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   Chester Times (Newspaper) - August 5, 1926, Chester, Pennsylvania                             i NET PAID CIRCULATION FOR JULY 18501 15492 CHESTER AUGUST 5 1926 With All of the Dty TWENTY PAGES B 0 CROSSING NEEDS GUARDING OFFICIAL SAYS City Assessor A H Hughes Cites Congestion at That Point WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE Downtown Parking Esie On Saturdays Brings Comment Many expressions on an which appeared in tha Times on July 22 under the caption Chester Keeds ire and scores ot the city have expressed their for the program by this paper for the industrial advancement and support and cooperation to such any action i to put the program in The structure of cited eight Items i bettor system of the B and O snide crossing estab of a public comfort station of a modern improvements a ferry service to New Jersey and a new federal building Mayor Turner of coun cil leaders in the social and life of the city have commented on such needs and smie sonic valuable to the details of putting this ever but concensus of to Ve that the solving of Hie Ira Wo leni is needed first and Times is printing auch on the seven City Assessor A 1L in an interview believes aa many others have expressed that i strict enforcement of Iho motor laws with a little cooperation ot motorists would greatly add in re lieving the situation In tho Take for instance hs suid the nightly jam at Twelfth street avenue Conditions are deplorable but with the presence ot a officer here to instruct motorists and compel them lo the rules of the uf keeping to the right the maze ot that can uc seen during all hours jf day be eliminated and streets made safer for travel It is a common sight at this frade when the safety irs lowered to SBC motorists on all four approaches Providence avenue both of avenue and Madison street line up two and three abreast and the roads Ulien the chiles raised there is gen era V confusion nnd it is remarkable thru there arent numerouS accidents at this due to this practice of 1 feel that if ah Ras here or 4 Drivers to keep lo the right nnd in file when they are held up at lie crossing it wonders uid careful drivers would greatly ap this precaution if en forced by the city I might add in conclusion that an order prohibiting tlie parking nf ma rhines on cither side ot tho streets within one square of the IS and O between the hour of and 7 oclock in tho evening would help materially as are the hours of travel for and trolley cars Downtown Parking Another prominent business man whose establishment is located on Market street is of the opinion that more thought should be given to the parkins situation especially in the central business section He claims that on and Saturday cvc thousands of suburban ites come to this city to make pnr the main streets are lined up with cars not owned by shoppers but by curiosity seekers and sight who will park in front of some business establishment for hours at a time thereby preventing the shop pers who come to the in their cars from placing their auto in a convenient spot for a short time Many have sent in brief letters In the Times suggesting that additional and more conspicuous signs showing i meway streets should be erected for the benefit of motorists who are unacquainted with the city They claim that the present nre faded and too small to attract the eye of the unacquainted who often unknowingly violate a rule and are criticised by some LUMBER YARD SCENE OF MORNING BLAZE Firemen ct the Good IVill Fire Company verc called out at 1203 o clock this morning to answer a still in from Wards lumber ENGINE BITS CHAMPION SWIMMERS 1 A small blaze in a private dump on the premises was ex and the spread of the in to neighboring piles of lumber pre action thc The names were found near th spot where tic fire started whSh caused dollars to h lumber yard about two weeks Spontaneous ts thought MEETING TONIGHT ON VISIT Plans for Chester Day at the Exposition on Sep tember 1 will be continued this c o ning at oclock in council cham ber City Hall when the committees will meet Most of thc preparations icn under way and the work is progressing t a rapid pace The meeting will be under the chairman ship of Col James A G Campbell YOUNG WOMAN STRUCK TROLLEY CAR Two Passengers Slightly Hurt at Tilghman Street Crossing Crash AT MEDIA TODAY Eleven men and women swim ming stars of the Illinois Athletic Club who have been giving public exhibition at the Imposition in Philadelphia will he the guests of Media Swimming and Rowing Club today The Illinois swimmers are expected to arrive at the Media clubhouse A hole was torn in the side of a about this afternoon to struck thc trolley as it started across crossing on Second There were only a few persons in the trolley ear nt the time of tha crash and no one wan seriously in jured though thc side of thc car novt to the engine was crushed in A woman whose name is not known complained of a slight injury to her head and another passenger is saiM to have hurt bis leg when hu jumped through a window Xo hospital treat ment was necessary in either case According to of the South ern Pennsylvania Traction Company the were up and the had rho to go ahead from the watchman on The gates had beeh raised after a shifting engine had backed over thc crossing and just as the trolley over the crossing thc engineer again moved hii engine striking tlie trolley amidship Tho south gate of the crossing was found to have been smashed after the accident showing that the nian probably seen tho engine slart back over the crossing toy Inte and had lowered the gates Wrecking iara were immediately sent for and the damaged trolley towed back to Ihi Company barn The being by H Thomas and was bound for Marcus Hook EDGMONT AYE SHE HANDS An agreement of sulc signed by A of this city for thc purchase of tho building avenue from Chabrow brothers it was announced today ly Harry Baron Market street real es tate man The purchase price is to it stated and settle ment is to be made within a short time According to Mr Baron the pros owner contemplates a num ber of renovations and changes to thc building which with Mr present is to be remodeled use as a furniture store The second and third floors of he building will be extended to give i larger floor space Chabrow Brothers have secured a temporary and will occupy the store until such times as they secure another location PIER SIDING PLANT A pier and railroad be ing built on the former Grant Tarn property at Front and Franklin streets by the Chester Material Company A bulkhead Is being placed in thc river at this point to prepare for thc pier where schooners ing lumber for tho company will dock A railroad siding will also bo built Into the grounds to transport lumber here The Grant yarn building anil property were sold to the Chester Materials Company some time ixo for the sum of The building will be leased save tor a section to be used by the lumber company Kcr and number of other aquatic stars Coach will he in of the party Howard W Rosier one of the di rectors of the Media club has made arrangements to entertain swimmers at dinner tonight in iho Koso Tree tea room or the Black Horse inn A crowd of jOnO persons witnessed in exhibition by at Media last Saturday nnd laiRO crowd of spectators Is antici pated today On Saturday a of women swimmers who havo been RiVIns exhibitions at the grounds will appear in tho Media pool swimmers were 30 cured for the exhibition today through the efforts of R Iwm of Bowlins a member nt the Pennsylvania Athletic Asso USE DYNAMITE ON Wreckers at Former Power With Hard Task One of the most difficult jobs In local contracting work at present is taking place in thc former build ings of the Delaware County Klec tric Company on Second street Vc Market street and Edgmont avenue The contractors working for the Reading Company lo whom the buildings belong have resorted to the use of dynamite to riJ thc floors of masses of concrete upon which dynamos tested before Solid cement cubes 1 feet n ten feet width md ten feet in length are beins dispose of to the At drilling was attempted to displace the ce ment This was unequal to the task The reason for thc huge layers of cement was to prevent vibration of the thaX the electricity for city The a were placed on the cement above the floor Only th ATTACKER OF Negro Arrested Here On Charge of C 1 a y m p n t Child Is Identified Arthur Mallory Virginia Negro arrested at Front and Abbott streets this city last night by Detective Patrolman Talbot oC local department Delaware State Policemen Workman and who lo Ucl with him given a before Magistrate Stradly in that city today with upon a white girl near her home in Del Monday night was without annoyance by to die action of thc Septem ber grand jury j While on her way to her home on ronci early Monday night Mirtha Miller daughter of Mr Mrs Miller was and subjected to of Miller returned to thc Philadelphia where she informed one of the on duty at the Worth Brothers steel mills who dispersed tho crowd The young woman then continued on her way to her home and a short time rifter she hi the place where she had first born accosted stopped by two who at tempted to attack her fought the men lor help Her cries were heard by of a nearby and were seen approaching rc easel young nnd rnn from thc place succeeding in Jrg capture Miss gave men th case lo j department nnd the Troopers rind were assigned tothe In and Tuesday tofik into custody In a Negro who released Mallory was traced lo this city nml last night was located in a house at and Abbott streets Taken positively by her lnr assailant and was then removed to Wilmington police This he was for preliminary hearing HIHI the Jurys action on the indictment against him ONE OTHER TEARS THEM UP Nearly P n T and r n n workmen last took part in an impromptu and track in street between and Walnut streets Work is steadily the installation of progressing on thc ten tracks which will hold 100 freight cars Tho Reading Company announced last week that they were build ins this freight yard to be enabled to handle thc freightage to the new Ford plant at Front and streets Thc round is being cleared and the tracks will be laid within several PHILA MOTHERS AND CHILDREN ON PICNIC Several hundred children accom by their mothers and gath ered from the congested sections of Philadelphia are thc guests today of thc Delaware County Christian Union Only thc arrival of police reserves and threats of court action prevented serious conflict As It was cobble stones were showered about tho street for half an hour before arrival ot the police Half dozen workers were injured slightly by the stones and in individual fights All night long workers stood In their places eyeing the police who patrolled the street with drawn clubs ORDERS ARREST OF VESTRYMAN IN CASE Churchman Sang Beside Slain Mrs Mills in Dead Rectors Choir Prosecutor in Murder Mys tery Also to Take Ne gress as Witness NEW BRUNSWICK N J Aug 5 Press Alexander Simp son prosecutor handling the case has ordered the ar rest today of Ralph V vestryman and ami Mrs L Russell will be accused of being an accessory to the murder of iho Kev Edward AV Hull rind Mrs Kleti nor Mills four years nxu Simpson said He sang Mrs Mills In the church where the once preached Senator Simpson will ask the vestryman bo held with out ball i The Negro woman said at Investigation into the her neighbor the could not have been n witness to the murders been use shy was violins her thH samo She Is wanted as a material witness U was Mrs Gibson who tuM a of how on ihu night of the double murder she had n mule past tho scone of UIB tragedy ami saw a In gray bend over ji and two men standing beside her was mentioned tour years as the man who hud spread to Mrs Hall thc news jf her husbands liaison with the wife of the sexton The congregation haK also received the of their amorous pastor from hia lips too It was said He was at the lime but said on Iho of the was at M C A In New Bruno until 10 in nml had driven home At his Jersey City Senator Simpson and his afdes yes questioner two county who took part In the Stale inquiry into the crime The love letters scattered upon thn bodies hail been removed from a tin box which tho Mr Hall kept in Ihc study of his home In New Brunswick Senator said his spe cial Investigator hud discovered It IB known that tho love loiters found at the in that tin box uji to a short the shooting said adding he Importance to the l Simpson slates special ho detectives lo check the byline anil that this riotto take torty hours Kcr story had twin checked he added he would no move new if It Is found In truth he will move Immediately and will be arrests all Senator Simpson summoned to hia office Kord A Middlesex county and George who was a Somerset county defective at the lime of tho first investigation recently has been employed by private Interests investigating the case Why did you no record of found at was one of the questions which Sen ator Simpson asked Mr Totten And the reply was know Another thing which surprised me Senator Simpson WOM thu failure of the authorities to obtain any signed statements from anybody These officials took a lot of mentt but they never put anybody to tho trouble of n great deal of passing tin buck between the authorities ot the two Anonymous abusive loiters received Special Alex ander Simpson today as he continued his investigation Into thc murders four years ago of the Hcv Edward W Hall and his choir singer sweel hearl Mrs Mills In New Brunswick J One of the letters was written on stationery of a hotel at Philadel phia I am paying no attention to Thc trouble began when I K It threaTs Simpson I TEST FOR SOLID ROCK ALONG SEWER ROUTE i Testing for solid rocK along the route of the proposed sewer system in Chester begun yesterday at Second street and Edgmont avenae City Engineer C 1 Boutelle with a force of men operated a well driller at Media They were brought to the j county seat for n days pleasure by I the Delaware county organization who arc cooperating thc Coun try Week Association of Philadel phia The kiddies and their mothers were taken to the Providence meeting house Front and Providence road Media where heaps of things awaited them and all forms of i j jt UmniirtM CHESTER HOSPITAL WORKER DROWNS for purpose of securing specimens were at their disposal of the soil to lest for solid rock Thc Tllis afternoon they will be taken for amount of rock on the route of the sewage pipes will of course largely determine the cost of the venture AMERICAN TOURISTS ABUSED auto rides through the country by members of the Union and Media business men are also doins everything in their power to PARIS Aug 5 United Pross Police action was necessary today to protect six auto bus loads ot Amer ican and English tourists from the insults ant Jeers of men and women as the tourists came out of thc historic catacombs in the Latin i the day visitors n memorable one for tlie itUt the construction of thc railroads tunnel for through trains in thai section This tearing up officials said wa done by agreement but the P K T countered with a formal statement that the tracks were not to have been disturbed until a detour route had been established When thc P R T workers arrived in answer lo an alarm they found Keystone Construction Company em P fl n tearing up tracks A few minutes later the tracks were going back into place again they were torii up only to bo replaced wherever possible In the meantime freeforall fights were In progress up and down the block Thomas F Holme a P If K vice president sent work to the P It T that the workers probably had gone ahead on their own initiative and disavowed any responsibility for i breaking an agreement 1 i Stiff Owner Paid Graft to Minor Officials He Says Philadelphia Man Held in Bail After Birmingham Township Constables Deputies and Says He Paid From to Each ers Startling revelations of among minor officials and also a mun who formerly held n minor county were made yesterday by Jacob of Philadelphia who con fessed before District Tav lor ho was by Detective 0 X Smith that ha wis the owner of two lingo stills that were confiscated In u raid In The District Attorney is making n sweeping Investigation Into by who in persons empowered to enforce law for accepting pro lection money and stated that hn Wild different officials sums from to Moscovita who was arraigned be fore Magistrate Joshua of 1 o o t li w y u afternoon with posses sion side of in liquor bail for his appearance at the next term of court v lie will tho authorities tiV Investigation to county in hope thai by turning evidence he may es cape a lighter sentence its he may also bi for operating a monster which was confiscated In Ridley last fall but the owner of which never Police say has confessed to being owner of this still and has Implicated Ridley township of of knowing of its presence and accepting fraft lo allow Us opera The raid on the stills In mm township wan jf a Up given do of dUtrict at torney by Constable of Deputy men havo figured in numerous liquor raids recently and have taken most of their to of following thc dp Attor ney Taylor made an inves nnd finding tho huge dis tillery ordered it raided County and two one of and ono of along with thousands of dollars worth of other paraphernalia used in tho manufac ture of moonshine ami arrested four men who gave as Charles Jacob Aaron L nml Joseph is from Darby ami the others from In Home manner It leaked out yon who implicated In thc graft expose nml several whose names arc kept under cover nro to have hold conference ami accused each oilier ot Attorney Taylor Uc will leave unturned lo verify tho made by the and providing enough evl citn be found to warrant a conviction will be for those Involved S H HAMMOND DIES MAINE Young Attorney Native of Upland Stricken On Vacation FOREIGN MONEY RATES NEW Aug opened lower Demand Stcr off Francs off off 5 off 0002 Marks LANDLORD MIXUP AIRED AT HEARING Water Company Has Two Systems For Locating Breaks in Mains Two women and their land lord were the principals in a trio of assault and battery cafes heard lit the office of Magistrate A O W at Media this In lh first case Samuel Smedley a farmer nnd who lives in township WIR the de fendant and thc charges were Martin 21 Fifth street filed report with thc police de last night that when driv his automobile west on Fifth and approaching Morton ave bout 7 oclock a youns woman stepped in front of the vehicle and was struck a glancing blow by one of thc front fenders She uninjured other than a few bruises and re fused to give her name or address according to Eshclman Later the police learned that the young woman Was Ethel Samsel U Cedar avenue The phone the Chester Water Company and ar ex cited voice shrills over thc wires a busted Within a tlie emer gency crew on tnc ccnc of the accident The is to tind where the pipe has broken for in many cases tho pools or miv spread over blocks area thc oint of hc break is not The local water company has two ingenious to with the situation One is to take tric leak listen tr tak ing om at a Lime This lu strument looks like i table 1 has four HIK H tcp ah ut inches and has a very One diaphragm acts as an fier This work fs done n tne night for tne during Uit destroy any chance of hearing he water rushing about under ground Thc instrument is in the street over thi main aim the op moves it aong a few feel at a time When ha heard thc faint trickle of water he knowe he is the break directly above the break he can hear the water flowing out from he main Another method Is to talte a block at a lime and shutting the water supply Leading from Vc main to Continued on Page Eight Cole West Third street employed as a utility man at thc Chester Hospital was drowned in the Chester river early this afternoon His body recovered by 1a trolman George Pierce about half an hour after man disappeared Thc victim In company with wil j Ham Barnes of also an em ploye at the hospital went swim ming after eating a hearty lunch Cole was seized with cramps as he reached midstream and with a cry threw up his hands and sank He failed lo come to tin surface nnd dove for him but could not locate Cole Thc police were then notified OUT HOTE WINDOW A man fell or leaped to his death at 550 a m today from a sixth story window of a hotel at Ninth Chestnut streets Philadelphia Me struck thc sidewalk in Chestnut street almost directly in front of thc main entrance of the hotel He registered Into yesterday as John Brown of Boston A ary investigation by who be lieve ihs died M suicide failed to disclose an further details con Identity Stephen H Hammond n native of Upland and an attorney of New York City died early this morning In the Hospital of Portland Maine following an Illness ot two Mr Hammond was In his year and well known In this H nit Upland Sir In Upland and from the public ot Je attended the lut fie did not graduate leaving there to go to tho his from n teller at the Trust Company Cheater Me was employed here until tho World War when he resigned to en list In navy lie quickly rose to the rank of After the Armistice he was it as an assistant naval attended the law school of the Unl In New York mid In The next year he was to tin Nrsv York State bar lie was at the time of his death i member of thc law concern ot Holston and of New York About two weeks ago Mr Ham mond together with a group ot and friends left for Malno on tin While there hu be came seriously ill necessitating his removal to the General Hospital In Portland Immediately upon hearing of brothers Illness two of his brothers Marry Hammond of Chi cago and Joseph Hammond of Upland left to visit him They were both with him at the time of his death A week ago Monday was onin Portland for thc removal of gall stones This opera lion proved unsuccessful and days Inter he was again operated oh lrrnn thc reports It was expected that he would recover Yesterday afternoon his parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Henry Hammond nt Ninth street Upland received word that he was holding own Mis body Is expected to reach Up land tomorrow and will be burled from Hint Arrangements have not been completed for the funeral Besides his parents Mr tnd Mrs Thomas Henry Hammond Mr Ham mond Is survived by four brothers and two sisters Thomas U and Jos eph i of Upland Harry D of Chi cago Benjamin P of Chester Mrs J F Martin of Oaklyn New Jersey and Mrs John IT Moore of Upland He was a member of thc Lodge No F and A M and tho Philadelphia Consistory Lulu Temple A A O N M S CARNIVAL MAN Gets for Street Repairs and Cleaning Health Officials Act PRICE TWO BOYCOTT HITS BUSINESS CAPITAL HEARS Catholics Silent Protest of Church Law Slump Report Sayf Demonstrations in Many Places as Struggle Reaches Deadlock The SWIMMERS SUSTAIN INJURIES brought by Miss Hilda Kurd who I Apparently no one saw the man make the plunge as Chestnut street Franklin Embom twelve of Klev Eddystone and Charles of Highland Park ore patients at the Taylor Hospital Mid ley Park as thc result of injuries sustained swimming Thc youth is suffering from head Injuries while has an injured shoulder Tony of West Second street rlty an employe of thc Union Paving Company was admitted lo the same hospital hiM night He la suffering abrasions of the leg and arm sustained when struck by an it road and Chester pike proprietor of concession now stationed on street between Second and Third Tuesday on orders ot J super intendent city highway dc and charged with damas Hired paving and sidewalks by driving the ut City Hall y ami to for tho tho street de parture of the fast week when the carnival to street no WIK clean the thcr was Uttered with pa pers rubbish of all sorts tho highway department to put u force of men to work cleaning up When Investigation of complaints that employed were driving steel stakes lo the paving of street and In the sidewalks established thc fact Superintendent ordered arrest ho Agreed lo reimburse city for the expense entailed by the cleaning of Fulton afreet to provide for the cleaning of scnd street nnd to pay tin amount sufficient for repairs to tho paving and sidewalks Act To add lo troubles of the con cession managers health stopped In yesterday noon and closed several food no food licenses having been out its required by city ordinance officials also prohibited further use of a a de vice for thc testing of lungs mi the ground that men women and chil dren blowing Into the device en dangered their health because of the danger of spreading disease the being declared unsan MRS EMMA E MICHENER DIES IN HOSPITAL Mrs Emma E Michoner wife of Herbert K of formerly the Sun Oil Company at Marcus Hook died at Media nt SIS a m She had suffered an of two years duration The deceased Is survives by her husband five children ranging In from 10 to years old They are Esther Jane Marguerite Arthir nnd Herbert Jr Thc funeral will be held from her laic home 1 p in Saturday In terment will be made at Lawn Croft cemetery WASHINGTON E that thc Mexican Catholic boycott in Ihc church laws was becoming was given today tn Commerce Department reports from the southern republic showing a trend in trade The slump hits noticeable In Iho last two days Department economic experts view the depression sis continue to huy anything except absolute sities thc not regarded aa serious minor arc reported to he taking place throughout Mexico as the KKi and state nettles Into Jin uncompromising deadlock Catholics In have tee the here that killed and wounded in rioting Tuesday tho Church of St Police nnd soldiers nre said to attempted to crowd report hnn not been confirmed froni other There were excited scenes UsJ night when 2000 persons front of Iris fur admittance to a debate on the religious controversy between Oon secretary of agriculture and Herra a were Veep the In order and patrols of soldiers wer Instituted while cut oft three about the When theatre doors were opened The politics of Protestant mvn under the religious aws la cx to he clarified Sunday Thomas minister of will preach acting an th that thc does not Include a the should not apply IN expected hia act n finul disposition of the of and their churches 4 development of came Mhen pate outa letter by Inal the nbb was from The condemns thc ind same time all acts that nuy signify or be interpreted by people ot faith as acceptance or rec ot the same law Diai the as letter cabled as a reply 0 a letter from the Mexican pnte asking approbation ot their po sition In the religious controversy II cabled on July 5 and sent from bi mail The Mexican Episcopate should accommodate Itself Holy Bouillon to the end that it work In conformity to the majority ot and If possible toward IDENTIFY MAN WHO WAS KILLED AT CLAYMONT The body of the aged man who was killed at last Friday while attempting to cross thc tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was identified it the Wil yesterday by rela tives ac Joseph Price 71 old an of the New Castle County who had wandered lives In a tenant house on farm He waived a hearing and posted 1300 bail for his appearance at that hour was traversed only by a early workers Persons entering Adults Flock to City Showers Beach Censor May Be Needed was held In similar bail when Mrs Viola Miss Fords brought similar charges sister at the September term of court discovered the body and no the hotel authorities who sum police The body wis taken o the Pennsylvania Hospital in a police patrol and physicians said thc man had been killed Instantly Me was about thirty years old snd dressed in new clothing of good tex ture In a Smedley charged Mrs with assault anil and Magistrate Mathues thc woman under the same bond for court According to the testimony thc trouble was thc argument which outgrowth of an ensued the landlord went to the of the women and according to the mans testimony he the tarpot for milk bottles and other missiles and being knifed when one of the sisters cinie out of fir honce with a razor in her hand OR REINHOLO IMPROVED Dr Eli S prominent Bnn tist of this city and professor at thc Crozer Theological Seminary who has been seriously ill at his home 121 Broad for the past three weeks was reported as some what Improved nnd this The appointment of a beach looms ns a practical necessity j in Chester should adults continue to too sixteen public street showers operated dally during Ihc for thc Hundreds of have bcon these showers every svc during the recent heat which sent residents of all sections of tho city searching through attic trunks for swimming suits of all kinds and colors How ever IR room for all in thc cooling showers Attired in these beach costumes mothers sons daughters uncles and aunts have Joined the the erected ioT tho relict ot lite children nightly disported tn outfits ranging from motheaten relics of the mauve decade to the suit of Judging hy some of thc suits In which adults have appeared in their hurry to coo off under the city showers a con beach censor would spend a busy evening rounding up the bath ers In tlie sixteen different ot thn city where the showels arc to br found As for thc their efforts to cool off will hive to be confined to afternoon grownups arc at work If the present situation Continued on Topics of Times Will Rogers once expressed the only solution of the problem when lie eald tho best out to take off the street all machines not fully paid for Busher says there a light to tell a pedestrian he can move Any reckless driver can attend to that Theyre to have a Jot o when the Chester pike opens And theres been some tail talking since It was closed A reporters gleanings would lead one to believe there arc no carnivals in townl Just places for gentlemen with Jack told about gas In Florida the other day We sec a lot of it published from there When x man throws bouquets the flowers cost nothing and arc worth every cent of it Our best looking stenog just hick from her vacation says some mon are never so fresh as when in salt water A Dumb Dora in Marcus Hook occasionally reads the says the cruelty agents should do something about so many horses scratched Colonel is inclined lo be lieve that sometimes its the that puts the mar In marriage Mike Ma gin nis observes that Is one advantage in having a wife during nn electrical storm She calls upon the Lord to bless everyone In thc house i Dave might have em says and maybe its because so many them want a dollars of for a dimes purchase The Weather WASHINGTON Aug Partly cloudy and Friday in north temperature Friday in por tion te nd south winds TODAYS CALENDAR Sun rires 601 a S 19 pm High water 1206 a mand w Low water 725am and Hourly Midnight 1 a m a m 3 a m a m C a m a m T a m S S 10 77 tl i   

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