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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-10-01
BOOTS AND SHOES RATIONED
Only Workers Who Are Producing
For Victory Are Eligible

Beginning at midnight on Sep
TENDER goth, rationing of mems
rubber boots and rubber work
shoes went into effect. Following
5-day freeze, consumers may ap-
ply to the local War Price and Ra-
ton Board for registration and pur-
chase certificate. All stores SELL
ing these articles must file inven-
tory statements and register for
operation certificate. Store owners
have IL days for filing this inven-
tory.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-10-01

Ration Board Volunteers October
1-3: Thursday, Mrs. l.. Burslem,
Mrs. E. Hudson; Friday, Mrs. N.
Rowland Mrs. M. O'Neill; Satur-
day, Miss Payne. October $40:
Monday, Mrs. M. Martin, Mrs. Will
liam Wroten; Tuesday, Miss B.
Smithers, Mrs. B. Messick; We'd
nesday, Mrs. c. Staats( Mrs. L.
Gooden, Thursday, Mrs. L. Burs-
lem, Mrs. e. Hudson; Friday, Mrs.
G. R. Miller, Mrs. H. FAIRIES; Satur-
day, Miss Payne.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-10-01
Doctor Gets Furlough

Lieut.. Richard w. Comegys, us.
Army Medical Corps, arrived home
on Sunday for 3-day furlough.
He has been located at Camp Swift,
Texas, since his induction in June.
He will report at Carlisle, Pa, to-
day for further training.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-10-01
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, Rec
tor, Announces Services for Week

st. Peters Episcopal Church,
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, rector
makes the following announce
ments for the Eighteenth Sunday
after Trinity: 10 a. M, Church
School; IL a. M, celebration of the
Holy Communion. This Sunday is
set apart as Loyalty Sunday when
all Christians are asked to attend
services in Gods House, renew
their promises to follow Christ as
their Lord and Savious and to re-
ceive the Holy Communion. the
sermon will be taken from the
words of st. Paul ''Be yet stead
fast, unmovable, always Astounding
in the work of the Lord"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-10-01
Married Fifty Years

Mr.. and Mrs. John Wick cele
brated their fftieth wedding ami
versary at their home in Smyrna
on September %. A family din
marked the celebration,
with their daughter, Miss Agnes
Wick, as hostess. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wick were married in Smyrna and
have spent most of their lives here.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-10-01
COP TO LAUNCH
DRIVE TONIGHT
Active Campaign Planned By
Republicans; C. Douglass
Buck to Speak
TO WAGE BIG DRIVE

Beginning tonight, the Republi-
can Party will put on campaign
without match in recent elections
to bring home to every Delaware
voter the significant issues of the
moment, Isaac R. Brown, Jr., state
chairman, said. The party organ
ization, he continued, from the
candidates on the state ticket to
the workers in the smallest rural
district are prepared to wage a
drive that may produce a surpris-
ingly large off-year vote. ndicat-
ing that interest is at a nigh pitch,
Mr.. Brown said, is the fact that
more reservations have been receiv-
ed than can be Accommodated. The
dinner tonight, at which former
Gov. C. Douglass Buck, the party's
nominee for u. S. Senator, will
make his acceptance speech, will be
held in the gold ball room of the
Hotel DUPONT which can accom-
modate approximately 600 persons.
Mr.. Brown said that requests for
tickets to the dinner already near
ed the thousand mark.
Issues Put Forward
The chairman disclosed that Mr..
Buck would touch on every i'm
portant issue before the people.
Mr.. Buck can be expected to put
forward these issues in a way that
will send every party worker home
pledged to victory on election day,
Nov. g." Mr.. Brown said.
Women's Luncheons
Mr.. Brown spoke of the Repub-
lican w o m e. n S Organization S
luncheon of Oct. IA at the Hotel
DUPONT, when Miss Marian Martin,
vice-chairman of the National Re-
publican Committee, will speak, as
the first of several women's lunch
cons throughout the state. He dis
closed that more than $4,000 bro
chures, the first of a number that
will total more than $4,000, will be
distributed to homes throughout
New Castle County before the week
is over. Others" he said, will
be sent to Kent and Sussex Coun-
ties"
Highlights of Platform
The brochure, he continued, will
contain highlights of the Republi-
can platform and the things the
party stands for. There will be
pictures of the state candidates
with brief descriptions of their
background and their fitness for the
positions they seek, he added. In
addition to these the party has con-
tracted for use of 100 large bill
boards throughout the state. These
he said, will bear posters naming
the candidates, urging the voters
to vote and stressing the import
ance to the American two-party
system of government of Repub-
lican victory.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-10-01
Farm Machinery Rationed

Farm machinery rationing will
not be handleldl through the War
Price and Ration Board, James L..
Luke, State OPA director has an
nounced. Anyone desiring farm
equipment should write directly to
the Department of Agriculture in
Washington.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-10-01
Blackbird All Meeting

The Blackbird All Club met at
the home of the leader with eleven
members and four visitors present,
to discuss the clubs part in the sal
wage drive. Plans for an autumn
fair were also discussed.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-10-01
LOOK UP PHONE NUMBERS
Telephone Company Asks Coopera-
ton of Subscribers

Attempts to place telephone calls
by giving a name only, instead of
a telephone number, soon will be
answered by an operators request:
Please cooperate by looking in
your directory for the number" c.
Burton Sypherd, manager for the
Diamond State Telephone Com
pany, explained that this step by
the company soon will be impera-
tive because of the heavy volume
of telephone calls at all central Of
fees, largely result of the war.
Some subscribers, instead of look
ing up telephone number" he
said, have made practice of iial-
ing for the operator and simply
giving her the name of the party
to be called.
Takes Valuable Time
while the operators are always
ready to provide all necessary as
sistance to telephone users, the
practice of giving name only
when the desired number is listed,
needlessly takes up the time of the
operators when every minute is
needed for essential telephone SER
vice. In such cases, an operator
herself must consult the directory
to find the desired number. While
this is being done, there is brief
period during which certain tele-
phone facilities are tied up need
lessly. Each brief period, multi
piled by a number of such requests,
adds up to an unnecessary burden
on facilities that are already carry
ing heavy volume of calls" To
facilitate telephone service for all,
Mr. Sypherd asked that subscribe
ers consult the directory make sure
they have the right number and
then dial the number properly. He
pointed out that wrong numbers
are 100 per cent wasteful, both for
the calling party and the party
called in error.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-10-01
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Mrs. Roland w. Bell Passed Away
Thursday at Her Home Here

Mrs. Gertrude Smith Bell, wife
of Roland w. Bell, passed away at
her home Thursday afternoon, Sep
TENDER oath after an illness which
became critical six weeks before.
She was born in Smyrna, the
daughter of Capt. Alfred H. and
Emily Brown Smith and spent her
early life here until her marriage
to Mr.. Bell. Following Mr.. Bells
retirement from the Navy they
lived again in Smyrna for short
time before going to Long Beach,
California where they lived for
seventeen years, then returning to
Smyrna. Mrs. Bell was an active
member of the Twentieth Century
Club, Asbury Methodist Church and
its affiliated societies and was ac-
tive socially in the town as much as
her health would permit. Beside
husband she is survived by one son
William Bell of Williamsport, Pa,
and one brother, A. Homer Smith
of this town. Funeral services were
held at her late residence Sunday
afternoon at 1.30 with Rev. DR..
James w. Colona, pastor OF Asbury
Methodist Church, in charge. In
terment was in Odd Fellows Gem
etery.
Death of Mrs. Michael Sklut
Mrs. Fannie Sklut, wife of Mich
ael Sklut of this town, died at Mt
Sinai Hospital in Philadelphia on
Thursday after an illness of little
more than week. Mrs. Sklut
moved to Smyrna 33 years ago and
was buyer of pelts. Surviving
besides her husband are four chill
Idren Arthur, of Philadelphia;
Jacob and Sam, both of New York
City and Mrs. Anna Toltzis of Phil
adelphia. Funeral services were
on Friday with burial in Philadel-
phia.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Pratt, 10
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Pratt, age
70, widow of Harry Pratt, died at
Delaware Hospital last Sunday,
September 9th. She was born at
Kenton and lived in that town dur
inf her early life. Funeral services
were held at, the residence of her
II Continued on Page Three)
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-07-25
SPORT FACTS
BY JESSE T. HAUCABOOK

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands, high commission
If white organized baseball stated that any baseball
h that saw fit to Negro baseball players could do So
has been the general opinion of the Negro public
Negro baseball that the Judge was opposed
Negro baseball players in the major leagues The Judge
IA that there rule in organized baseball prohibiting
go participation in organized white baseball and never
III been to his knowledge.
All over the country organizations clubs fraternties
Ii unions have been pettioning the Judge to take Ne
mes in the major leagues John Gallo, athletic director
Ford Local 600, UAWCIO blasted Jim crowism in the
Nor leagues Gallo stated that by not allowing Negroes
engage in the greatest national pastme of America in
ganzed baseball, that it not only hinderng base
but also causing disunity among the American people
The United Packing House Workers of America, Lo-
347 voted to send set of four resolutions of Judge
nesaw Mountain Lands, asking that discrimination
sinst Negroes in the major leagues be discontinued
This is just few examples of what the public wants
organized baseball In city like Detroit with Negro
5seba public of estimated $4,000 fans, just think
bat this would do to bolster everyday home attendance
Negro baseball players with their vast number of fol-
wers would almost double the attendance mark in cities
Ee Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland. New York, Pittsburgh
Philadelphia and Brooklyn. This alone should be enough
induce the managers and owners in white baseball to
I'D few colored stars to their roster
Rumors persistent that Clark Griffith, owner of
Washington Senators is contemplating on purchasing
<h Gibson big catcher from the Homestead Grays. 1t
also said that Cum Posey, of the Grays and hold
Of Gibsons contract, has refused to SELL
The Homestead Grays signed Josh for 1912 after Glib
Sn spent the Winter down in Mexico In 194l Josh hit
home runs to lead the league and win the most vau-
pie player award 1t reported that Vera Cruz paid
estimated $4,000 for the services of the big catcher
the beginning of the AZ Gibson signed two
par contract with the Grays after they had reputedy
ped $4,000 breach of contract suit against him for
ling to report last Spring
II Gibson signed by Griffith he would be big
PIP the owly Washington Senator'S whoat present
the bottom in the American League standings.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-07-25
Rain Postpones
Match To Sunday
At Belle Isle
Singles Champ
Eyes National
Meet At Lincoln

Mre Flora Lonla1 again advanced
10 tie finals ia The Public Parks
Women championship by defeat
ing Gertrude ar'ho.omeV, So. 81.
The matches We're held sunday.
july 20. al Belle Isle Mrs. Lomax
was defending her Public Parks
Womens championship that she
won last year from Mrs Mary
fernando
Mrs LomsX returned % Detroit
IN 1871 after A. eleven-week stay in
sunny Gallo MA where she won
ne lndusuis tournament defeat
ins Grace Richards So SO After
returning 10 Detroit Mrs Lonisx
concentrated on her Public Parks
championship and won She lost
her national championship 10 1871
20 MS Lula Ballard. Cleveland.
The finals FOR the men and
women singles MI be held sun
day. July p on Belle Isle al . pm.
RAIN interrupted the match be-
tween Gene Russell and Fred Ko-
va,eski white with Kcvalcfki
holding q one point lead over RUS
sell They arc scheduled 70 fin
ish this match sunday al Belle
Isle
Eyes National Meet
Flora Viii defend her national
singles crown AZ the annual
tournament Of the American Ten
MS association which Will ne held
q Lincoln university. IA
Lillian Van Barca ninth rank
nr woman PLAYER, Will also at
Tend the national meet as will
tho Detroit veteran, Clarence
Hunter who rates No q accord
ing 10 statistics released by office
NJ the secretary Of the associa-
tion
The American Tennis associa-
tion had planned 10 hold It's an
nGal nationals this YEAR Al The
a and T college Greensboro.
y c bal due 70 full summer
schedule which included coopera-
ton IL tho war effort. tho college
had 70 cancel this engagement as
p result Of which The tournament
has been Transferred 20 Lincoln.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-07-25
McDaniiels
Loses Crown
Looks Bad
On Easy Shots

LOS ANGELES ~ tL.A. Tribune
Features nouccsb y
bad game for unexplained reasons.
Jimmie Mcdaniel. national men
singles champion. was defeated NJ
the semi-hnal round Of the annual
Southern California Tennis tour
nament here last weekend
Apparently indifferent 10 the out
come OF his match. Mcdaniel MSS
ed shots which should have been
easy for him and played genera
ly unaroused game with Ted StOg-
lin. The score was 6-4. SIS
No explanation was forthcomils
for McDanicls poor performance.
other than that he apparently just
didn't feel like playing a lOca.
boy who went TO Xavfer university
in New Orleans and became The
sensation OF the Negro tennis
world. McDaniel has held the ma
tional championship three sea,cns.
one OF the few other defeats h
has suffered since the beginning OF
winning streak which Melted h.m
the Southern California, Pacific
Coast. Southern intercollegiate AMI
national titles. was from anolher
California boy, Harold Mitchell 1f
Oakland. Who urested tho PdGtc
Coast title from him In thri Ing
match TWO years ago.
Orvello ward local player IS
the new mems champion ~ Sou'A-
ern California. defeating Louis
Scales in a four-set match l6
SO. So SO
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-07-25
BUCKS, GRAYS,
ELITES TANCLE
in CAPITAL

PITTSBURGH, Pa.-Ths young
est. but fastest team In the Negro
American league and the fightenest
club In the Negro National League.
make up the opposition for Home
stead Grays over the weekend
Cleveland Buckeyes. the first year
sensation will meet the Grays ut
Forbes Field on Saturday. July rs
and Baltimore Elites take on the
Homesteaders at Griffith Stadium.
Washington. DC. Sunday. July rs.
Doubleheaders will be played eacn
day.
The Buckeyes contest In Pits
burgh winds up a ten-day harm
storming tour which produced an
average Of 5000 paid admissions
each day. $4,000 on Sunday at
League Park in Cleveland and top
ped the revenue earned by any
other club playing the Grays in the
same territory.
Who Gets Honorsi
Az present the Buckeyes are mix
ed up in a squabble with Kansas
City Monsrchs for first half hon
ors. The Bucks have proof thai
they have won q out OF 35 league
games. but the KC owners haven t
been able 10 get their figures or
ganized and the Bucks. naturally.
claim the fret half title
Face Tough Opponents
On Sunday. July 2e. the Gra,s
will face the opposition which
broke their early July winning
streak. pushed them from nrst TO
second place and caused writer's.
fans and the owners 10 wonder
what had happened 10 the champs.
The Elites lived up 10 their rep
utation when hot weather Sc; in
and crashed through to lead the
loop at the halfway mark Byrd.
Gainee. Adams and Woodrow VIII
son have all had their turn In TAX
ing the Grays over and are raring
n repeat at Griffith Stadium next
Sunday-where record crowds Of
the Negro National league have
turned out all season.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-07-25

tween the colored and white sec
ton OF that part OF the city. MANY
OF the whites in the community
have been fighting 10 make this a
"lily-white" pool. there has been
a number OF minor racial disturb
ances.
Recently Beckett Anderson, a
former Wllbcriorce athlete was as
signed there n lie guard. He felt
that he could break down much OF
the racial prejudice and get the
colcred and white children 10 swim
and play together. He was success.
full and the two groups are now
swimming together without much
respect 10 color or race.
Last week during Anderson's va
cation minor racial trouble broke
out between the Two groups. hui
now Anderson is back on the job
and every one seems 10 be happy
again. That If proof that many
things can be done II we use the
right methods. This colored yodlh's
success as guard az the Athletic
Recreation Center pool. banding
colored and whites together in
Philadelphia. is due to using
the right method and approach 10
the problem in question.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-07-25
Lomax To Defend City Parks Title
Lands Denies Ban On Negroes; Says
It's Up To Managers And Owners

CHICAGO LAMP Any baseball club that sees
fit to use Negro players may do So
That is the official statement given out Thursday nv
Judge Kenesaw NJ Lands commissioner of baseball in
answer to story published in New York daily quoting
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-07-25
Satchel Paige
Day Sunday
Chicagoans
Honor Pitcher

CHICAGO ANP)-Ch ad-
mirere Of the great Leroy (SatchelJ
Paige. Negro pitching wonder call
ed The Black Matthewson." are
going TO pay him the homage so
long due him. The mighty man CT
the pitching mound is coming Ia
Wrigley field on Sunday afternoon,
July 26, with his Kansas City Mon
archs, Negro American league
champions OF the past three years
for their important league double
header with the Memphis Red
Sox, currently leading the circuit
For nearly two decades Paige has
been coming to Chicago thrilling
the fans with his hurting f-ais
He has pitched in charity games
beneftting hospitals. boys clubs and
other fine causes. Now his admir-
ers-and their number Is countless
--feelit's about time that he be the
recipient OF day in his honor and
plans have been laid TO make this
occasion one long to be remember
ed.
He'll receive number OF gifts
and the ceremonies for the occasion
will be beautiful and inspiring
Satchel. when informed OF the day
planned for him, was thrilled. All
he could say was: Nothing like
this has ever happened TO me be.
fore"
The two games that day will pre-
sent some OF the greatest baseball
Chicago has ever seen. The two
clubs are engaged in furious fight
for leadership OF their league with
the Red Sox slightly ahead as a re.
suit OF recent thinning to
victory turned In for them by Yer
del Mathis. their stellar southpaw
over Paige and the Monarchs In
New Orleans. Paige worked the
first ak innings that day and was
not scored upon.
At Wrigley field. he and Mathis
considered the greatest left-handei
in colored baseball. will hook az
In a slab thriller that should equa
in excitement and interest Pages
hurting triumph over Dizzy Dear
and latter's array OF major and
minor leaguers now in Uncle Sans
service in a game several weeks age
on the same diamond.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-07-25

Manager Leo Durocher OF the
Brooklyn Dodgers as saying he
would like TO hire Negro players
but the commission would not per-
NIT II.
Lands summoned Durocher TO his
office Thursday and the Brooklyn
manager denied making the state
ment. Shortly afterward the com
missioner made the following state
ment:
This matter has been brought to
my attention several times. Ger
tain managers in organized base
ball have been quoted as saying
the reason Negroes are not playing
in organized baseball Is that the
commissioner would not PEI NIT
them to do so.
II have come 10 the conclusion
that II Is time for me TO express
myself on this so important issue.
Negroes are not barred from organ
lied baseball by the commissioner
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-07-25
CHATTERIN' on the
National Sports Sidewalk
BY ISAAC JONES

CORPORAL JOE LOUIS BAR
ROW. got new assignment last
week after being transferred TO
Fort Riley, Kans.. Joe was assign
ed 10 a horse troop in the caval-
ry. This new assignment Is per-
haps because OF Joe's Interest in
horseback riding and horses In a
radio broadcast Tuesday night frcm
Fort Riley, over coast-to-coast
hookup A number OF the new men
In the cavalry were interviewed IN
Guiding Joe Louis. The radio au-
dience was also given an oppor-
tunity TO hear the footsteps OF the
horses used in the cavalry ever
their radio set.
A warm reception awaited the
heavyweight champion at Junction
City, Kansas. Mayor Eli Trosrer
presented him with key to the
city.
Il hope this Ats the gate al the
fort. too. Joe remarked"
ACCORDING TO A NATIONAL
LY known sports columnIst for one
Of the cOlOred Eastern newspapers
.colored baseball fans are some-
what dlsorderly and often do dam
age 10 the parks Of the white major
leagues. Colored people have been
barred from holding games In
Oriole park In Baltimore. He also
claims that n the reason Briggs
stadium here In Detroit Will not he
available for future colored base
ball games. This writer has NOT
attended any Of these games here
In Detroit. and I cannot say whether
the charges set forth ny this writer
are true or not. however. his state
ment sounds true, because Of being
well acquainted with the conduct
Of some colored people. when they
are gathered In large numbers.
The columnist further stated that
when such parks are rented by
colored teams. the management OF
those teams should see that a
group OF colored police are pu.
there to keep order. instead OF
white officers. He feels like that
will offer a solution OF cutting down
on the number OF fights. He feels
that the presence OF white police
makes the fans feel that they are
there TO heat their heads" and
the white police feel that they will
be snapped up for interfering into
minor arguments simply because
they are white. Although. that II
their duty at the parks TO keep
order and protect the property.
This column must agree that
we always find some ~bad" colored
folks In q crowd Of this Kind. just
rs there are -bad- white folks In
similar crowds. Whether right or
wrong. they would resent being
told Ia "stop-arguing" by a whltr
cop. On the other hand. a police.
man Of his own race wonld be more
apt 10 handle such cases without
much opposition. n the above
charges are true here, and else.
where. I feel that the club owners
should try 10 work out q remedy
that would be better for all con-
cerned before n II too late.
DOWN IN PHILADELPHIA
there Is the Athletic Recreation
center located in the north-end Of
the city. 1T IL the dividing line be-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-07-25
Bill Watson PAGES
Detroit Policemen
In Toronto Meet

TORONTo--A powerful Detroi,
team carried of TOP honors At To-
rontos diamond Jubilee poiica
games
Bill watson. former University OF
Michigan track star. led the De-
troiters in Saturdays games. Wat
son. highest individual scorer. won
four frsts and added a second and
third at Detroit piled UP 81 points
to 20 for Toronto and % for Mon
treal.
Watson won the lO0-yard dash
the standing and running broad
jumps and the ls-pound shot put
lie was third In the running hop
step and jump and finished second
behind a teammafe George Huber.
in the discus throw Huber SCI o
new meet record OF i44 feet II S-S
inches