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La gaceta., 1935-05-25
estGbleci

Sc encuentra convalesciente
liza graciosa nina Grace Maseda
Ihija queridisima de los aprecia-
bles esposos Tony y Graciela
Maseda, que residen en- ell MI
nero 1884 de la Gale Cherry.
En- dias pasados fue dperada
por ell DR.. S. B. Forbes, notable
laring6logo y especialista del
Institute del Nino.
FeIicitamos a los esposos Ma
soda, por ell placer que expert
mentan al yer curada a su pie
ciosa hijita, asi como al DR..
Forbes.
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Tina fMnci0n

Una function
La preparan los muchachos
de las Secciones de Recreo y de
Damas del Centre Espanol, ba-
10 la direction de Agustin Aya
la, en- ell teatro Casino.
SerA ell mes que yiene. Prom
to dare interesantes detalles,
Cesar RiVer0,
La gaceta., 1935-05-25
Cnbd1M

I'm CabaST
En- los salones de la Legion
Americana, esta noche, bajo los
auspicios del Castillo Ponce de
Leon, de los Aguilas de Orc.
La Tropical y Bob Portion ten
dram a su cargo ell programa
Mas de 30 mesas 'han sido CO.
locadas en- la ampliN sala de la
avenida II y Gale II.
La gaceta., 1935-05-25
.ahinez Baniodie4 4! ss::1epdblioe
Roertad y la Esperanto

Madrid, Mayo 25.-El lider
de i~zquierda republicag Sr.
MARTINEZ Baasssio agas~i6 aver
dh dis>nfso djHendo que la Re-
es la libertad y la espe-
rama del pueblo espanol.
"Lcs hombres que quisieron
.hacer la Rep1blica Sc apoyaron
para clio en- promesas que Sc
lanzatan al pueblo anunciando-
lie un cambio radical de las CO.
sas. Sc tuv0 la Illusion de que
'dentro de la RaQdblica podrfan
|vivir partidos diferentes; pero
los enemigos de que este no Sc
|cumpla hacen que clio sea una
Illusion. No hay mas canine que
este: con la Rep1blica o contra
ella. 7 en- cuanto a esoS indiV
duos que estan como en- ell al
de | tejado, contemplated la Il
ITALIA para inclinarse luego der
La gaceta., 1935-05-25
a GAcETA

lado del vencedor, a esos habra
que a~partarlos con dea2recio.
Las conversaciones de 'los Qua.
tro" nacieron del odio inspirado
en- ell deseo de que los republica-
nos nS gobiernen la reicdblica.
Qajeren revisar la CONSTRUCTION
para lamar dentro de ella todas
las especias fonservadoras, to-
das las fOr%s de ~gobernar de
los palSes Centre de Europa
~ de eesdrqufa de Espana.
UnaE otauraci6n o una die
tadura dentro de la Rep1blica
vendrian a abrir los campos de
concentration para todos los
homkres de conciencia liberal y
.Es. slicana. La Reniblica es la
Il "a es nuestra esperanto,
! TIA, "a y para ella TODD Ell es-
1d2y TODD ell sacrificio de los
Ivefdaderos republicanos.
La gaceta., 1935-05-25

sNNIlSSz@e,1. i
11eA :.
Gee II
ma: ~
Sur. ' i ps /
peos Sc acea !
que han reoibfa
cuaci6n, tan pes%tor ]
mayor parte de osNanccs
decides en- la proviIR ia de !
chuan ueilizan parafhuir de- q
avalanche roja los \eroplanl
La revolution china aAaaza eS,
una forma, que "poEra en- peli-
gro, no solo la exploitation de la
riqueza china, que esta en- ma
nos de companies inglesas y a
mericanas, sino tambiep ell eon'
troll japohes. Actualmente~ de
los 81 condados en- que Sc di Tide
la provincial De Kiang ST, ape
mas queda uno eye no este ente-
'ramente sovietizado. De 50 con-
dados de Ia ercvincia de Hupe,
So tiener establecido Ell r6:imen
sCvi6tico. En- ell Sur de Human,
puede decirse que apenas queda
I'm palmo de terra que no este
bajo Ell control copeunista. De
igual mOdO han de c0nsidecarse
las provincias de Anhwei, SEE
chuan, Fukien Chekiang, Ho-
nan, Chanting, que estan pro-
fundamente afectadas...... En-
Kiang 81, la revolution agraria
ha realizado la confiscaci6n de
todas las tierras, temples y edi-
flcaclones urbanas, posefdas
por los antiques caballeros y los
senores. Ell ejercito rojo esta d.
vidido en- IA cuerpos, que su-
man mas de 400, 900, a los cua-
les Sc agregan continuamente
las tropas que desertan del Eier
otto nacionalista, y los camresi-
nos, que llegan pidiendo un
puesto en- las filas para luchar
contra la vieja China. Todos
les eSfuerzos heohos por Chang
kai Shek y ell Gobierno de Nan
kin Sc han estrellado contra la
avalanche roja, que es cada ola
mas imponente Y arrolladora.
ella avanzan los eierci-
5os de Nankin, Canton y del a.
rea de Fukieng, los cuales en- es-
los dltimos dias, seg1n dicen los
1espachos, estan siendo venci-
los y obligados a replegarse.
La guerra es implacable Y sin
oiedad. Los jefes prisioneros
son rapidamente e~jecutados, Y
nuchas veces los soldados tam
oien, De tai manera, que o Sc
9ntregan en- maSa, o desertan
'or unidades completas, 0 lu-
chan desesperadamente Ihasta
a muerte. Soldados extranie-
marines y policias Sc apli-
an principalmente a defender
i paso hacia las grandes ciuda-
les donde los paises de Occiden.
e tienen invprtidos anoroooe -;
La gaceta., 1935-05-25

f6padc que tOIIldH SuS HlSIIuaS
! ote ri case de una complica-
solo en- ell Extreme Oriente;
,eraI decaci6n que NJ puede de-
llsgaT en- cranto los ej5r-
cifos rohs pasan de la China
central y logren amenazar los
S%entros whales Ell los que Ell ia
pom predomina y etplota como
y senior. De ej1i la irrita-
ci6n de los japoneses ante las
maniobras axayaleS yanquis, que
sc celebran ahora. De alhi ell dis
gusto airado de SD Pren "a, l.or-
que ellos qui~ieran que Sc les
d~ejasen libIe.s las manos para
aplastar lie rebeldia roja de Chi
ma y explotar sus riquezas Y en-
cuadrar sus hombres, que como
reserva humana pudiera series
muy titles en- ell case de un con-
flict0 armada con otra gran po-
tencia.
Una vez mas, convene recor
dar que no lie es a ning1n pals
de Europa indiferente ell sesgo
que tomen los acontecimientos
en- China, porque Ell interes CO.
mercial de los Estados Unidos v
de Inglaterra, princjpalmente,
exige la puerta alberta en- Chi
ma para Ell concrete y ell libre
desenvolvimiento de la potencia
lidad economical de los chinos.
Y como ell Jap6n juega a vida O
muerte su partida, pueden COM
plicarse las cosas, va que todos
estan interesados en- la contien-
da, y 10 que es peor, recelosoS
un0s de otros y con las armas
al brazo.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
KENT BAND REHEARSALS
Program of Activities for the Win
ter Months Are Planned

Members of the Kent County
Band, having completed their sum-
mer concert season, started re-
hearsals in the Grange Hall, Do
yer, on Friday night of last week.
At this time it may be decided to
change the rehearsal time to an
other night, in order to be more
satisfactory to all members. An
executive meeting was held in the
office of Ernest " Keith, president,
Monday night, when a program of
activities during the winter months
was planned, which, if sanctioned
by the board members will provide
a number of interesting events. A
ladies' auxiliary is contemplated,
with a series of birthday parties
and other social events. Captain
r. ID. Simmons, director, has a
large library of new music to be
practiced at the coming rehearsals.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
AFTER UNINSPECTED AUTOS
Cars Will Be Held Up and License
Tags Removed

The drive to removed uninspect-
ed automobiles from highways
started in earnest this week and
inspectors Of the motor vehicle de-
partment are busy serving the re-
quired papers on owners of unin-
spected cars and removing tags
from them. A corps of clerks in
the motor vericle department is
working overtime checking records
to locate cars for which no inspec-
ton cards have been which no in
spection cards have been received
and as each car is located requisi-
tion papers for license plates are
prepared and turned over to in
spectors with orders to bring in
plates. The motor vehicle depart
meqt hopes to have all uninspected
cars removed from the highways
by November 18th. Thus far there
have been a total of 1850 notices
sent to car owners to have their
cars inspected and license revoca-
tion orders issued for 293 cars
whose owners failed to heed the
warning to have their cars inspect
ed.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
1900 WORKERS
ON CANAL JOB
Started With 600 Men and
600 More Put on Job Mon
day Morning
ALL OFF OF RELIEF

Six hundred men, to work at
hand labor at the Subsistence
wages of S45 a month on the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal,
left Water and French streets in
two sections of 300 each at Z and
$50 Thursday morning for work.
The examination and organization
of the men into working gangs at
Reedy Point was started immedi-
ately on arrival at the job under
the direction of Captain Howard
Ker, resident engineer on the canal
maintenance and construction
work. Four Wilmington physicians
examined the men. Then they
went to work in gangs with pick,
shovel and Wheelbarrow on the
construction Of dykes surrounding
the areas to be used for dumping
mud dredged from the bottom of
the canal in the Reedy Point sec
ton. On Monday morning sec
ond group of 600 men, all taken
| from the relief rolls of Wilmington
and New Castle County, went to
work on the canal hand labor pro-
ject, making 1900 workers from
Delaware. The men will leave the
bus terminal at Water and French
streets each morning in two sec
tions at z and $50. They are due
back at the terminal at and $50.
Thirteen trucks, secured by the U.
S. Engineers from an Odessa truck
ing contractor, each carrying about
j 25 men, transported the workers.
The trucks took the first 800 down
to the canal, a distance of about
Is miles, and then returned for the
second group of 300. Benches had
been placed in the trucks to &C
commodate the passengers. All of
! the trucks have covers over them
so that men will be afforded some
coverage while on the way to and
from work. 1t had been the inten-
tion of employing the 1,2OO men
from Wilmington and Delaware
and a similar number, from Balti-
more, put to work on Wednesday
of last week, all winter on the hand
labor work, but this is not certain
now, since the reduction of $780,
900 in funds for the canal work.
1t was reported at the employment
headquarters that about one-third
of the men are white and the 9th
ers colored. Employment officials,
who notified the men to report and
issued them assignment and identi-
fcation cards, said they would be
unable to say exactly how many
had reported for the work until re
iports from the U. S. engineers on
the canal are received. Officials
said, however, that the number was
very close to the 600 instructed to
report.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
STATE SAFETY
COUNCIL NEWS
Monoxide Poisoning and the
Care That Should Be TAX
en- For Prevention
PRECAUTION MEASURES

Each year Delaware's automo-
bile accident reports indicate that
there are a large number of unex-
planned accidents that might easily
be traced to carbon monoxide pois-
oning. The fact that carbon mon
oxide dulls the senses and renders
a person less alert makes it par
ticular menace to safe driving and
every effort should be made to les
sen the amount produced and the
liability of absorbing dangerous
quantities Of it. Ernest H. Haw-
kins, Vice President in Charge of
the Public Safety Division of the
Delaware Safety Council, suggests
the following important precau-
tionary measures:
1. Keep the engine in the best
operating condition, preferably up
to the manufacturers standard.
This should be checked and, if nee
essary, remedied by an expert.
2. Avoid running the engine for
any extended period while remain
ing in stationary vehicle. Keep
the nearest window partially open.
8. Never run the engine in a
closed garage. If at all necessary
to run it, keep the garage door
wide open.
4. Keep exhaust manifold and
pipe gaskets tight, paying particu-
lar attention to the point where the
exhaust pipe extends into muffler.
If the muffler is defective, replace
it.
5. See that exhaust tail pipe
discharges beyond the rear end of
the car, and in the case of trucks
that it is a considerable distance
back of the cab.
6. Keep one window partly open
to obtain cross ventilation. Better
to be a little cold than to take
chances on going to sleep from
gas.
z. Avoid following too closely
another vehicle which has smok-
ing exhaust.
8. Keep floor boards tight and
insulated between engine and driv-
er compartments.
9. At the first sign of headache,
dizzines, or drowsiness, stop driv-
ing and get some fresh air. Many
instruct drivers to drive 50 minutes
and rest minutes.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
,7RGEs BEAUTIFYING HOMES
Expert Advice From Forestry De-
r+n,ent Available to Land Owner


F! The growing interest IN roaoslue
hooutification which has been in
creasing for several years in Della
ware is being recognized by the
state Highway Department and in
IL effort to make further strides
i that direction, w. w. Mack,
chief Engineer, in cooperation with
the Forestry Department is offer
iro the services of Forestry ex-
merits to civic groups and individ-
nails interested in improving the
annearance of property fronting on
trunk highways. Following a con-
ference with w. S. Taber, State
FORESTER. Mr.. Mack announced that
experts of that department will be
clad to offer suggestions for the
screening or elimination of eye
sores along the highways, or for
other types of Identification. las
a state which attracts many visit
Iors Delaware wishes to make the
hest possible impression of its
guests. Our good roads and often
an otherwise beautiful bit of natur-
al country scenery if often spoiled
bv some man-made eyesore which
could be easily blotted out at little
or no cost by proper 'plantings.
The Highway Department itself
has, of course, made great strides
in natural Identification of road
sides attempting as much as pos
sible to conform to the natural
beauty in that particular section
and has attempted to give serious
attention to the preservation of
natural attractions. Private indi-
viduals and groups can be of great
assistance in this effort to make
the highway avenues of beauty as
well as of utility. Country school
houses, farmsteads and village or
city residential properties facing
on the highways lend themselves
particularly we'll to Identification
by individual or cooperative effort.
The State Forestry Department
will be especially willing to advise
and help plan any bits of road
beautifying and Mr.. Taber will be
glad to meet with such groups and
explain the low cost how so much
improvement can be made.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
Gov. Buck on Rogers Committee

The appointment of Governor
Buck as honorary State chairman
for Delaware on the viii Rogers
Memorial Commission, was an
nounced last week by Owen d.
Young, head of the operations COM
mittee of the commission. Names
of persons suggested as active
State chairman of the commission
are now being considered by the
Governor. The campaign will get
under way November 4 and viii
continue until Thanksgiving eve.
The purpose of the campaign will
be to encourage every friend and
admirer of VIII Rogers to contrib
ute to the memorial fund. Banks,
newspapers, churches and schools
will receive contributions
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
Sow Bean Oil PopuIar

In paints soy bean oil is said to
turn yellow less rapidly than other
oils, such as linseed, and 1t holds
its original color longer. 1t dis
places linseed oil, and Illinois soy
beans are thus displacing some Of
the flaxseed imports.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
College Group Organize

The Kent County Branch of the
A. A. U. w. was organized last
week at the home of Mrs. r. c..
Beckett, the following officers be-
ing elected: President, Miss Vir-
glnia Harrington, Dover; vice-pres-
ldent, Miss Marian Brockway, Do
yer; secretary and treasurer, Miss
Nellie Hughes, FELTON,. Fifteen
college and university graduates
attended the meeting.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
Passing of Charles TayIor Hudson

Charles Taylor Hudson, aged "a
years, who died at the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. N, E. Hodge, Oc-
tooer IL, was buried Sunday of last
week with interment at Lakeside
cemetery, Dover. Mr.. Hudson is
survived by two sons, Harry, of
Philadelphia, and Millard, of Wy
oming; also a daughter, Mrs. N.
e. Hodge.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31

And yet there possibly isn't one of us
who hasn't, at one time or another, moved
over in the road to pass a car, and then
wondered if we would get around in time.
Now here's an interesting thing about
that. When we try to pass a car that's
going forty miles an hour, it's just the
same as if we tried to pass standing
string of cars 126 feet long. In other words,
it's like passing eight cars parked bumper
to-bumper in the road. If we try to pass
one going sixty, it's like trying to pass
line of more than sirteer cars standing in
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
f0h oF FOREST FIRES
Pnsnt s Asks Care of Motor.
throwing Lighted cino...

si..s ,saVes on the road-sides
Y - s4"ays Of the state 4
e " ! annual nm Fall menace Of
| 4 !. !. ". Mack, Chief En-
N ! II ,lss state Highway De
or.ss.ll : Joining W. S. Taber.
D,s,.er' D,eass in an effort to IS.
katiap pr'f Precautions against
/ lsavs. In, n a few weeks tbe
i +tss q ! VIII have blanketed
sstI t,oas e,le roads and with the
Rg , '1Ol ao. n the timberlands
pre,sasaa constant menace Of
ksst sst'ssslssd- tss led Mr.. Taber aS. ].
ass sl5s llrs towers have been ea,
+ watch ss'ty y. effort is being
h the nota ne first signs q
aid 'Slist bv us can render
oVing down Dsing ENG careful in
YES or cigsr. 'isntel matches
'iom his auto.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31

Interested III discussing mere. WnaL we are now
concerned with is taking curves and corners. From
time to time in these discussions will find that
the old laws of Nature will be involved. Fore
most among them will be the laws of momentum, and
momentum playsethe major part in going around
curves. Because momentum not only wants to keep
going, but going in the direction. When it is
trying to make go straight instead of curving
course, it operates under an assumed name if you
please. For then call it centrifugal force
Now of course all know what centrifugal force
is. We feel it when go around curves. Highways
and railroads banked at to offset centrifu
gal force AYiators bank their planes turns bY tin
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
Watch the Label on Your Paper

The numbers indicate the month
and year up to which your sub
scription account is paid. We mail
bills once a year and often they are
put aside and neglected. Accounts
paid by the year are easier paid
than accumulated bills. The Smyr-
ma Times will appreciate your
prompt remittance.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
Fine Chance for Walters

Jud Tunkins says if after-dinner
speeches were genuinely instructive
the walters where they give the big
banquets would be the wisest men
on earth.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
Outcome of Aniline Purple

When a young English chemist
invented aniline purple he began
an era of danger to experimenters
only equaled by the development of
gunpowder.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
WE DRIVERS
A Series of Brief Discussions on Driving, Dedi-
Gated to the Safety. Comfort and Pleasure
of the Motoring Public. Prepared
by General Motors
No. CURVES AND TURNS


habits driving that don't
right
For all know that ought careful
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
DEMOCRAT 54au,
| n.,tb Removes
Democrat in ssna's
Elected in 1884
: 1926 VOTE

EsnatOr Frank Is,,,. :, the next
Pni9s, Z. Il9 legislature with0a. u
q fin tns boldover member err IN
slr 'sl'ls branch. Senator .Iacf- Ba4-
!, p't he only Democrat e slf1a, tas
/. sslssatorial j ditricts ,la+in9 i tne
Z, November. His election t.nsa
! Nf'' ~ upsets at the time ,e
2 ..t II / normally Republl-
i'lli.s Unit / Of Senator Ban
.s I il election will have
T. ii the Third senatOtlal a. tsa
y y Kent county to MI tne lne
for the reiia. ill III likely
i untiI the general cleo
" Morember, , 1886, unless a
!.'Oion ND, of the Legislature
l h the meantime wnen a.
/ would have % be held pc
| sps special session. The State state
[,tiap provides that when
I'M MI i ! vacancy in either
Il 4, t,s General Assembly, by
III failure to elect, lneligi-
dsath. resignation Or othes-
writ Of election shall be Is
/ the presluIHS Oii0
L which the vacancy exists
sse Of necessity in such
',.rrer a. shall be provided
!. and the person thereupon
Il fill such vacancy shall
#ce for the residue Of the
And whenever there shall
| vacancy in either House,
General Assembly is not In
the Governor shall have
D issue a writ Of election to
| vacancy, which writ shall
uted as a writ issued by the
q officer of either House in
vacancy, and the person
on chosen to fill such va
hall hold Office for the resi-
the term" The nine re-
holdOver members of the
enate are Republicans, CIV
party a majority of the IL
Senate, without electing a
ne Of their candidates next
Elections will be necessary
districts next year, giving
'ubhcans a possible chance
r a two-thirds or three
majority in the Senate.
members are necessary for
lirds majority, with 13 for
majority in the
The members whose terms
ire with the next election
v Castle County-Edward
Democrat, Second Sena-
strict; Carl Ray VanSant,
an, Fourth Senatorial Dis
d W. Mailly Davis, Repub-
'xth Senatorial District.
unty-Charles A. Neuge-
emocrat, Second Senatorial
and Milton T. Frasher.
1, Fourth Senatorial Dis
ussex County-John Roy
Democrat, Second Sena-
strict, and James B. Nc
'moerat, Fourth Senatorial
Inc Fourth Senatorial
Of New Castle County
'ez County are recognized
'llcan strongholds, while
nd and Fourth Senatorial
0f Kent County and the
District of Sus-
ny are normally Demo-
Inc other districts are
. as doubtful. The hold
nOers Of the senate-all
ans-follow: New Castle
: William A. simonton.
lalorlal District; Donald
lnlrd M Senatorial District;
I. Wright, Fifth Senatorial
: and President Pro Tenn
Seventh Senator
y y Kent County-Wil-
MAJ. matthew's, Jr., First Sen
"a .s.Ilct;' James L. Davis.
laIorial . District. Sussex
-. N. Samuel Marshall
District; Ebe III II
ihlrd Senatorial District
!. 4 Walls, Fifth Senator
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31

are
with half
Force trying to
So what do do? We down the
that fast
conditions
actually pushing
is under control.
The long and short of it is that liberties
and centrifugal force Mans speed
observed but Natures
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31

60 it is nine times as great as at 20 over fourteen
hundred pounds trying its best to push us off the
roadi The only thing that keeps the road in the
first place is the friction between tires and the
road. The minute the centrifugal force gets stronger
than the force of that friction, off the road go.
The trouble is that often don't realize how fast
we're going On road trips, for instance, after we
have driven at a certain speed for long time, it
seems small matter to increase our speed few
miles an hour. Then after while we may do the
same thing again. In other words, we keep putting
forward our basis of comparison till by-and-by we
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Continued From Page Two)

somewhat troubled for the past six
months He was in his 10th year;
his wife and one child, Mrs. George
A. Hall survive him. In the death
of Mr.. Reynolds the M. E. Church
has lost one of its members, now
constantly growing less, that links
the past with the present. He
united with it in his youth when
its methods were decidedly aggres-
sive, and he remained one of its
fifrm adherents until the day of
his death, filling perhaps during his
life, every position in its local man.
agement. AS a citizen he was
quiet and unobtrusive, and when
not in pursuit of busines spent his
time mostly at his own home. His
death will leave a vacancy in the
church as well as in his own house
hold.
PERSONALS
The Rev. J. T. Umsted, D. D.,
will be home and occupy his pulpit
Sunday morning and evening No
vember 1st.
Mrs. George II. Raymond and
son Clarence, are on a week or
two's visit to her sister in Chester,
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. John S. Hoffecker, Of Will
mington, has been spending sever
al days with her daughter, Mrs.
Aubrey Vandever.
Mrs. William j. Carrow and
daughter Agnes, formerly residing
at Hoboken, ~ T., and who have
been spending several weeks in this
town, left last week for a visit to
her parents in Pittsburg, Pa.
A. T. Gilpin, of Masseys, Md,
has been the guest of Col. George
Il. Raymond for several days.
Mrs James Hall and children, are
spending week or two with her
sister in Philadelphia.
Miss Lizzie Beck and Miss Ella
Smithers, are visiting friends in
Maryland
Miss Carrie Mahon expects to
spend the Winter in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Thomas, of Wilmington,
widow of the late Rev. D. r. Thom-
as, is the guest of Mrs. Joseph
Smithers.
Mrs. r. E. Hough, Mrs. Emma
Hall and Mrs. Mary z. Voshell
were the delegates of the w. c. T.
u, at the Camden Convention.
a. A. Christian, of the Greens
borough Free Press. was in town
to-day and made the Times office
a friendly call.
Smyrna times., 1935-10-31

the road and
pass