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Smyrna times., 1937-01-28
WOMEN MEET
AT WASHINGTON
Department of American Le-
gion Auxiliary of Della
ware Join
PATRIOTIC CONFERENCE

The Department of Delaware
American Legion Auxiliary is taxi
ing part in the Women's Patriotic
Conference on National Defense,
being held this week in the May
flower Hotel, Washington, D. c..
1t opened Tuesday, January 26 and
continued thru yesterday and to-
day. A mass meeting took place
Tuesday evening and with a ban
quet last evening. Senators Town
send and Hughes and Representa-
tive Allen of Delaware accepted
invitations and attended the open
ing meeting and banquet as guests
of the Department of Delaware,
American Legion Auxiliary. A del
egation of the following leading
Auxiliary members are represent
ing the Department at the confer
ence: Mrs. ]. R. Fader, depart
ment president, of Newark; Mrs.
Melvin Hopkins, Department Ma
tional Defense Chairman, Dover;
and Mrs William N. Cam, Unit
President of Delaware Post, No. l,
Wilmington. Mrs. Leslie Gooden
of Dover, alternate to the National
Committeewoman, returning from
a meeting in Indianapolis, stopped
at Washington enroute home to
attend the National Defense con-
ference also.
Held annually since 1925, the
conference has provided rallying
point for all women's organizations
working to promote adequate ma
tional defense as a safeguard for
peace. Forty national women's or
ganizations sent delegates to the
conference this year. Mrs. Oscar
w. Hahn. National President OF
the American Legion Auxiliary
was conference chairman.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-28

motion, as written, be presented to
the Board of Game and Fish Com
missioners for their due considera-
ton. There was no opposition to
the motion The next question
presented was: Should the gray
fox be removed from the protected
game animal list and should a
bounty be paid on them? Mr..
Rhodes moved that this Associa-
ton prepare legislation to read
that we remove the gray fox from
the protected game animal list and
pay a bounty on them, bounty
set by the Game Commission Sec
onded by Mr.. Higgins. The motion
was carried. Objection: Mr.. Rick
ards voted Yes" but was opposed
to a heavy bounty on the gray fox
for the reason that bounties have
not controlled vermin predators in
Pennsylvania. Mr. Richards NOV
ed that the present law on hawks
be retained on the books and that
the great horned owl be added to
the list. Seconded by Mr.. Sharp.
The motion was carried. No oppo-
sition. 1t was suggested by Mr..
Hastings that the Game Commits
sion trap or have trapped 100 or
more crows, these crows TO be
banded and bounties ranging from
S10O to $4,000 applied, the amount
to be expended not to exceed S400.-
90, if and when killed in the State
of Delaware by a legal resident
hunter, the crows to be equally dis
tributed in each of the three coun-
ties, tossed out by an aeroplane
Publicity to be given to the plan
and release. go crows in each
the matter of crow control be left
strictly to the Game and Fish Com
mission. Seconded by Mr.. Rick
ards.
The Executive Committee were
unanimous that skunks should be
taken from the protected list. Mr.
Richards moved that skunks be
taken off the protected list.
Seconded by Mr.. Foord.
Mr.. Rhodes was opposed because
he thinks that the season should
come in with the coon and go out
with the coon.
Mr.. Rhodes and Mr.. McSweeney
opposed.
/ Mr.. Rhodes thinks that the
skunks are one of the few animal!
left that boys can trap. He stateC
that he thinks it teaches the boy
to love the outdoors and hat tn,
skunk has many constructive hab
its as well as destructive ones.
Mr.. McSweeney's objections wer'
/ the same.
Mr.. Rhodes moved that we Sc
up proper legislation to protect u
against sales of wild rabbits in tn,
State and allow the'Game Commits
sion to work out a way to do this
Il Seconded by Mr.. Hastings. M
opposition. Motion carried.
The question of trespassin,
Continued on Page Seven1
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Chicken Thieves Sentenced

Before Resident Judge w. w.
Harrington in plead Guilty" Court
at Dover last week three Negroes,
John Baynard, William Waters,
and James Johnson, entered pleas
of guilty to stealing chickens and
turkeys in and around Kenton and
Smyrna. Baynard was sentenced
to IS months and Waters and
johnson to nine months each.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-28

FINGERNAILS are the newest ere
alton of Schiaparelh. They are
bright red-and are built right into
sooty black antelope gloves!
TWO TONE NEW TONES
Smartest new upholstery fabric Is
q two-tone mohair velvet IN rich
colors Offset by a new contrasting
yarn known as heathertone. The
heathertone gives three dimen-
sional effect And IT'S said to wear
like iron! You can get 1t on pro
duction furniture, toes wen as
on custom-bufft pieces.
THE LAST WORD-Tomorrows
style leader win be-the Dalmatian
motif! jenkins, Jackets and baoWas,
all gay with embroidery In the man.
ner Of the Tyroai The influence
MA b TT an winter.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-28
IN i,
Cover LA"
|, |,.'i,s Of G, ,'at,.n me Conn
f. Held at Dover
(,lgs SUGGESTED

|. p..tips :! :! iss Rs.satiRs aaRs
r 'as .: I, Dslsrn5s = psvsa aa%s re
W # which was e
| pq0'e a. ! opinions as
r : s,d5rrisaDility Of making KING
-, i the Game coae
J be very desirable
y, l.,v ! At this time. The
!. 'llsen 's,uIt. as indicate q.
nj objections # any
" ~ aits each subject
l's %,,tion presented before
\, vas: Should the law
h. Il permit a Warden y !,
y, i search for iilegai
seld or on the high
! I aicbards m owed that
..ss of similar laws IN
IT, New Jersey ana
F. md whichever applies
~ d Delaware that we
ir future legislation
L. Nr. Jackson. Motion
| II. Yerger entertained a
rbsther the squirrel law
i back to conform with
III and rabbit season or
II, Mr. Richards moved
1 apirrel season be made
T. with the open season on
\ rsbbits. Seconded by
H.. Motion carried. OBJ
1 NJ. Mcsweeney voting
m sweeney stated that he
lsrr Of the motion but op-
/, scsuse Of the policy OF
I. md Fish Protective As
4 IN passing favorable leg
| He also added that if the
In to be written up sep
| k4st he would vote "yes"
motion. What form OF
L Game Commission and
h cooperative plan do
Lnt! Several suggestions
IL but none voted upon
BIS made the motion to
hat the Game Commission
/ ach Of the three counties
! -sined in game manage
h graduated from some one
|wnized Universities with
kE courses in this work tc
| IA - r. zxaa a-z
! he State Of Delaware
u BY Mr.. Foord. 1t was
EM seconded that the above
Smyrna times., 1937-01-28

N d 8 / c Of King
8 " ng is t b g
swing skirt, lett
motif In the style
8 y m p b o n y. Its
gay, f1aring lines
8 g g m to tax e
pounds OF your
figure, and add
Just tn 9 RI g b t
I o u c b of pc r t
swagger.
SNAK E 8 Il / N
Smyrna times., 1937-01-28
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

The Kent County Levy Court
Wednesday of last week announced
the appointment of Max Terry of
Dover as its attorney. Mr.. Terry
is a brother of Secretary of State
Charles L. Terry, Jr., with whom
he is associated in the practice of
law.
Mrs. G. M. Dillon, Department
Chairman of Child Welfare for the
American Legion Auxiliary, Will
mington, will represent Delaware
at the annual Child Welfare Con-
ference of Area "B", which will be
held in Washington, D. G., on jan
uary 20 and 80.
At the annual meeting of the
Chesapeake City, Md, Fire Com
pany the following were elected:
President, James Adams; vice pres
ident, James Kirk; secretary, 2. t.
raine; chief, John Schaeffer; chief
engineer, John Mason; chief pipe
man, Ralph Bungardi; directors,
John Walters, Harold Reynolds,
William Bender, James Kirk, and
William Cooling.
All members of the American
Legion Auxiliary are invited to at
tend the second New Castle Coun-
ty meeting of the current year
which will be held in the Legion
room at Newark on next Monday
evening, February first at eight
o'clock. Mrs. E. A. Bonner OF
Delaware City, who is first vice
president of the State Department
will be in charge of the meeting.
Leonard K. Yerger, chairman OF
the Delaware State Fish and Game
Commission, held a conference II
the Town Hall at Delaware City
Wednesday evening with shad fish
ermen of that locality. Mr.. Yerg
er will represent Delaware at the
"Save the Shad" conference to bt
held at Atlantic City, N. J., early
next month. He will be chairman
of the Pollution and Obstruction
section of the conference.
Fresh live crabs taken from th'
delaware River in late January i.
something of a novelty. Larg'
crabs that measure 4 or 5 inche
across the back, however, hav'
Smyrna times., 1937-01-28

An allotment of 100000 for the
continuation of dredging operations
in the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal was approved last week by
Secretary of War Woodring, ac-
cording to an announcement made
in Washington. The allotment was
part of a group totaling $720,00O
for rivers and harbors projects.
The American Dredging Company
employees have completed demol-
ishing the wooden bridge super
structure and foundations on the
back road between Delaware City
and st. Georges and have started
to make the fill at the bridge site.
A substantial area remains to be
filled in as the drain ditch that ran
under the bridge was about 20 feet
deep. The width Of the bridge was
also about 20 feet.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-28

Government, religion, property,
books are nothing but scaffording
to build man.-Von Humboldt.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-28

Farm Near Middletown Sold
Rev. James V. Johnson, of Miami,
Fla, has sold his farm located be-
tween Odessa and McDonough, to
julius N. Kirk of Middletown. The
sale was at private terms.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-28

Zachieis, of Port Penn. 1t is re-
ported that some years ago when
there was an unusually mild winter
a few very small crabs were
caught in the vicinity of Taylor's
Bridge. They were so small, how
ever, they were not edible.
Smyrna times., 1937-01-28
The Last WOrd...
Prepieps
Of the
latest
trends in
fashion
By
KAY cAREW

NEW YORK-High sman-crown-
ed hats are leading the style race.
and the smartest Of smartiy dress
ed women seen In Gotham's bright
spots are wearing modern versions
Of hat, which I am certain, was
stolen out of the Arabian nights!
SWING IT-Patterned after the
Smyrna times., 1937-01-28

Fresh live crabs taken from the
Delaware River in late January is
something Of a novelty. Large
crabs that measure 4 or 5 inches
across the back, however, have
been caught this January by Ed
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25

and get a couple Of bathrobes. Taxa
these, Jed" He kicked off his slip
pers. "I'll put on shoes upstairs"
Sam followed her into the kitchen.
Sam can be speedy when he
wants to be- she admitted, as her
brother entered with a lurid bath
robe over his pajamas and another
all red and green stripes which he
flung at Stewart.
'sThere you are, m'lad."
Bring the milk, eggs, butter and
bacon from the icebox, Sam. Toss
me that apron, Jed, the big white
one-that's right Toast some bread,
Sammy"
%.Soon Sam shifted. Doesn't the
bacon smell dandy Here you are,
folks" He arranged thin, crisp
strips around a mound of fluffy
scrambled eggs. "You and Jed sit
down, Brooke, and I'll bring the
cocoa after find the marshmal-
lows to drop into the cups"
Brooke slipped off the apron and
waited until Sam had served steam
ing hot cocoa with a little melting
white island floating in each cup and
helped himself lavishly to scram-
bled eggs and bacon, before, with
elbows on the porcelain table, chin
on her clasped hands, she suggest
ed:
Nov that the shock of discover
ing us roaming round in our own
house has somewhat worn off, per-
haps you'll ,ell us how you got in
and why, jedi"
Stewart leaned back in his chair
with the air of a man whose appe~
tite has been abundantly satisfied.
ITO BE CONTINUED
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CHAPTER TX

Don't novel I've got you COW
eredl"
In obedience to the hoarse warm
ing, Sam and Brooke Reyburn stood
as if turned to stone in the dark hall
of Lookout House.
Lights fiared. Brooke stared In
credulously. Was that Jed Stewart
with his hand on the switch glazing
anthem with wide dilated eyes, with
his mouth open as If he had just
swallowed a salt wave? That was
flashlight he was pointing at them,
not pistol. 1t was Jed Stewart
without his coat, with his black bow
tie under one ear, with only one
shoe on.
''For the love of Mike. Jed Stew
art, perhaps you'll tell me why
you're holding us up in our own
house? Why this Public Enemy No.
| touch?" Sam demanded.
Stewart blinked.
What are you two doing wander
ing round this house half dressed
at this time of night?"
"Stop shouting, Jed. You'll have
Lucette down here" Sam said.
Come into the living room and tell
us what you're doing in this house,
Jed"
Let's go to the kitchen instead,
more likely to stabilize our emo
TONS" Brooke suggested. "Tll
make cocoa and we'll scramble
eggs. Jed must need food after the
late ex-excitement he's fairly
twitching with it-and l feel hollow
to my toes. Come on, Sam"
Sounds okay to me. I'm a grow
ing boy, need lots of nutriment
You'd better eat, Brooke; you
didn't touch thing when we came
back from rehearsal. I'll run UP
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25

the point-Mike Cassidy talkin'-I
got to go. You don't understand
my daughters there-All right. III
wait here"
He hung up and wiped a grimy
hand across his sweat-beaded fore
head.
THAT was my girl, Maggie, who
called"
Talk, man. talk What's hap
pened?"
Someone hurt bad"
"Who?"
81 couldn't make out. I"
Someone hurt at the white cot
tage But was there not more than
ten minutes ago, Mike"
IF was you I wouldn't say that,
Mr. Mark. 1t wasn't just hurtin.
| was breakin' it easy. Someone's
dead"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25

/. Is gasoline stronger explo-
sive than dynamite?
2. How many acres of floor
space are there in the Capitol IN
Washington, D. C.?
3. Is it true that the Golden Gate
bridge would sink instantly if 1t
should be destroyed by enemy
bombardment?
4. How does a nautical mile
compare with a land mile?
5. Why is Wall street SO called?
6. What kind of government
has Italy now?
7. What is the record length Of
time that any one has ever at
tended college?
8. Has the Netherlands two cap
itals and if so why?
9. What are the seven branches
of the army service?
Answers
|. According to DR.. George
Granger Brown of the University
of Michigan, gasoline as an ex-
plosive has 10 times the explosive
power of dynamite.
2. The building has floor area
of IA acres. The structure stands
in a park of nearly SO acres. The
dome is 387 feet in height.
8. It is designed so that it would
Immediately sink to the bottom OF
the channel and not congest the
harbor.
4. It is almost 300 feet longer
than a land mile.
S. A wall, the northerly defense
of the city, once ran along it.
6. Italy is now referred to as q
cooperative state. The legislative
powers of parliament were sur
rendered to the council OF corpor-
atoms, set up January Is, 1884
Mussolini is the head of this.
7. It is said to be that of the
late William Cullen Bryant Kemp
Returning to college at approx
mately forty years of age, he took
courses in almost every schoo
and department of Columbia uni.
versity up to the age of seventy
His degrees included A. B., A. M,
Phi. D., LII. B., LII. M, M. E.,
E. E., c. e. and Phar. G.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25

You can pay as high as you want
for remedies claimed to relieve the
pain of rheumatism, Neuritis,
Sciatica, etc. But the medicine so
many doctors generally approve
the one used by thousands Of
families daily - is Bayer Aspirin
- 15t a dozen tablets - about
IL apiece.
Simply take 2 Bayer Aspirin
tablets with a half glass OF water.
Repeat, if necessary, according to
directions.
Usually this will ease such pain
in a remarkably short time.
For quick relief from such pain
which exhausts you and keeps you
awake at night = ask for genuine
Bayer Aspirin.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25
ASK ME - Quiz With Answers
Offering information
~ IN Ox II 6A on Various Subjects

5. In reality, it has not. Am
sterdam is the capital and The
Hague is the seat of government
The term, capital, does not carry
the same meaning associated with
it in the American mind. 1t com
notes merely a chief city or me-
tropolis.
8. The seven branches are.
corps of engineers, signal corps,
cavalry, field artillery, coast artil-
lery corps, infantry and air
corps.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25

A third of a century ago the
price of the cheapest automobile
vas about $4,000. Today a much
better car can be bought for
ground S700. Advertising created
demand, demand created mass
production, with many times the
number of jobs, and mass pro-
duction improved the quality and
reduced the price.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25
Snakes Have Quick Tongues

Garter snakes are among the
commonest of our native reptiles.
The quick, darling forked red
tongue gathers many insects TO-
food, which together with frogs,
toads, salamanders and worms,
forms its principal diet. 1t is per-
fectly harmless ara OF great eco
nomic value. 1t hibernates below
the frost line in soft mud or sand
and energies In early spring after
being awakened by warming suns
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25
POULTRY

SHIP TOUR POULTRY AND EGGS
to NySTRAND POULTRY CO, Butta~
Mont. for top prices and prompt RETURN
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25

and ends and make your toys as
colorful as possible--in sort ir-
resistible. In pattern 1882 you will
find a pattern OF the three toys:
directions for making them. ma
terial requirements.
To obtain this pattern send Is
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle,
Household Arts Dept, $50 w.
Fourteenth ST., New York, N. Y.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25
Cuddle Toys from
odds and End"

Fun to sew-inexpensive to
make-excellent for Christmas
gifts is this collection of cuddle
toys. Two pieces with just the
necessary trimming of ears,
name and tails extra. The kiddies
love them! Use up those odds
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-11-25
Cheap Sales Cost

United States census figures for
1929 show that at a cost Of but
l.54 per cent advertising created
@ market for the $40, 434, 1863, 443
worth of manufactured products
of that year.
Evening star., 1937-07-23

Good quality bristle brush,
compound dump lever. With
rubber bumpers to protect
furniture.
HouseWAres-BaSem
Evening star., 1937-07-23
STAR WASHINGTON D. c. FRIDAY JULY o. 1887

has given him = lot Of trouble. And
really now, why do we follow the
course to the north? Indeed, haven't
We already passed the pole and aren't
we now flying to America-thAt Is,
to the south? Something is wrong.
Therefore. Sasha must set the solar
compass so that 1t works as before
But the course indicates SOUTH" To
put 1t more exactly, the clock, the ma
rine chronometer, the sextant, the
tables and complicated calculations
finally gave all the data for resetting
tho complex apparatus.
At 4:42 am. Suk (solar compass)
is reversed and the time changed on
the l23d meridian, leading to Amer
lea. Now our doubts have been set
at rest, the plane flies on Is before.
and our course Is to the south"
All is we'll. Sasha writes = note ask
ing me not to use the magnetic COM
pass, but to guide the plane by the
solar clock attached to the hood Of
the motor in front Of the pilot. It's
white dial, divided into hours, and
the small hand, throwing its shadow
on the figures, serve as an additional
solar compass to make 1t easier for
the pilot to keep to the appointed
course. We jokingly call It suk-%.
Evening star., 1937-07-23

This was IN indispensable object dur
ing the whole duration Of the flight
from the pole to the shores Of Canada.
Favorable Winds, Open Ice.
At $40 am. Belakov sends q mes
sage that the first part Of our task
had been fulfilled:
''TssCH DE P T Mr. 2l-sS-We
have crossed the pole-favorable winds
open ice-white ice fields with
cracks and pools-spirits excellent"
Ahead on the right another cyclone
looms. At first 1t lies parallel to our
course. That y good.
At 8 O'Clock I awake Valery. Bella
kov tells him we have passed the pole.
Valery Is happy as baby. He keeps
looking overheard, squirting from the
binding glare Of the ice, finds his
goggles and again gazes at the expAnse
OF both ooeans-the ocean Of air and
the ocean Of ice. Valery writes q tele-
gram to Comrade Stain and asks
Beliakov to send it:
Moscow, Kremlin, Stain:
THE pole Is behind us. Passing
over the pole Of inacoessibility fun Of
eagerness to carry out your assign
ment. The crew feels fine. Greetings.
Chkalov, Baidukov, Beliakov."
That Is the telegram we sent to
Evening star., 1937-07-23

for . landing at Washington but q
special stop will be made. The flyers.
who speak no English. are accom-
panied by An Interpreter.
They will be met by Constantine A,
Oumansky, Charge d'Af1aires Of the
Soviet Embassy, and are to spend the
week end In seclusion, probably 1T the
Embassy. in order to get some badly
needed rest and quiet"
Monday and Tuesday will be de-
voted to courtesy calls on Federal
aviation omcials and to sight-seeine In
ana near Washington. The prosrap
may include . White House visit.
The only ofncial social function n.
ranged Tor them Il to be . reception
At the Soviet Embassy at . pm. Tues.
day. daring which the flyers viii tel
Evening star., 1937-07-23

have to cut through . thick mass Of
magnetic deflections. The northern
end Of the magnetic compass begins
to turn more and more to the left
toward the magnetic pole, which lies
ahead and little to the left OF our
route
But. in spite Of what I write here,
to the airman the pole doesn't really
mean thing; we have passed 1t, and
that Is that. Our business Is to see
that the engine and the plane work
as they always must. to pilot the
plane skillfully, holding to the given
course.
It's different with Sasha. The pole
Evening star., 1937-07-23
Flyers See Only Ice Wilderness
As Plane Passes Ouer Pole
Soviet Auiators Find Human Beings
Feel No Change at Top of World.
One OF Trio Slept S0m,dIy.

One OF the pilots OF the first
SoUiet plane to fy ouer the North
Pole from MoscoD to America has
1Dritten a piUid narrative OF the
experiences OF himself and his t,Do
companions. In this article, the
nth OF a series, Pilot Baidukop
tells Of the flight across the Arctic
,pdstes and the actual crossing OF
the North Pole.
Evening star., 1937-07-23
POLAR FLYERS DUE
ON CAPITAL VISIT
Arrive Tomorrow on American
Airliner-1ay Call at
White House.

Three Soviet aviatory who estab-
lished . new world nonstop distance
record In their over the North Pole
hight from Moscow to Southern Cali
fornia last week are to arrive at WASH
ington Airport 1T o:45 Am. tomorrow
Is commercial airline passengers, &C.
cording to word received by the Soviet
Embassy.
Pilot Aikhail Gromoh. Oo-pilot An
drei Yumashe6 and Navigator sergei
Danilin. are making the trip aboard
= transcontinentA liner Of American
A1rlines. The schedule does not call
Evening star., 1937-07-23

Con1rade Stain on our way to tho
pole Of inaccessibility. "
(Copyrisht 1887. by ths North Anssriean
Newspaper Alliance, Ine.)
Evening star., 1937-07-23

the story Of their record flight They
VIII be the second group Of Russian
North Pole flyers entertained here
this month.