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Evening star., 1941-02-09
About Well>KnOwn Folk
In Books, Art, Politics
$4,000 Set of Twenty Volumes Is Gift
OF Friends at Inaugural
Of President Roosevelt
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.

think figures
fully
$4,000 and friends
library that would
valuable and interesting of its kind
That what happened President Roosevelt recently
his frends inaugural gift donated Park Library
The Book of Knowledge printed by the Groer Society of New York
and bound by of the worlds bookbnders Sangos
Suce of London will be recalled that Sangorki bound
miniature volumes for the Queens Doll House also that superb
of Omar khaam which being sent to its American
purchaser when 1t went down with the Titanic
v. Vala Parma Found
Books n
Presidents dream library his estate
which would repository his public
other memorabilia which he has collected during his
century public life fast mate1azng
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Tea at Legation

Sonora de Recinos. wife of the
Guatemalan Minister, has cards out
for tea Saturday afternoon in the
legation on Eighteenth street.
Evening star., 1941-02-09
The Starks Entertain

The Chief of Naval Operations and
Mrs. Harold r. Stark entertained at
dinner last evening at their home on
Observatory Circle.
Evening star., 1941-11-07

Charles B. Dulcm. ST.,
vice president md
general munoqer Of
The Hecht Co., setting
the cornerstone Of tho
E Street building on
July 2lst, l94l.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

for the reconditioning of the old
Wesley Collegiate Institute Build
ing which will be opened as an ac-
credited junior college in Septem-
Der, 1912. The plumbing and heat
ing contract went to A. S. Biggs,
Dover, and the carpentry job to
George H. Thomas, Dover. Con-
tract for the pointing of the walls
and for painting will be awarded
later. The committee is arranging
to buy the lumber and erect scaf-
folding for the bricklaying and
masonry work, after which Walter
H. Warrington, a member of the
committee, will submit the speci-
cations to prospective bidders. All
work is to be completed by next
May 1, the Rev. DR.. John j. Bunt-
ing, promotional director of educa-
tion of the Peninsula Methodist
Conference and ex-officio member
of the building committee, said. All
committee members attended: The
Rev. DR.. Walter A. Hearn, chair
man; Mr.. Warrington, U. Lee Har-
man, the Rev. L. E. Windsor, the
Rev. R. c. Jones, and DR.. Bunting.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services For
Next Sunday

First Churcn of Christ, Scientist
Wilmington, at Park Place and
Van Buren Street: morning service
IL a. m, Sunday School IL a. m,
Wednesday evening service 500.
Christian Science Society, Milford,
meets at Grange Hall: Morning
service IL a. m; Sunday School IL
a. m, also meets first Wednesday
evening of each month at 8 p. m.
Subject for Sunday, August 81:
Christ Jesus" Golden Text: Ro-
mans /: Is. 1 am not ashamed of
the gospel of Christ: for it is the
power of God unto salvation to
every one that believeth. A Bible
Citation from the Lesson-Sermon:
Luke z: 81 and %. And in that
same hour he cured many of their
infirmities and plaques, and of
evil spirits; and unto many that
were blind he gave sight. %. Then
Jesus answering said unto them,
Go your way, and tell John what
things ye have seen and heard;
how that the blind see, the lame
walk, the lepers are cleansed, the
deaf hear, the dead are raised, to
the poor the gospel is preached.
Correlative from the Textbook,
Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Ed
dy: Jesus never asked if disease
were acute or chronic, and he never
attention to laws of
health, never gave drugs, never
prayed to know if God were willing
that a man should live. He under
stood man, whose Life is God, to be
and knew that man has
not two lives, one to be destroyed
and the other to be made indie
-. When Christ chang
es belief of sin or of sickness into
a better belief, then belief melts
into spiritual understanding, and
sin, disease, and death disappear.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
SPACE BERRY
PLANTS NOW
Proper Spacing Means Plants
Have Plenty of Room
to Develop
BETTER FRUIT PRODUCED

Farmers who care for paintings
that provide Delaware's annual
crop of strawberries are striking
out into their strawberry beds now
to make sure the strawberry plants
ae spaced properly. Proper spac-
ing now means the plants will have
plenty of room to grow and develop
the rest of this year and next
spring. Horticultural specialists at
the University of Delaware report
there is actually more and better
fruit produced in strawberry beds
where the plants are spaced about
six to eight every square foot than
where runners are allowed to take
root and develop as high as 26
plants to the square foot-a num-
ber of plants that isn't unusual
when beds are allowed to grow
without culling.
DR.. E. w. Greve, research horti-
culturist at the Delaware Agricul-
tural Experiment Station, says he
has seen early-formed runner
plants produce twice as many flow
ers as plants formed later on in the
season. When the culling is done,
DR.. Greve suggests saving only the
plants that have large crowns to
leave a sturdy plant about every
nine inches in the row, with the
rows about two feet wide. Runner
plants that form outside the two
foot row are removed.
A strawberry variety known for
abundant production of runner
plants is the Blakemore. Since
the Blakemore is a popular straw
berry in Delawae, growers are on
the lookout now for unwanted
plants that cut production of top
grade fruit unless they are remov-
ed from strawberry beds.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
DEFENSE BOND
@ uiz

@. Why should Americans buy
Defense Bonds and Stamps now?
A. Among the reasons are: (1)
1t is the quickest way in which
every citizen can both serve his
country and conserve his earnings,
and (2) the purchase of the Bonds
and Stamps helps not only to fin
ance National Defense but also to
prevent high prices and increased
cost of living.
@. Can I pledge a Defense Bond
as collateral for bank loan?
A. No. Bonds are registered and
not transferable. They are payable
only to the persons named on the
Bond.
Note.-To buy Defense Bonds
and Stamps, go to the nearest post
Office, bank, or savings and loan as
sociation; or write to the Treasurer
of the United States, Washington,
D. c., for a mail-order form.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

DRESCRIPTION for a delightful
climax for dinner on a hot mid
summer night-"Rx :. Take one
sponge or angel food cake and cut
in squares. Mold with lemon Gust
ard and chill. Serve for dessert
when weather is warm"
Here is a prescription that can
be followed with real pleasure-for
the delicate quivery texture and
the fresh tang of the lemon in this
nodded cake and custard dessert
foster an Illusion of coolness no
matter what the thermometer may
read.
The preparation of this dessert
is simple, too, so simple in fact
that you can easily fit it into any
crowded summer schedule. If you
wish, the sponge cake may be pur-
chased from baked goods counter.
The lemon custard, however, which
gives the dessert its superlative
flavor, cGn &c quickly made in your
own kitchen.
8 Particularly is this true, if you
own a modern electric range. As
you know, time-worn custom has
necessitated the use of a double
boiler when making custards. How
ever, when cooking with the low,
evenly distributed heat of modern
electric ra ge, only a medium
weight, ordinary saucepan is need
ed. The low, constant, controlled
heat coagulates custards to
smooth creamy consistency without
a trace of curdling. This low sur
face heat, only one among the sew
eral heat settings found on the
electric range, is also a real safe
guard in the cooking of milk and
egg mixtures, making it possible
for the amateur cook to prepare
these easy-to-burn products with
ease and assurance.
A very real help, too, are the
pilot lights now found on the sur
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
PERSONALS

PERSONALS
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. P. Spruance
of Indianapolis, are on a visit to
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. Spru-
ance.
Mrs. j. E. Hoffecker is on a week
or two's visit to Atlantic City.
Mrs. ]. S. Gearhart and son Ar
thur, have returned to Galena,
Maryland, for a few weeks.
Rev. w. w. Wilson and family
returned home yesterday.
Anna Stevenson and Laura Las
sell are visiting in York, Pennsyl-
vania.
Miss Bertha Price returned last
week from a visit of several
weeks to Maryland.
George w. Gordon is on a visit
to Atlantic City.
Misses Edith Collins and Nan
Spruance leave today for few
days visit at Woodland Beach.
Miss Alice Spruance has gone to
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

1t was then found that cellulose
acetate. half brother of nitro
cellulose, made better interlayer.
Acetate interlayers showed little or
no discoloration on aging, but the
tendency to brittleness at low tenn
peratures remained.
The latest advance in safety
glass manufacture resulted from
the development of a wholly new
type of plastic interlayer, of which
"Butacite" polyvinyl acetal is an
example. When properly cemented
between two pieces of plate glass,
"Butacite" adheres tightly, and
does not turn yellow, even on long
aging. In addition, "Butacite" is not
only extremely strong. tough and
elastic in warm weather, but, un-
like the interlayers previously used,
retains high degree of strength,
toughness and elasticity even when
the thermometer drops to zero or
below. For this reason. the poly
vinyl acetal plastics make possible
the safest safety glass ever made.
In a preview at the Franklin In
stitute in Philadelphia, a 9-ounce
steel ball was dropped from a
height of 2S feet onto sheet of
this new "super-safe" safety glass.
The glass was, of course, cracked
by this ball travelling AZ feet a Sec
ond at the time of impact, but it
did not shatter, and guests seated
nearby were in no danger. The auto
riding public is now assured of the
utmost in safety as far as injuries
from flying glass are concerned.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

Norfolk, Va, for a visit of several
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tudor of Baltimore
are the guests of N. F. Wilds.
Mrs. Charles Roe and daughter
Sydney, Miss Clara Jackson, and
Miss Clara Ames, all of Whining
ton are visiting Mrs. James L.
jackson on Delaware Street.
Misses Emma Evaul and Abbie
Harkness, who have been visiting
F. E. Postles and wife, returned
home last Monday.
Miss Eta Benson, who has been
home for the summer, will return
tomorrow to Brooklyn.
Olin 1. Hough, salesman with
Jacob Reeds Sons, Philadelphia, is
on his summer vacation.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
BY DR.. JAS. X. HUNT

E. |. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
I ANIMATED safety glass now
IL commonly used for automobile
windows and windshields is said to
have resulted from a laboratory
accident. 1t was nearly forty years
ago that a French chemist, Pro-
fessor Benedictus, dropped a flask
which had contained a solution of
nitrocellulose, a material made
from cotton linters and used in
making quick-drying finishes. The
solvent had evaporated from the
solution, however, leaving a film of
nitrocellulose inside the flask. The
flask broke into many pieces when
it struck the floor, but, much to the
chemists surprise, the fragments
did not scatter. Instead, they were
held together by the tightly-adher-
ing film. The secret of making glass
safe had been discovered.
While the above accident took
place in 1903, it was not until
around 1916 that safety glass came
into use, made by sandwiching a
thin sheet of nitrocellulose plastic
between two pieces of plate glass.
The glass can, of course, be broken,
but it sticks so tightly to the plas-
tic interlayer that the broken bits
do not scatter.
This laminated safety glass I'M
questionably was responsible for
tremendous advance in safe driv-
ing, because it reduced injuries due
to flying fragments of glass. 1t was
by no means perfect, however. For
one thing, sunlight caused the in
terlayer to turn yellow and become
unsightly. Worse, the nitrocellulose
plastic on aging became brittle,
particularly at low temperatures.
There was also a tendency for the
plastic to separate from the glass;
in other words, the sandwich some
times came apart. This meant that
if one had crash, particularly on
cold winter day, the safety glass
might fly into splinters like ordi-
nary glass.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

were formerly weaned on "tin-wil-
ly"-are today getting many of
their essential co m m ditfes in
glass. A new glass Army jar for
preserves, good-looking enough for
the home table, is appearing in
Army camps. Mess sergeants claim
that 1t helps to create honey
atmosphere. and because the glass
jar is put on the mess table, obvi-
ates the necessity of pouring pre-
serves from the container previ-
ously used into a serving dish
giving less work to the kitchen
police.
The new Army jar will soon
make its debut in the nations
homes and will be known as a
"tableserve.~
The millions of Jars and bottles
OF beverages. milk, condiments and
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

NATIONAL defense has caused
~ the glass industry to take on a
new significance in the home.
With all the nation defense-mind-
ed, the glass industry which uses
no raw materials essential to re-
armament is enjoying an unprece-
dented expansion. And as a conse-
quence the housewife is seeing
some new and ingenious packages
for foods and other household prod
ucts.
Coffee, fruits, vegetables, baby
food, fruit and vegetable juices, and
hundreds of other articles hereto
fore packed for the most part in tin,
are coming of the production lines
in cleaning glass containers.
Mothers. sweethearts and wives
will be interested to know that their
boys in the Anywhere soldiers
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
NOTICE

Dead or disabled horses. cows
and mules removed FREE OF
charge by calling DOVER 749 R
13. No animals removed unless call
Is made Immediately and no an
finals dying from a contagious dis
ease will be removed.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

prescription ware, now being used
in the Army and Navy, as well as.
the billions used in the nations
homes, are releasing large quanti-
ties of essential materials for de-
fense.
Recent Improvements in glass
container manufacture have attract
ed many packers of nationally sold
products to glass long before any
emergency arose. Better designs in
bottles and jars and a new tech
nique, which insures lighter but
str o g er glass containers are
among the factors which have
brought glass to the forefront in
recent years.
So economical are the new glass
containers that "empties" can be
thrown away without a second
thought.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
Summer Dessert Prescription!

face units of some models which
show what heat is being used.
But back to our cake custard
dessert; it should chill at least
hours to be firm enough to unmold
but may chill overnight or longer.
Here is the recipe:
PETITE CAKE MOLD
(Serves 81
egg yolks (well-beaten)
cup sugar
Y cup lemon juice
teaspoon grated lemon rind
teaspoons unfavored gelatin
tablespoons cold water
4 egg whites (beaten stiff)
small unfrosted cake or
portion of a large one
CANCEL food, sponge or
plain cake)
Mix beaten egg yolks with Y cup
VI ou6dA, iSLuOu JuASc anu llllu dlu
place in saucepan on electric sur
face unit. Cook over a low heat,
stirring frequently, until the mix
ture is thick enough to coat a
spoon, about II to Is minutes.
Meanwhile sprinkle gelatin over
cold water and soak for minutes;
then add this to the hot custard
mixture and stir until dissolved.
Beat egg whites until stiff-then
to them gradually add remainder of
sugar while still beating constant
ly. Fold this egg white mixture into
the custard and remove from heat.
Brush S-inch ring mold or small
angel food cake pan lightly with
salad oil. Cut cake into small
squares, arrange in mold, and cover
with the custard. Chill in refrige-
rator until firm-at least hours.
Unmold and serve with whipped
cream if desired. Garnish with
cherries or fresh fruit of any de-
sired variety.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
By RAY ". SHERMAN
Courtesy Of the
FORD GOOD DRIVERS LEAGUE
WATCHING THE ROAD

Skilled drivers always keep look
ing ahead. They don't rubber.
because there is too much at stake.
For example, if you are driving 40
miles an hour, your car is travelling
% feet second. Shift your eyes
from the road for SO feet-or one
secondhand anything can happen.
Make it practice never to look
around at the sights. Otherwise
you will be inviting an accident,
There is no argument on this point:
YOU MUST keep your eyes and your
mind on driving AT ALL TIMES.
@ 1941 Ford Motor Co.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

The Puerto Rican government is
searching for more than $150,000,-
900 with which to buy up sugar
owned by stockholders
in continental United States and
the territory.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
AMERICA ON GUARD!

Above is a reproduction of the
Treasury Departments Defense
Savings Poster, showing an exact
duplication of the original Minute
Nan" statue by famed sculptor
Daniel Chester French. Defense
Bonds and Stamps, ON sale at your
bank or post Office, are q vital part
ofXmsriea'a defenee preparations.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Continued from Page Two)

a.scertained whether they had TAX
en- out license to exhibit within
the limits of the town or not, the
troupe was off to the bayside.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS
Bishop Coleman wants to build
a church at Rehoboth.
Wilmington's S250,00O postoffice
will probably be built from cut
granite.
Croakers are being caught
around the Breakwater in large
quantities.
Sweet potatoes made their ap-
pearance in the Milford market
last week.
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

Ralph Hoffecker, and his Har-
ward school friend, Clarence Hill,
have been spending the past four
or five days taking in the sights of
Baltimore and Washington.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Construction activities of the
State Highway Department are be-
ing curtailed due to the rise in
prices of labor and materials.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

The volume of laws of the 1941
State Legislature will be one of the
largest, if not the largest, in the
history of the State, Secretary of
State Earle D. Wiley said Friday.
1t will contain 1900 or more pages.
The laws are now in process of
printing and are expected to be
available by the latter part of Oc-
tober. Printing of the House journ-
al is expected to be completed in
the next few weeks, after which
work on the Senate journal will be
started. The lateness is due to the
fact that daily journals were not
printed during the legislative, ses-
sion as an economy measure and all
the contents had to be compiled for
publication after the session had
adjourned.
Hazel Knight, 40, was charged
by state police with the murder of
Amos knight, 54, said to be her
husband, following an argument
Friday night on the property of
former-State Senator John Roy
Cannon, where they were employed
as tenant farmers. Mrs. knight
was arrested Sunday afternoon by
State Policemen Joseph j. Shannon
and John w. Blizzard of Station
No. 5, North Bridgeville, following
the discovery of Knights body in
his tenant house. According to po-
lice, the victim had been stabbed
in the heart. Mrs. Knight was ar
raigned before Magistrate James
K. Phillip, ST., who committed her
to the Georgetown Jail without
bail. There she will be held for the
October term of the Sussex County
Court. The fatal stabbing was the
third in this district during the
summer.
Two contracts were awarded by
A = y
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

Two contracts were awarded by
the building committee arranging
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

"A CLEAN RECORD: Since
pedestrians constitute two
thirds of those killed, and half
of those injured in cities,
major attention to safety of
those afoot will pay big divi-
dends in lives saved!
Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

Continued on Page Eight
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Silk Shortage Fails
To Take Shine Off
6ridiron Pants
Orders Given in June
Now Being Delivered;
Substitute Sought

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 12.-The silk
shortage won't take the shine OF
the 1941 football players pants.
Midwestern manufacturers OF
athletic equipment say the situa-
ton might have caused them some
difficulty in supplying schools with
satin pants for their gridiron
heroes had it developed several
months ago.
As it is, virtually all the orders
were placed in June and most of
the finished products now are being
delivered.
Approximately 80 per cent of the
silk used in the satin pants, worn
especially by quick-moving backs
and ends of the better dressed COL
lege elevens. is synthetic, but the
remainder is imported from Japan.
Manufacturers estimate their pres
ent supply of the imported fabric
is sufficient for the coming basket
ball season, but that a substitute
must be found if present conditions
continue until the 1912 grid season
approaches.
Evening star., 1941-08-12

A near clean sweep in the junior
100-yard free style enabled the Y.
M. C. A. mems swimming team to
emerge victorious in the District A.
A. U. outdoor meet last night at the
Greenbelt Community pool.
Pressed all the way by the Airport
team, the "Y" mermen scored 10 of
the II points at stake in the CEN
tury free style to nose out their
closest rivals. 22-17. Airport failed
to place, fifth position being won
by Boys Club entrant.
The Shoreham Hotels women's
team outclassed its opposition, ac-
counting for 80 of the 38 possible
points in four events. Phoebe Hud-
sons victory in the 100-yard free
style gave Washington Golf and
Country Club five points and Jewish
Community Center scored three, but
otherwise it was all Shoreham.
Howard McAdoo of the Airport
and Patsy Palmer of the Shoreham
were the most important individual
Evening star., 1941-08-12
Large Hardhead Appear.

VI every SOiiScIf fntiNc Spoi To-
man.
Large Hardhead Appear.
Several weeks back big spot ap-
peared to have taken over the fish,
ing grounds in the upper Bay. At
the time it was real addition to the
hardhead fishing, for these regular
Bay denizens were running small
and didn't have any too much fight,
while the spot were striking in real
fashion and fighting right in to the
boat, which is their regular habit.
A week later small trout, with a
sprinkling of larger ones weighing
up to two pounds, put in their ap-
pearance. Between the two, anglers
were having considerable fun-if
they used bloodworms for bait.
Last week the trout and spot, too,
were hard to find. They weren't on
the mud, the hard bottom or on
the shell. But in their place. from
the depths Of midchannel to the
shallow water. were large hardhead,
so full of ripe roe they weren't
feeding heavily. but still enough to
make the going worthwhile. On
light tackle these two and three
Founders are just about all any
angler can ask for. Coming up
they appear and act like channel
bass. They aren't going to be with
us long, so make the best of it while
they are here.
Evening star., 1941-08-12
DC. Has Half of u. S. Amateur
Golf Sectional Tryout Field

land, with the national champion
ship to be staged at the Omaha
Field Club starting August 25.
Here are the pairings for the Sec
tional rounds:
am. and l p.m.-Charles MaIone'
Indian Spring, and Robert E. W1lke' Hill
s:o6 and 1;o5-A: Patton Jansen ia
Charlottesville, Va, and BENJAMIN 4.
Skinker, jr.. Columbia Country Club.
9:1O and 1:10-EuEene Pittman, Con
gressional. and Harold L. Fates' New
s:i5 and 1:15-Ray swearingen. o.
lumbia. and BENJAMIN F. r. Bassett'
1nsls0''df s;20 and f:eoGotto Greiner. Country
Club of Maryland, and Walter cushman'
9:25 and 1:25-John Joseph Barse.
Columbia. and Edgar NJ. Lucas. Baltimore
$50 $50 and 1:3o-Charles B. Price, In
dian Spring, and Ralph Bogart, Indian
SDsiaE s:s5 and 1:s5-Robert W. Brown.ll,
Manor. and Edward A. Johnston, Country
Fates is "foater" 80 called by the
u g. G, A., who is permitted to qualify
outside OF his regular section.