davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1937-07-10
A DEMOCRATIC FISHERMAN
Franklin D. Roosevelt Does His Angling Without Any Fl and
No Game Is Too Lowly for the Presidential
Rod and Reel.

Eastern Bahamas and the waters off
Miami after sailfish, of his jaunt to
the Galapagos Island three years ago,
OF which more later; and of his latest
tarpon trip to Texas, where he bOated
couple of those 90-pound silver
kings. But you hear little of the un-
pretentious and unheralded side trips
those little jaunts down the Potomac
to seek the lowly hardhead or croaker,
like any other employe of Uncle Sam
with day or two off from work.
CLEVELAND had his days on the
AeSopuS, the Beaverklll and other
famous trout streams of the East. Her
bert Hoover had his Rapidan stream,
and he also was quite fisherman.
Hoover was so good and such an ar
dent angler that he won his gold
button from the Palm Beach Sail
fish Club for fish in excess of rs
pounds. But Hoover at his fishing
best never was the lusty deep-sea
angler that Franklin D. Roosevelt
is Nor did Hoover ever boat sail
fish to compare with the eight-foot,
spear rbeaked sail" that Mr.. Roose-
Welt caught off Panama two years
ago. That fish hangs today on high
wall of the National Museum. aflame
in its panoply of silver and blue just
as he looked when the presidential
fisherman tired him out and finally
brought him to gaf off the Perlas
Islands in the waters of the Pacific
near Panama And of that more
anon.
OF course, men who've caught both
sailfish and tarpon concede that the
tarpon is the scrappiest Of the pair.
He gives more and he scraps longer
and harder than the sail So Mr..
Roosevelt, catching two tarpon in
Texas waters, must have had his
hands full
Mr.. Roosevelt is truly fishing cos
mopolite. l imagine, from the fish,
ing tales I've heard about him, that
he'd like nothing better than to take
fishing trip around the world, hook
ing and landing all the famed varie-
ties Of fighting fish just. as Author
Zane Grey is doing right now. Any
man who. when he can't find better
piscatorial fare than the lowly hard
head, will 90 after that same hard
head with three-thread line and a
Evening star., 1937-07-10
PUTNAM KEEPS VIGIL FOR HIS WIFE AT GUARD STATION|
Writer Shares Suspense, With Small Group Waiting
for Rescue of Amelia and Noonan-Putnam Is
Firm in Belief Air Castaways Are on Land.

Lac began, he has reached the limit
of endurance, and his friends have
had to insist upon. his putting him.
self in the care of the physician here
who has known him, and known Ame-
liza, for years. Each time his energy
revived by the sleep he could not win
without help, he has come back into
the fight with renewed determination
and grim will to win. He has never
for a moment, except during those
two brief hiatuses. been off the job.
Organizing, directing, asking expert
advice at no matter what cost, follow
ing up every minute lead, even those
that were obviously cruel hoaxes, the
odious fruit that seems to spring from
diseased minds in situations such as
this, he has been relentless in the war
he waged against time and distance.
Monday afternoon, Ae came into
the airport inn lobby and sat down
for talk. You're looking very cheer
full today, Mr.. Putnam" told him,
"and that must mean good news"
I'm feeling more cheerful" he said.
Perhaps this is case of the wish
being father to the thought, but the
confidence is growing in me that they
are safe. All these la messages that
have come in from so many widely
separated points, the assurance Of
the Lockheed people that the plane
could not keep, on sending If it were
af1oat-which is what have believed
all along-all the straws taken to-
gether point, to my mind in one direc-
ton. And know how Amelia's mind
works. Unless she suddenly broke up
under the stress of the emergency,
and she's never done that before, and
unless Noonan changed his whole nor
NAL course of behavior, they made a
landfall of some Sort They are both
experienced. calm, efficient Short Of
sudden emergency beyond human
help, which is not indicated by the
messages to the Itasca, think we'll
find them, eventually, perched on \
spit Of sand or reef edge, probably
uncomfortable, but otherwise all right.
They have plenty Of rations, and the
rain squalls which come almost every
day In that part Of the tropics would
give them plenty Of water. Unless one
Evening star., 1937-07-10

BY removing the band from your
old felt fishing hat and taking long
casting line you can make safe and
handy folder for flies.
When all other methods fail, trout
sometimes may be induced to bite
on fin cut back of vent so that
enough tissue remains to hold the fin
on the hook. A worm should be used
to cover the point of the hook.
Live minnows, shrimp, bloodworms.
peeler and soft crabs are the best bait
IN salt or brackish water.
Evening star., 1937-07-10

Fir fishing, economical, sanitary and
changeable inner soles may be cut
from corrugated cardboard. These
Soles are light. springy and absorbent,
Once you have your pattern, new
pair can be made for each day and
discarded at night.
Do something to increase the fish
supply and protect it-join an Izaak
Walton League branch or some similar
organization
So fill up the gas tank of the family
car and off with you, breathing,
Look out fsh-here l GOMEZ"
Evening star., 1937-07-10

ulous, grueiling work. where the slight
est lack of attention may lose some
precious sending of that faint, far
off call from beyond the horizon. The
Thursday night that saw theT begin
ming of the flight from Lac to How
land, was at the station from early
evening until 3 o'clock in the morn
ing. as the signals came through best
at the time when the air is clear. No
one else was there except the crew,
in charge of Lieut.. Frank johnson,
and Mr.. Putnam. Matter -of-factly,
the operators sat at their instru-
ments, talking with the Itasca, call
ing the Bering station or Suva in
Samoa, talking with Honolulu and
waiting for A. E.'s signals and voice
to come in. Three times they re-
ported hearing, very family, her car
rier wave" The Itasca reported that
there was much static, and static was
heavy where we were. There was no
prescience that we were on the edge
of possible tragedy. that the next
noon would break the news that the
plane we listened for was in dificul-
ties.
Mr.. PUTNAM said very little as
the night wore on, and the lack
Of definite messages began to assume
cause for worry. But he paced the
floor back and forth, back and forth
until every one else felt like pacing,
too. Lieut.. Johnson, who is both
shrewd and good-natured and who
has never in all the nights and days
that followed, in spite of almost no
rest, lost either that good nature or
that shrewdness, kept the conversa-
ton on q casually impersonal, even
keel. But every one present knew
without discussion the risks being
taken by that lonely pair of wings
crossing the black stretches OF the
Pacific
In reading through the log of the
dispatches from all sources that have
come into the station since that night,
I found two bits that made a sig
nificant picture. The first was the
Itasca'a report that they felt A. E.
had passed close over the Island.
Evening star., 1937-07-10
By Walfer r. McCallum.


THAT little tarpon fishing trip
which President Roosevelt took
to Texas a few weeks back-a
Il trip which came smack in the
middle Of the Supreme Court con-
troversy and gained quite a bit of
publicity nationally, and brought back
to Washington a President with a
brand d-neW coat of tan and some new
angles on fishing, wasn't just
casual affair with Franklin Delano
Roosevelt. The President is no
dilettante fisherman, like the Million
aire sportsmen who've been known
to hire small boys to hook tarpon for
them, and then, having the fish Sc
curely hooked. descend from the lux
urious comfort of their house boats to
play the fish
Franklin D. Roosevelt is fisherman
of the old school, man who'd rather
fish than do anything else in the
realm Of sport, a dyed-in-the-
angler who'll take what piscatorial
sport the moment and the opportuni-
W duOl QS-dIlu IKE IL. vi course,
being q somewhat busy man. it isn't
possible for the President to get away
from the Nations responsibilities like
any clerk with a Saturday afternoon
to-Monday-m morning holiday. But. like
the aforesaid clerk, Mr.. Roosevelt is
satisfied with the same sport the
clerk gets. 1t isn't common knowledge,
for example, that when the President
slips away for Saturday afternoon
Sunday morning trip on the yacht
Potomac he spends much Of his time
down the Potomac River fishing for
hardheads.
Hes real fisherman says
Steve" Early, one of the members of
the presidential Secretariat He'll
take what he can get in the way of
flshy fare any time he can get it.
And I think he gets as much kick
out of fishing for hardheads and
blueflSh with light tackle as any
man who ever dropped a line over
board"
So the lusty days Of Grover Cleve-
land, probably the "fishingest" Presi-
dent Of them all, are reincarnated in
Franklin D. Roosevelt You hear
and read lot about the trips he has
made to Great Abaco Banks, the
Evening star., 1937-07-10

or both were seriously injured in the
type of landing they would have had to
make, and I can't believe that is the
case, I think they are all right"
He HESITATED a moment. do
you agree with me?" he asked
with sudden, overpowering anxiety.
you've got q chance to be imper-
sonal. You've talked with all the diff
ferent agencies at work-do you think
I'm vrous?"
Evening star., 1937-07-10

aside from the fact that it's pref
ty difficult for any of us to be i'm
personal who have watched this thing
develop, Mr.. Putnam" told him, II
think you are right I've never be-
lieved anything else"
Night and day the Coast Guards
men at the radio station have been
on duty. Few OF them have had
more than four or five hours relief
over period as long Al - hours.
dr1mly, they stick 1t out, hard, metie-
Evening star., 1937-06-06

clock giving us something of the of evolution in these
FORMS would know approximately how many years had
taken to bring about the structural changes which almost
certainly We would learn what had been the effects of
inseeding and whether the animals fertile We would
aoVheher the fauna of this isolated plateau has the char
acter of other island faunas. The animals of small
surrounded by sometimes have tendency to become
Evening star., 1937-06-06

GRAND CANYON
THE TOPS
OF ITS HUGE
"iSLANDS"
HAVE BEEN
ISOLATED
FROM THE
"MAINLAND"
FOR EONS
From q painslns by
W. R. LsjoS
Evening star., 1937-06-06
Moeoziss Section
by Roy CHAPMAN ANDREWS

In the heart of the Grand Canyon rises
plateau on which man has never stood.
Scientists of the Natural History Museum
this year will attack its peri|ous barriers
and hunt it's hidden secrets.
Here is the first authentic story of what
science knows about this land -
and what it hopes to learn
Evening star., 1937-06-06


smaller As an example think of the fossil pgy elephant of
the Island of Malta
The closest physical connection of Shvas Temple with the
north rim of the canyon The mammals there differ from those
of the south All must have descended from small group OF
ancestors What characters will find the isolated forms?
1t is fine problem in genetcs.
There other interesting biological problems which
would be made clearer by study of this fauna which has been
isolated for many centuries think Of no more fascinating
world 1t would be rolling back the curtain of time to
glimpse life as those dim dark ages when primitive
ancestors first appeared upon the American continent
Wotans Throne, another mesa lies more than mile from
Cape Royal separated from the tip of the north rim of Grand
Canyon about mile long and half mile wide and thus does
not have great summit Shvas Temple Both
formed in way harder cap of crystalline limestone
protected the top of the from while the winds have
carved the main shafts into fantastic forms.
fit is possible will climb both Shvas Temple and Wotans
Throne but hope particularly ascend Sva Temple be-
cause of its larger summit Trails must first be cut to the foot
of the great mounds which the pateaus lie for both mesas
are in parts of Canyon where has walked
The National Park Service apprecang the scen
ic value of constituted them research
Special permission for the only upon
the the work would be of the highest quality and
that the results would be made available to the National Park
educational program and general science Director Ano Cam
merer promised the cooperation of the National Park Service
If aerial photographs show feasible route the SIDES
either of Shiva Temple Woans Throne, the work will be
undertaken this summer Until that information available
detailed plans the expedition be formed The personnel
will be selected only from the staff of the American Museum of
Natural History and the exploration will be carried on under the
direction of the institution.
Of course all work may to naught Shivas Temple
may still defy attempts of man to invade its sanctuary and
stand for generations in the broodng silence OF its
eternal isolation
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
URGE AID TO TERCENTENARY
All Towns of State Are Urged to
Cooperate in Swedish Fete

A plea that all Delaware COM
munities assist in entertaining Wis
itors in Wilmington during the
Swedish Tercentenary celebration
next year was made last week by
Mayor Walter w. Bacon of Will
mington at good will meeting
sponsored by the Dover Chamber
Of Commerce. Members Of various
service clubs, including the Rotary
and Kiwanis Clubs, were represent
ed in the gathering in the confer
ence at Dover. Members Of Coun-
Gil, headed by Mayor ]. Wallace
Woodford of Dover, also attended.
Mayor Bacon said that more than
10000 visitors are expected IN
connection with the celebration,
many Of them prominent people
from abroad. The mayor also ex-
planned the workings of the Will
mington city government. Vernon
Derrickson, president of the Dover
Chamber of Commerce, was in
charge.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
HOLLY SEASON
IN DELAWARE
CONTINUED From Page Onel

for the yearly growth in length
and consequently control the fu-
ture size of the tree. Cutting
should be made from the sides Of
branches, leaving two or three
inches Of each twig in place to
sprout new twigs. On large trees
ends Of the main branches and
leaders may be cut to keep the
trees from increased growth and
to produce denser foliage in later
years. On the large trees pruning
Of some interior branches may be
desirable to open up the crown
thus encouraging more frequent
berry crops. This year it is ex-
pected that in the gathering of
materials for use in the making of
holly Wreathes more persons will
follow the very good practice Of
carefully selecting and plucking
only the desirable small sprays,
thus not only saving themselves
from the transportation of unneed-
ed materials, but also leaving the
trees in good condition for produc-
ing suitable sprays for the follow
ing years crops. The custom of
selling the holly crop on a piece of
land to the cutters or shippers of
oox or spray holly is considered
the greatest threat to future Of
Delaware's annual holly crop. The
state Forestry Department and all
those who are interested in the
preservation Of the holly tree as a
source Of yearly revenue, or as a
thlng Of beauty, discourage this
sort Of transaction as it often re-
suits in butchery Of the trees and
lnelr resulting death, also irrepair-
ape damage being done not only
70 the landowner, but to all who
afe IA any way interested in the
green leaves and bright red berries
oI one Of the most beautiful trees
native to the State. Mr.. Taber
calls attention to drastic laws con-
cernlng the cutting or breaking Of
molly spray and states that any
landowner, his employee, or tenant
may arrest without warrant per-
sons found taking holly products
from the trees without the written
consent Of the landowner. "A for
ess officer will be assigned to holly
patrol duty on state owned forest
amos IN Glendale Swamp and the
t.edden State Forest for the dura-
tlon Of the season.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
JOBLESS BOARD ATTORNEYS
Named BY State Unemployment
Compensation Commission

The Unemployment Compensa-
tion Commission appointed Howard
Duane, Democrat, and Alexander
Jamison, Republican, as its legal
advisers. The appointments must
be approved by the Social Security
Board in Washington. Salaries
will be fixed later Dr. Charles M.
Wharton Of Dover, directro, said
the attorneys will give three days
Of their time each week to commits
sion work for the present, alternat-
ing on duty. Later, if legal work
piles up, they will give their full
time to the work. Officials of the
commission reported that the
amount Of contributions received
for the first nine months of 1887
has shown a steady increase during
the past few days, with but seven
days remaining in which employ
ers are to send in their contribu-
tions. Employers must pay Is
per cent Of their total payrolls as
contributions. a penalty for all
delinquents is provided under the
law.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
Miss Marvel Weds G. w. Phillip.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marvel of
Harrington announce the marriage
Of their daughter, Miss Evelyn
Jeanette Marvel to Mr.. G. Wright
Phillips, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Phillips of Delmar, formerly of
Harrington. The marriage took
place on October % in Ellzton. The
young people are at the home of
the bridegroom's parents at Del
mar.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
clerical staff of the Farmers Bank
at Dover.
NEW COLCHESTER FERRY
Corporation Purchases Boat From
New York to Put i'm Service

The COLCHESTER Lines, Inc, has
purchased a new ferry steamer for
service on the Tolchester-Balti
ferry. The vessel arrived at Bal
timore from New York on Thurs
day, and the company is expecting
to inaugurate daily ferry service
by December 1. a large force of
workmen has been at Colchester
repairing the pier which will be
ready sometime this week.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25

tutes for fresh milk are threaten
ing the milk industry. At the sec
ond days session B. Fl. Welty was
elected president; A. r. Marvel,
vice-president I. Ralph Zollers, sec
retary-treasurer of the Interstate
Milk Producers Cooperative, and
Cudtis 1. Cohee, president of the
Philadelphia Dairy Council.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
FOR SALE

Marlin Rifle, 25-20 Repeater,
pump action, fine condition, prac-
tically new. Price, $500.
Heavy mohair automobile Robe,
black on one side, dark greenother.
Price very reasonable.
Old English Boxwood Plants for
edging paths and borders. Price,
25c to $100 each. according to size.
MRS. III. G. TSCHUDY,
Phone 15S r 3 Smyrna. Del.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25

present utilization plan the dealer
the percentage he has
soid AZ fluid milk and pays the
idimer at the top rate for that per
eeitage Of his production. How
ever the delegates agreed, all mem
,.i,s Ders desiring to remain under the
1.iiizatlon plan could do so. Those
attending the session were also
eoid that synthetic calcium waters,
e'dporated milk and other substi-
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, Rec
tor, Announces Services for Week

st. Peters Episcopal Church,
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, rec
tor, makes the following announce
ments: Thanksgiving Day, union
service at the Methodist Church,
10 a. m. Sunday next, the first
in Advent, 7::3O a. m., celebration
of the Holy Communion; 10 a. m,
Church School; IL a. m, morning
prayer and sermon upon the Com
ing of Our Lord. Wednesday
next, meeting of the Woman's Aux
iliary in Christ Church, Milford,
with a service of the
Holy Communion.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
Death RECORD OF THE WEEK
tcon+inued from Page One)

Monday morning, November 22, at
Ia residence on Main Street IN
cn,vrna She was the daughter of
poniamin F. and Mary r. Blackls-
~ and was born at the Blackiston
bonoa farm near Blackiston's Cross
Roads but has spent practically all
Of her life in Smyrna. Miss Black
iston was of kindly, generous and
retiring disposition, devoted to her
home and family and Of exemplary
C,brictian character. Miss Black
iston left to survive her two sisters,
M. G. C. Hramonson and Mrs.
charles r. Massey, both Of Smyr-
W. Funeral services were held by
Rev F. M. Barton at her late resi-
dence at 2:3O o'clock Wednesday
afternoon last with interment in
tbe Blackiston family lot at Glen
wood NJ. E. Cemetery, Smyrna.
John n. Cook of Near Kenton
John N. Cook, aged 81, a well
known farmer of near Kenton, died
Sunday after being confined to his
home with heart trouble for more
than a year. He was a son of
George w. and Annie (Boyles)
Cook of Kenton. He was born,
raised and spent his early life in
the vicinity of Sudlersville, Md,
and about twenty years ago moved
TO Delaware where he has lived
ever since. He was known and es-
teemed in both communities. He
belonged to Independent Order Of
odd Fellows, and was a member
of the lodge at Sudlersville, Md.
Besides his wife, three sons and
two daughters survive him: w. ].
Cook. Kenton; j. Herman Cook,
CLAYTON; Aubrey Cook, Claymont;
Mrs. Elva Attix, Kenton, and Mrs.
Kennard Wooleyhan of Kenton.
He IL also survived by three broth
ers; Lester Cook, Downs Chapel;
George Cook, Jr., Of Kenton, and
Herman Cook Of Newark. F'uner-
al services were held yesterday,
Wednesday, at 1:3O, from his late
residence in Kenton in charge Of
Rev. Mr.. Landon, pastor Of Ken
ton M. E. Church, and interment
was in Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
NOTICE

Dead or disabled horses, cows
and mules removed FREE of
charge by calling DOVER TAO R
13. No animals removed unless call
is made Immediately and no an
imals dying from contagious dis
ease will be removed.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
Ernest WiIcutts Dies at Dover

Ernest Wilcutts, Sc years old,
died at his home in West Dover on
Sunday after a lingering illness.
He was the son Of Purnell Will
cults. He is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Bessie Wilcutts and eight
children. Funeral services We're
held from his late home yesterday
at 1.3O p. m. with interment at
Odd Fellows cemetery, Milford.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
WANTED

White woman, preferably over
35 years, general housework and
part care of baby; must live in;
fair wages for an industrious, hon
est and reliable person. Write
Layton, 7O1 Nottingham Rd., Will
mington. 11-25 2t
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Rev. j. w. Parkins, Pastor, An
nOunces Services for the Week

UUuHCtS StTNICtS IUT IHt WICK
The Church of Nazarene, Rev.
J. w. Parkins, pastor, announces
there will be a Thanksgiving ser
vice at 10 a. m, this morning at
the church. Congregation and
friends are invited to join in this
Thanksgiving service. Prayer
meeting will be held at 7:3O p. m.
Next Sunday there viii be Sunday
School at 9:45 a. M, and morning
worship at IL a. m. Junior ser
vice at $50 p. m; song and praise
service followed by evangelistic
service at 7:30 p. m.
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
Edward Ford Of CheswoId weds

Announcement has been received
Of the marriage of Miss Grace
Stewart of Detroit, Mich, and Mr..
Ellis Ford. The wedding took
place in Clearwater, Fla, on No
vember 13. Mr.. Ford is the young
est son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Ford of near Cheswold. For sew
eral years Mr.. Ford was ON the
Smyrna times., 1937-11-25
ASBURY Nj. e. CHURCH NEWS
Rev. DIR. j. w. COIona, Pastor, An
nOunces Services For the Week

The services at Asbury Method
ist Episcopal Church next Sunday,
November 28th, will be as follows:
The Church School will convene
promptly at 10 o'clock, Mr.. H. Q.
Jones, General Superintendent, in
charge; morning worship and ser
mon at II. The Euworth League
service at 6:45. The evening wor-
ship and sermon at 7:3O. The pub
lie cordially invited. Prayer ser
vice Wednesday at 7:3O p. m. The
Mite Society will hold the regular
monthly meeting after the prayer
service next Wednesday evening.