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Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
Wireless Phone Carries
Voices Through Walls

LONDON.-A vest pocket tele-
phone with which it is possible to
speak through the walls of a room
without connecting has been perfect
ed in a British laboratory.
It consists of earphones and a box
which, without special seats or plug
ging in, will enable the deaf to hear
talkies and at the same time move
about. Concealed microphones,
automatically adjusting themselves
as the actors move about the stage,
will enable "galleryites" to hear
as clearly as those in the front
stalls. In fast-traveling car, con-
versation could be established with
a car in front.
The invention is being taken up
with the home office in connection
with air raid precautions. A tiny
microphone and earphone equip
ment in a gas mask makes it posi-
BILE for the person inside to carry
on normal conversation.
Another use is in mines. With
these instruments trapped miners
could talk to their rescuers through
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
History May Be Read in
Collection of Firearms

IOWA FALLS. IOWA.-The his
tory of the United States from the
Revolution to the World war may be
read in the 1,200-gun collection of
Matt KiclSles. for 26 years chief of
the Iowa Falls fire department.
There are muzzle-loaders from
Revolutionary days, Civil war mus
kets and Spanish-American war car
bines in Kickles' collection, which
he believes is the largest privately
owned one of its kind in the United
States.
Kickles has duplicates of the
weapons used to assassinate Presi-
dents Lincoln, Garfield and McKin-
ley. But he is proudest of his Ken
lucky rifle display than of all the
rest.
Those Kentucky rifles made
more history than all the others"
he said. ''They were the ones the
pioneers used when they blazed the
trails from the East all over the
Western country. They helped make
this country"
For years Kickles' collectioa dec
Grated the walls of the ticket lobby
of the Metropolitan theater here,
but about six years ago he built a
one-story white stucco building in
his back yard devoted entirely to
firearm collection and various other
antiques.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
DELAY ALASKA
HIGHWAY LINK
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one artery running to Vancouver
and Seattle, and the other through
Spokane and the Inland Empire.
The route would extend east of
the coastal mountain range, where
there is considerable sunshine the
year around and a minimum
amount of rainfall and fog.
Alaska now has less than 1000
miles of road. Championing con-
struction, proponents contend the
highway would connect with, or in
tersect, all existing and contemplate
ed transcontinental highways in
western Canada. 1t would also in
terlace with Americas vast high
way system.
Actually of such a highway is
also seen as the initial step in the
building of a vast Pacific-Interna-
tional highway to extend from Alas
ka to South America, thus further
promoting International good will
and trade relations.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
Growing of Stones Is
Accomplished by Briton

ALDEBURGH, ENG. = william
Barber, general millwright of ken
Cliff, near here, has announced that
he can make stones grow. and that
he has been doing so for Is years.
They grow about three-sixteenths of
an inch year. he claims.
Barber has found that they do so
only in the spring and fall, that they
grow only slightly at first, that
they need water like vegetation. He
grows" them in an old oil drum
or can filed with earth within about
six inches of the top. To make
them absolutely round they must be
turned over at regular periods.
Barber says he treated an old
stone used as step for horsemen
mounting to the saddle Today it
is too large to put into the biggest
farm wagon.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
Defense Outlay $3.50 for
Each New Zealand Person

WELLINGTON.-New Zealand is
doing its bit toward empire defense.
Defense expenditure this year will
be $13, 900, or $500 per capita
an increase over last year of S27.29
per cent.
D class cruisers have been re-
placed by cruisers of the ''Leander"
class, and the essential maintenance
services are being provided.
Cadets are to be sent to England
for training for commissions in the
navy, and there is a scheme for Sc
lected ratings to be sent home for
special training in the British fleet.
Announcing these measures, F.
Jones, defense minister, added that
80 new bombing planes had been
ordered from England and are to
be flown out.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
Tree Projects on Texas
Plain Prove Successful

AMARILLO, TEX.-A high per-
centage of survival of trees planted
by the soil conservation service in
the treeless Texas Panhandle has
been reported by H. D. Petheram.
forester for the federal conserva-
ton agency.
Petheram was convinced that
proper choice of the sites for plant
ing trees will give the area an ad-
vantage of beauty, windbreaks and
soil conservation. He said that the
10000 trees and shrubs planted this
year have fourished.
State and federal agencies have
co-operated in the planting. High
ways have been beautifed and road
ways improved by trees. Other
trees have been planted to provide
windbreaks and shade for live stock
and, most important. to reduce wind
erosion.
Petheram said that trees would
continue to grow in the semi-arid re-
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
Leprosy Ratio of World
Estimated at 2 per 1000

SINGAPORE.-One person in 500
Of the worlds population is leper,
DR.. Gordon R. Ryrie, medical super
intendent of the largest leper hos
pital in the British empire, esti-
mates.
Doctor Ryrie appealed for a more
intelligent understanding of leprosy
problems in a speech at Kuala
Lumpur. Federated Malay States.
It is time, he said, that the archa-
ic conception of the terrors of lep-
rosy be changed.
1T is by no means a rare dis
ease" he said, lit is not ordinarily
infectious among adults, but is gen.
orally contracted by children be-
tween the ages Of 5 and 10. Even
a person married to leper does not
usually contract the disease"
The tragedy, he said, was that
probably not 2 per cent Of lepers
were being cared for, and not one in
so was being cared for as q leper
should be treated.
''The world is not willing to spend
enough to give a certain amount of
care to one leper in 50,' he added
''The money spent on cosmetics in
England and the United States
would provide comfortably for every
leper in the world.
"A fraction of the money spent on
tobacco, sweets and alcohol would
provide for all the lepers."
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30

Clark, Jr., of Philadelphia, but
formerly of Kenton.
Delaware fishermen are compell-
ed to swear before a Justice of the
Peace, prior to April 1st, that they
own the boats and nets which they
use, and that they will not fish in
the interest of a nonresident of
the State.
Congressman Pennington has
been advised by the Secretary Of
the Navy of a vacancy in the Unit
ed States Naval Academy at An
napolis, Md, to which he will be
asked to appoit a young man
from Delaware.
DIR. George M. Pleasanton, of
Milford, but recently located at
Denton, was married Tuesday
evening, the 10Th inst, at the resi-
dence of the brides parents, near
Cheswold, Del, to Miss Jennie
Moore, daughter of Mr.. John
Moore.
The Rev. ]. S. Willis, of Milford
is to be married on the 18th of
next month to Connecticut lady.
Among the measures proposed
to the Legislature for Wilmington
is a bill providing that all tele-
graph, telephone and electric wires
shall be placed under ground. The
accumulation of wires and posts
that is taking place, by reason of
the growing and spreading of the
for utilizing the electric
current, is becoming dense.
William Daniels, aged 16 years,
was accidentally shot on the farm
of Harry Wood, near Wilmington
Friday and died in the hospital
there that afternoon. He was en-
ployed on the farm, and was open
ing a chicken coop, when a gun
which had been arranged for
thieves, and of which he was ig-
norant, was discharged, the con-
tents entering his body.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
SUDDEN DEATH OF
HORACE FAULKNER

Horace Faulkner, son of Andrew
Faulkner of this town, died very
unexpectedly on Saturday evening,
in the Goth year of his age. But
very few of his friends knew of his
sickness and the announcement of
his death was a great shock to
them. He was delicate in consti-
tuition though in his usual health
on Friday. At dinner he ate
heartily of dried corn mot canned
corn as has been stated and ap-
parently without masticating it
properly. This, toward the close
of the day made him feel badly.
He, however, during the evening
went up town on an errand for his
mother and on the way home fell
In with some associates who want
ed to play "lost track" or Chase
the Fox" which he consented to do
as he could make the run in the di-
rection of his home. He was Civ
en- the usual start, and in eluding
his prrsuers, ran into an ally near
his home which is usually empty,
but in this case a wagon had been
left, against the tongue of which
he ran with his full force. On re
covering from the hurt he went in
home. but out of tender regard for
his mother who is in feeble health
he said nothing about it, to keep
from distressing her. He suffered
from attack of collie that night
and during the next day, but of
which he was relieved by his doc
tor, and was down stairs resting
on lounge. In the latter part of
the afternon, when he was consid-
cred relieved of further trouble, a
rapid inflammation or modification
set in that ended his life in two or
three hours. His condition was
past hope before medical assist
ance could be again called. 1t was
not until this turn in his condition
that he spoke of the injury above
referred to. Whether the two to-
gether or the corn alone was the
cause of the unusual and violent
inflammation we do not know. He
was a boy who, for one of his age
was unusually thoughtful and ten
der of his parents, was great help
to his father in his business, car
pentering, and his loss is irrepar-
able.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
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moments before his father or
sweetheart arrived. The unfor-
tunate man suffered great agony,
despite the medical attention
which was promptly rendered. He
was conscious and pleaded that
someone would in kindness per-
form the dispatch and end his
agony. The remains were taken
to Dover and buried from the resi-
dence of his father Thomas Sauls-
bury, Tuesday. 1t is stated that
he was to have been married yes
terday, the day that he was buried.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
Non-Rolling Egg

TULSA, OKLA. - Otis Barnes
found light brown hen egg when
he gathered the eggs. There were
several light brown eggs, but this
one was square. The next day an
other light brown egg-non-rollable
and crinkle-shelled-appeared.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30

gion if they were protected from
damage by live stock, from fire and
cultivated frequently. The trees ara
planted in locations that receive fuu
benefit Of rain water, usually in low
places, where excess water can ba
impounded and used for the trees
growth.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30

mho has not met a.
ment astride his path i. |
What's the use y
DIoouragsnent is 10 i
q persons. It attack, N
an enemy to ali good II
with satanic powers. IL
ment purposes 10 Slow :,
fort to DO good. Psrb,,. u
agement has been tsnDtsI3
quit the good work / II
are interested.
The great men Of ii. Il
not men who never NJ,
agement They are men +
Encouragement and IN
They won o,,t boo,
able to Withstand its ~,
to quit longer than tbeir |
tors.
Washington at Valley N
Lincoln during the dark
the Civil War fought H..
through discouragemsrt
faced discouragement with
ed determination.
encouragement stopped
er when he was within oDs
oil Discouragement st51
swimmer when one nors]
would have reached t5s
Discouragement stopped !
eral when one more attscf
have routed the enemy
Face discouragement Vi
newed effort
Throw off your coat 1
your sleeves. Clinch bos
and let drivel No dscuu,s
can withstand such an stti
One more determined 4
success in yours!
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
NOTICE

Dead or disabled horses, cows
and mules removed FREE Of
charge by calling DOVER 749 r
13. No animals removed unless call
is made Immediately and no an
imals dying from a contagious dis
ease will be removed.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
PERSONALS

Benjamin Benson Cahoon, Esq.
of Fredericksburg, Mo, was in
Smyrna on Saturday.
Miss Lucille Martindale, of Sal
isbury, Md, has been visiting Miss
Clara Bewley.
Miss Jennie Smith of Salisbury,
is visiting relatives in this section.
Miss Nan Hoffecker has been on
a visit to Dover for the past week
or two.
Frank Bailey ha returned to La
fayette College, Easton, Pa, after
a week or two at home.
Joseph L. Cavender, of Whining
ton, made his friends here a visit
yesterday.
Miss Nora Cotton is visiting
friends in Wilmington.
Rev. p. H. Rawlins, of Camden,
stopped in Smyrna last night on
his way home from Conference to
see his Smyrna friends. Rev. E.
H. Hynson also came to town this
morning.
Frank and Charles Townsend, of
Leadville, Col, are visiting Mrs. S.
E. Richards.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS

COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS
Cedar Beach is being fitted up
as an attractive summer resort.
Underground wires will be the
next material improvement in Will
mington.
The Oldest pilot in Lewes, Will
liam West, Sr., has been stricken
with paralysis.
The flats in the Delaware river
opposite Delaware City are lined
with wild ducks.
The Board of Health of Will
mington has designed a plan to
save the people from the plumbers.
Nearly the entire bulkhead and
fifty feet of boardwalk at Reho-
both were washed away during the
recent storm.
Delaware will send 500 men to
New York on April 80 to partici-
pate in the Washington Inaugural
Centennial celebration.
The State authorities have plac-
ed 100000 young white fish in the
Brandywine at Rockland. and 25,-
600 in streams near Milford.
The Wilmington City Passenger
Railway Company is to begin the
construction of a street car line on
T ghth street without delay.
William Taylor, than whom
there is not more liberal man in
Delaware, presented Rev. r. H.
Adams, before leaving for the NJ.
K. Conference, with an entire suit
of clothes including hat and boots.
William s. Arthurs, formerly
with j. M. Arthurs in the mer-
camille business In Kenton, has
opened large store in Philadel-
phia- He Is succeeded by c. w.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
Vermont Family Dairy
Has 7OO-Ouart OUTPUT

NEWPORT, VT.-Cows owned
by one family supply the daily
milk for some $50 families in
Boston. $50 miles away from its
300-acre Newport farm on the Ca
madam boundary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Rondeau
have had 18 children. OF the l2
now living, II rise before sun
up to milk the farms herd Of so
cows to send 700 quarts of milk
daily to Boston.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30

a wall Of rock.
A West End store is having the
device installed SO that the night
watchman patrolling the top floors
can hear a burglar ransacking the
bargain basement.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
HAS A DEVICE
TO COMBAT AIR
CleveIand's Young Idea Man
Comes Up With Another
Amazing Plan
ARMY INTEREST

CLEVELAND.-Harry Rubin, 25
years old, idea man, is at it again
with an invention which he thinks
will revolutionize air combat.
Rubin, whose ideas have been as
tonishing Clevelanders for nine
years, thinks his latest to be nat
ural."
IT'S SIMPLE" said Rubin, who
once was an amateur pilot, when
an enemy plane is behind you-on
your tail, the pilots call tit is just
too bad. But with my idea you have
him where you want him. because
all you need to do is turn a valve,
spray the enemy with acid and he's
down"
The invention. he explained,
merely is a glass acid tank, from
which the acid is forced by the ex-
haustive pressure. Caught in the
propeller blast, the acid is thrown
over the enemy plane. destroying
the wings. wires and possibly the
pilot.
Hopes to Interest Army.
Harry said that ]. ]. Matwig Of
the department of commerce was to
have recommended the idea to the
secretary of war.
Meanwhile, I'm working on my
powder ice, getting ready to mar
ket it." Rubin said.
According to the inventor, who in
1888 won first prize at the Inventors
congress with a refrigerant he
called canned ice," his powder ice
is a mixture of three chemicals,
which is not cold, but when added to
a liquid, chills it.
One spoonful to a glass of water
at faucet temperature cools it to
freezing. Add more powder and
cold slush is formed, although it
never freezes solid.
Funny thing about t." Harry
said, ''if I add fourth chemical to
the mixture, it generates heat when
added to liquid"
Rubin quit school at 16-at his
teachers suggestion after burglar
alarm he was inventing went off, by
mistake, in history class.
They were talking about the rise
and fail of the Roman empire when
it happened" he said, II thought I
could do little work on the alarm
behind my history book. When it
went off, the teacher was pretty sore
and told me either to quit inventing
or quit school"
He Is Never Idle.
Since then Rubin hasn't been idle
a minute. He has turned out in
rapid succession a gasoline-saver,
an oil purifier, non-glare wind
shield screen, a double-gap spark
plug. the garbage deodorizer, can
Of chemicals which keeps an iceless
refrigerator cold during the night
Ito save currenD and metal ice
cubes, which can be used over and
over.
Between inventions, Rubin has
had his share of adventure. In 1884,
while trying with another man to set
a new outboard motor boat record,
he was caught in a storm and cast
upon a breakwall. When the craft
caught fire the two had to swim
quarter-miie to shore through noun
famous waves.
While working as a cab driver in
1896, Rubin was attacked by rob-
Der with knife. The youthful in
ventor grabbed a crank handle,
knocked the knife to the ground and
routed the thief.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
Jews Prayer Shawl

The shawl or scarf worn by Jews
during prayers is tallith. It is
made of white wool or silk with
blue or black stripes at each end
and has fringe at each corner.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
Six States Under California Area

Six StateS Under California Area
The six New England states have
total area of 66.424 square miles,
which is less than that of California
and about the same as that of the
state of Washington.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-30
Explorer Glad to Find
No Jazz Bands in Arctic

OMAHA. - The Arctic regions
where the Eskimos roam is a Uto-
pia-at least for DR.. Victor E. Le-
Smyrna times., 1939-05-11
BRIEF SMYRNA
LANDING NEWS
Budget of News and Person
ais Cleaned About Smyr-
ma River Wharves
CITIZENS MAKE VISITS

Smyrna Landing, May IL Mrs
Perry Hitchcock, Mrs. Catherine
Hitchcock and children June and
Charlotte, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer
Ford and Billy Wrench, were re-
cent visitors of Mrs. Thomas
Wrench.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brown and
family spent Sunday in Philadel-
phia visiting her mother, Mrs.
Charles Landenberger, who is ill in
a hospital.
Mrs. Emma Davis spent last
week with hr son, Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Davis at Claymont.
Mrs. Olin Tarbutton, who has
been visiting hr daughter at Mar
shallton, has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sammy Jacobs,
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Scott spent a
visit with friends at Hartly Sun
day.
Rowland Tarbutton, who has
been spending the past two weeks
with his uncle at Salisbury, Nd,
returned home Monday.
Smyrna times., 1939-05-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson Of PHI
adelphla, have been visiting Nj
and Mrs. Samuel Augustine ana
Miss Fanny Thompson.
Rev. c. E. Davis and family i
Still Pond, Md, formerly Of che
void, have been gusts of her motb
er, Mrs. James Boyles and NJ
Boyles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Micbnar
and family, of Hamilton Pary
were Sunday guests of Mr. ard
Mrs. James Boyles.
Harold E. Remley, of Temnro
University was the guest of bis
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. Lee Rem
ley, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Turner ~
Wilmington, spent the weekend
with her father, L. D. Learned
Miss Eunice Creadick and Miss
Frances Dempsey were recent vis-
itors to Wilmington.
Mr.. Thomas Dawson Of Penns
Grove, N. j., was the guest Of bis
father, Mr.. William Dawson last
week.
Smyrna times., 1939-05-11

The Odessa Home Demonstra-
ton Club met with Mrs. Downs
yesterday, May 10th, at 1.3O pm.
Mrs. Downs lives three miles from
Odessa and the club provided
transportation for the members
A delightful luncheon was had.
Mrs. George Davis and Miss May
Enos spent the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. George L. Coppage, at
Wilmington.
MIR. and Mrs. w. H. Baker and
daughters, Jane and Shirley, of
Delaware City, have returned from
a visit to relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Rawley are
being congratulated on the birth of
a son born April 28th at the Will
mington General Hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Clothier
and son, of Wilmington, and Mrs.
Roberts and son of Elmhurst, were
recent visitors with Mrs. Lee Or
rell.
Smyrna times., 1939-05-11
SOME TAYLOR'S
BRIDGE ITEMS
News of Community Interest
Cleaned From Around
Thoroughfare Neck
BUDGET OF PERSONALS

Taylor's Bridge, May III Mr.
Robert 3. Davidson spent Monday
with his mother, Mrs. w. E. Dav-
idson at Bowers Beach.
Miss Margaret Lewis of Will
mington, is spending sometime
with her sister, Mrs. j. z. Latta
and Mr.. Latta.
Taylor's Bridge P. T. A. will
hold it's May meeting in the school
house Friday night.
Mrs. Ella McClain and family
Mrs. Thomas Warner and family
and Mrs. Charles Shelter, and Mr.
and Mrs. Delbert Stelier and fam
lily were Sunday visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph McClain.
Mrs. Jack Bulger and daughter
of Lansdowne, Pa, and Mrs. Elmer
David of Smyrna, were Saturday
visitors with Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
Keiser.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Montgom-
cry and daughter have been visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Warner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Purnen Lewis of
Claymont, spent Sunday with his
sister, Mrs. ]. E. Latta and Mr..
Latta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Keiser
spent Thursday in Wilmington.
Mr.. Nathaniel Shockley spent
several days last week with his
brother, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Shockley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Wheeler
and family of Odessa, have been
visiting his mother, Mrs. Lola
Wheeler and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Reynolds
and family have been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert In
solo near Townsend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee David spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William r. Alfree near Mid
dletown.
Smyrna times., 1939-05-11

Golden Gate for several days. Mrs.
Laynan was the former Miss Cor
inne Outten, of this town.
Mrs. Clyde Shockley entertained
at a farewell luncheon on Tuesday
of last week a few relatives and
friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Shockley
have moved to Easton, Md, where
he has accepted position as rail-
road agent. Mrs. Shockley enter
tanned Mrs. Winfield Cochran, Mrs.
Paris Hutchinson, Mrs. w. P. Will
son, Mrs. Roland Reynolds, Jr., and
Mrs. Samuel Weigel, of Kenton, at
a luncheon before going and all
wished her and her husband sue
cess in their new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. w. VanTIorn
entertained Mr.. Enoch Lurty and
family, of near Middletown, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Lurty of
Warwick, Nd, last week at their
home in Townsend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Fisher and
several friends from Phladelphld,
Pa, visited Mrs. r. E. Donohue
and family here the past week.
Miss Daisy E. Johnson, Wilson
T. Money and Nathaniel w. Van
Horn have filed their names for
Town Commissioners to be chosen
at the annual election to be held
on Saturday next, May 18th.
Albert E. CHM, Jr., Miss Helen
Saybolt and Mrs. Walter Saybolt,
Of Philadelphia, Pa, spent visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. CHM at
their summer home in Townsend
last week.
Clyde L. Shockley, Jr., Miss Bet
-y Williams, Miss Jeanette Will
son and w. P. Wilson, have return
ed from a delightful trip to the
Luray Caverns in Virginia.
Albert E. CHM, Sr., of Townsend
has been visiting in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Berklebach,
IF Philadelphia, Pa, were recent
visitors to Mr.. and Mrs. f. A.
linn in Townsend.