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tied States and e.ght associate justices"
 This is plain language, which only Congress can change; and under existing circumstances there is not the slightest assur- ance that even the overwhelming Democratic majority in the new Congress would consent to a re- constitution of the court to fit the Roosevelt policies. Still, i: might if the House insisted.
 Perhaps Biding Time
 Is it possible that the court it. self will be influenced in it's fu- ture decisions by the happenings of November 8?
 Repeatedly the court has en- phasized that this is democracy subject to the will of the people. Repeatedly it has referred to the constitution as a flexible instru- ment, always to be construed in the light of conditions at the mo. ment. Can a popular landslide enter into such considerations? Of course only the justices them- selves can answer that.
 Finally, what about a consti- tutional amendment to reverse the court? Could such an amend ment possibly be phrased in terms which would satisfy the requisite two thirds of the Senate and the House, not to mention the 36 states needed for ratification? It would seem an ambitious under taking.
 These questions ask themselves in profusion. The court goes its way. The President keeps sil- ent. Perhaps after all, he means only to mark time waiting for the laws of mortality to super sede all other laws. Six of the nine justices are past 70. II would be remarkable, indeed, il appointment to fill several vacar cies did not automatically come the way of the second Roosevelt administration.
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Supreme Court
 Problem Interest
 Many Americans
(Rv The Associated Press)

(Bv The Associated Press)
 WASHINGTON, Jan.-Quite naturally in view of the result of the November election, the Su- preme Court is the subject of con siderable discussion. Technical ly far removed from politics, it nevertheless stood figuratively in the very midst of the fray.
 It was the court which put up the barrier against many of those key policies which President Roosevelt defended during the campaign. and a return to whi- oh he advocated, at least inferen- tially.
 It was the court to whose sup port Governor Landon exhorted his followers, and for whose in- tervention he thanked Providen- ce and the founding fathers over and over.
 And when the arguments were ended, two states gave their votes to Landon, 46 to Roosevelt.
 Congress Sets Number
 Among the whole range of questions raised by the election there is none more complex than this: Will an attempt now be made to interpret this action of the electorate, translating it into action by the government And if so, how,
 Speculation on this subject has been travelling a devious way No one pretends to know the an. swer definitely.
 One story whispered about ir minor official circles in Washing. ton, is that authority has beer found in existing law for presi. dential appointment of additional members of the highest court, & that MT. Roosevelt intends tt take advantage of it, naming jus. tices of his own way of thinking
 A search of the statutes fails tC disclose any such authority. The constitution left the number oi justices to Congress. The first congressional act, passed in l789 provided for six. Six times since the law has been amended. The latest act, passed in 1869 and stil in effect, reads:
 That the supreme court of the United States shall hereafter cor sist of the chief justice of the Un.
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Fuselage, Remains
 Post Airplane Are
 Destroyed Barrow
(By The Associated Press)

POINT BARROW, Jan. 17th- The fuselage remains of the ill., fated monoplane that carried Will Rogers and Wiley Post to their deaths on August l5, 1885, was destroyed last Saturday at the request of Mrs. Post who ra- dioed here.
 Mrs. Post and party made sev- eral attempts to fly from Fair banks to Barrow last summer. but unfavorable weather prevent ed the journey.
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PIONEERS ATTENTION

fIONEENS Al IENIION Regular Meeting of IglOO NO.1, at St. Joseph's Hall, Wed. Jan 20, at s P M.
 DAVE GRAY, Secretary
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The old warrior from Idaho, al- though failing in his attempt to get the COP presidential nomina- last spring, was returned to the halls of the national congress by Idahoans. It is expected BOrah will take an active part in mat ters of legislation, paramount to him. of which will be the ques- ton of neutrality and U. s. pol icy toward Europe. CAP PhOtO)
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The Washington times., 1937-11-12
LEWIS SCOUTS
Sd Term TALK

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt will not be offered,
nor will he accept third term,
according to Senator j. Hamilton
Lewis CD, of Illinois who re-
turned here from Europe in the
United States liner Washington.
Said Senator Lewis. There has
been a constant jabbering about
President RooSevelt's third term
as there was also for President
Theodore RooSevelt'S.
President Roosevelt would not
accept because he would recognize
that the public is opposed TO q
third term and that it may lead to
a series of continuous terms which
would follow into dictatorship in
violation of American principles
Of democracy.
For myself see no such dan
ger. For I see no chance of Pres
ident Roosevelt being presented
with the opportunity of accepting
iC if he were"
Senator Lewis brought back a
satisfactory" settlement proposal
for consideration of the State De.
partment concerning one hundred
million dollars of German bonds
held by a group of private Amer
lean industrialiSts, whom he rep
resented in negotiations.
The Washington times., 1937-11-12
"AUTO-RAILER"
RULING ASKED

The Arlington and Fairfax Auto
Railroad Company has carried to
the United States District Court
its fight for permission to operate
its 'auto.railer cars on District
streets.
Attorneys for the company filed
suit for a writ of mandamus to
compel the Public Utilities Com
mission for the District to con-
slider its application to enter the
District with it's cars and Justice
Daniel w. O'Donoughue signed q
rule requiring the commission to
show cause on November 20 why
the petition should not be granted.
The company operates II cars
Of 30 passenger capacity within
the confines of Arlington and
Fairfax counties, it is alleged and
has its nearest terminal at Ross
lyn, near the Virginia end Of Key
Bridge.
1t is claimed by the company
that it has always operated under
a license of the Interstate Com
mission and no further permit is
necessary because the proposed
new operation does not include
IAN extension of it's railroad lines. :"
Instead the operation in the Dis
trict will be by means of its bus
wheels.
The Washington times., 1937-11-12

far over the yardarrn. Only min
eral water and nothing more-ex-
cept a spot of English tea-until
cocktail time, according to the in
Structions, and then only a light
cocktail, not one of those low hit
the-deck or sideswipe varieties.
SIMPLE DINNER
With his cocktail, the duke was
prepared to take canapes of liver
paste, Westphalian ham and small
cheese tidbits akin to the Welsh
rabbit. Claret was to be served
at dinner but no white wines or
champagne.
Dinner was to be simple. The
duke likes his food but he likes it
plain. His instructions called for
short-order steaks, outlets or
chicken, duck or guinea hen under
glass, la Lucullus Beebe. With
coffee, the duke was to rate a spot
of brandy.
The duke doesn't like mustard
in his French dressing but he
likes a dark red carnation in his
buttonhole. The duchess likes
flowers in her room and on her
dining table but if she never sees
roses again that's all right, too.
The Washington times., 1937-11-12
Germany Halls
Fascist Brazil

BERLIN, Nov. IL Q.N.S).-In-
sisting it is preserving an attitude
of "non-interference," the German
government today nevertheless
hailed with undisguised joy the
establishment of a Fascist dicta-
torship in Brazil. Members of the
government from Reichsfuehrer
Hitler down read with keen inter-
est news and diplomatic dispatches
telling of the new constitution de-
creed by President Getulio Vargas
which establishes totalitarian
state along German-Italian lines.
The Washington times., 1937-11-12
THREE SUICIDES
RECORDED HERE

Certificates of suicide have been
issued by Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald in the deaths of three
persons here yesterday.
A man who preferred to remain
unknown registered at a hotel in
the 600 block of F st. N. w. as A.
G. Erdanan, of Baltimore, and
drank poison. In a note, he said
IT am nobody from nowhere
and belong to the unknown. Just
pronounce me dead on Armistice
Day. I am ready for the big
parade"
A note was left by Mrs. Eleanor
Delozier, SO, of the 1900 block
Evarts st. N. E., an employee of the
Veterans Administration, who took
her own life by inhaling gas
fumes. She told her sons, Joseph,
IL, and Phillip, IA, she was mot
happy"
Kenton F. Murray, 81, news
paper correspondent, who was
found slumped over a table in the
kitchen of his home in the 1900
block of Biltmore st. N. W., took
his life by gas.
Henri A. Oudot, SO, chauffeur
for Major GiSt Blair for four
years, shot himself in the Blair
home in the 1900 block of Pennsyl-
vania Ave. N. W., police reported.
He is in Emergency. Hospital,
where he is said to have a favor
able chance for recovery.
The Washington times., 1937-11-12

Not in alphabetical order, but in
place of honor at the head of
the list were Der HerZog und die
Herzogin Won Windsor"
This was the only souvenir of
the duke and duchess available to
the ships 1,049 passengers, most
of whom had expected to regale
their children and their children's
children with personal reminis-
cenceS of when I crossed the At
lantic with the Windsors."
TIE DUKES WISHES!
But if the duke and duchess
were in absentia, the elaborate IN.
structionS regarding their prefer
enceS on such a trip were avail.
able. Before the haSty, last.min-
ute cancellation of the voyage,
George H. zeidler, manager of the
Sun Deck Restaurant, had received
from the dukes equerTy, Dudley
Forwood, several typewriter pages
describing the ducal preferences
in thiSa and thata in minutest de-
tail.
So now it can be told that the
duke, if not actually on the
wagon, at least has leg up.
Nothing but mineral water was
to pass his lips until the sun was
The Washington times., 1937-11-12
Election Decided
By Flip of Coin

MARYSVILLE, Ohio, Nov. IL
G.N.S0.-The flip of a coin de.
cided today which Of two men
would be trustee of Jackson town.
ship.
Confronted with the announce
ment by the election board that
they were tied with 266 votes
each, Fred D. Bevis and D. w.
Wasserback both told the board :
Lets flip a coin" Bavis won.
The Washington times., 1937-11-12
She Smells Shot,
Finds Mate Dead

HASTINGS, Mich, Nov. IL
GN.SO.-The acrid SMELL of burn.
ing powder told deaf Mrs. Dell
Newton something was amisS al
though she could not hear a gun.
shot. She called police and they
found her husband dead from a
self-inflicted shotgun wound. New
ton was II. Poor health was
blamed.
The Washington times., 1937-11-12
MaryGarden
Finds Life
BubbLy

NEW YORK, Nov. IL (C.TP.SO.
Like a glass of champagne
that's how it feels to be retired
opera star, Mary Garden said
today.
IT can smoke when please,
do anything want, and I don't
have to worry about having to
sing" she said.
The former diva, now a talent
scout for Metro Goldwyn Mayer,
returned on the Bremen.
The Washington times., 1937-11-12
Two Lose Lives
In Train Plunge

PULGA, Cal, Nov. IL U.N.S0.
The locomotive of the Western Pa
cities San FranciSco-to-Salt Lake
City scenic limited plunged 100
feet into the Feather River near
here, instantly killing Engi-
neer Harry S. Pottee and Fireman
L. C. Charmoneau. The trains IL
passenger cars were not derailed.
A huge boulder, swept down the
mountainside during a heavy
storm, derailed the locomotive.
The Washington times., 1937-11-12
DID WRIGHT SPY
ON PAIR? POLICE
ASK IN INQUIRY
Defense to Build Case
On Sterilization

GLENDALE, Cal. Nov. IL
0.N.SO Did Paul A. Wright spy
on his pretty wife, Evelyn, former
Detroit socialite, and his best
friend" John Kimmel, before kill
ing them as they sat on a piano
bench?
On that theory, authorities to-
day probed the white flame" STAY
ing of the pair by Wright. one OF
the nations foremost aviation
traffic experts and manager OF
the Union Air Terminal at Bur
bank.
MIRROR Barred SCENE
Wright claimed he came out of
his bedroom shooting wildly while
in a blind rage. But, investigators
re-enacting the double killing, said
that Wright could have looked
from his bedroom into mirror in
the living room and watched Mrs.
Wright and Kimmel as they sat
drinking a highball and embrac-
ing as he said he found them.
Meanwhile, County Autopsy
Surgeon A. F.. Wagner declared
that eight out of nine shots fired
by Wright struck his victims.
ut seems to me that it would
have been impossible for a per-
son firing blindly as Wright told
police he did, to place eight out
Of nine bullets with such deadly
accuracy" Wagner said.
FATHER VISITS HIM
Wright came close to breaking
following a brief visit with his
father, DR.. j. j. Wright, dentist,
who rushed here from Milwaukee
to aid his son.
Authorities also expressed open
interest in disclosures that the
Wrights had been on the verge of
separation several times in the
past year. At one time, Mrs.
Wright consulted an attorney
about a divorce.
The Washington times., 1937-11-12
Bremen, DukeleSs,
A DanelesS Hamlet
By NANCY RANDOLPH

NEW YORK. Nov. 12-Like Hamlet" without the Melan-
choy Dane the North German Lloyd liner Bremen into
New York yesterday without the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
But like Abou Ben Adhem their led all the rest in the
passenger list of the luxury liner which they had booked
passage for their cancelled trip to the United States
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-10
THE CHRISTMAS SEALS

For many years, the American
people have been buying Christmas
seals to aid the campaign against
tuberculosis. The Christmas card
or gift goes not seem quite festive
or complete, unless decorated with
these pretty little seal pictures.
They tell story of warmth and
friendliness,. of helping hands held
out to aid the needy, of health meas
ures taken to save the community
from one of the greatest perils by
which it is menaced.
If people could be so well trained
that practically all of them would
do the things necessary to stamp out
great cloud of appre-
hension and sorrow would be lifted
from many homes. Let us do our
part here in Milford to aid this cam
Daign of education.
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-10
HOLLYVILLE
Personals

Personals
Mrs. Amanda Stevenson spent las
Sunday as the guest of her sister
Mr.. and Mrs. Maribel Markham o
New Castle.
The Hollymount Demonstration
Club will meet at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Neva Phillips on Satur-
day evening, December IL. This will
be Christmas meeting of the men,
bers and their families. Gifts will be
exchanged. Games and refreshments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Joseph and Mrs.
Clara Joseph were the weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn Alte-
mus and family of Wilmington.
Joseph C. Wilson who had the mis-
fortune to have one of his legs brok-
en- while in the employ of the Della
ware State Highway Department, is
able to work with the aid of crut-
ches.
Opossum Seeks Auto for Warmth
When n certain young man of near
this place opened the door of his
automobile on one of the cold NOR
nings of last week, he found large
oppossum lying on the back seat
very comfortably taken care of. 1t
is presumed that the animal was in
a chilly mood and the warmth and
COziness of the automobile appealed
to his pleasure for that evening at
least. What happened to him can
best be imagined.
Farmer Dies While Rabbit Hunting
John Scott, 81 years o fage, while
rabbit hunting with his son George
on his farm near here, was sudden
ly stricken with a heart attack and
to attract the attention of his son.
who was some distance away from
him. fired his gun. When his son
reached him he was unable to do /
for him and he died within 4
a few minutes. He had been in poor |
health for the past year. He is sur
vived by his mother, Mrs. Jane Scott
of Rehoboth, SO years old, several
sisters and brothers; four sons. and |
cne daughter, Mrs. Luther Price of |
Rehoboth. His wife. LYDIA Scott. died |
March of this year. The family has
the sympathy of the entire neigh
borhood.
Afr: aHds Mrss SEm- AssRHssEand |,
daughter Marian motored to Sails
bury, Md, Saturday on shopping
tour.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Prettyman
attended the funeral of Mrs. Joe
Lewis at Loves Cross Roads on
sunday.
IRA Stevenson is still on the sick
let
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-10

the light of day again.
IL the country press of the ma
tion accurately reflects the temper
of the American people, the issue is
dead indeed.
The Industrial News Review re-
Gently sent a QUESTIONABLE to 1926
countr ypapers asking four direct,
non-leading questions concerning
possible court changes. More than
$500 papers replied. Proposed leg
islation that would permit the presi-
dent to appoint additional justices.
was opposed by 90.4 per cent; 71.6
per cent were opposed to the propo-
sal that a two-thirds vote Of the
court be required to declare acts OF
Congress unconstitutional; ~ per
cent were opposed to any bill forcing
justices to retire at an age fixed by
law. And SS.3 per cent were OPP
posed to constitutional amendment
limiting the authority OF the court |
over acts of Congress.
There was a remarkable consist
ancy in the views of editors in far
states, showing sentiment
solidified against court changes, ir-
respective of sectional politics and
ceilings. The completed question
laires. together with a multitude Of
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-10
INTERESTING NOTES FOR THE
FARMERS

Muddy water is danger signal
warning that topsoil is bein,
washed off fields. Strip cropping
with alternating clean-cultiyatet
and close-growing crops, is one Of
the best ways to reduce this loss
say scientists of the Soil Conserva.
tion Service.
During, or right after a hard rain,
water is muddy as It enters the
upper side of close-growing strips
from the clean-cultivated areas. On
the lower side of the close-growing
strips. run-off water has decreased
in volume and is much clearer. The
change is caused by the dense veg
citation which filters out soil parti-
cles and impedes water flow. allow
ing more moisture TO penetrate the
soil.
On steep slopes a larger number
of comparatively narrow strips
check soil losses more successfully
than a few wide strips, the soil spe-
cialists say. A visit to the nearest
Soil Conservation Service demon
stration area, where strip cropping
has been planned carefully and put
into practice on number of farms,
will help the farmer in laying plans
for his own farm.
&ss
Delaware farmers can save more
than half the money they spend on
farm machinery repair by using a |
little grease and then storing the |
farm equipment under cover be-
tween seasons"
This statement was made recently
by Russell Ramp, instructor in Ag-
ricultural Mechanics at the Univer-
sity of Delaware, after a trip over
he State where he noted that many
farmers leave their farm machinery
IN the open during the winter
nCnths.
He said that the practice of leav-
ng farm equipment i'm the open was
costing farmers of Delaware many |
thousands of dollars each year. Cit
ng an example of the high cost of
pen storage. Ramp said that after
light years of open weather storage,
me grain binder consumed approx
mately fifty dollars in repair and
abor to get II into first class oper-
ting condition. The same binder
ept In proper storage, he said,
rould have cost less than ten dol
ars to keep it in good repair for !
welve or thirteen years.
Ramp pointed out that the use of
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-10
CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING

AS Christmas approaches, the news
papers blossom out with crowd of
ads. They will probably carry a
greater volume of advertising during
the present December than ever be-
fore in any single month. Without
such announcements of the things
the stores are offering. the styles
that will prevail, the prices that will
be asked, these concerns could not
possibly expect to work of the enor-
nous stocks they have assembled in
of the holiday.
If these advertisers find such ad-
vertising necessary to sell their
stocks, why is it not equally neces-
sary for all who have things to
sell?
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-10
THE TOY WORLD

What dreams of toys fill the
minds of the children, as Christ
mas draws near? You can see them
fiattening their noses against the
windows of stores. gazing open
mouthed at the wonders the toy
makers have produced for their de-
light. You can't wonder that the
child's whole heart longs with an
unutterable desire for the posses
sion of these things.
The toy is the tool which the
child uses to test out his powers,
and see what he can do with his
hands and eyes. Also it is kind of
revelation that shows him new
forces which he had not realized.
and makes him desire to understand
and control those forces.
Children have a keen desire to do
the things done by adults. They
long to think of themselves as big
men and women. When you give a
boy a little spade or hammer or
cart, he is supremely happy to imag-
inc himself as digging up the gar
den, building a house, or transport
ing material. 1t is his first step in
the world of work. The boy who
loves to play with such miniature
tools will probably be industrious |
and reliable in the world of grown
up tools.
The wonder that entrances the |
child when he sees some clever me-
chanicaI toy, makes him want to
know and understand the ingenious
devices that make the little railroad
train run, or the little automobile do
its stunts on the parlor rug. The
girl with her dolls gets her first
glimpse into the deep heart of ma
ternity, and is inspired to seek know
ledge of home tasks.
Thus the toy world wakes up the
child mind and gives it foretaste
of the activities of life for which
the small folks are preparing.
Milford chronicle., 1937-12-10
Milford, Friday, December 10, 1887
HOLIDAY GIVING

Do people spend too much money
on Christmas gifts? Some people
think so, and say that in many cases
these gifts represent kind of trade.
which givers and receivers would
gladly terminate, were it not for the
fear of giving offense.
If you could ask all your friends
no wfar they would like to abandon
this custom, few of them would seek
any change. They would say they
make these offerings purely from
free will, and get more pleasure out
of them than in buying things for
themselves.
In former ages of history, gifts
were offered largely to buy favor
and friendly relations. In early colo
nial days gifts plyaed large part
in winning the favor of the Indians.
If some colony was niggardly in
these gifts, the red warriors be-
came sour, and in mood to go on
the warpath and seek out some CORY
paleface scalps.
If the colony changed its policy
and handed over rich stores of traps
and tools and guns which the In
dians wanted, the red men became
very brotherly, and peace was apt to
reign. So it has usually been in the
more primitive life of nations. If war
threatened, peace might often be
purchased by an embassy which
brought rich presents.
Some people offer gifts in that
spirit today, but favor bought with
gifts usually dries up when the
memory of the gift grows stale. 1t
is one of the signs of world pro-
gress, that now as usual thing
gifts represent real friendship and
love. The heart of the world is
growing bigger. Its principal re-
gret at the Christmas season is that
there are stilLvery many for whom
Christmas 'frings little good cheer
and happiness. Our Christmas CIV
ing will not be all it should be,
until such ones are remembered and
given their share of happiness.