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Milford chronicle., 1938-01-14
MILLVILLE

NJ. Z. Church News
Sunday School this Sunday morn
ing at the usual hour Preaching at
IL by the pastor, Rev. W. s. Grant.
Mr. and Mrs. H. ]. Williams spent
Sunday at Glendale as the guests Of
Mrs. Wiiliams' brother and sister
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Derrick
SON.
Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Grant, Miss
Claramond Magee and Capt. J. s.
Pruitt motored to Farnhurst Sunday
afternoon to visit Mr. Farmer who
was i'll. Rev. Grant has since received
notice of the death of Mr.. Farmer
at the hospital there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilhelm OF Bethany
Beach were Sunday evening callers
on Mr.. and Mrs. J. s. Noble
Lord Baltimore WOmen's Club
News
The club met on Tuesday evening,
Jan. 4, at the home OF Mrs. Charles
Townsend. After a short business
meeting, the program committee was
in charge OF a very interesting musi-
cal program in which Mrs. Ethel
Hooker an interesting. poem. A piano
duet by Miss Mabel Holt and Mrs.
Helen Kaufman; piano solo. Miss
Wanda Wiley; a vocal solo. Mrs.
wilhelm. Piano solo, Mrs. Marion
Noble: an Interesting talk on music
by Miss MARSHALL; a trio BY Miss
Mabel Holt, Miss Marie Steele and
Miss Jane Trnitt Guitar selection,
Miss Marie Steele. Vocal solo. Miss
Marshell. The hostess served delic-
ious refreshments. A reciprocity
with the Selbyville club will be held
Tuesday. evening. Jan. IS, in the NJ. !
f. Church hall at Ocean View
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Phillips called !
on Mr.. and Mrs EmmOns Phillips /
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Dukes. Mr..
and Mrs. James p Dukes and son,
Jimmie of Georgetownu.i called on
friends here the past week.
Miss Hilda McCabe is not well at
this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Phillips mo-
tored to Philadelphia on a business
trip last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. wilkins Of Mill
ford were dinner guests Sunday OF
Rev. and Mrs. G. C. Derriekson.
MIR. and Mrs. ]. Sanford Noble at
tended a musical in Salisbury, Md.
Monday evening, which was very
much enjoyed.
Miss Flo Chsetnut was the supper
yuest on Sunday of Mrs. Lottie Ma
gee and daughters.
Carl Lekites Jr. Miss Esther Lay .
on, Mr.. Long and Mrs. Helen Mitch
N motored to Philadelphia on Sun
lay where Mrs. Mitchell called on
Ter uncle, Mr.. Bennie Mitchell, who
S i'll at his home there.
Mrs. Roxie Evans is confined to
Ter room due to i'll health.
Milford chronicle., 1938-01-14

Plenty of home raised pork may
be found in the local market.
Milford chronicle., 1938-01-14

Bingo at the Milford Community
Building every Tuesday night plen-
ty Of valuable prizes. s
Milford chronicle., 1938-01-14

and start the new club year with a
good attendance.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
RADIO is URGED
FOR USE OF j. S.
in PROP AGANDA
Hearing on Bill Opened
By House Group

Q.N.S.) A proposal the Gov
eminent enter the field Of inter
national radio propaganda was
made to the House Naval Affairs
Committee today as Il opened
hearings on a bill to create q
Government-operated power full
short wave station.
Representative Celler 3D., New
York, author Of the bill, declared
the world is being poisoned by
subtle, damning propagandizing"
by Germany, italy, Japan and
other Fascist powers and that in
their most fertile field - South
America - the facilities of this
country are woefully weak"
He declared his bill has the
endorsement Of President Roose-
welt, Secretary of State Hull, Sec
rotary of the Navy Swanson and
Secretary of Interior Ickes, and
that a favorable report on pro-
posals to establish Government
propaganda station will be forth
coming in q few days from the
interdepartmental committee,
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Economic
Council
Urged

ms Creation of a national
council as a permanent clinic for
the nations economic ills was
urged today by Senator Buckley
CD Ohio, before the Senate
Manufacturers Committee.
Chairman Of the committee and
sponsor of the legislation, Bulk
ley said the national council would
draw on business, labor, agricul
ture and the physical and social
sciences to study Government poll.
cies and make recommendations
for orderly progress
Before the committee went into
executive session to outline plans
for legislation. Buckley stressed
in a statement the need Of a long
time program of cooperation" be-
tween the groups.
such cooperation, to be eff
fective, cannot be motiVated
merely by panic psychology"
Buckley said. IF it springs up
merely under the spur of pres
ent fears it is likely to wither
away as rapidly as it sprung up.
1T must be put on an
adequate, continuous systematic
basis and try as far as possible
to anticipate and prevent really
serious difficulties.
The council would be composed
of leaders OF the various groups,
and sponsored by the Government
acting in an advisory capacity
Buckley said.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Depression Seen
|Hampering Women

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., May
Is Q.N.SO.-Mrs. Eudora Ramsey
Richardson, noted Richmond, Va,
pioneer Suffragist, warns the N.
J. Federation of Business and Pro
fesSional Women'S Clubs that the
depression has hampered women'S
advance: The depression pushed
women back. A new type Of re.
strictive legislation was born un-
der the gulse of protection with
48-hour week, minimum wage and
no night work laws for women
only"
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
iron CLAD ALIBI
or ABDELL GETS
SERIOUS BLOW
Was "Seen'' on Porch
of Murder House

NORFOLK, Va, May 16.-The
"ironclad" alibi of J. Clifton
Abdell, 41-year-old broker, who
claims he was in Washington
when his wife was murdered last
Wednesday, was struck a severe
blow today with the testimony of
two surprise witnesses.
One Of the witnesses, according
to Detective Leon Nowitsky, has
positively identified the broker as
the man he saw on the porch of
the Abdell home Wednesday at
$50 a. m.
"SEEN" IN RICHMOND
The second witness, Nowitsky
declared, saw Abdell in Richmond
later Wednesday afternoon driv-
ing toward washington. Previously
Nowitsky had announced he had
found three witnesses who saw
Abdell on the streets of Norfolk
Wednesday.
The bruised and beaten body
Of Mrs. Audrey Sharpe Abdell was
found late Wednesday on the floor
of the gas-filled kitchen Of her
home.
AWAKENED IN HOTEL
Abdell was awakened by police
in the Harrington Hotel in Wash
ington and told of his wife's death.
When he returned here he was
charged with murder.
Abdells attorney, 1vor A. Page,
had announced his client had an
"ironclad" alibi and declared he
could produce witnesses to show
the broker was in washington all
day Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Boy Scouts
Troop IS Celebrates
10th Anniversary

The tenth anniversary Of Troop
95, Boy Scouts of America, Of St.
JoSeph's Home and School, was
celebrated yesterday by inveStiture
ceremonies, the blessing of Scout
badges and the awarding Of three
badges to distinguished Scouts.
Benediction of the Blessed Sac.
rament was solemnized by the
Rev. E. Fuller, of st. AloySiuS
Church, and singing was rendered
by the Troop Choir.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Faith In i. S.
ReGffirmed
By Hull

NEW YORK. May 16 G.N.S0.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull TO-
day reaffirmed his belief in the
surprising worth" Of the Demo.
cratic form Of national govern.
ment.
In q message to the Human
Relations Committee of the Ma
tional Council of Women, Secre-
tary Hull said:
Our country's experience has
amply demonstrated the surpaS-
sing worth Of democracy as q
way Of national life best Cal.
culated to ensure individual free.
dom and initiative and to pro.
mote the material, cultural and
moral well-being Of the people.
IDEAL OF PEACE
TN international affairs, our
nation is firmly attached to the
ideal of durable peace, based
on those sound principles Of
order under law upon which
alone progressive and civilized
relations among nations can be
founded.
indispensable among these
principles are respect for the
pledged word, scrupulous observ.
ance of treaty obligations. nom.
interference in the internal az
fairs of other nations, willing.
ness to adjust differences by pa
cific means, and promotions Of
constructive and mutually bene-
fetal trade and other economic
relations among nations.
"All of these are problems IN
human relations. Both the func-
tioning of national life and the
relationships among nations are
determined, In the final analy.
sis, by the attitudes and actions
of individuals.
WOMEN CAN AID
$50 far as each nation is con-
cerned, both are powerfully In
fluenced by whether or not
there exists in that nation an
alert and well-informed public
opinion, q clear and widespread
understanding on the part Of
the people Of national and In
ternational issues and problems,
and q willingness on the part
of individuals to direct their
thoughts and activities into the
channels Of tolerance, Of mutual
good will and respect, Of CO.
operative effort-in short, into
the channels Of responsible and
constructive citizenship.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Idle Acres
Plans to Put Land to
Work MGpped

Plans to put millions Of idle
acres to work growing insecti-
cides. paper and oil will be dis
cusSed tonight at a dinner Of the
Agricultural Chemical Association
at the Washington Hotel.
All these products are inherent
in the castor bean, which, after
four years Of research, it has
been determined will grow profit
tally in the United States.
At present much Of the chemi-
cal used for insecticides comes
from abroad, and the leaves Of the
castor bean plant furnish such
material. Paper pulp has become
an acute problem in industry and
in the printing trades, and excel
lent paper, the chemists say, can
be made from it's stalk
The various oils which have
been used incidentally from the
castor bean would comprise a
third valuable product, and all,
the experts declare, could come
from utilization Of otherwise idle
American acres.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
"Social," Says
LuFOLJette

GNS) "1t was strictly social, :"
Senator La Toilette (P0 Of Wis
consin told reporters regarding his
weekend cruise on the Potomac
with President Roosevelt.
He claimed no phase of the Ad-
ministrati tons legislative program,
nor the third party movement in
augurated by his brother and him.
self, was discussed. His brother,
Philip. is Governor of Wisconsin.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
New York WPA
To Make Own TOYS

NEW YORK, May ia pro-
ject for the making Of simple toys
and the repair Of donated toys
and nursery furniture was an
nounced here by Lieut.. Col. Brehon
rB. Somervell, Works Progress Ad-
ministrator. The toys Will be dis
tributed to needy families and &C.
credited social agencies without
cost. Somervell said that $500, 600
had been allocated to meet the
costs of the project for o year.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Newark Boy Wins
Engineering Prize

LAFAYETTE, Ind, May 10 II.
N.SO Henry F. Hill, of Newark,
N. j., Purdue University senior,
was among winners Of student
prizes Of the Indiana section of
the American Society Of Civil I'm.
gineers. The awards are given
annually to students with excel.
lent grades, who show promise Of
successful careers.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Vallee Drug Store
DESTROYED BY Fire

WESTBROOK, Me-, May 16
G.N.S0.-The little country drug
store, where Rudy Vallee once
"jerked" sodas for his father,
Charles A. Vallee, and whence he
started on his career UP the road
to musical and radio fame, was
destroyed yesterday In a $780,
600 blaze which threatened the
heart of the business district.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16

next Congress.
Appearing before the House
Appropriations Committee, Cum
mings sought $175,000 for the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
and 100000 for the Justice De
partments antitrust division. He
was accompanied by j. Edgar
Hoover, FBI chief
He explained the plight of the
furloughed Omen as resulting
from economies in maintenance
and travel expenses required be-
cause of a deficiency in FB1
funds.
He said some of the operatives
have been receiving salaries and
have been placed on sort OF an
enforced vacation" Most of them
have been without pay, however,
he added.
NEED S175,OOO
I'VE will need at least $175,-
900 to straighten this matter
out" Cummings asserted.
The 5000, 900 for the antitrust
division comprises the Justice De
partment's share of the $500 900
by President Roose.
welt in his anti-monopoly message
last month, in which he urged
Congress to appropriate at Least"
that amount for a study to be
conducted by the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the Fed
eral Trade Commission, and the
Justice Department.
At the same time, members of
the committee disclosed that the
President plans to transmit to
Congress a supplemental budget
estimate within the next few days
for the funds sought by Cum
nlingS.
In urging that the Department
of Justice make the study, Mr..
Roosevelt also suggested that the
Federal Trade and the Securities
and Exchange Commissions CO.
operate.
He proposed that the inquiry
proceed along the following lines:
l. Determine the need for i'm
provement Of antitrust procedure
2. Revision of existing law to
place the burden of proof upon
corporations suspected of viola
tions.
3. Additional power for the JUS
tice Department and the SEC to
investigate violators.
4. More rigid scrutiny by the
ETC and the SEC of corporate
mergers, consultations and meth
DDS for breaking up interlocking
relationships.
5. Possibility that investment
trusts, including those of insur-
ance companies. should be
brought under stricter regulation
by the SEC; and
6. Greater control over bank
holding companies.
BANK HOLDING BILL
A bank holding company bill,
supported by the President. was
Shelved last week by the Senate.
An SEC report which was two
years in the making was transmit
ted to Congress several days ago,
embracing recommendations for
control of investment trusts.
The proposed antitrust study
would be eliminated with report
to the next Congress under the
Presidents recommendations.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16

Mr.. Palmisano made known his
intention to introduce the legiSla-
ton following a conference with
John Ihlder, director Of the Dis
trict Alley Dwelling Authority,
when differences between the two
were ironed out satisfactorily.
ACTION DOUBTED
The legislation, recommended
by the Budget Bureau, after a
long controversy between the
Alley Dwelling Authority and the
United States Housing Admins.
tration, makes possible Federal
contribution for both alley clear.
ance and the construction Of
large low-cost housing projects.
Representative Palmisano de
plored the fact that the legisla-
ton was brought to him SO late
in the session, and stated he
doubts whether Congress will
have time to act before adjourn
ment, which is scheduled for
some time next month.
'The Government depart
mentS," he said, "have been con.
siderlng this thing for six
months and now they bring 1t
in at the last minute"
FEW DISTRICT DAYS
He pointed out that unless Con-
greSs votes on the legislation next
Monday, there may be no future
District days in the House. He
intimated that next Monday,
which is scheduled as District
Day" may go over entirely to the
wage and hour bill on the calendar
for that day.
Senator william H. King CD
Of Utah, chairman Of the Senate
District Committee, also is sched.
uled to introduce the bill in the
Senate some time today.
Under terms of the bill, the
Alley Dwelling Authority act would
be amended to give the ADA
authority to borrow from the
United States Treasury $1,000 900
@ year for five years for slun1 clear
ance. This is q continuation Of
the work now being done by the
local housing group, providing for
eliminatiY1 Of inhabited alleys and
construction Of housing groups to
replace them.
LOW-COsT HOUSING
A second title amending the act
provides for Federal financing Of
low-cost housing, which would bel
q new development in local hous-
ing. /
Earlier Representative Palmisano
had objected to the proposed leg
islation on the ground that i'll
would take large sections Of prop
erty out Of District taxation. It
is understood, however, that the
chairman has been convinced that
the proposed bill merely places
the District on q parity with
other cities, which In many cases
make their contribution toward
construction of low-cost project
by exempting the property from
fAXAti0Yl
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Greyhound Would
Extend Its Lines

U.N.s) The Greyhound Corpo-
ration of Chicago today asked the
Interstate Commerce Commission
for authority to issue 1887 shares
Of common stock, the proceeds to
be used to purchase the assets Of
the Old Colony Coach Line, operat-
ing throughout New England.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
3 Killed, 2 Hurt
In Crossing Crash

DUNK1RK. N. Y, May is Il.
N.S0.-Three men were killed and
two others seriously injured when
their car crashed into a Nickel
Plate Railroad train here last
night. The machine ran through
the warning gates, witnesses said.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Pages Are Guests
At Annual Fete

Fifty pages of the House Of
Representatives we're the guests
of Representative Joseph B.
Shannon CD of Missouri, at the
sixth annual banquet given by
him last night at the Mayflower
Hotel.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Byrd Sees Future
OF Aviation Bright

BABYLON, N. Y, May 16 Il.
.N.SD Admiral Richard E. Byrd,
noted Antarctic explorer, dedi-
Gates a new seaplane base at this
commuters town: aviation has
made great progress since the
World war, but It's biggest strides
are for the future"
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
All Eyes on Pennsylvania
Ballot Battle of Centuru

On the Republican side the
split is hardly less pronounced.
Clifford Pinchot, the Happy War
rior of Republican politics in Penn
sylvania, twice governor by lick
ing the organization, is attempt
ing a comeback at II. He is OPP
posed by Judge Arthur H. Jam IS,
supported by the State Republican
organization.
In the Republican senatorial
race there are two principal can
didates-the incumbent, Senator
James j. Davis and G. Mason
Owlett, present Republican ma
tional committeeman.
ODDS ON PINCHOT
The Republican organization is
backing James and Owlett, but
the betting is the other way, in
favor of Pinchot and Davis. Pin
chot has a habit of licking the
organization. AS for Davis, he
has been described as a political
cat who has nine lives. He served
in the cabinets of three PreSi-
dents as Secretary of Labor before
going in the Cabinet.
On the basis of registration fig
ures. there is little to choose be-
tween the two parties, in terms
of November. The Democrats
have registered 2,016,736, the Re
publicanS 2,140,496. But registra.
ton figures mean little in q Situa-
ton where there are so many
crosScurrents, so much bitterness,
and so much throat-cutting. In
any event, it is not expected
either party will muster much
more than half it's registered
strength.
DEMOCRATS WORRIED
The Democrats are worried
They are fearful that If the Earle.
Jones ticket is nominated land
the betting is that way, John l.
Lewis may elect to play BALI
with Clifford Pinchot in Novem
Der, provided he is nominated, and
thus swing Pennsylvania back to
its traditional Republican mooring
The curious thing about this
Democratic throat-cutting in Penn
sylvania is that all factions pro
lclaim tealty to the New Deal
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
PalmisanO Offers
Stun Clearance
And Housing Bill
Measure Makes Possible U. S. Contribution
To Projects in District
BY JULIA A. BoNWIT

Although skepcal of its chances for passage during this
Congress- Representative Vincent L. Pamsano 3D. Of Mary.
land the District Committee today intro
duced bill paving the way for large local Sum clearance
and ow-rent housing program for the District.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
TRIAL
IN DEATH OPENS
CONTINUED from Page u

a policeman in 1890, was also en-
gagged in the whiskey busineSS?"
None of the jurors expressed any
prejudice. Members Of the panel
likewise indicated they had not
read any detective stories lately,
or articles in detective magazines,
which might influence their judg-
ment.
The trial recessed at 1890 for
an hour.
Somewhere in the long parade
of witnesses Assistant United
States Attorney Wilson planned
to put before jurors, the evidence
Of the mystery trio was to be pre-
sented.
Closely guarded for weeks, the
three are:
Donald E. Boyer. William v.
Watts, former policeman, and
Robert H. Miller.
IAnsdon'S arrest on the charge
OF numbering the 19-year-old
waoopee girl came early this year.
Mrs. L,angdon was brought here
mysteriously from New York by
Investigators Truscott and Hart
man.
Lanedon's arrest quickly fol-
lowed. A grand jury indicted him
without delay.
BOY FRIENDS QUIZZED
Lansdon, patrolman on the Linn
erick house beat" who testified
at o coroner's inquest that he
often ''peeped" at alleged orgies
in the houSe-waS held for the
first grand jury that studied the
murder at the time, but was not
indicted.
Numerous boy friends Of Beulah
were questioned by police after
their names we're found in color
fully recorded narrative of her
good times" at night spots around
the Capital.
Beulah was found dead in her
house on New Year Day, 1881,
few hours after a gay party. she
was found by her brother, Vernon
who summoned Casualty Hos
pital ambulance. The inferno
with the ambulance pronounced
her dead of natural causes.
A few hours later, Washington
was startled to learn that ar
undertaken had discovered
neatly covered wound in the bacI
of her head, which loosed a sen
Sational Investigation.
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Cummings Seeks
Funds For G-Men,
Trust Laws Study
$4,000 Needed for FBI to Recall Men NOw
On "VacdtiOn" Without Salary

INS) Attorney General Cummings today asked Congress
for funds TO restore furoughed the pay roll and for
cnmnrehensive study antitrust laws for report to the
The Washington times., 1938-05-16
Continued from Page ~


headed by William Green, come
to grips at the ballot box. The
result of this labor clash is being
watched with keen interest by
leaders of both major parties.
The CLIO is trying its political
wings for the first time in a big
way.
The Democratic split is the more
spectacular because the Demo
Gratis are newly come to power in
additionally Republican Pennsyl.
vania. They captured the gov
ernorship in 1894 and carried
the State for Roosevelt in 1885 by
more than 100000 votes. Now the
Democratic leaders who stormed
the citadel have fallen out among
themselves.
The Democratic State organi-
cation is backing Governor George
H. Earle for the Senate and
Charles A. Jones, a Pittsburgh
lawyer, for governor.
On the other side Of the Demo
cratic fence is Senator Joe Guffey,
long recognized as the Democratic
leader of the State. He is backing
for governor one Of John L. Lewis
righthand bowers in the CLIO,
Lieutenant Governor Tom Ken
needy, and for the senatorial nomi.
nation Mayor 8. Davis Wilson, of
Philadelphia, who was elected as
a Republican, but who, in the
. meantime, has become a Demo
crat.
In between is an independent
candidate for governor, former
Attorney General Charles j. Mar
giotti, who was dismissed by Gov
ernor Earle after he had made
accusations of corruption in high
places in the Earle administration
. A grand jury is going to look into
those charges.
= LEWIS FOR KENNEDY
John L. Lewis and his CIC
9 unions are supporting the Guffey
: Kennedy-WilSon slate. The Ameri
Z can Federation of Labor leader
. ship is behind the Earle-Jone!
ticket, which also has the support
! Of the State Democratic organiza
ton.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-05-05
Liqht-H.earted Fashions
For a Gay Vacation!

TIE approach of summer
Il makes US all long to get into
bright, easy, carefree clothes,
even if we're planning TO vacation
at home, with occasional week
ends at the lake or seaside. These
two patterns bring you styles that
are a JOY to wear and to make.
Stacks With BOlerO and Topper.
The Stacks fit so nicely about the
hips, and have the proper width in
the trousers. They and the bolero
both tailor quickly and easily in