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Smyrna times., 1937-04-29
WE SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP
BUT WE SHALL ALL BE
CHANGED.

1st Cor. 1851
Communicated
BY w. D. Greene
When the cloud of His glory ap-
pears in the sky
And His Bride is caught up in
the air;
When our changed bodies unto
Him shall fly,
Fellow sinner! oh! will you be
there?
When the trumpet shall sound and
the shout goeth forth
Unto all who His coming await i;
From the west and the east, the
south and the north,
Will you enter with Him through
the gate?
Only those who are waiting and
watching will see
When He comes to this earth for
His Bride.
One will be left, while another
scars free,
Forever with Him to abide.
Forever with jesus how blessed
the thought!
How wonderous the love of His
heart.
For vile, sinful man, by His
precious blood bought,
And of His glory be given a
part.
Smyrna times., 1937-04-29
Engagement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Fell Ella
son, of Middletown, announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Elsie Paxson Eliason, to Francis
Hardy Moore, Sr., of Wayne, Pa.
Miss Eliason is graduate of Mid
dletown High School with a year
of postgraduate work. Mr.. Moore
is a graduate of Massachusetts, In
stitute of Technology, class of '34,
and is a civil engineer. Their
wedding will take place in June.
Smyrna times., 1937-04-29
SAFETY
|r,)UNCIL NEWS
II, Advice To Motorists
I, others on Care and
4 c,ution on Highways
.NTEREsT OF SAFETY

uome Safety committee OF
a.l.ware Safety Council. un-
Z leadership Of Mrs. Julia H.
sr points out that many
~ home accidents can be
Dstss by cleanliness and by
Mace for everything and
n ss;rg in its vlace. It is q
fact that the clean home is
~ home. Last year approx
~ $500 peprsons lost their
y through accidents occurring
j. y nome. Most of these fatal
.,,rts could have been prevent
A I cOuld thousands Of accidents
u less serious but are never
N I ! nainfll and disabling. Falls
i more than one-third of the
Z. accidents in the United Stat
r. more than half the falls are
II nth BY elderly persons.
III ,.rce number Of falls come
n. for want of a good steady
rsdder. A chair or a box is a
Er,rOus substitute for a good
q The number of falls is in
4 Il too. by poorly lighted
II, and Railways, by stair car
A. that is not securely fasten-
4 sgn, and by slippery floors
ssidding rugs. A child's
Gsng block or toy engine seems
Il ,Docent thing, but toys or
n small articles left on the
ar stairs where one may
M over them, often cause
ss injuries. About one-third
I home falls occur on stairs or
IN can prevent painful and per-
fatal falls in your own home
aking the following simple
buttons:
M NOT stand on chairs, boxes
5ndow sills to reach high
s. Use only strong and care
placed stepladders.
y Provide good lighting on
! and in halls, and keep toys
s.her small objects off stairs
ioOrs.
1 Place handholds on the wall
b the bathtub or put a rubber
On the bottom of the tub.
\ the coap pin the soapholder;
NJ lay it in the tub, you may
! On it and slip.
Do not leave articles lying in
4 pace where people might
q H fall over them.
#ale elderly persons have more
q their share of falls, the little
Smyrna times., 1937-04-29
HIGHEST COURT
u. A. AND WHY
Explained By L. ]. Taber, Ma
tiOnal Grange Master
and Others
WHY THE CONSTITUTION

A constitutional form of govern
ment and our American system of
freedom have given to our farm
ers larger liberties and opportun-
tiles than any other farmer in the
world. We have grown great and
can grow still greater under them,
but today we find we must fight
to preserve them. That is why we
so strenuously oppose the Presi-
dents plan to enlarge the Supreme
Court. That is Louis j. Taker, of
Columbus, Ohio, speaking. 1t was
Mr.. Taber who, on February 16, a
few days after Mr.. Roosevelt had
astonished the country with his
proposal to reform the Courts,
said: ''We doubt the wisdom of
giving to any President of the
United States, at any time, the
right to change the size of the
Court because of the age of its
members" He spoke then in be-
half of his national organization,
upon the authority of the Masters
of State Oranges throughout the
Country. They had voted, more
than to /, to take such a stand.
Why should farmers as class be
strong supporters of the American
system of Constitutional govern
ment? 1 ask.
Rural people live in the fresh air
of freedom and individual response
bility. They realize that their
property is unprotected against
tyrants on the one hand, and mobs
and lawlessness on the other. A
constitutional form of government
and our American system of free
dom have given to our farmers
larger liberties and opportunities
than any other farmer in the
world. We know what has hap
pened in Russia, Germany and
elsewhere, to land and homeowning
peasants. One of the darkest pages |
of this century is the liquidation"
of the millions of Kulaks in Russia |
by the present dictatorial govern |
ment of that country.
= Home Rule For Prosperity
Please explain simply why the
trainers of the Constitution decid /
ed that the central government |
should be given only few speci-
fed powers, with all other powers
retained by the states and the peo-
pple generally.
They did this because the Consti-
tutional delegates had seen the
evils that always result when a
distant central government tries
to manage the affairs of the people
in their local neighborhood. They
were used to home rule, and be
lieved that the personal interests
of the common man were safest in
the hands of his neighbors. Home
rule was the dominating idea. 1t
is, I believe, the dominating idea
with the farmers today. They want
home rule; that is why th>y OBJ
ject to any plan such as the Presi-
dents
Why of The Constitution
In other words, the delegates be-
lieved from experience that fed
GRAFTON of self-govrning states
would give the maximum of liber-
ty and prosperity.
That was their belief.
Pursuing that thought a little
further, they not only gave the
central government strictly limited
powers, but they split those pow
ers into three independent fields
executive, and judicial.
Why?
Because they had observed that
every government always tends to
extend its powers, to encroach on
lContinus1 % Fass Six9 /
Smyrna times., 1937-04-29

with the Presbytery in arranging
the services. Prior to the open
ing service the annual celebration
of the Friends of Old Drawers
will be held in the historic church
on Sunday, June 9th. The Rev.
Charles L. Candee, of Wilmington,
will deliver the sermon.
Smyrna times., 1937-04-29

Harry D. Pearce has been elect
ed assistant scoutmaster of Boy
Scout Troop No. "a, at Middle
town, by the troop committee. He
is assistant to Scoutmaster Will
liam D. Moore. Boy Scouts of
Troop No. "a spent last weekend
camping at Camp APPOINTMENTS
on Silver Lake. Each year through
the courtesy of the camp directors
the local Scouts are given the use
of the camp. They were accom-
panied by Scoutmaster William D.
Moore, Assistant Scoutmaster Har-
ry Pearce, and members of the
troop committee.
Smyrna times., 1937-04-29

Ernest P. Schrader, of Middle
town, chaplain of Wilmington
Chapter, No. 1, Disabled American
Veterans, addressed the veterans
in Columbus Hall, Fourth and
French streets, Wilmington, Tues
day night of last week. Joseph H.
Judge, commander. was in charge.
Two members were taken into the
organization. Announcement was
made of a nomination of officers to
be held May 4th. Homer G. Kins-
Ter, vice commander, was also a
speaker.
Smyrna times., 1937-04-29
Preparing For Fruit Season

The basket and crate factories
of lower Delaware are going at top
speed to, take care Of heavy fruit
and vegetable crops that are ex-
pected by the last of this month,
to be followed by strawberries and
blackberries.
Smyrna times., 1937-04-29
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

A trench cave-in on the sewer
project at Middletown buried w.
Garrett, negro, beneath six feet of
cinders and gravel for 20 minutes
Friday morning while co-workers
dug frantically to free his head.
Garrett was in the trench feeding
loose sand into the branching ma
chine when one bank caved in
without warning, completely bury
ing him.
G. Wallace Caulk, representing
the Caesar Rodney High School
Chapter of the Future Farmers of
America, won first place at the
Kent County F. F. A. public speak
ing finals held at Milford High
School on Wednesday morning of
last week. Saturday Caulk repre-
sented Kent County in the state F.
F. A. public speaking contest at
Henry G. Conrad School.
Smyrna times., 1937-04-29

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Evening star., 1937-03-01
FISCAL PLAN STUDY
DELAYED BYILLNESS
Several Members of Jacobs Staff
Unable to Appear Before
House Group.

Illness of several members Of the
staff of j. L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency
engineer, who directed the latest fiscal
relations survey. today caused Chair
man Collins of the House Subcom-
mittee on Appropriations, to postpone
the contemplated study Of the new
fiscal relations plan until next Mon
day.
Collins had arranged to hold q
joint meeting Wednesday Of his sub
committee and q special subcommittee
of the District Legislative Committee
of the House to analyze the Jacobs
report. Jacobs had been called as the
first witness.
Collins subcommittee continued
hearings today on the 1898 District
appropriations bill, taking up estimates
of agencies under the Board of Pub
lie Welfare which were not considered
Saturday. The witnesses included DR..
Edgar A. Bocock, superintendent OF
Gallinger Hospital DR.. Joseph w.
Peabody, superintendent of the adult
tuberculosis Hospital, and DR.. Daniel
L. Finucane, superintendent Of the
Children's tuberculosis Sanatorium at
Glenn Dale, Md.
This afternoons session Of the
subcommittee will be taken up chiefly
by discussion of a $1.465.0 emerg-
ency relief item in the 1888 budget
estimates.
Evening star., 1937-03-01

While more than 100 gypSies
watched mournfully, the body Of
Joseph John Alvariez, nephew of the
King of all the gypsies in the United
States, was laid to rest today in Mount
Olivet Cemetery beside the graves of
many other notables of the tribe.
After Father Frank J. Kelly of st.
Patrick's Church had conducted the
final rites. the men and gayly-be-
decked women, many sobbing loudly,
crowded around the grave for their
own last ceremony.
AS the coffin was lowered into the
grave, the King-Frank Mitchell
placed incense in a ladle, lighted it,
and waved it over the grave. Then
the gypsies, who came from all Sec
tions of the country, threw coins
quarters, nickels and dimes, on the
coffin.
This meant that if the deceased had
wronged any one or left any debts, he
would be able to pay for it with the
money.
Then King Mitchell tossed three
white candles alongside the casket so
Alvariez would not be in darkness in
the next world"
Wine Poured Into Grave.
Finally bottle of wine was brought
forth by the dead mans father. He
opened it and poured some into the
grave. The wine then was passed 10
the mother and then to the King, who
drank little of the wine and then
emptied the bottle over the casket.
The procession from the funeral
parlors of Wilson K. Huntemann, at
1011 Seventh street, to st. Patrick's
Church, where high mass was sung,
was led by 10-piece band, including
young girl clarinetist, under the di-
rection of Ralph Garren.
The final rites marked the end of
a three-day mourning period which
had attracted to the funeral estab-
lishment many gypsies, who came to
sing, pray and console the parents,
widow and children of Alvariez. Most
of them had stayed there since early
Friday morning, when Alvariez died.
Alvariez, 37-year-old coppersmith,
died at his home, 923 Fifth street.
After the ceremony at the funeral
parlors, the casket was closed, and
several of the men, some of them old
and gray haired. carried it to the
hearse as the band played Chopin's
Funeral March"
The procession halted at Tenth and
streets and the men carried the
coffin to St. Patrick's Church block
away, walking slowly behind the
band.
Widow, Children Attend.
Alvarez widow and their four
children walked with the mother di-
rectly behind the coffin. The widow
wore no gayly-colored shawl, as did
most of the other women, some Of
whom wore fur coats over their flow-
cred dresses. The procession from
the funeral parlors to the church and
then to the cemtery was led by q
police escort
King Mitchell, 52-year-old man
Evening star., 1937-03-01
May Ask Girls Aid
To Induce Boys to
Join School Band
Professor of Military
Tactics Says Idea Was
Successful Else,chere.

Girls at Woodrow Wilson High
School may be asked to try to induce
fellow students Of the opposite sex to
join the school band should other re-
cruiting efforts fail. Col. Wallace M.
Craigie. professor of military science
and tactics of Division 1-9, indicated
today.
The efficacy of feminine persuasion
as a means of increasing enrollments
was brought home to Col Craigie a
few years ago when an extra company
of cadets was needed at Roosevelt
High School to make up battalion.
II suggested to the girls at a mass
meeting that they use their influence, +"
the colonel explained. Next day I
had so many applications I could not
handle them all" A similar meeting
may be called at woodrow Wilson in
the near future, he added.
With its present membership Of l8,
the band can hardly be heard in q
stiff breeze, and both Col. Craigie and
Principal Norman ]. Nelson feel that
10 more members are needed.
Several other methods of getting
new members have been tried, but
without success.
Evening star., 1937-03-01
BAND CONCERT.

BY the Marine Band in the audi
torium at pm. tomorrow. Capt.
Taylor Branson. leader; William F.
Santelmann, assistant:
Overture, Youth Triumphant"
Hadley
March, "Col. Joyce's Regiment"
Boyce
Song. Then You'll Remember Me-"
Balfe
Descriptive:
(a) I'm a Bird Sttr." -Orth
CO Lets All Sing Like the
Brides Sing --Hargrave
Pilgrims Chorus and Song to the
Evening Star" from Tam
hauser" Wagner
Song, "Smilin' Thru" Penn
Land of My Fathers" (hymn).
March, Men of Harlech"-- Robinson
"Welch Rhapsody $1,000 German
March, THE Royal welCh Fusileers,"
Sousa
Hymn, "AberSthwyth."
Marines Hymn, THE Halls Of
Montezuma."
"The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1937-03-01

often improved with substantial build
ings, Is the problem that confronts
most cities in its street-widening
activities"
The cost of the downtown" K
street proposal is estimated at some
100000.
1t is proposed to keep intact the
present roadway, which is approxi-
mately so feet wide. Between the
two building lines on this portion of
the thoroughfare there Is q width of
about 148 feet.
The plan. therefore, is to construct
20-foot service roadway on eitiser
side Of the street. on property already
under municipal control. leaving be-
tween the service roadways and the
roadway Of the present street islands,
each II feet wide, retaining on these
the trees now along the curbs Also,
there would be public sidewalks on
each side which would be 18 feet
wide.
In keeping with such a plan, no
parking or stopping of automobiles
would be permitted on either side of
the main roadway on K street be-
tween Ninth street and Connecticut
avenue. When a stop was desired.
the driver would turn his vehicle
into the service driveway, which
would be sufficiently wide to permit
parking on one side, leaving the
other free for traffic.
Evening star., 1937-03-01

Most Of the properties abutting X
street in the limits specified are used
for commercial purposes. Thus, the
service roadways would bring traffic
closer to the doors of the business
houses, Capt. Whitehurst explained.
The deslrability of this point, he
said. was illustrated with the widening
Of Connecticut avenue, where business
houses prior to the widening there
had been set back rather far from
the avenue traffic He said business
men had praised the result.
Under the proposed plans, there
would be no service drives developed
abutting Franklin Square or Farragut
In these Government areas needing
the service lanes. Parking would not
be permitted on the main roadways
along these parks, and motorists
would have to go to another block
TO park If they wished to stop at
these parks.
The proposed widening, now being
considered by the Commissioners,
would be done in two sections The
first would be K street from Twelfth
street to Connecticut avenue. Capt
Whitehurst describes that section of
the thoroughfare as one of the most
congested in the District at rush
hours
Merit: The Georgetown bypass
Evening star., 1937-03-01
CASES DROPPED
IN SNOW PARKING
Corporation CounseI's Office
Issuing mo Papers"
After Ruling.

Following a decision by Corporation
Counsel Elwood Seal on Saturday.
officials of the Police Court corpora
ton counsel's office today were issuing
mo papers" on snow-removal cases
brought before them by police. There
were a half-dozen cases in TRAFFIC
Court before Judge John P. Mcmahon
and these were continued indefinitely
to await the outcome of an appeal by
the District from a decision of Judge
Edward NJ Curran declaring the reg
ulation invalid
Today's actions followed the un-
expected decision by Judge Curran,
who sat on the Traffic Court bench
Saturday as a substitute for Judge
Isaac r. Hit. Judge Hit had held
the regulation, which prohibits park
ing on certain streets between and
am. to be valid only when there
was snow on the ground. He had
been taking personal bonds of all per-
sons arraigned before him charged
with violating that particular regu-
lation.
Judge Curran, who declared the
second of the three snow-removal
regulations that have been promul-
gated by the Commissioners invalid,
declared the latest one to be just as
unconstitutional as the one on which
he had previously ruled.
1t was following this ruling that
officials decided to issue no more
tickets for violating the regulation
pending the outcome of an appeal
which will be filed by the corporation
counSels Office.
Evening star., 1937-03-01

office might be merged into the Office
Of the architect in the Treasury; the
District Fairgrounds might be placed
under the Parks Service, :. in the
Interior Department; the workhouse
and. reformatory at Occoquan and
Lorton might be turned over to the
Federal Prison Industries. The Board
Of Education, the Industrial Home
School and the National Training
School might be allocated to the Fed
eral Office Of Education. Gallinger
Municipal Hospital, the Children's
tuberculosis Sanitarium, the Tuber-
culosis Hospital and the entire Dis
trict Health Service might be turned
over to the Public Health Service.
The zoning Commission might be
given to the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. The
corporation counsel's Office might be
turned in to the Department Of JUS
tice. The entire Engineering De-
partment. the Water Department and
the Public Utilities Commission
might be transferred to the Engineer
Corps in the War Department. AL
public welfare activities might be
given to the new Social Security
Board and eventually into the pro-
posed new Department Of Social Wei
fare,
Evening star., 1937-03-01
MANY ARE INJURED
IN TRAFFIC CASES
Four Hurt in Crash of Auto
and Truck on Benning
Road.

Nearly a dozen persons were injured,
two seriously. in traffic mishapS in
the District and on nearby highways
during the past "a hours.
Four of the victims were hurt In
one accident, crash between an
automobile and a truck a. Benning
road and Oklahoma avenue northeast
early today.
Mrs Margaret Jane Carroll. Al.
and Mrs. Margaret Salter. 20. both Of
SIG Roxboro place; George Tucker, q.
Of Seat Pleasant, Md, and Edward
Wall, %. of 623 South Carolina ave-
nue., were taken to Casualty Hospital.
Charged With Reckless Driving.
All were passengers in car operated
by Jesse Salter, 20. of the Roxboro
place address, who was charged with
reckless driving and released under
$500 bond after colliding with a truck
driven by Thomas Delazeter. 81, Of
406 Twelfth street southeast.
Physicians said Mrs. Carroll and
Mrs. Salter may have fractured skulls.
Tucker is believed to have a broken
leg and Wall broken ankle.
Injured in an accident near Anna
polls. Md, William j. Coughlin. 38
of COS Hamilton street, was brought
to Casualty Hospital by the Prince
Georges County rescue squad. but, ac-
cording to police, refused to stay in
the institution although it was said
he may be seriously injured.
Nan Howard. 18. of O.. K street
northeast was treated a Sibley Hos
pital for brain conclusion and scalp
cuts after a car in which she was
riding struck a truck on the Balti-
more Boulevard near College Park.
The machine was driven by Hyman
Sotzsky, IS, of GOT Florence street
northeast, police said.
A collision between a private auto
mobile and a Capital Transit Co. bus
resulted in head injuries tc Gumma
Payne, SIS, colored, of Arlington, Va.
The car was operated by John S.
Parks, IS, colored. of Soutf Washing
ton, Va, and the bus by Alfred e.
Benis, So, of 1918 G street southeast.
The accident occurred at Twelfth and
F. streets southwest.
Motor Cyclist Injured.
Lawrence D. Harris, 20, colored, 2O7
I street, suffered scalp and leg in
juries when his motor cycle struck
an automobile at Second and F streets.
He was taken to Casualty.
Herbert Nash. 81, colored, 1887 Cor
coran street, was treated at Garfield
Hospital for head and rib injuries
received when he. was struck by an
automobile in the 1900 block of Four
teenth street.
George Brown, So, colored, rs P
street, driver of an Animal Rescue
League Truck, suffered wrist injuries
after a tire blew out and caused the
vehicle to turn over on Benning road
near Kingsman Lake. He was treated
at Casualty.
Frances Vermillion, 18, Of Mount
Calvert, Md, was treated at Casualty
for hip injuries and shock after an
automobile in which she was riding
was In collision with another machine
in the 1900 block of Benning road.
Miss Vermillion was passenger in
the car of Walter Jackson, SO, who
gave his address as the National
Training School for Boys.
Evening star., 1937-03-01
Bandits Get $l27 after Tying
Bus Driuer to Steering Wheel
Operator Summons Aid
by Sounding Vehicles
Horn With Foot.

Two bandits robbed Capital Tran
sit Co. bus driver of $127.50 early today
and left him tied to the seat Of his
darkened bus at Thirty-sixth and p
streets.
The driver, Thomas D. Shipley, 40l2
Third street, told police that two
well-dressed men boarded the bus at
Wisconsin avenue and P street shortly
before am. No other passengers were
on the vehicle at the time.
After riding a few blocks, one Of
the men asked Shipley:
Aren't you tired Of driving?"
eyes, I am" answered Shipley. who
later explained he Is accustomed to
receiving such inquiries from sociable
passengers.
We'll. pull up!" the passenger Or
dered, drawing revolver.
Working methodically. the hold-up
men relieved Shipley OF $40 in bills
and his fare box, containing $3.50 in
dimes. Then they tied Shipley's hands
to the steering wheel, turned out the
lights and made their escape on foot.
Shipley. his hands bound so tightly
that they became numb. managed to
raise his foot and swing it to the
center of the wheel to sound the horn,
attracting the attention of Irene
Barnhill, 1922 Thirty-sixth street
Garland Sellers. 1929 Wisconsin
avenue, who was summoned by the
woman, released Shipley.
Several other week end robberies
also were reported to police.
The show window of the Marx jew
elry store at 701 Seventh street was
stripped of an undetermined amount
Evening star., 1937-03-01
Old Gypsy Ceremonial Used
As Nephew of ''Kmg'' Is Buried
Coins Thro,on on Coffin, Vine Poured
Into Craze in Mount OIiuet as
Part of Funeral Service.

with gray-streaked black hair. spotted
reporter as the cars were about to
leave the church
please say in your paper" he said
in broken English, that don't know
how to thank the city Of Washington,
and the superintendent Of police, for
the way they helped us in the funeral.
We all are grateful. and hope I can
do something to repay it."
King Mitchell was " .arine q con-
servative oxford gray suit under .
heavy dark fur coat.
There appeared to be an argument
between some members Of the tribe
as to just who was their king. Some
pointed to an aged. white haired man
and said, Hes the king" The man
was Emil Mitchell. uncle of Frank
Mitchell. Emil, they said, is 95 years
old.
The majority, however, appeared to
accept Frank Mitchell as their king.