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Smyrna times., 1938-03-17
2 SMYRNA MEN
IN AUTO CRASH
Stewart Wilds Suffers Broken
Nose and Ralph BOyles
Severe Shock
ACCIDENT DUE TO FOG

Stewart Wilds of Smyrna, had
his nose nearly cut off when his
head went through the windshield
of the car Thursday while he was
riding with Ralph Boyles, to Will
mington. He refused at first to
go to hospital for treatment but
later had medical aid. Wilds was
injured when an automobile oper-
ated by Ralph Boyles, also of
Smyrna, ran into the rear Of a
parked automobile of which Albert
H. Waller, So, of Laurel was the
operator. Waller had stopped on
the DUPONT Boulevard at MacDon-
ough at o'clock Thursday morn
ing to clear ice from his wind
shield Boyles told Sergt. Elliott
Kitchens of the state police he did
not see Walters car because of the
5og- Wilds and Boyles, painters,
with John Q. Mannering,
put at present working for Harvey
Jones, another former Smyrnian,
low q painting contractor in Will
nington. Boyles was driving his
ar as ne has been doing every
lay, he and Wilds committing to
md fro to their work. Boyles'
-uto was considerably damaged. |
Both men are recovering.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-17
KENT COUNTY FIREMEN LADIES
NIGHT, SMYRNA, DREW CROWD

The fifth annual Ladies' Night
program was conducted under the
auspices of Kent County Volunteer
Firemen's Association Friday
night in the John Bassett Moore
High School, Smyrna. Twelve
companies sent representatives. A
program of music, vaudeville acts,
singing and dancing was enjoyed.
The talent was selected from each
town in Kent County represented
by their Fire Company, some of
which was of a high order. The
affair took place in the new audi
torium of the High School, a place
fitted to stage the tai
ent. Some of the numbers were
Smyrna times., 1938-03-17
FARMERS MEET
AT FIRE HALL
GOOdly Attendance, ard
New A A A Farm Bill
Explained
r. E. WILSON IN CHARGE

A community educational meet
ing to hear the new AAA farm
bill explained was held in the Fire
Hall at Smyrna Tuesday and was
an interesting meeting Meetings
are also being held this week at
Hartly, Kenton and FELTON, under
the auspices of the Kent County
Agricultural Conservation Associa-
tion for the purpose of explaining
this program to all interested
farmers Next week similar meet
ings will be held il the Court
House in Dover on Monday even
ing, March 21; at the Millwood
community hall near Milford on
Tuesday evening, March %, and in
the First National Bank building
in Harrington Oh Wednesday even
ing, March %. These meetings
were arranged by County Agent
Russell E. Wilson, secretary Of the
association, in cooperation with r.
Harry Wilson, Laurence E. Cain
and H. Clifford Clark, members of
the county committee, @. Arthur
Taylor, president Of the state COM
mittee, and various district com
The extension depart
ment Of the University of Della
ware is assisting in these meetings
through the services of r. o. tel
zer, extension economist, and Miss
Pearl Macdonald, nutrition spec
ialist, with the result that these
discussions present points of inter
est to the entire community. AS
the conservation of our soil re-
by better farming practic-
IS, and the improvement of our
health through the consumption of
proper foods in the diet should at
-ract the attention of every mem
Der of the farm family, the farm
women have been invited to these
meetings to hear these
important subjects discussed to
he advantage of the farm and {
lome. Within the past few weef1s
everal hundred compliance papers
n connection with the 1887 agri-
ultural conservation program ]
ave been completed by the coun-
VI committee and forwarded to
he Washington Office of the Ag-
icultural Adjustment Administra-
ion for approval with reference to
enefit payments. These compli-
nee reports are being completed t
5 rapidly as the 1887 agricultur- I
parctices can be checked over il
q these farms, and the signatures p
{ landlords and tenants are secur-
!. All of this information is re- il
uired before these papers will be V
ccepted by the federal govern q
lent, and every possible effort is IL
eing made to complete the 1887 fl
rogram in order that more con- C
deration may be given to the ad- Il
illustrative work in regard to the B
gricultural program for this year. Il
Smyrna times., 1938-03-17
LENT AT ST. PETERS CHURCH
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, Rec
tor, Makes Announcements

st. Peters p. E. Church. Rev.
FREDERICK Marx Barton, rector,
makes these announcements for
Sunday next, the third in Lent:
1880 a. m, celebration of the Holy
Communion; 10 a. M. Church
School; IL a. M, morning prayer
and sermon. Monday, 2:30 p m,
Woman's Auxiliary Study Glass at
the home of Mrs. Dwight. We'd
nesday next, 7:3O p. M, Lenten
service and address; choir assist
ing at the service. The Rev
George w. Davenport, D. D.. Bisb-
op OF the Diocese of Easton, will
visit us on Thursday, March 31st,
and administer Confirmation.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-17

applauded for an encore. Despite
the snow and inclement weather,
a crowd of between $50 and 200
were present. It was one of the
finest conducted Ladies Night pro-
grams ever rendered by the
association and credit to
the committee composed of John
Jacobs of Smyrna; Fred E.
Burke. Claytno, and Frank c.
O'Neal, Harrington. The compan-
les represented were: Clayton,
Cheswold, Dover, Wyoming and
Camden, South Bowers, Hartly,
Frederick, Milford, and Houston,
Harrington, Magnolia, and Smyr-
ma.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-17
DIRECTS AAA IN
THIS DIVISION
W. c. Finn Of Kentucky, Has
Territory Including State
Of Delaware
SEVEN STATES IN GROUP

w q. Finn. native Of Ken
lucky, has been appointed Direc-
Ter Of the East Central Division
Of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration, r. o. Stelzer, Ex-
tension Economist at the Univer-
sity Of Delaware and State Execu-
tive Officer of the AAA, reports.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-17
! IAAkERs STRESS Foons
Ae Of NJ c,u ! iO-day at the
onlithers Sno.r,

i hCTs snow
gli5.a. Importance Of Right Eat
| tssra slsrtalnning Good Health !"
tins meme ss,o of !. . series of meet
T. ns.d e this week sponsor
tsr..ilz u Kent County Home Home
\ y. aslon Clubs. Tie 6,-st III
bn.' .'rts'Gay \ ,1 (Wednesday1at It
y B,,s,..:Mll !, Mrs. Ernest Mock.
d I55s''lTile. ! s'1l To-day a meet
snitss,aa \ aeId j At the home IF
, It cs.s',w, snow near smyrna. 4:
III coos cSasswold, at home j.
| i. "tPsr; ,3Fs Monday, Isis Rising I,
\ Warren 49, f. tne home
|st Wodqida 'oolt; Y IN the ey-
l2 St. Jono. eIurch vestry;
March y {, Mrs. Thomas
fac lOdge baI 'ae afternoon
Little CraoI. n tne even
''tol frema,,so solooi March
4spel church Ian =
Smyrna times., 1938-03-17
Smyrna Host to Kent Ffremen

The Kent County Firemen's AS
sociation met at the Smyrna Fire
Hall last night. A banquet was
served at the Century Club House.
Asbury Mite Society catering.
Business session held at the Fire
Hall.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-17
SIX HURT IN AUTO CRASH
Mannon Robinson, MiddIetown, and
Phillip Davis, Townsend, in List

Phillip Davis, Townsend, in List
Six persons were injured near
ELkton, Md, on Sunday evening
when two cars crashed after a
third car swung out of line in an
attempt to pass them. Joseph
Rice, IS, of Washington, d. C., one
of the drivers, suffered a fracture
Of the skull and his wife, Elizabeth
63, received knee injuries. Mrs
Grace Jones, 35, of Washington, a
passenger in the Rice car, was cut
severely. In the other car were
Mannon Robinson, 18, of Middle
town, Del, who was taken to
Union Hospital with possible
skull fracture; Phillip Davis, Is, OF
Townsend, Del, and George Good
en- of North East, cuts and bruises.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-17
sylITE SOUGHT
os.;oIs Will Ask
President to Save Mo-
spito Control Camps
SUPPORT

| .,.r,rs officials, supported oy
|sa"sli .r',s5 puBlic opinion, will Ri
iG5,,s p,sstdsnt Roosevelt to com-
4 i sl''is 5sath sentence Of three
E.,.+o 4 captrOI camps at Wyom-
,l.sroIia. ~ and Lipsic. This
: - FtlI Drobably be made Tate
3 ,r".E II or next. Wilbur 81
y NJ ssief executive officer Of
|DsIsrare Mosquito Control
|mi,,ion, is planning to confer
cOr. Richard 9. McMullen
rs discuss with him the nee
4 d going directly to the
E3srt. Under present orders,
'ccc mosquito control camps
I.guolis and Wyoming are 70
'rp July /. The camp at Leip-
| b be placed under the Bu-
d Biological Survey on May
Ms bureau, ironically enough,
besr one Of the principal an
rists Of the mosquito control
in Delaware. In spite of re-
ions by Mr.. Corkran, the bu-
officials have maintained that
mosquito control work is
Ing the death knell to wild
b Delaware's southern marsh
Statistics, reports, letters
marsh owners adm muskrat
ers, compiled by Mr.. Corkran
to show that wild life is not
stiAed by the mosquito con-
rejects, that muskrat catches
increased where the work has
lone and that marsh owners
expressed favor for the CCC
The mosquito projects re-
added support over the
nd with the visit Of u. S.
7 John G. Townsend, rJ.,
who praised Mr..
MS work and the mosquito
accomplishment Of the Del
commission. The work, he
lring a visit to Lewes, was
i work that has been done
he New Deal. The govern
wasting a lot Of money on
that have not produced
'0d results as mosquito con
Delaware" he added. Gov
lcMnllen has also written
illngton urging the reten-
ne camps. y. S. Senator
/. Hughes has also appeal
&c officials in Washington
II Of the Delaware project.
Townsend said Monday
ndreds Of letters had been |
from citizens Of Delaware
ng the discontinuance Of
iF0l work now going on il
1unty, since its completion
x County, and suggested /,
Corkran take up the mat !
ionally with the President
Of bis Splendid record"
Wedge Of mosquito control
Y ness in the past four
The camps at Magnolia
PIC are the last of four !
: operated in the state on
!. one Of the states two
!. "a d drainage camps, at r
: Will also go, while the :
df Georgetown will con- ). ),
operation, as will the for 3 :
mp at Redden. Z
Smyrna times., 1938-03-17
SMYRNA ROTARY CLUB MEET
Due to Inclement Weather Pro-
gram Thursday Was Cut Short

Due TO Inclement Weather Pro
gram Thursday Was Cut Short
The regular weekly meeting Of
the Rotary Club was held on
Thursday at the Wayside Inn. The
inclement weather prevented the
program originally planned from
being carried through. The even
ing was devoted to discussion by
various members of the Club on
questions concerning their organ
ization. A friendly and most help
ful discussion ensued. The Rotary
Club voted unanimously to have
the basketball squads of the John
Bassett Moore School meet with
them on March 81.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-17
Tovenor to Address Club Women

cos oiuD NofbeH
eoV. Richard c. McMullen will
auuress an open meeting of Twen-
s-eIn century Club of Smyrna, to-
Friday afternon, at 2.3O.
a. century Club House. There
~. %nl De a program of music in ad-
oition to the address.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-17
'iSSlOSARY SOCIETY
n N, : a gAsDury NJ. E. Chm,
: frances Davi. Inurch

| PHI. Davis, Pres.
e., !, /. caila1ssl5's., s5s, , ,l':s's Russell
.ae officers ouiy oy NJ. E.
! resident are as fol-
Fist w. Frances Am
\ Second W. v;uent, Doris
4. 'sder;; saor.ee ..ee-Fresident,
. Ifeasurer .afy' Betty
n V''respopdi,.'' 'ean Ellen
H. Slssell; pnbSi,.sS'e secretary,
"a Flo,s.'C MemberS,,,ii.
\ Eei'l !, HlssioDip,a.sa
III chairnoa 'iy Friend
Pierce. . Dorothy
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-14
Face the Facts
Fix the Pump

After five years of pump printing, the water
seems to have gone back into the well. 1t does
not do much good to prime a pump unless the
mechanism is right to hold the water.
We might as well face the fact that it looks
as if too much political m~eddling with business
has Just about wrecked the pump.
Walter Lippmann, one of the most fearless
and realistis writers in the nation, in a recent
syndicated article, shows that mere govern
ment spending will never solve the question
of depression as long as business incentive is
discouraged. Easy credit will only put bust
ness deeper in the hole, unless it is permitted
to make a profit. On the possibility of bust
ness expansion under such conditions, Mr.. Lipp-
mann says:
with capital gains and undstributed pro-
all the risks remain but the prospect is viz
tually gone" In addition to necessity for cor
recting such a killing tax system, Mr.. Lipp-
mann adds that business will have to be as
sured that the sit-down strike is not going to
be permitted and that there is going to be an
end of tolerated violence and of government
favoritism in collective bargaining. There will
have to be peace with the utilities. There will
have to be peace with tn railroads and some
end to the arrangement by which rates are
fixed by one government board and wages by
another" And he might have added, a cessa-
ton of legislative proposals in Congress to de-
stroy bushes and drive up the cost of living.
How can pump printing do any permanent
good with rotten valves to hold the water af-
ter it is raised from the bottom of the well?
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-14
Devil Take the
Taxpayer

The story of public electric power develo-
ment in the state of Nebraska would be high
ly ludicrous were it rot for the fact that mil
lions upon millions of dollars of general tax
payers money have been sunk in the silt of
Nebraska's many waters"
Extensive surveys by army engineers and
private engineers long ago indicated that the
streams of Nebraska are not suited to electric
power development. Within the last quarter
century numerous attempts have been made in
this direction, and in most instances have fail
ed miserably. But undaunted and with perverse
obstinacy public ownership enthusiasts have
builded bitches, dams and power houses from
one end of the state to the other. They have
defied nature, dry riverbeds and tons of silt.
According to Ernest r. Abrams of the New
York Sun, out of $94, 526, 900 allotted for nom
federal power projects by WPA, Nebraska re-
ceived over 33 per cent or nearly 1872, 900, 90.
Fifteen states, including Nebraska, received SO
per cent of the total sum.
A 8ood share of these lopsided expenditures
represent borrowed money and all of tn tax
payers of the nation will share in the burden of
paying the debt, for years to come.
Apparently the politicians who would socialize
the electric industry have not the slightest un-
Outstanding of the word fair" To them the
end ~Justifies the means and Devil take the tax
payer.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-14
Things One Remembers
by +. Nj. Hofer

The Bonneville hydro-electric development on
the Columbia River, is the the second egg to
be Matched in the governments power social
cation Incubator.
As one listened to the stories its promoters
told of the blessings it would bring to the North
west. one almost became hypUotized with the
thought that this great section of the Unated
Gates had ever seen electric lights. Ihen
when the spell binding ended one suddenly re-
membered that there had been electric lights
and power in the Northwest ever since one could
ren..rnSet. and that, starnge as 1t may seem,
Bonneville could be washed out completely and
not a mhell would stop turning or a light stop
burning in all the country tributary to it.
The people of seven states counties in Ore
0on were asked at a recent special election to
vote for a tax-exempt power districts TO use
tax-exempt Bonneville power, in competition
with the power service they already enjoy
from highly-taxed private companies, which
taxes help support their schools, roads and all
public activity, including paying for Bonneville.
And what happened The spell must have
been broken. By a majority of nearly two to
one. the people of the seven counties voted not
To saddle themselves with debt to duplicate
their greatest tax assets, private eleceric COM
MOS ass
The Northwest needed Bonneville about as
much as the average home needs two pianos
and maybe the voters looked at the matter in
that light when it came to going into debt for
something they already have, and when the
thing they have is a taxpayer instead Of a tax
eater. T.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-14
Fire Prevention

Winter is over. The good days are here. And
millions of people will soon start a pleasant
round of motoring trip, picnics, camping ex-
cursions and other forms of outdoor recreation.
II you are one of these, you will see nature
at her best. But do your part to make sure
she continues at her best-by being careful
with fire.
There are millions of acres of ravished,
blackened stun lard in this country that once
bore magnificent trees-because someone was
careless with a camp fire. Some of the finest
natural gardens have been turned into ashy
w-astes-because someone was careless with a
cigarette. Animals apd humans have persisted
horribly in holocausts of raging flame-because
somJone took a chance with fire.
Almost all states have laws aginst throwing
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-14

get is a wheeze ard a gurgle. So
that is the way | explained it.
But Susie, says, l am not talk
ing about any pump in the coun-
try am talking about pumping
onev like they do down in Wash.
SO l says, pouring water in a
pump, when the well is dry, and
pouring money in a gopher's hole,
like in Wash, it is no different.
And if you get back half what you
put in, you are doing good.
And Susie SAYS. who is getting
the money-and do you have to
crawl into a gopher's hole to get
it? and | says, with the diet | am
on, I could easy enough get into a
gopher's hole.
So nothing came of our CONVEX
sation-and it is the same with
pump printing.
Yours, with the low down,
10 Sierra
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-14
EDITORIAL PAGE

matches or lighted tobacco from cars-Obey
them vigorously. They are sound laws, Designs
ed fer your protection, and they deserve your
cooperation. An excellent practice is to break
a match il two between your fingers Defore
dropping it-then you'll know that it really Is
out.
Don't go on a camping trip without the basic
tools of fire control-a shovel and a good-sized
bucket, # possible, make a rock fireplace for
your fire. Under no circumstances build 1t near
i,rn.h. dry leaves or other easily inflammable
materials. Don't build a large fire-a relative
Il small one is adequate for all camping needs.
And when yoru are through with it, really put
It out-douse it with water, and shovel dirt
over the ash. Be certain that not aspark re-
mains.
The prevention Of fire in the outdoors is its
own reward-it guarantees that there will be a
beauty spot for you to visit next year.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-14
Savings Bank
Life Insurance

Periodically there is agitation for the issu-
ance of life insurance by saving banks, where
the man wanting a policy may go in, look over
the list of contracts, make his selection and
complete his purchase.
There is probably nothing against this sys-
tenn of issuing life insurance-if adequate legal
safeguards for the protection of the buyer are
erected. But it is inconceivable that the Ameri-
can people would have ever purchased $780,
0 10000 of life insurance protection, as they
have, in "over the counter" buying.
Savings bank life insurance has been legal
in Massachusetts, for a great many years
yet the total is extremely small in comparison
to that of the regular stock and mutual compa-
MES doing business in that state. 1t is the
agency system, under which men trained in I'M
derwriting call upon the prospective buyer,
that it is responsible for our being the best
insured Of all the worlds peoples. No other
system can hold a candle to it.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-14

Why rot Face
Railroad Facts!

The Presidents recent message to Congress,
in which he pointed to the plight OF the rail-
road industry and stated that it Is the duty OF
our lawmakers to attempt to save the INES
frem impend rig ruin, has agin focused public
attention on the railroad problem. And no gra-
yer r, '~ustr.al problem exists.
The faets underlying this crisis are wildly
detailed by Franklin Waltman In the Wash
irgton Post. The average wsge of railway en-
ployes vas twice as large in 1886 as In 1916.
In 1886 they paid 9 cents cut = each revenue
dollar INTAKES. as against 6.3 cents in 1929.
The cost of everything the Ines use has made
especially notable advances since 1892. Yet,
in 1873, the freight rate level was 10 per cent
lower than in 1929, and the average passenger
mile rate was 1874 per cent lower.
To blame the condition of the railroads on
excessive capitaIiZation-a common cry OF
those who either misunderstood of deliberately
mistake the issue-is an error. According to
the ICC the proportion of operation revenue
for fixed charges has fallen since 1890, ard in
1886 the proportion was 1863 per cent-materi-
ally less than in 1916.
Lastly. even less founded is the charge that
the railroads have failed to keep pace with the
times, and so have unnecessarily lost traffic
to their competitors. Freight train speeds in
1887 were almost so per CEN higher than in
1921. Locomotive fuel consumption, In spite
of this, was the loves on record. And gross
ton-miles per train hour also reached a record
mark in 1887.
To sum up, the real cause of the railroads
criss is this: A steady rise in labor and ma
terri and tax costs, accompanied by a steady
decline in the rates charged for freight and
passenger service. The railroads have asked
for a Giving wage" and have been refused it.
It is folly to talk of any solution to the pro-
lem unless it involves rate adjustments COM
mensurate with the growing cost of carrying
on the business. What industry can continuously
reduce the cost of what it sells and at the same
time pay continuously more for what it buys,
and remain solvent?
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-14

The business outlook has chang
cd little. "Moderate bettermer6" is
still the opinion of most econom-
ists-and thew are being extreme
" cautious about forecasts.
The pending Government snend-
ing program will, of course, be a
favorable factor. However. past
experience seems to indicate th9t
the gains resulting from govern
ment spending are lost as soon as
- src1'-g IS reduced.