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Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
SENIOR WINS
SCHOOL AWARD
Martha Burrous, Smyrna Sen
iOr, Won First HOnOrs
at Newark Rally
GIVE DEMONSTRATION

Martha Burrous, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Burrous, Smyrna,
won first honors in the posture par
ade held in conjunction with the
annual Play Day exercises at the
Women's College Gymnasium Sat
urday. Play Day is sponsored each
year by the Department of Physic-
al Education and the Women's
Athletic Association of the Wo-
mems College for senior high
school girls of the state. This year
the high schools participating were
Dover, Laurel, Newark, Seaford,
Selbyville, and Smyrna Following
registration the girls were assigned
to color teams where they lost
their school identity as this gath
ering is not intended as school
competition but rather a competi-
tion of the girls. During the morn
ing session there were games be-
tween the color teams such as vol
ley ball, hand ball, table tennis,
tumbling, relay races for all teams,
Kangaroo, and obstacle relay races.
Address by Dean Colder
Luncheon was served in Kent
iIaii where Dean .Mafjol,s5 8. Colder
gave an address of welcome. In
the afternoon there was demon
stration by schools. The Dover
group demonstrated modern dance
techniquesffi Laurel students gave
a Brazilian dance; Newark a Span
ish dance; Laurel, tap dance; Sell
byville, a Mexican dance, and
Smyrna, a tumbling exhibition.
Other winners in the posture pa
rade were: Jean Collins of Newark,
second, and Melissa Baker, New
ark, third. Following final games
of volleyball and table tennis there
was recreational swimming in the
pool for all the girls. The follow
ing attended from Smyrna High
School, in charge of Miss Fay Will
son: Shirley Blechman, Martha
Burrous, Betty Eichholz, Edith
Johnson, Shirley Sydell, Emma
Pearce, Marian Pratt, Doris Pyle,
Mildred Slaughter, and Helen
Pleasanton.
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
LOCAL CIVILIAN
DEFENSE BOARD
News About the Smyrna Civil
ian Defense Council, ana
What 1t Is Doing
COUNCIL MEETS WEEKLY

A joint mobilization and position
test with the Clayton Defense Or
ganizations taking part and coop
Grating, has been announced by
Smyrna Civilian Defense Council.
This second drill will occur some
time between 9 a. M, Monday,
March 10th, and 8 p. M, Wednes-
day, March 18th. No blackout will
be required for this second test of
efficiency. Smyrna residents are
requested to observe this No Black
out ruling.
The Smyrna Civilian Defense
Council passed resolution which
recommended to the Smyrna Town
Council. that parking be permitted
on one side of Delaware Street
only, from South Street to Mt. Ver-
non Street. And that no parking
be permitted in the area from Del
aware Street to the West Corner of
Mrs. Walter Turner's property. both
sides of the street, on West Com
merce Street. A second resolution
was passed recommending to Smyr-
ma Town Council that they provide
for the purchase of two automobile
truck chasis of a suitable type, con-
forming to government require
ments, for the purpose of mounting
extra fire fighting equipment.
Should Smyrna Town Council act
favorable on this second resolution
the Offifice of Civilian Defense will
supply, without charge, the follow
ing items for each truck approved:
CONTINUED on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
CLAYTON WINS CONTEST
All Juniors Win First Prize in
County Play Contest

The Clayton Juniors won first
award in the Kent County All
dramatic contest Monday night
with their production Of wildcat
Willy" At a similar program Fri
day at Caesar Rodney School the
Cardinal Juniors of Houston won
honors with the play, Ask Nancy"
First prize for acting went to Alice
of the Paradise Club
who appeared in ELMER Cleans
Up" on Friday. Harry Cloud of
the Clayton Clodhoppers was Sec
ond in the acting competition. 9th
er acting honors went to Peggy
Ann. Munod and Betty Mitchell,
Westville Club; Marie Poole, Union
Club; Ethel Van Pelt, Cheswold,
and Francis Kitchens, Clayton.
Clodhoppers Second
Honors for the second best play
were won by the Clayton Clodhop-
pers with "The Catalogue" Play
ers in wildcat Willy" were: De-
lancey Pryor, Marilyn Rollins,
Marie Churchman, Francis Hitch
ems, Theodosia Hopkins, Ned Horn,
and Shirley Richards. The "Ask
Nancy" cast: Philip Armour, Doris
Marvel, Hazel Sapp, Ann Sapp,
Betty Wootten, and Alvina Kiel-
basa. The judges were: Mrs.
Mrs. George Ehinger, Mrs. Wini-
fred MacCardle, and William Gala
han. William Dawson presided.
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
DIR. GRAY CARTER WEDS
Married Mrs. Anne Selden of Scars
dale, N. ", ON February 18th

Married Mrs. Anne Selden of Scars
dale, N. ", ON February 18th
Mr.. and Mrs. Avent Childress of
Scarsdale, N. Y, have announced
the marriage of their daughter,
Mrs. Anne Selden to DR.. George
Gray Carter of Greenwich, Conn.
The ceremony took place on Feb
ruary 10th in Florida. Mrs. Carter
was the widow of Edward G. Sell
den of New York and Andover,
Mass. DR.. Carter is son of Mr..
and Mrs. George Carter of Cedar
brook Farm. He is a graduate of
the University of Delaware, of Ok
ford University, England and the
Johns Hopkins Medical School of
Baltimore, and is an assistant elm
ical professor of medicine at Yale
University. He is now attached to
the Yale Base Hospital as a major
in the Medical Reserve. Upon
their return from Florida DR.. and
Mrs. Carter will live at Greenwich
Conn.
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
STRICT RULES
FOR BLACK-OUT
No Lights Must Show; Ad-
wise Learning Regulations;
ViOlat0rs Subject to Fine
SIGNS MUST BE OUT

Before the practice black-out to
be tried here within the next few
weeks, the Civilian Defense Coun-
Gil is urging all people in this COM
munity to become acquainted with
rules and regulations applying to
air raid warnings and blackouts, as
established by recent ordinance
of town council. The warning sig
nal consists of ten or more SHORT
blasts on the fire siren, and the all
clear is one long blast. When the
warning signal is given, all drivers
of automobiles, trucks, etc., are to
pull over to the curb, turn off the
engine and lights, and leave the We
hicle until the all-clear signal is
sounded. Emergency vehicles, of
course, are exempt from this rule.
Any person violating this rule is
subject to fine or Imprisonment.
Put All Lights Out
All outside lights, and all lights
visible from the outside through
doors or windows are to be put out
Immediately, and kept out until the
all clear. Lights inside any build
ing may be kept on only where,
through the use of curtains, blank
cts, paper, paint, ETC., no lighting
is visible from the outside. The
owner, lessee, or person in charge
of each building is responsible for
the observance of this rule. Nc
door or window is to be opened if
light will be visible from the out
side. Lighted signs are to be put
out Immediately.
Lighted Signs Must Be Out
In this respect, committee offic-
ials are asking town merchants to
have their lighted sign placed on
an outside switch, where, in an en-
ergency, they may be turned out
easily. Home owners are advised
to turn out all the lights in the
house before they leave for the ev-
ening, otherwise, should a blackout
test be called, and light left on,
that home owner would be subject
to fine or Imprisonment. Air raid
wardens will be glad to make sug-
gestions for blackout preparations
in the home. They report that one
room, with few windows that could
be covered with blackout cloth, was
more satisfactory than switching
off the lights and sitting in the
dark until the all-clear sound.
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
Charles Neugebauer Honored

The Superintendent of the Della
ware Division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad and the train master met
with fellow workmen and friends of
Mr.. Charles Neugebauer of Clayton
at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, to
witness the presentation of a medal
to him for fifty years of service
with the railroad. Mr.. Neugebauer
is in the freight and passenger SER
vice department at Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
REA Meet in Milford

The Delaware Rural Electric AS
sociation will meet in Milford on
March 18th at the Community
Building at 7.30. Directors for the
coming year will be elected, and
additions to the bylaws made. A
Defense Bond will be given as
door prize, and an electric roaster
demonstrated.
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
TOWN PROPERTY SOLD
WPA Labor to Cement Causeway
at Lake, South Main Street

The Smyrna Town Council has
announced that the town property
and house on Market Street Plaza
had been sold. Complete informa-
tion, including the name of the pur-
chaser, was withheld until compile
tion of the transaction. Council
also said that cementing of the
causway over Lake Como would be
started by WPA labor soon. In
stallation of sewer and water lines
to the new Senger garage on Glen
wood Avenue, and on Mill Street to
Chestnut street, has been complet-
ed. Mr.. James Wilson, town cleo
trician, council reported, is working
every day on the improvement of
the electric system, part of the
three year program.
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
ASBURY METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. DR.. j. w. Colona, Pastor, An
nOunces Services For the Week

The services at Asbury Method
ist Church next Sunday, March Is,
will be as follows: the Church
School will convene promptly at 10
o'clock with Mr.. H. c. Jones, Su-
perintendent, in charge; the morn
ing worship service and sermon at
IL; the Youth Fellowship service at
$50 p. M; the evening worship
service and sermon at 7.30. The
Willing Workers Bible Glass will
hold the monthly meeting tomor-
row, Friday evening, March 18th,
at o'clock; the Woman's Society
of Christian Service will hold a
covered dish luncheon next Tues
day, March 18th, at 1 p. M; pray
er service Wednesday at 7.30 p. m.
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
FINAL FORUM TALK
MIR. Leke-Tedesco Spoke at School
Last Night; Fourth Speaker

The fourth and last forum of the
Institute of International Under
standing, sponsored by the Smyrna
Rotary Club, was held at the John
-Bassett Moore School last evening.
The speaker was Manoah Leide-
.Tedesco. who chose for his subject,
Our Neighbors Around the Carib-
beam"
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, Rec
tor, Announces Services For Week

st. Peters Episcopal Church,
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, rec
tor, makes the following announce
ments: Friday, 7.30 p. M, Lenten
service and choir practice. Fourth
Sunday in Lent, 7.30 a. M, celebra-
tion of the Holy Communion; 10
a. M, Church School; IL a. M,
morning prayer and sermon. The
ladies had a successful sale on Sat-
urday last. Hope you will help to
make it the same this coming Sat-
urday.
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
WHAT YOU SHOULD SAVE
Dos and Dont's on Things to Sal
wage for Defense

wage IOr Dt1eilSe
Dos and don'ts from the salvage
front: Do save Rags, paper, met
ais and rubber in appreciable
amounts, or anything for which
junk dealers have market. Don't
save-Razor blades, because they
are so thin they burn in melting
furnace; bottle tops, although there
may be later drive for them, and
rubber heels, for they contain too
little rubber. Toothpaste and shaw
ing cream tins-empty-are not on
the official salvage-for-victory" list,
although some agencies are saving
them.
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
NEW WOMAN'S COMMITTEE
To Stimulate Sale of Defense Bonds
and Stamps i'm This Vicinity

ana Stamps in This Vicinity
Mrs. w. c. Deakyne has been ap-
pointed Smyrna chairman of the
Women's Division for the sale of
Defense Bonds and Stamps. Mrs.
Maurice Hartnett, Jr., Dover, is
the Kent County chairman. Others
in this vicinity serving on the COM
mittee are Mrs. Seville Keys, for
Clayton, Mrs. Nelson Emory for
Cheswold, Mrs. Lorette Clark for
Kenton. Mrs. Wilbert Rawley for
Leipsic. This committee will stim-
ulate the sale of Defense Bonds and
Stamps in their community.
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
CERTIFICATES
GIVEN 30 MEN
Complete Chemical Warfare
Course; Now Taking
Police Tatics
ORDER BLACKOUT CLOTH

The Chemical Warfare classes,
recently held under the direction of
Sergeant Walter Z. S4l.ires of the
Wilmington Police, are completed.
Thirty members of the Air Raid
Warden and Auxiliary Police group
studied this course, consisting of
four lectures and demonstrations
that clearly explained the art of
local defense against any incendi-
ary, or explosive, bombs that might
be dropped in this area. Members
of the group who successfully
passed the Chemical Warfare test,
as part of their studies, and who
were awarded certificates, are as
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. S. j. Thackaberry, Pastor, An
n0unces Services For the Week

Presbyterian Church, Rev. S. j.
Thackaberry, pastor, announces
services on Sunday morning and
evening at IL and 7.30; Sunday
School at 10; Young Peoples meet
ing at T. Midweek meeting We'd
nesday at 7.3O.
Smyrna times., 1942-03-12
follows:

Joseph Bennett Charles King
Louis Black Richard Long
Millaway Broadway Ollie Loose
Charles Burrous Ike Merrill
James Clark, Jr. John Mood
George Clough Melvin Moore
Ray Cook Henry Price
Lee Deakyne Raymond Pusey
]. R. DeFord Charles Regenauer
]. Wells FAIRIES Henry Shapley
Frank Fleming Harry Still
Roland Ford Thomas Swiggett
Lee Gooden Samuel Wallace
Howard Hill James Warren
]. w. Jacobs, Jr Earl West
The "follow-up" course of studies
for Smyrna's Air Raid Wardens
and Auxiliary Police group which
began last week, will end tonight
(Thursday, March 12th.) at 7.15
o'clock. These meetings are held
in the Citizens Hose Company
Building. Members of the class are
being taught police tactics. During
these meetings special equipment
for the use of Air Raid Wardens
and Auxiliary Police is being dis
tributed. Mayor DR.. R. F. Corley
has sworn in members of this class
as special police. The authority
thus extended will be in force dur
ing such periods deemed as an
emergency. In such an emergency,
the special police authority will be
vested in these men until such a
time as they are officially released.
Evening star., 1942-09-10

Howard Petit, 9, medium height,
light weight; wearing red-striped
polo shirt, black trousers, black ten
mis- shoes, carrying roller skates;
missing from 1015 H street NE.
since Tuesday.
Paul Petit, 8, medium height and
build, blond hair; wearing brown
striped polo shirt, short black trou-
sers, black tennis shoes; missing
from 1015 H street NE. since Tues
day.
Beulah Harris, 46, colored, 5 feet
inches, 140 pounds, short, mixed
gray hair, upper front tooth miss
ing; missing from 1929 U street NV.
since Tuesday.
Leonard Horton, SIS, colored, 5 feet
2 inches, 1875 pounds, mixed gray
hair, small mustache; wearing dark
brown suit and dark gray hat; miss
ing from 223 S street NV. since
Tuesday
Lois Ellen Schrider, 16, feet, 100
pounds, brown eyes and hair; miss
. ing from Silver Spring, Md, since
Sunday.
Charles Prince. 10, colored, 4 feet,
SO pounds; wearing blue striped
shirt, blue trousers and brown shoes;
missing from 233 @ street NV. since
yesterday.
Inez Kraft, Is, feet inches, 95
pounds, brown eyes, dark brown
hair; wearing dark blue jacket,
striped skirt, white shoes; missing
from 333 Eighth street NE. since
Yesterday.
Evening star., 1942-09-10
$50 Arrested in Bombay;
Disturbances Spread

BOMBAY, Sept 10 tP-A wave Of
disturbances in various parts of
India marked the end of the first
month of Mohandas K Gandhis
detention yesterday, resulting in
gunplay in which several persons
were wounded and in arrests of $50
in Bombay.
Police charged crowd attempt
ing to hold a meeting in Bombay and
opened fire when the crowd threw
stones. Among the $50 arrested
were 156 women.
Police and troops patrolled the
streets at New Delhi to prevent
demonstrations. Sixty persons were
arrested in the northwest frontier
province, the first arrests there
since the disturbances began a
month ago.
Fifty were arrested in Gandhi's
home town, Wardha.
Reuters reported today from Luck
now that police inspector and a
constable had been burned to death
by crowd of demonstrators at
Sadat.
At Karachi nine Hurs were hanged
for various offenses, making total
Of SO executed since the government
proclaimed martial law to deal with
these fanatical tribesmen.
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Alexandria Will Divert
Steel to Hospital Project

The Alexandria City Council has
agreed to give up to 100 tons of steel
owned by the city to the Alexandria
Hospital for use in building an ad-
dition recently assured by a Federal
grant and loan, according to Robert
G. Whitton hospital superintendent,
Meeting in executive session after
its regular meeting Tuesday night,
the council was told by Mr.. Whitton
and Clarence G. Robinson, president
of the Hospital Board, that they
had reason to believe one of the con-
ditions of the Federal grant would
be use of city-owned steel The
steel originally was purchased for
use in sewer construction. The city
has enough on hand to proceed with
emergency sewer work, even if it
gives some to the hospital.
Residents of Duke street opposed
building the new nurses home close
to their property and the council
agreed to make an inspection be-
fore proceeding with recommended
tions.
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Initiation
Continued From First Page }

the responsibility that belongs to
Congress-" declared Representative
Gore, Democrat, of Tennessee, who,
as member of the Banking Com
mittee, battled unsuccessfully last
| year to substitute an overall anti
! imitation bill for the. present price
control law
In his message to Congress, Mr..
Roosevelt said he would stabilize
wages when Congress had acted to
holds down the price of farm prod
/ ucts.
Although the President asked that
the present method of figuring farm
parity prices be continued, some
legislators expressed belief that the
current formula, as applied by the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
does not take into consideration the
rise in farm labor costs because of
lndustry's manpoWer demands.
Parity is an artificial level
calculated to give farmers pur-
chasing power equivalent to that
in some past favorable period, in
most cases 1909-14).
AS a consequence, it appeared
| likely that a whole new parity
formula might be proposed on the
Senate floor.
Meanwhile, several Republican
members of the House in speeches
on the floor yesterday demanded
quick action to stabilize the cost
OF living. Although caustically crit
ical of what they called Mr.. Roose-
velt's ultimatum. they urged imme-
diate action to avoid a disruptive
inf1ationary situation.
Representative Rich, Republican,
OF Pennsylvania said that if Con-
gress failed to do it's duty, the
country would have dictator in
the White House"
IF you don't act you are not
worthy to sit in this House" he
shouted.
Fish Urges Protection of People.
Representative Fish, Republican,
of New York said Mr.. Roosevelt
could have used his influence in
other ways than threatening to in
woke war powers beyond his con-
stitutional authority" adding that
it was "the duty of the democratic
Congress to protect the American
people from the tragic effects of in
! f1ation."
Representative Taber, Republican,
OF New York accused the President
of lacking the courage to ask Con-
gress to. fix ceilings for wages as
well as farm prices.
Representative Rankin, Democrat,
of Mississippi declared, "If the
American farmers can help it,
you're not going to destroy the
American farmer by raising wages
and keeping farm prices down"
Mr.. Rayburn said the bill to be
| introduced would give the Presi-
dent broad authority to stabilize
everything that goes into the cost
of living-and that means every
thing"
Both House and Senate, Mr.. Ray
burn said, would work independ-
emily and simultaneously on sepa-
rate bills.
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Terrence Peter Brody
Funeral Services Held

Funeral services for Terrence
Peter Brady, 56, of Silver Spring,
who served as cook for many years
for Company K, 1st Infantry, and for
the Service Company, Maryland Ma
tional Guard, were held today at the
Warner E. Pumphrey funeral home,
Silver Spring. Burial was in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Mr.. Brady was found dead Tues
day in a parked car in Silver Spring
and certificate of death due 70
natural causes was issued by DR..
C. E. Hawks. county coroner.
Born in Brightwood, Mr.. Brady
spent most of his life in Silver
Spring.
Two sisters, Mrs. Florence Benson
OF Washington and Mrs. Mary Lins-
dale of Fort Wayne, Ind, and
stepmother, Mrs. Rena Brady, also
of Washington, survive.
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Nozis Report Alarm
Over Rise of Communism
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, Sept. 10 (P).-The Finnish
newspaper Urun Sangaat was quoted
yesterday by a Helsinki dispatch as
saying the increase of Communist
voices in Swedish elections is no.
ticed with alarm in Sweden
(The Berlin radio did not COM
ment on the article, but the fact
that it quoted it was seen as
follow-up on yesterdays charges
by the German Foreign Offlce
that Sweden is "the Communist
center of Europe"
reference books do not list
any newspaper by the name of
Urun Sangaat in Finland. The
paper may be the Turun Sano-
mat, published at TurkuD
The paper was quoted as saying
considerable Communist inf1u.
ence upon the masses of left-wine
voters is a result of the fact that
the people in Sweden have sub.
mitted themselves without criticism
to formation of opinions held py
the Western powers whereby friend.
ship with Bolshevism is particu.
larly pronounced.
THE fact that Swedish Com.
munists have thus got more winc
in their sails is only due to thu
carelessness of responsible quarters
which with few exceptions treat
Bolshevism with great generosity
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Studeboker to Speak
On Drive for Scrop

Details of the childrens part in
the scrap drive will be described on
a Nationwide broadcast at 3:15
pm. tomorrow, heard locally on
Station WJSV, by DR.. John w. Stu
debaker, United States Commission
er of Education, and Ernest Kanzler,
director general of operations for
the War Production Board.
Mr.. Kanzler will explain the neces-
sity for the drive and DR.. Stude-
baker the details of the children's g
part in it. No word of the plans has
come to school officials here yet, it
was indicated. but the Board of
Education took cognizance of the
drive yesterday by granting permis-
sion for junior high school stu
dents to act as "block 1ieutenants."
Evening star., 1942-09-10
PutroImun Nubs Housebreukinq
Suspects on Successive Niqhts

Yesterday it was Pvt. Gwinn who
turned up when police were advised
that a housebreaker had awakened
Almira Thacker and Minnie Smith,
boarders at the home of Mrs. Rosa
Lee Wright, 408 E street Sc.
One of the roomers yelled when
she discovered the man crawling on
the floor of the bedroom, but he had
fled by the time the policeman ar
rived Not far away, however, Pvt.
Gwinn came upon a 27year-old
colored suspect, still crawling, this
time through fence in the 400
block of D street Sc.
Both men are being held for
questioning.
Evening star., 1942-09-10

feasibility Of mail carriers accept
ing first-class mail at houses to
which mail is delivered. Authorize
ton for the committee was voted
on the motion of DR.. Freeman
Weiss
At the suggestion of J. A. Duerk-
sen, the group agreed unanimously
to purchase a 500 War bond. Fred
T. Devine volunteered to head a
committee which will be designed
to work with the D. c. Salvage
Committee to round up and dispose
of salvage in the area. Minor street
improvement needs noted by men,
bers during the summer were re-