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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

struction on w. Ainsworth Blvd
was estimated at S1,259.70 1t
was recommended that the work
not be done due to the fact that
several fine hard maple trees
would have to be removed.
Annual audit of the sewage dis.
posal plant funds shows a profit
Of 1895 and Of the water depart.
ment a profit of $500. The sew
age fund is set up on a cost basis
and an effort is made to avoid a
surplus.
Earl Snyder, welfare director, re.
ported 60 active cases in Septem-
Der; 20 cases closed and 10 opened.
Market receipts for the month Of
September totalled 1915 accord
ing to report submitted by Mrs.
Elizabeth Frain. market commits
sioner and Albert c. Avery, market
master.
Redeemed bonds and coupons in
the amount OF $3.50 were de.
stroyed by Chief OF Police Ralph l..
Southland.
Sidewalk curb and gutter-fr1-
provements to relieve drainage
conditions on Water strect-were
referred 10 the city engineer. T.
Fred Older and TO aldermen OF the
ward for a solution.
II was decided TO ask the state
liquor control commission TO in
vestigate certain communistic
beliefs OF a petitioner for a beer
tavern license before the license
is granted. The name Of the pc
titioner in question has appeared
on Communist party petition
filed in Lansing.
II was announced that recently
purchased street signs have been
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

LONDON-AP- Ancient West.
minister Abbey. where Britain has
crowned her kings and queens and
buried many OF her illustrious dead,
has been severely damaged by a
large German bomb. The rail oc-
CURED recently but the authorities
at hrst barred mention Of its ef-
feet.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
large gas plant in London, FOLLOW
ed by great fire, and severe dam.
age OF a waterworks as result
of German air raids Sunday were
reported Monday by the German
high command.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

INTERNATIONALLY renewal
OF American talks with Soviet Rus
STA revived conjecture today on
the possibility that common con-
Germ over Far Eastern develop
ments might establish a basis for
active collaboration by Washing
ton, Moscow and London.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08
New Friendliness Seen as
Result of London Bombing

the street they open their doors
and call you in for protection
against shrapnel. | firmly believe
that when this is over a very
much better state Of friendllness
will prevail. There won't be so
much selfishness for one thing
The letter was written Septem-
Der II and passed the censor
without dsletions. We are get
See FRIENDSHIP-Page 2
CHICKEN sUPPER-and Bazaar,
Denton Church. Thursday. Oct. 10,
$3.50 on. coo and 25c.- ADV. zoos
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

SHANGHAI --AP-The Japan
csc navy was reported today to
have landed forces on Liu Kung
Island off Shantung Peninsula,
on which the Chinese government
of Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek
recently granted Britain renewal
OF 4 10-year lease.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

TOKYO-AP-Great Britain has
formally notified Japan she has
decided not to renew the British
japanese agreement by which she
undertook to close the Burma
Road to war supplies for China
until Oct. II, the Japanese foreign
Office announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

DOVER, England -AP-A con-
voy passing down the English
channel was shelled from the Ger
man-occupied French coast for
half an hour early today. From
Dover it appeared none of the
ships were hit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

SHANGHAI -AP All United
States consulates in Manchoukuo,
China. French Indo-China, Hong
kong and Japanese territory were
reported today to have been order
ed by the State department to adj
wise American citizens to return
home as soon as possible.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

INTERNATIONALLY confer
snce committee undertook today to
revise the Ramspeck bill empower.
ing the President to place about
100000 federal employees under
civil service although its chances
of enactment were regarded as
slim in many capital quarters.
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Continued on Page si1)

; RooMs-lst floor. partly furn
cleo ref. & stove. $50 Congress.
ADV. zoos
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

INDIANAPOLIS, AP-
Two youths, using an automo'
bile reported stolen last Fri.
day In Ypsllantl, Mich, today
eluded state police after rob-
blnq a restaurant. They aban'
doned the car which con-
taIned articles apparently
in Michigan and Massachuset-
IS. YpsiIantI State Police said
the car was owned by Glen
SlnkuIe, ESQ Hewitt Rd.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

LANSING-AP-Assured by the
Supreme Court that Michigan )
new intangible tax law is constitu-
tional, the State Tax Commission
prepared today to perfect plans for
enforcement OF the levy after the
first OF January, predicting it would
yield not less than S6,O00,OO0 a
year Two thirds OF the total will
be returned to the counties. third
to the states general fund. the
law provides.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

LONDON-AP- A Rome radio
broadcast heard in London today
said Egyptians taken prisoner by
Italian troops would be released.
1t said United States Ambassador
William Phillips in Rome, who is
protecting Egyptian interests, had
been asked to look after the repa'
triation OF the prisoners.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

Taking Of the oath as Illinois
chief executive Immediately after
Governor Henry Horner's death
by Lieut.. Gov. John STEELE has
thrown state Democratic politics
into a tumble Homer and STEELE
often we're foes in intra-party
fights,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

WASHINGTON -AP The post
office department has halted the
Trans-Pacific shipment OF mail
for Germany and Poland, which
has been handled via Japan and
Asiatic Russia, and ordered 1t
sent through New York and
across the Atlantic.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

NEW YORk-AP-From neigh'
boring New Jersey. where he &C.
cused President Roosevelt OF seek
ing ito perpetuate his power
through petty Hitlers", Wendell L.
Willkie brought his presidential
drive into the home territory OF
the Democratic campaign manager.
After a MONDAY tour OF the pic
turesque garment and theatrical
centers, the Republican nominee
will speak tonight in the Bronx.
residence Of Democratic Chairman
Edward ]. Flynn.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

II was announced that recently
purchased street signs have been
erected IN the city and that ar
engagements have been made to
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Wednesday (:
Continued Fair

SHANGHAI AP - Wireless
communication between Shanghai
and the American Radio Service al
Tientsin, a privately-owned Ameri
can company. was interrupted sud
denly today. The Tientsin station
reported merely that 1t had &c
cease transmission
DEARBORN, Mleh.-lNS-
Justice John L. Mokersky, OF
Dearborn Township, today dis
missed murder warrant
against five persons In eonnee-
ton with the shotgun murder
In 1886 Of Alonzo Elliott, a
wealthy LlVonla Township
farmer. The court freed
George Elliott, a son OF the
murdered man; Fred Miller,
grandson; Mrs. Katherine MIL
Ter and Mrs. Hannah Smith,
daughters, and Donovan
Wright, a Detroit attorney.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

Work on sidewalk repairs IN dis
trict eleven was ordered.
Cast OF proposed sidewalk con-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

OCEAN CITY. Md.-INS-Three
persons we're recovering today
from burns received when an ex.
plosion wrecked the Cruiser Lure.
two miles off shore. and resulted
IN the deaths Of State Senator
David Wilmer Steele. ~. Of Della
ware, and his wife, Cecil, 40.
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lC.nt.nued on Page 50
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-08

CHICAGO-AP- Because Hi.
nois statutes do not provide for
libel actions on behalf OF dead per-
sons. a suit filed three years ago
against the American Medical AS
ISOLATION by Robert z. wattUw,
the Alton, ILL.,. giant. has been drop
ped from the circuit court docket.
WASHINGTON AP - Amid
growing indications OF a House
deadlock on the recess question.
Senate Majority Leader Barley
announced today that his cham
Der would quit work about Wednes-
dsy-regardless. Barley said
that, II the House failed to agree to
a long recess, the Senate would
commence a series OF three-day re-
cesses with the understanding that
no business would be transacted
until Nov. 1913 days after the
general election.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18

Few persons realize the strate.
gic Importance of the Aleutian is
lands" Admiral Colbert declared.
''They extend almost a thousand
miles to the westward of Alaska.
ending only six hundred miles from
Japan"
Since the navy has increased its
operations in Alaska, he said. the
survey has sent five vessels to Sc
attic. A sixth vessel, the 1850, 900
survey ship Explorer, will be added
to the fleet next spring upon compile
ton here
It will be seven more years, the
admiral said, before the Aleutian
islands are charted. An undersea
mountain more than 10000 feet high
was discovered in that area within
recent weeks. The same survey
showed valley "a miles long ex-
tending parallel to the islands.
In the Bering sea there are $780,
600 miles of unsurveyed area" the
survey director stated. South of
the Aleutian islands an ocean do
main the size of the State of Wash
lngton waits to be charted."
The main task of the survey, he
said, was to protect waterborne COM
merce from undersea hazards-in
war or peace.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18
LEGION CONFERENCE SOON
Commanders and Adjutants To
Meet in Senate Chamber at Dover

Commander Samuel Green, of
the American Legion, Department
of Delaware, has announced a
meeting of all Post Commanders
and Adjutants to be held in the
Senate Chamber at Dover, on Fri
day evening. January 18th, at 8
p m. At this conference reports
will be submitted by Thomas Null
rooney. American Chairman; John
r. Fader, chairman of Law En-
forcement and Civic Order; George
Ehinger. Department Child Welfare
Chairman; Floyd Jackson, Com
mittee on Safety Chairman; James
Q. Smith, Chairman on Athletics
and Junior Baseball A meeting
of the Department Executive Com
mittee will be called prior to the
meeting, at 7.30. All Legionnaires
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18
War Toughens Mans Job
Of Protecting Horses

LONDON.-Wars and crises have
greatly increased the work of a
Briton who has devoted AZ years to
protection of animals in Italy. Since
1887 he has directed his work from
a London nursing home Commen-
datore Leonard Hawksley receives a
large subsidy from the Italian gov
ernment. Italy is short of horses
due to the wars in Ethiopia and
Spain. Wherever possible they are
used instead Of motor trucks, be-
cause gasoline is 80 cents a gallon.
Horses are being worked to death,
he says, and others are being
starved through lack of fodder.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18

All that certain parcel of land and prem
ises situated in the Town of Clayton, Ken
ton Hundred, Kent County and State of
Delaware, lying on the Southerly side Of
West Avenue in said Town. between High
land Avenue and Clayton Avenue, having
a front on West Avenue of Fifty (50) feet
and extending back between parallel lines
a distance of One Hundred and Fifty 150)
feet to the Northerly line of Apple Alley.
containing Seventy-Five Hundred (7500)
square feet of land. more or less, bounded
on the East by property of Mrs. Frances
Scout and on the West by property of
Frank Pratt. and being the same property
conveyed in fee unto Joseph VanPelt by
deed of William II. Tunis. Sr. and wife
bearing date August IL, 1921 and of record
at Dover in Deed Book A. Vol. II. Page
262.
The improvements erected on the above
described land comprise two and one-half
story frame dwelling house until lately the
residence of Mrs. Mary w. YanPelt, de-
ceased. This property is in excellent con-
dition, is in one of the most desirable resi-
Dental sections of Clayton, has four rooms
including kitchen on the first floor. four
bedrooms and bath on the second floor and
two finished storage rooms on the third
floor The property has electricity. water
and sewer connections and hot water heat
and is a very desirable residence property
with ample lot and rear alley outlet for
TERMS OF SALE
20es of the purchase price will be re-
quired to be paid the undersigned on the
day of sale and the balance within thirty
days. or sooner at the convenience of the
purchaser. possession 10 be given at the
time of settlement but not sooner than two
weeks from the date of sale IL settlement
be made sooner than two weeks from the
day Of sale. The amount paid on the day
of sale will be retained by the undersigned
as ascertained and liquidated damages il
the other terms of sale are not complied
with, otherwise will be applied on account
of the purchase price. All taxes assessed
at the time of sale will be paid by the un-
dersigned and all future taxes to be paid
by the purchaser. The right to reject any
and all bids is reserved For further de-
tails and for inspection of the property in
quire of the undersigned.
THE CLAYTON BANK AND TRUST
EXECUTOR OF JOSEPH vANPELT.
DECEASED,
Clayton, Delaware
CHARLES l.. HARMONSON. Esquire.
Attorney for Executor.
Dover. Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18
Had Varied Career
In Many Countries
Hermit No,u Lives Peace
full Life in England.

LONDON. N.-Charlie Turpin, who
was once a cowboy in Canada and
Texas, and soldier in the World war,
now is hermit.
Eight years ago he established
himself in his present home, an
earthen cage, near the banks of the
River Story at Harlow, Essex.
1t took him an hour and a half to
dig his home. He furnished it with
bunk and stove. For orna-
ments he has scores of curios col
lected in all parts of the world.
He is known locally as Charlie
the Hermit
Nell, his dog, helps him by catch
ing wild fowl. A small pension from
a war wound is his income.
This 65-year-old ex-public school
boy began his travels as a sailor in
the royal navy. Then he went to
America and became cowboy.
Once in Alberta he was rounding
up herd of stampeding cattle when
his mustang reared and threw him.
His neecap was smashed. But there
were no doctors and so the knee did
not heal perfectly.
Turpin was one of the first re-
cruits of the Canadian expeditionary
forces in 1914 He was severely
wounded, gassed and shell-shocked.
After the war he went to Austria
liza, where he worked in the mines
for two years.
Then he slowed away on a ship
and came to England-to be a her.
NIT.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18
Millions of Children
Have Vision Defects

PHILADELPHIA.-Ten million
American school children have
faulty vision that needs correc-
tive treatment, according to Har-
ry L. List. secretary of the pub
lie health bureau of the American
Optometric association.
Hundreds of tests and exami-
nations-especially to those from
the lower income brackets-have
disclosed a great number of vi
sion ailments which will develop
into serious problems unless they
are Immediately corrected" he
said.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18
Germans Need Permits
To Buy Textile Articles

BERLIN.-Permits must be OBJ
tanned in Germany to purchase any
textile goods. down to handkerchiefs
and busters. One person is entitled
to own two dresses or suits, two
pairs Of shoes and six handkerchiefs.
One piece or tube Of shaving soap
may be bought every 21s months.
All toilet soap has been requisi-
toned for use in hospitals, and
special war soap" is to be sold.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18
have been invited to attend this
conference.
Shock Clears
Mind of Insane
New Method Effects Cures
AS Patients Re-enact
Their Deliriums.

BEACON, N. Y.-The lost world"
in which the insane dwell is no long
er a mystery.
1t is brought into full view by
new "shock" treatment which hits
the emotions only, and is announced
in Sociometry, a journal of imper-
sonal relations. This new kind of
shock is curing insanity.
Furthermore. for probably the
first time in mental records, the
emotional shock enables the insane
to reproduce at will, detail by detail,
the fantastic appearance of the real
world as it looks to insane eyes.
The shock is induced if mental
patients re-enact, in lucid moments,
the experiences of their delirium.
These sensations have been one of
the closed doors of insanity, truly
forgotten from the very moment Of
recovery.
Akin to Sugar Shock.
The ideas that led to penetration
of this barrier came partly from
study of another form Of shock for
the insane, the so-called sugar shock
and camphor shock, the former
caused by excessive doses of insu-
lin, the latter by a form of camphor
known as metrazol.
About four years ago DIR. Manfred
Sakel, young Viennese physician,
aStonished the medical world by CIV
ing mental patients overdoses of in
sulin. Insulin has no known connec-
ton with insanity. But if DR.. Sakel
continued the insulin until the in
sane were in coma and near death
many woke up with clearing minds.
The clearing was not instantane-
GUS, but was rapid This was tested
all over the world. A few lives were
lost, but many mental hospitals
adopted the sugar shock treatment.
Later followed camphor shock, with
similar good results.
Become Actors
But the shock patents did not
always stay cured. Psychiatrists
found it was great help if the re-
stored person could be made to I'm
derstand exactly what had been
wrong in his mind, what the fan
tastes had been.
Not a clue to this state was avail
able from shock treatment itself.
DR.. J. L. Moreno, nationally known
psychiatrist. who maintains a pri-
vate theater for spontaneous dra-
matte productions by mental pa
tients, reasoned a milder emotion
al shock might help clear disor-
dered mind.
At the same time, as the patient
would remain fully conscious, the
physician might get the much sought
clues to the nature Of the delusions.
1t would be an emotional shock,
ne knew, for a person temporarily
lucid to 60 to the stage and try to
re-enact what he had been doing
and thinking while 'out of his
mind" Mental patients have an
aversion to this.
These persons were not, however
requested to act. For at first they
had no recollcct;o. IF what they
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18

had thought. But they were asked
to put their bodies in the positions
as during the insane attacks. Mem
ories then began to return.
''The first acts" DR.. Moreno says,
'were of usually short duration.
Gradually the patient got control of
roles he played during an insane
attack"
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18
North Pacific Charted
For Commerce or War

SEATTLE.-The floor of the North
Pacific ocean. with its deep valleys
and 10000 crags, is the site of un-
precedented activity by the United
States coast and geodetic survey.
Rear Adm. L. o. Colbert, survey
director, explained here that charts
of the Alaskan coastline held signifi-
canoe rafh i- r,a- and peace.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18
Fisherman's Catch

PORTLAND. MAINE.-Two sea
gulls were hooked securely by their
bills when they sought to f1lch the
bait from barbed travis on Eugene
c. Lunt's fishing beat AZ Portland,
Maine.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18
Do You Trade Here?

We who live in the Smyrna
trading area have advantages
in shopping which we some
times lose sight of. True, we
can with ease spend several
dollars in transportation and
many hours Of time to go to
the large city stores. True, we
can thus save several cents on
the items which are offered at
lower prices to attract the
customers to get them IN
where they will buy other
things at prices which are
not so low. But we can with
greater ease and much less ex-
penditure of money and en-
ergy, buy at home. Smyrna
merchants have long been
known for their willingness to
cooperate, their friendliness,
and the high quality of the
things which they have
brought to Smyrna for US.
Their prices are low. And the
more we trade at home the
lower the prices will 60. Com
pared to the overhead of the
city store, the low overhead
under which the Smyrna mer-
chant operates gives him a
definite price advantage which
he is able to pass on to us.
1t is easy to prove that it
pays to trade in Smyrna. The
next time you are going on a
shopping trip out of town,
take with you a list of stand
ard brand articles with prices
quoted by our own merchants.
Compare actual out-of-town
prices on the same articles.
Brand for brand, you will find
Smyrna prices low.
Visit our local merchants
and get acquainted. You need
not buy anything. Just go in.
See what they have. Inquire
as to quality and as to price.
They will welcome you as a
friend, as a member Of the
community, and not as some
one to whom a sale must be
made. You are the sole judge
as to what you want and the
price you wish to pay.
And besides the matter Of
saving yourself time and
money, you will find that in
every way it pays to keep
money circulating in volume
in the community. Every one
benefits, in a thousand indi-
rect ways.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18
FOR SALE

4 Newtown Coal Burning Brood
er Stoves, 1000 chick size.
1 old Carriage, 1 old Buggy, 1
Runabout.
w. G. ANTHONY,
Ill ct Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18

Charter No. 233e-Reserve District No.
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE FRUIT
GROWERS NATIONAL BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY OF SMYRNA. in the
State of Delaware, at the close of busi-
ness on December 80, 1889.
Published in response to call made by
Comptroller of the Currency. under Section
521l. u. S. Revised Statutes.
ASSETS
Loans and discounts (including
none overdrafts) ........ 1921, 1898
United States Government obli-
cations, direct and guaranteed 32,057.19
iiticaI subdivisions .......... s.S1a.sO
lures -. 80. ......... 13.4s8.5O
Corporate stocks, including stock
Of Federal Reserve bank -. 4.s27.OO
Cash, balances with other banks,
including reserve balance, and
cash items in process of col
lection o4,b3I.59
Bank premises owned s90.000.00,
furniture and fixtures s25.-
10000 -. ...... ........ 115.OOO.OO
(Bank premises owned are sub
ject to none liens not assumed
by bank)
Real estate owned other than
bank premises -. 80. 1881. 90
Other assets ....... .. 1882
Total Assets .... ...... s26.s14.43
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals,
partnerships, and corporations 1876. .236.26
Time deposits of individuals.
partnerships. and corporations s43.O57 SO
subdivisions 49,. 49,. As. 12.76O.12
Other deposits Certified and
cashiers checks. etc.) ....... 5.4O7.SS
Total Deposits ..s497.461
Other liabilities ...... ..... 214.39
Total Liabilities 80. ...... 497.s75.79
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital stock:
Glass A preferred, total par
$4,000, retirable value $751;
10000.
(Rate of dividends on retir-
able value is 311e6)
Common. total par s85,000.00
12s.13se4
Total Capital Accounts ...... 129, 1864
Total Liabilities and Capital
MEMORANDA
Pledged assets land securities
loaned) (book value):
United States Government OBJ
legations, direct and guaran-
teed. pledged to secure de-
posits and other liabilities n. 11,50o.OO
Total ...... ........ ... 11.500.00
Secured liabilities:
Deposits secured by pledged
assets pursuant to require
ments Of law .. d,190.Ss
Total ....... ...... ..... l,1e0.ss
State of Delaware. County of Kent, ss.:
/, II. r. Bodley, cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
H. r.. BoDLEY.
Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
10th day Of January, 1910.
EDWIN w. HUTCHINSON,
Notary Public.
Correct---Attest:
HERVEY p. HALL,
VIM. NORRIS.
g. J. PRICKETT.
Directors.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-18
PUBLIC SALE

PUBLIC SALE
Thursday, Feb. 15, 1910, w. T. Nc
Matt will sell at public sale at the
farm known as the James T. Shall
cross farm on road from Odessa to
Armstrong; Corner. = w. T. Nc
Matt, Middletown, Del, r. F. D. 2.