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Evening star., 1938-02-27

I al n Aoi SEVERAL WEEKS, WAS lIe guest
of honor at the dinner which Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Hutchins gave in their
Woodside Park home Wednesday eve
ming. Mrs. Clyde Williams of Wood
side entertained at a luncheon Thurs
day in compliment to Mrs Cook. and
tomorrow Mrs. Beryl English will give
a luncheon at her home in Burnt Mills
In her honor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitacre
On Tour of South.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira c. Whitacre left
yesterday for a two-week tour of the
South.
Mrs. Ernest F. Khnge entertained
at luncheon and bridge Wednesday at
her home in Wynnewood Park.
DR.. and Mrs. William j. Kettler of
Silver Spring, Md, had as their guests
the early part of the week Capt. and
Mrs. S. R. Harris, jr., of Wright
Field, Dayton, Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Lockyer
have moved from their home in Wyn-
neWocd Park and are now at 92O8
Colesville pike, Silver Spring. Mrs
Lockyer and her son, William Lock-
yer, jr., are in Philadelphia, where
they were called about 10 days ago
because of the serious illness of Mrs.
Lockyer's sister, Miss Lille Hagerty.
Miss Mary Horak, assisted by Miss
Elsie Golden. entertained at party
and dance Monday night at the home
of the former in White Oak Mrs.
John Golden and Mrs. Anton Hcrak,
mothers of the hostesses, assisted.
Mr. and Mrs. c. w. Weaver of
Silver Spring left Friday for West
moreland County, Va, where they
will remain until the early part of this
week. They returned recently from a
stay of five weeks in Southern Vir-
ginia. Thursday evening Mr.. and
Mrs. Weaver were hosts at a dinner
party in celebration of Mrs. Weavers
birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Louis Thompson entertained
at luncheon at her home in Silver
Spring Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt
Hosts at Party.
Mr. and Mrs. j. G. Pratt were hosts
last evening at their home in North
Woodside.
Miss Alethea Biggs of Silver Spring
and Miss Kathryn Fairall of WASH
ington left yesterday for Miami, Fla,
where they will spend two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Weigei
entertained at their home in Wood
side Park Sunday evening at buffet
supper for Mr.. A. T. Grimes of
Washington, who is retiring from
service in the Department of Agri-
ciates at the Research Center in
Beltsville, Md.
Mrs. Joseph c. CiSsel of Wynne-
wood Park gave bridge party Mon
day night. The party was given to
celebrate the birthday anniversary of
Mrs. Beryl English. Mrs. William j.
Brannan, Mrs. Eugene Gle Anzorena,
Mr.. and Mrs. OWsley Vose of North
wood Park have left by plane for Chi
cago for a weeks visit.
Mrs Bernard F.. Burdick entertained |
at tea Monday afternoon at her home |
in Woodside Park.
Mrs. H. H. Hewlett will be hostess I
at luncheon Tuesday, entertaining
about 100 members of the Ladies' Aid |
of the Woodside Methodist Episcopal |
Church, of which she is president.
Mrs. Wilson A. Coleman enter |
tained the Hansen Club Monday at |
her home in Woodside Park.
Mr.. Floyd Smith of Wynnewood |
Park has gone to Charleston, S. c.,
for month. He will be joined later |
by Mrs Smith and their two children. |
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Mrs. Briggs
Sails for
Europe
Other News Notes
From Loudoun
County.
Snecial Dispatch to The Star.


T OUDOUN COUNTY, Va, Feb
26.-Mrs. Clare M. Briggs anc
her daughter, Miss Clare Briggs
of Leesburg, sailed on the Eu-
ropa today from New York for a three
month tour of Europe Anothe,
daughter, Mrs. Reubin Lewis of Chi
cago, mas been with Mrs. Briggs and
Miss Briggs this week for visit be-
fore they left for New York.
Miss Evelyn Gilmore of Leesburg is
spending several weeks with her aunt
Mrs. C, W. Harvell, in Teaneck, N. j.
The Rev. and Mrs. J. Armistead
Melbourne, who are spending the
Winter in Baltimore, were guests of
friends in Leesburg over the week
end while here for the Phillips-Rus
wedding.
Former Governor and
Mrs. Davis Return.
Former Gov and Mrs. Westmore-
land Davis have returned to Leesburg
from Richmond, where they were in
attendance at Blues inaugural ball
on Friday evening in honor of the
new Governor and Mrs. James H.
Price.
Miss Margaret limerick and Miss
Yvonne Paxson returned to the Fred
ericksburg College Tuesday following
a short vacat ation with their parents,
Supt. and Mrs. o. L. limerick, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll w. Paxson, at
their Purcellville homes.
Mrs. Charles j. Hansbarger enter
Evening star., 1938-02-27
Camera Safety Aid.

High-speed and motion picture
cameras are being used by the African
railway and harbor administration to
determine the speed at which trains
can negotiate curves with safety.
Evening star., 1938-02-27

More than 45,0oO,Oo0 gallons of
beer were produced in Japan in the
first nine months of 1887, an in
crease of 3,2l7.750 over the CORE
spending period of the preceding
year.
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OCEAN CITY HAS
BRIDGE FIGHT
Continued From rage one)

Purnell also announced that Mon
day nights meeting is to be follow
ed Immediately by the filing of an
injunction to prevent the state
from building an Ocean City bridge
anywhere except Worcester Street.
In the resolution taxpayers declar-
ed that under an act of Congress
approved August rs, 1897, the
state was authorized to build a
new Ocean City bridge at one of
three locations set forth in the act
or at another point approved by
voters of Ocean City. The resolu-
ton added that at a special cleo
ton September 9, 1887, Ocean City
taxpayers voted 285 to SO in favor
Of building the new bridge on the
site of the old. plans of the State
Roads Commission for building
said bridge at location not within
provisions of the act of Congress
is in direct deliberate and wilful
violation thereof and is contrary to
the wishes and will of overWheIm-
ing majority Of the Ocean CITY
electorate as expressed in special
The resolution pointed
cut that to build the bridge at
North Division Street as contem-
plated by the state will involve an
expenditure Of public funds far in
excess Of the expense involved if
he bridge is located at Worcester
Street. Resultant traffic confu-
'ionr high cost Of rights of ways,
md other arguments against the
North Division Street site were
lso stressed. The War Depart
nent was asked to refuse to ap-
'rove present plans of the State
roads Commission.
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quests from number of farmers
for an increase in their wheat acre
age to be seeded this fall. These
requests, however, cannot be grant
ed until the wheat acreage allot-
ment for each wheat producing
county in the United States has
been announced by the Secretary
of Agriculture. This information
is expected to be available about
July Is, and in the meantime all
wheat growers who are participat-
ing in this 1888 program have been
requested to make 16 percent re-
duction in their base acreage at
seeding time this year. This base
acreage was established for each
farm by taking the wheat acreage
planted over a period of at least
six years, which includes the period
from the date of the wheat allot-
ment program which started in the
summer of 1888. White potatoes
also are included in this allotment
for those farmers who have been
growing three or more acres of
this crop, as not more than three
acres may be planted on any one
farm without an allotment for
those who expect to comply with
the provisions of this farm pro-
gram. This ruling, however, does
not affect very many farmers in
Kent county, as white potatoes
are not grown commercially except
on a few farms.
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day evening after a motor trip as
far south as Alabam, seeing Luray
Caverns and the Natural Bridge
and the Skyline Drive, returning
via Ashville
Miss Mary E. Wilson and Her
man Bramble were Sunday visitors
at the home of Harvey Bramble in
Galena.
Mrs. Catherine Harris, "a years
of age, who died recently after an
illness of five weeks, was the oldest
member of the Higman family.
She was sister of James E. Hig-
man, of Millington. Funeral and
interment took place at Seaford,
Del, at two o'clock Wednesday,
June %. Those who attended the
funeral from Wilmington were Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin w. Duling,
James E. Higman, Mr.. and Mrs.
John w. Higman.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Numbers,
Jr., of Williamsburg, Pa, and Miss
Mary c. Numbers of Clarke School,
Northampton, Mass, spent last
week in Detroit, Mich, attending a
convention of teachers. Miss Mary
delivered a three weeks course of
lectures at a summer school for
teachers of the deaf to be held in
Detroit.
Miss Nellie Hoffman of BaIti-
more, and James Lentz, of New
Windsor, Md, and Joe Tubbs, of
Salisbury, have been visitors of
Miss Florence Gale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford Phillips and
his mother, of Wilmington, spent |
with Mrs. Phillips sister, I
Miss Marie Vansant.
Mr. and Mrs. c. E. Williams and
Mr.and Mrs. John w Hilyard were
Sunday visitors in Baltimore.
Mrs. Bessie Connors, of Warwick
S spending some time with friends
n Wilmington
Mrs. Jonathan Jones and Miss
Nary Darrell with Rev. G.. NJ. Butt
Lttended the Training School at
randolph Macon Academy, Front
loyal, Va, recently.
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rompt remittance.
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CORRESPONDENCE
CONTINUED From Page Eighth

Mrs. Rose Slaughter had as her
guests last Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Nash and daughter of Mag
nolia, and Mr.. and Mrs. John Hol-
linger Of Wyoming.
4. Casson entertained over the
weekend, his son and wife, Mr.and
Mrs. Floyd Casson and children of
Chester.
Mrs. Harry Legar, Mrs. Kinsey
Truitt and Mrs. Emerson DALEY
spent last Wednesday in Whining
ton.
Mrs. Edith Scotch SaWin and
Miss Elizabeth Scotch were in
Wilmington last week.
Lawrence Kibler and friend of
Wilmington have been spending
two or three days at Rehoboth.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1938-06-30
MANY USES FOR MILKyyEED
Milk From This Weed is Used to
Supply Milk, Poison, Dyes, Fibers

Milk From This Weed is Used &
Supply Milk, Poison, Dyes, Fiber,
Milk from milkweeds is used By
human beings!
In its native Ceylon one such milk.
weed is called COMPLIANT. The leaves
q several are cooked and eaten as
greens. Tender growths Of others
are eaten as salads. The milky sap
Of several is used for medicine. The
juice may be tonic, emetic, purga-
tive, or even a deadly poison.
Some aborigines use the juice to
poison arrows. The names Of wolf
bane or dogbane have been applied
to some milkweeds because they
we're employed to poison these and
other animals. In East Africa one
plant variety is thrown into pools to
poison fish. Not all, however, are
toxic or noxious.
Some milkweeds supply dyes,
basis and others fibers. But the
Sodom apple Of the Bible is sup
posed to have been the fruit of
such a plant native to India, a plant
that has been grown in local gar
dens.
Milkweeds form a large and in
teresting family because of their va
ried uses, writes a correspondent in
the Los Angeles Times. In the
Americas we have kapok or silk
cotton trees. but in other parts Of
the world ''kapok" of exports is
from the pods of milkweeds.
In family Of 1000 different in
dividuals or species we must expect
a wide range, and children who
have opened ripe pods Of miikweeds
have been delighted with the silk
floss. 1t is not used locally only be.
cause Of lack Of volume and the cost
of harvesting it. But giant tree-like
fifteen or more feet high
promise rich reward to natives of
Incia. These species have been
planted in our country and, in the
West Indies, have escaped from
gardens to the wilds.
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The Wage-HOur Bill

AS rewritten by the confer
ence committee, the wage
hour bill which passed both
houses of Congress and will
no doubt be approved by the
Presidents a much less obiec-
tionable measure than either
the version passed by the Sen
ate or the one adopted by the
House, says the Morning
News.
1T is less dangerous be-
cause it does not concentrate
in a single government agency
vast powers over industry and
business, as the Senate bill
would have done, but provides
for the appointment of com
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Entered at dle Post ONCE at SIN -rna, Del
aware, as Second Class matter.
We Start Our S5th Year

The Smyrna Times has
passed another mile stone in
its long journey, beginning
this week our 85th volume.
The Times was founded July
8, 1854 by the late r. D. Hof-
fecker, has always been in the
family and never missed a
publication. 1t seems a far
day since the Times was
printed on a Washington hand
press and delivered by stage
coach mail (before a rail
road had been extended to
Kent County, but the Times
has kept continually serving
the people Of upper Kent and
lower New Castle Counties
and Smyrna Of which it has
been distinct part and con
slant and faithful purveyor Of
local news.
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Delaware's Budget Board

Gov. Richard 0. McMuller
has named three good men To
compose the State Board Of
Budget Directors to make up
the tentative budget for the
next two years. Those APP
pointed are Secretary Of State
Charles i. Terry, Jr., Of Do
yer, whose appointment is
mandatory under the law;
State Auditor James w. Wise
of Dover, and State Tax Com
missioner James P. Truss,
whose business it is to collect
and turn into the treasury the
money which properly belongs
TO IT. Three such men, but
tressed BY experience in the
state offices which they hold,
should give efficient service on
the State Budget Board. They
are well acquainted with the
financial affairs of our state
and the several branches of
the state government. Under
the law setting up the State
Budget Board, each depart
ment, board, and commission
of the state must make a re-
port to the budget board on
or before September Is which
shall contain an itemized
statement of the anticipated
expenses of such department,
board, or commission for the
following two years.
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WELLINGTON
Items of Personal and Social Inter.
est Cleaned About Eeighb0rhood

/
Wilmington, Md, June 30 Miss
Kathryn Goodwin, of Philadelphia,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, of
Clayton, N. j., were recent visitors
at the home of their uncle, Thorn
as A. Goodwin, near town. ]. Sid
ney Goodwin returned home with
them after spending a week with
his brother.
Mrs. Leslie Simms and son Bob
by, visited Mr. Simms at Rock Hall
and spent a day aboard yacht on
the bay and had dinner in celebra-
ton of Mr.. Simms birthday.
Carroll Burns, of West Virginia.
spent recent visit at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Burris, on Crane street.
Miss Mary E. Numbers is visit
ing her friend, Miss Florence C.
Tomlinson, at Jericho, VT, who on
June %, was married to Rev. DR..
William Cashmere, of Jericho, VT.
DR.. Cashmere was a former pastor
OF church in lower Delaware and
is well-known.
Miss Mary Horsey, of Hyatts-
vile, has been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Warner Porter.
Ode Price, of Chester, Pa. is Wis
iting at the home of his sister. Mrs.
Ruth Bowman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Waterman, of |
Westville, N. J., and Mrs. Tia
Abelle, of Philadelphia, visited
Mrs. John E. Woodall recently.
Edgar T. Stevens, Fred c. Num-
oers and son, Julian, visited Toll
chester and the lower part Of Kent
county one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L. Higman
md three children returned Mon
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mittees that will apply the
provisions of the law to each
industry with some regard to
economic realities.
1T should be less descriptive
because it avoids the too-high
and too-rigid standards fixed
in the House bill, which would
have clamped a strait-iacket
on business and industry all
over the country with para
lying suddenness. The con-
ference bill sets the standards
low at the beginning, allows
for a period of seven years be-
fore the Accent wage and 40
hour week are established on
a national scale, and permits
exceptions even then.
True, the ghost of the
NRA reappears in these in
dustry committees, so remin-
iscent of the code authorities
under the Blue Eagle, but this
device allows those affected by
the act to be represented, per-
mits hearings at which the
facts can be brought out, and
pliers hope that this degree of ]
1exibility will mitigate the
larshness of the law.
"Yet, in the long run, this I
aw must tend to dislocate the /
economy. Doubtless e
here are employers who ex- 5
'loit their labor to the limit. 7
Certainly there are industries 0
where wages are too low and :
ours too long. But, by and t
arge, immutable economic l
auses are responsible for 81
nese conditions, and passing !,
law will not remove the p
orces that are to blame. !
Legislation of this kind Il
Ill not get at the root Of the j
eal problem. What the coun- ri
~ really needs is to get itself n
ack to work 50 that it can pl
eX
reduce the goods it wants to i
'nsume. The wage-hour bill f
i'll do little in that direction. sic
fact, its passage will hinder a a
.ther than help because it Al:
II place one more uncertain n
in the already clouded eco Rc
mic picture"
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County Agent Russell E. Wilson a
statement of the base acreage Of
soil-depleting crops, the number Of
soil-building units and the max
imum payment which may be earn
ed this year in full compliance
Within the past few weeks the
county committee has received re-
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For Representative

| desire to announce my can
didacy for the Democratic nomina-
ton for Representative for the
Third Representative District of
Kent County and will appreciate
the support of al Democratic and
Independent voters.
CARROLL B. BROWN
o-2 tt Clayton. Delaware
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For Representative

| desire to announce that I win
be a candidate for the Democrat
nomination for Representative 81
the First Representative District
Of Kent County and viii appreciate
the support of all Democratic and
Independent voters.
JOSEPH S. NEWMAN
Do st Smyrna. De-.
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For Receiver of Taxes and
COUNTY, Treasurer

| desire to announce that I viii
De candidate for the Democrat =
nomination for Receiver Of Taxe.
and County Treasurer for Keat
County and will apnrecfa+a IT
support of all Democratic and ~
voters.
LINDEN S, DOUGHTEE
$50 tip First District Sn7,.r,.
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For Representative

l desire to announce my candia-
acy for the Democratic nominatiar
for Representative for the Frs
Representative District Of Kent
County and will appreciate the
support of all Democratic and In
voters.
EDWARD ]. ENNIS
o-I9 II Clayton De
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fao oas > NsiER PRICES d
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pendab.e deep-m.re+ -, ~ !
not buy Or sell any .... ~. y
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Coal win advance es.s 49,. L
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Will save money.
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For Receiver of Taxes and
County TREASURE

I will appreciate the vote Of al
Democrat and Independent voter
for Receiver of Taxes and County
Treasurer, having served Is vearq
on Democratic COMMITTEES and
never held office.
ENOCH H JOHNSON
4th District, Dover Del
$50 ct
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1888 DATA FOR
KENT FARMERS

CONTINUED From Page one)
Evening star., 1938-08-29
Austrolion Pair Of Old Put
One Over on TiIden and Pal.

After all, Australia has been shoot
ing at the cup for 20 years. at great
expense and trouble. Australian ten
MS players have travelled millions of
miles in pursuit of this bowl and
saucer. If you took the distance from
Australia to America and laid it end
to end, it would reach from Australia
to America, and frequently does.
There is a precedent for the sleepy
behavior of Quist and Bromwich in
the recent national tournament. Six
teen years ago the good Australian
team of Gerald Patterson and Pat
O'Hara Wood entered the finals of
the same tournament with Vincent
Richards and large Will Tilden, and
lost an easy decision.
Imagine the confusion Of Richards
and large Will a few days later when
Patterson and Wood swarmed all over
them in the Davis Cup doubles to win
handily. America protected the cup,
but Mr.. Tilden was deeply hurt.
"This is not cricket" he said.
mo, it amt" explained Mr.. Pat
terson. Its tennis"
Coming from land where both
games are played, Mr.. Patterson was
in . good position to straighten out
Mr.. Tilden on the difference between
cricket and tennis. There are several
dissimilarities.
The chief thing was that the
Australians wanted the cup and
wanted it badly, and they did not give
a hoot in Melbourne for the American
doubles championship. This attitude
is shared by Quist and Bromwich.
Evening star., 1938-08-29

The Colvin Run Horse Show will be
held in Fairfax County by the Citizens
Association Of Colvin Run Friday and
Saturday.
Glasses for draft horses, colts, horses
suitable to become hunters and ponies
10 in all-are to be run of on Friday,
while the card for Saturday lists 13
classes for regular show mounts. Otto
Furr of Middleburg, Thomas Marshall
Of Woodstock and Walter L. Simpson
Of Purcellville will judge.
The Colvin Run meet will mark the
beginning of an exceptionally busy
week end for exhibitors in the Capital
area for the Keswick Hunt Club is to
hold its annual horse show at Keswick,
Va, on Saturday and Bern" Brosius,
Ben Counselman, Otto Anderson and
their aides will put on the Maryland
Fox Hunters Associations annual
show at Norbeck, Md, next Monday.
Col. Sloan Doak Of Ruxton, Nd, and
George H. Timmins Of Groton, Mass,
will be at the Keswick meet to pick
the winners of a dozen handsome
trophies donated by business establish
ments, hunt members and their friends
The Maryland Fox Hunters Labor
Day show in nearby Montgomery
County will find F. Larmour Oyster Of
Chevy Chase, who has shown some Of
the best thoroughbred hunters in this
section Of the country, and Claude
Owen of Washington in the judges
circle.
Washington exhibitors who have not
forwarded their entries to officials Of
the warrenton Horse Show on septem.
Der e.l0 had better Sush than IA. for