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on to Conventions.

J. Clifford Folger and James H.
Lemon, Washington members of the
Investment Bankers Association.
are on their way to Del Monte,
Calf. to attend the associations
annual convention.
Willard G. Barker. president of
the Morris Plan Bank, has gone to
Rye, N. Y. to attend the Morris
Plan convention, being q member of
the Program Committee.
Evening star., 1939-10-08
Stocks GoDown
Fractions 10 81;
Pace Slows
Chemicals, Aircrofts
And SteeIs Under
Most Pressure

What Stocks Did.
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Banks Holding U. S. Bonds.

Referring to the Government bond
situation, Mr.. Fleming said that gen.
orally speaking, the banks are not
making any major changes in their
portfolios In most instances banks
are holding their Government bonds
for investment and not attempting
to take any speculative profits they
may have.
A resolution adopted at the con-
vention stated that "the bonds of
the Federal Government are the
safest of all investments. We are
not disquieted by temporary f1uc-
tuations in their market prices, for
these securities embody more fully
than any others the qualities of
marketability and safety"
Mr.. Fleming, who is member of
the A. B. A. Executive Council, was
also chairman of the Resolutions
Committee. He said the attendance
OF $500 at the Seattle meeting was
surprisingly good, considering the
distance that Eastern financiers had
to travel to get there.
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Archives Chairman Named.

John e. Wilson of the Morris Plan
Bank has been appointed chairman
Of the Archives Committee of Wash
angton Chapter, American Institute
OF Banking, by Francis E. Robey,
president. He will catalogue records
covering 80 years. The other COM
mittee members are Joseph A. Car
penter, Morris Plan Bank; Frank
Guest. Second National, and Robert
P. Talley, American Security &
Trust Co.
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Two New Directors Elected.

Two new directors have been
added to the board of the American
Building Association, Wilfred H.
Blanz, secretary, announced last
night. the appointments being made
to fill existing vacancies. Bernard
j. Coyle, an auditor and account
ant, and William D. Spicknall, a
Washington building contractor,
were the additions to the board.
Evening star., 1939-10-08
Stone to Address Bankers.

DR.. Edward Stone, chief of the
Reality Property Control Section,
Resettlement Division, Farm Security
Administration, will address the
members of the District Bankers
Association at the regular fall meet
ing Monday, October Is, at pm,
In the board room of the American
Security Building, Ord Preston, pres
ident of the association and the
Union Trust Co., announced yester-
day. DR.. Stone will speak on Cur
rent Economic Developments"
A. M. McLachlen. first vice presi-
dent of the association and an Of
f1cial of the McLachlen Banking
Corp, is in charge of arrangements.
The bankers new headquarters are
In the American Security Building
and the members have been invited
to visit them before or after the
meeting.
The guest speaker is member of
the faculty of Columbia University
and the Graduate School of Bank
ing at Rutgers, and author of sew
eral books.
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US. Sea- Going Ambulance
Service Announced

The United States Public Health
Service today announced that its
medical consultation service by radio
to ships at sea would be supple
mented by = ea-going ambulance
service with Miami, Fla, as its focal
point
Doctors of the service now will be
able to make visits aboard ships. the
service said. The quarantine boat
B. w. Brown has been ordered from
Mobile, Ala, for the purpose, 1t was
announced
Because OF the peculiar land con-
tour and the location Of the Gulf
Stream. hundreds of ships engaged
in East Coast-Gulf trade run a
course just of Miami Beach.
During the last fiscal year the
Coast Guard brought 81 seamen
into Miami for hospita lization.
Emergencies most common were
acute appendicitis, pneumonia and
severe injuries. In the opinion of
the Health Service. many of these
cases could be better treated aboard
ship. Under the new Advancement
a physician will be sent out to the
vessel whenever the ships captain
requests 1t.
The radio consultation service was
established in 1922.
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Veterans Bureau
Prepares Reviews
To Gain Benefits
LiberoIizine Legislation
Enacted by Congress
Restores Many Cases

The Veterans Bureau announced
today that it is preparing reviews
to make effective liberalizing legis-
ton recently enacted by Congress
affecting certain veterans and their
dependents.
The legislation in question. Gen.
Frank T. Hines, administrator of
veterans affairs. said, provides that
World War veterans who were re-
moved from compensation rolls in
1888 by act of Congress, but who
are suffering from paralysis, pare
sis. blindness, or who are helpless
and bedridden, generally will be
restored to the rolls.
Rates OF compensation on account
OF loss or loss of use OF hand, foot
or eye. resulting from wartime
service, are increased generally. $40
a month and pensions on account of
disability incurred in peacetime
service have been increased by about
thirds.
Rates Increased As of July 10.
Increased rates of compensa ton
commencing July 10. 1899, will be
paid widows OF World War veterans
who died in service or of an injury
or disease due to service and widows
Of World War veterans who were
suffering from service connected
disease or injury at death but whose
deaths were due to other causes,
will also receive increases, Gen.
Hines explained.
In addition to these new group
Of widows and children Of World
War veterans not heretofore eligible
for benefits have now been made
eligible to receive compensation.
These also are dependents of Ger
tain veterans who were suffering
from service connected disability
but who died from other than serv-
ice-connected causes.
Applications-When Necessary.
Gen. Hines emphasizes that in
ereases provided under the new
legislation will be granted without
application on the part of the bene-
f1ciary and that claims which were
filed under laws enacted since March
20, 1888. and disallowed or aban-
doned, will be reviewed and claim
ants notified of any evidence neces-
sary to complete the claim
Where no claim has ever been
f1led by widow or on behalf Of
children under Is years of age, the
filing of an application will be neces-
sary and blank forms may be Sc
cured from the Veterans Admins
tration, Gen. Hines said,
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F. B. |. Report Shows
Increase in Thefts

A Federal Bureau of Ynvestiga-
ton study of police statistics for
the first six months of 1899 shows
an increase in the number of lar
cenies and rapes, with a decrease in
the number of robberies, aggravated
assaults and auto thefts, over the
same period in 1888 Z.
More larcenies were committed in
the first six months of this year
than occurred in any similar period
in the past 10 years Manslaughter
and murder cases were substantially
the same as last year.
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let down our vigilance" she said.
III We do, the bills will pop up
again"
Reports to the Woman's Bureau.
Miss Anderson said, show that bills
aimed at married womens jobs were
introduced in a. State Legislatures
this year. In one State, legislation
proposed restrictions In private as
well Is public employment.
No "anti-working wives" statute
was enacted. she reported, but five
States are operating under such a
policy In the State government.
They are Louisiana. Alabama, Texas,
Tennessee and Utah.
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N. F..F. {. Convention
Moy Set Record

The biennial convention of the
National Federation of Federal EN-
ployes which opens September 4 In
San Francisco, is expected to be the
largest in the organizations 22-year
history, 1t was announced today by
Gertrude M. Mentally, secretary
treasurer.
Delegates credentials already
received at national headquarters
give assurance that this convention
will be the best attended of any
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low-Down Thief

IRETON, Iowa CP-When Mrs.
Margaret Pereboom began missing
some OF her spring flyers, she spread
poison and set traps for the killer.
but without result. Finally she
poured I've water down hole in the
chicken yard and killed the 4-foot
black snake that popped out Of the
mixture fighting mad.
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Another Meunest Thief

ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex. P.-
Police are wondering If q man who
had a mass said for him at the
Church Of San Felipe de Neri is
conscious stricken.
Driving an expensive car up to the
centuries-old church, the man made
4 81 offering with a 81 check and
got S change.
The check bounced funds"
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Failure 10 Restrict
Working Wives Hailed

BY the Associated Press.
Miss Mary Anderson, chief Of the
Federal Woman's Bureau, said to-
day she was encouraged by the cold
shoulder" which State Legislatures
have given numerous attempts to
restrict married women's employ
ment.
But I don't think any Of ,is can
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Jobs Awaiting Corp

CHICAGO (P.-Attorney Leonard
Ettelson wants to give employment
to large quantities OF carp-ive ones.
II and when Ettelson gets the fish,
he said he would put them In his pri-
vate lake In Suburban Lake Forest
where he hoped the carp would get
TO work roofing out the oversupply
Of weeds and then eating them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-14

Ettelson said he believed that Carp
root Ike pigs and their work would
not be strenuous.
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held BY the National Federation Of
Federal Employees since the organ
ization convention in the National
Capital In 1917" he said.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
KENT ALFALFA
SEEDING TIME
Russell E. Wilson Says the
Last Two Weeks in Au-
gust is the Time
ADVICE TO GET RESULTS

AS the recommended time for
seeding alfalfa in this section of
the United States is during the
last two weeks in August, those
farmers who are planning to seed
this crop this summer should have
their ground prepared and tested
for lime and fertilizer require
ments, according to Kent County
Agent Russell E. Wilson, who has
been endeavoring to interest more
farmers each year in this import
ant legume for hay purposes. Al
falfa requires a sweet soil for best
results, consequently before sowing
the seed the soil should be tested
for acidity in order to determine
whether the land needs lime and
the amount of lime required to cor
rect the acid condition in the soil.
These soil analyses will be made
free of charge by the State Board
of Agriculture laboratory in Dover,
or the experiment station at the
University of Delaware in Newark.
The best results from the use of
lime will be secured when it is ap-
piled and disked into the soil when
the seed bed is being prepared, as
this method gives the lime an op-
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Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

Held Monday Evening and Dele
gates Elected to RehobOth

At monthly meeting of the
David C. Harrison Unit, No. IA,
American Legion Auxiliary, Smyr-
ma, held Monday, August z, dele
gates and alternates were elected
to represent the unit at the De-
partment convention to be held in
Rehoboth on September 8 and g..
Delegates are: Mrs. Grant Garis,
Mrs. Clark Knots, Mrs. Lee Dea-
kyne, Mrs. Elwod Bartlett, Mrs
William Matthews, Jr, and Mrs.
Creadick Ennis; Alternates: Mrs.
Harry Turner and Mrs. James
Davidson. Mrs. Garis, the presi-
dent, announced the session will be
held in the Henlopen Hotel. The
unit contributed money to the de-
partment to be used for picnic
supper and entertainment on Au-
gust 8 for the patients in Ward 6
at the U. S. Hospital at Perry
oPint, Nd. There are now 101 vet
Grams in the ward. The chairman
of the Junior Auxiliary reported
that plans were being made for a
picnic at River View Beach on Fri
day, August Is.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
ROTARY CLUBS
WEEKLY MEET
Davis H. Bell, Past President
Gives Address on Life of
Gov. w. d. Head
HIGH PLACE IN ROTARY

Past President, Davis H. Bell, of
the Smyrna Rotary Club, address
ed his fellow members on the life
of Walter d. Head of Montclair,
N. ]. Born in 1882 at Revere,
Mass, this son of a newspaperman,
publisher and amid the surround
ings of news for many years, be-
came a student of International af-
fairs. AS a teacher of languages,
an honor student of Harvard, he
followed this vocation. After sew
eral years of teaching, he became
principal of Haverhill, Mass. High
School A Masters degree having
been conferred on him in 1913, he
entered the executive field of edu-
cation. Since 1920 he has been as
sociated with Rotary, and since
1925 has been associated with the
Montclair club. AS District Gov
ernor in 1892 he served with
distinction. This advancement in
the International field of Rotary
has now placed him in the highest
position in Rotary. Walter H.
Head is known all through Rotary
International and is displaying the
same progressive spirit in Rotary
as he is in the field of education.
George r. Miller was chairman of
the evening of the evening pro-
gram. w. w. Hynson directed the
singing. Charles w. Hall, presi-
dent of the club, presided. August
"a, District Governor William E.
Matthews, Jr., will pay his official
visit to his home club. August IL,
Rynear Slaughter will address the
club on Modern Building.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
SOFT BALL CONTESTS HERE
Smyrna Athletic Club Effects Re
Some Rules Changed


Last Friday mite a reorganiza-
ton meeting of the Smyrna Ath-
letic Club was held and the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Francis B. Gebhart; Vice-president,
Henry R. Shapley; Secretary
Treasurer, James G. Truax. The
purpose of this organization will
be the sponsorship Of athletics for
the citizens of Smyrna and vicin-
ity 1t is hoped that by conduct
ing a campaign this winter to
light a softball diamond for next
years league. Since darkness will
interrupt most of the remaining
games, a rule for calling games
has been adopted by the managers
of the five teams. The rule is: If
there shall be less than one out in
the last half of an inning when the
street lights come on the game
shall be called. If there is one out
in the last half of an inning the
inning must be played out. In
case the game is called with un-
equal innings played the score
shall revert to the score of the last
complete inning.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
THANKSGIVING EARLIER
PRESIDENT Roosevelt Advances Date
10 Space Holidays More Evenly

PRESIDENT Roosevelt announced
a. campobello, NIB, Monday night
mai ne would advance the date of
thanksgiving one week this wear
70 meet requests that holidays be
spaced more evenly. 1t was re-
eeiVed as good news by tradesmen
oecause it will add one week to the
christmas shopping period. This
year Thanksgiving would normally
lal on November 30, and Mr..
Noosevelt has decided to issue a
pioclamation setting aside Novem-
.et % as Thanksgiving Day. In
tne early days of the republic. a
eay IN October was marked down
~ thanksgiving but it was not
ru'n after the Civil War that the
,ast thursday in November was Sc
,sO.ea ~ Tor observance. Gov. Rich
qru 7. McMullen said that his
a,.''ls aanAs giving Day proclamation
"oula conform to the Presidents
n euu ne viewed as reasonable the
residents argument.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
SMYRNA FIREMEN'S CARNIVAL
WITH BIG PARADE ON TONIGHT

SMYRNA Firemen's Carnival
which opened on the new Market
Street plaza last Friday is now at
its height with the big Firemen's
Night Parade tonight climaxing
the biggest and most attractive
carnival Smyrna has ever held.
There has been nothing but praise
and admiration over the attractive
manner in which j. Fletcher Truax
and his committee have laid out
the carnival and never before have
our Firemen had more attractive
place on which to hold their an
nual events. Market Street Plaza
with it's new standard lights and
wide thoroughfare makes an
ideal setting for a carnival. Add
ed to this the decorated boothes
and amusement concessions decor
ated with flags, bunting and color
ed lights makes a most attractive
carnival. Up to this writing there
has been no rain to interfere with
the attendance. The carnival has
had a crowd each night and the
order has been excellent. Many
have remarked it has been the
quietest and best conducted event
our Fire Company has held. So
far the receipts have been good
considering the scarcity of money
especially by the farmers whose in
come has been hard hit by the
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17

drought. However, with all of this
and when carnivals are held at al
most every town of any size in
both Delaware and nearby Eastern
Shore of Maryland towns, the re-
ceipts show gain over the cor
responding nights a year ago with
bigger receipts expected by large
crowds which is expected from
"Firemen's Night" tonight and
Saturday night. 1t is expected
that 25 or 30 fire companies will be
here tonight with seven or eight
bands and drum corps in line.
Some will have ladies of their
auxiliaries in line and a colorful
parade is anticipated. Every night
since Friday there has been a
ground prize of $500 and a radio
given away. The winners of these
prizes have been up to and in
cluding Tuesday night as follows:
Friday, August IL, Philco Radio.
Mary Ellen Jones; Ground prize,
Mrs. Nelson Stats; Saturday,
August IL, Ground prize, George
Ross; Radio, Mrs. Maude Brown.
Sanford, North Carolina; Monday.
August IA. Ground prize, Harvey
Gardner, Jr.; Radio, Mr.. Kessel-
ring, Camden, Del; Tuesday. Au-
gust Is, Ground prize, Lloyd Civ
ems, Salisbury, Nd; Radio, U. B.
Cosey, Millington, Md.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
CRASH
AT EASTON, MD.
Mr.. and Mrs. HID. SeWell Lose
Their Lives and Two 9th
ers Were Injured
WERE PROMINENT FOLK

One woman was killed and three
persons injured, one critically, when
their automobiles crashed in a
heGl-on collision on the Easton-
Oxford Road, at o'clock Friday
night Mrs. Pauline SeWell, 25, of
Easton, prominent Talbot County
society woman, was killed almost
instantly H Dexter Sewell, 81,
her husband, a we'll known Easton
business man, suffered a fractured
skull and internal injuries. He
died in the Easton Hospital Sun
day The other victims, brother
and sister, are William H. Mccoy,
IS, and Miss Anna D. Mccoy, 20,
who are reported to be in a serious
condition. Extent of their injuries
was not determined Immediately.
The accident occurred on
straight stretch Of highway near
Trappe Station, police said. Pri-
vate J. N. Daugherty of the Mary
land state police, who investigat-
ed, so far has not been able to de-
termine the cause. Daugherty said
the Sewells were returning to their
home from the regatta held Friday
at Oxford. The McCoys were driv-
ing in the opposite direction and
had planned to join party of
friends on the Mccoy yacht. The
two McCoys are the son and
daughter of John w. Mccoy of
Ratcliffe Manor, near Easton, his
summer home. Mr.. Mccoy is a
vice-president of the Dupont Co.,
Wilmington, Del, and lives on
Park Drive. Daugherty said the
cars struck with such force that
both were entirely demolished.
Miss Mccoy was thrown clear of
the wreckage by the impact. Mrs.
Sewell was graduate of the Eas-
ton High School and was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred 7.
Warner, Jr., of near Easton. The
elder Mccoy arranged to have a
specialist come from Baltimore.
Sewell is the son of former Sheriff
Harry G.. Sewell, and was connect
ed with the Prices car shop.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
SENATE CONFIRMS TWELVE
But Votes to Reject Eight Ap
pOintees of Gov. McMullen

The Delaware Senate of the Gen.
eral Assembly confirmed II of Gov.
Richard C. McMullen's appoint
ments late Monday afternoon and
rejected eight in their one day ses-
sion. Those confirmed were Paul
Leahy, Lewes, as a member of the
Unemployment Compensation Com
mission; Cornelia H. Taylor, Dover,
state librarian; William d. Ennis,
near Smyrna, state oyster revenue
collector; Joseph S. Hamilton and
William Smith, members of State
Board of Housing; E. Ennalis Berl,
trustee of the University of Dela-
ware, and Magistrates E. E. Woot-
en-. Vernon B. McCabe, David A.
Waxman, John E. McNabb, Irving
B. Hart, r. w. Crook. Among
those rejected was Randolph
Hughes, secretary and nephew of
u. S. Senator James H. Hughes,
who had been named to the office
Of State Banking Commissioner.
The other reflections included Con-
stable Charles McGrory, Mag
istrates Edwin w. Hutchison, Lew
is J. Carey, Thomas w. Moore,
William R. Webb. John B. Furman,
and w. Truxton Boyce. Secretary
of State Josiah Marvel, Jr., pre-
sented the names William Virden,
Dover, and John A Hastings,
Blades, as appointees of Governor
McMullen to offices of Justice of
Peace to the Senate Monday after
CONTINUED on Page Ffve)
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
TWOHURT WHEN
AUTOS CRASH
Charles Ramsey and Marshall
Whaley of Phoenixville,
Pennsylvania, Hurt
JUST NORTH OF SMYRNA

Two persons were injured in an
automobile crash Saturday on the
boulevard north of Smyrna. An
thany Golub of Philadelphia charg
ed that a car driven by Leroy L.
Friday of Phoenixville, Pa, crash
ed into the rear of his machine
when he slowed up. Charles Ram
sey, 72, Phoenixvile, suffered a pos
sible fracture of the hip and Mar
shall Whaley, 20, also of Phoenix
vile, was cut about the face. Both
were passengers in the Friday car.
Both drivers were held on assault
and battery charges by Magistrate
E. w. Hutchinson of Smyrna.
Three accidents were reported in
the Milford section Saturday. Will
lis Mitchell of Ocean View was cut
and bruised when he lost control
of his car, the machine crashing
into a pole and catching afire on
the Milford Slaughter Beach road.
The Carlisle Fire Company extin-
guished the blaze. Archie Jones,
Milford, was arrested on a drunken
driving charge following a collision
between his car and on driven by
Ernest Pettyjohn of Glendale in
Milford. No one was injured. Ma
chimes driven by Alvin Taylor, Mil
ford, and H. L. Meyer, Wilmington,
collided on Second street, Milford.
Mrs. Meyer was cut and bruised
and suffered from shock. There
was no police action in the case.
Smyrna times., 1939-08-17
GIRL is KILLED
USING CLEANER
Ruth Ann LOfland, 15-Year-
Old Daughter of j. S. LOf-
land Found Dead
BY VACUUM SWEEPER

A 15-year-old girl was electro
cuted by short circuit in an cleo
trio vacuum cleaner in the front
parlor of her home at Milford Fri
day afternoon. The girl is Ruth
Ann Lofiand, sophomore at Mil
ford high school, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S. Lof1and, of
East Second and Montgomery
streets, Milford The girls body
was found by her mother lying on
top the vacuum cleaner. There
were burns on her leg, arm and
neck. The two had just finished
luncheon and Ruth had gone into
the parlor to clean while her moth
er remained in the kitchen. The
mother, Mrs. Ruth Lof1and, sum-
moned DR.. o. V. James, who pro-
nounced the child dead Mrs. Lof-
land tainted and was unconscious
for some time. She has been in
poor health for long period and
is now under the doctors care. Mr..
Lofand, who is a funeral director,
could not be located at the time
his daughters body was discover
ed, and Mrs. Lof1and called the
Carlisle fire company, of which he
is a member. The fire siren was
sounded to sumomn the father and
inform him of the gruesome It'd
ings. Coroner Lathbury was sum-
moned and made an investigation
of the circumstances. He declared
he was satisfied the death had been
caused by a short circuit Ruth
had evidently been cleaning behind
a sofa when the accident occurred.
No inquest is necessary in the case,
the coroner said. Mrs. Lof1and and
Ruth were alone in the house at
the time of the accident. The
mothers condition was reported to
be slightly improved Ruth was an
attractive young brunette, dark
complexioned and quite popular
with her classmates at Milford
high school. A younger brother,
Joseph Jr., survives the girl in ad-
dition to her parents.