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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19

II there That mountain-top was a gathering
place for ghosts. and / can see that forest in
my minds eye a spirit mediums dream.
Brown swords, rotted rnusket barrels, wagon
wheels. all the rusted debris of battle in the
thickets. Skulls were everywhere. like toad
stools Ribs and shinbones like kindling in
the grass. In that cemetery of arboreal and
human skeletons great battle had ragged and
passed out of history.
Picture us. Four white men-and red
head,-hugging a campfire at the edge Of
dead forest at the top of Haiti waiting to
see a zombie We didn't talk. But every
few minutes the Professor would peer into
the woods, listening. And Felix would peer.
And Enoch would shift his gaze from that jar
at Felix's elbow TO scan the trees. And
Mademoiselle, moved by some invisible cur
rent would turn her head slowly in its
aquarium of blue alcohol and. ear toward the
forest, seem to listen, the freight shining
on her sleeping. Mona Lisa face.
Two hours of that and I was ready to
weep. The swollen. tropical moon came up.
Anticipating, Professor Pig opened a saddle
bag and took out a case of surgical instru-
ments. Enoch, chin in hand, was gazing raptly
across the fire at Mademoiselle.
And then-wow i saw il first. Along a
footpath, coming quietly out Of the trees.
something was advancing down that moon
Redeemed path A shadow cloaked in dirty
white An apparition? But it moved. Slowly.
Haltingly Hands out-gropng. though
blind 1 saw corpse-like face-glassy
eyes
"Yaaaah!" must have howled like a
hyena. Even at sixty yards / could see the
raw sabre-gash on that creatures forehead
And then bullets tipped past us. The
black forms of natives emerged in an onrush
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19

destruction-yes. and also to vindicate lady!
We found Bingo waiting for us at the
bungalow and set to work unloading the
Professors mules and helping him erect a
tent. He advised us to sleep while he set up
his special equipment
"Enoch," 1 remember hurting. this thing
will shake the universe!" Your skeptic turned
believer can be the biggest fool Of ALL
IT don't know, Bill" he seemed grave.
we must wait and see"
Sinking into a chair he looked haggard.
BILL I almost hope 1t doesn't work. I've
been wondering-a plasma that puts an end
TO death--would it be good thing for the
world? Would 1t be right to perpetuate our
lives? Wouldn't it be defeating a law of
Nature? And the bad would be preserved
as well as the good. What" he spoke fall
teringly, what If we should restore life to a
woman who'd been guillotined-only to find
her guilty."
1t was midnight many hours later when
Bingo told us the Professor wanted TO see us
in his tent; the demonstration was ready!
RED-HEADED GALr-and that last scene
forms on the retina of my memory as a
stage-set That tented interior, shabby.
rugged up like sideshow on carnival lot.
Oil lamps swinging from a ridge-pole. All
the Clap-trap apparatus of a sideshow was
there-drums outside the wizardish Profess
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19

the Zombie In detail as
a creature in a grave
shroud with a great,
bloody sabregash on
its forehead. walking
as a man In a dream
with unseeing eyes
even after we left him
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19

sor-the bottles, test
tubes and surgical in
struments, magician
like on a table at the
side. And on a plat
form at the back of the
tent, the lady.
The Professor had
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
Planes Thot Uncle Sam Pampers

line and oil needed for the next
days job At ? a. m or there
ahouts they are put 20 bed by
the special after shutdown crews.
The planes are guided to their
sleeping places by sympathetic
mechanics who take them by
ltheir wings. Their "nightcaps'
consist of embarrassing can
vas coverings that are slipped
over their motors.
They slumhcr along with the
rest OF the vast post for a brief
four or five hours respite from
the arduous routine Of training
field at war About : a. m, not
long after the revcillc cannon is
fired at the cadet barracks. they
are reused by busting morning
mechanics who lift off the can
vas and start rc-chccking fuel.
The planes then are ready for
all corners, and when the cadets
march 10 the flight line, the train
crs are waiting their turn to irt
their 600 pounds off the ground
and mp.
I'm order to be spick-andsp
at all times, i'm line with old
Army tradition, tho planes get
hot steam baths and a liberal
dash Of soap And, when their
blue and gold paint begins to
look down-at-thc-mouth. a new
application Of cosmetics" is ap-
Piled with a spray.
The records at Randolph. where
increasing numbers of cadets are
being trained. bear out the me-
chanics' contention that their
planes definitely are not being
spoiled
II may take eight men on the
maintenance crew TO keep one
pilot i'm the air but when the
student flyer gets his plane off
the ground he can bet his bottom
google that She won't come down
unless Doc wants her TO- The
Army Air Force contends that
such aH assurance merits the
worlds finest mechanical treat.
mont.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22

T-HE blue and gold training
planes that fill the mir ut
y Randolph Field Te>as. with
their throaty 450-horscpowcr
roars actually are machines with
dual personalities.
When they're slipping through
the skies, they are graceful ath--
letic things that cut pictures
oucly through white clouds or
dive augrily toward the earth IN
response TO movements of their
controls.
But when they're on the ground,
they are the most-pampcrcd,
most pctted, m o S t-lookcd-into
members Of Uncle Sans Army
Air Forces.
They get everything except
their gasoline in-h44 And the
men who wait ON them wheel
and propeller arc those skilled
artisans at making happy air
planes out OF hard-worl<cd air
planes the Army aircraft me-
chauics.
After a busy night In the air,
the tired ships receive late
snack" consisting of tho Gaso-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22
Why Hitler Collects Diamonds

policy Of hemisphere solidarity
which came into existence, the
United States became the sole
foreign buyer of industrial dia-
monds in Brazil and the Nazis
were frustrated, No longer able
20 purchase diamonds in the open
market Of Rio, they increased
their offers as much as ten times
the value of the stones and man
aged thereby to acquire a few
bootleg ones.
When Chief of Police Filinto
Muller of Rio de Janeiro stepped
in and wiped out the Illicit dia-
mond market, the Nazis played
their final card. They organized
guerilla bands, went into the in
terror and, using methods remi-
niscent Of the gangsters and hi
jackers of the Prohibition Fra.
tried to intimidate the miners
into selling them the rough
stones. Meeting with scant sue
cess there, they began TO hijack
shipments Of diamonds on jungle
trails.
Again the police demonstrated
that they were not mapping
Chief Muller and his men who
had been keeping tabs on more
than 5000 Axis Nationals had
the Nazi diamond agents under
surveillance until all the ring
leaders were known. Then the
police closed in and made a series
of arrests, eliminating in grand
roundup in early April, 1912,
while in Berlin, Hitler few into
still another rage. His last slim
source of obtaining industrial
diamonds was cut off.
Today, the United States has
an ample supply Of these stones
for use in it's vast armament
building program, all the dia-
monds il needs for the manufac-
ture of tanks, planes, guns and
munitions. And in Germany, the
Nazis now realize that on this
battlefront they have already
been beaten.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22

Hitler did not have enough
industrial diamonds AT the start
Of the war 10 satisfy his enor-
nous need for them and he has
been fighting a losing battle to
obtain them ever since. ,,.
In the diamond business we
arc an one big family, says
Jackson. eve know each other
and what is going on in the in
dustry an oyer the world. As
early ass 1883 we could see what
Hitler was doing and the guild
in Antwerp formed a committee
% boycott Germany"
The Dutch, while not quite as
forcsightcd as the Belgians in
th,s respect did not take steps
10 hold back their diamonds UNI
ON atho-last minute. Even then,
however they were partially sue
ccssful I'm keeping them out Of
Hitlcrs clutches. When the Ges-
t7po agents under the personal
direction of Himmler began their
frantic search through the dia-
mond districts Of Amsterdam,
they quickly discovered that not
only had the most precious gems
disappeared but SO had most of
the "carbonadocs' and "borts,
the rough stones which are made
INTO Industrial diamonds.
To add 20 the Na2is' wrath,
many of the highly skilled dia-
mond cutters and cleaveTs Of
Amsterdam and Antwerp Nad
also vanished
The majority Of gems from the
diamond centers Of the Continent
as we'll as hundreds of diamond
craftsmen reappeared in Eng
land. When Der Fuohrcr learned
of this his rage knew no bounds
1t was the second time that the
English had frustrated him in
the matter of diamonds. AS early
as September, 1889, the British
owned Diamond Corporation,
which controls the African dia-
mond mines from which 81 per
cent of the worlds supply comes,
had quickly barred any possibility
of the Nazis acquiring any more
from that source.
with the Dutch Belgian
and African supply lines gone,
the Nazis had only two bets left,
20 acquire less than three per
cent of the yearly diamond sup
ply. The first was a long shot,
Australia. But the Australians
quickly told Hitler what he could
do as far as getting diamonds
from them was concerned.
The last possibility, Brazil, Of
fered more opportunity for a
while. At the time it was neu-
trail, had an active diamond mar
ket, and the Nazis could reach
that market from Germany by
way of the Italian air line. Ac-
cordingly, Himmler summoned
some of his most trusted agents,
supplied them with a consider
able amount of money in foreign
exchange and ordered them to
Brazil to bring back every in
dustrial diamond they could get.
BY 1871, Hitler needed indus
trial diamonds so desperately
that the Nazi agents in Rio de
Janeiro were ordered TO double,
treble and quadruple if necessary
all competitive bids. But Brazil
by this time was getting thor
oughly fed up with Hitler and
the Nazis and was taking strong
steps to curb their activities.
As one immediate result of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22

NNEEIIEN Hitler sent Helm
Y" rich Hmmlcr, head Of
w the Gcstapo, 20 Holland
to make a.trantic search for dia-
monds among the spoils stolen
bv the Mans when he invaded
the Low Countries IN tho Spring
of 1910, most people Thought ulat
Der Fuehrcr wanted the precious
stones for his own personal loot
only now as the gigantic Nazi
armament production program is
slowing up. does the real reason
for The ceaselcss diamond hunt
come ont
Sabotage and slow down
strikes by men and women of the
conquered countries play only a
MINOR part I'm the decreased NUM-
Der OF tanks. planes and guns
that are coming ont of Nazi fac
tories today.
This diminished production,
estimated 10y some military OBJ
servers now 10 bee as high as 20
per cent with every indication of
increasing is primarily due TO
Hhtlers lack of diamonds.
American women would scon
the kind of gems that interest
the Papcfhanger of Berlin most.
They aren't the sparkling kind
displayed IN jcwcIiy STORES In
stead they are Industrial dia-
mords. The worlds hardest,
toughest stones which in some
stage OF manufacture, are noces-
sary for the completion OF every
tank, gun, plane and other mod
ern weapon OF war
The average industrials sold
are from one-half 90 four carats,
although some range up to 50
carats, about the size of a
quarter
Hitler can't run machines
without diamonds" says Stanley
1. Jackson, a Belgian diamond
expert, who fled to the United
States from Antwerp He has
been paying 10 times the normal
price for a few bootleg dia-
monds but now he can't get them
any longer and he needs them
desperately
Industrial diamonds are essen
tial for certain cutting and drill
ing operations They also are re-
CURED for such primary tasks as
dressing down worn grinding and
bufiing wheels and for polish
ing machine tools-t permit ac-
curate manufacture of arma-
monts.
"Of course there were many
Of these diamonds eft in Bel
GUM and the Netherlands when
those countries were ovcr-run
but most of them should be gone
by now Jackson points out
To understand why the worlds
Public Enemy No. l is being
badly thwartcd in his efforts to
secure industrial diamonds, al
though he has managed TO get
almost everything else helwanted
in one way or another, Il is nee
essary TO know that these gems.
each of which is more effective
in winning war than thousands
of bullets, fall in four classes.
The hardest, and therefore the
most useful diamonds from an
industrial standpoint, are those
which come from Australia. Next
in hardness are those originating
in Brazil. The South African
diamonds rank third and those
from the Congo are the softest
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-22

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Smyrna times., 1942-02-26
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
John j. Severson, rs, Well Known
Farmer, Died Saturday Evening

John ]. Severson, for many years
a farmer in this vicinity, passed
away suddenly Saturday evening
at his home near town. He was rs
years old. Mr.. Severson had not
been in health for several months
but his passing was very sudden.
He was the son of Benjamin and
Susan Jordan Severson and had
spent his entire life in this vicinity.
Funeral services were held at Mat
thews' Funeral Home, Tuesday af-
ternoon at 1.30 o'clock with Rev.
w. E. Matthews officiating. Inter
ment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Laura
Seyerson, and the following chill
dren. John Severson of Whining
ton, Lee Severson and Mrs. Rebec-
ca Emerson, both of Smyrna. One
grandson, Clarence Emerson, and a
sister, Mrs. Kate Mccall of Will
mington, also survive.
Smyrna times., 1942-02-26
1872 KENT COWS
GIVE 800 LIB. MILK
60 Cows Produce Over 40
Pounds of Butterfat; Aver
age Production is 672.5
STUDY IMPROVEMENTS

Of the 288 cows which were I'M
der official test in the Kent County
Dairy Herd Improvement Associa-
ton during January, there were
1872 cows which produced over 300
pounds of milk and go which pro-
duced over 40 pounds of butterfat,
according to the report released
from the Office of County Agent
Russell E. Wilson to the members
of this association. The average
milk production per COW for all of
these herds in the association was
672.5 pounds, and the average but
terfat production was 28.5 pounds,
with an average production cost of
$1.51 for each 100 pounds of milk
and SO cents for each pound of but
terfat. For each dollar spent for
dairy feed the average return
amounted to $1.68 for aJnuary.
Pastures a Problem
AS one of the serious problems
facing dairy farmers is how to OBJ
tain more and better pastures for
their cattle to increase milk pro-
duction in connection with our ma
tional agricultural defense program,
plans have been made by the Agri-
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1942-02-26
ID. A. r. AWARDS
STUDENT TOUR
]. B. M. School Student Wins
First Prize i'm Hand
Made Dress
TRIP TO WASHINGTON

Miss Betty delight of the Alexis
1. DUPONT School was chosen to
represent Delaware in the annual
d. A. R. Good Citizenship tour to
Washington, at the annual State
Conference of the Daughters of the
American Revolution held on Sat
urday at the Hotel DUPONT, Will
mington. More than 100 represen-
tatives of the six chapters of the
Delaware D. A. R. were in attend
ance at the meetings presided over
by Mrs. L. Lee Layton of Dover,
state regent. The good citizenship
trip in which girls from all states
visit the national capital always
precedes the April Congress of the
national society of the D. A. R. in
Washington.
AIternates Named
Miss Daisey West, Selbyville
High School, is the first alternate
and Miss Catherine Allen, Bridge
vile High School, second alternate.
The names of the girls were drawn
from % selected by senior high
school students of the state as out
standing opponents of good citizen
ship. Each of the contestants will
receive good citizenship pin from
the Delaware D. A. R., and a GER
tifcate from the national society.
Mrs. ]. Raymond Frederick, chair
man of the girls homemakers con-
test department, conducted a dis
play of hand made dresses by girls
schools in the state in conjunction
with the meeting. Awards were
made as follows. First, Betsy Ann
Denney of the John Bassett Moore
School, Smyrna, $500; second
Ann aEvans of the A. 1. DUPONT
School, Talleyville, medal; third
Betty Lee of the Dover schools
medal. Mrs. WV. Mack, chaplain
conducted memorial service for
Mrs. Ann c. Bernard, Smyrna, a
past regent.
Smyrna times., 1942-02-26
CLAYTON OPENS
AIR RAID CLASS
Air Raid Precautions Studied
by Group Under Direction
of Mrs. w. r. Keys
FIRST AIDERS ON CALL

The Clayton Air Raid Precaution
Glass opened yesterday, February
25th at p. m. at the Clayton
School. These classes will be for
members of Clayton and vicinity.
The class will include instruction
for black-outs, putting out incendi-
airy bombs, furnishing of air. raid
shelters, and general behavior dur
ing air raids. The course is based
on regulations set by the State of
Delaware after intensive study OF
England's experience and condi-
lions here. Mrs. w. R. Keys, who
took the instructors course in Will
mington, will instruct the class.
The class is open to both men and
women. There will be probably six
sessions. There is no charge for
the course.
One More First Aid Class
The two classes in First Aid have
one more session to attend to COM
plete the course under the instruc-
ton of Thomas Russell. 1.-THE at
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1942-02-26
TOWN TO GET $4,000 ELECTRIC
SYSTEM IN 3-YEAR PROGRAM

The Mayor and Council of Smyr-
ma have submitted to the people of
Smyrna their annual report which
will be found printed in this issue
of The Smyrna Times. A summary
of the towns progress last year is
contained with this report. Prob
ably the most significant of these
activities is the announcement that
under a three-year program, a new
$4,000 electrical replacement sys-
tenn will be installed AS a result
of several surveys of this towns
electrical system, recommendations
affecting requirements of trans
formers, wires and poles will be ex-
ecuted, Council reports. Also
equipment for the elimination of so
to 80 per cent of the number of
times the town current is off will
be installed for the further conven-
Smyrna times., 1942-02-26

was founded to perpetuate the re-
membrance of those who were con-
spicuous in the achievement of our
independence and of which George
Washington was the first Presi-
dent" Judge Moore succeeds DR..
Ryden on the honorary roll. They
were personal friends. At the time
of DR.. Ryden's death, Judge Moore,
in letter, described his friend as
zone of the best men I ever knew"
Wide Honors Bestowed
The significance of the Cincin-
natl is attested by the fact that of
the IS trainers of the Constitution
of the United States, 81, or Al per
cent, were original members of the
order. The Delaware representa-
tive at the constitutional conven-
ton was John Dickinson. He is in
tered in the Friends burial
ground, Fourth and West Street,
Wilmington. The list of honors
bestowed upon Mr.. Moore is one of
the longest set forth in who's
Who in America and is national
and international in character. He
was third assistant secretary of
state from 1886 until 1891, having
been appointed originally by Secre-
tary of State Thomas F. Bayard, a
fellow Delawarean. At the request
of President Mckinley in April
1898, on the eve of the war with
Spain, he became assistant secre-
tary of state, and was secretary
and counsel of the commission that
concluded the Treaty of Peace at
Paris, Dec. 10, 1898, following the
ISpanish-American War. Judge
Moore was admitted to the bar in
Wilmington, having studied under
the late Federal Judge Edward G.
Bradford, Jr.
Smyrna times., 1942-02-26
CLAYTON PIT. A.
FURNISH TAGS
Identification Discs to Be Civ
en- Clayton School Chill
dren; Send Out Cards
ARRANGE FIRST AID UNIT

The Clayton P. 7. A. at a meet
ing last week at the Clayton
School, male arrangements for reg
istration of all children in the Clay
ton School district, for the purpose
of furnishing each child with an
Identification disc. The following
committee was appointed: Mrs. Sc
vile Keys, chairman, Mrs. A. Ford
Stats, Mrs. William Cook and Mrs.
Pearl Connel. The committee will
send out cards through the school
to be filled out by every parent for
both school and pre-school children.
Parents who have pre-school chill
dren and do not receive cards
should contact Mrs. Keys, Smyrna
4151.
Furnished Free of Charge
Upon completion of the registra-
ton the discs will be furnished free
of charge and the children will be
required to wear them at all times.
School children will be examined
periodically to ascertain whether
the discs are being worn. A charge
of ten cents will be made if it is
necessary to replace lost or de-
stroyed tags. The plan is a nation
wide movement sponsored by the
Civilian Defense Council.
p. T. A. Meet Each Month
The time and date of P. T. A.
meetings was discussed and the
meeting time changed to the first
Tuesday of each month at p. m.
unless due notice of change of time
is given. "'It is hoped that the
change of time will encourage a
larger attendance" Mrs. Keys said.
On Tuesday, February oath COM
mittee of parents met at the school
and began work on redecorating
the school library and arranging a
first aid unit at one end. Future
P.T.A. meetings will be held in the
library.
Smyrna times., 1942-02-26
CLUB HOUSE ROOF PAID FOR
Also Give Contract for the New
Stage Curtain

The final payment on the roof of
the Century Club House has been
made by the board of directors of
the Twentieth Century Club it was
announced by Mrs. Harvey Wright
at the meeting of the club last Fri
day. The members of the club all
expressed great satisfaction that
the directors had been able to meet
the expense in so short a time. The
work which was completed less
than two years ago included beside
the new roof, painting the outside
trim and new steps and porch at
the entrance.
New Curtain Started
Mrs. Thomas Russell brought in
a report from the committee for
the stage redecorating since there
had been enough money raised for
installing the curtain, it was voted
to give the contract to George G.
Richardson of Dover. 1t is expect
ed that the work will be completed
before the annual luncheon on
April 10. In making the report,
Mrs. Russell stated that the club
should give much credit to the Lit
tie Theatre, whose members had
so generously and ably helped in
raising the necessary funds.