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Smyrna times., 1939-05-04
NEW CASTLE co. WOMEN
To Take Part i'm a Baking Demon
stration at Middlet0Wn

Homemaker's are invited to at
tend a cooking demonstration to
be held in the Middletown Fire
House on Thursday, May 4th. Miss
Betsy Worden, of Springfield,
Mass, will demonstrate baking
cakes and pastries, using Eastern
States fours and cereals. The
committee in charge of the meet
ing is composed of: Mrs. John D.
Reynolds, Middletown, chairman;
Mrs. H. Wilson Price, Newark;
Smyrna times., 1939-05-04
Wider Roads State Highway

In planning lanes "a feet
wide, instead of the custom
airy width of 20 feet, for the
proposed dual highway be-
tween the Susquehanna River
and the Glasgow Road at the
Delaware line the Maryland
State Roads Commission has
taken a step which should add
to the safety Of the new road,
in addition to facilitating the
movement Of traffic. Says the
Journal-Every Evening: IA
wide road is Of great nelp to
drivers Of cars which travel
at different speeds. Many ac-
cidents occur when one We
hicle is passing another NOV
ing in the same direction,
Such collisions generally are
due to some extent to limited
space in which to pass. When
there is ample room there is
not so much danger of a car
not clearing the one it is pass
ing. When hard roads were
first built there was not the
demand upon them that there
is now. 1t has been necessary.
therefore, to learn from ex-
perience what the needs OF
users of the roads are from
time to time, and try to in
Smyrna times., 1939-05-04
THEATRES TO AID HEALTH
Cooperating With State Board of
Health to Aid Children, Parents

Motion picture theatres through
out the state have been asked to
cooperate in the annual spring
roundup" of children who will en-
ter school in the fall, by project
ing on their screens the schedules
of these physical examinations in
their localities. The State Board
of Health, which each year con-
ducts this campaign to have par
ents bring pre-school age children
for complete physical examina-
tions, is using every means posi-
BILE to bring this activity to their
Smyrna times., 1939-05-04
crease the facilities as new re-
quirements develop"
May Day on Monday

The first day of May in
many lands has been a time
of celebrations. When the
spring brings the purring of
gentle breezes, and the suns
healing rays warm up our cold
tissues, mems hearts burst
forth in new joy. In England
they used to set up maypoles
on the village green, and the
youths and maidens would
dance around them with jolly
enthusiasm.
These May dances appeared
in the older history of New
England. A maypole was set
up at Merrymount, but the
governor of the province sent
soldiers to the place, and cut
down the pole. He solemnly
named the place Mount
Dagon, in memory of the Pal
estine idol that fell before the
ark Of the Lord.
Modern sentiment has no
condemnation of those who
wish to dance on May day,
provided they are able to
work the next day.
In some American schools
the teachers used to lead the
children out in search of flow
ers, and taught the young
sters many things about
these beautiful blooms, which
seem so cheering and colorful
after the death and deadness
of winter. Various churches
and societies have nice May
festivals now on May day.
The day is also celebrated
by many as international
Labor day, in which hopes
are expressed for better con
ditions for the workers. Ex-
cept for such demonstrations,
May day is just one more
work day. If our labors per-
NIT, it is a good time to look
over the home grounds and
see what attention they need
for the year. Probably there
are bare spots in your lawn
that look like the disagreeable
stain on a mans coat. Better
have them fertilized and
planted to seed, so they will
no longer deface the view Of
your home. - Milford Chron-
icle.
Smyrna times., 1939-05-04
New Highway Being Completed

Contracts have started placing a
12-inch deep fill of gravel and sand
for the new Lum's Pond road, be-
tween Kirkwood and Summit
Bridge. officials said that the road
will be completed and ready for
use in six weeks. The foundation
fill is made unusually deep because
the road crosses made land" /"
Smyrna times., 1939-05-04

Mrs. David w. Pordham, Mrs.John
r. Butler, Mrs. James G. CHM, Jr.,
all of Middletown; Mrs. ]. Wilmer
Fennemore, Townsend; Mrs. Edgar
P. Bishop, Warwick, Md; Mrs.
Harry B. Seamans, Odessa, and
Mrs. Samuel w. Caldwell, Chesa-
peake City, Md.
Smyrna times., 1939-05-04

which was dredged from the Ches-
apeake and Delaware Canal during
enlargement of the canal. Con-
struction of the dam at Silver
Lake near Noxentown has been
started under direction of the de-
partment. The former dam was
damaged by a storm last year.
Smyrna times., 1939-05-04
Cleanup Days Are Here

Clean-up-days and Clean
up-weeks have become regu-
lar features Of many COM
munities. 1t is a pleasant
and hopeful sight to see
trucks and carts carrying off
accumulations Of old refuse,
ashes, and the rest of the lit
ter. The home places took
like the boy who has had a
bath after rolling in the dirt.
AS the kid once more shows a
face Of which the family can
be proud, so the cleaned-up
town looks 100 per cent bet
ter. Every day and every
week should be a Cleanup
time, and it is easier to clean
that way than try to do it all
in one grand splurge. These
special days do stir a good
many people to take care of
old accumulations, and hence
should be observed with en-
thusiasm.
Smyrna times., 1939-05-04

attention. The cooperation of the
theatres is considered an extreme
ly valuable means of public infor-
nation. Slides have been made-un
by the State Board of Health ana
Smyrna times., 1939-05-04
REGISTERS ORDER
REGISTERS OFFICE

Kent County, Delaware, April 8, 1889
Upon application of The Clayton Bank
and Trust Co., Administrator C. t. a. of
Anna E. Carrow, late of Kenton Hundred
in said County, deceased. it is ordered and
directed by the Register that the said The
Clayton Bank & Trust Co., who on the 3rd
day of April A. d. 1889 was appointed Ad-
ministrator C. t. a. as aforesaid, give notice
of the granting of such Letters and the
date thereof. by advertisements to be post
ed in the County Court House, in and for
Kent County aforesaid. and in at least two
other public places in said County. and
published in The Smyrna Times a news
paper published in Smyrna, Delaware in
said County. at least once a week for a
period of three weeks. requiring all per-
sons having claims against the said Anna
E. Carrow to exhibit the same to such Ad-
ministrator c. t. a. or abide by the law in
this behalf.
GIVEN under my hand and seal of office,
at Dover in said Kent County, the day and
year above written.
JONATHAN L. HOPKINS.
Register.
NOTICE
In pursuance of an order of the Register.
in and for Kent County, Delaware, dated
April 3rd A. d. 1889 notice is hereby given
of the granting Letters Testamentary on
day of April A. d. 1889. All persons hav-
ing claims against the said Anna E. Car
row are required to exhibit the same to
such Administrator c. t. a. within one year
after the date of the granting of such Let
ters, or abide by the law in that behalf
which provides that such claims against
the said estate not so exhibited shall be
forever barred.
The Clayton Bank and Trust Company,
Administrator c. t. a. of
Anna E. Carrow, deceased.
By Herman n. Sevil, Trust Officer.
4-1q 3t
Smyrna times., 1939-05-04

are being distributes
managers. An nd, 70 thea
prepared for eaob -stuual '. Slide
only the schedules .leatFe, n giu
ups" Of the schools p y i the "roul
Evening star., 1939-07-09

ICE AGE coo SUMNER OF scientific interest the Columbia 1ced Alberta
fnaou
Evening star., 1939-07-09

The Travellers Notebook
New Contests Bob Up to Intrigue Vacation
Hunters; Vermont Saves $50 Covered
Bridges; Europe in August

Helen Dean Fish's thoroughly read
able Invitation to Travel" New
Workers, Californians and actual and
armchair" travellers from Illinois,
Minnesota and Massachusetts, re-
sponded in the greatest numbers
and one entry came as far afield as
Belgium. But Mrs. Mae Hewes Quig-
ley of New Jersey, opposite the great
port that sends and receives ships
to and from most every land in the
world, wrote, in the opinion of the
judges, the most interesting account.
Honorable mention and a $40 trav-
eler'S cheque went to Miss Alice
Dickinson of Newton, Mass, for her
entry on THE World Is Your
Oyster" by Helen Eva Yates. :.
AS for awards of the future: The
Polish State Railways want to find
out what Americans think of the
Polish Pavilion at the New York
Worlds Fair, with 10 major prizes
and 20 others as the incentives for
900 to 1900 plain and fancy words.
What would the American like best
to see in Poland? This is to be the
theme Of the letters, after pavilion
visitors look over the exhibits of
scenery. sports, industries, folk arts
and relics of the republic. First
prize will be a free, top class, round
trip voyage to Poland aboard the
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Caribbean Cruises Grow
In Summer Popularity

NEW YORK, July 8-Among the
old fashioned ideas which travellers
are dispelling by first hand expert
mentation is the one which restricts
Caribbean cruises to the winter
months.
The summer trend southwark be-
gan about 10 years ago when the
depression and business uncertain
ties coupled with the high rates of
exchange in many countries long
favored for summer travel led sea-
goers to try out the Southern cruise
routes nearer home for their summer
vacations This trend has been gain
ing momentum ever since until now
the Caribbean and South American
cruises are quite as popular and
heavily booked in midsummer as in
midwinter.
Passengers have been finding out
by experience that there is but little
change between winter and summer
temperatures in the Caribbean
actually about degrees; and that
hotels and beaches are much less
crowded in summer.
| For instance, in Curacao, the
shoppers paradise in the Neither
lands West Indies group, the climate
Is much less humid than here in
New York in the summer. There is
very little rainfall and the trade
winds so consistently are at work
that the trees are permanently bent
Venezuela has a wide range of
! climates at any time of year-vary-
ing from the tropical heat of the
coast to ths cold of mountain peaks
Caracas, the capital city, located
5000 feet above sea level, has q
pleasant all year round climate with
a mean temperature of Ct degrees
and maximum of 80. Residences
built in the Spanish colonial man
ner, have cool patios; and hotels
and clubs, breeze-swept terraces.
In Colombia. cities near the coast
like Barranquilla, which boasts a
large modern hotel and swimming
pool, are cooled by the trade winds.
The Canal Zone cities at any time of
the year are warm during the day
but at night are blessed with a
breeze. Stores and bazaars. crammed
with merchandise from all over the
world, are thrown open to the street
| open air beer gardens provide night
club entertainment; and hotels are
built to make the most of the ocean
breezes.
Haiti has pleasant climate al
any season of the year because sc
much of it is mountainous. The
island is fantastic jumble of hills
and valleys, of jungles and lofty
mountains. One of the highest peak.
is topped by the gigantic fortress Of
La Ferriere, built by the Black Kine
Henri Christophe-one of the mos
amazing sights in the Caribbean anc
the mecca for travellers from all owe,
the world.
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Down Under Carnival
To Open in August

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 8.
This city is now preparing for its
great spring carnival. Because of
the reversal of the seasons down
under" this event will take place
October 81 to November 18. The
Treasury Gardens will be converted
into a 14-acre fairyland of color,
containing native birds and animals,
and a floral carpet of more than
1000, 900 flowers will be feature of
the event. "Hiawatha" will be pre-
sented for 13 nights with a cast of
300 and an orchestra of rs and many
sports events will be held.
Evening star., 1939-07-09

motor liner Pilsudski or Batory, a
guided itinerary of IA days with free,
flrst-clasS rail transportation cover
ing 5000 kilometers. Two second
prizes cut round-trip liner fares to
so per cent, allow time for a 14-day
tour and provide free rail tickets over
5000 kilometers. Three third prizes
and fourth prizes are for one-third
and one-fourth transatlantic fare
reductions, respectively; tours of
Poland and free train fares. Twenty
illustrated albums of Polish city
and country scenes round out the
prize awards.
The French Government Tourist
Bureau wants pictures and is willing
to pay handsomely for them, al
though winners will have to wait un-
til 1910 for the cash prizes offered
The contest is open on photos taken
anywhere in France between June Is
and December 81 of this year, with
5000 as first prize, $75 for second and
$50 for third Ten $40 prizes also
are offered. The subjects are ex-
pected to include whatever the
American traveller finds of interest
in France. although announcement
of the contest indicates that human
interest pictures-typical scenes of
French life in the city, village or
countryside-stand the best chance
A jury of famous photographers
and artists is scheduled for an
nouncement later for deciding the
winners.
A four-day fishing trip in Lauren
tides National Park, Province OF
Quebec, is offered each year by the
provincial Department of Mines and
Fisheries for the best photo taken
by an amateur in the park, a 1900
square-mile area becoming known
for its great beauty and as an in
teresting haven of wild life. With
apologies is confessed the lack OF
Evening star., 1939-07-09
Mexicons Really Sing
Praises of Home Towns

MEXICO CITY, July 8.-To sin,
the praises Of their loveliest cities
Mexicans actually and literally dc
sing in enchanting tunes the beau.
ties OF Tampico Hermoso, Guadala.
jara, Vera Cruz, Michoacan ane
many other towns.
The hometown songs" which
achieve great popularity in Mexic,
on short notice, are played at dances
over the radio, as serenades and il
the plazas on Sunday evenings. On
OF the latest to sweep over Mexic,
is "Janitzio." The melody recall
the beauties of the little fishin,
Evening star., 1939-07-09
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE. Jr

It's all over, folks, that $50 offer
for the review of "A Book That
Persuades Me to Travel" You didn't
win 1t, New Jersey woman
did; but there are other and bigger
travel awards in the offing. two for
camera fans and one made to order
for descriptive writer's.
No doubt interest centers not in
the name of the winner of Cooks $50
travellers cheque, but in the book
she selected as her travel inspiration.
The winning letter was based on
Evening star., 1939-07-09

town on Lake Patzcuaro, where lace
like nets dry in the sun, small boats
rock on the water and graceful In
dian girls wear bright ribbons
tWined in their dark braids.
Evening star., 1939-07-09

London has statue supposedly
of Alfred the Great and probably
dating about the year l400. Both
hands are missing.
Evening star., 1939-07-16
DOWNTOWN.

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1107 18th St NV Newly decorated, spa
clous bedroom. living room; very !ge. re.
cep hall, kitchen. bath. with shower. free
premises or z. QUINCY SMITH, INC. Dis
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THE WESTBURY-S55.

Beautiful. new apartments with low
rents. > rooms, kitchen, dinette, modern
bath beautiful building with some un-
usual features. l40l Tuckerman st. NV.
Apply resident manager OF agent, Natl
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Mr.. 18th AND HARVARD.

room. kitchen bath, S35. 3 rooms,
kitchen. bath, porch So so. Cross ven
tilation. Free refriserstion. l46s Harvard
st. NV. Apply Janitor or agent, Natl. $3.50
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kitchen bath with shower; free refs.; ele-
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LARGE APARTMENT
c55 50
5r K. b, eleC refs. porch.
l454 EUCLID ST. NV.
NEATLY ARRANGED.

LIVING room with Murphy bed and also
q separate bedroom dining alcove, kitch,
en- and bath. S42.50 Similar apt with :
mgr on premises, 2525 Ontario rd. NV.
or cali E. QUINCY SMITH, INC, District
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-29

When editoriay Dec is that thought Kenny Wash
ngton University California should
named the Granand RceCoers Magazine AAmercan
view his outstanding during this football
opinion based from both the daily
press individuals considered football authorities
This weeks Liberty Magazine carries Norman L. Sper ALL
Players AAmerican Football Team which Kenny Washington
only placed only
players on team which he had faced grdron.
Jimmy (sports editor
this think Washington who
easily the outstanding intercollegiate of 1885, would have
been rem had called attention edOy the failure of
the Golfers experts" to place him on their team.
Evidently the football players themselves who should know
sports who select Golfers eleven about
parave the highly players
this newspaper.
CAN'T HITCHHIKE TO SUCCESS
whose Negroes
household word beOan the fact that people for
whose opportunity he has abored think they entitled have
handed them prepared they
the roadside begging ride to their goal
The Negro might well understand the that life
picnic He has rights but getting something nothing
for him than 1t is for others All about and
planning working enduring persevng learning the hard school
of trial and So he.
An intelligent N. P Lloyd right
education himself
school, The N A P designed part
go education he study to make
his he whether effort,
N A A Ps intelligent shunted off into deadend
street
and about begging aid though the existence
prejudice relieves them of all necessity of doing their behalf
trait mankind willingness
Negroes help each other honorable when
81 man." But the fellow who in the of
loyalty begs from another who limited
himself cheat who would make good of opportunity he
carried to it!
intelligence dispense charity! giving
kills character time that Negroes begin weigh the claims
they they given hep
the education of their children the days when the total family
only wash-tub produce
No wonder the plunged forward They had their
vertabe ahemsts the their
who would do likewise Those who won't march until
helped do their forward Hitchhng
make the Negro today the equal of the old folks who knew less but
tried more.-St. Louis Call
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-29

party came with the serving of hot
fresh doughnuts made as only Mrs
Lucy Cason can make them. An
other feature of the evening was
the splendid talk given by Frank
Alsop, militant Northwest District
Director P. W. o. c., and member
of the Mems Council.
The first meeting of the New
Year promises to be a lively one
for the Mems Council. First, plans
for the big drive for it's quota of
funds toward Halle Q. Browns
Building Program will be discussed
c. E. Newman, aggressive editor
of the St. Paul Recorder Mime
apolis Spokesman, will give talk
on "How We Can Build a Better
Community"
Next there will be a showing of
entertaining pictures by St. Paul's
amateur photographer, John Banks,
The Mems Council is happy to have
both Mr.. Banks and Mr.. Newman
appear before them.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-29

feat the intent of the will. They
claimed that the laws of Tennessee
did not permit freeing of slaves by
will, and that the increase born
after McCutcheon's death and be-
fore their mother was to go free
were slaves, and therefore liable to
be distributed as inherited prop
erty.
The Supreme Court rejected the
contention that slaves could not be
freed by will, but regarding the
children of Eliza and Cynthia, it
held that they were born in slav-
cry, and not having been made free
by provisions of the will, they re-
manned slaves. Thus the parents
became free but the children re-
manned in bondage.
1912 Elliot Ave-,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-29

George Novack, Robert Birchman
and ]. R. Johnson (author of "Why
the Negro Should Oppose the
War;" and other books and PAM
phlets).
Mr.. Johnson's article also sur
veys the role of the Negro in mod
ern world history, tending to show
the tremendous historical weight
of the black race as factor in the
progress of humanity.
George Novack presents a study
of black slavery in colonial times,
and concludes that "The Constitu-
ton was a Shareholders document;
the United States was founded up
on slavery"
Birchman writes on "The Negro
in Southern Agriculture" a study
of the present economic situation
of the Negro worker on the land
in the South.
The magazine sells for twenty
cents a copy and may be obtained
at the Labor Book Store, 919 Mar
quette avenue, Minneapolis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-29
THE BEALE STREET BLUE:
Ss,..s dl:1i ;Elslil "a =! al.,s

cOlored commissioned officer In the
World War-Mr. Qualls, manager
Of the Blues Bowl show, and Nat
Williams, high school professor-all
distinguished leaders of the Race.
The football game marked the
first big-time bowl game Of the sea-
son. The stadium was packed by
visitors from throughout the South
and from as far away as Harlem.
Newspaper men and photographers
from the Associated Negro Press,
the Associated Press and United
Press were on hand to record the
brilliant event, which ended in
victory for the local team. And
after the game was a grand ball
where the elite Of Beale Street
gathered to pay tribute to Handy
and his blues.
just wish everyone of you could
have been with me. There was
beauty and romance, the beauty of
a great people having wholesome
fun, and the romance Of a great Oc-
casion with the happy cOurtships of
the sleek young men of Memphis
escOrting the glamOrous bellies at
this outstanding social event Of the
year. was happy to find that many
of the girls were readers of my
column and to know that they had
been helped by the beauty hints
which have appeared here.
What are your beauty prob
lens2 Write Marie Downing,
Lariease Beauty Foundation,
Room 52I-3I9 North Fourth
ST., St. Loais, Mo-, and she will
be glad to answer them. Be sure
to enclose d self-addTessed
stamped envelope.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-12-29

Cutcheon of Tennessee died in 1910
leaving a will providing that upon
the death of his wife the slaves
owned by him and willed to her,
should go free, except that those
who had not arrived at the age of
81 at the time of his wife's death,
should be held by his brother-in-
law, until they reached 81 years of
age, and then should be freed. 1t
was obviously Patrick McCutch-
cons wish that all his servants
should attain their freedom.
After the death of McCutcheOn,
and before the death of his wife,
two of the slaves, Eliza and Gym
thia had children born to them,
whose advent had not been pro-
vided for in the will.
After the death of Mrs. Nc
CutcheOn, the heirs sought to de-