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PERSONALS

The sons Of Rev. Mr.. Quigg, the
preacher, editor and publisher,
spent Christmas at home.
Miss Beulah G. Hance has re-
turned home to Philadelphia after
visit of several days.
Rev. T. H. Haynes, of Newark,
was in town on Monday.
George t. Baggss Esq, of Balti-
more, spent several days of the
holidays in town.
Col. George H. Raymond, wife
and son, spent the most of the holi-
days in Philadelphia, sightseeing.
George ID. Armstrong, of Phila-
delphia, and bride, bliss Mary C.
Townsend, Of Camden, N. J., form
erly of Delaware), who were mar
ried on the 22nd inst, have been on
visit to his parents in Thorough
fare Neck.
The following persons have visit
ed friends here during the holidays
Miss Jennie Weddell, Miss Clara M.
Richards, Edgar Wright, Harry
Spruance, Eugene Shugart, David
]. Hunter, William Cahoon, Edgar
Tygert, ]. Howard Spruance, Mrs
Miss Laura Doughten, Harry and
John Evans and Calvin HAZEL Of
Wilmington.
Mrs. John w. Stephenson anG
son, of Chestertown, Md.
Decker and daughter, Miss Grad.
: dock and Gardiner Mariner Of Phil.
, adelphia.
Miss Kate Budd, of Cecil Coun
; ty, Md.
Gilbert 3. Reed, Bridgeville, Del
Marion Wood Of Bridgeton, N. ]
| Isaac 8. Lapham and wife, tenn
porarily residing at Media, Pa.
have been spending the holidays
. with their son E. w. Lapham.
, Miss Minnie Clement, is spend
ing couple of weeks in Philadel
phia.
George A. Collins, of Elmira, Pa.
spent Christmas with his sister
Miss s. B. Collins.
John w. Hopper, of Newark, N
j., has been visiting Miss Maria d
! Brinton the past few days.
Miss Carrie Satterfeld and Mis-.
Tillie Satterfield of Easton, Md
Continued on Page Six)
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DEATH OF MRS. WILLIAM f.
SMITH. CHESWOID

Mrs. Ann W. Smith, widow of the
late William F. Smith, died on Sum
day at the residence of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Albert T. Hoffecker, at
Moorton, (now Cheswold), aged 70
years. Mrs. Smith had been in i'll
health for several months and her
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02
HELD IN
FATAL FIGHT
Second Degree Murder Is
Charge Laid to George Mos
ley of Near Wyoming
TIPSY DRIVER is JAILED

After a jury summoned by Kent
County Coroner Edgar N. Smith Of
Dover, Thursday, heard several
witnesses in the Staying Wednes-
day of Chauncey Allen, Negro, a
verdict in which the mans death
was held due to blow with a four
foot stick of wood in the hands of
George Mosley, also colored, of
near Wyoming, was rendered. Mos
ley refused to make any statement
TO the jury but Deputy Attorney
General w. ]. Storey read an al
legged sworn statement made by
Mosley prior to the sitting of the
jury in which he admitted striking
Allen, claiming Allen to be the ag-
gressor. Mosley when taken before
Judge Earl D.Willey in Kent Coun-
ty Court of Common, Pleas waived
hearing on the charge of second
degree murder and was committed
to Kent County Jail without bail,
for the February term of Kent
County Court of Oyer and Termin-
er.
Tipsy Driver Jailed
William A. Washington, age 48,
charged before Judge Earl D. Will
ley in the Kent County Court of
Common Pleas with operating d
car on the streets of Dover while
under the influence of intoxicants
and also striking another car badly
damaging it, was fined S10O and
costs and in default, was commit
ted to Kent County jail for 80 days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
EXPERIENCE WASTED

Rather. after the war years and particularly during his troubled pres idency, his attention was focused largely upon domestic questions. He became the advocate of business eX- pansion, of development of Ameri- can industry.
 Inevitably, of course, each had c part in other fields, Borah in do- nestle legislation and Hoover as an intervenor seeking solution of the postwar separations and debt ques- tionS.
 The part each had in the Repub- lican convention was perhaps typi- cal. Borah seemed most pleased with his anti-league and world court plank, although vociferously for an- ti-monopoly and anti-gold standard declarations.
 And Hoover? He pleaded for an and what he described as a drift toward dictatorship and agan. pointed to industrial development as sound course to recovery. He cast his eyes aboard only to bring back picture of collectivist gov ernments which he said were not good for America.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
RACE TRACK CRASHES CAN BE FUNNY;
 DRIVER ONCE GAME BACK FROM DEAD

GOSHEN, N. Y, June 26.-Acci- dents to racing drivers sometimes seem funny-after they happen. Ira Vail, former auto racer and now manager of the 100-mile national championship at Good Time track here June 13, tells one on himself.
 Vail, it seems, sailed through barbed wire fence, was practically cenuded, and landed in a fat lady's lap.
 As I recall it." Vail says, T came to before the woman who had acted as a cushion regained her poise. They quickly bundled me into an ambulance, and I was ten times more scared we would hit something in our mad dash to the hospital than I ever was on a race track"
 Then there was the case of Louis Dishbrow, who had been carted to the morgue for dead and laid on marble slab Attendants were slight ly surprised when he woke up and demanded attention.
 Ralph de Mala, they say once ran a corn stalk through his stom-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
SPOTLIGHT SEEN TURNING FROM BORAH, HOOVER
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON. June 26.-There are those who think that the politi- cal spotlight has passed from two as unusual figures as ever marked an era in American history
 It is not that Borah and Hoover are putting behind them all public life-neither apparently has the most remote idea of doing that. But a new generation is rising in public life and they stand as elder states men, regardless of whether their loles be critical or friendly.
 Borah never set foot off the Amer ican continent yet he became for his time a foremost authority on for eign affairs and an outstanding in- fluence upon this country's interna- ton relations.
 On the other hand Hoover was SC long away from America that for time he was more widely known abroad than at home. But did his become a voice that spoke in terms of international experience?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26

mating conventions, other things being equal is geographical. Ger tain campaign issues may make party leaders feel a nominees cleo ton chances will be better if he comes from the West, say. instead of the East or South.
 A political background has been regarded by both major parties as an essential qualification for any nominee-preferably political activ- ity that has made the candidates name a household word.
 Governorships are one of the main springboards to the Presi- dency. The list of Governors who became President includes: Jeffer- son, Andrew Jackson, Van Buren, Tyler, Polk, Johnson, Hayes, Cleve- land, Mckinley, Theodore Roose- welt, Wilson, Coolidge and Frank lin D.. Roosevelt.
 Fame derived wholly or in part from martial exploits helped elect George Washington, William Hen- ry Harrison. Zachary Taylor, Grant Benjamin Harrison.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26

His mornings are given over tc conferences.
 There are Cabinet meetings twice a week
 He may lunch at his desk so business will not halt.
 Routine official writings exceed 25,000 papers annually, an average of 80 day.
 Afternoons see fewer visitors, but more business.
 He presides at formal dinners.
 Ordinary dinners and luncheons at the White House take on so- cial-political aspect due to the ex- agencies of time.
 Opportunity for g simple family gathering around the dining table is relatively rare.
 The White House executive of fices employ 161 persons. Servants number 20
 Salary and Expenses
 The Presidency costs the Govern ment between $400,000 and $500 coo annually. The President receives $l00,000 a year, $25000 of which can be used only to cover his costs of transportation and official en- tertainment" If his expenses un- der these heads do not total $25.- 900, the surplus is turned over to the Treasury.
 There have been 32 Presidents. Six died in office, three from as assassin's bullets. Being President can worry men, embitter them, set them apart from other men, sadden them.
 General William Tecumseh Sher- man said that if he was nominated he would not accept and if elected he would not serve. After his first full term, President Calvin Cool idge declared. T do not choose to run"
 AiCStUtHCY D'Ttyo TfCottyt
 Nevertheless, the White House has attracted hundreds of men in public life.
 There is a splendor in the Presi- deney which communicates itself to every incumbent. What the President says and does is of para mount importance to the nation and the world
 The United States is full of men whose important utterances receive first page attention and start edi- torial and informal discussion. But there is only one person whose words and acts can have the effect which the President can produce, and that is the President himself The President is the leader of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
Boy Keeps Up with Class
 While in Bed Two Years

MARION, Ky, June 26.-The fact that a spine injury kept him out of school for more than two years failed to prevent Randall Phillips from being graduated on schedule with the 1886 Marion High School class.
 Two years ago Phillips suffered a dislocated vertebra, a fractured skull and severe lacerations when "a grapevine on which he was swinging plunged him over cliff and onto pile of rocks.
 Since then the boy has been con- fined to bed except for few hours daily when he has had his study periods. With the help of faculty members and classmates, he com pleted his course.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
CATCH PHRASES

Some of the catch prases flung out at the convention may figure in campaign language:
 Mother Hubbard Economies" -- Hoover.
 New Deal Caesar. ."-Steiwer.
 "A New Crusade"-Snell.
 Three Long Year" Steiwer.
 Former President Hoover got all answers to all things in one of the questions he propounded to the con- vention. He asked:
 Are you willing to cast your all upon the issue (of American liber- ties), or would you falter and look back?"
 Yes roared part of the massed audience. With equal vehemence others boomed:
 No"
 It was just another case of the Irish corporal who shouted to his troopers.
 Will ye fight or will ye run?" We will
 What say yep"
 We will notl"
 That's right, me brave men; I knew ye would"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
Counterfeit Chips
 Cost Monte Carlo
 Millions in Francs

MONTE CARLO, June 26.-Coun- terfeiting of chips used at the Monte Carlo Casino has been discovered at an estimated cost of 10000 ,00o francs, or $658,000, to the manage ment. The chips pass as money in Monaco and on the French Riv- iera.
 A band of international swindlers is suspected of counterfeiting the l00-franc and l,000-franc chips.
 The fraud was discovered when Monte Carlo merchant brought in some he had cashed for "a young man wearing smoked glasses who spoke with a strong English ac- cent"
 The Casino refused the chips and quickly retired all its old ones, changing the colors on the new ones.
 On the basis of those detected, it estimated that many counter feits must have been used to win bona fide chips at the tables
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
Boom in Buggies
 Ends Threatened
 Plant Shutdown

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind, June B. The buggy business is booming for one of the largest buggy factories in the country located here. The boom began in 1882 and still is go- ing strong.
 William Knapp, who at 78, guides the destin.es of the company he founded years ago, says he sold 900 buggies last year for approximately S75,000. Plant capacity, however, is 5000 buggies year.
 The company's biggest year was in 1920 after which sales fell off almost to the vanishing point in 1881. Since then it's been different and there's no more talk heard of closing the plant.
 Knapp says about 75 per cent of all buggies made are sold in the south. There buggy has a resale value much higher than that of a used automobile, says E. J. Knapp, an official of the local concern.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
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nation. A present success can wipe out much past error. Until the day he leaves office the most ineffec- tual most timid President can make for himself a place in history.
 Even after he leaves the White House, prestige surrounds a man who has been elected to the highest office. Railroads prefer to make available private cars rather than ordinary "sleepers" when he trav- els. His movements are noted by the press; well-wishers continue to send gifts; he is the center of party conferences. The death of a former President sends all other news to the inside pages.
 HotD He Is Selected
 How does one get to be Presi- dent?
 A major consideration of nom
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ach when his car careened off a a track in New England He mar ried the nurse who watched over him while he convalesced.
 Ivy Overholtzer has earned the reputation of being one of the greatest pals of racing drivers. He operates an undertaking establish ment, and turns his hearse into an ambulance by merely switching the signs. He even goes so far as to measure the pilots for their long pine boxes. Overholtzer's motto is said to be Service Before, During, and Afterr'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
Huge India Dam
 Faces Threat of
 Colossal Failure

KARACHI, India, June 26-One ,of the worlds largest irrigation projects in India's Province of Sind faces the prospect of becoming one of the greatest engineering failures in history.
 The three-fold menace of malar- ia, seepage and salt deposit threat ems the $112,OO0,0O0 scheme, and the problem has become so acute that Sinds new Governor has nov ed his headquarters to Sukkur per sonally to investigate the troubles afflicting the giant Sukkur dam
 The project irrigates more than G,0O0000 acres, which is 500,000 more than the total cultivated acreage of all Egypt. Main canals fed by the dam total 1900 miles, and these supply 3,7OO miles of dis tributaries.
 Dangerous seepage, however, has already jeopardized the scheme in several areas, bringing with it an alarming increase in malaria.
 In addition, agricultural research workers are seeking method to prevent crops from being ruined by the rise of sub-soil salt
 Financial worries also disturb ad- ministrators of the project, which involves an annual expenditure of $7,50O,00O. Since this figure repre- sents a large slice of the revenue of the Province, there is considerable apprehension lest Sind acquire q permanent deficit.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
Indiana Towns Rentals
 Average $21, WPA Says

SOUTH BEND, Ind, June 26- The average monthly house rent in this city of more than 100000 is $2l and the maximum is $40, ac- cording to a WPA survey.
 The survey also shows that 13,- 423 families occupy rented homes and that slightly smaller number, l3,039, own their residences.
 A breakdown of rental figures shows that 2,88O pay between $10 and $l5 a month; 2,777 pay be- tween SIS and $20; 2,171 pay from $20 to $25; 1,453 pay from $25 to $50, and 1,235 pay from $50 to $40.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
SWISS FORTIFY ALL BORDERS OF
 ALPINE DOMAIN
By CHARLES FOLTZ

BERNIE. June Switzerland has begun fortifying her frontiers and 1 it costs a lot of money because the Swiss trust none of their neigh bors.
 For more than a century the Swiss have been satisfied with the Alps to defend their neutrality and independence. Only a few small blockhouses guarded strategic pass es where the landwehr, Swiss frontier troops, watched for in- vaders.
 After the war Swiss military ex- perts watc ned their rearming neighbors with alarm Broad high ways lead from the Germano-Swiss frontier at Basel toward Besancon in France through unprotected Swiss valleys.
 Dread Belgiums Role
 If war comes, asked Swiss army men, could not Switzerland be "the next Belgium" if Germany should pick the most vulnerable frontier for a dash to France?
 Switzerland's answer appeared in the form of military budget of 235 million Swiss francs (about S76,500,00O, the largest sum ever approved by the Federal Council for any budget in Swiss history Much of it was earmarked for Qualifications.
 Swiss Socialists immediately be- gan campaign to. have all the money spent in strengthening the German and Italian frontiers where NaziS and Fascists ruled.
 The Federal Council however, announced that all the frontiers would be fortified. Whether all the frontiers" included the 2O-mile border of the tiny principality of Leict ttenstein was not stated, but Frenchmen were both surprised and hurt to hear that Swiss troops were building earthworks opposite the French frontier.
 French Protests StifIed
 Reports that the Qualifications were to be reversible so that they could be used to fight an army through Switzerland to- ward France, calmed French pro- tests along with the gentle Swiss ! reminder that the last armies to invade the cantons were French l troops under Napoleon.
 Austria's frontier is also to be guarded by earthworks but the | Swiss frontiers on Italy and Ger many are to be more strongly for tified Swiss Nazis already have worried the authorities by their ae- tivities and Mussolini, who has a long memory, was finger printed by the Swiss police in the days before l Fascism.
 Fertilization of the Italian bor- der is not difficult, for the Alps themselves form far better barriers 1 than man-made blockhouses. Most i of the money, Swiss military men said, is being spent in preparing to block a German invasion along the 1 200-mile German frontier.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
Cards Are Banned,
 So Bremen Resign

DARLINGTON, Tex, June 26.-- Four city firemen here like to play cards so much they resigned from the force recently when City dads put into law an order forbidding firemen to "shuffle and deal" at the fire station.
 The new law went into effect af- ter the alleged violation of prev ious order prohibiting playing cards at the station after II p. m.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
He Pays Twice

GAFFNEY, s. C.-An intoxicated autoist was arrested in Cowpens, 20 miles distant, and fined $10 for driving in such condition. Released, he motored here, was ar rested, fined $5l.50, and held until he Sobered.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
Wars on "Tag Fixing"

SAN FRANCISCO-Declaring the practice of fixing tags for traffic law violation has a direct relation to highway safety, Percy E. Towne, Chairman of the Public Safety Committee of the California State Automobile Association, urges a statewide campaign against it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
Coronation Robe Put
 On Market

LONDON, June 26.-Next years coronation of King Edward is al ready influencing ad columns of the British press. A recent issue of The London Times contained the following: "Baroness's coronation robe, only once used, m iu m height, court dressmaker, in per- feet condition. For sale, offers in vited."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
Cleans Up for Olympics

BERLIN-A face washing" of all municipal buildings in Berlin has been ordered so the capital may present a shining countenance to Olympic Games visitors. The city hall, built of dark red bricks, was the first to be scrubbed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
Operation Saves Dog

TAMPA, Fla.-Two Tampa sur geons are credited with saving the life of a pedigreed English setter by performing successful opera ton to remove from the dogs stomach spoon it had swallowed while being fed. The spoon. the surgeons said, had lodged cross wise.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
lBu the Associated Pressl

Why does anyone want to be President?
 He lives in house provided by the State, but two-thirds of it is a museum.
 He is surrounded by guards secret service men for himself, a special police force for the house and grounds
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
Why Be President? Pay Is Good, Hours Are Long aud
 tue Worries, They Are Many

Prom the Senate came Jackson, Van Buren, w. H. Harrison, Tyler, Pierce, Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, liar ding.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26

Lassen peak, named for an early Scandinavian settler in California. is the only active volcano in the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26

Erosion of sandstone in the Maya jo Indian reservation in Arizona and Utah permits scientists to study natural bridges in all stages of their formation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26
Electric, Made in '90's, S
 Raced 10 Miles an Houi

BRENNAN Tex, June 26.-Herber Stone, Brenham farmer, owns what he says is one of the first automo- piles built in America '
 The antique Baker wagon), which appears to combine the best fea- lures of an ox-cart and a wagon, was built some time in the sos in Kansas City by Stones father, Heber Stone, Sr., and Dr. Alasia P. Baker.
 Tt was patented in 1897" Stone says. In Brooklyn, where 1t was demonstrated shortly after it's man- ufacture, the city restricted use of the electric model to the hours be- tween and a. m. After a. n, the streets were for "self-respeet- ing horses"
 The machine was capable of 10 miles an hour when all batteries were working" Stone says.
 The only known rookery of sea lions on the American mainland is at Sea Lion Point, Oregon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-26

SHOP IN JUNEAU FIRST!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-20
Chapter Is
LORD MARcHINGToN

FRANKIE lost no time in setting to
l. work. She attacked her father
that same evening.
Father" she said. do you know
any Observation-Disclosures"
Lord Marchington. who was read
ing a political article. did not quite
take in the question. tits not the
French so much as the Americans. "
he said severely. "All this tomfool-
cry and Conferences-wasting the
nations time and money"
frankie distracted her mind until
Lord Marchington. running like a
railway train along an accustomed
line. came as it were to a halt at a
station.
1.-The Observation-Disclosures" re-
peated frankie.
What about 'em?" asked Lord
Marchington.
frankie didn't know what about
them. She made a statement. know
ing well enough that her father en-
joyed contradicting.
i'They're a Yorkshire family,
aren't they?"
"Nonsense-Ham pshire. There's
the Shropshire branch. Of course.
"Father." she asked, "do you know
any Observation-Disclosures"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-20

Vincent Massey, Canada's high
commissioner at London, onetime
Canadian minister to Washington.
born in Toronto, 40 years ago.