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Evening star., 1937-01-22
MANCHUkUO film
OPENS SERIES AT ~
Educational, Travel and Re.
ligious Pictures to Be
Seen Here

A three-reel motion picture entitled
1.-THE New Born State Of Manchukuo'
last night opened a series of educa-
tional, travel and religious films at
the central Y. M. C. A., 1756 G street.
Other films will be shown on success
sive Thursdays at 7:05 pm.
The Manchukuo picture depicted
the industrial, agricultural and social
life of the inhabitants of the North
China country, including interesting
Evening star., 1937-01-22
Pet Turkey Trained.

Miss West of Birchington. England.
has taught her. pet turkey to accom-.
pany her on shopping trips.
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ed with assault with intent to muir.
der Arnold Showell. of near Selby-
vile. on June 20. was given a three.
year prison sentence.
John Jones, of Lewes, pleading
guilty to carrying concealed a revol-
yer on September 26. was imprison-
ed for six months.
Two cases of selling liquor on
July 8, against George r. Dodd, of
Cedar Greek district, were continued
Until the February term of court of
General Sessions.
Rachel Gunter. colored, of Lewes,
indicted for carrying concealed a
razor was sentenced to serve twenty
days In the county jail.
Albert H. Prettyman, Seaford dis
trict, pleaded guilty to issuing a
worthless check for $500 on June 29
and was imprisoned for three
months. Prettyman drew the check
on the Sussex Trust Company of
Laurel, and had it cashed at the
Manning Pharmacy at Seaford.
Joseph Johnson, of Bridgeville, in
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
Many Are Sentenced
In Sussex County Court

dicted for stealing $3400 from VIII
lie Latson on September z, was sem
fenced to serve nine months in pris-
on.
Charles Hill, Seaford district.
pleaded guilty to stealing $500 from
Harvey Nelson on August 21 and
was given a sentence of seven
months. On a charge of carrying
concealed a razor on September rs,
Deputy Attorney General Caleb NJ.
Wright dropped the case.
Joseph Simms, of Bridgeville, IN
dicted for carrying concealed razor
on July Is, pleaded guilty and was
imprisoned for three months.
The case against John T. Vanden-
burg, of Seaford, indicted for issu-
ing a worthless check on August 26,
last year, payable to Norman Col
lison, of Bridgeville, for $1331.25,
was continued to the February term.
The check is alleged to have been
drawn on the Caroline County Bank
of Greensboro, Md, and is alleged to
have been in payment for fruit which
vandenburg is alleged to have pur-
chased
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
Forests Of Delaware Guarded
Each Day against Fire Peril
for alternate periods OF two years
10 Wardens On Duty

for alternate periods OF two years
10 Wardens On Duty
Under the authority OF Legislative
acts Of 1881, 79 forest fire wardens
have been appointed throughout the
state, though chiefly in lower KEN
and Sussex Counties.
Every warden, after accepting ap-
pointment and taking oath OF office
is supplied with tools consisting oi
knapsack-type fire pump, six fire
rakes, and two bush hooks. He IL
instructed in the use OF these tools
and in methods of combating fire.
BY law every warden is charged
with the duty OF taking the action
necessary to extinguish all forest
fires reported to him, to investigate
the cause OF the fire, to keep an
itemized account of expenses in
CURED in its extinction, and to for
ward the fire report, together with
bill for extinction, to the Forestry
Department within ten days Of the
date of the fire.
Wardens and the men employed
by them are paid only for time spent
in extinguishing a fire, and are given
suitable travel allowance to and from
the scene of the fire.
with few exceptions" C. d. Good
rich, assistant state forester explains,
"all forest fires in Delaware are man
caused and may therefore be classed
as preventable. Fire prevention ac-
tivities are chiefly educational, di-
rectly largely toward farmers, gun
ners, berry pickers, and others
whose activities make them a poten-
tial starter of fires.
Methods of Attack
There are many ways OF fighting
forestfires but they may be generally
classed as either direct attack meth
cd, or indirect attack method.
"In direct attack the flames are
subdued directly either by raking
o. pushing the burning embers back
into the burned area, beating the
flames out with evergreen bough,
wet sacks or other type beaters,
smothering out abe flames by throw
ing sand or soil on them, or throw
ing water directly on flames.
Some form of the direct attack
is the quickest way of subduing slow
burning fires, but fires so fought
must be carefully watched to pre-
vent rekindling.
"The indirect method of attack is
usable on most all fires that are
burning too rapidly to permit di-
rect attack. 1t consists of getting
ahead of the fire and constructing a
fire break wide enough to hold the
approaching flames. A backfire may
or may not be Used as the occasion
dictates.
Natural barriers such as roads;
trails, bitches, etc., are often used
il advantageously located. The prop
er use of backfire requires good judg-
ment.
"In the fighting Of any fire, the
first point of attack should almost
always be the head or header which
is the most advanced portion Of the
fire. 1t is the most destructive and
most active moving portion Of the
fire."
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desolation where once had beer
beauty.
1t can all be done by a match
carelessly tossed away by a camper
a hunter, or a farmer.
This is the season when foresi
fires are common-also the season
when guardians of the forests stand
vigilantly every day in little cabins
that the steel towers.
Fire Dangers At Height
March, April and May, October
and November are the look out
months for the tower men and the
forest fire wardens.
On a ten year average Ill per
cent of the fires started in March,
April and May; 1877 per cent in
October and November; 1O.5 per
cent in June, July. August and Sep
tember. December usually has 2.S
per cent and January and February
combined Is per cent.
The forest fire towers situated
in the two lower counties, are the
eyes of the organization. Without
them many fires would gain consid-
erable headway before the suppress
sion forces were informed.
The towermen are on duty dur
ing the daylight hours of the dan
gerous periods of the year (chiefiy
spring and falD. 1t is their duty
and responsibility to investigate all
smokes visible from their towers.
Arn fo 1fonnunrnA
the towerman Immediately notifies
forest fire warden nearest the fire
who then takes the necessary action.
If the towerman is unable to de-
termine the cause of a smoke, and
he believes it may possibly be for
est fire, he will send one of the or
ganization to investigate and report
back to the tower.
All towers are of steel construc-
tion with inside stairway leading to
a seven foot square cabin at the top,
the upper half of which is glass en-
closed.
Chief items of equipment within
the tower cabin are the oriented
accurate map of the tower section
and a sighting bar that aids the
towerman in locating fires, the in
dispensable telephone, small control
map for triangulating long distance
smoke after getting a reading from
a neighboring tower, and binoculars.
Ten Mile Visibility
Normal visibility from the tower is
ten miles, or 100000 acres can nor
mally be seen from them, $4,000 acres
of which is woodlands. During pc
riods of poor visibility. forest fire
wardens are often sent out to patrol
acres that are not clearly observed
from the towers. During periods OF
good visibility many smokes are OBJ
served at distances of 25 to 80 miles
from the tower.
An interstate tower. which stands
over the Maryland-Delaware line.
near Greenwood, is operated in CO.
operation with the Maryland State
Department of Forestry. Expenses
are shared by the two states and
supervision is assumed by each state
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returned home with them for an in
definite visit.
Mrs. Martha Friedel is spending
some time in Roselle, Delaware, with
her sister, Mrs. Mollie Gray who i:
seriously ill. Mrs. John Davis anC
Mrs. Annie Smith visited Mrs. Gray
ON Tuesday of last week.
The first fall meeting of the Avon
Club was held on October 18th at the
home of the president, Miss Nellie
Hughes. Business matters were con-
sidered and Federation Echoes
given by delegates. Below is full
schedule for the years work:
Oct. 2O-Motion pictures; chair
man, Mrs. Cooper Gruwell and Mrs.
Carol Norris.
Oct. 27-Covered dish luncheon;
Mrs. Benjamin Hughes and Mrs. Ed
win Melvin.
Nov. 3-World cruise. DR.. Dalema
Draper.
Nov. 1O-Literature, Mrs. Alfred
Dill and Mrs. Lee Sipple.
Nov. 17-Education, Mrs. Thomas
Case and Mrs. Richard McFadden.
Nov. Administering service.
Dec. Art, Mrs. W. A. Harga-
dien and Mrs. Clifford Johnson.
Dec. S-Delaware Day.
Dec. 15-Christmas program, Mrs.
Lawrence Fitchett and Mrs. Bessie
Seyerson.
Dec. 29-Scout program.
Jan. 5-Sunshine Sisters party,
Mrs. ID. A. Petry and Miss Marian
Breck.
Jan. 12-American Citizenship.
Mrs. c. M. Simpler and Mrs. John
Hargadine.
Jan. 19-Current News. Mrs. Ash
ton Jester and Mrs. John Jester.
Jan. 26-Public Welfare. Mrs. Wal
ter Moore and Mrs. Herman Bradley.
Feb. international Relations,
Mrs. Norman Burton and Miss Lille
Harrington.
Feb. S-Drama Week, Mrs. Lavinia
Roscoe and Mrs. Harry Glanville.
Feb. 15-Home Economics, Mrs.
Nelson Hammond and Mrs. Benja.
min Hughes.
Feb. 22-Book Review, Miss Nellie
Hughes.
Marcn l-healtn, mTs. n. ". boS-
tic and Mrs. Benjamin East.
March S--Reciprocity.
March list. Patrick's party. |
Mrs. Herman Bradley and Mrs. Law
renee Kellar.
March 22-Legislation, Mrs. Char
les T. Sipple and Mrs. Edwin Melvin.
March 29-Bible Day. Mrs. George
Herring and Mrs. Edgar Killen.
April 5-American Homes, Mrs.
Clinton Bennett and Mrs. Harry Dill.
April 12-Club luncheon.
April 19--Conservation, Mrs. Will
liam Bradley and Mrs. Hezekiah Mas
Ten.
April 26-Music. Miss Martha God
win and Mrs. William Goodwin.
May annual meeting.
a
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other special service" Sure, he'll
show-up then.
600
After the Grand Lodge officials had
made inquiries about changing dates
of visits, the entertainment commit
tee of the lodge has decided to aban-
don their plans of holding surprise
entertainment, without naming date
and announce that on next Monday
night, October 18th the entertain
ment will be given in the lodge rooms
at o'clock. The guest speaker is
? 4? ?, with the entertain
ment in charge of Prof. -? -?
Don't miss this entertainment. Noble
Grand Dickerson extends an invita-
tion to every Odd Fellow regardless
where he is from to attend.
600
It is reported from good authority
that the Past Grand Officers Associa-
tion is beginning to wake up and take
little interest in some things per-
tanning to the general welfare of the
fraternity. It's about time someone
made a move. There's plenty that
needs doing.
600
Not an inkling has come from
Noble Grand-elect Hallett, as yet. re-
garding whom he will appoint to his
stan. He's looking them over.
600
With the cooler weather greeting
us we find more talk going the
rounds about that old degree team
OF ours. Proud of it? Well l should
say so. Did you ever pause for one
minute to give 1t thought that Crys-
tai Fount Lodge has the only Odd
Fellows degree team outside the city
of Wilmington. This is not yearly
affair but one that has stood over a
period of years.
600
With George Rodney and Neal Will
kins on the Grand Patriarch Staff
its about time Kirkwood Encamp-
ment put on a big feed.
600
Not being a member of the Mar
garet Pyle Lodge No. IT, or Kirkwood
the writer finds it diff
ficult to properly report their ac-
tivities. We are continually receiv-
ing complaints from certain officers
Of these organizations about our ne
glecting them. Stop, detour, then go.
If you don't see me l have a tele-
phone. It's up to you!
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
STOCKLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred NJ. Marvel and
two daughters, Evelyn and Eleanor
visited their Grandfather and Grand
mother Timmons at Dagsboro.
Rally day services were held at
Bethesda Church on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Belts and
family were Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Garfield Donovan of George
town.
Mr.. Frank Lawson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Phillips and daughter
Kathleen motored to Bethany Beach
and Rehoboth Sunday.
Misses Violet and Louise Thomp-
son spent Sunday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. S. B. Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Edward McIlvaine
and family spent Sunday in Milford
visiting Mr.. McIlvaine's aunt, Mrs.
Bertha Watson.
Mrs. Delema Stewart spent the
weekend with her brother, Mr.. F.
L. Dodd and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Thompson spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Basil Perry.
The Student Council elected new
officers for the coming month. Those
elected are: President, Joseph John
son; vice-president and secretary,
Violet Thompson; librarian, Kathleen
Phillips; housekeeper, Julia Dodd;
curator, Joseph Johnson; table in
spector, Mildred Belts; reading chart,
Kathleen Phillips; pines and flowers,
Joseph Johnson and Granville Belts;
locker inspectors, Ellen Carey and
Richard Davis; line leader, Evelyn
Marvel and Elwood Belts; flag moni-
tor, Harvey West; clock monitor.
Harvey West; playground, Violet
Thompson.
1t takes the pupils just seven sec
onds to vacate the building during
a fire drill.
The new window boxes have been
filed with boxwood and barberry.
The writing class is quite interest
ed since we practice to music.
We are enjoying our radio; the ed
ucational programs and the news
flashes.
The Boy Scout Troop met Tues
day evening at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Thompson.
The All Club met Thursday eve
ming at the home of H. A. Josehp.
Betty Hughes contributed box OF
candy to be sold for the benefit of
the school fund.
Violet Thompson is learning Mas
Pools" In the class in elocution.
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
FELTON,

Mrs. Walter Hughes and daughter
Hazel spent Wednesday and Thurs
day of last week with Mr.. and Mrs
Lee Turner at Woodbury., N. j.
The regular meeting of the w. C.
T. U. was held last Thursday at the
home of Mrs. w. II. Eaton. Mrs.
Ethel Coverdale and Mrs. Cooper
Gruwell were chosen as delegates
TO attend the State Convention in ses-
sion this week at Laurel. Mrs. Ben
jamin Hughes and Mrs. Alfred Dill
were appointed at alternates. Mrs.
Elizabeth Bringhurst and Mrs. M.
Evelyn Killen have been attending
the convention.
Clifton Sutton and Samuel Henvis
were weekend guests at the nj. T..
parsonage.
MIR. and Mrs. Nelson Hammond
with Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hughes spent
the weekend on a motor trip visiting
Luray Caverns, Va, Harper's Ferry,
Frederick, Gettysburg and other
points of interest en- route.
The October meeting OF the Home
Demonstration Club was held last
week at the home of Miss Margaret
Hurd. At the business meeting II
was decided to donate $500 to the
Ladies' Aid to be used for the Com
munity Hall fund. A covered dish
luncheon in connection with the
Christmas party was also planned.
Mrs. Elizabeth Masten and Mrs. Al
fred Dill were appointed members
of the Nominating Committee for
the election OF officers to be held
next month. Miss Whitcomb gave a
brief summary of the past years
work and presented some suggestions
on the buying of bed linen. Mr..
Charles Swain of Dover was also
present with an exhibit OF electrical
equipment.
Mrs. Harry Glanville had the mis-
fortune to fall and break her left |
wrist last Wednesday while leaving |
the Berry Funeral Home. after at
tending the funeral Of Clarence Case. /
Mrs. Lydia Harris has returned to
her home near Middletown after a
visit with Mrs. W. II. Eaton.
A chicken salad and oyster sup
per will be served by the w. G. T. U.
ON Thursday evening. Oct. 2lst at the
Community Hall.
Mrs. Grace Sunfield Culver OF
Wayne, Pa, was FELTON, visitor on
Monday.
Mrs. John Hargadine and daughter
Jane are making an extended visit
with relatives In Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. A. Petry with her
guest, Mrs. Volta Long of Selbyville,
were Wilmington visitors on Satur-
day.
Miss Nellie Hughes attended di-
rectors meeting and luncheon at the
Palmer Home In Dover last Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Jones OF Rah-
way, N. j., spent the weekend with
relatives In town Mrs. Sallie Jones
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND GROUP
ORDER, R,UNDER THE CONSTITUTION

Address delivered ya Esq- before the Rotary Cub
Wilmington, Delaware September 49, 1887 which members OF the
Society Delaware Chapter,
Sons of the American Revolution guests.
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15

There are many angles. but the
old try-angle still stands.
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15

What has become of Hiram outten
OF Golden Rule Lodge No. IL. I. o.
o. F. of Milton? It's about time for
Hiram to make his yearly visit to
Crystal Fount Lodge. Someone said
Zion Church would soon have an
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
O-O-O

The visiting committee reports
that Harlan Wharton, one of the
youngest members of Crystal Fount
is ill. and is expecting to undergo a
minor operation. A speedy recovery
is looked for.
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15

Oh Boyl When a crowd of old
cronies like Clarence Lynch. Harlan
Jester. Roland Walls, Ed. Webb, the
bread man. and "Wardie" from
Radio Pete's" get-together around a
card tablets just no use. Business
must wait.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-06
ROTARfANS NOW
WHO'LL BE NEXT

Although opinions upon the Nazis
sometimes differ, nearly everyone agrees
they're past masters at antagonizing, at
one time or another, all groups, classes,
faiths, or nations Having recently
tangled with the Catholics and Protes-
tants, and getting themselves cordially
hated by both, the NaZis have just now
drawn bead upon the newest enemy to
Hitler's Germany. They say it's an en-
emy, anyway. Sometimes it's hard to
tell. Not long ago Hitler gave a vigorous
tongue-lashing to Germany's hens because
they were enemies, having fallen below
their egg production quota. Now the
newest bugbear is the Rotarians. The
Nazi high command has opened voci-
ferrous onslaught to wipe out Rotary
clubs in Germany, and has ordered all
members to resign by December 81 or
suffer penalties" If he doesn't watch
out, Adolf may soon have no one left to
"liquidate'' but himself!
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-06
A NEW MOTHER
FOR YOUNGSTERS

California is anxiously trying to dodge
the responsibilities of motherhood on a
large scale these days. What worries her
is the large numbers of Divorces who are
depositing their youngsters on her door
step.
In consequence, a test case has been
brought before the Supreme Court by a
juvenile court official to prevent twice
wed mother from tossing her children
into the States lap because her second
husband is unable to support them. A
lower court has already passed favorably
upon her claim of inability to support
her children.
This precedent disturbs juvenile court
authorities, for in San Francisco alone
within a short time, forty Divorces have
already farmed out Junior to the States
care. They plead inability to support.
Juvenile court officials don't feel that
every divorced mother will rush into a
second marriage if the court supports the
claims of the twice-wed mother in the
test case Nonetheless, they're uneasy
over the prospect of twice-married women
prying children's hands off mothers
apron-strings and tying them, easy as
you please, to the States purse-strings.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-06
PLENTY TO THINK
ABOUT IN BUSINESS SURVEY

You will have interesting conclusions
to reach by considering the survey of
business conditions recently made by
Business Week covering the first half of
this year.
The survey showed that business activ-
ity increased 10 per cent over the same
period last year. Steel production was up
35 per cent; automobile up II per cent;
residential construction "a per cent;
electric power output 13 per cent; factory
payrolls % per cent and factory employ
ment 13 per cent. Farm prices averaged
1S per cent improvement; construction
costs rose 13 per cent and department
store prices upped z per cent. Stocks
were an average of Is per cent higher.
Farmers and store operators as we'll as
other employers of labor can compare
their own status with that of the average.
Meanwhile, note where Imperial Valley
ran above average, and where below
average.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-06
News Behind the News
Wdge-HOur -. Dispute Still Lire
Richberg Still Fighting j.. Some
See Return to Days of NRA

Starting Tuesday and running for six days
while Rodney butcher, NEA-Post-Press column
ist, is on vacation, six Congressional leaders will
write the daily News Behind" column under the
heading 'Where do go from here?" Alben
Barkiey of Kentucky, recently elected senate
vigorous defense of the New Deal. He will be
followed by two pro-adminiStration leaders and
three anti-adminiStration leaders.
WASHINGTON.-It seems impossible to get
this thing settled-whether there should be an
other NFA or whether we should have straight
wage-hour bill.
That man Don Richberg, former assistant
President" and still a close Roosevelt confidante
is back again with his beguiling words just when
nearly everyone thought there just wasn't any
more argument about it.
Wage-hour legislation. Richberg says public
ly must be supplemented by a law to preserve
fair competition in business and industry If
the interests of labor are to be protected.
This would mean, according to those who
wish Richberg would please stop, return to the
NF2A days when induStrialistS promised to observe
various wage and hour schedules in return for
exemption from the antitrust law and the right
to fix prices, stifle production and otherwise
restrict competition.
There is widespread impression here that
NRA, among other things served admirably as
a device by which big fellows squeezed out little
fellows whose price competition, beneficial to con-
Sumers, had prevented monopolistic price fixing.
When the administration turned to thinking
of a wage-hour law early this year, Richberg
fought behind scenes for a virtual revival Of
NRA He lost before he started because The
President had decided a straight wage-hour
bill with standards to be fixed by government,
no privileges to would-be monopolistS in return
for compliance and plenty of punishment for non
compliance.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-09-06

So stealthily is the burden Of
civilization shifted from the aging
generation onto the backs of its
children that the change rarely is
perceptible. Fortunately, there are
few distinct mileposts along the
road to the future, and one OF
them-the opening of colleges and
universities for fall terms-is dl-
rectly at hand for close observation.
If every adult properly fulfilled
his duty to posterity, he would in
terest himself in the processes by
which thousands of high school
graduates are permitted to proceed
with higher courses of training for
service as leaders in the arts, pro-
fessions, trades and sciences.
Along with the thrilling expert
ence of actually seeing the wheel
of time and circumstance start a
new revolution, the observer would
get an eyeful of just how much
progress we are not making in
teaching boys and girls how to live
and make a living.
There is, for instance, the report
of an eastern college after its study
of about 500 applications for adj
mission. The 1897 model male fresh
man, the report says, will be 10
years and six months old, five feet
10 inches tall, and will weigh about
152 pounds.
These figures, showing an in
crease in physical proportions over
freshmen of previous years, will be
great news for the athletic coach
ing staff. But their significance
for the rest of the faculty, for the
student himself, and for civiliza-
ton in general is negligible
Beyond listing the physical mea-
surements and seeing that higf
school grades meet certain stan
dards, the registrars figures usual
ly leave the freshman an unknown
quantity as far as his affinity TO
building bridges, researching in bo
tany or mastering constitutions
law is concerned.
And the likelihood is that h
will remain an unknown quantit
until he muddles through one o
more years of his course, or unit
he blunders onto his chosen" fiel
or is led to it by the rare teache
who regards his job as someWha
more than a daily 50-minute lee
ture to each class.
90
The college performs great ser
vice in spreading its groaning ia
BILE of intellectual fare before tn