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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
County Highway Pro-
gram Planned
Highways To Be Improved
And Made Travelable
Year Round

A county road improvement pro-
gram has been initiated by the State
Roads Commission by which 1t is
planned to widen, grade and drain
the highways and make them
'travelable all the year round"
Counties indebted to the commits
sion through the oVerexpenditure of
general roads funds are excluded
from the program, DR.. Homer e.
Tabler, chairman, said.
The plan calls for the donation Of
sufficient rights-of-way by property
owners so that the roads may be
widened to sixty feet. Donation OF
land is necessary because neither
the State Roads Commission nor the
counties have the funds to purchase"
the rights-of-way, DR.. Tabler ex-
planned.
Property owners in Somerset,
Caroline and Worcester counties have
given sufficient land to enable the
Roads Commission to begin work
soon on eighteen miles of roadway in
those counties. The way also has
been paved for the improvement of
five miles of county roads In Queen
Anne's county.
Due to the very great destruction
of roads this winter" DR.. Tabler
stated, "the State Roads Commission
will initiate program Of widening.
grading and draining of county roads
by the maintenance department in
such counties as are not in debt to
the Roads Commission. This will
enable the future maintenance at
much lower cost per mile.
This proposed spring program can
be effected only if the abutting prop
erty owners donate the needed land
up to sixty feet. AS neither the State
Roads Commission nor the counties
have funds to purchase this sixty
feet right of way, wherever this offer
is made to the Commission, and the
consest of the various County Com
missioners is requested, the mainten-
ance department will go in and wild
en-, grade and drain these roads.
This plan will be adopted in Somer-
set, Worcester and Caroline counties,
over eighteen miles Of county roads,
and five miles in Queen Anne's
county"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
State Highways Badly
Damaged
Heavy Trucks Literally Tear.
ing Some Roads To Pieces

The mild weather that has prevail
cd for the past two weeks has been
bringing the frost out OF the ground
at a rapid rate. And there is plenty
to bring out, the long continued low
tamperatures during the past winter
having frozen the ground to a depth
Of "a inches and more in some places.
With this mild weather has come
bad roads, the bottom dropping COM
pletely cut of dirt roads, while the
hard surfaced roads, especially
macadam, developed frost
boils,' which the heavily loaded
trucks that Maryland permits to
travel at all times, have broken
through, tearing great holes in the
roadways.
Other states stipulate the weight
that can be carried over their roads
during the soft" weather of early
spring. But not so in Maryland,
where the sky seems to be the limit.
These heavily loaded trucks have
caused so many bad breaks in the
macadam roadways that large forces
of men have been kept busy, day and
night, the past two weeA patching up
the holes. One of the bad stretches
of roadway is that on Route l, just
east of Rising Sun, where it has been
necessary to practically rebuild sew
eral long sections literally torn to
pieces by the heavy trucks. And
this is the story that comes from all
sections where heavy truck traffic is
permitted, still Maryland does not
seem to profit by this expensive ex-
perience, and regulate the weight of
loads, as do other states.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
DRIVE AGAINST FAULTY HEAD
LIGHTS

The State police force has started
a drive against automobile owners
operating their cars with faulty
headlights.
Orders were issued for the
State police to be on the lookout for
cars with glazing headlights or with
one light or no lights at all.
In the case of a motorist ON the
State highways without the required
lighting, the State police will issue a
summons calling on the operator to
report within five days to the State
police station nearest his home for
light inspection.
In the event the driver of the car
fails to report ON the day designated,
a warrant will be obtained, and the
offender must stand trial ON a charge
of operating his car with improper
lights. The fine for the offense
ranges from SIS to $50.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
Federal Money For
The Aged
Aid Supplementing That Paid
Them By State Assist
ance Plans

A tabulation worked out from esti-
mates submitted to the Social Secur-
itv Board at Washington shows 1885,
5S4 aged persons are receiving Fed
eral money to supplement that paid
them by their State assistance plans.
These are in eighteen States and
the District of Columbia. For these
States, old-age assistance plans have
been approved by the Social Security
Board and money has gone forward
to match the amount spent by The
States in caring for their aged. Five
per cent. of the amount sent the
States by the Federal Government
must be used for paying administra
tive expenses in the States.
In addition to these, probably ar"
other 100000 old persons were Gov
cred by State plans that have been
submitted but net yet acted upon Dy
the board
The States whose plans have been
approved and the number of persons
State officials estimated would re-
ceive benefits are:
Connecticut, 5000; Alabama, TO-
900; Delaware, 3,140; District OF
Columbia, 1900; Idaho, 5000;
Iowa, $4,000; Maine, $3.50; Mary
land, 5000; Michigan, 10000; Mis-
sissippi, 1880; Missouri, 10000;
Nebraska, 10000; New Hampshire
2,SOO New Mexico, 5,295 Rhode
Island, 1900; Vermont, 1913;
Washington, 10000; Wisconsin, 49,
600; Wyoming, 1,776.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
Personal And Social

Miss Vernice Parsons spent the
weekend with friends In Elkton.
Postmaster Taylor r. Biles return
ed ON Sunday from Hot Springs
Arkansas, where he spent two weeks,
receiving treatments.
Thomas B. Robertson, Howard r.
Brown, Joseph Cameron and Ralph
T. Wilson spent Tuesday and We'd
nesday in Freehold, New Jersey, at
tending the agricultural exhibit
staged there at the warehouse of
Clifford H. Robertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Dill, of near
Sassafras, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Virginia May
Dill, to Mr.. Harold Grover Rhoades.
son of Mrs. Mary e. Rhoades and the
late Frank P. Rhoades, of Cecilton.
Miss Dill is a graduate of the George
Biddle High School, Cecilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce M. Yocum,
Colora, Maryland, announce the mar
riage of their daughter Mary Alice
Yocum to Howard d. Jackson, Jr., at
West Nottingham Manse ON Saturday
afternoon, March 7, 1896.
The young couple will make their
home with the latter's parents near
Port Deposit, Maryland.
Miss Nora H. Mendenhall, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Menden-
hall, of near Blake, was married to
William A. McFadden, Jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. William A. McFadden, Of
Kelton, on Monday, March 2, by the
Rev. F. A. Holland, pastor Of Leeds
M. P. Church, at the parsonage. Mr..
and Mrs. McFadden, following we'd
ding trip, will reside at Kelton,
where the groom is in the nursery
business.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
YOUTH GETS THREE YEARS FOR
MOLESTING GIRL

Found guilty by the court on a
charge of attempted assault upon
an eight-year-old girl, Kenneth
Robinson, 20 years old, of Elk Neck,
was sentenced in the Circuit Court at
Elkton, by Judge Owen D. Knots,
to three years in Maryland House of
Correction. Robinson while confined
in the county Jail, waiting trial, on
the charge made by the girl. chang
ed his clothes with a transient, who
had spent the night in the prison,
and walked out when overnight
dodgers left. He was recaptured
several hours later near Newark,
Del, and brought back to Jail.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
CONOWINGO POWER COMPANY
HEARING

The Federal Power Commission
has announced that a hearing on the
application for extension of time for
completing the generating plant at
the Conowingo dam has been post
poned until April 16.
The application filed by the Sus-
quehanna Power Company and Phila-
delphia Electric Power Company
Joint licensees, requested additional
time to complete installation of the
remaining four $4,000 horsepower
generating units of the ultimate in
stallation, the commission said.
Continuance of the hearing was
granted to give the licensees more
time to prepare further data in sup
port of the application.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
CHURCH GROUPS COMBINE

The Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary Societies of the Port De-
post Presbyterian Church, and the
Westminster Guild of the same
church, have combined and hereafter
will be known as the Ellen Turner
Auxiliary. officers elected for the
ensuing year, by the newly formed
organization, are: President, Mrs. c..
A. Craig; vice-president, Mrs. Wayne
A. Monroe; treasurer, Mrs. George
Buck; secretary, Miss Elizabeth
Robinson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
HATTIE STONE APPLIES FOR
PAROLE

Hattie Stone, of Havre de Grace,
who six years ago was sentenced to
eighteen years in the House of Cor
rection for poisoning her husband,
has applied to the board of pardons
for a parole. Her trial was one of
the most sensational in Hartford
county. She was defended by Har-
old E. Cobourn, attorney of Hartford
and Cecil counties. She was found
guilty of manslaughter and sentenced
to eighteen years in the House of
Correction.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
TowsoN CREDIT ASSOCIATION

Mr.. James w. Hughes, Attorney, at
Elkton, has been approved by the
Towson Production Credit Associa-
ton as local correspondent for Cecil
County. Farmers desiring loans for
financing crops, purchasing livestock
and machinery, improving dairy
herd, and for general farm produc-
ton purposes, may make out their
application at Mr.. Hughes office,
over The Peoples Bank Building in
Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
PUBLIC SALE REGISTER

William R. Hall, Rowlandville,
will sell at public sale on the prem
ises, Saturday, March IA, at one
o'clock, real estate, embracing a five
room frame dwelling, and personal
property. w. E. Fisher, Auct.
Mrs. Frank Orr will sell at public
sale, on Saturday, March 81, one
o'clock, at the store of Jos. S. Pogue,
Sons & Co., Rising Sun, household
goods. w. =. Fisher, Auctioneer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
FAN DANCER FINED

Given a hearing before Police
Magistrate Walter C. Miller of Elk
ton, on a charge of putting on an in
decent floor show at his road house
near Appleton, this county, Earl
Bunker was fined $50 and costs, and
Cecilie Ray of Nebraska, a fan
dancer, was fined SIS and costs. 1t
is understood that protests will be
lodged against Bunker in May when
he makes application for renewal OF
his beer license.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
MEASURE TO REIMBURSE

A bill authorizing payment Of
$4,000 to Cecil Lodge, No. 1875, of
Masons, of Chesapeake City, was in
toduced in Congress last week, by
Representative T. Alan Goldsborough
in the House at Washington. The
measure reimburses the lodge for
the loss Of its building on the prop
erty used by the Federal Government
in developing land adjacent to the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT TURN.
ED DOWN

The Office of Superintendent of
Schools for Cecil County is still
vacant. DR.. Albert S. Cook, car of
the State Board of Education, refused
to confirm the recent appointment Of
DR.. Norman Cameron, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Howard T. Ruhl, on account of i'll
health.
All appointees of the Cecil County
School Board for the position appear
to look alike to the State Superin-
tendent, who turns them down fat
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
BLIND EVANGELIST AT UNION
M, e. CHURCH

Rev. Robert Frazier and his choir
of fifty voices will visit Union M. E.
Church, near Leeds, Sunday evening,
March Is, at 500 o'clock.
Rev. Frazier is a well-known Blind
Evangelist of Philadelphia, Pa., and
has been heard by many thousands
over the RADIO. He speaks every
Tuesday and Thursday nights over
WIP.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
MARYLAND RACE TRACKS TO
HAVE ELECTRIC EYE

Maryland's race track at Havre de
Grace, Bowie, Pimlico and Laurel are
to have the electric eye" installed.
The "eye" photographs all finishes,
thereby eliminating any possible
chance for dispute.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
Two Lose Lives In
Auto Accident
G. Dare Hopkins And Wife
Meet Death In Crash

Their automobile skidding and
crashing into a telephone pole -four
miles east of Lancaster, Pa, Monday
night, Mr. and Mrs. G.. Dare Hopkins
of 1906 Ridgeway Road, Wawaset
Park, Wilmington, were instantly
killed when the car overturned.
Mr. Hopkins, 40 years old, was a
lawyer and a member of the legal de.
partment of the DUPONT Company
His wife was 3S years old.
Others in the car, H. G. Stevens
48, of gil West Third Street, Wilm-
ington, chauffeur, and Arthur d. KEEL
sey of Rose Hill, Pa, an assistant to
Mr. Hopkins, were not injured.
The party left Wilmington Monday
night on their way to Harrisburg,
Pa. The accident happened on the
Lincoln Highway in the section
known as Deaths Highway" where
a four-lane highway narrows down
to three lanes.
The car was travelling at about As
miles an hour, Mr.. Kelsey told Penn
sylvania state police. The right
rear wheel slipped off the concrete.
The car suddenly veered, crashed
against a telephone pole, and over
turned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins, sitting in
the rear, suffered from crushed
skulls. Both the bodies were sent to
Lancaster undertaking establish
ment. Dr. ]. Lyle Ressler, of Bird
INLAND, Pa, deputy coroner of Lam
caster county, decided an inquest was
unnecessary.
Mrs. Hopkins, the former Miss
Anna Shambach, of York, Pa, and
Mr.. Hopkins were married In Sep
TENDER 1881. Mr.. Hopkins only
survivor is sister, Mana Lee, a
nurse in the Jefferson Hospital,
Philadelphia.
Mr., Hopkins was born near Rising
Sun, on the farm known as "Vul-
cans Hail." one mile south of town,
now owned and occupied by Charles
A. Hutchins, and was the son of the
late George Gundacker and Sara Eu-
genia (Dickey) Hopkins. He was
graduated from West Nottingham
Academy and from Princeton Uni
versity In 1907. In college, he was
majored in politics, economics and
history,
Upon graduation, he went with
the DUPONT Company in the high
explosives department and left In
1910 to study law with the firm,
Marvel, Marvel, and Wollcott. He
was admitted to the bar in 1912 and
three years later went again with
the Dupont Company, this time join
ing the legal department, specializing
in real estate tax, legislation, trade
marks and copyrights.
He and Mrs. Hopkins were mem
bers of st. Andrews Church, Eighth
and Shipley Streets, Wilmington
where Mr., Hopkins was also mem
Der of the vestry. He belonged to
the American Bar Association, Wilm-
ington Lodge No. 3O7, B. P. o. Elks
Charter Club at Princeton Univers-
ity and former president of the Will
mington Exchange Club. During the
World War, Mr.. Hopkins was con-
nected with the draft board.
Mr.. Hopkins was seriously injured
in an automobile accident near Elk.
ton several years ago and lost the
sight of an eye.
Funeral services were held Thurs.
day morning, at his late residence
at 1880 o'clock and interment made
at Rosebank cemetery, Calvert, al
1890 p. m.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13
M. E. CONFERENCE TO CONVENE
MARCH IS

The sixty-eighth annual session Of
the Wilmington Methodist Episcopal
Conference will open on Wednesday
morning, March 25, in the Delmar,
Delaware, M. E. Church. The Rev.
Ralph C. Jones is pastor of the host
church. The Rt. Rev. Edwin H.
Hughes, presiding bishop of the
Washington area, will open the ses-
sion at 9 o'clock with holy COM
mhnion. The sessions will close at
noon. Monday. March 80.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13

Whole populations can acquire a
crouch at the same time. That's
what carries elections.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-03-13

1t is so easy to smile on some peo-
pie. and they know 1t.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
Coalition Gov.
 Talk Not Excite
 Real Politicians
By Byron Price (Chief Bureau, Associated Press, Washington, D. O.

Talk of establishing a "coalition government" at Washington is reviving amid many mysterious hints of backstage overtur es and underground nego- tiation.
 The subject is most in triguing. In theory, it would be a grand thing for all of the ablest men in the country to assemble, re gardless of party. and put themselves shoulder to shoulder in a common en- deavor to lift the nation out of the depression.
 Looked at practically and in the light of experience however, the proposal is seen to embrace many ser ious difficulties.
 In the first place, there is no assurance that any i'm pressive number of first raters would be willing to coalesce. In the second place there is the question whether they could get al ong altogether for more than five minutes if they did. Finally, there is the problem whether the long established party system could possibly be torn down to permit a real coali tion.
 It is an enticing thing to talk about, and it might
 (Continued on Page Two)
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
Striking Miners
 Returned Work
 2 Day .av-oeff

1By The Associated Press)
 Butte, Mcnt9 May 1st-- Striking minens at the Ana conda Copper bore return ed 10 work today after a 2 day strike.
 Union and company offic- ials said that the decision to resume work followed an announcement by Bus Bir- kett, the man the company refused to fire, that he was resigning and leaving town rather than see the miners strike and be blamed for it all.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
Governor Office
 Ar,no:ll2ces End
 Of Relief Work
CBy The Associated Press)

Juneau, May 2, - The Governors office today an nounced that this coming week would see the Windup of relief work in the Terri tory with the exception of a small amount set aside for direct relief through May and June, when the forty thousand dollars re gently granted the Terri tory will be exhausted.
 No further grants are eX pected to be forthcoming, at least until the end of the fiscal year. The opening of spring work is gradually absorbing the unemployed, it was stated.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
Huge Diesel Cat
 Bucks SnoW On
 Road Over Sun.
(By The Associated 7reSs)

(By The Associated PreSs)
 Fairbanks, May 2, - Bucking snoWs over Eagle Summit Divide on the Fair banks to Circle road, along the Steese highway is a giant diesel tractor, the lar gest ever brought to the in terior of Alaska.
 The big bulldozer is blow ing and tunneling its way through drifts, dragging a sled loaded with thirty five tons of supplies. In the past three days it has travelled thirty miles from the twel ve mile summit to Porcu- pine Camp. A smaller tract or is following it drawing a wannigan sleigh in which the crew sleep at night.
 The larger tractor went to work at DeadWood Creek clearing a site for a mod ern dredge to be installed there by the Olson & Com pany, placer operators.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
Fairbanks Cadets Perform Before Col. Olson Of Alaska Railroad
 And Given Credit
By The Associated Press)

Fairbanks, May ?, - Ski equipped cadets of Ameri- ca's Farthest North Univer sity drew praise from Col. Otto F. Ohlson of the U. s. A Reserve and general man ager of the Alaska Railroad who inspected them during maneuVers here.
 One company of thirty, who drilled on skis, was a feature of the spring re view.
 The corps, drilled by Cap tain C R Huber, cadet com
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02

automatic rifles and pistols took the fight out of Kar- pis. He lifted his hands and yielded his pistol.
 Arrested with him in his motor car near a preten- tious Canal Street apart ment was a red haired young woman identified as "Ruth', who posed as his wife; and Fred Hunter, 37, a suspect in the thirty four thousand dollar GarrestVil le, Ohio post office robbery November 7th, 1885.
 Karpis had been known in New Orleans as Ed O. Hara", a mild hammered deVotee of fishing.
 The federal agents refus cd to give the source of the tip which resulted in the ar rests, but a brother in law of Karpis, Andrew Grooms living in Topeka, Kansas, expressed the opinion that Aarpis was turned in by a friend".
 "Karpis never had a chan ce," said Chief Hoover af ter being questioned.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
British Minister Reports ssrnaoil
 In Addis Ababa

tBy The AsSoclatad Preas
 London, May 2, - Sir Sidney Barton, British Min ister to Ethiopia, advised his government today that Halle Selassie had left Ad- dis Ababa for Djibouti, in French Somaliland.
 Sir Sidney declared in a wireless message from the capitol, that Addis Ababa was the scene of widespread disorder. He asserted that the disturbances included footing and shooting.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
Box Of Oranges Enroute By Air
 To Ger, Frey
lBy The Associated Press

y Ai-I HooCNIdIVu S''
 Los Angeles, May An eighty-hve poun &aI of oranges started by 0 Governor John ". T y, Friday, at Juneau, Alas0a,
 The shipment signalized tha resumption of fast Pan American AirWays Alaska sarVice, in addition to a hird daily schedule to Sea tie by United Arlines to connect with the new far norsh services.
 The oranges were sent by the California Fruit Growers Association.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
ALVIN kARFIS, NO. ] ENEMY U. s. TAKEN WITHOUT A SHOT
 AT NEW ORLEANS
Two Other Companions Caught Same Time. No Cunplay Evidenced By
 Manner C Men Officiated
(Bv The Associated Press)

Washington. May Z, - The Department of Justice d1lrrodIlceu that J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Bureau of Investigation personally led the squad of men that effected the capture of Al win Karpis.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02

yBy The As2oclataa Press,
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02

New Orleans, May 2, - David McGee, Bureau of In vestigation head here said that karpis was captured in a downtown apartment, in company with Fred Hun ter who is wanted for a huge mail robbery, and a woman whose name was not revealed.
 He said the three surren dered when called upon to give themselves up, as az ents surrounded the build ing. They were taken with out a shot being fired.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
D H Williams Of AncIaoraee Shot
 Self Over Pool
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 Anchorage, May 2, - D + Williams, longtime resi- dent of Anchorage, and un iii recent undertaken here, fired a revolver bullet into his heart Thursday shortly after the Nenana ice went out.
 It was reported that Will liam's unsuccessful guesses in the contest caused him to commit suicide. His wife died everal months ago, and his undertaking business has failed more recently.
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The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02
Noted Poet Of
 England is Dead
(By The Associated PreSs)

(By The ASSOclateO PreSS)
 Cambridge, May 1, Al fred Edward Housman. ag- ed ". noted British poet and Latin professor, died here this morning. He had been i'll and in poor health for some time past.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-05-02

St. Paul, May 2, Alvin the nations public enemy number one, who was captured in New Or leans last night, arrived here today and was immed lately whisked away by federal agents, to an unan nounced destination, in an airplane which carried eight c Men.
 Karpis was the leader of the gang which kidnapped William Hamm Jr., St. Paul brewer for one hund red thousand dollars ran som June 18th, 1883. They also abducted Edward Ere mer St, Paul banker for two hundred thousand doll ars ransom, six months lat CT.
 Karpis was chained to his seat in the plane, as also were his two companions who were captured without firing a shot, in the first ar rest ever made in person by J. Edgar Hoover, the G Man chief.
 Fifteen of the twenty az ents with levelled shotguns