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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-25
STRIKE DEFIED
/. BY INLAND CO.

INDIANA HARBOR, Ind, May
rs G.N.So.-A tie-up of major
portion of the steel industry IN
the Chicago area became def
mite possibility today when Inland
Steel refused to sign a contract
with the Committee for Industrial
Organization.
An immediate meeting Of union
heads was called to determine
whether a strike should be ordered
among Inland's $4,000 employees.
Possibility the difficulty would
spread was seen in a statement by
H. D. Rulfs, industrial relations
manager for Inland, declared
the Youngstown and Republic
plants were prepared to back up
Inland'S refusal to sign any con-
tract or agreement.
PITTSBURGH, May IS (I.N.S),
Picket lines formed early today
around the plant Of H. j. Heinz
Company here after a strike call
voted by employees.
The strike was called by mem
bers of the Canning and Pickle
Workers Union, an American
Federation of Labor affiliate. The
plant employs 1900.
The strikers turned down a COM
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
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By GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service

The New Deal is on the march
again and a spirit reminiscent OF
its earlier days again pervades
washington.
The ravages inflicted by the
Supreme Court in the MIRA, the
AAA and other cases, have been
largely repaired. and willing Con-
greSs appeared set today to go
along with President Roosevelt, in
what he described as an extern
sion of the frontiers Of social
progress"
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Mrs. Whitney Denies
All Rumors RELATING
To 'ScarIett' Film Role

HOLLYWOOD, May as G.N.SJ.
Mrs. John Hay Whitney was en-
phatic today in scotching reports
she wishes to play the role of scar
let O'Hara in Gone With the
Wind" and that she came to the
screen capital to take q screen
test for the part. She said:
Il don't. i won't. ! wouldn't,
even If the chance were offered
me, which IL hasn't BEEN"
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by Caroline Reboux Of matching
blue straw trimmed with blue and
pink plumage and a halo of blue
tulle.
NEW YORK, May IS G.N.SJ
The worlds best-dressed coupled"
That is the added title to which
the Duke Of Windsor and his
bride-to-be, Mrs. Wallis Warfield,
will fall heir after their marriage
June 3, it was learned today.
In the opinion Of several leading
American fashion experts the
couple will be crowned King and
Queen of Fashion" merely by pub
lie imitation Of their selected styles
If they are not named formally
to the years "best-dresSed" lists.
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FACES
-
LYONS TODAY
The lineup:
WAaHINGTnN
By FRANK CHUCK" ONEILL

~ AezA4V1A DOOAA
The Chicago White Sox come to
Griffith Stadium this afternoon to
open the final Western club series
with the Nationals. So far the
Griffs have won four games and
lost three to the hinterlanderS,
and by taking two out of three in
the present series will be doing
very well for themselves.
Jimmy DeShong. who stopped
the White Sox with two runs in
Chicago, May IS, win pitch for
Washington today, while Ted
Lyons, veteran slow baller, is ex-
pected to start for. Chicago.
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COMMIT Tee
GETS PLAN
AGAIN
House Group Fails
To Adopt Definite
Report on Scheme

On the theory that public
opinion is equally divided on day
light saving time for Washington,
the Sacks subcommittee Of the
House District Committee today
ordered the daylight saving bill
reported without recommendation
to the full committee.
Representative Leon Sacks CD.
Of Pennsylvania, author Of the
bill and chairman Of the Subcota.
mittee. announced that the sub
committee reported the bill with
cut recommendation because hear
ings on the measure revealed that
public sentiment pro and con the
establishment Of daylight saving
time here appeared to swing mo
more one way than the other"
adding:
IT announced prior to the /.
hearing that Onr action would
be based entirely on the feel
ings of the citizens of this city. !.
In view of the fact that we
could not obtain an expression
Of an overwhelming feeling
either one way or the other, we
decided we would leave the de-
cisiOn to the full committee"
THREE AMENDMENTS
The report contains three
amendments, most important OF
which would make the legislation
continuous instead Of providing
daylight saving time for this year
only.
The second amendment changes
the date for setting the time back
to standard to the last Sunday in
September instead of the last
Sunday in October, and the third
amendment would make the act
effective the Sunday following its
enactment, should it be passed.
Before the meeting Of Mr.. Sacks
subcommittee, Repre- ia tive
Mary T. Norton CD of New Jer-
sey, chairman of the full COM
mittee, received a telegram from
the Standard Time. League, pro-
testing the Sacks measure. The
league of which George C. Haven
ner is chairman. is meeting today
at the Willard Hotel. The telegram
follows:
"FOr your information, please
note that 20 out of 81 citizens
association, Central Labor Union,
American Federation of Labor,
and dozens Of wOmen'S clubs,
civic and business mems Organi-
cations have voted In opposition
to daylight saving for the Dis
trict Of Columbia"
Representatives Sacks and
George j. Bates (R.) of Massachu-
settles voted for the report, and
Representative Dan r. McGehee
Cd of Mississippi voted in the
negative.
Housewives Hit Bill
A stormy hearing was held last
week on the Sacks measure, dur
ing which the principal attack or
the bill came from housewives who
objected to another hour Of house
work.
Following today's meeting of
the subcommittee, which was
executive, Representative Sacks
said:
81 cannot understand this OBJ
lection to the BILL There would
stilI be "a hours in each day.
Most the principal cities of the
country now operate on daylight
saving time, and it seems to me
that Washington which is the
Capital Of the nation should also
have 1t.
However, do not feel as
though I want to impose my own
feeling ON the committee. We
are leaving final action up to
them"
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| ABOR FIGHTS FOR 30-H0uR week
From Content
To WedIOck
To Divorce

MRS. NATALIE CARR
COE, FORMER NOVICE
IN CONVENT, is SUING
FOR DIVORCE, ACcUS-
ING WALTER B. COLL
OF "INTOLERABLE
CRUELTY"
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WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair tonight tomorrow increasing cloud.
ness; Thursday showers; not much change in
temperature; gentle easterly winds, becom-
ing moderate southeast or south tomorrow.
weather Details on Page 32)
Evening star., 1937-09-10
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

STUDEBAKER Dictator coach. 1894; origi-
nal PANT low MILEAGE: a bargain, S255.
Dealer, 601 Mass. ave NV
Smyrna times., 1937-07-22
AT OLD DRAWERS
Sixth of Summer Services Shows
Increased Attendance

The Rev. John Jackson Brown,
minister of the Presbyterian
Church at Milford, was the preach
er at the sixth of the summer SER
vices at Old Drawers Church,
near Odessa, Sunday afternoon.
His remarks were of an historical
nature in keeping with the history
of the ancient church. There was
a large attendance. Miss Curry of
Washington, a genealogist, with a
party of friends who was motor
ing past the church and learned
that services were being held there,
attended. Later they inspected the
building. The musical part of the
program was under the direction
of Paul Buechse, organist and
choir director of First and Central
Church. The preach
er at services next Sunday will be
the Rev. William Gibson, minister of
the Presbyterian Church at New
Castle.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-22
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Daniel NJ. Ridgely, Prominent Do
yer Farmer-POlitician, Dead

Daniel NJ. Ridgely, 81, former
state senator, former Kent county
prothonotary, and member of a
prominent Kent County family,
died early Saturday morning at his
home two miles west of Dover. He
served two terms as prothonotary
and in that capacity was clerk of
the Supreme Court When not in
politics he looked after his large
farm for its peach culture. AL
ways a progressive farmer he con-
Quoted it as a model farm as long
as his health would permit He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary
Slaughter Ridgely, and two chill
dren by a former marriage, Char
les dupont Ridgely of Camden,
Del, and Mrs. Eugenia Arnold of
New York. Charles dupont Ridge
ly also is a former state senator
and is a magistrate at Camden.
Funeral services were held from
the home at 2 o'clock Tuesday af-
ternoon with interment in Lake
side Cemetery. Mr. Ridgely was
son of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Ridgely.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-22
FARMERS
IN SOIL GROUP
Reports Show That Nearly
650,000 Acres Are Now
Signed Up E.
WILL NET ABOUT S613,0OO

A total of 1850 work sheets, 55
per cent more than last year, have
been submitted to the county offic-
ers in Delaware by farmers who
wished to enter the Agricultural
Conservation Program this year. it
has been announced by R. o. SteI-
zer, Extension Economist at the
University of Delaware, who is in
charge of the educational phases
of the program in this state. Ac-
cording to Stelzer, these work
sheets represent 638.427 acres of
farm land or 60 per cent of all the
farm land in Delaware and cover
As per cent more acreage than did
the 1886 work sheets. OF this
acreage, 400,161 acres are crop
land and include 255, 900 acres of
soil depicting crops. Stelzer point
ed out that of this acreage, So, ,259
acres were listed for maximum di-
version at an average rate of S10.-
81 per acre, representing payments
to total more than 1892
600 which, if the total possible soil
allowance is included, may
net Delaware farmers a total of
more than S613,000.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-22
TWO BROTHERS
FATALLY HURT
Abel Numbers and His Broth
er James, Kicked By
CraZed Horse
ON FARM NEAR CLAYTON

A horse apparently crazed by
flies kicked to death her owner,
Abel Numbers, II, and so seriously
trampled his brother, James, so,
Thursday afternoon, that he died
several hours later in the Kent
General Hospital, Dover. There
were no witnesses to the double
tragedy which occurred in the barn
on the farm of Abel Numbers west
of Clayton. The victims. torn and
cut by the vicious hoof thrusts,
were found in the empty stall by
w. S. Wright, a neighbor who had
gone to the barn to talk over
threshing prospects. The horse had
fed to a far corner of the barn.
Finding Abel beyond help, Wright
called DR.. Richard Comegys of
Clayton to administer first aid to
James. The Smyrna American
Legion ambulance took him to the
Dover hospital where he died
short time later of a fracture of
the skull James and Abel, both
well known as substantial farm
ers in this section, and highly es-
teemed by all who knew them, had
spent the early part Of the after
noon in Clayton. Returning to the
farm, it is believed they went to
the barn to grease the legs of the
horse, made irritable by attacks of
flies. The horse, a three-year-Old
had not given any serious trouble
previously although the heat and
flies had combined to make it hard
to handle the past several weeks.
Several times the brothers had ap-
piled a preparation to the legs.
James, who was unmarried, made
his home with his brother Abel
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sarah
Numbers, and two chill
dren, Mrs. Carl Hurd, Of Clayton,
and Q. Ross Numbers, who con-
ducts a general merchandise store
at Blackiston's Cross Roads on
the Clayton-Millington road. Cor
oner Harry Camper Of Kent Coun-
ty took charge of the case. Double
funeral services for the brothers
were held Saturday afternoon at
D. M, from their late home. The
Rev. Van Cleaf, pastor Of the M.
P. Church at Clayton, offciated.
Interment was made in Odd Eel
lows Cemetery, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-22
IREHOBOTH BARS
MEN IN TRUNKS
Move to Permit Males in
"Topless'' Bathing Suits is
Lost A to Flight Is On
VOTE OF TOWN BOARD

There will be no Tarzans at Re
hoboth Beach, the Board of Town
Commissioner decided in AZ
vote Saturday afternoon, halting
another move in the fight to per-
nit men bathers to appear on the
beach clad only in trunks. Men
must wear tops to their bathing
suits" the commissioners decreed
although Commissioner Lamot du-
Pont, Jr., a leader in the trunks
only campaign said that the fight
would continue. I challenge any
one to give me a reason for keep
ing this ordinance in Rehoboth
Beach" said Mr.. dupont. Il can
not agree with those who say that
a man who goes in bathing with
out the top of his bathing suit will
lower the morality of the general
public" Although the issue has
been hotly debated, there was a
small attendance at the meeting.
Most of the afternoon was taken
up with the hearing of assessment
appeals When Mayor Fred A.
Ross announced the bathing ordin-
ance was open to discussion, Com
missioner DUPONT presented a mo-
tion that it be rescinded and re-
placed with an ordinance permit
ting the removal of tops" on GER
tain sections of the beach but ban
ming anyone from appearing on
the boardwalk or streets in scanty
attire ]. Sanderson Trump. sum
mer resident, and recently elected
commissioner, spoke in opposition
to changing the ordinance. He
said that in his opinion Rehoboth
Beach was family resort and
that he could see no reason to i'm
itate the larger resorts which per-
NIT men bathers to appear only IN
trunks The motion was put to
vote, with only Commissioners du-
Pont and John LeCato favoring a
change. In the past police and
lifeguards have found it difficult to
enforce the ordinance. Offenders
have been warned but so far no ar
rests have been made. City Man
ager w. H. Johnson had intended
to present the new traffic code and
budget requirements before the
commissioners but the hearing of
tax appears consumed the entire
He said he would call
a special meeting of the commits
possibly this week, to con-
slider his new program.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-22
BEING MADE FOR
CCC CAMPS IN KENT COUNTY

Six young men, residents of Kent
County, were enrolled as members
of the CCC on Tuesday, at the Do
yer Armory. This group represent
ed thefir st contingent from this
vicinity to be selected and enrolled
for CCC service during the present
enrolment period which began on
July /, and which will continue un-
til the end of the month. After
passing their physical examina-
tions and being sworn in the new
CCC enrollees were assigned for
service with Camp MC-55 Leipsic.
All of the six applicants who re-
ported for examination passed
their physicalt ests and Army ply
sicians who conducted the examin-
ations praised the general good
health and physique of the appli-
cants. The next group to be en-
rolled in the CCC from Kent Coun-
ty will be examined tomorrow,
July %. Applicants are being
made to Harry T. Greenwell, Clerk
of the Peace, Kent County Court
Smyrna times., 1937-07-22

House, Dover, who is in charge of
CCC selection during the current
enrolment period. Any youth be-
tween the ages of IL and % in
elusive, who is unmarried and in
need of employment is eligible.
Enrollees in the CCC earn at least
$50 month, of which $25 is allot-
ted to the enrollee's family. In ad-
dition to the wages, enrollees re-
ceive complete outfit of clothing,
have the opportunity of improving
their education, receive free medi-
cal and dental care, and are bene-
ficiaries in case of illness or injury
under the United States Compen-
sation Act. Enrollees also have
preferential standing for appoint
ments to certain civil service posts.
Before being enrolled in the CCC,
applicants in Kent County are re-
quired to register for employment
with the Dover office of the Della
ware State Employment Service,
of which Mr.. Paradee is the man
ager.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-22
RURAL LETTER
CARRIERS MEET
Charles A. Lingo of Millsboro
Elected President to Sue
ceed HI. G. Johnson, Smyrna
MEETING OF AUXILIARY

The Delaware Rural Letter Car
riers' Association held their annual
convention Saturday evening at
the Hotel Richardson, Dover. The
Ladies Auxiliary met at the same
time. Over 100 members Of both
organizations presided. Charles
AL Lingo of Millsboro, was elected
president Of the Association, sue
ceeding Harry Q. Johnson, Of
Smyrna. Mrs Samuel Southards,
Of FELTON,, was elected president of
the ladies auxiliary At the bust
ness meeting, members stressed
the Importance of bringing bad
road conditions to the attention Of
the State Highway Department.
Appreciation also was expressed of
the cooperation given the associa-
tion by the highway department
w. ~. Fletcher, Of Hamlin, Texas,
treasurer of the national associa-
ton, was the principal speaker at
SAAS AA4ACA LldA " -. OO1lAoOA3 VI
Smyrna, who presided, was named
delegate to the national convention
in New Orleans, La, this fall
Frank L. Mckee, of Dover, was ap-
pointed alternate. Mrs Charles
Lingo as delegate at-large, with
Mrs. illiam Moore, of Milsboro, al
ternate. Association officers, in
addition to Mr. Lingo, are: Vice
president, George M. Macklin, Sea
ford; secretary and treasurer, Mr..
Mckee Of Dover; member of ex-
ecutive committee, Mr.. Southards.
Auxiliary officers, in addition to
Mrs Southards, are: Vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. Charles Lingo; secre-
tary and treasurer, Mrs. William
Powell, Frankford; member of ex-
ecutive committee, Mrs Ralph JEFF
ferson, of Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-22
TO FILL JOBS BY
EXAMINATIONS
Newly Formed Unemployment
Compensation Commission
To Make Appointments
POSITIONS ARE CLERICAL

AL positions on the staff of the
Unemployment Compensation
Commission will be filed by COM
petitive examination, according to
a statement issued by that body
Appointments made within the
next several months shall be for a
maximum period of six months,
subject to examination The only
exemptions from this general rule
are the positions of executive di-
rector and technical advisor. DR..
Charles NJ Wharton, executive di-
rector, has been appointed for
term of six years, in accordance
with a provision in the law. James
NJ. RosbroW, technical advisor, has
been appointed to serve at. the
pleasure of the commission, with
out further examination, on the
basis of his experience and Federal
civil service status Within the
next few weeks, DR. Wharton and
Mr.. Rosbrow will confer with
IIeLADeIS OF LIe OIdSSuICdIlOu sec
ton of the Federal Social Security
Board with regard to setting up
minimum specifications for each
post to be filed. The present plans
of the Commission call for a staff
Of no larger than forty members
by October 1. In the absence of
formal application blanks, which
will be available in connection with
the examinations to be given some
time before January, 1888, all ap-
plicants for temporary appoint
ment are urged to give complete
personnel information in their in
itial letters of application. Posi-
tions to be filled include: Officer
Accountant three grad
es), Clerk (several grades) STEM
ographer 1.-TWO grades Messenger,
and Field Contact
Men (severaI POSITIONS
Smyrna times., 1937-07-22
COL. STOREY TAKES BRIDE
Deputy Attorney General, Dover,
Weds Miss Margaret Stockton

In the Catonsville NJ. E. Church,
Catonsville, Md, Saturday morn
ing, Miss Margaret Glenn Stockton
of Dover, daughter of Mrs. R. G.
Stockton of Greensboro, N. c., be-
came the bride of Col. William j.
Storey, deputy attorney-general of
Delaware for Kent County. The
ceremony was performed by the
Rev. DR.. Spicknell. The altar was
fanked with orchid and peach
gladiolas and palms. Mrs. Glen
Gildersleeve of Dover sang "Dedi-
cation" and Mr.. Gildersleeve sang
Il Love You Truly" Mr.. and Mrs.
Gildersleeve sang Calm as the
Night" Miss Mary Lee Forney
of Lancaster, Pa, sang Il Love
Thee" Miss Lowe and Miss For
ney were classmates of the bride
at Randolph Macon Women's Col
lege, Lynchburgh, Va The bride
wore pink marquisette trimmed
with velvet of the same shade, and
a lekhorn hat trimmed with pink
velvet She carried a small white
Bible from which fell a shower of
ribbons. Orchids were also fasten-
Continued on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1937-07-22
FINDS HER HUSBAND DEAD
Mrs. w. C. Grover, Dover, Returns
From Shopping to Be Shocked

Returning to her nome on North
State Street, Dover, from a shop
ping trip Saturday afternoon, Mrs.
w. c. Grover found the body of her
husband in the attic of the house,
a gunshot wound in his heart. A
gun, with one shell discharged,
was near the body Coroner Har-
ry Camp said the evidence indicat-
ed that Grover, who was president
of the Kent Hosiery Mills, had TAX
en- his own life Members of the
family could give no reason for his
act Grover, who formerly live in
Philadelphia, had been in business
in Dover for about a year and a
half. The body was taken to Phil
adelphia for funeral services and
interment.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-22
PICKERS
DRINK POISON
Three Die at Dover From
Drinking "FreezOne" on
Farm of Walker Mifflin
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL

Three apple pickers died Satur-
day the result, police said, of drink
ing denatured alcohol, anti-freeze
product. Leroy Stoddard, also
known as Leroy Some of the 300
block, French Street, Wilmington,
was found by a fellow workman
along the highway early Saturday
morning. He died en- route to the
hospital. Police went to the farm
of Walker Mifflin, near Dover,
where Stoddard was employed, and
found George Morton, Sc, of PhiIa-
delphia, and Jerry Dalton, A, be-
lieved to be from Cleveland, o.,
unconscious in a shack. They were
taken to the Kent General Hospital
where both died during the day.
Coroner Harry Camper released
Stoddard's body to his wife in Will
mington, who survives him. Nor
tons body was claimed by his
brother, Ralph, a member of the
Philadelphia Fire Department. The
coroner has been unable to locate
Dalton's family believed to be in
Cleveland, Ohio. The three men
had been employed on the Mifflin
farm, near Dover, for the past ten
days. Police said they obtained a
can Of the alcohol product Friday
night. The empty can was found
IN the shack which the three occu-
pied.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-22
SOIL ACREAGE
GROWS IN KENT
Shows Increase in the Coun-
ty of Sixty-eight Per-
cent Over Last Year
1902 FARMERS SIGN UP

The extent to which farmers in
Kent county are participating in
the 1887 soil conservation program
is shown by an increase of 68 per-
cent in applications this year, re-
sulting in total of 1902 signers in
this county including the 761 farm
ers who signed up for the 1886
program, and the 541 additional
ones who signed up this year. Ac-
cording to records on file in the Of
fee of County Agent Russell E.
Wilson, secretary of the Kent
County Agricultural Conservation
Association, there are 1886
acres of farm land represented by
these 1902 applications for benefit
payments. Of this acreage, there
are 126,073 acres of crop land
which is an increase of Sc percent
over the acreage included in the
1885 soil conservation program for
this county. The data on these
work sheets indicate also a total
of 75,745 acres of soil-depleting
crops with a corresponding max
imum diversion of 1861 acres and
an average diversion payment rate
of $500 per acre, or a possible to-
tai of S112,474 which Kent County
farmers may earn by this practice
during the present year In addi-
tion to this amount, these 1902
work sheets show a possible total
soil-building allowance of S75,622,
making a total of S188,O96 in bene-
fit payments. The work of check
ing over these hundreds of appli-
cations has been done by the coun-
ty committee including r. Harry
Wilson. H Clifford Clark and
Laurence E. Cain, in cooperation
with r. o. Stelzer, extension econ
omist of the University of Della
Continued on Page Five)