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Smyrna times., 1934-06-28

900 grade crossings, Of which only
10000 are protected by watchmen.
gates or similar means, and these
protected crossings are obviously
and by record the most dangerous.
In every instance simple steel
bridge, called an overpass, would
make Impossible collision between
automobiles and trains-the cause
of almost all grade crossing deaths
and injuries. Deferred construction
for such grade crossing elimination
amounts to the huge sum of $2,400,-
000, 1000, enough to eliminate large
percentage of the worst grade cross
ings and to reduce, by perhaps SO
per cent, the loss of life and injury.
But states and municipalities, hit
by the depression, have been econo-
MIXING; new demands have been
made upon them, and to meet these,
taxes which, both from their source
and to protect the lives and health
of citizens, should be devoted to
highway Improvement, including
grade crossing elimination, have
been diverted to almost every con-
ceivable purpose. Nor have the rail
roads, states and municipalities fin
ally determined what shall be the
relative obligation of each in such
grade crossing elimination as is
now feasible.
In the meantime, railroads are
running shorter and faster trains
and more frequent service, and au-
tomobfes are streamlined and much
faster than they were even a year
ago. There can be only one result.
Unless grade crossing elimination
is pushed to the limit of our capac-
ity. there is bound to be a large in
crease in the already appalling
number of grade crossing accidents.
The present situation is a menace,
directly or Indirectly. to the life and
security of every man. woman and
child in the United States.
Smyrna times., 1934-06-28
Ter which Mr.. Bowman !

other which Mr.. Bowman may
think proper. I desire that good
order may be kept and that no
liquor whatsoever drunk nigh the
church and that things be ordered
here with decency and nobody
want. I bequeath the parson a
hatband and gloves, and a pair of
gloves to the clark The will of
John Mcdowell, dated March 81,
1875, bequeaths the sum of five
pounds proclamation money be
paid toward repairing the Episco-
pal Church in Dover, county of
Kent These are quoted in proof
that Christ Church was in process
of completion in the year 1875 and
in full use at the latter date of
174S. DR.. Holloway said his first
thought in connection with the an
niversary was to write a new paper
but as he found practically every
source of information about the
church included in a sermon
preached by Bishop Lee, first
Bishop of Delaware, in 1860, it
seemed appropriate to repeat it.
The sermon was entitled Bethel
Revised" and was preached in the
church by Bishop Lee at the time
of its conservation Thursday, May
II, 1860. DR.. Holloway repeated
the sermon. Following DR.. Hollo-
ways address the choir sang an
anthem which was followed by
prayer and benediction by Bishop
Cook. The clergy and congrega-
ton then filed out of the church
singing the occasional "All Hail
the Power of Jesus Name" They
assembled on the lawn about the
church where a reception was held.
Bishop Cook and DR.. Thompson,
standing under a spreading maple
tree, greeted those present. Later
a luncheon was served the visiting
ministers and invited guests at the
Dover Century Club rooms on Do
yer Green. Governor and Mrs. C.
Douglass Buck were among the
visitors attending the anniversary
services. Displayed on a table just
outside the church were a large
silver chalice and paten which
have been the property of the
church for many years. There
was also an old Bible which has
been in the church for more than
100 years.
Smyrna times., 1934-06-28
Attends Church Convention

DR.. R. c. Helfenstein, ID. D., pas
tor of Peoples Congregational
Christian Church has gone to Ober-
lin, o., where he is attending the
national council meeting of the
Congregational-Christ;an Churches
which will be in session for two
weeks. Dr. Helfenstein is a dele
gate from the Middle-Atlantic Con-
ference of the Congregational and
Christian Churches of which he is
moderator and also moderator of
the Philadelphia Association of
gational-Christian Church
es.
Smyrna times., 1934-06-28
LEGION TO HOLD BOAT RACES
Walter L. Fox Post to Sponsor At
fair on Silver Lake July

The Walter L. Fox Post, No. 2,
American Legion, will hold pro-
gram of sail boat racing on Silver
Lake on afternoon of the Fourth
of July. The races are scheduled
to start at 2 o'clock and continue
for the rest of the afternoon. A
sail boat will be given away before
the races start so that the one re-
ceiving the award may enter the
boat in the competitions. The rae
es are being arranged by a COM
mittee including George Haggerty,
William Achtenberg and Edward
Little.
Smyrna times., 1934-06-28
Bankers Hold Meeting at Dover

A meeting of representatives of
banks in Kent and Sussex counties
was held in the budget room of
Legislative Hall when an address
was made by Gilbert T. Stephen
son, vice-president of the Equitable
Trust Company, Wilmington, on
the requirements and responsible
tiles of trust departments under
the banking code. Practically
every bank in the two counties was
represented.
Smyrna times., 1934-06-28

Another class composed of children
a size large were examined in
Parker's Arithmetical Chart. They
added, subtracted, multiplied, di-
vided and took fractional parts if
numbers less than eleven with ease
and readiness. Space is wanting
for extended description and crit
icism. The calisthenic songs, the
object lesson, the exercises in form
and color, the joyous interest of the
pupils and the living enthusiasm of
| the teacher indicated that Miss
Spruance was an unusually skillful
representative of what is called the
new education. Twenty or more
visitors were present in the after
noon to witness the examination of
the First Primary of which Miss K.
L. Storm is teacher. The increas-
ed number was partly due to the
high report of the examinations
made by those present in the morn
ing and partly to the reputation
which Miss Storm has made during
the year. A marked feature of the
exercises was the concert recita-
tions The readiness and accuracy
with which the classes performed
mathematical calculations was sur
prising. Although these pupils
have been attending school but
three or four years they added
long columns of small figures with
rapidity The reading of the chii-
dren was also excellent. On the
blackboard were some creditable
sketches, notably sketch of a
horses head drawn by little boy.
Indeed the methods of the Second
Primary and the First are so sim
liar that children passing from one
to the other need not feel the
shock usually incident to change
of teachers. When Miss Lizzie
Mcdowell of the Second Intermed-
late stepped to the front and said
good morning" the salutation was
responded to by fifty as sprighly
little girls and boys as ever graced
a school room. The visitors in
creased in numbers as the examin-
alton progressed, but those who
failed to attend the examination of
the First and Second Primary
could not appreciate with so keen
a relish the advancement made by
this class. One year ago it was in
the First Primary and the year
now closed has fitted them for an
other remove into a higher depart
ment. So step by step they are
marching on to the High School
where they will be fitted for col
lege if a profession is desired or
where they will be able to receive
the necessary education to enter
the arena of the busy life that
awaits them fortified in the funda-
mental principles of an English ed
ucation. We can say Miss McDow-
ell as Webster said of Massachu-
setts, "She needs no encomium"
she is so well known to our people
as disciplinarian and instructress
that comments are useless. This
afternoon Miss Annie Doughten, of
the First intermediate will hold
her examination. Tomorrow Miss
Emma Hough of the Second Gram
mar and Friday Miss Lizzie Par
rott of the First Grammar. This
will end this school year and the
children will enter upon their vaca-
ton feeling they have earned it.
Smyrna times., 1934-06-28
DOVER GIRL BRIDE TUESDAY
Miss Ellen I'll. Shank Weds Charles
r. FOutZ, Jr., of Westminster, Md.

A wedding of interest in Kent
county this month was that of
Miss Ellen Helen Shank, of Dover,
and Charles Ryle Foutz, Jr., of
Westminster, Md. The marriage
tok place at IL o'clock, Tuesday
morning, June 26, in the Dover
Presbyterian Church. Miss Shank
is the daughter of City Manager of
Dover, L. d. Shank, and Mrs.
Shank. She is graduate of the
Western Maryland College. West
minister, Md, and has been a mem
Der Of the faculty of the High
School of Westminster for the last
three years. =
Smyrna times., 1934-06-28

N a | m g d beyond
happiness or use
fulness. and if not
only the buildings
of the town were
lost. but all the
rich lands for
miles around -
would n OF t b e
whole world ring
with tn e cataS-
trnnha2 Mould not
Smyrna times., 1934-06-28
BY v. G. lDEN
American Institute of Steel Construction

NEW YORK CITY-If the earth
should open suddenly and engulf
thriving town of 5000 Inhabitants.
and il those who managed to climb
out over the crumbling edges of the
chaSm were mostly crippled and
Smyrna times., 1934-06-28
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|s|;l' CHURCH
L,.,I Mrs. .,,1, c; d, ss'A s".
kr''.s, ,l.,e At ,ep's ssiaee he-
erd Dover n''
,,ynEp IN 1908

..rcices which were e
- n,ls re- than 800 persons persons
~ s'I' i the state, .lGtaG. inc.uG :
y. l. !. leading ministers
,'a1isstion, q ii the 20oth GOTHAM an )
7 christ Prot estanl
.1,-cs = was celebrated
Y Wednesday. Among
! ths observance eva. was
X !. Bishop Philip c0ok' @as
'',.sot Y the diocese Of Del e.
~ address by Dr.. !. y
,,s-stsry Of the vestry, :
.',fIiped the history Of
a. The program haa
IT, and was carried gu !.
srsction Of the rector O
!. he Rev. Benjamin T !.
/. The Rev. Joseph 2
~ of Milford 2. =
= J. master Of ceremonies.
stay after Il o'clock
|. accession Of acOlytes :
.,r,; d The master Of
s started lrOni - d,,,,rob
4 marched to the { cnuren Te
j. services we're held. The
trr,t Church was at the
..oassinn and sang
Tm Church's One Foun-
,.i,b was concluded as
the chancel and choir
= responsive reading was
b R.Y. Barber, rector OF
= Csurch who was fol-
In Rev. Charles A.Rantz,
1 Clsymont P. E. Church
II
HE LESSONS. The pastor,
k.nun, read the Greed and
Prayer. The hymn
II Sound Of Holy Voices,
!, sy the clergy and con-
L d memory Of the mem
II aggregation who have
E&p Cook, in the course
pointed out that
as far back as 1903
u The jurisdiction Of the
! t England and that the
n Es0 we're sent mere were
Missionaries as this ter
kz vas considered a mis-
Ena foreign land and was
4 such by the Mother
He said the Protestant
4 Church in America is
4 American church. DR..
N bis address, said the
3 founded in 1903 by the
| England Society for the
bsn Of the Gospel in For
bas Of the first church
! b stated, there is no rec
\ 4 tradition of a log
o s.. Jones' River down
l1i near Dover. 1T was
aE ben burned by the In
D. Holloway explained,
y aggregation, seeking
tie new church, the
Ndng, was built in Do
I date very near the
b settlement. The title,
nra may date from the
d The present church
SIT IS first mentioned in
1 Rev. Arthur Usher in
D. Holloway said. "one of
no7n tombs in the
IS that of Captain
S'on Of White Haven,
County, England. In
a'sd September 21, 174s
1rd: Bear me to the
DoVe' where I desire a
E Be preached by the
y said church or any
Smyrna times., 1934-06-28

Kenneth Branner, Of near Mid
dletown, who was injured in an
automobile accident near Milford
recently is improving at the Della
ware Hospital. Mr.. Branner suf-
fered a broken arm and badly in
jured elbow.
Smyrna times., 1934-06-28

The Delaware City branch chan
mel Of the Chesapeake and Della
ware Canal is being dredged to a
depth Of seven feet at mean low
water. The dredge Mantua, in
charge Of Captain Axel Most, is
doing the work
Smyrna times., 1934-06-28

The playground for children of
Middletown opened last Thursday
on the old academy grounds. The
children as well as the grown-ups
of the town are invited to the
grounds to enjoy the amusements
during the summer. There is a
competent person in charge.
Yacht traffic through the c. &
d. Canal is expected to be heavy
for the next few weeks as many
boats head for Oxford, Md, and
other points along the Chesapeake
Bay where regattas are held on
July 4th for all types of boats, in
Guiding old fashioned sailing craft
The wedding ceremony of Miss
Wilhelmina Shelton and John Fort
ner, both of Smyrna, was quietly
performed by the Rev. James R.
Galley, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church, at the Presbyterian Manse
on Wednesday evening, June 6. The
couple are making their home in
Smyrna.
Many of the farmers of this sec
ton are now engaged in harvesting
their wheat crop, and if the wealth
er permits by the middle of next
week the most of the crop will be
in the shocks. The prospects for a
heavy yield are good, as both the
heads and straw seem to be heavy.
The price paid last week by the
buyers is S5 cents a bushel.
In Silverbrook M. E. Church,
Wilmington, Saturday afternoon,
June %, Miss M. Odella Vest, of
Wilmington, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Everett Vest of Richmond,
Va, and Mr.. Ralph G. Truax, son
Of Mr.. S. Gilbert Truax, of Rose
Hill, formerly of Smyrna, were
married by the Rev. Ralph L.Mink
er. Miss Ethel M. Stark, cousin Of
the bride, and Mr.. Ralph Calhoun
were the bridal attendants. They
will reside in Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1934-06-28
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

While cranking his car Wednes-
day afternoon John B. Cleaver of
Middletown, suffered broken
wrist, when the car back fired
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-30
SAY HOOVER OUT OF 1886 RACE
Washington Friends Declare He Will Take
Only Minor Part In 1884 Campaign.

WASHINGTON. March 30. up
Former President Herbert Hoover
whose mid-weStern auto tour at
tracts attention, Is definitely out Of
the 1886 presidential picture ana
will take small part In the 1884
congressional campaign II the iudg-
ment OF his Washington friends Is
any good.
Mr.. Hoover was last reported IN
Kansas City with Iowa. his native
state. the next stop. Explanation
vary for this eastward venture from
sunny California during a month
notable for doubtful weather in the
valleys of the Kaw and the Missouri.
The best one. from a senator who
defends the Hoover administration
vigorously. is that Mr.. Hoover has
served a term of silence and E de-
Gliding in his own mind whether
time has come 20 talk. The retir-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-30
Valley Menaced
BY Grasshoppers

Grasshoppers constitute a serious
menace to Imperial Valley agricul-
ture and unless immediate steps are
taken to eradicate them before the
egg laying period, by fall the sit
uation will be so desperate that
there will be no hay in the valley
and no other crops, states B. A.
Harrigan, agricultural commission
er.
Due to the early warm weather
the insects are Matching early and
there is 10 day period before they
develop wings. Immediate steps
must be taken to poison them be-
fore this period and before the egg
laying stage, poison being recon-
mended
It is hoped that a county cam
paign of eradication may be fin
anced by the SERA but if this is
not feasible the program will be up
to the individual farmer
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-30
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GlssI, NeNausht Syndicate. Inc
DAVIS GIVEN
PRISON TERM

LOS ANGELES, March 30. U.H
Edwin Davis today was SEN
fenced to a term of five years to
life in San Quentin prison follow
ing his plea of guilty to charge
of murder for Staying E. Gail Pat
terson, business manager of the
Illustrated Daily News.
Superior Judge Robert H. Scott
recommended that Davis, former
janitor at the newspaper plant,
never be paroled unless alienists
should be able to agree that he will
never again become mentally un-
balanced
Judge Scott fixed the offense at
second degree murder in passing
sentence.
Davis killed Patterson on May
"a. 1888, after he had been dis
charged from his position. He
also inflicted bullet wounds on
John w. Mcclure, purchasing
agent. to whose assistance Patter-
son had gone. Although Davis al
so pleaded guilty to a charge of
assault with a deadly weapon on
Mcclure. the charge was dropped
on motion of the district attor-
ney's office.
Davis was mentally unbalanced
following the Staying and was COM
mitted to the Mendocino hospi-
tai where last January alienists
decided he had sufficiently recov-
cred to stand trial.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-30
REPUBLICANS
WILL BATTLE
TAX BOOSTING
G. O. P. Senate Leaders Say
No Increase Necessary Due To
Veterans Measure.
BY ii. o. THOMPSON

WASHINGTON March 30.-Re-
publican opposition to the threat of
new taxation as result of the
overriding of President Roosevelt's S
veterans veto became manifest to-
day with declarations that any such
effort would be resisted by the min
ority party.
Charles L. McNary, minority lead
er, and Sen. David A. Reed ranking
Republican on the senate finance
committee, said that if the budget
did not balance the fault lay in
reckless emergency expenditures ra-
ther than increased veterans COM
pensation.
An independent Republican, Sen.
Robert M. La Toilette of Wiscon-
sin, said that he intended to press
for senate adoption of his tax bill
amendments providing sharp in
creases in income and estate taxes.
I'VE need the money, anyway
he said. Il had not thought of try
ing to link it up with the veterans
!, benefits
The $3.50, 100000 tax bill has prior
ity in the senate and will come up
for debate when the senate recon-
venes Monday. The total of expect
ed revenue fixed by the senate fin
ance committee exceeds by $72,000,-
600 the amount set by the house.
Although Chairman Pat Harri-
son of the senate finance committee
said he did not intend to propose
additional taxes to care for the in
creased Veterans compensation, ii
was learned the President Roosevelt
had said he intended to ask that his
normal budget be put back into bal
: ance by an increase.
| Reed said he thought the senate
tax bill would provide ample reve-
hue to take up any increases caused
| by enactment of the veterans '-pav
restoration bill.
1--WE only added Sl1,000,000 to
what the President was willing to
allow for veterans Reed said
This estimate CT $lO3,0OO,O0O does
not take the administrations COM
promise into consideration.
THE budget is already out of bal
ance. We don't need any more tax
alton. What we need is curb on
| the reckless emergency expenditures
that are going on"
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-30
WILL PLACE
WORKERS ON
NEW SET-UP
Major Portion Of Relief Re-
sponsibility To Be Placed On
State, County And City.
TWO MILLION TO TRANSFER
Hopkins Gives Assurance All
Who Are In Need OF Assist
ance Will Be Furnished 1t.
TWO MILLION TO TRANSFER

WASHINGTON, March 80. lU.P)
Two million CWA workers will
be transferred Monday to work
projects under the administrations
new relief program, Harry L. Hop
kins, relief administrator, esti-
mated today.
The CWA program ends Sunday
and the government then will place
a major part of relief RESPONSE
bility on states, cities and coun-
ties. Hopkins said that about g.
100000 persons mostly city folk,
remained on CWA rolls today and
that majority of them would
move into the new work program.
Under the new policy, in COM
munties over 5000 population there
shall be flexible public works prof.
ects designed to give employment
to the needy at minimum wage
of 30 cents per hour on a "a hours
week basis.
In rural areas, farmers will be
given sufficient employment on
public works projects to supplement
their farm income. The govern
ment also plans to provide them
with farm stock where it is need
ed.
On the eve of CWA termination,
Hopkins estimated it represent a
government outlay of approx
mately $1,0O0,OOOOOO. He said
about $75O,OoO,OOO had been spent
for wages and $250,000,000 for ma
terialS.
Cost Much Less
The new relief program, the ad-
ministration said, will cost the
government between $15,000,000 and
$2O,0O0,0O0 a week in contrast to
the peak CWA expenditure of $70,-
100000 for one week and an aver
age of $5OOOO,000
Hopkins estimated that S600,000,
900 of the recent $950,000,000 relief
appropriation would be available
at the start of the new program.
He did not say how long this mon
.ey was expected to last, but OBJ
served that it would be sufficient
to keep needy Americans at work
for a lengthy period.
II feel that CWA was a grand
thing and altogether successful"
said Hopkins. This was due to
the literally thousands of people
who put their shoulder to the
wheel to make the thing go. We
were told that it was impossible
to put 100000 persons to work
and then were told that We
couldn't demobilize. We've put A.
100000 to work and CWA has been
demobilized."
Hopkins reiterated that his adj
ministration intends to see that
everyone in the United States who
needs relief gets it,
Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-30
PROJECTS ARE
APPROVED At
SACRAMENTO
Work To Be Financed Out Of
Ell Centro's Apportionment
From Gasoline Tax.
ESTIMATED COST $10,458.16
Will Include Construction And
Maintenance Over Principal
Commercial Arteries.
ESTIMATED COST $1o,45S.16

Director Earl Lee Kelly of the
department of public works has ap-
proved and signed project agree
ment submitted by the city of Ell
Centre upon resolution of the city
council and forwarded through
Mayor John T. Rice, providing for
construction and maintenance work
on state highway routes within the
city limits, to be financed from the
city's share of the one quarter cent
gas tax ALLEGATION, approximately
S10,458.16 during the biennium.
The work provided for by the
agreement is estimated to cost
1924 and will be done by the state
with the exception of certain
portion of maintenance work, which
will be done by the city.
The work embraced in the agree
ment is described in the following
projects:
Project l. Route 26. Imperial
avenue from Main street to Adams
avenue, a length of approximately
OBS miles, to be graded, curbs con-
structed, together with incidental
appurtenances
Project O. The maintenance of
state highway routes within the city
until June 30, 1885, as follows:
| Route 26. Fourth street from
southerly city limits at Ross avenue
to Main street; Main street from
Fourth street to Imperial avenue:
Imperial avenue from Main street
to northerly city limits at Adams
street, length of approximately
!203 miles.
Route 27. Main street from
Fourth street, junction with state
highway Route 26, to easterly city
limits, a length of approximately
102 miles.
The construction work on Project
l will be done by contract or by
state forces as may, in the opinion
of the director of public works. be
for the best interests of the city and
the state.
/ While the maintenance of the
state highway routes specified in
Project 2 will also be done by or
under the supervision of the direc-
tor of public works, the city agrees
that the streets will be swept and
the storm water removed by city
forces and that sufficient money
will be provided for this purpose
from current city funds.
The cost of Project l is estimat-
ed at S4,944; Project 2, $4,000 on
state Route 26, and $1,000 on state
Route 81.
AS above stated, the state will
pay the cost of the improvements
and maintenance work from the
city's share of the one quarter cent
gas tax ALLEGATION except the street
sweeping and storm water remov-
al which will be betrayed from city
funds.