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Smyrna times., 1936-01-02
Must Be Borne Directly

In a letter to stockholders,
the president of a representa-
tive large American merchan-
dising corporation points out
that it pays a dividend of 81 a
share - while its taxes
amounted to SLIP a share.
The letter says, in part: Your
thoughtful consideration of
tax figures will bring to you a
realization of the burden of
your company's tax bill and
will perhaps indicate the pres
ent tendency toward excessive
taxation, which obviously
must be borne, directly or in
directly, by Mr.. and Mrs. John
Citizen" Hundreds of other
businesses, large and small,
find themselves in a position
such as this. For a while il
may be possible to meet in
creased taxes by lowering the
return to stockholders. But
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02
Skilled Labor Wanted

Men seeking jobs and jobs
seeking men, and the two
can't get together. The men
aren't prepared to fit the jobs.
"It is a pathetic condition of
" cry t h in G being out of
joint, says the Evening News,
Southridge, Mass. "There are
plenty of educated and
trained men, but they are not
properly educated and trained
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02

for the specific jobs that need
men. Those who have educa-
ton cannot use it. There are
100000 employables be-
tween the ages of Is and 20
who never held a job. Many
of these have been through
the schools; many have stud
led in high schools and colleg-
es. They tell the employment
manager that they will do
anything but they can't name
the particular thing they
know they can do well.
cit is a serious situation and
the remedy cannot be applied
Immediately. Mistakes of long
standing will have to be cor
rected. A proposal has been
made that manufacturers and
other industrialists revive the
apprentice system. That may
help.
Certainly the whole sys-
tenn of education needs care
full inspection and readjust-
ment. Conditions change rap
idly. Employment managers
complain that even those
trained in vocational schools
are unsuitable because they
are taught tricks of the
trade" that now are obsolete.
Evidently there are prob
lens on which the industrial
lists and the educators should
work together"
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02
Fire On the Farm

No class of citizens has a
greater interest in fire pre-
vention than the farmer.
Farm fires are customarily
more disastrous than urban
fires. This is part'y the re-
suit Of the fact that much
farm property --- homcs, corn
cribs, hayricks, barns, stables,
etc. - is extremely infam-
mable. And it is partly the
result of the fact that many
otherwise up-to-date farming
communities have a deplor-
able lack of fire fighting equip
ment.
Fire prevention on the farm
is thus not a simple matter
but it can be achieved. Better
building goes a long way to-
ward attaining the goal, as
does the exertion of great care
and watchfulness during the
dry seson. Every farm should
be adequately equipped with
up-to-date fire eXtinguishers,
situated at strategic points in
the home and out-buildings.
Many a serious fire, which de-
stroyed lives and property,
could have been stopped be
fore making headway had 9
good fire extinguisher been al
hand when the blaze was first
discovered The Middletowr
Transcript.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02
Clay Says idle Money"
to Boost Autumn Trade

New York.-Idle money, amount
ing to tens of billions of dollars
aud billions of dollars worth of
farm products coming into the mar
ket will be dynamic stimulants to
autumn prosperity, Paul Clay, econ
omist. said in a recent issue of the
Brookmire Economist.
"The physical volume of crop
production" his article said, "the
restored equilibrium of agricultural
and nonagrieultural prices and the
tendency of the crop financing plus
the other autumn trade activity to
induce business to utilize our vast
total OF potential bank eredits-all
these give promise of increasing
prosperity upon sound economic
basis.r
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02
$4,000 JOBLEss
SURVEY WORK
To Be Drafted Soon To Gath
Ell Information on Three
Lines
IS A BUSINESS CENSUS

Washington.-Plan to pick r.
900 jobless white collar workers, for
employment on three census sur
veys, are being drafted by the CEN
sus bureau.
/. Forms are being prepared, elig-
ibilty tests are being drawn and su-
pervisers are being instructed on
holding the examinations. Under
the present schedule the full or
ganization will be at work January
?. The surveys will occupy from
six months to year.
All workers will be picked local
" from the lists prepared after the
tests. The major requirement is
that they must be selected from re-
lief lists.
The program, split into three di-
visions, will cost S9.SS1,94S, and will
embrace a business census, card
index system Of persons eligible for
old.age pensions and retail trade
survey.
The business census, major branch
of the program, will have its head
quarters in Philadelphia and will
cost S7,7S4 .0Gn The staff Of super
visors who will direct The field or
ganization is now being completed.
The retail trade survey, also
slated to be directed from Philadel-
phia. will cost S293,OOO. This unit
will assemble information on em-
ployment. payrol!s, net sales and
distribution costs.
st. Louis will be headquarters of
the pension card index system, for
which S1,S04.94S has been allocated
by PWA. This program will check
ages. in anticipation of pension ap-
plications from between 100000 and
100000 next year and some lO0.00o
annually thereafter.
The business canvass will EN-.
brace all business enterprises ex'
| cept manufacturing and farming
| Under the direction of w. l.. Austin
director of the census bureau, this
/ unit will assemble information clas
| sifying businesses and covering EN-
ployment, payrolls, volume of turn
over and money received by indi
vidual business ventures.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02
American Culture

The general state of culture
in the United States of Amer
lea may be guaged by statis-
tics showing 100 grocery
stores, fifty-nine filling sta
tions, forty-nine restaurants
and nineteen drug stores to
every book store in the land
of the brave and home of the
alleged free.
It is funny, when you think
of it, that men and women
who willingly spend a few dol
lars to visit a theatre or res
taurant are struck with hor-
ror at the thought of paying
as much as two dollars for a
good book. After all, what
are the public schools for if
the average American hasn't
a desire to continue his intel
lectual development?
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02
Road Crew in Oklahoma
Kills 700 Snakes in Day

Medicine Park, Okla.-Workmen
on a highway project in the Wichi-
ia mountains here killed more than
100 rattlesnakes in one day.
The snakes ranged in size from
five inches to several feet In
length and were discovered when
huge power shovel scooped into
their den.
Many other rattlesnakes have
been killed by the workmen. but
never so many In single day.
Workmen believed the blasting o.
the highway up the side of Mount
Scott, In the Wichita national for
est and game preserve drove tn,
snakes to the surface.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02
Confidence Builds

Confidence builds and inn
proves a community, lack of it
destroys communities. Dis
trust is a destructive element
that eats into the very vitals
of community life whereas
trust in one another is the
only foundation on which
towns and cities can build for
the future. Says the Tribune,
Lennon, South Dakota: :"Con-
fidence is but one element Of
cooperation. Of course, no
cooperation would be possible
without the utmost confidence
in one another. The people Of
this community could not be
expected to patronize local
merchants if they did not
trust them, if they did not be-
.ieve they were getting value
received.
Trust men and they will be
true to you; treat them great
ly and they will show them
selves great"
"Thus wrote Emerson, the
great essayist, many years
ago, and the life hasn't chang
ed much since then. No COM
munity can build for a greater
and larger future if distrust is
the ruling element in the COM
munity. We must have faith
in one another-a faith, a con-
fidence that is substantial
enough to stand a hard jolt
now and then and still be
strong.
eff you find evidence Of
something that shakes youl
confidence, don't conclude tha
this is the predominatint
spirit of the community. Jus
look about you and you will b.
able to find ample reason TO
your confidence to be streng
thened and restored"
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02

on waiting and operating on a
shoestring. They are operat-
ing in a competitive business
world and will not admit it.
aThe small town merchant
who succeeds is the one who
has what people want and let's
them know about it. People
are busy today. They will not
take time to shop where mer-
chants insist on keeping their
wares and prices a secret. The
busy stores are those who
send to their customers hv-
ing rooms the home newspap-
er containing the stores ad-
vertisement of products and
prices. Advertising has be-
come the greatest service in
time-saver and money-saver
to the busy housewife. She
knows from the advertising
where she can buy what she
wants at the price she wants
to pay. She does her shopping
on a third of her original
shopping time.
'The business concerns that
want to be rated as successes
in this new era realize that
they must operate under new
methods. The surest sign OF
approaching failure is busi-
ness operation on the wornout
method of old. Success in
busines will come from busi-
ness-like methods in bust.
ness"
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02
Methusaleh Horse Still
Does a Good Days Work

Halifax, N. S.-Harry, dean of
Nova Scotia equines and the "old-
est horse in the world" celebrated
his thirty-ninth birthday recently.
So far as Haligonians are con-
cerned, that's a world record and
will continue to be unless some
one pops up with conclusive evil
dence to the contrary. Harry OBJ
served the occasion by nibbling an
extra portion of oats.
He is owned by a firm of spar
and oar makers and still knocks
off a days work now and then just
to show the citizens that the years
rest lightly on him. His teeth are
every bit as good as those of a
yOungster of twenty.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02
A Happy New Year

The Smyrna Times wishes
all its readers, one and all, a
Happy and Prosperous New
Year.
The year 1885 has been a
good year for some and try
ing year for others. We join
in expressing the hope that
1886 will bring happiness and
prosperity.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02

A smile will win confidence
and friendship, while a frown
will lend Encouragement to
yourself and to your neighbor.
A smile will help your busi-
ness and costs you nothing. A
smile is a good tonic for any
one at any time.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02
Passing of Judge Pennewill

In the death of Former
Chief Justice James Penne-
will, Dover, Kent County and
the State of Delaware has lost
one of it's ablest ju1ists and
attorneys-at-law. And not
only this, Judge Pennewill was
a citizen who maintained the
highest ideals. Esteemed by
many he will be missed.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02

sooner or later, the tax burd-
en- must be reflected in the
cost of whatever the company
sells, whether it be a locomo-
tive or a can of beans.-News,
Applington, Ia.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02
Business Is Business

The greatest cause of bust
mes failure before the depres-
sion set in was incompetence,
according to the official report
of Bradstreet. Then, if real
busines management was re-
quired to run a business and
keep it going in good times,
what must success call for
nowadays?
Bradstreet reported that in
1927 there were 20,267 busi-
ness failures involving habil-
tiles Of 1858, ,13O,925. In sew
en- years, 1921 to 1927, fail
ures in this country totaled
140,450. Bradstreet reports
several causes contributing to
these failures, 34.9 per cent
being lack Of capital and in
competence. Business men
trying to run a business in a
new day with old methods
were found not workable, and
34.9 per cent of the failures
could have gone ahead, Brad
street reports, had they been
managed by competent execu-
tives.
Operating a business in
1884 is different from operat-
ing it even in 1927 when the
nation had more than 10000
bushes failures. Bushes can.
not be operated today by
those who ran the country
stores 40 years ago and wht
believe in the same method.
today. While the government
is endeavoring to lessen tn,
strain of serious competition
busines requires more busi
ness methods today than eve
before. Profits are cut down
volume is cut down. Smalle
profits must be made to g
farther than ever before
Every method must be work
ed by individual business cor
Germs to get-their share of tn
available business. Runnin
a business today calls fo
more than just sitting in one
store and waiting for custom
ers. Anyone can see that fe
himself. Those stores wh
just wait for business, kee
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02
Five Vice Presidents Reelected

Five Vice Presidents of the Unit
ed States were elected to second
terms-Iohn Adams, Daniel Tomp.
kins. George Clinton, John Cal.
houn and Thomas Marshall.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-02

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il represents and the State OF whlch t lt
n a part. 1t also gives the items OF
Importance of the Eastern Snore Oh
Maryland.
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aware. as Second Class matter.
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Published Every Thursday Morning, BY
r. ID. HOFFECKER- Proprietor.
Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker. July s.
1854 Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10, 1907.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-12

Court of New Castle County last
week were the following for the
lower part of the county: St.Georg-
es hundred, P. ]. Lynch; Appoquin-
mink, w. E. Duhadaway; Black
bird, Joseph Anderson.
Mrs Lydia A. Dunning wife of
Postmaster Dunning of Middle
town, died on Saturday morning
aged 48 years. She had been an
invalid for over two years. She
was a daughter of the late John
Jones of st. Georges hundred, and
she left two children, j. Preston
Dunning, Esq, of Dover, and a
daughter 10 years of age.
Miss Mary Clayton, daughter of
Col. Joshua Clayton. was married
Thursday to Fletcher Price, of
Chesapeake City, Md. The cere-
mony was performed at the resi-
dence of the brides parents in
M1ddletown, by the Rev. E. C.. At
kins, in the presence of relatives of
the family. and a few intimate
friends. After the ceremony a
sumptuous repast was spread.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-12

stations failed.
The dots and dashes-tise Ian
guage of the amateur radio opera
tor hurtled through ether for the
rest of the world to hear and to set
into motion the great task of re-
lief.
Fred P. Bassett, Jr., described
scenes of horror and gave direc-
tions for relief for twenty-three
hours while buildings crashed
around him.
In Miami Alonzzo D. Bliss Jr.,
picked up the message and relayed
them to Red Cross and army re-
lief workers. Other amateurs in
the hurricane area also carried on
heroic work wherever it was posi-
BILE to erect emergency transmit
ting equipment.
Death by flood, storm, earthquake
and disease is foiled by the ever
watchful radio amateur. When
other means of communication fail,
they leap into the breach.
This shows what an important
part radio plays in our lives and
also shows the Importance of radio
amateur. Therefore it would be
advisable for all amateur radio op-
orators to have emergency equip
ment in readiness for disaster.
William Keiser
Smyrna times., 1936-03-12
Dancing

If you saw a person holding his
hands out in front of him, and at
the same time taking a few steps
one way and then a few the other
and OCCASIONAL yturning and jump
ing, you woud think of course that
he was Crazy. Does it make him
sane if he goes through the same
actions with girl or does it make
them both crazy? IF it is the
pleasure of holding hands with a
girl which makes so many people
crazy about dancing, it would be,
better for them to sit together and
hold each others hands instead OF
holding each others feet, to the
floor. If it is exercise they want,
they can get it scrubbing the floor
or cutting wood. If it is the thrill
they get from looking at each
other, they should stand a few
feet apart and do just that, be-
cause they can't see much of the
partner by looking over her should
er. S. VogeI
Smyrna times., 1936-03-12
SUNDAY DINNER
-&9gesttcs's-
BY ANN PAGE

THE break in the weather came Just
in time to make fresh fish moder-
ately plentiful and inexpensive for
Lent. Il also brought lower prices on
eggs and butter. Cheese prices had
not been affected but this l. always an
economical and nourishing food which
can be used to replace meat.
Fresh vegetables are plentiful and
very reasonable considering the sea-
son. Beets, new cabbage, carrots, new
potatoes and spinach are the outstand-
ing values.
All fresh meats are cheaper, par
ticularly beef and pork, and lamb and
veal in lesser degree.
Winter fruits still have the market
though strawberries and pineapples
are becoming more plentiful. South
American grapes, nectarines, pears
and plums are available.
Here are three menus for Sunday
dinner at different budget levels.
Low Cost Dinner
Chuck Steak Macaroni and Cheese
Sweet-sour Beets
Bread and Butter
Apple Cobbler
Tea or Coffee Milk
Medium Cost Dinner
Baked Lambs Liver Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans
Bread and Butter
Fruit Crackers Cheese
Tea or Co6ee Milk
Very Special Dinner
Consomme
Roast Stuffed Chicken Boiled Rice
New Asparagus
Green Salad Cheese Dressing
Rolls and Butter
Strawberry Shorteake
Coffee
Smyrna times., 1936-03-12

other excellent ways for boys and
girls to observe Lent. AbStaining
from pleasures such as candy,
shows, and parties helps us to
keep Lent. Still another Lenten
practice is to overcome our worst
faults. Everyone has some partic-
-ullar weakness. Maybe it is disob-
edfence at home or in school; per-
haps it is bad temper or laziness-
Make up your mind to correct that
weakness and your Lent will be
well spent
Anne Pomichalek
Smyrna times., 1936-03-12
PERSONALS

Rev. r. K. Stevenson, who has
been appointed to Millington Sta
tion spent last night in town, the
guest of j. P. Collins.
Mrs. Rev. P. H. Rawlins was the
guest of Mrs. r. E. Hough several
days the past week.
Miss Clara Murgatroyd, of Will
mington, is visiting Mrs. Aubrey
Vandever.
j. Edwin Hoffecker, who has had
to relinquish the position of book
keeper in Baltimore, because of
disagreeing with his health has
taken a position as travelling agent
for the Peninsular Bone Phosphate
Company.
Miss Florence Brice, of Camden,
N. J., has been spending the past
week with friends in town.
George Carter of the Times Of
fee has gone to Philadelphia for
surgical treatment and will be
gone for several weeks.
James Lurty left to-day for Phil
adelphia for treatment of his eyes.
Mrs. Sarah H. Williams of Will
mington, is spending few days
with Joseph E. Williams.
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS
In the list of appointments of
Constables appointed by the Levy
Smyrna times., 1936-03-12
Tigers Kill AZ in India;
Hunters Bag % Animals

Calcutta.-Tigers in the Sundar-
bans, the desolate stretch of sand
flats to the south of Calcutta, have
had a record year as killers, it is
shown by a forest administration
report.
They claimed no fewer than AZ
human victims in 1934-the highest
number since 1916. In the year be-
fore only Is persons were killed by
tigers in this area.
On the other hand, % tigers were
killed during the year - exactly
double the 1888 total.
The Sundarbans are the chief
haunt of the famous royal Bengal
tiger.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-12
their scattered organizations. The
American Legion had been born.
Smyrna High
School Activities
Continued From Page Six)

are doing. We hear speeches from
the halls of the Congress and read
about their activities in every
newspaper and also debate their
questions in public and private
circles.
The Government of today is in
terested in thousands and are con-
cerned in production, distribution,
and such. Examples of the above
are the NRA. AAA, PWA, CCC of
the present administration. Per-
haps the government is taking too
much interest in such things as
these. Are we turning communis-
tic? I don't think so, but the pres
ent younger generation will answer
that question.
Victor Ennis
Smyrna times., 1936-03-12
Radio Amateurs To the Rescue in
Florida Hurricane

When a roaring hurricane swept
through Florida in September, un-
known amateur radio operators be-
came heroes in the midst of death
and destruction. Through bowling
wind and pelting rain, these anna
teur radio operators tapped our
message on their low-powered
transmitters when telephone, tele-
graph and powerful broadcasting
Smyrna times., 1936-03-12
MONIES NJ! ::.
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Attractions at Strand Theatre

To-day-Harold Lloyd. who won't
be hurried in his picture making
any more than will Charlie Chap
lin, has his best role and turns in
the most hilarious performance of
his lively career as the fighting
millxman hero of ''The Milky Way"
Those who found THE Milky Way
entertaining when presented on the
stage a year or two ago may have
some slight idea of what to expect
from the picture. But the screen
play runs rings around the origin
al for excellence. Genuine humor
has taken the place of snuttiness,
new and brighter episodes have
been added and the gags, always
part and parcel of a Lloyd film,
are happily unhackneyed.
Friday and Saturday 80 Navy
Wife"
Smyrna times., 1936-03-12
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Continued From Page Three)

Glenwood Avenue and he is sue
ceeded by William Green of Della
ware street.
COUNTRY CHANGES
John S Griffin near the State
Road, takes the farm of j. B. Mer-
ritt, below Leipsic; Denney Walker
of the Price farm, near Brenford,
goes to the Jerry Goldsboough
farm; George Pratt succeeds
George Heinold on the Register
Farm; A. l.. Hudson has discon-
tinued farming. though retaining
his residence there, and has rented
the farm to his son, A. L. Hudson,
Jr.
Smyrna times., 1936-03-12
The Lenten Season

Lent began on Ash Wednesday,
February 26th. It includes the
forty week days that end on Holy
Saturday at noon. Growing chill
dren are not expected to fast be-
tween meals, but there are many
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OF
LEGION POSTS
tCOQtinued From pona TT,,oo1
CONTINUED From Page Three)

ions organization. The Caucus
created an A. e. F. Executive Com
mlttee empowered to carry on the
organization in France and to
work with an Executive Committee
to be appointed from forces in the
United States. The Caucus ad-
Journed; the delegates returned to
Smyrna times., 1936-03-12
ARE YOU
as expert as SHE?

THINK for minute what if you had
the house to run, meals to plan and
children to care for? Do you think
you could do the job as well as your
wife does? On the same amount of
money? Be honest.
The housewives of the nation
study and know their jobs. They read
the advertisements regularly. They
keep themselves informed of the best
offerings of the stores. They are ex-
pert purchasing agents.
These purchasing agents, from
necessity or individual desire, aim to
make every dollar spent return a full
one hundred cents worth in value.
They know their needs. They know
through the advertisements Just
where these needs can be best sup
piled at the least cost. Such intelligent
buying saves time and effort and
money. It results in management
of the home that is truly efficient.
This is why, Mr.. Merchant, you
should advertise. Spring is opening
and Easter is almost here. Keep your
store news before the public. The
Smyrna Times goes into the homes in
this trading area, homes you should
cultivate by making weekly appeals.