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Smyrna times., 1941-10-16
MEDICAL UNIT
TO AID DRAFT
State Medical Society Urged
to Start Rehabilitation
of Rejected Men
100000 DEFERRED

Rehabilitation of men rejected by
the army in draft medical examina-
tions should be the medical profess
sion's "'first order of business" Col.
Leonard G. Rowntree, chief of the
medical division of the selective
service system, told members of the
Medical Society of Delaware at the
banquet in the Hotel Dupont which
closed the society's 152nd annual
meeting. A total of 100000 men
approximately half of those who
have been examined-have been
deferred, Colonel Rowntree said.
Most of the men," he asserted,
''have a hidden illness of a minor
nature, but it is a detriment to
them now and definite threat to
their future health. These defects
should be, they must be, and they
will be corrected"
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16

PERSONALS

Superintendent Tyndal was in
Smyrna Friday to examine our
public schools. He reports them in
first class condition.
Wesley Webb, president of the
Colored College, that is to be near
Dover, addressed the colored cit
izens of the town, at Centennial
Hall, on Thursday evening, on the
advantage of attending that insti-
tuition.
Eugene Shugart and wife (Miss
Belle Wood, formerly of this place }
moved from Philadelphia to Port
land, Oregon, last week, their flu
ture home.
Harry Tschudy left on Tuesday
for the Hyatt Military Academy
Chester, Pa.
T. ]. Armitage, one of our young
clerks, has secured a position in the
railroad office of Broad Street Sta
ton, Philadelphia.
Mrs. Jane A. Pittman. who has
been spending the past two months
with her brother here, returned to
Boston on Saturday.
Continued on Pase Eiaht)
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16
START
FALL FLOWING
Work in Fields Begins After
Rainfall Friday; Precipita-
tiOn .93 of An Inch
SAVE GRASS SEED

The rainfall Friday was heavy
enough to permit farmers through
out the state to start their fall
plowing at once and will greatly
benefit the grass seed already
planted, Kenneth w. Baker of the
University of Delaware Agricultur-
al Extension Service said. Farm
ers ordinarily have completed all
fall plowing by this time, but very
little-if any-has been done this
year because the ground has been
baked too hard for the plow, he
said. Farmers, therefore, will be
starting their plowing at time
that they generally are starting to
sow winter grain, but they are
generally jubilant that they can at
last start the blowing. The ground
could have stood a 24-hour steady
rainfall, Mr.. Baker said, but the
approximately one inch that fell
will give considerable relief to the
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16

drought situation. He said a tour
of the state revealed that the rain
fall was general. The farmers also
are greatly relieved because the
rainfall will save most of the grass
seed which was planted more than
month ago, but which because of
the drought has for the most part
not yet started growing. These
grass crops, mostly of clover, ,vetch,
and rye grass, are planted each
year to protect the land from wind
erosion during the winter. SO long
as there is foliage on the ground
the soil resists high winds. With
out the foliage farmers would lose
great quantities of fertile top soil.
UP until the rain it looked as if
Delaware farmers would face a Sc
we're loss, Mr.. Baker said. To rural
firemen and forest fire wardens the
rain came as long awaited ally in
their fight against the dozens of
grass and forest fires which were
holding the upper hand during the
past week. w. Compton Wills,
chief engineer of the Water De-
partment, said that although the
rain was a step in the right direc-
ton, much more is needed before
water sheds, creeks, and wells are
fully replenished. He emphasized,
however, that there is a plentiful
supply for Wilmington in the
Hopes Reservoir. Fridays rain
fall measured .93 of an inch. Only
43 of an inch fell during the entire
month of September.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16

Delaware farmers received an
estimated S125,824 of the total of
S205, 1874 ,629 benefit parity pay
ments made under the 1941 farm
program, the Agriculture Depart
ment announced Wednesday. Dis
tribution of Delaware payments by
counties: Kent, $50, ,555.13; New
359.36. Obligations for farm pay
ments not certified, totaled 2S6.80.
New Jersey farmers received an es-
timated S26,726.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16

sacrifice in this period of grave re-
sponsibility" and thanked the men,
bers of the medical profession for
the support he has received from
them since he became a state Of
fetal.
James Lauds Doctors
Mayor Albert w. James lauded
the physicians for "the Trojan eff
fort" they are putting into the ma
tional defense effort and for the
part they are playing in the work
of the State Defense Council and
civic defense program. DR.. William
Marshall, Jr., of Milford, newly
elected president of the society was
introduced by DR.. Washburn. 9th
ers who were presented included
Gen. William Berl, Jr., director of
selective service; Paul c. Tigue,
president of the Pharmaceutical
Society; DR.. A. Goberman and DR..
j. Paul Wintrup of the Delaware
State Dental Society; Mrs.H. Buck
master, president of the Women's
Auxiliary to the Medical Society;
DR.. William H. Speer, chairman of
the military preparedness commit
tee of the American Medical So
ciety and of the medical division
of the State Defense Council, and
others. DR.. Emil R. Mayerberg,
retiring president, opened the meet
ing by introducing DR.. Washburn.
The Rev. John Herrick Darling,
pastor of Hanover Presbyterian
CONTINUED on Page five)
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF OCT. 14TH, 1891

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16
Cooperation Needed

Paul V. McNutt is in charge of
the government program of reha-
bilitation, Colonel Bowntree said,
and he needs the help and support
of every doctor. Comparing the
situation now with that during the
World War, Colonel Rowntree said
then only rs per cent of draft reg
istrants were rejected, "but this
does not mean that the men of to-
day are not as healthy as those of
1917 and 1918. The standards used
in World War days were different
from those in use today, but most
important of all, the need for men
then was much greater than it is
today" He asserted that proof of
the good work being done by Sc
lective service examiners is found
in the fact that few draftees are
discharged for disability after be-
ing selected for service.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16
One in Two Rejected

The fact that one out of every
two men examined has been re-
jected presents an alarming situa-
tion, Colonel Bowntree declared,
but "this is the greatest opportun-
ity the medical profession has ever
had to give and to serve" Correc-
tive work, the speaker recommend
ed, should be carried out through
the ordinary doctor-patient rela-
tion, but no person can be compell-
ed to take any treatment. Expert
ments are now being carried on, he
revealed, to determine the percent
age of rejected registrants whose
age of rejected registrants whose
ills are remediable, the cost of
treatment, the number of men who
can afford such treatment, and the
percentage of men who will agree
to accept rehabilitation with the
understanding that once cured they
will go into the army.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16

-AAA Safety Features
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16

RAYMOND c. NATTER, vice
~ president of Scott Paper CON-
pany, Chester, Pa, is named presi-
dent of Scott's wholly-owned SUBJ
sidiary, the Marinette Paper
Company of Marinette, Wis, which
viii operate mills and manufacturing
facilities recently acquired at Marin-
ette and at Glens Falls, N. Y. Scott
Paper purchased the properties from
International Paper Company and
certain subsidiaries. Sales of prod
ucts manufactured by the Marinette
and Glens Falls plants total approxi-
mately S5.000.000 annually.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16
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
imals dying from a contagious dis
ease will be removed.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16
NShtWsbty Pedestrian Varies with Amount of White Showing

SHOW WHITE AT NIGHT: Every pedestrian protection
campaign should pedestrians that it is extremely
difficult for drivers to them night Distances shown
from Massachusetts study and refer unghted
darksuraced highway. The shorter distance is where
driver is facing garng lights Every walker night
should carry something white.
--AAA Safetu Features
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16

The following officers of the w
C. T. u. have been elected for the
following year: President, Mrs.
Kate E. Smithers; Vice-presidents,
Mrs. Rebecca E. Hough, Mrs. Caro-
line Williams, Mrs. Emma Hall;
Recording Secretary, Mrs. Eva
Riggs; Corresponding Secretary,
Miss Elizabeth Smithers; Treasur-
er, Mrs. Maggie Roe.
The Annual Preachers Meeting
of the Dover District Delaware An
nual Conference, will be held in
Centennial M. E. Church this town,
on November 10th, 11th, and 18th.
Mrs. George D. Collins has two Wig
orous Datura plants that have just
passed out of bloom. They each
had about 100 blooms and were
both beautiful and fragrant.
Our coal dealers are busy now
supplying customers with their
winters coal and all their teams
are required to fill the orders. For
those who are fortunate enough to
have the means to lay in their win
ter's coal, now is the time to do so,
as much is saved by the operation.
both in price and weight, owing to
snow and ice that mingle with the
coal during the winter months.
Terrence Carvin, proprietor of
the hotel at Leipsic, met with a
severe accident while driving on
Main Street on Friday night. He
attempted to pass a team just
ahead and in doing so, it being
dark, he ran into hitching post,
dashing him out into the dirt. In
falling he came into contact with
the curb stone, breaking his nose,
and soaring him up otherwise.
The heavy north east storm that
set in Sunday evening and prevail
ed throughout Monday and part of
Tuesday was very heavy on the
coast. Three schooners were wash
ed ashore at Woodland Beach, and
another would have been but for
timely tug that had been tele-
graphed for. The United States
Steamer Despatch, that is used by
the presidents at Washington, was
wrecked off Asseateague Island
above Cape Charles.
Madam Fry's Concert Company
will give an entertainment in the
Opera House on Wednesday night
of next week. Mrs. Fry and
daughters need no introduction to
a Smyrna audience, they have been
here two or three times before, and
are always appreciated because
they are up to what they promise.
They are accompanied by Profess
sor Currie, humorous and dra-
matte reader. They come under
the auspices of the Citizens Hose
Company who need money I'd lay
in coal, etc., for the coming winter.
The Town Commissioners adver-
tised the last of the week for seal
ed proposals for heating the Public
School building, looking towards
the introduction of steam, the time
for the proposals to close is tomor-
row. 1t is matter that should
have been attended to shortly after
the schools convened, but this it
not the way of doing public school
business and some of the depart
ments may suffer in consequence.
Monday was lost day for the inn
possibility of getting the room suf-
ficiently warm, and if such is the
case the first part of October, what
may not be expected as the season
advances. AS this room comprises
the most advanced pupils, it should
be seen to that they lose not an
hour through any fault of the Com
missioners.
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16
Delaware Pioneering Praised

Colonel Rowntree praised Della
ware for pioneering in the use OF
x-ray examinations for tuberculos-
is in registrants, and predicted rad
ical changes in the medical exam
ination system after January l. He
praised DR.. Victory d. Washburn,
head of the selective service med
ical division here, and gave gener-
al commendation to the physicians
of Delaware for their draft work.
IDr. Washburn, who was toastmas-
ter, said that one-third of the mem
bership of the medical society and
20 per cent of the members of the
dental profession have been active
ly engaged in selective service ex-
aminations. More than 5000 men
have been examined in Delaware,
he said, and of this number 1,7OO
men have been inducted into the
service and 200 more are ready for
induction. Lieut.-Gov. I. j. Mac
Collum, q member of the society,
called for willing and unflinching
Smyrna times., 1941-10-16

ACCIDENT RESULTS IN DEATH
The 13 year old daughter of
Postmaster Anderson of Rising Sun
met with terrible accident Satur-
day night that resulted in her death
on Sunday. Mrs. Anderson and the
children were preparing to spend
the evening playing some games
and she went to a room adjoining
the sitting room with a glass lamp
after one of the games. A cup
board was opened to get the game,
when heavy bell fell out striking
and breaking the fountain of the
lamp. The terrified woman's
clothing was saturated with oil and
ignited. She screamed and the lit
tie girl ran to her mother and her
clothing also took fire. The child
ran into the street. and started for
her fathers store which is not far
distant. Mr.. Anderson heard the
childs screams and ran outside
when he met his burning daughter
but too late to save her from the
flames. She fingered until Sunday
at noon, when death ended her suf-
fering. Mrs. Anderson's clothing
was extinguished before any dam
age could be done.
Evening star., 1941-05-04
so Nurses Attend
Week-En Reunion

Fifty registered nurses returned to
Children's Hospital this week end
for the annual reunion of the hos
pitfalls postgraduate school
All OF them had come to the hos
pital for six months experience in
children's nursing since the post
graduate course was established in
1884. Their work now varies from
Evening star., 1941-05-04

to DR.. Orr. She was a member of
the st. James Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Orr is survived by five daugh-
ters, Mrs. Thomson and Mrs. Ray
mond E. Lee, jr, of Houston; Mrs.
John D. Moore, jr., Alexandria; Mrs.
Edward B. Lee, White Post, Va, and
Mrs. William P. Bodmer, Leesburg,
and one son, William Alden Orr,
Leesburg.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Monday from st. James
Church, conducted by the Rev. G..
Evening star., 1941-05-04

North Rock estate of Sterling
Ewald, near Warrenton, recently.
The property is known locally as
the old Edmonds farm. The owners
were the niece and nephew of Miss
Addie Blackwell, deceased.
Evening star., 1941-05-04
Leesburg Physicians
Widow Dies in Texas

LEESBURG, Va, May 3 (SpeciaD
Mrs. Mary Page Orr, so, widow of
DR.. w. C. Orr, died Thursday in
Houston, Tex, after a short illness.
She was visiting her daughter, Mrs.
William S. Thomson.
Mrs. Orr was born in Petersburg,
Va, and come to Leesburg about
35 years ago following her marriage
Evening star., 1941-05-04

school nursing to experimenting
pediatric wards in hospitals.
Today they will attend a special
clinic in the hospital arranged by
DR., Joseph Wall, chief of staff, and
tonight will be guests at buffet
supper given at the hospital by Miss
Matte Gibson, hospital superintend-
ent.
During their reunion they also
have attended reception at the
home Of Mrs. Earl Riley, president
of Children'S Hospital Post Grad
Evening star., 1941-05-04
D. c. Couple Purchase
Second Virginia Estate

WARRENTON, Va, May 8 (Spe-
ciaD Oak Spring Farm, contain
ing about 260 acres, has been sold
to Mr.. and Mrs. Francis D. Thomas
of Washington. who bought the
Evening star., 1941-05-04

Lord Nelson, England's great naval
hero, won the battle of Copenhagen,
second of his three great victories,
while acting against orders to stop
fighting.
Evening star., 1941-05-04

uate Association, breakfasted as
guests of the hospital and made
sightseeing trip around the chill
drens institution to view new equip
ment.
Evening star., 1941-05-04

Peyton Craighill. Burial will be in
the Leesburg Union Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-05-04
Mrs. AspinwoII Sponsor
For DESTROYER Foote

Mrs. j. c. Aspinwall of Virginia
Beach, Va, has been designated as
sponsor for the new destroyer Foote,
Evening star., 1941-05-04

named in honor of her grandfather,
the late Rear Admiral Andrew H.
Foote, the Navy Department an
nounced yesterday.
Misses Alice and Frances Anthony
of Penn Van, N. Y, will serve as
joint sponsors of the destroyer An
thony, named in honor of their
grandfather, the late Sergt. Mai.
William Anthony, Marine Corps.
Russia shipped 100000 tons of
wheat to Greece last wear.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12
Held on Larceny,
Speeding Charges

Green was held on petty
larceny and speeding charge
until the license plates of the
car were checked
This check revealed that they
had been issued TO a Wesley D.
Amott, Cmployc of the United
States reSettlement admlnistra-
tion az Birmingham
Chief of Police T.. l.. llOlmmS
of that city was asked 10 take
jurisdiction. and his first step
was 10 contact the local Offices
OF tHC TCSTttfemcnt bureau
where he learned that Amott
had been assigned on the prev
iouS morning 10 make an in
veStigation at Montgomery.
Amott, 34-year-old native Of
Salt Lake City and a bachelor,
made his home with a private
family I'M Birmingham where he
had not been seen since leaving
for work the previous day.
Everything the chief learned
about the man life his habits
and his occupation. showed him
90 be- OF excellent character,
and of q quiet StudIOus nature.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12
HHHfated Body
Found by VuItureS

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12
Asks If That Bullet
{ anne From This Gun

could YOU swear that this
particular bullet was fired from
this particular gun >" Gibson
asked Parsons I'M cross eXamina-
ton
The witness glanced down at
the battered proiectile and the
pistol that lay on the exhibit
table before him; slowly he
looked back at the defense at
torncy the spectators were
tcnScly silent as the ballistics
expert replied:
YES, sir"
That answer was a mortal
blow 10 the defense who pa
raded witness after witness in
am attempt 20 build up an alibi
for Green.
On Tuesday. November 2, just
two months TO the day after
be was arrested by Patrolman
.BalloW the fate OF Frank Green
was placed in the hands Of the
jury They deliherated but five
hours and returned with the
solemn verdict
Guilt, OF murder in the first
decree p,
The following morning Judge
Glover sentenced tho convicted
man 20 litc imprisonment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12
Innocent
Speeder
A Killer

ON THE night of Sept 2, 1886,
" Motorcycle Patrolman Bal
low hurtled down a moon
drenched Alabama highway in
death-defying determination TO
arrest the reckless driver Of
Streaking, powerful coupe.
With his quiverlng indicator
lowering at 80 miles an hour,
he caught only glimpSes of a
red speck ahead.
The officer realized that the
slightest ill-luck would hurl him
into a smashed heap somewhere
along that deserted country
road and just because some
one had sped away from a filing
station without paying for a
thankful of gas back in the tiny
village of Demopolis.
But when faint cluster OF
lights appeared in the distance.
Union town, the fleeing car
slowed down on a straightaway,
braked TO a steaming stop-and
a tall scowling man stepped 10
the road with his hands in the
air.
The flying patrOlman Skidded
TO stop and forked his Seeth-
ing machine. Warily, he app
preached the man. and the eau
tion was justified, for upon
searching the speeder, he found
fully loaded .3S caliber Colt
automatic,
And so. in rustic Demopolis,
where the prisoner gave his
name as Frank T.. Green. began
the first chapter of a dramatic
investigation in which Birming-
ham detectives, state highway
and county officers and the FBI
were TO collaborate and bring
TO a sensational climax two
months later.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12
Key Lett in Car:
Just DrOUe II orr

When 10 became apparent that
The owner of the automobile was
missing, llollumS turned his at
teution TO Green. who only after
hours of questioning admitted
The theft of the car.
II picked II up In Birmingham
In front Of hotel In Twenty
first street North, between Sec
ond and Third avenues. The
ignition KEY was I'm the lOCk-so
II just stepped In and drove off"
where was Amott at the
time % asked the officer cas-
ually
How would l know? never
even heard the name before. I
took the car at about o'clock
in The morning and drove
through Jasper into Mississippi
where I went 10 Winfield, Tu-
pclo and 10 West Point.
n ate there and then drove
20 Mcriden and headed hack 90
birmingham,
ON the way hack 7 stopped
10 get some gas and the officer
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12

to what method OF training, why not
consider the suggestion of Gaylord
Hauser:
a woman should be trained like
race horse"
Never knew a man who became rich
making better mousetraps than his
neighbor, but / know of a roadside
eatery owner who has made himself
financially independent because he makes
better pea soup than anybody IN his
vicinity From a pound Of coffee
should come 40 siX-ounce cups OF coffee.
So state the experts
If your wife isn't getting 40 cups
per pound it reveals she is not making
the coffee properly and should be sent 10
cooking school =. Pay Rise Approved
is headline in New York newspaper
Which is correct, rise" or raise? The
British use rise But YOU, sir do you
say 10 your wife:
IL think I'll hit the boss for a rise:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-12

IaleT IT, 65,r WAS s,Y0 a pre-
Green's attorney lanes Glib
son. entered a plea of not guilty
for the defendant The Judge de-
creed that the defendant be held
for the grand jury.
On October 10. Frank Green
was indicted lay the grand urY
ou "a charge of first degree MUIR
der and The case was called In
Eimorc Cucull Court October
p
With an prclimjuarIeS cons
plcted the trial began The fol1
lowing morning with j "a d z G
Arthur Glover presiding
AT once Solicitor Winston
HuddleSon electrified the court
room by offering in evidence a
human skull.
He identified the macahre OK
hihu as the head Of Wesley y.
Amott. There We're stlficd eiacu-
lationS of horror and several
Womer were assisted from the
court room.
b. + Collier au undertaken S
assistant testified that lhc head
after beng removed from The
body was turned over % State
ToNicologist u. ~. Nixon for
examination
AT this point the defense. as
the prosecution had iorSeon.
vigorously claimed that the
mere finding Of Amolt-4p personal
effects the laundry mark and
other eWdcnce--did not estab-
liSh beyond a doubt that the
body was that of Amott
However. the next witness 70
take the stand was Or. Arthur
Marks. Birmingham dentist EX-
amined by the prosecution, the
doctor stated
II knew Wesley Amott both
a patient and as personal
friend. In July Of this year /
filed several teeth which I now
identity"
Nest Doctor ScWell Who-per-
formed thc autopsy testified
"a fractured skull caused
Amott> death"
But the phv ici4n admitted on
cross examination THAT death
might have been from other
causes.
Could the Skull fracture have
been caused by the deceased
having been run down by an
automobile >" the defense attor-
ney asked
Playing it's ace of trumpS. the
prosecution called 10 The stand
James T. Atkinson. assistant TO
State ToXicologist Nixon.
What did YOU find when YOU
examined the body Of Wesley
Amott ." Solicitor HuddleSt0n
asked
This" Atkinson replied A
battered bullet wa, held alofti
II found this in Amott's skull /"
the witness stated dramatically.