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Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
Future Farmers Hold Parley

The Delaware Future Farmers
of America held their annual con
vention last Friday and Saturday
at the Caesar Radney high school,
Camden-Wyoming Public speak
ing contests, baseball games, and
motion pictures Of State and ma
tional conventions were featured
on the program. The speakers in
cluded Clarence E. Jester, State
Grange master; w. A. Ross, fed
eral agent for agricultural educa-
ton; w. H. Jump, superintendent,
and w. B. Simpson, principal of
Caesar Rodney school. The offic-
ers are: President, Thomas L.
Ware; vice-presidents, New Castle,
Albert Bartels; Kent, Walter Tay-
lor; Sussex, William Walton; sec
retary, Wallace Caulk; advisers
secretary, Henry S. Brady; treas
urer, John Curtis, and State ad-
wiser, w. Lyle Mowlds.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
ARBOR AND GARDEN DAY
To Be Held at Delaware Colony a
StOcizly Next Saturday

The Board of Lady Visitors for
Delaware Colony is expecting a
large number of visitors at the An
nual Arbor and Garden Day ob-
servance to be held again on Sat
urday, April 9. Trees. shrubbery
and plants that are donated VIII be
planted around the Colony grounds
on the same date. Visitors VIII Be-
welcome to the Operetta which
will be given in the auditorium at
2 o'clock. All cottages and var
ious departments Of the school viii
be open for inspection at l o'clock
The Board of Lady Visitors, who
have planned and directed the an
nual Arbor and Garden day at the
Colony School since its foundation
consists Of the following: Mrs John
B. Hutton, Honorary, Dover; Miss
Ida NJ. Roosa, Chairman, Milford.
Mrs. Walter w. HynsOn, Treasur-
er, Smyrna; Mrs. Blanche Lock
wood Green, Recording Secretary.
Middletown; Mrs. Charles Town
send, Corresponding Secretary
Dagsboro; Mrs. Clara Marshall
Lewes; Mrs. George Carter, Smyr-
ma; Mrs. Robert Smith, Whining
ton; Mrs. L. A. Drexler, Camden.
Mrs. S. NJ. Ellis, Delmar: Mrs. Gar
rett Harrington, Harrington.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
STATE SAFETY
COUNCIL NEWS
The Motorist Who Says 'l
Made 1t" in Speeding By
Car at a Curve
IS AN UNSAFE DRIVER

Too often motorists consider
high-speed or reckless driving as a
game between them and the traf-
fic authorities. But the stakes are
higher than a fine in court. Ac-
cording to the Delaware Safety
CCounci, even if you are lucky,
even if you avoid death or serious
injury, you miss most of the plea
sures of drivin. You are driving
under mental pressure when you
might be relaxing and really en-
joying yourself. Modern cars and
modern roads have removed much
of the physical discomfort of high
speed driving. But they never can
or will remove the mental discom-
fort. When you pass a car before
curve, driving tensely, and think
to yourself, Il made it that time,
you are subjecting yourself to
needless nervous strain What is
the harm in slowing down for
few seconds, until you get a clear
vision? If you drive slowly and
take no chances, you feel rested
and relaxed when you get there.
Even when you are going some
where on business, driving can be
a PLEASURE. Strange as it may
seem, you will frequently be amaz-
ed at the time you will save when
you are not hurrying. In addi-
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
Mrs. RudnicIz Burned

Mrs Jacob Rudnick, wife of the
well-known owner of Rudnick' $
Livestock Sales Company of Mid
dletoWn, Delaware, met with &
very painful accident recently.
She was badly burned from a fare
up of gas which had accumulated
in protane or tank gas oven. Il
is understood she turned the gas
on, lit it, and hearing the phone
ring answered the call. On re-
turning to the stove she noticed
the fire was out and started to
light the oven. The explosion oc-
Cured and burned Mrs. Rudnick' S
haid and about her face. She IS
confined to her bed with the in
juries.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07

tion to your peace of mind, Won
will find that careful driving will
reward you in other ways. For
example, it will cut your driving
costs, gasoline consumption Is
much less at moderate speeds. The
constant use of brakes so necez
sary with high-speed driving, SUB
jects tires to unnecessary wear
Careful drivers enjoy a lower cost
of car up-keep and running charg-
es. Careful drivers, too, are en-
titled to secure automobile ingur-
ance at lower rates. The financial
loss from automobile accidents has
reached the stupendous figure of
81, 500, 100000 annually Automg-
bile owners have paid the lion
share Of this huge sum, either out
of their own pockets if they are
uninsured or indirectly through the
insurance premiums they pay. Be
cause of the risks to their prop
erty, responsible citizens are not
justified in going without insar-
ance. But they should not be forced
to pay for the rescklessness Of 9TH
ers. Everyone can help to send
dangerous, unfit, drunken drive
along the same path as the gana-
ster, the racketeer, the kidnaper
bV cOODerating with the autlgrfs-
les, by honest, fearless jury es-
vice, by joining with other publ
spirited civic and social leaders
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
DEATH OF

MRS. EDITH STINSON LURTY
Mrs. Edith Stinson Lurty, widow
Of John Lurty, who died some
twelve years ago, expired on Mon
day morning after an illness Of
some weeks, in the 50th year Of
her age. The death of her hus-
band left her with a family of
three children to struggle against
adverse circumstances, which she
did with great fortitude and brav-
cry. She commanded in the high
est degree the respect of her
neighbors, and in the illness which
ended her life, received from them
the ministrations of kindness
which she was ever ready to be-
stow on others, when help and
sympathy were needed.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
LAUDS FATHER
ABOVE MOTHER
]. P. McEvay in ''Woman's
Day" Claims Fathers
Make Best Mothers
ROSE w. LANES REPLY

Fathers make the best mothers,
and the only reason the human
race has survived the mothering of
women is that babies are practic-
ally indestructible, J. r. McEvoy
says in the current issue Of Wom-
ans Day.
Mothers who spend twenty-four
hours a day bringing up children
and waiting on their husbands will
likely find their blood pressure ris-
ing over some of Mr.. McEvoy's
statements on the subject of par
enthood, but Rose Wilder Lanes
reply in a companion article evens
things up with good measure.
NOW" writes Mr.. McEvoy,
what do mean when I say faith
ers make the best mothers? I
mean just that. Of course I grant
that a certain biological coopera-
ton is necessary at the beginning,
but after that we fathers could
very we'll dispense with you math-
ers. There isn't anything that you
can do that we can't do or get
done better. That doesn't sound
just right but you'll get used to it.
"At the beginning mothers know
nothing about babies. They learn
at the baby's expense. If the first
baby survives they use what they
= Rry
this process of trial and error
mothers manage to raise families.
If the family is large enough, it
raises itself. And how have we
survived this terrifying process?
Only because babies are indestruc-
tible. Not only can you bounce a
baby on your knee but you can
practically bounce him on the floor.
If babies weren't so hardy, none
of us would be alive today. The
fact that we are alive is tribute
to our staying qualities as babies
rather than to the fumbling, am
ateure ministrations of our doting
mothers.
IT can remember way back
when mothers nursed babies. To
day fathers fix their formulas.
Right at the beginning we have
eliminated mothers. And why do
fathers have to fix formulas? Be
cause mothers can't add"
After those bold faced remarks
from a mere man, mothers should
find the pleasure of revenge in the
gusto of Mrs. Lanes reply.
'tMr. McEvoy's article" writes
Rose Wilder Lane, 'is proof of be
ginning success. Let men call
themselves mothers if they like;
the word is unimportant. 1t makes
no difference what word they use;
the cheering fact is that we have
at last taught them fact we al
ways knew, that they love their
children.
"Multitudes of men are discover
ing that babies have fathers, that
fathers have duties and emotions,
and that -bewildered, appall-
ed and frightened are fathers. If,
in their confusion, they say that
they are mothers, never mind. That
is a minor detail which we can
straighten out in their minds later
on.
LET your husband take care Of
his baby; you can depend upon it
that he will yell for help before he
does the baby any serious harm.
THANK heaven that your hus-
band wants to learn. Provide for
him the formula, the milk, the
lime-water, the sterilized bottles
and the sterilized caps, the dress
ing-tray, the clothes, the pins. the
new disposable diapers-and, of
course, the baby-and let him do
the changing and the feeding.
This will train him to be some
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07

rived on the ground and threw out
their nets that day for the first
time this spring. They float twelve
to fifteen seins, and besides supply
ing local fish dealers, ship large
quantities to Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
SHOWS BAD ROADS TO BE
COSTLY

Prof. Ely, Of the Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, estimates
the losses from bad roads in the
United States, in the wear and
tear on horses and wagons, at one
hundred millions Of dollars per
year. There are ten millions of
horses, he says, in this country,
and good roads would save an av-
erage of ten dollars for each horse,
making the total one hundred mil
lions. If the roads were all the
time like they were in March Prof.
Ely might safely double his fig
ures.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
SMYRNA CLERKS FOR
SHORTER HOURS

Smyrna store clerks, getting
restive at remaining in the stores
seventeen and eighteen out of the
twenty-four hours, are agitating,
as the warm weather approaches,
the subject of early closing. It is
not to be wondered at that the
boys want to get down to the mill
pond once in a while beside Sun
day, to hear the frogs rejoicing
over the return of brighter days.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
MILK PLANT, CHESR
: drilefs Assured a Nqg
Supplee-W Willis Jus

Senator Arthur H Biz |
ard S beaverton H s 1
George y. Cooper CAM Il
Edgar Lusby Harry J. III
up a delegation Of Kent II
who visited the Srwst
Jones plant in Philadelps 1
" After a survey d Il
situation at large and III
Kent county The vsit9z Il
assurance that a milk Il
plant would be erected 4
county to replace The It /
C1estertOWn = anu Ke11;iT- {
Gently condemned Tie ii
heard that no definite saI
be taken in the near f.
was understood that w,g
plant is erected il wi, 1,l /
Of the plants nov IN 9?ez- {
viii likely be located ! {
more central site. TIE II
may be built at WoEtna {
milk company owns ln! !
is also possible . ri
Kennedyville plant. II
plans are being consiigx
information gained By T.
tion brought consideEsA
the minds Of Kent da77i
also proves what can III
plished when cool he'G
and a cooperative SPIN
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
OVERTURNED WHILE RIDING

OVERTURNED WHILE RIDING
AS Rev. j. T. VanBurkalow, the
new pastor of Mount Pleasant NJ.
E. Church, was driving along mar
ket street, Wilmington, near the
Court House, a few days ago, his
horse took fright at a car on the
electric line, when suddenly spring
ing on the pavement the carriage
was overturned and he and his son
thrown out. He held onto the lines
and he was dragged some distance,
when the lad caught the horse and
brought it to a standstill. Luck
lily Mr.. VanBurkalow escaped with
few slight bruises and the lad
was unhurt.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO.
Notes of Marriages, Deaths,
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF APRIL 4TH, 1888

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column.
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
Two New NPA PM.

It was announced il D7
week that the WPA VII 7
TWO additional projects 3
county. The projects 1-.
+ors;o,s "a tba sewer 4
C,,vrna and extensions ts 7
er and water lines at WI
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
WEDDING OF JOHN w. FORD
AND MISS LUCY SHORT

John w. Ford, residing near
Cheswold, and Miss Lucy Short,
daughter of John H. Short, resid-
ing on the State Road four miles
south of Smyrna, were married on
Thursday evening last at the home
of the bride, Rev. E. E. White Of
ficiating. A large number of in
vited guests were present to par
ticipate in the festivities of the
occasion. Miss L. Bertie Jones. Of
Middletown, acted as bridesmaid
and Wharton NOVEL; of the viein-
ity as groomsman. A collation. Of
choice edibles followed, which with
the pleasant social converse made
it an enjoyable occasion. The bride
was the recipient of a number of
valuable presents.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
DEPENDING ON JERRY
GOLDSBOROUGHS WEATHER
PREDICTION
PREDICTION

One of our business ladies had
intended to go to Philadelphia in
a few days to lay in a stock of
goods in her line-which called for
good weather in their wear-but
on reading Jerry Goldsborourgh's s
prediction that the wather of April
would be very much after the or
der of that of March, decided to
postpone her visit two or three
weeks. April came in very pretty,
as did March for that matter, and
enough of it has not passed to tell
yet what it is going to do.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
GRAIN
CAPT. BENSON CATCHES
FIRST SHAn OE som

Capt. Joseph B. Benson caught
two shad on Friday off Bombay
Hook, the first caught locally this
spring. Wilmington fishermen ar
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
a. P. cRoCKETTs CREAMERY

"A. p. CROCKETT'S CREAMERY
A. P. Crockett's creamery put
through a lot or two of milk last
week but did not get down to
steady work until yesterday, put
ting through during the morning
$50 gallons Of milk. The machin-
cry seems to work to the entire
satisfaction of the poerator, Mr..
Webb, and there is nothing appar-
emily in the way but a sufficient
supply Of milk, which will grow as
the farmers can adjust themselves
to the new way of converting their
milk into butter The machinery
is Of course an object of curiosity
to number Of persons who have
never seen the operations of
creamery.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
Il L, NEW new DIM
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ton.
Smyrna times., 1938-04-07
TRAIN WRECKED BY TRAMF

TRAIN WRECKED BY TRAMP
Thursday night a south-bound
freight train ran into switch at
Woodside Station, six miles south
Of Dover, and the engine and four
cars were wrecked. No one was
hurt. At the station house a tramp
was found, who. on being arrested,
confessed that he had tampered
with the switch, breaking it with
a crowbar. His purpose was, he
said, to stop any south bound train
that came along for the purpose of
getting a ride to Crisfield, Md,
where he once had a home. He
gave his name as Sydney Roach.
He is now in jail at Dover. An
fCsatsnped or PAGE Six)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-02

perfumes, such drugs as aspirin,
antiseptics and many other prod
ucts which have made life more
comfortable, resulted from the Ia
Dor of this young man.
Oil of wintergreen and it's deriva-
tive used in the treatment of rheu-
n1atism, sodium salicylate, can be
obtained from the wintergreen
plant. or it can be obtained at a
fraction Of the cost Of the natural
product alphabetically by convert
ing benzene into phenol, and in
Producing another carbon atom
through the use Of carbon dioxide
under pressure in the presence Of
alkali, converting the latter into
salicvlic acid, and then combining
the salicylic acid with rnstks1 al
coli0l.
The work Of the synthetic or
rariic chemist has opened up a
whole new world for us in the con-
quest Of disease world the
boundaries Of which have barely
been glimpsed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-02

wifi lie COulQ Kill IL
. m..n arsenic, but he knew also ar
s r,ie Is poisonous to human It's
suss. since the parasite lived
n rop' by human cells, his
r cooolem was to find a chemical
fst ,,pound of arsenic that would be
10 to the parasite and harmless
fou human body cells. Finally he
kim u Ia magic bullet which
l M only selected cells.
nlo aauch Of our modern life is made
c cb[[asant because a wonderful bow
perl,ist' named William Henry
aei ,h1n' tried to make quinine arti-
Fas ally' Home from school on his
de sSter holidays, this strange boy
ate eu 10 employ his vacation in
imp a ,pelng to make quinine by TAX
an i another heterogeneous product,
erful Iie and and treating it with pow
tals 14 - not the beautiful white crvs-
He s u quinine, but a brown tar.
was disguised. but being a
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-02
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
WRITTEN FOR CENTRAL PRESS
BY Shepard Barclay
The Authority on Authorities"

The Authority on Authorities"

, lead and East cashed two clubs. ETe
decided a heart was his best re-
turn. South won with the @ and
Immediately tried to set up spades
while retaining an entry in the
dummy. West figured the spade
2 as probably singleton held by
South, so jumped in with the A.
A diamond was returned, which
South won, and the two top spades
provided discards for South's losing
diamonds.
West could have set the contract
had he held off for one round. He
could have limited South to one
trick IN the suit by waiting for the
second round, and the declarer
would have been unable to get any
discards.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-02
ALTERING THE OBVIOUS

ORDINARILY obvious tactics
must be altered under sufficiently
unusual conditions. If you are
reasonably sure the declarer has
just led a singleton frGrcc his own
hand, and can therefore ruff the
next round of that suit, it would
appear incontrovertible that you
should play your ace at once, for
you otherwise would never take
trick with it. But if playing that
ace would set up the dummy's suit
and thus give the declarer impor-
tant discards, it may be better to
foreso the taking of an immediate
trick.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-02

youth Of remarkable powers, he
was interested in proving what he
did have, and found it to be mauve,
the first of the aniline dyes.
Results Far Reaching
Reach out your hand and you
can hardly touch anything which
has not resulted from that discov-
ery-your clothes are probably
dyed with the fast colors Of some
of the aniline dyes. Our ancestors
wore drab clothes or colored with
vegetable dyes which were not fast
and readily faded. Cheap and good
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-02

modern organic
C h e m i s t can
give us nearly
a n y t h i n g we
want.
The supreme
example Of that
was the produc-
tion of w h a t
Paul de Kruif
c a l | e d "the
magic bullet
a r $ p henan1ine
by Ehrlich. Ehr-
Itch had an ami
NAL parasite to
kill. He knew
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-02
H01U Modern Chemistry
Manufactures Many Drugs
BY LOGAN mEN

BY LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D.
~ WROTE yesterday of the fact
'.ol we no longer have to depend
n npol the accidental discovery in
''"'ufe OF the drugs we need-the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-02
Results Far Reaching

DR.. Clendening Will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
Montana labor news., 1938-08-18
labor's Non.Partisan League
Of Silver Bow County Proud
0fvoting Judgment Of People
Miners Organization
Plans Drive in 1898
For Many Members

The necessity of greatly increased
organizational activity during the
coming months and what ear be used
for money to carry on the elaborate
program authorized by the conven-
ton, brought on a debate that COW
cred the subject exhaustively.
By a vote almost unanimous the
convention authorized the executive
board to levy assessments as they
are needed to carry on the work.
Nearly all resolutions coming from
the organization committee calling
for more organization work in every
district of the International were
endorsed by the delegates subject to
the possibility of funds being raised
to do the work. The delegates were
enthusiastic for a great organization
drive and the great majority pledged
themselves to return to their locals
and urge that funds be raised to
carry the program through to a sue
cessful conclusion. There was no
opposition to the program; the de-
bate was on the method of securing
the necessary finance.
Montana labor news., 1938-08-18
President Roosevelt
Approves projed Tor
I%mproving(o Co. Roads

The unions are in receipt of tele-
grams from both Senator Wheeler
and Congressman Jerry J.. O'Connell
stating that President Roosevelt has
signed and approved a Works Prog
ress Administration project for the
improvement of Silver Bow County
roads. The communication also
mentioned that the cost would be
approximately 81, 1O2, 751. The prof
ect will be referred to Mr.. Parker,
WPA administrator, to start opera
tons at his discretion.
. 4
The unions have also been advised
by Senator Wheeler of President
Roosevelt's approval of a Silver Bow
County WPA project for assembling
tabulating and summarizing existing
information concerning traffic and
tourist trade here. The project would
also include population trends and
general study of economic and social
conditions in Butte. The amount to
be spent is estimated at $171, 754.
The state administrator, MI. Parker,
also has discretionary powers as to
the commencement of the operations
of the project.
Montana labor news., 1938-08-18
MOONEY MAY OPEN
DENVER CONVENTION

An invitation to Tom Mooney to
open the seth annual convention of
the international Union of Mine, Mill
and Smeltermen to be held next year
at Denver climaxed the report of
the Tom Mooney committee named
by President Robinson at the begin
ming of the convention. This com
mittee, consisting of three board
members and a delegate from each
district, is a permanent Tom Mooney
committee. The committee members
will continue through the coming
year, in cooperation with the Inter
national office, to do everything pos
sible to aid Moneys own committee
in efforts to secure his release.
The invitation to Mooney was sent,
not as a gesture, but from the con-
fidence of the delegates that Mooney
will be a free man before the end of
this year.
Montana labor news., 1938-08-18
kALISpELL FIRM
SIGNS AGREEMENT
With THE UNIONS

Another Kalispell business man,
Mr.. Peter Hoffman, manager of the
Kalsipell Brick Yard, has seen fit to
recognize organized labor by signing
a contract for a period of one year,
with Hold Carriers, Building and
Common Laborers Union No. 1892.
This agreement was drawn up fol-
lowing a series of talks between Joe
Dzivi, business agent for the Labor
ers Union, and Mr.. Hoffman, these
talks covering details of mutual
problems in which it was brought out
that it is not always possible for an
employer to pay top wages. Mr..
Hoffman, being a fair-minded en-
ployer, willingly showed details of
his business to prove what payroll
load the business would carry and
as a result, a satisfactory agreement
was arrived at providing for a mini
mum scale slightly below the stand
ard union scale of wages.
Negotiations of this kind readily
illustrate the willingness of organ
lied labor to play ball" when given
the proper and fair opportunity to
deal openly across a council table
on equal terms in every way with
the employer. 1t is felt by union
members in Kalispell that this case
will prove to be an object lesson to
employers and unions alike in future
negotiations.