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Smyrna times., 1937-07-15
As0 0URY N. E. CHURCH NEWS
~ Dr. =. ". COlOna, Pastor, An
ances Services For the Week

" ?. ". Colona, Pastor, An
nces Services For the week
s. - services at Asbury Method
Episcopal Church next sundav
18Th, will be as follows: The
:. s<Mch 4 School will meet promptly
- 8 y o'clock, Mr.. Harvey G. Jones.
Tsneral r Superintendent, il charge
- morning worship service and
=. "a ,,, At H. The morning SER
~ VIII WIN close promptly at noon
ne. sas annual nm dinner of the Mems
q. n'0le Class and the Willing wo-L9 Vol :
w.5 ~ IlOle Class will be held on neTt
..s ."ssonesday July 25, at the Plea e.
dr. ,, motel at Rehoboth. The
s,o.ra., p VIII be served at 5 D, m
tsss t&ptly. Every one who can 4, a. a.
80 ~ should notify as pronontlv -
tee NJ. eluoer Of the commit
usrs we we must know not later fban
. ss1s i sunday ~ how many are going
uos t. monday. Any one who does
,s'', t'ss pave way to 20 sbonId Tlio sot aoes :
- WIN the president of +hair
n r. cyE.Onptly. The order for our
4 IN u'sn s. Hymnals will be plac-
Ifcndsn,. she book concern nevt
I'd red y : ouly 18th. 312 have been
81. = Tor the church bv indi,s'd Zen
Il d La tba. groups I, together. Should
h>r int.aa fr-as Inere is any one who has
i 4 lending vosll to present a hynn-
yroun 'Sur I; Church along with tbe
ordsr + q ainaly aa be sure to give your
h lstb ~ later a than next SUNDAY -r
4 tnors ,a u, The gold lettering nyI Wy
sopies :, Expensive for indiyidnai mai
~ vi rhe following new 'rruuai mera
A.burv' NIT , recently received into
fch: Minara = P plscop al
Doris = Linton and
~ Anna neney' s Mary Maud Kel,
walianna = 7 Kelley, Rose e. Kel-
= p E: p !. Jones and wife.
(pbe1' lydia v. Price, R. B.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-15
Smyrna 4-H Boy in Fair Contest

Howard Deakyne, Smyrna, is
among the thirty-nine Kent Coun-
ty 4-H members enrolled up to
date in the ninth annual ticket
selling contest sponsored by the
Kent-Sussex Fair Association. The
Fair Association will award a gold
watch to the member selling the
most tickets in the state.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-15

Red" Maloney Lake Como Guard
Smyrna Town Council have
elected Howard RED" Maloney to
be Life Guard at Lake Como for
the season. He has entered upon
his duties.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-15
Former sherif's Chickens stolen

FOTnitr ShtFIfS tHICktHS SlUItH
While William Bush, former
sheriff, and now a member of the
Dover police force, was patrolling
his beat Tuesday night, thieves en-
tered his hen house at his home on
Governors Avenue and stole Is
chickens.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-15
ST. PETERS CHURCH NEWS
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton VIII
Be Home and Conduct Services

Rev. Frederick Marx Barton,
rector of st. Peters Church, has
recovered from his recent accident
sufficiently to come home and re-
sumo his services at the church.
For the past several weeks ST.
Peters has been supplied with a
minister each Sunday Rev Mr..
Barton announces his services for
next Sunday as follows: Morning
prayer and sermon at IL a. m.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-15
AUTO LICENSE RECEIPTS
state Moter Vehicle Department
shows Gain Over Last Month

Shows Gain Over Last Month
Receipts of the State Motor We
hicle Department for the first six
months of 1887, show decided in
crease over the first six months of
1886. the increase for the six
months being 91.414.85. The total
amount of revenue received in that
period for automobile registration
tags. etc, was $1,029, ,234 20 as
agaisnt 1897, ,819.35 for the first six
months of 1886.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
Place Bus Exhausts on
Roof to Eliminate Fumes
To the Editor Of The Star.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
1t Is rather good plan to keep out Of
Things that are not ones concern. As
quite often ride the local buses. I am
along with thousands of others. con-
cerned with the fumes that are belched
forth from these modes of transporta- A.
tion. In The Star OF the 23d is a news
article about the elimination of these
exhaust fumes This article states that
elimination was not complete but
noticeable advance has been made. The
answer will be An improved type of fuel.
not yet available to the public"
These fumes are not only detrimental
70 the bus riders, but are also obnoxious
to all pedestrians and automobile drivers
who are unfortunate enough to be in
their immediate neighborhood.
Rather than wait for an improved
type Of fuel" would it not be an i'm
provement to place the exhaust on the
roof at the rear left-hand side of the
bus? In this way, the trees would be
missed to some extent, if not altogether.
In fact, this arrangement should apply
to all automobiles. It is really barbarous
to have thousands Of engines on the
street throwing fumes Of deadly nature
all over the ground to arise into the air
and b breathed by every one
ROBERT E. ACORN.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
kidnapping, 1874-1937.

From the abduction Of little Charlie
Ross, aged four, 1t Germantown, Pa,
. to the kidnapping Of Charles C. Ross,
seventy-one years Of age, near Chicago
is = span OF sixty-three years. In the
course Of those years the stealing OF
human beings for ransom has become
veritable criminal industry. When
the boy was snatched from the neigh
borhood Of his home in 1874 the crime
was novel one. It shocked the country,
especially Is there was no trace Of the
victim, vhne fate has ever since re-
manned mystery. It was mot until
many years later that the taking of
people for pront developed, not indeed
until the introduction Of the motor car,
which furnished = swift means o(
escape and evasion. The similarity Of
the names Of these two victims Of the
kdnapers bridges the long span Of years.
Those who wezs living when Charlie
Evening star., 1937-09-27
Edward A. Filene.

It pleased Edward A. Fflene to be
provocative. Fate made him q mer-
chant, but by temperament he was a
crusading reformer. Perhaps he de-
nberately chose the role. In any event.
he was happy in 1t and played it for all
that it was worth. And his country was
the gamer.
Such characters are needed. The con-
tradiction which they represent is nat
ural enough not to be despised. Mr..
F1lene was appreciated by all who knew
him. though probably not one friend in
q hundred agreed with his philosophy.
He called himself q liberal and earnestly
tried 70 conform to that ideal. But 1t
would be folly to believe that be was
Evening star., 1937-09-27

Ross waS seized by two men and taken
away in . surrey Will remember the SEN
sation which this crime caused. the
frantic search by the parents, the pursuit
Of elusive clues to the identity OF the
stealers, the numerous reports OF dis
covery, invariably disproved, and later
the occasional reports Of the finding OF
the stolen child, persisting until there
had been a sufficient lapse of years to
have brought him to manhood.
In this latest case there seems to be
little doubt that the man, 4 moderately
wealthy manufacturer Of greeting cards,
was taken for ransom, though no de-
mand has yet been made upon his family
for means of redemption. His COM
panion on the ride homeward after 4
dinner relates that two cars were used
by the kidnapers, who 50 maneuvered
as to entrap the victim in 4 blockade.
A man with a pistol in hand asked II
the prospective victim was worth
$25o,o00. She pleaded for mercy and
declared that Mr.. Ross health was Door.
Thereupon the gunman, she says, de-
clared: Sorry lady; I'm only doing
what the big boss tells us to do." That,
OF course. indicated an organized crime.
Since the stealing Of Charlie Ross in
1874 there has been . development of
pursuit as well as OF kidnapping tech
nique. Within q comparatively short
time Government agency of detection
has been set up. which has proved re-
markably efhcient. This case has been
placed in the hands Of that agency for
investigation. So skilled are its oper-
atives, so detailed in its information re-
garding the personnel OF the criminal
organizations and their methods. that
the chances favor an early solution Of
this present mystery. kidnapping for
ransom Is not an assured means OF an
richment without penalty. Crime has
gone far since Charlie Ross was stolen
but crime detection has gone ever
further.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEWELL.

Walking comes into It's own again in
the Fall with the return of cool weather.
Pedestrianism is simply that-pedes-
trian-when the air is hot or even
WarmiSh
Not much fun hoofing in the heat.
Sweat, and that sort of thing.
How the world progresses, or does it?
All sorts of words, formerly frowned on,
flnd their way into print, even on ban
ners carried by school children.
Sweat is good old word, which, for
several decades, has been working its
way to the front.
Now it is much better usage to say
simply sweat, when that is what you
mean, than perspiration, which always
had hoity- -hoity, nasty-nice sound.
The skin Is one of our greatest organs,
without which we could live but a few
hours.
Elimination through it is necessary to
the kidneys, from which it removes part
of the burden; also the Matchmaking
mechanism of the body is kept steady by
the skins functioning in proper fashion.
Walking in the open air does many
mighty fine things for us.
But persons sensitive to such things
often fail to walk as much as they
should mainly because of the unpleasant
effects of the exercise in regard to bodily
heat ard excretions.
In Autumn, however these are present
only in a proper degree.
When the air is cool, tempered to the
great animal heat, it not only keeps one
from becoming too hot, but it has a
bracing effect in It's own right.
This tonic effect is akin to that Of cold
water on the skin, only the reaction is
immediate.
Walking in cool air hastens the inter-
change OF oxygen and carbon dioxide,
the most necessary of all the bodily
functions
ton OF protein foods, which immediately
increases this interchange, and keeps it
at an increased pace for several hours
This is one Of the little known facts of
food chemistry, and one of the real rea
sons why the eating of protein foods
causes such an increase Of the feeling of
comfort. 1t Is not entirely stomach, by
any means, although it begins there.
waning III COOl dlI Is INucn better
from all standpoints than the same
exercise in air which comes within 20
to 80 degrees of approximating that of
the human body, kept constantly at SO
degrees and fraction.
Probably the best temperature for an
average walk of two to four miles is As
to SIS degrees.
This means that at first one will have
to step out, in order to warm up.
1t also means that early morning ia
the best walking time
Many persons find that time of day
best for golf, in which plain walking
plays such prominent part.
Non-golfers mostly regard this game
as sugar coating for walking, but
whether 1t is or not we must leave to
the expert opinion Of players.
We were talking the other day to a
hardy old gentleman who gets up three
times week at 4:30 a m, makes himself
a pot Of coffee, has two cups, and then
starts out for the golf course
He plays holes, we believe he said,
then returns home, takes bath, dresses
again, and is away to the Office.
Evening star., 1937-09-27

without the golf sticks and balls one
may go on q walk at an early hour,
especially in the suburbs, where 1t is
much nicer, being more like the
country.
It is possible on these morning expedi-
tions to have agreeable company, too.
A big feature will be the comparative
absence OF trafiic.
A few milk wagons, and not much else.
Milk wagons?
How those old terms linger!
Milk automobiles, of course. is correct.
ons left.
Traffic in suburban areas has grown
amazingly in the last seven years.
Its speed has increased year by year
On some of the greater boulevard,
leading from Washington fully loaded
trucks &C at speeds estimated from As
to so miles an hour.
Just why they make these speeds Is
not known, except that it is in response
to great inner compulsion which all
America seems to feel.
That such speeds, seemingly needless
endanger lives and limbs is more or less
proved by the mounting lists of killed
and manned year by year.
City and suburban pedestrians must
reckon with motorists, If they are to get
home safely.
Notice we say motorists, not automo-
biles. The common American way OF
saying that SO-and-so was struck by an
automobile" has had something to dc
with the increasing danger.
II the blame were put on the motorist
where it belongs, rather than on his
machine of steel, which Is a harmless
enough thing except when he is behind
the wheel, there might be a reduction
of danger.
Walking In the very early morning
the very early morning, gives one about
as auto-free thoroughfares as it is DOS
sible to find.
Since one must cross the street once
every block, it means that one will be
relieved from the task of forever watch
ing for traffic, at least to some extent
In the past ten years in this country
most OF us have forgotten how peaceful
and carefree, comparatively, the pedes-
trian used to be.
Recently We recalled those old days-
ten years ago. think of it!-by walking
four-mile course part of which took
in H street to Connecticut avenue. out
that thoroughfare to Dupont Circle.
Ten years ago this was a pleasurable
walk.
Now it was madhouse, If q walk can
be called such. There was no fun in 1t
at all. 1t was worry all the way.
In the early morning, in the pure air
OF the suburbs, there is some rhyme and
reason In walking.
Just milk wagon or two. and away
you CO. across streets with comparative
impunity
You walk in comfort, plenty of fresh
air. but not too much heat.
In fact, for the first mile you may have
to step out lively to keep warm.
AS long as you keep moving. you are
all right; there is nothing to fear on the
part Of persons susceptible to colds, If
they keep moving.
When one stops. one should take a
bath, or put on covering. preferably the
former; and since this is best done at
home, home should be the objective of
the morning hike.
Evening star., 1937-09-27

not dogmatic and intolerant In his
campaign for social readjustment. In
sober fact, his radicalism was as rigid
as the conservatism Of the rankest Tory.
1t may be that Mr.. Filene lived too
soon. The time may come when it will
be required Of business that it be
operated for none but philanthropic
purposes. The Boston millionaire who
spent generous portion OF his wealth
toward the advancement Of industrial
democracy" was loyal to his dream to
the end. Dying in Paris ut seventy
seven, he passed to his rest still faithful
to the New Deal and its vision Of more
abundant life for the forgotten"
masses.
Meanwhile, there has been a gain for
the humane concept which Mr.. Filene
personifled. He pioneered in 4 path
which thousands of business executives
have been happy to follow. His efforts
for social progress and peace are being
initiated ON every hand, and his work
therefore will go on indefinitely. It Is
certain, then, that he will have the kind
OF monument he would desire-continued
endeavor to eradicate the faults OF
capitalism.
Let it be added that Mr.. Filene was
active IN pursuit of his vision up to the
nnal moment Of his career. He was q
notable and distinguished example of
the fallacy OF the notion that an indi-
v1dual is necessarily useless after three
score and ten years of experience in the
world.
Evening star., 1937-09-27

Some OF the gentlemen who demanded
new deal overlooked the requirements
OF the outlaw airplane as an incident OF
modern society 1t is the airship which
calls Tor new deal" with most
emphasis.
Evening star., 1937-09-27

A great plan called for the arrest of
zoo persons In Spain. That many per-
sons may be executed in one of the
unhappy plot-ridden countries in q sim
gle day. The U. 8. A. contemplates a
fearful mystery and seeks honestly to
apply intelligent principles to 4 solution.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
A Rhyme at Twilight
BY
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
An Interval

sat down In the green Cathedral Close:
The air was sweet, and not 20 far away
A group Of little children were at play;
One blew the petals from . crimson rose;
Another bounced q rubber ball in glee;
A pup barked at q sparrow in a tree;
forgotten was the world Of friends and
foes,
While for . space my soul knew Gods
rEpoOe.
Evening star., 1937-09-27

A rebellion in Alcatraz Prison has
nothing to do with politics except to the
extent that every trouble maker believes
that in some mysterious way he will
come into . new and greater reward.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
Both Bad.
From the Shreveport Journal.

From the Shreveport Journal.
Fannie Hurst, the novelist, says she'd
rather hear the rattle of milk bottles
and garbage cans than be awakened
every morning by the roll of drums.
Most Of us don't care for either Of these
unnocanaAxy noises.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
Counter 1rritants.
From the Cleveland News.

From the Cleveland News.
Volunteer firemen at Mays Landing,
N. j., confessed to setting five fires for
the fun OF putting them out. Remind
ing us of the old wheeze about the man
who pounded his head against the wall
because it felt 70 good when he stopped
Evening star., 1937-09-27
A LaymAn's Mu6ny.

"A A8yM2nB , 140Uny.
When mighty intellects draw near,
Their meaning surely should be clear.
The things do not understand
Too far my mute respect command.
Hnstein into the discard goes
And Nietsche shall unread repose.
III view them with remote disdain
A. things their authors can't explain.
when I goes to church." said Uncle
Eben, Il counts de congregation. An II
dar's any member missin' ! goes back
houne an counts d han rooGt."
Evening star., 1937-09-27

Education becomes . more serious
matter than it WAS when the number OF
parts into which Gaul is divided called
for knowledge from ambitious students.
Evening star., 1937-09-27

Thanks to radio. information As ia
the defeat OF base ball nine or = foot
ball eleven Is almost Immediately avail
able, although the fate OF a crew ship
ping on An air boat may have to wait
IN the telling. News may still have to
encounter delays in transmission.
Evening star., 1937-09-27

The Orient asserts the need OF 4 law
10 prevent innocent children from get
ting In the way of airplanes bent on
shelling the streets.
Evening star., 1937-09-27
Shooting Stars.
BY PHnANDKR JOHNSON.

On the Way.
September comes a-fioating
Through the sky.
October We'll be noting
BY and by.
And the proverb well be quoting.
Time doth fiy!"
November winds are mellow.
Then well pause
To hear December below
For applause,
As the North wind hollers, Hello,
Santa Claus"
Evening star., 1937-09-27

Marking sees destruction and joins its
conqueror In wondering how it is even
tually to be paid for.
Evening star., 1937-09-27

The Great Hazard.
Riches to vast sums will range.
Here's . million! Keep the change!
Sail the sky and risk your health.
Hang expense! Who cares for wealth."
He who flies the distant skies,
In the sport supreme, replies:
Here offer in the strife
One big bet. Who cares for life?"
Evening star., 1937-09-27
Prelude to Ho0tikties.

PRELUDE 70 Ho0t1fities.
II suppose the pair viii live happily
ever after"
Il don't know" said Miss Cayenne.
Most OF the weddings have recently
attended have proved to be declarations
Of war"
Evening star., 1937-09-27

Honesty" said HI Ho. the sage Of
Chinatown, rs the best policy, If you can
put 1t across among some Of the profess
SIGNAL politicians"
Evening star., 1937-09-27
Friends and EnemieS

Friends and Enemies
"A man may be his own worst enemy. "
"In politics." said Senator Sorghum
- man must take care to be his own best
friend"
Evening star., 1937-09-27

Jud Tunkins says . t1lthless man is
usually entertaining enough to 90 on
winning new audiences.
Evening star., 1937-09-27

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Evening star., 1937-09-27

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Evening star., 1937-09-27

Very latest quip about Justice Black
IS that he's pussyfooting home "Klan-
destinely" and may land at . "Klan-
destination" in order to evade reporters
and cameras.
osDyright, 1887.
Evening star., 1937-09-27

Eisht Fsnal and Sunday star----7oc per month
NisS colection nad. a. ~. and =, per m2nth
each week; Orders may be sent by mail or tele.
The Kusko times., 1937-11-26
ALASKA HAS NEW AUTHOR

Mrs. Helsn Wilcox, wife of Howa-d G. Vile X. University Of Alaska min ing instructor now conducting min ing course in Anchorage, recently re- eeived a generous check for a 500- word article contributed to This Y eek" This Week" is the literary supplement to the Sunday edit on of tLe New York Times and not only d d tle editor send a cheek but also a re test or more. "Malamute-mobile" t the name of the accepted manu- script and it describes the curious mea-s of transportation called the pupn.ob.le, which is now being used on Seward Peninsula. By this meth od of transport, whenever dogs come to a hil, they drag the speeders used on the narrow-gauge railways up the hills and then, climb 'ng sb5ard. they coast downhill with the r. sen CTS Mrs. \ ilcox also recently s.' an ayticle entitled, "Shrinping," !" t5 .5e American Girl. The article vii be Irblished in May.
The Kusko times., 1937-11-26
COMMITTED TO ASYLUM

Robert Robinson, who arrived in Valdez several months ago, and ere ated cuite 9 bit of mining excite ment when he bought up all the mines ard prospects about town for which the owners would take jawbone Tor pay, left on the SS Alaska as a stcwaway and was taken off the boat at Cordova. Ills actions were so D. cul-ar he was examined by Dr. ". H. Chase and found insane by a jury, and ordered committed to an insane asylum. Dr. Chase said that while Robinson was not violent, he was ex- tremely irrational, and had many fix ed delusions which might lead to vio- lance. 4 telegram from a Washing ton institution stated that he had previously been confined there for 'mansacal depressive psych s S." While in Valdez, Robinson carried a small howitzer in his hip pocket, which he was fond of exhibiting when arguments did not suit him. He bought everything he could buy on credit, and would have soon owned the town had he not taken a yen for the Outside, says the Valdez Miner.
The Kusko times., 1937-11-26
WILL BUY OWN PLANE

En route to the States to purchase an airplans. for use in the Interior, James M. Dodson, former South eastern Alaska pilot with Pioneer Airways, arrived in Juneau recently from Fairbanks. Although he pilot ed one of Noel Wien's tri-motored Ford freight planes all summer, Dodson will go into business for him. self when he returns with his new plane, he said. There's a lot of bus mess for aerial freighters in the h. terior now" he explained, ESQ I'm going to run my own ship. We work ed hard all summer and there will be a lot more flying to be done next year" Dodson is well known all over the Territory, as he has worked in Ketchikan, Juneau, Anchorage and Fairbanks, besides visiting most of the Interior towns.
The Kusko times., 1937-11-26
PREDICTS BIG INCREASE

When the Alaska census is taken in l940 by the U. s. government, the porulation of the Territory may be clase to 100000, in the opinion of E. V. Griffin, acting governor. The ac- tual figure will depend good deal on whether the census is taken early enough in the year to list the miners before many of them leave for the States. Griffin declared that evidence of population increase is evident, but particularly in the Interior. And many of the new miners are not go- ing Outside at all, but remaining the year round in Alaska. "E we can ever get prospecting started on a wide scale in Alaska. the Territory's growth in population will really start" he said. The increase would be practically all in white people, as the native population is not showing any appreciable rise. Every year is now showing an increased number of persons coming to the Territory, as compared to the number leaving. The Alaska population in 1920 was 54,- GOO; in 1880, 59,27s. No attempt has been made to take Q census since then, although it is known that there is g steady increase in the Terri tory's numbers.