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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
OPEN HOUSE AT WESLEY
Dover Junior college to Entertain
High School Students

Wesley Junior College will hold
an open House" for high school
students on Saturday, April 10. The
program begins at IL o'clock at
which time the registration of
guests will take place. Before
luncheon student guides will show
the visitors the buildings including
the attractively furnished bedrooms
of the Women's Dormitory. After
lunch, everyone will go to the Holt
Chapel where students and men,
bers of the faculty will present a
cross-section of life at Wesley.
This days activities have been
planned with the hope that all high
school students will arrange to
come to see the college and to be-
come better acquainted with what
it has to offer to students on the
peninsula. There will be displays of
work and each department will be
well represented.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
KEEP OIL RATION STUB
To Be Used When Next Winters
Rations Are Issued

Oi-rationed householders were
cautioned today by the oPA to
preserve the identity stub of their
heating ration as it will be required
when next winters rations are is
sued. The stub is the remaining
part of the coupon sheet after all
the individual coupons have been
removed. 1t contains the code num-
Der of the individuals ration, the
date of issuance and expiration, the
amount of the ration, and similar
information. Local Boards will re-
quire the consumer to present the
stub when the 1894 ratoins are
distributed. The present plan is to
issue the new rations during the
early part of the summer in order
to enable the fuel oil industry to
follow its procedure of filling Gus
toners tanks during the warm
weather.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
RECREATION CENTER HERE TO
RE TAKEN OVER BY KENT USO

unteer workers. Miss Buchard,
highly trained and experienced in
social service work, stressed the i'm
portance of well regulated organ
ization of women who will volun-
teer time and service to the Center.
The availability of U.S.O. funds and
trained leadership does not mean
that these women can discontinue
their help, Miss Buchard explained.
Other plans include establishment
of more social activities for the war
workers and for members of the
armed forces who visit the Center.
A program for the young people of
school age, who also have been u.s.
ing the Center's recreational facil-
tiles recently, will be considered.
Mayor Corley told the U. S. o. rep
resentatives that the Town of
Smyrna would continue to provide
for the electric current used at the
Center.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
NEARING GOAL
LOCKER PLANT
Only Twenty-Five More Sign
ers Needed; Committee
Assured of Success
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN

With only % more lockers to be
rented, members of the Citizens
Committee in charge of the project
for a Quick-Freeze Locker plant in
Smyrna are nearing the goal. The
25 additional signers are practically
assured, the committee states, and
following this, application will be
made to government authorities for
the necessary priorities needed for
the installation of the plant. The
committee met Monday night at
the school, with Mrs. Harry john
son, chairman, presiding.
People Have Shown Interest
Mrs. Johnson reports that local
people, both in the country and In
town, have shown a real interest In
the project, sponsored by the local
unit of the American Women's VOL
unteer Service. THE committee
has received about cooperation
from persons in and around Smyr-
ma, Clayton, Townsend, and even
parts of Maryland" Mrs. Johnson
said. "A Quick-Freeze Locker
Plant is needed by farmers espec-
ially," she added, "as a means OF
conserving homegrown food, and
for Victory Gardeners in town, the
project will prove invaluable"
Fruits and vegetables will be picked
in their prime, quickly frozen, and
stored in the lockers, which will be
installed in the rear of Pyle's Food
Market, owned by Herbert Pyle, on
Main street here. The small lock-
ers rent for S12, and the larger
drawers for SIS, and many signers
are sharing the lockers with friends
and neighbors, splitting the cost.
Checks for the lockers are to be
made out to The Pyle Locker Ser
vice, and must be in the hands of
Mr.. Pyle or the committee before
priorities can be applied for.
! Meeting Next Monday
The committee will meet at
Pyle's Food Market Monday night
to discuss further plans. Serving
on the committee are: Mrs. john
son, Preston Burris, Mrs. Mildred
Price, Alex. Darrah, Mrs. Leland
Harmonson, Mrs. Grant CARTS,
Herbert Pyle, Mrs. Joseph Ennis,
Mrs. Elmer Pratt, Mrs. c. E.
ISpeakman, Ernest Mattiford, ]. Ed
win Wilson, George R. Miller, Mrs.
Harley Bodley, Nelson Everhart,
and w. L. Wheatley.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
SCOUT HEAD RESIGNS
George Hardin, Field Executive
Stationed at Dover

The resignation of George c.
Hardin, Field Scout Executive of
the Del-Mar-Va Council, Boy Scouts
of America, stationed at Dover,
Delaware, is announced by Frederic
wellington, Scout Executive. Mr..
Hardin is accepting a position with
the Division of Personnel of the
United States Civil Service, effec-
tive Immediately. Mr.. Hardin as
sumed his position at Dover last
September, having previously serv-
ed as Field Scout Executive at Ok
lahoma City, Oklahoma. During
the past six months he has helped
in the organization of Milford
Troop 102, Houston Troop 107, and
St. Georges Neighborhood Patrol
1923, and the number of boys in
Scouting in his territory increased
by fourteen per cent.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01

The Recreation Center for wo-
men war workers here will be TAX
en- over by the U.S.O. as soon as
the necessary arrangements can be
completed. This decision resulted
from a meeting Friday of the Cen
ter's advisory committee members,
with Miss julie Burchard, the new
director of U.S.O. activities in Kent
County, and Mr.. William K. Patton,
chairman of the U.S.O. for Kent
County. The meeting was held at
the Recreation Center, with Mayor
R. F. Corley, Civilian Defense Co.
ordinator Clifford Jones, Miss
Bertha Smithers, Mrs. Margaret
Wright, Mrs. Davis H. Bell, Mrs. G.
Leland Harmonson, Mrs. George R,
Miller, Mrs. Henry Webb, Mrs.
Louise H. Burslem, Mrs. Clifford
Jones, and Mrs Bertha Clifton
To Organize Volunteers
Future plans for the Center in
clude closer organization of vol
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
CANNERY LABOR SHORT
Result of Survey Taken by U. S.
Employment Service

Many canning factory workers
have so far failed to indicate they
will be ready to take such jobs
again this season, according to
Robert K. Dunning, manager of the
Georgetown office of the U. S. En-
ployment Service. Dunning states
that a survey letter sent out Feb.
5 to determine the number of peo-
pie who would be available for can
merry work this year, has received
unsatisfactory response. He point
ed out that many of the people who
worked in canneries previously are
now either engaged in essential in
dustries to carry on the war or are
in the armed forces. Persons not
so engaged are being asked by
Dunning to advise the service
whether they will be available for
work in the canneries this season.
Second Query Out
Since not enough replies were re-
ceived to the first letter, second
one is being sent to 1000 persons
listed in the employment service
files as having had cannery expert
ence. Dunning is not only asking
the previous workers if they will be
available, but is requesting them to
furnish names and addresses of
persons they think would be inter-
ested in employment in the Gamer
les this year. The labor situation
throughout lower Delaware is SER
ious problem, he continued. The
canneries not only are going to be
handicapped, unless labor is import
ed, but the farmers as well. Farm
ers, almost to man, are DESTROYS
of increasing production in order to
help supply the country and the
armed forces.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
357 IN STATE
AT FARM CLASS
% Courses i'm Farm Machin,
cry Repair Being Given;
20 Here Take Course
INCREASE PRODUCTION

Twenty-three courses in farm
machinery repair in the state have
an enrolment of 357 and four
courses in food production have 115
taking instruction, according to re-
port of Paul M. Hodgson, acting
state supervisor of vocational agri-
culture. In addition, the high school
at the State College for Colored
Students is conducting auto me-
chanics, metal work, and wood
working classes, making total of
80 courses being conducted under
the sponsorship of high schools of
the state in the rural war produc-
ton training program for out-of-
school persons.
To Increase production
The courses are designed to in
crease food production and are un-
der the supervision of the vocation
al agriculture division of the State
Board of Education. Some classes
ARE held in school farm shops and
others in garages or other places in
the different communities. The
schools sponsoring farm machinery
repair courses and the number of
trainees followff Georgetown, color
ed, 15 Middletown, IL; Lord Balti-
more, Is; State College High
School, Is; Bridgeville, IL; George
town, total of 80 in two different
classes Caesar Rodney, a total of
65 in four different classes; Har-
rington, %; Greenwood, Is; Laurel,
16; Seaford, 20; Milford, Is; Dover,
Is; Milton. %; Newark, II; Selby-
vile ~; Smyrna, 20; Delmar, 10;
Middletown, IL.
COlOred Schools
Food production courses are
sponsored by the Smyrna school
with 40 trainees; Middletown, col
ored, 40; State College High School,
Is; Georgetown, 20.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
ISSUE PERMITS
FOR SLAUGHTER
USDA To Give, Upon Appli-
cation, Temporary Per-
mitS to Butcher
MUST FILE PETITIONS

County United States Depart
ment of Agriculture War Boards
will issue upon application temper
airy quotas, temporary quotas in
creases and slaughtering permits
to butchers who were not doing
their own slaughtering in 1941 or
who have an abnormally low 1941
slaughter base, Clarence E. Ochel-
tree, Chairman of the Delaware
USDA War Board, announced to-
day. These quotas and permits
will be recognized by the Office of
Price Administrator until the Food
Distribution Administration either
approves or disapproves the appli-
cation for the permanent slaugh-
ter permit on the basis of facilities
for slaughtering, availability of
slaughter animals and a local de-
mand for the products of the
slaughter.
Quotas on 1941 Business
Strengthening quotas are being
based, where possible, upon the
1941 business of the applicant. APP
plicants for temporary qquotas and
permits must file, with their re-
quests, petitions for full relief I'M
der the order of the Department of
Agriculture establishing the slaugh-
ter permit system to stamp out the
Black Market in meat. Local
slaughters will be given temporary
quotas and quota increase by Coun-
ty War Boards subject to the ap-
proval of the regional administrator
of the Food Distribution Admins
tration.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
WAAC Station in SMYRNA

Lieut.. Ida M. Hayes, state
WAAC recruiting officer, met with
Mrs. Thomas Russell, Smyrna
chairman, and Mrs. Charles Lee
Compile, who represented Clayton,
in the absence of Mrs. Julian Dun
ming, chairman, at formal open
ing of a recruiting office in the
Smyrna Recruiting Center Friday
night. Lieutenant Hayes talked to
defense workers and stressed the
fact that overseas service is not
compulsory and no formal educa-
ton is required of those seeking to
enlist.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
TO CLASSIFY
REGISTRANTS
Draft Boards to Start Reclas-
styling All Nom Essen
tial Workers
TO GO INTO la CLASS

Delaware draft boards will start
today to re-classify into Hawaii
able for military service-regis-
trants between 10 and 38 who are
in the non-deferrable occupations
designated by the War Manpower
Commission, officials at state Sc
lective service headquarters said
Early in February the VINO an
nounced that after April l depend
ency alone would no longer be con-
sidered a basis for deferment of
men of draft age in 65 specific &C.
equations or activities. The move
was intended to speed the shift of
men from less essential jobs to war
work and essential civilian occupa-
lions in which both dependency and
occupation are considered in grant
ing deferments.
Weed Out Non-Essentials
The VINO order set today as the
date on which the draft boards are
to start wedding out the men in
non-deferrable occupations who
have not yet registered for other
jobs at the U. S. Employment Ser
vice. Those who do register for
other jobs will be given 80 days in
which to get them.
Accept Reasonable Excuse
Selective service officials pointed
out that if a man has an applica-
ton pending with the employment
service he receives a 30-day stay
before being reclassified, and also
explained that local boards will not
Ireclassify men who have reasonable
excuses for not switching out of
inon-deferrable groups. Three"rea-
Isonable excuses" were indicated:
Sickness of the registrant or of any
one in his immediate family, phys
ical handicap of the registrant, and
compelling circumstances that
would not permit change of job
without causing the registrant or
his family undue hardship.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
BURNING GRASS
HELD HARMFUL
Valuable Natural Fertilizer
Destroyed, Specialist Says;
Fertilizers Scarce
ADVOCATES FLOWING

Farmers are suffering heavy fire
losses" says C. E. Phillips, forage
crop specialist of the Delaware Ag-
ricutural Extension Service, land
from fires set deliberately. No ar
rests can be made. The farmers
are setting the fires themselves.
Many farmers are getting ready
for spring blowing" he said. Some
of the fields have heavy growths of
grass and weeds, and blowing them
under is tough job. So, the farm
er burns them off. His losses come
from burning exactly what he sets
out to burn, not from stray fires.
What he does not realize is that the
dead grass and weeds contain nitro
gen which his crops need to produce
paying yields-nitrogen which can
not be replaced this year, because
during the emergency period nitro
gen is seriously limited"
NdluhDl6 CCItliLCI
Valuable organic matter or hui
mus, as well as nitrogen, is in that
smoke, too, Mr.. Phillips says. HUI
mus is decayed plant material, and
grass and weeds are as valuable a
source as manure. One of the
most important advantages of fer
tile soils over rundown soils is the
humus content. 1t helps the soil
hold moisture, makes it easier to
till, helps hold plant food ready for
growth, and supports valuable bac-
terial life in the SOIL This year
particularly, when nitrogen content
of fertilizers is necessarily reduced
and when we need all the food and
feed we can produce, save the nj
trogen and humus, farmers are ask
ed. Pillow down all weeds, dead
grass, cornstalks, straw and other
crop residues rather than burning
them. The increased yields will be
we'll worth the harder job, accord
ing to Mr.. Phillips.
Night Marsh Fires
Authorities also are concerned
over the growing number of marsh
land fires at night, especially in the
area bordering Delaware Bay. De-
tense officials point out the flames
send glares over the bay for miles,
silhouetting ships in violation of
Army regulations. Tenants of
farms in the Sussex area denied
any knowledge of who started the
fires. The burning of brush or
marshland at night is prohibited
under the dimout rules. According
to State Forester w. S. Taber, the
open season for burning marshes is
the first of March but this season
is long past and those found start
ing such fires are label to a heavy
penalty.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
RED CROSS TO
EXTEND DRIVE
so Per Cent of Delaware Goal
Has Been Reached; Cam
paign Extended One Week
WARNS OF FAILURE

The Delaware Red Cross 1913
War Fund Campaign will be ex-
tended through at least the first
week in April in order to reach the
quota of S495,000 set by national
headquarters, Charles w. Baker,
Jr., campaign chairman, has an
nounced. The drive was originally
planned to continue only through
the month of March, but with only
two days to go has reached total
$780,, 295, just so per cent of the
goal. Mr.. Baker has indicated that
Wilmington, with quota of $780,
900, has achieved 80 per cent, or
S348,789, to date. This includes re-
ports from the suburban areas. The
branches in the rest of Delaware,
however, have brought in only S43,-
sos, approximately As per cent of
the quota of $4,000.
Warns of Failure
In a bulletin addressed to all
war fund workers, Mr.. Baker says:
This is an urgent, emergency ap-
peal. Many people have an idea
that the Special Gifts Committee is
holding back large, unreported
gifts, and that success is already
assured. I give you my word that
this is not true. We have reported
everything, and we are seriously
facing failure unless we are able to
step up our efforts and make the
necessary contacts. The money is
here, and the people are willing to
give. This is evidenced by the
hundreds of citizens who call head
quarters asking Who is the solic-
itor in my block 2 or When is some
one going to come for my contribu-
ton p"
Must Not Break Record
! Appealing directly to the cam
paign workers, Mr.. Baker declares:
1--WE dare not let our boys down,
and we must not break Delaware's
record of always doing her duty.
Dare we write our sons and broth
ers at the front and tell them that
Delaware has failed to back them
up?" Mr.. Baker continues: ut is
very evident that our solicitation
will not be completed by April 1,
and I am asking you to finish the
task, even though it takes another
week. We cannot quit now. We
must reach our quota. And we
will"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
NEW BOOKS AT
LIBRARY HERE
Miss A. Louise Denney An
nOunces Latest Selection;
Open Two Nights Week
FREE TO THE PUBLIC

Miss A. Louise Denney, librarian
at the Smyrna Public Library, has
announced the list of new books re-
ceived since the first of the year at
the library. The library is open
each Tuesday and Friday evenings
between the hours of $50 and 500
o'clock. A shipment of new books
is received each month. New books
may be kept for one week, the old
er boows for two weeks The libr-
airy commission aims to keep an
up-to-date selection of both fiction
and non-fiction best-sellers avail
able without charge to the public.
Following is the list of the most
recent books received:
We Took To The Woods
by Louise Dickinson Rich
/ Came Out Of The Eighteenth Century,
John A. Rice
The Problems OF Lasting Peace,
Herbert Hoover and Hugh Gibson
Exchange ship ................. Max Hill
She Died Lady ........ Carter Dickson
Tinsleys Bones ........... Percival Wilde
l Saw The Fall OF The Philippines,
Colonel Carlos P. Romulo
Eddie And The Archangel Mike,
Barry Benefited
Wide Is The Gate ......... Upton Sinclair
Thorofare ............ Christopher Morley
H. M. Corvette 1880. Nicholas Monsarratt
Studs In Your Eye ......... Mary Lasswell
Rivers OF Glory F. Van Wyck Mason
Nifht Shift ................ Martha Wolff
The Just And The Unjust,
James Gould Cozzens
Storm Over The Land 49,. Carl Sandburg
Guadalcanal Diary -. Richard Tregaskis
The Whole Heart ............ Helen Howe
Goodbye My Son ........ Marjorie Coryn
The Land l Live ...... Stephen Longstreet
Black-out In Greeley ........J. B. Priestley
Washington u. S. A. ...... Faith Baldwin
Rich In The Wind ...... Kathleen Wallace
Beyond Surrender .......... Marion Sims
The Dark Woman,
Percival Christopher Wren
Dress Rehearsal ....... Quentin Reynolds
The Sea Is So Wide ........ Evelyn Eaton
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Col. James G. Wickes, Publisher OF
Delaware State News, is rs

The oldest newspaper publisher
on the Delmara Peninsula observed
his seventy-fifth birthday annivel-
sary on Saturday at his home in
Dover. He received many messages
and membranes from friends.
Colonel Wickes issued the first
copy of the Delaware State News
in 1902 and has not missed an issue
since that time. He began his
newspaper career in 1881 as a
printers deviP' on the now de-
funct Dover Delawarean.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
FUEL OIL CUT
27,OOO,OOO GALS.
Saved in This State Through
Conversion of Oil Burning
Equipment, WPB Says
ONLY HALF OF SAVINGS

More than 100000 gallons of
fuel oil per year will be saved in
this state through the conversion of
oil burning equipment already COM
pleted or now in process, WPB Of
ficials has announced. That figure,
they said, represents about half of
the potential savings of oil through
conversion in Delaware. The work
of converting the second half is ex-
pected to continue all summer Con-
versions as of last Friday had
reached the point where 27,293, 1888
gallons per year will be saved, ac-
cording to George E. Pope, indus
trial engineer of the WPB. Many
of the large industrial plants, office
buildings, apartment houses and
theatres in the state have changed
from oil to coal burning equipment
to accomplish this saving.
Good Cooperation
Large and small firms alike have
cooperated splendidly in making
the conversions necessitated by the
fuel oil shortage in spite of the
fact that considerable expense is
involved, Mr.. Pope declared. All
users of 10000 gallons or more
whose facilities are convertible, are
being ordered to make the change.
The OPA mails conversion forms to
these consumers, who fill them out
and sent them to the WPB. En-
gineers then determine whether the
facilities can be converted. If they
are, the consumers are ordered to
convert.
Important to Convert
ut will be extremely difficult for
any consumer who has been order
ed to convert his facilities to obtain
a fuel oil ration next fall Mr..
Pope stated. Therefore, it is i'm
portant to complete the conversion
during the summer months" He
said that the oil situation will prob
ably not be any better next winter
than it has been this season, and
that it is essential to continue the
conversion program.
WPB Aid Given
In helping large users of fuel oil
to convert, the WPB office in the
Pennsylvania Building, Wilmington,
grants priorities for procuring stok-
ers and mechanical firing equip
ment. ALI other conversion parts
are free of priority regulations, but
the WPB can help consumers to
obtain them. Anyone who wishes
to convert a boiler and who needs
parts can get information at the
Office. 1t was emphasized that the
WPB handles conversions only of
consumers using 10000 gallons OF
more per year, of fuel oil or kero-
sene, regardless of what use is
made of those products. Large
quantities are used for processing
in addition to the amounts used fol-
heating.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
DINNER BY r. w. SLAUGHTER
Tribute TO Julian Dunning Who
Left Saturday for Army

Rynear w. Slaughter of Clayton,
was host to SO of his employees and
their wives at dinner at Wayside
Inn, as farewell tribute to Julian
Dunning, who left Saturday for in
duction into the U. S. Army. Dun
ming was presented with furlough
bag and sewing kit by the organi-
cation. Mrs. Helen Goldsborough
was given a ring in appreciation of
20 years of service to the firm.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
GRANGE RENDERS PROGRAM
Members Hear Papers Read on
"Vict0ry Garden"

A program on Victory Gardens"
was presented to the Smyrna
Grange last week. Mrs. Fred Helm
old read papers on Goal Ashes as
a Soil Improver," "Cultivating and
Succession Planting and Mrs. U.
S. A. Harvests the Crops" The
program also included papers by
Mrs. Lee Gooden, James Fleming,
Mrs. Elmer P. Corris, Miss Julia
Griffith, Mrs. Arthur Short, Harry
Cloud and Mrs. Harry Johnson.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1943-04-01
Housing Survey Made Here

Mrs. Margaret Cronin, housing
director of the Triumph Explosives
Co., Elkton, Md, and representa-
tives of the National Housing
Agency and the Office of War In
formation, Washington, were in
Smyrna Friday making a survey of
living conditions and recreational
facilities for the defense workers in
this community. Photographs of
the Recreation Center were taken.