davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20

after less than two years OF skeet
shooting experience. She is the
daughter of the late Capt Raynal
Boiling, famous war aviator for
whom Boiling Field. Washington
d. c., is named. Also an expert
horsewoman and an archery en-
thusiast, she won the Connecticut
State Archery Championship for
two years running, the Metropoli-
tan Championship and the Massa-
chusetts Open Championship in this
sport.
Miss Laursen, now a senior at
Rollins College, Winter Park, Flori-
da. was a member of the 1888 All
American Skeet Team selected by
the National Skeet Shooting Asso-
citation. She flies her own plane,
plays tennis and does figure skat-
ing.
The list of women entrants at
Lordship last year reached G5. and
it is expected that the 1870 com
petitors will surpass this record. As
a spectacle, the event provides a
thrill that draws thousands of sports
lovers from all over the country.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20

Nashville to Natchez - was
adopted as a permanent project
of the National Park Service in
1888. Under supervision of the
Public Roads Administration,
several sections of the road were
placed under construction last
year in the three states traversed
by the route, and the 1910 pro-
gram is now underway.
Since the parkway is particu-
larly designed for pleasure and
sightseeing use, there will be no
roadside advertising signs, hot
dog stands or any of the other
ugly structures that mar so
many of our present-day road
sides. To keep the highway, it
self, in tune with the unspoiled
country through which it passes,
the authorities are adopting, as
far as possible, types of road
surfacing that are substantial
and at the same time harmonic
with the natural surroundings.
The first part of the new park
way to be completed during
1889 was d section just outside
the southern terminus atNatchez.
FOR surfacing on this section,
local soil materials-grave1,
sand and clay - were scientifi-
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20

nNE of the most hotly contested
- events in the world of sports
for women will take place on June
%. when the Women's Skeet Cham
nionship will be held at the Rem
ington Gun Club. Lordship, Conn,
as part of the three-day Great East
,ern Skeet Championships.
Skeet is a sport that is arousing
much enthusiasm among women, as
it demands quickness of eye rather
than physical endurance. The ex-
citement of the contest lies in the
fact that the clay targets are
thrown from different angles, re
quiring as much skill to bring them
down as the shooting of live game
on the wing.
Advance interest, this year, in
the Lordship event, centers largely
on Miss Diana Boiling of Old Green
wich. Conn. 1889 champion-shown
above with her dog-and Miss
Patricia Laursen. of Akron, Ohio,
present national champion, who is
nictured beside her. Miss Boiling
"an up a score of 90 K 1OO-a new
Great Eastern women's record -
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20

n MGINATING as an Indian trail
" many years before the first
white man set foot on this con-
tinent, the route of the Natchez
Trace from Nashville, Tennes-
see to Natchez, Mississippi, is
one of the oldest and most his
toric roads in the United States.
Over it, through the wilderness,
came the early pioneers who
settled the Southwest Territory
back in 1893.
By treaty with the Choctaw
and Chickasaw Indians, the
United States acquired the right
70 develop the Natchez Trace in
TO a wagon road and mail route,
In the early 1800's. But for many
years the journey over the Trace
remained a hard and perilous
one-due not so much to. the
Red Man as to the bloodthirsty
bandits who found easy picking
on the wilderness trail. Lafay-
cite knew its hardships, as did
Meriwether Lewis, Andrew
Jackson, Henry Clay and many
another well-known figure of
history.
Reconstruction of this ancient
road into a Parkway-exten6ing
Sde approximate 500 milzs from
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20
SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services For
Next Sunday


First Churcn of Christ. Scientist
Wilmington, at Park Place and
Van Buren Street: morning service
III a. M, Sunday School IL a. M,
wednesday evening at 8 p. m.
Christian Science Society, Milford,
Subject for Sunday, June %: rs
the Universe, Including Man,
Evolved by Atomic Force? 2" Gold
en- Text: Amos Alb. Lo, he that
formeth the Mountains, and Gre
ateth the wind, and declareth unto
man what is his thought, that
maketh the morning darkness, and
treadeth upon the high places of
the earth, The Lord, The God of
hosts, is his name. "A Bible Cita-
ton from the lesson-sermon:
Psalms 46:1-3. God is our refuge
and strength, very present help
in trouble. 2 Therefore will not
we fear, though the earth be re
moved, and though the mountains
be carried into the midst of the
sea; 8. Though the waters there
Of roar and be troubled, though the
Mountains shake with the swell
ing thereof. Correlative from the
textbook, Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy: Good never causes
evil, nor creates aught that can
cause evil. Destructive electric
ity is not the offspring of infinite
good.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20
SILOING CROPS
HALTS WEEDS
Discover That Seeds of Most
Weeds Die After a Period
of a Few Weeks in SilO
EXPERIMENTS MADE

Long a problem on every farm
has been the control of pesky
weeds. And a practice followed on
many farms for probably as long
has been SLIDING of certain crops
for off-season livestock feeding.
DR.. James M. Watkins of the
Agronomy Department of the Del
aware Agricultural Experiment
Station, tells below how the con-
troll of weeds is linked with plac-
ing crops in silos.
while trying out different meth
DDS of making hay and grass sill
age, T. E. Woodward of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture Bureau
of Dairy Industry, discovered by
chance that the seeds of most
weeds die after few weeks in the
silo Usually when a weedy crop
is made into hay, many weed seeds
are spread to cropland in barnyard
manure. So the advantage of weed
control may now be added to the
many other advantages of siloing
hay crops. During the tests, Wood
ward buried 26 different kinds of
weed and crop seeds in silage while
the silo was being filed. The seeds
were buried at different levels in
the silo, from IA to 80 feet below
the surface of the silage.
'"The weed control tests were
conducted for three years and dur
ing this time the Bureau of Dairy
Industry research worker used
corn, alfalfa, and grass-and-alfalfa
silage, with and without molasses.
AS the silage was fed out, seeds
were recovered and tested for
termination in comparison with
duplicate samples kept in Wood
words Office. Only three kinds Of
seed bindweed, Lespedeza sericea
and American dragonhead mint
showed any signs of life after be-
ing buried in the silage and the
percentage of termination for
these was low"
DR.. Watkins explains that the
Department of Agriculture tests
showed little difference in the corn
silage and the hay silages so far
as silo killing of weed seeds was
concerned. They did show, though,
that more weed seeds survived
where the moisture content of the
silage was high.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20

A step toacard bigger yieldS.
conditions since the World War,
farmers reaped yields that were
only 10 under the record year of
1888, when more acres were har-
vested.
Many major factors behind this
accomplishment are revealed in
personal interviews with $4,000
farmers in 35 States. Better all
around farming practices stand out.
Every farmer interviewed in The
National Fertilizer Association sur
vey made an estimate based on
yields obtained with and without
fertilizer.
Delaware farmers stated they
got an increase of 81 per cent on
corn; 81 per cent on wheat; 172 per
cent on potatoes; and 129 per cent
on tomatoes.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20
Automobiles Wartime Value

According to Preston Grover,
famed Washington correspondent,
the automobile is about as effective
war weapon as the airplane.
Trucks and autos are vital in NOV
ing an army swiftly. Tanks are one
kind of motor car. 1t is significant
that the U. S. today owns SO per
cent Of the motor vehicles Of the
world, and that U. S. industry can
produce an unlimited supply.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20
Begin Auto Inspection July 18th

Preparations for the annual
safety inspection campaign of the
State Motor Vehicle Department,
which begins July IS and ends
August 81, are being made under
the direction Of Motor Vehicle
Commissioner William D. Denney.
1t is estimated that approximately
$4,000 pleasure and commercial
vehicles will be tested during the
period.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20
Y. 'or the n,..,.
W war refugees.

a.a,ss,'ssa.r sar refugees are pulling
slaN Is up by their own
sS'is,, 1m, They The are not 5ni, only mak. OMn
ssasts,r.,unr .ur themselves, but are
tss ~ suDsssarlng shoes and soap,
h nes5sd Products 1iI which are Are
a s1S S'S =. both by their own
b., y Iee' China. '''H popula-
B haa.. ! ro9 On a share.and-sbara.
fra = Under the Cbinasa slidTe Is
(rsnS S,poooDoeratiyes, ,ooos whose whose frst -,
sk, / sIMvrs0r. M,s !, it was announcad u y
f. y y iit fifteen refugees e. N6oSel bonG
Il dollar, Start "a a shop. Win
'ley can bo..S-ie iedn money!
hs,,s 'aey are sels I,l Work. From
ks,,,ia sad half ! 'Sonapporiin-. oap In
\, ,ases have ~, -,sVy Industrial
"a ~ofe y, are bein,.h I'M SET up, and
- iaey are has started each
| "s started. in
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20
Laurel Swimming Pool Closed

The Laurel swimming pool has
been closed by the board of health,
and will remain closed until essen
tial repairs and improvements
have been effected. For a number
of years, this spot has been a mec-
ca for hundreds Of children and
grown-ups during the hot weather,
but has become rundown.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20
Machine To Repair Documents

DR.. George H. Ryden, state
archivist, at the annual meeting of
the group in the Hall of Records
at Dover, announced the Public
Archives Commission would pur-
chase a machine to repair docu-
ments.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20
GOVERNMENT REPORTS
A BUMPER YIELD

Lower crop acreages and higher
yields are the startling achieve
ments of farmers revealed in the
1889 Government Crop Report.
From the fewest number of acres
harvested under normal weather
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20

One county in the State of Cali
fornia is Is times larger than the
State of Rhode Island-San Ber-
nardino County.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20

Season To Open At Camp Otonka
Camp Otonka, on the Indian
River, the girls camp of the Dis
trict of Delaware Y. w. C. A, will
open on June 22d, for its regular
season ending August 18th.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20

Making a day a happy one is
something like making good
cake-it will depend on what you
stir into it.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20

\ 80 % The Smyrna Times.
EPa year. in advance.
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20
~: " 55I5I1THaS5n y Ta5n
[EAT Worms of Foes
War Danger
mount FROM DELAWARE
\ FROM DELAWARE

FROM DElAN AN'
L. b the Hall. Hall 2 uBp left
e % ,s,,'9 ,,,s.y ! 5pss5a5 psaa1t6s. 6s.
''l,1s 'Sl,s1psrsssntativs George sTstsria :.
4 rarn against hys1fr,n nafian
%. There is room in this
y :. "a, orlv one flag, he said, /,
q lt - M hat foreign inspired
'.sirg within this coun-
: ssIdl ',asirg to destroy our ma
y 1,',sncs, @ The Delaware del
:. headed by Coy. Rich
rsTuIlsn, ~ who was given q
alrte. and Mayor Walter
- d wilmington Four
y. s.,,.oa Richard swanson
y \. Street, wilmington, mon non
!. Il the Delmarva Coun-
!. A. huge assemblage IN a
! allegiance to the nag
.Or Of Mr.. and Mrs.
- swanson, was selected
!. sopting record. He is a
!, + he Warner Junior High
! governor McMullen, May
~ and Mrs. Henry B.
',.,r chairman of the Della
F1usn's advisory committee
~ssy. U. S. Senator John
[T-sud, Jr., sent a wire, re-
- i, inability to attend the
=, because of the unusual
|. 4 work required in
,,,+Ou. He sent good wishes
.rss for a successful day.
4 ne nations Flag Day, was
d, 1t the fair as Delaware
| tie suggestion of Governor
tlsr who pointed out that
utoIal emblem was first dis
j ii battle at Cooch's Bridge
|-. In these times which
..us souls, Representative
sv aid, we should not be
mid by hysteria or mauldin
-rt but should be guided in
.pv word and act by cool,
Itri Judgment and an abid-
sat in the Eternal God. To-
b. greatest menace to the
nj the American ideals for
!. t stands is not so much
rt g within our borders. "
DPnt Company exhibit was
t headquarters. Paul Samp-
-lrsger Of the exhibit, made
To to New York with the ex-
1sts Governor McMullen
EE the parade by the Navy
in and the Navy Band at 5
b The Court of Peace, where
TEL 5. dupont High School
presented a concert. Dinner
aTed IN the National Advis-
Committee Building. Final
vas the fountain display in
lagoon Of Nations. With the
fanfare, the excursionists
ssd the special cars strung
the full length of the Penn
faa station. The departure
lf without confusion or mis-
Window cards proclaimed the
Is Delaware's delegation.
lr NcNullen and his party
Ea4d tie first car of the VIII
a section with the second
'4sTed for the P. S. dupont
NaoOl band. The three car
! nom lower Delaware left
lenar station at 6 o'clock.
y Up additional passengers
A'en stops on its northward
u
Smyrna times., 1940-06-20

fact. as fast IS the money can be
raised TO start them Toth workers
and local markets for Il" prod
ucts are almost limitle 7.l 3.l.
dustrial cooperatives ,ss liz.
coming one Of e.: - ~ T.
tant GrsTcTs 10 G~-.---... Ey
bombs.
Evening star., 1940-09-03

knowledged Representative Short,
Republican, of Missouri, one of the
chiefs of the forces opposed to a
peacetime draft of the Nations S
manhood.
In the oratorical battle antici-
pated before the decisive vote is
reached Friday or Saturday. the
arguments for and against con-
scription were expected to duplicate
the general tenor of those aired in
the Senate before it approved the
Burke Wadsworth measure after
three intensive weeks of debate.
Biggest Clash Over Ages.
The major clashes were looked for
on those sections of the modified
House bill which differ from the
version passed by the Senate.
The biggest difference is on the
age limits fixed. The House bill
would make all male citizens or
prospective citizens from 81 through
"A subject to registration and liable
for military service. An approx
mate total of 24,OOO,OOO men there
by would be affected The Senate
version would restrict operation of
the draft to the 100000 from 81
through 80.
Both Houses also disagree on the
maximum number of conscripts to
be permitted in service at one time.
The House bill figure is 1000, 900,
whereas the Senate voted for 9OO,-
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Conscription
Continued From First Page.)

ments to place such orders with any
plant that may be readily trans
formed into a factory for the manu-
facture of such articles.
In the event any company re-
fuses to take such orders at rea-
sonable prices determined by the
Secretary Of War or Secretary Of
the Navy. the President would be
authorized to take immediate possess
sion of the plants and proceed with
the manufacture through an appro-
pirate Government bureau.
The amendment states that the
compensation or rental for the use
of any factory under these condi-
tions shall be fair and just"
Labor Standards Protected.
The penalty for failure to comply
would be Imprisonment for not more
than three years and a fine of not
more than $4,000. To protect the
rights of labor, the following pro-
viso is included in the amendment:
Nothing herein shall be deemed
to render inapplicable existing State
or Federal laws concerning the
health, safety, security and employ
ment standards Of the employees in
such plant"
The principal argument used
against the RUSSELL Overton amend
ment in the Senate bill was that it
authorized the Government to insti-
tute condemnation proceedings at
the time it took possession of a fac
tory and thereby made the Govern
ment eventually the owner of the
plant.
Committee approval of the
amendment was necessary to get
the draft industry" issue before
the House, since 1t would have been
subject to a point of order unless
recommended by the committee.
The House devoted the first hour
today to consideration of the spe-
cial rule, under which leaders hope
to obtain final passage by Saturday.
The rule allows two days of gen.
eral debate, after which the bill
will be read section by section for
amendments.
AS the House prepared to debate
the CONSUMPTION issue Chairman
May of the Military Affairs Com
mittee forecast 2-to-1 victory for
the modified version of the Burke
Wadsworth bill on which the House
will act.
I'm afraid we're licked" ac-
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Rumuniu
Continued From First Page.

agitation is curbed, announced 281
"alarmists" had been sentenced to
concentration camps. The roundup
was continuing.
Unconfirmed reports said two
units of Nazi motorized troops al
ready were poised at the frontier
near Sighet.
Ion Lugajanu, Parliament men,
ber, former Minister to Rome and
editor of a leading Bucharest news
paper, was released yesterday after
being held in Jail overnight. His
newspaper, defying government Gen.
sorship, published a long account OF
Sundays disorders, in which Ger
man, Italian and Hungarian prop
erty was destroyed and scores OF
persons were injured.
There were reports meanwhile
that Soviet Russia had sent a note
to Berlin asking clarification of a
German guarantee to protect Ru-
mania against further territorial
encroachments, made at Vienna ir
return for Rumanias agreement tc
cede Northern Pennsylvania tc
Hungary -.f .-..
Evening star., 1940-09-03

900. A compromise agreement on
this point, however, was not re-
garded as difficult.
Draft Of Wealth Sought.
At least one effort will be made
to have the bill incorporate a pro-
vision going far beyond the Overton-
Russell amendment. Representative
Hoffman, Republican. of Michigan
served notice that he would seek to
add an amendment conscripting
wealth as we'll as manpower.
In the final predicate furry on
the desirability of CONSUMPTION, Rep
resentative Short asserted that a
draft would be "the last step in the
march from democracy to autocracy."
He said if the President once got
the power to conscript manpower,
he'll get the power to conscript in
dustry and labor. have grave fears
for the democratic way of govern
ment."
Pro conscriptionists met Mr..
Shorts assertion with the retort that
consumption provided a democratic
way" of expanding the Army.
Evening star., 1940-09-03

night raids and the number of casu-
altieS lis remarkably small"
The Air Ministry said of yester-
days daylight raids that 300 planes
-bombers and fighters-were used
in the last attack alone. 1t re-
ported AZ German planes brought
down yesterday, while the British
lost 13. The pilots of seven of
the latter were said to have landed
safely.
With these late bags, Britain
closed the first year of the war with
a claimed total of 1867 German
planes shot down over the British
Isles-1,771 shot down by British
fighter planes and 1876 downed by
anti-aircraft guns.
Flight Total II Million Miles.
The Air Ministry reported ap-
proximately $500 of the German
planes were destroyed since the
daily air attacks began on Britain
June 18.
Showing the acceleration of the
air war, the ministry said pilots of
the fighter command flew 100000
miles in September, 1899, and a
peak of 4,5OO,OOO miles in August,
1910. The years total was set at
100000 miles-"or TOO times
around the world"
August also accounted for approx
mately one-haf of the whole years
total of German planes shot down
by fighter planes-967, the ministry
said.
Plans for recruiting a world
wide Jewish army of at least 100,-
600 men to be equipped by Britain
and to fight alongside her against
Germany and Italy, were announced
last night
A. Abrahams, head of the political
department of the new Zionist or
ganization, said most of the recruit
ing would be carried on in
America"
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Jewish National Army Plan
'Fontostic,' Bloom Says

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Bloom of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee last night
termed the plan announced in Lon
don for Jewish national army to
fight against Germany and Italy
"a fantastic idea"
Mr.. Bloom, who is Jewish himself,
said that he did not believe in
segregating ourselves" and added
that Jews joining any army would
enlist as Americans or nationals of
other countries of which they were
citizens.
'I think. speak for the majority
of the Jews in this country" he re-
marked, "in saying that if the Jews
join an army they will do so as
Americans, not as Jews. don't
believe the Jews as a class want to
segregate themselves in an isolated
branch of anything"
United States laws would pro-
hibit recruiting and enlistment here
in such an army. American Jews
might leave this country and enlist
abroad without penalty, however,
provided they did not swear alle-
glance to a foreign power.
Evening star., 1940-09-03
japanese U|timatum
Given Indo-China,
Hong Kong Hears
Governor Reported Trying
To DeIoy Showdown
On Route for Army
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONG KONG, Sept. 3.-The Jap
anese Army was reported today to
have demanded immediate submis-
sion by French Indo-China to de-
mands for the right to move Japan
ese troops through the French COL
ony and use Haiphong as military
base or take the consequences"
Reports from informed neutral
sources in Hanoi, capital of Indo-
China, said that Governor General
Jean Decoux. newly appointed by
the Vichy government, was trying to
delay a showdown on this virtual
ultirnatum by asking time to seek
instructions from Vichy and to "con-
slider the larger aspects Of the case. -
CA Reuters, British news
agency, dispatch reaching Shang-
hal from Saigon, French Indo-
China, said the Hanoi regime had
rejected a Japanese ultimatum
presented September / demand
ing permission to transport troops
through the colony.)
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Planes May Land
At Hanoi, Domei Says

TOXIC, Sept. 3 (P.-An agree
ment permitting Japanese planes to
land at Hanoi, French Indo-China,
on the Japan Air Transport Co. s
Japan Formosa Thailand service
was reported today in a broadcast by
Domei, Japanese news agency.
Permission for such landings was
one of several Japanese demands
made recently on the authorities of
the French colony. The japanese
transport company is government
owned.
Domei yesterday broadcast a Hong
Kong dispatch that French officials
had closed the port of Haiphong
French Indo-China, to prevent the
possibility of foreign warships enter
ing.