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Smyrna times., 1935-07-04
S2nd Year For Smyrna Times


With this issue, The Smyr-
ma Times starts its 82nd year.
AS Delaware's oldest consecu-
lively published paper it has
a record of which it can point
with pride: that of always be-
ing in the same family and in
all these years has never miss
ed an issue. Since the Times
was established in 1854 there
have only been three publish
ers and owners, the late Rob-
ert d. Hoffecker, the founder
from 1854 to 1866; by Joseph
H. Hoffecker, his brother,
from 1866 to 1877; by the
founder again from 1877 until
his death in 1907 and by the
present publisher, son of the
founder, from 1907 on. The
first issue was gotten out on
an old Washington hand press
of the Benjamin Franklin
type and was delivered by
stage coach before a railroad
was in Smyrna. All newspap-
ers that preceded the Times
went out of existence or as
in the case of Wilmington
were absorbed by dailes, leav-
ing The Smyrna Times the
only paper to carry its name
continuously without change
and with the same name by
which it was founded.
Smyrna times., 1935-07-04

tention of the driver the nee
essity of keeping a careful
watch on the machine that is
at his command. If it can
imprint this firmly on the
minds of all Delaware drivers
its real aim will have been &C
complished.
Smyrna times., 1935-07-04

Rev. A. w. Strickland who was
recently burned in an explosion, is
back to the pulpit and able to con-
duct the church services again al
though on his first Sunday back
did not deliver the sermon. The
Rev. Ivanhoe Willis, of Wilmington,
delivered the message, both at the
Sunday morning and Sunday even
ing services John Niles was the
soloist on Sunday morning. Last
Sunday Mr.. Strickland was in his
pulpit. Rev. Strickland rendered a
solo number in the League service.
Smyrna times., 1935-07-04
CORRESPONDENTS
Continued From Page Eight)

sey cottage at Rehoboth for the
summer. Sunday evening, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lea entertained in celebration
of Mr.. Lea's birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Arthur B. Edgeworth and
three children are at Rehoboth for
fortnight's stay.
Smyrna times., 1935-07-04

! Charter No. 23sI-Reserve District No.
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE MA
TIONAL BANK OF SMYRNA. in the
| State of Delaware, at the close of bus
| mess on June 29th, 1885.
ASSETS
Loans and discounts ......... $3.50 sc
United States Government obli-
| cations, direct and or fully
guaranteed l0o,4ZU.4z
| Other bonds. stocks. ana secur-
tiles -. -. ......... 21O.6s4.44
Banking house. S9O.OOO.Oo; Furn-
iture and fixtures, s13.411.4I. 103.411.41
Real estate owned other than
banking house ...... ........ 15.616.ss
Bank -. -. 31.1SS.OC
Cash in vault and balances with
other banks ...... ......... 127.7s6.55
Redemption fund with United
States Treasurer and due from
/ United States Treasurer .... 2,500.00
Other assets . ~ 1852. so
Total Assets ..... s1,14O SO
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits, except United
States Government deposits.
public funds, and deposits of
other banks 80. ........ SIZE. 5.s2S.Ss
Time deposits. except postal saw
ings, public funds, and de-
posits of other banks ........ 500 ,2OS.51
Public funds of States, counties.
divisions of municipalities >. 7s.521.OO
posits -. -. -. 2O.8s2.1S
Deposits of other banks. includ-
| ing certified and cashiers
| checks outstanding -. ... SOIL
Secured by pledge of
| loans and or in
Not secured by pledge
of loans and or
investments .... 855, ,l030l
Total deposits =. 875.985.14
Circulating notes outstanding :. 100000
! Capital account:
/ Common stock. 1000 shares. par
$4,000 per share ...........- 100.OoO.OO
| Surplus ...... . ...... I00. GOO. 90
| Undivided profits-net -. -. 14,025.79
/ Total Capital Ac-
count =. S2l4,025.I9
Total Liabilities .... ..s1.14O. .O1O. SO
MEMORANDUM: Loans and Invest
ments Pledged to Secure Liabilities.
United States Government obi-
cations. direct and or fully
guaranteed 14,954-dS
Other bonds, stocks, and secur-
tiles ......... l5,5UO.uO
Total Pledged (excluding re-
discounts SU,i0a-io .
| Pledged:
Against circulating notes out
| standing ..-... ou'OVO.VV
Against United States Govern
rnent deposits ..-...... 24.s54.7s
Against deposits of trust depart
! mentS -.---.- lo'oVV.Vo
Total Pledged .. ......s s0.454.7s
State of Delaware. County of Kent. IS:
| /. Edw. T. Porter. Cashier cf the above
named bank. do solemnly sws n that the
above statement is true to th best of my
knowledge and belief.
EDW. T. PORTEl.. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
3rd day of June, 1885.
GEORGE r. STEVENSON,
| Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
EDWARD G. WALLS.
]. H. DAVID,
JAMES A. HART. JR.,
! Directors.
Smyrna times., 1935-07-04
NOTICE
TO TAXPAYERS

I, JOHN ]. HURD, Receiver of
Taxes in and for Kent County, do
hereby notify the Taxpayers of said
county that pursuant to the Pro-
visions of Volume 81, Chapter 1O5,
Section 2 of the Laws of Delaware,
/ will sit during the month of July
at the places and on the dates
hereinafter named, between the
hours of $50 A. NJ and $3.50 P. NJ.
for the purpose of receiving Coun-
ty and Special School Taxes due in
Kent County:
SMYRNA-National Bank, July Is
Cheswold - Lewis H. Anderson's
Store, July 16.
Hartly-Scotten's Store, July II.
Camden-Ridgely's Office, July Is
CLAYTON - Rynear Slaughter's
Office, July 19
Willow Grove - Frasher's Store,
July %
Felton-Hughes' Hardware Store,
July %.
Milford-City Office, July "a.
Harrington-Town Hall, July %.
There is One Per Cent Penalty
Added Each Month on all taxes
paid after September 30th, 1885.
All capitation taxes not paid be-
fore October i, 1885, will be placed
in the hands of a Constable for I'M
mediate Collection.
JOHN j. HURD,
! Receiver of Taxes
Smyrna times., 1935-07-04
SUDLERSVILLE
Items of Personal and Social In.
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity

Sudlersviile, Md, July 4. - The
ninth annual carnival of the Sud-
lersville Fire Company came to a
close last week after a most sue
cessful ten days of activity. 1t is
estimated that about S140O will be
Smyrna times., 1935-07-04
TOWNSEND

Items Of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity
Townsend, July f. = The large
canning establishment OF the Just
Smyrna times., 1935-07-04

Entered at TIE Post Office at Sm-rna. Del
aware, as Second Class matter.
Subscription price. s1.5o per year. strictly
in advance.
Smyrna times., 1935-07-04
ALL SIZES OF
COAL

You can enjoy the comfort of a
cozily warm house.
Feel the friendly warmth of the
heat that your furnace sends forth
when you are burning our Famous
Reading Anthracite. Prices as fol-
lows:
Smyrna times., 1935-07-04

ADVERTISEMENTS Smyrna Times
Is the business medium not only for the
town its represents, but for the outlying
district of which it is the center, en-
bracing the towns of Clayton. Kenton.
Cfseswold. Townsend. Leipsic. &c. A rate
of so cents per inch an insertion charg-
ed for transient advertising. Season or
yearly display advertising rates quoted
on application. For Sale, For Rent
lost and Found advertisements occupy
.her,a Of 5o cents per insertion. In
memoriam articles. 10 cents per line per
issue
rur cMyRrJA TIMES ia an independent
paper devoted to the welfare OF the town
it represents and the State of which It
is a part. 1t also gives the Items OF
Importance of the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland.
Smyrna times., 1935-07-04

Published Every Thursday Morning, by
r. d. HOFFECKER- Proprietor.
roussded by Robert d. Hoffecker. July 5,
1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruarTs 10. 1907.
Smyrna times., 1935-07-04

.piness.
Smyrna times., 1935-07-04

Charter No. 238I--Reserve District No. 3
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE MA
TIONAL BANK OF SMYRNA, in tn
State of Delaware, at the close of bus
mess on June 29th, 1895.
Evening star., 1935-03-08
NEWSGATHERERS
TO HONOR JERvIS
White House Correspondents
Plan Farewell Party Tonight
at Press Club.

Richard Jervis, who for many years
was chief of the White House Secret
Service and who will leave Washing
ton in q few days to take charge Of
the Secret Service headquarters in
San Diego, Calf, will be rendered q
farewell party tonight by large num-
Der Of his ole friends in the auditorium
Of the National Press Club
Arrangements for this fete have
been made by the White House cor
respondents. q number Of whom have
been closely associated with Jervis for
many years Francis M Stephenson
of the Associated Press. president Of
the White House Correspondents As
sociation, will preside. Bascom N.
Timmons of the Houston Chronicle
will be master of ceremonies, Edwin
w, Gableman of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, chairman Of the Committee
ON Arrangements: George E. Durno Of
the Mcclure Syndicate. chairman Of
the Committee on Entertainment;
Charles w. B. Hurd. New York Times,
chairman of the Committee on Testi-
monial, and Leon Dure. jr., Washing
ton Post, chairman of the Committee
on Finances.
Besides q large number Of news
paper men there will be present q
number of the White House executive
staff, including Secretaries Mcintyre
and Early, and Col. Edwin Watson
and Rear Admiral Wilson Brown,
military and naval aides, respectively,
to the President.
The entertainment program will in
clude George Z. O'Connor, Matt
Horne and Dernayd Fitzgerald.
Evening star., 1935-03-08

Even Iceland has two men and two
women in this sector. Only the
Azores, Estonia, Luxembourg and
our own country's Indians are without
representation here.
Russians Have Largest Colony.
One woman. normally resident in
the tract, is in the census columns
headed "at sea-" Eight other resi-
dents fall into the general column Of
"all Others" a designation which
means that they are from some far
away nation not even listed among the
~ ma jor and minor lands of racial
origin recognized in the census.
Russia has more of her peoples in
Washington than any other nation.
Oddly. 1.c52 of them are in the Little
Europe area, making 1t also the tract
housing the largest number of indi-
viduals OF any single nation.
Italy. with but few hundred less
than Russia. has transplanted the
second greatest number of her people
here. Her individuals have taken up
residence in every tract Of the city
but one, according to the tables.
There follow, in order, Germany,
the Irish Free State. England, Poland,
Greece and France as the nations
having the greatest numbers of their
people in Washington.
Only 40 Indians Left.
Some facts for the curious come to
light If the census figures are ex-
amined in detail. For example. in the
entire Capital area. once densely
thronged with Indians, there remain
now but 40, all told, and these are
scattered rather widely.
Estonia has but two Of its people In
Washington, man and a woman.
They live at the opposite sides of the
city. The Azores, on the other hand.
have two men only, both living in the
same tract. Iceland. besides having
its two men and two women in tract
IS. has . lone man In one end Of
Evening star., 1935-03-08
HUGE BOND ISSUE
TO RELAX MARKET
Kennedy Halls $43,000,00
Refinancing Plan of
Swift & Co.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A break In the Nations jammed in
vestment markets was seen yesterday
by Chairman Joseph p. Kennedy Of
the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion, with the filing with the COM
mission of a $43 900 900 bond issue,
the largest In its history.
The issue was by Swift & Co. of
Chicago, to be made up Of 3.75 per
cent first mortgage sinking fund
bonds due In 1850. The bonds will
be offered publicly. The proceeds
would be used to retire outstanding
securities bearing q higher rate of
interest.
Announcement to Press.
Chairman Kennedy announced the
filing at a press conference, called,
he said, because Of the importance Of
the issue as an indication Of what the
country's corporations may accom-
plish by refunding. Some 5000. .000,-
600 in callable bonds might be re-
financed at this time, he said
The private securities market has
been practically at standStill for
months, and Government officials,
financial and business leaders have
cited this tie-up as major obstacle
to recovery.
II think this (the Swift issue) Is,
at least, very good evidence 1t is start
ing" said Kennedy, referring to the
flow Of capital. He added that a re-
newed capital market would be an
important force in conquering the
depression"
Later. w. B. Traynor, treasurer of
the company. told newspaper men the
company had no real difficulties" in
preparing the issue; that only q
month was required to prepare the
data for the commission. and that the
company saw the opportunity to take
advantage Of the plentiful money mar
ket and took it,
Lowest Of Kind In Years.
The new bonds at the 3.75 rate are
only seven-eights per cent higher than
the rate the Government is asking
on its new refunding issue. It Is the
lowest rate achieved by any company
in recent years for comparable is
sue. Traynor declined to estimate the
savings to the company. but the issues
to be recalled bear per cent.
He estimated that the total expenses
Of registration. including $4,000 in
stamp taxes, were about $l50,000.
Evening star., 1935-03-08

Washington, and lone woman in the
other Luxembourg's four men and
four women live, each Of them, in
widely separated areas. Latvia is the
only country which has an equal num-
ber Of both men and women, but they
live in homes scattered all over the
city. Bulgaria's dozen men and four
women show the greatest discrepancy
in ratio between the sexes.
No Scot in Three Tracts.
No Scotchman dwells in three par
ticular tracts. 81, or 25-but q
flying trip out to these locations failed
to discover a chance to ring In any
witticisms. So the mystery, II there
is one. remains unsolved.
Along Rock Creek north, below
Pennsylvania avenue, Is the largest
colony Of Swiss. The stream does cut
a minor caper through this section,
but the ruggedness of the homeland
Is not exactly duplicated here.
All together, there are 64 men and
women from Asiatic countries not
specifically listed. And under the
heading Of "All Others" are 78. Six
other people come from unnamed
Atlantic islands.
Strangest Of all-scattered over
Washington there are IA men and
women listed as "at sea-" Eleven of
that number are women.
Evening star., 1935-03-08
Russia Will Force
Equality of Women
In State Positions
Check-up OF, Promotions
Ordered by Soviet
Central Unit.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, March "a national
check-up to see that women are pro-
NOTED to leading positions on the
basis of equality with men was or
dered today by the Central Committee
Of the Communist party.
An investigation will be conducted
by party groups designed to ferret out
negligent application Of the rules
which guarantee women an opportu-
nifty to rise in any field.
The order was issued as . part of
the observation of the twenty-fifth in
ternational working women's day. 1t
was announced that women are par
ticularly active in national defense
preparations, 2,380y0 belonging to
the National Air and Chemical De-
fense Society.
There are 100000 crack marksmen
among the women and 460, 900 are in
training. There are hundreds of
woman airplane pilots and thousands
more have jumped from parachutes
and have learned to pilot gliders.
Evening star., 1935-03-08
STRAYER COLLEGE
AWARDS DEGREES
Sixty Receive Diplomas at Mid.
year Commencement Exer-
cises Last Night.

: Sixty degrees and diplomas were
awarded at the midyear commence
n1ent exercises of Strayer College last
hight at the Mayfiower Hotel.
The exercises were marked by the
presentation to the college by admin
istrative officials, faculty members
And students of a portrait of Pinck-
ney Jones Harman, co-founder and
for 81 years principal and director Of
the college.
The commencement address was de-
hvered by Cameron Beck, director of
the New York Stock Exchange In
stitute and for many years director
Of personnel of the Stock Exchange.
He discussed Leadership for Tomor-
row."
Three of the II accounting grad
yates who received bachelor of COM
mercial science degrees were graduated
with honors, Roland c. Eaton receiv-
ing his degree with highest distinction;
Clyde H. Taylor with high distinc-
ticn and Edgar A. Dorman with dis
tinction. OF the 40 secretarial grad
yates. were similarly honored. They
were Margaret Coe, Kathryn E. Riedel,
Marcia c. Larimore, Rena D. Lynch.
Esther K. Stewart and Margaret VIM
die.
President Edmond S. Donoho, on
the recommendation of Dean c..
Vaughan Darby. of the Graduate
School, conferred the degree of bach
elor Of commercial science on the fol-
lowing: John Bartram, jr.; Alton
Bradford, Edgar Dorman, Roland
Eaton. Alexander Ferrara, Denny
Kephart, Kenneth Lewis, Edwin
Lynch, Earle Myers, Frank Sellin and
Clyde Taylor.
: Secretarial diplomas were conferred
by Director Harman, assisted by Lewis
Z. Smith and Percy E. Sackett, reg
fstrars Of the college, upon the fol-
lowing graduates: Howard Albaugh,
Barbara Amman, Rosemary Bab-
cock, N. Mabel Bales. Sylvia Bazza-
y1ella, Beatrice Berman. Margaret Coe
Thelma Counts, Page Darlington
Nancy Davis, Betsey Evans, Frances
Ferguson, Eleanor B. Fits, Elizabeth
Tloegel, Lena Gordin, Thomas Grant
Audrey Grimes, Muriel Hicks.
Hazel Hook, Catherine Hunaker
Jennie Jakubec. Margaret Johnson
Nancy Keen. Eleanor Kirby, Glars
Klein, Elizabeth Lanham, Marcia c
Larimore, Ann Lightman. Betty
Lynch, Rena Lynch, Marion McGhee
Marian Means, Helen Metzger.
Esther Miller, Burl Mitchell, Heller
olmstead, Ruth Peck, Everett Pugh
Margaret Rapee, Kathryn Riedel. Es'
telle Robinson, Jean Schmidt. KATE
p. Smith, Esther Stewart, Alvin M
Swanson, Alice Vroman, Maynard
Waterield, Gladys White and Mar
eAret Windle.
Evening star., 1935-03-08
SENATE MAY PASS
ARMY BILL TODAY
46,250 Men Added by Meas.
ure Calling for $400,-
100000 Total.
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

Carving authority to add 46.250
men to the standing army, the 1885
War Department appropriation bill Is
slated to pass the Senate today. The
measure calls for about $400 600 900
for all expenses Of the department, in
Guiding flood control, river and har-
hpr work and maintenance of the
Panama Canal. 1t is the largest War
Department bill In recent years. ex-
ceeding current appropriations by
tl5,000,000.
"A group of Senators led by Senator
Clark, Democrat, of Missouri, tried
yesterday to strike out the increase in
the size Of the Army, but were beaten,
s. to 26. Clark also was defeated, so
to 81. In an effort to reconsider the
Senate's action in removing the House
provision, which would have given the
President discretionary power to say
when the new men should be enlisted.
Conference to Decide.
Both branches Of Congress have
vDted for the increase in enlisted per-
sonnel. but it conference the question
@ whether the War Department
should have to get presidential appro-
val for the enlistments remains to be
settled.
The bill was ready for final passage
late yesterday, but action was put off
until today to dispose of one minor
amendment.
The proposed increase in the size
Of the Army provoked three hours of
debate yesterday. in which Senator
Lewis, Democrat, of Illinois, declared
disturbed conditions in. various parts
OF the world hold possibilities of
danger to this country. Senators
Borah, Republican, of Idaho; King,
Democrat, Of Utah, and others denied
With vigor that there are any signs
Of trouble between other nations and
the United States. Lewis had pic
tured the possibility of Japan and
Russia cooperating against the United
states, and had also contended that.
their national defense forces.
Pointing out he had recently had
q chance to observe conditions else
where. in a tour around the world,
Senator McAdoo, Democrat, of Cali
fornia supported Lewis. saying that
unless we want to continue to be a
boob Nation, we will not hesitate to
provide the moderate increase in the
Army which Is proposed by the bill"
Borah Doubts Danger.
Senator Borah said he does not en-
tertain the fear of a possible con-
dict with Japan or Great Britain. He
slso argued that If the dangers pre-
dicted by advocates Of larger Army
really existed. an increase of only
46,250 men would be of no practical
benefit.
Senator Clark told the Senate that
talk Of "a Japanese war scare" is
always put forward whenever a bill
TO increase the Army or Navy is being
considered He agreed with Borah and
King.
Senator Sheppard Of Texas, chair
man Of the Military Affairs Com
n1ittee. contended the pending pro-
posal Is not intended to increase the
authorized strength of the Army,
which was placed at 100000 by the
national defense act, but merely to
bring it little nearer to that figure.
The Army now consists of 118.750. and
would be raised by this bill to 10000
men. Sheppard said the present
strength is a mere skeleton army, in
sufhcient for the ordinary peace-time
PURPOSES of the Army
Evening star., 1935-03-08
BUS HEAD OPPOSES
TERMINALS PLAN
Arlington Operator Says
Public Demands No
Change in System.

Four objections have been advanced
before the Public Utilities Commission
by the operators Of suburban bus lines
to the proposal to force them to obtain
off-street terminals to replace the on
street stations now in use.
DIR. Louis H. Parmelee Of Falls
Church, Va, president of the Arling-
ton-Fairfax Motor Transportation Co..
which makes an average of 80 trips
daily between Fairfax, Va, and Tenth
and D streets, asserted that there Is
in reality no public demand for a
change in the present system and that
the public interests will not be better
cared for under the proposed new
system.
The four objections advanced by
Or. Parmelee against the contemplated
change were: Q) Patrons of the line
do not need off-street terminals to
serve their interests; (2) of street
terminals will tend to increase rather
than decrease traffic congestion be-
cause they will necessarily add mileage
to the bus routes; (3) by moving the
terminals away from the congested
areas, fewer patrons will walk to the
terminals, hence more time will be
required to pick up passengers at
street intersections, thus slowing down
traffic: and az his company in par
ticularly cannot finance the procure
ment and construction of an off-street
terminal alone, and joint terminals
will add to congestion by concentrat-
ing more busses in one place.
View on Cost Upheld.
Parmelee was the first bus company
official to testify in the hearing.
Calvin I. Kephart, head Of the utili-
ties board of Arlington County, Va,
and chief examiner of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. expressed q
similar opinion as to the prohibitive
cost of buying and building an off,
street terminal.
Kephart agreed with the commits
sion's contention that express busses
to Virginia could be routed via the
Arlington Memorial Bridge instead OF
Key Bridge and relieve some of the
congestion on M street in Georgetown
without working any hardships on
passengers.
Georgetown Protests.
The Georgetown Citizens Associa-
ton and the Georgetown Progressive
Business Mems Club vigorously op-
posed the proposal, however. asserting
that the bus lines along M street are
absolutely essential" to the welfare
of Georgetown.
John Paul Jones, on officer of both
organizations, also objected to the
commissions recent order rerouting
Cabin John, Potomac Heights, Glen
Echo and Georgetown-Thirty- sixth
street cars away from p street and
into M street with turn at Wiscon-
sin avenue. This Is to be done al
soon as a connecting curve can be
installed at M and Wisconsin. Jones
said the resulting congestion will be
ian impossible situation"
1t was expected the hearing would
close late today.