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Smyrna times., 1941-08-14
DEFENSE BOARD
MAKES REPORT
Defense Board Report Shows
Increase In Farm PrOduc-
tiOnS For the Year
EGG PRODUCTION Is UP

Efforts that Delaware farmers
are making to step up production
of dairy, pork. milk and canning
vegetable products, requested last
spring by the government as agri-
cultures part in the National De
fense Program, have been reported
to Secretary of Agriculture Claude
R. Wickard by the Delaware Agri-
cultural Defense Board. The boards
report, released by Chairman c. E.
Ocheltree. Greenwood, shows that
the $1,000 milk cows now on Del
aware farms in an increase of three
per cent over milk cow population
a year ago, and that the milk pro-
duction of individual cows during
the first seven months of this year
averaged about six per cent more
than for the same time last season.
Delaware's Agricultural Defense
Board estimated that the States
poultrymen will market some 40
100000 broilers during 1941 from
20 to % per cent more than last
year. Egg production in Delaware
is up about four per cent over
year ago, but sizeable shortage of
Matching eggs, needed to supply
chicks for the giant broiler indus
try, still exists. Although the slump
in hog numbers on Delaware farms
stands at 19 per cent below the hog
population of 1910, hog population
at the start of 1941 was 81 per cent
higher than the 1930-39 ten-year
average. For canning vegetables,
the boards report indicated that
snap bean production in Delaware
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14

and really personal. Policemen in
Atlantic City, N. j., are wired for
sound. And they are setting
record for efficiency that is be-
ginning to attract attention
throughout the country.
Police communication in the
famous New Jersey resort is so
personalized that practically the
only way one of the human IA
dio stations" can be recognized is
by the fact that he wears tiny
head phones, sometimes only one.
Attached to the officers belt is a
small black leather case, so small
it could not contain a radio set.
Yet that is just what it does con-
tain. A concealed wire connects
the Lilliputian set with the head
phones.
This personalized system is the
product of the genius of a radio
minded Atlantic City patrolman,
Lawrence H. Smith. AS wire
less enthusiast. he had vision of
a policeman who would be worth
ten officers because he would be
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14
BY DR.. JAS. K. HUNT

BY DR.. JAS. K. HUNT
E. !. du Pont de Nemours & Co..
CULFUR mixed with molasses
~ was taken every spring by our
grandparents to purify the blood" ="
They also made use of the fumes
from burning sulfur to bleach fab
rics and straw hats. Our knowledge
of sulfur, or birthstone" as it once
was called, goes back many cer-
turies when the Greek fire" used
by ancient warriors to set fire to
enemy buildings and ships was
compounded from such materials
as sulfur, saltpeter and pitch, and
the Biblical cities of Sodom and
Gomorrah were destroyed by show
ers of burning birthstone.
Black powder, a mixture of sui
fur, charcoal and saltpeter, has
been known for hundreds of years.
No one knows just when this i'm
portant explosive was invented, but
its formula is given in a book by
2oger Bacon, an English monk,
,blished about 1249. 1t may have
been known by the Chinese hun
dreds of years earlier.
Black powder played an import
ant part in early American history.
With it the pioneers killed the
game they needed for food; and
with it our very independence was
won. Among the early mills for its
manufacture was one built in 1902
by Eleuthere Irenee du Pont de
Nemours, on the banks of the
Brandywine, near Wilmington, Del.
While sulfur-molasse tonics are
now considered old-fashioned, and
black powder is chiefly used today
for blasting coal, one of their es-
sential ingredients sulfur is
more widely used than ever. Along
with coal, salt, air and water, sui
fur at present ranks as one of ma
tures most important chemical
raw materials. In 1910, the United
States produced nearly three mil
lion tons of this yellow element,
chiefly from deposits in Texas and
Louisiana. 1t is found in great lay
prs lying from 500 to 1900 feet
1eneath the SURFACE of the earth.
by means of hot water and COM
pressed air, it is forced out through
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14

pipes in molten form. On cooling,
it sets to solid mass. 1t is then
broken into Jumps and, where it is
to be used for industrial purposes,
shipped in freight cars.
Most of this sulfur is used by
the chemical industry, but it finds
its way into almost every walk of
life. Among the hundreds of prod
ucts demanding its use are dyes,
explosives, fertilizers, gasoline, in
secticides, lubricants, paper, rub
Der goods of all kinds, refrigerants,
soap, textiles, and drugs for the
healing of disease. In some cases,
automobile tires and tubes for ex-
ample, it is present in the final
product.
In certain hard rubber articles
the sulfur content may even run
25 per cent or more. In other cases,
it is only tool" as it were,
necessary in making, but not part
of, the final product. In the manu-
facture of du Pont viscose process
rayon yarn and "Cellophane" cellu-
lose film, for example, each 100
pounds offinished product demands
about 25 pounds of sulfur, yet one
of the final and important steps in
making rayon and "Cellophane" is
removal of the sulfur.
Sulfuric acid, manufactured from
this yellow solid, is likewise an i'm.
portant tool" needed by practical
ly every industry in America. In
fact, most of the sulfur mined in
this country goes into sulfuric acid,
a chemical so important and so
widely used that the industrial life
of nation may be measured by
the amount OF this chemical it
consumes. But the manufacture and
use of sulfuric acid is, as Kipling
said, another story, = to be told
later.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14
SIGNALS ALONG HIGHWAY
Motorists and Pedestrians Warned
of the Dangers ON Highways


MOTORISTS = There are two
emergency warning signals that
warn you of danger. Do you heed
them?
The first is the red flare OF pot
torch. Truck drivers use them
when their vehicles are stopped
along the road. Construction work.
ers also use them to warn of re-
pairs ahead.
The second emergency signal is
the siren. used by fire trucks. am
balances and police cars.
The Delaware Safety Council
says that many serious accidents
have been caused by motorists dis
regarding these warnings. Remem-
Der that both of them mean dan
ger!
To avoid that run down feeling,
don't run across the street!
Running across the street in the
middle of the block, or trying to
dash across at an intersection be-
fore the light changes, often brings
disaster when the pedestrian loses
his footing and falls in the path of
a car. -.
Be sure the way is clear. Then
walk-don't run-to the other side!
Traffic deaths are increasing, and
accidents out on the open road in
rural areas are chiefly responsible,
the Council says.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services For
Next Sunday

NtAb SliiudN
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 p. m.
Subject for Sunday, August IL:
Soul" Golden Text: Psalms 103:
1. Bless the Lord, o my SOUL and
all that is within me, bless his holy
name. A bible citation from the
lesson-sermon: Psalms 62:1, 2 and
5, 1. Truly my soul waiteth upon
God: from him cometh my saliva
ton. 2. He only is my rock and
my salvation; he is my defence; l
shall not be greatly moved. 5. My
SOUL wait thou only on God; for my
expectation is from him. z. In God
is my salvation and my glory: the
rock of my strength, and my ref
uge, is in God. Correlative from
the Textbook, Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures" by
Mary Baker Eddy: AS used in
Christian Science, Soul is properly
the synonym of Spirit, or God; but
out Of Science, soul is identical
with sense, with material sensa-
tion. -. The sun is not affected by
the revolution of the earth So
Science reveals Soul as God, un-
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14

4 MOTORIST parks his car by
A the curb, returns to discover
it is stolen. He telephones the
police Within two minutes-and
five miles aWay-his car is recov-
cred.
A pickpocket, busy in a group
waiting at a bus stop, is spotted
by storekeeper who telephones
Police Headquarters. The near
est policeman is six blocks dis
tant at the moment, but he races
up and nabs the thief within a
minute.
The Mayor and some official
guests are making a tour Of the
city, preceded by a motorcycle es-
cort. With no advance knowl-,
edge of the route to be taken, the
motorcycle squad turns to right
II left, in one street and out an
other, in perfect RESPONSE to the
wishes of the ofici party.
Radio? Yes, but a new kind.
Not automobile radio, or motor
cycle radio. 1t is personal radio
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14
Nickel-Minting Passes
The 1000, 900, 900 Mark

WASHINGTON.-The minting of
nic5els has passed the 100000, 600
mark.
Nellie Tayloe Ross, director of the
mint, made this announcement in
connection with the celebration by
numismatists Of the seventy-fifth an
niversary Of the fve-cent piece. The
present Jefferson nickel, Of which
453, ,3l4,458 have been struck off al
ready, is the fourth nickel.
When congress authorized the coin
in 1856 the first nickel bore shield
design Then came the liberty nick
el, and then the buffalo nickel. The
Jefferson nickel started coming out
Of the mints October |. 1888.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14
Send Filthy Lucre'
To the Right Place

NEW YORK.-Ever leave a dol
lar bill in a suit you sent to the
cleaners
Then you can imagine how
guests at the Waldorf-Astoria felt
last year. They left S13, 1918 in
clothes sent to the valet depart
ment. In addition to this the de-
partment returned jewelry val
ued at several thousand dollars.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14

this year is up A per cent, and to-
mato production now stands at six
per cent over last year. Delaware's
farm labor situation was also re-
ported to the U. S. Department of
Agriculture by the State Agricul-
tural Defense Board. And the board
made up of representatives of
agencies serving Delaware farmers,
called the governments attention
to the need for maintaining an ade-
quate supply of poultry and live
stock feed for animals on Delaware
farms in case an emergency hom-
pered rail shipments.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14

DEFENSE BOND
@ u IL

@. Where shold / keep my De-
fense Savings Bonds ?
A. In a safe place, because they
have value which constantly in
creases. If you wish, the Treasury
Department or any Federal Re-
serve Bank will hold them in safe
keeping for you without charge,
giving you a receipt.
@. Does an album filled with
Stamps automatically become a
Bond that will pay interest and
mature in 10 years?
A. No. The completed album
must be exchanged for Bond.
Regardless of the amount of money
you have invested in Stamps, they
will not bear interest until they are
in the form of a oBnd or Bonds.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14

Here are two things every mo-
torist can do to help stop these ae-
cidents:
l. Cut down on speed, especially
at night and when curves or hills
make it impossible to see danger
ahead.
2. Avoid recklessness, such as
weaving in and out of traffic and
taking chances in passing.
Remember-the life you save by
driving carefully may be your own.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14

that there are now but two persons
living here who We're residents of
the town When he came here in
1S17-Mrs. Susan Fisler, and Mrs.
S. P. Mason.
G. Davis Brown of Philadelphia.
is home on his vacation. Mrs. N. X.
Eldridge has returned from visit
CONTINUED on Page Eight
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14

Note.-To buy Defense Bonds
and Stamps, go to the nearest post
office, bank, or savings and loan as
sociation; or write to the Treasur-
er of the United States, Washing
ton, D. c., for a mailorder form.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14

touched by sin and death,-as the
central Life and intelligence around
which circle harmoniously all
things in the systems of Mind.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14
AMERICA ON GUARD!

Above is a reproduction of the
Treasury Departments Defense
Savings Poster, showing an exact
duplication of the original minute
Man" statue by famed sculptor
Daniel Chester French. Defense
Bonds and Stamps, on sale at your
bank or post Office, are a vital part
Of Americas defense preparations.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF 80 YEARS AGO
CONTINUED from Page Two)

ident of Smyrna, now of Haddon-
field, New Jersey, is on short
visit to his former home. He says
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14

expedition in which United States troops set out
in pursuit of the Mexican bandit Pancho Villa.
With the Mexican campaign concluded,
General Pershing's four-cylinder, 1915 Dodge
was used at Fort Bliss until 1881.
Seated in the rear seats are General John
P. Kirk and Major Soller. The driver is Howard
Dawson. The doughboys surrounding the vet
eran vehicle are members of the 32nd Division.
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14

LOOK BOTH WAYS: Care
full pedestrians avoid trouble
in traffic by alertness to the
presence of nearby automo-
biles. When in doubt about
speed of an approaching car,
wait before crossing.
-AAA Safety Features
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14

A reminiscent touch in the American Legion's
Festival of Nations parade, held at Ypsianti
Michigan, was provided by the veteran U. S.
Army automobile in which the parade mar
shall and his aide led the marching columns
through the city.
The car, which outdates World War /, is
the Dodge touring car used by the then Brga-
der General John ]. Pershing on the 1916
Smyrna times., 1941-08-14

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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-04-10
PURPOSES-GENERAL PROVISIONS
OF LABOR STANDARDS ACT

These general Considerations OF
workers are covered by the Fair Labor
Standards Act, also known as the
Wage and Hour Law. They are:
NUMBER - HOURS WORKED
The Fair Labor Standards Act, also
known as the Federal Wage and Hour
Law, does not limit the number OF
hours an employee may be worked by
his employer The Act does provide
that after 40 hours in any workweek,
the employee must be paid at least
time and one-half of his regular rate.
No limitation is set upon the hours
that may be worked in any one day.
A workweek is seven consecutive
24-hour days, beginning any day of
the week so long as changes are not
made for the purpose of evading over
time payments
Overtime may not be averaged over
two or more weeks. When an employee
loses time in one week he cannot be
worked an equal number of additional
hours over 40 subsequent weeks with
out payment of overtime.
AS to periods inactivity due to
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-04-10


breakdown of machinery or delays in
arrivals of materials the position Of
the Division is this: Generally, the
time during which an employee is in
active by reasons of Interruptions in
his work beyond his control should
be included in computing hours work
ed either if the likelihood of. immed-
late resumption of work requires the
employees presence at the place of
employment, or if the interval is too
brief to be utilized effectively in the
employers own interest. Employees
must be paid for rest periods up to 20
minutes.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-04-10
NEW MUSICAL is KEYED
TO OUR EXCITING TIMES

When goth Century Fox canned for
its great musical productions such as
]" Alexander's Ragtime Band" and
"Down Argentine Way" decided to
film "Tin Pan Alley newest star
ring vehicle for Alice Faye and Betty
Cradle, it keyed the film to the very
mood Of America, both in story and
in song.
And that s one of the main reas-
ons why this great musical Of our ex-
citing times, which comes Sunday and
Monday to the Columbian Theatre,
has evoked so much praise at preview
performances.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-04-10

lined with jars of fruits and pre-
serves. Needless to say Mrs. Jones
took pride in her home and had plans
for making it even more comfortable
and attractive as the months went by.
Then one day a cyclone struck the
town where the Joneses lived. Houses
were wrecked, businesses demolished
and hundreds of people were suddenly
homeless and hungry. Mrs. Jones had
to help the other public spirited men
and women care for thuse who lad
! lost their homes, and clean up the de-
bris left by the storm at the same time
that she kept her own running.
For days she spent at least half of
her time downtown and yet managed
to get three good meals day for her
family. 1t took careful planning as
well as a lot of hard work. But the
two jobs had to be done so she rose
to the emergency and did them!
The industrial system of the United
States today is in much the same po-
sition as Mrs. Jones. For years the
plants and factories of this country
have been turning out such an abun-
dace of "consumer goods" that the
world has marveled at our standard of
living. Nothing like it has ever been
known before.
Then came the war in Europe and
ev entually our own emergency and
Industry was called upon not only to
pl oduce an abundance for everyday
living but to turn out colossal amounts
OF ornaments in record time. Guns
tanks. airplanes and ammunition had
to be built with as little dislocation
as possible in the life of the nation.
Industry found itself very much in
munity situation when all this took
place. This being America, the reaction
in each case was the same. Faced with
an emergency, possessing the know
ledge that would enable it to do the
job, industry "pitched in" to help
make this country safe. 1t did it UNI
stintingly, and is continuing in that
vein, because that is the additionally
American approach.
To cope with the big defense task.
many plants have taken on double and
more than double assignments. Old
factories have been reopened. New
factories have been constructed IN
record time for the sole purpose of
making America strong and providing
military goods in the quantities that
the government needs. So today, as
increasing supplies of ornaments roll
off the assembly lines of plants from
Maine to California, America is TAX
ing this emergency as challenge
Meanwhile, like Mrs. Jones indus
try is not neglecting the household
either. The normal needs of the great
American family are being answered,
wv. IL VIII odhC Il iol VI
and lot of good, hard work But the
Americans seem to thrive on the chal.
lenge of a really big "order" like
that. 1t brings out the best in all of
us.
Mrs. Jones helping her community
in a public spirited way and at the
same time looking out for her most i'm
portant regular duties, is the symbol
of an American that is free and strong
enough to tackle two big jobs at once.
Its industries are in fore of the pic
ture today because they are in a pos
ition to serve. The way in which they
are coming through is no surprise TIC
those who know Americans-and indi-
vidual Americans!
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-04-10

and in winter cheerful plants stood
in the dining room bay window. And
what meals she served! Guests came
away from the Jones raving about
her roast chicken and gravy and her
wonderful lemon pies. Her cellar was
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-04-10
INDUSTRY AND MRS ZONES

Mrs. Jones was famous for her
housekeeping and cooking. Her house
was spotless and every thing was al
ways in place. In summer there were
vases of flowers in the living room
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-04-10

tie to the University of Wisconsin,
1884.
Front row. left to right: Kirk Ge-
bert, Longview; Johnny Hooper.
johnson; Marvin Gilbers. Spokane;
Paul Lindeman, Cowiehe; Jim Zim.
norman, Yakima; Dale Gentry. .Walla
Walla; Frank Atkins, Spokane; Phil
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-04-10

With every member of the squad
a home product of Washington, the
Cougar basketball teacl of Washing
ton State college won in rapid success
sion the Northern Division Pacific
Coast and Western United States bas.
ketball championships. In the nation.
al finals they lost nard-fought bat
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-04-10
colt, Waterville, student mana.

Walnscott, Waterville, student mana.
ger.
Back row: Coach Jack Friel, Char
les Dosskey, Vancouver; Vern Butts.
stanwood; John Harrington, Seattle;
Ray Sundquist. Hoquiam; Owen Hunt,
Highline; Phil Mahan, Bremerton;
DR.. Wilbur Bohm, trainer.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-04-10
| RIGHT OUT OF'THE AIR
"a. Bv EARLE FERRIS

the Brave" radio serial, they are
cooperating with the script writer's
to have an honorary" Kiwanis
Club organized in the fictitious
town around which the plot re-
wolves.
Dorothy Kilgallen, prominent
New York newspaper reporter and
charming Broadway columnist, is
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1941-04-10
ELLEN DREW, pictured here,
e starred with Joel McCrea in
Reaching for the Sum-" previewed
on the Kate Smith Hour on CHS

Friday, April Is. The picture is one
of four to be featured by Kate
during her current Hollywood stay.
Mark Warnow, orchestra leader
on 1--WE, the People," made his de-
but as an actor on Gabriel Heat
ter's program, recently. And he
was so excited that he sent wires
to all his friends telling them to
listen. Just before air time, Marks
part was cut down to a single line!
Don Ameche, pictured here, has
just signed new long-term exclu-
sive radio contract with Bing
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-21

The equality meant when we say
"all men are essentially equal is
the equality of right to opportunity
Of natural development.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-21

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MAKE II lee lhUCl SIio'ISe''
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her toes eXperImentaIly. And
thanks a lot, MIR
randall, SAID joel. Joel Ran
dahl
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you're more than welcome,
Miss AIl9ood.'
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nice when you say it, Joel she
laid
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then he thought Of Bill.
Gosh, all-hemlock. he thought.
he had to get rid Of the girl before
Blll got back from Ashevllle. She
was too darned attractive and
charming q person to be there
when Bill returned. He knew Bill.
And even though Bill had beer Jllt-
ed so recently he was quite capable
Of lingering long around a girl like
Eve And lingering was something
Joel dldn : wish Bill to do.
Eve spoke just then.
TN hungry she said.
Joel save her a quick LOOKOUT
he hesltated about inviting her to
nave lunch with hlm
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Eve vent on. But | AM hungry.
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-02-21
EPSOM, MlDDLEBURG
DIVIDE TWO GAMES

Wednesday night, EPSON and Mid
dleburg divided two basketball
games, with the EPSON boys find
ing it easy to garner a 25 to IA VIC
tory. While the EPSON girls were
uosed out. 8 TO I, by the Middleburg
girls.
Wilson topped the scoring for the
EPSON girls, sinking five baskets.
Dlckcrson was the big noise for the
winners, scoring ~ points, closely
followed by McCauley, who bagged
ten tallieS.