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tile Newark ·Post ==O =L=UM=E=X=7 V==============~NEWARK, DELAWARE, APRIL 30,1924. NUMBBR 14 Will Appeal Sparkler Ir----------.!Dr. Floyd Tomkins I FOUR WEST NJAIN STREET HOMES Cadets Hold "Sham" Damage Suit Verdict Lfr~~~:_~~t&~~\~~~T. To Speak On VISITED BY HUNGRY BURGLAR Battle Near Newark J. B. Decker, President of I Following the full approval Me. moriaI Day A se ri es of s ma ll robberies, beli eved four' o'cloc k Monday moming by E C Ch this week of officials of the - by 10cH I po li cc to have been co mmitted s tra nge noises downstairs. As he On May 10th lkton ompany, arges U ' ' I/ Noted Phl'ladelphl'a Clergy- II R d nn'erslty, the IIppointment of by snell k thief wi th little experience, started downstairs, he heard some Theft of Letter ea in Lieut_-Colonel Noble J . Wiley to man to be Guest of aroused the res idents of the West one leave t he house, a nd just got to "Distinguished College" In Trial Last Week the post of Commandllnt of the Local Com'mittee Mn in treet section of town over the the window in time to see a ma n in a spection To Be Held at n. o. T. C. here for a four-year , past wee k-e nd. lig ht overcoa t and cap disappear University On Til' J,t !1 l'y land Co urt of Appeals has detllil is expected to be officially ac ross the fi eld, headed for Co r'bi t 1( 1'I1I .t(·d a new trial in t he case of made by the War Department WILL ERECT TABLET The homes of Francis A. Cooch, Street. MI'. Da wson could not tell That Date )Ii,f Catherin e Francks, of E lkton, within a few days. Ead Dawson, Dr. H. Blnke and the wh ether it was a white man 01.' a Ne agal ~ q Victo ry pll l'kler and S~ e Col. Wiley will relieve Major Misse Ford wel'e nil entered. The g ro. Tho same burgla r is beli eved to AIRPLANES MAY TAKE cialty ('0 .. of t he. ame town, growll1g Lathe B. Row, who hilS been ooch a nd Dawso n homes were broken have entered a ll fOUl' homes. PART, out (If n vcrd ict against the defendant into Sun day ni ght, a nd the other two head of the cadets here for the The Cooch and Blake robber'ies were of 22,500 da mages by a jury in the hou 'cs on Saturday ni g ht. The R. O. T. C. battalion at t he past four years, and under reported Sunday to Chief Lewi s and n ent~m . Md .. CO Ul' ts la. t week. Miss I whose administration the corps F rom fI ll a ppeara nces, the thief was the chi ef s pc: nt most of Sunday ni g ht University will Il gain face a severe F ram' k.~, in bl'inging t he suit several test on Ma y 9th a nd 10th next, when has won a Distinguished College sadl y in necd of a squa re mea l. At patrolling t hat section of tow n. He month. ago, alleges t hat her health the co rps will undergo an offi cial in rating. Mlljor Row has been each horn e, he mad e straight for t he sta ted yesterday tha t he beli eved the ht- n permanently impa ired by I s pection to determine whether it rates detailed to Staff School at ice chest or pantry, . whichever . was burgla r was watching him: for the gases whilc in the employ I tm) Distin guished Coll ege star , won Leavenworth, Kans. nearest, a nd helped hImself to drnner' Da wson home was entered Just after the \,ic t.ory O. The new Commandant is a left-overs and any delicacy of the sea- the chief retired for the night. in like ma nner last year. The an Mr. Dec kel', when intel'viewed at his native of Alabama, and a grad son he co uld find . At the Ford home, nouncement was made yesterday by In each instance, the intruder either hom last nig-ht, stated that the mo ~Jate of Alabama Polytechnic he poured himself out a quart of milk Major Lathe B. Row, commandant at forced a do\vnstairs real' window, 01' for a lI ew t l'ial was made on ,,"stitl\te, class of 1897. Two in a pi tcher. The only money r eport the University. hunted ar'o und until he found one of in sufl]cie nt evidence. He ed stolen was a dime savings bank The inspection will consume two "ears later he received his LL.D. open. He made no effort to go up wanted tile whole matter to with about $1.50 in it, taken from the days, Friday and Saturday, May 9th from the University of Ala stairs in either case, apparently being rcd Ol' iginall y before the Work bama. He was appointed to the Ford house. and 10th, and will be made by Lieut. Co mpensation Board of the content to gorge on the contents of Colonels Paul T. Hayne, General Staff, ~rmy from his home State, and Earl Dawson was awakened about the ice chests. under whose a uthority the case has a distinguished record. He and Alfred A. Maybach, C. A. C. Hi s motion was overruled, he ·is also a graduate of the In Only three colleges in New York, and t he t r'ial before a jury 01'- New J ersey and Delaware are eligible fantry School at Fort Benning, CLARENCE A. SHORT Ga., and at present is attending State Teachers Meet POST OFFICE TO for inspection this year. General Chairman of the Memorial The biggest feature of the two-day new trial is scheduled for' next the Command and Staff School Day Committee, under whose auspices CHANGE HANDS SOON at Leavenworth. He is married. military exhibition will come Satur the ceremonies will be held on May HereOnM~y9th&lOth Wm. H. Evans Awai·ting Com day morning, when a r'ealistic sham discussing t he case last night, Providing the appointment is 30th. battle will be fought between two the subsequent verdict against made, it will mark the first time SixthAnnualConferencePlans mission from Washington forces of cadets. The field of battle compa ny, Mr. Decker brought se in the history of the College ============ I Made Ready by Officiala- I Ordering Him Into' Duty will cover the area from Curtis Paper charges against a person or per that II Lieut.-Colonel has held It was announced today by the sec- Will Witness Track Meet I Mill Road ' northwest towards the he all eges, stole a personal let C'Ommand here, and is due large retary of the Newark Memorial Day The Senate last Saturday confirm- Newark Country Club bUildings. The m his fil es, which was later ly to the rapid strides made in Committee, Arthur G. Wilkinson, that The program has been arranged for ed the appointment of William H. public is cordially invited to witness the testimony at the trial military education here in the Dr. Floyd W. Tomkins, r'ector of the the sixth annual meeting of the State Evans to be postmaster at Newark. the manoeuvers. Machine gun a nd Mr. Dec ker said that the past decade. Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadel- High School Conference, an organi- Presi(i ent Coolidge sent the appoint phia, will deli ve r the principal address zation composed of teacher's and ment to the Senate a bout ]0 days ago, rifle fire will be used in repulsing and at the memorial services, to be held Board of Education officials of Dela- but the press of business in the upper "Enemy" force attacking the hill case. on the upper University campus the wa re, to be held in Wolf Hall here on house caused the delay. commanded by the clubhouse. It is Continuing, Mr. Decker said: morning of May 30th. Dr. Tomkins, Friday a nd Saturday, May 9th and When asked concerning the situa- also very probable that a smoke screen "I am fir m in the belief that some IFIRE NEAR STANTON I in a lette r' to the committee, gave his 10th. tion today, MI'. Evans said he had not will be laid down by two airplanes either entered m~ office and s.tole DAMAGES HOUSE consent to come to Newa rk on tha t The meeting will officially begin yet decided upon the date when he from the station at Aberdeen, Md. letter, or an outsrde party brrbed , date. Friday evening, when the visiting will take chal'ge of the offic e. The The manoeuvers of these plans was a employee to effect the theft." • I The s ub-committee on the erection teachers will be tendered a banquet commission from the Post Office De- thrilling part of the battle last year. Victory Spal'kler Company is p.roperty of E'l,wood. Ot'hosonj of a suitable tablet to commemorate and r eception in Old College. On partment in Washington has not ar- Major Row also announces that spe under the Workme~:s Co.mpen- Along Railroad in Blaze; the swearing in of t~ e New .Castle !3atul'day morning a business session rived, but is expected any day. No cial arrangements are being made for Law of Ma ryland, saId the F C .

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