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Smyrna times., 1936-04-09
TWO ROAD JOBS
GET UNDER WAY
Highway Work Will Give En-
plOyment to Large Num-
Der Now on Relief
BUCK BRIDGE GLASGOW

Work has been started by the
State Highway Department on the
construction of the new 20-foot
wide concrete roadway from Sum-
nit Bridge to Glasgow and also on
the grading for the extension of the
Northeast Boulevard from Holly
Oak to Claymont. The former JOB
is four and one-quarter miles long
and the latter one and three-quart-
ers. The State Highway Depart
ment has so far awarded contracts
for S1,000,OOO worth of work thru
out the State for this year and adj
ditional bids will be opened in the
near future. Eighty per cent of
the men on the highway construc-
tion work must be employed from
relief rolls. With improvement in
weather conditions employment on
highway projects will increase.
Many of the men will be taken
from the rolls of those who will be
laid off on the hand labor work of
the Chesapeake and Delaware Can
al. Howard P. Young, state direc-
tor of the U. S. Delaware State
Employment Service, said it would
not be necessary for men who have
been working on the canal hand
labor jom to re--egister at the en-
ployment Office. 1t is doubtful
whether highway projects can alb
sorb all those laid off from the
canal project.
Smyrna times., 1936-04-09
TOWNSEND PENSION PLAN

DIR. Townsend, Sponsor of the Plan,
to Speak i'm Delaware Next Week
At the regular meeting of The
Townsend Old Age Pension Plan
Club in the Dover Grange Hall,
Friday evening at o'clock, Mr..
Newton. the President, will render
a report ON his recent conference
with DR.. Townsend in person and
also report on the progress being
made to secure DR.. Townsend for
a mass meeting to be held in Will
mington, April 10.
Smyrna times., 1936-04-09
FIRE AT HUEY'S
STORE, MASSEY
Gutted By Fire Friday After,
noon With Loss Between
$4,000 and $4,000
FIRE AT E Will E

Three rural fire companies fought
two-hour battle against flames in
the Frank Huey hardware store
over at Massey, Nd, Friday after
noon. Damage to the store and
stock amounted to $500. The fire
is said to have started in the ma
chine shop. Origin of the fire has
not been determined. Fire compan-
les which responded were the Mill
ington- -Md..and Sudlersville Md. fire
departments and the Volunteer
Hose Company of Middletown.
Most of the damage was confined
to the workshop and the rear of
the store. Approximately $1,000
damage was done to the building,
it was estimated, and over $500
to the stock, fixtures, and machin-
cry. The next morning, Saturday,
another fire distance away,
took place on the Shallcross Aspar-
agus farm near Earlville Md, a few
miles from Cecilton. A large farm
house, brick building was gutted
before two rural fire companies,
handicapped by lack of water, were
able to bring the blaze under con-
troll. 1t was caused by sparks
from the chimney, igniting to the
roof. After exhausting the limited
water supply carried on their
trucks, the Chesapeake City, Nd,
fire department and the Volunteer
Hose Company of Middleotwn, were
forced to join suction hoses in or
der to draw water from the farm
cistern beneath the house. The
Time required by the fire companies
to travel the distance to the farm
and obtain ample water, gave the
blaze such start that it was i'm
possible to save more than the
front portion of the dwelling and
protect the surrounding buildings
Smyrna times., 1936-04-09
THIEVES OVER AT RIDGELY
Ransack Store of Samuel Bear and
Make Good Their Escape

Thieves entered the Bear depart
ment store over at Ridgely, Md.
late Saturday night and made off
with a. quantity of mems clothing
shoes and other apparel. They
took plenty of time to get the right
sizes and styles. Samuel Bear,
proprietor, when he opened the
store Monday morning, found boxes
and clotbingscatt cred helter-skelt-
er where the robbers had rummag-
ed. Three suits, extra trousers,
socks. shoes, and number of
shirts were missing, as well as a
suitcase in which they were carried
off. The cash register had been
tampered with but had not been
opened. The robbers gained en-
trance through the cellar. The
store has been robbed twice before
in recent years.
Smyrna times., 1936-04-09
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
w. e. Cranston, Head of the Beetle
Control in Delaware, Passes Away

Control In Delaware, PaSSeS away
Wilkinson E. Cranston, go, of
Dover, for IL years supervisor of
the Japanese beetle control work in
Delaware, died Monday night at
the Kent General Hospital, Dover,
after undergoing an. operation.
Mr.. Cranston was an active MEM
mer of the Grange and other farm
ers' organizations, was Mason
Odd Fellow and Red Man, being ac-
tive in all of these fraternal orders.
For many years he had a farm
near Stanton where he was born
September 25, 1875. He was a
former master of Delaware Grange,
No. 46, at Newport. For some
years, after he became supervisor
of the beetle project, he lived in
New Castle, but had offices at 903
Shipley Street. About six years
ago he and his family moved to
Dover, when the Office was trans
ferred to the state capital After
attending the public schools, Mr..
Cranston was student at Friends S
School and Goldey College in Will
mington. Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Bessie E. Cranston of Dover;
a daughter, Mrs. Edna c. Millikin
of Philadelphia, and a son, w. Rog-
ers Cranston Of Wilmington.
Mrs. Mary Hall, Sc, of Marydel
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Hall, SO
years old, died at her home in
Marydel, Saturday. Funeral SER
CONTINUED on Page Five1
Smyrna times., 1936-04-09
COMO THEATRE TO REOPEN
Theatre Has Been Leased by COun-
Gil to Samuel Frank of New Jersey

ucdbft IIdS DCtu LcdScu Uy SOuif-
Gil to Samuel Frank of New Jersey
Samuel Frank of Hammonton,
N. j., said to own motion picture
chain in New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania, has taken a lease on the
Town Hall auditorium known as
Como Theatre and will reopen and
operate it as a movie theatre and
play house. Como Theatre is be-
ing renovated painted and papered
and modern equipment is being in
stalled. It is said he will start his
shows the last of April or first of
May. E. r. Burgeois, a practical
movie man, who several years ago
managed the Everett Theatre, Mid
dletown, will be the local manager
in charge of the Como Theatre.
Smyrna times., 1936-04-09
~ sRouP TO MEET

ssh1s, Banquet in the SMYRNA
|Dslas~,, Cafeteria April 24th
viii sals sa,s Vocational Asso-
sstssis!d nod it its annual meeting luy
FSssrrl Fsssrla Of the Smyrna bips ,s,s
h ~. April "a with a prol :
| A ssaers t'ss. and entertain.
rrsdss dasy dinner is to be
fs bom. and industries, ag-
sa,ss.,s s',ls economics, COM
tl b raO ,,On and industrial
Pr p,epresented at tbis Il,
a.in ~. J, Best, the president enis
saatio. he State director hsaus1si y
ts q th ,sa and the following /,
I sr,sa. sre Executive commit
b t,sassd tsis ss..a 2 splendid -'l,a,,- pro-
Horace s,s meeting: : John TT. T.
s. NV :, Allen, Luther M.
sat, asa s'In : Price, ,J-. George .
@a0 L. M. Miller. 'se
Smyrna times., 1936-04-09
Cohen's store Has Chimney Fir

Cohen's Store Has Chimney Fire
Cohen's store, corner of Main and
Mt. Vernon streets. Smyrna, was
visited by a fire Monday morning
and an alarm sent in for the
Smyrna fire engine. 1t turned out
to be a chimney fire and was ex-
tinguished with slight damage.
Smyrna times., 1936-04-09
HONIEMAKERS CLUB WORK

VIII Be Discussed at Meeting TO
Be Held at Mrs. George Robinson's
The Homemakers Club will meet
at the home of Mrs. George Robin
son on Thursday, April 18th, at 2
O'Clock. The subject for the after
noon will be "Handicraft." Each
member is urged to be present and
bring with her some article which
she has made during the past year
in her leisure time. These articles
will be judged for their usefulness,
beauty and workmanship. Helpful
suggestions will be given on all
phases of handiwork.
Smyrna times., 1936-04-09
Smyrna Firemen Called to Brenford

Smyrna Firenen were called to
the farm residence of Mrs. Ida Sew
Ierson near Brenford, Monday after
noon. 1t was a chimney fire and
was soon extinguished with slight
damage.
Smyrna times., 1936-04-09
ieo. w. Turner Remodels DWELLING

"N0' W HtefifoueIS DWeIIn"
George w. Turner, who recently
bought the residence on South
Street, next to Lee Gooden, has en-
larged and renovated it into a most
comfortable six-room home. 1t is
to be occupied by Misses Octava
and Mildred Bartlett.
Smyrna times., 1936-04-09

Meet Here This Week
The New Castle Presbyterial So
ciety for Missions is meeting at the
Presbyterian Church, Smyrna,
and Thursday of this
week. The program as outlined in
the last issue of Times is being
carried out.
Smyrna times., 1936-04-09

FalE11ING HERE
| ,,,ual Convention Drew
| Crowd Of Over -Four
Hundred People
LrAn AND OFFICERS

Ea the state 7 ,orvention Of
y. y pa gpPgarsnt-Teachers Asso,
. The meetings were nelo
NJ High school Auditorium t
IL - dinner was served in tne
rsststeria. Greetings were
III BY Walter W. Hynson' gIlsoa
Tsnt Of the Board Of Educa, sua,
h he Smyrna Special scnool
\ = and reports were read
= - officers and heads of the
4. :. tspding committees. Mu-
|, frrDished by the Girls Glee
! tbe Smyrna school. Dur
n afternoon session the first
[l.r uAN
a. # the motion picture de-
as a Parent Teacher pro
y. giyen. The speaker Of
kltsnoOn was Lyman Bryson.
4 director Of the Des Moines
I. He spoke on Democracy
ducatiOn, and said: No peo-
N has ever adopted a Dem
n form of government has
it. The best form
kreument is that which calls
\ most effort on the part OF
Etissns. We must learn to
The expert in government as
kst the engineer, the builder,
aTyer, the teacher" he said.
[Tepture our lives in city traf-
/ take for granted the auto
mechanic has made a good
khat the doctor knows his
kine; we continually depend
| the moral character of the
he workman and this kind of
I've must have in our govern
It's our duty not to deceive
khldren as to what a Democ-
i, They must be acquainted
BIS difficulties, its demands,
prevailed upon to expect and
] The demands that this form
Fmment requires of them"
kcluded.
PEI Cent Membership Groups
6ciatiOns reporting a 100 per
fambership, that is a member
|each home represented in the
are: New Castle county
Mrs. Clarence Johnson,
enti Commodore MacDon-
Mrs. Bertha Carrow, presi-
Tayl0r's Bridge, Mrs. Grace
president; Welsh Tract, Mrs
is Ford, president; Eden,
MAcDowell, president; How
Y J. Wocdlan Wilson, presi-
P0rt Penn, Mrs. Elinor Vim
president. Sussex County
Grove, No. III, Mrs. Duane
PRESIDENT; Cedar Neck, Mrs.
! James, president. At the
Eon of the luncheon, Mrs.
l. Lewis, presented Mrs.
on with a silver tray in ap-
Pn Of her services to the ex-
committee during her term
d Among the associations
oo'alned the highest rating
W successive years: Black
7, 7, Clarence Johnson, presi-
na, 80 raylor's Bridge, Mrs.
AVG president, were cited
Por mention.
lfc'ed For Ensuing Year
y annual election of officers
[lo's adiOurning, Mrs. M. P,
IT, Of YOrklin was chosen
= % succeed Mrs. Robert P,
Eaa ~ 'ern expired. The latter
1 ''saes a member of the ex-
l. s'mnlttee at large. Mrs.
N.t'l.l sas also chosen delegate
a,ss.s ssuonal Congress Of Par |
I NJ . be held in Mil
N MIS- May II to IS. Mrs. 1-s
| ,Itss a.,snt, Of Pennington, was
her, ,s'1als. maze -Four vice-presi-
r,Duslec |gs,s elected as follows: Mrs.
Tsra srn0rn, n Mt. Pleasant; Mrs.
esss esss, Clayton; Mrs. George
ls'to1gs GEORGETOWN; Mrs. P. G. 81.
\ EA'sa. so Other officers nam
\ rsecre.tary, Mrs. orville
pa..'r as.a.'rrmington; treasurer
! sa Joss, Marshall, Lewes:
Epn Mcvey, Newark.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
SEEK T0'EXPAND i
LABOR RULES ACT
Officials Say Lower Limit.
Than $4,000 Needed
for U. S. Contracts.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Seeking to obtain more widespread
observance Of labor standards like
those embodied in the old N. r. A.,
officials here are considering asking
Congress to expand the scope Of the
Walsh Healey act.
This law, which became effective
September 20, provides that certain
firms doing business with the Govern
ment must comply with specified
labor standards.
At present the law applies only to
contracts which exceed $4,000, Labor
Department officials are studying the
advisability of urging a lower limit, so
the act would apply to much larger
number of contracts.
Other and more technical changes
also are under consideration. Secre-
tary of Labor Perkins while praising
the act, has indicated 1t needs re-
vision.
Its sponsors argued that one Of its
principal accomplishments would be
to protect manufacturers who desired
to continue N. r. A. standards despite
the invalidation of the national re-
covery act. They said that without
the law, such firms would be at an
unfair disadvantage in competing for
Government business with companies
which slashed wages and heightened
hours.
Under the Walsh-Healey law, en-
ployes must receive prevailing wages"
and work no more than 40 hours a
week when producing materials, sup
plies or equipment for the Govern
ment. Other provisions ban child
labor and call for healthful working
conditions.
As the act now stands 1t covers
only about per cent of the number
and about IL or II per cent of the
value of all Government contracts,
labor statisticians say.
Construction contracts of more than
$4,000 are covered by a similar law.
the Bacon-Davis act, which provides
for prevailing wages. These contracts
comprise about per cent of the num-
Der and about IS per cent of the value
OF all Government contracts.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
Exodus
Continued From First Page.)

tSOlitlIluCu IIOiu + AoG 1dBC.l
Baltimore and Ohio trains left for
Philadelphia between 7:45 and $40
am. to carry the 1900 midshipmen
from the Naval Academy to the sta
dunn. Another B. & o. train made
up for the benefit of Government Of
ficials left Annapolis at $40 am.
All the trains were scheduled to
reach the colossal stadium long before
1915 pm, when the corps of mid
shipmen and cadets are to stride,
forth on the field for their spectacular
pre-game parading.
High Officers on Hand.
Among the high officers of the Army
command who expect to be in the
stands at the ! 80 o'clock kickoff are
Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover, Chief Of
the Air Corps; Maj Gen. William H.
Tschappat, Chief of Ordnance; Maj.
Gen. James B. Allison, Chief Signal
Officer; Maj. Gen. Frederick w.
Boschen, Chief of Finance, and Maj.
Gen. John H. Hughes, Assistant Chief
of Staff.
Naval officers present will include
Admiral Adolphus Andrews, Chief of
the Bureau of Navigation; Rear Ad-
miral Emory S. Land, Chief of the
Bureau of Construction and Repair;
Rear Admiral Joseph M. Reeves,
chairman OF the General Board, and
Capt. william D. Puleston, Chief Of
Intelligence.
Pulling for Army will be Lieut.. Col.
Phillip Fleming, now on detached serv-
ice with the Resettlement Administra-
ton. who was graduate manager Of
athletics at the Military Academy
from 1926 to 1888.
Several Senators will attend, among
them O'Mahoney of Wyoming. Guf-
fey of Pennsylvania, Thomas of Okla
homa and Pepper Of Florida.
Other Notables in Boxes.
In the box with Mrs Swanson will
be Rear Admiral H. r. Stark, chief of
ordnance, and Mrs. Stark; Maj. Gen.
Louis M. Little, u S. M c.. and Mrs
Little; Capt. John r. Beardall, aide
to the Secretary, and Mrs. Beardall.
Admiral and Mrs. Standley will
have in their box Rear Admiral and
Mrs. c. E. Courtney. Rear Admiral
Percy w. Foote, retired, former chief
Of staff at Philadelpnia Navy Yard
and Mrs. Foote
While many Federal employees are
taking annual leave in order to be
present at the game, the big bosses
Of most of them will stay here on the
job. Secretary of the Interior Ickes
will be as his desk. as well as Acting
Secretary of State Moore, Attorney
General Cummings and Secretary Of
Agriculture Wallace.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
us. DUNS DEBTORS
FOR DEC. 15FUNDS.
Total of S155,O93,e73 Due
Next Month-FormaI
Notes Sent.
Py the Associated Press.

Amid new talk abroad Of debt set
tlement. the State Department an
nounced yesterday it has dunned
Americas war debtors for $155,093,-
s73 in payments due December is.
Formal notifications were dis
patched several days ago to the Is
nations involved, although a 1921. l.3l5
payment from Finland Is the only re-
turn generally expected.
The payments, which once followed
a meticulously prearranged schedule,
fell off to trickle following the Hoo
yer moratorium, and soon afterward-
with the exception of Finlands negli-
gible payments and a small amount
from Greece-stopped altogether.
Notes Sent to Debtors.
Nevertheless, a few weeks prior to
each due date, June Is and Decem-
her Is, the debtor nations are re-
minded by formal little note.
Great Britain, whose debt to the
United States is largest. has the big
gest amount coming due-$117, $40, 765.
France comes next with s23, ,30S,312.
There has been increasing discus
sion recently of the possibility Of
Franco-American negotiations con-
corning the debts.
Other payments due next month
range downward through $3.50 .039
due from Poland, 1852 .453 from Bel
gium, s2,141.593 from Italy, Sl,6S2.8l2
from Czechoslovakia, to $48, ,750 from
Rumania.
Britain's Debt Greatest.
As of November IS, with interest
accrued to that date, Treasury actu-
aries figure the total indebtedness of
the various nations to the United
States at: Austria. $23, 1898, 900: Bel
gium, $427,768, 900; Czechoslovakia,
$165 ,532 900; Estonia, s19,266, 900;
Finland, $8,530,000: France, $4,06l,- =
234, 900; Great Britain, IS, ,029, 1853 900:
Greece, $33, 400 900; Hungary, $2,224,-
600; Italy. s2,0l5,553, 900; Latvia, ST.
$4,000; Lithuania, s7,097. 900: Po-
land, $241 .097 900; Rumania, $63, ,938, :
0G0, and Yugoslavia, $61 ,625 900.
The principal nations have made the
following total war-debt payments:
Great Britain. s2,024,84s,817: France,
$486, 6,o75,891; Italy, s1oo.s29 $50; Bel
GUM, $52,191,273, and Poland, $22,-
SAC, 6,297.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
BRITAIN HAS NEW
FO0DDEPARTMENT
New Plans to Guard Nations
Supplies Against War
Possibilities.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, November 2S.-Great
Britain established new food defense
plans department today to guard her
supplies against the possibility of war.
The department, working with the
Board of Trade and the minister for
coordination of defense, will organize
the supply and distribution of food.
H. L. French, secretary to the min
istry of agriculture, was named direc-
tor.
Members of the cabinet were in
structed today to be ready for emer-
gency sessions over the week end.
Two problems confronted the Brit
ish government which authoritative
sources declared might necessitate ad-
ditional emergency" meetings of the
ministers. The problems included:
/. The agenda for League Of Ma
tions Council consideration of the
Spanish Civil War and its develop
ments
2. The question Of granting bellig-
erent rights to both Spanish Social
lists and Fascists as demonstration
Of British neutrality.
Oficials declined to discuss either
question publicly.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
TWO BODIES RECOVERED

PENSACOLA, Fla, November 2s
R.-The Gulf Of Mexico gave up
yesterday the bodies Of two men who
attempted to swim ashore from q dis
tressed fishing boat.
Coast Guardsmen meanwhile de-
cided no small steamboat with two
men aboard had gone to the aid of
the fishing craft, the Vermont, as
reported.
Thirteen persons who swan to
safety from the disabled boat said
they saw No sign of the apparently
non-existent steamer. The bodies of
Willie Jackson, 80. and his brother.
Jesse, IS, washed ashore near yellow
Bluff.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
PROWLER ATTACKS
INVALID MOTHER
Climbs Into Apartment and Seizes
Her as She Tries to Quiet
Barking Dog.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, November 2S.-A ma
rauder who attacked and slashed Mrs.
Genevieve Richards 27-year-old in
valid mother of two children, left her
critically injured today. latest victim
in q recent cycle of vicious offenses
against Chicago women and girls.
The man climbed through q window
of Mrs. Richards frst-hoor apart
nient last night and seized her when
she left her bed room to quiet the
barking Of . dog which sensed the In
truder's presence. The sleeping chill
dren-Grant. 8. and Louis. 5-did not
awaken.
I. Detectives declared the attacker
probably was the same who ravished
Miss Anna Brasy, 80, in her home only
mile from the Richards home last
Saturday. Miss Brasy Is in serious
condition.
In both cases the assailant, de-
scribed as 30 to IS years old, Of medium
build and wearing . dark moustache,
entered through . window.
Mrs. Richards was subject to q
heart ailment and twice recently col
lapsed In her home, neighbors said.
Doctors said she was slashed deeply
on the back and abdomen and glf-
fered from shock.
Evening star., 1936-11-28
LECTURER SHOWS
FILMS Of TIBET
Description of Little Known
Land Given at National
Geographic Society.

One of the first complete descrip-
tions of the little known land OF
Tibet was given members of the Ma
tional Geographic Society last night
by c. Suydham Cutting, who said ii
took him five years to get permission
to enter the country.
Situated on a high plateau, the
country is free of insects and the
inhabitants are surprisingly free from
disease, despite their lack of clean
illness and sanitation. Cutting said.
Cutting. who showed the first stand
ard size motion pictures of the coun-
try. said many conditions are ideal
Due to its elevation. nothing ever
rots-it merely dries up, he said. 1t
is this and the always available sup
ply Of water from the snow-capped
mountains that makes the country an
unusually healthy place in which to
live.
Takes Films of Lhasa.
The motion pictures were of Lhasa
capital and seat of Dalai Lama
spiritual ruler of the land. The pres
ent Dalai Lama, who is believed by
the people to be a reincarnation OF
one of the several Buddhas postulated
by the religion, is only 3 years old
hence the country is ruled by coun-
Gil of five elders.
Much of Tibet is bleak. The capital
was pictured as town of about 40,-
900 people, $4,000 of whom are lamas
or Buddhist monks living in monasta-
ries. While there are civil govern
ments, Cutting said, the country is
actually ruled by the lamas. Build
ings in the capital city are of fat
rooted stone and mud brick, while the
entrance is pretty roadway lined
with willows.
Cuttings films show views Of Po-
tala, Winter palace and monastery of
the Dalai Lama. One of the largest
masonry structures in the world, the
palace contains thousands of rooms.
1t is built above and overlooking the
city.
Invited to Picnics.
The lecturer said he was invited to
several of the picnics held by the
mobiles Of Lhasa but failed to enjoy
the inevitable butter tea, a concoction
of yak or sheep butter and cheap
China tea. The butter is usually
rancid.
The people were described as being
very religious. They keep prayer flags
flying and many carry prayer wheels
which they constantly whirl in the
belief they will keep a constant stream
Of prayers to the gods.
Cutting was member of the Asiatic
expedition Of Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
jr., in 1880.