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Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
blue Danube" Called
Best Loved of WuIfzes

ONLY few pieces of music are
" popular from top to bottom
pieces that are favorites of the
whistling delivery boys as we'll as
of the score-reading scholar.
How many musical compositions,
asks George Marek in the August
issue of Good Housekeeping maga-
zine, can be tinkled by upright
young ladies, or set forth by full
orchestras or blared by brass
bands and still emerge unharmed?
Certainly On the Beautiful Blue
Danube is one. Wagner loved it,
and Brahms used to play it superb
ly, Marek says. Millions of people
who care nothing about music
know it. Millions have danced to
it, and it has given such fame to
the river that tourists used to
complain when they found the
Danube green or muddy, but never
blue. Over a period of years it has
been the best selling phonograph
record, and its popularity has not
waned.
Yet at its first performance
seventy-four years ago, the re-
ception it received hardly indicated
the destiny of the Blue Danube.
AS Marek explains it, it was
case of music mixed up with poll
tics. Austria was depressed when
the piece was composed because
she had suffered defeat the year
before at the hands of Prussia.
The waltz, composed by Johann
Strauss, Jr., for carnival to dis
pell the gloom, contained this lyric,
"Vienna be gay! And what for
pray!, and it may have been for
this reason that it was only ap-
plauded politely.
Three months later, however
when it was heard at the Worlds
Fair in Paris it met with frenzied
success, Marek discloses, and was
soon whistled all over the con-
tinent. America took it to its heart
too, and was successful, five years
later, in getting Strauss to come
to these shores. A tremendous
celebration was held in Boston
with a platform built to hold
twenty thousand musicians and
singers. But once it was over
Strauss himself wrote II breathed
a sigh of relief when I found my
self in fresh air again and felt the
firm ground beneath my feet"
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
FARMS DEPEND
ON HIGHWAYS
Delaware Farms Mechanized,
Depend on Roads, Cheap
Fuel and Low Taxes
FEAR ONE-FUND ACT

Delaware farms are largely
mechanical, thus enabling them to
produce in direct and successful
competition with the farmers of
other states, according to a state
ment made today by H. V. Daniel,
secretary, Associated Petroleum
Industries. of Delaware. "The trac-
tor and the stationary engine have
served to make Delaware farms
more productive but it has been the
growing ownership and operation
of motor vehicles which has en-
abled farmers to rush their pro-
ducts to profitable markets where
they meet a ready demand" Mr..
Daniel stated. UNLESS our farm
ers are able to get their perishable
products to market speedily and
with economy, the time element
would completely nullify the natur-
al productivity of our fine farm
lands. Today it may surprise many
to know that 76 per cent of our
farmers own motor cars and about
% per cent own trucks. Every
large farm owns both units of
transportation. Obviously, good
roads, cheap motor fuel and rea-
sonable taxes are most essential to
the general prosperity of state
that depends so largely on the pur-
chasing power and stability of a
substantial rural population. I'm
der these conditions it is evident
that the keen interest displayed by
the State Grange and intelligent
and interested farmers in the di-
version of motor tax revenues to
purposes other than highway i'm
provement is sincere and based on
sound economics. Farmers are
currently expressing fear that the
operation of the 'One-Fund' Act
will serve further to increase diver
sion trends that have been extreme.
The voting strength of those farm
ers who lean so heavily on motor
vehicles will undoubtedly be a
major influence in the proposed re-
peal of the 'One-Fund' Act and in
the enactment of Constitutional
Amendment which will, for all
time, eliminate non-highway use of
motor tax revenues"
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
USE UNIT
PLAN MEETINGS
Committee Discusses Import.
ant Problems and County
Extension Work
DISCUSS FARM LABOR

For the past two years land
use and rural planning committee
has been functioning in Kent coun-
ty, and during this period some
very worth while objectives have
been accomplished toward the solu-
tion of our many agricultural prob
lens, according to statement
made recently by County Agent
Russell E. Wilson, executive secre-
tary of this committee. The per-
sonnel of this land use and rural
planning committee includes twen-
ty-six rural men and women repre-
senting all agricultural interests in
the county, also the various coun-
ty, state and federal agencies who
are cooperating with the Univer-
sity of Delaware Agricultural Ex-
tension Service in the capacity of
an advisory council in planning ex-
tension programs. Meetings of
this committee are held from time
to time throughout the year to
consider important farm problems
which arise in the county, and to
further coordinate the programs of
the different agricultural agencies
designed to assist rural people in
better farm and home management
practices. At a recent meeting of
this committee, which was held in
the State Board of Agriculture
building in Dover, a review of the
progress which has been made dur
ing the past year was given by ].
E. H. Lafferty, Representative of
the Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics, United States Department
of Agriculture, for the University
of Delaware, who assisted in or
ganizing this group and in direct
ing its policies in cooperation with
the county agent. County extern
| sion programs also were discussed
with reference to how they might
best meet the needs of the county
in connection with the program for
national defense, the advisable use
of the land, the adjustment of our
crop acres, and the conservation of
our natural resources. Although
much has been accomplished by
this land use and rural planning
committee to date, there are many
essential things to do in the future
as the result of the war situation
and the changes in our entire eco
nomic system in this country. In
order to obtain cross section pic
ture of the problems throughout
the county several community
meetings are held during the win
ter and spring months, and the
problems which are presented at
these local meetings are referred
to the county land use and rural
planning committee for considera-
ton and action. Some of the prob
lens that are receiving the atten-
ton of this committee at present
are farm labor, soil drainage and
the conservation of food and all
kinds of livestock feeds as defense
activities.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
Conserve Our Water

Town Council has made an
other request for the conser-
walton of our water supply.
The continued dry spell has
depleted the town well, and
although this condition has
not reached a serious state,
council thinks it advisable to
use care and discretion in the
consumption of water. 1t
would seem a safe plan to use
only that water which is a
necessity, and to eliminate
any waste. By way of exam
pie, garden hose and sprink-
lers naturally use a lot of wat
er, and this is not an absolute
necessity. If everyone COOP
crates, there will be no danger
of a real shortage of water.
At the same time, because
of the long dry spell, special
care should be taken to elm
mate all risk of fire. Extreme
care in the burning of brush,
and the disposal of cigarettes,
and care against defective
wiring should be taken at this
time. If a good fire, either in
timberland or in a building
should get a foothold, it would
"run wild" because of the ex.
cessive dryness. And with
the water supply as low as il
is, there might not be enough
to fight a heavy fire. Care
and common sense, on the
part of persons here, will con.
serve our water and eliminate
our fire risks.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
statesmen WANTED

WANT PLEASANT OUTDOOR
WORK in business of your own ?
Good profits selling over 200 widely
advertised Rawleighh home farm
necessities. Pays better than most
occupations. Hundreds in business
5 to 20 years or more! Products
equipment on credit. No experience
needed to start-we teach you how.
Write today for full particulars.
Rawleigh's, Dept.DEI-26-145, Ches-
ter, Pennsylvania. ga st
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED

Miss Claire C. Hughes Married
August 30th TO Lieut.. c. G. Comfy
Announcement is made of the
marriage of Miss Claire Cooper
Hughes, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Hughes of Kenton, and
Lieut.. Charles Green Comfy, son of
the late Mrs. Margaret E. Comfy of
Wilmington. The wedding took
place ON August 30, at "Upham
Downs, Middletown. Lieutenant
Comfy is stationed at Fort Dix. He
and his bride will live in Whining
ton. Mrs. Comfy is a graduate Of
Smyrna High School.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
ANNOUNCE CONCERT SERIES
Nov. 28th Marks Date of First Re-
cital, With Robert Marshall, Tenor

Subscribers to the concert series
of the Dover Cooerative Concerts
Association are anticiating an in
teresting and varied program of en-
tertainment during the coming
season. Instrumental and vocal
artists will appear on the three
scheduled recitals, the first of
which will be presented at the
Capitol Theatre on November 2Sth,
with Robert Marshall, tenor, as So
loist. Succeeding concerts will be
The Kraeuter Trio of piano, violin,
and cello, on January 9th; and Mil
dred Dilling, harpist, on March
9th. Admission to the Cooperative
Concerts is by subscription ticket
only, and no tickets other than
guest tickets for subscribers out
of-town house guests, are available
after the close of the annual Mem
bership Campaign, which was con-
Quoted last spring. However, a
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18

special exception is made in the
case of persons who have gained
residence in Dover and the vicinity
since the membership campaign,
and such persons may secure tick
cts for the series at the regular
Three Dollar Membership rate, by
applying to Mrs. Emma Stewart,
Dover, the executive secretary of
the Association.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, Rec
for. Announces Services For Week

st. Peters Episcopal Church,
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, rec
tor makes the following announce
ments for the Fifteenth Sunday
after Trinity and st. Matthews
Day, 7.30 a. M, celebration of the
Holy Communion; 10 a. M, Church
School; IL a. m, morning prayer
and sermon upon the words of our
Lord to st. Matthews Follow Me-"
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
BRIDGEVHLE FLOWER SHOW
Two-Day Affair to Include Music
cal, Supper and Hobby Show

The Tenth Annual Flower Show
presented under the auspices of the
Union Methodist Church of Bridge
vile, will be held on September "a
and 25. The reports of the various
committees indicate that everyone
is working to make this years show
as successful as those in the past
have been. In addition to flower
exhibits and displays, there are
other features of the Flower Show
which are always interesting to an
increasing number of people. The
Hobby Show will include collec-
tions of old glass, relics, souvenirs,
especially many pieces that have
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18

Three out of four executives in
the steel industry started at pro-
duction jobs in the mills and work.
ed their way UP.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
WANTED
FARM FOR SALE

WANTED: Representative to look after
our magazine subscription interests in
Smyrna, Delaware and vicinity. Every
family orders subscriptions. Hundreds of
dollars are spent for them each fall and
winter in this vicinity. Instructions and
equipment free. Guaranteed lowest rates
on all periodicals, domestic and foreign.
Represent the oldest magazine agency in
the United States. Start a growing and
permanent business in whole or spare time.
Address MOORE-COTTRELL. Inc, Naples
Road, North Cohocton, New York
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
The Smyrna Times
Phone 1921 SMYRNA, DELAWARE

Published Every Thursday Morning by
e. ID. HoFFECKER, Owner and Propri-
etor.
Founded by Robert ID. Hoffecker, July s.,
1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10. 1907.
Owned and Published by Robert D. Hoffeck-
er, Jr.. from February 10, 1907 to Decem-
ber "a, 1899.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
For SALE

Full diningroom suite. Can be
seen at old Fruit Growers Bank
Building by applying to
LINDEN DOUGHTEN,
Daughters Garage,
9-4 If Boulevard, Smyrna
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18
FOR RENT

House on Mt. Vernon Street, six
rooms. All conveniences.
Apply to
GEO. w. TURNER
Phone 3781 Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18

Entered at the Post Office at Smyrna, Del
aware. as Second Class matter.
Subscription price. s1.5o per year. strictly
in advance.
Smyrna times., 1941-09-18

ADVERTISEMENTS = The Smyrna Times
is the business medium not only for the
town It represents, but for the outlying
district of which it is the center, en-
bracing the towns of Clayton. Kenton,
Cheswold, Townsend. Leipsic. &c. A rate
of so cents per inch an insertion charged
for transient advertising. Season OF
yearly display advertising rates quoted
on application. For Sale, For Rent,
Lost and Found advertisements occupy
inc one inch space or less. minimum
charge of so cents per insertion. In
memoriam articles, 10 cents per line per
Issue.
THE SMYRNA TIMES is an Independent
paper devoted to the welfare of the town
it represents and the State of which il
is a part. It also gives the items of
importance of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-21
Legal Notices

STATE OF MICHIGAN
IN the Circuit Csuss Ter the Cesnsy %
Maesmb IN Chassery
HAL c. KOON. GLORIA r. KOON, and
RAYMOND z. KOON. Plaintiffs.
vEIMA DOAN. CHARI.KS O. DOAN.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-21

CLAYTON DoAN and lgYnNA DOAM
TROPHY De1endantA
No.
AZ . soaa,oa q soi1 Court held in the
Court noom IN TIE City q Mount Glenn
ems On The 3rd day az February. le4l.
PRESENT.: Venerable Men = Reid. Cir
cult Judge.
In this cause appearing that the
whereabouts Of the defendant Charles
O. Doan are unknown. therefore
On motion OF NxALI 4 HIRT. Attor-
neys Tor plaintiff.
IT IS ORDERxD. that the defendant
Charles q. Desc enter his appearance
In said cause on OF before three months
from the date of this order and that
said order be pubiishsd according to law.
NEIL z REID.
Circuit Judge.
True Copy
FLORA T. POSNER.
Deputy Clerk.
NEALE & HINT
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Mount Clemens. Michigan.
Feb. f-i4-3l-3e Mar. 7-i%-2i-MON
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-21
MONOPOLY

MONOPOLY
oLOS ANGELES - Il was Nc.
Cormick Day In Federal court.
On motion of A. I. Mccormick.
former u. S. attorney, senior
Judge Paul ]. Mccormick ad-
Initted Pat A. Mccormick 70
practice.
Pat Is A. I. McCormick's son
and the Judges nephew.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-21
Wredking Permit
AdIon Delayed
cesNnissish Peslpeass
Vote fes Further Study

Getty commissioners asreed last
night to postpone their vote on
Q wrecking permit until the le-
gal aspects of the matter had
been examined.
Application was made by own
ers James Spier and Alfred
Thompson for the removal Of .
grey frame house at Cass and
Byron court on the grounds that
ut Is q fire hazard"
The people's voice., 1941-03-26
SAME Treatment AS
BUSINESS UNDER COAL
ACT ASKED BY C0-0PS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
of the Bituminous Coal Act to permit
consumer co-operatives OF receive the
same discounts from coal operators as
are granted dealers and farm co-opera-
tives was asked of the house ways
and means committee here by consum-
er coop representatives.
Arthur j. Smaby, general manager
of the Midland Cooperative Wholesale
at Minneapolis and Milwaukee and t.
A. Tenhune, head buyer for the Gen.
trail Cooperative Wholesale at Super
ior, Wis, told the committee that each
of their two organizations had been
deprived of $4,000 worth of coal bus
mess a year as a result of the discrim-
ination.
w. A. Hachbarth of the Ohio Farm
Bureau Cooperative Association, and
John Carson. Of the Cooperative
League of the U. S., also appeared be-
fore the committee.
The people's voice., 1941-03-26

These figures would show conclu-
sively that wages have Jagged sadly
behind profits all during 1910 The
cost of living has walked hand in hand
with profits In other words, it takes
more chips to actually buy the grub.
Now on the home front let's look at
the record. In 1889 the Anaconda
Copper Company reported net profit
|of $20,236, $500, which is not bad for
sidering government regulation and
all. On March "a, 1941, the Anaconda
Company reported a net profit for
1910 of, $35,052, $4,000. This is $14,-
S16,147.00 more profit than the A.C.M.
Co. made in 1889. No wonder the
boys could throw party or two dur
ing tn Legislature. Fourteen million
more loot! What thaa hell If you
go in for Ripley Stuff, the thirty-five
million profit made in 1910, is roughly
$71.50 from every man, woman and
child in Montana. Not a bad take
eh keed?
The Lords Prayer a la Boo Nc
Gilvery.
II do not like to make personal ref
erences but l want to say to you that
no duty has ever come to me in my
life, EVEN THAT IN THE SERVICE
OF MY COUNTRY, which has so ap-
pealed to my sense of social obliga-
tion, patriotism and love of mankind
as this, my obligation to say and to do
what | can for the preservation of
public utilities Privately Owned"
Quotation from speech made by
Wendell Willkie on January 21, 1885,
at a joint meeting of the Economic
Club, and the Harvard Business
School Club, New York City.)
Thought of the Week:
Seven Billion Dollars-that we are
about to send to Europe, would build
and endow medical and dental clinics
in all of the 48 states. Peace pays.
The people's voice., 1941-03-26
LOOKING
ABROAD

| (Written for The Peoples Voice
and released by the American Coun-
Gil of the Institute of Pacific Rela.
tions and by Federated Press. Opin.
ions are the author's.)
BY FRED ROGERS
Former Officer of Central European
Labor Union
Although the Init. Labor Organiza-
ton has a staff of only 40 at its new
home in Montreal, compared with the
500 employed at Geneva, it is already
making plans for the future in the
hope that it may play an important
part in the postwar world
The LILO. also hopes that it's loca-
tion in Canada may bring the organ
ization closed to the rank-and-file of
American labor Contact between the
LILO. and labor in this nation has
never approached the desired strength
even though an American was the last
head of the agency.
The first time the l. L. o. was
brought directly to the attention of
the American worker was at the Re-
gional American Labor Conference,
held in Havana in 1889. This was also
the first time that the u. S. govern
ment appointed CIO as well as AFL
delegates to an LILO. convention.
In general the LILO. is focused on
one major idea-that adequate labor
standards must form the basis of in
ternational cooperation. The LILO
has developed two kins of legislative
action, conventions and recommends
tions. Recommendation are used
when it is felt that binding obliga-
tions are inadvisable. Conventions,
when adopted by the labor conference
and subsequently ratified by member
states, compel the member state to
live up to their terms for IL years.
To date the LILO. record shows that
63 conventions have been passed with
total of S71 ratifications.
Employers and employees are part
ners with equal rights in every branch
of the |. l.. o. The cabinet-the ex-
ecutive board-consists of IL govern
ment representatives, six labor union
leaders and six employers.
The parliament-th annual labor
conference-is composed similarly of
three groups from every state. In
normal years this assembly musters
an attendance of well over 500, the
larger powers sending delegates of
as many as so.
Part of the function of the LILO. is
to wipe out the age-old excuses OF
employers opposed to advanced labor
legislation. One of the favorite en-
ployer arguments has been that if la
Dor conditions were improved in their
own country they would be unable to
compete in the international market
with nations whore low wages and
long hours predominate. If an inter
national labor standard is adopted,
this type of argument falls to the
ground.
John G. Winant was director of the
l. l.. o. until his recent appointment
as American ambassador to Great
Britain. 1t is he who stated a few
days after the outbreak of the Euro
pean war that in the postwar period
the LILO. might well become a place
where the problems of peace could be
thrashed out by belligerants and neu-
trails alike.
The people's voice., 1941-03-26
By MOLLY PITCHER

A most useful fellow, this Monsieur
Bullitt, late American ambassador to
the late France Just let there be
same particularly nasty dose of reac-
tion to force down the unwilling
throats of the American people; then
10 and behold Mr.. Bullitt, expert in
comparable, is rushed to the rescue.
Borrowed for the occasion from /his
favorite nightclub rendezvous, his wis
dom shines forth in speech of omin-
Gus warning. 1t was the workers and
peasants of France who betrayed that
country, this noble orator assures US.
Decent working conditions and unity
of labor undermined the strength of
France. Soft, easy living 1.-TWO meals
a day instead of one?) made the
French nation vulnerable, he thunders
And our scions of reaction gleefully
shout the message across the land,
subtley suggesting that surely the
American people will learn the lesson
and keep our country from repeating
the error of France.
After all, who should know better
than Mr.. Bullitt from whence stemmed
the downfall of France. He was there
on the spot, when it all happened. He
was the bosom companion of all the
elite and important in French society:
the statesmen" the diplomats, the
entire ruling circle of two hundred
each and every one an
a az DIM frar Of Of 70
cism, each one fascist in his own
right. Who better than Herr Bullitt
could project for budding American
fascists the viewpoint of European
fascists
The analogy between what hap
pened in France and what might hap
pen to the United States is useful, of
course, even II it is based on rotten
lie. Nothing could be more vile than
this version Of the story about the
brave men and women of France who
fought so nobly, so hard, and were
betrayed by their leaders.
1t has been whispered about that
peace between France and Germany
was completed with the consent of the
British ruling class, to avert an i'm
minent succession to power of the
French communists. 1t has also been
whispered about that pressed between
merging with either German or Brit
sh capitalism, French merchants
chose the former. To what extent
either explanation is correct, or both,
nay take. many years to learn. In
he meantime it serves a mighty use
ul purpose for hte enslavement of our
,wn workers to insist that organized |
French labor weakened France. AS |
The people's voice., 1941-03-26
By o'BoYLE

People today are thinking -inten-
sively in war torn Europe, bewild-
eredly in disturbed America. In that
thinking words are losing value and
realities thoughtfully inspected. Sure
ly, like butter comes in churning, two
opposing sets of ideas are forming
those of the right, those of the left
Personalities like Hooyer, Coughlin,
Dies, Vandenburg, Garner, Ford are
preferred by one growing group; per-
sonalities such as Wheeler, Mrs.
Roosevelt, John L. Lewis, R. M. La
Toilette Jr, are preferred by the
other. The first group attracts for
the most part the rich, those who
attend to the clerical aspects of re-