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Smyrna times., 1938-08-11
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ton to lose its hard.t5-,+
against a manufacturer w. n :.
a diabetes cure" from III
weed He claimed 10 bslsr
own statements and the t1gu1
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the other hand juries III n
cept another manufacturer,
testation in regard to an asr |
cure made Of corn starcb =
little permanganate Of Dctss
sold it from Sc to s12 a pass.s
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go into full effect June 25lss
year after it was signed, ts
ernment will need only to mi
nostrum worthless. It KjIlm
necessary to probe into t.s
Of the dealer and prove ha
must have known and iii i
that he was cheating the n
This in the opinion Of enf5rr
officials, marks a material ~
the protection Of the publc.
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PWA GRANTS
S297,OOO TO U OF D
For Administration Building
on Campus Providing More
University Glass Rooms
WILL COST ABOUT S660,OO0

"A $660,000 PWA building project
for the University of Delaware
was announced last week, with the
PWA granting $297 900 of the TO-
tai estimated cost. The projects
provide for a three story part base
ment fireproof administration-class
room building and expansion to the
university library The cost also
includes landscaping, furniture and
equipment.
Charles H. Fleming, engineer for
the State PWA, received word Of
the S297 900 grant from National
PWA Administrator Harold L.
Ickes, Washington.
These projects will provide
much needed work for skilled and
unskilled labor in this area" Mr..
Fleming said, land will provide the
much needed employment in the in
dustries which furnish the mater
ials."
The administration building will
be right angular shaped struc-
ture on the campus, north of the
present library and opposite the
new chemistry building. 1t will
replace the present Administration
Recitation Hall which is near Old
College. The old building, three
story brick structure, was built by
the state in 1892.
The administration-cl room
building has been designed to ac-
commodate the administrative ac-
tivities of the university and also
provided additional class rooms. 1t
will have seven classrooms, Is Of
fees, an Office for the president of
the university, board of trustees
room, storage room, file and
locker room, postoffice, a front en-
trance foyer on the first floor On
the second floor will be II class
rooms, a lecture room, eight offices.
mimeograph room, women's rest
rooms, facultys rest room. The
third floor will have Is offices, two
storage rooms, and an air condi-
tioning room. In the part base
ment will be a book store room,
equipment room, package and re
ceiving room, general storage
room, janitor's quarters, trans
former room, and mems toilets.
According to present plans, the
proposed administration-class room
building will be 1872 feet by 1876
feet overall, 43 feet high to the
ridge of the pitched roof. It will
have 590,500 cubic feet of space.
The additional class rooms will
meet the increasing enrolment at
Delaware. The library addition
will provide more adequate stack
space and increased reading and
reference space. There will be a
five tier back wing added to the
south of the present central por-
tion. Reading and reference rooms
will be added to each of the two
present east and west wings on
the north side of the building. Con-
Meeting these two wings with the
central portion will be two arcades.
The library extension of the cen
trail portion will be about 46 feet
by SO feet overall in plan, SO feet
high containing 271, 500 cubic feet.
The present library was built by
the state as World War memoir
ial.
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.SILAS WELLER HAS A HORSE
TNJTTRED

SILAS WELLER HAS A HORSE
INJURED
Silas Weller, between this town
and the Landing, had a valuable
young horse seriously injured by
being caught in barbed wire. In
mending the division fence of the
adjoining farm, a wire that was
no longer needed was left hanging
on the fence in a looped condition.
Sometime in the afternoon the ami
NAL had got it looped around its
forefoot and in its efforts to extri-
cate itself, had cut the flesh to the
bone, severed an artery and was
down on the ground, white with
foam in the struggle it had gone
through. The ground was bloody
over which it had struggled, and
in the evening when discovered was
weak from the loss of blood. It
was thought at first it could not
be saved, but the indications now
are that it will, though with stiff
leg. He would not have taken
5000 for it before the accident.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-11
GRAIN
AGENT STOUT HAS CASE
IN MILFORD

On Thursday Special Agent
Stout of the S. p. G. G. went to
Milford and rescued the two chill
dren OF Annie Ricketts, from the
low brotfel kept at that place by
her. The woman was held by
Squire Fowler in 5000 bail for ap-
pearance at court on the charge
of keeping a disorderly house, and
Smyrna times., 1938-08-11
LIGHT TANKS
BEST FOR ARMY
Experts in China and Spain
Find That Heavy Tanks
Are Handicap
INFANTRYMEN SUPREME

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of tanks
in the Chinese and Spanish wars
has shown that one of their greatest
contributions is to crush enemy
lines after two powerful forces are
stalemated. army tacticians here
agree.
Observation of tank activities in
these two conflicts has demonstrat-
ed that the tanks cannot win wars
by themselves" but are valuable
as auxiliaries to man power, mill
tary experts said.
These two wars have served as
testing grounds" for tanks and
have brought out certain weak
nesses both in use and construction
which military strategists and engi-
neers are striving to correct.
Infantry Still Supreme.
They have disproved, some army
observers believe, the contention of
tank enthusiasts that future arm
les would be completely mech
anized. War reports have shown,
they assert, that the bulk of the
fighting, particularly in a drive to
gain territory, must be carried on
by the infantryman.
The present trend, army officials
believe, is toward lighter, smaller
and faster tanks, such as the Ger
man and Italian types. The jap
anese are said to be using light
tanks in major Chinese operations.
These light models are believed to
be capable of speeds up to so miles
an hour over rough terrain.
Virtually all Of the 400 tanks in
the United States army are Of the
light" variety, weighing between
eight and nine tons and usually ac-
commodating four men. They carry
guns of 80 and so caliber. although
some also are equipped with 81
millimeter guns.
Army officials say these models
are very efficient" and believe
them to be as good or better than
those used by other countries.
The medium sized tank, weighing
IS or l6 tons, is not favored as much
in this country as the smaller tank.
1t is more heavily armed but is
slower
Fortress Tanks in Doubt.
1t is reported that some coun-
tries are experimenting with still
heavier type of tank-a mobile
fortress. Army officials, although
interested in any developments
along this line, are said to be skep-
teal of such a weapons value.
The United States has fewer tanks
in proportion to the rest Of its mill
tary strength than most other major
powers, army officials bdlieve, but
they contend this country's high in
dustrial development could assure
speedy production in a crisis.
They also point out that it prob
ably would be wasteful to produce
large quantities Of tanks at present
because of the rapid obsolescence Of
such a comparatively new war
weapon.
Officials also have been watching
closely the developments Of anti
tank weapons. These include three
inch guns to be used in direct fire
against tanks and a rapid-fring
weapon to pierce the tanks heavy
armor.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-11
PERSONALS

Walter F. c. Colt, of Indianapol-
Is, Indiana, is "home" on a visiti
for this month to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. J. Colt. He repre-
sents Indianapolis as still booming.
Rev. w. S. Robinson with Ed. c.
FAIRIES and Isaac H. FAIRIES. left on
Saturday for weeks cruise
tContinued op PAGE Sikh
Smyrna times., 1938-08-11
Passing of Rail Fence
in Ozarks Is Predicted

Salem, Mo.-Another decade will
see the passing of a characteristic
Ozarks landmark-the rail fence,
farmers in south Missouri believe.
Barbed-wire fences and a scarcity
of oak timber are held responsible
for the failure of Ozark farmers to
construct and repair picturesque rail
fences.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-11

The Kiko Camping Club, of
Smyrna, went to Woodland Beach
to-day.
A colored woman down the Neck
gave birth on Thursday last to
triplets. They died on Sunday.
Our fields of corn have rarely
promised a better yield than they
did last week, but if this hot, dry
weather continues, the crop must
be cut short.
G. G. Boehmler, who has been
serving the people at their homes
by wagon with hot bread of morn
ings, will hereafter serve them only
from his store.
Newspapers are growing more
valuable every day. An inmate Of
Blackell's Island prison, New York,
found in one, the other day, the
cheerful news that he was heir to
$4,000.
The Smyrna Transportation
Company in addition to putting the
Fygert on daily trips, will, if the
quantity of the fruit demands it,
put on a barge at the Brick Store
Landing.
It is stated that the tramps who
have come down by the cars and
are now in this vicinity inquiring
for information about peaches,
number some 500 persons. There
is doubtless room for all in our or
chards who are genuine peach
plucks."
It was stated in a Philadelphia
paper on Saturday that the total
Of the year is 300 degrees behind
its usual average of heat. If that
much has to be caught up in the
next four weeks, we may look for
torrid weather pretty much
throughout August.
State Treasurer Herbert states
that the funds available for the
public schools would amount to
$95, 1924 for this year, distribut-
ed as follows: New Castle County,
S353, ,152. .S9; Kent, S25, ,6O1. 20; Sus-
sex, $31, ,570.73. This is the largest
amount of money ever distributed
in this State.
From the number of carriage
and wagon loads of people who
have been passing through town
this morning on the way to the
bay-side, some of them as early as
sunrise, this might be designated
Tfbig Wednesday" at Woodland
Beach. Kenton Hundred is espec-
tally well represented.
Messrs. A. L. Hudson and Wilson
N. Brown made their third effort
on Saturday to get meeting of
the peach growers in favor Of a
Fruit Exchange at Clayton, but
with no better result that the two
previous attempts. They speak ap-
provingly but do not take hold.
Mr.. Hudson feels like trying it, if
he has to 60 it alone.
William P. Corsa in writing to
the Farm and Home about the
peach yellows, taking the ground
that the prematuring Of fruit On
trees that are apparently entirely
healthy says: Lee Cummins, of
Smyrna, thinks he has satisfactory
evidence that whereas his orchard
last year was badly affected with
prematuring fruit, the same or
chard this year has much improv-
ed Are such conditions duplicat-
ed in the experience of others 2"
One Of our clerks who has a pet
cat, got some meat from a butch
er'5 on Saturday which was so
tough that it came near choking
the cat to death. Little puss crew
ed On the beef unit. its jaws were
tired and then il commenced to
swallow, but it was evidently mis-
taken in the impression its teeth
had made on the meat for, but for
its timely discovery, shortly after,
it would have been dead. 1t was
in the last throes of dissolution
MARRIAGES
Knotts-Griffen-At the Smyrna
Smyrna times., 1938-08-11

a fellow named Hamilton, who was
also found there, was fined $50 and
costs. The children, aged four and
seven years, were carried to Will
mington by Agent Stout and plac-
ed in the children's home.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-11
MOTHER AND BABY CARE.
Booklet Published by STATE BgI
of Health, Just Issued

Prospective fathers are IA
the responsibility Of avoiding ]
of the deaths Of mothers a
childbirth, in the foreBoTi 4 /
booklet, Mother and Baby % /
just published by the Sts b
of Health. The father !;
know that half Of the iaa1
mothers would not ha1ls,
doctors advice were sought
followed during the entiIs 7
nancy" states The foreTOFi
he should know that med1
during pregnancy reduces II
minimuml the chances OtlI
birth. of a child crippled at
or Of a child that dies shOrtYG
birth. Knowing these hing
vii obtain medical care. h
realize. without being askSa
this is his share Of the re;pn
ity." The expectant notnsi
realize that what she does =
the baby is born may do n1s
assure him Of health than l''
she can do after he has m
The father should know ths.
EVERY mother or expecta1t .
er Is encouraged to discla
health problems with PlF
Or nurse employed by tas
Board of Health. They eau
home Of any mother TAo y :,
to visit a health center " \
snCs snd instruction are giVsl
Tba bookIet. Of thirty;n
! ng po1nla'' nl"a cover made uPd
WIN 2 ~, .rn,erons infants gli
dren. gives complels -
both the mother anu L., %
and lays paI'..',, = I'D
phasis on the neeesslly VI ! n
ent. and regular nleul.a .,iG
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teething' slssp p.r.g
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H. !, = 1bs aliig and drawings TO- 70 nI
understanding Of tns s..tias
Roth text and ilius'ia,I isoIlorr!
economical means Q .ss-si1
s9ggestions given .i.s tns''b ut
2ooklss, Epst TO be the latss. u 5,l
- Cor the mother ,s.1'r ~ %
"a l19 in Ianguage, s'sIic. s' y
5oi,i'l .tood ~ the general !. 4
designed to ar
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MARRIAGES

Knotts-Griffen- the Smyrna
Circuit Parsonage, August 6, by
Rev. E. z. White, David S. Knots
of Boston, and Miss Sallie r. Grif-
fen, daughter Of S. s. Griffen, near
Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-11
LIGHTNING BOLT CAUSES
DAMAGE TO HOPKINS FARM
NEAR FREDERIC

NEAR FREDERICK
During an electric storm Sunday
evening lightning struck a straw
stack in the barnyard of Leander
S. Hopkins, near Frederica setting
fire thereto. His barn, stable and
cowsheds were burned, together
with 700 bushels of wheat, 100
bushels of corn, about 20 tons of
hay and twelve satcks of straw.
The owner had delivered LOG bush
els of wheat, and had $500 insur-
ance in the Kent County Mutual on
the buildings destroyed His ac-
tual loss above insurance will be
81, 200 to 81, 800.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-11
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths,
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF AUGUST s, 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
tiou.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-11
Canning Corn at st. Georges

The cannery at st. Georges has
started canning corn. The corn is
reported very good and many
farmers have grown quantities for
the cannery.
Smyrna times., 1938-08-11
Three Young a Al

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vg@i-' who enlisted fsosrIiting for 9ia .'t95 n
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pahltng Psahn IS IS. Of E..@,-,|
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Smyrna times., 1938-08-11

The Kiko Camping Club, Of
Smyrna, went to Woodland Beach
to-day.
The Washington times., 1938-08-27

with instructors on hand to
help the beginners. Richards
is said to have introduced the
Big Apple to Washington.
No cover charge at the Casa
Grande Wednesday night. Rea-
son, Milt Barrett is giving his
annual birthday party.
Grant Wood and his Musical
Woodmen" are still at the Mary
land Club Gardens. Brought
from New York for a limited
engagement, the orchestra has
made such a hit it is being kept
on indefinitely.
McGrGth Obliges
I'm McGRATH, local radio
u announcer was an i'm
promptu performer last night
at the Show Boat. Jim, Spied
by Howard Tophan, orchestra
leader, was persuaded to join
the band for a while. He plays
a mean saxophone.
Hear that Joe Hart, whose
band played at Glen Echo
earlier in the summer, will ap-
pear at the Spanish Ballroom
for a return engagement right
after Labor Day.
The Washington times., 1938-08-27

Bob both banged up their receivers
with Bob more determined than
ever to cash in on the football
offer.
In the mex, few days, Bob tried
several times to get Judith on the
phone, ready and willing to admit
he was just being obstinate. She
was out each time, whether by ac-
cident or design, and Bob, driven
to self pity, decided it must be the
latter.
DOESN'T MAIL LETTERS
A week after their last quarrel
on the telephone, he left for the
camp where he was to spend the
summer with several friends, with
out ever having seen Judith. Many
times during the next two months
he wrote to Judith, but always
tore the letters up the next morn
ing without mailing them.
He still hadn't heard word
from her when he Joined his team
mates the lst of September and
plunged into the practice sessions
with all the fervor of a scrub try
ing to make the varsity on the eve
of big game.
The first game of the season
was an annual charity affair with
picked team of college All Stars
and Bob sent Judith two box seats
for the opening game with a brief,
formal note, saying he hoped she
could use them.
He wanted her there more than
anything else in the world at the
moment and in moments of fancy
during restless nights when sleep
was hard coming, thought of him
self as a knight of old riding out
to do battle for his lady fair.
It was the same thing, he as
sured himself, in defending the
course he had taken, for he was
doing it only to make it possible
for them to get married. If she
would only come it surely would
be a signal that she was ready to
forgive and agree with him.
She came all right, but with a
big handsome man he had never
seen before. When he saw her,
The Washington times., 1938-08-27

opening Monday night Of his
new Hour Glass Cocktail Club
in the Trans-Lux Building.
This young lady, who really
halls from the city of music and
beautiful women, once yearned
to be an opera singer. She came
to these shores to study only to
find, like so many other aspir-
ants, that opera is a long, hard
road costing money, an iron
physique and time. You don't
become a Pons or a Rethberg
overnight. Patti was the eXcep-
tion.
So now Bebe is singing in q
night club-which doesn't mean
she won't make the big-time yet.
Evelyn Honey" Knight will
alternate between the Kin g
Cole and the Hour Glass.
That "Walk" Again
TNHE LAMBETH WALK crops
i up again. This time at the
Pine Grove. Dick Richards will
feature that new dance inn
ported from Merrie England,
The Washington times., 1938-08-27
y. McGrdth Plays
Mean SdxOphOne
At ShOW Boat

A NGIE REDANTE, hostess at
"A the Hi-Hat, Ambassador
Cocktail Lounge, likes to give
her fellow professionals q
chance. Visiting singers are
asked to sing-if they wish.
And they usually do.
Tex Wilson, in the Al Norton
Revue at the Lotus, comes from
Beaumont, Texas. He can do
all the tricks. Break broncoS,
crack the bull whip and make it
talk.
The River Bend will prepare
food in big copper kettles in its
huge open fireplace Wednesday
night. For those with the
pioneer spirit this should be the
answer to their yearnings. They
can close their eyes and picture
themselves on the range with
"the ring of the bride, the
stamp Of the hoof, the stars
above, and the wind in the
trees"
The Washington times., 1938-08-27

ter'S Orchestra, rated one of the
best in the United States.
Was that Polly Wirgman I
saw dancing with John Kittell?
Polly has had her charming
little nose in law books these hot
summer nights. Guess the
exams are over.
Purnell, male half of Purnell
and Eddie, dance team at the
Bamboo Gardens, was once a
bank clerk. He took dancing
nights just to keep in trim. First
thing he knew he was offered a
job, and, as dancing, while not
so dignified as banking, pays
more, he jumped at the chance.
He and Eddie" have been to-
gether six years now.
Cute Viennese
VINCE GALLAGHER will in
v troduce Bebe Allen, a cute
Viennese, to his patrons at the
The Washington times., 1938-08-27

baEnee, 10 Cne envy OF OCner
orchestra leaders, introduced
the dance here, which came
right from London via two hand
some English lads who taught it
to him.
Sidney, at the Mayflower, has
been directing his famous or
chestra under the wide-eyed ad-
miration of the visiting rural
mail carriers. It's all just so
much routine to Sidney, who has
played at some of the biggest
and most important parties in
town. And if you appreciate
good music-just ask him to do
a number on that violin Of his.
SLaughter's Music
7 LIKE the Metronome Room
L at the Wardman Park Hotel.
Partly for its gorgeous setting,
partly for it's excellent service,
but mostly for Johnny Slaugh-
The Washington times., 1938-08-27

Phyllis Cromling, that tall,
stately lass at the Mayfair, and
Frances Gill, pianist, have been
making some recordings this
week. Miss Gill, an excellent
musician, used a Hammond
organ instead of a piano.
With summer on the Wane,
the Melody Club Roof an.
nounces a reduction in wine
prices. Same quality but less
costly. This roof garden is To-
Gated at No. Thomas Circle.
Isn't that where the old Chan
ticleer used to be?