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Smyrna times., 1939-07-27
CHESWOLD
Items of Personal and Social In
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est GledneQ ADOuL NelplDOTlOoQ
Cheswold, July 81 The Home
makers Club met Friday afternoon,
July 21, at the home of Mrs. B. H.
Emory. Subject is: Handsome is
as Handsome Does" Mrs. Emory
and Mrs. Kranz, as hostesses, gave
the members a cordial greeting
and a pleasant afternoon was had
Rev. and Mrs. McClintock and
daughter, Mrs. Covington and Bar
bara Ann Covington, have left by
motor for trip to Pryce, Ken
lucky; Mrs. Covington and daugh-
ter will remain to be Joined later
by her husband, who is employed
there. They will make their fu-
ture home in Pryce.
Mrs. Addie Poore, of Eynwood,
Pa, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man Smith.
Mr.. Moffett, a local minister, of
Dover, delivered the sermon in the
Cheswold M. E. Church during the
absence of the Rev. McClintock,
away on his vacation.
Mrs. S. E. Pearson has returned
from visit with relatives in Ches-
ter, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Moore, of
Arlington, N. j., have been spend
ing several days with his mother,
Mrs. Clara Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Powell, of
FELTON,, were recent guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Calvin Powell and fam
lily.
Miss Pearl Smith has returned
from a three days trip to New
York and the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. John Scarborough, Mrs. How
ard Scarborough and son Jack, of
Collingswood, N. j., were recent
visitors at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. S. Scarborough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harvey and
daughter, Mary Elizabeth, have
been spending several days with
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Anderson. The
latter had the misfortune to fall
down the stair steps last week and
dislocate vertibrae of the spine.
Her many friends wish her a
speedy recovery.
Miss Marjorie B. Remley has
Zen spending a week in Whining
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Mr.. Charles st. John of Philadel-
phia, Pa, visited his aunt, Mrs. F..
T. James one day recently.
Mrs. Alice Wilson and daughter
Henrietta, have returned after Wis
iting relatives at Seaford.
Mrs o. l. Ryder of Philadelphia,
Pa, is spending week with her
friend, Mrs. George Whittock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Phillips
are being congratulated on the
birth of son at the Delaware
Hospital, Wilmington.
Miss May c. Enos who has been
ill is improving and back to her
post at the New Castle County Ma
tional Bank.
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home of Mrs. VanIorn.
Elmer Thurston, of Washington,
D. c., was in town last week rend-
cred aid to the government officials
who are combating the beetle
pest. He states that new plans
are being tried out to fight the bug
in terrific manner and may sue
ceed in ending the pest for the
year, at least.
Mr.. Edward Braves, of Lewes,
was a visitor to friends in Town
send the past week. While here
he was greeted by several ac-
quaintances, having formerly lived
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Shockley and
son, Mr.. Clyde Shockley, Jr., of
Easton, Md, were recent dinner
guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. R. Reynolds.
Mrs. Richard Hodgson has re-
turned from visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
Carlton MacSorley. Her grand
daughter Jeanette MacSorley, re-
turned with her and is making her
grandparents a visit.
George Reeder, of Martinsburg,
w. Va, was in town last week.
Jmes M. Mifflin of Wilmington.
spent a few days recently with
friends here.
Mr.. Calvin Outten was recent
visitor to Wilmington.
Mrs. Davis Stats and Mrs. Har-
old Daniels have returned from a
visit to Wilmington.
Mrs. Anna Gill and eight men,
bers of her Sunday School class
took a trip to White Crystal Manor
the past week.
Mrs. James Wilson, of Smyrna,
and Mrs. Reynolds Wilson of Har-
rington were visitors to relatives
there the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland r. Rey-
nolds, Jr., had as guests the past
week Mr.. and Mrs. Lee David, of
Taylor's Bridge.
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ODESSA
Items of Personal and Social Inter
est Cleaned About NeiqhborhoOd

Items of Personal and Social Inter-
est Cleaned About NeighborhOOd
Odessa, July 27 - Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Reed celebrated their 48th
wedding anniversary at home near
Odessa Saturday, July IS. The
guests present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Biddle and family, of near
Middletown; Mrs. Burton Scott
and family, of Dover; Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Reed and family, of Lewes;
Mr.. and Mrs Willard Reed, of
Rock Hall, Md; Mrs. Margaret
Morris, of Blackbird; Mrs. Gertrude
Cam, of LeWes; Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry Kirk, of Chesapeake City, Md;
Mr.. and Mrs. David Faulkner, of
Smyrna; Mr.. Richard Killen of
Port Penn; Mr.. Harry Killen, of
Smyrna; Mr.. Edward Hygen, of
Smyrna; Mrs. Rosa Fauster and
daughter, of Philadelphia, Pa, and
Mr.. Sudler Wallace, and Mrs. Nora
Reed and children, of Oressa; and
Mrs. John Ligner, of Dover The
bride and groom received congrat-
ulations and gifts from their
guests.
Some of the recent visitors to
David Wilson Mansion were: Clara
Stacy Solandt, Mrs. P. A. Brooks,
Misses Fannie and Sarah Stuart of
Chestertown, Md; Grace G..
Broomall, of Philadelphia, Pa; Mr..
and Mrs. George N. Wagner, of
Ocvean Gate, N. J., and Barbara
Wetzel, of Wayne, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Paul Kirkpatrick
of Willow Lodge, entertained re-
Gently Mr.. and Mrs. lyle Harlow
of Lexington. Va, and their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles Koliski, of River
head, L. L, New York; Mrs. George
Heldmyer, of New Castle, was a
dinner guest on Sunday.
The trustees of Corbit School
elected their officers for the COM
ing term as follows: Irving Raw
ley, chairman; Mabel S. Whittock,
clerk.
Mrs. Albert Shuster, Mrs. c. Sin
gleton and daughters, Doris and
Shirley, of Wilmington, have been
recent visitors with Mrs. Lee Or
rell
Mrs. Sadie Thornton has return
ed home after a two weeks visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Preston
Morris and Mr. Morris, at Deep
water, N. j.
Mrs. Anna Porter, Mrs. E. Rey-
nolds, Mr.. and Mrs. I. G.. Under
men, of Wilmington, have been re-
cent dinner guests with Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Ratledge, near town.
Miss Barbara Mitzel of Wayne,
Pa, is visiting Miss Meta Shall
cross.
Mrs. Charles Misenheimer and
Miss Grace Heller are on a motor
trip to North Carolina.
Misses Joan Keith and Patty
F1nly have returned nome from
Camp Otonka.
Mr.. L. ]. Hampson of Spring
field University, Mass, is visiting
his home in Odessa.
Miss Grace G. Broomall, of Phil
adelphia, Pa, is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley Townsend.
Mrs. William r. Davis is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Clarence Aspril
and Mr.. Aspril, at Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Baker and
daughter, of Delaware City, We're
visitors in town the past week.
Miss Ida Milborne, of Milford,
has been visiting her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Phillips, Sr.
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BLACKBIRD
Items Of Personal ana Social In
rrest Cleaned Frsm the Vicinity

Blackbird, July II - Mrs. Mary
E. Tharp entertained her sister
Mrs. Alice Hudson and Mr.. Hudson
on Sunday.
Mr.. Victor Kohl celebrated his
73rd birthday on July 21st at his
daughters, Mrs. c. Fred Heinold
and Mrs. Robert Waegal were din
ner guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Lester Webber
and Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Burchard
and daughters, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Webber.
Mrs. d. ID. Stats went over Fri
ray to see her husband at Mar
shallton.
NJ. Paul Mannering had the mis-
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OAKHILL COMMUNITY
Some Items of Personal Mention
Cleaned from the Vicinity

Delaney's, July 27 - Delaney's
Methodist Church, four miles west
of Clayton on the Clayton-Massey
road, the Rev. A. t. Mcfarland,
pastor, announces these services
for next Sunday: 2 p. m, worship;
2.3O p. m, Sunday School lesson;
8 p. M, preaching service, sermon
by the pastor. The new scheme of
unified worship service at De-
laney's Church is real boon dur
ing these hot days. The services
are more interesting and inspfra
tional.
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nARTLY
Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity

Hartly, July q = The Epworth
League held its regular monthly
meeting at the home of CardeIla
Faulkner. The August meeting
will be held at the home of Millard
Hutchins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Williams en-
tertained recently Mr.. and Mrs.
Nichols, of Wilmington; Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley White and Mrs. Green
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-01
HIGHWAYS MUST REMAIN
FREE FOR EVERYONE

For the benefit of agriculture, busi-
ness and industry, Imperial county
should support as a united community
the efforts of the Associated Farmers
and the Farmers Transportation Asso-
citation to prevent labor union domina-
ton over trucking of farm produce to
market.
The farmer has hard enough time
now making ends meet. Too hard, some
times. Addition of union penalties thru
truck rates-inevitable if the teamsters
union gained control on Imperial county
highways-would further cOmplicate an
already unbearable problem.
Farmers as a group have no grudge
against labor unions. They like to pay
fair wages. They would like to see every
one including themselves, make fair
living. But the farmers do object, and
that strenuously, to paying tribute to
union which takes no thought of the
farmers problems, when such payment
means privation for the farmer and his
family.
Greatest trouble with the teamsters'
union lies in its disregard of the other
fellows interests. Judging from its ac-
tivities in this county, the unions great
est desire is to obtain more members
dues-paying members-regardless OF the
methods by which they are induced to
join. Then, to keep its members, 1t must
do something to Justify its existence,
and that something usually takes the
form of a tribute levied directly or in
directly on the farmer.
Even if it We're not for his inability to
pay, the farmer would voice constitu-
tional objection to the methods Of the
union. The highways are free, maintain
ed by taxpayers. supposedly for the use
of taxpayers. There is no reason why
any group should be allowed privately
to charge a premium for the use by any
one else of these highways.
That is just what the unions propose
to do.
If man is not union member, the
union leaders threaten that their strong
arm crews will drive him from the high
ways
The farmers will never allow such tao
tics, and we believe the rest of Imperial
county is behind them in this decision.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-01
TideIand OF! Case
Nearing Finish

SACRAMENTO, March |. CUP)-
Charges of incompetence and i'm
proper political activity as state
employees were repeated today
against Carl Sturzenacker, former
chief of the state division of lands
and A. H. Alexander, for chief pet
roleum inspector, as their final
hearing progressed before the state
personnel board.
The two discharged employees
were principals in lengthy hearings
in Sacramento and Los Angeles
after being accused of many charges
last June. The accusations center
ed on asserted filings on state tide
lands in Southern California by
relatives and friends of the two
men.
Attorneys for the pair opened to-
days session following persona
statements by Sturzenacker anc
Alexander last night. Alexander
recited his seven years of state SER
vice and said he had never enter
ed any dishonest scheme or con
spiracy." Sturzenacker, head o.
the lands division for nearly foul
years, declared the charges were
inspired by INSCRIPTIONS subordi'
mates.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-01
Navy Asks Bill
Curbinq Radicals

WASHINGTON. March /. (UP)-
The house studied today request
from Acting Secretary of the Navy
Charles Edison for legislation TO
curb activities of subversive agents
who, he said, are interfering with
the national defense program by
propagandizing army and navy per-
Sonnel.
Edison wrote Speaker William B.
Bankhead, D., Ala, submitting a
bill drafted by the navy depart
ment to provide penalties for per-
sons attempting to incite DISC
bedience of military orders or regu-
lations.
He said propaganda agents, par
ticuiarly Communists, were at
tempting to break down army and
navy morale through the distribu-
ton of literature of nature sub
versive to the government"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-01
Editorials and Comment
WEDNESDAY, MARCH l. 1889
ELECTRlFY
THE FARM


Electrification of the southern Cali
fornia farm is so commonplace as hardly
to attract attention. Power lines seem
to run everywhere, even into remote
mountain valleys in this section. But
over the nation the speed with when
electricity is being brought to the Amen-
can farmer is worth noting, because OF It's
significance.
In America farms are being electrified
at the rate of some 200, 900 year, and
today approximately l,46O,OOO farms are
served with electricity. The Rural Elec-
trification Administration has been gwen
credit for much assistance in almost
doubling farm electrification within the
past three years
Running power lines to the farm
means two things, both Vitally concerned
with the farmers welfare. The first, OF
course, is power machinery, everything
from feed grinders to wood saws. Mueh
of the physical labor of the farmer ana
his help can be cut by the application Of
electrical machinery. But perhaps more
important still is the electrification OF
the home Electric ice boxes, electric fans,
electric kitchen equipment and all the
other comforts which have developed
power phase within the past decade or
two are now available on electrified
farms-and not the least is electric light
for the home and the barnyard.
Farm electrificaton will go far toward
making the farmers family happier and
will help solve the problem of keeping
the farmers children on the farm. Old
time farm drudgery and inconvenience
have driven many young woman to vow
she would never marry a farmer.
California, with its ever increasing
development of hydroelectric power, al
ready has gone far toward furnishing the
nation with its best examples of the COM
pletely modernized farm. In fact, in this
section the average farm home is more
like a country estate-with every con-
venience offered by the city home. But
over the country there are still 100000
farm homes without electric power. In
many sections identification faces tre-
mendous obstacles. But surely and ineV-
itably electricity will be the farmer S
power and light everywhere, Just as 1t
has been the city dweller's blessing for
many years past. It's influence on farm
life will be tremendous, and incidentally
will open up vast new market for the
dealer in electrified equipment. 1t shoulo
prove another factor in helping the ma
ton toward economic recovery.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-01
Labor Peace Talk
VIII Begin Soon.
Secretary

WASHINGTON March l. tUP)-
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
announced today that the new
peace negotiations between the
American Federation of Labor ana
the Congress of industrial Organl-
cations will begin within week.
She said she will call the ne
gotiating committees into session
after she confers with President
Roosevelt when he returns from his
cruise with the navy. The preSl-
dent is due back Saturday.
Mr.. Roosevelt requested last week
that the new peace efforts be made
Negotiations in an effort to SET
Tie the three year old fight were
issued after CIO President John l..
Lewis named three man negotiat-
ing committee, including himself
AFT, President William Green nam
ed his committee Saturday shortly
after Mr.. Roosevelt had asked that
the two factions again attempt To
settle their differences.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-01
You re Telling Me-

Joe Louis next opponent seems
to be appropriately chosen. Nothing
like a Roper for stringing the Gus
toners.
Strikes of elevator operators are
becoming common in New York.
The idea seems to be up with wages,
down with hours.
A Cleveland woman asked for a
divorce because her husband bought
seven automobiles in four years.
Shed hardly get used to driving
from one back seat before he
brought home another.
The Soaring Society held con-
yention in New York recently. We
aren't quite sure about this organi-
zation but hazard the guess that
it's in some way concerned with
taxes.
When George cut down that cher
ry tree, do you suppose the old man
made a few cutting remarks?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-01
Roper Conlmends
HarryL. Hopkins;
Predicts Recovery

PHOENIX, March /. CUP)-Dah-
iel C. Roper, former secretary oil
commerce, gave his successor, Har-
nv Hopkins, a figurative pat on the
back today and forecast pros
porous business year" for the ma
ton.
"I am satisfied with my successor
in Office Roper said, land l be-
lieye that Secretary Hopkins is 60
ing to work diligently with business
and business is going to work dill
gently with him-and, if so, there
will be valuable results for all con-
cerned.
Barring the cataclySm of war,
which I don't expect TO come this
year, we are going to have a pros
porous business year with more Co
ordination and a better understand
ing on the part of all, of the prob
lens involved
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-01
Barbs

President Roosevelt has received
the advice and consent of the SEN
ate in the matter of Roberts judi
cial appointment. Advice came
from 70 senator's and consent from
nine.
Hialmar Schacht. deposed head
of the German Reichsbank, is "go-
ing on a long vacation He'll prob
ably have a fine time, but Will he
wish Hitler was there?
In Berkoyia, Bulgaria, bread
making is a social event for house
wives who do it in the streets
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-01
Willis Thornton's Editorial Or.
Lessons from New York Fascist Rally

of public authority
That is another lesson: nowhere,
at no time. under no circumstances
must the American republic allow
the function of keeping public Or
der to be usurped by private Or
ganizations.
That is what happened in Ger
manv four short years ago. Com
munists and Nazis were allowed to
90 brawling up and down the pub
lie streets, with every braWl ad-
ding to the hatred each felt for
the other. and causing supporters
of the republic to split off and
ioin one or the other until it was
a fight between the two factions
Republican police were overawed
and submerged between the storm
troops" of the Nazis and the "work-
ers' militia" of the Communists.
This must not happen here. One
republic, one public force charged
with keeping public order. To TINS
line we must grimly heW.
3. Those who oppose Fascism do
better to stay away from the meet
ings. What made the New York
raIlv a world wide story? Not the
meeting itself, but the efforts OF
nrivate citizens to break it up.
However odious such meetings
NAV be, it is playing into their Or
oanizers hands to break them up
violently. 1t is of such brawllng
that Fascist movements are spawn
america is not yet governed in
the streets, but in the Capitol. 1t
is there that Nazism must be
fought no. in public Donnybrooks
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-01

BERLIN, March l. (UP)-F1elo
Marshal Hermann Goering told the
nation today that it's air force was
unbeatable.
He said the German air force
was the deciding factor in the Mu-
Mich conference, when Germany
caused Great Britain and France
to agree to the dismemberment oil
CZechoslovakia.
He promised that it would be
made even more powerful because
of the world arms race.
The occasion was the official
fourth birthday Of the new German
air force. Goering, minister of avi-
alton, commander in chief of the
air forces, dictator of the four year
plan for economic self sufficiency
and right hand man of Adolf Hit
Ter. addressed the nation by radio.
''Let us not deceive ourselves" he
said. THE political situation is dis
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-01

nestles on the northeastern coast
of South America. not far from the
Equator and the lordly Amazon.
This possession has long been used
as a penal colony by the. French
government Robbers. murderers
and all kinds of hardened criminals
are sentenced to French Guiana
with the hope that after serving
their time. they will become per-
manent citizens of this jungle land
rich in gold ore and respondent
with forests of hardwood and COM
mercial gum. Five thousand prison.
ers constituted the colony. Prison
ers" did I say? Yes. technically
they are prisoners, but they work
on the banana plantations. some
times with an oVerseer and are
allowed to stop at the saloons IN
the villages for a drink. To be
sure. they have TO report back TO
the prison camp at six o'clock and
spend the night there; but other
wise. they carry on pretty much
as they please and suffer nothing
like the misery prisoners are sup
posed to. suffer.
The Count told me of a certain
murderer who arrived i'll French
Guiana vowing that he would
show EN- how tough he could bel
Refusing to obey any orders. he de-
fled all authority. So he was as
signed TO a special camp for in
.nrpiu}hIa Nricnnpfc a 1anp in
the heart of the jungle. When the
warden in charge of this camp gave
this criminal a job, he snarled back
that he was not going to work. He
SWore that no one could make hln
work! He expected an argument
perhaps a fight. He felt he woulo
get the attention he SO ardently
craved and acquire a reputation FOL
being the toughest prisoner II
French Guiana. That was what hi
expected: but he was fooled. Tht
warden of this prison camp dldn
argue with him at all. He merely
said. Sure. if you don't want Il
work. that is all right. just taxi
a seat and rest. We won't ever
let you work"
A day passed. Two days passed
This bad man got tired of resting
Finally, he sneaked around t.
where the dinner was being cook
ed. and started to peel potatoes
The warden ordered him to STOP
He was forced to sit idle on a teal
log for days. watching other peopl
work. The other criminals laugh
ed and hooted at him. Finally Whel
he could stand enforced idleneSs n
longer, he pleaded to be permltte'
to work and he became one OF tn
most docile and good natured pris
oners in camp.
The warden conquered him, no
bv opposition. but by cooperation
Think q minute: Can you use tina
same technique in handling peo
pie? If you try it, won't you pleas
write me in care CT this paper an
let me know how it worked?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-01
TOO MUCH EVEN FOR
BRITISH DIPLOMACY

Spain, the Spain of Generalissimo
Francisco Franco, will be an unyielding
ally of Germany and Italy against the
democracies. Franco himself made that
plain Tuesday, and it was no surprise
to anyone.
Great Britain and France, fighting to
ALLEVIATE the affections of Spain from the
dictator nations because Spain is in STRAIT
egic position at the mouth of the all
important Mediterranean, are working
on forlorn hope. Even for the brilliant
diplomacy of the British, it is too great
a job.
Italian and German soldiers won the
civil war for Franco Neither Mussolini
nor Hitler is such a Ounce as to send
troops into Spain without first driving
a bargain The fact that Britain and
France helped the other side weighs none
too heavily in their favor, either.
Unless the democracies are able to
gain diplomatic foothold of which there
is now no sign, their only salvation lies
in high-speed armament programs-and
from the armament news of Europe, it
is evident the democratic leaders recog-
niZe this.
They work for peace, but they're get
ting ready for war.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-01
Famous Sayings
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
Dissects the News

one on Mr.. Dies. He lost 20
pounds in weight, and has got so
that he doesn't sleep well. His
daily routine for months has been
home-office, office-home; only
twice in six months has he even
gone to a movie, he says.
He has a wife and three sons,
and in the old days he was a good
bit of a family man; nowhe says,
his family hardly sees anything OF
him.
But he feels that the worst OF
it is over. He won the formal ap-
proval of Congress by an over
whelming vote.
His committee now will have
enough money so that he can
spare himself some of the spade
work. From now on, he says, 1t
will be going places.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-01
Dry Weather May
Iniure Farmers

SAN FRANCISCO, March /. (UP)
The United States weather bur
eau said today that continuation
of the current dry spell might ser
iously affect California agriculture.
The government forecaster said
the dry spell, which began 10 days
ago. was unusual but no record
and that there was no need for
real alarm for another week or
so"
With rainfall less than two-thirds
normal in many sections of the
state and clear, warm weather
melting snow packs rapidly, farm
ers were concerned about the lack
of moisture for spring crops ana
pasture lands.