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Smyrna times., 1934-05-24
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths,
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF MAY 21ST, 1884

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1934-05-24
SEEK OFFICE OF
JUDGE WALES
Democrats Want United Stat
es District Judge to Re-
sign His Position
WANT JOB FOR ]. BIGGS

U. S. Senator Daniel o. Hast
ings of Delaware revealed last
week that he and Senator John G.
Townsend. Jr., had addressed
joint letter to Attorney General
Homer S. Cummings as early as
May 2 asking for an appointment
Smyrna times., 1934-05-24
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plapl.ate S50o0C Us
highway fund :, ,''a
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beach tn ~ . rrs
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gro.n aid iatt,.- I1osttale,
present iettiss ~, ~ 's:ac,
the supervise, ~ = o d,
way Departmen, ne Sg
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days ago signed a.. 8l's
proptiate S3OO0o alee' d
2 the Rehob9ta In r'-'
2 taany Beach from n
the oeean, This w5,s u !. q
done under dirse-far, ~
way Ge9artmar. IT u I
come from the bjo5g...- - Q
resentstire H9rrr :
Newark. Who owns 49,, : ny
hoooth. vas a 9sr.5.,..s g.:..''l
Of the hooot5 h.. ,1,'-, y. .
ed is passage On h. -. a..
the House and he s Sa-,.. N.Y.
also advocated passsss -.t :.
hoboth Bin Oh the 475, =. !
houses t was poi,t.s :.
.hs present jettiss aa
beach al the sra.s., ~.
most popular resort b,t Y,
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are now in need Of rey;,
pointed 0ut tha, t5e rrr,,.
I 4ast august deno,s-ry
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need f0r Rehob0,1 ,s,..
rms i property is ht
guarded. It is tt9ps4- T..
s9sn ing of 10000 il ID
ana Be' aany Bs8c- ia.s
summer and fall VII. d u
wares aiding unem2.aynsr
tons in those distric.s
, 1934-12-14
RIVER BULLETIN

There viii bC mo material change
In the river during the next ia t0
IS hours. !.
, 1934-12-14
NOTED POET
Is STABBED

SANTIAGO. Chile, Dec. lA Pr
Two knife stans ended Thursday the
adventurous life oi jose Santos Cho-
cano, considered IN some critics the
greatest living poet ol any Span
iSh speaking country.
The 59-year-old Peruvian was
killed while on a crowded street car
by a man police said claimed he had
lost his life savings IN a scheme by
Chocano TO seek buried treasure.
The career 0l ChOCanO. who cali
ed himself The Singer Oh America,
Aboriginal and Wild, was like lic-
ton. Many Latin governments hon
ored him and several jailed "a en-
PEELED him for political activities.
Alfonso, then King oI spain ana
others, saved the poets life by pet
itionlng for clemency when ne was
sentenced 10 death IN Guatemala
after a government 70 which he waS
adviser was overthrow.
ChncanO was expelled from Mex
leo when his friend Francisco Ma
dero, revolutionary hero, wac killed,
ana he became confidential agent
tn the United states for PunchO
Villa and Venustiano Carranza. he
was with Villa when the rebel Lead
CT captured Chihuahua City.
After 20 years Of roaming. Cho-
cano returned TO Peru. which had
jailed him As a youth for ms heated
political essays. President Leguia
, 1934-12-14
RILIEIIN

ltirst figures. lowest temperature la-t
NIGH accund. highest yesterday. thlrd
va gp@Sza at 8 d. m fourth. pIll-
Imitation ln laat 2i hours.
, 1934-12-14
and the Joneses

They got farther behind the
times than any other industry. /
say its because initiative was
throttled by red tape and reguIa-
ton, aud they couldn't cut wages.
or raise rates. or build new lines,
or abandon old ones without long
palaver.
And they're still on the ragged
edge Of the rocks, In spite OF MIL
lions tossed 10 them BY the RFC.
If that's regulation, I say the less
we have, the better"
Well. were going 20 have more
OF II instead Of less" insisted
John. Jr. And I think Secretary
Ickes vas dead right when he told
the oil men that he hopes they'll
set their house in order under regu-
lation, and cut out the waste and
oil bootlegging, because II they
don't there's only one answer-and
that's outright government owner
ship OF the whole industry. utilities.
OIL. coal. railroads, telephone and
telegraph lines.
That's going 10 be pushed hard
anyway, by some OF the western
radicals IN the new congress"
Say, son." interrupted Pa Jones.
There's n thing the government
doesn't regulate yet. and that's
when to 20 TO bed. Let's call 1t a
day and turn in.
CCopyt 1884. NEA Service, Inc.)
, 1934-12-14

placed "a crow Oi golden leaves on
his forehead. But hc soon Lost his
liberty when hc killed Edwin FL
more. 4 rival North American writ
err. and was sentenced 10 three years
imprisonment Congress passed q
measure %pardOninr hun arc -
vent to Chile. VI
Chucanna pDClicul works we're
widely read in Central and south
America and in spain IN Mexican
woman who claimed to hu hia wife
said Peru. ol which hc was once
pOet-laurcatC ana Chile we're un-
worthy Of him and that ms body
would BE- taken 20 Mexico for burial.
, 1934-12-14

ing to see why telephone rates
haven't come down as much a.
most things, whether employees
wages were cut while executives
continued To get big salaries, Just
what are All these involved rela-
tions between the big American
Telephone and Telegraph and the
dozens Of little companies u con-
trols, and whether Us property val
uations and charges for deprecia-
ton Of equipment aren't maybe too
high. Those valuations are What
rates depend on.
Where Radio Comes w
But where does radio come in?'
asked Pa.
Radios 10 be regulated" went
on John, Jr.. because there are
only a certain number Of wave
lengths possible on the air. Some
body's got 60 say who's TO have
EN- or 1lere'd be such g confusion
you couldn't get anything when you
tried TO tune In.
Once again. who's going 20 say?
The government What's the kick
on a little regulation, when this
Is the only government IN the world
that has given all the wave-lenNhs
and all the time on the air TO COM
mercial operators 70 Sen?"
That sounds all right" count
prnI pa sshfyt dnutt f~ruaf that this
same private ownership put the
first and best programs on the air.
What would YOU get on govern
ment programs? "A lot of educa-
tional hooey nobC . wants 70 hear.
and a lot OF political speeches from
the party IN power.
Programs nov NAV not be up
lifting. but az least they have TO
be interesting. OF they don't payl
, 1934-12-14
DEFENDANTS
IN bath TUB
CASE LOSERS

LAREDO. Dec. IA. Pl-Two for
mer officers whom Mexican authori-
ties sought 10 extradite for allegedly
KIDNAPPING Luis Lopez, purported
narcotic law violator, from across
the Rio Grande, learned Friday
they must remain Ia jail until the
state department acts OH their case.
Paul Kilday Of san Antonio, coun-
sci for Ed Villareal and Tomas Her
nanceZ, advised them the United
States circuit court Of appeals a.
New Orleans had sustained the de-
cision Of Federal Judge T. NJ Ken
nerly IN their case. In a Laredo
hearing, Judge Kennerly last May
ordered the two men held for de-
portatiOn 70 Mexico, subject TO or
ders oi the state department AZ
Washington.
Vlllareal formerly Was a constable
and Tomas Hernandez u traffic Of
ticer here. They we're charged with
participation iu The abduction Of
Lopez, who sssertedly was forced TO
cross the Rio Grande last January
20 IN a bathtub and was turned over
TO the custody Of United States Of
iicers.
After remaining III jail here sew
eral months, Lopez was taken 70
San Antonio and convicted III yio-
lating narcotic laws. Mexican Oiti-
GERS were alleged 10 have c%ollaDOrat-
cd IN his abduction from his home
ID Nuevo Laredo. the Mexican City
across the river from Laredo.
Il was reported here counsel Tor
Villarcsl and hernandez would seek
their release through the state de-
partmcnl.
, 1934-12-14
Westerners Seeking
Additional Contests

The "WeSternerS. independent
quint Of Brownsville youngsters. are
In search o. additional games after
winning their opening encounter
IN handy fashion.
Paced by Ruperto Iowa and
George Hanna. the WeSterners
trimmed Troop 3 at Fort Brown
S6-5 earlier In the week o the pos.
court.
Al tight defense held tle Soldiers
to one field goal By Opry and free
throws BY Opry. Mitchell and Rove
Loya hit the basket for eight
field goals 30 lead the yICtorS and
Hanna was next ~ line with six
Members OF the Western squad IT.
clude George Hanna. Clarence La
Roche, Paul LtndhOrn, RupertO
Loya, Bedel and Fred Trdla-
, 1934-12-14
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
SUMMARY

BarometriC pressure was still mod
erately high over the great central
valleys and Texas Friday morning,
but moderately low over the Cana
dian northwest and OF the extreme
northeastern states, resulting IA lit
tie change IN weather conditions
throughout the country during the
last "A hours. Moderate 10 heavy
rains continued in the western
states, and light rains IL the south
western states. Temperatures mod
Grated more OF less III most sections
o. the country since Thursday morn
lng. but were lower III the Great
Lake region.
Brownsville 8 . H. ,ESTl sea-
level pressure 3O.l6 inches.
, 1934-12-14

They are national. 20 all over
the country, and they have 10 be
regulated IN that same basis. es-
pecially since holding companies
have tied together utilities Of many
states.
Equal Treatment or All
Furthermore. you're right at
least this far: Regulation Of one
thing does lead 20 regulation of
others. because they compete with
one another.
Its hardly fair 20 regulate rail-
roads and not BUSES. barge lines
and pipe lines, or even airplanes.
It's hardly fair % regulate tele-
hone and telegraph lines without
regulating radio, which is sending
more and more messages by wire
less all the time
That's all pretty general" said
Pa impatiently. What exactly DO
they intend 10 do. for instance. IN
this Federal Communication Com
miSsiOn2"
We'll. for instance, they're 60
, 1934-12-14
THE

East Texas feast Vi Tooth merI-
diam Partly cloudy TO cloudy and
somewhat unsettled Friday night
and Saturday. slightly warmer IN
northeast portion Saturday.
Light 10 moderate variable winds
Oh the coast mostly caStcrly u
sOutherly.
, 1934-12-14
The New Deal
BIZ WILLIS n

Pa Jones shut off the radio with
a snap. Guess it's gettin' on time
70 60 To bed" he said. Then he
gazed at the silent radio reflective
.ly.
DO you realize the governments
even controlling that thing now?'
he asked, as much Of himself as of
John, Jr- who had also been lis
tening. Industry and labor through
the NRA, farmers through the
AAA banking through the RFC
and All those other loaning agen-
Cies. railroads through the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. public
utilities through the threat Of iva
competition. securities and the stock
exchange through another commits
sionl
Nov the radio. and telephone
and telegraph lines through the
Communications Commission.
And I see where Secretary
Ickes isn't satisfied with controlling
OIL through the Oil Administration.
but threatens TO take over the
whole industry for the public.
And where Joe Eastman, the
coOrdinatOr OF transportation, wants
20 take IN all transportation, steam
ships. barge lines, motor trucks.
pipelines and airplanes, and regu-
late EN- under the Interstate Com
moTCe Commission along With the
railroads.
There doesn't seem % DC any
place this government control can
stop, once ID gets going does there?"
Other Nations Own Lines
On. I don't know. reflected
John. Jr Radio Is a means OF
communication something like the
postofnce. when YOU come down 70
ii.
Fact iE. practically nj countries
own their own telephone and tele-
graph lines iust like they do the
p%0stoifIce department. 20 I don't
see why wc should worry about
merely regulating EN-"
Yes. I know about those Europ-
can telephone and telegraph Sys-
tens. Pa Jones retorted. Ben
Bunsen. who. was I'm France for the
Mammoth Co several years. tOlI
me you're like % 20 crazy trying ~
get a call through on the French
government system"
That probably one reason why
our government hasn't taken over
the systems here long ago" John
Jr. continued You know there
q strong effort to take EN-
over after the World War. when
the government did run EN- for a
But they do give good service.
mabyc Che best Id the world. And
the Oh industry. even il ~ has been
, 1934-12-14

wasteiul, gave us auto owners the
best and cheapest gas IN the world.
, 1934-12-14
HOSPITAL NOTES

HARLINGEE-Maior operations
at the Valley Baptist hospital:
Mrs. Ruth Cochran OF Raymond
Vile and Mrs. w. G. Oliver, Los
FreSnos.
, 1934-12-14
s-PoINT BUCK RAGGED

SAN BENITO, Dec. ia. Ralph
Maley and G. II. Lang were envious
witnesses to the fact that j. &. Wag-
Ger Ragged an eight-point buck.
, 1934-12-14
Cites Railroad MIDDLE

Nothing5 been more closely reg
ulated than the railroads since the
World War. and I can't sec where
they're any shining example OF
government control.
, 1934-12-14
TIDE TABLE

High ana low tide at Point Isabel
Saturday. under normal meteor
ological conditions.
High ........ l.2O p. m. l0.46 p. m.
Low .......... 5.4l q. IN. 8 % p. n
, 1934-12-14

11fN ~ 11N1 1|AA~A W
best and cheapest gas IN the world.
Regulation Necessary
Then, Of course, there are thou
sands Of stockholders In both the
utilities and oil companies. and
people are afraid they'd lose their
savings If the government grabbed
the telephone lines or oil compa-
MES.
That's why they try 10 regulate
rather than TO operate EN-
"Of course% Pa Jones granted.
III think everybody agrees that
utilities such a. telephone and tele-
graph, which are naturally a mon
Opoly, have 70 be regulated. Because
II they have all the business tied
up. even If they give good service.
they can gouge the public on rates"
Yes, insisted John. Jr. But
state regulation hasn't been much
good. You now that. That's why
they've had to establish a national
commission TO regulate telephone.
telegraph and broadcasting.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-19
Schools and Schools

Twelve English schoolboys, says a
cable from London. have started for
the United States, to spend year in
m American private school. They are
going on scholarships as part Of a
scheme to promote better understand
ing between the two nations.
Lsudable rs the idea is. there are
people who would praise it little
more enthusiastically II they knew
Just what private school these lads
are to attend. For there are, in the
United States, private schools and
private schools.
Some Of them are very excellent
indeed, and some Of them are pale
and snobbish limitations Of English
schools: and It IS to be hoped that
these young Britishers don't get into
one Of the latter variety.
A young Enslishman tossed into
the right kind Of American school
could learn much about this country.
i he got into the wrong kind, how
ever-the insufierable kind where
headmaster. instructors and old grads
I'll feel vaguely ashamed because the
school isn't an exact duplicate Of
Dton or Rusby-he would simply be
Dast!ag : ysas.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-19
Model of Good Will

The United States and Canada
joined hands recently to dedicate re-
stored Fort Niagara, at the foot of
Lake Erie; and while the colorful
ceremonies drew much public atten-
ton, the whole occasion really should
have been impressed on our attention
even more strongly.
For this celebration emphasized a
familiar but still profoundly impor-
tant fact; namely, that the long
frontier between Canada and the
United States has been unfortified
for III years. ."."..
In a world that bristles with in
ternational fears and rivalries, here
are two great nations so supremely
confident that they will keep the
peace with each other that they let
their joint frontier 60 entirely un-
defended.
It is unique achievement in In
ternational relations, and restoration
OF the old bastions Of Fort Niagara is
simply a symbol Of it. The people of
the two nations have right to be
exceedingly proud.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-19
Conflicting Powers

One Of the oldest conflicts within
the machinery Of the New Deal Is
coming up for settlement just now
The administration is bordering the
overlapping fields presided over by
the NRA and the federal trade COM
mission, and it is limited in WASH
ington that these two bodies may
eventually be combined.
The federal trade commission is a
body set up to see that industry be
kept from making large scale combi-
nations that might be against public
policy. Its theory dates straight back
to the old antitrust days. The NRA,
on the other hand. holds that a large
degree Of industrial combination Is
both necessary and wise.
Thus, naturally, there has been a
good deal OF conflict. It is high time
that it be Strengthened out. The gov
eminent can hardly fight combina-
ton with one hand and help 1t with
the other.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-19
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Passing or Dan Druff

Five weeks ago began using your
prescription for dandruff and I am
eager that you know am free from
dandruff at this time. # the bald
spot (the size Of q dime) is still there
I'm unable to find It. The druggist
was unable to get an ointment from
that preparation, SO left the lanolin
cut entirely. &c. W.. r. NJ
Answer do not recall having ad-
vised the use Of lanolin in ointment or
pomade. However, lanolin alone is
usually too tenacious as a base, and SO
1t IS mixed with more or less fresh
lard or soft petroleum.. Glad to send
any reader who asks for it and In
closes stamped (3-oent) envelope
bearing his address, monograph on
Care Of the Hair and Control Of Dam
druff.
Tuberculous Arthritis
What you think Of plaster cast for
T. B. Of the knee bone. This is a
clinic case can't see how she can
get better when no light or sunshine
can get to the leg. -. n. b.
Answer-It is the best treatment.
Not necessary for sunshine to get to
the knee. Its benefit will be car
ried to the knee in the circulation
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-19
Barbs

Charging alienation OF affection, 4
watchman's vile is suing the woman
whose house he WAS watching. She
must have hired . watchman to
watch the Waterman.
\ + i
Washington has just been DEL
uged with three inches Of rain.
Perhaps nature was afraid the
munitions parley would blow up.
y = \
q. L. Wood, Australian educator,
has come to the United States TO
study the MIRA. He ought to try
Einsteln's theory first to get Ia train
ing.
The ceremonial dancers OF Africa
have been known TO whirl 100 revolu.
tions without = stop. The South
American governments can do bet
ter than that.
Count and Countess Armand. biz
landowners from France, were pictur-
ed smiling during their trip around
the world. In the face Of new deals
and higher taxes.
-
Major Algas Is certainly right
about the coming American boom
at least It's coming for Major
Angas.
Copyright. 1884, NEA Service, Inc.)
Sealskin was cheaper than buffalo
hide In 1885.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-19
Science Advances To Death!


It is not entirely without signifi-
canoe that the first bit of news from
the annual meeting of the American
Chemical society, at Cleveland, was
announcement Of a discovery OF an
exceptionally poisonous new gas.
This gas, according to DR.. George
H. Cady, research chemist, is a fluo-
rine compound somewhat like phos-
gene gas. 1t produces death II in
hailed; furthermore, a blanket Of it in
a trench would explode, with disas-
trous results, if its temperature were
raised slightly. All in all, 1t looks
like a very neat little addition to the
chemical warfare units arsenal.
Thus we have another scientific
triumph-whose chief result will be
to make it a little easier for us to
help wipe the human race off of the
earth. The future is dark indeed. un-
less We can learn to use the discov-
cries Of science for constructive ends.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-19
Every Driver Has a Responsi
bility
(Millot NeWs)

With the toll Of automobile acct
dent deaths in North Dakota climb
ing to new record peak this year.
pointing to an urgent need for some
sort Of remedial steps to lessen the
hazards Oh the highways, the results
OF survey recently made by the Ma
tional Safety council hold more than
usual interest.
The investigation by the council
showed that the automobile death
rate (per 100000 gallons Of easo-
line consumed) for the first four
months Of 1894 increased six per cent
IN those states without standard reg
ulations; while it decreased in those
with standard driver license laws and
administration by five per cent.
There remains much to be done to
bring about uniform traffic reRula-
tions in the country.
Not many years ago it was a crime
IN most cities to make an inside left
turn at an intersection. Now, in a
majority of cities, it is obligatory to
do so.
Standard signs, signals and high
way markings; standard driver licen-
sing and standard municipal ordi-
nances for traffic control will 20 q
long way in making the way Of the
mctorist easier.
The ranks are divided into many
factions as to what specific action
should be taken to lessen the death
tou. There are those who indict such
things as increased speeds; more
travel and the return to service OF
many old cars in disrepair.
| Then there are these who believe
that the new cars, light and fast, cou-
pied with q creation Of speed cons
clousness, present q menace which ia
q considerable extent has offset thu
many fine safety features in them.
To solve the old car problem, down
ct Memphis. Tenn, compulsory city
operated motor vehicle inspection
plan has been put into effect. II q
car IS adjudged unsafe to be used
It either must be repaired or kept Of
the streets and highways.
The whole highway safety problem
presents q challenge that must b
answered. The fatalities are alarm.
Ing IN numbers, and must be reduced
And every driver has serious obliea.
ton to perform to see that he doe,
not contribute to . now aggravated
situation, whether It be by speed. i'm.
proper lights, poor tires or other fac.
tog&