Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-03-04
DEFENSE GROUP
GIVES REPORT
State Council of Defense Re-
ports 100000 in State En-
listed in Defense Work
HEAR BRANCH REPORTS

Approximately 100000 persons in
Delaware have enlisted in some
phase of civilian defense activity,
according to the report of the State
Council of Defense for the period
ending Dec. 81, 1912, which was
submitted by Gov.Walter w. Bacon
to each House of the General AS
sembly Monday. Sixty-one local
councils have been organized, the
report reveals, 26 in Wilmington
and New Castle County; IA in Kent
County, and 81 in Sussex County.
The problem which the state coun-
Gil is attempting to solve is stated
in the report as follows: Prepare
lions for our national defense re-
quires cooperative effort with unity
of purpose throughout the country.
The nation must have strong mill
tary and naval forces, adequately
trained and equipped; it must as
sure the economic physical and So
cial fitness of the people as a whole;
it must refresh and make more firm
their loyalty to the national inter-
est by affording opportunity for Of
ficials and citizens alike to gain a
clear understanding of programs
and obpectives and give fruitful ex-
preston to their desire to serve.
Fortunately, vast network of UNI
organized effort, both public and
private, has been enlisted to achieve
these ends" The report contains a
description of each of the subdivi-
sions of the council AMI summary
of it's activities by the subdivision
chairmen.
Farm Produce at Peak
DR.. George Lee Schuster, chair
man of the agricultural resources
and production committee, reports
the agricultural production of the
state reached an all time peak dur
ing 1912. DR.. Schuster reports that
during the year, LOO home DEM
onstration members canned 28,900
quarts of meat; 156,400 cans of
fruits; 10000 cans of vegetables,
and stored 10000 bushels of fruits,
and IS, 900 bushels of vegetables.
There were 273 All club members
completing garden projects with a
total of I'll acres. From these
gardens the club members canned
1889 quarts of vegetables.
Farm Labor Lost
DR.. Shuster also reports that a
recent survey of 779 farms in the
state showed that SO per cent OF
the farm labor was lost to the arm
ed forces, while 1873 per cent went
into industry. Andrew j. Kav'
anaugh, chairman of the civil pro-
lection committee, reports that the
2 paid police departments in the
state with a total personnel of 1865
! men have organized and trained q
1853 auxiliary policemen, of whom
1852 are in New Castle County
2755 in Kent County, and 431 il
Sussex. DR.. Meredith l. Samuel
chairman of the emergency medica
service committee, reports LOIS
volunteer workers in his depart
ment. He describes in detail the
set-up and work of his organiza
tion.
Report on Autos
The transportation and commun
ication group of which William A
Simonton is chairman, reported OF
the work during the year and add
ed that the most recent survey o.
representative plants shows thai
the average private automobile il
now transporting at least four per
sons. James l.. Luke, Jr., state di
rector of the OPA, gives a resume
of the activities of that organiza
ton during the year and declare.
that "our whole program would b.
a practical impossibility withou
the help of the volunteer workers.
Victory Garden Program
Mrs. William S. Dutton, chair
man of the victory garden commit
tee, after reporting on the work o
that group during 1912, assert
that the 1943 program is well un
der way with the thought in mint
that the greatest impetus to COM
in the future must be from garden
ers who are now under IL years O
age"