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C. & d. CANAL OF
GREAT VALUE
2S5,537 Ton Increase In Traf.
fic; Important Link From
Philadelphia to Baltimore
SERVES SHIP-BUILDING

An increase of 85,537 tons OF
cargo hauled through the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal was re-
ported for last year over the pre-
|ceeding year in "The Binnacle, y
publication of the Philadelphia Dis
trict, u. S. Engineers. The report
for 1941 operations show that H.
657 vessels passed through the
deepened waterway carrying 4,032,-
TAI tons of cargo, compared with
1854 vessels carrying 3,747 ZOE
tons in 1910. The canal s termed
as probably the most outstanding
eastern seaboard waterway devel-
opment provided since World Wal
L." It's deep-draft CT feet) chan
mel between Philadelphia and Balti-
more shortens the distance between
these ports 2S6 miles. 1t also brings
Baltimore one day nearer North
European ports and is of consider
able strategic significance"
Safe Inland Route
"By its use, Philadelphia is link.
ed by water, via a safe inland
route, with Baltimore, Washington
Norfolk, and Newport News. The
value of such facility will be ap-
parent if enemy action is carried
close to our Shores" the report
states. The report also disclosed
that the 30-foot channel connecting
the Wilmington Marine Terminal
with the Delaware River enables
this city to be served as seaport
for a wide industrial area, thereby
speeding transport by making il
unnecessary to use the ports Of
Philadelphia or Baltimore.
Channel Is 40 Feet
Ninety per cent of the estimated
volume required to deepen the Del
aware River channel to 40 feet has
already been removed by a huge
dredge fleet operating in the river
the report states. 1.-THE increased
depth in the Delaware below Phila.
delphia has kept pace with the
trend to deeper-draft vessels hav.
ing greater cargo capacity an6
higher speed. This improvement
has made it possible for Philadel.
phia to maintain itself as the sec.
ond port of the county and also has
made it unnecessary for goods OF
Philadelphia origin or destination
to move through the often longest.
ed port of New York" The report
also pointed out that the deeper
channel is helping to serve the i'm
portant ship-building plants along
the river. Other improvements list.
ed were: Widening of the Chris.
tiana River, deepening of the Del.
aware River above Philadelphia
and the Schuylkill River, and de.
velopment of the Branegat, Abse.
con, and Indian River coastal in
let's.
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morning. Later afternoon after 4
P. M or evening is safer time.
Usually, wind velocity abates and
air moisture increases after this
hour.
33. Never start fire during a
high wind or dry weather. 1t is a
dangerous procedure. a
4. Have sufficient help and tools
on hand to take care of emergen-
cies. Ask your neighbors to help
you, and help them in return.
5. When you intend to burn
brush, fields, ditch banks, ETC., no
tify your nearest Forest Fire War
den or call the fire tower. By so
doing the Towerman will, when he
sees the smoke, know exactly what
and where it and a Warden will
not be called upon to investigate.
If the Warden or Towerman advis-
es against starting the fire, give
serious consideration to that adj
vice.
6. Be prepared for brisk chang
ing breezes and small whirlwinds.
The natural draft of the fire will
create them.
7. Guard and watch your fire
until you are sure it is out-dead
out. If you have started the fire
in the morning and it is still alive
at noon, above all things, do not
leave it unguarded while you eat.
Failure to observe this precaution
has resulted in many bad forest
fires.
Field or Broadcast Burning:
L. Rather than burn = pillow
weeds and grass under. They add
humus to the soil. But if it is nee
cessary to broadcast burn a field,
piece of new ground or ditch bank;
construct a good fire break at plac-
es where the fire can possibly es-
cape. When possible to construct,
"a plowed strip several burrows
wide, makes good break.
2. Burn against the wind. 1t
will be slower but a cleaner burn
will result.
8. Start the fire at the very edge
of the fire break and at the most
dangerous point. Watch it until it
is out.
A match has head but it can't
think. Before you strike it be sure
you can control the fire it will
start. Ask yourself these ques-
tions: What will happen when I ap-
ply the flame? Is this safe time
to start fire?
State Forester, w. S. Taber, sum-
married. the plea of the Depart
ment in the statement that There
is no excuse either in peace time or
war time for people who use fire as
cleaning-up agent out of doors to
be careless with it. A little more
forethought on the part of such
persons in % preparing the site
for firing (2) selecting a safe time,
which is normally late afternoon
mot morning) to start the fire and
(3) being prepared to prevent es-
cape of the re, would not only pre-
vent much property damage, prose-
cIltionS for fire law violations and
other difficulties but would prevent
men being called away from work
vital to our other defenses to fight
a preventable or carelessly set fire."
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. IL, 1912

1900 P. M. Standard Time
$500 P. NJ. Daylight Saving Time
The following property. to-wit:
100 shares Pennroad Corporation. Common
Stock.
l2h shares Boeing Airplane Company.
Capital Stock.
100 shares Curtis Wright Corporation
Common Stock.
rs shares United Air Lines Transport,
Corporation. Capital Stock.
100 shares Pure Oil Company. Common
Stock
IS shares Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc..
Common Stock
25 shares Standard Brands, Incorporated.
Common Stock.
so shares Radio Corporation of America
Common Stock.
100 shares Ford Motor Company, Limited.
Ordinary Shares.
so shares Montgomery Ward & Co., In
corporated, Common Stock.
so shares International Nickel Company
of Canada. Limited. Common Stock.
so shares United Aircraft Corporation.
Capital Stock.
so shares The Atlantic Refining Conn.,
pany, Common Stock.
rs shares Radio Corporation of America.
Common Stock.
Baltimore Trust Company
CAMDEN, DELAWARE
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The
What Not Shelf

Barbara Gordy, teacher of the
Fourth Grade at school, asked her
pupils during the snow. storm last
week to write down their interpre-
tation of the large snowfakes. Fol-
lowing are the results:
SNOW FLAKES
Old Mother Goose let her feather
fly
All about the sky.
Little flakes, big flakes
Come from up high.
They float by so pretty in the sky.
They fall on the ground,
On roofs and trees
And everything they please.
Jane Merk
SNOW FLAKES
The snowf1akes are talking,
Listening and walking,
Running and singing,
Dancing and swinging.
Margaret Truax
= -
Is Philadelphia's face red! The
two Record reporters who dressed
as Nazi U-boat Captains, and
strolled about town, were treated
with courtesy by the police and dis
interest by the people in the street
and yet they had large swasticas
on their caps.
In spite of the fact that U-boats
are known to be off the East Coast,
not a person in Philadelphia report
ed the two Nazi Captains to the po-
lice!
This little affair brings home the
knowledge of what can happen
among people who do not take this
war seriously.
Pick up your shovel and your
hoe, gals-Uncle Sam wants farm
errettes! Plans to replace men on
farms with 'farmerette battalions"
have been announced by Secretary
of Labour Frances Perkins.
Miss Perkins claims that "this
nation has bred a race of young
Amazons who are perfectly cap
able, with proper training, to do
lots of farm work"
All "Amazons" please note.
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PERSONAL AND
SOCIAL ITEMS
People Who Come and Go,
Visitors To Our Community
and Former Smyrnians
HOME AND CLUB PARTIES

Miss Betty Phillips, daughter of
Mrs. Lena Douglas, and Miss Ade-
line Hilyard, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace Hilyard, have enter
ed the nurses training school of
Delaware Hospital in Wilmington.
Miss Phillips and Miss Hilyard
were guests of honor at a dinner
party given by Mrs. Walter Downes
at her home in New Castle recent
ly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Fox of
Leipsic, ares receiving congratula-
lions on the birth of a son, on Mon
day, February End. Mrs. Fox is
the former Miss Ellen Slaughter,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Slaughter of Smyrna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry R. Pierce
and daughter Frances, of Trenton,
N. j., were guests over the week.
end of Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Riggs.
Mrs. Riggs returned with them for
short visit in Trenton.
Mr.. Herbert Pearl former in
structor in physical education at
the John Bassett Moore High
School, has been elected principal
of the Williamson School, William.
son, Pa.
Mr.. Frank Morris, who under
went major operation at the
Kent General Hospital in Dover,
last Thursday, while still critically
i'll, is doing as well as could be
hoped for at this time.
Miss Edna Bullock, Miss Eliza
beth Bullock and Mr.. Ray Conley
of Wilmington, were guests on Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. George E.
Carter at Cedar Brook Farm.
Mrs. ]. Edwin Wilson, Mrs.
George Wright and Mrs. Davis H.
Bell entertained at dinner and
bridge for 18, Saturday evening at
the home of Mrs. Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. William e. Foard
and Merrill Henderson of Will
mington, were recent visitors with
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Carter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linden Shapley of
Wilmington, were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Shapley over the
weekend.
Mrs. Olive H. Shallcross has re-
turned home after spending several
weeks at Hastings-on-H Hudson, N.
Y, with Mrs. Harry Lauby.
Miss Ann Richards of Newark,
Del, was a guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Frazier over the weekend.
Miss Marianne Webb of Bloxom,
Va, spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Webb.
Mrs. Hervey P. Hall was hostess
to the members of her bridge club
Tuesday afternoon at The Wayside
Inn.
Miss Anna B. Beckett has re-
turned from a visit of several days
with her sister, Mrs. j. Herbert
Sitter of Germantown, Pa.
Miss Dorothy Badur left yester-
day for Philadelphia to enter the
nurses training school of Temple
University Hospital.
John H. Mcdonald of Dover,
spent several days last week with
his grandmother, Mrs. Howard R.
Jones.
Mrs. R. D. Hoffecker was guest
over the weekend of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. M. Hoffecker of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Louise H. Burslem was a
guest over the weekend of Mr..
and Mrs. K. c. Johnson of Clay
mont, Del.
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control fire on the same areas if
burned in the spring when both
fields and woods are dry and con-
troll difficult.
Rules for Safe Field Firing Given
The rules for safe brush and field
burning given in a free circular
available from the State Forestry
Department, Dover are as follows
General:
1. If possible, do your burning
during the time of year (winter or
early spring. when snow is on the
ground or the woods are wet
enough to prevent the spread of
fire.
2. Avoid starting a fire in the
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URGES EARLY
FARM CLEANUP

CONTINUED From Page one)
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PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
Personal Property

The undersigned will sell at public sale
at the Front Door of the County Court
House. in the City of Dover, Kent County
and State of Delaware, on
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-02-05

Murray Metten, Wilmington; G,
Arthur Mcdaniel of fredericksburg,
Md, and Glenn E. Bray, of Easton,
Md.
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PUBLIC SALE
Stock, Implements

Having rented my farm 1 win
sell without reserve on the farm,
known as the Roberts Farm" To-
Gated on the Levels, on the nine
foot cement road leading from Mid
dletown to the Maryland line, five
miles from Townsend, on
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Marines in Ethiopia

U. S. Marines were part of the
naval party sent to Ethiopia in
1903 by President Theodore Roose-
welt to secure a peace treaty.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-17
COURT RULE
HITS ASSOC.
FARMERS TN ORE.

SALEM, Ore (FP) - Members of
the Associated Farmers and other re-
dictionaries who financed Oregon's
anti-labor Initiative 131, which was
held unconstitutional in 1910, must re-
veal their names in accordance with
the corrupt practices law, the state
supreme court has ruled.
The decision came in a suit brought
in 1888 by Sec. D. E. Nickerson of
the Oregon Federation of Labor
against the AT and number of it's
officials.
Instead of giving an itemized state
ment of campaign expenditures, the
sources of funds and the names Of
as required by law, the
outfits which financed the anti-labor
filed an expense account I'M
der the fictitious name of Oregon
Business Council.
The contention of the reactionary
groups that the corrupt practices law
did not apply to initiative and refer
endum was not accepted by the court.
The initiative, one of the most
drastic passed in any state, prohibited
picketing near the premises of an en-
ployer, outlawed strikes if opposed by
1 small fraction of employees in the
plant, and banned collection of dues
or union defense funds
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Lonnie Mcqueen, negro, work 51s
months to pay off $50 debt
LOS ELES.-Asserting that a
proper sterilization program involves
adjustment of wage inequalities,
Paul Porter of the war production
board opened the aircraft wage stab
ilization conference of $50 representa-
tives of AFL and CLIO unions and the
major companies July 8.
BOSTON.-Labor's months of pro-
test against being left out of most
civilian defense plans in Massachu-
sets bore fruit July when Pres.
Nicholas Morrissey of the Massachu-
sets Federation of Labor and Pres.
Joseph Salerno of the Massachusetts
Industrial Union Council were ap-
pointed to the Boston Rationing Board
by Mayor Maurice j. Tobin.
FORT WORTH, Tex - The Amer
lean Mfg. Co. has asked U. S. district
court for a declaratory judgment
against the NLRB and Local 791, Init.
Assn. of Machinists (AFL), on the
ground that military information
would be revealed if it told how many
employees were on its payroll, what
business was done, and what work
was engaged in.
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LABOR'S NEWS
In BRIEF
BY Federated Press

| WASHINGTON. - An attempt b.
employer members of the Natl. Wa
Labor Board to make it impose re
strictions on unions similar to those
defeated in congress failed in the
| Caterpillar Tractor case. They wanted
the board to order the CLIO union to
submit its constitution and bylaws
amount of its dues and initiation fees
names of its officers and statement
OF receipts and expenditures before
granting union security.
WASHINGTON Seventy-two per-
cent of the 100000 workers in plants
with encouragement committees
are members of some union, the war
production board revealed following a
survey. OF the remaining $3.50, many
may have union affiliations.
WASHINGTON.-New England tex
tile processing employers, first en-
ployer group to use President Roose-
velt's anti-inflation program as an ex-
cuse for rejecting union wage de-
mands, lost out when the Natl. War
Labor Board granted increases. EN-
ployer members dissented
DETROIT.-Labor's pledge of pro-
duction for victory was reaffirmed by
clio Pres. Philip Murray and AFL
Pres. VIM. Green in July speeches
in this production center.
DETROIT. - First steps toward
program for care of children of moth
ers in war industry were taken by the
board of education under AFL and
Clio pressure. The board opened six
schools for day care.
SAN FRANCISCO On recommen-
dalton of Labor's Unity for Victory
Committee, the United Hotel EN-
ployes Union (CIO) has given up its
charter and affiliated with the Hotel
Service Workers Union (AFL). For
several years there have been bitter
disputes between the
two locals, several times resulting In
double picketing.
NEW YORK.-The Natl. Maritime
Union and the American Communica-
ions Assn. (both CIO) won their first
victory in compaign against wartime
'irings of unionists by the Navy de-
1artment July when AGA Vice Pres.
Winocur got back his marine
ado license.
TYLER, Tex.-A U. S. grand jury
indicted Wallace Adams of Weldon,
charging him with violation of the
ederal anti-peonage statute in making
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The picture industry has as highly
specialized developments for war as
have plane and automotive Aerial
raiders take pictures one day and re
turn for scientific devastation. How
TODD films train 100000 men for
every specialized military technique.
Bombers Carry Morale Builders Too
Entertainment sustains morale, 16
nm prints of the regular Hollywood
product are shipped by bomber to
outposts such as Iceland, where the
expeditionaries see the same pictures
showing back home.
What global war means and the
civilians role are brought to the peo-
pie in official films-British story of
the wartime housewife in They Also
Serve, Canada's This Is Blitz, and
Food-Weapon Of Conquest, and the
victory films beginning to come out
Hollywood.
Special pictures for Latin America
showing life in the u S., exposing fas-
cist propaganda, suggesting potential
tiles of the Americas working together
will be sent up the Amazon by motor
boat, be shown in jungle clearings,
be carried to Andes villages on llamas.
All this and film conservation too
is HollyWood's aim Production
wastes are trimmed. The length of
features will be kept down The num-
Der of prints is being reduced.
T.
run through cameras, and 209o re-
duction in the positive film used in
theaters. Careful account of film
used will be made to the war pro-
duction board every two months.
Amateurs Face Drastic Reduction
The coutry's amateur photographers
face more drastic limitation. Film
rolls and plates for public sale are |
being cut 75%. This is not to gain
gunpowder but to give the medical |
services enough x-ray plates and the |
signal corps film for aerial mapping
and other war uses.
For the first time Hollywood is
boasting of ingenious economies.
EXAMPLE: A glittering night club
in Between Us Girls, the Universal I
art directors admit is decorated with
palm leaves cut from beer carton, foil
age of bundled soda straws, orchids
fashioned from conical ice cream
cups.
EXAMPLE: A ships gun built to
navy blueprints from $40 worth of
Junk (and( according to RKO, $3.50
worth of labor is used in The Navy
Comes Through. Rental to other
studios will get back the cost
SLOGAN OF THE WEEK: Turn in
hat old frying pay and keep EN- fry
ng in Japan.
DEM A Md THU IINIIOM ApEI
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until he has the binl 1t II q regular
t-before-the-horse arrangement.

until he has the bfnl 1t II regular
cart before-the-horse arrangement.
| Meantime the CCC is Issuing iti
schedule of loan values on the vari
Gus grades of wheat, protein premium
durum, flax. and in the last few days
rye and barley. The corn loan basis
is not yet announced The loan rate
on rye is coo a bushel-but, unlike
age. Barley has loan rate of from
45c a bushel for No. 5 grade to 55c
for No. 1 grade. AS in the case of
rye, no storage is paid to the producer
for stored barley But both rye and
barley must be in acceptable gran
aries or bins, or in public elevator,
to be eligible for a loan. II in an
elevator, the producer must pay the
storage.
Insurance provisions are liberal
Insurance is not required ON farm
stored grain under government loan
If either a total or partial loss takes
place, that loss is assumed by the
Commodity Credit Corporation. The
producer will not be required to pay
back the storage money he received
&c a busheD and his note will be
credited with the full amount of the
loss, il it is partial one If the
loss Is a total one, his note is re-
turned to the producer. marked
Paid" There can be no complaint
on that arrangement, IL only the pro-
Queer were insured Of place to put
his wheat!
This year the loan on wheat and
durum are on two-year basis. The
notes are "on demand" but the final
date for payment is April 80, 1914.
A farmer has chance, that way, to
sell If the cash price should 60 above |
he loan value and make a little mon
ey. But in that case, he will want |
last action on the sale and the best |
place to get that is at the Farmers
which has statesmen ON the Minnea-
polls Chamber of Comerce and Duluth |
Board of Trade, and can execute the
'rder in a few minutes. No other
Paying Agency for the u S. govern
nent can give that service or as
On top of that, the GTA
md its affiliated elevators make no
ervice charge for handling the loan
or farmers. In the meantime If you
ret report of the bombardment of
d. c., it will be just
mother shelling of the powers down
here by the big cooperative grain
association, to get them to
% something about storage while
here yet is time.
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despite the fact that current market
prices were 16c to tic below federal
loan levels Receipts at Kansas City
during the week amounted to 4,031
cars, whereas year ago the receipts
were 7,466 cars. The permit system
which has been controlling market
movement of grain for storage likely
will be extended to apply to grain for
sale as well within the near future.
Consequently the weeks receipts at
Kansas City probably constituted the
peak of the movement for the season.
Protein content continues to average
lower than at this time a year ago
although some high strength grain is
arriving.