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Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
2 MEN HURT IN
STREET BRAWL
Two ColOred Men Seriously
Injured in Street Fight
Early Sunday Morning
TWO MEN ESCAPE

Two men, both colored, were ser
iously injured in street brawl
here early Sunday morning. Ac-
cording to an eye witness, one girl
and four men emerged from a
building on Main Street, seeming
ly fighting. One man slumped to
the ground, apparently injured
about the head, according to the
witness, and was supported by the
girl and a man. The other two
men, it is alleged, walked across
the street, picked up bricks and
rocks, and returned to the other
three, beating the injured man and
his companion with forceful blows,
cutting both men severely about
the head and face. The police
were summoned, and Immediately
went in pursuit of the rufiians,
but, according to the witness, the
police returned to the victims, and
took them to DR.. w. c. Deakyne,
who sent them to the Kent Gener-
al Hospital in Dover. One of the
injured men is William Wright of
Smyrna, the other Abe Ransone of
Essex, Va. The two men who escap-
ed are allegedly from Virginia, and
according to police, travel under
several assumed names. The wo-
man in the case, police say, came
here from Virginia four years ago,
and is the wife of one of the es-
capped men. 1t is alleged that
Wright suffered a fractured skull,
and Ransone may lose one eye.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
BCRY METHODIST CHURCH
FE J. v. Colona, Pastor, An
nce Services For the Week

Ri ". Colona, Pastor, An
nce Services For the Week
y services at Asbury Method
al'rh next Sunday, June 9th,
b as follows: the Church
q Will convene promptly at 10
"a q usual, with Mr.. H. C.
Aperlntendent, in charge;
Y VII Be no more worship ser
u A0ury Church, but instead
aggregation will attend the
sarsate services Of the John
IN Moore High School at IL
ae annual ChiIdren's Day
~ q the Asbury Church
y WI De held Sunday even
beginning at 7.3O. The
4 T the program i "sl,n-
lnd Song" The program
l ! rendered by the Beginners
Il. ileafy Departments of the
a School, assisted by the In
kCr,.. ~ ! Junior Choirs, and
! !. u $. will meet tbis Thur
\ s''n0on at 2.sO at the home hon
r. norman S Coleman. PRAYER
|In .ss asst Wednesday evening
! /, "a The Mite Society viii
u ,,..s a0atnly meeting immed-
E@''f the prayer service.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. s. j. ThaclSaberry, Pastor, An
nounces Services For the Week

Presbyterian Church, Rev. S. j.
Thackaberry, pastor, announces
services on Sunday as follows: 10
a. m, Sunday School; IL a. M,
Baccalaureate service in the High
School; 6.45 p. M, Young Peoples
meeting; 7.30 p. M, evening SER
vice. Mid-week meeting on Wed
nesday, T30 p. m. The Mite So
ciety meets at Mrs. William Nor
ris's home on Thursday at s pm.
All are welcome to these services.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
JERMAN CHAPEL SERVICES
Rev. Raymond Taylor, Pastor, An
nOunces Services for the Week

Rev. Raymond Taylor, pastor of
Jerman Chapel, announces the ser
vices for the week: Wednesday
night, prayer meeting at 7.3O
O'Clock; Friday night, cottage
prayer meeting; Sunday School ON
Sunday at 2 o'clock, followed by
preaching at 8 o'clock; Z o'clock,
Y. P. meeting and 7.30 o'clock,
song and praise meeting. preach
ing by the pastor. The pastor has
accepted the call for another wear
of service in the Chapel.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
|11TBRNORsA
n FACING PARK
Park to Establish
y,r'ors'. Day s.ies. for Three
Nearby States
,,g SET FOR JUNE 27TH

PARK, having the
WI emotion Of being able to
r .a,srerisntly three states
r 'aessad sslss 4 three-ply Cover
.sDI nj the Executive Com
Wy Y. invited the Governors
s'.s,ylvspia, q = Maryland and
Tbe date Of the newly
l,a'. Ia's., Governors Day will be
It' u he occasion Of the re-
&, 'I + the Diamond state
h. Won last year by George
1 1ssusr,s Eight Thirty. y
u. Dean, as President Of the
{'r'-, stseplechase and race e
...;,u has invited Arthur ~.
roveruOr of Pennsylvania;
, 0Conor, Governor OF
O.; and Richard z. McMul- U
r,r.rpor Of Delaware, on be-
4 ! n tracks, Executive Com
4. me other members Of
Y. =, Donald P. Ross and Will
i, apOut. Jr. Governor Nc
T. As chief executive Of the
|. e,s. will present the trophy
l, winner following the run
III tte Diamond State Stakes.
q. tas Diamond State Stakes
1 \ the richest three year old
n On Delaware's program, the
h. being to build it up IN
4. trough its futurity condl-
Z Each year the race will be
4 A Governors Day. AT the
I-,,t tho $4,000 added Kent
Essv IS Delaware's richest
y vsar Old stake. Since Della
h Park stockholders take no
tisnd:, a portion Of the tracks
rI income, as well as addition
Eisi money, will be assigned
-rsass the value Of the Dia-
ci State Stakes. For the COM
| Governors Day boxes will be
Ede for each of the three
sis and decorated with the
isS and flags Of the states. In
/ MINER it is hoped to honor
rsl and women from the three
8; who have been supporters of
aware Park racing since the
'glaion Of the sport in 1887.
Diamond State Stakes is at a
nd an eighth, and its list of
lass this year includes such
known horses as Fenelon,
To-, SirOcco, Century Note,
ltOi Dit, Roman Flag, Vic
Nan Battle Line, Jacomar,
y <, Ship Biscuit, Your
ila, and Ballast Reef.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
Mayor Matthews Leaves for Cuba

Mayor William E. Matthews
Jr., member and official delegate
of the Smyrna Rotary Club. left
Tuesday for Havana, Cuba, where
he will attend the 31st annual con-
vention of Rotary International.
Mayor Matthews viii serve as
vice-chairman of one of the voca-
tional craft assemblies. Mayor
Matthews is governor of District
1874,
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
12 Years Perfect Attendance

Clarence Earle Garis, a graduate
this year of John Bassett Moore
School, has completed twelve
years of perfect school attendance.
He has attained a high scholastic
record as well. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Garis. Char
les Stewart also has 12-year per-
feet attendance record.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
CLAYTON GIRL WINS RING
Miss Doris BransIi Given Diamond
For Winning Song Request

Miss Doris Branski, Clayton, was
announced as winner of a diamond
ring on the Wayne King program
broadcast over Columbia Broad
casting System, Saturday, June 1,
for her winning letter requesting
Wayne to play her favorite song.
Imagination" Each week, Wayne
King presents six diamond rings to
the writer's of six letters chosen by
King from the hundreds received
each day from listeners requesting
a song and explaining why it is
their favorite tune.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Rev. j. w. Parkins, Pastor, An
nni1nces Services for the Week

Church Of the Nazarene, Rev. j.
w. Parkins, pastor, announces the
following services: Thursday, 7.3O
p. m, prayer meeting; Sunday ser
vices Sunday School, 9.45 a. M;
morning worship, 10.45 am; n. Z.
p. S., 6.45 p. M; evangelistic SER
vice, 7.30 p. m.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
HONOR ATTENDANCE PUPILS
Guests of Strand Theatre; Not
Absent More Than 2 Days i'm Year

The Honor Attendance Pupils of
Smyrna Special School District
and their teachers were the guests
of Mr.. George M. Schwartz of the
Strand Theatre, Saturday Matinee,
June 1st, as has been the practice
for the past five years. 1t is esti-
mated that approximately two
hundred Honor Attendance Pupils
attended here. These pupils have
not been absent from school more
than two days during the entire
school year.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
POLICE MAKE FOUR ARRESTS
Four Negroes Arrested and Fined
Total of S22; Leroy Sullivan Jailed

VI pf~h~J t<taOg
The Smyrna Police made four
arrests Saturday night. Sarah
Lewis, Smyrna, and Fletcher JUS
tice, Virginia were charged with
disorderly conduct, and fined SO
each and cost, when arraigned be-
fore Magistrate Edwin Hutchin-
son. Both are colored. Fletcher
Johnson, colored, Smyrna, was ar
rested and charged with drunken
ness on the street He was fined
So and cost when arraigned before
Magistrate Hutchinson. Leroy Sui
livan, colored, of Smyrna, was ar
rested for drunkenness, disorderly
conduct and resisting arrest. Fail
ing to pay his fine, he was sent to
the Kent County Jail for 80 days.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
Named to Farm Credit Board

]. A. Frear. Jr, of Dover, has
been appointed a director on the
Farm Credit Board of Baltimore
by A. G.. Blalk, Governor of the
Farm Credit Administration.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
ietn,, III Population

toa to u a., Il from Dover enum- lp1a
i ,'l' showed e'aware ! Bureau of
=. ''sf the le9e l : Vi o64 resi-
!. " director y y ule' +. Allyn
io aeed. Tn lne Census,
wv stands y ! towns popu-
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
REPORT OF SMYRNA POLICE
Activities of Police Department
for Month Submitted to Council

The Smyrna Police Department
has submitted the following re-
port to Town Council for the per-
iod April 26 to May 81, inclusive:
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
F" NJ SUMMER SESSION
lte s'ernment !, 4 at Work" Is
=. y oourt For 1910

n. u oourt For 1910
h !, Federal d Government at
| WI ! tAe title Of the co,,rae q
sssae : e g gwen during the ul sum- ~
ID l,sa yau.'i. Gi 1910 in the Univer- Talr-
Ea$ 1Tslyland, M College CT aIIsSl- Edu-
! d 0..t.s ..s sumner session Gov
est ,siloS , from June "a 4Ot1 y
sri...r ! The special course on N
>~t 49, q the Federal Gov
! aasat 'Ita J. will be given for
y aas b..I !, teachers and prin-
laductssSs sssn | arranged and will
h prasssoa. p.so Oy Dr. ]. Grin Pow J.
sts prs'ss.!f. sssr of Education. Dur
.eat IDrs,sntation Dss,a Of the corlrse Dps-
| e,.a, asay y Prominent speaHsrs sol1se,
y Itt'i 7 10 : explain the various vario,,s
federal activities Various
Smyrna times., 1940-06-06
AZ SENIORS TO
BE GRADUATED
Exercises at John Bassett
Moore School to Start Fri
day With Class Night
SERMON ON SUNDAY

The class of 1910 numbering AZ,
begins its final ceremonies on Fri
day night, June z, at o'clock. In
keeping with procedure started
last year all the prizes excepting
the faculty awards to the valedic-
torian and the salutatorian will be
given on this occasion. Two girls
won the top honors for the class
this year. Miss Matilda Wisk has
the honor of being valedictorian of
her class, with an average of "a. .95
during four years of high school.
Miss Wisk, according to school
authorities, was an outstanding
class leader having contributed to
the school paper and participated
in athletics. Miss Maud Darrell,
with an average of 1928, won the
post of Salutatorian. Miss Dar-
rell has also been active as a
class leader. She was a member
of the Glee Club, and was in
terested in athletics. The Bac-
calaureate sermon will be preach
ed Sunday morning in the school
auditorium at IL a. m. by the Rev
erend Samuel j. Thackaberry of
the Presbyterian Church. He will
be assisted in the services by DR.
James w. Colona and the Rever-
end Frederick Marx Barton. The
choirs of the local churches will
furnish the music. The final exer-
cises, Commencement, will be held
Monday, June 10, at 8 p. m. The
Senior class sponsor, Mr. Glenn
King, is in charge of arrange
ments. The high school glee club
under the direction of Mrs. Doris
Fearon will sing a selection. The
roster of the class of 1910 follows:
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-14
Artillery Duel
In Greek Invasion
Lasts For Hours

BEL GRADE, Nov. IA. (UP)-
Frontier reports today said that
Greek artillery was engaged in a
heavy duel with Italian guns in the
Koritz sector.
The artillery duel was said to
have started last night and contin-
ued today.
Greek guns in mountain positions
were pouring an almost continuous
stream of shells into Koritza where
Italian reinforcements are said to
have been brought up in the last
few days.
Italian batteries, also emplaced
in the mountains, were hitting back
at the Greek guns.
Frontier dispatches said Greek
troops encountered retreating Ital-
ian forces near Mount Smolika in
the Pindus range In the engage
ment that ensued the Italians were
said to have lost 48 dead and about
13O wounded. The Greeks were said
to have captured 13 Italian officers
and $40 troops. They also took a
field gun and nine machine guns.
1t was reported that a detach-
ment of Albanian troops, including
seven officers and 1870 soldiers, de-
serted the Italians during the en-
gagement and joined the Greeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-14

credits. The story is told in the
music-Back, Beethoven and Stra-
whisky, no less, played by the liz
members of the Philadelphia or
chestra under the baton-less direc-
tor of Leopold Stokowski. That
music may sound high-brow, the
creator of Mickey Mouse and the
film Snow White admits, but en-
ployed as it is to give personality
and character and plot to the hum
dreds of animals in the story, it is
perfectly natural and easily under
stood"
The story itself is a medley OF
stories-"The Sorcerer's Appren-
tice', mickey Mouse plays the ap-
prentice) THE Nutcracker Suite, "
THE Dance of the Hours" and
even Beethoven's Sixty or Pastoral
symphony. The Pastoral section is
riot of Sylvan carnival with all
sorts of studio.created animals fro
licking about to the strains of Bee
thoven. There are "unicornettes"
and nymphs, a group of winged
colts called the Pegasus family
and hundreds of little scurrying
creatures after the familiar Disney
pattern.
Disney and Stokowski, together
with the critic-composer, Deems
Taylor, are particularly proud of
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-14
Defense Program. Better Business
Will Wine OUT Deficit, Lawmakers Say

by about $10,OOO,0O0 a year, and ne
forecast that $1,500,000 month
can be diverted during the next
biennium to apply ON the deficit.
Assemblyman Harrison all declar-
ed, however, that if any such pro-
gram is to succeed it must be ac-
companied by strict control of ex-
penditures, continuing the policies
of the legislative economy bloc at
the last session."
He said tax experts have deter
mined that California will have to
pay approximately $1OO,000,000 a
year additional in federal taxes TO
support the national defense pro-
gram.
This means that we will have to
keep our house in order here in
the state so our taxpayers will not
have to carry too great a burden" 3"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-14
Secret Agreement
Reported Signed
By Mexico, U.S..

MEXICO CITY, NOV. IA. tUP)-
Naval authorities reported today
that a secret Mexican United States
agreement giving the United States
access to Mexican naval and air
bases was signed in October
The agreement was said to have
been signed for Mexico by Ambas-
sador Francisco Castillo Najera
shortly after he returned to Wash
ington on Oct. e after visit here
during which he conferred with
President LazarO Cardenas.
The foreign office spokesman con-
firmcd that general Mexican United
States defense discussions had been
under way for some time, but said
he had mo information" that they
had progressed to point where an
agreement had been signed. IL some
government quarters it was believed
that nothing Of a tangible defense
agreement would be reached until
after Najera and United States
Under Secretary of State Sumner
Welles have finished conversations
on pending problems.
Under the reported agreement,
the combination air and sea bases
will include Acapulco (Which al
ready has a coastal patrol base) +,
Tampico. Ciudad Del Carmen in
Campeche state, Cozumel in Quin-
tanarro territory and Islamarearita,
on Magdalena Bay of lower Cali
fornia, often described as the most
perfect naval harbor in North
America.
The naval bases repeatedly in
clude Salina Cruz, Pacific terminal
of the Tehuantepec Isthmus rail-
road, Guaymas. and Vera Cruz,
where a Mexican naval training
school is located
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-14
British War Aid
Gains headway in
Valley Campaign

A campaign in Imperial Valley
to win support for the British War
Relief association gained headway
Thursday with reports that funds
and some clothing had already been
donated.
Mrs. Laural Ferguson of Holtville
reported $25 contributed at a recent
valley celebration and that other
sums had been turned in. Workers
were expected to receive new in
structions Thursday night at 8 pm.
at a meeting in the courthouse in
Ell Centre. Miss Jane Niven, secre-
tary of the San Diego chapter, was
slated to speak as we'll as several
others from the coast
District Attorney Elmer Heald,
chapter chairman, was expected to
president.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-14
Disney Reveals New Film
Technique for Sound

NEW YORK, Nov. ID. CUP) =
Walt Disney, worrying about hair
and a rabbit, came to town today
to look in on the premiere of Fan
tasia"-his s2,225,OO0 animated-mu-
sical production which breaks all
the rules.
The hair was an ingrown one
which puffed up his right cheek
to make him look in profile like one
Of his own diminutive creations. It
also made him an hour late for
press conference at which he told
all about his new film which re-
quired more than 100000 staff
drawing and some three years to
complete.
The rabbit was one of the thous
ands of wood creatures that fit
in and out of the film spectacle
which Dizney thinks will mark a
new era in the production of ami
mated cartoons and introduce
three dimensionar' music to the
sound screen.
The picture breaks a lot of pre-
cedents. 1t can be shown in only
IL theaters throughout the country
at one time because there are in
existance only IL of the $4,000
amplifying devices required to
sound" the film.
There are no voices or title or
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-14
Mexico Air Base
Story'Premature'

the United States probably would
help financially and the bases would
be available to American airplanes
and warships on hemisphere de-
fense duty.
State department officials denied
the Mexican reports of mutual
defense alliance They did not deny
that mutual defense discussions
have been under way for some time.
This correspondent can assert
with confidence that discussions be-
gan in August after unofficial en-
issaries from Mexico City had
brought to Washington the outline
of a general plan for cooperation
between the two governments on
which, it was claimed, both the
retiring Cardenas government and
the incoming president-elect. Gen.
Manuel Avila Camacho, would agree.
That plan provided for combined
naval and air bases at Acapulco,
Tampico, Ciudad del Carmen, Coz
umel, and bases exclusively for ma
val use at Salina Cruz, and other
points, if desired; improvement of
Vera Cruz harbor to accommodate
deep-draught vessels-all provided
suitable loans could be obtained in
the United States. It was proposed
that the construction work would
be conducted by Mexico, although
much of the materials would have
to come from the United States.
Reports that an agreement has
been signed were generally believed
here to be premature. The Cardenas
government has only two weeks
and two days more, and any agree
ment must necessarily involve the
incoming government. The CANA
cho government takes office Dec. l..
Some informed sources here be-
lieve that if and when an agree
ment is signed, it is likely to be
merely one extending credits to
Mexico, such as have been granted
to other Latin American govern
ments. Permission for American
airplaneS and warships to use the
designated ports could be in the
form of an unWritten agreement or
q Mexican governmental decree, it
was said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-14
New Prof Slated
To Direct NLRb

few years. Quick reaction from
those two groups is expected.
Mills would succeed J. Warden
Madden, whose term expired last
August.
Madden's reappointment had been
opposed by the AFL, and some en-
ployer groups, and he had been
criticized by the special house
NLRB investigating committee.
Mills. a 67-year old native of
Paoli, Ind, has had long experience
in collective bargaining. He served
on the old National Labor Relations
board in 1884 and 1885.
At the present he is the impartial
umpire of disputes arising under
the contract between General Mo-
tors Corporation and the CLOS
United Automobile Workers of Am
erica. He also is directing a 20th
century fund survey of collective
bargaining in American industries.
1t was reported that Madden, a
50-year old former law professor,
will be appointed to the U. S. court
OF claims. He now is making study
OF labor relations in Canadian de-
tense industries.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-14
Hush Settles ON
wide-0pen Reno as
Piffnlan Buried

RENO, New. Nov. a. (UP)-Wide
open Reno hushed its gaiety today
for the funeral of Sen. Key Pitt
man, 68, chairman of the senate
foreign relations committee and an
isolationist, yet one of totalitarian-
ism's most outspoken enemies.
Funeral services were held in
Civic Auditorium at 3 pm. psf
moon, EST. In respect for Pitt
man, gambling houses whose doors
are never shut day or night, were
closeG.
The body lay in state at Civic
Auditorium. Over the coffin stood
an honor guard of national guards
men, and thousands filed by the
body of the senator who had served
Nevada since 1918. Despite his high
senatorial rank, Pittman was known
in Nevada as the man who had
raised the price of silver to more
than 10 cents an ounce.
The Rev. Warren Botkin, rector
of Trinity Episcopal church, of
which Pittman was a communicate,
conducted the funeral services. Sen.
Walter F. George, D. Ga, possible
successor to the chairmanship of
foreign relations committee, deliy-
cred the eulogy. Twenty-Five SEN
ators and many congressman, who
arrived at noon on a special train,
and state officials, in addition to
several thousand others, attended
the funeral.
The coffin will be placed in a
crypt at Mountain View cemetery
here until Mrs. Pittman decides up
on a final burying place.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-14

SACRAMENTO, Nov. IA. (UP)-
The national defense program and
generally improved business condi-
tions will wipe out the states de-
ficit of more than $50,O00,000 in
three or four years without any
new taxes, members of the assem-
bly, interim committee on revenue
and taxation predicted today.
The committee held brief meet
ing here TO receive reports of sub
committees and scheduled a final
session to be held in San Francisco
November 80, just prior to recon-
vening of the legislatures recessed
special session on December 9.
Increased business in California
has resulted III a sharp increase in
tax revenue, Chairman Rodney l..
Turner of Kern county pointed out.
The sales tax alone has increased
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-14
II Duce Receives
Rumanian Envov

ROME, Nov. IA. (UP)-Premier
Benito Mussolini today received
Rumanian Premier Ion Antonescu
and his foreign minister, Luca
Sturdza, in the presence of italian
Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo
Ciano.
Before proceeding to their con-
ference with II Duce at Venice pal
ace Antonescu and Sturdza con-
ferred with Ciano at the foreign
office .zaz-.- -
The Rumanians arrived in Rome
this morning and were greeted at
the railway station by Mussolini.
Antonescu and Sturdza were lun-
cheon guests of King Victor Eman-
uel at Quirinal palace where they
had a long private conversation
with the king.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-14
Defenders Launch
Biq Scale Attack

ATHENS. Nov. IA. CUP)-The
Greek army was reported today to
have launched a general offensive
against the italians along the en-
tire northern frontier from the
Ionian sea to the Jugoslav border
First reports from the front said
that Greek troops had driven Ital-
ian forces in the Kalamas River
Valley back across the river at sew
eral points.
The reported general attack ap-
peared to indicate that the Greek
high command was seeking to hit
the Italians hard before their forces
could be reorganized and strongly
reinforced along the mountainous
northern Greek frontier.
The Greeks were said to be at
tacking on a 125-mile front.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-14
BY WILLIAM II. LAWRENCE

WASHINGTON, Nov. IA. (UP)-
President Roosevelt will appoint DR..
Harry A. Mills, University of Chi
cago economist and veteran labor
dispute arbiter, to be chairman of
the National Labor Relations board,
it was learned today.
Mills nomination probably will
be sent to the senate for confirma-
ton on the eve of conventions of
the American Federation of Labor
and the Congress of Industrial Or
ganizations which have been in
volved in feuds over the labor board
and its membership during the last