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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
HAY, PASTURE
SHORTAGE SEEN
Serious Seed Shortage En-
dangers State Farmers and
Dairy Program
CROP INCREASES URGED

A serious seed shortage threatens
the hay and pasture program of
Delaware dairy farmers, extension
service leaders say. The seed sup
plies of red, alsike, and ladino Glow
er, alfalfa, orchard grass, and Su-
dan grass for 1914 seedlings are
much below normal and are not
enough to meet the expected farm
er demand. This has been largely
brought about by the diversion of
acreages in seed producing areas to
crops for which there is a high
wartime demand. The need for
milk and milk products makes it
imperative, however, that the hay
and pasture on dairy farms be
maintained and in many cases i'm
proved, it is pointed out.
Seeding Rate Cut
The farmer can take steps to
help make up for this difficulty,
however, according to c. E. Phil
lips, forage crop specialist for the
Delaware Agricultural Extension
Service. More attention should be
paid to the proper preparation of
the seed-bed. The seeding rate in
many instances may be cut in half
by having a fine compact seedbed
and covering the seed with not
more than one-half inch of soil
Under these conditions the follow
ing seeding rates per acre have CIV
en- excellent stands: Alfalfa, IL
pounds; red clover, 6 pounds; Ia
din oclover, pound; pasture MIX
lures, Is pounds.
Folder Available
produce Your Share" is the title
of new folder from the Delaware
Agricultural Extension Service sug-
costing methods to increase yields
of all major essential wartime
crops in Delaware. 1t may be OBJ
tanned from the extension service in
Newark, or through the county ex-
tension Office at Newark, Dover, or
Georgetown.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
SPEAKER SEES
us. OF EUROPE
G. H. Seger Discusses Rus
sia's Role in the New
World Order
NEW FIERCE PATRIOTISM

At the second in the series of the
Institute of Understanding sponsor
ed by the Smyrna Rotary Club,
Gerhart H. Seger discussed the
topic, 1.-THE Russian Republics as
Contributors to a New Yorld Or
der" Mr.. Seger, former member
of the German Reichstag and now
an American citizen, outlined brief
ly the history of Soviet Russia. "In
1905 the Russian Socialist Party
(later named Communist Party
split into two factions" he said
lone in favor of a proletarian die
tatorship, one in favor of democ-
racy. The first gained the major
ity and was called bolsheviks. This
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02

A net profit of S14,411.61 in the
operating income of the Town of
Smyrna during 1943 is reported in
the annual statement of operations
prepared by Charles A. Harrington,
public accountant, for the Mayor
and Council. A complete copy of
the statement is printed in this is
sue of The Smyrna Times. A COM
parison with the operating results
of the year 1912 reveals an increase
in income of S3,245.73 last year.
The net worth of the Town of
Smyrna at Jan. 81, 1914 was $154,
1858. During the year just termin-
ated, an investment in government
bonds of $4,000 was made, and the
funded debt reduced from 100000
to 100000.
Officials Reelected
The following town officials were
reelected without opposition at the
town election on Monday: John c.
Mannering and Ralph G. FAIRIES,
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
OPEN CAMPAIGN
FOR RED CROSS
Drive Gets Off to Start With
Big Meeting Tonight; Over
seas Worker to Speak
SUPPORT is URGED

The local Red Cross Drive will be
launched tonight at a joint meeting
of the Smyrna Rotary Club, the
Smyrna Motor Corps, officials of
the local branch of the Red Cross
and volunteer solicitors, with
George Wright, chairman of the
campaign, in charge. Speaker at
the meeting will be Miss Bessie
Howard, of Philadelphia, who re-
Gently returned from service as Red
Cross director of Overseas Clubs in
Cairo, Palestine and Alexandria.
Plans for the meeting were arrang-
ed by the chairman and Mrs. C.
Leland Harmonson, chairman of
the Kent County Red Cross Motor
Corps. Beginning tomorrow, solic-
itors will make door to door can
vas for contributions.
Red Cross Job Doubled
The following message to the cit
liens of Smyrna was sent by the
chairman:
Some day soon there will be a
very special knock at your door
knock that will spell opportunity
for you and your family.
The man or woman who knocks
at your door will be one of the tens
of thousands of patriotic Amer
leans who have volunteered their
time and energy in a great cause
to keep the Red Cross at the side
of our servicemen.
The task of volunteers is not an
easy one, but they do it proudly.
They know America needs the Red
Cross and the Red Cross needs
your help.
Tens of thousands more of our
soldiers and sailors will be wounded
in action in the months ahead. Will
they then get the life-saving blood
plasma-the bandages they'll need ?
That's up to you.
Tens of thousands of American
servicemen are prisoners of war.
Will they continue to get some de-
cent food and a few small comforts
to keep up their courage? That's
up to you.
Tens of thousands of families of
servicemen and other people here
CONTINUED on Page Threel
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Services Announced for Next Sun
day Morning and Evening

The First Presbyterian Church,
Mr.. Herman Dam, student pastor,
announces the following services
for the coming week: The Sunday
School will meet at 10. The lesson
will be Jesus Urges His Disciples
to Watch" The morning worship
service will be held at IL with the
sermon based on the clause of the
Lords Prayer, And lead us not
into temptation" The Christian
Endeavor Society will meet at $50
in the Sunday School room. Every
one in the society is asked to come
out and complete plans for the
tramp party to be held Wednes-
day evening, March 8. The even
ing worship service will be held at
7:3O with the sermon on the book
of II Chronicles, 1.-THE Book of Many
Reigns." The Mite Society will
meet at the home of Mrs. Harry
Lower Thursday evening, March 2
at 8 o'clock.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
WHOLE NO. 1865
JOURNALIST TO
LECTURE HERE
Third Speaker in Rotary For
um Series is Don Bolt of
the State of Texas
AMERICAS CONTRIBUTION

Don Bolt of Laredo, Tex, will
discuss THE Americans as Contrib
utors to New World Order" in
the third of a series of lectures of
the Institute of Understanding
sponsored by the Smyrna Rotary
Club at the John Bassett Moore
School on Friday night at 8 o'clock.
Mr.. Bolt, world traveller, journa-
list and radio commentator, served
in the British Merchant Marine and
in the British and American forces
during the first World War. Sub
sequently he travelled extensively
throughout the United States and
around the world, spending conisd-
cradle time in continental Europe,
especially in Germany. He has de-
voted special attention to the Latin
American countries, making three
visits to Mexico within the past
year.
Radio Commentator
Following a metropolitan news
paper career, he became radio COM
mentator for the National Broad
casting Company and later served
as news editor and staff commenta-
tor for Station WAAF in Chicago.
Mr.. Bolt recently entered upon a
career of free lance writing, COM
mentating and lecturing on foreign
affairs.
Open Forum
An open forum follows each ad-
dress. The object of the series is
to lead the audience to an under
standing of what is involved in the
inter-relations of the four areas
of thought under discussion during.
the entire institute. High school
assemblies hear each speaker at an
afternoon session and world peace
is discussed in a practical light.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
RETURNS FROM CONFERENCE
DIR. Miller Appointed Chairman of
Kent Panel Talk

DR.. G. R. Miller, Jr., superintend-
ent of schools, has returned from a
regional conference of school SUI
perintendents held in New York
City. DR.. Miller has been appoint
ed chairman of the panel discussion
to be held at the meeting of the
Kent County Colored Teachers As
ISOLATION at the Booker T. Wash
.ington School, Dover, on Friday,
March "a. The topic will be Train
ing for a Fuller Participation in
Democracy" Members of the panel
include Mrs. R. Fassitt, superinten-
dent, Girls Industrial School, the
Rev. Champion, Wilmington, Byron
Hartley, Dover, Harley F. Taylor,
Dover, and w. H. B. Booker, State
College.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
CANNING CROP PRICES
Supported by War Food Admins
tration for Delaware Crops

Farm prices of canning crops
raised in Delaware will be support
ed by the War Food Administra-
ton, Clarence E. Ocheltree, chair
man of the Delaware Agricultural
Adjustment Agency, stated today.
The prices at which these import
ant Delaware crops will be support
ed are: Snap beans, 500 per ton;
lima beans, $500 per ton; sweet
corn, $40 per ton; tomatoes, S2S
per ton; green peas, sol per ton.
Delaware farmers have set the fol-
lowing war-food production goals
for canning crops for 1914: Snap
beans, 2400 acres; lima beans, 5000
acres; sweet corn, 300 acres; to-
Imatoes, 1880 acres; green peas,
1000 acres.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Miss Mary e. Hartups 81, Died in
Memorial Hospital Monday

Miss Mary E. Hartup, age 21,
died in the Memorial Hospital in
Wilmington, Monday, February %
following a long illness. She was
the daughter of John ]. and Mary
E. (Staats) Hartup, and had spent
her life in the Thoroughfare Neck
district, attending Smyrna School
as long as her health would permit.
Funeral services will be held today
at FAIRIES Funeral Chapel at 2:30
o'clock with Rev. H. M. Davis of
Odessa Methodist Church officiat-
ing. Interment will be in Frined-
ship Church cemetery. She is sur
vived by her parents.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02

group tWelVe years alter, IN 1917,
after a brief interlude of a short
lived and Inflated democratic gov
eminent under Kerensky, came into
power. No matter how much we
may disagree with the Soviet sys-
tenn of government, it cannot be
denied that Soviet Russia has made
progress in several fields.
/ Progress In Education
j I'm education, while the majority
of the people under the Czarist
regime were illiterate, the Soviet
government has combatted Hitter
] acy successfully and built up a re-
markable system of education. In
industrialization, while under Car.
ism primarily agricultural Russia
under the Soviets has developed hel
industrial potentiality and produc-
tive capacity considerably, which
account for the amazing fighting Of
her armies"
Only One Party
! Economically the speaker defined
the Soviet system as state capital.
ism; the state has taken the place
of private industrialist and com.
pany such as we know in America
Politically he emphasized that So.
Wet Russia is a totalitarian dicta.
torship; the only party existing be-
! ing a Communist party, and Stalir
maintaining a "Gestapo," OGPU ir
Russia, a secret state police. Mr.
Seger reminded his audience that
Soviet Russia did not enter this
war on her own volition but be-
cause she was attacked; the heroic
| fighting he ascribed, aside from ex-
cellent training and equipment, tc
the newly developed fierce patriot
ism under Stain, as against the
ideas of world revolution prevalent
under Lenin. Russia's peace policy
he pointed out, will depend upon
the decision as to whether she will
pursue balance of power policy ir
Europe, as England did so long
thus splitting the continent OF
Europe into various spheres of in
terest, or whether she will join in
an international collaboration.
/ Sees u. S. of Europe
! In the latter case, Mr.. Seger said
we would have United States OF
Europe, fashioned after the pattern
of Switzerland, where II per cent
Germans, 81 per cent French, and
! s per cent Italians live peacefully
while maintaining their languages
and national customs. The speaker
advocated a revision of the former
League of Nations, with world
organization built on the basis OF
large continental subdivisions, such
as the Pan-American Union, the
British Empire, the United States
of Europe, etc. In order to STOP
having a war every generation we
have got to do something about it
and we can best do it by collaborat.
ing with all United Nations to that
end, Mr.. Seger said.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
SERVICES FOR
CAPT. CLIFTON
Naval Officer Who Died at Sun
Valley, Idaho, Will be In
tered at Barratt's Chapel
NATIVE OF SMYRNA

Funeral services for Capt. Alfred
Lee Clifton, U. S. Navy, will be
held at the home of his mother,
Mrs. John w. Clifton tomorrow
friday March 3rd, at 2 o'clock
with Rev. Robert E. Green, pastor
of Asbury Methodist Church Off
ciating. Interment will be at Bar
rats Chapel. Captain Clifton, son
of Mrs. Clifton and the late DR.. j
w. Clifton, died of heart attack
on Wednesday, February 23rd at
Sun Valley, Idaho, where he was
officer in charge of the Naval Con-
valescent Hospital Capt. Clifton
was graduated from the University
of Delaware and the medical schoo
of the University of Pennsylvania
following which he entered the ser.
vice of the U. S. Navy. During his
long career with the Navy he was
commanding officer of the nava
hospital at Honolulu; executive Of
ficer of the Philadelphia Naval Hos
lpital; commanding officer at Brem
Ierton Hospital, State of Washing
ton, and at Mare Island, California
Following his service at Mare
Island he was transferred to Nor
folk Naval base, leaving there las
September to assume his duties a.
Sun Valley. Besides his mother he
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gladly:
Burgess Clifton and two daughters
Mrs. Corbin c. Shute of Coronado
Calf, and Mrs. William WALL!
Lewis, whose husband was with the
u. S. Marines at Wake Island anC
lis now a prisoner of the japanese
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
Church of the Nazarene

Church of the Nazarene, Rev. j.
w. Parkins, pastor, makes the fol-
lowing announcements: Prayer
meeting Thursday, 1880 p. M; Fri
day, Missionary service at the
home of Mrs. Goldie Gardner, 7:30
p. m. Sunday services: Sunday
School, 9:45; morning worship and
Communion at 10:45. Rev. Jack of
Camden, Del, will be special speak
err. Evangelistic service, 7:30 pm.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
New Faculty Member

Mrs. Francis Gebhart is a new
member of the school faculty, hav-
ing taken the post of junior high
school English teacher. Following
the resignation of Mrs. Thelma
Lamb of the science department,
the work has been divided between
Mrs. Louis Collision and Miss Vir-
ginia Smith.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
S149.375 in Bond Drive

Smyrna bond buyers oversub-
scribed their quota in the Fourth
War Loan Drive by S19,375. The
final total here amounted to S149,-
375, and the quota for this district
was $4,000. Harvey c. Jones
was chairman of the drive, assisted
by Miss Elizabeth Wilson.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
Services for DIR. Oswald E. Denney

Funeral services for DR.. Oswald
Evans Denney were held at the
Presbyterian Church on Tuesday at
2:30 o'clock with Rev. Herman
Dam in charge. Interment was in
st. Peters Cemetery. DR.. Denney
a nationally known authority on
leprosy and tropical diseases, died
at Galveston, Texas, Saturday af-
ternoon, February 10Th following a
long illness.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
ROTARY HAS BIRTHDAY

Life of Paul Harris, Founder of Ro-
: tary International, Given Here
The Both anniversary of Rotary
was celebrated at the Smyrna Ro-
tary Club last week. William E.
Matthews, Jr., former district gov
ernor, spoke of the background of
Continued on Page Three)
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Jerman Chapel Church Notes

Prayer meeting will be held this
Thursday evening at 1880 o'clock
with Rev. Esther Savage in charge.
Sunday afternoon there will be
Sunday School at 2 o'clock with
preaching at 8 o'clock by the Rev.
Robert Longacre. The evening
evangelistic service on Sunday will
be at 1880 o'clock in charge of Rev.
Harvey Savage.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
st. Peters Episcopal Church Notes

st. Peters. Episcopal Church
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, rec
tor makes the following announce
ments: This Friday, 7:30 p. M.
short Lenten Service followed by
choir practice. Service for the
Second Sunday in Lent will be: II
a. M, celebration of the Holy Com
munion and sermon upon the words
to Moses Speak unto the children
of Israel, that they go forward"
Exodus 10, v Is. Church School at
10 a. m.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
WOMEN TO TAKE
WAR PLANT JOBS
Delaware Women to Replace
Drafted Men in Industrial
Plants VINO Says
FIGHTING MEN NEEDED

Women Will nave TO replace men
in Delaware's industrial plants if
the state production schedules for
war material are to be maintained,
Elmer H. Smith, acting manpower
director, pointed out as state selec-
tive service boards prepared to re-
view all occupational deferments in
line with the national directive. A
bulletin has been issued from State
Selective Service headquarters,
transmitting to the local boards
President Roosevelt's weekend di-
receive ordering the review of all
draft deferments, particularly those
of men under 26. Delaware officials
familiar with the manpower situa-
ton and the Presidents order, said
that men on the critical list" of
occupations prepared by the War
Manpower Commission will prob
ably not be affected. They also
denied reports that the order can
cell present manning tables and
replacement schedules, although
they conceded the tables and sched-
ules can be reconsidered under tn
order.
May Affect 1000
No accurate estimate was OBTAIN
able on the number of men under
26 now having occupational defer
ments in Delaware. One guess put
the figure at about 1000. Mr..
Smith and Frank l.. McNamee, re-
gional manpower director, said that
there are many firms which have
not utilized womanpower to the
fullest extent. The WINGS exper-
fence shows that there are few jobs
in industry which cannot be ham
died by women, the two officials
said. Although production may
have leveled off to some degree, the
continued induction of men into the
armed forces and the heavy de-
mands for certain fighting equip
ment, will make it necessary for
the women and over-draft-age men
to shoulder additional burdens in
the states war pplants, they said.
Fighting Men Needed
"While the production front is as
important in the minds of any gov
eminent as the fighting front, and
possibly more important in view of
the disastrous inroads upon Ger
manys fighting power by the
sweeping bombings of its industrial
centers, we must have fighting
men," McNamee said. Industry
through replacement schedules, has
had time to prepare for this emery
ency, in most cases, by use of avail
able training facilities offered by
various War Manpower Commits
sion agencies. The younger men
make the best soldiers. They are
the men who should go to the front
Production, in many phases, has
reached a point where cutbacks
were required in order to swing
over to other lines which have
dropped behind. However, some de-
ferments yet remain among the
younger men. 1t has ben impossi-
BILE to refrain women or other men
to take the places of many in the
electronics and chemical industries
Such jobs are the results of years
of training and requirements just
could not be made Immediately"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
KENT OFFICIAL
LOSES $4397 PAY
Ousted Kent Comptroller Must
Give Successor His Sal
airy, Court Rules
SOLDIER VOTE BLAMED

A former Kent County comptrol-
Ter, ousted from his position be-
cause he had been elected with the
aid of soldier votes, will have to
pay his successor S4,397.63, the sal
airy he made while in office, as the
result of Superior Court opinion
disclosed yesterday. Franklin P.
Walker, of Harrington, present
comptroller of the county, started
suit against Elijah S. Hughes, of
FELTON,, former comptroller, last
spring in the New Castle County
Superior Court, seeking the S4,-
397.63 which he averred that Hugh
es received as pay from Jan. 7, 1941
to April 1, 1943.
Hughes Wants Pay
Hughes, through his attorneys,
U. S. Dist. Atty. Stewart Lynch
and Howard E. Lynch, of Dover,
pleaded that he had been duly
elected and that he was entitled to
the salary because Walker did not
enter the post until March 16, 1913,
after the Superior Court of Kent
County had recanvassed the cleo
ton of Nov. 5, 1910, and declared
Walker the winner. Walker,
through his attorneys, Secretary of
State William ]. Storey and Com
mon Pleas Judge P. Warren Green,
demurred generally to Hughes
pleadings and the opinion of the
New Castle County Superior Court,
written by Chief Justice Daniel j.
Layton, who sat in the case with
Judges Richard S. Rodney and
Charles L. Terry, Jr., sustains
Walker.
History of Case
The history of the case, briefed
by Chief Justice Layton, shows that
on March IL, 1913, the Superior
Court of Kent County recanvassed
the vote of the elections and ascer-
tanned that the plaintiff, Walker,
had been elected and at the same
time rescinded Hughes certificate
of election. The chief justice then
points out that the root of the con-
troversy was the constitutionality
of section of the code covering
the Soldiers Vote Act and adds
that a decision of the State SUI
preme Court of April II, 1889, held
that no power existed in the legis-
lature to provide for absentee vot-
ing. Walker, he continued, object
ed to the counting of the soldier
vote during the first canvass but
his objection was overruled and
Hughes had the higher vote.
RightfuI Incumbent May Recover
Entering his opinion, the chief
justice says "the great weight OF
authority supports the rule that the
rightful incumbent of public Of
flee may recover from an officer de
facto the salary received by the lat
ter during the time of his wrongful
tenure, even though he entered into
the office in good faith and under
color of title. -"
Hardship Overcome
The chief justice explained that
the defacto officer must, therefore
account to the dejure officer fol-
whatever amount of salary paid tc
him during the period of his wrong
full possession. Resulting hardship
to the de facto officer is obvious in
many cases, but the rule is one Of
manifest soundness and wholly In
support of a wise public policy de-
signed to discourage and prevent
usurpation or wrongful retention Of
public offices. The need for estab-
fishing general regulations for the
government of society overbalances
the individual hardship oftentimes
resulting to the de facto officer"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
Attend USO Council

Representing the Smyrna U.S.O.
at the Kent County Council meet
ing Monday night in Dover were
Miss Florence Lurty, Mrs. H. C.
Webb, Mrs. Warner w. Price, ST.,
and Mrs. Thomas Russell.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
Army = Navy Tests

The Army-Navy qualifying tests
will be given at the John Bassett
Moore School on Wednesday, March
Is, and DR.. Miller reminds appli-
cants to register at the school Of
fee.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
RED CROSS REPORT
1908 Surgical Dressings Made Dur
ing Month of February

VI Il COi
In the February report for the
local Red Cross branch, Mrs. Harry
Jones, in charge of surgical dress
ings in the absence of Mrs. Andrew
Cole, chairman, reports that the
group made 2488 size 2 2, 1000
size 4 x and 720 size x 8 dress
ings. There were 166 volunteers
who worked BAT hours. The pro-
duction unit, under the direction of
Mrs. Fred Harris, reports the fol-
lowing articlelsl made: mems
sweaters, 8 coats, Z rompers, 6
wristlets, 4 children's socks, 3 muf-
f1ers, AZ shirts, 4 children's pa
jamas, so blouses, 16 snow suits.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
Two Basketball Games

The school basketball team will
play two more games this season,
March 8 at st. Andrews, Middle
town, and with the New Castle
team here on March Z.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-03-02
March 4th Last Day for Tax Aid

This Saturday March 4th, will be
the last day that the tax collector
sits at the Post Office at Smyrna
to aid with the preparation of in
come tax returns.