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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-27
American Hopes To Win
Davis Cup Blasted In
Singles Match To-day
Allison Played Remarkable Game After Losing First
Set-Took Next Two But Austin Tied Him Up;
Britisher Played Gamey in Last Stages OF Fight
BY HARRY l.. PERCY
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

Wimbledon England, July 81 = CUP - Americas
hopes of reganing the Davis cup all but shattered today
when Henry Wilfred Bunny Austin defeated Wilmer
Allison of Austin Texas g. 26 49, 63 75 in the opening
of the challenge round between the United States ano
England.
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Fair-Mild Tonight
Sunday Fsir-Warmer
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
ct income,
wife ............ 2,500.O0

Net income,
wife ............ 2,5OO.OO
Less personal exemption !. 2,5OO.OO
Balance (surtax net In
GOMEZ ......s........ $4,7OO.OO
Earned income credit:
10 per cent of
earned income Of
husband, $4,000 $4,000
80 per cent of
earned income of
wife, $2.500 .... 250.0O
Net income subject to
normal tax ........... .$S,9SO.OO
Normal tax, 4 per cent on
$3.50 ..................S l59'zU
Surtax at per cent on
amount in excess of $4,-
900. but not over $4,000,
4 per cent on $500 learn
ed income credit not al
lowable in computation
of surtax) ............. zS'VO
Total tax, joint return
of husband and wife. rs 1871
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
DO YOU KNOW THAT

The average American eats less
fish than does the average inhaDl-
tant of any other country.
That transatlantic wires is just
30 years old.
That of each 100 bushels of corn
produced in tho United States AZ
bushels are fed to hogs, Is to cattle
II to horses. 10 to poultry and one
10 sheep. while three bushels go to
live stock in cities and nine bushels
90 into industrial uses.
That of the 100000 autos in use
in the United States 100000 are
five years old, 100000 are six years
old and 100000 are seven years
old.
That there were less than 30 grid
iron fatalities during the past season,
as compared with so in 1881, 3S in
1892 and Sc in 1898.
Ice one inch thick is not safe. Ice
two inches thick will hold one per-
son. Ice three inches thick will hold
small groups. Ice four inches thick
j., safe for large groups.
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
WILL EXPLAIN cORN-HOC c
CONTROL PROGRAM
Meeting WIN BE Held Al High
School On February 25

Provisions of the 1885 Corn-Hol
production control program will b.
explained at a series of meetings t,
be held in six Sussex county towns
according to an announcement ol
County Agricultural Agent c. r
Snyder.
The schedule of meetings are a.
follows:
Monday, February 25-1 p.s m.
Greenwood Grange Hall; Milton
High School at 2 p. M; Seaford
High School at 1880 p. m. and Mil
ford High School at 1880 p. III.
Tuesday, February 26--1 p. M,
Millsboro High School and at Lau-
lel High School at 1880 p. m.
Farmers who produced an aver
age of ten acres of corn a year or
IS market hogs in 1882 and 1888 are
eligible to participate whether they
signed contracts or not last year,
provided that they produced at least
ESQ of their corn or hog bases last
year.
This year the contract signer is
asked to reduce his 1928 average,
corn acreage from 1O-3O9o and his
acreage 1928 number of market
pigs by not less than 1919. In re-
turn he will receive a payment of
35c per bushel for his corn, instead
of SOC which was paid him last year
and $500 Per head on 1919 of his
hog base.
The 1885 contract also provides
that the corn acreage may be To-
Gated on any part of the farm and
that no definite tract of land must
be set aside as contracted or rent
ed acres, as was the case in 1884.
Again. this year this rented land
can be used for the purpose of
growing any crop except corn. In
other words, the use of the land is
except as stated above.
At each of these meetings a
speaker familiar with the 1885 pro-
gram of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration will explain
in detail the features of the contract
and answer questions. Last year 139
farmers in Sussex county signed
This COrn-Hog reduction program.
and Judging by the interest shown
this year there will be many more
taking advantage of this program. .
If you are interested. it may he to
your benefit to attend one of these .
and learn something
about this Corn-Hog reduction pro-
gram.
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
LASH FOR CRIMINALS
Editorial In Indianapolis Starr

Editorial In indianapolis Starr
Some sentimental reformers doubt.
/ less will be righteously indignant
over Delaware's occasional resort tC
the whipping post. They will regard
/ physical punishment. as a relic OF
middle age barbarities and entirely
out of keeping with the gentle ad-
monitions supposed to impart a yen
for a nab!er life. The general puD-
lie, however, is not likely to be so
sQueamish over the thought of a
sound larruping to criminals who are
towards at heart and achieve only
the semblance of courage when arm
ed with revolvers or machine guns
and fortified with liquor or dope.
Most of these thugs cringe at ply
sical punishment. which supplies a
needed lesson in respect for law. The
whipping post is a type Of treatment
that should precede stiff prison
terms. 1t is peculiarly fitting for
the crime which drew that penalty in
Delaware a few DAYS ago. The,
young hoOdlums confessed beating
and rObbing a farmer ON Christmas
eve. The victim has not yet recOv-
cred. from the injuries he received
at the hands of the bandits. is, 21,
and % years old. They robbed the
farmer of $1O5 in addition to Civ
ing him a merciless beating.
The criminals were stripped to the
waist and taken into the crisp air of
the prison yard. where the worden
welded the lash. Their backs
showed the effects of the whipping.
although the red streaks made only
superficial injuries. The punish
ment was not brutal and the soreness
would disappear in three or four
days. Considering the assault on
their victim. they escaped lightly.
Sterner justice might decree a num-
Der of whippings during the three
years they will spend in prison.
Force is the one element which Gre
ates respect for law in the minds of
vicious characters.
The foregoing editorial i'm a resent
issue of the leading daily of Indian
apOlis, Indiana. was sent to the Edi-
tor of the Milford Chronicle recently
by former resident of Milford. who
has been a resident of Indianapolis
for seven years-Ralph Broughman,
and who reads the Chronicle each
week.
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
PLAN TAX SLASH
IN EVERY COUNTY
ON REAL ESTATE
[Coniinued from Fra Pagfl


for county purposes would be re-
duced from 20 to so cents on the
500. The reduction in the county
/ road taxes in Kent county would be
20 cents on the 500 and 80 cents on
the 500 in SUssx county.
The special joint committee nam
ed to work out legislation for the
proposals are: on relief legislation,
Senators Wright, w. NJ. Davis, Van
SAINT; Representatives Pool, Hob
son and Speaker Lyons; on prOpOs-
ed tax reductions, Senators MalOn-
ey, SimOntOn, Ross; Representatives
Evans, Heal and Durnall.
The relief committee will confer
with the relief officials in Whining
ton relative to regulations designed
to purge the relief rolls of impos-
tors and undeserving persons.
The other committee will confer
with the legislators from Kent and
Sussex counties to learn their views
on the proposal to have the high
way department take over all county
roads, increase the gas tax one cent
and relieve the counties of the bur-
den of maintaining these roads.
Teachers in the public schools of
this State who are married and
whose husbands are engaged in
any gainful occupation would be
disbarred from their profession in
Delaware under the terms of bill
which is being prepared for intro
duction in the Legislature. 1t will
prohibit all boards of school trus-
tees and boards of education from
employing such women. 1t will fur
ther specify that all married tea
chers whose husband are working |
shall be dismissed Immediately |
upon the approval of the proposed |
act.
This same bill or a sister measure |
will further provide that no mar
ried woman whose husband is en-
ployed shall hold any city. county |
or State office when their salaries |
are paid from public funds. The |
purpose of the bill. it is explained. |
is to spread employment as much /
as possible. Friends of the measure |
claim there are too many women
holding responsible positions in the
schools and public offices whose
husbands are working and receiving
salaries and that he
tween them such couples have COM
bined incomes far in excess of their
needs while other people are unable
to find employment and have TO
depend uDOn relief for their eXis-
fence.
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
Century club Notes

Current Events was the topic Of
the day at the Milford New Century
Club on Monday with Mrs. Holland
Prettyman as the chairman. It was
roll call day as well and each mem
Der present responded with a timely
reading of the news of the day.
Chain stores in Canada, the Macon
disaster, aerial and blue gardens,
radio tubes, U. S. feet in the Pa
cific, movies, night fishing, and
Russian scientists were some Of the
many subjects. These were inter-
spersed with two vocal solos by
Mrs. Alphonso Humes, Il Know a
Lovely Garden" and "Such a Little
Fellow" with Mrs. Harry Humes ac-
eOmpanying, and a mOnologue by
Mrs. Annie Prettyman.
Next week the meeting will be in
the evening at eight o'clock. Max
Cohen will be the guest speaker and
his subject will be Voices in the
and will deal with
peace. Suitable music from Will
mington will also be a part Of the
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
Washington Snapshots

Politics OF 1896 Presidential poll
itics-began to rumble with the Wis
1t to the East of ex-President Hoo
yer. All advance notices pointed out
that 1t was a business trip, but
there was perhaps something more
than a coincidence in the fact that
he reached New York for the big
Lincoln Day dinner at which Re-
publican speakers soundly thumped
the Democratic degime. There was
young Teddy Roosevelt, Or. Glenn
Frank, president of Wisconsin Uni
versity, and Harold Hoffman, youth
full and energetic governor Of New
Jersey. Presidential bees were buzz
ing.
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22

That fires on farms last year
caused a loss Of more than 500, ,OOO,-
900.
That the Democrats polled ap-
proximately 100000 less votes in
1884 than they did in 1882.
That life insurance companies in
this country hold more than S1,46S,-
100000 in United, States Government
Bonds.
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
JOINT TAX RETURN
FOR HUSBAND, WIFE
Husband And Wife Living Together
May Make 4 Separate Or Joint
Income Tax Return.

Husband and wife living together
may each make q separate return
of the income of each, or their in
come may be included in single
joint return. If joint return is fill
ed, such return is treated as a re-
turn of a taxable unit, and the in
come is subject to both the normal
tax and the surtax. If a joint return
is not made by an agent of the tax
payers it must be signed by both
husband and wife and sworn to be-
fore a proper officer by the spouse
preparing the return, or if neither
or both prepare the return then by
both spouses.
Where separate returns are filed
by husband and wife, the joint per-
sonal exemption of $4,000 may be
taken by either or divided between
them in any proportion as agreed
upon, In certain cases it would be
to the advantage of the couple if
they should file separate returns and
one spouse claim the total joint
personal exemption. In the follow
ing examples, which illustrate this
point, the husband has a net income
of $4,000, all of which represents
earned net income, and the wife has
a separate net income of S2,500, not
earned net income.
Computations - Separate Returns
Net income, husband $4,70O.00
Less personal exemption =. 2,5OO.OO
Balance (gurtax net
incOme) ..........$2 10000
mo surtax applicable since
amount is less than $4,000
Earned income credit ... 10000
Net income subject to
normal tax .............Sl,73 ,73O.OU
Husbands normal tax at
per cent ................$ O9'zU
Net income, wife .......... $2,5OO.OO
Less personal exemption o.. None
Less earned income credit 25O.OO
Net income subject to nor
NAL tax ............... .$Z,Z0U.OU
Wife's normal tax at
per cent ................S 9O.OU
Total tax of husband
and wife ..........$ 1920
COmputatiOn-JOint Return
Net income, husband $4,700.00
Net income,
husband ........$4,7O0.0O
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22

No written guarantee was given
BY the observer who framed the
Frank Holman ticket but It shows
that political straws are beginning
to blow.
-O-
Agriculture has lifted itself by the
bootstraps from rliinous depression
to returns exceeding those Of pre-
war days, the Agricultural Departs
ment says, but It sounds a warning
that unless there is support from q
rising domestic demand, the prices
in 1885 might slump lower. This
statement served to emphasize one
of the difficulties the Administration
has faced since the beginning Of its
recovery program.
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22

commission appointed two years
ago by the Governor to investigate
the trust and investment laws of the
State.
Mr.. Dugan. to require anyone
opening a barber shop to pay 500
to cover the expense of inspection
by the State Board of Examiners of
BARRIERS. He submitted another
measure to amend the present
liquor act. This would prohibit any
one not a naturalized citizen of the
United States from having a license
to sell Intoxicating beverages of anv
kind.
Mr.. Brogan, to amend the me
chanics lien law.
Mr.. Hughes, to make it unlawful
to use firearms while training dogs
but providing that the shells fired
must be blanks.
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

The annual. meeting Of the Mill
ford Building and Loan Association
will be held at the Office of the AS
sociation, 107 North Walnut Street,
on Wednesday, February 9th, 1885,
for the election Of officers and de
rectors for the ensuing term.
JAMES X. PETTYJOHN
- CnprnfarV
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22

program. Mr.. Cohen has addressed
the club for the past few years and
is always a forceful speaker with an
important message. Members should
be present to hear this interesting
talk as well as to inspire the speak
A.
Milford chronicle., 1935-02-22

It will he noted that the saving
in tax resulting from the filing of
seDarate returns amounts to $2S in
the above computations.
@Note-In filing a joint return
husband and wife compute the ear
ned income credit in the same man
ner as in filing separate returns. If
net income is not more
than $4,000 the entire net income is
considered to be earned net income.
The Washington times., 1935-05-14
4 MEN, WOMAN
! HELD IN RIDE

HO-HO-KUS, N. j., May IA
G.N.S0.-Four men and one WON.
an were under arrest today in
connection with the ride" MUIR
der of Edward J. Nichols, alias
Martin, whose body was found
here Friday with four bullet holes
in it.
Two of the men were identified
as having participated in the $13,-
600 holdup Thursday of the High
land Quassick National Bank in
Newburgh, N. Y. Another of the
quartet was identified as a mem.
Der Of the gang which last sum.
mer robbed q Corn Exchange
Bank and Trust Company branch
of $4,000.
Nichols, or Martin, was identi.
fled as one of the men in the
Newbursh robbery, and the police
theory is that he was shot by his
confederates in a fight over the
Spoils,
The Washington times., 1935-05-14
ATTACKS
TREASURER
ON DUTIES

ROCKVILLE, Md, May IA.
Characterizing a statement by
Montgomery County Treasurer j.
Forest Walker as inaccurate and
misleading in that it gave the i'm
preston the commissioners were
making unusual demands upon
him, Ira C. Whitacre, clerk to the
commissioners, today outlined
what the treasurer must do.
The commissioners at a recent
meeting ordered the treasurer to
file complete insolvency reports by
May 16.
Cut in Total Seen
First intimations of the audi
tors report had unaccounted
funds of $464,O0O listed against
the treasurer, but it is expected
inSolvencies and other explana.
tons will reduce this total.
Mr.. Whitacre, in his statement,
declared:
"The treasurer is charged
with the collection Of all State
and county taxes. He should
either collect or give the reason
why.
"If taxes on real estate are
not paid the real property
should be advertised and sold
according to law; If taxes on
personal property are not col.
lected, civil suits should be
entered against the owners Of
such property for the collection
Of the tax.
There are cases, however,
where the tax on real estate
and the tax on personal prop
erty, can rot be collected or
should not be collected. Ex.
amples Of such real estate tax
are ~ transferring title to land
to the State or county (2)
bankruptcy ~ destruction; and
an example Of personal tax Is
where . tenant who owes taxes,
leaves the jurisdiction and his
whereabouts unknown.
"AID IS STATED"
"The truth Of the matter is,
the commissioners are assisting
the treasurer. They have de-
layed giving out the report of
the audit of his accounts to give
him time and opportunity to re.
duCe the total Of his open &C.
counts to the lowest figure pos
Sible and have instructed the
county clerk to furnish him any
clerical help he may need and
provide him with copies Of re-
cent auditS in which are listed
and classified all uncOllected
taxes.
"The offer Of assistance was
made by the board and not re-
queSted by the treasurer. It
was made in q spirit Of helpful.
ness and cooperation. The
treasurer was asked to file his
insolvency lists" for the years
of 1892 and 1888 by the six.
teenth of May as on that date
it is expected the report Of a re.
cent audit of his accounts will
be made public"
The Washington times., 1935-05-14
.LYDDANE QUIZ
BY JURY SET
FOR MAY %
4 On nIIh ~

ROCKVILLE, Md, May IA
formal order for members Of the
Montgomery county grand jury to
report May 20, was issued late
yesterday by Judge Charles w.
woodward, Of the county circuit
court, on recommendation of
States Attorney James H. Pugh.
They will be asked to return
indictments in the Lyddane
murder conspiracy case in which
four persons, Anna Lyddane, John
Martin Boland, John "Googy"
Carnell and Edward Davis were
held for the action Of the grand
jury on conspiracy charges, and
the Williamsport, Md, high
school bus crash case, in which
Percy Lines, driver of the school
bus, was held on manslaughter
charges at q preliminary hearing
in connection with the grade
crossing accident which cost the
lives of IL WiliamSport high
school students.
Wife Accused
Mrs. Anne Lyddane, blonde wife
Of Francis Sion" Lyddane, county
liquor diSpensary clerk, is charged
by the State of Maryland with
conspiracy to murder her husband
and Mrs. Josephine Beall, wife of
Arthur w. Beall, Jamestown
garage owner, and an admitted
former lover.
John Martin Boland, Washing
ton police character was charged
with Mrs. Lyddane with conspiracy
to murder Mr.. Lyddane. At hear.
ing in police court here on April
81, both were held for the action
Of the grand jury.
On the second count, con.
spiracy to murder Mrs. Beall.
Mrs. Lyddane, John "Googy"
CARMEL and Edwin J. Davis were
charged by the State, but as
Mrs. Lyddane already was held
on the first count, only Davis
and Carnell were held for the
grand jury on this charge.
Free Under Bond
Mrs. Iyddane was released
under $4,000 bond, and the
three men were committed to
the county jail in default of q
bond of like amount.
Defense counsel : for Mrs.
Gyddane, headed by former
States Attorney Stedman Prescott,
asserted she was the victim of
a blackmail plot in connection
with alleged secret meetings with
Arthur Beall.
Defense counsel for Boland,
Davis and CARMEL declared their
clients were. merely, shaking
down. Mrs. Lyddane and had no
intention of committing the crime
Of murder. ~
This case in all probability will
be presented to the grand jury
first, Mr.. Pugh said today.
Bus Driver Held ,.
Percy Lines, driver of the viii.
Transport (Md0 High School bus,
which was struck by a Baltimore
and Ohio express train at a grade
crossing here last month, in
which ii of the students. lost
their lives, was held by Judge
Donald A. DeLaShmutt, on a
charge of manslaughter, follow.
ing a hearing held in police court
in April.
Two members Of the train crew
held on a like manSlaughter
charge were released following the
hearing.
FARM AND GARDEN
The Washington times., 1935-05-14
BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES

IN. W.: and Lillian R. Stewart. IS,
10 Defrees st., N. W.
James N. Beck; it,, y, 81 Rhode
Lee, "a. IS Rhode Island Ave. n. E.
John H. Roop, 81. 1897 St.. N.
W.; and Edith L. Schroeder, rs, Reeds
Edwin b. CRAWFORD, 80, and Ella
Arthur F. verrali. 30. Morrlstown.
N. j., and Evelyn N. Myers, 80, River
dale. Md.
Dwight r. Shaw. 81. Emmett. idaho.
and Frances F. Finley, "a. Delaware.
Ohio.
Willie Wilson. IS, sos New Jersey
20. 2So5 St, n. W.
william R. Fisher, 81, 4o24 Gault
Place, N. E; and Jsnnsy Barnes, Is.
Litwalton, Va.
Carr R. Meininger, 81. 1913 Clifton
st., AM Betty NJ OFT, 30 MERGERS
Walter C. Peter. IS. 1927 N ST.. N.
W; and Grace G: D: Ecker, IS, 1922
Thirty-First ST.. n. w.
David A. walker, 80. 1888 ST..
N. E.: and Virginia NJ. Hauptman, IS,
sos Laurel St., N. W.
Edward H. Rhodes, a. and Gladys
L. Jordan. "a, both of 1888 woodley
Road. n. W.
August Kott, IS, and Grace c. Daw.
ley, a.. both of Syracuse. N. Y.
Theodore florence, 20, 1924 Belmont
Road, and Avis Houchins, 1000 Massa-
chusettS Ave, N. w.
ROCKVILLE, Md, May 10 Especially.
The clerk of Montgomery County Court
today issued marriage licenses to the
following: Alton w. Conrad, IS. and
Mary Ely Butler, 81, both of Washing
ton; Carey 1. Eshelman. 80. Clarendon.
Va. and Naomi e. Harriss, 80. Of Wash
ington: Lloyd L. Turner, 90, and Zarda
A. Faulk, 10. both of Kensington; Ar
and Elizabeth c. Smith, 90, Des Moines.
Iowa; Norman Morris. 20. Ednor, and
c. c.. Scott, 81. Sandy Spring: Alfred
]. Pratt. 80, and Bernice H. Licarione
GO, both of Washington, and Joe Juack,
40, and Rena Green, IS, also Of WASH
inSton.
The Washington times., 1935-05-14
NORFOLK MUST AID

NORFOLK, Va, May 14.-Four
hundred unemployable persons
now on Federal relief rolls will be
turned back to the city for sup
port, it was announced here by
Director Of Public Welfare Parker.
He said it will mean an additional
expense Of 100000 to the city.
The Washington times., 1935-05-14
|POacher on Ducks
Given Z Months

NORFOLK. Va. May 10 (spe-
ciaD William T. Powell Of Acco-
mac, Va, was sentenced to seven
months in Jail by Federal Judge
Way today for shooting ducks out
Of season on the Eastern Shore Of
Virginia. william Turner, EN-.
ployed by Powell to trap ducks,
was sentenced to 10 days In Jail.
The Washington times., 1935-05-14
J. CASTLE RDGWAY

Final rites will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock for j. Castle
Ridgway, 81, widely known in
Washington banking and finan,
cial circles.
Mr.. Ridgway, who was former
cashier at the District National
Bank, died yesterday at his home,
220 Elm ST.. Chevy Chase, Md. He
is survived by his widow, Mrs.
The Washington times., 1935-05-14
LICENSED TO MARRY

ri, Richard L; Turner, a. sl5o Penn.
sylVania Ave. and Edwina A. Nor.
ris. 23 2123 California ST., N. w,
Charles G. Hammons, rs, and Sadly
Gray. Esq., both Of 1915 Fourteenth St,
N. w.
Augustus s. AbSott. 49,, and Amy
e. Kenny, q, both Of 1905 r St., N. W,
John $. Albright, SO. and sally R.
Brown, So both of Richmond, Va
James r. Smith. 81. Lanham, Md,
ana Sadie c. Pannsbaker. 20. Branch
Martin wenzel, 80. and liza Schmidt.
70. both of Baltimore, Nd.
Royal Durham, 30. Lemont Furnace,
Pa; and Marie Cunningham, 20, Chi
cago. Ill
Archie Burks, "a, ana Amy Taylor,
Fl, both Of 1922 Corcoran St.. N. W.
Harry NJ. Wolfe, 20. 622 NJ St. s..
w.; and Pauline L. Allex, %, ss5 FL
hot ST., N. e.
Carroll H. Osborn, 20. 1928 Nichols
Ave. s. E.: and Emily C. Eckstein,
Is, 1901 Nichols Ave; s. E.
Charles A Moore. %, 1924 X st.,
N. W.: and Gretchen r. Oldfield, "a,
1884 Massachusetts Ave. N w.
William winston, 90, 4s Dsfress ST.,