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Evening star., 1935-01-22
HOMES FOR. $500
INCOMES ATTAINED
Pynchon Outlines Benefits
of Homestead Projects
in Radio Forum.
Continued From Tenth Page)

higher, due to errors in judgment md
the necessity of some experimentation,
am thinking particularly of Reeds
vile. w. Va, where our first prof.
ect is located. and where We have
centered various experimental en-
deavors. Reeosville is going to cost
more than was estimated at the be-
ginning. 1t is going to cost more than
the homeSteaderS now undertake to re-
pay. and we shall charge a consider
able amount to experimentation, to
relief and overhead.
But ! feel that it is going to be
worth while. 1t is going to be worth
while to the whole program, which will
profit by our experiment at Reeds
vile, and 1t would be worth while, even
If the influence of Reedsville went no
farther than the homeSteaders on the
project itself. If you could see, as I
have seen, the miserable ShantieS in
which these homesteaders lived year
or so ago, flimSy, dirty structures,
without water, without lights, without
sanitary facilities perched amid the
Stag heaps and the smoke and the sui
phur fumes of half f-deSerted mining
towns; if you could see, as have seen,
these families now living in their clean,
comfortable homes, most of all, II you
could see, as l have seen. the sallow,
pinched faces of the children gain al
most daily in the plump pinkness of
happiness and health, you would think.
as think, that the money has been
we'll spent.
Buying an Opportunity.
1t is helping these people to buy. not
tuSt a homestead, but an oppor-
tunity. after years of uncertainty, to
live sanely. cleanly and with increas-
ing hope Of useful and well-rounded
life.
1t is not alone that subsistence
homesteading snatches groups from
the relief rolls, though in many cases
it may and does result in this. 1t has
a far deeper social significance. No
one can now say how great an in
fiuence this movement may have upon
our national life.
No one who has visited CroSSville
or Reedsville or any one of the many
I'd, IdIl lOliIC away IdlNOdSAAC0 Ny
the human appeal they make. There
is a regeneration Of body and spirit
going on among these earnest people
which augurs we'll for the new genera
ton who will reap the harvest of con-
tentment sown in these cooperative
and self-reSpecting communities.
For this New Deal of ours is an ad-
venture not merely in dollars and
cents, in acres and houses, it IS an
adventure in humanity.
The President, Secretary of the In
terror Ickes, are practical men. They
know how to count costs. but they
also know how to balance things
gained against the costs. We are buy
ing something these days which is
worth far more than the money ex-
pended for it. We are buying happi-
ness and security not for the favored
few, but for the many, and am proud
that the Division Of Subsistence
Homesteads is a part of this humane
program.
Evening star., 1935-01-22

That is the joyful cry Of thousands
since DIR. Edwards produced Olive
Tablets. the substitute for calomeI.
DR.. Edwards. a practicing phySi-
clan for 20 years, and calOmePs old
time enemy, discovered the formula
for Olive Tablets while treating pa
tients for chronic constipation.
Olive Tablets do not contain calO-
mel. just a healing, soothing vegetable
laxative safe and pleasant.
No gripping is the keynote" Of these
little sugar coated, oliye-cOlored tab
lets. They help cause the bowels to
act normally. They never force them
to unnatural action.
IL you have a dark brown mouth"
bad breath-a dull, tired feeling
sick headache caused by constipation
You should find quick, sure and
pleasant results from one or two OF
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets.
Thousands take them to keep right,
Try them, 15c, 3Oc, 60c.
Evening star., 1935-01-22
SCHOOL HAS COUNCIL

Takoma-Silver Spring High Stu
dents Organize.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
SILVER SPRING Md, aJnuary az.
"A student council has been organ
lied at the Takoma-Silver Spring
High School under supervision Of
Owen Knight, member of the
faculty.
The group is composed of Staten
Alden. president; Patt Pitts, secretary;
Henry McCeney, Alvin Fincham, Ray
Wilkinson and Valerie Willis. A
judiciary court is composed of Will
liam Stacy. supreme justice; Doro-
thy Whittlesey and William Taylor,
associate judges, and Henry McCeney,
prosecuting attorney.
Evening star., 1935-01-22
IL DIE AS MEXICANS
ATTEMPT TO ROB TRAIN
Escort of Soldiers Drives Off
Rebels After Locomotive and
Cars Leave Track.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DURANGO, Mexico, January az
Eight rebels and three federal soldiers
were killed yesterday in a bitter fight
resulting from a rebel attempt to hold
up passengers after wrecking a train
90 miles west of here.
The engineer of the train also was
killed and the fireman wounded. No
passengers were hurt.
A torn up rail sent the train of the
track as it neared Ell Salto. The
escort of federal troops riding in the
rear car drove of the rebels, who
fed to the hills.
Evening star., 1935-01-22

Ride the EcaIators the short cut to our secqpd and "t
Smyrna times., 1935-04-04
( [BoOMED
PRESIDENT
rnud Being Rails
f,,.+ons. Tags To
E,aei1s Candidate
ksScE IS CITED

raiOrity members OF
I'd House Tuesday al
- week adopted a con
..,Istion placing the Gen
~ an record as endors-
'.',,rnnending the Hon
..,.m douglass Buck, the
ID governor of the State
as a candidate for
4 + PRESIDENT of the Unit
the next general cleo
T. n:olutiOn was intro
uouse by Representa-
y, simon, Republican Ilool
7, vas supported by the
!. majority members ex-
Hutchinson,
( 40 rsnlied not voting
opposed the
I n the Senate it was
Esae ten Republican Sen
Fs,gs. Republican, was alb
b roll call. The six Dem
[..nbss voted against the
Smyrna times., 1935-04-04
birth RECORD
IN DELAWARE
Few Natives Over 21 Have
Date of Their Births
Registered
INQUIRIES COMING IN

With the recent announcement,
through newspaper channels, that
comparatively few native-born Del
awareans over twenty-one years of
age have their births registered,
Delaware has become birth regis
tration' conscious, and the Vital
Statistics Department of the State
Board of Health at Dover is daily
receiving large numbers of inquir-
les as to how registration may be
accomplished. Recently, the son of
a deceased Newark physician, while
going through his fathers papers,
discovered a batch of old birth
records which had not been for
Warded to the Vital Statistics De-
partment. Realizing their value,
he sent them there, and thereby at
tained registration for twenty-one
people between the ages of A and
49. Commenting on this, Miss Mil
dred Spencer, in chareg of the
Vital Statistics Department, said
that they are encouraging any per-
son having access to old birth rec
ords in this State, to put them on
file. 1t is possible, she stated, that
the persons concerned may,through
need of a birth certificate when ap-
plying for a position, old age pen
sion, or passport, find such record
ing of great value to them. 1t is
even possible, she added, that a
person might not know of the ex-
istence of such old records of his
birth and might have difficulty
thereby in attaining registration.
The bureau is ready to accept cop
les of birth records from old fam
lily Bibles, town records, or church
rolls; these should be sworn to be
fore a notary and their source stat
ed. The sworn statement of the
physician, if still living,
is also acceptable. 1t was found
that no Delaware births
were registered between the years
1863 and 1881, and consequently
Delawareans between
the ages Of fifty-four and seventy
one, unless they have recently at
tended to the matter, are without
documentary proof Of the date,
place, and parenthood Of their
birth. In recent years, because of
old age pensions, increased travel
across national boundaries. and
certain forms Of employment, birth
certificates have become Of greater
everyday Importance The regis
-ration Of births, which really
Smyrna times., 1935-04-04
2 BOYS ON .HIKE" TAKEN IN
Wandered in to MiddIetOwn Cold
and Hungry-Millington Bound

The call of adventure and the
thought of possible punishment led
two young Philadelphia boys to
cots in the town office at Middle
town, Monday night of last week,
after they were found cold and
hungry on the street by Police
Chief Albert Ripple. After miss
ing two days from school without
their parents knowledge, William
Engelhart, 16, 430 West Butler
street, and Gusey Ciocci, Is, 1851
North Fifth street, both of Phila-
delphia, decided to leave home until
things had quieted down With
the intention of reaching an aunt
of Engelhart near Millington, Md,
the boys made their way to Darby,
where they begged rides to within
ten miles of Middletown, making
the rest of their way on foot.
About $50 o'clock Monday night
Chief Ripple saw the boys wander
ing from place to place gazing into
store windows, and resting in door
ways. After getting their story he
took them to the town office where
with the aid of Alderman William
Beaston, they were fed and a place
to sleep arranged. After COM
municating with the aunt, the Of
ficials notified the parents of the
boys and Mrs. Engehart took him
home the next morning.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-04
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Continued From Page Two)

visit, among them being the fol
lowing: Miss Mamie O. Hoffecker
Miss May Armstrong, Miss Lille
G. Rothwen, Gilbert S. Taylor Sam
uel A. Buchanan, Albert w Cum
minis, Frank Collins.
Mrs. James d. Wilds and daugh-
ter are spending several weeks in
Philadelphia
A. A. Christian of the Greens
boro Free Press, On Monday made
the Times Office a fraternal call.
Mrs. Helen McVay of Whining
ton, is visiting S. A. Armstrong,
near town.
Mrs. c. E. Peterson is on visit
to Williamsport, Pa.
Miss May Martindale of Dover,
is visiting friends in town
/ George M. Stevenson, foreman of
The Smyrna Times printing plant,
who has been quite sick since Sat
urday, is somewhat improved, and
it is hoped will be about again in
a few days.
NEWS FROM CLAYTON
superintendent I. N. Mills, of the
Delaware Division, P. w. & B. R.
R., is about breaking ground on his
newly acquired property at Clay
ton, for a large and what will
prove a very handsome residence
The plans, we understand, call for
an imposing front of 80 feet and
proportionate depth.
A. L. Hudson will also soon COM
mence two dwellings near Jimtown
Crossing, Clayton, and it would be
difficult to estimate the advance
that will be made in the next ten
years in the spread of Clayton. AS
a consequence of present active de-
signs William P Wright has adj
vance orders that will tax his
brickyard to its utmost capacity,
while John P. Hudson is stocking
up his new lumber yard in antici-
patton of the building boom.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-04
FINISH STATE FARM CENSUS
TabulatiOn Shows State Has 1O,4O7
Farms an Increase Over 1880

There are a total of 10,407 farms
in Delaware, as of January /, vii.
liam P. Naudain, State supervisor
for the Census of Agriculture, saiC
recently on the completion of the
tabulation of the reports of the "a
enumerators who started working
in the State on January 2. 1t was
disclosed that there were 704 idle
or abandoned farms in the State
with a total of 42,013 acres. Sus-
sex county showed a IA per cent
increase in the number of farms
this year compared with 1880
There were 5,689 farms in Sussex
county this year compared with A.
994 five years ago, a gain of 695
farms. Farms in Kent county this
year numbered 2,S76 compared
with 2,874 in 1880, an increase of
two farms. There are 1872 farms
in New Castle county an increase
of three in the five year period. Mr..
Naudain said that the increase in
farms in Sussex county was prob
ably due to the movement of peo-
pie from the cities and other States
to rural areas and the taking up
of idle farms; the subdivision of
large farms into smaller farms,
and the starting of many small
farms, particularly poultry farms
in the vicinity of Bethany Beach
and Ocean View. c. r. Snyder,
Federal county agent for Sussex
county, also said that the increase
in farms in Sussex county was due
to comparatively low taxes, good
roads, good schools and favorable
climatic and soil conditions. The
enumerators, paid at the rate of
80 cents for each farm schedule
turned in, started their work on
January 2, and completed it about
three weeks ago. Since that time
Mr.. Naudain has been busy check
ing and tabulating the results. The
six enumerators in New Castle
County average S91.87 for each
enumerator; the IL in Kent coun-
ty, S77.87 per enumerator, and the
IL in Sussex county, where farms
are most numerous, S9974 each.
All schedules will be sent to Wash
ington for final statistical tabula-
ton. The figures given here are
subject to correction.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-04
Facing the Music"

1t isn't definitely known, though
the expression facing the music"
appears to have come from military
sources. Three attempts at explana-
tion-the first of them the most
likely-attribute its origin to ~
the drumming out of men dismissed
from the army, (2) the mastering
of militiamen, who are drawn up
In rank facing the band, (3) the
difficulty In training army horses to
remain quiet when placed near a
regimental band. Another sugges-
tion which has been made is that
the phrase is derived from the sit
uation Of the actor, who, when be-
fore the orchestra. is facing his crit
les also.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-04

started in Delaware in 1881, func-
toned poorly until 1913 when the
present registration law was pass
ed; since then the records have
been practically complete Since
there has ben strong impetus
given to the old age pension move
ment, through the outright support
of leading Federal groups, and
since most pensions are payable af-
Ter the age of 6 years, health and
statistical authorities in Delaware
are urging all those who think
they will need a birth certificate to
make sure it is on ffle, or to take
steps to secure one if it is not.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-04
PLAN TO RAISE
ASSEMBLY PAY
Governor Buck Would Pay
SOlOns $40 a Day But
No Mileage
WOULD LIMIT ATTACHES

An amendment to the Constitu-
tion to fix the salaries of the mem
bers of the General Assembly and
to eliminate the present clause
which permits them to charge, in
addition to their pay, mileage at
the rate of 10 cents per mile going
to and from Dover, is proposed in
a bill which was introduced in the
House Friday afternoon by Repre-
sentative Simon. 1t was referred
to committee which later reported
it favorably, and it will be called
up for final action later. The mea-
sure embodies the proposal of Gov
ernor Buck to help cut the cost of
the biennial sessions of the Legis-
lature. Under this act which would
have to be passed by two success
sive legislatures before it could be-
come a law, the pay of the mem
bers would be $40 a day with 81
additional for the presiding officers
of the Senate and House. They
would be allowed this sum for a
regular session of so days and for
a special session of 80 days They
could make claim for no other
compensation for their services.
The Senate would be allowed S12,-
900 for the pay of their attaches at
a regular session and the House
would be allowed $4,000 for the
same purpose. At a special ses-
sion the Senate would be allowed
$4,000 for pay of attaches and the
House $4,000. The purpose of Gov
ernor Buck in suggesting this con-
amendment is to reduce
the cost to the State of sessions of
the Legislature and at the same
time avoid the confusion and crit
icism that attend the naming of a
large number of unnecessary at
taches at each session. The total
cost to the Sttae for salaries of at
taches at the 1888 session tan un-
long SESSION. was $4,000
In 1881 it was SS58, 900, in 1929,
100000 and in 1927, $4,000, which
gives some idea of the extra cost
of a session to the taxpayers of the
State within the last few years.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-04

of Delaware, as a candidate for
the office of President of the Unit
ed States at the next general cleo
ton"
Smyrna times., 1935-04-04

the ONCE OF President of the Unit
ed States at the next general cleo
ton"
Buck Qualified
THE eyes of this nation are TO-
cused on Delaware at the present
time" Representative Simon said
in urging favorable action on the
resolution in the House, because
we have here a man enninentJv
qualified for the office of President
of this country. If he were con-
suited on this matter his inherent
modesty would prompt him to OBJ
ject to this procedure, but he sure
ly could be the outstanding candi-
date at the next convention. We
are trying to put him before the
public so the people of this nation
will know him as we know him. so
that they will be familiar with his
record as Governor of Delaware
and appreciate him strictly on his
merits as a man" Mr.. Simon said
when Governor Buck tok office the
State had large bonded debt, but
during a period as serious as any
the nation has had to face he sue
ceeded in reducing that debt. He
said Governor Buck would face ma
tonal issues as unf1inchingly and
with the same ability He declar-
ed the Governor had proved him
self an ideal man TO handle the Job
which will be left at the end of the
present administration. Following
the adoption of the resolution bv
the Legislature Mr.. Simon said a
fund is being raised to launch Gov
ernor Bucks campaign for the
and the first step will
be the printing of tags, stickers
and pennants to be attached to au-
tomobiles urging his candidacy.
He also said buttons of a similar
will be made and distrib-
uted so persons and automobiles
out side the State will
call attention to the fact that Del
aware has a candidate for the
Presidency in the field. Later the
plans for the campaign to place his
name before the next Republican
national convention will be per
fected, he said.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-04
City Spending More on
Automobiles Than Food

Fresno, Calif.-Fresno spends
more money on its automobiles than
it does on food or clothing, a re-
tail survey revealed.
The Bank of America disclosed
that % per cent Of the city's retail
purchases was in stores dealing in
automobile supplies or accessories !;
is per cent was in food stores, and
10 per cent In clothing stores.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-04

Service match the Dependable Used Cops fair
prices Ne trade sell and service all makes Of Used Cara
Smyrna times., 1935-04-04
Old Turtle a Bit Dated

Whitman. Mass.-Harry f. Bar
rows hauled out Of Brigham pond
one Of the oldest turtles in this
part Of the country. It had carved
IN its back the date 1853.
Smyrna times., 1935-04-04
,nDsrtance Cited

R~snble sets out that the
b approaching when the
| sis country must realize
Of selecting the
<jut and that 1T is most
4 during these critical
81 political parties thru
shall select as can
The great office Of Pres
lis nation, men Of the
| I.rscter and ability, men
the needs Of the
\ ttis time and have the
nd strength Of character
k1ts and uphold those true
1 Of government upon
n torefathers built this
|Sa6ic." It is also pointed
II resolution "the State Of
b the Diamond State the
b 10 sign our Federal Con
! hs always been among
/ Il every forward move
b he State and nation"
b State Of Delaware has a
b aS proven himself quail
Fry position to which the
inns country shall see ut
-1 and therefore ''that
Enl Assembly hereby en-
u rscommends the Honor
ETl Douglass Buck. the
BID Governor Of the State
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-06-20
More Money Circulating

Attributed to increased payrolls and
business activity, money in circulation
May 81, 1885, amounted to $685.
46s, O49, an increase of S61,5O7,27O
over April 80 and of $1S2 1895 over
May, 1884, according to the latest
announcement of the United States
Treasury. Per capita circulation May
81 was 43.58 on basis of a popula-
ton of 127,096,O00, compared with
42.4O a year ago, with a population
estimated at 126,S64,OOO. Money stocks
of the country May 81 amounted to
$14,S11, 740,337, compared with $14,-
67S, 500, 27S in April. Of the total
stocks, the Treasury held 1914, $780,
$50, including the entire gold stock
of 25,507,ss9.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-06-20
Urges State Police To
War On Blasting Horns

'Ear-splitting, nerve SCATTERING de-
vices masquerading as automobile
horns are denounced by Albert E.
Buckley, Manager of the Keystone
Automobile Club of Maryland, in a
statement calling upon police to take
action toward abating this newest
and most obnoxious of highway nui-
sances.'
Mr.. Buckley's reference is to the
adoption by motorists of horns similar
to the blasting apparatus used on in
terstate buses.
we believe police have ample pow
er under Motor Vehicle Law to con-
troll the nuisance. The law specifically
provides that mo person operating any
motor vehicle shall make or cause to
be made any unnecessary noise .
or use the same except as a warning
of danger It also is provided that in
cities, towns and villages loud sound
ing signaling devices shall not be used
during the period from one hour after
sunset to one hour before sunrise, I'M
less absolutely necessary to avoid &C.
cidents."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-06-20
LOCUST YEAR

Uncle Sans bug men, those experts who study insect
pests and ways to get rid of them, engaged in
watching for the return engagement of the 1year ocus
They likewise exploding many popular myths
ing this pest of the insect world.
From time immemoral citizens have known the legend
of the locust and especially of their destruction in Biblical
days. SO they will be interested in learning that the De-
parmen of Agriculture declares this is not the type
of pest with which the Egyptians plagued They also
assert it is not of war; despite the fact that small
wv is formed by the veins the wing tips Occurring
every II years in the north and every Is hours in
the South the ocuss frequently comedies with the cycles
of wardae but it also each year at point in
the S. Neither is the locust destroyer of crops accord
ing to the bug experts They claim it affects only the
twgs of small trees when the female Sits the bark with
the small twin her tail to deposit her eggs The
principal damage is to the of people who have to
listen to the rasping noise made by the pests.
AS the locust is viewed after years of study he
is nothing than lazy INDECENT creature whose only
defense when handled is to crawl away. They
not the experts claim, dangerous to either beast.
So if this is locust year. those who keep track of
contend then there doesn't appear to be any need for
worrying their return