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Smyrna times., 1937-08-05
KENT SUSSEX
FAIR BIG EVENT
Crowd of $4,000 Visited Fair
Last Thursday It Being
Governors Day
FAIR CLOSED SATURDAY

The annual Governors Day of
the Kent and Sussex Fair outdid
itself Thursday in attendance if
not in usual exchanges of specula-
tions and opinions in the political
field The weather was ideal and
did not hurt the fairs record of
having had to call off the program
only one day in II years. This be
ing an off-year for elections, polit-
ical discussions Jagged Thursday
in comparison with most Govern
or's Days, but there was one mark
ed changed that has not been seen
for many years in Delaware, the
ascendency of the Democratic
party since the last national cleo
ton and the practically complete
retirement of Republicans from
state offices. When the packed
crowds had started vending their
way to their automobiles after the
last entertainment feature had
been given before the grandstand,
Ernest Raughley, fair secretary,
estimated that at least 25,000 per-
sons had attended This figure ex-
ceeded last years Governors Day
attendance by about 5000, and
kept pace with the increases shown
every day of the fair SO far this
year
Gen. Hugh johnson of NRA Fame
Gov. Richard c. McMullen was
the guest Of honor, but he did not
hesitate to shed for a time the dig
nifty of the role he was taking. He
chatted with Gen. Hugh Johnson,
former NRA chief, and other
guests in his blue-and-gold decor
ated box in the grandstand, but he
did not allow himself to become
too deeply serious to miss the
horse races or the vaudeville acts
or to fail to wave greetings to the
hundreds of friends he saw. He
also took time out" from his box
seat to visit many of the exhibit
houses and to saunter through the
midway. Sc stopped to toss base
balls at stuffed dolls. He didn't
knock down the necessary number
to entitle him to a cane as a prize,
but the girl in attendance reward
ed him for his effort with present
of a cane.
Mayor Bacon, Wilmington, There
Mayor Walter w. Bacon, who
often found himself surrounded by
admirers to congratulate him on
his landslide victory in the last
city election, was another official
who found thorough enjoyment in
the fair. He sat in the grandsrand
not so far from Governor McMul-
lens box, took keen interest in the
races, found genuine entertainment
in the vaudeville acts, and ate pea
nuts and drank pop. The Mayor
was accompanied by Recorder of
Deeds Albert Stetser, chairman of
the New Castle County Republican
Committee; Thomas Herlihy, Jr.,
first assistant city solicitor, and
Frank w. Schroeder, secretary of
the New Castle County Republican
Committee. Both Governor Nc
Mullen and Mayor Bacon termed
the fair great credit to the state.
Politicians in Attendance
Republicans and Democrats
swarmed the grandstand and all
other parts of the fair grounds.
Republicans were jubilant over
Mayor Bacon's recent victory, and
it was apparent that the members
of that party down-state had TAX
en- great encouragement and saw
that victory as an omen of a
strong comeback. Democrats are
still basking in their unprecedented
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north of Dover, containing 90 acres
has been sold to a Mr.. Colville of
New York, for S6,400, and he will
remove to the farm as soon IS he
can get possession.
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RIVER
A small water spout was seen in
the Delaware River, off Whining
ton, Monday. 1t spurted for about
ten minutes, and passing vessels
gave it a wide berth Several Of
these dangerous obstacles have re-
Gently been seen further down the
river.
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FALLS HEIR TO $40. 600

Frank 9. Maxwell, nephew of
w. B. Croft, Of Odessa, has fallen
heir to $4,000 by the death Of a
relatives in England. He is now in
that country.
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Noble of Denta1
Mrs. Martha I515.. = 20
vices were bald 7,
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FARM BETWEEN SMYRNA

A4ND DONER SOLD
The Wilcox farm, two miles
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-01
Approval For New
 Project Expected Within Weeks Time
Work of TabuIating Records Expected to Be Started ShOrtIy-AdvisOr Expected Here for Conference
 With Police Officials to Supervise

approved by the end of this week, at which the survey members will wind up their work.
 Police Work
 The new project, if it is finally approved, will have to do with in- dexing records and generally tab- ulating the files at the local detec- tive bureau, all this work tu be done under the supervision of Lieuten- ant John Leary. Superintendent of police William Roach said during the latter part of last week that the project had been written up and that it was awaiting final approval
 At the present time there are four meembers of the survey staff working in room at the Lincoln House and the other three work in the police station. The former group have been completing the traffic survey work dc2le for the city and the latter work in conjunction with the police in listing accidents reports At one time there were thirty mem- bers on the traffic survey staff when they worked in the rear of the Chamber of Commerce building.
 Advisor Coming
 A representative from the New Haven WPA office is expected in Waterbury tomorrow to confer with local officials on the general set-up of the project. Local conferences will also be held in connection with speeding up the approval but this will not be lokoed upon with such alarm as would be evident if it were to be done in regard to some
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was held yesterday. Juoge EoWaro Mascolo presided.
 Pleaded Guilty
 Jail sentences Of four months each were imposed on Salvatore Santoro, 3l, of 53 South Elm street, and Edward Taylor, 27, of 27 High street, when they pleaded guilty to charges of attempted breaking and entering. The men were arrested early Saturday morning, following an attempted break at the Com munity tavern on Baldwin street.
 A watchman took the marker numbers of the car in which the men were riding and notified police. Santore and Taylor were halted on East Main street an hour later.
 Teffik Hysen, 40, of g Canal street, charged with breach of the peace, wis fined $ and costs.
 A nolle was given Milton Har- vey, 27, of Prospect, charged with assault.
 William Peruginim, 35, of 73 Giles street, charged with violating the rules of the road, paid $1o for a nolle. <.e <
 Frank Harper, 36, of Cheshire, charged with reckless drivnng, re- ceived a continuance to Monday.
 NolIed For $5
 Allen Merritt, 40, of Yonkers, N. r., charged with violating the rules of the road, paid $5 for 8 nolle.
 Wilbur Rogers, 34, of Bethany, charged with operating under the influence, received days continu- ance.
 Harold Laraway, p, of Oakville, charged with reckless driving, re- ceived a continuance to Monday.
 Fred Meyers, 49, of IS Savings street, charged with breach of the peace, received a 30-day cOntinu- ance.
 George Jeannin, 21, of Oakville, charged with reckless driving, re- ceived continuance till Monday.
 Matthew Mott, 19, colored, of 68 Vine street, charged with operating without 8 license, paid $5 for a nolle. e.-4
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ing the dead and wounded was be- ing carried out as rapidly as pos Sible. The bodies of the dead were being taken to an improvised morgue, the wounded to a military hospital where corps of doctors and nurses administered to them.
 Many of the wounded were taken to hospitals in nearby villages, in cluding the wounded Americans. Because all telephone lines had been destroyed in the bombardment, they and the other wounded taken elsewhere could not be identified immediately.
 The bombardment began at 6 a. m. Sunday and lasted for one hour and Is minutes. Three hundred shells of 20.5 to 30.5 caliber were fired.
 False Alarm Preceded
 A few hours before the lombard ment, there had been a false alarm of an air raid. The sirens had sounded, turning people out of their houses. But for this fortunate fact, the authorities believed that the death toll would have been much higher than it was. Cartegena had warned Almeria authorities a short while before the German ships ar- rived. that they were headed to- ward the city. This made possible second alarm, but not long before the bombardment began.
 One survivor of the bombardment told me:
 sThere would have been thou sands killed and wounded if we hadn't had that false alarm which
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4lO1Al < d6O A( ported it could no longer read her radio reports, although the signals indicated she still was in the air. Miss Earhart carried radio tele- phone equipment rather than code transmitter.
 The first planned stop was San Juan, 1,181 miles from Miami. At her base speed of 150 miles an hour, she would reach the Puerta Rican capital in eight hours. She was accompanied by her navigator, Capt Fred J. Noonan, former Clipper pi- lot.
 Last March IT Miss Earhart took off from Oakland on westward flight around the world. It failed when she crashed at Honolulu after tire blowout on the runways.
 Schedule Mapped Out
 The schedule mapped for the flyer called for jump from San Juan to Parimaribo, Netherlands Guiana, a distance of 1878 miles, tomorrow, and a longer hop the next day from Parimaribo to Natal, 1915 miles.
 At Natal, she will swing out over the South Atlantic for Africa, where her scheduled landing is Dakar, French West Africa. The route across Africa is not definite as the aviatrix started, but will be one of the general routes to be selected when weather conditions are known.
 From Africa the low-winged mon- oplane will be pointed to Asia and Australia. From down under" Miss Earhart will begin the final overwa- ter trip across the Pacific by way of Honolulu to California.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-01
CARR CELEBRATES
 BOTH ANNIVERSARY
Popular Insurance Agent Joined Metropolitan
 Staff in June, 1907

Tomorrow marks the 30th anni- versary of "Jim" Carr's career as an. insurance agent. The popular representative of the Metropolitan Insurance company will just take the big event in its stride and as "just another day." The company however, in accordance with it's policy of appreciation, will confer upon the popular Jim" the honors appropriate for a 3O-year man. His associates and friends will offer congratulations and wish "Jim" plenty of good luck and success as he turns the corner and starts down the lap for another 10-year stretch or more.
 Prior to becoming associated with the Metropolitan company MT. Carr was an employe in the watch de- partment of the Seth Thomas Clock company in Thomaston. He is also a former employe of the old New England Watch company, which was located on South Main street,
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REFUGEES CROWD
 ALL HIGHWAYS
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received me in his candle-lighted office. All electrical, gas, and water services had been wrecked by the bombardment.
 Not one house in Almeria escaped the German bombardment. Forty nine houses were destroyed totally and more than 100 were useless wrecks. Governor Moron described shrapnel bursting over the city in clouds while thousands of men, women and children ran about in panic, looking for shelter. The cathedral across the street from his office had been struck and its roof was broken. A 30 centineter shell had exploded inside the church of Santa Bastian, blowing out its walls, utterly wrecking the interior.
 Red Cross In Ruins
 The Red Cross hospital inside the city was in ruins, and where it had stood was a mass of smashed wood, medical paraphernalia, and broken bodies. "Fortunately for us, we were able to give warning" Gov. Moron said, If the shelling had come 8 little earlier it would have been a massacre" The leader of the med ical and social service unit of neu- trals to which the wounded Ameri- cans were attached, said that one American was so badly wounded that he had but a slight chance to live. "They were working in the evacuation service which began here after the fall of Malaga" the leader said. Thousands of inhabitants of Almeria are Malaga refugees" (When the rebels captured the loy- alist port of Malaga, thousands of refugees fled up the Mediterranean coast in wild panic. Many of them got no further than Almeria.-Ed)
 More Women Victims
 Gov. Moron said that more than half the victims were women and children. Among the 20 bodies re- covered were those of six women and one child. Hundreds of pa thetic and tragic incidents occurred in the hours that followed the re- t:rement of the five German war vessels behind the smoke screen. One woman was so badly hurt that, when taken to an emergency relief station, physicians immediately ann putated both arms. While the oper- ation progress, she gave birth to a child.
 Gov. Moron told me of fisher man whose boat was 20 yards from the German cruiser-leader of the squadron, when she ran up the German Swastika and battle flag. In his excitement, he upset his boat and swam 8 half mile to shore.
 A British destroyer, part of the British fleet patrolling this part of the Spanish coast for the interna- tional non-intervention committee, was in port and the German shells whined over her en route to the city. The Spanish officials were de- pending on her officers to give an unbiased account of the bombing.
 Through Three Houses
 The military commander of AL rneria reported to the Valencia de- fense ministry that one shell of 28.1 caliber bearing the imperial Ger man eagle had bored through three houses and landed in the cellar of the Hotel Ingles without exploding.
 He said that the work of extricat-
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FAMOUS MARRIAGE COMES THURSDAY
Continued from Page D

last about eight minutes, exclusive of speech by the country doctor and mayor of, Monts, Charles Mer- cier, who reads the official cere- mony. It will cost less than 30 cents, and there will be no royalty pres ent.
 If the Duke has the slightest re- gret for the great empire. he gave up, those surrounding him have never detected the slightest indica- tiCn of it. On the contrary, he seems detected the slightest indication of it. On the contrary, he seems hap pier than he has ever been.
 Month After Divorce
 Mrs. Warfield's marriage occurs just month after her divorce from Ernest Simpson was made absolute. Both the Duke and Mrs. Warfield have birthdays this. month - he reaches 43 June g and she 42 on June 19.
 The ancient chateau, patroled by French police and Scotland Yard agents as if it were fortress, was the center of great excitement. Ed ward, now the Duke of Windsor, and his bride-to-be were receiving wedding guests and hundreds of gifts which came from all parts of the world.
 The Duke and Mrs. Warfield planned to leave on their honey moon immediately following the simple, brief ceremony. but their itinerary was a secret guarded care fully by the chateau staff.
 Miller's Invitation
 My invitation to the wedding was typewriter on Mrs. Warfield'S blue stationery. It read almost like po- lice pass" such as a reporter in the United States would receive to attend government function:
 Please admit to the Chateau Cande on June MT. Miller, the representative of the United Press.
 Rogers, host at the chateau, con- firmed reports that the Duke would place a gold wedding ring upon Mrs. Warfield's finger.
 Unlike American practices, Mrs Warfield will not be asked to prom ise to obey the slim, nervous man who once was the idol of an empire and who now has drawn the criti- ciSm of those who disputed his choice. French law stipulates that wife obey her husband, and that husband protect his wife. Mayor Mercier will read the law before asking the simple question:
 DO you take --- for your husband Cor wife)?"
 British Papers Named
 London, June 1-(UP)-It was re- liably reported today that British newsreel companies have received strong but indirect hints from off, cial quarters that it would be good policy" not to- include pictures of the wedding of the Duke of Wind Sor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield ill re- leases for the empire.
 It was intimated that any com- pany ignoring the hints might en- counter difficulty in the future in obtaining passes for the filming of official functions. The companies
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A number of young men from Waterbury YMCA will attend the National YMCA assembly of Young Men held at Lake Geneva, Wis, July 2S-3O. There will be Delegates from all three branches; Central, North End and Brooklyn.
 A meeting has been called at the Central Branch tonight at 7:15, of all those who are plan- ming to attend.
 This national assembly is held every two years. The delegates from Waterbury attend in 1885 were Donald Macintosh, 0Jseph Kgshlis. Joseph F. Kenny. George J. Mitchell, and Secretary Tom Smith.
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SYLVESTER POLL
 DIED YESTERDAY
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cities.
 Some of the most noted actors of the day, including John Drew, Sothern and Marlowe, James J. Hackett, Lillian Russell, and many others appeared in his legitimate productions.
 Partner of Jean Jacques
 Early in the present century he formed a partnership with Jean Jacques, and went in for vaudeville and motion pictures. He added the- aters at Worcester, Mass, Provi- dence, Boston and Jersey City, N. J., at a time when the later B. F.. Keith, Boston, was his keenest competitor. Their rivalry was bitter for many years but later they form ed an agreement to avoid each others territory.
 In 1928, when 'Poli had nearly a score of fiourishing theaters, he sold out to the Fox Theater COorpora- tion at reputed price of $SO,000,- 900. Within a few years, due to the depression, Poli bought back his enterprises through the federal courts.
 They were later sold to Loew's Inc, New York and Poli definitely retired from the field.
 Native of Lucca, Italy
 Poli was native of Lucca, Italy and learned modelling in clay and wax in Paris. He came to America in 1881.
 His widow, the former Rose Le- verone, whom he married in Phila- delphia and who helped him get his start with his first museum, survives. Also surviving are four daughters, the Marchesa Hippo Ger ini, Florence, Italy; Mrs. Adelina Leonard, Mrs. Juliet Sheehan and Mrs. Laurina Nolan, all of New Haven. A son, Edward, died in 1922,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-01
WATERBURY APPEAL
 IN SUPREME COURT

The appeal of Anna Christian from the action of the court of com- mon pleas in dismissing her suit against the City of Waterbury will be heard tomorrow morning at Il o'clock in the supreme court of er- TOTS at Hartford. Judge Edward J. Finn upheld a demurrer by the city which automatically dismissed the action, and the appeal was taken. Summa & Summa represent the plaintiff. with Corporation Counsel c. s. O'Connor and T. s. Sullivan for the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-01
Survey Staff May Install Filing System for Polic'
Jail Sentences For
 Youthful Suspects
Change Pleas to Guilty on Breaking Entering Charge
 Given Months in Ja-Many Cases on Docket

City court had busy postholday session this morn ing with motor vehicle cases making up good part of the docket. Two sentenced to jail charges of attempted breaking and entering, several motorists received noes others secured contnuances There were comparatively few of the usual holiday drunkenness and breach of the peace cases though the docket
 derabY lighter because of the fact that regular session
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where in this nation should be a force greater than a steel company. Somewhere in this nation should be enough earnest and honest citizens to compel action by the federal and state authorities.
 Gan it be true that striking workmen may be shot at will by the very agents of the law? Is the blood of our American workers less valuable than that in Spain for which we weep? Is labor to be protected or is it to be butcheredp The answer is important-both to labor and America"
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saved most of us. We were all awake all night, hundreds staying in bomb proof cellars, others going to the country.
 "The shells came from nowhere, and seemed, to hit everything. They came so fast that the scream of one shell merged with the scream of the next. The explosions resembled the discharges of a giant machine gun. There were 10 duds being fired by those ships"
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4 new propect is being written up at the present time, the Democrat learned today, to take care of the seven members of the WPA Traffis Survey staff in Waterbury. It is not expected at the present time, how ever, that the new project will be
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this city. As 8 member of the Elks, Knights of Columbus, sports direc- tor, coach in amateur dramatics and promoter of Holy Name card tour naments and other events of local interest, Mir. Carr is widely known not only in Waterbury, but through out Connecticut.
 So it will be congratulations for Jim" tomorrow and who is there so brave as to remark that he doesn't deserve all the orchids pos- sible. From June ?, 1907, to June 2, 1887, is long stretch, but "Jim" has made it in most creditable fashion.
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Corlmittee Woman

Corlmittee Woman Amedee Payeur; color guards, Finer Jensen and Charles Goggins; and adjutant, William A. Murray.
 The auxiliary officers are: Presi- dent, Mrs. Elizabeth Lerose; sem for vice-president, Mrs. Mary Barry; first junior vice-preSident, Mrs. Madeline O'Neil; second junior vice-president, Mrs. May Overton; chaplain, Mrs. Carrie Clancy; treasurer, Miss Rose Null ligan; and state executive com- mitteewoman, Mrs. Isabella Mar tone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-01

Peter Nugent, past national jun for vice-commander John J. Null ligan, past state department com- mander; and Mrs. Katherine Simpson, past national executive committeewoman, will be in Wa terbury this evening to conduct the installation of newly elected officers of the Waterbury Chapter, Disabled American Veterans. The affair will take place at 800 o'clock this evening in Pythian hall.
 New officers for the chapter
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Adjutant

AdJutant
 follow: Commander, Walter E. Overton; senior vice-commander, Henry Barry; first junior vice. commander, Michael Dezinno; second junior vice commander, Frank Roberts; treasurer, Rene w. Messier; chaplain, Ernest Massicotte; officer of the day, Jo- seph w. Cipriano; sergeant-at- arms, Albert Savard; trustees, Ed mund Cass, John P. Barry, retir- ing commander, and John J. Null ligan; historian, Albert Sumpf; color bearers, Fred Schell and