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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-28
BURGLARY, DOVER
Home of Mrs. Edward Jenkins En-
tered Two Times Without Result

Another burglary for Dover, of
which there have been quite a few
within the past several weeks, oc-
CURED Friday night at the home of
Mrs. Edward Jenkins at State and
Reed streets. Entrance was first
attempted through a down stairs
window but on cutting the glass to
unfasten the window, the thief or
thieves. encountered a large fern
which they could not move. A sec
ond attempt was by ladder at a
second story window where en-
trance was gained, but as the door
leading to the other part of the
house was locked and apparently
afraid that they might be caught,
was obtained.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-28
hoGRAMs AT STRAND
esaftz, Manager, Giving
A0a Talked of Pictures

asartz, Manager, Giving
A'st Talked of Pictures
saa have been missing the
a'us programs at 3aThe
y depriving themselves
4'sS best and most talk
sssn productions. Design
featuring Miriam
sie ' March and Gary
!, = The Cat and the Fid-
sollng Jeanette MacDon-
=, raymond Novarro, given
4 ~, ssle most entertaining
\ WEEK 'nere promises to be
\ , sood entertainment (see
|. ~ 4 at the Strand
III @'sa0y there has been
aae Improvement IN the the
Irrfodt,19. AAAN
' ~ George M.
kalat.5i manager, is being
|l,tsSs,.'0 % giving Smyrna
i ss' Sa'e movie programs.
H., saaId have movies every
h =. q four nights a week
Il s ,ssi sure Mr.. schwartz z
,s saa to restore the full II
ID ris,- i the people of
4 - Vicinity will give him M
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-28
EASTER AT ASBURY CHURCH
DIR. John l.. johnson, Pastor, An
nounces Special Easter Services

nomces Special Easter Services
An elaborate Easter program
will be presented in Asbury M. E.
Church on Sunday. In the several
departments of the church school
appropriate programs will be pre-
scented in connection with the
study of the Resurrection theme.
At eleven o'clock the morning wor-
ship will be held and the pastor
will have for his subject THE An
gel upon the Stone" More than
one hundred singers will be in the
three choirs; the Senior choir will
sing THE Resurrection" and the
"Hallelujah Chorus" by Handel.
The Young Peoples Choir will sing
selection from the Cantata THE
Dawn" by Barnes, and the Junior
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-28
Dairymen Go to Dover Tomorrow

Many Smyrna-Clayton dairymen
will motor to Dover tomorrow to
attend hearing on the proposed
Milk Bill before the Legislature.
Many farmers are asking for the
provisions OF the bill to be explain
ed.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-28
SIRAT HARD
ENDING
Generally Speaking
/ Prices fo a.. . Good
h WHITE MusKRAT

Lpr Buck last " c1esyer's
rt,nd the season for trap
a ','-,t, IN embarked mead
March 81. The bill also
J Ave allowed the trapping .pnas
l'sats in tidewater marsn mes
! s,rs 10 until Tuesday the ne
~, =. ,bortness of time VIII
!. = Iittls il is said, to the
W. i woodland Beach, Tay-
sise and Leipsic and Dela,
| sT Due to the snow ana
= sss prevailed in the cold
=. veather in years, the
/ !. hem Door, yet those who
/ -',krats received a good
!. tssm. As a matter OF
a trappers anticipated a
~ for the reason that last
4, storm practically ruined
4 souss and killed thousands
|rg rats. The ten days ex-
4 granted muskrat trappers
rarj and even with this ex-
4 vsry few rats have been
I The extension was grant
tuss because catching
Ii was practically at a
kn for many weeks, due to
k1i weather. With all OF
r. season comes another re-
|ASn down near Milford that
u ii their eagerness to ind
/ sgeted fur bearing rodents,
|ru,srst homes built on the
trs Bay marshes are being
boat by trappars looking for
| his violation Of the law is
Investigated and a number
tts may follow in the fu-
|Jrtce Of the Peace Edward
! d Milford, said Wednesday
! ncaiVed many such reports
|aaons Of the game law that
Ma fine Of SIS for each Of
! The rats" had a hard
l tine this winter, the Jus
BIZ without having their
! nn apart. For the second
b he memory of local trap
.Enite muskrat has been
E.nar Delaware City. Phil
caught the rat We'd
\ On the Stewart L. Beck
/ NtTesn Delaware City and
PPM popularity known as the
Fai Acres" The only pre-
EnOTn white muskrat to be
IN that section was trapped
! i've years ago by William p.
reA On his marsh along the
ue River between Delaware
|ud Port Penn. The rat
weighed about two pounds
Esyish white in color. The
r. Do extra value, but may
aaa value to some museum
P'alcry. The price Of hides
popped a little from the high
feoruary. Mixed hides
week at s1.32 each. The
agh for mixed hides had
A A.0O each. Pure black
ave sold for more than 81
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-28
CHICKEN THIEVES ABOUT
Chicken House of George Gray
Broken Into on South Main Street

Thieves entered the chicken
house of George Gray on South
Main Street on Sunday evening
breaking the lock on the door and
breaking out all the windows. At
the time there happened to be only
two chickens in the chicken house.
but both were taken.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1934-03-28
Nv NEAR LEIpsro


xas To.., Aey' a Her.
Aa. ! totally Destroyed
Ra : Joseph o,ts' KOnskey, a
I'd nm midway between
IA n Dsssr. was destroyed ed
M ~ aaown origin Thur -
No., ~ |, fire was discov v,u,s,
fe co, n.p summoned the
as s.'npany, but befo ol.e
ri IT. rI.lVsd the house ', was !
sept !, building was val VAL
Aar. s'sOo with its con.
g. some me- App APPARENTLY been
n Ven - ufne as when !,
d ss ~ entire place was :
f. s ssas,, KonsEey.wWhaoo
as IT,. absent at fine
started. ohe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01

They are right, theoretically. But
Just let them try to take the chair
home to their fiat in the Bronx.
Now, however, they will have a
more realistic claim to ownership in
the Executive Mansion.
The Temple Wrecking Co., on the
job to tear down and out the ex-
ecutive wing of the White House, to
make room for the bigger and better
one soon to rise thereon, has the
privilege of selling all materials taken
from the RACED building, with the pro-
vision that these materials must be
held-for 80 days, I believe is the
time-pending the possible decision
of the architects to make use of them
in the new building. Then they may
be sold.
The curious and the connoisseur
fiddle about the piles of rubbish on
the White House lawn
Mr.. M. T. Shipp is the amiable
gentleman who heads the Temple
Wrecking Co. Almost too elderly, you
would say, to take much stock in this
woman in politics" idea. Yet, the
other day, he was telling about the
flooring. from the Presidents old Of
flee and from the cabinet room, which
presently will be his to dispose Of
"All but this piece" holding up a
small square of wood. This wood
was in the cabinet room under Fran
ces Perkins chair. No, sir, won't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01
CITY HEADS ORDER
STREET PROJECTS
5 Improvement Programs
Will Cost Total of
S169,e32.

Five street improvement projects, to
be financed out of the Districts new
public works grant for Federal road
work, have been ordered by the Dis
trict Commissioners.
Work will be started within two
weeks. Contracts for the five projects
total $169, 632.45.
The District will receive in all 1918,
600 for road work this year from the
P. w. A.
The largest of the four programs is
grading, paving and curbing of Naylor
road southeast, from Good Hope road
to the District line. Contract for this
work went to the W. F. Brenizer Co.,
which submitted bid of $50,417.75.
The four other projects are: Widen
ing and paving of Rhode Island ave-
nue. northeast, from North Capitol to
Fourth street, awarded to Mcclure &
Rolfe, Inc, for 44,31225; resurfacing
of Rhode Island avenue from Logan
to Scott Circles, awarded to Corson &
Gruman Co., $33 lists; widening and
repaving of D street southwest, from
Twelfth to Fourteenth street, awarded
to MCGUIRE g. Rolfe, Inc, for $18,-
40895, and widening and repaving of
Twelfth street southwest, from indie
pendence avenue to D street, awarded
to MCGUIRE g. Rolfe, Inc. for
$23,377.75.
At the same time, the city heads
nj i'm
of a 20-inch water main in Nichols
avenue southeast, from First street to
Blue Plains. The contract went to
the Brenizer Co.. which submitted a
bid totaling $51,777.62.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01
Snake Handling
By Holiness Boy
Raises Tempest
Court Threatens Arrest
of Preacher if Son
Toys Rdttlers.
BY the Associated Press.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, September L.
The Rev. Dewey Dodson may get him
self bitten by rattlesnakes if he wants
to, but when it comes to his 10-year-
old son, that's different matter.
The Rev. Dodson, Holiness preach
er, has announced he will handle all
the rattlesnakes anybody brings to a
revival meeting here on the night of
Sunday, September 9.
He made the statement in the Ten
nessean Office as the son, Dewey, jr.,
stood beside him.
I'll handle the snakes, too" said
the boy, IF the spirit moves me-"
IF the spirit moves him." said the
Rev. Dodson, "he will do it,
But police and Juvenile Court au-
thorities took different view of the
matter.
That man can let a rattlesnake
bite him all he wants to-" said George
w. Brown, secretary of the Humane
and Juvenile Court Commission, but
if he just dares put that boy in a
cage or near a box where there is a
snake he will be arrested"
The Rev. Dodson has asked people
to bring their own rattlesnakes" to
his September exhibition. eff I
bring one they will say I took the
poison sacs out" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01
IN CAPITAL LETTERS
Souvenir Hunters Throng White House to Buy Bits of
Materials from Wrecked Of6ces-Grayson
Gets Needed Rest.

let anybody have that. I'm going to
keep it. She's a great woman, she is"
OF course, men-some of them high
in the Government-who chafe at the
appointment of a woman to the cab
inet-say of her, bit resentfully,
She'll be a great man-She will"
So Senator Carter Glass and his
friend and physician. Admiral Cary
Grayson, are sailing for a holiday in
Europe. 1t will be easier for the doc
tor to have his patient in the adjacent
cabin, instead of way down in Lynch
burg. Va, as he was one night last
Winter.
That night the Senator had sore
toe; telephoned his doctor up in Wash
ington. Grayson obligingly hoped
the midnight for Lynchburg, left the
proper. indictments for the toe, re-
turned to the Capital
Next night the Senator phoned
again, in even greater distress-some-
thing terrible had happened. Gray
son again ohligingly hoped the mid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01
SOUTH AMERICA
IN ARMS INQUIRY
ProberS Will Seek to Show
U. S. Money Was Used
for Munitions.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate munitions investigators
will seek to show that money American
investigators lent to some South
American countries was used to buy
American-made war materials az
prices described as extremely high.
Methods whereby war materials
firms in the United States obtained the
contracts from South American off,
Gals will be the object of minute
scrutiny.
This became known yesterday as Ste
phen Raushenbush head investigator
for the special Senate committee,
worked overtime preparing for the
opening of public hearings next Tues
day.
1t was pointed out that many of the
large loans which were extended to
Latin America in pre-depression years
now are in default. The munitions
trade in South America in recent
years, since the wave of revolutions
first began to topple governments. is
to become an important subject of the
investigation, which is due to open
with evidence attempting to link
American companies with European
ramifications.
Chairman Nye (Republican) of In
diana, in town today to get the in
quiry under way, declined to talk
about evidence which some of the COM
mittee have called sensational" Sem
ator Nye said it was fair to Won
der" If Irenee du Point, munitions
manufacturer" was prompted to help
organize the new American Liberty
League in an effort TO "discredit any
accomplishment" of the Senates COM
mittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01
DELAY IN REMOVAL
OF CIRCLES ASKED
Group Of Mount Pleasant Resi-.
dents Presses Protest Against
Harvard Street Plan.

The Commissioners were urged yes
terday to delay the removal of the two
small circles in Harvard street, near
the entrance to the Zoo Park, until
after the September meeting of the
Park and Planning Commission.
The request came from Frederic A
Delano of the Park and Planning
Commission and Miss Harlean James
secretary of the American Civic Asso-
citation, who appeared as spokesman
for the Committee of 100 on the Fed
eral City.
Protests against removal Of the
circles were placed before the Com
missioners by Miss James and nearly
a score of residents of the Mount
Pleasant section, including A. Guy
Refer, past president of the Mount
Pleasant Citizens Association, ano
DR.. A. A. Chenay.
Capt. H C. Whitehurst, director OF
highways, declared it would be a
practical necessity to remove the cir
cles in the next year or two when
Harvard street is widened, as provided
by an act of Congress.
Contract for removal Of the circles
and for the widening of the road at
the park entrance already has been let
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01
B0RGER, BOOM TOWN
FOUNDER, IS SLAIN
County Tax Collector Arrested
for Crime, One of 80
Murders.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BORGER, Tex. September IA. p.
Berger. who founded this mushrooyG
oil town in 1926-and saw it pile up a
record of 80 murders in three years
was shot to death yesterday in the
city post office.
Police said Arthur Huey, county tax
collector, who had sought to prosecute
Berger in connection with the failure
of the latter's Berger State Bank, was
identified by witnesses as the killer.
Huey was arrested after he left the
post Office carrying two pistols. He
was quoted as saying, "They kept on
until they made criminal out of me-"
One witness said Berger, who was
shot four times, himself fired at least
once.
A former Cromwell, Okla, banker,
Berger came to this vicinity in Feb
ruary, 1926, shortly after oil was dis
covered nearby. Soon Berger had
schools, churches and water and light
systems, and 10000 population.
The killing in 1929 of District At
torney John Holmes brought period
of martial law.
The towns population now is
around 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01
WOMAN QU|zzED
| IN S|EVER MURDER
Police Running Down Story
of MurdereSs That HuS-
band Killed Dentist.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, September IA
new effort to solve the mystery muir
der of DR.. Leonard Siever, romantic
dentist and friend of several young
Pasadena society women, was launched
yesterday after convicted murderess
named her slain husband as the killer
On the strength of the story, prose-
cutors questioned brunette widow
whose affections, according to the new
information, provided the motive for
Siever's Staying.
Mrs. Nellie Madison, former Mon
tana COW girl now awaiting execution
for the murder of her husband, Eric
Madison, was the informant.
Declared Love Fight.
Authorities said Mrs. Madison told
them her husband had confessed to
her he killed Siever in a fight over
the affections of the brunette widow
Prosecutors said the brunette, secre-
tary of a prominent Los Angeles bust
ness man, admitted under quizzing
that she had known Madison, mo-
ton picture studio auditor She was
quoted as saying she had seen him
shortly before he was shot to death
last Spring.
The widow denied, however, know
ing anything about Madison's pur-
ported connection with the Siever kill
ing last December-one of Los An
geles County's major unsolved crimes
Jealousy Motive Denied.
Questioners said she denied, aHo
Mrs. Madison's implication that Mad
ison killed Siever in jealousy over her
She disclaimed any acquaintance with
the dentist, whose friendships with
several prominent women we're in
vestigated after he was killed.
Matthews said he expected to inter-
view two other witnesses, but he had
little hope that Mrs. Madison's story
would throw any light on the Siever
killing,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01
AUTHOR OF K|DNAP
NOTE IN HOSPITAL
MaChinist Who Threatened
Mrs. Roosevelt Under
Mental Observation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September i.-Benja-
min Franklin Varn-accused rs the
author of a Crank" threat note to
Mrs. Franklin d. Roosevelt--was in
Bellevue Hospital last night for OBJ
servation less than "a hours after his
arrest.
Warn. 80. and a former naval ma
chinist, was ordered committed by
Federal Judge Francis G.. Caffey after
his arraignment under the Lindbergh
kidnapping law. He was held in $25,-
900 bail.
Red-headed and stocky, Warn ac-
cording to Federal authorities at
tributed the inspiration" for his note
demanding $168, 900 to one "Svengali"
whom he met in Central Park.
'Svengali." Warn told authorities.
who repeated his story in court. had
come up through the stone floor into
my room night or two ago and said
the letter must be written at once"
His "Svengah" was dressed in "black
with sort of a veil"
The letter, received at the White
House about 10 days ago, threatened
harm to the President and the kid
naping of his grandchildren unless
the money was paid. Warn was ar
rested at local Y. M. G. A. after an
investigation by Secret Service and
postal operatives in cooperation with
local police.
Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dali, daughter
Of the Roosevelts and mother Of
"Sistie" and "Buzzie," two Of the
grandchildren threatened, said at
Little Falls, N. Y, where she Is visit
ing. she was unperturbed by the threat
to kidnap the children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01
SLAYER Of LOVER
COMMITS SUICIDE
Minister'S Daughter Shoots
Banker and Self in
Private Office.
BY the Associated Press.


MORRISTOWN, Tenn, September
IA young woman of 20, described
as a very pretty girl" and identified
as minister's daughter, walked into
the Hamblen National Bank yesterday,
fatally wounded the president, Jesse C.
Shelton, IS, and then shot herself to
death in his private Office.
Shelton, unmarried, died within less
than an hour, refusing to name his
aSSailant.
The dashing brunette had registered
at the Kingmeyer Hotel here Monday
as Miss Mary Sam Bruce of Nashville,
but note in her handbag gave her
address as Lebanon, Tenn, and asked
that her father. the Rev. w. j. Bruce,
a Presbyterian minister, be notified
"tactfully"
The note indicated thwarted love
affair was the cause of the double
tragedy. She had told friends several
years ago she and Shelton were en-
gagged.
Mayor j. E. Burke telephoned word
OF the tragedy to the mayor of Leba-
non, who informed the family.
Miss Bruce and Shelton met in 1929
when she was teaching Latin in the
high school at Chickamauga, Ga, just
across the State line from Chattta-
nooga, and he was cashier in a Chick
amauga bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01
LAST OF TRIO TAKEN
IN LORTON ESCAPE
Theophil Tiverny Arrested in
Baltimore-0thers Caught
in Washington.

The last Of three prisoners who
escaped from Lorton Reformatory Au-
gust IL in an automobile belonging to
an employee Is under arrest in Bal
timore, local police have been notified.
The prisoner was identified as Theo-
phil Tiverny.
The second member of the trio to
be captured was Archie Lyles, "a,
picked up in a restaurant at Tenth
and D streets Wednesday afternoon
by Policeman ]. F. Reynolds of No.
! precinct.
The first was Clarence Back, %.
arrested early Sunday with three men
and three women after a threat of
gun-play in an apartment at Nichols
avenue and Talbert street southeast.
The man who rented the apart
ment, Alfred M. Ciuffreda, 40, was
one Of those arrested. He was cleared
OF any connection with the case and
released along with the women and
two of the men after he explained
the party entered his apartment dur
ing his absence.
Police say the three escaped con-
victs had visited the apartment short
ly prior to Backs arrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01
BOYS FIND $1,000
IN GOLD IN CELLAR
Owner of House May Get Money
Baltimore Youths
Dug Up.
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, September when
Theodore Jones, Is, and Henry Grob
Is. started digging hole in a cellar
they never dreamed of finding a
buried treasure.
Before long, however, the two boys
had struck a pot of gold-$l1 900 in
gold coins. They don't know whether
the gold belongs to them or not. The
police are holding it temporarily.
The two were digging in the cellar
of the Jones home yesterday to bury
trinketS of a club they formed. Sud-
denly a shovel Jones was using strucs
something hard.
That's a $40 gold piece!," one
shouted.
From then one, Jones said, eve
were in that hole-hands, elbows
knees, and everything"
They excavated a rusted gallon
container, and as they lifted it up
a stream of gold coins poured forth
1t was planned TO bank the coins
which were in $40, $40, IS, $3.50 anc
4: 81 pieces, but Grob's brother-in-laW
recalled the Federal title to all GOLD
in the Nation. So placing the coin:
in cigar boxes and leather bags, the
youths trudged to eastern district
police headquarters and turned the
small fortune over to police.
Legal authorities were puzzled az
to whom the money belonged. The
United States does not have a law
dealing with treasure trove such as
there is in England, they said, anc
general property found on another
persons property belongs to the owner
of the property-unless the finder car
establish better title.
The Jones family is renting the
home where the gold was found
police said. Both boys fathers are
dead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01

night for Lynchburg. There he found
that Senator Glass had mistaken the
bottle of toe medicine for a vial of
cough medicine. No harm done, save
to the Senator's peace of mind.
Joseph C. Mason-he who used to
be secretary for Illinois very Repub-
lican Senator Charles Dement'S now
secretary for Illinois very Democratic
Senator James Hamilton Lewis
Secretary of Commerce Roper believes
the world would be brighter--and
maybe better-if everybody knew
stenography =. Did you know that
the Declaration of Independence has
been reproduced in facsimile more
often than any other known document?
(Copyright. 1934)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01
VIOLIN MAKER WINS
TRIP TO AIR RACES
Victor in Airport Terminal
Model-Building Com
petition.

Carroll Osborne, 21-year- vio-
lin maker of 1925 Nichols avenue
southeast, has been adjudged ma
tional winner in an airport terminal
model-building contest conducted by
Pennsylvania Airlines in connection
with the National Air Races, now on
at Cleveland.
Osborne won the free trip over
Pennsylvania Airlines to Cleveland
and free admission to all programs of
the races.
The winning model of the termi-
nal building and surroundings at
Washington Airport was made of
balsa wood and included the semi
circular loading platform, with avn
ings and fence. 1t was complete to
the smallest details. including loud
speaker boxes, meteorological equip
ment and tiny metal ladders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-09-01
LAST UNION SERVICE

At the union service to be held in
All Souls Unitarian Church tomor-
row Rev. Robert Lewis Weis of Scitu-
ate, Mass, will preach on Mans
Unity with God" This is the last In
the series of union services in which
the Universalist National Memorial
Mount Pleasant Congregational and
All Souls Churches have co-operateo
during the Summer months.
Services will be resumed in the in
dividual churches September 8, AMI
the pulpit Of All Souls Church will
be occupied by the minister, DR.. U1ys-
ses @. B. Pierce.