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The Omaha guide., 1939-02-11
O ANGELES
CAVALCADE
By Gypsy Payton

1oS AlikCiCss AhC City III
area in the country (400 square
miles) and fourth in population.
One Of the most beautiful cities
in the world
Los Angeles, the Beautiful Sit
uated on a broad plain sloping to-
ward the Pacific Ocean. With its
miles of ocean front, its magni-
fieent bathing beaches, its beau
tiful parks, miles of hills, noun
tains and nearby desserts. This
city, between the mountain and
the sea, embraces thus a region
of diversified terrain, in a setting
of palms and orange trees, shrub
berry, and flowers. The city in
which one might pick flowers from
her own garden, and within a few
miles go for an outdoor swim or
to snow-clad mountains for WIN
ter sports.
With its vast acreage of fertile
soil, its walnut and date ranches.
And a broad belt to the east of
Los Angeles is the greatest citric
fruit growing tract | nthe world,
which is one of the prime reasons
for the astounding development
of the city.
Has Large and Efficient Chamber
of Commerce
Los Angeles has a Chamber of
Commerce reputed to be the larg-
est and most efficient in the land,
occupying a handsome building of
its own with information headquar-
tiers, where each year thousands of
visitors are greeted, RECALLED with
illustrated lectures gratis, on
scenic allurements and economic
opportunity, and convinced with
colorful exhibits which review the
productiveness of Southern Califor-
MIA. This Southwestern metropolis
is so wildly publicized by her
Chamber of Commerce that many
tourists remain; some return later
to make their homes. This orgina-
ton spares no words in describing
tho climate, which is ideal with
tho exception of it's daily variable
temperature, and its frequent fogs,
mornings and nights. The nights
usually so foggy that the moon
looks like a ghostly galleon tossed
upon cloudy seas
Los Angeles. With her brightly
colered architecture of which she
boasts of being the most beautiful
in the country.
Where streets are congested
with automobiles. Where more au-
tomobile accidents occur than in
any other city in the world. The
reason is that there are more auto
mobiles here than in city in the
world.
Los Angeles has over sixty
communities which are suburbs
amid thickly settled orchard re-
gions, devoted mainly to orange
and walnut culture.
A Villagefied City
It is not cosmopolitan, this city
of the angels. For q cosmopolitan
city is universal, and with all the
backbone crudities and little pro-
vincial quirks ironed out. Los An
geles is villagefied. The people
are still back home people, lacking
the poise and dignity of true cos
mopolites.
Although in Los Angeles one
might meet people from all corn
ers of the world, most of the for-l
eign people are found in small.
quantities, and mostly in Holly
wood. With the exception of Mexi-
cans, Chinese, and Japanese. There
are not enough foreigners to have
their foreign colonies as they have
in cosmopolitan cities-like New
York's little Italy, Greek Colony,
Ghetto. etc.
TRara In hnwaver. an AmAricani-
The Omaha guide., 1939-02-11
Legal Notices

Atty. Ray l.. Williams Room One
Tuchman Building at oath & Lake
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska.
In the matter of the estate of
Robert Martin, deceased:
All persons interested in said
matter are hereby notified that
on the 4th day of January 1889,
Noah Thomas filed a petition an
said County Court praying that his
final administration account filed
herein be settled and allowed, and
that he be discharged from his
hearing will be had on said petition
trust as administrator and that a
before said Court on the 4th day OF
February 1889, and that if you fail
to appear before said Court on
the said 4th day Of February 1889
at 9 o'clock A. NJ, and contest
said petition, the Court may grant
the prayer of said petition, enter
a decree of heirship, and make such
other and further orders, allow
other and further orders, allow
ances and degrees al to this Court
may seem proper, to the end that
all matters pertaining TO said es-
tate may be finally settled and de-
termined.
Begin 1919
Ending 2-11-39
Bryce Crawford,
County Judge
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13
ROTARY CLUBS
WEEKLY MEET
Rev. F. M. Barton, Rector of
St. Peters Church, Smyrna
Gives Easter Talk
FATHER & SON BANQUET

At the weekly meeting of the
Smyrna Rotary Club, held at the
Wayside Inn on Thursday night,
the program was in charge of Har-
vey C. Jones, a member of the pro
gram committee. Mr.. Jones intro
duced a fellow Rotarian as the
speaker of the evening. Rotarian
Frederick Marx Barton spoke on
What Easter Means to the Chris
tian." Life would be unbearable
if we did not believe in life be-
yond the grave" said DIR. Barton.
1t is then that the Christian sees
in the Easter season a reaffirming
of his belief and hope of a life
everlasting, as exemplified by the
Creator. Mr.. Jones announced that
the meeting next week would be
in the nature of a Father and Son
and urged that each Ro-
tartan bring a boy.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13
$500 PIN BALL MACHINE TAX
Was Voted in Lower House of Del
aware Legislature on Tuesday

A bill to levy S5 tax on pin
ball machines for new revenues to
the state went to the Senate from
the House Tuesday. The House
passed the measure by a vote of
80 to 5, specifying the license
would be revoked if the machines
are used for gambling or other
illegal purposes. A tax of 81 is
also levied on each vending ma
chine, with holders of mercantile
licenses exempted from the tax.
The bill provides for a license of
$40 on music machines, with an
extra So for each additional ma
chine; $40 license on coat and
towel supply houses which now
pay no levy; $3.50 license for an
entertainment agent, and reduces
the floor show license from S100
to S25. The Senate is expected to
okey.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13
P.O. SITE FIGHT
MIDDLETOWN
Club Women Lead Faction
Opposed to Hiding the
Old Academy
ACADEMY A LANDMARK

Club women at Middletown have
obtained 500 signatures to a petit
ton being circulated in battle to
prevent construction of a new
postofice on site that would OBJ
scure one Of the towns most cher
ished landmarks, the Old Acad-
emy. The New Century Club,
sponsor of the movement to pre-
vent use of the academy grounds
for the projected $4,000 postof-
flee, has invited other residents to
attend conference with the Town
Council and the Academy Board of
Trustees. Protests at selection of
the site will be lodged by the New
Century Club with the two bodies
at this meeting. The federal gov
ernment already has approved con-
struction of the postoffice and has
entered negotiations to buy the
front portion of the grounds which
surround the academy, erected in
1928 with proceeds from two big
lotteries. Government inspectors,
it is understood, are holding up
final approval of the site pending
the outcome of the protest move
ment. The three-story yellow brick
academy building with its familiar
belfry would be left untouched in
construction of the postoffice, and
would be reached by a new drive
way. But a view of its facade
from the street would be blocked
by the new building. The Old
Academy, now used mainly for
Boy Scout meetings, church ser
vices, and clinics of the State
Board of Health, originally was a
private school. Later it was taken
over from the trustees for use as
a public school. Upon erection of
the new Middletown school and its
opening in 1929, the old building
was turned back to the trustees,
who are required to operate the
building for non-commercial pur-
poses.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13
MOTOR BUREAU
ACT is NOW LAW
Transfer Motor Vehicle Force
of Secretary of State to
Highway Department
TO ORGANIZE MAY 1ST

The State Motor Vehicle Depart
ment, heretofore under the juris-
diction of the Secretary of State,
is now a division of the State
Highway Department. The bill
authorizing the transfer became a
law Tuesday afternoon when
Speaker Frank R. Zebley attached
his signature to it. Previously We
toed by Gov. Richard c. McMullen,
it was repassed by the House Mon
day and by the Senate Tuesday af-
ternoon. AS the new highway
commission cannot meet for or
ganization until after May /, this
year, it is not thought there will
be any changes in the motor We
hicle department until that time.
The bill authorizes the commission
to appoint a motor vehicle COM
missioner who will be the ex-
ecutive head of the department. It
is anticipated changes in the de-
partment will mean the removal of
many Democrats appointed when
the office of Secretary of State
passed into control of the Demo
Gratis two years ago. Before the
bill was passed by the Senate
Tuesday afternoon George Dono-
hoe of Wilmington was allowed the
privilege of the floor and spoke
against it.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13
RECALL CAFE
FIRE IN SMYRNA
William VennetsanOs, After
Months in Hospital, Ar
rested on Charge
CONFESSES TO ARSON

The mysterious origin of the fire
which destroyed the Smyrna Cafe
on the dupont Boulevard between
Commerce and South streets, Sep
tember 29, was solved Friday ac-
cording to state police, with the
arrest of William Vennetsanos,
proprietor of the cafe, on a charge
of arson. The latter who nearly
lost his life, was laid up in the
Kent General Hospital at Dover
for months, was only recently re
leased. The arrest was made by
State Police Sergt. Daniel F. Sui
livan, Dover Station, and State
Detective Leslie F. Rentz of Kent
County, who made an investiga-
tion. Thomas ]. Herlihy, Jr., dep
uty attorney general for New Cas-
tie County, who is prosecuting the
case in the absence of William j.
Storey, deputy attorney general
for Kent County, said a signed
confession to arson was obtained
from Vennetsanos. Vennetsanos
and former employe here, George
Logatos of Lebanon, N. H, arrest
ed there as a material witness
through the cooperation of New
Hampshire police, was arraigned
before Magistrate John P. LeFevre
at Dover Saturday. Logatos waiv-
ed extradition. Sergeant Sullivan
and Detective Rentz said they re-
ceived information recently that
Vennetsanos had obtained two pro-
fessional torches" from Lowell,
Mass, through Logatos. One of
the alleged torches" Theodore
Rettas, was seriously burned in the
fire when materials used to set the
blaze exploded prematurely, au-
thorities said. He died, October
10, 1888, as a result of the burns.
The other alleged torch" is still
sought. Vennetsanos, himself, suf-
fered burns about the head and
hand, before he was able to flee
the cafe the morning of the fire,
police said. Witnesses living in
the neighborhood told police they
saw three men run from the cafe
following an explosion which pre-
ceded the blaze. 1t was this ac-
tion which caused Sergeant Sulli-
van and State Detective Rentz to
launch an investigation. The cafe
was insured for $1,000. Mr.. Her
lihy said. Penalty for conviction
on a charge of arson is two to 20
years Imprisonment.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13

Work was started Monday morn
ing on the construction of a sec
tion of the road between Kirkwood
and Summit Bridge, across the
former Lum's Pond. The new
road, to be 1.58 miles long and 22-
foot-wide concrete, it is expected
will be completed in about eight
weeks if weather permits. 1t VIII
bear the brunt of the north ana
south Delaware traffic until the st.
Georges bridge is replaced. The
new road will cut approximately
three miles off the present detour
by way of Glasgow. George and
Lynch are contractors on the job
at a contract price of s2s,347. The
new section of the road between
Kirkwood and Summit Bridge Will
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13
LEGISLATURE NEARING END
Most Ready to Adjourn Maybe by
Tomorrow Night

Several leaders in both houses
of the General Assembly said the
legislative calendars would be
cleared by Friday night. Others
said the matter rests entirely with
the Senate. They pointed out the
House could be ready to wind up
business on the calendar by Fri
day night, but were not 80 sure
of the Senate" 1t all depends,
they said, on whether or not start
ing with today the upper chamber
gets down to work and disposes of
a large number of bills on the cal
endar, most of which have been re-
ported out. Among these are a
large number of House bills. 1t is
intimated that bills passed during
this week will be held until just
before adjournment Friday and
then the entire batch sent to the
Governor at one time. If this is
done the two houses would adjourn
for 10 days and return to act en-
any measures the Governor may
have vetoed.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13
HIGHWAY DEPT.
MEETS IN DOVER
Appoints Four Auto Inspec-
tors, 2 Republicans and
2 Democrats
OTHER BUSINESS OF DAY

Four automobile inspectors, two
Republicans and two Democrats,
were appointed by the State High
way Commission last Thursday.
They are: Republicans, Alex. Abra-
hams, Wilmington, and James
Cannon, Milford, and Democrats,
Edward McKalyenski, Wilmington,
and Edward B. Slaughter, Dover.
]. Rogers Holcomb, secretary of
the commission, said the inspec-
tors salaries will be paid out of
highway funds until July /. The
commission decided to advertise
for bids to supply summer uni
forms for the state police force so
the uniforms will be ready by Me
mortal Day. Robert ]. Mccormick
of the Mccormick transportation
Company, Wilmington, conferred
with the commission on a proposal
to increase the maximum allow
ances for axle loads and gross
loads of trucks above the present
$4,000 and 10000 pounds, respec-
lively. He was told the commits
sion did not oppose Incorporating
into law its present regulation per-
mitting five per cent tolerance"
on truck weights, but would op-
pose increasing the maximum al
lowances. Matthews Bros, Inc,
and the A. B. Rothacker Furniture
Co, Wilmington; the Wilkinson
Equipment Supply Company, Phil
adelphia, and the Eastman Kodak
Company were found to be low
bidders on equipmnt and supplies
for the new state police headquart-
ers, State Road, and the Bridge
vile police station. Proposed con-
tracts will be submitted to the
Public Works Administration. Pri-
vate George Grotz of the state po-
lice was granted a three months
leave of absence to take a position
with the National Safety Council.
Chicago. However, it is expected
he will remain permanently with
the council. Commission members
present were F. v. DUPONT, A.
Frank Fader, ]. Henry Hazel, and
Charles w. Cullen.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Ernest Davis, Prominent Farmer
Died Suddenly Monday

Ernest Davis, aged SO, promin-
ent farmer of Kenton Hundred,
died suddenly Monday afternoon at
his farm residence near Clayton.
He had suffered a nervous break
down and though he kept going
had not been in good health for
two years. The death of Mr.. Davis
removes one of the community's
most progressive farmers. He
was the son of George T. and
Mary (Shorts) Davis of Kenton.
His father, now in his sos, is re-
tired and living at Kenton. Ernest
Davis was born, raised and spent
practically his whole life in Ken
ton Hundred and except for a brief
time in the mercantile business,
had devoted his life to farming.
Frugal and industrious he attend
ed strictly to business. He was a
man devoted to his home and was a
good husband and father. He mar
ried 33 years ago Miss Daisy r..
Mills of near Kenton who survives
him with three daughters: Mrs.
Edward L. Bader, New Castle;
Mrs. Ralph K. Stevenson, Will
mington and Mrs. ]. Frank Robin
son, Smyrna. He is also survived
by two sisters, Mrs. Herbert
Knots and Mrs. Hirons Pippin,
both of Templeville, Md, and three
brothers, Gilbert Davis, Kenton;
John Davis, Templeville, Md, and
Herbert Davis, Millville, N. J.
Three granddaughters also survive.
Funeral will take place at IL
o'clock this morning from his late
residence in charge of Rev. Benja-
min Cubbage of Wyoming, pastor
of Brynzion Baptist Church near
Kenton of which Mr.. Davis was a
member and interment will be
made in the Brynzion Churchyard.
Death of Harry Collins, Smyrna
Harry Collins, Smyrna, for years
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13
TERM OF
KENT COURTS
Will Convene at Dover Mon
day of Next Week,
the Seventeenth
% DIVORCE CASES

Twenty-Five divorce cases are
listed for action at the April term
of the Kent County Courts, which
convenes at Dover, Monday next,
April 18th. Chief Justice Layton
and Associate Judges Terry and
Richards will be on the bench. Of
the divorce cases on the trial list,
twenty-five are listed for argu-
ment and seven for final DEGREES.
Twelve OF the cases listed for arg
ument have been continued from
previous terms of court. Action
on the remaining ten cases will be
started at the April term. New
divorces listed for argument are
Neil c. Bailey VS.. Mildred Bailey;
Sophia M. Shockley VS.. Wesley
Shockley; Mary Langrell Brown
VS.. Wilbur Preston Brown; Alice
E. Tull VS.. Samuel Ellis Tull;
George Edward Knowles VS.. Julia
Mitchell Knowles; Annie Bailey
Houston VS.. Casteele Houston;
Marvin w. Cole VS.. Nettie M. Cole;
Sara Elizabeth knight VS.. Leroy
Charles Knight; Cornelius A.Tilgh-
man VS.. Mary Louise Tilghman;
John Draper VS.. Nina B. Draper.
Divorce cases listed for argument
that have been continued from
previous terms of court are Ed
ward Wyatt VS.. Helen H. Wyatt;
James McClements VS.. Jennie M.
McClements; Ernest Hammond vs..
Dorothy P. Hammond (for deci-
sion); John A. Williams VS.. Willie
Eason Williams; Carroll Brown VS..
Mary B. Brown. Beatrice A.
Price VS.. Kenneth S. Price; Agnes
Hilda Phillips VS.. John Henry Phil
lips; Jane Harrington Harrison VS..
Alfred B. Harrison, Jr.; Homer
Purnell Anderson VS.. Alberta
Kircher Anderson; Fanny Wen
gard VS.. Jacob I. Wengard; Lii
Iian E. Ross VS.. Charles E. Ross;
Carl Carney VS.. Elsie Carney. Di-
vorce cases listed for final DEGREES
are Mack Wilson Butler VS.. Ethel
Mary Butler; Etzell c. Riddagh
VS.. George P. Riddagh; Martin
Francis Coulbourn VS.. Sadie Ro-
setta Coulbourn; Iona C.-Greene
VS.. Victor c. D. Greene; Ethel
Masten Kenton VS.. Samuel Ken
ton; Bertha L. Alden VS.. Wesley A.
Eden; Oliver H Melvin VS.. Laura
A Melvin.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13
r. r.. GATE AT MIDDLETOWN
'Frogtown" Crossing Has New
Time Safety Device Working

The automatic bouncing high
way gates on the "Frogtown"
crossing of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, north of Middletown, second
installation of the new type of
safety crossing gates in the coun-
try, went into operation Tuesday
morning. The only other installa-
tion of these particular types Of
gates is at Pocomoke City, Md.
The gates are provided for by the
federal government with railroad
cooperation as part of nation
wide campaign to improve railroad
crossings. The cost of the set at
Middletown is approximately S12,-
500. 1t is claimed the gates can
be struck by car going as fast
as so miles an hour without fatal
results. If a car is caught be-
tween gates, it can push on
through. The gate it strikes from
the inside will give way and per-
NIT it to leave the tracks.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13
HIGHWAY WORK TO CUT THREE
MILES OFF ST. GEORGES DETOUR

replace that section of the con-
crete highway which was covered
over by mud dredged from the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
while it was being enlarged. Lum's
Pond and surrounding area was
used as a "fill' section for the
mud. The federal government is
providing most of the money for
the construction of the new road,
although the state is also making
some additional improvements.
Bayard A. Vandegrift, New Castle
County division engineer for the
State Highway Department, said
the department is anxious to have
the new road completed before
summer to make shorter detour
around st. Georges.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13
STRAWBERRIES MENACED
Two New Diseases Added to Those
the Grower Contends With

Delaware's strawberry business,
which adds approximately S625, 900
to the states farm income each
year, is seriously threatened by
two new diseases, red core or red
stele and strawberry crown and
root nematodes. This warning was
issued last week by DR.. K. j..
Kadow, associate plant pathologist
at University of Delaware and
plant pathologist for the State
Board of Agriculture. DR.. Kadow
said that strawberry growers
should be "emphatically warned"
not to set any new paintings of
with plants from old
beds, either their own or their
neighbors, until the old beds had
been inspected and passed by rep
resentatives of the State Board of
Agriculture, if they are to avoid
losses from these disease. Red
core or red stele disease may be
recognized by a red core in the
roots of infected plants, he ex-
(Continued on PAGE Fivel
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13
KENT PROGRAM
FOR 1899 AAA
Signatures of Farmers Being
Secured For Wheat and
Truck Acreage
RE. WILSON COOPERATES

For the past several weeks dis
trict committeeman and field su-
pervisors have been contracting the
farmers in Kent county for the
purpose of explaining the 1889 ag-
ricultural conservation program,
and securing the signatures of ten
ants and landlords on farm plans
and applications for wheat acreage
adjustment in connection with the
1889 crop. T his work is being di-
rected by the county committee
consisting of R. Harry Wilson, II.
Clifford Clark and Laurence E.
Cain, and acreage allotments in
cluding wheat and all truck crops,
with the exception of cannery peas
and sweet corn, ae under the jurfs-
diction of this committee. Assist
ance with this farm program is be-
ing given by H. o. Stelzer, state
executive officer of the University
of Delaware, who has supervision
of this conservation program thru
out the state as a representative
of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration. Preparatory to
contracting the farmers in this
county, these district committee
men were called in for a confer
ence with members of the county
committee, at which time the farr1
plans and wheat applications were
discussed in detail. AS secretary
of the Kent County Agricultural
Conservation Association, County
Agent Russell E. Wilson is coop
Grating with these committeeman
and field supervisors in the educa-
tional phases of this farm pro-
gram, and has supervision OF all
expenses and county budgets.
Within the past month the county
committee has received a number
of applications from farmers re-
ouesting an increase in their 1889
truck crop and vegetable acreage,
but it may be impossible to grant
all of these requests, however, as
only a certain acreage of these
crops has been allocated to each
county in the United States on the
basis of the average acreage for
the years 1886 and 1887. There is
no acreage reduction required with
reference to these crops, as is the
case with wheat, and a farmer
may plant up to 8 acres of truck
crops without coming under the
allotment program. These allot-
ments exclude all truck crops and
vegetables that are grown for
home use. For complying with
these allotments certain payments
will be made by the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration, and
definite penalties will be attached
for excess acreages of either wheat
or truck crops found to exist when
these farms are checked for COM
pliance this year.
Smyrna times., 1939-04-13
SMYRNA 10Th
CENTURY CLUB
American Homes Day Pro-
gram to Be Given To-
morrow Afternoon
RECEPTION ROOM READY

Friday will be American Homes
Day at the Twentieth Century
Club of Smyrna. Mrs. Joseph w.
Ennis, who is Kent County chair
man of this department in the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs, will be in charge OF the
program. She will introduce the
speakers who will speak on var
ious phases of the subject as a
special feature of the day. Tea
will be served in the newly-furn-
ished reception room. Members
of the committee in charge of re-
furnishing are Mrs. Alfred Thigh
man, chairman, Mrs. George Scout,
Mrs. George Carter, Mrs. Homer
Smith. There will also be a food
exchange in which all members
are invited to participate.