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Evening star., 1940-09-01
RooseveIt,s S Statement
Holiday Message Stresses Importance
Of Labor in Defense Program
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 81
Here is the teTt OF President Roose-
Uelt's Labor Day statement:
Labor Day, which we observe
as national holiday, has for
more than half a century been
the day set aside in recognition
of the millions of wage earners
whose labors have contributed so
largely in making this Nation
what it is today.
This year, embarked as we are
on a necessary program of ma
tional defense, the day calls for
a more than ordinary observ-
ance. 1t demands the dedica-
ton of labor, management, farm
ers and Government to a coms
mon purpose so that this great
democracy, which is our herit-
age, shall be protected and its
continuation be insured for our
children and their children.
AS loyal Americans, always
placing the welfare of the Ma
ton first, we shall, through this
dedication and this cooperation,
carry on successfully the task we
have set in the common interest.
In its accomplishment wage
earners, well aware of the great
economic and social gains they
have made in the last seven years,
may be assured that their con-
tribution will not be at the cost
of lowered labor standards or
impaired social advances.
Recent Gains of Farmers
And Business Cited.
On this Labor Day of 1910 not
only the Nations wage earners,
but farmers and business also,
can look with satisfaction on the
improvement in their lot and
that of our Nation in the last
seven years, largely as a result
OF a far-reaching economic and
social program conceived in
Evening star., 1940-09-01
BorkIey Really
Head Man. of
Senate for Day
BY the Associated Press.

Senator Barkley, Democrat, of
Kentucky was really the head
man" in the Senate yesterday. He
acted as both majority leader and
presiding officer at brief session.
Because most Senators already had
departed for the combined week
end and Labor Day holiday, no at
tempt was made to call for a quo
rum and Senator Barkley opened the
session, usually the duty of Vice
President Garner, who left for Texas
two weeks ago, or Senator Pittman
of Nevada. President pro tempore
who was away.
The Saturday session was held in
order to recess until next Wednes-
day. A rule forbids recessing for
more than three days.
The session was occupied with an
hour speech by Senator Bankhead,
Democrat. of Alabama lauding the
administration farm program.
Evening star., 1940-09-01

democratic principles and dedi-
Gated to the common good.
More than 100000 men and
women have jobs in non-agri-
cultural employment now than
had them in March, 1888, and
this great increase does not in
clude more than 100000 addi-
tional persons having work on
w. P. A, C. C. C. and N. Y. A.
tasks. In this same period pay
rolls in manufacturing industries
alone increased by the enormous
weekly total of s110,000000.
Cash income of American farm
ers was more than S3,0OO 900 900
greater last year than it was in
1882, exclusive of 1907, 900, 900 in
benefit payments, and this year
it promises to show a further in
crease.
Increase in Profits
Over Period Last Year.
Business, like farmers, also
benefited through the rise in
employment and wages, as shown
by reports which revealed that
combined net profit for 400 lead
ing industrial concerns Cor the
first six months of this year
amounted to S648, ,928, ,000-a very
large gain over last year. In
1882 most corporations were
showing little or no profit.
These are material gains of
which we may well be proud and
that have been accompanied
since 1888 by such social ad-
vances as are embodied in the
social security program, for
which this and future GENERA
tions will always be thankful.
They have been accomplished
In a democracy, for a democracy
and by democracy, and they
can only be retained and ex-
panded through a continuation
OF the principles and practices
to which we as a Nation have
always been committed and
which we are determined shall
be unchanged.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Roosevelt
Continued From First Page,)

Of the rest of us may have to do
to 60 back to private life.
1T has been on the fire for a few
weeks and now it is all cooked, and
on Tuesday. or possibly Wednesday
next, the name of another old
friend of ours who has been here
many times and who was respon-
sible for the building of the new
library over on the Post road, who
got money for it from all over the
United States, will be sent to the
Senate.
He came from Montana and lived
IN New York and then, because of
business interests, became a citizen
of Pennsylvania, which is a pretty
good record. In other words, he
knows the country and is going to
know lot about the mails and
communications of the country from
now on, and that is my old friend,
who has been friend for a great
many years, Frank Walker"
Favorite Trouble Shooter.
A favorite trouble-shooter for the
President in the last seven years,
Mr.. Walker has served as treasurer
Of the Democratic National Com
mittee. as head of the National
Emergency Council, and in several
other special capacities. He was
considered for chairman of the
Democratic National Committee
when Mr.. Farley relinquished that
post last month, but is understood
to have declined the task.
Even prior to the Walker an
nouncement, however, Mr.. Roose-
velts address was not lacking in
newSworthy material-judged by
1910 political standards.
Resorting frequently to country
colloquialisn1s to make his point, the
President stressed for this audience
the New Deal accomplishments in
the social security field. Effec-
lively, he backgrounded his appeal
against the fate of an old Dutchess
County family, stricken by poverty
and ending with one member in an
instit1tion for the insane, another
in an old ladies' home His interest
in the problems of the aged began
then, he said.
That is why we began to plan,"
he continued, "and we are getting
somewhere with it today. That is
what we call, what I call, the
security of American citizenship.
1t applies tremendously to old peo-
pie and also applies tremendously,
although we haven't found the
solution yet, to the young people of
the Nation. There isn't any
panacea for that because we go
through what we call cycles We
have made a beginning with unem-
ployment insurance.
Complaining then that he was
dealing in understatement, MIR.
Roosevelt assured his listeners that
taking it by and large, as far as
the comforts, the work, of the United
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Walker Helped Put Roosevelt
On Road to the Presidency
Was One of Four Who Cove SIC, 900
For Campaign Thot Won Nomination

New York City, where he gained
reputation as one of the country's
shrewdest attorneys. He won peo-
pies confidence by his manner
thorough. methodical, never project
ing himself into the foreground, but
always moving adroitly behind the
scenes.
Served in Legislature.
When he moved to the East. he
long ago had put behind him a
political career. He served a term
in the Montana Legislature in 1918
after he had been district attorney
IN Silver Bow County. This brief
political career gave him an in
terest in the 1920 presidential CAM
paign that is partly responsible for
his being where he is today-or
where the President hopes he will
be soon: In the cabinet.
Mr.. Walker of Butte hoped the
Democratic ticket would win in
1920. He was roofing for James
Cox, the Democratic nominee. Mr..
Cox's running mate, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, went to Butte during his
campaign, and Mr.. Walker well
coined him. Eight years later he
renewed his acquaintance with Mr..
Roosevelt, backing him financially
in his successful campaign for the
New York governorship.
Mr.. Walker lives now in Scranton,
Pa, devoting most of his time to
the direction of the Comerford-
Publix Corp, operating the motion
picture theater chain. He married
Miss Halle Boucher in Butte in 1914.
They have two children, Thomas
Joseph and Laura Halle Walker.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Conscription
Continued From First Page.)

izing the Government to take over
industrial facilities found neces-
sary for defense If a satisfactory ar
rangement with the owner could not
be reached, ran into some opposi-
tion in the House committee.
Action Delayed Until Tuesday.
After a brief furry of discus
sion, the committee deferred action
until Tuesday in order to give
Representative Brooks, Democrat, of
Louisiana, who sponsored it, and
Representative Smith, Democrat, of
Connecticut a chance to work out
a modification.
Those members said they planned
to offer version which would au-
thorize the Government to enter
into working arrangement with a
factory for the production of re-
quired materials. perhaps on a rental
or leasing basis.
Mr.. Smith drafted a form which
would require plant owner to pro-
duce specified materials, or turn his
facility over to the War Depart
ment, for instance, for such pro-
duction. The owner who refused
to comply with the request would
be subject to $4,000 fine.
Mr.. Smith said steps would be
taken TO insure exemption on news
papers and radio stations from the
provision. Some legislators were of
the opinion that the word facility"
used in the Senate amendment
might be construed to include news
papers or radio stations.
United States Chamber Critical.
On the point of the Senate amend
ment, the United States Chamber
of Commerce said in its Washing
ton review yesterday:
THE need of adequate national
defense is universally recognized,
but that need is not so acute that
war measures are justified. =
National defense requires the out
put of military equipment and i'm
plements of war: it does not re-
quire the so-called conscription of
industrial facilities. Why should
business be conscripted when 1t has
already volunteered? There is moth
ing to be gained by fogging will
ing horse and much to be lost"
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Plane Falls Near Marker
To Mother of Wriqhts
Hy the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOVETTESVILLE, Va. Aug. 81
Ironically, the worst disaster in the
history of American commercial avi-
alton, resulting from the crash of a
Pennsylvania Central airliner near
here today, occurred seven miles
from a monument to the mother of
the famous Wright brothers, avia-
tion pioneers.
The monument, an iron marker
was set up by the Virginia Con-
servation Commission two years ago
at HillSboro, birthplace of Susan
Catherine Koerner Wright.
Evening star., 1940-09-01
Olson Gronts Slayer
o0-Doy Reprieve
By The Assocjated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31.-De Witt
Clinton Cook. sentenced to be ex-
ecuted September for the bludgeon
campus Staying here last year of
Anna Sosoyeva, dancer, was granted
a 90-day reprieve today by Gov.
Olson.
Cook served o years term In an
Evening star., 1940-09-01

Taxi and bus drivers struck in
Hartal,. India, against new traffic
rules.
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Evening star., 1940-09-01

States as whole goes, things are
fair to middlin,' which means, from
our point of view, that they are very
good"
Smyrna times., 1940-09-05
CENTURY CLUB
OFFICERS MEET
To Discuss Plans for Coming
Season at Luncheon Given
by President of Club
BI-MONTHLY MEETINGS

This afternoon Mrs. Grant Garis
Garis will entertain the executive
committee of the Century Club at
a luncheon where they will discuss
plans for the coming club year.
This season the club hopes to
arouse more interest by having
fewer, but better, programs. This
plan is to be carried out by having
club meetings twice a month in
stead of once a week as formerly.
The members of the executive
committee are: Hospitality, Mrs.
Alfred Tilghman; Education, Mrs.
George Carter; American Citizen
ship, Mrs. A. T. Mofftt; American
Homes, Mrs. Clifford Jones; Fine
Arts. Mrs. Thomas Russell; Inter
national Relations, Mrs. George r.
Miller; Legislation, Mrs. Lucy
Conwell; Music, Mrs. Howard Dea-
kyne; Motion Pictures, Mrs. JOS
eph Ennis; Public Welfare, Mrs.
George Robinson; Public Safety,
Mrs. Harvey Wright. The officers
for this year are: President, Mrs.
Grant Garis; Vice President, Mrs.
Smithers Snow; End Vice Presi-
dent, Mrs. Harry Lower; Record
ing Secretary, Mrs. w. E. Mat
thews, Jr.; Corresponding Secre-
tary, Mrs. George Scout; Treasur-
er, Mrs. Norman Short.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-05
ASK CHANGE IN
GUARD CAMP
Bethany Beach Location In
adequate and Unsanitary,
Recommended Abandoned
MAY SEEK NEW SITE

The National Guard camp site at
Bethany Beach, used by Delaware
troops since 1928, has been recon-
mended for abandonment in a COM
munication from Adj.-Gen. William
Berl, Jr., to the War Department.
The 9S-acre state-owned camp site
was held inadequate and unsani-
tary. General Berl pointed out the
site is low and unhealthy. that q
considerable portion of land is un-
der water, and that there is a
large salt water pond on the tract.
He added that the camps facilities
had been taxed to the limit when
the regiment totalled only 800 Of
ficers and men, as compared to its
present strength of more than H.
200. The camp was not used this
year because of the maneuvers in
New York State. AS the 198th
Coast Artillery regiment will be in
active field training for a year,
General Berl said he believed am
pie time existed in which to make
necessary readjustments before a
permanent camp site is required
here again. 1t was understood but
not confirmed that a new site that
could serve both as a permanent
base for the state anti-aircraft
regiment and as a u. S. Army post
would be obtained.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-05

More than 10000 owners of un-
inspected automobiles in Delaware
received a break" Monday when
State Motor Vehicle Commissioner
William D. Denney announced ahat
the free inspection period will be
extended until September IA. The
extension was granted because of
last weeks inclement weather. In
Kent County the tests will be held
at Dover and at Georgetown for
Sussex County. Hours for the in
spection will be from $50 until
80 p. m, daily, with the exception
of Saturdays when the closing time
is IL o'clock, noon. The annual in
spection period was held from July
Is until August 81, after which
period q fee of 81 is ordinarily
charged for inspections. Under
Tuesdays announcement motor
lists who fail to have their cars In
Smyrna times., 1940-09-05

them on matters relating to club
administration and Rotary service
activities. Mr.. Chenoweth was
elected to the Office of District
Governor at the 1910 Rotary Con-
vention which was held in Havana,
Cuba, during June, and will con-
tinue to serve until the 1941 Con-
vention in Denver. The 5000 Ro-
tary Clubs of more than 60 coun-
tries Of the world are grouped into
149 Districts. The Districts in the
United States bear numbers from
100 to 200. The 184th District, of
which the Smyrna Rotary Club is
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Smyrna times., 1940-09-05
EXTEND SEASON
FOR SHOOTING
Gunners Allowed Sixty Days
For Migratory Fowl In
stead of FOrty-Five
GOOD SEASON FORECAST

Hunters of migratory waterfowl
will have so days of hunting this
fall instead of As as last year and
can begin shooting at sunrise in
stead of having to wait until Z a.
m. Secretary Ickes issued the new
regulations last week governing
the hunting of ducks, geese, coots
and jacksnipe but provided short
er season on woodcocks and re-
duced the bag limits on geese,
mourning doves. and whitening
doves. The hunting season in the
northern zone will be from Octob-
er 1 to November %; in the inter
mediate zone from October 16 to
December IA, and in the southern
zone from November 2 to Decem-
Der 81, inclusive. delaware is in
the intermediate zone.l The secre-
tary said that an increase for five
consecutive years in the duck pop
ulation made it possible to liber-
alize the hunting rules sure that
the day of the stringest regula-
tions is past. "Our policy" Ickes
said, lis to keep the annual kill
below the annual production until
the carrying capacity of the wint-
er feeding ground has been reach
ed. Favorable conditions this year
make it possible to provide more
hunting but it will again be nee
essary to invoke tight restrictions
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1940-09-05
LAWRENCE z. FORD MARRIED
Weds Miss Hilda NJ. Reed at As
bury Church, Saturday Afternoon

A quiet wedding was soiemnized
at Asbury Methodist Church Sat
urday afternoon at $50 o'clock
when Miss Hilda NJ. Reed became
the bride of Mr.. Lawrence P. Ford
Rev. DR.. James w. Colona officiat-
ed. The bride is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard N Reed of
Clayton. She wore an afternoon
dress and a corsage of roses and
lilies of the valley. The groom is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Roland
Ford of Smyrna Both Mr. Ford
and his bride are graduates of
John Bassett Moore School and
Mr.. Ford was also graduated from
Banks Business College Of Phila-
delphia and is now employed by the
Wilmington Provision Company.
The bride and groom We're unat-
tended. Following the ceremony a
reception was held at the brides
home in Clayton for the Immediate
family and a few intimate friends.
They left for a motor trip over the
skyline drive in Virginia and VIII
visit Washington. At the present
time they will live at Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-05
FISH STRANDED
ON MUD FLATS
Lake Como, Now a Narrow
Stream, Was Recently Re-
stocked with Fish
MANY FISH ARE CAUGHT

The receding flood waters left
thousands of fish from Lake Como
stranded in the grass and mud
flats of the lake and the mill
stream. Popular as fishing spot,
the lake was recently restocked by
the Board of Game and Fish Com
mission. Hundreds Of bass, pike,
perch sunfish, yellow neds, cat
fish and carp were scooped up in
baskets, crab nets, buckets and even
by hand until Tuesday. Game
wardens, at the time, decided that
it was better for the fish to be TAX
en- this way, even though it is un-
lawful, rather than let them die in
the grass and mud. 1t was i'm
possible for the fish to get back to
water again. Crowds of small
boys and men combed the water
drained fiatlands east of the de-
stroyed bridge. Most of them
came out with large punches of
fish of all sizes. Many have spent
several days at this pastime, wad-
ing far up the stream for their
catch. Yesterday and Tuesday,
Game Warden Webb, and his dep
uties, Clarence Rawley and James
Moore, worked with large nets,
catching all the fish possible. and
placing them in tank to be taken
to another pond, possibly at Laur-
el. Mr.. Webb said that as soon as
the lake fills again with water, it
will be restocked.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-05
MAN LOST LIFE
IN FLOOD WATER
Clarence Armstrong Phone
Company Employee, Drown
ed When Rowboat Capsized
COMPANION WAS SAVED

Clarence Armstrong, 50, OF
Smyrna, Diamond State Tele-
phone Ineman, lost his life Sun
day, when he attempted to repair
a broken cable from a rowboat, in
the raging flood waters of the
broken dam at Lake Como. Mr..
Armstrong and Ambrose Killen,
of Dover, also an employee Of the
telephone company, We're seated in
a rowboat, working on the Dover
Wilmington lines, when their boat
struck a submerged log and over
turned, throwing the two men into
the sWirling water. Practically
helpless, the men were carried
through the spillway and about
l 900 feet beyond the north-bound
highway A rope was thrown to
the men, as the only means of aid,
and Killen managed to grasp it,
According to witnesses, Killen at
tempted to hold up Armstrong
but they were separated, and
Armstrong was lost in the surging
water. A search for his body
was started Immediately, and con-
tinued until late Sunday night. It
was not until early Monday morn
ing that his body was found by a
boy, who was tending his garden
beyond the cemetery on the Mill
Stream. Chief Fletcher Truax and
President Clifford Jones, of the
Citizens Hose Company, recovered
the body. An inquest was held
Tuesday night by Coroner Herman
Johnson, the verdict being death by
accidental drowning. Funeral was
held yesterday at two o'clock, from
his late home on East Commerce
Street, with the Rev. ]. w. Colona,
pastor of Asbury Methodist
Church, and the Rev DR.. F. M.
Barton, pastor of st. Peters Epis-
copal Church, officiating. Inter-
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1940-09-05
FREE CAR SAFETY TESTS ARE
EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 18TH

spected after September Is will be
subject to the fee. Mr.. Denney
said that the state highway COM
mission received an opinion from
the attorney-general's office to the
effect that at the close of the an
nual inspection period the motor
commissioner could issue an adj
ministrative order extending the
time. Mr.. Denney estimated that
of those lacking approval stickers,
5000 are in Wilmington and New
Castle County. Previous to the is
suance of the order there were 80
paid inspections at the Whining
ton office Tuesday morning and
about 20 at the Dover office. Mr..
Denney said the money will be re-
funded. All persons who paid the
fee at the Concord Avenue office
may obtain their refund from S. d.
Prouse, branch manager.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-05
FLOODS BREAK
LAKE COMO DAM
Tremendous Force of Water
Washes Away Two Bridges
at Total Loss of $4,000
TEMPORARY BRIDGE

Disaster befell the town of
Smyrna Sunday morning. when
the two bridges at Lake Como
were destroyed by swirlng flood
waters. Following an all-night,
heavy torrent Of rain, the lake
dam broke under the tremendous
force Of raging water, and both
the Main Street and Highway
bridges crumbled, leaving ruin and
devastation in their wake. The
disaster occurred around seven
o'clock Sunday morning, with only
few witnesses present. An un-
occupied restaurant, owned by o..
d. Warren, Clayton, and two cars,
owned by G. E. Bodley and Fannie
Sklut, Smyrna, all sank into the
earth several feet, as a result of
the dirt bank washing away. Be
fore nightfall, Lake Como had
emptied, leaving desolate mud
flats. Rowboats were stranded on
the lake bed as it drained. Gravel
and sand were carried through the
spillway to the mill stream, where
it piled up to form a bar, after the
water receded. "A total loss of
S35 900 was estimated, $4,000 for
the Main Street bridge, and S25,-
600 for the Route 13 bridge. The
bridge on Route 13 was built in
1920 at a cost Of $4,000, and was
added to in 1882. Telephone ser
vice in the Smyrna-Dover area was
disrupted, but repairs to the cables
were quickly made by employees
Of the Diamond State Telephone
Company Members Of the Cit
izens Hose Company and individual
volunteers assisted the town and
state police in directing the heavy
Labor Day traffic which was fore
ed to detour through Smyrna. Con-
struction Of temporary bridge
across Main street was started
Monday by the State Highway De
partment. It was necessary to
blast the deDflS IN OIuef " ulNS
piling. According to construction
engineers, the temporary bridge
will be ready for use tomorrow
morning. The last washout of the
causeway was during a heavy
storm on August 13, 1919. Lake
Como was completely drained, and
for a time there was little hope
that it would ever be restored. AS
today. traffic was rerouted, al
though the old account spoke Of
the traffic as motorists and
teams" A bridge on the Kenton-
Cheswold road was endangered,
Sunday, but was believed to have
been saved from being washed out.
Two bridges on the Brenford-Sev-
en- Hickories road withstood the
water, but extensive repairs Will
be required. Two small bridges on
dirt roads also were washed out.
One was on a road from the Wei
fare Home Road to the head OF
Lake Como, and the other north OF
Brenford.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-05
LOCAL MEN ON RIFLE TEAM
Second Lieut.. George Walton and
Corporal Ivan Smith Win HonOrs

Second Lieut.. George Walton
and Corporal Ivan o. Smith, both
of the 198th Coast Artillery, Della
ware National Guards were among
the fourteen men chosen to repre-
sent Delaware at the National
matches held at Camp Perry, Ohio.
The team left last Saturday for
Camp Perry and will remain there
until September 21. The appoint
ment came after many days prac-
tice at the rifle range at New Cas-
tie.