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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15
W hite Bluffs
Bank To End
Operations
Saturday, July IL, Is Last
Day for Deposits; Ac-
counts To Be Out July "a

Ending banking operations in or
der that the liquidation of capital
assets for the benefit of owners of
waived deposits may be carried out,
the First Bank of White Bluffs this
week announced that it would no
longer accept deposits after Satur-
day, July II, and that all unre-
stricted accounts must be trans
ferred or withdrawn by the follow
ing Saturday July "a.
Under the voluntary liquidation
plan recently approved ait a meet
Ing of depositors of the bank, there
are sufficient funds ON hand to pay
off aid current unrestricted deposits
and to pay one-half of the amount
of waived deposits and co1ltribu-
tions toward the capital structure,
which came about under the plan
of reopening in February, 1884, it
has been announced by the tenn
porary depositors committee, COM
posed of H. F. Paschen, r. S. Refer
SOIL anu FTeO TuIluly.
In amounting the closing of the
local bank, W. j, Kincaid, who es-
tablished it in 1908 and has oper-
ated it continuously since that time
says:
1--WE regret that it is necessary
after nearly thirty years operation
to cease giving banking service In
the Priest Rapids Valley, but con-
ditions have so changed that we
cannot longer earn sufficient mon
ey to pay operating expenses. This
situation is caused by the following
changed conditions:
Reduced farm income since the
depression has reduced the amount
Of money which goes to make up
bank deposits.
Governments sponsored agencies
can provide funds for farming OPP
CREATIONS on basis that we cannot
meet.
School districts are practically
all on cash basis which eliminates
warrants as an investment.
Interest on commercial paper
and bonds, such as a bank should
hold, now runs from three fourtlls
of one per cent to two per cent,
where formerly rates for these Sc
curities ran from about four to six
per cent.
1--WE wish to thank our many
4 friends and customers for the plea
SAINT business relations that have
existed over these many years, and
to wish them the best Of everything
for the future"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15
Big Increase
In Nations
Apple Crop
July | Estimate Places 81
Crop IS Per Cent Above
That Of Last Year

The national apple crop this sea-
son will be IS per cent larger than
that of 1886, it was estimated this
week by the U. S. Department Of
Agriculture in their annual July
report. Production this year was set
at 194,328,0OO bushels, while the
average production for the five
year period of 1928 1892 was 1884,
355,0O0 bushels.
Conditions on July l, the depart
ment,s report said, indicate larger
than average" crops in all sections
of the United States except the
western states
Present prospects for the Rocky
Mountain and Pacific Coast areas
are for a crop 10 per cent less than
average but about 10 per cent larg-
er than the 1896 production, the
report said.
Estimated apple production this
season in some of the larger apple
producing states, together with
their average production during the
1928 1892 period, was listed as fol-
lows by the department:
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15

About SO former residents of this
community held a White Bluffs
picnic at Escalbach Park, near va
kima, Sunday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15

F.. E. DeSelern of Yakima. rep
resentative of the Pennsylvania
Salt company, spray manufacturers,
was a business visitor in the valley
Monday
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-07-15
The Weather

Maximum and minimum temper
attlres recorded by observer Moffitt
at the Hanford weather station:
Evening star., 1937-04-10
SERVICE ORDERS.
ARMY,

ARMY.
Johnson, Maj Frank NJ S., Engineer
Corps, Army War College, to San
Francisco, August 4.
Campbell, Maj Alan L., Field Ar
tillery, Fort Worth, Tex, to Aberdeen
Proving Grounds, Md, July 20.
Crossley, First Lieut. Arthur w,
Chemical Warfare Service Reserve,
Arlington, Va, to active duty in Of
flee of the Chief of Chemical Warfare
Service, May g.
Miller, First Liut. Hubert c., Chemi-
cal Warfare Service Reserve, Howell,
Mich, to active duty at Edgewood Ar
senal, Md, May l6
Lord, First Lieut.. George D., Chemi-
cal Warfare Service Reserve, Gorham,
N. H., to active duty at Edgewood Ar
senal, Md, April l8.
AaVeralla, First Lieut.. Arthur,
Chemical Warfare Service Reserve,
Newport, R. T., to active duty at Edge
wood Arsenal, Md, April l8.
Anderson, Cecond Lieut.. Everett ",
Chemical Warfare Service Reserve
Naugatuck, Conn, to active duty at
EdgeWood Arsenal, Md, April 18.
NAVY.
Hammond, Capt. Philip H., Bureau
OF Navigation, Portsmouth, Va, to
Long Beach, Calf, June l.
Richards, Comdr. Frederick G., Bu-
reau OF Navigation, U. S. S. Hannibal,
to Navy Department.
Pound, Lieut.. Harold c., Cruisers
Evening star., 1937-04-10
Traffic Convictions
SECOND-OFFEN SPEEDING

SECOND -OFFENSE SPEEDING.
Arthur M. Eckert, IT'S G street
southeast, $40.
Edwin j. Ellison, 2311 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, SIS.
Stanley M. Taylor, 81 Seventh street
northeast, $40.
FIRST-OFFENSE SPEEDING.
Norris R. Hardy, 1742 Lamont street,
$40.
Augustus Melvin, 3O3 R street, SIS.
Herbert S. Green, 28l0 Elvins road
southeast, S.
James F. Branson, 1877 street, SIS.
Susie M. Rubey Maryland, $40
John R. Hutchins, Ills K street, SIS.
Frank L. Dean, 1903 Eighteenth
street, IS.
James N. Marriewether, 81 N street,
IS.
James E. Allen, 3725 Twelfth street
northeast, S..
olen E. Sponsella, 311O w street
southeast, S5.
Robert H. knight, Virginia, S.
Agnes E. Chavis, 633 Orleans place
northeast, IS.
Delilah Taylor, TIT Willard street,
S.
Robert B. Precia, 212 Rhode Island
avenue, s5.
Ernest E. Edwards, 301 u street, SIS.
Arthur T. Alderton, 1919 N street IS.
John Davis, 1881 Fifth street, SIS.
Peter F, Harrington, 429 Kennedy
street, S.
Byron E. Richardson, 1747 A street
southeast, IS.
Harry Wells, Virginia, IS.
Wilfred E. Pierce, 4048 Alabama
avenue southeast, $40
southeast, $40.
Homer Sneed, 14l4 F street north
east, SIS.
Alvin A. Kraft, 1901 California
street, IS.
Louis j. Kirouas, 71S Minnesota
avenue southeast, IS.
John w. Vance, 1913 K street south
west, IS.
Newman Bumstead, Maryland, s5.
Paul A. Richmond, New Jersey, $40.
Noah Menard, Maryland, IS.
Charles Sasser, jr., Maryland, SIS.
Fred T. Watson, Maryland, IS.
Charles L. Matthews, 2614 Sheridan
road southeast, SIS.
Russell D. Angle, 949 Massa chusetts
avenue, IS.
Helen Holmes, 918 Buchanan street,
S.
Francis L. Griffin, 1880 Trinidad
avenue northeast, SIS.
Irwin L. Armentrout, zoos Fourth
street northeast, SIS.
Evening star., 1937-04-10
CAB DRIVERS,
NEW CABS AVAILABLE,
FREE CLASSES
FOR HACKERS LICENSE.
BELL CAB CO.,

FURNITURE FINISHER for
large warehouse. Must be ca
pable and not afraid of hard
work. State age, experience
and telephone number. Ad-
dress Box 1910, Star Office.
SALES REPRESENTATIVES
Nationally known financial
institution. resources over $31,-
100000, now opening additional
district offices. invites inquiries
on the part of statesmen. Only
those furnishing best of refer
ences will be interviewed. Ap-
pointment by phone or letter
only. Phone between 9 and IL
Monday.
Fidelity Investment Assn,
NATIONAL 3S34
G. l.. NARAMORR.
Evening star., 1937-04-10
GRANTLAND RICE
TOBE GUEST STAR
Will Be Heard on Cook Pro-
gram-Miriam Hopkins
on "Hit Parade"

GALAXY of guest stars, in
n cluding Grantland Rice, IA
~ nous sports writer, and Crete
L "A Steuckgold, Metro p olit n
Opera soprano, will contribute to Joe
Cooks variety show on WRC and
other National Broadcasting Co. sta
tions tonight at $50 o'clock.
The dramatic high light of the
broadcast will be a sketch based on
inspirational incidents in the life of
DR.. Louis Pasteur, one of history's
greatest humanitarians.
MIRIAM HOPKINS, blond movie
star, will be the guest of Mark
Warnow during the Your Hit Pa
rade and Sweepstakes" on WJSV at
10. She will present a sketch from
her latest picture, Woman Chases
Man" Warnows orchestra will play
the hit tunes of the week.
A BROADCAST from citizens
mass meeting in Chicago is
scheduled by WMAL at TO- Secretary
of Interior IckeS and Senator Bark
ley will discuss President Roosevelt's
Federal judiciary reorganization plan.
GRACE MOORE will sing annie
Laurie" especially for her aunt
In Tennessee during her recital on
WJSV at 9. Vincent Lopez and his
orchestra also will contribute to the
program.
THE American Tamburitza String
Orchestra, famed for it's vivid in
depreciation of Yugoslav folk songs,
will be featured during the National
Barn Dance on WMAL at 9.
NITYA VRONSKY and Victor
BABIN, Russian two-piano team,
will make a farewell radio broadcast
during Ed Wynn's program on WMAL
at 8. New compositions by Babin will
be featured.
HANS LANCE will direct the Chi
cago Symphony Orchestra during
Its concert on VOL at 9:15 The pro-
gram includes Schubert's Symphony
No. 10 in c Major" and the overture
TO Wagners Flying Dutchman."
ETHEL HERMAN, "torch" singer.
will be the guest of James Melton
during the Saturday Night Party
on WRC at 8. Melton's solos will be
Where Are You?" "Lindy Lou and
"Volga Boat Song"
Evening star., 1937-04-10

Roy w. Daniels, 121 Thirteenth
street northeast, IS.
Leonard E. Howard, 37O8 Massa chu-
sets avenue, S..
Clifford A. Webb Virginia, S.
Paul R. Martindale, Westchester
Apartments, SIS.
Bertram J. Curran, 1474 Chaplin
street, SIS.
James H. Carpenter, 728 Quincy
street, IS.
Charles B. Hagan, Maryland, S.
Edward M. Ahearn, 4347 Harrison
street, SIS.
James A. Sneed, 1924 Fourteenth
street, $40.
Irving I. Rosenberg, 1O9 Massachu-
setts avenue, SIS.
Frank Bruno, 800 H street, SIS.
Evening star., 1937-04-10
FARM AND GARDEN,

COMPLETE LANDSCAPING SERVICE
Seeding sodding, shrubbery, etc Louis
]. Mancuso. 70G 11th st. NV. Natl gro.
NOW IS THE TIME to use bone meal on
your lawns: $3.50 for 100 pounds Milton
Hopfenmater Estate. $500 K ST NV.
Phone West 1892.
GOOD TOP SOIL. delivered al lowest
prices. Phone Randolph 4335.
WELL-ROTTED COW MANURE Guar
anteed Wisconsin 4195.
SOD. extra thick blue grass. from rich
bottom land: delivered and laid. 3 cenLi
Evening star., 1937-04-10
DOGS, PETS, ETC.
POULTRY e. EGGS.
NEW HAMPSHIRES,

Baby Chicks and Started Chicks.
Ready-to-lay pullets; birds of quality
backed by Sam Rlces guarantee of SaIls-
faction or money refunded.
Road %. Ashton. Md. Phone Ashton 4S
Evening star., 1937-04-10
Air Headliners
Domestic.

Domestic.
200 pm. WRC, "Cavalleria
Rusticana" and "Hansel
and Gretel," by Metro
politan Opera Co.
AIS p.m.-WMAL, Evening Star
flashes.
Evening Programs.
7:3o p.m.-WRC, Question Bee.
$50 p.m.-WRC, Saturday Night
Party; WMAI, Ed Wynn.
800 p.m.-WRC, Snow Village
Sketches; WMAL, Ma
tional Barn Dance;
WJSV, Grace Moore.
9:15 p.m.-WOL, Chicago Sym
phony Orchestra.
$3.50 p.m.-WRC, Joe Cooks
Show.
1890 p.m.-WJSV, Your Hit Pa
rade.
1880 p.m.-WRC, Irwin S. Cobb.
11:00 p.m.-WMAL, Slumber
Hour.
Evening star., 1937-04-10
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE.

BAKE OVEN. 2 cabinet. Berger Bros.
1431 st. NV. IL"
BATH-UB lumber, sash and doors; SO, 900
flooring. $40 per 900; L. & G. .sheeting.
Wrecking entire city block. building ma
terial at bargain prices. 18th and Va.
Evening star., 1937-04-10
HELP DOMESTIC.

GIRL OR WOMAN. white, general house
work and care OF two children, one school
days. one week day of; $50 mo. and good
home. This position open to responsible
party only Address Box 226-J. Star office.
GIRL. white. to care for child, age 5. and
2-room apt. Apply between and pm.
1920 st. NV.
GIRL, white. for general housework and
mothers helper; Pleasant room and con-
d1tions. Only steady. reliable worker with
references need apply. S25 monthly and
board. 4105 Legation st. NV
HOUsEKEEPER, first-class cook, must
have reference; no other apply. Call
HOUSEKEEPER, white. to stay nights: care
for apt. and small child; salary. Call
Decatur 6483 bet. 8 and s pm.
W WOMAN, NJ white, reliable. ,unencumbered,
1886 years. for general housework and
care Of 4-year child; must have references;
upstairs room; non-experienced need not
apply. Phone after z pm. Clev. 1922.
WOMEN, white. settled between the age
45 and 5b. as housekeeper, for In family.
Apply in person, 1106 Flower ave-. Tekoma
Park. Md.
Evening star., 1937-04-10

USED CAR Statesmen.
Here is your chance to make real money
HlgheSt commission paid no deduction fol
Irade- ms transportation and gas fur.
nishea Plenty OF lot periods. Anacostia
Motor CO. 1925 Good Hope I'd. Sc. SEE
Evening star., 1937-04-10
LANDSCAPING.
ROOMS FURNISHED.

For better class OF paintings call W
Nursery for estimates. Greenwood l..
Evening star., 1937-04-10

opened; 100 large. well-heated ideal sues,
rooms, near shower baths; plenty hot
water; choice of all new. modern or msps
furniture with double or twin beds. inner
coil-spring mattresses. Venetian bIndsi
Evening star., 1937-04-10

1713 LAMONT ST. N.W.-Large second,
floor front room. twin beds; middle roam,
double bed; both next 10 bath: ladies only,
Col q131
Evening star., 1937-04-10

1908 EUCLID ST. N.W.---Ons large front
room. twin beds; h.-v.h; convenient &
Evening star., 1937-04-10
Battle Force, to Naval Academy, July
10.
HELP MEN.
April 10, 1887.

HELP MEN.
AID SOLICITOR, experienced to work on
athletic event program Give particulars.
Address Box 1860 Star office.
AUTOMOBILE Statesmen to sell Dodge
and Plymouth cars, Dodge trucks and
used cars. Apply Fred Motor Co., 400
Geo. ave.
AUTOMOBILE statesmen. .. to complete
sales force of large Ford dealer Demon
strators furnished. Leads supplied. Liberal
commissions. Experienced men preferred.
See Mr. Wheatley. Triangle Motor Co., 2
n. Y. ave. NV.
BOY, white over 20 years old experienced
in grocery store. 9l5 East Capitol ST.
BOYS and young men, for permanent
work; good pay; with or without bicycles
Mr.. Schryver. 1917 New York ave. NV.
CARPENTERS to bid on carpenter WORK
on 6-room houses. See Mr.. Irwin, 34OU
Pennsylvania ave. Sc.
CHAUFFEURS for Blue-Light cabs. late
model Plymouth, open single or double
shifts at rate driver can afford to pay
See Mr.. Shaw. Blue-Light Station, 16
Mass ave. NV.
CHAUFFEUR, white, experienced. single:
state age, references, wages. Address
, Box 46l- Star Office. IL.
CLERK for liquor store, must have ex-
perlence for uptown store; man selected
must stand rigid investigation. Apply
IN first letter. Address Box look. star
office.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Weues Confident
OF Brazil Pact

Brazil'S new decree on exchange
restrictions will not interfere in
any way with the American Brazil
ian trade agreement, Assistant
Secretary of State Sumner Welles
asserted yesterday. Asked concern
ing reports that Brazil might de-
nounce the trade treaty, he re-
piled that he is confident nothing
of the sort is contemplated and
Brazil has shown every confidence
Of desiring to extend the benefits
Of the trade agreement.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
ONE-MAN BOAT
MISSING AT SEA

Last seen more than four
months ago. the Cygnet, 36-foot
motor yawI bound for the Azores,
with a one-man crew, was the
object of an Atlantic-wide search
today.
The Navy Department has
asked masters of all Atlantic ships
to watch for the boat, which left
Boston August 7, with only Victor
Brevoort, of Miami, aboard.
On August %, the boat was
sighted about 1900 miles from
Boston, and on September IA the
Conte de Savoia spied a small ship
several hundred miles northwest
of the Azores, which not definitely
identified as the Cygnet.
The lookout was ordered after
Brevort'S sister, Mrs. Rudolph
Eichmeyer, of Yonkers, N. Y,
asked the Navy Department to
locate the missing vessel.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Flandin Denies
Demand by Reich

NICE, France, Dec. 81 Q.N.s).
Pierre -Etienne Flandin, former
premier, denied in an interview
here today that Germany is plan,
ming to demand the return Of Al
SAGE to the Reich unless other
Nazi colonial demands are met at
once.
Reports published yesterday said
the German government spokes-
man had advanced this threat dur.
ing formal conversations with
Flandin. The French statesman,
however, declared there was no
truth in the rumorS.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31

The Kings prospective wife is
his childhood sweetheart. Her
name, freely translated, means
The Pure Rose"
Faced with the beautiful girls
appeal to be permitted to retain
her pre-marriage freedom after
they are wed, the paper said, Far
ouk devised a political crisis to
GUST Nahas PaSha, who is one Of
the keenest antagonists of the
rights of Egyptian women and
who wanted them to revert to the
harem veil.
Farouk, said the paper, be-
lieved that the English-educated
new premier, Mahmoud PaSha,
would prove more tolerant. In a
telep hone interview with the
Sketch, Mahmoud was quoted as
stating:
my attitude toward Egypt's
women will be that of his maj
esty. T believe in their freedom.
My attitude toward his maj
esty's bride will be in accordance
with royal instructions"
The Washington times., 1937-12-31

Long lines formed early and
threaded their way along the Ave
nue.. Hundreds of prospective tag
buyers brought their cars with
them and added to the confusion
by maneuvering for parking space.
The bureau will close this after.
noon at $3.50 o'clock and any mo-
torist who doesn't have his tags
by then will ride with a friend, a
taxicab or the Capital Transit
Company tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Painter Is Greeted
By Grace Moore

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 81 G.N.S).
Grace Moore, the singing star, and
her husband, Valentin Parera,
greeted some old friends today,
Count Emanuel Castelbarco, noted
portrait painter, and his wife.
The count, fresh from a sue
cessful exhibition in New York,
and the countess will be honored
Sunday at a tea given by Miss
Moore.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Governor Aids
LOvelOrn Couple

LINTON, Ind, Dec. 81.
Governor M. Clifford Town
send today lOOmed as the
possible Solomon who will
solve the tangled affairs of
12-year-Old Betty June LAGER
and 13-year old Tommy Chap
man and the baby born to
them Tuesday.
The children want to get
married, but the stern law Of
the State fOrbids it.
The governor took the case
under advisement today with
a view to finding some SOlu.
tiOn within the law.
In the meantime Tommy
declared he was ready to quit
school and go to work to
Support my family" and
Betty said she was ready to
set up housekeeping.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
King Gusts Premier
To Save His Bride
International News Photo

LONDON Dec. 81 CIN.S).-Young King Farouk Of Egypt,
18yearod monarch dismissed Premier Naha Pasha from
office in Cairo his bridetobe Sas Naz Zucfar,
from the traditional severity of Egyptian harem e the Lon
don Daily sketch reported today.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
FINGER PLACED
ON mr.. D. IN.
ROBINSON CASE.
big Shot" to Face Quiz
In Passport Puzzle

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 UN.So.
'Mr. D'' moved into the spotlight
in the confused Robinson-Rubens
Russian mystery today. A "Mr.
D" who arranged to have pass.
ports issued through the office of
former County Clerk Albert Mari.
nelli to "Mr. and Mrs. Donald L.
Robinson" and to Adolph Rubens
without the necessity Of them
appearing in person.
On information given by Mari
nelli, State Department agents
yesterday quizzed the Messrs. "a"
"B" and &C." all described as
minor politicians and all three
put the finger on "Mr. D"-the
"big shot" politician. He was ex'
pected to be questioned today.
1WO UOESOOEO
Still in the dark as to why the
"Robinsons" or the "Rubens"
were clapped into Moscow's prison
by Soviet police-which is the
general theory of their disappear
ance-the investigators took two
guesses.
One was that the couple, or at
least the male, was an active
Trotskyite and detention is bland
way of calling Washington's at
tention to apparent violation Of
the Roosevelt-Litvinov pact which
pledged both governments to
stamp out in their countries any
subersive movement against the
other.
The other was that Robinson"
or Rubens may have been an
OGPU agent in America, recalled
for disciplining.
SCENE SHIFTED
For other developments the
scene shifted to other points.
In Washington, President Roose-
velt had a request from the parents
of Mrs. Rubens, whose American
citizenship has been established,
to help find her. The message
turned over to Secretary Of State
Hull, paved the way for official
inquiry of the Russian government.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31

Just $4,000 cars will have to be
left in garages because motorists
put off until the last minute the
job which they have known all
along would have to be done.
Scenes in the vicinity of the
traffic bureau at the Ford Build
ing on Pennsylvania Avenue North
west, verged upon the panic stage
this morning as the last-minute
rush hit exhausted officials and
clerks.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Race Track Law
Is ''Best Seller

CHICAG o, Dec. 81 G.N.S0.
Copies of the city's new ordinance
licensing race track brokers moved
into the best seller class today.
City Clerk Brady reported 1900
copies Of the controversial law
were snapped up within a few
hours. Most Of them he said,
went to handbook operators and
ministers.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Spanish War Toll
Is 1,5OO,OOO Lives

CHICAGO, Dec. 81 QN.S).
More thsn 100000 soldiers and
civilians have lost their lives in
the Spanish civil war so far. &C.
cording to Don Fernando de Los
Rios, SPANS ambassador to the
United States. In a speech to the
Spanish Society here he predicted
the loyalists would win the con-
flict by midsummer.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Guns Blaze in War
On Duck Hunters of
Chesapeake Islands
Bullets Fly As y. S.
Joins Fight to End
Slaughter

CRISFIELD, Md, Dec. 81.
Shots have been fired in the war
against commercial duck hunting
on lonely Smith and Tangier
Islands, far out in Chesapeake
Bay, it was learned today.
There have been no casualties
so far in what authorities fear
may turn into a bloody conflict,
but all boats used by State and
Federal agents lave been armed
with machine guns, while the men
therS selves are going heavily
armed.
BIG FORCE Modified
Determined to put an end to
comercial hunting of ducks-a v1o-
lation of both State and Federal
laws-a force of Coast Guards
men, State game wardens and
State police has been mobolized.
The islanders, who for years
have carried on a lucrative and il
legal trade in ducks, are armed to
resist the officers, and already
there have been threats of gun
play.
It was only under the cannon
Of a Coast Guard cutter that the
game wardens were able to land
on Smith Island, where they des-
troyed more than 230 illegal duck
traps.
STATE POLICE AID ASKED
In order to further protect the
wardens, E. Lee Lecompte, State
Game Warden, requested that a
strong detail of State police be
sent to work with the wardens.
The trouble started several days
ago when a number of Biological
Survey agents went to Smith Is
land for an inspection.
AS they neared Tylertown, is
landers armed themselves with
shotguns and warned the agents
not to land. The agents went
back to the mainland and asked
for help.
The Coast Guard cutter Calypso
was ordered to the scene to CO.
operate with the agents, and a
Coast Guard amphibian plane was
ordered into service to spot the
traps from the air.
LAW DEFIED FOR YEARS
While the market sale of wild
fowl is illegal, it has been carried
on for years on the two islands,
despite efforts of State and Gov
ernment agents to end it, and
there have been a number of Sc.
riouS outbreaks.
Formerly the islanders used
heavy battery guns" which
slaughtered ducks by the hun
dreds. So many of the birds were
torn and mangled, unfit for
market, that the use of traps was
started.
The marketing of ducks was
ordered stopped by Federal law in
an effort to conserve wild life.
Smith and Tangier Islands have
been famous for many years as
center of wild fowl life in Chesa-
peake Bay.
The present outbreak follows
by several weeks a gun battle be-
tween State authorities and
islanders, when a number OF
oyster boats were found poaching.
A State conservation boat fired
on the poachers with a machine
gun, and they returned the fire
as they fled. The occupants of
one boat were captured and fined
u,oap hro1Iobt into court here