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Smyrna times., 1937-07-29

Mr.. and Mrs. George J. Smith
spent visit to Chestertown to see
their daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. James Lee and their
granddaughter, Miss Audrey Lee
The latter was in a recent automo-
bile accident but is recovering.
Mrs. Mollie Boggs, of Smyrna, is
visiting her daughter and son-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Stevens
Mrs. Ira Nutter, son William
and daughter Elizabeth, and Mrs
Emma Goldman, of Washington
ID. O., were guests last week OF
Miss Evelyn Cochran.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Ford, OF
Chestertown, and grandson George
A. Whiting, of Baltimore, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Brice, of Baltimore,
Francis @. Fitch, Jr., of Miami,
Fla, Mr.. and Mrs. d. B. Ford, Jr.,
of Wilmington, were recent guests
of Mrs. John P. Ahern.
Messrs. Donald and Billy Auer,
sons of DR.. Auer and a nephew,
William Auer are vacationing at
the home of Mr.. Hurlock Gale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman A. Wallen
and Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Gale visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Hart at Mag
nolia the past week.
Miss Mary Pryor Of Clayton, Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Jones
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Bramble
and two children of West Chester,
Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse An
thony, of Elkton, were recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Anthony.
Mrs. Leslie Simms, of Rock Hall
who has been quite i'll at the home
Of her mother, Mrs Eva w. Marvel
is now somewhat improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pinder, of
New Castle, Del. were rcent guests
Of Miss Mary E. Wilson.
Mr.. Eugene Porter and family
Of Dover, Del, spent a few days
with friends in town the past
week.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-29
KENTON NEWS
NOTES OF WEEK
Personal Mention and Social
Items and Other Parties
Reported About Town
COMMUNITY INTEREST

Kenton, July 20 - Mrs. E. w.
Guthrie is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Theresa Taylor in Chinco-
league, va, and another daughter
Mrs. Roger Williams in Norfolk,
Virginia
Mrs. S. G. Walker has been Wis
iting Mrs. H. Q. Money in Reho-
both.
Mrs. c. w. Guthrie spent Mon
day in Wilmington.
Miss Dorothy Cook is visiting
Mrs. Edward Downes.
Mrs. John Burris and Mrs. Mil
dred Scott are entertaining COM
pany.
Mrs. Edward Hughes and son
Richard, are visiting Mrs. Carl
Hughes in FELTON,, Del.
Mr.. Eugene Attix spent the
weekend in Wilmington.
Mr.. William j. Cook and family
and Mrs. Emma Reed motored to
White Crystal and Betterton, Md,
on Sunday.
Mr.. Charles Miller spent the
weekend in Newark, II. J., with
his brother.
Mrs. Samuel Weigel, Mrs. Wal
ter Mclaughlin and Mrs. Fletcher
Lowman, Jr., spent one day and
night last week at Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Clark and
children spent Sunday at Reho-
both.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hutchins
are visiting her brother, Mr.. Mil
ton Griffith in Dover.
Mr.. Jacob Crossley, Sr., is visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Edw. Attix.
Mrs. Addie G. Arthurs, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. d. Crossley and daughter
Carolyn, spent the weekend in
Collingdale, Pa, and Atlantic City,
New Jersey.
Miss Ethel Carey of Wilmington
spent the weekend with her moth
er and sister.
Mrs. George Clayton and son
Henry, were in town on Monday.
Miss Adeline Hilyard is spending
this week with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Myles in Pennsville, N. j.
The Ladies Aid Society will
meet with Mrs. Ella Carey and
Miss Eva Carey on Wednesday
evening, August 4th.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-29
TOWNSEND
items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity

items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity
Townsend, July 29-H. g. Bald
win, formerly of the Green Spring
neighborhood in Blackbird Hun
dred, has beeen on a visit to this
vicinity, the first time in thirty
years. He is now located at Ian
caster, Pa. Mr.. Baldwin recounts
the days when peaches put Della
ware farms on the map and made
fortunes for owners. He says at
one time Delaware, from Brandy
wine to Baltimore hundred, was
the greatest peach growing area
in the whole country and in the
peak of the seaon sent 500 car
loads to every part Of the country
daily. On his farm il the Green
spring district he made peach
growing pay and found it a usual
stunt to sell 1000 baskets of prime
fruit at $1O0 each. Since then,
due to yellows and other diseases,
the business has been failure. He
feels, however, that Delaware
peach culture will have come
back.
Apple shipments are being made
almost daily and exceptionally
good prices are being realized. The
recent tendency has been to in
crease the orchards Of young trees
especially early apples as the fruit
is a real profit maker.
Between wet spells the farmers
hereabouts are threshing their de-
layed wheat crop. Some of it is
reported as beginning to sprout
and that portion already threshed
(about 10000 bushels) shows a
slightly better yield than the av-
erage. Experts believe that the
average for the county will be
about Is bushels to the acre.
Figuring on the possibility Of
growing cucumbers in the upper
part of the State some growers be-
lieve they can succeed as those in
lower Delaware. The past few
seasons have demonstrated that
Delaware soil is well adapted to
these products and a wider area
for cucumbers is predicted.
Miss Mary Ann Money, of At
lantic City, N. j., is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. w. O. Money.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Wood are
enjoying an indefinite stay with
relatives in Silkirk, N. Y.
Mrs. Frank Taylor and mother,
Mrs. Nina Maloney are sojourning
at Rehoboth for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Lurty
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Cochran, of Smyrna, last week.
Mr.. Alfred Gohl and family, of
Atlantic City, N. j., spent the
weekend with Mr.. o. D. Locker
man.
Mrs. Alfred Moore, of Smyrna,
was the guest of her brother, W.
I. Cochran and Mrs. Cochran the
past week.
Miss Hilda Stevens. of Whining
ton, spent a visit the past week
with her aunt, Mrs. Eva Lattomus
Mrs. Roland r. Reynolds was a
recent dinner guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Harold r. Outten.
Paul Money and mother, Mrs
Walter Money. of Atlantic Cit,
". j., were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson Money, on Wednesday.
Miss Elva Daniels who Is en-
ployed with the J. A. Montgomery
Insurance Brokers in Wilmington,
is home with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Daniels, for a two
weeks vacation.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-29
WELLINGTON

Items of Personal and Social Inter-
st Cleaned About Geighborhood
Millington, Md, July 20 - The
Queen Esther Circle of Asbury
Church gave Mr.. and Mrs. Warner
Porter shower last Wednesday
evening, July 21. and many useful
gifts were received by them and a
pleasant evening spent.
Mrs. Leslie Simms, Miss Helen
Vansant, Mrs. Edward Vansant and
Mrs. Erich Price were recent Wis
ators to Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-29

day at the fair with Miss Dorothy
Legar of near Clayton.
Mrs. John Conner of Dexters
Corner, is still cutie i'll at hel
home There seems to be no i'm
provement in her condition.
Smyrna times., 1937-07-29

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American
ireded the
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bridge ove]
Delaware 4
his interv|
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points soud
bridge on
Penn high7
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Penn. Ad,
given b,,t
ID the brio
hat the b.
about noon
motorists '
Saturday |
oured but
grumbling
Isour sirnc
Smyrna times., 1937-07-29
CHESWOLD
Items of Personal and Social IN
terest Cleaned From tho Vicinity

ltemS OF PerSOnaI ana SOCIAL in.
terest Cleaned From tho Vicinity
Cheswold, July pa number of
the members of the Epworth
League enjoyed a hot dog roast on
the shore at kits Hammock last
Friday evening.
The Homemakers' Club held their
annual picnic at Riverview, N. j.,
last Friday. Quite a number went
and enjoyed the days outing at
this popular resort.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Shahan of
near Leipsic, entertained on Sum
day her mother, Mrs. Joe Krejci
and Mr.. Krejci of near Smyrna and
his sister, Mrs. Charles Williams
Smyrna times., 1937-07-29

and Mrs Georoo l..
returned from t5eir a't
Pinebrook Camn a''s
three mile from ! 7
and IS in ha-ge .o-.t
Crawford Tbe ~. !.
camp wa filed uits !
ure About 300 pso1.. :
ing at the camp "a, =. s
Miss Al F Fdu,
n. Y spent a visit r'ss !. !.
with her sister M. :.
Mrs. Nina Reed ,r5 !.
O0IA 1odWln nave nas,
Delaware city.
Mrs H Nichols 4 ;,
has been spending s9r.
Mrs. George Bucksor
Mrs F AfcCaDe Al. {.
NorristoWn Pa Ms !
fecker + Elsmsre A.,
bert Schubert i =
visited Nrs Lee Ora
week.
Mrs Harry Ward IL
have beer entertairirr :
Ward 81 LaHavre :.
Franci, Ward. Of Ans,
land y T ana Mrs VI.
and son BeIkley n ,,
". and Mr.. Wilper. Y.
Norfolk Va.
Mr. Charles ST. IN,
graduate q the Middle.
and a graduate Of the +?
ness School of Phila5:
has accepted a posjt.a-
Budd Mfg CO North ?.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22
Picture Craze

Camera activity in this country is grow. ing incredibly It isn't just the professional photographs either. People seem to be developing a mania for private photog- raphy Dealers report that they are sell- ing far more cameras than ever before, for all kinds of photographic work.
 The new high-speed cameras have a good deal to do with this fad, serving as, they do the current love for 'candid" pictures. So do the small movie cameras available everywhere. The great volume of amateur photography goes along with a development of newspaper and maga- zine photography such as was never imagined few years ago. and likewise a great expansion in the field of news films for the movie theaters. And soon, no doubt, will come television, bringing another great expansion of visual inter- est and the means of ministering to 1t.
 The nation is certainly "picture-con- scious." And the eye is so far outrunning the ear as means of information and entertainment that a thoughtful person naturally wonders what effect all of this will have on the radio business. Perhaps it will be saved by combining with tele- vision.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22
A Book a Day
He Fought Against His Times Decay

War and hate and hope; the struggle of creed against creed: : bieotry, insufferable tyranny; the aspirationsof the masses for peace and living unafraid. These are the timeless forces of history, and in no book in recent years have they been better portrayed than in Young Henry of Navarro" by Heinrich Mann (Knopf: $3). "a
 Henry became king of France in 1889. He, stepped into a world torn by intolerance. in grave economic distress, degraded and in mortal terror. And he detested 1t! A mar of great gifts, Henry visualized 8 France at peace, united, free, living without fear. And he set about to have such 8 France. & #
 How Henry tackled his job, how this reckless warrior and political Machiavelli. often violent yet ever. sympathetic, kept to his amazing course, is the story Heinrich Mann so wildly recreates. Time and again its hopes and loves and plots rise to dramatic climax. And here, al- most inimitable, is the re-enactlnent of the massacre of Saint Bartholo-. mew. ," t, t 4.'tft,
 Henry was a paradox. He led, for the most part, violent and often sordid private life. Yetehe retained the most advanced of social ideals,
 Before he wrote this book, Mann visited the town of Nerac in the ancient kingdom of Navarro. There still stood the noble castel of Henry ". Tremendo impressed, Mann vowed that here was surely a man "who should be given back the gift of tongues" And the author has done just that. The result is one of the most stirring brilliant novels fin years. et
 x Brother of author Thomas Mann, Heinrich went into exile in 1Dg3 when Hitler came into power. His book was translated from the Csers fuau hs Effe Sutton ~. V
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22
Of at Last

Appointment of Nathan Straus of New York as Federal Housing Authority Ad- miniStrator occaSioned considerable com- ment. He was sworn into office this week and contemplates launching activi- ties of his office about November l. He will take over the personnel of the PWA Housing Division at that time and no doubt incur all the headaches and woes that go with this federal agency. We pre- surne that his appointment will be the signal for creation of countless local housing authorities throughout the United States.
 As we understand it city or town to benefit by the housing authority must have its own organization first. Water bury is abreast of the times in this respect as Mayor Frank Hayes is prepared to name such an authority within the irn- mediate future. Waterbury is ready to 70 along with the federal government In slsiu-clearance and low-housing If apy-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22

Here's the nearest thing to perpetual motion that little old New York has had set off in good many years. Mayor LaGuardia threw switch the other day that started an incinerator working at Seth street and the Hudson River. Cur rent is generated by heat supplied by the incinerator. In other words, SO long as garbage and rubbish Is dumped into the incinerator 1t will keep working. Burning the refuse produces steam which gener' ates electricity which in turn turns the wheels which grind the rubbish. And that's perpetual motion of highly de- sirable sort.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22

thing can be done here and, according to various individuals, there is much that is desired and can be done locally.
 No plans have been revealed by MT. Straus as to his procedure other than that he believes housing projects can be successfully carried through under the present set-up of the law. The $1,25O- room limit is o. k., according to the new administrator That's probably true, but we're anxious to find out if small houses are going to solve the problem for big families. Big families are still being raised by people of many nationalities' despite the records showing smaller families to be the average. .rt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22

When a Connecticut Legislature ends its official session hereafter that isn't going to be the end of that group. After many efforts to form an organization that will function during the years it's members are officially serving the state as lawmakers the 1887 General Assembly has set about doing something on the question. On Friday, November 12, the 1887 General Assembly will meet in Hart ford to form an official organization which will be followed by dinner. Plans for at least one annual meeting will be established at this time. While the prime purpose of such move may be social and fraternal, still 1t is good idea for legislative members to renew their bonds of friendship and perhaps in the cool light of the "morning-after" review what they have done or failed to do.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22
T7he Cummings Address Attempt to Pack Supreme Court Gone-Such Is Conclusion Drawn From Recent Remarks
 of Attorney General.
HARTFORD TIMES

ney General cited the decision made by supreme court some years ago that congress has no power to in- yoke the regulation of commerce clause in the Constitution to enact a national child labor law, prohibit ing the interstate sale or shipment of goods made by child labor. That decision still stands, like desolation where 1t ought not to be, as spoken of by the prophet Daniel. If the supreme court does not soon reverse 1t, then, MT. Cummings asserts, 8 constitutional amendment should be the remedy. 4 t--&&'% s,a5 $ But the problem of how far fed eral authority constitutionally can or should be made to go in the di- rection of regulating nationally the lives of children, of youth, or even of grown persons, has knit Itself into many New Deal proposals and raises queries difflcult for congress. courts and people to- determine. The supreme court held that primarily regulating commerce is one thing, primarily regulating human lives Is another. The court in the instance need not, be considered to have been stupidly reactionary; It went to the roots of the prime question and answered 1t, defensibly, with declar- ation that the Constitution, has not provided for re9imentation of hu- man beings on national scale. Au- thorizing the federal government to go into the states and ordain the conditions of labor, education and circumstances of living is something which should have definite iimita. tions. To disregard them, OH the plea of general welfare, Is danger ous procedure with regard to which the supreme court has room for argument not less than have its critics. 's
 We shall be safe, if such issues are left to constitutional amend i1lent when court decisions appear to make that course appropriate There was no safety at all in the project of packing, the court to give the Constitution, political stretch- ing. % .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22
Dangerous Smugness

It is easy for well-fed nations to be sell- righteous when hungry nations clamor for more food. The "haves" are inclined to be snug in their attitude toward the "have-nots". They regard their own prosperity as proof of superior virtue. But this attitude ends in revolutions and wars. It has brought civil war in Spain, which seems flaming into international war. It has brought war in Asia. It may yet set the world on fire.
 We Americans mostly believe that Japan, Germany and Italy are wrong in their present policies. So do other dem- ocratic countries with which we are III sympathy, especially Great Britain and France. It happens that the democratic countries today, along with Russia, now cooperating with them, have most of the worlds material resources. The Fascist countries, notably Germany, Italy ana Japan, have huge populations crowded within narrow limits, lacking coal, iron, oil and other essentials.
 If those nations don't get alleviation in the form of fairer share of the worlds land and materials, obviously they will fight for 1t. Yet countl.es that have more than they need ignore every sug- Cestion of sharing their superfluity, no matter how they got 1t, and even if it is only held in trust, as are the .mandated territories taken from Germany and Austria.
 Can there be any peace until there is new deal in land and material resources? It isn't so much question of justice as a question of being practical If civiliza- tion is to go on, the civilized nations must be able to make a living and must be freed from their sense of wrong and their feeling of being "bottled up" The world Is big and rich enough for all, and all could be richer if strong nations would cooperate instead of squandering their effort and wealth in armament and war. But democratic statesmen are not preach ing or practising this policy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22
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THA APPRENTICE
 SHIP SYSTEM
(Hartford Courant)

Something surely should come out of the interest that national and state organizations, private business and schools are showing in bringing back the ancient system of appren- ticeship on an improved basis. The Secretary of Labor has now stated the aims and policies of the Fed eral Committee on Apprenticeship Training, recently reorganized and made permanent by an act of Con- gress in August. The intent of the Committee is to at new standards for apprenticeship training, to en- courage more youths to enter the skilled labor markets rather than joint the ranks of the over-crowded white collar workers, and generally to coordinate a national program of leading young workers to the right jobs.
 There is need enough for the new committee if 1t can be aggres- sive enough to fulfill its purposes. There are already many agencies getting at the same problem direct ly and indirectly, perhaps too many. The Government has the eco, the National Youth Administration and the WPA training youth for em- ployment. The George-Deen bill for vocational education provides matching grants to States for voca- tional training in trade and indus trial subjects, among others. The President has 8 commission study ing the work of all government agencies interested In vocational training.
 The new committee makes the status of the apprentice far more attractive By providing for contracts between employer and apprentice ensuring the latter of work at the end of his training. It will try to have a bureau in, each State to sai- pervise the working of these writ ten agreements. Wisconsin has q similar system. Nor must it De thought that the private employer is not interested. In Hartford there are a half dozen shops enl- ploying apprentices, and there are l57 apprentices at the State Trade school. With so much to work with, the new committee can be an ex- tremely useful, beneficial agent t 1t will be as active and progressive AZ it needs tO be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22
Felix Warburg

The death of Felix Warburg in New York his week occasioned many com ments not only here in the United States where he had spent the greater part of his life, but in his native Germany and in many of the capitals of Europe and other countries. The name of Warburg Is an international one It did not have its be- ginning with Felix nor does 1t end With him. Long before he was born his family was famous on the continent in the fi- nancial and investment worlds. Felix War burg certainly contributed greatly to the fine reputation the family always en- joyed.
 His life here in America was one ot success. From the time he came here right up to his death he applied himself diligently to the causes he espoused. In the business world he was successful right from the start and carried his activ- ities all the way around the world. The house of Kuhn, Loeb and Company IS too well known to have to mention that Felix Warburg was it's guiding genius in late years. But his career was not one de- voted solely to business pursuits.
 In the field of philanthropy he was out standing. The amount of money that he spent on worthy causes was staggering. He labored increasingly in the interests of world Jewry. Whether it was his money or his counsel or his aid he gave willingly and readily that Jews the world over might have Palestine as their home land. Held in the highest esteem by men of all religions and callingS his death found an immense throng of mournerS at his bier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22

In his Pulaski Day speech at New York, Attorney General Cummings discussed the Constitution and the Supreme Court much along old ad- ministration lines but with the dis tinctly new feature that he made no reference or alluSion to the recently halted proposal that the way to get the Constitution sufficiently adapt ed to changing conditions" is to i'll the Supreme Court bench with jus- tices who may be depended upon to do the adapting.
 For that omission the nation should be grateful, for 1t suggestsl with some measure of hopefulness. at least, that attempt to pack the court is not to be renewed. l
 MT. Cummings said that he was undecided whether new, more lib- eral attitude upon the part of the Supreme Court is to result in deci- sions which shall render up-to-date legislation valid, or whether the adoption of constitutional amend. ments may be necessary. In some way, he urged, Interpretation of the Constitution must be made to ac- commodate the conditions of today.
 With that broad statement, Of course, none would quarrel. The debate begins when question arises of whether legislation enacted really does accommodate the conditions and whether in fact the Constitu- ton actually authorizes the legisla- ton.
 The first of those two points is for Congress to adjudge; the second is for the Supreme Court to decide.
 By way of illustration the Attor-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22
Selected Poem
ROOTED

ROOTED Edith Haskell Tappan in the Poets Corner,
 Hartford Times) stand watching the of ducks, southward, southward flying; Ever for other lands and fields my heart is crying, crying. would be one with the southing birds, swiftly passing over, Not standing here with longing heart in fields of harvest clover! The new moon rises over the hill in golden autumn Splendor While am wasting moments like monarch of 8 spender My heart is searching for peace, but in bitter ness is learning: Feet rooted in homely soil should not for heights be yearning Birds fly south at breath of frost but with voice of springs renewing Once more return to northern shores where happiness is brewing, And the restless heart, after futile quest and seeming endless roaming, Will return at last to it's firesjde warmth with birds keen sense of homing