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The Washington times., 1938-02-23
Your |. O..
By SHIRLEY SPENCER

This is one of g series Of voca-
tional interest tests. Check Yes,
No, or K for neutral.
I. Were you ambitious to make
high grades in school? YNX
2. Did you show a consistent
interest in all studies? YNX
8. Would you rather read a
book, see a play, or discuss a
subject with a group Of people,
than play golf, see a baseball
game. or take a walk? YNx
4. Do the vocabulary and in
formation questions in these
tests interest you more than the
puzzles? YNX
S. Do you subscribe or man.
age to read many Of the current
newspapers, magazines o n d
books? YN K
6. Which of these towns would
you prefer to live in?
(a) college town
CD manufacturing center
(c) sport center
cd society town
7. Do you plan and organize
your work and activities well?
YIN <
8. Have you been systematic
and consistent in following .
plan Of study and mental devel.
opment toward q definite goal?
YIN K
8. Would you prefer to reach
a high standard in accomplish
ment rather than accumulate
money? YIN K
10. How many Of the following
do you possess in Q high degree:
concentration, observation, ap-
plication, judgment, discipline,
scholarship?
ANSWERS On Page 1Sl
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Wants No Immigrants

Wants No Immigrants
The lady signing herself Anna
Landsburgh in today's Voice of
the People" says, Look up your
history. Who made American"
Well, I can say. there was
Christopher Columbus, George
Washington, Abraham Lincoln,
and Thomas jefferson.
Washington and Jefferson
warned Americans to avoid
foreign entanglements. Granted
that most Americans are only
100 to $50 years removed from
the melting pot, that is no rea-
son why they should now be
plastered with persecution prop
aganda in the press and pic
lures.
With millions Of our citizens
unemployed, 600, 900 of whom
are World War veterans, fami-
lies, ct al, in distress, what valid
reason could anyone offer for
bringing immigrants into this
country?
AS to the prosecuted people in
foreign countries, our heart
bleeds for them; at the same
time they can find sympathy in
their own country.
As a chaplain Of q local post
Of the v. F. w., I suggest that
the Congressional Committee on
Foreign Relations see to it that
the immigration laws are fear
leSSly enforced. All agitators,
Communists and radicals de-
ported; and all immigrants to
the q. S. banned, especially the
rifraff from Germany and Rus
Sia.
We Americans are getting fed
up on this persecution prop
aganda racket being peddled to
the public. B. j. LAWLAR.
\ \ \
A Plea for the Farmer
Politics are a great and terri
BILE weapon or a privilege. I
come from a State which, by its
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This outrageous incident
might be ignored were it not
so widely reflected in the at.
titudes of many otherwise sane
and fair people. But, because
of that attitude, it becomes more
than a personal insult. which
may only be offset, If at all, by
an honest and heart-deep trib-
ute to a great people, given
; voluntarily, out of personal
gratitude.
AS one American, this is my
tribute:
1t. is not enough for me to
say, ~ respect and admire
JetDS," nor enough to say,
II like JetOS," nor enough
cuen to fling that conventional
and, to me, contemplate phrase,
Some of my best friends are
Je1OS." Out OF my oiDn erpe.
Tience, out OF my otDn debt, I
can only cry
THANK GOD FOR JEWS!
That debit goes so far
back. Back to a poor girl in the
rough, unlovely American from
tier Of the sos. A poor girl
hungry for beauty. So first
they came to me-Jews bearing
that beauty. Rare, cherished
pages Of the finest words, the
bravest thoughts I h&d ever
read.
Rare, cherished snatcheS of
unearthly music. Jewish words,
Jewish music lifting me, and
millions like me, above the
sweat Of horsehide, the jingle
Of spurs. the stink Of city alleys
...And, as the years went on,
other Jews, crashing old bar
riers Of ignorance and supersti-
ton, opening new scientific hori.
IONS.
Great thoughts, triumphant
experiments, lovely sounds. But
they gave more, far more than
these, in those early years. ,.
gave, above all, the glory Of
God, Himself! Tall as noun
tains they ringed my young
reverence round. King David
old-his garments stiff with
jewels-his wrung face stained
with tears-daring his Shamed
and broken heart to heal all
human agony with his immortal
Psalms. Terrible as storms, the
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faith to a political belief, has
made itself somewhat Of an out
law; q State Of small representa-
ton and little voice that is sell
dom needed.
Yet from that State has come
two Of the Presidents Of this
country. It is a farming State,
settled by good, stalwart, quiet,
hardy, human and humane peo-
pie. They love their State and
they love the industry or inter
est which is its main support.
1t Is for these people and others
like them throughout the nation
that I Speak-not as a learned
sage, nor great orator. but as
one Of them who knows from
experience what the farmers
life Is and what it could be.
IT SHOULD NOT BE
There should be no place for
politics in farming, but in the
past few years politics have
come to rule farming with q
wasteful, ridiculous and mex
perienced hand. 1t should not
be so.
The elements are the first Of
the farmers considerations.
They are at once the boon and
the bane of his existence. But
of late the farmers greatest
scourge has been his fellow man.
The farmer must fight his battle
alone, and yearly it becomes a
more tragic, losing battle. Does
no one realize that the farmer
is the backbone, the very vitalS,
Of this nation? May I have the
audacity to ask what will be-
come of the people, and even
the country, If the farmer be-
comes the forgotten man COM
pletely? Every day more and
more of them are being forced
out Of the only business that
most Of them know to go to the
city, which is already overcrowd-
ed with unSkilled laborers.
BACK TO THE FARMS
This catastrophe is being
brought about by the very peo-
pie who need the farmer most.
And now some thoughtless. un-
verSed person suggests that
those city dweIIers who canno
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cherish is that the gay boys"
to whom they are married will
some day break down and need
to be nurSed! Many a loving
wife never gets any of her hus-
bands society except when he
is too i'll or too decrepit to get
out Of the house and play!
OF course, there is always one
bright hope-the possibility that
in his zest and enthusiasm q
man will get too poppy and put
too much strain on the old
heart,
And then you can win him
back to grace and the wheel
chair. A husband in a wheel
chair is q good husband.
That's one time when his wife
can be sure that he will stay at
home! But until he Is chair
ridden or dead, the average man
is just a ''boy" at heart and
wants to keep on playing!
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a SanlCarlum.
Men do not need to fear grow
ing old-moSt Of them never
grow old and lots Of them never
even grow upI That is the
trouble!
The average woman IS just
living along, waiting for her
frisky darling to settle down and
stop acting like a Boy Scout. In
the meantime, she has to hide
the children's Christmas toys
from him, let him play with the
radio all the time he's around
the house, and let him go out
and yell himself hoarSe at base
ball games and parades.
Many q woman with an at
tractive, philandering husband,
has firmly shut her eyes to his
little peccadilloeS, listened pa
tiently to his alibis and kept on
deferring the trip to Reno, in
the rainbow hope that his dane
ing foot will grow stiff and his
eyes will some day become too
dim to distinguish q blonde from
O brunette.
y
Many a lonely golf-widow has
fondly clung to her wandering
boy in the sweet delusion that
the day will come when his
rheumatism will keep him in the
house and they can get &C
quainted againl
Many a devoted wife Is just
hanging on to life In the san.
guine expectation that her huS-
band will some day get over his
eternal juvenility.
The only hope that some wives
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do better. I
know a great
deal m o r e
now than I
did when I
ra d u a ted
from gra m
m ar school,
and I don't
think I could
do better in
high school
even If I could
push the last
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riously to my studies, and I
would have gone to college.
Some people scott at education,
but I only wish that I had the
opportunity to go back and live
that period Of educational life
over again."
+ x
Miss Sue Bovello, 1927 Fourth
st. N. W., high school student:
mo, I don't think 7 could
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have worked
rather ha I'd
for what I
h q v e and
what I have
accomplished
and If I had
to do 1t over
again I doubt
if I would do
it as well as I
have. If I
had to go back
and do it over
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Wise Words

A good man and . wise man
may at times be angry with the
world, at times grieved for it;
but be sure no man was ever
discontented with the world who
did his duty il, it.-Southey.
There are men who can think
no deeper than q fact.-Vol-
taire.
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cause 1 have
learned that
e d u cation is
n v al u able
a n d t h a t
school ye ars
are the best
in ones life.
After a per-
son e n t e RS
business lif e
and one uses
up energy, it
Is diff fl cult
H
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h a d realized
when I was
in school, as
I do toda y,
how q g ood
e d u C ational
back ground
can h clip q
person in the
b u 5 ! n e s s
W o r ! d, I
would h a v e
applied m y
self more Sc
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LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson
TRIBUTE TO A GREAT PEOPLE

Copyright 1884, Syndicate lne)
ID ECENTLY, an internationally famous and popular
~ artist took vicious advantage of his high position
mcroscopically lettered in the of magazine
illustration which would be by thousands sour
rilous attack on the Hebrew people.
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II could do
better. If I
could resume
my education
I feel that I
would be bet
ter equipped
to accomplish
more than I
have so far,
not only in
an e d u C a.
on al way,
but I'd be bet
ter equipped
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again I doubt if I would put the
same effort into it. I really
doubt If I would do as we'll"
A&N
Harry Proffitt, 2032 Belmont
Rd. N. w., insurance clerk:
st could do better. Since I
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have b e e n
out in the
b u s in SIS
world in a po-
Sition I have
realized that
an education
is q gre t
help. III were
able to 60
back TO school
again I would
study harder
and try to
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Marry-Go-Ro
By Helen ROlUIn1ld

Copyright 1Sss Syndicate. I r
livery woman who marries normal man takes boy
IL to raise By the time the average is ready to
settle down. give up his games and be mature his wfes
usually azzed out and she totterng toward
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three years back and start over
again. I have studied regularly
and have done my BEST"
Il \ 4
Mrs. Marie Milburn, 2138
California st. N. W., secretary:
"I think I would do worse. I
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Let's Haze
Home Rule
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

who think it smart to violate the speed laws park
where parking is permitted ordinary citizens, swag
ger through town with vanity born of medocrity, to
feed ego which only exposes its to contempt,
and act the part of boor generally.
It probably is too much to hope that all Members Of
Congress sent to Washington will have good manners,
but so it may be appropriate to suggest, since
roy u we are considering the cause
On ~ ~ M"".'o and cure of crime, that, next to
D"" "1 prompt punishment, the influ-
ence of example is perhaps important anything
Else in setting standards of civic conduct.
Let Members of Congress recognize their Individual
responsibility to comport themselves as good citizens
and the whole body of citizenship will have more re-
bpect for law.
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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE


the writers will omitted upon request
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take advantage Of all the oppor-
tunities that are offered in the
modern day schools"
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The Inquirine
photographer
The washington Times In
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used In this column.
THE QUESTION

Do you think you would do
better or worse if you could push
back the years and be back in
school again?
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Cure for Crime

VIZ HlLE 1t is not pleasant TO learn washington 8
w crime record is one of the worst in the country
for cities of comparable size it at least offers start
ing point for improvement. The figures quoted by
u,-. o.. the Department of Justice for 1887.
~, That's water over the dam. The impor
tant thing for Washington is the
record for 1888. Where do we go from herei
As the Department of Justice observes: Crime is
not chargeabe to anyone in particular, but to the
tire community. When city is crime ridden, there is
something wrong with the city.
Washngtons problem is to find out what is wrong,
and then cure it. As start in that direction here
some of the things which seem to be wrong:
CONGRESS
lis wrong in trying to the affairs of the munich
palty of Washington wasting its time and hours dilly
dallying over such things as the management of the
city's Fairgrounds and whether the chdrens receiv
ing home shall continue to be operated at present.
The philosophy and the performance alike absurd.
1t is simply stupid for the Congress of the United
States the of the laws for 130,0OOOOO people,
to cling stubbornly to control over city ordi-
AS result, with the community having no voice in
1.y. H.. its affairs, Congress critcises every
IT, p1. one but itself, the community complains
vainly, and crime rules
Give us home rule and you fix the responsibility for
conditions in Washington squarel the community
itself Refuse and the responsibility rests inevitably
Congress-
Then, another thing that is wrong with Washing
ton we have the immuntes granted to
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1roffic Toll

The list Of traffic victims in
the District Of Columbia since
January 1, 1898, is graphically
shown by the death watch. .
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THE ANSWERS

Miss Jean Cohen, 1893 Quebec
Pl. N. W., stenographer:
Il think could do better, be-
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VOA ONU1FFSN w
general"
4
John E. Joy, 5000 Mckinley
st. N. W., railroad clerk:
Eyes, I could do BETTER. If I
Smyrna times., 1938-12-01
10Th
CENTURY CLUB
Evening Meeting at 5 O'clock
Tomorrow - Reception
to School Staff
MEETING LAST FRIDAY

The Twentieth Century Club vii.
hold the regular monthly business
at eight o'clock in the ev-
ening instead Of the regular 2.3O
hour. The business meeting will
be followed by the annual reception
to the faculty Of John Bassett
Moore School, new members and
of members. A very in
teresting program Of music and
readings as we'll as cards and other
games has been prepared by the
chairman, Mrs. Joseph Ennis. The
members of the Silver Group will
hold a Christmas bazaar in the
committee room the same evening.
AT a recent meeting of the Execu-
tive Board it was voted to offer
prizes for the most artistic outdoor
lighting effect of any home in
Smyrna. At last weeks meeting
the following program was pre-
sented: Piano solo, Clarence Cars;
vocal solo, Mary Louise Porter;
trumpet solo, "Re-Re" FAIRIES; read
ind, Randolph Russell; Miss Eliza
beth Phillips gave most interest
ing talk in which she described the
course Of studies she is pursuing at
the Pennsylvania State College Of
Optometry.
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CHANGES IN AUTO LAWS
Will Be Sought at Coming Session
of the State Legislature

Legislation may be offered at the
January session of the General AS
changing the automobile
laws. They may include: Civil SER
vice examinations for state high
way employees, prohibiting the di-
version of automobile taxes for use
other than for purpose for which
tax was intended, reduction in the
registration fees of automobiles,
and a proposal to change the reg
istration date of automobiles from
January 1 to April 1. Other sug-
gestions for legislation are: Max
ing police vehicles responsible for
damage caused to private citizens
property; making it mandatory for
justices of the peace to advise a
motorist of his rights before the
trial; a change in the present speed
laws to read 25, 35, and so miles
an hour, and an increase in the
state highway police force.
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STATE HIGHWAY
WARNS DRIVERS
Necessity For Motorists To
Use Extreme Caution
in Snow Storms
WATCH OUT FOR PLOWS

The snow storms Of the past
week demonstrated the necessity
of motorists using extreme caution
while driving over the highways
during such storms, not only be-
cause of the condition of the roads
but also because of the presence OF
snow removal crews on the roads
a THAT time w w. Mack, Chief
Engineer of the State Highway
Department, pointed out that
sometimes these snow plows work
in the opposite direction from that
in which traffic is moving, in order
to push the snow clear Of the
roads Motorists using the high
way during a snow storm are ad-
vised to keep a careful watch for
the snow plows at all times. Be
cause of the unknown condition of
the dirt shoulders along the i'm
proved roads, which at present are
covered with snow motorists
should be very cautious in driving
on these shoulders, at least until
the snow covering disappears.
Smyrna times., 1938-12-01
DILL-HOFFECkER NUPTIALS
Miss Elizabeth Dill Becomes the
Bride of Wilmer A. Hoffecker

In the Methodist Episcopal
Church at aGlena, Md, on Thanks
giving evening, Miss A. Elizabeth
Dill of Wilmington, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl NJ Dill of Ga
lena, became the bride of Mr.. Will
mer A. Hoffecker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. ]. Irving Hoffecker Of Phila-
delphia. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Walter A.
Glass. The bride was attended by
Miss Blanche Williams Of Millsboro
as maid of honor Miss Barbara
Harris of Carlisle, Pa, and Miss
Priscilla Granger of Chestertown
were bridesmaids. Following the
ceremony a reception was held at
the home of the brides parents for
the immediate families and bridal
party. After a honeymoon the
couple will live in Wilmington.
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CALL
TO MEET DEC. 7
Governor McMullen Summons
Extra Session to Confirm
New Chancellor
NAME is WITHHELD

The state Senate will meet in ex-
traordinary session next Wednes-
day at Dover, called by Gov. Rich
ard Q. McMullen to confirm the
appointment which will be made to
fill the vacancy in the office of
chancellor" The Senate is also
ito transact such other executive
business as may come before it.
Chancellor Josiah o. Wolcott died
at his home near Dover, November
IL. The state constitution, as Gov
ernor McMullen points out in his
proclamation, requires him to con-
vene the Senate within 80 days af-
ter the vacancy to act upon sue
cessor. Governor McMullen will
not disclose his appointment until
the Senate meets. His proclama-
tion, issued Monday, follows:
Whereas, by reason of the death
of Chancellor Josiah o. Wolcott, a
vacancy exists in the Office of
Chancellor and, Whereas, the Con-
stitution of the State of Delaware
provides that if a vacancy shall
occur among the state judges by
expiration of term or otherwise,
when the Senate shall not be in
session, the Governor SHALL within
80 days after the happening of any
such vacancy, convene the Senate
for the purpose of confirming his
appointment to fill said vacancy.
Now, therefore, I, Richard c. Nc
Mullen, Governor of the State of
Delaware, in and by virtue of such
authority vested in me by the
aforesaid Constitution of the State
of Delaware, do issue this proclaim
alton convening the Senate of the
State of Delaware in extraordinary
session at Dover, the capital of the
said state, on the seventh day of
December, A. D., 1888, at twelve
o'clock noon STANDARD time) to
consider and act upon the following
business, to wit: ITO confirm the
appointment which will be made to
fill the vacancy in the office of
chancellor; and ''To transact such
other executive business as may
come before the Senate of the
State of Delaware" Three men
being mentioned for the past are
Judge w. w. Harrington, Judge
Richard S. Rodney, and E. E. Berl,
Wilmington attorney. 1t is also
rumored that if Governor McMul-
len selects a member of the bench
for elevation, that vacancy will be
filled by Secretary of State Charles
L. Terry, Jr., of Dover,
Smyrna times., 1938-12-01
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Walter F. Keith, WellIznOwn Smyr-
ma Merchant, Dies of Pneumonia


Walter F. Keith, 72-year-old mer-
chant and former town commits
sioner, died Thursday at his home
on north Main Street after an ILL
ness of two days of pneumonia.
Mr.. Keith had been suffering from
heart trouble for some time and his
heart would not stand the pneu-
monia attack. Mr.. Keith was for
40 years. a merchant in Smyrna,
starting here in the confectionery
business, later as dealer for the
Ford automobile Co., returning to
the confectionery business, later
back in the fruit and confectionery
business again A former director
of the SMYRNA National Bank, he
was state cannery Inspector for
four years, and member of the
Kent County Board of Assessment
for an equal time. He spent his
early life in Dover, son of James
Keith, starting in business with
former Secretary of State Alden R.
Benson of Dover. Surviving are
his wife, Mrs Irene L. Keith; son
Francis Earl Keith; a granddaugh-
ter, Miss Jeanette Keith, all of
Smyrna; three brothers, James B.
and Thomas V. Keith of Dover, anG
David Edgar Keith of Brooklyn, N.
Y, and two sisters, Miss Mary
Keith and Miss Ethel Keith of Do
(Continued on Page Five)
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GOSSIP OVER
CHANCELLOR
One Angle is Governor Will
Elevate Judge Harrington
and Make Terry Judge
OTHERS ARE MENTIONED

Governor McMullen makes no
announcement Of his choice for
Chancellor to succeed the late
Josiah o. Wolcott and probably
will not until he submits his ap-
pointment at a called meeting of
the State Senate But this docs
not stop the slate-makers of both
parties" says the Wilmington Star.
from gossiping over the matter.
Some are already convinced that
the choice will be between Judge
w. Watson Harrington of Dover,
residence judge of Kent county,
and E. Ennalls Berl of Whining
ton, though the names of Judge
Richard S. Rodney and others are
still heard. There are reasons, "
continues the Star, why many
think Judge Harrington the most
probable choice, entirely aside
from the fact that if he shoulu be
the appointee the Governor would
have the opportunity to advance
his Secretary of State, Charles L.
Terry, Jr., to the bench, an honor
that would likely be especially
pleasing to Senator James H.
Hughes, who will be the future dis
penser of Federal patronage in
Delaware under the Roosevelt ad-
ministration. Great as is the hon
or of the Chancellorship, as it is
one Of only two such posts surviv-
ing in the United States, its in
cumbent is kept constantly busy
with the equity cases growing out
of Delaware's long list of big cor
porations." The appointment must
be made within 80 days of the oc-
currence of the vacancy. This
would be December IL, but that Is
a Sunday so the session will prob
ably be called and the appointment
made earlier in December.