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Smyrna times., 1941-09-11
PRACTICE DEFENSE AT FORT
Firing at Ft. Miles, Lewes, First
Maneuvers of Guard

The 261st Coast Artillery Mon
day began harbor defense firing
practice at Fort Miles. The 1856
nm. guns are using one-pound SUBJ
caliber shells shooting at a pyra-
mid target towed by boat piloted
by Capt. Irwin S. Maull of Lewes.
The firing zone is an area about
six miles at sea and two miles on
each side of the fort. Col. Henry
X. Roscoe, Jr., commanding officer,
is in charge of the firing. These
are the first maneuvers of the fed
eralized Delaware National Guard
regiment.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-11
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, Rec
tor, Announces Services for Week

st. Peters Episcopal Church,
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, rec
tor, makes the following announce
ments: the fourteenth Sunday af-
ter Trinity, 7.30 a. M, celebration
of the Holy Communion; 10 a. M,
first session of the Church School;
IL a. M, morning prayer and SER
mon upon the words of Leviticus
''The fire shall ever be burning on
the Altar, it shall never go out"
Let us be faithful to the Church,
and to our God by our worship in
His house. Satan works seven
days week. Can we give an hour
or more to our God?
Smyrna times., 1941-09-11
Property Changes Near Town

G. Harvey Wright, real estate
agent, has sold for Burkley, Smith
and Worem, of Aberdeen, Md, their
farm at Taylor's Bridge to ]. E.
Latta. Mr.. Wright has also sold
for Carroll Stats his 10O-acre
farm near Greenspring to Clifton
E. Ayres of Sicklerville, N. ].
Smyrna times., 1941-09-11
COMPLETE NAVY PILINGS
To Stop Submarines and Small
War Graft Below Port Penn

Submarines and small war craft
that might get up the Delaware
River probably would be stopped
below Port Penn with the recent
completion by the Navy of string
of pilings designed to prevent a
landing by such boats in that area.
The Navy is doing some work at
the Reedy Island qarantine station,
and it is reported that a number
of small patrol boats will be based
at the station for patrol work in
the area.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-11
Firemen Name Delegates

Delegates from the Citizens Hose
Company to the state firemen's
convention at Middletown yester-
day and today are Harper Jones
and Carl Bartlett with John W.
Jacobs and Harold Hufschmidt as
alternates.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-11
SMYRNA GRANGE MEETING
Several Visitors Present at First
Fall Meeting Last Thursday

The Smyrna Grange opened for
the fall last Thursday night and
will meet every Thursday night
hereafter. The following visitors
were present: Mrs. Mable Taylor,
Lady Assistant Stewart of State
Grange; Miss Margaret Mitchell,
Lecturer of Harmony Lodge; Mrs.
Catherine Nesbit, Lecturer of Gen.
ter Grange; Miss Dorothy Wood
ward, Lecturer of Hockessin
Grange. Harry Cloud gave his re-
port on the 18th Annual Lecturers
Conference and Miss Mitchell
showed movies of the same. Games
were played and Mrs. Taylor and
Mr.. Harry Johnson were winners.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-11
Alleged HEN AT MILTON
Rare Chicken With -Four Legs on
Display at Chicken Farm

A four-legged hen is being proud
ly shown to persons visiting the
chicken farm of George "A. Mar
shall in North Milton. The pet was
purchased in a flock of chicks in
January, and now is healthy hen
weighing about five pounds. The
feathered oddity is perfectly norm
al except for the two extra legs.
According to poultrymen and
hatcherymen in this section, this
four-legged creature is very rare
oddity. Although many three-leg-
,ged chicks are Matched, very few
ever live to grow; and the four
legged ones are even more rarely
Matched, say the experts.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-11
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Rev. s. j. Thackaberry, Pastor, An
nounces Services For the Week
The Presbyterian Church, Rev.
S. ]. Thackaberry, pastor, announc-
es services as usual on Sunday
morning at IL and Sunday evening
at 8; Sunday School at 10; Mid
week meeting Wednesday at 7.30
p. M, for prayer and Bible study.
The Mite Society meets at the
home of Mrs. William Norris on
Thursday at 8 p. m. All are well
come to these services.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-11
REPORT OF SMYRNA POLICE
Activities of Police Department
for Months of July and August

The Smyrna Police Department
has submitted the following report
to Town Council for the months of
July and August:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04
Lakes Would Benefit

Navy experts point out that If
the 81. Lawrence Seaway is as
sured. the knowledge of the
projects adoption would relieve
existing yards and permit the
government 10 place orders IN
Great Lakes yards with the a.
surance that when the ships az
built they could get out of the
Lakes.
Construction of heavy Graf
then could be transferred to tho
Great Lakes, allowing coastal
yards TO begin immediate con
struction on small and more
quickly built deStroyers and
similar types of fighting ships.
Completion of the seaway
will enable all types of fighting
ships except battleshipS and air
plane carriers to move through
to the. Atlantic" Cowllng said.
"If construction of the project
started the same dan as the keel
were laid for a heavy cruiser in
Great Lakes Shipyard. the
channel would be ready by the
time the cruiser was ready to
move out to its place in our two
ocean navy"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04

he brought In for paper making,
doing away with America
shortage of the pulp.
Lower transportation costs
on all these needed raw mate
rails would tend to reduce the
costs of finished manufactured
articles and greater consump-
ton Invariably follows lowered
costs and prices
Government authorities esti-
nate the total cost to the United
states of the st. Lawrence Sea-
way. including all the channel
improvements from Lake Supe-
rior to Montreal, at S256, 10000.
OF this sum S90,000,000 would
be borne by the state of New
York. The governments cost is
the approximate equivalent OF
two battleShips.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04
Bigger Capacity

Uncle Sans engineers point
out that the deeper channel
could accommodate a potential
25.OOO.OO0 tons of cargo a year.
The present traffic amounts to
100000 tons of cargo.
Michigan manufacturers have
found 1t necessary in the past TO
build factories in foreign coun-
tries because the huge cost of
transportation made 1t prohibit
tive to ship the product from
here. Cowling points out that
with the new Seaway the costs
would be so much lower that
the manufacturers could give
the work to Michigan men and
still meet the prices in foreign
countries.
All that holds up the Great
Lakes shipping 10 Europe now,
advocates of the St. Lawrence
Seaway project point out, is a
4S-mile bottleneck in the Inter-
national Rapids section of the
st. Lawrence River.
The resolution asking Con-
greSs to begin work Immediately
on the project was introduced
into Michigan's House of Rep
resentatives many weeks ago
and was passed. The Senate.
however. took the resolution and
left II with a committee.
Despite the Michigan Senate,
Cowling and other Detroit bust
-ne~S-Haan- -,tait Tag z fer la
call 10 Washington so they may
testify for the project before the
congressional committee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04
II Is Vital
To Lakes
Shipyards

GONE 30 years ago far-soe.r-
- citizens Of Michigan took the
leadership in the fight for The
Great Lakes-St Lawrence SEQ
way project. Today, as the long
acht enters is most critical
stage Michigan men are sti4l a.
fFe helm. ready 70 appear for
he congressional c % m mite G
hearings 10 support their con-
teruon that 10000 GOO Ameri-
cans. living in the Great Lakes
region. wauld benefit by the
project.
With he state Senate refus-
Inr 20 pass a resolution asking
Congress To start work on the
project ar once. ". {. CcWlinC.
head Of me executive committee
of the larger >csWay committee.
8, mapping cut his plans To-
s1pH tHe HEHt TiEht-iHto Con
-rcSS az Washington
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04
Why Project Is Vital

Cowhng believes that the sea
way project must so through
because.
1-Grest Lakes Shtpyards could
L begin work Immediately on
q billion dollars In defense con-
tracts. He points out that were
open access 10 the sea assured
these contracts would he avail
able Immediately.
O-Cheap transportation to the
- cOastwise and foreign mar
kets of the world would open
the Midwest TO new industries-
to new markets for the farmer
and the professor, and would
superimpose new revenues
amounting TO many millions Of
dollars annually upon normal
economic activity.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04

Midwest in another way-in-
bound CargocS.
Unbound shipments" Cowling
said. would consist of the much
needed raw materials of the
great manufacturing plants.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04

1.-THE automobile Industry
alone, in normal times. imports
300 different commodities from
IS foreign lands. Raw rubber
would come in for the great tire
plants of Ohio, wood pulp would
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04

one. because men must have
food. clothing, shelter and enter
tdlnment.
Besides the advantage of
reaching new markets. the sea-
way would aid Detroit and the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-04
Federal Aid Asked

The Detroit committee. CoWl-
ing said. has asked the govern
ment's aid IN bringing new ship
yards 10 this area. As soon a.
the seaway project Is assured
the downriver yards AT Trenton
and WNandotte are expected to
take on the boom character OF
World War days.
With the ShlpbuildlnE boom
would come booms for every
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-09
Italians Claim u. S.
May Intervene in War

Rome. Sept. 9-UP-Virginio Gay.
da's authoritative Giornale dItalia
commenting on the arrival today of
Myron c. Taylor. President Roose-
velt's special envoy to the Vatican
said he might inform the Pope that
the United States soon will inter
vene in the war.
THE sudden departure Of Taylor
for Rome leads to the belief that
Mr.. Roosevelt's personal represent
alive to the Pope will convey to the
Pontiff a letter from the United
States President in which Mr.. Roos
evelt will explain to the Pontiff the
reasons which Justify United States
direct intery ention in the conflict,
the newspaper said "Taylor's depar
ture also is said to have been neces-
STATED by a desire to maintain a
United States observer in Rome in
the event OF a break in diplomatic
relations between Italy and the
United States"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-09
Ramifications of Spy Operations Revealed

ed in the use Of microphotography.
cooling, and other phases Of espion-
proceed fr-+--
Boldest Of the group on trial, &C
-cerdinz- Kennedy. was Frederick
J. Duquesne whom he described
as a veteran spy. Duquesne -
said. wrote direct to the chief Of
the chemical warfare service n
Washington asking for certain Sc
cret information. AT the bottom
Of his letter. Kennedy said that
Duquesne had put postscript. say
Ing don't worry if this informe.
ton is confidential because II is IN
the hands OF good CITIZEN
Frank j. Walsh counsel for six
OF the defendants Indicated that
the defense would be based on the
contention that transmitting infor-
nation 70 Germany is not Illegal
Walsh said he would admit that
information was ssnt there There
is no law which says you may
not aid Germany Just as there Is 10
law which says you may not aif
Great Britain, Walsh said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-09
Social Agencies Group Will
Discuss tuberculosis Control

at Ypsilanti High School audi.
torium. The meeting will convene
at 7:30.
A sound motion picture provided
by Washtenaw tuberculosis Asso-
citation will be shown. The picture
title is Goodbye Mr.. Germ.
Mrs. Flora Brown, executive sec
rotary OF the county tuberculosis
association, will speak on The Tu-
berculosis Program in Ypsilanti"
She will distribute copies of a
graph showing the number OF ac-
tive and arrested cases OF tubercu-
losis and the number of tuber.
culosis contacts in the city.
Dr. Otto X. Engelke. director Of
county health unit, will talk on
The Ideal Program for Control OF
tuberculosis in Washtenaw".
John Moore, director OF Ann Ar
Dor Community Fund. will explain
the use of the Ypsilanti branch of
Ann Arbor Social Service Exchange
in Ypsilanti Community Fund of
fee, 30l w. Michigan Ave. The
explanation will be made prior to
the speaking program.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-09
Haisley Given
Vote Support

Ann Arbor Mich sept the
citys school electors Monday err
dor5ed the administration u formcr@
Superintendent otto Haifley dis
missed ~ he school board 10
May. by repIdiat.ug those board
members VINO had voted aza.nri
him.
In the largest school election T.
be poiied in Ann arbof The voters
cast issf votes for Ashley Ciague
lsZ2 for Courtney MauiJetsch. and
f.7s5 for Mrs william q Dow
These candidate had gone on rec.
ord stating that Il elected they
would do all they could 70 re-lnstate
Hr. Haisley a. superintendent.
Those who opposed him, aud
who sought reelection on those
grounds. we're Louis Ayres, who
received 1871 votes. Mrs Flora
Ward. who received i-5s-, and
James OKane. Il52.
since NJ. Haisley's dismissal
became effective the first Of this
month his assistant. C.. c. Craw.
lord, has JeFH acting suTe7fr1teii-
dent
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-09
Retailers to
Hear Plans at
Rally Tonight
Need For Action
to be Shown

Retailers will hold rally tonight
in Hotel Huron to acquaint them
selves with the years program out
lined by Board OF Commerce retail
committee.
Bert Harrison, committee chair
man. will welcome retailers to the
session and point out the need for
aggressive action to make the pro
gram a success.
William Stevens will explain the
fall festival program OF Board OF
Commerce and President o. j.
Cleary will explain the drive OF re-
tailers for defense d. NJ Silk
worth will talk on the necessity
Of merchant backing the sale Of
defense stamps and G. J. Hewens
will speak on publicity for the
years program. -
Secretary Paul Ungrodt will tell
OF the Christmas Parade and Fes-
tival plans
Mr. Harrison will briefly explain
the Winter Dollar Day, Spring
Opening, Cleanup Fixup in May and
Summer Dollar Day.
c. s. Manning will lead the group
IN God Bless America. Dinner
will be served at $3.50 p. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-09
Snow
Falls in " est

Denver, Sept. ZAP - Rocky
Mountain westerners poked more
fuel into their furnaces today and
went TO work in overcoats after
winter made a surprise feint from
Canada to Colorado.
Additional coal trucks were call
ed for and heating companies sent
men scurrying TO thousands OF
homes to turn on oil and gas burn
ers.
Wayfarers ins two states encoun-
tered narrowing experiences when
a widespread snowstorm overlook
them and temperatures dropped
near or below freezing
Several mountain passes were
closed by the snow. which ranged
to a foot in depth in Wyoming, but
were reopened today in most
cases. The lowest city tempera-
ture, 20 degrees, was reported from
two-mile-high Leadville, Colo. At
the summit Of Pixies Peak 1t was
nine above zero.
Four tourists from the warm er
eastern United States were among
six persons who were rescued from
the grip of the storm yesterday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-09

machinery used to get defense sec
rets out Of the country. Secret
codes involving The use OF bestsell-
ing nnEels--the-da y.hy.daY- trans.
mission Of hidden orders by radios.
and the use OF invisible ink We're
among the methods used by the
agents.
Named with the German Reich
as spirators In the case are
81 agents in Germany. South
America. Italy. Spain, and Portu-
gal. Two OF these. Nikolaus
Ritter and DR.. Otto Gassner. both
now in Germany. were named as
key agents In the operations Of the
worldwide ring.
It was DR. Gassner. Sebald told
the court. who threatened him
with death unless he cooperated
with Nazi authorities Seboid
said he agreed 10 work With Ger
man officials after he had secretly
consulted with the American con
sui in Cologne He was then sent
to Hamburg where he was school
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-09
Probe in State
Prison Sought

Lansing, Sept. 9-AP- Garrett
Heyns. state corrections director,
said he would confer today with
Leslie P. Kefgen. a corrections
commission member. to prepare
for a thorough investigation of
charges that officials OF the state
Prison OF Southern Michigan have
been guilty of irregular conduct.
Heyns said the inquiry, ordered
by Governor Van Wagner. would
not be restricted to a labor union S
charges that convict labor was
used for private construction work
in. Jackson. and that canned food
sold illegally by the prison to a
private citizen.
This office is going ahead with
an investigation not only Of these,
but of other possible Illegal prac-
tees Heyns said. ut will CO.
operate to the fullest extent with
the governor in bringing TO light
any possible malpractice"
Van Wagner said yesterday he
would fire any prison official he
found responsible for illegal or I'M
ethical conduct.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-09
in
Films Claimed

Washington Sept. 9-AP-Sena-
tor Nye (R.ND) declared today
that -four or five' moving picture
executives have the power to feed
war propaganda to majority OF
the nations theatergoers.
In a statement prepared for de-
livery before the Senate Interstate
Commerce Subcommittee, Nye add
ed that several films already have
been released which have served
to drive some Americans under
their very beds for fear OF Hitler
and his minions."
Nye and Senator Clark (D-Mol
were co-authors OF a resolution
calling for an investigation OF re-
ports Of war propaganda in thu
moving picture industry and radio.
The Senate has authorized no in
vestigation, and the subcommittee
met technically to determine wheth-
e. an investigation should be made.
However, some 40 witnesses have
been summoned. the movie indus
try has retained Wendell L. Willkie
as special counsel. and the hear
ing is expected to become full
dress investigation on the subject
you can't take the American
people to war until you can make
them hateful toward something,
Nye declared. These alleged prop
uganda pictures do promote a
larger will and larger reason fol
going to war"
Both Nye and Clark have OF
fered unyielding opposition to the
Administration foreign policies
and have urged the nation time anc
again to keep out of the war
The North Dakota senator die
not name the four or FIVE men
who he said nontrol more than
half of the nations movie theatei
capacity. He said that while ht
believed each Of the men was ar
American citizen, the majority were
born abroad, in lands that have
been saturated with hate, with feaf
with prejudice and with persecu
ton"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-09
Steel Element IN
Fuel Oil Pipe Line

Washington. Sept. 9-AP-A def
mite decision was looked for today
on whether the defense program
can spare sufficient steel for @
COO mile Texas-to-New York pipe
line which would help solve the
Easts petroleum transportation
problem.
The question was up TO the new
super defense agency-the supply
Priorities and ALLEGATION Board
which arranged to hold its sec
end meeting late in the day.
Defense sources yielded no indi-
cation OF the boards leanings. but
IL was limited that considerable
weight would be attached to the
claim of Emory s. Land, maritime
commission chairman, that alloca-
ton Of 100000 to 100000 tons of
steel for the pipeline construction
would seriously hamper the emer-
gency ship building program
II the board refuses steel for the
S70,00o.0o0 undertaking
the meeting IS expected 10 en-
dorse one or more substitute plans
for easing the oil problem caused
by the transfer of tankers to Brit
ain
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-09

New York. Sept Sins Vii
liam G.. Sebold, 42-year.old natural
lied American hn-Xas- trapped
by the Gestapo during trip 20
his native Germany in Tg39 and
forced under threat Of death to act
as a Nazi spy in the L. S. today
was scheduled to take the witness
stand in federal court to give
further evidence OF the activities
OF a gigantic Reich-controlled es-
pionage ring.
In outlining the case to the jury,
United States Attorney Harold W..
Kennedy charged that one Of the
defendants, Herman Lang, an n
spector for Carl L. Norden Co, Of
New York. had taken details OF the
famous Norden bomb sight. a close
ly guarded American secret, to Ger
many in 1898. The price OF this
treachery Kennedy said. was To-
600 marks (nominally $4,000 new
on deposit for Lang in Germany
The spy setup described by Ken
neGy In his opening speech includ'
ed a description OF the elaborate
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-09
ROOSEVELT MAY
SET FORCE FOR
NATIONAL POLICY
Merchantmen Sunk in Red
Sea by Bombing
Plane
TO KEEP OPEN WAY
TO ICELAND TROOPS
Naval Units May be Ordered
to Fire on Other Graft
in Iceland Area
INV Associated Press)

Washington. Sept. 9-AP- The
conviction grew in informed quar-
ters here today that Presiden;
Roosevelt in his address to the ma
ton Thursday night would an
nounce that henceforth the policy
of the United States would be tc
meet force with force on the hign
seas.
This belief was immeasurably
strengthened by the latest incident
in the sea war to touch this coun'
try's interests-the sinking Of the
American merchantmen Steel Sea
farer in the Red Sea by bomb
ing plane.
Although no one professed 10
know precisely what the Chief
Executive would say. one inform
ant. asking anonymity, declared he
thought it safe to predict that the
President would make these three
points;
l.. Germany and the world must
know that this nation intends 10
keep open its communications with
Iceland:
>. The appearance OF any hos
tile vessel or aircraft in the area
between United States and Ice
land would be regarded as an effort
to interfere with American com
munications.
8. American naval units would
be ordered TO open fire on any
hostile ships or planes encountered
thereafter in the waters between
this country and Iceland.
This Informant, who based his
forecasts largely on last Thurs
days submarine attack on the L.
S. Destroyer Greer, said that II
the President does make those
points, Germany would have 10
choose one of two courses:
The Reich either would have to
risk air and naval clashes with
L. S. Atlantic fleet units in a
ICopttpnad on papa TWOl