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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26
ToTALED Si8,75O


THE deputies during 1887 and
1888 contributed total of
SI8.750 for the 1888 campaign"
McGrath said.
That was really job insur-
ance, wasn't it?" asked Staebler.
II guess you jcoulds.call Ii
that replied the witness.
Special Prosecutor Chester P
OHara said to Staebler:
II suppose that was where
you got the money to bet on the
horses at the race track"
WON ON HORSES. POLICY
Staebler then asked a series Of
questions of McGrath that showed
he once bet so cents on policy
number sos, his County Building
office number and won. He hat
the policy slip salesman bet hi!
entire winnings on Laurin, entered
the Kentucky Derby. The horse
won at odds of 9to l and Staeblel
said his total winnings amounted
to S2.70050.
McGrath is the last important
witness. with the exception of Der
nard A. Boggio. former chief as
sistant prosecutor, that OHari
will call to the stand. He expect:
TO complete the states cast
against 33 defendants today. Bog
gio will be called this week or else
Circuit Judge Earl c. Pugsley vii
adjourn the case until Monday
when Boggio will be heard.
McGrath testified yesterday thai
he received between $1,000 anc
$4,000 in graft money in three
years in the sheriffs office.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26
CONSIDERS HOME LIFE

They can't be sent 10 a penal
Institution because the new pro-
bate code states that minors under
Is years of age cannot be tried in
Circuit Court. The only alterna-
tives are confinement in state
institution for incorrigibles or
probation" in a respectable, well
disciplined home.
eff / commit Glen to an insti-
tuition he will be ready for re-
lease In three years--five at the
longest" Judge Clink said today.
But is that the place to send
him? I'm aware of the home life
of the Brough family. 1t GER
tainly isn't what 1t should have
been.
Its hard to conceive that
such young boys are mixed up In
crime as soFdid az this. Surely
they cannot be as bad as they
sound. They have never been in
trouble before"
BOYS SEE FATHER
Clink said he would conduct a
hearing next week. He also indi-
Gated that Glen. who has confessed
he killed the Kelly boy would be
examined by a psychiatrist al the
Traverse City Mental Hospital be-
fore he pronounees sentence. The
younger brother may also be ex-
amined, he said.
Tears streamed down the face Of
Glen Edwin Brough as he con-
fronted his sons for the first time
since their disappearance Sunday
afternoon. The reunion was brief
Glen Arthur clasped his fathers
shoulders and said he was sorry il
happened. Benny merely cried.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26
HARVESTER PLANT QUIET

CHICAGO, March 26.-dNS1-
For the third successive day a
huge force of policemen patrolled
outside the giant Mccormick
works of the International Har-
vester Company today, ready to
quell any attempt to interfere
with workers entering the fac
tory.
Today's police turnout at the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-26
The Weather

Ths sun will set at $50 p. n. today.
anc rise tomorrow al ss1a =. n
The Moon uiil set today At s.aT p m,
ana rise tomorrow ct $40 a. m.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
CORN ACREAGE
ALLOTMENTS
Farmers Who Plant Excess
Acreage Subject to Pay
ment Deductions
LOANS ON NEW CORN

Farmers who plant corn in ex-
cess of their 1912 acreage allot-
ment, or Is acres on non-corn al
lotment farms, will be subject to
deductions from their agricultural
conservation and parity payments,
according to Laurence E. Cain,
member of the state agricultural
conservation committee, who at
tended a recent conference in Bal
timore of officials of the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration.
Kent and New Castle counties in
Delaware and ten counties in Mary
land have geen designated as COM
mercial corn producing counties in
this section of the United States,
and farmers who plant excess corn
next spring will be subject also to
marketing quota penalties in the
event corn marketing quotas are
voted upon and approved. The fact
that the estimated 1912 carry-over
supply of corn in this country will
be approximately 558 million BUSH
els may determine whether corn
marketing quotas will become eff
Continued on Page Fve)
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
HOSPITAL GETS RADIUM
Salisbury Peninsula General Gets
Supply of Radium

A deposit of radium, the first
ever used on the lower shore, will
be brought to the Peninsula Cen
eral Hospital, Salisbury, Md, for
the treatment of cases. Hereto
fore patients had to be sent to Bal
timore or elsewhere for such treat
ments, it was announced at a meet
ing of the Junior Board of the hos
pital. Brady ]. Dayton, superin-
tendent of the hospital, said the
purchase of a quantity of radium
had been authorized by the hospital
board and would be delivered with
in two weeks. Radium requires
special handling and storage, he
said, and the necessary equipment
was being bought by the Junior
Board. This includes a lead safe,
lead containers and general equip
ment for the handling of the metal.
The total cost of the equipment
amounts to S128. Mr.. Dayton also
said the hospital will have train
ed radiologist on duty to give the
treatments for cancers, tumors,
and skin diseases.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
UNIT
INSTALL HEADS
David C. Harrison Post, Leg
ion Auxiliary, Hold install
latiOn Services
COMMITTEES NAMED

The installation of the newly
elected officers of the David G.
Harrison Unit, No. IA, American
Legion Auxiliary was held on Mon
day evening, November 10th, at the
home of Mrs. Creadick Ennis. Af-
ter the regular business meeting,
Mrs. F. Allyn Cooch, Department
President, assisted by Mrs. John
Fader, Department Secretary and
Mrs. Paul D. Lovett, Department
Treasurer, installed the following
officers: President, Mrs. Davis H.
Bell; vice-president, Mrs. Creadick
Ennis; recording secretary, Mrs.
Roland Deamer; corresponding Sec
etary, and treasurer, Mrs. Grant
Garis; chaplain, Miss Agnes Wick;
historian, Mrs. Clark Knots; SER
geant-at-arms, Mrs. Harry Turner.
Mrs. Bell then took charge of the
meeting and announced her COM
mittees for the ensuing year as fol-
lows: Pan-American, National De-
fense and Americanism, Mrs.
George R. Miller; Child Welfare
and Rehabilitation, Mrs. VIOLA
Vogel; Community Service, Miss
Agnes Wick; Constitution and BY
Laws, Mrs. Clark Knots, Mrs. Lee
Deakyne and Mrs. Creadick Ennis;
Cradle Roll and Junior Activities,
Miss Caroline Staats; Emblems,
Trophies and Awards, Mrs. William
Matthews, Jr.; Emergency Volun-
teer Service and Employment, Miss
Octavia Bartlett; Finance, Mrs.
Stanley Morris; Legislation and
Poppy, Mrs. Lee Deakyne; Mem
bership, Mrs. Grant Garis; Music,
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
STATE HAS 1880
MEN IN ARMY
1875 Inducted Under Selec.
tive Service Act, 1900
National Guard
100 RESERVE OFFICERS

Approximately b,500 Delaware
men are in the nations army, ac-
cording to estimates made recent
ly by state military officials. Larg-
est single group are the 1875 men
inducted into the army through the
sselective service system. Next are
the approximately 1900 Delaware
national guardsmen who went into
federal service with the 198th
Coast Artillery and approximately
400 with the 261 Coast Artillery,
Brig. Gen. Paul r. Rinard, the ad-
jutant general, estimated. An un-
disclosed number of Delawareans
are among the hundreds of men
discharged from the 19Sth in re-
cent months, however. Delaware
men who have enlisted in the army
since the beginning of 1889, and
are still serving, total 935, Capt.
Charles F. Schell, assistant recruit
ing officer said. Enlistments up to
November 1 this year amount to
365, while 440 were recruited in
1910 and 130 in 1889. Enlistnents
were for three-year period. In
addition to these, there are approx
imately 100 Delaware reserve offic-
ers now on active duty. The grand
total, 4,610, does not take into ac-
count those discharged nor those
serving in other branches of the
armed forces.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
100000 IMPROVEMENTS MADE
w. G. 1. Building at Dover To Be
Renovated and Equipped

Improvements to cost 100000
were approved at meeting of the
board of trustees of the new junior
college to be opened next Septem-
ber in the former Wesley Collegiate
Institute building at Dover. FL
wood F. Nelson, Wilmington attor-
ney and prominent Methodist
layman, was named chairman of
the board, succeeding the Rev. DR..
Walter e. Gunby, former Whining
ton District superintendent. DR..
Gunby, in resigning, said he felt
that he did not have time to give
proper attention to college duties.
The program will include complete
renovation and re-equipping of the
building, including new furniture
and equipment for the dormitories,
kitchen, dining room, laboratories,
classrooms, and a 5,000-volume ref
erence library. In addition the
heating and lighting systems will
be modernized, lounges construct
ed, and new Colonial-type entrances
for students will be built. The
board also authorized a complete
home economics department and
purchase of three new pianos. The
official name for the college will be
selected at a meeting on December
1st.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
POSSE HUNT FOR
ESCAPED MAN
Prisoner of Kent County Jail
Walks Off Attix Farm at
KentOn; Search Woods
STILL AT LARGE

A man hunt in the woods near
Kenton has been conducted for the
past three days by a posse of men,
searching for an escaped prisoner
of the Kent County Jail. James
Arthur Martin James, the prisoner,
was working on the farm of Ed
ward Attix, near Kenton, on Mon
day. He walked off from his work,
and is still at large, although the
posse, composed of Sheriff Norris
G. Adams, police, and jail guards,
beat through heavily wooded sec
tions on the possibility that the es-
capped prisoner was in hiding there.
He has apparently taken refuge
elsewhere, police say, since no trace
of him in the section of Mr.. Attix' S
farm has been found. State police
of Station and Jail officials de-
scribed him as 26-year-old Negro,
146 pounds, and five feet six and
half inches tall. He wore blue
denim overalls and a dark cap of
civilian style. He has an abscess
scar on his right cheek. When ar
rested, he gave his address as 169
West Seventh Street, Wilmington.
James was serving two-year sent
ence for attempted robbery. In
connection with the attempted
holdup, his wife, Frances, also is a
prisoner in the Jail at Dover. The
man was classified as a trusty for
outside work.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
PREDICT BIG CROP OF HOLLY
Leaves Perfectly Pointed With
Abundance of Red Berries

A big crop of holly with good
prices is predicted this season for
the lower peninsula. This Christ
mas crop usually yields farmers
and wreath makers about a half
million dollars annually. Perfectly
pointed green leaves with an
abundance of red berries caused
District Forester Joseph T. Roth
rock to give last minute instruc-
tions to woodland owners how to
make the most of their crop and
still protect their trees for future
years. The forestry office will ham
die orders up to December Is, and
as in previous years act as clear
ing house for the growers. The
holly will be packed and shipped
from this Office and the owners
paid by the office. Under this
plan, all holly handled through this
Office" Mr.. Rothrock said, must
pass our inspection because it must
be up to a standard" Before cut
ting the holly for market, the har-
vester is instructed to cut the
sprays according to the forestry de-
partment regulations so the trees
will not be left denuded and unfit
for future crops.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
SMYRNA GRANGE MEETING
Corn Show Held; E. Il. Heinold
One of Winners

A report on the Pomona Grange
of which James R. Fleming was
overseer, was given at the
of the Smyrna Grange
last week. The report was given
by Mrs. Howard Deakyne. A Har-
vest Bingo Party will be held on
27. After the meeting
a corn show was held at which
many fine ears of corn were dis
played. Corn grown by Ed. Weav-
er of Greensboro, Md, and display
ed by E. T. Heinold was judged
best in the Hybrid class. Corn
grown and displayed by Marten
Moffitt was judged best in the
home grown class. Next weeks
meeting will be in charge of Alice
Corrie. The meeting tonight will
be devoted to the local chapter of
American Red Cross.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
TUBERCULOSIS
DRIVE NOV. "a
Lighthouse to Be Theme of
Drive This Year; Sym
bolic of Safety
FINANCE ACTIVITIES

The lighthouse as a symbol of
tuberculosis work, spreading light,
leading the way to safety, is to be
the pictorial theme of the 1941 Tu-
berculosis Christmas Seals which
the Delaware -Tuberculosi So
ciety will place on sale throughout
the state on November "a. The
thirty-fifth Seal Sale will be under
the personal direction of Miss EN-
lily P. Bissell, originator of the first
Christmas Seal in 1917 and presi-
dent of the Delaware Anti-Tuber
culosis Society, and G. Taggart
Evans, executive secretary. The
funds obtained will be used to fl
nance the anti-tuberculosis activ-
tiles of the society next year. For
20 years the society has maintain
ed Sunnybrook Cottage, Delaware's
only tuberculosis preventorium for
children who have been living in
contact whit tuberculosis. Other
activities financed by the annual
Christmas Seal Sale include nurs-
ing service for INDECENT patients
unable to go to a sanatorium; a
year-round health educational pro-
gram in the schools and for adult
groups, and tuberculin testing and
X-rays of children and adults for
the early diagnosis of tuberculosis.
The entire board membership of
the society will assist Miss Bissell
and Mr.. Evans in the campaign.
In Kent County
George w. Ayars, Elmer E. Ben
son, DR.. Edwin Cameron, George
Ehinger, Mrs. Arthur A. Hearn,
Charles Leland Harmonson, DR.. H.
". Holloway, DR.. William Marshall,
Jr., Mrs William Marshall, Jr., DR..
Joseph S. McDaniels, Mrs. G.. F.
NAPLES.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
16 ENTERED IN
BABY CONTEST
Entries Still Open; Free
Photos Taken Today; .'Baby
Coupons" by Il Merchants
$3.50 GIVEN IN PRIZES

The first week of the Popular
Baby Contest finds today sixteen
babies contesting, and over twenty
merchants in this area cooperating
with The Smyrna Times. The Pop
ular Baby Contest is a competition
for babies under the age of six
years, and any baby within the
trade area of Smyrna is eligible.
Cash prizes will amount to $3.50.
The first award is $125 in cash, and
a silver loving cup, engraved with
the baby's name. The baby having
the most votes will be the winner,
and there are six other prizes given
to the contestants with the next
highest number of votes to their
credit. Parent, relatives, neigh
bors and friends may help collect
coupon votes or subscription votes
for their favorite baby. Each time
a fifty cent purchase is made at
any of the cooperating stores, a
coupon representing 500 votes will
be given to the purchaser. These
coupons can be voted in favor of
any baby in the contest or one
about to be entered.
Pictures Taken Free Today
Pictures of the baby contestants
will be published each week in The
Smyrna Times. If the parents have
photo of their baby, it should ac-
company the entry blank. If no
photograph of the contestant is
available, a photographer for this
purpose will be at the Colonial
Hotel today Thursday between
10 a. m. and 3 p. m. No charge
will be made for this picture, and
photo-engraving is presented to
each contestant at the end of the
contest. A ballot box, at the con-
test headquarters in the Smyrna
Times Office, is the place to deposit
all "baby coupons" and subscrip-
tionS.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
FILM AT ROTARY MEETING
Need of Food for Children Discuss
ed; Cost and Diet

Harry Waiting of Philadelphia.
a special representative of the Sur
plus Marketing Administration
spoke at the meeting of the Smyr-
ma Rotary Club recently and dis
cussed a motion picture, "All Chill
dren Must Eat" The film showed
the needs of children to maintain
condition for study and
work. He asserted that the aver
age cost of food ranges from 81 to
SO per week per person and said
that 100000 American school
children are not getting an ade-
quate diet. The condition of un-
derprivileged children all over the
country was shown as well as the
measures taken by the administra-
tion in the use of surplus market
ing foods to make healthier chill
dren. George o. Fearon, chairman
of the program, and business ad-
ministrator of the State Welfare
Commission, gave figures showing
that over 1000 children are being
cared for in the State in public
schools with food from surplus
goods. George w. Wright, assist
ant superintendent of Smyrna
schools, explained the system now
used in the Smyrna schools under
the cafeteria system. Harvey c.
Jones, presided. Visitors were Rus
sell Wilson, Dover, and Wilson
Price, Middletown, and guests in
cluded Harold A. Donnelley, direc-
tor of commodities, and M. R. Mag
nusco of the Surplus Marketing
Administration.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
Is YOUNG BOYS
FINED OVER S15O
Tried Before Magistrate For
Beating Lee Slaughter;
Crowd Packs Room
HAD WRONG YOUNG MAN

Fines and costs amounting to
over $3.50 were paid by tenN Cam
den-Wyoming boys last Friday
night, when they were tried before
Magistrate Edgar Frazier for at
tacking Lee Slaughter, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Slaughter, Smyrna.
A record crowd packed the Magis-
trates rooms and the sidewalk out
side, and according to Mr.. Frazier,
more interest was shown in this
case than any other since he has
been in the magistrates soffice.
Eleven witnesses were called to
testify that Is Camden-Wyoming
boys Jumped" Lee Slaughter out
side of Snaps Soda Shop on No
vember 4th, and that one of the
boys, John Cook, 21, proceeded to
beat Lee with his fists, and upon
throwing him to the ground, kick
ed him. Jealousy over a Caesar
Rodney high school girl is said to
have prompted the attack, but
Slaughter denied any acquaintance
with the girl. Members of the
gang admitted later that they
had the wrong boy" Slaughter
was badly cut and bruised, and
knocked unconscious just before
the boys departed in haste, witness
es say. Of the fifteen boys arrested
ten were fined, and five, being un-
der IT, were held for Juvenile
Court. Chief John w. Jacobs an
nounced yesterday, however, that
charges on these five would be drop
ped. All plead guilty except Cook.
Following are the list of boys and
the fines they paid: John Cook, as
sault and battery, $40 and costs.
Aubrey Berry, disorderly conduct,
So and costs; Howard Killen, dis
orderly conduct, S. and costs; Will
liam Muncey, disorderly conduct,
$5 and cost; William Faulkner, dis
orderly conduct,S5 and costs; Char
les Carter, disorderly conduct, So
and costs; Albert Dagger, disorder
ly conduct, So and costs; Wesley
King, disorderly conduct, S5 and
costs; Joseph King, disorderly con-
duct, So and costs; Donald Bigelow,
disorderly conduct, So and costs.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
ASBURY METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. DR.. j. w. Colona, Pastor, An.
nounces Services For the Week

The services at Asbury Method
ist Church next Sunday, November
18th will be as follows: the Church
School will convene promptly at 10
o'clock with Mr.. H. c. Jones, Su-
perintendent, in charge; the morn
ing worship service and sermon at
IL; the M. Y. F. services at $50
p. M; the evening worship services
and sermon at 7.30. The Willing
Workers Bible Glass and the Mems
Bible Glass will hold a covered dish
supper together this evening
Thursday, November 18th, at $50
o'clock. All members of both
classes are urged to bring their
wives and husbands whether mem
bers of the classes or not. Prayer
service Wednesday evening at 7.30.
The Woman's Society of Christian
Service will meet next Tuesday
evening, November 1.th, at 7.30
O'Clock. This is the monthly meet
ing.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
SHORT WAVE RADIO INSTALLED
IN SMYRNA POLICE CAR TODAY

A short-wave radio is being in
stalled in the Smyrna Police Car,
town council announced yesterday,
and will be in working order to-
morrow. Costing between $3.50 and
$500, the one-way receiving set will
make it possible for Smyrna resi-
dents to contact the town police,
particularly during the night, coun-
Gil said. Supt. Norman Purnell, of
the Dover, State Police, has agreed
for that station to relay messages
from the Dover headquarters to the
Smyrna Police Car, council reveal
ed. Chief John w. Jacobs gave
the following instructions for
reaching the town police. First,
call Smyrna 4571, and if no answer
is received, call Dover 1926, which
is the State Police Station. When
the officer at Dover answers, ask
for the Smyrna Police Car to re-
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
APPEAL TO TRUCK OWNERS
e. V. Keith Asks for Immediate
Execution of QuestiOnnaires

Execution of QuestiOnnaires
Mr.. Ernest V. Keith, Executive
Secretary and General Counsel for
the Delaware Motor Truck Asso-
citation appealed today to truck and
bus owners for the immediate ex-
ecution and filing of the question
naires which have been released by
Delaware's Motor Vehicle Commits
sioner, George S. Wiiams, through
cooperation with the War Depart
ment. Mr.. Keith in his appeal urg-
ed the industry to cooperate with
Mr.. Williams and the War Depart
ment in this amicable method of
acquiring necessary and vitally i'm
portant transportation information
rather than force Congress to take
legislative action which would
make the filling out of the ques-
tionnaires, etc. mandatory. Mr..
Keith further reiterated the fact
that the personnel staff of the Del
aware Motor Truck Association,
which has its offices in the Keith
BBuilding in Dover, would be only
too glad to assist anyone in con-
nection with the making out of
said returns, the important factor
being the completion of the inven-
tory.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
AWARD HOMEMAKERS PRIZE
Kent County Home Production
Contest Winners Announced


Winners of the Kent County
Homemakers Home Production
Contest were announced Wednes-
day during the homemakers tour.
The awards were made by Mrs.
Duane Lynne, president of the
Kent County Advisory Council, at
the tour luncheon. Mrs. Ernest
Lockwood of the Hazlettsville Club
was awarded first prize; Mrs. Wal
ter Dill of the Wildwood Club sec
ond place, and third honors went
to Mrs. Charles Truitt of the An
idreWville Club, and honorable men
toned was Mrs. Thomas Short of
the st. Jones Club. The contest
conducted by the Extension Service
of the University of Delaware was
to encourage farm families to pro-
duce as great percentage of their
food needs on their own farm. The
awards were based on the percent
age of food grown, records that had
been kept of food purchased and
produced at home, improvement in
family food habits and storage
space. Judges of the contest were:
Mrs. Duane Lynne, Miss Susan Hill
of the Farm Security Bureau, and
Mr.. Russell Wilson, County Agent.
The homes of the winners and
other contestants were visited on
the all-day tour Wednesday. The
group stopped at noon at the Cap
ital Grange for a box lunch. Coffee
was served by Mrs. George Craig,
Mrs. Frank Mckee. An exhibit of
homemade inexpensive Christmas
gift suggestions was shown during
the lunch hour by Miss Florence L..
Yetter, Kent county home demon
stration agent. Miss Louise Whit
comb, home management specialist,
and iss Pearl Macdonald, nutrition
specialist of the University of Del
aware Extension Service accom-
panied the group on the tour.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13

port to the address or location
where it is needed. In less than
two minutes, Chief Jacobs stated,
the police car will be on its way.
The officer on duty will remain in
or near the car throughout the
night, he said. Council also report
ed that arrangements for short
wave receiving set for the police
station at Town Hall is being ar
ranged. Police would then pick up
their calls either in the car or at
the station here. This Office set
will not be installed Immediately,
but can be expected soon, council
said. Plans for this means of add
ed police protection for this town
have been in process over a year,
the hold-up being caused by the
change recently made in the Della
ware State Police short wave sys-
tenn.
Smyrna times., 1941-11-13
JERMAN CHAPEL SERVICES
Rev. L. f. Uhlendroff, Pastor, An
nOumces Services for the Week

Jerman Chapel, Rev. L. F. Uhlen-
dorff, pastor, announces the servic-
es for the week: Wednesday night,
prayer meeting at s o'clock; Sum-
day School on Sunday at 2 o'clock,
followed by preaching at o'clock;
Z o'clock, Young Peoples meeting;
7.30, song and evangelistic service;
prea ching by the pastor.