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Smyrna times., 1938-06-16

ENGINEERS have finally admit
~ ted what many have long sus-
pected-that the attic in summer is
a highly efficient heating plant.
Long after the summer sun has set,
the heat from its rays, transmitted
through the roof, is still maintain
ing temperatures In the average
home that are as much as Is de-
grees higher than those outside.
During the day the attic boards hot
stale air and carries 1t over into the
evening hours as an oppressive
blanket which seeps through to the
lower floors, interfering with COM
fort and sleep.
The engineers answer has been
the development of the air circula-
tor. a relatively inexpensive device.
moving vast amounts of air and
turning the attic into a comfort
producing tool. This large fan liter
ally forces the attic to breathe,
pulling in fresh air and exhausting
old during the day, thereby prevent
ing starr tion. At night, when the
therr' fallen. the circula-
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC LAWS
wide Variation in State Laws
Uniformity Needed

Noting that ten states have no
laws governing pedestrian rights
of way, L. r. Lewis, president of
Delaware Motor Club, today de-
clared there is a deplorable lack Of
uniformity among the states in the
matter of pedestrian regulation.
Even in many of those states that
have laws governing the rights and
duties of pedestrians on the high
way," Mr.. Lewis said, there is
very little attempt at enforcement.
According to information forward
ed to our club by A.A.A. head
quarters in Washington, the pedes-
TRAN is required by statute in
thirty states to observe traffic-con-
tori signals at intersections. At
intersections where such signals
are not in operation, pedestrian
crossing at a marked or unmarked
crosswalk has the right of way
over vehicles in twenty-eight
states. Vehicles must slow down
or stop, if necessary, to permit
such crossing in these Jurisdictions.
IN twenty-three states it is IN
lawful for pedestrians to cross the
roadway between intersections
where traffic-control signals are in
operation at adjacent intersections.
Where such signals are not in OPP
Grafton, the pedestrian may, in
thirty-two states, cross the road at
any place but must yield the right
of way to all vehicles.
In twelve states there is legis-
lation requiring pedestrians to
walk to the left on the highway in
order to face oncoming traffic
However, these laws are sometimes
expressly declared to be safety
measures only and have been gen
orally held by the courts to be de-
claratory of a safety policy and
not mandatory.
Standard rules of pedestrians
rights nd duties have been set for
the in the Uniform Motor Vehicle
Code, adopted BY the National Con
ference on Street and Highway
Safety. There is need of bringing
all state legislation into line with
these recognized standards, con
Quoting an intensive campaign of
education among motorists and pc
destrians alike, and then effective
ly enforcing the law in order to
curb the tremendous toll of pedes-
TRAN fatalities"
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
100000 IN MD.
REALTY DEAL
3 Negotiations, One for Ores
ham Hall Owned by VIII
mingtonian Nearly Closed
VALUABLE PROPERTY

Negotiations are being complet-
ed at ChestertoWn, Md, for the
sale of three farms in Kent Coun-
ty, mostly waterfront, that will
involve an aggregate Of nearly
100000. The deals, one involving
a Wilmingtonian, are expected to
be closed within the next so days.
Karlton Kesley has sold his 236-
acre waterfront farm on Chester
River near Chestertown, Md, to
Matthew Retzker and wife Of New
York City, for the reported price
of 1000 William Walter Chap
man has sold his Fennimore farm
of more than 200 acres near Lynch
station to Howard B. Strong of
Chestertown for S1O,750. Negoti-
atoms were reported nearing a
close for the sale of Greshman
Hall farm, near COLCHESTER Beach,
of H. M. Pierce of Wilmington to
a person whose name has not been
announced. This is one of the most
valuable estates in Kent County,
and was purchased by Mr.. Pierce
some years ago for $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
VIGILANCE VS..
WOOD TICKS
State Board of Health Calls
Attention to Spotted
Fever
HAS HIGH MORTALITY

Two deaths from Rocky Noun
tain Spotted Fever in an adjacent
state, emphasizes the need for Wig
alence against the wood ticks or dog
ticks that spread this disease, ac-
cording to DR.. A. c. Jost, Execu-
tive Secretary of the State Board
of Health Fortunately, he says,
only small proportion of these
common ticks are infected. The
disease, however, is widespread and
has a high mortality. According
to U. S. Department of Agriculture
statistics, at various times cases of
spotted fever have been reported
from nearly all states in the east
ern part of the country except in
New England, Ohio, Wisconsin and
Mississippi. The diseases for
which ticks are responsible, ac-
cording to the Delaware State
Board of Health; are contracted
through the bite of infected in
sects, or by crushing the insects
and absorbing the infectious ma
terials into the system through q
break or scratch in the skin, or by
getting the material on the hands
and accidentally rubbing it into
the eyes, nose or mouth.
All persons whose work or pleas
ure takes them into sections where
ticks are likely to be found, are adj
vised by the State Board of Health
to take all possible precautions to
protect themselves against these
potentially dangerous little pests.
One should remove any ticks found
on ones self, or on animals, as
quickly as possible, but take spec
ial care not to crush between the
fingers; if the insect is already en-
bedded in the flesh, use forceps or
wear a glove; after removing the
ticks, wash the hands thoroughly
with soap and water; wear suit
able clothing while going through
tick-infested areas; or hikes or
camping trips, or if your work
keeps you in heavily tick-infectious
sections, carefully inspect your
clothing and your person for ticks
at least twice a day, especially on
retiring, and take another look in
the morning; cut out and burn IN
dergrowth and weeds, and cut
grass very short near bathing
pools, shore and along paths, or
other places where persons may
walk barefooted.
Ticks are the most numerous in
the early summer. Usually they
practically disappear by the first
of August, making the late sum-
mer safer for camping trips and
hikes.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
SEEKS DAMAGE
OF S1,5OO,OOO,OOO
n. A. Howard Charges His
Secret Formula For Gas
oline Was Stolen
PETITION ALLEGE BRIDE

Suit to recover ST, 500,000,000
damages for the alleged theft Of
the secret formula of ethyl gaso-
line was filed in chancery court at
Trenton, N. J., last week by the
Howard Vaughan Co., Inc, Of
Niagara Falls, n. Y, whose presi-
dent, DR.. Francis a. Howard,
claims to have invented the pro-
cess. The defendants are the
Standard Oil Co., of New Jersey;
Socony Vacuum Oil Co., Inc; Gen
eral Motors Corp; Ethyl Gasoline
Corp, and E. I. DUPONT de Mem
ours & Co., Inc. (Oficials of the
dupont Company in Wilmington, It
is said, last Tuesday had received
no information concerning the suit.
They declined comment) The
plaintiffs ask $3.50, 600 900 outright
damages and $3.50, 100000 restora-
ton Of profits lost to them through
what they charge was the unlawful
and fraudulent use Of their process.
This is believed to be the largest
sum of damages ever demanded
with the exception Of the famous
gold clause cases brought several
years ago in the federal courts in
which several billions of dollars
were involved. Damages in the
present case, however, may mount
even higher. In their recital the
plaintiffs charge that the profits
from the sale of ethyl gasoline in
1884 and 1885, alone, are known to
them to have amounted to at least
one billion dollars and the total
may be much greater. For this
reason they ask the court for an
accounting from each of the de-
PENDANT corporations and numerous
subsidiaries. Likewise they request
an injunction permanently re-
Istraining the defendants from use
In their product of tetraethyl lead,
which, it is charged, is the basis Of
the secret formula. The petition,
filed by State Senator James I.
Bowers Of Somerville, N. ", and
Attorneys Charles S. Mackenzie of
New York and James Westervelt
of Los Angeles, charges, fatty that
the tetraethyl process had been
wrongfully obtained or stolen
from the compliments"
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
GATHER DATA
ON AMERICANS
Proof Sought That Early
Americans Crossed the
Boring Strait
LAND BRIDGE" ERASED

Edmonton, Alta.-Seeking to solve
the problem Of who were the orig
inal inhabitants of the North Amer
lean continent, Prof. w. L. Bliss Of
the University of New Mexico visited
Edmonton to confer with DR.. J. A.
Allen, head of the University Of Al
berta geology department, and to
gather data on his theory that North
American races originally came
from Asia by crossing the Boring
strait and travelling south through
Alberta.
DR.. Bliss hopes to find many links
for this theory in a study of Alberta
province and the Mackenzie river
valley. He contends that there have
been no reasons to suppose that the
first people originated there and
says sit is generally accepted that
American cultures are the result of
number Of migrations from Asia"
The professor bases his theory on
the fact that the Boring strait is on
ly go miles wide at one point and 80
fathoms deep. Geological history
has indicated that the two con-
tinents broke away at this point and
sank into the sea, erasing the land
bridge.
Proof that the original habitation
of this continent was Asiatic is con-
firmed by discoveries of Oriental
relics in Mexico and the southwest
ern states. The Indians physical
resemblance to Asiatics and the dis
tribution of languages in North
America has led Bliss to believe
that they spread out in a fanlike
direction south and east from Alas
ka.
Anthropologists further believe
that migrations from Asia came at
different periods. Investigations re-
veal certain type of Pueblo Indian
that possessed a narrow head, and
another type with round head,
limiting at possibility Of more than
one migration. According to an
thropologists, man has lived on this
continent for more than $4,000
years.
DR.. Bliss has spent many years on
research both in America and Asia.
When his investigations are COM
pleted here, accompanied by DR..
Allan and A. Haynes, University of
New Mexico student, he will con-
tinue northward along the MacKen-
zie river into Alaska.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services For
Next SUNDAY

First Church Of Christ, Scientist
Wilmington, at Park Place and
Van Buren, Street: morning service
II a. M, Sunday School II a. M,
evening service 8 p. m, Wednesday
evening service p. m. Christian
Science Society, Milford, meeting
at Grange Hall, morning service II
a. m, also meets on first Wednes-
day evening Of each month at s
p. m. Subject for Sunday, June
10: rs the Universe, Including
Man, Evolved by Atomic Force ?"
Golden Text: Psalms 124:8. Our
help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth. A
Bible citation from the lesson-ser-
mon: Hebrews 11:8. Through faith
we understand that the worlds
were framed by the word Of God,
SO that things which are seen were
not made of things which do ap-
pear.
A correlative passage from the
Christian Science Textbook, sci
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" BY Mary Baker Eddy:
when we endow matter with
vague spiritual power that is,
when we do 50 in our theories, for
of course we cannot really endow
matter with what it does not and
cannot possess-we disown the Al
mighty, for such theories lead to
one of two things. They either
presuppose the self-evolution and
self-government of matter, or else
they assume that matter is the
product Of Spirit. The true the
DRY of the universe, including man,
is not in material history, but in
spiritual development"
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
WASHING TON

WALSH HEALEY BILL - The
House Committee on the Judiciary
has approved by vote of II to Z
the Walsh-Healey Bill denying
Government business to companies
that violate the Labor Relations
Act.
RADIO BROADCASTING =
George G. Payne a member of the
Federal Communications Commits
sion has asked the House Commit
tee on Rules to pave the way for
House ction on a resolution for a
special committee of the House to
investigate monopoly in radio
broadcasting He charged that the
radio broadcasting companies,
through lobbyists, have tried to in
fuence the FEC.
INVESTIGATIONS 80 While the
committee investigating IVA is
contemplating extensive hearings
in Tennessee in July, the Senate
committee investigating lobbying
activities is waiting for more funds
to continue its investigation. A
preliminary report covering eleven
months stated that due to rapid
~ changing conditions" it recon-
mended no legislation.
SOIL FERTILITY - a large
group of people feel that the Presi-
dent is right in advising Congress
that it should give attention to a
study of the phosphate resources
of the country They believe that
it is important that phosphate de-
posts be developed and conserved
for the benefit of American agri-
culture. Fertilizers are becoming
more and more important for re-
plenishing exhausted farm lands
and the country will some day be
dependent on phosphates and other
contributing elements to promote
plant growth. Opponents Of such
a program Of conservation state
that the available supply is abund-
ant and conservation is far from
necessary now, as the y. S. has
great supplies and the amount is
enough to last centuries.
RAILROAD Chairman SplaWn,
of the T. @. c., believes that finan-
cial troubles Of the railroads will
be solved by increased business
rather than by Legislation. A House
subcommittee on Judiciary is con-
sidering a bill to speed up railway
reorganization procedure.
HOME LOANS Home financing
by savings and loan associations in
the u. s. during April totaled S62,-
621 900 and set a six-month record.
April lending. which was - per
cent above March, was the largest
for any month since last October.
TRADE AGREEMENT WITH
PROFESSIONALLY 49, The u. S.
Tariff Commission issued report
entitled Trade Agreement be-
tween the U. S. and the Szechos-
lovak Republic" Copies of the
document may be obtained from
the U. S. Tariff Commission, Wash
ington, D. O., or from my office.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16

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Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
Kidd Treasure Hunt
Is On in Bay State

Wellheet, Mass. = After being
spurred on by tales Of Indian and
pirate activities and the belief
that Captain Kidd buried his
much-discussed treasure in this
vicinity, townspeople have be-
come amateur psychologists.
WELDING picks and shovels,
residents hope to find Indian
treasure and pirate loot. Several
arrowheads, stone hammer and
hatchets, also pieces Of petrified
pottery already have been found.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
Naming Marathon Race

The Marathon race was so named
because after the battle of Mara
thon a messenger ran twenty-five
miles to Athens to announce the
victory of the Greeks.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-16
CALVIN'S DIGEST
By FLOYD j. CALVIN
Listed by Editor & Publisher)

aa lynching, with its attendant psy-
Geological horrors, III the midst ol
our own nation--the sixth lynchine
Of this year occurred on November
Il Just past; how they fail to see
that this continuance is readily ex-
plotted by the TIitlers and Rosen.
bergs; how they can serenely look
upon discriminatory social institu-
tions as foreordained and immutable
expressions Of the popular will, yet
quake with fear lest the very prin-
ciples upon which those social insti-
tutions rest be applied to themselves
and To their fellow-citizens =
We submit that so long as the de-
tenders Of minority rights and the
rights Of individuals take this high
ground, we are with them.
Utility Employment
Recently at one Of the hearings
of the Temporary Commission on
the Condition of the Urban Colored
Population in New York, some in
teresting employment figures were
revealed by A. A. Low, vice presi-
dent of the Brooklyn Edison Com
pany. 1t was reported that the com
pany employs All colored persons
8 supervisors, Sd clerks, dS mechan-
les, 228 skilled workers, as laborcrs,
and one doctor.
Contenders for employment op-
portunities for Negroes may find
some comfort in these figures. The
fact that of the total employed,
more than half are skilled workers,
is encouraging, indeed. 1t is in the
skilled trades that the Negro suffers
from lack Of fair play. The fact
there are some persons III super
visory capacity, and that the clerk
ships are fairly represented, is en-
couraging, again. And the fact that
NeBIo pToIessioHal ille Is TepfeSeIlI-
ed by a doctor is, to US, most en-
couraging Of al. The representa-
tion Of the best educated of our
group in a corporation of this char
acter is highly important. we think.
1t foreshadows the integration Of
our leadership into key spots where
it can do a double job that Of the
work to be done, and that Of advis-
ing in behalf Of more amicable rela-
tions between the company and the
Negro group. The employment re-
cord, in the instance Of this com
pany, we think is worthy Of praise.
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Against "Raeiamn

Against "Racism''
1t is feassuring TO note the adj
dress of Father LaFarge. high Cath
ollie writer, at a dinner in his honor
at the Town Hall Club, New York.
After soiourn in Europe, where
he observed at first hand the trend
toward intolerance on the continent,
i direct and vigorous warning that
.'racism' should be scotched ID
America is made.
Father LaFarge does not overlook
the vital place the Negro group oc-
cupies III this present international
skein Of prejudice. He Includes the
Negro in his preachments against
the advance Of this destructive
ideology.'
Says Father Lafarge: European
Racism brings to its American con.
gener new and glittcring appara
tus-in reality much Of it is the
same old machinery furnished UP
and nickeled over--to place at our
disposal But American anti-Negro
Racism is not just poor relative
1t offers to its yirulent European
cousin an theological, not just q
pragmatic, foothold this side of the
Atlantic; a certain dignity and ira.
dition which can readily be exploited
for the purpose of de-teutonizing a
foreign doctrine, as the Germans
succeeded in teutonizing ideas which
originated in France, as the Com
munists with their neW-found patri
otic fervor attempt to do for the
ideas Of Karl Marx which came TO
Russia through Germany from
France and England.
1.-THE fuel is here to be set on fire
BY brands from across the ocean
Add TO the native type Of Racism
the various natiyist United States
movements against foreigners and
Jews, and we possess material ready
for blaze that will grow to roar
ing forest fire.
ITO remove the fire menace we
must remove its material, which
means to combat native race preju-
dice III every way that lies at hand.
1t is uncomfortable how publicists
and politicians and organs of public
opinion who are 50 deeply exercised
over the brutalities and threats Of
European Racism should be com
pleteIy Indifferent to the continu-
ance Of such racist manifestations
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-12-16
JACKSONVILLE
THINKS SOCIAL
w ORK TOO
GOOD F O R
N EGR OES

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. IA.
--t tANP) From a high of 100 Ne
groes employed in the social service
setup under the Federal Emergency
Relief administration, the total has
dropped to none since the work has
been taken over by the state well
fare board, investigations disclosed
last week.
This drastic change in employ
ment Of colored social workers was
brought about through the attitude
Of those in charge that social work
is field "for whites only" Ne
groes who previously served, some
Of them with records Of 10 years as
social workers, have been assigned
to WPA projects at greatly reduced
salaries Of $45 monthly, where they
are semitic do menial work in homes
during illness. Often they go into
white homes az servants.
The state welfare board, which
gets its funds from both the Flor
ida and federal governments, which
means Negroes are paying their
portion of its cost of operation, was
established December i, 1885. AL
most Immediately mass firing of the
100 employees Of the coiored divis-
ion began, with the result that by
January 26, 1886, less than two
months afterwards, only II remain-
ed on the staff, and in years
time, the total was reduced to eight
BY last June II, there were only
five on the colored staff division
staff. They were Mrs. May L. Ken
nedy, Mrs. Ruth d. Bolton, Miss
Luther w. Wilson, Miss Marguerite
McCleary and Mrs. Beulah Joyner.
Four of these were social workers
and the fifth was stenographer.
Despite its size, the division pre-
sented more cases to the welfare
board than did any other. These
four social workers actually did as
much as the 80 whites so employed,
But on June II, the entire unit
was abolished. Members were told
that because of SO much employ
ment, the Negro division was being
dispensed with. However, the dis
charged workers were replaced with
whites. There are approximately 45
Negroes here having taken and pass
ed the merit examination and there
fore qualifying themselves for So
cial work. From this group come the
ones who have been sent to WPA
projects where they now do what
actually amounts to servant work.
Since discarding the Negro unit,
the work is reported to be far in
arrears with some cases year and
more older still awaiting attention.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our friends
and neighbors for the kindness and
sympathy shown to US during the
illness and death Of our father,
Sanford Garrett, 419 Kearney
street, who died November IS,
1898. Burial was at Greencastle
cemetery. We also wish to thank
Elder Ralph Bass and the Young
Peoples choir, the Missionary sis
tors. and Jones Brothers, morti-
clans for their efficient services
Mrs. Georgia keene
Mrs. Bette Douglass
Mrs. Mary Sweet
John Garrett
The Children.
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