?
u Y, house will be marked
.,,rd. The several com. a.
sssrge Of arrangements
..sd !, the following Pro
'.-.st-from = the north. ,
sssidsnce Of Or. ano
M sippls, Silver Lake
- Inp collection of old
Valentines. Gardens on
sde. - Az
I,,ssTill, corner Of state
~ streets. -
,assidence of MI. ..lla ana
] Layton, corner of state
,treets. Loan collections
Tablas. portraits of
F1IcOtt, Secretary of the
\ under Washington and
nd other notable furnish
Garden of Mr.. and Mrs.
4 Dawson, corner of State
,ssn streets.
Lnssidence Of Mrs. Alden
Erisn, corner of State and
cst;. Old pine panelling
E+russ, Spring garden and
wod. Loan collection Of
ud Victorian jewelry and
nss.
esst on Budd street to
EshTay.
ARasidance Of brand Mrs.
Hll. Historic house. Not
M carving and fine authen-
ki;tngs.
i Highway and Division
l-ReSlQelce OF Judge anu
" Harrington. Loan col
d Old china in appropriate
d Kings Highway.
! Residence of Miss Jessie
EE Loan collection of old
Grden Of Mr.. and Mrs
In On Kings Highway.
+ Green.
Green was laid out in III
r'ncs with William Penn's
tlN3.
shst intersection, turn
AParke building, on the
n Of tie Green, next to
est Not OPEN.
lEesldenee of Mr.. and
a! Rdgely. House built
Antique furniture. The
W contains clipped box
~ BOX Of great age.
NThs State House built
legislative Hall. Guests
Melved by the women of
" 'hcial family, in the
4 nom.
residence Of Mr.. and
1s n. Satterfeld. (Not
u' Aenl County Court
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03
Vision Historical Parallels

A memory stored with historical
parallels Is the best preventive
against panic or over-confidence.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Miss Frances E. Busch, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Busch, of
near Dover, became the bride of
| Caleb H. Seacord, of Magnolia,
Wednesday of last week, the cere-
mony being performed at Elkton,
Maryland.
Wild ducks are nesting" at this
time and during the past few
weeks many black ducks have been
seen flying low over the roads in
this section and alighting along
the edges of marshes in fields
adaptable for nests.
The annual membership drive in
behalf of Kent General Hospital,
Dover, under the auspices of the
Women's Auxiliary will start May
l and will continue until May Is.
Mrs. Harry Mayer is chairman of
the membership drive.
The shad fishing industry is
more active out of the town of
New Castle this year than it has
been for many years past with
three boats, manned by George
Wilhelme and son, Moulton Rogers
and Harry Munson, and James
Tobin and James Smith, now out
for shad.
At the both annual meeting of
the Medical and Chirurgical Facul-
ty of Maryland last Thursday in
Baltimore, DR.. E. Paul Knots, of
Denton, Md, was elected a men,
Der of the Board of Medical Exam
iners of Maryland, to succeed the
late DR.. Eldridge E. Wolff, of
Cambridge, Md.
While playing a class game of
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03
Scott Popularized the Novel

ocUtt fUPuIdr1zeu inc IFoVeI
Sir Walter Scott was the first to
make the novel popular among the
widest mass of readers and Balzac
made OF the novel the most impor-
tant literary vehicle of modern civ
ilizafinn
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03

the noted London artist, Jane Jack
son. In the middle foreground are
graphically natural figures of tea
pluckers and foreman. The diorama
Is enclosed in a case 7 feet wide,
5 feet high and 3 feet deep. Under
electric Illumination. it is splen-
did INSTALLATION of a tea garden of
India, whence comes most of the
worlds tea.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03

THE above pictured diorama OF a
northern India tea estate ts
now being exhibited in New York
City. Incidentally, crossword puz-
zle creators have so far overlooked
that word, "diorama"). The origin
al of this diorama is on display at
the Imperial Institute, London. The
background, showing the Himalay-
an Mountains, is painted In oils by
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03

While playing a class game of
Smyrna times., 1934-05-03

To make room for the develop
ment, 229 old residences and stores
were razed on the three blocks be
tween Forty-eighth and Fifty-first
street and Fifth and Sixth avenues.
And those old buildings had total
population of only about 5000 per-
sons.
Evening star., 1934-07-11
HubbelFs Feat OvershadOws
Game Itself as Stars Tilt

DOUBLE steal. engineered By
n Traynor and Mel OFT ss Paul
Waner famed. accounted for
the Nationals seventh run. but
Harder then retired the side and ef-
feetiveIy checkmated his rivals for
the rest Of the game. He held them
hitleSs until the ninth when Billy
Herman. Chicago tnfieIder. doubled
with one out. Pie Traynor popped
out. however. and Chuck Klein. after
swinging viciousiy through the air
twice. rolled out Gehrig TO Harder
70 close the game
Only an error by Gehrig in the sew
enth. prevented Harder from retiring
the Nationals in order in three sue
eesSive innings as ne "horse-collared"
the best t-handed batsmen in the
older circuit.
Throughout the game was weird
mixture OF good and bad baseball long
and short hitting superb and mediocre
pitching. sloppy and sensational field
ing. The FIVE National League pitchers
famed u Americans but also issued
nine bases on balls The Americans
had big margin in hitting "a to y
but they couldn't collect a single home
run. The longest two wallops we're
450-foot triples by Ben Chapman, who
replaced Ruth. and AveriL Ruth and
Gehrig. who pounded balls into the
stands with abandon in batting prac-
tice, failed to get q hit between them
The Babe walked twice, but Iron Man
Lou struck out three times. Jimmy
FoxX. a last-minute replacement at
third base for Frank Higgins, famed
twice, but got two hits
Evening star., 1934-07-11
FROM THE PRESS BOX
by JOHN LARDNER-

walks and shortly sfterward disap-
peared from view.
He always wanted to play Ham
let" explained his manager, Casey
Stengel, after the game, and this was
the spot. Van will return to comedy
roles beginning Friday"
Scene vi.
THE fans were treated in the same
fifth inning, to a highly unusual
spectacle. Three of the tough
est hitters in the National League
Medwick, Cuyler and Berger were
yanked in rapid succession for three
pinch hitters.
The requirements were Klein, OFT
and Paul Waner, three of the toughest
hitters in the National League.
VYTHEN the last of the nine slow
" acts was over, the critics got
together and admitted that
they had seen better shows. On the
other hand, they had seen worse.
There Is every reason to believe, in
the face Of this mixed reception, that
the All-Star Follies will play a return
next year. The cast will
be much the same, but the perform
ance will be shorter, sharper and
(Copyright. 1894. BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Ine.)
Evening star., 1934-07-11
SERVICE CHAMPS
PROMISE HOT TILT
Navy and National Guard
Honors at Stake-0ther
Bouts Attractive.
BY FRANCIS p. STAN.

A RING force usually ire
n sistihle will up and poke
a an object as yet immov-
American Legion goes service" "
In its second promotOrial effort
in the elicky little arena at Fifth
street and Florida avenue north
east.
One Of the hardest punchers ever
developed in the Navy OF your Uncle
Samuel Is Frankie Remus. middle
weight champ OF the gons. As rugged
as they come and boasting no contact
whatever with the canvas IN 81 fights
Is Frank Lobianeo, National Guard
champ Of the National Guards. They
are the msin-eVenteTsf
Through the Orient. along the West
Coast and nov in the East, Remus
has campaiRned In a manner Def1tting
long line OF Navy predecessors,
yictimizinR % foes in a total of 30
professional scraps, many by the kayo
route To win his middleWetght title
Remus thrice rocked to sleep the
reSolute Jimmy Walsh. who watched
Remus hit the deck" in each Of the
FIRST two battles only TO get up and
administer pack powder himself, only
in a larger dose.
Little is known OF Lobianco, but
three performances stand out He
battled the well-rsted Adolph Heuser
TO a draw and twice kayoed the tough
Rudy Marshall AS a member of the
245th Field Artillery. he annexed the
light heavyweight championship of
the New York National Guard. albeit
weighing only l62 pounds. This prob
ebly will be his weight tonight Remus
will scale l64
Evening star., 1934-07-11
Connolly, Whose 3O4 Carners
Muny Title; Will, Rippy, Baer
Earn Trip to u. S. Tourney

tan horseshoe champion, isn't going
to Pittsburgh because he. too, couldn't
hold the pace over the last nine holes.
Harry led for the first half of the
distance, but an 81 on the third round
put him on the edge and a Al on the
final nine left him IN a tie with Baer
and Will.
OF course, the whole set-up of a
playoff for national title chance
over a hole or two is screwy. In such
an important event a playoff should
be at l8 holes or more. But Baer.
Will and Saunders, all tied at 308,
stepped out to play for two places last
night, just before dark fell over the
Rock Greek Park course. Will and
Baer won their spots on the team by
bouncing in brides on the second ex-
ira hole after they all had secured
pars on the first hole.
Connolly richly deserved to win the
title, but he almost made one big mis-
take With such a lengthy lead he
tried to coast home and it almost
proved fatal. After getting out in "a
over the last round, he took 43 to
given him the air time after time he
might have caught the new title
holder, for 18-year- Johnny Just
got down a tricky 4-footer on the
final green after putting up that far
short.
~ONNEILY shot into the lead at
~ the saith hole with a 70 and
total of 227, followed by Rippy
With 230. Four others-Saunders
Bobby Burton. Baer and Will all had
232, and it appeared as If the struggle
for qualification lay between this
group, So it proved, for Bobby Bur-
ton faded in the afternoon and left
the struggle among the other five.
Connolly set blistering pace over
the first nine of the final round with
par "a, giving him a six-shot lead
over Saunders and a seven over Rippy
whose putter had betrayed him. Rippy
had eight puts on three straight
green's in that nine, missing three con-
Secutive fOoters. And at the
end Connolly. who had hit his second
shot to the eighteenth far to the right
had TO get down a tough putt to beat
out Rippy. He had tried to coast
home and 1t didn't work 1t never
does in golf
Saunders. who had the third place
Sewed up with nine to 60 played the
last nine like novice for a a, to go
into a tie with the scrsppy Baer and
the equally scrsppy Will. and a play
of. Some day they may get rational
about these play-offs for national
championships and make EN- at Is
holes, but so far they haven't done SO.
Connellys final scores were y and
n for 304. Rippy's we're rs and rs
tor 305. Baer had y and IS for 30S.
and Win had "a and "a for 30S. while
Saunders had 81 and 76 for 30S. As
for the others, smoke. possibly from
Pittsburgh. got in their eyes.
The leaders: