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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-02-23
NAVY NEWS
AND ODDITIES

MAIN sTATIoN--cINcINNATI, o.
UB-STATIONS- Lima. o., Athens,
o., chillicothe, O., Marion O.. Co-
iumbus, o., Portsmouth, O., Spring
6eId, o., Dayton, o.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-22
MAGNOLIA

The evangelIstic meetings are be-
ing continued this week Miss Stark
weather Of Dover, Mr. Tarbtirton and
Rev Reed OF Wyoming; George Lee
Of Peoples Church; Harry knoots
and Mrs. Elmer Gray, Of Dover; Mrs.
Kenton and Mrs. Dickerson, Of Mil
ford, the Holden Sisters, OF Dover,
have all assisted and on Thursday
evening q speaker and singers from
Wilmington will have charge Of the
meeting. On Sunday evening the
young people from Bowers Church
had charge Of the program.
A fried oyster and chicken salad
supper with potato chips, cole siaw,
beCts. pickles, rolls, Jelly. with ice
cream and crackers for dessert, viii
be served in the Red Mems Hall on
Thursday evening, March 2S, begin
ming at 5 o'clock.
The Magnolia Fire Company re-
sponded to five calls last week. On
Sunday they were called to a fire
in one Of Mrs J. B. Eindale's tenant
houses. On Monday morning 70 q
stubborn chimney fire within an old
fashioned fireplace at the home Of
Dave Phillips. About three hours La
ter they were called to assist the
Camden and Wyoming Fire Company
at the farm OF Mrs. Clifton, tenanted
by Oryille Moore. near Viola, where
a straw rick burned. BY the heroic
efforts of the firemen the Outbuild-
ings were all saved. On Friday after
noon they extinguished a chimney
fire in one Of the tenant houses of
Hammond COyerdale and on Satur-
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-22


the Jewish Hospital in Philadelphia.
Miss Alice Myer spent the week
end in Richmond, Va. where she at
tended several fraternity dances at
the Medical College Of Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Riggin and
son Donald of Philadelphia spent
the weekend here with her mother,
Mrs. Kate Wiley and Mr.. and Mrs.
F.. Joseph Wiley. Mrs. Riggin re-
manned for this week.
John Massey of Newport News,
Va, will be weekend visitor at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Myer
Mrs. w. Fl. Quillen entertained at
luncheon on Tuesday in celebration
OF her birthday anniversary. Her
guests were Mrs. H. w, Cannon.
Mrs. Walton Jones. Mrs. Betty Sta
pies, Mrs. Millard Macklin, Mrs.
Elwood Bennett and Mrs. Norman
Collision.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Dernberger
of Frederick have moved into Mrs.
W. j. Swain's house on Cedar
street.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-22

two-b0ttOm, 12,ipch plOw under IA
yorable conditions. Because Of its
tricycle. design, this smaller tractor
has the distinctive advantage Of cul-
tivafing two rows at a time instead
OF one. The rear wheels are ad-
Unstable from A to so inches so that,
regardless OF the crop, the wheels
can be set in or out to fit exactly the
various row widths.
A line of integral and drawn
equipment. specially designed for
this smaller tractor, also lower in
price, is available. However, many
OF the present horse-drawn ma
chimes on the average farm can be
readily adapted, which reduces ma
teriaIly the Investment in equipment
This new John Deere tractor pro-
vides power at the drawbar and
operates belt machines OF all kinds.
A power take-0lf is also available to
operate certain types OF drawn ma
chimes.
While this new tractor is sure to
interest farmers with Smaller acre
ages now using animal power. 1t
also meets the needs on larger farms
as auxiliary power-to help out at
cultiyating time and TO do many of
the tighter Jobs for which a team of
horses has been kept 1t will handle
these jobs with real economy,
The Pierce Hardware Company.
the local John Deere dealer. invites
anyone interested i'm modern farm
equipment to drop in and see this
latest addition to the big line of
John Deere TwO-Cylinder Tractors.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-22

A brand-new type Of tractor for
the small farm field is now on dis
play at the Pierce Hardware Com
pany. Milford. It is smaller, lower
priced tractor designed for the small
er farms. ''It will completely change
the farming picture for the farmer
who has felt that he could farm
cheaper with horses" says George
A. Swain OF the Pierce Hardware
Company.
For many years, farmers with large
acreages. have been in position to
farm with tractors. and power ma
chinery because they could utilize
the greater power built into the
heavier. tractors to profitable advan-
tage. Not until recently, however,
could the farmer with small acre
age have the. same adYantage-there
was no tractor Of the right size to do
his work economfcally-he had to
be content with horses or mules for
power. and, as 4 result, he could not
take full advantage of modern, la
Dor and time saving farm equipment
Now, with the introduction Of this
new tractor-the John Deere Model
"H'-the small farmer can have all
OF the advantages Of power farming.
This new, smaller tractor is not
only lower in price-a tractor within
the reach of the farmer who hereto
fore has used two or. three horses
but it is tractor that has the util-
ity of the larger general purpose row.
crop tractors. II will pull a 16-inch
rIow under most conditions, and a
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-22

day afternoon they were called t
the farm Of Mrs. Elizabeth Boone
tenanted by Burton Savage; whers
they battled with a chimney fire. Lit
tie or no damage was done.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Reed enter
tRined her parents, Mr. and Mrs
George Spayd OF Bowers, the Occa-
sion being the Iatter's birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Kennedy en-
tertained on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Kennedy, Jr., and Mrs. Mes
sick Of Dover.
Harry Steenburg and daughter
Frances were dinner guests on Sun
day Of Mrs. Ollie Covington Of Do
YER
Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Ingram and
daughters, Sara and Billie, and VIII
liam Dawson OF Camden, were din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
Richards Of Viola.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Reed, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. NJ Reed and children. Jun
iOr and Rose Ann. were. visitors on
Sunday Of Mrs Elizabeth Wallace
and Mrs. Hester Knight of Whining
ton.
Miss Doris Coke accompanied Miss
Eleanor Sterling to Florida for ten
days. leaving Thursday. They will
spend Easter in Orlando, and from
there will visit other places of in
terest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bishop and
family attended the funeral on Mon
day of his step-mOther. Mrs. Robert
Bishop of Jones Neck, who passed
away on Friday.
Miss Margaret Elliott of George
town was a weekend guest Of Miss
Pearl 0rvis.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-22


Mrs. Robert C. Hill and daughter,
of New Smyrna. Florida. arrived at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Kin
der ON Tuesday for a visit with
friends and relatives.
Gilbert Cosden and family. with
his parents. MFR. and Mrs. William
COsden. Of Smithold. L. l.. spent
Sunday, with Mr.. and Mrs. Owen
Evans Of Dover.
Miss Virginia Russell and Miss
Mabel Cannon. students at Beacon s
College in Wilmington, arrived home
today to spend the Easter holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Burton Purnell
and daughter. Mrs. Joshua Bryan
and Jackie Bryan were the dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Purn6ll,
in Milford, on Sunday.
Mrs, Joseph Wiley was hostess to
her bridge club on Monday evening.
Country suppers are a great place
to meet ones friends, and many 20
litical campaigns have been mapped
out at these rural gatherings.
Milford chronicle., 1940-03-22

on next Sunday morning our
church win have printed bulletins for
the first time All announcements
must be in by Wednesday at the
parsonage to be included in The bull
letin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Wright en-
tertained on Sunday Mrs. Bnelah
Wright, Miss Frances Wright. Mr..
and Mrs. Irving Wright and son
Howard Of Clayton.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Barriclough or
Westville, n. j., Mrs. Cora NJ. VIII
cults Of Camden, Mr.. and Mrs. W. A.
Hayes and children. Patricia and
Barbara, and Miss Mary Ann Para
dee Of Dover, were guests Of Mr. and
Mrs. Fl. B. Anderson on Sunday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28
DeCasseres. Disney Differ
On Ideas Of Child Horror
BY BENJAMIN DECASSERES

pictures if they were really
frightened or had suffered great
nervous shocks.
THAT Soviet Russia is for
Il peace and is neutral" is the
greatest Joke of the age.
While the Red terror, with its
lair in Moscow, is crawling
westward in Europe it is also
quietly penetrating deeper and
deeper into China, as the follow
ing recent United Press dispatch
from Toxic reveals:
"All four northwestern prov
inces of China-Shensi, kansu,
Wingsia and Sinkiang-are be-
ing SOvietized."
simultaneously with the news
OF how the great neutral .
Russian bear IS eating up China.
the Moscow periodical "Bolshe-
Vik' announced that the inter-
national class war is again in
full swing. in these words:
For our class comrades. for
the prisoners of capitalism. for
the fighters for the emancipa-
tiun of the .wor King class
throughout the world-to them
our fraternal greetings" and
Let us strengthen the interna-
tional ties of the workers of the
L. :. =. X. with the workers of
the capitalist countries. Long
live the proletarian interna-
tiOnal."
There are gullible liberals"
IN America who still believe
Soviet Russia is for peace and
IS neutral, just as these gulhbles
not so long ago believed a union
between Hitler and Stain was
uncomfortable
Soviet Russia never has been
for peace because she foments
civil war IN every country in the
world particularly IN the United
States. and she has never been
neutral IN any war. for lust
as she was IN back of the Span
ish republic and the Chinese
republic" so she is now in ca
boots with the Nazis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28
Connolly Answers

|. (a) John Quincy Adams; (b)
James Abram Garfield: (cD
Warren Gamaliel Harding.
,. (a) earth; (b) Honor; (c) all
3. Ca valley of Colorado River;
tb) cliffs1in central Washing
ton; (c) east and south of New
foundland.
1. The Three-Cornered Hat"
Alancon; Three Musketeers,"
Dumas; The Three Black
Pennys," Hergesheimer; Three
Cities" Sholem Ash.
). (a) Buonarroti; tb) Vecelli;
(c) Pacelli.
s. (a) ragtime dance; tb) Mocha
tc) squirrel corn.
Z. ta) a rising barometer indi-
Gates clearing; (b) About nine
tenths OF its volume is beneath
the surface of the water: (c)
music consists of regular vi
brations and noise irregular
vibrations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28
Comanches @DoubIe Talk
New Code for Signal Corps
BY EDWIN c. HILL

THE early Greeks had a clever
= way of communicating in
wartime. They would shave a
slaves head, tattoo their mes
sage thereon. let his hair grow
and then let him get through
the enemy lines, if he could.
The receiver would give the
slave a haircut, read his letter
and tattoo an answer. as the
sender left half the skull space
for a reply. The slave, of course,
was kept out of sight in a dun
geon until his hair grew again.
Slaves frequently were given
their free dom for running
errands like this.
WE HAVE progressed greatly,
w in communication since
then, perhaps not proportion
ately in being smarter than.
say. Aristotle or Plato, and the
above device seems primitive
indeed compared to sending a
coded radio message.
But the exigencieS of our
times are not unlike those of
the early Greeks and the last
war, the events of the postwar
years have proven that it is ex-
tremely difficult to make code
which cannot be deciphered.
In 1921. during the Washing
ton disarmament conference,
Ralph o. Yardley, decoder for
the state department, plucked
japanese code messages out OF
the air. He knew no japanese
but. coded as they were, he de-
ciphered them.
Japan got red behind the ears
when he told about it in his
book. THE Black Chamber,
and stirred up such a fuss
that our penitent state depart
ment abolished Yardley's office.
THEY said it was snide bust
l. ness. stealing other peoples
messages. and no decent nation
would engage in it. This in
spite of the fact that the de-
coding had caught Japan with a
buried ace in her kimono.
Mr.. Yardley. the greatest
coder and decoder of our times,
is out, but we still have our
Comanche Indians. The war de-
partment asks the Indian service
for 80 Oklahoma Comanche In
dams. all of whom speak and
understand their language per-
fectly, for war service in the
Signal Corps.
They have no written language
and there are supposed to be
only 80 white men in the world
who understand the Comanche
tongue. Tossing radio and tele-
phone messages around, they'll
save a lot of time otherwise
used in coding and DECIDING.
THE war department recalls
L with apparent satisfaction
that in the World War the Ger
mans tapped some wires. got an
earful of Comanche talk and got
nothing out of it but nervous
breakdown The red men soon
will he off 10 Atlanta for A
laryngeal workout in the Signal
Corps.
We thought il was one of the
prettiest little stories in this not
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28
Quiz Answers

l. Damocles was an ancient king
over whose throne hung a sword
suspended by single horsehair.
?. A short fly ball hit just over
the infield.
3. Deanna Durbin.
4. Booth Harrington. Penrod.
5. The Garand rifle.
6. Solomon.
Z. Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

Dy VL<oADAsOOh - AokA@As
I SHOULD like to take occa-
sion to say that in the mat
ter of loving ones enemies, /
am shooting a perfect score.
My enemies are good, reliable
enemies, always ready to serve
me in my daily work. and. in re-
turn. / may honestly say that l
am nuts about them-as enc
mics.
At the top of the list stands
the name of Adolf Hitler. the
most satisfactory. serviceable
enemy that ever lived. who has
seen me through many days
work in these last seven or eight
years, and who stands up. after
all this time, as bad and as YER
satile in his wickedness as he
was the first time | ever wrote
his name.
Nothing good do l know OF
Mr.. Hitler, and if any one should
try to tell me of some obscure
virtue of his. | would refuse to
listen. lest i might loath, and
therefore. love him less.
,.aJs~-
THE Communists in the Ameri-
L can Newspaper Guild also
have given good service. and l
should be guilty of ingratitude
it, at this time, l did not ac-
knowledge the fact.
They are particularly satisfac-
tory. because they have had the
goodness to make themselves so
offensive 10 the American men,
bers of the Guild. that il is no
longer just my opinion against
a whole organization.
In the last year the Ameri-
cans or non-Communists have
found il necessary 10 ignore the
old protective cry of Red-baiter
which protected the Muscovite
in so much treachery. and now
they are merrily batting the
bolos IN the councils of the or
ganization itself.
This. of course, is a satisfac-
ton. hut, 10 get down to funda-,
mentals. the Communists are
the ones who really deserve my
gratitude.
Theirs was the dirty work. the
trickery and the tunneling which
gave cause for this very enjoy
able enmity. and l love them
for il.
I THOUGHT for time there.
4 lust after election. that /
might have 10 ask waivers on old
Harold l.. tfor lovable) Ickes.
but the talk Of unity. proved 10
be lust talk. after all. and he is
now back in action in most
satisfactory way, trying to i'm
port whole patches Of refugees.
regardless of the possibility that
r most or all of them would he
Communists. and drop them into
lovely vacation land in the
Virgin Islands. whence they
ou Ld filter into the United
States.
As Mr.. Ickes so often does,
he overspoke himself. however.
and il seems likely that the citi-
zens will fix his wagon if he
tries any funny business in this
respect. without passports or
diplomatic formalities.
Licked in that. however. Old
Reliable will think up something
else. and look forward TO many
happy hours of enmity with him.
There are others. of course.
but these are my pets who have
failed me not.
Do / love my enemies? l
am crazy about them.
distributed by United Features Syn. Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28

CHILD psychology in the
~ movies-I mean the children
in the AUDIENCES a curious
thing 10 study. ! 90 TO many
matinees in our neighborhood
picture houses mainly to study
their reactions. So docs Walt
Disney. evidently
He was asked at a recent quiz
whether the frightful screen
images in "A Night on Bald
Mountain" and Rite Of Spring
in Fantasia would not be
harmful 10 children. He main
tanned thatschildren are thrilled
and excited by such images of
horror and that they arc fright
ened only when some one IS
hurt
My observation is that chill
dTen are tremendously excited
and are likely tc~ let out a
species OF hysterical laughter al
the horrible. I do not think II
is a good thing for those under
i years Of age
As to being frightened when
some one is hurt ] must differ
with Mr.. Disney here. When the
villain is hurt or killed the chill
dren applaud and scream with
delight. When The hero or
heroine is hurt they preserve a
sort of waiting attitude az If
their minds were saying
That's the hokum. You cant
kill Dick Tracy.
I WAS at a children's matinee
Il Of Foreign Correspondent. IS
At the scenes Of terror and
death in that exciting picture the
kiddies howled and gurgled eN-
clamation points of subconscIous
origin. II puzzled me
The effect Of pictures on the
imagination and neFve-centcrs
of children is tremendous
whether ultimately for good OF
evil ! do not know. / am rather
inclined 10 think It is for good,
because they would not 20 back
again and again to see terror"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28
The Editor Says:
GOOD NEWS FOR MICHIGAN ARE THE REPORTS

- of the Unemployment Compensation Commission and
Department of Social Welfare.
Rejecting better business conditions and rising en-
ployment claims for unemployment compensation benefits
for last week Is per cent under the number IN the
same week last year.
Nearly 500 dropped from state relief rolls
November to bring the case load to slightly more than
$4,000 During the same month in 1889 $1,000 families
received state and local relief
With Christmas spending and increased tempo OF the
national defense program contributing DEFENDERS figures
should indicate continuation of the encouraging
trend.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28

The memory is perpctually
looking back when we have
nothing present TO entertain us.
II is like those repositories in
animals that are filled with food.
on which they may reminate
when their present pastures fail.
Addison.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28

altogether edlfying war warmup.
When it comes 10 fantasy, Walt
Disney soon will be yelling,
Wait for baby!' And wouldn't
it be something if our America
were saved by 30 of the Oldest
old settlers who had saved their
freedom of speech because no.
body could dispute them!
They'll be the only boys in the
army who can safely remark.
"Old General Goofus is a big
fathead."
1t might be better still to pick
out those famous twelve men in
the world" who understand Elm
stein. l heard three of them gos-
Siping once about the quantum
theory. and for all l knew they
might have been outlining a plan
to sink a battleship. ! don't be-
lieve even Yardley could have
decided them,
THE plan looks particularly
good. because the Germans
made a special point of dealing
misery to anybody who thought
he understood Einstein. and that
particular code is no doubt
stamped out there.
Their National Institute of
Science has thrown out the de
based Jewish atom" and rugged
a big. bucko Aryan atom. the
better to fit their expansive
mood. Then, again. there are
the six men and a boy who
un ders tand James Joyce.
There's some esoteric discourse
compared to- which Comanche
talk runs crystal clear.
Incidentally, this is not an
extravagant smile. When
Joyce sent the long-handed
manuscript of Ulysses" to an
English publisher, the British
secret service agents confscated
it as spy code.
He never did get it published
in England.
GERTRUDE STEIN and Sal
VI vador Dali certainly could
beat out all 80 Comanches in
chattering N i'm tely about
matters caviar TO the general. -
They and their friends would
do we'll in the Signal Corps.
But, in spite of our own
Tower of Babel" we manage
to keep on wig-wagging quite
few ideas back and forth, and
it's nice to see the war depart
ment reaching for even a Co
manche Indian when the old
brand of double-talk begins to
show wear and tear. But when
it's all over, here's hoping that
even hog-Latin will be ruled
out.
copyright, 1870, Kins Features synd., Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28
25 YEARS AGO TODAY
Dee. 2S, 1915

Russian troops routed strong
Austrian forces in heavy fight
ing in Bukovina.
The Turks subjected British
held Kut-Ei-AmsTs TO heavy
shell fire.
On the Western Front. the
French launched new attacks on
German positions in Alsace.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28
War GROUP
Having It's
Troubles
White Goes One Way.
Some Members Another

(The opinions expressed by
General Johnson are not neees-
sarily those of The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28

1t (matrimony) resembles a
pair of shears. so joined that
they cannot be separated; often
moving in opposite directions.
yet always Furnishing any one
who comes between them
Smith.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28
-HitIer---
rs =.
Mos+.'L
Of Enemies
He's Still as 'Wicke d
as 8 Years Ago

1.-THE opinions expressed by
Westbrook PeRier are entirely
his own, and not neeessosdy
those of The Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28

TO THE EDITOR:
AT THE annual meeting of
"A the Michigan Rifle and
Pistol Association, attended by
representatives of more than so
affiliated clubs and groups. |
was directed TO express their
appreciation to you for the es-
specially fine articles pertaining
to rife and pistol craftsmanship
which have appeared in your
paper during this last year.
Articles by your Mr.. Don
Gillies have appealed to the
shooters due to their accuracy
and his personal interest.
Skill in rife and pistol marks
manship in addition to being a
very fascinating sport is also
valuable to national defense.
Your articles have been very
helpful in promoting our activi-
ties.
PAYSON ID. FOSTER,
Executive vice president,
The Michigan Rife and Pistol
Association.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
Dec. rs, 1889

The Firms drove deeper into
Soviet territory near Lieksa;
Red bombers again raided Fin
nish coastal cities.
Total of merchant ships lost
by beIHgerents from beginning
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28
DETRoT, OFr-TIME CITY OF CHAMPIONS. HAS A

- claim to fame. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Giacinto of
AIS Baldwin the first Honeymoon Isle couple
to become parents AS result they to receive life
deed to grass hut the tropical isle off Tampa, Fla,
owned by Clinton NJ. Washburn New York broker. Mr..
Washburn opened his island last March for free twoweek
honeymoons of newlyweds he personally approved
Mr.. and Mrs. Giacnto whose 6-pound Mark
Joseph born Sunday announce that their heir will
spend his first vacation on Honeymoon Isle.
1t sounds pretty good to maybe it isn't raining
there
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28
Letters TO
HE Editor

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MUST sign your name and adj
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not be printed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28

announced by Lieut. Col Joseph L. Bachus, Michigan
recruiting officer part of national program in which
600 army units will be organized throughout the
United States.
This that 1000 additional troops will be
stationed in Michigan, made up largely of selecees in
Quoted between January and June 10 of the coming
year.
In connection with the draft interesting prediction
made by DR.. Ruth E. Boynton of the University of
Minnesota speaking before the American Student Health
Association in Ann Arbor Declaring that medical exam
nations administered to drafees probably will show that
youth today is healthier than the young drafted
1918, Doctor Boynton added
THE progress which has been made in the control
of tuberculosis syphilis rheumatic heart disease and
certain of the communicable heart diseases should be
reflected in the physical fitness of the present genera
ton of young people" ~