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Smyrna times., 1940-08-01
LETTER FROM KENToN

The Epworth League, which was
but recently organized, has -four
ishing membership and is doing
much good work.
Mrs. Stephen Walker and daugh-
ter, Ida, are taking a respite at
Ocean Grove. Miss Jennie Purse
left for the same resort today to
be carressed by the bracing breeze
Of old Neptune.
Mrs. ]. B. Messick is listening
to the murmuring waves at Reho-
both.
Miss Mary Wilds has returned
from New York, accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. Thos. ]. Roe.
Mrs. Jennie Cantwell, nee Clark,
is here from Philadelphia, visiting
her parents
Willie, the eldest son of DR.. w.
A. Cooper, is confined to his bed
with typhoid.
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.
The census returns, unOmclaily
made, give Milford population of
2,612.
The Milford Classical Academy
has been leased by its trustees for
the ensuing school year to Messrs.
Bound and Stevens, who are re-
cent graduates of Washington Col
lege at Chestertown, Md. They will
open the school about the first Of
September.
Thomas Paynter, of Lewis,
caught thief in the act of enter
ing his store early Wednesday
morning. Paynter had been miss
ing money from his money-drawer
and lay in wait for the thief. The
fellow entered the door with a du-
(Cenunusd on Page Sikh
Smyrna times., 1940-08-01
PiIing Started For New Bridge

Driving of piles for the SUBJ
structure of the new bridge over
the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal 700 feet west of the Destroy
ed bridge at st. Georges has been
started by the Penker Construc-
tion Company of Cincinnati, o.
Smyrna times., 1940-08-01
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF JULY BOTH, 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., 1940-08-01
Open State Schools to Refugees

Public schools Of Delaware will
be open to refugee children from
the war zone under recent action
taken by the State Board of Edu-
cation. A. c. Whiteside, superin-
tendent of New Castle schools, had
asked the attitude of the board on
making the school facilities avail
able to the young refugees who
may apply for admission.
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Subscribe to The Smyrna Times. sI.50
Per Year. in Advance
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w. 0. Hoffecker surveyed the
-..Beekely'' farm near Woodland
Beach Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10
Aerial
Bonds
ooSed
Allies Say They
Are FIRE. ed from
Re strictions

PARIS, May 10. (UP)-
A foreign office spokesman
said tonight that the Ger
mans struck non-m1itary OBJ
jectives in today's bombings
which was taken to indicate that
France now feels free to retaliate
by whatever means is necessary.
Earlier today the French and
British governments announced
they would regard themselves as
free from any bond to restrict aerial
bombardment to military objectives
if the Germans bombed civilian
objectjveS i'll either country or in
countries associated with them.
The promise to restrict bombing
had been made III response to an
appeal from President Roosevelt
at the outbreak of the war.
A few hours after the announce
ment, the foreign office spokesman
said significantly that since the
bombing declaration, confirmation
had been received that the Ger
man bombs had hit "objectives
other than military
A Paris foreign office commu-
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81
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ham palace and at 6:25 pm. he
emerged to be followed Immediately
by Churchill. 1t then was evident
that the change had been made
Chamberlain out, Churchill In.
1t is the first time In a career
devoted to politics-most of 1t In
the spotlight--that Churchill has
headed new government
Technically, he Is not yet head
OF a government but none in Lon
don tonight doubted that he wouh
be able to enlist the necessary sup
port to achieve a cabinet OF ma
tional unity.
Had not this been evident, II was
regarded as certain that Chamber
lain would have deferred his res
ignation.
What will be the make up Of the
new government was not yet known
but 1t was expected TO includ4
David Lloyd George. Britains wxs
prime minister and veteran liberal,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10

to reach Ell Centre from Oregon,
scene of the couples ranching activ-
tiles and the place where they spent
most of the $28,5O0 they are accused
of taking, the prosecution contend
ed.
Hugh MacKinnon, attorney for
Little, indicated that he planned
to prove that Little was not seen
behind the counter in the water
office and thus could not have had
direct access to the money left III
Mrs. Richards charge.
Questions John Holt, attorney for
Mrs. Richards, asked Miss Rosalic
ned to show she had as much op-
portunity to take money as had
Mrs. Richards.
Il gave it back" Miss LaBruchcric
testified during a tWo-nour grilllng
when she was asked about $25 she
told the county grand jury she
appropriated from the city at Mrs
Richards suggestion.
Didn't you take other monieS2
Holt asked Miss LaBrucherie.
mo sir, I did not she replied
She went on to explain that during
her employment by the city she
was short SO at one time, 50 at
another and on two different oc-
casions was short ST.. She said she
made it up out of her own pocket.
She said the accounts had $25 too
much once and no one knew what
to do with it. They kept it in the
safe for awhile and finally she
took it at Mrs. Richards suggestion.
But you took it, didn't you?
Couldn't you have taken other
monies? Weren't you in the office
alone when Mrs. Richards was
away? Didn't you relieve her when
she was at lunch? Wasn't that
your job?" were some of the queS-
tions fired at Miss LaBrucherie.
Prosecution attorneys asked pro-
lection for their witness and re-
quested the court to inform her
she had right to explain any
Continued on Page 3, Col 81
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10
Worlds Markets
Tren1bIe as War
Gers New FoothoId
BY UNITED PRESS

Spread of the European war shook
world markets Friday.
The free sterling rate at New
York plunged to a record low at
S3.05, off 30h cents from the pre-
vious close, and dealings in Dutch
and Belgian currencies were sus-
pended in all major markets. The
Bank of England held its official
sterling price unchanged at $4.02l9
to S4.03l2. Sterling sold here above
S. two years ago.
Dealings in stocks on the New
York exchange were turbulent.
Tickers fell late almost immediate
ly with price changes mixed. Then
Il wave of buying came into war
babies and they shot forward to
gains running to 3A points in
bethlehem, which hit new high
Continued on Page 8, Col. y
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were turned back. after get
ting a foothold on the river
bank.
Both Belgian and Dutch
troops, backed by the Allied
air force ard with Allied troops
rushing across Belgium, were re-
ported resisting strongly.
tThe Paris newspaper LIE Temps
in a dispatch from Brussels said
today it had learned authoritative
ly that Belgian advanced lines near
the German frontier had halted
the enemy drive. The dispatch said
Belgian soldiers were busily round
ing up German parachute troopsD
The Netherlands radio broadcast
a Dutch communique reporting that
the Dutch were strongly resisting
the Germans along the line of the
Mas and Yssel and were maintain
ing their positions at Delfzyl, op-
posite Emden.
Radio Brussels reported at Ais
pm. that Belgian Defense Minis
ter Henri Denis had told the cham
Der of deputies that the German
advance had been checked at all
points
Dutch soldiers Stubbornly fought
off German attacks on Rotterdam
tonight, with the Nazi forces un-
able to advance effectively after
getting a foothold on the right
bank of the Mas river
The Germans had succeeded in
seizing favorable positions around
the bridges leading across the river
but elsewhere they were thrown
back.
The bodies of three German SOL
dicrS were lying III Dcboompjes
street near the river late in the
afternoon, evidence of the failure
of the Germans to fight their way
forward past the Dutch defenders.
Belgian troops, under command
of King Leopold, were reported
fighting strongly in the Aachen
district, on the German Belgian
Continued on Page 8; Col. -
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Nozis
Claim
Victory
Resistance Fails,
German High
Command Says

BERLIN, My 10. (UP) :
German armed forces to.
night were reported to have
driven Is to 20 miles into
Dutch and Belgian territory
and completed The occupation of
Luxembourg in a blitzkrieg cam
paign for victory in the European
war.
German troops smashing across
the low countries frontiers were
reported to have reached the Dutch
town of Maastricht and to have
seized several bridges on the AL
bert canal, chief Belgian defense
line.
German sources also claimed that
the Belgian City of Malmedy hao
been captured.
The official news agency, listing
Malmedy and Maastrich as cap
turcd. said that the German troops
had reached the Ijsel river early in
the afternoon and also had crossed
the Mas at several points IN Hol-
land. The agency said that the
Germans had also crossed LuXem-
bourg and entered Belgian terri
tory in that sector.
While the Nazi high command
merely said that enemy resistance
in the frontier provinces had beer
broken by strong German land ano
air attack, it was said in authori'
tative sources that about 5000 priS'
oners were taken when German
captured the important Maastrici
fortress.
Maastrich is about 90 miles in
side the Dutch frontier, on tn
river Mas and near the Belgian
frontier The Albert canal form
the frontier at that point.
The town of Malmedy, which TIL
Germans also claimed is south c
Maastrich and about Is miles in
slae Belgian territory.
The Germans claimed that:
l. The Dutch capital, the Hague
Continued on Page 8; Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10
AVERAGE Income for FL Centro Family
Increases More Than S100 Per Year
DURING 1889, Statistics Reveal

in 1888 of 81 ,906 and $2,0l6 in 1899
This is a very gratifying in
crease, when it is considered that
Imperial Valley is almost entirely
agricultural and that any gain in
buying power must be based upon
an improved agricultural situation
and better prices for commodities, =
Hays commented.
The gain for California is sim
ilarly about six per cent, but this
is less significant because the state
as whole has many other sources
of income besides agriculture. A
gain in an agricultural county in
dlcateS definite trend for the
better in general business condi-
tionS.'
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10

which labor. liberals and conserva-
tives alike join to meet the threat
of the dread German blitzkrieg.
The change of government was
being accomplished in record break
ing speed for the ordinarily slow,
and traditionally form bound Brit
ish parliamentary system.
Only this morning it generally
was believed that despite the un-
leaShing of the German attack on
the low countries and the imminent
threat to the British Isles that it
would be 10 days or a fortnight
before a new government might be
formed.
Then sudden conferences were
held. The labor party agreed to go
into the government if Chamberlain
quit and within a few hours the
preliminaries which will give Britain
a new virile war leader had been
accomplished.
At three minutes before 6 pm.
Chamberlain appeared at Bucking-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10

Effective buying income of the
average Imperial Valley family in
creased $100 during 1889 caleula-
tions made by Robert Hays, cham
ber of commerce secretary N Ri
Centro, showed Friday.
Hays figures were based on
statistics compiled by SALES Man
agement", which each year conducts
an impartial survey throughout the
nation primarily for the benefit OF
advertisers and advertising con-
Germs.
Hays said that the average income
of valley family was $l,794 III
1898 and $1,898 in 1899. Ell Ceh'lo
families showed an average income
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10
ityLaunches Big
Drive TO Complete
Census Count Here

EncOuraecd by the statement that
census totals would be released from
the San Diego headquarters with
out waiting on Washington, El
Centrans Friday marShalled forces
for a last minute drive to have the
enumeration perfect.
Forrest l., Hieatt. director of
census IN San Diego and Imperial
counties, assured valley residents
that ccnsus totals will be available
a soon as foloS and records arc
audited. FIe promised an carly re-
port.
Don't miss nose" was the or
der issued from census headquarters
and the chamber of commerce in
FL Centro Friday. Employers were
asked to canvass their own en-
ploycS to ascertain if all had been
included in the census. One emplov-
CT found five that had been missed
Single people who live in rooms
or small quarters at the back of
property facing the streets arc the
ones most usually missed" Walter
HaVekorSt, chairman of the cham
bor census committee, said. He ask
ed that all such persons go to the
state employment office on Sixth
street and ask the census enumer-
atorS to enroll them in the total il
they were missed.
The chamber will install booths
downtown Saturday and have cham
Der employees ask passersby if they
have been counted yet. If not they
will be sent to a census enumera-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10
p AMbl!Ne
X EpORTER
By The Horns

BY The Horns
1t took "A shcrlff'6 car and a
deputy to get tho ballots for Tues
DAYS election canVasScd.
When no supervisors showed up
at the appointed time except Dave
Vencill, w. j. McClelland, clerk,
waited impatiently until his patience
was worn thin and then went to
the "mountain"
In a Sheriff's car he went from
one place of business to another
rounding up the supervisors one by
one, like a coWpuncher.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10
Surprise Failed
Say Dutch; Foes
Holding AirPorts

ANsTEEDAN May TO lUP)h gh rpoed tonight that Dutch
said i
the
the
advanc
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10
Lillian Richards
Charges Little
Made Her SteuI

1--WE intend to prove thai John Little forced Lillian
Richards to take money left i'll her charge as FL Centre
water clerk her attorney said Thursday before court
recessed until Monday
The recess taken to nerMt proseeution witnesses
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10
Chamberlain Out:
Churchill Will
Form Government
Earlier story on Page Thrce)

LONDON, May 10. (UP) = Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain resigned tonight and Winston Churchill
agreed to form new government.
The government-it was agreed without execution
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10
NAz| drive HALTED D
Last Minute
War Bull etinS

PARIS, May 10. (UP)-French troops for the first
time hare contacted German aduance elements on the
Luxembourg border and Allied arpones shot dozen 81
German aircraft during the day. ii Uos stated fongh
BRITISH CROSS BELGIUM
WITH BRITISH EXPEDITlONARY FORCE, in
France May 10. (UP)-The British espeditionuy force
is on uay Belgium to meet the German mua-
sion.
BRITISH BOMB AiRPORTS-
LONDON, May TO- (UP)-The air ministry said to-
night that royal air force planes had raned bombs on
German occupied airdromes in Holland
GERMAN BOMBERS RAID
PARIS, May 10. (UP)-H reliably reported to-
night that German bombing planes had rdded OUer Ndn-
cy again during the afternoon
GERMAN LOSS HEAVY
PARIS. May 10. (UP)-French sources tonight esti.
mated German aplane losses at llS in the first day OF
the attack on the lou countries
INDIES PREPARE
BATAVIA, yaua, May 10. (UP)-The Dutch East
Indies government proclaimed state of siege today
and ordered all German residents nterned.
FLEET RUMOR DENIED
WASHINGTON, Moy o. (UP)-Adniiral Harold r.
Stark chief naval operations said today that run0rs
the IT, s. battle fleet lUOuld leaUe HaUaH for the Philip
pines manufactured out of thin air. "There is
just change in the plans for the fleet Stark told
reporters after cOnferring trth the presldent
"BELGIUM INNOCENT"-
BERLIN May 10. (UP)-Begium. through her am
bassad0r today delivered note to Germany declaring
state of and asserting that history UOuld Judge
the of Belgium in the conflict Nth Germany
LUXENBURG OVERRUN-
WASHINGTON May 10. (UP)-U. s. Ambassador
John Cuduhu reported from Brussels at I:I5 am Bel
gnn that German forces had OUerrun all of Lurem-
hyrr dOjJn 1hUTn
BRITISH SUB SUNK
BERLIN, May 10. (UP)-DNB, the official German
neus agency, claimed that German submarine sank
British submarine today off the Island of Terscheing
in the North Sea and that German speed boat torpedo
ed and sank British destroyer in the North Sea.
BRITISH ALERT
LONDON, May 10. (UP)-The home office tonight
Uarned the British Isles that "eUeryOne should be the
lookout for German troops landing by parachute'
RAID KILLS THIRTY-SEVEN
LONDON May TO- (UP)-Thrty-seUen persons toere
killed and 81 lu0unded in the German air attack on the
Brussels ardrome district said in authoritative
quarters tonight The Begians Were said to hare held
off the attack of German troops at all points,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10

The order of the day followed German advance in
the southern part of Holland to the Mas near Mas
rich fortress, where the Nazs claimed to have seized
bridges the Albert canal the Belgian border)
and fierce battle Rotterdam where German troops
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10
Speed Ball

Speed Ball
Also regarding the election, Tam
arack precinct set what might be
an all time record for speed. The
election board there was washed
up in Is minutes.
incidentally, Oracle Allen got a
few votes at Hcbcr as we'll as Sam
DancnbCrB.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10

Let's Fish
p l.. Moore and Charlie Bratton
were polite enough Friday morning
while guests ON a tour of the water
plant. They we're polite and asked
questions but their hearts weren't
in it.
WiStfully watching the bubbling
water flow through concrete chan
nels into the settling basins, P. l.,
propositioned:
"Charlie . lets go Wading g.
] haven't Wated in long time
A bit of urging and Charlie
might have been tempted, if he
hadn't located bucket of fish cap
tured in one of the basins and then
he was ready to go home and get a
fishing rod,
1t wouldn't surprise us bit to
find the pair of them fishing there
some afternoon in the shade. There
aren't any fish in that basin but
they'd be like the boy who lost a
penny at night and hunted for it
under a street light. He hadn't lost
it there but it was SO much easier
to look for it in the light.
(Story printed by courtesy of P. L..
Moore. copyright ownero
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10

Butter: Los Angeles BIC; but
terfat, Imperra1 Valley I. o. b. ranch.
grade A 36c; manufacturing milk
30c; route gathered cream 26c.
L. A. hay: u. s. No. 1 S14-S14.50;
U. S. Ne. leafy S13-i4; u. 8. No.
2 S1O.5O-S -S11.50; Mpls. Sept. flax
S18112.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10
Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements
We have competition in town IN
the form of one Shiznc Watamura.
Shizne is columnist on a rival
newspaper at Wilson school, called
the Scampus Scooper, The name
is a scoop in itself.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-10
BANK DEBTS

Total cash, checks and drafts sent
through the two FL Centric banks.)
Thursday 1926, ,26O.45
Last Year $3O1, ,684.O8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-24
Schwob's Niece
Is Married to
Insurance Clerk
Nv the Associated Press,

ELMSFORD, N. Y, Aug. "a
Mary Jane Schwab. niece of the late
Charles M. Schwab. multi-million-
aire steel magnate, and John Was
sung, identified by friends as an in
surance company clerk, were mar
ried today.
Parents of the couple disclaimed
any knowledge of the marriage and
friends of the 21-year-old BRIDE
groom said plans had been kept Sc
cret. They said he was employed
by the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co. in New York. He lives in Queens
Village, N. Y.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. James Hackett in the
Church of Our Lady Of Mount
Carmel.
The brides father, Edward H.
Schwab of New York, was princi-
pal beneficiary under the will of the
steel magnate, who died September
10, 1889.
Mrs. Schwab said her daughter
was mot at New Haven" and later
both she and her husband were re-
ported to have left for the Con-
necticut city to visit her.
Mrs. John Wassung said her son
had known Miss Schwab only a
short time and that they had been
out together only couple OF times"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-24
(See LONDON, Page A-4)
Dover SheIIed as Nozis Loose Attack;
Planes Come Over at 10000 Feet

10000 feet, using the sun to hide
themselves from observers on the
ground.
The waves of raiders followed each
other in rapid-fire order.
The first alarm for the South Kent
area was signalled by three loud ex-
plosions at quick intervals just after
10 am, which shook houses and
ratified windows throughout the
Dover area.
There were no planes that time.
These were the exploding shells from
the German big Berthas across the
Channel, more than 20 miles away.
But soon the drone Of heavy air.
craft could be heard as the bombers
began passing overhead and the
fighters zoomed and dived in their
battles for advantageous positions.
The fighter plane dog fights took
place at such altitude that the
planes could be seen only when
they Owed. The sky was dotted
with powder-pun bursts Of anti
aircraft shells.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-24
German Raider Hunted
In Australian Waters

WELLINGTON, New Zealand,
Aug. "a (R.-New Zealand naval and
air forces searched the Tasman Sea
today for an unidentified German
raider which attacked the British
steamer Turakina three days ago.
They also hunted the 8,706-ton
Turakina herself. She flashed a
radio message Tuesday night that
the raider was firing on her and
gave her position. Nothing has been
heard from her since.
The Tasman Sea is in the South
Pacific between New Zealand and
Australia. It was the first report
of an attack on British ship In
Australian waters.
Prime Minister Peter Fraser an
nounced the attack. He said the
Turakina was due Thursday night
in q New Zealand port, but did not
arrive.
The Turakina's appeal for aid was
the first indication that q Nazi sur
face raider or submarine was in the
South Pacific. Although the 1882
ton Canadian ustralaSian liner
Niagara went down OF the New
Zealand coast last June Is. the
sinking was attributed to . mine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-24
By the Associated Press.

DOVER, England, Aug. 24.-Ger-
many hurled a double-barreled at
tack at British defenSes today as
Nazi rong-range guns on the French
Coast across the English Channel
shelled the Dover coastal area and
the Nazi airforce simultaneously re-
newed its mass bombing assaults
for the first time since last Sunday.
Three shells landed on the South
Kent Coast, injuring several people,
while several waves Of bombers
were reported to have crossed the
southeast coast within few hours.
One formation of at least "a
Junker 88s was counted, flying over
under escort of heavy patrols Of
Messerschmitt fighters, which i'm
mediately were engaged by British
planes.
Ground defenses hurled a heavy
barrage Of anti-aircraft shells into
the sky around the raiders. which
came over at an estimated height Of