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Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
DRAFT MILK CONTROL BILL
Meet AAA Officials Before Talking
to Legislative Group

Final drafting of a milk control
act, to be presented at this session
of the Legislature, will be delayed
until representatives of the dairy
industry in Delaware have had an
opportunity to confer with AAA
officials in Washington. The legis-
lative committee, appointed by
milk producers 10 draw up a con-
troll bill, met at Dover Wednesday
but no definite action was taken.
1t was announced that H. w. Cook
and H. B. Mcdowell, Jr., both of
Middletown, and DR.. T. A. Baker,
of the University of Delaware,
would go to Washington to obtain
the views of federal officials. DR..
Baker said that the committee was
agreed that the new bill should
provide for a milk control board of
three members, to be appointed by
the Governor. One member would
represent the producers, one the
" INT IllC NlldlI
would be charged with looking af-
ter the public interest In addition
to members of the legislative COM
mittee the meeting Wednesday was
attnded by representatives of dis
tributors and state officials, includ-
ing w. L. Richards, of the Clover
Dairy Company; Ralph c. Wilson,
secretary of the Board of Agricul-
ture, and A. P. Derrickson of the
Bureau of Markets. DR.. Baker said
the sessions Wednesday were taken
up with general discussion of the
milk control acts of other states in
an effort to learn what features
would be adaptable to this state.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
TAX LAW CAUSE
OF STATE LOSS
p. S. DUPONT in His Report
Shows Franchise Losses
Now Over One Million
URGES CHANGES IN LAW

Corporation franchise tax losses
to the state have now cumulatively
mounted to $1,197, ,695 because a
number of Delaware corporations
have reduced denominations of
their capital stock to shares of low
par value. The cumulative loss be-
cause of such changes totalled ST.
079,400 in 1885. This is disclosed
by Pierre S. DUPONT, state tax COM
missioner, in his 1886 report to
Gov. c. Douglass Buck. Several
proposals are under consideration
by the State Finance Commission
to revise the franchise tax law to
prevent further losses by this re-
duction in denominations of capital
stock. Mr.. DUPONT reported an
other source of losses to the state
in franchise tax revenue THE
present tendency" he states, "to
merge subsidiaries into parent
companies on account of federal
law creates new possibilities of
loss from important Delaware cor
porations amounting to $685., 900.
The federal law referred to is the
revenue act preventing parent COM
panies from consolidating losses of
subsidiaries, and the loss in rev.
enue is regarded as a continuing
one. Dissolution of 904 compan-
les in the year 1886 to December
L." Mr.. duPont further reports,
reduced the basic franchise tax
by $75,625; corresponding dissolu-
tions for the year 1885 diminished
this tax in the amount of SAT, ,760
annually. Franchise tax gains in
the basic annual assessment made
in the year 1886 to December 81,
totalled $50, ,845 from corporations
in that period, or Sc
$50 less than annual additions
made to the tax for the year 1885.
Last year S2,715, 900 was collected
in franchise taxes contrasted to
So, ,912, ,695 that would have been
collected had not the losses occur
red because of changes from no par
to low par value shares" Mr.. du-
Points report also contains recon-
mendations for minor points in the
income tax law, and for the i'm
provement of the inheritance and
estate tax laws and for the clarifi-
cation of the business license laws.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21

County Agent Leader in Delaware,
/ judged the show. The three high
est winners in the various classes
were as follows: Interstate Glass
Yellow Corn: j. o. Koelig, Jr., New
ark, Del; ]. o. Koelig, Sr., New
ark; Stinson Eastburn, Newark
White Corn: Edna p Sapp, Hous-
ton; Dewey Sapp, Houston; E. B.
Melbourne & Son, Elkton, Md.
County Glasses New Castle County
10 Ears Yellow Corn: Stinson
Eastburn, Newark; Mrs. Lillian
Eastburn, Newark; Ed. Foster,
Newark Kent County-10 Ears
Yellow Corn: Frank Melvyn, Hous-
ton; A. D. Taylor, Pennington;
Frank Attix, Kenton. County
Championship Castle Coun-
ty, Stinson Eastburn, Newark;
Kent County, Frank Melvyn, Hous-
ton; Sussex County, Franklin
O'bier, Seaford. Ten Ears Mixed
(White Cap, Calico, or Lancaster
Sure Crop Emil Kielbasa. Mil
ford; Dewey Sapp, Houston; A. ].
Kielbasa, Milford. Honorary Class
State Wide, Ten Ears Yellow
Corn: J. o. Koelig, Jr., Newark;
J. o. Koelig, Sr., Newark; Everett
C. Hopkins, Lewes. Ten Ears
White Corn: Edna P. Sapp, Hous-
ton; Dewey Sapp, Houston; v. L.
Mayer, Newark. State Champion
ship Ten Single Ears, State
at Large, Single Ear Yellow Corn:
Francis Thomas, Marydel, Md;
]. o. Koelig, Newark: Frank At
Tx, Kenton. Single Ears, State
Single Ear White Corn: Dewey
Sapp, Houston, Edna P. Sapp,
Houston; ]. o. Koelig, Jr., Newark.
Single Ear State at Large Mixed
(White Cap, Calico, Lancaster
Sure Crop, Roy Sapp, Harrington:
Allen Wiley, Greenwood; William
Smith, Newark. State Champion
ship Single Ear, Dewey Sapp, Mil
ford. Boys and Girls Glass, Ten
Ear Samples, New Castle County,
Yellow Corn: Otis Astel, Newark;
William Astel, Newark: George
Ford, Middletown. White Corn:
Irwin Pinder, Middletown; Allison
Baker, Newark; Thomas Baker,
Newark. Kent County, Yellow
Corn: Charles Vibbert, Milford:
Wilbert Comegys, Hartly; Albert
Comegys, Hartly. White Corn:
Grace Sapp. Harrington; Kenneth
Cubbage, Goldsboro, Nd. Lester
Warren, Dover.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
Radiant Living
THE DAWN OF
INFINITE DAY
BY Rev. G. M. Griffeth
Pastor Calvary M. E. Church
Sudlersville, Md.

You could never possibly be as
discouraged as were the disciples
when they returned from the place
of crucitixion and shut themselves
up with their despair in that little
upper room in Jerusalem.
In losing their Christ, the dis
ciples felt that they had lost their
all. The ordeal of His crucifixion
had eclipsed their faith.
But the Good Shepherd was not
unmindful of His panic-stricken
sheep. In the midst of their de-
spair He suddenly appeared, that
they might behold Him alive, hear
His voice, grip His hand, and, if
need be, to convince them Of the
resurrection fact, to thrust their
hands into the wound in His side
Nor is the Risen Christ unmind-
full Of you. In these midnight
hours of yours, when darkness is
the most intense, the Good Shep-
herd is whispering into your ears
of faith, 10, am with you al
ways."
Oh, why do we not recognize that
with US also is the presence of the
Living Christ? To him to whom
has come the consciousness of His
living presence, no night can be
quite so dark again; no despair can
be quite SO gripping as before; no
doubling can be quite so undoing
as in the past.
Your present ordeal which seems
to be as a night of horrors may in
reality be the ushering in unto you
the dawn Of an infinite day, a day
which is infinite because it brings
with it an undeniable and unfading
realization of the presence of the
Living Christ, a day in which you
will enter into a closer and more
vital fellowship with the God of In
finite Lovel
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
DOVER TO GET A
NEW INDUSTRY
British Concern, Manufacture
ers of Bakalite Products
to Locate There
WILL EMPLOY ABOUT 200

A large administration and fac
tory building, costing approximate
ly SIPS, 900, will be constructed at
Dover soon by the British-Ameri-
can Manufacturing and Export
Corporation of London, England, it
was announced last week. The
company, a British concern with
principal offices in London, will en-
ploy about 200 persons at the Do
yer plant. The factory will engage
in the manufacture of bakalite pro-
ducts. Construction of the plant is
expected to start within the next
week and will be ready to start op-
erations about March /. Bids for
the construction have been receiv-
ed and opened but no contract
awarded as yet. The contract is
expected to be let in a few days
and construction started almost
Immediately. Walter Carlson is
the architect. The building will be
one story of steel and brick and
will be located east of the water
works in Dover, Mr.. Carlson said.
1t will comprise administration
quarters in the front and a large
shipping room in the rear. En-
trance features will include en-
ploye and public entrances and an
entrance driveway to the building.
The structure will be of modern
istic design with many modern fea-
lures including air conditioning.
Fireproof steel sashes will be in
cluded in the building
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
Again Heads Kent Democrats

At an organization meeting held
in Dover last week, Herman c.
Taylor of Dover was unanimously
reelected chairman of the Kent
County Democratic Committee. He
has served continuously as chair
man since 1926 and prior to that
was secretary for more than 10
years. Other officers elected were:
Vice-chairman, Mrs. Helen B.
Thomas; secretary and treasurer,
Enoch Y. Williams. Former State
Senator ]. Harry Latchum of Mil
ford acted as temporary chairman.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
CORN GROWING
.HONORS IN KENT

Continued From Page Two)
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
Club Gets Grand Piano
Owned by Mark Twain

Middletown, Conn. = The grand
piano which Mark Twain owned and
which he played many years ago
has been given to the Middletown
Yacht club by William Davis, of
Saybrook Point, singing teacher in
the Middletown high school.
The club lost its piano during the
floods last March when the entire
first floor of the building was in
undated.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
LIBERTY GROUP
TOCONTINUE ON
Will Carry on Educational
Work to Preserve the
Constitution
STATEMENT OF DREXLER

The American Liberty League of
Delaware will continue its work
toward education regarding the
Constitutional form of Govern
ment" during the year, it was an
nounced at League headquarters
in Wilmington last week.
Mr.. Drexler, President of the
League, said: THE League will
function as an educational agency
devoted to preservation of the
American system of Government
It will act in a critical capacity
only when in its opinion the facts
warrant such action. The League
represents no political party and
will continue its policy Of strict
non-partisanship."
The League took no part in the
last campaign, he pointed out,
other than an appeal to the people
to exercise their right of franchise
It did not endorse any candidate.
THE League has stayed out of
politics." Mr. Drexler said. We
assiduously avoided any participa-
ton in the election campaign of
any party or candidate, feeling
that the interests of democracy
could be better served by having
the issues left to the rival aspirants
and tn respective political parties
which they represented.
THE League will continue its
full activity in seeking to teach
those principles of Americanism on
which the nation was founded.
We feel that there is ample evil
dence in the world today, with
Europe torn between the twin die
tatorships of Communism and
Fassim, that the Constitution un-
der which we have risen to our
present greatness should be cher
ished and preserved"
In addition to its educational
work, the League will carefully
scrutinize pending legislation both
National and State, as to its effect
upon Constitutional adherence. On
matters of proposed laws it will
analyze and make public its find
ings from time to time when it is
felt that the issue under discussion
the bounds of good
government.
To-day our economic and social
welfare have moved closer and
closer together" Mr.. Drexler said.
The coordination of government
with business must move along
cautious lines in order to protect
the general welfare. The League
feels that in its position as an i'm
partial and non-partisan institution
devoted to the interests of good
it serves a useful pur-
pose.
THE League is not an obstruc-
zionist, nor is it reactionary in its
stand. 1t will continue to endorse
leglslatlon Whlch is wisely drawn
and which does not alter the fund.-
amental process of government
and economics.
Its educational program win be
designed to point out the wiser
course in the changes which be-
come, from the demands of pro-
gress, necessary. 1t feels THAT
America can keep pace with these
demands without sacrificing either
it's liberty or its initiative, if eau
tion prevails. 1t believes that its
place as an alert observer in the
coming tower of National and
State affairs is ans important and
necessary one."
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21

dents in which $1,000 persons lost
their lives, emphasizing the vital
of widespread public
attention to the safety problem,
and thoshe phases of its solution
that cannot be reached by all the
skill of the best engineers.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21

This week America celebrates Thrift
Week to honor Ben Franklin. It's a
splendid time to learn the many advan-
tages and economies of buying at your
nearest $500 Store
Be Thrifty, Shop Where Quality Counts
and Your Money Goes Furthest
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
Congressman Allen on Committees

Representative William F. Allen
has been named to three commit
ties by House Democrats who COM
pleted their organization for the
session last week. He was ap-
pointed to the committees for coin
age, District of Columbia, and labor
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21
EsiC1INEWs
|,,d,. To Motorists
|,s'.'rs on Care s,rn and
\, on Highways
a,.gs1 OF SAFETY

| rsatsst safety cam
~ ', sshievs Ultimate suc sue
s..'.s and patrol meas,
'ss5 out the haOitually
,+rsrs and as much at +
l'Is aa'' to the education Of
n operators . as is now nta
~ '.,sttsg frem en- Of sta
,an boilers .,o result
~ Of Americas high
r 4 the 22nd National
ri the American Asso-
r,ts Highway ofhcials' Gl
|. ! members from pelae
E' E',.tnrnsd in the middle Of
E,'s,,d a greater emphas-
| 'a,tic need for education
l VEHICLE drivers. This
/ nd study committees
/. Nv the most immediate
!. rstiOnwide campaign
Z the increasing deatn
rrtol Of the highways.
| ncrol devices, safety
!, better road design,
r. thor mechanical and
!, accomplishments have
\ much toward making
r,s safe, was pointed out,
Tth continued improve
n 6sld, which is the con
S,ctive of the Highway
Il 10 feat Of construc-
uac control can make
ste 50 long as a danger
! s permitted to careen
psi in an automobile.
.,srsble speed, but speed
n, places and under i'm
are responsible
.nt;. the convention con
'ss experts in building Of
.nys came to the conclu-
tIun now on the greatest
, Ete and limb can be ac-
d BY The education Of all
I motor vehicles and the
b Of habitually reckless,
izt, Or dangerous drivers
highways through exten-
Il work Of which patrols
..liing Of drivers license
.zis.
i Of the convention
al that there are now 26,-
llior vehicles in the Unit
/ With 100000 drivers.
/ there we're $4,000 acci-
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21

Have some aim in life; be not
simply good, be good for some
thing
Smyrna times., 1937-01-21

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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17

"Civo us a truck with ample pulling
power . one that is economical =.
one that will give reliable service over
a long period for the least money"
That is the demand of all truck
operators, and thousands of Chevrolet
users will tell you that tho best answer
is-Chevrolet trucks!
Chevrolet trucks have the greatest
pulling PosceT in their price range -.
because they have a New High.
Compression valve-in-Head Engine
which wrings the last ounce Of power
out of every gallon Of fuel.
Chevrolet trucks arc the most
General Motors lnseollmsss Plan
CHEVROLET MOTOR DIVISION. Gs~er
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
Strike Situation
Continues Serious
$4,000 Workers in Z States Are
Affected; EARNED Peace"
in Michigan Town

Violence, repeated clashes and
increasing tension marked the great
er part of the week along the front
of the stel strike affecting about
$4,000 workers in seven states. The
disturbances weer centered in Mich
igan and Ohio, whose governors
took an active hand in efforts to
bring about peace negotiations and
to avert rioting and bloodshed.
The Republic Steel corporation,
one of the three large independent
strike-affected producers, made its
first successful move in the 15-day-
old strike Thursday when it reopen
ed a mill-a subsidiary plant at
Monroe, Mich.-in the face of deter
mined opposition on the part of the
John L. Lewis Committee for In
dustrial Organization.
Resumption of work had been set
for a. m. and later for p. M, but
for two hours Thursday afternoon
200 police officers and $50 pickets,
including 20 women, faced one an
other while Governor Frank Muir
ply pleaded for delay of the crisis.
Then the police line smashed
through the band of pickets to open
a path for 800 non-strikers to return
to work in the Newton Steel COM
pany plant. The encounter was brief
and beclouded with gas.
The successful break came after
two hours of futile negotiations be-
tween Governor Murphy and lead
ers of the G. I. o. strikers and the
police, headed by Chief Jesse Fish
er. Pickets hurled missiles and
swung clubs, but yielded quickly be-
fore the gas, and then the workers
passed down the road to the plant
which employs 1900. The mill had
been closed by strike May %. Tenn
porarily the attention of the entire
steel strike front was focused upon
the omnibus situation at Monroe.
Only armed peace prevailed at
Monroe Friday. Deputized civilians
were ready to resist with gunfire
any retaliation by union forces for
the breaking of the striking steel
workers picket line Thursday aft
ernoon.
In Washington Thursday there
were reverberations of the steel in.
dustry's troubles. The Senate order
ed its post office committee to de-
termine whether it should investi.
gate the morale conduct of both
parties" in the strike and Secretary
Perkins of the Labor department
sent James Dewey, labor concilia'
tor, to the strike area as hel
observer.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
Third Building
on Same Site Is
Hit by Lightning

The old adage that lightning never
strikes twice in the same place has
been contradicted in southern Surry
since third feed barn on the farm
OF Jasper Kay, of the Union church
section, was consumed by fire origi-
mating from bolt in recent storm.
The three barns destroyed success
sively on this farm, occupied the
same site, it is said.
The date Of the destruction of the
first barn is not definitely remem-
bered but the second and third fires
originating from lightning have &C.
CURED within the last six years.
Old residents of the section recall
that the same spot was a target for
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
FINDS FEW DISEASED
APPLES AND PEACHES

Apple and peach diseases are fair
ly well under control in piedmont
and mountain orchards of the State,
said DR.. Luther Shaw, extension
plant pathologist at State College.
He found IAN excellent set of
fruit" in all orchards visited on a
recent trip through the middle and
western parts of the State.
To make more sure of getting a
good harvest, however, growers
should continue a systematic spray
program.
Two extension circulars, SPRAY
Calendar for Apples and SPRAY
Calendar for Peaches" should be in
the hands of every grower, DR.. Shaw
stated.
Free copies may be obtained from
the agricultural editor at State
College.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
FARM
NEWS

extent upon soil conditions and the
amount of fertilizer used. On the
average soils of the State, tobacco
will mature when fifteen to eighteen
leaves are left on the stalk. On poor
er soils the plant should be topped
lower and on the richer soils it
should be topped higher. Be sure
and begin topping just as soon as
the seed parts of the plant begin to
show. The tobacco will run ur
enough to top every three days an6
should be topped as uniformly as
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
IVA Goes Into 5th
Year Under Protest
Supreme Court Holds Electric
Program Legal but Utilities
Heads Dissatisfied

The Tennessee Valley authority
enters its fifty year this spring with
its huge dam building program
speeding along, but with its yard
stick" power plan still partly block.
ed by private utilities.
The $36,000,000 Norris dam, span
ming the tiny Clinch river in north
eastern Tennessee, and the mile
long Joe Wheeler dam on the Ten
nessee river above Muscle Shoals,
Ala, have been completed and their
power plants placed in operation.
Three other dams are under con-
struction on the Tennessee river
the $26,000,000 Pickwick dam in
southwestern Tennessee, the $780,
100000 Guntersville dam below
Guntersville, Ala, and the $31, 000,-
900 Chicamauga dam above Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
Work will start soon on a 292-foot
high storage dam on the Hiwassee
river near Murphy, N. c., costing
$15,0OO,0O0, and preliminary work
is scheduled this summer on the
Tennessee river above Gilbertsville,
KY.
Completion of these and two 9TH
er proposed dams on the upper Ten
nessee-Coulter Shoals and Watts
bar-will create nine-foot naviga-
ton channel from Paducah, KY, to
Knoxville, Tenn, 642 miles.
Norris dam, which forms 34,200-
acre mountain lake with an 8O0-mile
shore line, already has fulfilled its
three-fold purpose of flood control,
navigation aid, and power genera
ton.
By storing heavy rains in March,
1886, it reduced the flood crest in
the Tennessee river at Chattanooga
about four feet, eliminating an esti-
mated damage of $75O,000. Last jan
uary it held back billions of gallons
of water from the flooded Ohio riv-
er. Water released from the reser-
voir during the dry summer of 1896
raised the dwindling lower Tennes-
see to navigation levels.
Since it's creation May Is, 1888,
the authority has spent $150,9OO,000.
It's new appropriation for the fiscal
year of 1878 is approximately
$4O,OOO,OOO. The government agency
now has approximately 1880 en-
ployes.
Although the United States Su-
preme Court ruled early in 1886
that the IVA has right to seek a
market for surplus power generated
at the wartime Wilson dam, its
electric program is still under at
tack.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17
FEDERAL BODY ENDORSES
ROAD WORK BY PRISONERS

The Prison Industries ReorganiZa-
ton board approved road labor for
prisoners last week despite "the un-
savory reputation" of chain gangs.
Reviewing the boards work since
it was established by executive or
der in 1885, DR.. Louis N. Robinson,
chairman, said that Tin spite of
widespread opposition to the use of
prisoners on road work, due in part
to the unsavory reputation Of the
old chain gang, the board is con-
WINGED that there is an extensive op-
portunity for the wise and construc-
tive use of prisoners Of the better
types on highway work"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-06-17

possible so that the plants will ma
ture more evenly.
Question: Should silage be used
for feeding dairy animals in the
summer?
Answer: Silage has it's place in
summer feeding only as supple
ment to short pasture. Where the
silage crops yield well they furnish
a cheaper and more convenient sup
plement to the short pasture than do
soiling crops. Where it is available,
it is also well to feed a reasonble
amount in the morning for the first
several days after cows are turned
on pasture. This is advisable even
with an abundance of grazing as It
prevents the animals from gorging
on the tender, watery grass which
tends to scour them.