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Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
OPENING OF
SMYRNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS


The public school opened last
week and everything is going along
satisfactorily. Some changes have
taken place among the teachers,
these together with the number of
scholars at present enrolled in each
grade. win be indicated in the fol-
lowing table: High School, A. ID.
Yocum-20; Grammar, Miss Lizzie
Parrott-43; Boys intermediate,
Miss Emma Hough--33; Girls In
termediate. Miss Anna Doughten-
3s; 1st Boys Primary, Miss Lizzie
McDowell-36; 1st Girls Primary,
Miss Mary Spruance-42; End
Boys Primary, Miss Ida Lord
80; End Girls Primary, Miss Car
rie Budd-47. The present indi-
Continued on Page Three)
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
URGE SAFETY
OF CHILDREN
School Beginners" Do Not
Have Benefit of Safety
Instructions
SAFETY PATROL WORK

School" signs are "alive" again
the Delaware Automobile Assn
points out in a timely safety bull
letin asking motorist cooperation
in child accident prevention
Motorists responsibilities are in
creased by the return of children
to school because more caution
will be required in guarding
against child accidents, William ].
Lackey, President of the Associa-
tion, said
School beginners, it, is pointed
out, do not have the benefit of
safety instruction. Their safety
depends largely upon the way in
which vehicles are operated, not
only in the vicinity of schools, but
on all streets where children are
walking on their way to and from
the classrooms.
Free for several months from
education in the classrooms, many
children are likely to be less safe
ty conscious than they are during
the rest of the school term, it is
asserted.
The Assn also wishes to i'm
press upon motor vehicle opera
tors the Importance of cooperating
with the School Safety Patrols.
The boys and girls who constitute
these patrols are doing a splendid
work in accident prevention.
They are always on the alert to
safeguard fellow pupils, but their
efforts will be hampered without
complete cooperation of motorists.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
EXPECT GOOD
OYSTER YEAR
Maryland Oyster Large With
Good Meat Free of Mussel;
Bring High Prices
BEST IN FIVE YEARS

First reports from conservation
inspectors indicated that Mary
land can expect a very good" oys-
ter season. They said bivalves are
large, have excellent meat and are
free from mussels. From the COM
mercial standpoint, oysters are
bringing prices as high as go cents
per bushel, inspectors declared.
Conservation Commission officials
said last season the prices per
bushel averaged approximately IS
cents. Reporting for the Cam
bridge district, Inspector DC. Kin
namon said: oysters are in very
good shape. The price per bushel
is the best 1 can remember. Prices
per bushel offered on the dock are
go cents. I just can't recall if oys-
tiers ever were so cents a bushel on
opening day (September 1, when
the longing season opened)." Will
liam P Marshall, inspector for the
Herring Bay district, said: Eight
boats operated on bars the opening
day Oysters are in better shape
than they have been for five years.
They have good size, excellent
meat and are entirely free from
mussels. Prospects are for a very
good season" Inspector M. P. Ed
wards reported from the Chester
River district: I've taken sam
plies from II or Is bars. Oysters
are clear of mussels. They are in
good shape and show wonderful
growth"
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
MARRIAGES AT ELKTON HIGH
1888 Couples Obtain Licenses Dur
ing Month; New Laws Largest

The records at the Office of the
Clerk of Court here, show that
during August 1888 couples OBJ
tanned marriage licenses there
the largest number in any one
month since the 48-hour waiting
law went into effect nearly two
years ago. The average number Of
couples obtaining marriage Ii
censes here, up to this date the
past spring, was about 450 couples.
couples.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
For Register Of Wills

I desire to announce that
be a candidate for the Denrzs-
nomination for Register Of Vi
of Kent County at the DenarsI
Primary election and viii ggs
ciate the support of the d.
cratic and Independent voter i
cluding the World War Vstgn
9-5 tp FRANK J. LERT|
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
Writer Wins q Bet
Despite Neglected Tip
THE peak of the horse-racing
i season for turf fans the coun-
Try over is the Kentucky Derby
held each year late in May at
Churchill Downs in Louisville.

Always the scene of an exciting
run, the Derby of 1886 is described
by sports writer Damon Runyon in
the September issue of Cosmopoli-
tan Magazine as "the greatest horse
race / ever saw" Joseph E. Wide
ner's Brevity was a heavy favorite,
but Runyon writes that his trusty
bookie suggested Bold Venture, a
long shot at 20-1. Wary of the odds,
Runyon put his money on Brevity
despite the tip.
He was reassured when Brevity
started to pass the field on the home
stretch. Everyone, that is, except
Bold Venture. Neck and neck the
eontenders raced for the finish. But
as Brevity's left-handed jockey
lifted his whip to urge on his mount,
the rival rider, on the inside, bore
over ever so slightly, deftly pre-
venting the gesture, then dashed on
10 win by half a length.
Plucking his stubs from his
pocket, Runyon was about to de-
stroy them when he noticed sud-
denly their numbers corresponded
to the one on the blackboard. Was
it possible his bookie had acted
slyly? Certainly any amount at 20-1
was nothing toslaugh at.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
Gov'nr Printz Road Nearly Ready

All concrete for the new Govern
or Printz dual highway from Edge
Moor Bridge to Claymont has been
laid. AS soon as curbs and should
ers are completed the highway
will be opened. AT present the old
single Printz boulevard, to be the
southbound highway, is being used
for two-way traffic.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12

movies som e.
what earlier.
Several motion
picture compan-
les are interested
in the story of
the American
newspaper man
and his incredi-
Bile adventures
i n W a r r j n e
Europe, which
are appearing in
the current Cos
mopolitan Maga-
vino
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
Political Notice,
FOR REPRESENTED

I desire to announce ~.
be a candidate for the d. !
domination for Represenatp
the First Representativs n. NJ
u hent County. Your suypr
soilcited and Will be appreciats
ERNEST V. BLEND
l II Smvrra N
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12

of fertilizer is on wheat. In addi-
ton to increasing the yield and
quality of the grain, fertilizer pro-
notes vigorous growth and larger
yield of the clover or other hay crop
which follows, which in turn bene-
fits the crop coming next in the
rotation.
Delaware farmers can substan-
TALLY reduce their cost of wheat
production per bushel by increas-
ing their yield. In the eastern part
of the United States it costs on the
average around $15 to grow an acre
of wheat, regardless of yield. If
the yield is Is bushels the cost is
81 per bushel; if the yield is 10
bushels the cost jumps $1.50 per
bushel; while a 80 bushel yield re-
duces the cost to 80 cents. The
value of the increased wheat yield
in Delaware resulting from the use
of fertilizer is equivalent to about
$1.s4 for each dollar spent for
fertilizer.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
For Levy Court Comnissinrr

TUT LtFy NUuTI IVlll1lssl1E
l desire to announce that I vi b
candidate for the Democratic ra-.z..
for Levy Court Commissioner d Z
County, Of the First, Second, Tais
Fifth Representative Districts, a,z
the rules and decision Of The n.z
Election. Your support is S1dz :
win be appreciated.
CECIL A. NOdM
Second Election District Of L Il
Representative District, DgTg
OK n
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
For Levy CONT

I desire to announce tB.t ]
be a candidate for the D4no,,.,
nomination for Levy Courtna /
the lst, End, 3rd and 5th isaI
and VIII appreciate your zn-
W. FRANK HAZE
9-5 At S--.!
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
MARRIAGES

Tilghman-Morris-On Sept. 9th,
near Salisbury, Md, by Elder Toul-
son. Mr.. Horace Tilghman, Of
Smyrna, Delaware, and Miss Adel-
ia Emma Morris, of Worchester
County Md.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12

Father and son inspect q bunpe
system, (s) fertilized root system
through the qUiRter 1Uith less loss.
Delaware farmers who use ferti-
lizer increase their wheat yields by
10 bushels per acre on the average,
or 81 per cent, according to a
recent national survey in which
$4,000 farmers told Of their expert
ence with fertilizer. The wheat
growers who were interviewed
verified on their own farms the re-
suits achieved at experiment sta
tions, which show that wheat is
very responsive to fertilizer.
In addition to the increase in
yield, 73 per cent of the farmers
who were interviewed in II States
reported better market quality; S5
per cent had noticed that fertilized
crops got a quicker start; as per
cent observed that crops were more
resistant to disease; and 76 per
cent reported that crops matured
earlier.
Experiments. carried on at ex-
pertinent stations show that gen.
orally the best place in crop rota-
tion to make a liberal application
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12

Mr.. Calico, who has just complet-
ed covering the Democratic Con-
ventlon In Chicago for international
News Service, is hard at work on
another Cosmopolitan story.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
Hiram HolIiGay Takes
To fhe Air and Films

HIRAM HOLIDAY is going
Ii on the air and in the movies.
If present plans materialize, the
Paul Calico fiction character will
be heard in radio serial beginning
in the fall and will appear in the
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
Values
(Rsbrnfsd from Good Hoatskssping Magazins)
BY Edgar DonieI kromer

When you are believing
That the world is mad,
That both men and women
Are most always bad,
If you pause a moment
To give things their due,
You will find life lovely
What is wrong is you.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF SEPT. 10TH, 1890

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
ton.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12
For PrOthonOtary Of Kent C1

For Proth0notary of hent V1
I will be a candidate tr I
Democratic nomination fa' 2
thonotary of Kent County "a
to the Democratic primaF 7
ton. and will appreciate tA :
port of The Democratic and i
pendent voters.
JAMES J.. BEE |
2-15 IN Dove D
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12

Australia's soldier crab gets its
name from its propensity for fight
ing.
Smyrna times., 1940-09-12

Subscribe to The Smyrna Times.
S1.50 per year. In advance
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Lecture Given
On Christian Science

"Christian Science: What It Is
and What It Does" is the subject
of a lecture given in First Church
Of Christ, Scientist. here last eve
ming by Louise Knight Wheatley
Cook Of Kansas City.
In speaking of treatment" in
Christian Science Mrs. Cook said,
in part:
"A Christian Science treatment
may be called the coming Of the
Christ. It is truth, entering some
discordant consciousness, to recon-
pense fourfold for those dark hours
before the daylight came. $50
1T is strong, clear, vigorous af-
firmation Of the allness of God and
Of the untouched perfection of man
in His image and likeness: a re-
fusal to believe what is not true and
God-bestowed: an utter reputation,
as causeless, baseless and spurious
of any evidence which would try to
present man in any way but as
God made him-joyous, sinless,
stainless. free. It admits the exist
ence Of but one power, one presence,
one cause, one effect, one law, one
mind and all these wholly good. 1t
replaces beliefs with spiritual ideas,
pure and perfect"
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Wage Hour Revision Aids
10000 Canning Workers

Approximately 10000 employees in
the canning industry will be affected
by q revision Of the wage and hour
law regulations that become opera
tive October /.
Announced last night by Col.
Philip B. Fleming. wage-hour ad-
ministrator, the changes redefine
the "area Of production" and in
crease the number of plants that
are subject to the Fair Labor
Standards Act. At the same time.
however. some smaller plants will
be exempted, as those establish
ments employing 10 persons or less,
which obtain their fruit and veg
etables from farms in the vicinity
are freed from its operation.
Certain seasonal exemptions from
the hours provision of the act also
are granted.
The Wage and Hour Division also
announced that lumber workers
throughout the country will receive
$315 900 in back pay as the result
Of drive to bring compliance with
the act in this industry. In the
region involving Virginia. Maryland
and West Virginia. 1896 employees
will get $31 1863, while claims totaling
$1,000 for 100 employees are pending.
Evening star., 1940-07-24

knitted Z total Of 1910 wool gar
ments for men In the British serv-
Ice since the branch opened May 20,
It was announced today.
In addition, 4,lo3 articles Of worn
clothing and shoes have been
shipped to Britain. Headquarters Of
the branch 1T 1891 Connecticut ave-
nue NV. are open each day, except
Saturday, from 10 am. to 6.p.m.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
.ht Co. toRen'ode|
10 Increase
---sAa-ia
les Space j.
4uiIjinss on E. Street !
Now Used as Offices I
70 Be Converted

I'D remodeling and relocation pro.
I'm designed to increase by 80 per
IT the selling floor space Of the
cht Co. has been inaugurated by
tn department store firm, Charles
III Dulcan, ST., vice president and
general manager, has announced.
sgseveral buildings along r street
Noining the main establishment
VIA be converted from ONCE to SELL
ing space, and total Of $4,000
AHuare feet Of new area will be
made available to the various sales
departments, Mr.. Dulcan said.
sPlacement Of related departments
q adjoining quarters, installation
new fixtures and lighting equip
Ment and redecoration are other
phases of the program.
f'Ihe work marks the compaiiy's
4rst large-scale improvement of
plant facilities since construction of
Me 100000 service building at
New York avenue and Fenwick
atreet NE. In 1885.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
81 Moreweor Mattress Covers
Thursday Only!

Protect your mattresses this easy, eco
nomical way! use these good Srade covers
Of unbleached cotton sheettng They're
dntshed with taped edges and rubber buttons
and come h twin and double bed dses.
Xannb-etreet Floor.
Evening star., 1940-07-24

I'VE believe" Mrs. Robert wrote,
that adequate national defense
constitutes the best assurance Of
peace for the United States. We
have said that often, almost alone,
but today the chorus grows. Ma
tional defense today, however,
means something quite different
from what 1t did IS years ago.
Even as total war means not only
military activity on land, sea and
air, but also the involvement Of
Evening star., 1940-07-24

every phase Of life Of all men, won.
en- and children, 10 must national
defense include not only Z complete
military and naval preparation, but
. strengthening. = stabilizins Of the
industrial, social, governmental and
moral forces Of America.
Total war annihilates not only
homes, churches, customs and ira
ditions, but also long-respected
rights Of human beings. Defense
Evening star., 1940-07-24
D. A. R. Head Urges
Total National Defense

State regents and national chair
men Of the Daughters OF the Amert-
can Revolution were advised in a
recent message from their presi-
dent general, Mrs. Henry M. Robert,
jr.. that the only safe insurance
against total war is total defense.
Evening star., 1940-07-24

With . filing system for this years
election at. least. @
The action was taken Monday
night by voters who had met to
nominate candidates, a. has been
the custom here.
Under the system agreed upon
candidates for ONCE IN the munici.
pal election August S will be given
until 8 pm. July 81 to file.
Evening star., 1940-07-24

four poster wood beds
Of maple. walnut or mahogany IN
ished gumwood !. Simmons coil
springs Thick innersprins mat
tresses with cotton art ticking COW
ers. Single, three-quarter and
double bed siSes.
Kannt-Third Floor.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
oeeon City Changes
Nominating System

~ the Associated Press.
OCEAN CITY, Nd, July a.
Voters Of this resort town have de-
cided to do away with the old sys-
tenn Of nominating candidates for
municipal 'o1hce and to replace It
Evening star., 1940-07-24
McCIoskey Borrowed
To HundIe N. Y. A. Job

BY the Associated Press.
The National Youth Administra-
ton announced yesterday that Mark
A. McCloskey, New York City, would
organize expansion Of N. Y. A. resi-
dent work center activities.
Aubrey williams, N. Y. A. admin
istrator, said Mr.. McC Closkey had been
borrowed for three months from the
New York City Board of Education.
He directs the boards extension ac-
tivities.
Mr.. McCloskey's Washington duties,
MIR. Williams said, would be to or
ganize and expand the N. Y. A. resi-
dent work center program which
now employs approximately 10000
young persons in 600 centers in a
States.
A neWSpaper in SinraDOre raised
Evening star., 1940-07-24

against It il not only the problem Of
generals. naval constructors and co..
ordinating boards: it must become
Z habit Of everyday Mfe."
Evening star., 1940-07-24

A newspaper in Singapore raised
81 ,000,000 to purchase bombers for
the British Royal Air Force.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
1910 Wool Garments
Knitted for British Here

Members Of the Warrington
branch Of Bundles for Britain have
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Film From Holland
Reaches Wan9er

Walter Wanger, Who put more
than a million dollars into current
production, Foreign Correspond
ent," after five previous scripts had
been ruined by rapidly changing
scene in Europe, has found his pa
tience well rewarded.
Wanger sent q studio production
unit to Holland in January to make
scenes in and around Amsterdam
After two weeks of production the
film negative and all equipment used
by the company were lost when a
Nazi plane bombed and sank the
S. S. Rijnstroom crossing the North
Sea. Undaunted, Wanger ordered
Osmond Borrodaile to make a Sec
ond trip to Holland to duplicate
previous efforts. This expedition
succeeded in making its scenes after
much red tape, but getting the film
out Of the country required nearly
four weeks and shipment across the
Atlantic required more than q
month more due to Clipper flights
and steamship travel.
AS NdZl troops marcned INTO dOl-
land and German airmen began
bombing of the Low Land country
Borrodaile's film, $4,000 feet of it.
reached the Wanger Studio in time
to be Incorporated in Dutch scenes
Director Alfred Hitchcock was max
ing. AS a result the new Wanger
drama will have the last motion
pictures made in Holland before the
country became enveloped into the
German-allied war.
Evening star., 1940-05-23

directing his already selected cast
for "The Sealed WE'LL" Roadside's S
first offering of the season, the crit
les seat problem has been taken
care of by the theater's staff. The
three critics who would sit nowhere
else but in that elevated bleacher
row at the back of the barn will be
allowed to sit again in the bleacher
row. The one who always sits in
the fourth row on the aisle will be
in the fourth row on the aisle.
In the meantime, that champion
wearer Of dusty pink, Catherine
Pritchard Romney, announces that
subscriptions for the season are on
sale at Mrs. Dorsey's. They can be
purchased in lots OF four or six.
X X X
Earle Theater patrons who have
waxed wan and weary in their am
bitions to be singers may find a
change in fortune beginning tomor-
row. For the surcease of that kind
of sorrow in the publics heart,
Production Manager Harry Anger
has arranged voice tests for any, but
not quite all, corners.
With travelling microphone in
her hand, Eileen Ritter, loveliest of
the Roxyettes, If the other Roxyettes
don't mind, will roam the theater
seeking out ambitious singers. When
she finds one, she will pass ever
the microphone and leave the rest
up to the aspirant.
Mr.. Anger thinks the program
might uncover some talent,
Evening star., 1940-05-23

still swings his fists in the same old
way, shoots from the hip or shoul-
der with his traditional skill, laughs
off love with the old sharp know
ingness. The difference is that this
time it is all in fun. an explosive
satire on all the Cagney-O Brien
pictures you can think Off no one
minds an almost post-habited prepo-
sition in the report of such a public
|.victory!
Mules are notoriously problem
animal, but until yesterday it was
something for amusement pages to
let others worry about. That was
changed when Metro Goodwin
Mayer figuratively dumped two
score mules in the laps of those
who write of what goes on in local
entertainment. People who have
been brought up on glamour, pro-
fessionally speaking, of course, are
at complete loss for columnar ma
terial when confronted by mule.
One of the things to be learned
about 20 mules. which are here in
connection with 100 Mule Team"
starring Wallace Beery, is that it
took them As days to come across
the country from Hollywood. An
other is that Washington's remark
able shortage of facilities for shell
tering visiting mules resulted in
parking them on a parking lot at
Fourth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. when they were not in
action. According to Curley Eagles,
skinner" or chauffeur of the mules
and their wagon, the animals are
unaccustomed to luxuries and were
perfectly content with the hospi-
tality shown them here.
About the only startling thing to
be learned from staring at 20 mule
teams is that they are made up of
19 mules and horse. The horse
is inserted in the combination to
give it stability and horse sense,
two qualities which mules do not
have.
If that is not the case, the silk
Snlrted expert TO WnOm we talked
took advantage of our innocence
about mules.
X X X X
Born of Tuesdays gloom, those
reports of Charlie Chaplin's intent
to shelve THE Dictator" now seem
to have been premature. Latest
word from Mr.. C.. S ot-Se-ivory tower
is that he is going ahead with the
final cutting of the film which, now
somewhat obviously, presents hitler
as comic character. Current
events may force some further
shooting for revision of the origi-
nal, but all is not lost as was origi-
nally reported.
X X X X
Even before Ralph Fowler starts
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Palace "Buck Benny Rides
Again." a comic, makes the Wild
West wilder: 11:15 am, 1:20, 1925,
$50, 7:35 and 9:45 pm.
Earle-'Typhoon," the elements
VS.. D. Lamour: 1890 am, 1:2O,
4:15, 7:15 and 1910 pm. Stage
shows: 1925, 800, 6:20 and 9:15 p m
Capitol-"I Was an Adventures, "
the law VS.. Zorina: 1O:45 am, 1870,
4:15, 7:O5 and 1890 pm. Stage
shows: 1890, 3:20, 6:10 and 8:55 pm.
Metropolitan-"Angel From Texas, ="
romance in the light comedy man
ner: 11:10 am, lis, 1928, 5:35, TAO
and $50 pm.
Columbia-"Strange Cargo" with
Joan Crawford and Clark Gable
major items on the bill of lading:
11:40 am, 2:10, 4:40, ITO and 9:40
pm.
Keith's-"If I Had My Way" with
Bing Crosby and Gloria Jean: 1905,
2:30, 4:55, tbs and 9:40 pm. March
of Time: 11:45 am, 2:10, 4:30, SIS
and 9:20 pm.
Little-"The Great Waltz" Strauss
music and Miliza Korjus: II am.
ITO, 3:20, $50, TAO and $50 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Dancers to Appear
In Variety Show

Dancers from the Washington
National Ballet will appear in the
variety show to be presented tomor-
row night at the Mayflower Hotel
under the sponsorship of st. Ger
trude's Guild of the st. Gertrude S
School of Arts and Crafts.
The young artists will be seen
in the gay and sparkling "Galop''
by Strauss and the humorous
"Hopak," set to music by Mossourg-
sky. Dancers appearing on the
program are Mary Day, Madeleine
Lazard, Fills Cole, Marjorie Mitch
ell, Marjorie Mcgee, Caroline Petty
1rmanelle Correll, Anne Billiard and
Jack Baker.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Long.Married Stars
Form Newest Club

Filmsters who feel that Hollywood
divorces get too much publicity, en-
during marriages not enough, have
formed the film colony's newest
THE 20-Years-a-Husband Club"
Charter members are Joe Caw-
thorn, 81 years wed; Paul Everton,
81; James Gleason, 27; Jean Her.
sholt, 26; Cyrus Kendall (the baby
81.
Everton. R-K-O featured player
supporting George O'Brien in
Prairie Law" who is president, will
welcome applications for member
ship from other filmsters married
20 years or more to the same wife.