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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-07-28

Paris crossing, alone, of Col
onel Lindbergh, and the al
most unbelievable solo circuit
of Post, that man of oak and
iron. But that was in no sense
its object. 1t was made to
demonstrate the practicability
of commercial transport and
to show that men of goodwill,
whatever their language, have
a bond in that new and swift
er medium Of transportation,
the air."
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CORRESPONDENCE
CONTINUED From Page Eight

the G. M. T. Camp at Camp Dix,
N. J., for the next two weeks.
Mrs. ]. T. Knots and Miss Lois
Bean, Of Trenton, N. j., have re-
turned to their home after visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jefferson Coop
er.
Mrs. Clifford Anderson and Mrs.
Sallie Lynch have been spending
some time with relatives and
friends at Long Island, N. Y.
Miss Mary Williams, who has
been i'll in the Kent General Hos
pital, is much improved, and her
friends wish her a speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Turner, of
Wilmington, were Sunday guests of
her father, Mr. L. D. Learned.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-07-28
LOw-COSt Lateral Roads

In their quest for the for
mula for low-cost roads the
Maryland highway authorities
are trying an experiment in
Worcester County which is at
tracing the attention of en-
gineers, says the Journal :
Every Evening. 'The road
is being built between Stock
ton and Little Mills. The prin-
cipal foundation material, soil
gathered on the spot, lessons
the cost. Cement is mixed
with it in preparing the six
inch base. The surface COM
prises stone chips and oil or
tar, which are compressed by
"a roller.
THE experimental road,
which is about two and a half
miles long and is feet wide,
will cost about $4,000. This
is at the rate of approximate
ly $4,000 a mile. For a good
road, one that will stand up
and resist the pounding Of
heavy traffic, $4,000 is . rea-
sonable figure. If it develops
from this experiment that the
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WELLINGTON
Items of Personal and Social Inter.
est Cleaned About CeighbOrhood

Wilmington, Md, July 28- John
w. (Jack) Anthony, aged 48 years,
who died early last week at the
home Of his sister and brother-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. John Wallace, in
Chesterville, was buried on Wed
nesday He had been in bad health
for several years but mostly able
to be about and was in town on
the Saturday evening previous to
his death. Fills passing was a shock
to his many friends. Funeral ser
vices were held at Asbury NJ. z.
Church, Millington, Wednesday af-
ternoon of last week in charge of
Rev. Dvis Walraven, of Sudlers-
vile. Interlnent was made in Mill
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basic idea upon which it is
predicated can be worked out
in practice generally, it ought
to give a boost to the road
building program not only in
Maryland, but in other states
where there are similarly fav-
orable conditions.
''This is a field which sug-
gests continuous exploration.
Nowadays agriculturists have
the same need for hard-sur-
faced roads as does the indus
trial element Of society. The
motor car is relied upon for
transport to and from the
farm. Horses do little of this
work now where it is possible
to use automotive vehicles. 1t
follows, therefore, that the re-
quirements in our country will
not be met fully until the
good road is as nearly a gen
eral utility as it can be made.
Hence the desirabiiity of find
ing a formula for the lowest
cost road that can be built
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States at Crossroads
the air. 2

1t was rather appropriate
that Henry Epstein, Solicitor
General of the State of New
York, should choose the an
nual convention of The Ma
tional Association of Attor-
Iney-Generals in Cleveland as
a place to emphasize that in
these days of doings and I'M
doings the sovereign states are
at the crossroads. Fitting
ly he called upon state officers
throughout the country to re-
sist the tendency toward cen
tralization of American gov
eminent. AS the Morning
News Of Wilmington says:
"The independence Of the
states has been seriously
threatened by, among other
things, the recent tendency of
the Federal Government to
tax the states and thereby en-
croach upon their fiscal pow
ers. This tendency was just
flied only last week by Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury
Roswell Magill, who cited a
Department of Justice opinion
that the Constitution does not
shield the states against the
exercise of the delegated, the
supreme, taxing power of the
central government"
Little wonder that Mr.. Ep-
stein labeled that statement
as "the most shocking aSser-
ton, the claim most destruc-
tive Of every concept Of our
Constitution and of the re-
served rights of the states,
that / have ever read in a fed
eral document"
''The American Constitution
rests on the sovereignty of
the individual states, and the
destruction of state govern
ment would inevitably carry
with it the loss of individual
and civil liberties. A
restatement of the true doc
trine of state rights in the
light of modern needs, such as
Mr.. Epstein did, certainly is
timely and worth repetition"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-07-28
Lessons of the World Flight


All hats are off to Howard
Hughes, says The New York
Times, "for his superb flight
around the northern half Of
the world in 3 days 10 hours
17 minutes. When he set
down the wheels of the Lock-
heed transport, New York
Worlds Fair 1889, at Floyd
Bennett Field, having flown
nearly $4,000 miles at an aver
age of 208 miles an hour for
time in the air and 1872 miles
an hour counting all stops, he
halved the time required by
the late Wiley Post for a ike
circuit. But Hughes and his
crew Of four, on their swift
and sure way-faring, had done
much more than merely break
records. They had proved to
the hilt that modern wings,
guarded by modern tech
niques of meteorology, of
radio and of navigation, are
capable of bearing travellers
upon their appointed paths
wherever men may live.
For all its courage, re-
sourcefulness and clean-cut
execution, nothing in the
Hughes flight dims the luster
that surrounds the New York
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-07-28
High Gasoline Tax

Motor travel has increased
approximately 80 per cent
since 1929, according to a
statement issued by w. Pur-
YES Taylor, Secretary of the
Associated Petroleum Indus
tries of Delaware. Our re-
search" Mr.. Taylor stated,
"shows the typical Z. S. We
hicle operator used 655 gal
Ions of gasoline in 1887 and
Travelled slightly less than TO-
900 miles in the family car.
Although he used his automo-
bile about 80 per cent more
last year than he did in 1929,
.
there are numerous indica-
tions that the American mo-
toriSt would have used his car
more widely than he did had
there not been a 81 per cent
increase in his tax bill in the
past eight years. Records Of
this eight-year period indicate
that the cost of operating a
motor vehicle is an important
factor which determines how
frequently the car will be
used. When a substantial re-
duction in price of gasoline
occurred between 1929 and
1881 without any appreciate
increase in automotive taxes,
automobile use increased Is
per cent. But with the in
crease in federal and state
automotive taxes, the rapid
growth in automotive use was
Immediately restricted.
"In 1929 the price Of gaso-
line on a national average was
slightly less than 18c a gallon,
exclusive of taxes. Today the
average national price of mo-
tor fuel is slightly over 1412c
per gallon. This reduction in
price has meant a saving Of
$22 in Individual gasoline bills
last year alone, a large part of
which was offset by taxes.
Thousands of motor vehicle
owners of Delaware are voic-
ing an honest belief that state
gasoline taxes must be reduc-
ed. Once the toy of the
wealthy, the automobile today
is a virtual necessity to a
large percentage of motor We
hicle owners of Delaware,
many Of whom have modest
incomes. That state gasoline
taxes must be reduced and the
federal gasoline tax must be
eliminated are opinions grow
ing steadily in popularity"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-07-28
Farm Versus Factory

At Minnesota University re-
Gently, under the leadership
of Dean Coffey and Professor
Jesness, there was held the
third of the series of regional
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-07-28

conferences between the agri-
cultural committee of the Ma
tional Association of Manu-
facturers and a selected group
I of representative farm e I S
fro mthe region.
"The idea," says the Des
Moines Register, sis to enable
industrialists and actual farm
ers to discuss with absolute
frankness the problems of ag-
riculture in America, not ig-
noring for a moment those as
poets with reference to which
farmers h ave complaints
against industrial practices.
Again and again the dis
cussion, whenever the groups
meet, comes around to the
question of rigidities in costs
and prices-the relative fiex-
Utility of farm prices and the
relative stability of industrial
prices. Farmers clearly have
come to understand more
sympathetically that indus
trialists who manage to hold
prices, relatively, while cut
ting production when sales
fall off are not fends with
horns and hooves- that large
ly they react to forces that as
individuals they cannot con-
troll, and that, for the rest of
it, they react as normal hui
mans.
"But the industrialists have
been brought again and again
to concede that there is at
least a great lag between the
adjustment of industrial pric-
es to failing markets and the
more rapid adjustments Of
farm prices to the same thing.
Some Of the industrialists
have been brought to concede
that even measures that they
instinctively dislike crop re-
striction for instance ~ are
capable Of being intelligently
defended as "the only way
out" Others of the indus
trialists, while still reluctant
to accept this, do not now
dodge the fact that larger out
lets for farm SURPRISES in the
international market are es-
sential if we are to get away
from restriction programs in
this generation.
I'm other words, progress,
from the farm standpoint,
certainly is being made. Sow
ing great problems of group
economic relationships by ed
ucation is necessarily slow.
But all democratic methods
are slow. This method is
democratic 1t is a key part
Of the democratic process.
Gains thus made are certain
to be sound"
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For Representative

l desire to announce my car
didacy for the Democratic nomina-
ton for Representative for the
Third Representative District Of
Kent County and will appreciate
the support Of all Democratic and
Independent voters.
CARROLL B. BROWN.
60 If Clayton, Delaware
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For Representative

I desire to announce that 1 will
be a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Representative of
the First Representative District
Of Kent County and will appreciate
the support of all Democratic and
Independent voters.
JOSEPH s. NEWMAN.
SO At Smyrna. Del.
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For Receiver of Taxes and
County Treasurer

will appreciate the vote Of All
Democrat and Independent voters
for Receiver of Taxes and County
Treasurer, having served Is years
on Democratic Committees and
never held office.
ENOCH H. JOHNSON
4th District, Dover. Del
$50 ct
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For Representative

I desire to announce my candid
acy for the Democratic nomination
for Representative for the First
Representative District of Kent
County and viii appreciate the
support of all Democratic and In
dependent voters.
EDWARD ]. ENNIS.
5-19 At Clayton. Del.
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For Receiver of Taxes and
County Treasurer

desire to announce that 1 viii
be a candidate for the Democratic
Nomination for Receiver Of Taxes
and County Treasurer for Kent
County and will appreciate the
support of all Democratic and IN
dependent voters.
LINDEN S. DOUGHTEN
$50 tip First District. SmvrDa
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Political Notices
For Sheriff

I wish to be a candidate for Office
of Sheriff of Kent County. subject
to the decision of the Democrat
and Independent voters at the com
ing primaries. I earnestly solicit
your support.
GRIER H. MINNFP
TIA tip Woodside. De,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-25
Cn AMal1M Cn ACK $

A band of big money gamblers had been operating nightly TOT months and police were at their wits end in their efforts to eaten the gang in game. ,,
 Finally an informer learned that the gamblers played in se- cret rooms in four places. Those places were the Hotel Singleton, Kings Cafe, the Club Swing Hlt' and Maroni's Taproom. The m- former learned also that the band tipped off players to the location of each nights hideout by means o1 coded advertisements in the Auto mobiles For Sale" column Of an afternoon newspaper.
 Acting on this tip, police spot fed one of the advertisements two days later, raided the hideout, and seized the players during the height of a no-limit stud poker game.
 The advertisement the police decoded read:
 "FOR SALE = Late model five passenger sedan in excellent con dition. Completely. overhauled' Eats up the miles, but not the gas. see today. Monarch Motor Sales Company. Ask for Dave"
 WHICH ONE OF THE FOUR PLACES DID POLICE RAID?
 Solution on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-25
AFRAID '!! Il: }: b <: , ,6uc

merry laugh of Dorothy Starke in the corridor beyond the grill. The next instant, Dorothy entered. Joan waved to her.
 will you excuse me, MT. Hen- dry?" she pleaded. Tt is my friend, as I thought. I'd like to speak to her a moment ."
 Run along, my dear. Run along"
 Joan's panic was mirrored in her face as she dragged Dorothy off to deserted corner of the dressing room.
 Are you alone, Dorothy? Did I break up a party?" she asked nervously.
 Not at all I've just been play ing bridge with Millie and Jim Sanders and a very dull young man What in the world is the trouble, Joan? Have you seen another ghost?"
 She looked anxiously into loans , eyes.
 1 Its Sybil,' Joan whispered. "She knows. She knows every thing
 "Who said SOP"
 She did-practically" Joan re- | peated Sybil's peculiar remarks about Philips secret survey. I'm sure it has to do with me, Dorothy. He went to Chicago f1rst-then to Seattle. That seems more than coincidence. And tonight he called up from San Francisco with some choice gossip. Those were Sybil's exact words :"
 That doesn't prove anything" Dorothy said severely. But she was frowning, nevertheless. Where's Bob noW?"
 Upstairs, packing a bag. He's leaving for Washington immediate ly. Dorothy, that's the only thing I'm grateful for. He doesn't know yet. He won't know-until I've gone ." Dorothy's frown deepend, but she realized that this was not the moment to argue.
 (To Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-25
IRELAND Wins Vs VsCoNSTITuTON

k AAC1L1 10 years ago Alil6 A George V recognized the con- stitution that gave Ireland domin- ion status Tn the British Empire. And almost immediately the Irish Free State planned for even greater independence. Ulster. tra- ditionally Protestant, was not ln- cluded in the Free State.
 The oath of allegiance to the British king was abolished first The office of governor general was next vacated Appeal from the Free State courts to the Prlvy Council was also ended.
 Now goes into operation a new constitution for the new state of "Eire." Largely the brainchild Of President Ramon de Valera, the document was approved last June by the Irish Parliament and then ratified in a popular plebiscite. It goes much farther than the first constitution, for though Ireland remains within the British Em- pire, nowhere does the instrument refer to the empire The consti- tuition proclaims that Northern Ireland must eventually be united
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-25

NEXT: What Caribbean island was recently shifted to "Wind- Ward"? SI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-25

with Fire 10 unl- fly the new Ire land of inde- pendence.
 A 1881 Irish S [ a m p bearing the new state name Fire tor Ireland in Eng lish), is shown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-25

u'opyrigh,. lnas. NEA Scrvic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-25
CAST DE CHARACTERS
bv MARION WHITE

JOAN BARRETT, heroine, sec- retary to John Hendry.
 JOHN HENDRY, mining invest ment head.
 BOB ANDREWS, Hendry's ju- niOr partner ayd JOan'S fiance. SYBIL HENDRY. sOcialite, John Hendry'S niece and JOan's rival in love.
 PHILIP HENDRY, sybil's bro- ther.
 DOROTHY STARKE, JOan's girlhOOd friend.
 CHARLES NORTON, California mining promoter.
 
 Yesterday: Hendry closes his S40,OOO deal with Norton and the cash is brought to Hendry's house. awaiting payment. Sybil taunts Joan with the information that Philip has just unearthed some choice gossip" in San Francisco.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-09
A Genuine Stalemate
Cincinnati Enquirer)


 More plainly than at any time since the deadlock has turned into absolute staemate Since the insurgent drive to the sea coast last winter there has been really significant shift in the fighting fronts anywhere in Spain.
 General Francos advance against Catalonia was blocked at the Ebro River and the oyalist attack in that region likewise stopped. Southwark re- peated attempts by the insurgent armies to advance Valencia have been frustrated Nor have the oyasts been able to retake much ground in the Teruel District
 Such gains as have been made have come through fent and then offensive in an unexpected quar- ter. This was the way the government forces made advances along the Ebro River and near Viver to the southwark In similar fashion the insurgents advanced a little Almaden, far to the south west, but soon found their offensive blocked and then turned day or two ago to the Tagus River Valley southwest of Madrid.
 The element of surprise always is important in warfare But when every offensive takes place on different front, and each bogs down soon afterward 1t is plain that the armies very evenly matched The vastly better offensive weapons of the insurgents serve well in open country But these tanks and governments infantrymen, with their greater skill in defensive tactics.
 In such conditions there every reason to believe the Spanish will go on for many months into another winter of suffering for the Spanish people Despite the constant improvement of mobile weapons the odds in still favor the defense ConsequentIy every war tends to become long war Every war ln other words, tends to impose the maximum of suffering on the innocent civilian population which must make the sacrifices to maintain armies in the field
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-09
Horoscope "The stars incline
 but do not cOmpeP'
SATURDAY. SEPT. 10. 1888

SATURDAY, SEPT. 10, 1888
 Good and evil aspects are active today. according to astrology. The planetary government is uncertain and adverse influences are strong.
 Under this configuration judg- ment may be exceedingly untrust- worthy. Egotism will dominate in many cases were subsequent losses will occur.
 The stars today encourage secret iveness and deceit. Both men and women may be inclined to sacrifice high ideals to selfishness and am bition.
 Plotting and double-dealing may be unusually prevalent. It is not an suspicious date for entering into contracts or agreements.
 Trade and commerce should show gains as the week closes. Business men are under favorable signs Merchants will profit.
 Women should find this a favor able time for shopping. Thrift in buying is counseled, for prices are to rise in the winter
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of puzzling happenings. There is promise of in business or finan- cial matters,
 Children born on this day prob ably will be adventurous and coura- geous. The subjects of this sign of Virgo usually are well balanced and in high degree.
 General Joseph Wheeler, United States army officer. was born on this day 1886. Others who have cele- brated it as birthday include Nun go Park, explorer, 1771; Poultney Bigelow, author, 1855.
 Copyright, 1933)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-09
Not MintOn
Philadelphia Record)

Every time Senator Mnton breaks into the news
 is reported that he is being considered for Justice Cardozo's place the U. S. Supreme Court
 There doesn't to be any justification for this rumor, beyond the hope in certain anti-New Deal quarters that the President would make such an injudcious appointment
 Serstor Mnton has been tagged with his pet project, law to punish any newspaper that know ingly publishes untruth" As has been pointed out many times newspapers already held account able both under the criminal and the civil law for damaging untruths A new law would only mean governmental censorship which the present Federal Administration has repeatedly indicated that it doesn want and wouldn't touch.
 Senator Minton's unfortunate but purely personal legislative hobby has been used repeatedly to embar- rasS the New Deal
 Under the circumstances, We can't think of any reason whatever why he should be appointed to the Supreme Court
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-09
LOOK and LEARN
 By A. c. Gordon

l. On what mount did Moses. re- ceive the Ten Commandments from Jehovah?
 3. In what year was the first census taken in the United States? 3. What percentage of all the rubber consumed is accounted for by automobiles?
 4 What is the motto of the U. S. Marine Corps?
 5. Which is the chief commer- cial and manufacturing city of Scotland?
 ANSWERS 1. Mount Sinai.
 9 1790
 3. Approximately 83 percent. 4. "Semper Fidelis," meaning 'al- ways faithful"
 5. Glasgow
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-09-09
DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH \ By w. L. Gordon

Words Often Misused: Do not say, This will do equally as we'll" Omit as. Say, This will do equally well. 5
 Often Mispronounced: Domain. Accent last syllable, not the first.
 Often Misspelled: Serial (pertain- ing to series). Cereal (grain).
 Synonyms: Erect (verb), build. construct rear, raise, set up.
 Word Study: Use a word three times and it is yours" Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day Today's word : Ardently; warmly; eagerly What ardently we wish we soon believe. g Young.