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KENT FARMERS
DISCUSS CROPS
Results of Tomato Crop Pro-
jects Discussed at Meet
ing of Growers
CASH PRIZES GIVEN

Tomato growers throughout the
central areas of Kent county met
in the Caesar Rodney School re-
Gently to discuss the growing and
marketingof this canning crop,
with special reference to the con-
tract which is offered again this
year by the Libby, McNeill & Libby
Company which operates large
canning plants in Wyoming and
Houston. The meeting was presid-
ed over by William I. Boyd, field
man for the Wyoming plant, who
explained the 1912 tomato contract
which includes the purchasing of
this crop on the government grade
basis with a price range depending
upon the percentage of tomatoes
that grade U. S. No. l and U. S.
No. 2, and a Gull tolerance of per-
cent. Announcement was made
also regarding the cash prizes
which were awarded to Walker l..
Mifflin, T. Meredith McGinnis and
Nelson Massey for producing the
highest yields per acre of U. S. No.
1 tomatoes delivered to the Wyom-
ing factory last season.
Result of Projects
E. P. Brasher, extension special
ist in truck crops, of the University
of Delaware, discussed the results
of the tomato cost of production
and potash fertilization project
which has been conducted in Kent
county for the past few years un-
der the direction of County Agent
Russell E. Wilson in cooperation
with Libby, MeNeill & Libby and
the American Potash Institute.
Some very interesting results have
been obtained from these field dem
onstrations, and it is planned to
continue this project for another
year on at least twenty-five farms
in order to secure additional data
to show the factors involved in the
growing of tomatoes in this county.
Other Crops Discussed
In addition to tomatoes, other
canning crops such as asparagus
and spinach were discussed as es-
sential to our food production pro-
gram for national defense and our
efforts to win this war. The fed
Smyrna times., 1942-04-02
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF MARCH 80, 1892

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week. as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events OF the older genera
ton.
Smyrna times., 1942-04-02
PERSONALS

Rev. Dr.S.L. Baldwin, New York,
spent Thursday night in this town,
guest of John H. Hoffecker, having
been to the session of the Delaware
Conference held in Salisbury, as
Secretary of the General Mission
ary Society.
Miss Emma Mutschlechner was
summoned by telegraph and left on
Thursday for the home of a sick
sister in Buffalo. 1t is hardly prob
ably that she will return to Smyr-
ma. In all that went to make up
a lady of accomplishments, gentle
ness, grace and adaptability to cir
cumstances, she stood without a
peer, and her departure is regrett-
ed by her many friends. Miss Clara
Wilson takes her place with Miss
Dwight and continues with the les
sons of the music pupils.
James Pennewell, Esq, of Dover,
was in Smyrna on Saturday.
DR.. T. R. Wolf, of Delaware Col
lege, spent Saturday in this town.
Mrs. R. A. Hance, and daughter,
Miss Sallie Hance, of Philadelphia,
are visiting Mrs. w. o. Hoffecker.
Mrs. Bessie G. Lewis, who has
been visiting her parents, has re-
turned to Chester, much improved
in health.
Master Clayville Moore, of Phil
adelphia, is visiting Master Clifford
Hoffecker.
Mrs. j. S. Gearhart has returned
from Philadelphia where she has
been under treatment at the Wom-
ans Hospital, Al Parish street, for
some weeks and has greatly i'm
proved in health.
Miss Theresa Refs is visiting
friends in Philadelphia.
Willard D. Deakyne and Miss
Lille Hutchison, daughter of Sam
uel Hutchison, near Kenton, were
married on the 18th inst.
A Lee Cummins, who, it was an
nounced, had taken a home on Main
street, has instead rented and is
now occupying the brick house OF
Mrs. ]. M. Voshell, on Delaware
street.
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS
j. Preston Dunning, wife an6
child, left for San Francisco or
Thursday.
St. Michaels Protestant Episco.
pal Church was dedicated at Will
mington on Sunday.
The Sussex County WCTU viii
meet at Georgetown on April 12tl
and 18th.
At the lock of Delaware CITY
Monday morning, Charlie Jefferson
(CoptinpaJ an Doro Eioh&N
Smyrna times., 1942-04-02

AT Portland Greg, where Liberty ships
vital materials battefron these three women
build Left right they Mrs Ralph Sokesbry whose husband
Aabove center) layout Mrs. B. Woods whose husband
S.bcve e is truck and Mrs John Spad whose
construction calls fer the addition than Liberty
ships to Victory Fleet before the end Of 19l3
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Building Confidence

"What we are working on beyond
fitness" Jack said, 'is speed and
poise. But more than all, confidence
in themselves.
when they first come here they
have no confidence at all. In about
three weeks they are different fell
lows - heads-up, come-and-try-to-
take-me fellows"
Jack move around-"Hey. keep
punching - keep punching keep
those hands up-What's the trouble
one in the stomach? Well. take a
little rest. Then 60 and get him."
You would be more than surprised
to see the difference between first
week classes and fourth-week classes.
The improvement in speed, skill,
poise. toughness and stamina is
amazing.
Each group gets two hours a day
of this in addition to coast guard
duties. and that leaves little time
for any resting spots. Putting in
eight or nine hours a day, Dempsey
at 2l0 looks as fit as he did at Maui
NEE Bay % years ago. AS fast?
That's something else that belongs
OnlV to youth.
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EORTY-SEVEN-Y YEAR OLD, 2l0.
1 pound hard-rock Jack Dempsey
was putting in another busy day.
Now a lieutenant in the coast guard
at Manhattan Beach, the ex-heavy-
weight champion is directing the
conditioning of several thousand
men, who need this conditioning
badly.
1 spent the day with Lieutenant
Jack, and I've never seen a buster
man at work. From seven-thirty in
the morning until nightfall he and
his staff of instructors handle 5000
recruits every day.
The wind was whipping in from
the ocean as Jack moved from
group to group. speeding up their
work. giving out encouragement,
helping his assistants on the job.
They are great fellows" Jack
said, but they need this badly.
More than anyone might believe.
Do you know hat out of 5000 men
here more than $500 eve boxed,
wrestled. or played any game to
speak of? You'd be surprised how
many couldn't even chin themselves
once-just once. When they came
here they didn't know how to hold
their hands-nor how to stand. Look
at EN- now
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wise under it. An arm was then
hinged to the front of each box.
Paint was next. White, because
white furniture is smart and be-
cause it matched the woodwork.
The dressing table skirt was
made with a one-inch heading at
the top and tackled along the ends
of the table and the hinged arms
with thumbtacks through a double
strip of the plain material.
NOTE: Readers interested in making
or remodeling home furnishings should
send for copy of BOOK 8 which contains
sketches and directions for 80 useful items
as well as descriptions of the series of
booklets which Mrs. Spears has prepared
for readers. Booklets are 10 cents each
Address:
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MAkRy1Hwy@TH sPEAss @

THE illustration shows what be-
L came of a mirror and piano
stool. To the mirror and stool
were added two wooden boxes
from the grocery. These were
placed on end about 10 inches
apart and a shelf of half-inch ply
wood was screwed to the top. A
frame was then screwed to the
back of the boxes as shown. A
curtain rod was placed across the
top and the mirror hung length
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some friends home, contact with
other working girls. the novelty Of
a new job and a new place, don't
exist. They do. But they strangely
enough have nothing to do with the
war; they are just the diversions
that exist everywhere. curtailed,
more expensive and much more
limited in war times, but inevitable
wherever youth meets youth.
The point l am trying to make is
that Washington will offer you moth
ing just now that any other job in
any other city doesn't offer.
You may be boarding in the house
next to the secretary of labor or
the English ambassador, but you'll
know no more Of world affairs than
your father is reading in the eve
ming paper, or your mother is hear
ing on the radio, at home.
And added to all its other dis
advantages is the constant ems Of
hurry and pressure, the keen COM
petition for places, the nagging
sense that n has volunteered for
the wrong work after all. that per-
fectly new, untried recruits are
pushing in to far more advantageous
positions.
Eager to Help.
Il am desperately anxious to get
into all this" writes Lily Davis from
an Ohio town. Il am "a, and have
three small children. When we
married, Oliver was a lawyer with
political ambitions that I shared.
But ill-health and a series of bust
ness misfortunes sent us out to this
rambling dairy farm. 20 miles from
the nearest town. I have help in
the house, and on the farm he has
three men continually. and more in
summer. We prosper, but I am
feverish to do something to help,
and plan this autumn to 60 on to
Washington to see whether the serv-
ices of a former school teacher can
be put to use. Should I obtain a
job l must then make some ar.
rangement there for my boys. now
aged eight, seven and three.
would not want to live in the city,
but near by, where there r good
schools and nursery schools. My
husband has consented to this plan
VIII you advise me as to the first
steps toward accomplishing it?"
This is typical of the attitude Of
many women. But surely it is OBJ
vious to us all-and in saner and
less restless moments it must be
obvious to Lily herself-that tc
abandon a prosperous dairy farm,
land herself and her children in a
city whose every inch Of living
space is being fiercely disputed,
burden her shoulders with the re-
sponsibility of managing a delicate
man and three small children, q
house, a servant and a ley job,
would be insanity. How many thou
sands-millions-of women in the
world would thank God on theil
knees for the security and peace O!
a farm for the children they love
far away from bombs and battle
f1eldsl
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To make pumpkin pies bake a
rich golden brown, add a table
spoon of molasses to the filling.
Cocoa tastes best when the CO.
Goa, sugar and salt are mixed well
with the water, and then boiled
for from 5 to 10 minutes before
adding the scalded milk, and all
heated together.
When a sponge cake is turned
upside down in the pan to cool, it
clings to the sides of the pan, and
is kept stretched in position until
it cools and becomes firm. This
prevents shrinking or settling.
Place your silk stockings over a
glass tumbler when repairing a
ladder. The light shows up the
cross-threads, which Ear then be
picked up easily with a fine steel
crochet hook.
When mending sonny's sweater
or wooden scarf, use a bodkln in
stead of a needle. 1t will weave
in and out much easier and do
much more satisfactory work than
the sharp-pointed needle.
The trick in ironing sheets and
pillowcases is to keep the hens
straight and even, and pillowcases
should be ironed away from the
closed corners.
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IMPORTANT COCS
There's nothing particular

HeTeS HOiHtHS
exciting about being cog.
even if you are a cog in an e1-
tremely important machine.
That, says Kathleen Norris, is
,Uhat you uould be if you
went to Washington to york
at one of the hundreds Of nee
essary, but not g%lamorous, jobs
girls and uomen like yourself
think they ,rant. In answering
a 34-year-old mother this ueek
she points out the fact that
there is still much uork to be
done in the home and on the
farm. Not all this Uar's battles
,viH be fought overseas, you
kno,u. There is still the home
front-remember?
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Bv X

1OR the consolation OF
thousands of women who
want desperately to get
into some sort of dramatic
war work, let me state def
nitely that most war work in
these tremendous days falls
very rapidly into the routine,
not to say drudgery class, and
that Washington itself is far
from the exciting center that
everyone who isn't there fond
ly imagines it to be.
Washington was essentially a
small town. with all the delightful
features of a small town. until war
preparations began. In the last
year it has grown-spread out wildly
in every direction. blossomed with
great office buildings and hurriedly
constructed apartment houses.
Transportation is difficult for the
thousands Of new workers who
crowd into the city; street cars and
buses are damned, restaurants are
~suffocating. the romance and beauty
of the Capitol are dimmed for the
time.
Girls who get jobs in Washington
have their fun and glory before they
leave home. The family treats them
with new respect; the other girls
and boys frankly envy them.
Merely One of Many Cogs.
But on reaching Washington the
lucky job-winner Immediately dis
overs that she is merely one of a
great number of eager, willing, un-
important cogs in a great machine.
No, not unimportant. no cog is IN
important. But a cog may be use
full, and still not have a very ex-
citing time.
She gets to Washington and re-
ports somewhere. She is given a
desk in an Office, and to that office
she repairs every day. She walks
miles, climbs stairs. lunches in a
packed cafeteria, shyly makes
friends of her associate workers. To
be sure her letters home are dated
washington" but as far as any
sense of being on the battle front,
being a witness to great events. hav-
ing a share in the destiny of the
nation goes, she might as well be
anywhere else.
The conduct of a war, like genius,
depends on an infinite capacity for
taking pains. No longer do hand
some captains of cavalry dash up
at the critical moments, with flags
flying. to report that the reinforce
ments are here, General. No longer
do hoop-skirted women slip through
the lines to kneel beside soldiers
on the field. War, as the young
clerks in Washington know it, means
bookkeeping. filing. typewriting, an
swering telephones, climbing stairs;
it means complete subjugation to
orders from superiors; it means see
ing others preferred to oneself; it
means sacrifice Of good times.
For there are few dances in Wash
ington this winter, and there are
few theaters-two or three at most
and only a few frst-class picture
houses.
Lonely Girls Problem.
Friendships are difficult for the
lonely girl who goes on there to live
in a boarding house in a small,
square, impersonal room, because
what our uniformed men want now
is homo life and simple hospitality.
It is no treat to them to take a girl
to a second-class restaurant, and
afterward to stand in line for an
hour to get into a movie. The first
class hotels are expensive, and often
both girl and boy are tired and don't
feel up to the exertion of dressing
formally for the evening. Motoring
is out. Of course.
Nov this is not to say that
pleasant things. like evenings in
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Identifying Wood

A number of species of wood,
under microscopic examination,
are easier to identify in the form
of paper than in the form of saw
dust.
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Louis and Conn

l asked Jack what he thought
about the heavyweight situation.
"After another year in the army"
Dempsey said, neither Louis nor
Conn can expect to be near the old
fighting form. Louis isn't a kid any
longer. A years layoff, or a longer
layoff, is sure to tell heavily on his
speed, his timing and his refexes.
II laid off at times too long my
self. I know what it means to see
a punch coming, but seeing it too
late-or rather, not being able to
call on my refexes in time-is some
thing else.
If Louis and Conn remain in the
army two years, it will be a mira
Gle if either eve a come back to
championship form. Both are great
fighters and great fellows. But army
training is entirely different from
the speed and the sharpness you
need in the ring.
"And there's that thing they call
coordination. After a long layof
they just don't gel any more-there's
no team play between them.
Joe and Billy may be better than
anything left after the war, but they
won't be the Louis and the Conn we
saw in their big fight"
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the enemy and how to keep from
being kicked.
"Nothing fancy here. It's all
rough-and-ready, hard work, tough
ening up. No frills. And they eat
it up. These kids are great. They
average around % years and most
of them had a chance for any
form of athletics before. They find
out what it does for them in just a
few weeks.
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The Dempsey Program

1t was put up to Dempsey to work
out this program and he's done a
great job. We moved from group
to group - 100 fighters here, 100
wrestling close by, a jujitsu class,
a calisthenics class.
whats this" I asked Jack.
That's our kicking squad" he
said. I'VE teach 'em how to kick
Evening star., 1942-01-07

fine of the brand Of football We
teach. Thanks for the compliment t.
He did not comment on his reported
baseball connection.
Debate Reason for Transfer.
Why did Tucker leave Kansas
State for Oklahoma and start 1t
all?
There have been many answers.
One was that he wanted better voice
lessons which were available in the
Sooner fine arts department. An
other, that he was miffed at an Incl
dent on the Kansas State campus
during his freshman year.
Joseph A. Brandt, president Of
Oklahoma University, said I'VE have
been urged to withdraw from the
Big Six Conference by people all
over the State" because of the
Tucker case. He added, however,
"such drastic action was not con-
templated"
Evening star., 1942-01-07
Much Improved WI.
Quint Scores Over
Bethesda, ISL
Slightly Changed Team
Displays Fost Breok
And Snoppy Posing

A tremendous improvement over
its pre-holiday play is evident on
Westinghouse Highs basket ball
team. The Northern Virginia champs
turned in a mild upset last night by
topping Bethesda Chevy Chase. 25-
2l, at Bethesda in a close, exciting
game that added additional fuel to
the hot interstate rivalry existing
between them.
Coach ElWood Clements Of the
Generals presented slightly
changed lineup from his earlier
starts and his quick breaking,
snappy passing quint kept good
Bethesda team worried all the time.
Bob Philips led the early assault
that had Washington-Lee ahead. 13-
10, at the half. and the Barons
never were able to 60 ahead. Early
in the second half two quick baskets
by Bethesda's Bob Cremins knotted
things at 16-all, but Philips con-
tinued his hot hand for the Gen.
erals and sent them into the final
frame with a 22-19 margin.
In a preliminary, Bethesda earned
some consolation when its light
weights topped the Generals young
sters, 1910. with Johnny Slaughter
taking individual honors with 8
points
Evening star., 1942-01-07
Burns on New Haven
Six Against Lions
Tomorrow Night
Former Washington EosI'
Is Loaned to invaders
BY New York Roneers

Norman Burns, leading scorer Of
the Eastern Amateur Hockey League
last season while performing with
the Washington Eagles, will play
with the New Haven Eagles tomor-
row night when the second-place
team of the American Leagues
eastern division invades Uline Arena
to meet the Washington Lions.
Burns, a swift, speedy skater who
sparked the Eagles to the Eastern
League championship. is on loan
from the New York Rangers and has
been scoring heavily since being
shifted to New Haven several weeks
ago.
Coach Ching johnson will revise
his Washington lineup for the New
Haven engagement. He will move
Connie Tudin from center to de-
fense and Frank Mailley will be
transferred from right wing to center
in an effort to jolt the Lions from
their three-game losing streak.
Springfield increased its eastern
division lead over New Haven to
nine points last night by dealing
the Philadelphia Rockets a 80 trim
ming Tonight's only game will pit
the Providence Reds against Cleve-
land, the Barons seeking their l4th
straight victory on home ice.
Evening star., 1942-01-07
Lewis-SteeIe Match
Looms + Both Win
On Mat Tomorrow

Provided Ed (Strangler) Lewis
and Ray Steele win in their re-
spective bouts at Turner's Arena
tomorrow night, those old foes may
be matched for a revival of a feud
which once attracted a $25. 900 gate
at Chicago
Lewis. engaged in a comeback to
regain the title which he held for
10 years is scheduled to meet STAN
ley Pinto. while Steele. currently
recognized in some States as the
National Wrestling Associations
champion, Is to take on Pat Fraley.
Promoter Joe Turner said today
that Lewis and Steele were itching
to get at each other and that he
Turner would like nothing better
than to rematch them for the first
time in nearly a decade Both ap-
peared before packed houses in
their last engagements.
Supporting bouts tomorrow send
Fred Grobmier against Fred Carone
Max Krauser against Paul Boesch
and John Vansky against Maurice
La Chapelle.
Evening star., 1942-01-07
Nebraska and Oklahoma May Switch Conferences
Held Unlikely chine Tenpinner Averages 25o3

him yelling, That's foul on you,
Pitts. You're hanging on to his
neck"
Hanging on his neck. huh?"
Pitts snorted. why, I can't even
reach it."
Cleaning the cuff-It was the
baseball Giants who ordered the
Polo Grounds tarpaulin rolled up
when it began to snow the night
before the pro-bowl game. They
argued it cost $4,000 and might
have been ruined by shoveling.
Lloyd Lewis and John p. Car
michael of the Chicago Daily
News are escorting the National
and American League films on q
tour of Army and Navy posts in
the Midwest. Bobby Britton has
joined up with Dewey Fragetta's
fistic troupe. Tennis ofncials have
discovered that a good washing
will make a battered tennis ball
like new. Seems Don Bulge got
into the laundry business Just
at the right time.
Evening star., 1942-01-07

leFTcQ 1TOm hdIlSdS OtdeC W Una
homa a year ago without obtaining
written permission of the former
school.
DR.. F. C. (Phog) Allen, outspoken
Kansas basket ball coach, carried the
discussion back into the early 30s at
a pre-game pep meeting with the
charge Bruce Drake, Oklahoma
basket ball coach, was a subsidized
athlete when he was in school at
Oklahoma.
oklahoma" Allen charged. "is
developing more professionals than
amateurs"
Declared to Be Ex-Scout.
Allen also asserted Lawrence (Jap)
Haskell, Oklahoma athletic director,
was a baseball scout for the Boston
Red Sox.
Drake, present at the rally, did not
answer Aliens charge, but got per-
mission to explain his contention
Tucker is an eligible player.
Big Six Conference faculty men,
bers have ruled Tucker may play
the second semester if Oklahoma
gets written permission from Kan
sas State. Mike Ahearn, athletic
director at Kansas State, declined
to say whether this would be forth
coming.
Down in Oklahoma City, though,
Jap Haskell doomed an answer to
Aliens comments.
If guy on the end Of a pick and
shovel. digging bitches and mixing
concrete is subsidized, then Bruce
was" Haskell boiled. That's the
way he made his money"
Sure we develop lot of profess
sionals down here. We've got boys
playing on nearly every major pro
football club. That speaks mighty