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Federal Employees Taxed

Unlike Delaware State employees,
who are not required to pay State
income tax, Federal government
employees must pay Federal income
tax, it was said this week by Will
lard F. Deputy, collector of intern
al revenue for the District of Del
aware. Information returns are
being required from all Federal
employees receiving salaries of
$1,000 or more during the calendar
year 1884. This is the first time
that Federal employees have had to
pay the tax, as the revenue act of
1884 does not grant exemption to
soldiers, sailors, or civilian empoly-
es of the Federal government.
Smyrna times., 1935-08-15
MAN IN STOLEN
CAR is. KILLED
Plows Into Vehicle After Be
ing Ordered to Leave State
by Judge Harrington
BODY WAS CRU S HI E d

George t. Larrimore, 27 years
old. of near Harrington, was in
stantly killed Tuesday night when
he drove an automobile which
State police said he had stolen a
short time before in Seaford, into
the back of truck which had
broken down on the highway, one
mile south of Pennington, on the
dupont Highway. Larrimore'
Sergeant Wood of the Bridgeville
station of the State Police said
Wednesday morning, had stolen
the automobile of Harland Morris,
of Seaford from Morris garage.
Larrimore, who has been in the
Kent county courts on numerous
occasions for various offenses,
principally larceny, the last one
forgery, was told by Judge Har-
rington in the Kent county court
Tuesday to leave the State and not
return for three years. Larrl-
more's features were unrecogniz-
able after the accident, but he was
identified by number of people in
Harrington Wednesday morning
He was identified by tattoo mark
on his left arm. Private Orr, who
investigated the accident, said Lar
rimore drove the automobile
through flares, which had been plac-
ed behind the truck when it broke
down because of tire trouble. The
lights of the truck were also on at
the time of the accident. Thomas
R. Ross, of Bloxsom, Va, driver of
the truck, was not injured. The
truck is owned by c. E. Bundick
of Nelsonia, Va. Larrimore was
driving north when he plowed into
the standing truck. Larrimore told
Seaford people, who talked to him
Tuesday night, that he had been
looking for work and had been un-
able to find any but was going to
take a bus to New Castle to visit
his brother. Larimore had recent
ly been released from a Jail in
Pennsylvania on a charge of driv-
ing off the car of another person
without consent of the owner. He
was brought into the Kent county
court Tuesday on the forgery
charge. AS in former times be-
fore the court Larrimore pleaded
for another chance and agreed if
such chance would be given, that
he would leave Dover and not re-
turn for three years. Judge Har-
rington took him at his word and
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Marriage Announcement

Announcement of interest is the
marriage of Miss Sarah Gladys
Hufnal. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Hufnal, of near Elkton, Md.
but who has been working for sew
eral years in Dover, and Jennings
Culver, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Gin
ton Culver, of Dover. The wedding
took place at Centreville, Nd, or
July 1. Mr.. and Mrs. Culver will
live in Dover. The bride is a grad.
uate of New Castle high school
and Beacom's Business College.
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BIRTHDAY PARTY TO
A. LEE CUMMINS

The birthday party which we re
ferred to last week as given to A.
Lee Cummins, by his young friends
was the success of the season in a
society way and enjoyed by over
one hundred of our fair maidens
and young men. The participation
of so many young ladies in the
pleasures of the evening was a re-
minder to Mr.. Cummins that they
yet consider him on the sunny side
of bachelordom. and austere indeed
must be that nature that can sue
cessfully resist-if it CANAL the
bright smiles and charming man
ners that grace such an occasion.
Mr.. Cummins as the recipient in
the evening of a handsome wicker
chair with "fraternal greetings
from eight old bachelors" having
earlier in the day received box
from some Of his lady friends con
tanning some appreciative articles.
Refreshments were served in
abundance and orchestral music
kept time to swiftly flying feet on
the platform in the lawn until an
hour past midnight.
AN AFFLICTED FAMILY
G.. A. Wick, our well-known
barber has had season of unus-
ual affections in his family for the
past several weeks. His eldest
daughter, c. Maggie, who has been
in delicate health since small
child, has been in such reduced
state that her death would not
have been a surprise at any time
for the past three months, and she
did finally succumb on Saturday ev-
ening, following that of her young
er sister, Mollie, who died after ar
/ illness of some nine days, or
Thursday, and was buried on Sun
day. The eldest was past sixteen
and the youngest past fourteen
years of age, the latter until hel
last sickness more than usually
stout and robust. In the meantime
his oldest child, John, passed
through dangerous spell of the
same disease, typhoid fever, and is
yet far from being recovered
while a still younger child is dowr
with the same disease. 1t will thu:
be seen that Mr.. and Mrs. Wick.
cup of affliction has been full, in
which they have the sympathy o.
the community. The cause of tn,
sickness is pretty clearly traced tt
Continued on Page Three)
Smyrna times., 1935-08-15
BAY
LIGHTS SCARCE
Changes Wrought in Recent
Years Are Toward the
Automatic
OLD LIGHTHOUSES GONE

Year by year the old bay and
river shore lighthouses with its
kerosene lamps and its jolly-good
keeper, are disappearing. The old
Bombay Hook Light at mouth of
Smyrna River, was abandoned
years ago. Since then a noticeable
change hs taken place all along
the Delaware and New Jersey
shore throughout the Fourth
Lighthouse District which includes
the Delaware River and Bay, from
Trenton, down to Cape May and
below Lewes. Year by year, well
known shore lights, installed years
ago for guidance of mariners en-
tering or leaving the bay and riv-
er, and changed only when the
channel changes, are being con-
verted into automatic lights and
the lighthouse keepers are being
transferred to other work in the
Lighthouse service, or, if they are
advanced in years, retired. Dur
ing the past three years Cape May
Lighthouse. Liston Range Rear, To-
Gated north of Ship John Shoal
Light, near the mouth of the bay;
New Castle Range Rear, Bellevue
Range Rear, Marcus Hook Range
Rear and Tinicum Island Range
Rear have been converted into
automatic lights. The lighthouse
keepers house at Marcus Hook
Range Rear, located in Gordon
Heights, is occupied now, but the
occupant is the lighthouse dis
trict's chief mechanic, and not
keeper of the light. 1t is automa-
tic. The first light to be convert
ed from a manned kerosene lamp
to an automatic acetylene gas
light was that at Egg Island. The
Egg Island light, on the Jersey
side of the bay, four miles south
of Fortescue Beach, was changed
to an automatic light in 1921.
Since that time many other shore
lights, formerly kept by one or two
keepers, have been converted into
automatic lights. Captain M. c.
Manyon, superintendent of the
lighthouse district. disclosed that
one of the most important develop
ments in this area is the installa-
tion of one of the sodium vapor
lenses in the light at Cape May.
This lense gives out a yellow beam
of more penetration than the aver
age light and, what is most i'm
portant, the light is easily distin-
guishable from the many white
shore lights along the shore line
which occasionally confuse marin
ers. The color is not to be con-
fused with white, green or red
lights and is clearly discernible
and distinct. Tt is visible from
Lewes. The lense has been INSTALL
ed for several months. The only
other lense of that kind is now in
use in the Norfolk district The
automatic lights being installed
are either gas or electric, controll-
ed by an electric clock, by which
they are turned off in the morning
and on at night The gas lights
are operated through a "sun dial
switch" which operates on the
same principle as thermometer
The rays of the sun turn the light
on by their effect on mercury
tubes. The only shore lighthouses
remaining in this district with
keepers are: Mahon River Light
house, near Lewes; Harbor of Ref
uge Lighthouse, near the entrance
to the bay, and Miah Maull Shoal
light, on the Jersey side near the
entrance of the bay. All kerosene
lights: Ship John Shoal Light, Ell
bow Ledge Light, Fourteen Foot
Bank Light and Brandywine Shoal
Light, all in the bay.
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DUAL ROAG
OCEAN CITY
ElktOn TO Sea D.
All But One C0u,. y.
Delay Until ,,@ w
WANT SOUTH END

Actual constructing =.
proposed dual higbw.n Mosq
Eastern Shore Of Ms9, ,ornmef
Elgton to Ocean CITY sial to
layed until 1897 at Il. ira n.
ter County civic -. ION No.
learned Friday from T. ,one OF
State Roads Commiss',l perts @
Gus Of speeding Up H. ter 9 4
way project, seven ;. COUNTY,
Ocean City civic organ,,. control
lowing a meeting :. all ! ing the
urged the State Roads r, siderap1
to hasten the constne..' durins
southern terminus Of tss sq'nto !
by building a dual nj, proaecs
between Berlin and M navy
Congested traffic coD5f,s game j
the existing highway IN upon
wide, between these ~, paie]
Worcester County town, mpol Y
presenting a source Of i, us .
motorists, the county ia
formed the State Comm 80 !,
July 10 Of this year Dr. s,,sd
Taber, chairman Of Tie esr
State Roads CommisSr d
panied by Nathan L. Sr- ~
engineer of the commi,s,rs
a preliminary survey Of H. - 81,
Ocean City dual higha s,'5,,cie,
The route of the p.ou.,r;ll off
road ould extend into ew- .,,;,a ~ n
on 0ne Eastern Snore d 8;ologl
except Somerset. Fw chac,r
County (Elkton) the IN Z any
would zig-zag to make uz thew !,
existing bridges, and i, Delaw,
like a plumb line bob h n,issiou
Peninsula to the Outskirs ubach
on, according to tentatir moscu
the state Roads Co- and ST
From Easton the dual ing a
would cross the new q moan,
River bridge in drawing this 8
line to Cambridge. The "a ative
would extend southwark habita
Nanticoke River bridge a cluded
then to Salisbury, from V benefl
highway will head in a abund
line to Ocean City Ies.v
plans disclose that he On The
way will pass north Of y work
Cross Roads before htz & con
the present Ocean CITY ri tween
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8 900 Too Many Sks

There are 5000 types
squitoes known today, d
with 242 in 1900. All Mgz
pass their larval stage M
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Oil Stove Explosion Call Firemen

The Smyrna Fire Company was
called to fire Sunday afternoon
of last week at the home of Mrs.
Maud Sparks on Commerce Street,
Smyrna. An oil stove in the kitch-
en- exploded. Prompt arrival of
two engines prevented the spread
of the flames and the damage was
slight.
Smyrna times., 1935-08-15

ordered his release on the condi-
ton that he leave the State.
Smyrna times., 1935-08-15
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths,
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF AUGUST II, 1885

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., 1935-08-15

ouire the services of another clerk.
Mr.. Mills has appointed Eugene
Vandever, of Wilmington, to the
place. He will make his home
with his brother, Aubrey Vande-
yer, of this town, who is attached
to the same Office.
Jerry Goldsborough, who, with
his neighbor were in the line of the
cyclone last week at the point
where it crossed the creek, gets up
graphic account of its pranks
down there. Poultry was blown
against the barn and killed, apple
trees piled up on his house, but he
rises to the point of sublimity in
depicting the force of the wind in
the declaration that it blew the
curl out of the hogs tails.
D. w. Trumpeller has decided on
radical change in the buildings
of his farm near the big Oak,
known as the Garrison farm. Tine
buildings are towards the back of
the farm, facing on the Meek
road. They are to be moved to the
front quarter of mile or more
and, open on the State road. JOS
eph L. Cavender, who has strong
moving apparatus, has been en-
gagged to perform the difficult task.
A physician in one of our neigh
boring villages, who has been
treating a number of cases of
diphtheria, went home and retired
the other evening and during the
night he dreamed he was admin
istering a spray of medical liquid
in the throat of a patient. but in
the height of it all was awakened
by his wife, to find he had got hold
of the hose attached to the tank
and she was receiving a thorough
drenching. The patient is recover
ing-not from diphtheria, but a
heavy cold.
Rev. J. B. Quigg preached a dis
course at the M. E. Church on
Sunday morning bearing on the
national loss in the death of Gen
eral Grant. He reviewed the life
of General Grant in what he con
sidered his distinguishing charac-
teristics simplicity, sincerity, pa
tience, persistence and decision
the rare combination of which
made him the hero of the age. He
dwelt especially on the moral and
religious traits of his life, which
with those above delineated, made
him the marked man among the
many distinguished men of his
time.
DEATHS
Allfree-Near Townsend, August
8th, Franklin, son of James ALL
free, aged years.
Carrow-In this town, August
10th, Albert L., infant son of Will
liam J. and Mary L. Carrow, of
Hcboken, N. j., aged z months.
Hazell-In Kenton, August 5th
of diphtheria, Herman p, son of
George w. and Ella HAZEL, aged
years, IL months and Is days.
Wick-In this town, August 9Th,
Mollie, second daughter of Gus
tavus A. and Christine Wick, aged
IA years, 6 months and % days.
Wick-In this town, August 9Th,
c. Maggie. oldest daughter of Gus
tavus A and Christine Wick, aged
16 years, 2 months and 20 days.
Wilson At the residence of
David Reese, near Clayton, August
5th, of consumption, Miss Deborah
Wilson, daughter of the late Peter
Wilson, aged 80 years.
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From AgOutis to Zebus

the Flu Manchu" type, where he can
use them. Charles F. Tiesner fancies
lions for comedy and Edward Sedg-
wick prefers elephants as laugh
getters.
There are few stars who have not,
at one time or another, worked with
animals. Norma Shearer worked
twice in cages with full-grown lions,
in THE Devils Circus" and He Who
Gets Slapped" Marion Davies worked
with circus animals in an actual cir
Gus in "Zander the Great" Ramon
Novarro worked with a bear in Devil
May Care"-the day the late Calvin
Coolidge visited the studio and got
the greatest thrill of his visit watch
ing the bear recaptured by trainers
after chase around the sound stage.
Leo Carrillo never has worked with
a lion, but got the same thrill when,
for joke, Jackie" tame lion, was
brought up behind him, unnoticed,
and suddenly licked his hand. Car
rillo, according to reports, crossed the
stage in single jumpl
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Players at Sylvan.
SHAKEsPEARE's Romeo and Ju

&HAKESPEARE'S Romeo and Jul
- liet," with Howard Whitfield as
Romeo and Edythe Lazaroff Goldman
as Juliet, will be presented by the
Bartf1eld Players of Washington at the
National Sylvan Theater in the Wash
ington Monument Grounds, Tuesday
night of this week, at 8 o'clock, pre-
coded by a brief program of orches-
trail music by popular Washington
orchestra.
The drama, which Is directed by
Esther Galbraith, will present a num-
Der of popular players who have made
a name for themselves in other local
drama groups, notably Mabel Owens
Wilcox, as the nurse; VERIFY Pannill
as Lady Montague, E. Francis McDev-
lit as Friar Lawrence, James M. Rawls
as Paris, Robert Duke as Mercutio,
Stanley Protheroe as the apothecary
Harry Crow as Friar John, William J.
Mclean as the Prince of Verona, Paul
Murphy as Peter, Ted Freter as Ven
volio, A. L. Diket as Tybalt, and others.
Special costumes have been de-
signed by Christine Stewart, and spe-
cial settings by Howard Whitfield. The
1ancers will be Marjorie Beall, Dorothy
Manning, Jessie Redfield, Polly Hope
and William Gochenour.
Chair tickets for both the reserved
and the unreserved sections are now
available at the A. A. A. ticket Office,
the Willard and Hotel Washington
neWsstands. and will also be on sale
to the public Tuesday night, August
20, at z o'clock.
In case Of inclement weather Tues
day, the performance will take place
Wednesday night, August 81.
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- RROL FLYNN, the young Irish
l. actor recently imported to this
country, who will play the
IL title role in Capt. Blood"
was born in the north of Erin on
June 90 1909. He was educated at
the Lycee Louis-le- Grand, in Paris,
and at st. Pauls School in London.
During his school days he had no
thoughts Of the stage or screen, but
INDUCED in the usual college sports
boxing, swimming. rowing and rugby.
His father was a professor Of BIZ
ology at Queens University, Belfast,
and also at Cambridge.
But what is especially interesting
is the fact that he is direct descend
an Of Fletcher Christian. who led the
famous mutiny on the Bounty. And
the young mans career has been al
most as exciting as his ancestors.
He was in Tahiti, pearl-fishing with
boat he had purchased, and crew
of natives, when an English film
company came there to shoot" on
location for "Mutiny on the Bounty"
And oddly enough, Flynn was given
the role Of his maternal ancestor,
Fletcher Christian.
Later he went prospecting into the
bush" Of New Guinea for gold. Says
he found a spot of gold" and made
some money. Around his neck he
wears his only good-luck charm-a
thin gold chain given him by dying
missionary in the interior Of New
Guinea. There is an ugly scar on his
shin bone, the mark of a poisoned
arrow shot at him from ambush in
the bush" country.
Thought he was on the way to an
other fortune when he bought
coast-wise schooner and put it into
the interisland freight service But
the schooner struck a hidden coral
reef-and that was that! No insur-
ance.
His work in the Bounty picture re-
suited in ambitions for the stage.
Received his opportunity from Sir
Barry jackson. Played on the Eng
lish stage in "a Mans House."
"Othello," Another Language" and
1.-THE Constant Nymph." Also ap-
peared in stock companies through
out the provinces, and managed to
get in some motion picture work.
His big celluloid opportunity came
when Irving Asher Of Warner Bros
British company saw him on the
stage and signed him to contract
to come to Hollywood. And here was
the beginning of more adventures.
On the boat coming over from
England, he met and danced with
very fascinating lady-Lili Damita.
Enjoyed himself, thought she was
very lovely, but didn't think great
deal more about it, Later their paths
crossed in Hollywood. Paths crossed
more often. And on June IS last, Mr..
Flynn and Mile. Damita boarded a
plane and few to Yuma. Ariz., where
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Broadway Premiere.

THE world premiere Of Cecil B. De
Miles spectacle for Paramount,
THE Crusades." will take place at
the Aston Theater. New York, on
August 81.
The production, on which De Mile
spent more than a year in prepara-
ton and research and six months in
the actual making, has cast of 100
featured players and more than 10000
extras.
Heading the cast of THE Crusades"
are Loretta Young. Henry Wilcoxon,
Ian Keith, Katherine De Mile, G. Au-
brey Smith, Joseph Schildtkraut, Alan
Hale, C. Henry Gordon, George Bar
bier, Montgomery Love, Hobart Bos-
worth. William Farnum and others.
The screen play was written by
Harold Lamb, in collaboration with
Dudley Nichols and Waldemar Young.
Costumes are by Travis Banton. Hans
Drier and Roland Anderson contribut-
ed the settings, and Victor Miner was
in charge Of the photographing.
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alma Mater" was vastly good stun
and satire Of the first order and the
entire project reflected credit on its
entrepreneurs. To herald the Ameri-
can Ballet and its afiliation with the
gaudy myseries Of the Metropolitan
Opera without mentioning Mr.. War
burg and Mr.. KRISTEN is a study in
simple injustice.
FOR the rest: Longacre Square
still echoes to the familiar lit of
Gilbert-Sullivan operettas Lodewick
Vroom's players at the Adelphi put
tered through "Pinafore" with wealth
of good intentions and some degree of
synchronization, but little enough
of spontaneity. 1t would be a sheer
delight for any one who had never
done 1t to be, for an evening, the
ruler Of the Queens Navee, but, after
you've done it for, oh, years and
years, it apparently pals. The COM
pany will wind up its season next
week with encores of The Pirates of
Penzance" and The Mikado."
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Three weeks ago Helen Hayes, her
husband and the Ben HechtS went
to the County Theater to see 1.-The
Devils Disciple" Francis Compton
played Gen. Burgoyne. His manner
and acting were so authoritative that
all who saw him were impressed,
especially Miss Hayes. After the per-
Torrance she looked up Robert F.
Cutler, the County Theater's man.
aging director. and Bretaigne Win
dust, the director. Both had been
pleading with her during her weekly
visits to the theater that she do a
play for them. She said: It think
I have a play I'd like to do. If you
can get Compton to do Caesar I'll do
Caesar and Cleopatra for you"
An appointment was made for
Compton to read the part with Miss
Hayes at her home. She had only
seen him as the white winged Gen.
Burgoyne in The Devils Disciple"
But she was enthusiastic about her
choice for Caesar and after the inter-
view knew she was right.
Compton is a brother of Fay Comp
ton, the London star, and of Compton
Mckenzie, British author. His father
was Edward Compton, actor-manager
and head of the Compton Comedy
Co.. for years an institution in the
English theater.
Compton went on the stage at 10
in his fathers company His first
part was Trip in School for Scan
dali He had been with his father
only six months when he went into
the British Army. After serving four
years and being commissioned an
officer he resigned. later returning
to the stage.
In 1915 he rejoined the British
Army. He passed two years in France,
was wounded and was decorated with
the Military Cross. At the end of
the war he returned here and the
latest plays in which he has appeared
include yellow Jack" Between Two
Worlds" Prisoners of War" The
Distant Show" and Kind Lady"
Caesar and Cleopatra" will be pre-
sented at the County Theater in Suf-
fern from August 81 to 81.