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Smyrna times., 1940-06-13
Heatless Light Nearer,
Says Japanese Scientist

TOKYO.-A young Japanese lab
oratory worker claims to have made
substantial progress in the scientific
quest for a method Of producing
heatless light.
Hiroshi Nakamura, 29-year-old re-
search worker in the botanical sec
ton of Tokyo Imperial university's $
science department, announced that
he had discovered nutrient that
will prolong the life of luminous bac-
terra found in sea water.
He said that he had been able to
prolong the ight-giving period from
10 days to more than six months.
and also to intensity the quality Of
illumination.
Japan, which seems destined for
a long period of wartime conditions,
was interested in the news not only
because Of the remote possibility of
general illumination but because
heatless light would be particularly
valuable in munitions factories and
for use in interiors during afraid
''black OUT periods.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-13
HARTLY

Mr.. and Mrs. Lem Taylor are
visiting relatives in Virginia this
week.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-13

CROCHET complete ensemble
off her and bootees Worked
will be judged the Nation Crochet Contest this fall
Of mercezed crochet and have 6st 1910 local.
National Neeeca 385 Fifth Avenue York City Specify
Nc.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-13
PLAN TOUR FOR
POULTRYMEN
CONTINUED from Page One)

practices in the care and manage
ment of laying flocks. At this
committee meeting Mr.. Richardson
also discussed the National Poul-
try Improvement Plan which has
been outlined by the United States
Department of Agriculture as a
standard plan for the various
states with respect to breed i'm
provement and the blood-testing of
birds for pullorum disease eradica-
ton. At the present time there
are forty-four states participating
in this national poultry plan.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-13

Sunday for visit of several days
with Mrs. Edward S. Dwight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Price mo-
tored to Cape Charles, Va, last
Sunday to spend the day.
Mrs. Alice M. Read was hostess
to the members of her bridge club
Tuesday afternoon at her home.
Mrs. Edward S. Dwight expects
to leave tomorrow for an extended
visit with her niece, Mrs. Leila
Gable and family at Warrenton,
Virginia.
Mrs. Hervey P. Hall left last
Saturday for an extended visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. HURT at
Ridley Park, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Corley of
East Orange, N. j., were guests
over the weekend of DR.. and Mrs.
r. F. Corey.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-13
CORRESPONDENCE
Continued From Page Eighty

Memorial Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evans Moffitt and
two sons visited her mother, Mrs
Anna Corriden, at Elkton, Md, on
Memorial Day.
Mrs. Mary Coleman, of Rock
Hall, Md, was visitor at the
home of her cousin, Leilah Money,
the past week
Mrs. Mollie Heathers has return
ed from Washington where she
visited her sister, Mrs. Emma
Hughes.
Mr.. Milton Douglas and Miss
Margaret Conaway were visitors
at Betterton, Md, on Memorial
Day.
Miss Ethelwyn Maloney was a
recent guest at the home of DR..
Horace J. Williams in German
town, Pa.
Miss Marianne Money, Of Rock
Hall, Md, spent Friday and Sat
urday as guest of Mrs. w. C.
Money.
Miss Josephine Guessford, of
Camden, N j., visited relatives
and friends here on Memorial Day.
Mrs. Mary L. Joiner visited her
daughter, Mrs. Nellie Poore, of
Middletown, on Tuesday.
Mr.. John w. Guessford and fam
lily motored to Valley Forge on
Sunday.
Mr.. Walter Lee is very much i'm
proved at this writing.
Mrs. Levi Lattomus spent Mon
dav in Chest tert own Md
Smyrna times., 1940-06-13
WINNING TEAMS
IN BALL LEAGUE
Continued from Page One)

Gebhart. The Council, newly
formed this year, has made for
better organization of the League,
stated Mr.. Gebhart. Membership
tickets in the Association are be-
ing sold for fifty cents a season, or
five dollars for life membership.
These funds are used to buy equip
ment and for upkeep expenses.
Miniature silver softballs will be
given to the individual members of
the winning team, as well as the
trophy for the winning team at the
end of the season.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-13
NOTICE
CLAYTON CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL
DISTRICT SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS
SERIES 1910

In accordance with the provisions of
Article IL, Chapter II. Revised Code of
Delaware. 1885, the State Board of Educa-
ton hereby gives notice that it has can
vassed the vote of the Clayton Consolidated
School District No. 119 special election for
the issuance of Clayton Consolidated School
District No. 119 School Building Bonds.
Series 1910. held at the Schoolhouse of the
said Clayton School District. situated on
West Main Street in the Town of Clayton,
Kent County, Delaware, on May 25, 1910,
between the hours of l o'clock and s
o'clock, p. M, Eastern Standard Time and
hereby declares the result of said special
election to be as follows:
For the bond issue. PAT vxotes
Against the bond issue, Ia votes
In Witness Whereof said State Board of
Education has caused this certificate to be
executed by its President and Secretary,
this fifth day of June, A. d. 1910.
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
By HENRY RIDGELY. President
Attest H. V. HOLLOWAY,
ary.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-13
COUNCIL RULES
FOR SWIMMERS
Continued from Page One)

10. Don't swim outside of guard
ed area.
Further notices will be posted
at the swimming pool. The sched-
ule for operation of the Play
Ground and Lake Como is as fol
lows: Playground: 9.15 to 10 am.
-Children's games for children 6
to 9 years; 10 to II noon Older
children, 9 years up. Swimming
at Lake Como: 1890 to 1.15 p. m.
Swimming instruction; 1.15 to
$50 p. m Swimming.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-13
BY ORDER OF THE COURT
ATT: HARRY b. CLARK, Clerk
TERMS OF SALE

be required to be paid to the undersigned
on the day of sale and the residue to b
paid on Tusday. July 8. at 10 o'clock A. NJ
The percentage paid on day Of sale will b.
treated as part of the purchase price i
other terms of sale are complied with
otherwise it will be treated as liquidate,
damages and forfeited for noncompliance
THE NATIONAL BANK OF Smyrna
Executor .under the will of
William III. Tunis. deceased.
HOWARD E. LYNCH, JR., Attorney.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-13

several more are being set around
st. Peters Church and Mrs. Swain
IS nursing some slips of white wis
taria to train up the south wall of
the drug store.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-13
Card of Thanks

Mrs. Lillian H. Swain wishes,
thru this medium, to thank all
those who so thoughtfully extend
ed their sympathy, loaned automo-
biles, or sent flowers during her
recent bereavement.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-13

A dogwood tree has been plant
ed beside the Smyrna Times Office;
Smyrna times., 1940-06-13
AND
|SCIAL ITEMS
! Who Come and 60,
strTo Our Community
N Former Smyrnians
AND CLUB PARTIES

! TIjzsbeth Phillips has COM
hr sophomore year at
Trsnia State College Of OPP
n . Philadelphia and re-
\ .nns to spend the summer
ii parents, Dr.. and Mrs. v.
yIEN. Dr.. Phillips is in
ksDtis this week attending
u graduate course of lee
d the State College Of Op-
b, where nationally known
Ills are lecturing. This is
Pins tenth consecutive year
aiarce.
! RObert H Denney, Miss
Dsnney and Miss Henrietta
Eg we're weekend guests Of
I'd Ms. Oswald E. Denney
ldnOre. DR.. Denney, WITH
k1ly will leave Baltimore
IS for Galveston, Texas
be will be in charge Of the
Marine Hospital.
kabeIe Ireland Of Wash
p D. C., has announced the
4e On June 10th of hel
Gz Eleanor Volk Of Wash
10 NJ. George Franklin lie.
m Of Rev. and Mrs. Eman.
sEdle Of Washington, for
rector Of St. Peters p. E
sd Smyrna.
hnsst P. Collins attended
may the commencement ex.
:! Bryn Mawr Hospita.
a'i niece, Miss Virginia
vas graduated in nursing
atsly following, the mar,
| Mss Darrah took place
cunt d which viii be fount
asr page.
waiter $. Cubbage and sor
r. nave been spending the
|s,,' y "seEs With her parents
Al'. Walter Massey. Mrs
NAo has been very Ill al
| Z VIII pneumonia is some.
!. 19'oVsd at this writing.
la'eph Ennis, Mrs. Con.
I ! 4 ?, Cole, Mrs. George
| = - Miss Anna 3. Beckett
| nose from the smyrns
|r..a Century Club to attend
H. meeting held at Newark
''ns'day, Thursday and FL.
(.''!i "a Mrs.. George Carter o.
!. Farm, joined tbeil
|E IN. NJ. J. Bayard Brigg.
. sHggs q Bethlehem Pc Ps
II i, !, oVer the weekend viii
Als.William F Foor5 q
/. Y Mrs. Howard H.
,.,.;,+.a N, aee Miss Sara Jones
|sr, 'ag y congratulations d
u ~. ] : daughter, suzanne
''rsfal Hospital last SAT.
b h. Z. !. Collins is spendin.
b Y ca,,a tbs week at the PHI
k&psia II q y Optometry il
8 q the country 7,'CMl AZ
|as D.. IAN Egan and daugb
d w. ~. q Lewes, are SPEND ]
d W. ss'k With her parents apsnu
! u II, S.s Er1sst P. Collins nh1sn's
! sans1i sliS' Elmer L. phillin.
b Sa's ssa to their home me- /, !,
,Anr With a. after spending sew !,
" = Dr- and Mrs. '. IA,
d sss,+ 4. D Doenney who ha
q, Uen, ana Mrs
,'''teasd safy j Y. q cynwyd, P. Pa. j
~, ! 70 tsaesrer Of Eliza
= Edward = rest Of her sis
- A''s' Z a.,s :, Cable and dausb
: Auns' Va, arriye' !
Evening star., 1940-12-13

When the witch comes-if she does
I'll take aim"
She is no bigger than a pencil.
I don't see how you can hit her
said Santa and shook his head.
But he went TO a closet and took
out big fur coats for both Eric and
himself so they could keep warm.
They pulled on fur-lined boots, fur
gloves and fur caps. Mrs. Santa
said, "Oh dear!' as they tip-toed
into the snow She blew out all
the candles after them.
Begin Their Vigil.
Santa and Eric soon found a spot
where they were entirely in the
shadow of holly bushes and where
Eric could see the chimney top very
we'll outlined in the bright, blue
white moonlight.
The clock struck II. They had
seen nothing of the witch yet. The
clock struck u. Then they heard
a queer, dry rattling on the roof.
First they saw the witch's peaked
bonnet come up over the roof ridge.
Then they saw her yellow face and
long teeth. Then she stood up as
she prepared to hop to the crimney
top
Eric took aim at the very rim of
the chimney and waited. Just as
the witch stood on the chimney
rim, Eric loosed his arrow. 1t sped
50 fast through the moonlight that
it looked like silver ribbon. There
was a long, eery shrek and then
Santa and Eric saw the little black
witch come tumbling down the roof
into the snow. She was dead
Santa and Eric ran toward her.
Suddenly the snow seemed alive
with creatures. Moles and squirrels
hoped toward them and made
circles.
We've been watching" said one
old mole If you like, we'll bury
her at the foot of our tree
Fine. and thank you said Santa.
Now, Eric, come inside. I have q
story to tell you
Mrs. Santa had pot Of hot
chocolate waiting for them. She
listened as Santa told Eric about
the good. gray Queen and the three
giants that had bewitched her
kingdom Santa finished Now I
know that you are brave enough to
help the Queen. Do YOU want to?"
BY all means" said Eric. Il must
prove somehow that I am worthy of
being king. Let US go there in the
morning"
To the Next Task.
So in the morning Santa and Eric
stepped outside the Toyshop. But
this time Santa didn't call his REIN
deer. He Just shut his eyes and
wished. There was puff Of smoke
about their feet and suddenly they
we're standing below the castle of
the good, gray Queen.
Quick, stand in line with these
people along the road whispered
Santa. Here come the giant who
thinks he is the sun"
Along the road came the huge.
ugly giant. He looked neither TO
left nor right. He was so vain.
Evening star., 1940-12-13
CHAPTER TX.
The Witch Falls Victim
IN Eric'S Aim


So Santa and Mrs. Santa and
Eric sat up way past bed time that
night. Eric busted himself with
Tightening the string on his bow and
sharpening the head on his best
arrow.
Santa had lined up all the broken
dolls on his workbench so he could
give them new arms and legs. Mrs.
Santa and the doll fairies hustled
around the kitchen washing and
ironing the pretty dolls dresses that
had been smudged with SCOT.
When the clock struck 10, Santa
put down his work.
Now" he said to Eric, what
shall We do?"
There is a full moon tonight"
said Eric. so we must hide some
where among the holly bushes
where We can see the chimney.
Evening star., 1940-12-13

Eric measured the giants height
with his eye.
Gracious" he whispered to Santa.
"He is 90 times taller than I am.
We will have to think of some trick.
He is too big to shoot with my ar
rows
Then Eric remembered the locket
the fairy Queen had given him and
which could grant him three wishes.
And tomorrow I will tell you the
first secret he learned from the
locket.
Tomorrow: The flying horse
Evening star., 1940-12-13

The story so far: Eric and Santa
plan to catch q chimney Uitch
that has broken dozens OF dolls
in Toyland. But Santa is also
wondering Uhether Eric lCill help
the good gray Queen.
All Rights Reserved.
A. p. Feature Service.
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Accurate Prophecies by
Five-Year-Old Child

In miniscule Trucksville, Pa,
(pop. 200), near Wilkes-Barre, live
Harry Harding, manufacturer Of
rubber typewriter pads, his wife.
and their four children. The young
est child is 41z-year-old Faith Hope
Charity Harding. Mrs. Harding and
her daughter were in New York and
photographers flashbulbs were pop
ping around Faith Hope Charity as
thick as freflies. --f 80
Little Faith Hope Charity was in
New York to be examined by an
assortment of psychic researchers
and mediums who were excited by
her alleged powers of prophecy. A
bright little child who looks like any
normal girl, she has startled the
world by her series of remarkably
accurate prophecies, all duly record
ed by her mother. Among them:
The war in Europe, the Hitler-Stalin
pact, the burning Of the Trucksville
school, the attack on the duchess OF
Kent, the loss at sea of Richard Hal
Gburton.
Faith Hope Charity first disclosed
her gift, says Mrs. Harding, at the
age of Is months when she ex-
claimed: Mummy, Frank McWig-
gin is dead" McWiggin was friend
of the family. Upon calling his Of
fee, Mrs. Harding was assured that
he was on trip to New York; next
day, she learned he had fallen dead
the day before in a New York hotel
I've got so now, that when
Faiths predictions seem important
I have them notarized," said Mrs.
Harding. Gas a rule the most i'm
portant prophecies come to her at
night. She may be almost awake.
in trance or just on the borderland.
Whoever she speaks through calls
herself an Entity Often she uses
words I've never heard and usually
talks in old English"
Since she came into the national
headlines, Faith Hope Charity-or
The Entity-has made one predic-
ton that can be checked by MIL
lions of persons Franklin Roose-
welt, she said, would be drafted for
third term, and will run She did not
forecast the name of his opponent
or the outcome of the election.
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his fist. Shannon, angry and thwart-
ed, welcomed opposition.
SIS it?" he asked hastily. "Who
found the corpse? Who is the only
one we know was in that fiat, be-
sides the dead man? lone Ferriter,
me lad. Make what you will Of it. -
Grosvenor's voice shook.
81 know what you dumb cops do,
first crack" he shrilled. eff you're
too thick to understand thing, you
try to pin it on woman. Why don't
you accuse my aunt? She lives here
too. lone Ferriter knows no more
about this thing than-than you do. :"
He choked and water stopped from
the glass in his hand. He drank
with hot eyes still fixed on Shan
non. Miss Agatha said dryly:
''I'd suggest, Grove, that you pull
yourself together and get on down.
town. If you will dance all night,
you're bound to be jittery in the
morning"
The lad hesitated, rose and flung
himself out of the room.
Shannon asked without express
sion:
Its the Babylon they're stayin'
at, Miss Paget?"
Miss Agatha looked at him with
studious care.
''It is" she said at last.
He let his eyes rest on me Sec
ond, nodded and left the room. Miss
Agatha pushed her wheel chair back
from the table and propelled it to-
ward the hall.
Somehow" she said half to her.
self, "an outburst at breakfast
makes me feel young again. It's as
if my own dear father still were
alive. In here, David"
We entered the chamber into
which I had carried her yesterday.
She pointed to the paper-laden desk.
I'm the top drawer" she said,
you'll find my outline for first
chapter, together with Everett Fer
riter's bowdlerizing expansion.
When you've read his work, you'll
know how l don't want the book
written. The dossiers of the Pagets
from the first Calvert-who Incl
dentally got a baronetcy under
Charles II for embarrassing the
Protectorate-are there. You might
read them, too. tn be long days
work, I said it would be, didn't +?
II there's anything you want, there's
a cau-ben on the desks edge"
She nodded briskly and wheeled
her chair about with def hands. As
she rolled toward the door, she said
over her shoulder In a mild scath-
ing voice:
Mr.. Ferriter is still too shaken
by yesterdays happenings to work.
/ suppose if Captain Shannon calls
at the Babylon, he viii have an
other relapse"
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'Nickelodeon Talkies'
Forseen for the Future

Since the juke-box (coin-operated
photography craze hit the United
States, It is estimated that more
than 400, 900 of the machines have
been installed. This number, opera
tors believe just about represents
the saturation point.
Juke-box operators have lately
been looking around for new field,
reported Variety, onniscient journal
of the amusement business Both
Wurlitzer, biggest juke-box manu-
facturers, and Mills Novelty COM
pany, makers of slot machines,
Variety said, were interested IN the
nickel-in-the-slot talking movie ma
chine.
Many people have been tinkering,
off and on, with the idea of nickel
odeon talkies" that could be operat-
ed in bars, cafes, railroad and bus
stations, and barbecue stands. The
projectors, automatic IN operation
and requiring no projectionists,
would use is nm. sound hlm-far
less expensive than the 80 mn. finn
used In modern movie projectors.
The subjects" one nickePs worth,
run about three minutes each.
Present 16 MN. projectors hold
about Is minutes of playing time.
As each subject ends, the motor and
light automatically cut off, requir-
ing another nickel to restart the ma
chine.
Men who have surveyed the field
estimate that there is a market for
1000 machines the first year.
Each installation would cost about
81 900.
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Grosvenor set down his cup with
a clatter.
Miss Ferriter," the old lady re-
piled with ever so slight stress on
the title, left twenty minutes ago.
Her brother Everett called for her.
They are going to stay at hotel
until tomorrow-the Babylon, ! be-
ieve."
That's where Lyon is hanging
out" Shannon growled.
Possibly" Miss Agatha agreed,
and nodded at the paper folded by
her plate. Then he hasn't been
arrested?"
Her question made the Captain
angrier. His thick neck bulged over
his collar.
He has not We took him in for
questioning, that was all. He's told
the truth as far as we can prove 1t.
He ate at Mino's and washed up
beforehand at the Grand Central,
like he says. We have nothing to
hold him on. Before we were
through with him, his lawyer sprung
him. I'd like to know who tipped off
the papers last night, would in
deed"
looked across the air shaft at a
window of the Ferriter fat. There
was movement behind it, where
Shannon's SubordinateS still
searched for the missing weapon.
Someone" the Captain said in a
surly voice, killed that man. That's
why I want to see lone Ferriter."
Color crept into Grosvenor's hand
some face. He blurted.
''Ione of all persons. What utter
rotl"
Miss Agatha's eyebrows twitched.
Her nephew crumpled his napkin In
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SYNOPSIS

David Mallory. In search Of newspaper
work in New York. Is forced to accept a
700 as switchboard operator in a swank
apartment house. managed by ofhcious Tim
Oshy Higgins. There David meets Miss Aga
tina Paget. a crippled old lady. and her
charming niece. allegro. One day. talking
with Higgins in the lobby. David Is alarmed
by a piercing scream David finds the
scream came from the Ferriter apartment.
not far from the Pagets'. The Ferriters in
elude Lyon and Everett, and their sister.
lone Everett, geneaiogist, is helping Aga
tina Paget write a book about her blue
blOoced ancestors. Inside the apartment
they find a black bearded man-dead. No
weapon can be found. The police arrive.
Higgins. who actively dislixes David. in
forms him that he is fred David IS called
70 the Paget apartment. There he finds
elderly, prim-appearing Agatha Paget sip
ping cocktail She offers him a job help
ing write her family history-which will un-
earth a few family skeletons. He accepts
the offer. Meanwhile, police suspect Lyon
Ferriter of the murder. Jerry Cochran Of
the Press offers David job helping solve
the murder.
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Inattention, Not Old Age

If your memory is poor, it is not
because you are getting on In
years, but because you are more
attentive to other interests, away
from the immediate environment,
according to scientific study re-
Gently made.
How often has "my most embar-
RAISING moment come to you be-
cause you didn't remember the
name of companion, that you knew
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otherwise; but such charter shall al
ways be in harmony with and subject
to the constitution and laws OF the
state of Minnesota. The legislature
may prescribe the duties of the COM
mission relative TO submitting amend
ments of charter to the vote OF the
people. and shall provide that upon
application of five per cent or the
legal voters of any such city or VII
lage, by written petition, such COM
mission shall submit TO the vote OF
the people proposed amendments to
such charter set forth in said petition
The board of freeholders above pro-
vfded for shall be permanent. and all
the vacancies by death. disability to
perform duties. resignation or removal
from the corporate limits, or expira-
ton OF term of Office, shall be filled
by appointment in the same manner
as the original board was created. and
said board shall always contain its
full complement OF members II shall
be a feature of all such charters that
there shall be provided. among other
things. for a mayor or chief magiS-
trate. and a legislative body Of either
one or two houses: IL of two houses.
at least one of them shall be elected
by general vote of the electors In
submitting any such charter or
amendment thereto TO the qualified
voters of such city or village any al
ternate section or article may be
and may be voted on separately
without prejudice to other articles or
sections OF the charter or any amend
ments thereto. The legislature may
affairs of cities. the application OF
which may be limited to cities of
over fifty thousand inha bitants. or TO
cities of fifty and not less than twenty
thousand Inhabitants, or to cities Of
twenty and not less than ten thou
sand ~ MI ha
apply equally to all such cities of
either class, and which shall be para
mount while in force TO the provisions
relating to the same matter included
in the local charter herein provided
for. But no local charter. provision or
ordinance passed hereunder shall
supersede any general law OF the
state defining or Furnishing crimes or
misdemeanOrs."
Purpose and Effect
The purpose and effect of the propose
amendment is to require publication c
Zach week for four "a successive week
n legal newspaper of general circuIa
lion In such city or village Instead c
in three 81 newspapers c
general circulation in such city or viIIag
'or at least thirty (3o) days as now re
CURED.
There are many cities and village
which do not have three local newspaper,
In such cases, under the present provl
Hon, publication must be made in news
papers printed elsewhere and circulatin
ocally. u the proposed amendment
adopted, publication will be required
,nly one qualified newspaper, thereby re
1ucIna the difficulty and expense 9
home rule charters.
Very truly yours,
J. A. A. BURNQuIsT,
Attorney General.
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J. A. A. 6URN0uisT,
Attorney General.
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By the enactment of Laws 1889. Chap
ter AT, the legislature has proposed an
amendment to Section Sc of Article of
the constitution. This section now reads
as follows: