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Smyrna times., 1935-01-31
ROB CAR OF
NEWLY WEDS
Couple Bound From Florida
Get Caught in Drift Near
Glasgow and Robbed
TAKEN TO WILMINGTON

Cupid wasn't riding the storm
clouGs Wednesday and therefore
could not watch over two honey
mooners who came to grief on the
Glasgow Road. On their way home
from Miami, Mr.. and Mrs. Bird
Bedell, 138 Roseville avenue, New
ark, N. j., became stalled in
snoWGrift this side of Glasgow.
That precipitated a series of events
that found them several hours lat
er, stranded in Wilmington, still
attired in the Summer clothing
now fashionable in Florida, minus
money, baggage and even wedding
gifts. A thief had stolen all their
property from the interior of their
car as it stood, imbedded in a
snowdrift, awaiting the arrival of
a tow car from Wilmington. And
the expense of the towing service
and repairs took all their money.
The car developed battery trouble
as they neared Wilmington, which,
with the adverse weather coDdi-
tions, forced them to abandon it on
the road. They succeeded in get
ting a lift to Wilmington. Mr..
Bedell had a city garage send a
tow car to bring in the car to be
repaired while he and his wife went
to a hotel. Later they learned of
the theft. Mrs. Bedeli was heart
broken. In addition to the senti-
ment inherent in the gifts many of
them cannot be replaced and were
very valuable. Even several pic
tures had been taken in the alb
,sence of the cars owners. They
Immediately reported the incident
to State Police near Glasgow. But
worse was yet to come-in the
form of a bill from the garage for
services rendered, such as towing
and repairs. 1t took their last
cent, about $50. Mr.. Bedell ap-
piled to a local chapter of a lodge
to which he belongs for aid, but
this proved unavailing. AS a last
resort he wired to, friends in New
ark for funds. The money later
arrived to help the harassed Bed
ellis.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-31
IMUSKRATS ARE
REPORTED FEW
AS Season Progresses, What
Seemed To Be Rosy Is
Now Poor
EASTERN SHORE BETTER

Trappers of the muskrat or
marsh rabbit" in Delaware are
perplexed. Faced with indications
of one of the poorest trapping
years for many moon and subse-
quent loss of hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars in pelts, they can
not understand reports from their
sister state of Maryland recently
the industry is looking to banner
year there. Came Warden Louis
G. Echrich, of Hare's Corner, con-
sidered an expert in this State.
said: "The only explanation I can
give is that Delaware, especially
the two upper counties, experience
ed a much severed Winter last year
than many sections of Maryland.
Last Winter in Delaware, one of
the most severe in the memory of
trappers around these sections"
Mr.. Echrich said, thousands upon
thousands of rats were frozen or
starved to DEATH" Reports coming
to me-" he continued, land to
wardens in all parts of Delaware,
show that although the muskrat
season has been open in Delaware
for more than month and a half,
SO far it has been highly unprofit-
able, with every indication of a
great scarcity of rats" Mr.. Ech-
rich admitted that due to the
warmer weather just previous to
the cold wave and snow storm, re
ports from trappers had been more
encouraging. A haul of more than
400 rats on the Speck marshes
near Delaware City during the
past four days has been reported
and is considered fair in view of
the previous results. Trappers on
the Bach marsh below Port Penn
during the same period reported
poor trapping. The present price
for pelts in this area range be
tween 80 cents and S1.5O depending
upon the color, the black pelts be-
ing in greatest demand, as usual.
The season in Delaware opens De
cember 1st, and closes March 1st
The Maryland season opens Janu-
airy 1st and closes March 18th. E.
Lee LeCompte, State Game Ward
en-, stated recently prospects in
Maryland are the best since 1880,
with a total of 81, 100000 expected
to be realized Maryland is sec
ond only to Louisiana in the musk
rat fur-producing industry.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-31
YOUR FEDERAL INCOME TAX
Personal Exemptions Allowed For
Single and Married Persons

In addition to the personal ex-
emption of $4,000 for single per-
sons and $4,000 for married per-
sons living together and for heads
of families, taxpayer is entitled
to a credit of S4OO for each de-
pendent, defined by income tax law
and regulations as persons under
Is years of age or incapable of
self support because mentally or
physically defective. The term
mentally or physically defective"
means not only cripples and those
mentally defective but persons in
i'll health and the aged. In order
to be entitled to the S400 credit,
the taxpayer must furnish the de-
pendent his or her chief support.
The credit is based upon actual fin
ancial dependency and not mere
legal dependency. For example, a
father whose children receive half
or more of their support from a
trust fund or other separate source
is not entitled to the credit. Meth
er relationship nor residence is a
factor in the allowance of the S40O
credit for a dependent. The tax
payers and the dependent may be
residents of different cities. If
husband and wife both contribute
to the support of a dependent, the
S400 credit may be taken by the
one contributing the chief support,
and may not be divided between
them. A single person who sup
ports in his home an aged mother
is entitled not only to the S400
credit for a dependent, but also to
the personal exemption of $1,000
as the head of a family. A widow
er supporting under similar cir
cumstances a dependent child un-
der 18 years of age also is entitled
to the personal exemption of $4,000
as the head of a family, plus the
S4O0 credit for dependent. Under
the Revenue Act of 1884 both the
personal exemption and the credit
for dependents are required to bt
prorated where the status of the
taxpayer changed during the year
Smyrna times., 1935-01-31
Quarantine Port Founded
by Penn 235 Years Ago

Philadelphia. = An organization
established In 100 by William
Penn for the protection of Phila-
delphians from diseases brought to
this port by foreign ships is near
ing its two hundred and thirtyfifth
birthday.
The Port of Quarantine, as 1t is
named, is situated near Essington,
on the Delaware river. II has
passed through the control Of Eng
lish authority, the state of Pennsyl-
vania. city Of Philadelphia and
finally to the United States public
health office. It is the oldest per.
manent quarantine station In the
country.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-31
PEACH-APP
oRCHARDSIH /
Weight of HEAVY 81
Last Weeks Storm p's' y
Much Havoc i
UTILITIES ALSO ,,,J

a check-up On i.
sleet storm havoc o. u raS : Stow
sex counties, Dsl,n.,aa u. Asat a
nearby counties ~ %ale :, I'd
cred the u,ar". ..'.' tAat it was }
twenty v@srS o.s' storm Of its
Of dollars damage t.a' haa ~
to utilities and orcb.aa. aaa ossa
t5ey, t5e c.Its..g The weight ot t.ls the
tops of orchard trees OToEs 70
tlon 200 trees were tsta, : \
hlga"ay all of them 1T brot.I
,Gy.I Dy the weight Of The sjsst sIsa'a
While roads were cIesrss s-s5' y
Of snow drifts, fallen
poles and trees mad. +sI
nardeF. For a time it W., y
siole to get from FincbT'S. M !
dorado, Nd, a distance ~ !
miles, and from seafor5 y i
ance a distance of 6 nj. u
roads suffered greatly frs,|
snow drifts and fallen n@s.l
lfees. Motorists passing [T,s or.'
q the most damaged I'll
tnat as high as 20 poles \
were w down in some M
streets in Seaford and ot5g.
were covered with sIeet
and skating on them w.,
aao.5 = o5is-nofse open sleigh u
49,, 49, - ~ une streets aa
llisie q Inc sleigh bells \
like old times. A nn,,sJ
towns and communities M
off from the outside word J
as telegraph and teleubo1s j
tlons were concerned M
Eastern Shore Public ServiD.l
pany was unable to get h
current to them. All tha
companies rushed hundys}
their workmen as quickly q
slole to help get their M
working order again.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-31
CELEBRATE -ASsIvEEs s.
MIR. and Mrs. John c. Houkb
yer, Have Home GatberiI

Mr.. and Mrs. John c, Id
of Dover, entertained at
ner Sunday, January 2Od
their home in celebration d
wedding anniversary. Those
ent were former State s
James R. Clements, Mn. VI
F. Clements and Charlas s. |
ents, Of Clayton, Mr.. and I'd
c. Taylor and daughter, Msl
nelia Harper Taylor. Frst
tenant Zebulon C. Hopkins, |
Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins, Rh5
member of the U. S. Marine
left Monday from the homo
at Quantico, Va, with bis 1
ron from the aviation tur 4
mile flight to San Juan 4
Rico and return.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-31

ks In "decibles' ., !. heard 1
engine and ean"'. .ooIns.
inserted in the '' o,.,s,
speaks in decides. lies, = u.Ds
npits of noise. Wnen n-p'nbIns|
or c-'r motor truck goes .ol,s / !
your window the e,ans.I,rsi nvar .
can be definitely as.s1 = 1sas
tas HES. So it is with r0a = psrs
engine. orss Sounds thai a,,;s,a IN ths
are ar being created Tirs.a METHOD !
and allows 'nlS them to be tpsssIt p'ss
ing 4nnsssured Just as .sr ~
So SOL many pounds o. mean ssa to y
" WI, ns' r. means thai ~ ~ b
tor.S, .oni,es have conSa',n ~ ,sntps
TERROR noises ss. q ,soss N1
.r Qfltl aiui
aa',n5s a,v which. Thlls ~, psrsf
ao-s Of the dll's tilbI1
speias ,ns1fs'S itself; self !. 1,',i' .ss =,
ss'., sas ';'i'i s'i; Be '''' &c ''''' : 4
search.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-31

through the micropnone
DETROIT. Michigan.-Science as
applied to automobile engineerlhs
has a new one. Automobile engine
experts have frequently used ste
telescopes to emulate the doctor III
finding out what Is wrong with the
patient. but now comes the story
OF a Detroit engineering laboratory
which inserts a microphone mto
the combustion chamber OF the en-
CINE and allows the engine "
broadcast its own story right ih'o
the friendly ears of the doctor
In the Bohn laboratory, where
many developments pertaining u
the automobile engine are worked
out, experiments are being success
fully conducted to determine the
performance of engines py the
sounds sent out over a microphone
inserted directly into the cyiinoer
bead.
When m engine proadcasts IL
Smyrna times., 1935-01-31
John Barton Payne De

John Barton Payne, fOrni
retary of the interior and
man of the American Red
under four President, died
on Wednesday Of last W
pneumonia.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-31
Suffice Is Taboo

Suttee. the Indian custom of q
widow burning herself on her hus
bands funeral pile. was legally abol
ished by the British in 1929.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-31
DEATH OF w. A. McCLYMENT
Prominent Farmer of Near Centre
Vile Succumbs at Age of 20

L oIIiIifthC dIIIltT VI I<tdT StnGFe-
Vile Succumbs at Age of 20
William A. McClyment, age 70.
we'll known farmer, died at his
home near Centreville, Maryland.
He was a son of the late James H.
McClyment and Martha Ann
Townsend McClyment. His mother
was formerly Of Delaware. A
number of years ago he married
Miss Esther Capel, who survive
him, with six sons. One brother.
Henry McClyment, of Carmichael,
also survives. Funeral services
were held Thursday afternoon at
Centreville M. E. Church, conduct
ed by the Rev. Roy T. Thawley
Intermsnt was in Chesterfield can-
etery.
Smyrna times., 1935-01-31
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages. Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF JAN. 2STH, 1883

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., 1935-01-31
RadiO Equipment Used For First Time
In Automobile Engineering kee'

Engine Tells Secrets To Mix
Smyrna times., 1935-01-31

The judges or majority of them
having declared the seat of Will
liam It. Watson in the Legislature
vacant, a resolution has passed the
House without dissenting voice
to the same effect and speaker
Comegys will issue a writ to-day
for a special election in this county
next Monday. This election viii
cost the county between $500 and
$700. A Dover correspondent o1
the Phi.adelph.a Times, says: "Ths
Smyrna times., 1935-01-31

church near Laurel on Sunday
called Bethel, and raised debt OF
$4,000.
Samuel P Wright and wife, OF
Philadelphia, have been visiting
relatives in town.
Mrs Thomas ]. Johnson anc
children, of st. Georges, are spend
ing a week with her mother, Mrs
Amanda Spruance.
Miss Emma c. Hoffecker, of Viii.
mington, is visiting relatives il
this town.
Joseph Pratt, of Chicago, i:
home on a visit to his mother, Mrs
Elizabeth Pratt.
James D. Wilds returned to hi.
place of business in Philadelphia
on Monday, after being confined a
home a week by sickness.
DR.. Sudler P. Roberts and wife
(nee Miss Cora Beck), of Churcl
Hill, Nd, spent Sunday and Mon
day in this town visiting friends.
Miss Lizzie Beck is VISITING
friends and relatives at Churcl
Hill, Md, this week.
George Wyatt and wife, of Con
shohocken, Pa, are visiting rela
tives in this town.
Thomas Wyatt, who left tow
some months ago to seek the West
has returned home from Wynett
Illinois, fully impressed witt
Payne's favorite poem, There i
no place like home"
Edward G. Walls, formerly O
this town, but now in business q
Church Hill, Md, spent the frs
OF the week IN town.
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COMMODITY PRICES

NEW YORK. July 5.--The Associated
Press wholesale price index of 20 basic
The previous day 1t was 5000. week
ago 80. "a, a month ago 70.75 and year
ago go. so.
Range Of recent years:
High " 754S 72.55 $40
Low - 69l4 1851 1897
THE 1925 average equals 1909
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C[EARINCS MOUNT
|. TO RECORD LEVELS
Highest Total in Nearly
Four Years Shown by
% Major Cities.
By the Associated Press.

Dy TIC hoSOCihJcu ETcSS.
NEW YORK, July 5-The highest
bank clearings III nearly four years in
the % leading cities of the United
States were reported by Dun g. Brad
street for the week erued Wednesday.
The total was s6.6I2,874,O 900, COM
pared with $4.516, 592 ,0OG for the week
ended July 4, 1884. . gain Of SG9 per
cent over the fiva-ddy week Of 1884
in which independence day fell
At New York City the clesrings
were $4,757 ,28l 900, an amount 56.7
per cent higher than last year. and
the aggregate for the centers outside
New York reached s3055 ,593 900, a
gain OF 40.1 per cent
Although settlements we're swollen
by half-yearly payments. on a daily
average basis he increase this year of
1901. sos 900 each day compares with
s274.5o6. 900 year ago.
Every city included in the survey
showed an increase this week, the
gains being especially large ~ New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago,
Detroit, Cleveland. Cincinnati, Balti-
more. Richmond, Atlanta. ST. Louis,
Kansas City, Dallas, San Francisco,
Portland and Seattle.
Chicago clearings tor the current
reported week were $259, 500 900. COM
pared with sos. 100000 for the SINH
lar week Of 1884. a gain Of 45.3 per
cent
Totals for the week ended July 3
compared with O year ago, the per-
centage change. ano daily clearings
for the year to date:
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INVESTMENT TRUSTS

NEW YORK July : fEN.-New York
Security Dealers Association.
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Bid and Asked Price
BONDS.
PUBLIC UTILITY
MISCELLANEOUS
STOCKS.
PUBLIC UTILITY

Amer Tel. 4 -'l279.
Capital Transit Co. H. lS1s
N. & W. Steamboat t6l--. 's7
Pot. Elec. Pow. sc, ptd. 90 ITO
Pc Ell Pw. 5l.c, Of. $500 1874 l
Wash Gas 1t. Co i3.6W-- 30
Wash Ry. & FL. com. 40 300
Wash Ry. & FL pfo. t5D--- 1852
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CHICAGO STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO July 5 lP,.-FolIoving is the
STOCKS On the Chicago Stock Exchange to-
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NEW YORK. July 3 14N.-New York Sc
eurity Dealers Association:
Inuot q tions as of Q O'Clockl
FEDERAL LAND BANKS

. NEW YORK. July R.-Federal Land
Bank bonds:
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BITUMINOUS OUTPUT
RISES AGAIN IN WEEK

The National Coal Association, from
incomplete car loading reports from
the railroads, estimates bituminous
coal production in the United States
for the week ended June 20 as ap-
proximately 6.4lO,0O0 net tons. Pro-
duction for the corresponding week:
1884. 6,l46,O0O tons; 1888, 100000
tons.
The report of the Bureau OF Mines
shows production of $4,000 tons for
the week ended June IS, and 1881 900
for the week ended June %, 1885.
Production calendar year to June
90: 1885, 1925, 900 tons 81; 1884,
1872 ,308 900 tons.
rpSubject to revision.
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Washington Exchange
SALES.

SALES
Washington Gas SIS 1861 900 at
1864.
Capital Transit Colo at l9
Potomac Electric SO pfd.-2 at ITO.
Potomac Electric 5l2%o pfd-l0 at
114ls, 8 at ll4ls, 10 at ia.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Gas IS B-$300 at l02 "a.
Bid and Asked Prices.
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U. s. TREASURY POSITION
By the Associated Press

The position OF the Treasury on July
9 was: Receipts. S7I. 1904 .O56: expendi-
lures. $50. 073,O64: balance. 81 740. ssl. =
427; customs receipts for the month.
So. 2O1 1877
II. Sg6,276, "a; expenditures SIg6, $50. .
500 Including $40 605. 223 of emer-
sency expenditures1; excess OF expendi-
e sss 52545s' decrease sf0Ss o. os Sass IS
under the previous day; gold assets, So
l16.625309
Receipts for July g. 1894 comparable
date last YEAR,. S94 .746. TIA: expenditures
2201 .93I: net balance. So 6S7, 0S4,-
S07: customs receipts for the month. ST.
l2S,609.
Receipts for the fiscal year, Sl5sl2.-
S67 654, $50 of emersency expenditures)
excess of expenditures S5.779.I47: gross
debt. Se7 100. S04 AS: gold assets ST.
$50, SS0,980
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Miscellaneous Markets.

Additional New York markets Gas COM
piled by the Associated Press:
CRUDE RUBBER-Futures closed quiet.
40 lower: sales. No. l, standard; lS0
contracts July. IL g; September. Il SOB;
December ~ 81: January. l2.59n; March,
IL 1914. May. 12.SSn. Smoked ribbed
RAW HIDE-Futures closed firm, 10-I5
Iiof ,o5; March 11.aab. Sales, 2.4so.ooo
pounds.
sVdAR-Futures M. No. closed ss, s5e sSS:
Septenber. 3.34b; December, 232b; Janu-
airy: 2 .0ab; March. alb; May 2lsS. az
COFF EE-Spot quiet: Rio NO Z oH
santos No cgs aur fnS f aEei and
IS at T'7o-s5' Rio futures closed quiet;
sales. 1000. September, 5.25n; December
5.35n Santos futures quiet; sales. 3.OoO
December BIN: May. 7.91n.
changed to higher; sales 400 bales July,
l.31h: December. l.33; January. ~
Open .harket auoi atoms (60-day basis
SHANGHAI steam nlatuIe e per , Gent seIi,
"A" 1876 20: Japanese special crack
double I ~ extra 81 per cent ''riOl'ne i'-i'S
Bid. Nominal
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NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

: DECLARED nr paid so far this year.
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BONDS IRREGULAR
At SESSIONS END
Late HeavineSS of Some
Junior Rail Issues Dis
turbS Market.
By tha Associated Press.

BY thN ASSOCTdItU IESS.
NEW YORK, July 5.-Last hour
heaviness in some of the second grade
rails brought an irregular tinge to the
bond market at the close today.
Utilities and industrials showed
fairly general strength, with many
closing on the highs.
United States Governments moved
over an uneven course, finishing
2-32ds of point lower to 5-32ds
higher. Federal farm mortgages were
firm.
In the foreign list Italian govern
ments and municipal obligations drop
ped sharply, but most other important
European issues were steady.
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, pproximate Transaetiens Today.
L 4 a z r ~

LIB ERTY.
High Low. Close.
4th4A 1933-SS 101 % 101 Is 101 %
4th4As 33-SSrg 1921 1921 1921
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INSURANCE STOCKS

NEW YORK, July ; L91.-New York
Eecurity nealers' Association.
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National Cash Register Co.-June
domestic orders we're up los per cent:
months up l47 per cent.
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Edison Bros. Stores, Inc.-June sales
were up IA per cent; 6 months up
104 per cent.
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DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED

NEW YORK. July dividends de-
clared:
Regular
Briggs Mfg Co----5Oc Q 7-16 40
SpiegelMay Stern
so cum pf---1 .62Ia @ 7-I5 81
, 1935-08-09
LOWERED
OFF MOUNTAIN
Long, Dangerous Search
Ends When Boy IL
Found Dead

MONARCH LAKE, Colo, Aug. Q
Up From Storm-whipped Lind
bergh peak where he oil to death
Tuesday, the broken body Of William
Brode, 1A son Of N distinguished
southern family. was borne down
treacherous trails on q packhorse
after dawn lighted the Mountains
Friday.
Weary searcherS conquered storms
and slippery trails and at the bottom
Of the peril-studded descent brought
the boys body to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Julien Brode. Of Memphis,
Tenn.
Shaken by a hazardous airplane
flight into this glacier-scarred land
Of pinnacles Thursday, the parents
quietly planned TO send the body to
Memphis. The boy had been staying
at a Y. M. G. A. camp here.
The Brodes arrived Just as Baker
Armstrong. Of Houston, Tex, dis
covered the sandy-haired, blue-eyed
lads body in a granite crevasse near
the summit Of the two-mile-h high
peak.
With the 50-hour quest among the
cragS ended, Searchers lowered the
body by ropes 1000 feet from one
perilous ledge to another and placed
it on the packhorse.
Nearly five hours were required to
lower it to the trail.
Armstrong had defied death and
lowered himself with his 40-pound
pack Of first aid material tnd food
into the dangerous pit. His whistle
notified searchers Of the discovery.
Il am bewildered," said Brode.
william was . dutiful son. I can
not unerstand why he would climb
that mountain when camp directors
told him to wait at the lake"
, 1935-08-09
new RELIEF :
WARNING MADE
States And Cities Must
Care For Unemployables
Hopkins Reminds

WASHINGTON. Aug. e.-R-The
problem OF inducing states and CT
ties to provide for their own "unem-
ployables" Friday was declared to be
q major one confronting officials
conducting the shift from the dole"
to the $3.50, 100000 work relief pro-
gram.
R~eiterating that after November
! the federal government would put
un money only for jobs, Harry l.
Hopkins Thursday aimed sharp criti-
cism at states which he contended
were not making provision for those
unable to work and so excluded from
new federal program Every state,
he insisted, Is able to care for It's
unfortunate unless 1t is ~"unsocial-
minded"
Hopkins estimated that states and
cities would put up $500, 000. 900
compared with the federal govern
ment's $4,000, 000, 00o-during the IL
months beginning July l to provide
for unemployables and help pay for
work relief projects.
Speaking shortly before President
Roosevelt allotted 1899 1884 and $685.
3O6 respectively TO the works pro-
gress administration for projects In
Tennessee and South Carolina res
pectively, Hopkins listlf what he
termed two signs Of prC<-ess:
i. A decline in the relief population
from 19,250.000 in May to 17.937.00o
in June.
2. An increase IN the number Of
work relief jobs provided to 5000,
including AIS 900 members Of the CT
villain Conservation Corps, los, 900
on works projects. and 10000 on
other federal activities.
, 1935-08-09

republican solicitor general and re-
preventative from Pennsylvania.
Threat to Government
Committee members said they
wanted to know how much power
companies paid these men in fees
and the exact nature Of their acti-
vities and ascertain, II possible, the
line OF demarkation between legal
practice and lobbying.
Already, Black said, his commit
tee had uncovered expenditures Of
81, 500,00 in the drive against the
utilities bill and its provision call
ing for mandatory abolition Of
unnecessary" holding companies.
In his speech Thursday night he
asserted that the lobby has reach
ed such a position Of power that it
threatens the government ITSELF
Addressing himself to consumers,
the Alabaman said:
The books Of your local company
win show these expenses as a part
OF the cost OF delivering electricity
to you"