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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-05
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musical Instruments hobby and handcraft materials
and frequent visits by the ''Y' to help prs0n'
find as interesting path as possible through the long
hours of captivity.
Many who gave but passing thought to religion
in peacetme find unexpected hope and comfort in re-
igious worship in their captivity. War Prisoners Aid
helps make it possible for man to worship according
to his desire, bringing religious message not limited
race, creed or nationality.
The Y.M.C,A, enters its second hundred years
time Of chaos But its Christian leadership has proved
match for every test. Peace will multiply the need '
the kind Of leadership that the Y.M.C.A. is offering
around the globe.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-05
YOU NEVER GET
USED TO DEATH
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

ON THE ITALIAN FRONT, May
2S.-DelayeO -R- "You think
that after a while you'd get used
to seeing them" said the ieuten-
ant. ''but you never do"
He stood looking at the still
smoking remnants of Liberator
which had crashed and burned just
this side of the line. Only chunks
of melted metal and one section
of the left wing remained.
It had scorched a huge black
e.1ed cross on the green grass.
While the ammunition still ex-
ploded in all directions, dough
boys had jumped from their fox
holes and dragged all but two men
from the blazing wreckage. 1t was
# these two that the lieutenant
spoke.
On the nearby roads front
bound traffic kicked up constant
waves and eddies of dust. Some
OF it drifted across the field, sift-
ing down over the charred re-
mains of the two men who died
at the controls.
II guess you never get used
to seeing them said the ieuten-
ant and turned away.
He was an infantryman, line
company lieutenant. There are few
men. who know death in all Its
phases like line company lieuten'
ants. But there are even fewer
raen who ever get accustomed te
its instantaneous, terrible trans
formations.
They're beautiful things in the
air." muttered q bearded dough
boy.
Live in fame or" said anoth-
er, leaving the last half Of the
proverb hanging unfinished.
1.-The lieutenant was right" saic
the sergeant as we started back
to the road. "You can't ever gel
used to it,
Not long afterward a jeep came
towards us on the broad pulling
trailer through the thick dust. II
paused a moment beside us, ther
jolted on but in that pause the
sharp, foul smell of death had cut
through the dust in our nostrils
and we both looked.
There were three soldiers in the
trailer who obviously had been
dead for days. They lay sprawled
in meaningless positions. The trail
err bed was too short for them, sc
their legs hung out on the back
There were five live soldiers il
the jejep with thick dust in their
boards, staring straight ahead
ther rifles jutting out at odd
angles. During the brief pause they
sat in stony silence.
Then the jeep and trailer rolled
on through the blowing dirt. But
the memory of death, the sight anc
smell of it, stayed awhile.
You don't ever get used to 1t.
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BROAD new CROP
INSURANCE ASKED

WASHINGTON, June 4. = up =
A vast new program of crop in
surance was proposed by the
House Agriculture Committee to-
day as a means of making farm
ing ga more sound and profitable
occupation
The suggestion came in a report
approving bill by Chairman Full
mer D-SC) which would set up
permanent insurance system for
wheat, cotton and flax and pro-
vide for experimental projects on
other crops ION which acturial
data is available
Corn, tobacco, rice, peanuts, soy
beans, sugar beets, citrus fruits,
and tame hay were among the
crops listed for experimentation.
The program previously applied
only to wheat and cotton and was
killed last year when congress de-
MED further funds to the Federal
Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC I
except for its liquidation.
The report acknowledged heavy
losses had been suffered by the
government during the five years
of FCIC's operations, but declar-
ed:
1.-THE committee feels that the
benefits from a widely used and
sound system of crop insurance.
are so great that the unsatisfac-
tory experience Of a short devel-
opment period should not be
basis for the discontinuance of
the program"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-05
By F. H. JETER

One of the marvels of North Car.
DINA rural life is the home demon
stration agent. For the past few
weeks 1 have been going ABOUT in
the State attending district fedora
ton meetings held by the organic,
ed home demonstration club wom-
en- of North Carolina. These inter
esting visits have taken me east
and west and, in each case, the
rural women of five or six counties
meet together to discuss the af-
fairs of the clubs, to report what
was accomplished during the past
year, and to make plans for the
future.
County reports are made at each
district gathering, and to hear
these reports, is to learn how
North Carolina is advancing to pre-.
eminence upon the unselfish work
of her home demonstration club
women and the county home dem.
onstration agent.
I have never fathomed what Sc
cret source of strength these home
agents are able to draw upon. They
work day after day with their club
women, the All Club girls, and all
others who call upon them for sug.
geetions or aid in their rural home
problems.
The home agents take the cold
hard facts of the technical bulletin
and turn the facts into attractive
foods, well fitting clothes, or beau.
titled homes. Not only do they work
long hours during the day but they
are always ready to visit some pri-
vate home upon request to aid the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-05
|Allied Air Losses ESQ
Planes In Week; Nazi 439

LONDON, June 4.-R- Allied
airmen shot down at least 439
German aircraft in three theaters
of war last week, against an AL
lied loss of 280.
The Nazis lost 280 over Europe,
of which 264 were claimed by Am
erican airmen, and the remaining
is by the Raj. The Americans
lost 1873 aircraft and the Raj AZ.
In the Mediterranean theater,
157 German planes were downed
and the Allied loss was IS. In
the middle-east, the Raj got two
and lost 10.
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but at her whole family and with

but at her whole family and with
emphasis On the boy and girl.
This is why 1 know that much of
the agricultural prog-sss being
made in North Carolina is based
on the work being done by these
women. Because they ned food for
canning, food must be produced on
the farm; because the women
study better nutrition, more differ
ent kinds of foods must be grown;
because they study food conserva-
ton, storage closets must be built;
and because they insist on better
family health, milk and butter and
other protective food products are
added. would not insist that the
women. Because they need food for
the farming progress we are max
ing but certainly their influence is
being felt.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-05
DELIVER PLANES

LONDON, Sunday, June 4.-(P-
Aircraft factories in the United
Kingdom delivered 27,273 planes
in the IL months ending last March
compared with $4,000 in 1910 and
1000 in 1889 minister of aircraft
production Sir Stafford Grips dis
closed today.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30

Rosemary Johnson (rght), II, of Wilmington,
receives all-expense trip to the National All
Club Congress, Chicago, Dec. SO, as reward
from Montgomery Ward for her "all around
achievements in the National All Girls Record
Program. During years 4-H'er the girl
helped plan, prepare and serve nearly all the fam
lily meals, sewed and remodeled 10 garments, and
canned 1868 jars of foods as well completed
% projects. She also put in "a acres of garden
and one acre of corn. Rosemary has won many
placings exhibits, including 5000 in cash prizes,
which brought her total income from all projects to
S2564.10. She served her club as president council
member, secretary and reporter
Rosanna Messick (right), 10, of Houston, is
named State entrant to be considered for sectional
national honors in the Sears-Roebuck Foundation
All Victory Garden Activity, which include trip
to the National All Club Congress in Chicago,
Dec. SO, and $1O0 War Bond. Rosanna raised
Victory Gardens in 1912 through 1914, products of
which she sold $50.40 worth of vegetables, and
canned ol6 quarts. State co-winners also receive
a SIS War Bond.
Willard L. Robinson, Jr. (right), 18, Of Town
send, has been chosen to represent the State in
the Firestone All Soil Conservation Activity for
consideration in the selection of sectional and ma
tional winners. His soil conservation achievements
include mapping the farm as it is and he and
according to analyses by State University. Crop
rotation. seeding to grass and planting trees are
the methods being used to stop erosion due to gull
lies and stream. He has learned to operate an
A5bney level for contour lines. State co-winners
also each receive $50 War Bond
Bayard Steele (right), 16, of Marshaltown, is
tire States enrant for sectonal-nationa honors in
the William G. Mennen All Farm Safety Activity
The boys achievements in safety work include
ricking up nails and wire, fixing frayed electric
cords. filling up holes in the yard, making rub
bsh burner cleaning out paper in the attic placing
disinfectants on high shelf out of reach of small
children, and numerous other safety measures.
Three State co-wnners who also each receive SIS
War Bond are: Clifton Chambers, Viola; and Jane
sd Eunice Friedel OF Rriduevi''c
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
D RI B BBLES
FROM,
Our Boys and Girls
in the Service
FROM

David c. Harrison Post, No. IA,
American Legion, and Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30

Pfc. Merritt I. Legar
A. S. N. 324s0712
A. p. o. 772, o Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application)
Pfc. William ]. Nowland
A. S. N. 32367345
A. P. o. 700, C o Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application)
Pvt. Thomas L. Postles
A. S. N. 42191048
Co. B, 1210th S. c. S. U.
Barracks No. 242 2
Pine Camp, New York
Pvt. Clarence M. Sapp
A. S. N. 33563412
A. P. o. 9, Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application
I=lC. y dlll6S IL. oleN6QS
M. S. N. 872253
CO Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
balance of address on application
Sgt. Nathaniel ]. Stevens
A. S. N. 32751903
A. P. o. 230, o Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application
Pvtv. Thomas o. Stevens
A. S. N. 33819991
Co. B, 1st Group
1st Regiment
Camp Reynolds, Greenville, Pa.
Pvt. Robert G. Taylor
A. S. N. 42089 10
Bty A, 664th F. A. Bn.
Fort Still, Oklahoma
Charles R. Vaughn, AS We
N. S. N. 9090963
Co. 4577, Barracks 415L
U. S. Naval Training Center
Bainbridge, Maryland
Sgt. Edward S. Wilson
A. S. N. 32487876
A. P. o. 758, C o Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application)
Pvt. Sylvester S. Wilson
A. S. N. 32958200
450th @. M. Gasoline Supply Co.
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30

Pfc. William X. Kraus
A. S. N. 324S5251
3501st A. A. F. Base Unit
Section C, Flight No. 1
Boca Ration Airfield
Boca Ration, Florida
Sgt. Thomas L. Mabrey
A. S. N. 12100395
A. P. o. 758, C o Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application)
Sgt. Walter l.. Marryat
A. S. N. 324S5198
A. P. o. 292, C o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
balance of address on application)
Cpl. Frank B. Orzolek
A. S. N. 32485O76
Ward G
Regional Hospital
Smokey Hill, A. A. F.
Salina, Kansas
Cpl. Ivan o. Smith
A. S. N. 2O257228
A. P. o. 654, C o Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application
Pvt. Herman D. Tucker
A. S. N. 32487854
Co. A, 18th Battalion
5th Regiment, I. A. R. T. c.
Camp Gordon, Georgia
Pfc. Clinton Watson, Jr.
A. S. N. 32359633
A. P. o. 95S, C Postmaster
San Francisco, California
balance of address on application
Pvt. Edna ]. Wenger
A. S. N. A-225248
w. A. c. Detachment
A. P. o. TAI, C o Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30

In order to give the readers of
Dribbles the greatest number of
addresses possible before the
Christmas holidays, it has been de-
cided to make this weeks column
the Address Edition"
This has been made possible
through the help of friendly
public and the added assistance of
the David C. Harrison Post, No.
ID, American Legion, Smyrna, Del
aware.
Dribbles wishes to thank each
and everyone who did their bit in
the way of furnishing addresses
for this issue. Let's hope that this
type of cooperation will continue
on throughout the coming year.
1t takes so little effort to keep the
many names in our files active, if
only folks would send through new
addresses as they are received, and
furnish new addresses for all those
entering the Service.
We'll! We're off to a good start,
so let's keep the ball a rolling right
on through the balance of 1914
and the New Year 1945. Dribbles
is counting on all to give their sup
port willingly.
Next week we'll publish as many
letters as room will allow, and at
tempt to make up to our readers
for having omitted them in the
present publication. If you have
not sent in the latest address of
your Boy or Girl who is now in
the Service, please do so at once.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30

Psalms 100: 3. Know ye that the
Lord he is God: it is he that hath
made US. and not we ourselves.
we are his people. and the sheep
of his pasture. A correlative pas
sage from the textbook Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
lures" by Mary Baker Eddy is:
Up. 507: 2S-29 and 263: 20 only)
Creation is ever appearing, and
must ever continue to appear from
the nature of its inexhaustible
source. .. There can be but one
creator, who has created all.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30

Van Buren Street: morning service
IL a. m. Sunday School IL a. m,
Wednesday evening service 500.
Christian Science Society, Milford.
meets at Grange Hall: Morning
service IL a. m; Sunday School IL
a. M, also meets first Wednesday
evening of each month at s p. m.
Subject for Sunday, Dec. 8, is
God The Only Cause and Gre
ator." Golden Text: Genesis 1: L.
In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth. A Bible
citation from the lesson-sermon is:
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
Service Honor Roll

Clarence E. Bessix, Std. Sc
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
(Balance of address on application)
Pfc. George Emert
A. S. N. 3207257O
A. P. o. 159, o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
,(Balance of address on application)
1t. Frances Mary Fee
B. o. Q. Unit A 81
N. o. B.
Norfolk, Virginia
Pfc. Edward A. Fountain
A. S. N. 42081858
A. P. o. 507, Postmaster
New York City, New York
(Balance of address on application)
Robert H. Fountain, S 1c
U. S. Navy A. D.
Fallbrook, California
Pvt. Herbert L. Fretz
A. S. N. 42OS9628
A. P. o. 1868, o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
balance of address on application
Pvt. Homer M. Goldsborough
A. S. N. 32065427
A. P. o. $50, Postmaster
Seattle, Washington
NBalance of address on application)
Pvt. Louis j. Gosch
A. S. N. 4219O194
Co. B, 9th Battalion
3rd Platoon
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Clements R. Horvath, Jr.,
A.MM.S. 1c
N. S. N. S26-33-66
p. F. u. Naval Air Station
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
T-5 Sumter w. Jones
A. S. N. 32959489
A. P. o. 235, Postmaster
San Francisco, California
.(Balance of address on application
1st 1t. Edward H. Keiser
A. S. N. 0-1636125
Sasual Detachment No. 2
3169th Signal Service Bn.
Camp Crowder, Missouri
Pvt. William Krupka
A. S. N. 32260897
"A. p. o. As, C o Postmaster
New York City, New York
NBalance of address on applicationy
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30

Pvt. Edward B. Wood
A. S. N. 3207634S
A. P. o. 429, C o Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application
Cpl. Nesbert S. Wood
1st School Company
Field Signal Battalion
Camp Pendelton
Oceanside, California
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Sgt. William E. Wright
A. S. N. 32269952
3508th A. A. F. Base Unit
Section c
Truax Field
Madison z, Wisconsin
Pfc. George D. Wright
M. S. N. 903711
c o Fleet Post Office
balance of address on application
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
The Smyrna Times
Phone 6221 SMYRNA. DELAWARE

Published Every Thursday Morning by
e. ID. HoFFECKER. Owner and Propri-
etor.
Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker. July s.
1884. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10. 1907.
Owned and Published by Robert d. Hoffeck-
er. Jr.. from February 10. 1907 to Decem-
ber "a. 1889.
ADVERTISEMENTS - The Smyrna Times
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town 1t represents. but fer the outlying
district of which 1t IL the center. en-
bracing the towns of Clayton, Kenton,
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on application. For Sale, For Rent,
Lost and Found advertisements occupy
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THE SMYRNA TIMES Is an Independent
paper devoted to the welfare of the town
Il represents and the State of which II
Is q part. 1t also gives the items of
Importance of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland.
Entered at the Post Office at Smyrna, Del
aware. as Second Class matter.
Subscription price. sl.50 per year. strictly
In advance.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
WAR NEEDS MONEY!

WAR NEEDS MONEY!
IT will cost money TO defeat our
enemy a6sressors. your govern
n1snt calls on you TO help now.
Buy Defense Bonds or Stanpa
today. Make every pay day Bond
Day by par ficipatin6 in the Pay.
roll Savings Plan.
Bonds cost $18.75 and up.
Stamps are 1of. 25f and up.
The help of every individual \
aeeded.
Do your part by buying yo0
Ahase every pay day.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
SERVICE HONOR ROLL

A. S. N. 32487838
A. P. o. 920, C o Postmaster
San Francisco, California
(Balance of address on application)
Pvt. Francis A. Bramble
A. S. N. 33935284
A. P. o. 1881, Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application)
S-Sgt. William C. Bramble
A. S. N. 33480152
A. P. o. 489, Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application)
Sgt. Frederick j. Burke
A. S. N. 32359653
A. P. o. 23O, C Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application)
(Corrected)
James G.. Clark
Fleet Post Office
New York City, New York
balance of address on application
Pvt. Vance l.. Cole
A. S. N. 4214587O
Battery C, 8th Battalion
3rd Regiment (TR452)
F. A. R. t. C.
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Cpl. James L. Cubbage
A. S. N. 20256774
A. P. o. FOG, Unit
C Postmaster
San Francisco, California
balance of address on application)
Pvt. Robert w. Deakyne
A. S. N. 42083475
Co. C, 231st Battalion
10th Regiment, I. R. T. c.
Camp Blanding, Florida
Pfc. Joseph w. Downes
A. S. N. 3236O077
A. P. o. 465, Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application
Sgt. John P. Farrow
A. S. N. 32754417
A. p. o. 633, Postmaster
New York City, New York
balance of address on application
S-Sgt. Frederick F. Harris
A. S. N. 32487SS6
Section K, Unit l
Laredo Army Air Field
Laredo, Texas
Frank L. Houtman S 1c
Armed Guard Service
San Francisco, California
balance of address on application)
John F. Houtman AS
VIZ Unit Duke University
Box No. 5347
Durham, North Carolina
Burton P, Johnson, E. M. &c
N. S. N. 722-53-53
o Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
(Balance of address on application
Pvt. John T. Johnson
A. S. N. 32485240
A. P. o. 307, Postmaster
New York City, New York
(Balance of address on application
James M. Johnson, M.O.M.M. Sc
Barracks No. 3
U. S. Naval Air Station
Atlantic Citv Nou Torcay
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
Win State 4-H Honors

CUPERIOR of achievement All have 1914
State championship hono for four Delaware club members The
winners, and brief outlines of their records follow:
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH

Report of Church Services For
Next Sunday
First Churcn of Christ. Scientist
Wilmington, at Park Place and
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-27
THE NOME NUGGET
GOVERNMENT FIXING

zone point in Lancashire's
problem" says the London
Times, "is the harsh necessity
for some of the most inefficient
firms to be eliminated" The gov
eminent fixes prices and ignores
incompetence so poor operators
can make profit. In other
words, John Bull holds an UNI
brella over a frozen price struc-
ture that would melt down to an
honest level under the warm
sunlight of competition.
Competition sharpens the wits
of American management. In
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market is in Lancashire. In fact,
the very word Lancashire, from
long usage in the colorful Ian
guage of tradespeople, has come
to mean the English cotton tex
tile industry, as Detroit means
automobile manufacturing to us.
Lancashire used to be prosper
GUS. Her mills are small in con-
trast to what Americans think
about when they speak of a cot
ton mill, but they long provided
work and income for thousands
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of thrifty subjects of the crown,
until something went wrong.
Now Lancashire is having her
troubles and is just beginning to
learn what they are. At the bot
tom of them is government tin
kering and price fixing.
SEEKING SOLUTIONS
Some time ago the British cot
ton textile industry sent an in
vestigating committee to the
United States to find out few
things. The committee had three
facts in hand: Cd American mills
were turning out better cotton
cloth than the English mills,
CD it was selling everywhere for
less than the British could af-
ford to accept, and go American
mill workers were twice as we'll
paid as the English.
It was bad enough that better
goods at lower prices were TAX
ing away England's used-to-be,
worldwide markets, It was worse
that Lancashire's labor troubles
increased on account of too many
half-paid workers. Mill owners
couldn't get along without the
workers but couldn't pay them
what they were worth. The prob
lem was TO find out how Uncle
Sam kept Lancashire fenced in.
THEY FOUND OUT
Here are some of the things
they learned: English mills are
small and have about one pro-
cess apiece while American mills
are large and perform a lot of
different processes. The English
laborers did considerable work
by hand, such as American mills
do by machinery to gain volume.
English mills turn out less ma
terial per man-hour than Amer
lean mills; from Is per cent to
CT per cent less.
In America small number of
workers supervise the operation
of "a large number of machines,
spinning, weaving and finishing,
all in one big factory. In Britain
cotton is spun In one factory,
woven in another and finished
in a third. Lancashire producers
of cotton cloth buy and sell end
lessly among themselves. Each |
operator does his part and ships
his unfinished work to some
other mill.
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PAGE SEVENTEEN

vestors and their business execu-
tives know that continuous oper-
alton is cheaper than batch work,
know there is more to be earned
with low prices and small mar
gins than by big profits on few
sales. They know volume pro-
duction requires good equipment
which, in turn, helps workers do
more and earn more. Fixed cot
ton prices in America will fin
ally give Us a dose of Lancashire.
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n GEORGE S DENSoN

Lancashire is the name of a
county in England, studded with
many milling towns, some
large, some small. Liverpool,
once the worlds leading cotton
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1944-12-27

Around the World News In
Pictures" appears regularly in
The Nugget.