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Evening star., 1939-08-17
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brother, Justice Max Kuhn of the
German Supreme Sourt, had any
thing to do with his gaining the
leadership of the German American
Bund.
Protests Cut Short.
Mr.. Kuhn was ordered to answer
a question of this nature after Chair
man Dies had cut short the wit
ness vigorous protests that internal
affairs of Germany could have no
connection with bund activities in
this country.
When the bund leader baked
several times at answering yes" or
mo- to queries by Mr.. Whitley,
Representative Thomas shouted:
Mr.. Chairman, this witness is
unruly, evasive and making every
attempt to evade these questions
I want the witness to answer the
questions"
Chairman Dies, cigar in mouth,
pounded on the table with heavy
gavel and the stocky witness shouted
through the din:
Il asked you to get fair questions
here. What has the Supreme Court
OF Germany to do with un-American
activities?"
The committee had recalled Mr.
Kuhn to the stand today for fur
ther information about the policies
OF the Bund, which he has headed
since it's formation.
Alludes to Trip in 1896.
Alluding to trip which Mr.. Kuhn
and other Bund officials made tc
Germany in 1886, Mr.. Whitley
brought up the fact Mr.. Kuhn hao
headed a subscription drive which
raised $4,000 in this country for Ger
man winter relief. The witness
had testified that he delivered this
money in person to Adolf Hitler.
why didn't you take the $4,000
and help the unemployed in your
own organization?" Mr.. Whitley
asked.
Mr.. Kuhn explained that the
money was collected as a contribu-
ton to the German relief fund and
could not be used for anything else.
When Mr.. Whitley shifted his line
OF questioning to inquire about the
witness brothers position on the
German court, Mr.. Kuhn appealed
to Chairman Dies.
DO I have to answer questions
which belong to Germany and not
the United States?' he asked ex-
citedly, his voice shrill.
Mr.. Dies said he could be required
to answer any question pertinent
to the investigation. Then Mr.. Whit
Evening star., 1939-08-17
A. F. l. Asks Restoration
Of Prevailing Wage
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. IT.
President Roosevelt had before
him today a request from the Amer
ican Federation of Labor to re-estap-
lish the prevailing wage" scale for
skilled Works Projects Administra-
ton workers.
The federation's Executive Council
informed the President yesterday
that he had power, under section
15-B, of the Woodrum "13O-hour'
law to order payment of prevailing
union wages on projects started be-
fore July /. Many w. P. A. prof.
ects have been tied up by striking
A. F.. L. craftsmen.
Invocation of the section, the
council said, would remedy the
present chaotic situation imme-
diately."
Evening star., 1939-08-17
Mexico Offers Three
Plans for Settlement
OF Oil Claims
Ambassador Declares
His Country Is Ready
To Make Just Payment
By the Associated press

By the Associated Press.
The Mexican government has
offered three plans for settlement Of
claims growing out of the expropria-
ton Of American oil properties In
March, 1888.
DR.. Francisco Castillo Najera,
Mexican Ambassador, said last night
the proposals were:
Collaboration between the Mexican
government and the company in the
exploitation of the properties; pay
ment in oil taken from the seized
wells, or fair cash compensation
after an appraisal in which the
companies representatives would
participate.
The Ambassador said the joint op-
GRAFTON would be under a long-term
contract which would specify the
proportion of earnings for each
party. The companies have ex-
pressed a willingness for such a
settlement, but have insisted that
control rest in their hands.
DR.. Castillo Najera, in a formal
| statement, said his country was will
ing to make "just and effective pay
ment OF compensation" for the prop
critics.
Disagree on Value.
The companies have contended the
seized properties are worth between
$50, 100000 and 100000, 900. Mexi-
can officials have insisted, however,
that the value is considerably less.
In case an agreement were reached
for joint operation, the Ambassador
told a questioner at his press con-
ference, Mexico would be willing to
grant the companies a minority
representation on a board of direc-
tors which would control the prop
critics.
The government of Mexico he
said In his statement, lin an en-
deaVor to reach a mutually salts
factory settlement, has offered the
companies a plan of collaboration
for the exploitation of the expro-
prlated fields; under this plan, a
long-term contract would determine
the proportion of earnings to be
received by both parties. These
proposals were handed to Mr.. Rich
berg on August 2, 1889"
This reference was to the Ambas-
sadors last conference with Donald
R. Richberg. attorney for major
oil companies whose properties were
seized.
Proposed Payment.
Regarding proposed payment in
oil, the Ambassador statement said
The Mexican government is will
ing. should the companies prefer,
to deliver to them the oil for export,
including the oil produced as a re-
suit of investments made by the
government prior to the expropria-
ton, granting the companies a dis
count that will enable them to amor
tie the capital invested and also
obtain reasonable profit"
Before seizing the properties which
American. Dutch and British hold
ers valued at $4OO, 900 900, the Mexi-
can government already owned some
wells whose production was far less
than that of the foreign companies
Evening star., 1939-08-17

crate to advance their common
cause"
Indications were members of some
of these groups would be called be-
fore the committee after Mr.. Kuhn
and his aides in the bund have been
questioned.
Mr.. Kuhn, talking with neWspa-
permen after yesterdays hearing,
said his examination had been very
fair" aside from clash with Rep
resentative Starnes, in which the
two nearly came to blows.
Reich Connection Denied.
Representative Starnes, lieuten-
ant in France in 1918, drew an out
burst from the witness, a machine
gunner on the other side of the lines,
when he asked:
What connection have you with
the German government?"
Absolutely no connection what
soever," replied Mr.. Kuhn, who had
been impassive and excited by turn
during earlier questioning.
1oll MI 11ltleI dSdulSl IIle OOI1l.
munists?" Mr.. Starnes continued.
Aren't you against Communists"
countered the witness.
Isn't Mr.. Hitler anti-Semitic?"
Aren't YOU"
Representative Starnes clenched
his fists, then with a gesture inter-
rupted a torrent of German and
English, and inquired:
Are not the aims of your organi-
zation identical with the aims of
the National Socialist (NazD organi-
zation headed by Mr.. Hitler?"
That's an absolute lie, fiat lie
Mr.. Kuhn sputtered.
Representative Starnes, his face
flushed, plunged through a crowded
row of photographers and reporters
toward the witness chair, then sud-
denly stopped.
Don't call me liar" he shouted
BY that time big policeman jumped
between him and the witness. The
committee member returned to his
place
When quiet had been restored Mr..
Kuhn declared there was no con-
nection between the present German
government and the American Bund
and said he was against NaI-ism for
the United States. He said, however,
he had visited Hitler and admired
him.
Evening star., 1939-08-17
Divine Says ANGELS
Can Have ANYTHING

NEW YORK, Aug. II (R.-Father
Divine said today his angels could
have the 700-acre Vanderbilt estate
at Hyde Park even if Mrs. Margaret
Louise Van Allen of Newport, r. l.,
its owner, has refused to sell 1t to
the Harlem Negro cult.
'The earth is the Lords, and the
fullness thereof" he said, "and not
anything can prohibit my followers
from getting and owning anything
they desire"
Evening star., 1939-08-17

ley asked how many judges there
were on the German court and the
witness shouted:
What does un-American activi-
ties have to do with how many judges
are on the German Supreme Court?"
DO you answer that question or
not?" demanded Chairman Dies, his
gavel batting tattoo.
Kuhn Finally Replies.
Mr.. Kuhn finally replied that there
were nine and added in reply to
another question that his brother
had been appointed to the court
since Hitler came into power.
Earlier the witness told the COM
mittee he favored organizing what
he called patriotic" groups into a
united front Mr. Whitley char
acterized these groups as Fascist
organizations.
Mr.. Whitley took his questioning
back to reference the witness made
yesterday to meeting of 40 persons
at the home of Mrs. Rudyard Uzzell
at Jamaica, Long Island.
Replying. Mr.. Kuhn said he had
made no address, but was introduced
and said few words.
will you give us the gist of your
remarks?' Mr. Whitley asked.
Il was saying that I absolutely
agreed 100 per cent to the speech
Gen. Moseley made and that I was
glad to be there" the Bund leader
replied.
Mr.. Kuhn said Maj. Gen. George
Van Horn Moseley. U. S. A., retired
spoke on conditions in the United
States"
No Talk of United Front"
i Formation of a united 'front.'" he
| testified, was not discussed at the
Jamaica gathering. He added that
although he had met several persons
he could not recall who they were.
You have a very poor memory
for names,' observed Mr.. Whitley
rs that question or speech?"
asked Mr.. Kuhn.
That's comment" Mr.. Whitley
smiled.
Chairman Dies then returned the
witness to discussion of the
20. D." or orderly division of the
bund.
Reading from Hitler's book. 'Mein
Kampf," and substituting "bund"
for storm detachments," Mr.. Dies
asked if the statement of functions
and purpose of the o. D. was not the
same as the storm detachments.
Mr.. Kuhn replied affirmatively, ex-
cept tor portion relating to secrecy.
He said there was no secrecy about
the bund.
You patterned your o. D. after
the storm detachments, then" Mr..
Dies inquired.
No, it is not" Mr.. Kuhn shot
back.
Where could you have gotten
the idea for the o. D. except from
the storm detachments in Ger
many?"
From my own experience" de-
clared Mr.. Kuhn confidently.
Copy of Receipt Shown.
Representative Starnes exhibited
a Photographic copy of a receipt
which the witness confirmed had
been issued by the bund for a con-
tribution made in April, 1887.
Recalling that Mr.. Kuhn had said
yesterday the bund was formed in
1896, Representative Starnes asked
what was meant on the receipt by
the words I'm the fifth year of our
battle"
Mr.. Kuhn replied that it meant
the fifth year of the movement to
unite Germans in America.
TheNGerman element was perse-
cuted by newspapers and some GER
tain classes" he said.
Asked to be specific, he mentioned
the Communist movement" and
the "Non-Sectarian League"
Before Mr.. Kuhn resumed his
testimony this morning, one COM
mittee member told reporters:
There is an interlocking setup by
which certain organizations reprint
each others propaganda, support
each others meetings, and COOP
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
Weed Niles Wedding June %

Mrs. Dudley S. Wood, of Will
mington, has issued invitations for
the wedding of her daughter, Miss
Dorothea K. Wood, to Mr.. Jerome
D. Niles, Jr., son of DR.. and Mrs.
Jerome D. Niles, of Townsend. The
wedding will take place at 4 o'clock
Wednesday, June 28th, in Christ
Church, Christiana Hundred. The
Rev. Joseph Wod, cousin of the
bride, will officiate, assisted by the
Rev. Frederick 7. Ashton, rector
of Christ Church. Miss Phyllis
Jane Wood will be maid of honor
and her sisters only attendant.
Mr.. John M. Niles, brother of the
bridegroom, will be best man. Mr..
Henry Davis, Jr., and Mr.. L. Scott
Maloney, will be ushers. A recep-
tion will follow the ceremony at
the Concord Country Club. Sever
al parties are being planned in
honor of the bride-to-be.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22

IL, Mrs. Vogel, teacher Mary An
drew.
Promoted from Grade to Grade
10, Mrs. Harrington, teacher Mil
dred Bartlett, Harry Beck, Shirley
Blechman, George Davis, Robert
Deakyne, Earl Ely, Hazel Gruwell
Edith Johnson, Carlene Jones,
Frances Melvin, Laura Mcfarland
Maria McNatt, Frances Naylor,
Joseph Passwaters, Olga Pavlik
Dorothy Pratt, Marian Pratt, Hell
en- Regenauer, Roy Rogers, Irene
Sapp, Thelma Slaughter, Nelson
Steele, Helen Jane Stevenson
Shirley Sydell, Betty VanPelt
George Wisk.
Promoted from Grade to Grade
10, Miss Start, teacher-C Clarence
Blendt, Lillian Craft, Gertrude Ed
mondson, William Edmondson
Fred Harris, Francis Hawke, Har-
old Hopkins, John Long, Lloyd
Johnson, Charlotte King, Ethel
Leager, Robert Lower, Olive Reed
Alfred Rosengren, Millicent Tig-
ner, Rose Walla.
Promoted from Grade 10 to
Grade IL, Mrs. Lambden, teacher
Allen Alexander, William Bod
ley, Robert Derrickson, Walter
Downes, Raymond Engram, Ran
dolph Faulkner, Harvey Gardner
Edward Hurd, Nelson Slaughter
Guy Swan, Edward Wilson, Faye
Cole, Anita Cooke. Hilda Elburn
Nancy Fox, Betty Graham, Ruth
Hill.
Promoted from Grade 10 to
Grade IL, Miss Marshall, teacher
Wilma Blendt, William Bramble
Mildred Carey, Rose Clayville
Charlotte Everett, Grace Graham
Adeline Hilyard, Pauline Lowman
Louise Nabb, Ruth Nowland, Mil
lard Passwaters, Betty Phillips
Virginia Ragolia, Elmer Ross
Grace Salter, Audrey Wooleyhan.
Promoted from Grade II tC
Grade IL, Mr.. Gebhart, teacher
Ruth Bush, William Carrow, Ellen
Louise Cullen, Mifflin Danes, Maud
Darrell, Dorothy Ennis, William
Hutchison, Thelma Maclary, Viii,
liam MacLucas, Virginia Mood
Hayward Robinson, Helen Shahan
Edward Slaughter, Clinton Wool
eyhan, Harry Cloud, William Ehr-
Itch, M Marie FAIRIES, Clarence
Garis, John Houtman, Charles
Hufschmidt, Florence Little, Louise
Mabrey, Alvin Nickerson, Davis
Numbers, Mary Louise Porter
Vaughn Rash, Ruth Ellen Reihm
Theodore Rohman, Miles Stats
| Matilda Wisk.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
Harrington Girl Married

Mr.. and Mrs. William w. Simp-
son, of Harrington, have announc-
ed the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Marian Colley Simpson, to
William r. Irwin, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Irwin, of Denton,
Md, on Tuesday, June 6, at Valley
Forge, aP. The bride is a gradu-
ate of Harrington High School and
Of the Nurses Training School of
the University of Pennsylvania and
is supervisor of the Milford Mem
orial Hospital. After September i
Mr.. Irwin and his bride will be at
home in Denton, Md.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF SUCCESS

If he hadn't advertised, he could
give good quality one day and poor
quality the next and get by with it.
But when he comes out boldly in
print and advertises, the die is cast,
and he must forever live up to the
highest ideals.
Shrewd men have thought that
they could controvert this law. By
putting quality and good value into
a product and then by advertising
it, they have succeeded in a short
time in building up big business.
And then came temptation.
why maintain all this quality?"
they ask themselves. The public
will never know. Why not cut the
quality but continue the advertising
and clean up? They have tried. But
the public does know quality, is
quick to perceive deception. and
abandons the man or product which
tries to substitute inferiority for hon.
est merchandise.
There is no quicker way to ruin
business than to set up a standard
and then violate it. There is no bet
ter way to build a business than to
set up standard and then live up
to it.
Advertising Is the great setter of
standards in American business life,
and advertised goods are the stand
ards by which You spend your in
come, confident of getting your mon
ey's worth every day.
The man who advertises has as
sumed the responsibility for success.
You'd rather deal with a RESPONSE
BILE man, wouldn't you?
@ Charles B. Roth
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
Marvis WheatIey Wedding

The wedding of Miss Lucille
Marvis, Arlington, Va, and the
Rev. Melvin E. Wheatley, Jr., son
of the Rev. and Mrs. Melvin E.
Wheatley, of Elkton, Md, took
place Thursday in the Metropoli-
ton Methodist Church, Washing
ton. The prospective bridegroom
is pastor of the Methodist Church
at Lincoln. He was graduated
last year from Drew Seminary and
joined the Wilmington Conference.
Both are graduates of the Ameri-
can University, Washington. Miss
Marvis, since her granduation last
year, has taught school.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
Hospital Auxiliary Drive

Additional contributions to Kent
General Hospital Auxiliary drive
are listed as follows: Associate,
S5, Mrs. Henry Ridgely, Mrs. jam
es Satterfield; Active, 81, Mrs.
Karl d. Dorzmack, Mrs. H. H.Han-
son, Mrs. r. G. Stuart; Donation,
Rotary Club, $50; Camden, Active,
Mrs. Burnham Simpson, Mrs.
Adolph Snyder, Mrs. George But
ler, Mrs. Leonard Soper, Mrs.
Charles DUPONT Ridgely, Miss Re-
becca Dunn, Miss Betty HUM
Cooper.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22

NAHE OFTEN say when we dis
wv cuss various things we acquire
that it isn't the original cost that
counts. It is the upkeep. This is
particularly true of success.
The fact is that there is a re-
sponsihility of success which failure
or mediocrity never knows. The
man who is successful, who achieves
in whatever line he may enter, has
an obligation and a responsibility
which requires that he continue to
do his very best.
Especially is this true of business.
To make a brief success of busi-
ness isn't hard. To build a lasting
success requires close application
and fine sense of the obligation
which success implies and demands.
If advertising served no other pur-
pose than to create the obligation
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
ATTENDANCE HONOR ROLL
Made by Pupils of John Bassett
Moore Schools for Year 1938-1939


Honor Roll for Perfect Attend
ance at the John Bassett Moore
High School of Smyrna for the
years 1889 is as follows:
Grade IL, Mr.. King, teacher
Marion Deakyne. Layton Mabrey.
Grade Ill, Mr.. Gebhart, teacher
Carlton King, Edward Slaughter.
Grade 11-2, Mrs. Lamb, teacher
Clarence Garis, Florence Little,
Davis Numbers, Vaughn Rash, Ma
tilda Wisk.
Grade 10-1, Mrs. Lambden,
Harvey Gardner, Ruth
Hill, Edward Hurd.
Grade 1912, Miss Marshall, teach
Mildred Carey, Grace Salter.
Grade 81, Mrs. Vogel, teacher
Dorothy Badur, Clifton Bickling,
Eleanor Burke, Stimson Carrow,
Lewis Conoway, Elizabeth Russell,
Elizabeth Stats.
Grade go, Mrs. Harrington,
teacher Shirley Blechman, Roy
Rogers, Lee Slaughter.
Grade 81, Mr.. Ward, teacher
John Mood, Jeanette Burchard,
Theresa Cox, Betty Jane Ennis,
Dorothy Foxwell, Ruth Garrett,
Betty Newnum.
Grade 80, Miss Filters, teacher
Doris ]. Palmer, William r. Pal
mer, Richard F. Scorah, Robert B.
Scorah, William M. Short, Jean G.
Truax.
Grade IL, Miss Breme, teacher
Rachel Burris, Edward Cahall,
Patricia Carter, Lex FAIRIES, John
Garis, Modal Rowlinson.
Grade 7-2, Mrs. Fearon, teacher
Norman Carter, Betty j. Cook,
Nancy L. Stats, Herman D. Tuck
1 er.
Grade 81, Miss Mathews, teach
er-Robert A. Badur, Ethel Boyles,
Marie Brommer, Eddie Burris,
Leon A. Collins.
Grade 6-2, Mrs. Smith, teacher
Wanda Jenkins, Eleanor Now
land, Catherine Tigner.
Grade 81, Miss VanPelt, teach
er-Kathryn A. Badur, Robert A.
Carrow, Bertha M. Clough, Gar
land c. Collins, Robert T. FAIRIES.
Grade SO, Miss Kaufman,
teacher - Lewis Collins, Gerald
Lamb, Mary Minner, Donald Mood,
Robert Moore.
Grade Al, Miss Scout, teacher
Mabel aBdur, Gilbert Clampitt,
Ruth Swarr.
Grade Az, Miss Adkins, teacher
Doris Nowland, Lois Wade, Joyce
Ann Wilson.
Grade 81, Miss Purnell, teacher
Violet Foraker, Elwod Graham.
Grade 81, Mrs. Postles, teacher
Betty Barnes, Mabel McNatt,
Glenn McNatt, Lawrence Voss,
Leonard Voss.
Grade 2-1, Mrs. Ricards, teacher
ii. Ronald Nowland.
Grade 2-2, Miss Burchard
teacher-William P. Brown, Char
les F. Wade.
Grade 1, Miss Stats, teacher
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know i'm and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

The New Castle County Levy
Court received last week from the
state a check for $4,000 in re-im
bursement for relief expenditures
in this county. The amount was
deposited to the credit of the out
side relief fund.
The 1889 shad fishing season in
the Delaware River has ended Of
ficially. Ordinarily, sad fishermen
turn to sturgeon fishing at the end
of the shad season. This year,
however, there has been no sturg-
con fishing worthy of record.
Work has started on construc-
ton of 1.843 miles of additional
dual highway between Wilmington
and Newark. The section is from
Prices Corner to Limestone Road.
a. Petrillo Company is the con-
tractor with a bid of $181 ,52O.2O.
Nearly 100 Delaware women, en-
rolled in the fourth annual Home
makers Short Course at the Uni
versity of Delaware, are enjoying
sample of college life on the uni
versity campus. The course open
ed Sunday. New Castle County
sent a delegation Of 10, Kent Coun-
ty SO, and 81 are attending from
Sussex.
Delaware City Fire Company,
No. 1, Inc, John w. Spicer, Jr.,
president, is rapidly completing
plans for its annual carnival, June
23rd to July 1st. Wednesday
night, June 2Sth, has been desig-
mated as visiting firemen's night
and the parade Of various compan-
les and their musical organizations
will take place that night.
Wilson Line, Inc, has purchased
the old Reybold wharf at Della
ware City, center and terminal
years ago of important shipping
on the Delaware River, has been
announced by an official of the
company. There are no plans con
templated for the immediate use of
the wharf, located at the foot Of
Clinton Street. The wharf, owned
by H. M. Pierce of Delaware City,
has been used by the latter as
dock for his yachts.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22

OF success 1t would
perform a useful So
cial and economic
act, for advertising
holds up this obliga-
ton of success and
demands that it be
observed constantly.
Whenever a manu-
facturer or a mer-
chant begins to ad-
vertise he sets SELF
imposed standards
on himself. BY these
standards do others
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
Delmarva Tour i'm july

Many persons from the Delmar-
va Peninsula will attend the New
York Worlds Fair during the 5th
Delmarva Tour scheduled for July
IS, 10 and 20, it was announced
this week by the University of
Delaware Agricultural Extension
Service. The 1889 tour, which will
include, besides two days at the
Worlds Fair, a trip up the Hudson
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22
State Fish Hatcheries at Dover

Initial spawning has been placed
under way at the new hatcheries
at Moores Mill Pond, south of Do
yer, by the Board of Game and
Fish Commissioners. Four sun
fish nests" have ben created and
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22

ford high schol were held in the
Piazza Theatre oMnday evening
of last week with 49 graduates.
The valedictory address was given
by Priscil.ar e. Deakyne. The sa-
lutatorian was c. Ray Scarbor-
ough. The speaker of the evening
was Rep. George S. Williams, of
Millsboro.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22

bass nesting" started. Three
rearing ponds will be ready for use
In a few days. Large and small
mouth bass, sunfish and bluegills
will be raised this season. A small
pond is now under construction for
rearing bugs to feed young bass.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22

River to West Point, and a visit to
the United States Military Acad-
emy.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22

judge him. By these standards do
they also classify him.
He has an obligation to live up to
every day thenceforward.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22

Wallace Badur, Margaret Truax,
Marian Voss.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22

40 Milford Seniors Graduate
The thirty ninth annual com
exercises of the Mil.
Smyrna times., 1939-06-22

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