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Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

Published Every Thursday Morning, by
n. d. HOFFECKER, Proprietor.
Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker, July 5.
1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10. 1907.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

reports, plums were offered
and threats Of repprisals were
made by administration whip
wielders.
"The result means Congress
wants to tighten the reins
and insists on doing it. The
rubber stamp has gone out
the window. 1t is no longer
available to sign blank checks.
The New Dealers can say it
means nothing, and keep on
saying it, but the stubborn
fact is that a relief request
has been trimmed down for
the first time"
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
Our Grade Crossings

Announcement that the re-
moval of railroad grade cross
ings is to be continued under
the current program of the
State Highway department
will be received with approval
by every motor car user. We
quite agree with the Sunday
Star, we have been fortunate
in recent years that collisions
at railroad crossings have
been diminishing, but our
roads can never be made too
safe, so every additional safe
ty insurance is received with
thanksgiving and commenda-
tion."
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
Bicycles Under the Law

In Wilmington to-day a new
regulation for bicycles is put
in force The regulations to
be put in force is for safety
and protection, not only for
the riders but the pedestrians
and street traffic as well.
Sooner or later all incorporat-
ed towns in Delaware will
have to adopt bicycle regula-
tions. In Wilmington such
vehicles are now officially rec
ognized as covered by all traf-
fic regulations. The riders are
subject to the same restric-
tions as are the operators of
automobiles. Safety equip
ment corresponding with that
required for motor cars, 50
far as applicable to bicycles,
is called for.
Each bicycle when used on
the streets must have a brake
adequate to control the move
ment Of the machine; each
must carry a warning bell,
and each, when used at night,
must have a light in front and
"a lamp OF reflex mirror show
ing a red light in the rear.
And then, there are certain
things that must not be done.
Turns may be made only at
intersections, and then only
after the proper signal has
been given. a bicycle must
not be overloaded with excess
riders beyond its normal ca
pacity. 'Hitching" to other
moving vehicles is prohibited.
SO is excessive speed. Two OF
more bicycles may not be op-
Grated abreast. Riding with
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
Rhode Island Kicks Up

The Rhode Island State IN
employment Compensation
Board, says the New York
Sun, "has properly protested
against the provisions IF the
social security act when per
nit the federal government
to collect S1OO,OOO,OOO annual
ly in unemployment insurance
taxation and to retain more
than half of that SUM as a
profit on the transaction. The
federal government grants to
the states for administrative
expenses Of their unemploy-
ment insurance systems less
than half Of what it collects in
taxes under the Title TX Of
the Social Security Act. The
amount retained by the feder-
al government is not ear
marked in any way; it can be
used for any sort Of federal
expenditure. The states may
protest against this tax policy
until they are black in the
face, but the only effective
protest will be made through
the states representatives in
Congress, who should be urg-
ed to amend the social secur-
ity act to put an end to this
profiteering."
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
Auto Registration Fees

While automobile owners
and drivers are pleased over a
bill introduced in the Legisla-
ture to reduce Registration
and Drivers Fees, H. V. Dan
iel, Associate Secretary of
Associated Petroleum Indus
tries, takes a different view.
''In Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania," he states, the average
annual gasoline tax bill is S35
per year per motor vehicle.
In Delaware, the figure is $40
per motor vehicle. This clear
ly indicates that only one
eighth of the total sales Of
gasoline in Delaware can be
attributed to foreign traffic
above the normal exchange of
gallonage between states.
Some traffic studies, however,
indicate that fully so per cent
of all traffic is Of foreign
origin. In other words, under
present conditions, non-buy-
ing traffic flows through Del
aware, wearing out our high
ways, but not paying for their
maintenance because they do
not buy gasoline. This con-
dition would not be remedied
by the proposed reduction Of
registration and other fees.
It would only be aggravated
to the disadvantage Of the oil
industry, general business
and the finances Of the state.
A 1-cent reduction in gasoline
tax would be a guarantee that
much Of this traffic would
stop and buy gasoline and
other commodities.
Reduction Of registration
and other fees would mean
the permanent loss of revenue
of about a half million dollars.
Reduced gasoline taxes will
not only save Delaware mo-
I
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
NEW BISHOP OVER on SHORE
Diocese Elects Rev. William Ne
CIelIa1d of East New Market, Nj.

Diocese Elects Rev. William Me
CIelIai1G of East New Market, Nj.
The Rev William McClelland Of
East New Market. rector of Dor
chester County parishes since 1921
and prominent in the work Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. was
elected bishop of the Diocese Of
Easton Tuesday afternoon at a
convention in Trinity Cathedral.
Easton. Nd. The bishop-elect. who
IS 56 years old. has ben rector Of
ST. PauTs and St Stephens par
ishes. Dorchester County, for Is
years. He is president Of the
standing committee of the Diocese
of Easton. a member Of the execu-
tive council of that body. and has
been dean of southern convocatior-
since 1884 He also IS a member
of the social service commission 81
the rPovince of Washington
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
Delaware's Safety Record
the law.

The Times, like its contem-
poraries, has and is giving
considerable space to Della
ware Safety Council news.
That Delawareans made a
real effort last year to cut
down the highway fatality
toll is indicated by the re-
suits. According to the Ma
tional Safety Council, says
the Morning News, 'only one
state, Rhode Island, did bet
ter. Delaware's reduction
was 35 per cent, as compared
with the Immediately preced-
ing year.
"The fact that Pennsyl-
vania's record was the same
as that Of Delaware, making
second place a tie between the
two states, and that New Jer-
sey was third and Maryland
fourth, indicates that Della
ware was the center of a safe
UNCONSCIOUS area last year.
"Now that our state is just
one rung from the top Of the
ladder, we ought to reach the
top this year if proper effort
lis made. The distinction is
certainly worth working for.
While there have been six
highway fatalities 50 far this
year, not a very encouraging
start, it may be possible to
keep the death list down by
careful driving during the
rest Of the year.
"The splendid showing Del
aware made last year reflects
creditably upon every element
involved the Safety Council,
which put forth strenuous ef-
forts toward the accomplish
ment Of its aims; the police,
who did a fine job in curbing
the activities Of reckles driv-
els, and the motorists them
selves.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

out at least one hand on the
handle bars is against the
law.
All of these are reasonable
requirements, imposed in the
interest Of safety. All bicycle
riders are expected to comply.
Any who offend may find
themselves in conflict with
the law.
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

torists more money than a
registration reduction but it
would obviously stimulate the
sale of gasoline to transients
and thus increase state gaso-
line tax revenues to q point
where it has been predicted
that the revenues under a 3
cent tax rate would material
ly make up for the loss of
revenues from 4-cents to 3
cents. With a reduction in
registration fees, motorists
will gain something; but the
state will lose an anticipated
and convenient revenue. In
reducing gasoline taxes, both
the motorist and the State
will benefit increasingly.
Indignant motorists and
business men alive to the in
justice of the proposed reduc-
ton of registration and driv-
ers' license fees incorporated
in House Bills No. 26 and %
are lodging vigorous protests
with the House Committee on
Revenue and Taxation and
are likewise urging their rep
resentatives to support enact
ment of House Bill No. IA
providing for a reduction of
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02
Rubberstamp Not Available

Rubberstamp Not Available
Of course no one should ex-
pect the thick-and-thin sup
porters of the administration
to go around advertising the
fact when they have been
forced to take a licking, says
the Morning News. Putting
a good face on a defeat is
proper political strategy, and
the present administration is
nothing if not strategy-mind-
ed.
'The measure of what hap
pened is not what anyone
says now but what the White
House did while the appropri-
alton bill was before the Sen
ate after the House had whit
tied down the request. There
is no doubt at all that the
President put on the pressure
to have the Senate reverse
the House. In public he point
ed out the dire consequences
that would result unless the
Senate restored his figure. In
private, according to reliable
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

after all, the drivers were
responsible for the result.
Having done well in 1898,
there is no reason why they
should not try to do even bet
ter this year"
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

state gasoline tax from i
cents to Scents.
Reducing registration fees
and drivers license fees have
attained momentary popular
ity simply because they have
not been considered in the
light Of economic wisdom.
Their passage would mean a
backward step for Delaware.
A gasoline tax reduction, on
the other hand, means a for
ward and progressive step"
Smyrna times., 1939-02-02

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Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-02
MOST DISTINGUISHED
NOVEL OF THE YEAR

IN this weeks announcement by the
Pulitzer prize award committee that
1.-THE Yearling' by Marjorie knnan
Rawlings has been selected as the most
distinguished novel published IN 1888,
young authors can find one Of the most
valuable lessons Of them all.
It would be hard TO find less dis
tinpuished subject than Jody, young hero
of .sThe Yearling" It would be hard 10
find a more commonplace setting than
the Florida scrub in which The ear
ling" is laid It would be hard To find
simpler. more direct English, in or out
of the classics. than that employed in
this book. 1t would be difficult to fabri-
cate plot any simpler than the one
which brought to Mrs. Rawlings the
coveted Pulitzer prize.
Yet because of this very simplicity the
book is altogether charming; it is out
standing among flood of intricately
plotted, startlingly worded novels and
stories. It is, beyond doubt, worthy
of the honor it brought to its author.
While ambitious young writer's can
learn from THE Yearling" and its Pull
itzer prize the value of simple story
simply told, this same simplicity carries
a thought for those who have no desire
to gain fame or fortune by story telling.
The novel is fundamental in all ways.
It's popularity might very we'll mean that
the public is rapidly firing of intrigue
and double dealing, and is anxious for
the pure honesty and the rugged truth
of more natural, more straightforward
approach to the problems of life.
IN our national life such a reaction
from intricate politics and diplomacy
could do much to relief not only the pub
lie mind of many worries, but the public
pocketbook of many burdens Simplicity
in government can be every bit as ap-
pealing as simplicity in a prize winning
novel
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-02
THE new DEFINITION
OF PROPERTY RIGHTS

Not because it calls for any conclusion,
but because it is such a startlingly clear
demonstration of a changing social trend,
a bill pending before the California as
sembly deserves more than passing no.
tice.
Voted out Of committee Monday with
do pass recommendation, the bill
would require any farmer with a sur
plus crop to offer the surplus to the
. state relief administration for distribu-
ton to needy persons. The crop would
be gathered and distributed without cost
to the farmer Destruction of such
crop without first notifying the relief
commissioner that it is available how
ever, would be illegal and punishable as
a misdemeanor.
A few years ago such proposal would
have aroused loud and bitter opposition
from many sources Today it is worth
consideration largely for the social i'm
plications.
The bill, in effect, says that the farm
er's crop is his own property only so
long as he can sell it, or put it to other
profitable use. If he cannot make use
of 1t, the crop ceases to belong to him,
and belongs to the state There is no
question of payment to the farmer Be-
cause he cannot sell it elsewhere, he
must give it to the state. If he refuses,
he is liable to punishment in the courts.
Although such an eventuality is not
likely to develop, it might be pointed out
that, according to such logic, man who
cannot irent a house he owns might
eventually be required to turn it over to
the state for use by the needy The
thought behind the assembly bill is a
worthy one The only question is does
it set a precedent for action not so
worthy?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-02
WITHOUT ONE
REDEEMiNG FEATURE
(SacramentOI Bee

Dog racing has not single redeeming
feature. 1t is not legitimate sport. 1t
is not legitimate business. 1t has no
excuse for existence. 1t attracts the
worst elements in the gambling frater-
nifty where it is permitted to operate and
takes the dimes and dollars that should
go for the payment Of bills for food and
clothing.
Yet every succeeding meeting of the
legislature finds this notorious racket
receiving powerful support from legis-
lators whose general reputation does not
indicate they believe il burglary or petty
robbery
And now comes the senate government
tai efficiency and economy committee
voting out with do pass recommends
tion the Pierovich bill that would legal
ize the running of the hounds in Cali
fornia.
No more vicious piece of legislation
will come before the present session.
And as if to make the intolerable more
tolerabe and the indefensible defensible,
the committee bill would authorize the
state to share in the profits of this per-
nicious institution.
II would ally the state Of California
with the sure shot gamblers and the
organized sWindling ring which sponsors,
operates and controls the dog tracks
wherever they get foothold.
A partnership in crime-that is what
this bill practically proposes for Califor-
MIA
viii either the senate or the assembly
put itself in the position Of sponsoring
N n M b,r
ing the Pieroyich bill?
The state Of California may need reve-
nue.. But she does not need money bad
enough to sell out her conscience to the
dog racing racketeers
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-02
BUILD-UPS THAT LED
TO THE WORLD WAR
lNisalia Iimes-Delta)

President Roosevelt's message To Ber-
lin and Rome. as was 10 be expected, has
drawn criticism and derision from the
dictatorships and praise from the democ-
racies Whether the note will have amy
practical effect as regards peace or war
in Europe remains 10 be seen. Whether
the note should have been sent at all
also is subject 10 debate. We in the Unit
ed States know we are for peace unless
our people or orr territory are molested
or threatened. As To any European quar-
rel, we are concerned only indirectly and
should not put ourselves in a position
where we may later be compelled to act
to support a mythical idealism or back
down upon presidential attitude.
One needs but to read American news
papers and magazines 10 see the hand
of the propagandist buster now than It
was prior to our entrance into the World
War in 1917. Are We again TO be the
Sucker nation - Few persons in the
United States are familiar with the his
tory and background of the territories
most often mentioned in the headline Of
today We like our form of government;
if we did not. it would have collapsed
generations ago If Germany or Italy
or some other nation prefers dictator,
we may assume Il sympathetic attitude
but believe we should steer clear from
an attitude Of befligereney 50 long as we
are not molested.
We believe in all sincerity that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has big enough job on
hands dealing with local problems with
out entering into a dispute about what
goes ON in Europe We burned our fin
gers once before by pulling the chest
nuts of others out Of the fire
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-02

WASHINGTON-Being a peace
lobbyist IN Washington right now
IS not exactly the sort of job YOU'D
pick if you were looking for a soft
snap. Fat It hasn't got Dorothy
Detzer down. even though she ad-
mits that the tide Is running pretty
strongly against her.
Miss Deter runs the Women's
international League for Peace and
Freedom. anG is one of the battle
scared faithful in the peace lobby
here. She can remember back to
tie time when the peace lobby
could run a temperature over the
addition ol few cruisers to the
fleet.
In number o. years. that ism
50 very Ions ago. Psychologieally,
though. II seems like an aeon or
so
For right nov the peace lobby Is
backed into a corner. II takes
heart when il looks on the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee -
which it does every time that COM
mittee holds a hearing-for the
committee contains stalWarts like
B0rah. Johnson LaFollette and
Capper. But beyond that. there IS
little in the atmosphere of present.
cay Washington to cheer at
As a matter of fact. there are
only a few full-time peace organ
izations cn the job these days
Many groups such as the League
Of Women Voters have peace COM
mittees. which devote more or
less time II the antl-War move
ment But oI regular, heart-and-
soul peace groups there are prob
ably not more than hall a dozen.
Most prominent among them
are Miss Detzer'3 group and the
National Council Tor the PreVen-
tion of War World PeacsWays
continues active with an effective
advertising campaign Then there
are the Peoples Mandate, the Eel
loWship OF Reconcilation-and. pos
sibly. one or two more
Miss Deter freely admits that
public sentiment seems 10 be Veer-
ins away from the old idea that
The way II stay out OF war is to
stay out Of any relationships that
might lead up to war
II yGu have a President-Who's
III d position to know what's going
Oh in the getting up and
saying that we must meet force
with force, and stirring up public
feeling. the public is bound to react
with the most primitive emotion,
which is fear" she says.
IF we mad a President who
wanted To have the United States
serve as 4 negoti5tor or mediator,
he would suppress these emotional
reactions to the situation and
would Try to function as such. But
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-02
Famous Sayings
You re Telling Me- Photographs

The saddest man should be that
Englishman who has invented the
worlds fastest bicycie-40 years too
late.
Spring-in most American areas
is not a season but a series of
rainy squalls which separate winter
from summer.
Mosquitoes are more to be feared
than bombing planes. Sometimes
the bombing planes are on your
side. Mosquitoes never are.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-02
Forty-two covered bridges are still

Forty-two covered bridges are still
in use in North Carolina.
In 1908 one of the largest me-
teorites on record fell in northern
Siberia It started a forest fire
which laid waste an area of 100
square miles.
Diamond back terrapin, former
high priced delicacies, now nearly
extinct, are being successfully pro-
pagated at Beaufort, N. c.. by the
United States bureau of fisheries.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-02
Barbs

Some fellow probably paid plenty
for a seat at the Louis-Roper fight,
then missed the bout when he look
ed up 10 see if the stars we're shin
ing.
Eggs Are Firmer' - financial
page heading. When they're that
way, we usually send them back.
Movie press agents are frantic.
Clark and Carole, Gene and Hedy,
Tyrone and Annabella have upset
all their nice romances.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-02
Bruce Cation in Washington
Dissects the News

this appeal 10 the nations for a
conference can't have a very hap
by effect in Germany, coming one
day after he says that we must
meet force with force
The organized peace movement
as Miss Deter sees it must cling
to the old isolationist position -
ON the ground that by trying ac-
lively to avert a war We succeed
only in entangling ourselves SO
that if war does come we are in
yolved in 1t. And she thinks that
a great deal of foggy thinking is
being done these days about the
moral values involved
If we take sides in the coming
war" she Says. 1T will not be be-
cause we are opposed TO nations
which break treaties - because
France broke her treaty with
CzechosloVakia. and all the great
powers have failed to carry out
their obligations under the League
of Nations. No. we'd simply be
taking sides between two imperial
isms in a struggle for power.
4 believe the most important
thing in the world is to keep de-
mocracy-someWh OF course,
American democracy goes the min
mute we get into war. There
fore if we would serve the world
we must stay out of war and pre-
serve democracy al home
Turkey. Australia. Iran, Greece.
South Africa and Spain produced
254 900 short tons Of raisins in 1898
All bulls more than ten years old
aust BE licensed i'll England and
Wales
Il the Dodgers ever start to 90
places IN the National League, ii
will be mighty hard ON the Brooklyn
fruit and vegetable dealers.
Summer is mighty slow in COM
ing. but il must be definitely ON
the way. Brother is gradually get
ting up enough nerve to wear his
white shoes.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-02

rnv Packard costs you soo $500 less than " did '0f
merly -. tho heo;nning
This not temporary price reduction but the oe''s
of A new permanent price policy h
Il is the fu6llment of plan that has Deeh ioul w opr
,akoga plan to give you, not just more car boi Ao'
n.n rhan tbe same money buy anywhere ese :,
w;tb its two great factories extensively rearranseo "
'I;oa dollar equipment and expansion program COM
Imperial Valley press., 1939-05-02
thoughts for the Day

Behold God will not cast away perfect man. nei-
ther viii he help the evil doers-Job 500
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