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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
Fine Terrorization
Drive Organized

Bormann's outfit, aided hv the
Gestapo, went further step Ivy ster
and organized fine terrorizatior
campaign against the Jews.
The night telephone call. The
knock on the door, and the sudden
arrest Of some member Of the
Jewish family blanched faces and
revived suicide by the score.
II had happened before. but
never on such a large scale.
The most diabolical Of all va:
the black-bo5dered death notice
which came through the regular
mails 10 hundreds of Jews in
Berlin.
saw dozens Of these cards
printed in staid black type with
crossed palm branches at the bot
tom. II read:
You are instructed herewith
to deliver your useless person at
8 p. m. tomorrow to the ground
back of Lichtenberg cemetery,
equipped with spade or shovel.
to dig the hole In which you will
lie with other Jews after liuui-
dalton OF your carcass free OF
cost
In Berlin alone that devilish
little card produced scores OF
deaths from heart shock or suicide
Jews came around 10 us with
blanched faces. in the depths OF
despair, fully cognizant by nov
with the sworn oathS of Bormann
that before the end Of 1871 not a
single Jew would be left inside
Germany.
The lid was off; Bormann was
riding high and the Gestapo and
s. S. bounced like packs Of hungry
wolves on the Jews.
One dark night in the blackout
I walked past the big synagogue
on Fasanen Strasse.
II had been Quilted by flames
after the NaziS set fire 10 il in
their mad outburSt of violence
against the Jews in November of
1888.
Only the walls remained in mute
testimony OF the crime.
saw large motor trucks drawn
up there and thought it might be
one of the mobile anti-aircraft
batteries getting located for a
nights raid.
But / heard sobbing and means
in the dark. and harsh voices COM
|manding people 10 move fast.
l slowed down and even walked
back trying TO catch the meaning
of it all.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
By Hof
By Billy De Beck
Paul Fogarty

beings away from the land Is nor
what it is cracked up to be.
found out from one OF The
Gestapo that. Himmler and Bor-
mann were raising Cain in early
November because the records
showed that only 5000 Jews had
been taken away from Berlin to
Poland up TO then.
Twice as many remained. When
l left some weeks later. the raid
on Jews and their determination
was continuing with renewed
Ivigor.
The Nazis touched no foreign
Jews up to then. except those az
occupied lands.
But / heard from very good
source that the foreign Jew win
be regulated" in Germany in
When America and Maitland
went 10 war. the last loophoIe Of
escape for the Jew was closed.
But even before that the blow
had fallen. 80
On the night OF November s. a
A CONTINUED on Page 2G
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
Family Members
Told 10 Move

/ had stumbled by chance. as K
turned out from subsequent devel-
opments, on the first of the sys-
tematic hauls of Jews from their
lhomes for assembly in synagogues
and transport next day to bleak
ghettos in Galicia.
Bormann's method Of liquidat-
ing the Jews was as thorough as
/ it was inhumane.
Night after night. beginning
around IL p. m, flying squadrons
Iof GeStapo in motor trucks would
spread over the city and knock or
ring percmptorily al addresses of
Jews on their list.
The terrified members of that
Jewish family, 5 or 10 years old
as the case might be, we're told
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27

/ OF all be exposed to the mob
branded and identified beyond all
possibility of mistake.
He did this by pushing through
an edict compelling every Jew.
man. woman or child to wear over
the heart on overcoat or blouse a
David Star Of yellow cloth two
inches across.
Then with Joe Goebbels' aid he
put over propaganda campaign
calling on the German people 10
take note of the many Jews still
in their midst.
This didn't faze the downtrod-
den Jew so much; in fact, he or
she stuck chin up and went almost
proudly about their business.
saw German officer step up
TO an old gentleman with David
Star in the Tiergarten and salute
him, with apologies for the Faith
erland.
But the mob and the narrow
minded and prejudlced little Ger
man striving 10 be 500 per cent
Nazi when any superior Of ms is
looking, went out of the way TO
annoy the Jews.
The Nazis, 10 assuage the Of
tended and anxious section of the
public mind. spread the word
through school and beer hall that
the David Star was fixed on Jews
because in America President
Roosevelt had compelled every
! German to wear the swastika in
his coat lapel.
That was a typical trick of slick
loo GoahhalS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27

nicely. before there be any rough
housing or interfering. she shot
herself straight through the heart
with a beautiful little revolver.
She died as she was born, q
lady.
The Gestapo men who had to do
the dirty work of gathering the
Jews in at night complained that
so many Of those on the list were
not 10 be found.
Apparently they slept away
from home, desperately hoping to
stall off the black fate another
dav.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
T u F F Y

then and there by their sinister
visitors 10 get out of bed and
within one hour be ready to leave
with not more than 30 pounds oil
Clothing and personal possessions
in hand, in addition TO not more
than 10 marks apiece.
The wailing and weeping availed
nothing; those who died of fright
or by own hand in the space OF
that hour were carted away along
with the living.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
Unload Aeonized
Human Beings

The Gestapo always turned out
the lights after their victims had
gone down the stairs into these
waiting trucks, and carefully
pasted printed slip over the door
outside leading into the apartment
saying
CLOSED and sealed by the
Secret State Police"
The motor trucks, when filled 10
capacity, proceeded with douSed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
Raising Cain
in Early November

So Bormann dispatched advance
notices to the victims days ahead,
telling them just when their turn
would come and to be on hand.
That caused more suicides.
The Nazis were pretty sore by
the end OF October when they had
10 admit 70 themselves that the
job OF tearing some 100000 human
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
Every Jew Must
Be Exposed TO Mob

Perhaps, in his carpeted office ir
Berlin, Bormann dreamed Of liqui.
dating the less than 100000 re-
naming Jews in the Greater Reicf
as speedily and Systematically.
Therefore every Jew must frs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27

Continued on Page 70
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-27
Hitler Unmarked
Bormann Made
Life Living He'll
For Polish Jews

tThe incredible brutality
whereby Nazi Germany is at
tempting 10 cleanse itself of
Jews and make the Catholic
Church a helpless tool OF it's
own Vaccinations is revealed
in all its stark horror today
by Pierre j. Huss. for eight
years chief Berlin correspond
ent OF international News
SerVice.)
Smyrna times., 1942-10-15

Farmers who have any scrap iron
to donate to the Salvage Drive here
are asked to send a post card to Ell
lery j. Ward, chairman of the
Smyrna Salvave Committee, or to
telephone 2046, leaving name and
location of farm, before Saturday,
October oath. On this date, the
Boy Scouts, with the aid of the
town truck and other trucks donat-
ed for the occasion, will make trips
into the country to collect scrap
iron from farm houses. Farmers
are asked to have this junk at the
end of lanes to facilitate collection.
The trucks will call only at those
farms from which they have re-
ceived notification that scrap iron
is on hand. The Scouts will collect
salvage within the town again this
Saturday, October 18th. Smyrna
residents are reminded that they
need not wait for the Saturday col
Smyrna times., 1942-10-15
G.S. KINGSPEAKS
BEFORE CLUB
Rotary Told of the EvaluatiOn
of the Modern School
Curriculum
CIVIC INTEREST LAUDED

Glenn S. King, senior English
teacher at the John Bassett Moore
High School, was speaker at the
Smyrna Rotary Club last week. His
subject was ''Evaluation of Modern
School Curriculum" He recited
writings of great men of the past
and quoted poets whose messages
had an effect on the lives of stu
dents and the building of character.
He told of the proper evaluation of
books and their effect on the intel
igence of the future. Mr.. King
commended the Rotary Club on its
interest in civic matters.
Letter Read
George o. Pearson responded and
the program was arranged by Har-
vey c. Jones, former president, who
also presided in the absence of the
president, Harry P. Jones. The
club members were told of the ill
ness of Dr. C. J. Prickett. A letter
was read from Lieut.. Ralph Jones
to his fellow Rotarians telling of
his experiences in the U. S. Army.
Smyrna times., 1942-10-15
20 TRANSMITS
AT LABOR CAMP
Peak Population Has Been
$50; Those Remaining Are
Picking Apples
80 FARMERS NEED AID

Snap bean picking harvest season
in warmer Florida has almost
drained Delaware's migratory farm
labor emp at Woodside of its tram
sient farm workers, Thomas Rus
sell, manager of the Dover Office of
the U. S. Employment Service, dis
closed. He said only about 20
workers remain in the camp and
harvest seasons in the South soon
will beckon them. The peak pop
ulation of the camp since it's estab-
lishment early in the summer was
about 150 Those remaining are
engaged in picking apples and are
expected to stay on the job about
another month.
No Crops Lost
Speaking of the general satisfac-
tion given by the camp in its first
season and in spite of its compar-
atively late opening, Russell said
that, so far as he has been advised,
no crops were lost by fruit growers
and farmers because of lack of help
although at times they were seri-
ously pressed for workers. He ex-
pressed the belief that, on the
whole, canneries, which have their
own workers abodes, were not SER
iously handicapped. {
35 Farmers Need Aid
However, there continues a defin-
lite shortage of farm labor and now
there are on file with his office
about 35 applications for help from
farmers of Kent County. Proceed
ing on the basis that the camp will
be reopened next year, Russell OBJ
served that efforts must be directed
toward provision for transportation
for the migrant laborers not only
when coming to and leaving the
camp, but also between camp and
farm. Describing how we'll the ac-
commodations of the camp appeal
ed to the transients, Russell cited
amin stance when group of the
campers, hearing of higher wages
in New Jersey, went to that state
but speedily returned to camp when
they found that on the farms they
had to live in barns and had none
of the showers, nursing accommo-
dations, sanitary provisions, and the
other conveniences of the camp.
Established This Year
The camp was established by the
Farm Security Administration af-
ter Delaware's representatives at
Washington, the State Board of
Agriculture, and agriculture groups
of the state, led by Gov. Walter w.
Bacon, carried on vigorous fight
for it.
Smyrna times., 1942-10-15
TRUCKS TO COLLECT SCRAP IRON
FROM FARMERS OCTOBER oath

lections, but may take their sal
wage to the Depot in back of the
Post Office building. Mr.. Ward re-
ports that two additional tons of
scrap were collected last Saturday,
making total tons collected dur
ing the drive thus far. 1--WE need
more cooperation from the farmers
and from the school children, Ward
said, adding that many schools
throughout the state had collected
more scrap than all the agencies in
this town working together. Last
Saturday, Ward reported, the Boy
Scouts took two furnaces apart,
practically housekeeping the two
cellars for the owners" Accord
inv to G. R. Miller, school superin-
tendent, the pupils of the John Bas-
sett Moore School have collected
approximately 100 pounds of scrap
to date.
Smyrna times., 1942-10-15
BIBLE CLASS OFFICERS
Mrs. S. Kennard Price is New
President of Group

officers for the coming year
were elected at the monthly meet
ing of the Willing Workers Bible
Glass held in the church parlors
last Friday evening". The new Of
ficers named are: President, Mrs.
G. Kennard Price; Vice President,
Mrs. Ernest Mattiford; Secretary,
Mrs. Fred Harris; Treasurer, Mrs.
Andrew Cole; Corresponding Sec
etary, Mrs. Lee Gooden; Program
Chairman, Mrs. Norman Shorts.
Committees are: Visiting, Mrs.
George Short; Membership, Mrs.
Clifford Jones; Special, Mrs. Ernest
Mattiford and Mrs. Franklin Ennis;
Hospitality, Mrs. Mildred Snow and
Mrs. Homer Downes; Pianists, Mrs.
Andrew Cole and Mrs. Harvey
Wright; Publicity, Mrs. Thomas
Russell.
Chicken Supper Planned
Plans were made for baked
chicken supper on November II.
Following the. business a program
was presented by Mrs. Norman
Shorts. The program consisted of
a piano solo by Betty Jane Griffin;
reading, Jean Snow; vocal solo,
Mrs. George Fleming.
Smyrna times., 1942-10-15
BLACKBIRD WEDDING
Miss Grace Sylvester Marries DR..
Hobart Hare Saturday Afternoon

A very pretty wedding took place
in Scott M. E. Church at Blackbird
at 4 O'Clock Saturday afternoon
when Miss Grace Sylvester, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sylves-
ter, Townsend, became the bride of
DR.. Hobart Hare. Mrs. Edgar Will
liams of Middletown, was matron
of honor for her sister and Mrs.
James Sylvester of Wilmington, a
sister-in-law of the bride, and Miss
Norma Lippincott were the brides
maids. Miss Evelyn Wright of
Washington, played the wedding
music. Mr.. Vernon Hare was best
man for his brother and another
brother, Mr.. Francis Hare and Mr..
James Sylvester were the ushers.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father Rev. j. c. Handy of
Townsend performed the ceremony
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Sylvester.
Smyrna times., 1942-10-15
OIL DEALERS TO
SENDOUT FORMS
Fuel Oil Consumer Will Not
Be Required to Register
at Ration Board
COUPON CREDITS

Fuel oil consumers will not be
required to stand in line to regis
ter at the local war Price and RAJ
ton Board, Harley R. Bodley, chair
man, has announced. Consumers
may expect to get their ration ap-
plication forms from their dealers
soon after October 21st. The forms
are to be filled out as soon as pos
possible and mailed, or delivered, to
the local War Price and Rationing
Board. The Board will compute
the ration on the basis of informa-
ton in the application and will no
tify the consumer when his coupon
sheet is ready. Meanwhile, the con-
sumner may make any purchases
that are necessary by signinv a
coupon delivery promissory note as
announced recnetly by OPA and the
War Production Board. Under
coupon credit consumers may make
that are necessary by signing a
coupon note, promising to surrend-
er to the dealer coupons for the
gallonage he delivers within IL
days after the coupons are avail
able.
Dealers Register
Dealers will register with the
local rationing board on October
goth and 21st, and will receive al
that time application blanks for all
of their customers. Dealers will be
required at the time of registration
to report their inventories as of the
close of business September 80
Every customer will be informed OF
the amount of fuel oil he purchased
during the 12-month period ending
last May 81. In case purchases
have been made from more than
one dealer, certiications will be re-
quired from each dealer. Each
user will need this information for
his application.
Blanks Mailed to Board
Consumers will not be required
to present their applications in per-
son. The blanks may be mailed to
the lcal War Price and Rationing
Board. The Board, however, will
ask each applicant to appear at
board offices to pick up their ration
coupons, when they are ready. The
local Board may call upon appli-
cants for additional information, if
facts contained in the blanks are
deemed inadequate, or if there is
any doubt about the applicant
claims. Registration of CONNER
cial industrial and institutional
users of heating oils, and also OF
fuel oil, kerosene and diesel fuels
used for non-heating purposes will
follow this same pattern, OPA of
ficials said.
Smyrna times., 1942-10-15
IKENTON P.T.A.
GROUP ELECT
Mrs. S. G. Walker, President ;
Committees Appointed; Plan
Party For Pupils
DEFENSE PARADE

The Parent Teacher Association of
the Kenton School met on Monday
evening, October 18th, at the school
at s p. m. Mrs. S. G.. Walker, pres
ident, presided. The new officers
are as follows: President, Mrs. S.
C. Walker; Vice President, Mrs
Earl Carter; Secretary and Public
ity, Mrs. G. A. Parsons; Assistant
Secretary, Mrs. Olin Pinder; Treas
urer, Mrs. Edward Attix. Com
mittees appointed were as follows
Defense, Miss Eva Carey; Library,
Mrs. Mary farrell; Health, Mrs. r.
w. Comegys; Ways and Means
Mrs. Clifford Clark, Mrs. Roland
Faulkner, Mrs. Wesley Conley
Mrs. S. G. Walker, Mrs. Levi Ever
EFT; Membership, Mrs. Clifford
Clark, Mrs. Dewey Crossley, Mrs
Franklin Everett, Mrs. Edward At
Tx.
Halloween Party
The P.T.A. have planned a Hal
lowe'en Social for the children on
the afternoon of october 30th. The
parents committee, Mrs. Earl Car
ter, Mrs. S. G.. Walker, Mrs. G. A
Parsons, Miss Eva Carey, and Mrs
Harry Faulkner, will serve refresh
ments. The teachers, Mrs. farrell
and Mrs. Comegys, will plan a pro-
gram of entertainment. This will
take the place of the usual annual
social held in the evening. The first
aid kit for the school has been re-
plenished by the P.T.A. and Miss
Carey has reported an encouraging
sale of defense stamps to the chill
dren. The regular meeting night
will be the third Friday of each
month. The next meeting will be
held on Friday, November goth.
Kenton School Parade
The pupils of the kenton School
went "All Out" for scrap collection
with a Defense Parade through
town on Friday, October 9th. AT
2 p. m. the six grades paraded
through Kenton with a banner
Get in the Scrap with the Kenton
School," and accompanied by the
beat of pots and pans from the
school scrap pile. The express
wagons brought up the rear and
proved to be carriers for several
loads of scrap contributed by the
residents, and were almost more
than the students could handle. y
The flag bearers in the parade
were Frank Knots and Howard
Everett, 9th grade, and the banner
made by pupils of the 9th grada
was carried by Martin Williams
and Bruce Clark. Hot and perspir-
ing and still carrying in scrap to
add to the pile at p. m. one pupil
looked up with smile and said
well, we are doing our part" Nc
estimate of the amount collected
has been made.
Smyrna times., 1942-10-15
BOTH PARTIES
SPEED DRIVE
Only Four Vacancies Exist
Intensive Drive For Votes
Until November 3rd
TWO WOMEN ON TICKET

With little less than three
weeks remaining before the general
election on Tuesday, November 3
both major parties have completed
their state conventions and county
primaries and are prepared for an
intensive drive for votes. Only
four vacancies exist in the entire
state for places in the Legislature
on the two tickets and it is a GER
tainty these will be filled on time.
The Prohibition ticket, which has
not yet been completed, is expected
to appear on the ballot, but wheth-
er there will be any others is still
an uncertainty.
Heads Tickets
The rival major tickets are head
ed by former Gov. c. Douglass
Buck, Republican, of Buena Vista,
New Castle, and former City So
licitor E. Ennalls Berl of Whining
ton, for United States Senator to
succeed Senator James H. Hughes,
Democrat, of Dover. Rep. Philip
T. Traynor, Democrat, of Whining
ton, is seeking reelection against
Secretary of State Earle D. Wiley
of Dover, Republican. Chief Dep
uty Atty.-Gen. Clair ]. Killoran of
Wilmington is the Republican can
didate for attorney general against
Houston Wilson of Georgetown,
Democratic candidate, seeking to
Continued on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1942-10-15
MASONIC LODGE ELECTS
j. Thomas Warren, Grand Master;
Walter w. HYnson, Deputy g. nj.

The Masonic Grand Lodge of
Delaware has elected j. Thomas
Warren of Oriental Lodge, No u,
Wilmington, as grand master, sue
ceeding Maj. Clarence A. Short.
Walter w. Hynson was elected dep
uty grand master. Mr.. Hynson, a
former member of the Old Age
Welfare Commission, and later its
executive director, also was CASH
Ter and Trust Officer of the Fruit
Growers National Bank and Trust
Company of Smyrna. He once head
ed the Delaware Bankers Associa-
ton, and was Smyrna town treas
urer for several terms. In 1928,
he was elected a state representa-
tive, and was a vice-president of
tn Taxpayers Research League.
Smyrna times., 1942-10-15
INDIFFERENCE CRITICIZED
Ennalls Berl, Democratic Nominee
For U. S. Senator, Speaker Here

IDi - =. cNshftSAs opSffNNi hheae
Indifference of many citizens to
so-called "off-year elections was
criticized by E. Ennalls Berl, DEM
ocratic nominee for U. S. Senator,
at a rally here Monday night. He
said the election this year was of
vital Importance as men in public
office can help or hinder the war
effort. He compared this years
balloting to 1918 when, he said, the
opposition to President Wilson
gained control in Congress and
blocked the Presidents effort to
solve war and postwar problems.
Defend soldiers Vote
The right of soldiers to vote, re-
CARELESS of where they are station
ed, was defended by Houston Will
son, encouragement nominee. He
also urged citizens generally to
cast ballots after carefully consid-
ering the qualifications of the can
didates. Other speakers were: Will
liam S. Potter, state Democratic
chairman; Peter S. Collins, seeking
reelection as state treasurer; Thorn
as Stayton, for auditor, and county
candidates. Lieut.. Gov. 1. ]. Mac
Collum presided.
Smyrna times., 1942-10-15
ARMY PLANE
CRASHES HERE
Long Search For Pilots Body;
Smyrna Volunteers Aid;
In Crater Near Marsh
ARMY MEN IN CHARGE

Army men and Smyrna volun-
teers ended a three-day search yes
terday for the body of an army
pilot, whose plane crashed two
miles east of town Monday morn
ing, on the Cummins farm tenant
ed by Ernest Council. The atten-
ton of Smyrna residents were at
tracted Monday morning by two
planes flying over town, of which
one seemed to be having motor
trouble. Several persons were
watching as the plane nose-dived
to the ground. Mrs. May F. Long,
who saw the plane fall and heard
the explosion, called the Citizens
Hose Company to the scene, but the
firemen were unable to get near
the wreck because of the intense
heat and flames. Samuel Best, of
Woodland Beach road, was working
in a nearby cornfield when the
plane crashed.
Plane Exploded
According to Mr.. Best, the plane
exploded as it hit the ground, bury
ing itself in large crater close to
the Smyrna Creek marsh. Firemen
had been pumping water out of the
crater in order that army men
could continue their search for the
pilots body and parts of the plane.
Spectators who rushed to the scene
picked up bits of the plane which
the explosion had blown yards
away. State police and army men
reached the scene soon after the
accident occurred. The second
plane, after attracting attention
here by performing stunts over
town, headed south when he saw
the firemen arrive on the scene, APP
parently to notify army officials at
the Dover airport. The pilot, Lieut..
William Steele, of Canton, Ohio,
had flown from a Philadelphia air
port.