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Smyrna times., 1940-12-05
LIES INDOOR SPORT
Lies Can Be Work of Art When
Esteemed as an EXaggeration

Lies Can BE work of Art When
Esteemed as an Exaggeration
When is a lie not a lie? When
it is work of art, says Mannel
Hahn in the current Rotarian
magazine. And he ought to know,
for he was the inventor" of the
Burlington (Wis.) Liars Club, to
which most good liars and true"
belong. The Great American
Habit of tall stories is ingrained," I"
writes this self-styled retired con
noisseur of lies. Particularly is
this so where a good lie is esteem
ed as an exaggeration and not as a
means to any end except a grin or
a guffaw" Men and women from
all over the country vie for the an
nual award of the title of BEST liar
of the year" writes Hahn Per
haps that's so-but we never heard
of a football coach winning it for
crying over his team with only
thirteen tackleS-or a baseball
manager describing the man he
wants to tradei
Smyrna times., 1940-12-05
Shop Early Day

Let us help the merchants
to help Smyrna this Saturday,
by purchasing at home all the
gifts that we possibly can. A
spirit Of cooperation and good
will is all that is needed. If
the Smyrna merchants have
what you want, buy it from
them instead Of somewhere
out Of town. If the merchants
don't carry what you want,
that is a different story. But
try Smyrna first. Remember
that the merchants gain is
the towns gain. Enter into
the spirit Of the Shop Early
Day this Saturday. Many Of
the merchants have worked
hard to make the affair a sue
cess. We should help with
the success they deserve for
inaugurating such a progress
sive step.
Smyrna times., 1940-12-05
ORCHARD SPRAY
NOTES GIVEN
Recommendations Relative to
Spraying Peach Trees in
Fall Given Growers
SPECIFY TEMPERATURES

In view Of the many inquiries
which have been received recently
in regard to the advisability Of
spraying peach trees in the fall in
stead of during the early spring
season, a special edition of orchard
spray notes has been prepared by
DIR. X. ]. Kadow, plant pathologist,
and DR.. l.. A. Stearns, entomol-
ogist, of the Delaware Experiment
Station, for distribution to all fruit
growers in the state. These spray
notes for Kent county fruit grow
ers were mailed early this week
from the Office of County Agent
Russell E. Wilson, and included
recommendations relative to spray
ing peach trees at this time of the
year for leaf-curl. It is advisable
to spray in the fall for control of
this disease, as weather conditions
in the spring do not always permit
the spraying to be done before the
peach buds begin to swell. The
use of oil in dormant sprays in the
fall is not recommended for either
apple or peach trees, as expert
ments and observations have indi-
Gated that injury may result from
its use at that season of the year,
although many growers nave used
oil in fall applications with no
harmful results to their trees. TAX
ing these facts into consideration,
therefore, the following recon-
mendations have been made to
fruit growers: (1) For peach leaf
curi, apply Bordeaux 6-6-1OO. or
liquid lime sulfur, z gallons for
each 100 gallons OF spray, in either
the fall or spring before the buds
start to swell. (2) For peach leaf
curl and moderate control of scale
and red-mite, use liquid lime sulfur
at the rate OF IL gallons TO each
100 gallons Of spray and apply be-
fore the buds begin to swell In the
spring, or in the fall. (3) For
peach leaf-curl and red-mite, grow
erS are advised to use a 6-6-1OO
Smyrna times., 1940-12-05
statesmen WANTED

GOOD OPENING in South New
Castle County. Full time route
selling Rawleigh Household Pro-
ducts. Start at once. Must have
car. Get more particulars. Write
Rawleigh's. Dept. DEL-3O-2O8-F,
Chester, Pa. or see Edgar W. Fraz-
ier, Smyrna, Della. 12-5 At
Smyrna times., 1940-12-05
NOTICE

Dead or disabled horses. cowt
and mules removed FREE Of
charge by calling DOVER 749 r
13. No animals removed unless call
10 made Immediately and no an
imals dying from Z contagious dis
ease win be removed.
Smyrna times., 1940-12-05
Mushroom SfuHng
Roast Turkey
Dorothy Greig
Dorothy Greig

MENTION the subject Of turkey
1v1 stufflng in any group Of women
and you run right head on into
tradition.
In my family we always use
oyster stuffing," says one. I'VE
wouldn't think a turkey was right
without my grandmother's sweet
raisin dressing" laughs another,
I'VE like good old fashioned bread
crumbs and thyme" declares a
third.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25
Dealer Committee
System to Continue

The dealer committee system Of
operation which Chevrolet pioneer
ed in January 1897 will be con-
tinued without essential change
throughout the new year, w. E.
HOller. general sales manager of
the company and sponsor of the
program, announced here today.
The only notifications, he said,
have to do with the frequency of
the meetings and the period for
which the dealers serve on the
committee.
"The system has scorned an un-
qualified success" said Mr.. Holler.
1T has been directly responsible
for some of the really outstanding
advances, both in product and in
factory policy, effected in the past
three years"
The basis of the system is
VI IhC
dealers in each of the nine Chevro-
let regions throughout the United
States. Each month, for the past
three years, the dealers in each
region have met and elected the
of their number to attend the
monthly committee meeting in
Detroit and lay their suggestions
and recommendation before ex-
ecutives of Central office. One Of
the two men chosen in each region
meets with the Dealer Planning
Committee, and the other with the
Dealer Used Car Committee, the
sessions lasting from one to two
days, depending on the amount OF
business to be transacted.
I'm the past three years." said
Mr. Holler, these committees
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25

have laid before us 1884 resolu-
tions affecting various phases of
our common business. OF that
number, 1869, or more than sc
per cent, have been adopted or
agreed to by Chevrolet.
There is no restriction on the
subject matter covered in the
dalers' resolutions. Anything with
bearing On the interests of the
retail organization and the factory
is proper material for discussion.
The record for the three years, for
instance, shows a wide range Of
subjects covered, some dealing
with the product and others of a
factory-dealer policy character.
"The record of the committee
plan is a testimonial to a modern
merchandising program. 1t keeps
us in constant touch with h e
thinking of our dealers, provides
means for friendly and informal
discussion of our mutula problems
and makes for the type of coopera-
ton which pays dividends all
round"
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25
Don't Tread On Me-!

Rattlesnakes bedecked the drums
of the American Marines who were
rallying recruits 10 fight in the
Revolution. Sometimes b e
snakes were shown undulating
across the striped flags of the
period. Beneath the coiled SER
pent was lettered the ominous
warning, Don't tread on me-"
Startled citizens of Philadelphia
noted the odd device as the sea
soldiers paraded the streets. Even
Benjamin Franklin admitted he
was puzzled by the insignia as the
Marine drummers thumped a stac-
cato tattoo to the shrill accompani-
ment of flies.
Just when the rattlesnake motif
first won favor during the Revolu-
tion is somewhat a mystery. The
fact that the device appeared on
early continental flags used in Vir-
ginia and on vessels Of the South
Carolina Navy indicates that it
was of southern origin.
1t is rather significant that
Colonel Gadsden, of South Caro-
lima, was appointed a delegate to
the Continental Congress late in
IT'S at about the same time the
rattlesnake device appeared on the
drums of the Marines. Soon after
ward a rattlesnake flag was pre-
sented by Colonel Gadsden to
Commodore Esek Hopkins, COM
manding the Continental Fleet.
This rattlesnake flag, or one of
similar type, was carried ashore
by Marines and sailors who
landed at New Providence in the
Bahamas in March, 1776, capturing
large supply Of arms and am
munition, which was badly needed
by the Colonists.
Opinions as to the merits of the
rattlesnake symbol were divided,
but it apparently pointed to the
union of the colonies. A writer Of
the time remarked. "One of the
rattles, singly, incapable of pro-
ducing a sound, but the ringing Of
thirteen together is sufficient to
alarm the boldest man living"
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25

Count Won Berstorf, German
envoy to U. S. in 1917.
23-Zane Grey, noted writer OF
western stories.
2S-John T. Adams, former chair
man of the Republican Ma
tional committee
29-Alice Brady, stage and screen
star.
NOVEMBER
2-Opie Read, famous author.
8-Dr. Livingston Farrand, presi-
dent emeritus of Cornell uni
versity.
16-Pierce Butler, U. S. Supreme
court justice.
25-James Simpson, Chicago busi-
ness leader.
27-Dr. ]. A. Naismith, investor Of
basketball.
DECEMBER
3-Alfred Granger, prominent
architect.
Princess Louise, duchess of
Argyle, oldest living child of
Queen Victoria.
Released by Western Newspa per
Union.)
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25
The Low Down
From Hickory Grove

You do not pick up a paper, or
meet somebody on the street with.
out the first thing you see or hear
it is, what is wrong with the
country? But you do not need a
crystal ball or be a Sherlock
Holmes to deduct an answer.
In the early days when this
country was growing up and get.
ting it's feet on terra firma-and
was going to bed at p. m. versus
4 a. m.-and our eye was clear, we
were a pretty sensible outfit. And
our grandpapas built up quite a
USA for US.
To get a railroad into a new
country, or to get a bank opened
up so the folks would have a safe
place for their money, it was quite
a problem and when somebody
could be found to take the risk,
the old-timer gave 'em a welcome.
But today it Is open season on
anybody with more than bucks.
So money has lit out for the tall
timber, and it won't be back till
the atmosphere clears up.
Brothers, and Sisters, it Is as
plain as the handwriting, In Bal.
shazzar's time, there in Babylon.
Yours, with the low down,
10 SIERRA.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25
IlluminatedPictorla ais
Advertise Arizona

Ten Illuminated Arizona pictor-
lals were dispatched to various
PARTS OF the country this week for
display purposes to assist in tell
ing America about the scenic glory
of this state, it was announced to-
Gay by the division of publications
and travel of the Arizona Highway
Department.
T h pictorials, approximately
three by four feet in dimention,
consist of photographed Arizona
scenes transferred to a gelatin
tase and tinted. Electric lights in
the cabinet illuminate the pictures
to a vivid brillance, forming a
colorful, attractive presentation.
The subject matter consists of
Superstition Mountain, Grand Can
yon Boulder Dam, Camelback
Mountain, and other desert and
mountain scenes selected for
color possibilities.
Sets have been sent to automo-
lille clubs in Chicago, Detroit, St.
Louis and to a prominent travel
agency in New York, whose Off
ces are in Rockefeller Center.
1t is estimated that these illu-
minated Arizona pictorials will be
seen by one million people in the
next two months.
Great care was used in select
ing the points of distribution for
the pictorials," officials of the
division of publications and travel
at the highway department said.
During the Western Conference
Of Automobile Club officials, held
in Phoenix several months ago,
three of these pictorials were seen
BY officials of the auto clubs at
Chicago, Detroit, and st. Louis.
These officials expressed such
enthusiasm and promised such fine
cooperation in their display in the
midwest that they were promised
sets upon delivery of the first ten.
Each pictorial carries an at
tractive porcelain plate bearing
the inscription: "ARIZONA IN
NITES YOU: Arizona Highway De-
partment" A complete description
of the scene of the pictorial and
especially travel information lead
ing to the scenic attraction ac-
companies each pictorial.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25

Who was it spread the tidings
By printing the news of your birth :?
And then when in your childhood
You were just beginning to read;
If it were not for the printer
Little you'd have learned, indeed!
Then when off to Sunday School
Each Sabbath Day you trod,
Again it was the printer
Put in type the Word of God.
At college Or in business
Yes, in all the walks of life
You'll meet up with the printer
His messages are rife.
And when you have departed
To your home up in the skies,
Once more twill be the printer
Who'll tell of your demise.
Who knows but when you get there
You'll find that there also
The printer is as useful
AS he is down here below.
]. ERROL HARRISON,
Chicago, Ill.
Typographical Journal
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25
Neurology of 1899
JANUARY

JANOHhf
12-Mrs. Charles M. Schwab, wife
of steel magnate, in New York
13-Col. Jacob Rupert, owner of
the New York Yankees.
26-Former Sen. Joseph I. France
of Maryland, in Baltimore.
FEBRUARY
3-Frederick Steiwer, former SEN
ator from Oregon.
4-Sir Henri Deterding, Dutc oil
magnate.
9-Pope Plus Xl.
13-Charles R. Crane. former diplo
mat.
16-Dr. Clarence True Wilson, pro-
hibition leader. z z z z
26-Hiroshi Saito, former Japa-
nese ambassador to U. S., in
Washington.
MARCH
Howard Carter, who found
King Tut's tomb, in London.
5-Former U. S. Attorney General
John G. Sargent.
16-Gov. Frank D. Fitzgerald of
Michigan.
29-Gerardo Machado, former die
tator of Cuba.
APRIL
6-Premier Joseph Lyons of Aus
tralia.
9-James Hamilton Lewis, U. S.
senator from Illinois.
lis. S. Van Dine, mystery-story
writer, real name Willard H.
Wright.
26-Dr. Charles Mayo, famour sur
geon.
JUNE
19-Miss Grace Abbott, noted well
fare worker and University of
Chicago professor.
a6-Ford Maddox Ford, British
author.
JULY
Claude A. Swanson, secretary
of the navy.
S-Havelock Ellis, scientist and
philosopher.
1S-J. Louis Comiskey, owner of
Chicago White Sox baseball
team.
2S-Dr. William Mayo, co-founder
with his brother of the Mayo
clinic.
AUGUST
AT. E. Powers, famed cartoo-
mist.
SEPTEMBER
4-Charles Donnelly, president Of
Northern Pacific railway.
M. Schwab, steel
magnate.
Freud, originator of
psychoanalysis.
24-Floyd Gibbons, W a r cor
respond.
Carl Laemmie, pioneer movie
producer.
OCTOBER
George Cardinal Mundelein,
archbishop of Chicago.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25

Women Tin music store) - |
would like to get a copy Of 1.-The
Stolen Rope
Clerk-I'm sorry, but l don't
know of such a song. Is it some
thing very new?
Woman-Oh, no; they tell me
it's very old. 1t goes something
like this: "Tum-tum-tumpety-tum
Clerk-My dear madam, you
mean "The Lost Chord
Woman-Oh, that's it. just got
the title mixed a bit.-Ex.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25
THE PRINTER

Has it ever dawned On you
That all through life's long span
You more often meet the printer
Than any other man?
When you arrived among US
A bundle of joy and mirth-
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25

Wimpus-The weather we are
having now isn't anything like that
20 years ago.
Zimpir-Neither is it anything
like it was six months ago.-Ex
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25
CHURCH OF GOD

Walton Avenue at 3rd Street
Charles Gross, pastor
SUNDAY
Sunday school, 10000 A. M.
Wrship. 11:00 A. M.
Children's Bible hour, 800 P. M.
Young Peoples meeting $3.50 P.
M.
Worship, 7:3O P. M.
WEDNESDAY
Prayer meeting, 1880 P. M.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25

Mrs. M. M. Ware is confined to
her bed with a severe case of
Flu.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25

FIRST BAPTIST cURcH
Lindbergh Ave-, at 4th Street
J. N. Campbell, Pastor
Sunday School-1O:O0 a. m.
Training Union $50 p. m.
Public Worship-11: 100 a. m. and
1880 p. m.
A cordial welcome to all.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25

Mrs. Ray Lindemann is conval-
escing nicely after a major opera
ton sometime ago. She is up and
around now trying to regain her
usual strength and energy.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-01-25

George MUIR has been quite i'll
with a heart attack the past week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Infer-American Show
May Be Cancelled

Unsettled world conditions have
threatened to cancel the Inter-
American Horse Show. it developed
yesterday when it was disclosed that
three foreign teams already have
tentatively withdrawn.
The show is scheduled to be held
here October "a, Is. 26 and q. but
the directors of the American
Horse Show Association, Inc, will
meet August % at 10 am. with
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen,
president of the association, to de-
eide on the ACCESSIBILITY of calling
off the program.
Thomas P Morgan, jr., secretary
treasurer of the association. said
the Chilean Embassy had informed
him that due to the state Of affairs
In Europe and the resultant unfavor-
able economic conditions in Chile,
that country's military team will be
unable to participate.
The Mexican Embassy has ad-
vised that its home government will
not permit Mexico'S military team
to leave the country.
Word also has been received from
Lima, Peru, that the earthquake
last May had resulted in capcella-
ton of all social events and that it
was unlikely that Perus team would
attend.
Mr.. Morgan said no acceptances
from South American teams had
yet been received for the National
Horse Show, held in November at
New York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Optical Goods Exports
Gain 1913 Per Cent

During the first six months of
1910, exports of American optical
goods were, valued at Sl,647907, a
gain of 53S per cent over the cor
responding period of 1899, and 726
per cent increase compared with the
first six months of 1888. the De-
partment of Commerce announced
today.
Canada, the largest export outlet,
accounted for nearly AZ per cent of
sales to foreign countries for the
half-year period.
From January to June, 1899, sales
to the United Kingdom and Argen-
tina we're valued at $76931, and
1855, but during the same months
of 1910 increased to $l12,38 and
S78,731 respectively. Argentina was
the leading market for opthalmic
lenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21

obtain certain information which Is
open only to Government employees.
This facilitates his work.
Pay roll experts at the Treasury
say a man can collect his dollar
even if he works only two months
for the Government. He doesn't
get paid, however, until the end of
his service-or the end of the year.
And dollar-a-year employees actu-
ally do collect their pay. One
young woman who spent a year in
the employment service for expert
ence" has her 81 check framed and
hanging on the wall for proof.
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French Fear Axis
May Extend Zone
Of Occupation
British Bombing Raids
Across Free Area
Seen Pretext
~ tie Associated Press

~ tie Associated Press.
CLANCY, Switzerland, Aug 2l.-
Britain's long-range bombing flights
against industrial cities of Northern
italy and Southern German war in
dustries are increasing the Petain
governments fears that Germany
and Italy will extend their occupa-
ton over a wider area of France,
border reports said today.
Already the Germans have estab-
1ished airplane bases at the western
slope of the Vosges and Jura Noun
tains in an effort to intercept bomb
ers.
French now are fearful that Brit
ish fights across the areas still un-
occupied by German soldiers will
lead the Italians to demand air bases
at Marseille and in the Rhone VAL
lev and the Germans to extend their
control TO provide air bases south
of the Loire River.
Full Occupation Feared.
SomeS sources in the area gov
,erned from Vichy were said to be-
-lieve that if Britain resists until
winter all the rest of continental
France will be placed under occu-
patton.
The Petain governments troubles
are mounting because of the divi-
sion of France into two zones. In
formed sources say the governments
daily expenditures are greater than
during French belligerency.
While in the north local authori-
ties work in daily contact with
the Germans. who are anxious to
keep the administration running
smoothly. in the south the Petain
government is struggling with in
creasingly serious transportation
and supply difficulties.
(The German radio reported
in a dispatch from Vichy last
night that all railroad connec-
tons between the two zones have
been closed temporarily and
transportation of Belgian and
French refugees to their homes
has been held up
Distribution Poor.
Reports from the occupied zone
indicate conditions there are being
eased by increasingly better trans
portation and orders to troops to dis
tribute available stocks carefully.
Transportation troubles cause un-
usual complications in Southern
France. Butter and sugar are plen-
tiful in Nice, but almost impossible
to get in Toulouse
There are lots of matches and few
cigarettes in the Pyrenees, but
plenty of cigarettes and no matches
in Auvergne.
In Limoges. women can buy mag
nifcent fur coats and delicate per-
fumes, but no lingerie.
There is a plentiful supply of
5o-year-old cognac and even Scotch
whisky in Toulouse, but no soap.
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ferred to himself as q dollar-a-year
man; but there seems to be some
question whether he will get the
dollar. One Of Mr.. Knudsen's aides
looked up the law. and reported that
under it defense commissioners
work without compensation. They
can collect travelling expenses, how
ever.
Second largest center of dollar-a-
year men in the Government is the
public health service, where num-
Der of doctors in private practice
serve in an advisory capacity at
nominal pay.
The dollar-a-year man first ap-
peared on the Washington scene
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Lawyers to Offer Claim
Druft Unconstitutional

A delegation Of lawyers from Is
States, representing the Lawyers
Committee to Keep the United
States Out Of War. will present q
brief to Senator Wheeler Of Mon
tana and other Senators, designed
to show time CONSUMPTION I'M
constitutional. it was announced to-
day. The presentation Is scheduled
for II am. tomorrow.
Subsequently, the brief also is to
be presented to members Of the
House Military Affairs Committee,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Salaries of Do||or-o-Yeor Men
Are Mystery to u. S. Officials

ment pays these men 1888 cents a
month for what actually is volunteer
service.
More than 100 Of the big brains
of industry and commerce are work.
ing on the Defense Commission s
job of mobilizing industry at SAL
aries ranging from nothing to one
dollar a year.
William S. Knudsen, the COM
missions production expert, has re-
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during World War days, when, as
now, the Government needed out
side help to get things done quickly.
Then, they were paid the buck
apparently to get around 1906 law
which forbids department heads to
accept outside help on "volun-
teer" basis.
Reasons for Paying.
Today, officials offer these reasons
for paying the volunteer a dollar:
1t makes him a full f1edged en-
ploye; puts him on the pay roll.
On the pay roll, man can collect
travelling expenses. AS volunteer"
he could not.
On the pay roll he Is entitled to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The dollar-a-year-m man. backbone
of the defense drive, still is mys-
terry man to official Washington.
Neither the Treasury, which
writes the checks. nor Civil Service,
which keeps account of the clerks,
knows how many of these one-buck
employees are on the pay roll.
And you can get a half dozen ex-
plantations of why the Govern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-21

it was announced. Heading the del.
egation Of lawyers will be Louis
McCabe Of Philadelphia, chairman
of the Lawyers Committee to Keep
the United States Out Of War.
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It's q Double Steal

CANTON, Ill. Aug. 81 R.-Harry
Lukers was tickled pink when his
stolen automobile was found. But
when he and police went to get it
they found the doors locked. They
left to get q locksmith. When they
returned the car had been stolen
again.
The Valley settler., 1940-05-10

Don't forget thet this Sunday ley l2 is ne tionc1 HOSPITAL DAY. Tcko
 the timo to drop in ct our hospital Ind visit tho folks thoro md locrn Ebout your hospital.