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Smyrna times., 1939-03-23
RIGHT FOOD FOR
GOOD HEALTH
Your Health and Vitality De-
pends on Proper Food
and Right Amount
BY CHARLOTTE SPENCER

Effective treatment of any un-
derweight person must take into
account the causes contributing to
that underweight. Good food, re-
moval of infections, and the estab-
fishing of good health habits are
all important in the treatment of
underweight.
Food is certainly one of the
most important factors in reaching
and maintaining tn desired weight.
1t takes energy in the form of cal
ories to form new body tissue. The
food taken in must supply an ex-
cess of calories over the amount
used to furnish energy for activity
if there is to be any material left
to build new body tissue. Good
quality food is just as necessary as
high calories.
Many of us know people who
have been able to gain weight, not
by eating more fattening foods
but by supplying extra vitamins in
such forms as cod liver oil, yeast,
or vitamin capsules. The obvious
explanation for this is that these
people were on diet high enough
in calories to give the necessary
surplus but low in vitamins
One of the first signs of vitamin
or mineral deficiency in growing
animals is the slowing of growth
and failure to gain weight. This is
equally true in children on a diet
high in energy but lacking in the
necessary vitamins or minerals.
The child may then become thin
and underiweight in spite of eating
large quantities Of rich foods.
We often hear that milk is fat
tening. This is not strictly true.
However, the average Delaware
diet is apt to be low in Calcium
which is abundantly contained in
milk. The addition of milk to a
diet already containing surplus
of caiories but low in the needed
Calcium will often cause a marked
increase in weight.
An examination by your ply
sician is very essential in any well
planned program to gain weight.
He vii want to determine if any
chronic infections such as diseased
teeth, tonsils, or sinusitis are pres
ent and are a contributing cause
to the underweight. Certain glanu-
ular conditions may cause the
body to burn abnormally large
quantities Of calories and if any Of
these conditions should be present,
they call for a physicians close
supervision.
The establishing Of good health
habits is also essential in correct
ing undrweight. Every effort
should be made to avoid overfa-
tigu, poor posture, hurried meals,
and late hours. Any one Of these
may completely nullify the effects
of an otherwise god regime.
ANY consideration of under
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23

weight must take into account the
characteristic body structure.
Small bones may be well covered
with fat at much lower weight
than large bones.
Any slight variation from aver
age weight may be overlooked in
a healthy individual who is eating
the right kind of food, has a high
resistance to infections, and who
is practicing good health habits
However, if person IS extremely
thin, irritable and with a low re-
sistance to colds and other infec-
tions, no effort should be spared to
give him that invaluable heritage
of buoyant health.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23
Milford Firemen Ask $4,000

City Solicitor George Fisher OF
Milford, has been asked to decide
if council has the legal right to ap-
propriate $4,000 to help the Car
Isle Fire Company Of Milford
make cash payment for the new
fire truck without retaining an
equity in the apparatus. Follow
ing an appeal fro mthe firemen
council voted to assist the COM
pany if it can be done without
legal complications. The appara-
us cost $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know i'm and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Easter vaaction will start at the
University of Delaware, Saturday
of this week and will last one
week. The University will reopen
on Monday, April 3rd.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23

Claude B. Voshell reported a
county bank balance of S123, ,667,.
81 and collection last week of
S979.51 in delinquent taxes and 81
244.63 in miscellaneous receipts.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23

Thirty-seven cases of chickenpox
and 81 cases of mumps were re-
pored in Delaware for the past
week, the State Board of Health
announced reporting a total of 90
cases of contagious diseases in the
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23

The Agricultural Club, composed
of students taking the agricultural
course at the University of Della
ware, will hold its annual banquet
in Old College, Newark, on the
evening of April 8th. Father of
the memebrs will be guests as well
as agricultural students from the
various high schools of the state.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23

Coon Families in Companies
Cools sometimes travel in small
companies composed of members Of
the family of six or eight youngsters
reared in a hollow tree.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23

State policemen will not receive
witness fees for attending Court
of General Sessions if they are
working on the daylight shift, be-
ginning with the April term of
court in Sussex County, Atty
On. James r. Morford last week
advised Supt. John r. Fader of the
state police.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23

The power of steam was first
applied to ships in the year 1775,
when a Frenchman built paddle
steamship.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23

The registration lit of motor We
hicles for 1889 is expected to be
available April 10, it was an
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23

Lieut.-Col. Milo P. Fox, COM
manding officer at Fort DUPONT,
received word last week from Sec
ond Corps Area Headquarters,
Governors Island, N. Y, that S15,-
600 had been made available for
improvements to Finn's Point Ma
tional Cemetery near Fort Mott,
N j., directly across the Delaware
River from Fort DUPONT.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23
N, coNenE enESSAhAN
p6E S. WILLIAMS

J. ''-
ls(-0ps-Mr. Roland Warren
Il y, delaware, now a stu
i. I. University of Della
h |, ! visitor at the Con-
y I ofsce this week. Mr..
n !, received an appoint
Second Alternate to the
et,r Academy from Sen
'Tsnd. and was in Wash
Nv days this week un-
te physical examination
1 these appointees.
EATON AND EM4e1r'A-
= dsyrising as the facts
ssIlrilg the past eignt
\ ZOO more persons left
ttsn entered. The two
1trs responsible for this
sae are restrictive legis-
he recent economic con
r5jsr the 1924 immigra-
10 alien likely to be a
.ury shall b admitted. F"
l 5rce Germans seizure
s;t March and the in
zl persecution in Europe,
ntcs has increased, but un-
M law, this can add only
auu:ands Of population
Il not be sufficient to off
a from emigration dur
|. few years. The typical
h Of the future based on
gt distribution Of racial
Snght about by the past
4 immigration, will be
zi English, including a
1-ziure Of Welsh, s per
asl, Il per cent Irish and
a German, and the rest
mixture with no country
slis France, Italy, and
VII each contribute about
vi The Netherlands, Rus
zAKlovakia and Sweden
l,E cent each, with Nor
b. N cent.
q yEW DEAL-The summa-
q l1 year search for recOv-
Kew Dealers, under the
4 If President Roosevelt,
lE starting his seventh
,4ce, establishes the fol-
zdlSiOns: l. A fire
r Industrial recovery has
' produced by six years of
-zatun. 2. The New
I : Elected no fundamental
+ : tie center Of control Of
1' economic machinery,
l. has caused some shift
= fon large-scale private
. the Government and
Iagsnent Of organized
4 experiments Of recent
Z a Importance for show
Mntry that ventures in
2 money, crops, NRA
M q others, are not cure
ladOn's problems. The
q the beginning Of his
II 'ais in Office is empha-
AIe's and government CO.
and giving assurance
faod Of experiment is
as tine being.
SREs INTRODUCED ~
Il 'etn a slight slowing
1' Introduction of new
tAe House and Sen.
Among those intro.
4. I, senator Wagner's bill
''oefal grants to State:
on with a nationa.
u gan Senator Walsh:
sa0versive activity ii
u ld Navy; Twelve Sen.
b.. lne constitutional.
~ %'ll 7skire- &
a'efore any declaration
lat Railroad Aid RpI
'..l ala1n up by the specia
I ,10or ~ committee ap.
y. ,'l,,. 4 President last fail
cs..al ssalle BY the Senate IN.
Ian aeiee Committee.
Sol SPEND ~ II
announcement tba,
III NIr1d NAAANAAN Nild
Ill ~ matt Spending. is ;
4, - a.. De believed. Thii
49,. = save and bal
N, aau bring abou.
"a VI |, : .siOpxlns, however
ssts NV. .'Or this policy
la y u recent speech a
AaDy e defended the &c
J. I.It policy with no re re
saI,s =. u. that six years !
4'se brought no re
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23

nounced at the Dover office of the
State Motor Vehicle Department
last week.
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23

Central traffic lights at the en-
trance of the Chesapeake and Del
aware Canal at Reedy Point, and
Back Creek, Md, have been chang
ed from purple to amber. Maj. C.
w. Burlin, U. S. District Enginer,
said the rules and regulations for
use of the canal have been changed
to read amber light, caution, traf-
fic restricted"
Smyrna times., 1939-03-23

state for the same period. There
were nine cases of scarlet fever
and six cases of pneumonia.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
Whales
Menu uce
Rescue

ABOARD STEAM YACHT
SOUTHERN CROSS, Sept.
5. (UP) At $3.50 o'clock
Sunday night the Southern
Cross, steaming westward,
picked up an SOS from the Athena.
We reached her position at about
2:3O am. Monday.
The merchantmen Knute Nelson
was standing by, rescuing all she
could.
Lifeboats turning flares dotted
the sea and desperate shouts for
help came from all directions.
There was heavy swell and
bright moonlight.
We saved about 400 people under
great difficulties.
One lifeboat capsized as it neared
our stern. Our seamen rescued most
of those aboard it. One man stood
on the keel of the overturned boat
dragging drowning people from the
sea.
One young woman, pulled from
the water, sat for moment quietly
in the rescue boat and then, scream
ing my baby?" leaped into the
| sea.
One boat was sWamped near our
bow The frightful screams from
those plunged into the water were
heart rending but all hands were
engaged in hauling aboard those
from another boat and we could
do nothing.
Some lifeboats, crammed to the
danger point, began filling with
water and the people in them sat
waist deep in water.
A Russian-Jewish couple, going
to start a new life in the United
States, saw their two young sons
drown when the lifeboats capsized
at our stern.
While lifeboats maneuvered to
come alongside us, a great school
of whales plunged about them.
Many women rowed along with
the men in the lifeboats for from
8 to 10 hours.
Many of the people We rescued
had their clothing torn off. They
were black with grease and bare
footed and penniless. But they an
swered us smile with smile when
we greeted them.
We have gone through a night
of horror without precedent.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
500 Still
Missing
InRescue
(See Page b

LONDON, Sept. 5.-Amer-
ican consular officials today
announced that approximate
ly 300 of the 314 Americans
aboard the British Liner
Athena had been accounted for,
though 500 passengers are still miss
ing.
A survey of Irish and British
ports early Tuesday revealed 900
passengers of the torpedoed liner
had been brought to port. Reports
indicated, however. that all rescue
ships had not yet docked.
The yacht Southern Cross had
not been reported at noon and there
was a rumor that she might be
heading for the United States. One
British destroyer is still unreported.
Survivors of the liner said that
submarine torpedoed the ship
without warning and afterwards
came to the surface and fired two
shells as the crew aided passengers
into life boats.
Three rescue ships arrived Tues
day with survivors, including hun
dreds of Americans and Canadians.
Ambulances waited to take care of
the wounded.
About 80 persons perished, it was
estimated on the basis of survivors
reports. Some were killed instantly
by the impact of the torpedo. Some
drowned.
All survivors agreed they were vic
Tins of submarine. Berlin has
denied that q submarine was re-
sponsible)
Accounts of what happened var
led ON some details, but this is the
broad outline of survivors story:
The Athena was steaming off
the Hebrides Islands Sunday eve
ming. 1t was still daylight, but the
dinner gong had sounded.
At 7:3O pm. ships time there was
loud roar under the decks. Appar-
emily the torpedo made direct hit
on the Athenia's boilers close en-
ough to burst them.
Some were killed by the force of
the explosion. The mighty jar sent
others sprawling over the rail into
the sea where they were drowned.
A shell crashed into the boat deck
of the Athena where men, women
and children were climbing into
lifeboats. A large hole was blown
through one lifeboat.
Some passengers said the sub
marine, then fired another shell at
the listing ship.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05

port available including old-fash-
ioned droshkas and that trains were
crowded by families carrying their
belongings.
Meanwhile, Great Britain and
France sought to come to grips
with the Germans on the western
(Rhineland front in order to re-
lieve pressure on the Poles. The
French troops moved into their
front line trenches on the border
and German forces did likewise,
going into a zone six miles wide
between the main Notifications on
each side. Up to Tuesday noon
(EDT), there had been no fighting
other than the British lombard
ment of the German navy at Will
helmshafen and Brunsbuttel on the
Kiel canal.
Germany claimed that IL British
bomberS were shot down and the
British announced the raid was
successful" apparently damaging
or destroying two German warships.
German airplanes in combat be-
tween Warsaw and Lodz this morn
ing shot down IL Polish planes. it
was announced in Berlin. GerI .an
losses were not stated. 1t was an
nounced that a third Polish sub
marine had been sunk in Danzig
bay
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
RRE 81 E$u IS qS1I STR,Ef x49$AM 6S RAIai rs
Both Sides
War Claims

TOday's rival claims in the Eu-
rOpean war:
GERMANY - High command
claims German troops captured
important Polish city of KattO-
vice and neighbOring town Of
NovychorzOw, placing entire Sill
Csian industrial district in Ger
man hands; captured the north
ern fortress Of Graudenz, key to
control of North Poland; crossed
Vistula south of Culm under SUI
pervisiOn of Fuehrer Adolf Hitler.
ALLIES - British claim air
force dropped 100000 propagan-
da leaflets on German soil; French
sources say disorders reported
Cologne, Dusseldorf and Essen
regions Of Germany; British re-
port successful" bombing Of Ger
man naval craft at Wilhelm
shaven and Cuxhaven at North
Sea entrance to Kiel canal;
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05

EaSC PruSSIa Oh a fTOnt less Cnan
60 miles north of Warsaw. Nazi
planes continued regular lombard
ment of the Polish capital, where
many fires were started by incen-
diary bombs.
These sledge hammer blows
against the Polish defenses were
followed by dispatches reporting the
departure of U. S. Ambassador An
thony j. Drexel Biddle and his fam
lily from Warsaw.
Then came message from War
saw saying that, while there was
no panic, many persons were load
ing their belongings into any trans
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
MoneyCrisis in
Calf. as Banks
Refuse Warrants

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 5. CUP-
Faced with a financial crisis caus-
ed by refusal of banks to buy state
warrants. Gov. Culbert Olson to-
day appealed to Jesse Jones of the
Reconstruction Finance corpora
tion for a federal purchase.
Communication difficulties be-
tween Sacramento and Washington
delayed a scheduled conversation
between Olson and Jones but an
expression of federal policy was
expected later today.
Olson said he was opposed to
paying more than 21A per cent in
terest on state warrants, whereas
banks recently purchased the state
paper up to 383 per cent. There
were no bidders at the last sale.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
(COmpIete Story on Page 6)

More than half an inch of
water deluged Imperial Val
ley Monday night and Tues
day morning in a heavy rain
storm which flooded high
ways and railways to the east and
north. delaying travel for hours.
Hundreds of railway passengers
were shuttled around washout
near Indio by transferring them
via bus to and from trains held at
Ell Centro.
Washouts on the Blythe highway,
a washout on the North Shore
road, and water clogged highways
in Arizona caused motor travel to
be routed through FL Centro, pend
ing repair of damage.
The San Diego highway was un-
damaged.
Southern Pacific trains from the
north were held up several hours
because of a washout between Palm
Springs and Frink. This delayed
morning mail to all valley cities.
1t was brought in by bus. A
cloudburst in Coachella Valley play
ed havoc with transportation in
that section.
A Greyhound stage driven by
Willis Harman was three hours late
from Phoenix to Ell Centro, held
up by an inundated wash near
Gillespie dam in Arizona. The
stage crept through the water ahead
of approximately 200 cars stalled
there at midnight by water flow
ing across the road.
Rain began falling in Ell Centre
at $50 pm. Monday and stopped
at 1045 pm. At midnight 2 of an
inch had fallen. Showers fell again
at lis am. Tuesday and con-
tinued until am, stopped for two
hours, and then began again. At
mid-forenoon the total for the storm
was 40 of an inch.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05

were approved by the government.
it was announced. There were re-
ports circulated of anti-War DEM
onstrations in Berlin and the
British independent labor party an
nounced receipt of a declaration
from independent socialists in Ger
many saying that the German
smasses don't want this war"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
Masses in Germany
Oppose War

LONDON, Sept. 5. CUP) - The
independent labor party said today
it had received a declaration from
independent socialists in Germany
that the masses of the German
people don't want this war"
The reported message, written on
the eve of the outbreak of hostili-
ties, said that Adolf Hitler was go
ing to war with Poland against the
will of large masses of the popula-
ton"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05

by Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
Hulls signature was to be affixed a
few moments later.
Later in the day the state depart
ment is expected to issue a presi-
dental proclamation invoking an
embargo on arms, munitions and
implements of war to belligerent
nations. That step is mandatory
under the neutrality statute which
Mr.. Roosevelt desires congress to
revise.
High state department officials
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05

sank the German freighter Olinda.
British warships operated over a
wide range in the North and South
Atlantic to intercept enemy vessels
Royal air force planes reported they
had damaged two German war
ships last night in a bombing raid
on Wilhelmshafen and Brunsbut-
tel, on the Kiel canal
The Bosnia was reported sunk
125 miles west of the Island of Aran
off the west coast of Ireland. The
Olinda was shelled to the bottom
off South America. The Carl
Fritzen was out of Schiedam, Hol-
land, for Canada or Buenos Aires
it was reported
Parliament passed the national
service bill requiring all persons in
Great Britain to register for ma
tional service and King George gave
his royal assent, making it a law
Measures for defense of India
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
Roscoe Turner
Wins Air Race

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, Cleve-
land, Sept. S. (UP)-Col. Roscoe
Turner, Chicago, won the 300 mile
Thompson trophy race of the Ma
tional air races today for the third
time. Turner averaged 282.536 miles
an hour, failing to better his own
record set last year in the race.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
Confiscafed

DANZIG, Sept. S. (UP)-All Pol
ish property, both state and individ-
ual, has been confiscated and placed
under the trusteeship of state
commissioner, it was announced
here today
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
Two British Planes
Brought Down

BERLIN, Sept. S. (UP)-The Of
ficial news agency tonight said four
British patrol planes were sighted
over Hamburg and that German
fighting craft shot down two OF
them.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
Germans Bomb
Red Cross Train

PARIS, Sept. S. (UP)-Fifty Ger
man air raiders bombed and par
TALLY destroyed a Red Cross train
near Szydlowicz, Poland, at am.
today "a am. EDIT The Polish
telegraph agency reported.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05

said today that the Panama gov
ernment is expected to issue later
today an official invitation TO the
20 American republics for consulta-
tion among these governments ON
questions arising from the European
war.
The invitations are TO be issued
by Panama jointly in the names OF
Argentina, Brazil, Chile. Peru, Col
ombia. Cuba. Mexico. the United
States and Panama, II was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
'WorpIones S Bomb
Berlin, German e
Line Attacked

PARIS, Sept 5. UP)-An official war COM
munique tonight said that "our troops everywhere
are contracting the enemy" the Rhneland frontier.
The cOmmunique, No. of the series, said that
the Germans were being contacted between the Rhine
and the Moselle rivers.
The Polish radio announced tonight that Polish
planes had bombed Berlin today
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
Americans Plan
Neutrality Pact

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. (UP) = The United States
served formal notice the world today that it is deter
mined to maintain strict neutrality in the European
fct President Roosevelt signed the proclamation shortly
after pm 1t becomes effective countersgned
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
BASEBALL
NATIONAL

NATIONAL
New York 6, Philadelphia, 0
Brooklyn 6, Boston 2.
(Only games scheduled
AMERICAN
Chicago 8, Cleveland 4.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
Valley
Roads
FIoode ed
. BULLETIN -

A cIOgged drain near the AlgO-
dOnes underpass west of Yuma
caused the State highway depart
ment to close Highway 80 between
Yuma and El Centre late Tues
day, according to Capt. Frank
Oswalt, the highway patrol.
Crews spent Tuesday towing
autos through that section of
washed out road. A crew shortage
will force discOntinuance at pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
By UNITED PRESS

Indications that, the Polish government is plan
ming to evacuate Warsaw and make it's headquarters
in some other city reached the United Press today in
heavily censored dispatches from the Polish capital
Great Britains blockade of German shipping resulted
in the sinking of the German fregher Olnda yesterday
and Carol Fzen today The British reported that their
steamship Bosnia had been sunk off the coast of
Ireland.
Persistent but indirect reports of unrest disorders
in Germany circulated in allied countries
The German armies reported they had smashed their
way into the rich Silesian industrial district capturing
the key city of Kattowce and had thrust downward from
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
British Sink German Ship
As Nuzis Take Another:
All Hands Escape Safely
e British navy struck again.

LONDON, Sept. 5, (UP)-The British navy struck again
today at Germanys overseas supply lines.
While the German army pounded it's way into Poland,
the British navy sank the German eghter Carl Ftzen but
lost the steamship Bosnia. III hands saved both
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05
Mexico TO Remain
Neutral in War

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 4. (UP)-
President Lazaro Cardenas tonight
announced Mexico will remain neu-
trail in the European conflict.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05

Butter: Los Angeles, 28c; but
terfat, Imperial Valley fob. ranch,
grade A, 37c, manufacturing milk,
29c; route gathered cream, 26isc.
L. A. Hay: u. s. No. 1, S13-13 so;
us. No. 2 leafy S12-12.50, u. s. No.
2 1850 11.5O. MINI. flas Sept. $1.72hb
Imperial Valley press., 1939-09-05

LONDON, Sept. 5.-Amer-
ican consular officials today
announced that approximate
ly 300 of the 314 Americans
aboard the British Liner
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