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Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
SMYRNA MAN WINS AIR MEDAL
AND DOWNS FIRST GERMAN Me-1O9

Ninth Air Force. The chunky fight
ers were escorting Fortresses that
had bombed target in northwest
ern Germany. The announcement
from England quoted Major Ross
as described his fight as follows
81 was leading the group over
northern France when we were
bounced (attacked) by a flight of
four Me-109's." 1t happened just
as we were about to make rendez-
vous with the bombers. One Ger
man passed in front of me, and I
followed him down, closing slowly"
Went Down Smoking
HE leveled off on top of the
clouds. 1 closed the distance be-
tween us and fired a long burst
from dead astern. I saw hits on
the cockpit and a wing, and pieces
of his plane flew off as he slowed
up. 1 had to turn sharply to avoid
hitting him. The last I saw, he
was going down in gentle dive,
with smoke pouring from his en-
CINE" Second Lieut.. David w.
Johnston of Youngstown, O., Major
Ross wing man, substantiated his
claim. Major Ross had previously
claimed an Me-109 damaged in an
other mission.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09

Texas. He then went to Japan for
"a brief term of service, following
which he travelled extensively in
continental Europe and visited his
home in England.
Taught 20 Years in Japan
Prof. Fisher then returned to
Japan and began a twenty-year
service as teacher of English at
Keio University, Toxic, a large, in
dependent japanese college. Dur
ing seventeen years of that time,
he was the only foreign teacher of
English at the japanese Imperial
Naval College, Toxic. In 1941 he
resigned the position at the Uni
Iversity and took the last free boat
out of Japan to Canada before the
attack on Pearl Harbor. Upon his
arrival in Canada, he taught one
year at st. Georges School, Van
couver. During his long residence
in Japan, he travelled extensively
many times in China, Malay States
and India. His information in the
sphere of the Far East is based
therefore, on long experience and
observatory powers.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
ON DRAFT BOARD
Capt. ii. H. Hanson, Dover, New
Kent Board Member

Capt. H. H. Hanson, Dover, has
received his commission as a mem
Der of Kent County Draft Board,
No. 1, located in Dover. He sue
ceeds former State Senator Wal
lace S. Handy who died early in
January. Other members of the
board are: Mayor J.Wallace Wood
ford, Dover, chairman, and William
E. Matthews, Jr., Smyrna. Captain
Hanson was recommended for ap-
pointment by Gov. Walter w.
Bacon. Captain Hanson attended
his first meeting of the board this
week.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
COURTHOUSE BELL FIXED
Kent County Courthouse Bell Tolls
Hours Again

AAOho Souhct SouApiiouoO LIN loHis'
Hours Again
The bell in the Kent County
courthouse tawer on The Green
once more is tolling the hours, af-
ter a silence of nearly four years.
The familiar note of the bell was
lost to Dover when it became ir-
regular and too persistent in sound
ing the time, and finally the clock
was permitted to run down, ending
the ringing of the bell. Recently
the Kent County Levy Court au-
thorized Clerk of the Peace John
R. Leverage to arrange for the re-
pair, rebuilding, and cleaning of the
clock with a specified limit of ex-
penditure. Mr.. Leverage entered
into contract with William Hat
field, Smyrna, for the restoration
of the clock and bell to working
condition. The work has been COM
pleted and the residents again are
being reminded of the hour of the
day by the old familiar peal so long
missed. Wound once each week,
the clock gives the correct time of
day and sounds each hour of the
day on the bell.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
CLAYTON MOTOR CORPS
Ia Members Serve at Dover and
New Castle Bases

Members of the Clayton Red
Gross Motor Corps, among their
other duties, serve as drivers on al
ternate weeks for the Gray Ladies
of the Dover Branch Red Cross at
the hospital of the Dover Air Base.
Fourteen members aid in this pro-
gram with Lieut.. Katharine Warner
and Sergt. Mary Burke in charge
of schedule and arrangements.
Their work also includes regular
duty at the New Castle Army Air
Base and delivery of materials for
the state Red Cross. The report
of the Clayton Motor Corps for the
month of February shows that 10
workers made nine clinic calls,
served 262 hours and covered a to-
tai of 1922 miles.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
John Nj. Wick, 76, Passed Away in
Memorial Hospital, Wilmington

Funeral services for John M.
Wick, 76, who passed away in
Memorial Hospital, Wilmington,
Thursday, March End, were held at
FAIRIES Funeral Chapel, Sunday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev.
Frederick M. Barton, rector of St.
Peters P. E. Church, officiating.
Interment was in Odd Fellows
Cemetery. For the past six years
he had been on duty at the Fire
House as caretaker, receiving the
calls both night and day and it was
there he suffered heart attack.
He was son of Gustavus Adolph-
us and Christine Wick and had
spent most of his life here in
Smyrna, Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Mary Louise Wick, a son
Augustus Wick of Wilmington, a
daughter Miss Agnes Wick who
lives at home and one brother,
William Wick of Chester, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09

Major Frank M. Ross, son of
Mrs. Edith Ross and grandson of
Mrs. Horace Tilghman of this town,
was awarded the Air Medal for
completing 10 operational missions,
according to an announcement
made by the Ninth Air Force
Fighter Station in England. Major
Ross, a squadron commander and
veteran of % sorties over German
Occupied Europe, was graduated
from the John Bassett Moore
School in 1885, having moved here
from Lansdale, Pa, the year be-
fore. He had served ID months in
Iceland prior to his present situa-
ton. He entered the army direct
ly from the University of Delaware,
where he was studying civil en-
cheering. The 27-year-old pilot
was holder of a CAA license and
enlisted as an aviation cadet Aug.
9Th, 1910.
Shot Down First Me-109
A second big event for Major
Ross happened when he recently
shot down his first Me-109. The
German fell prey to the guns of
"The Chief" Major Ross plane,
while he was commanding his PAT
Thunderbolt fighter squadron of the
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
GRANGE HOST
TO SOLDIERS
Anniversary Banquet To-
night; Detached Unit,
State Officials Guests
PROGRAM OF MUSIC

An anniversary banquet will be
given by the Smyrna Grange to-
night, to which state officials and
the boys of the detached unit, goth
Fighter Control Squadron, station
ed in Smyrna, have been invited
Arrangements for the program
were made by Harry Cloud, lee
turer. Guest speaker for the oc-
casion will be Paul w. Mitchell
who is Overseer of the Delaware
State Grange. Others who will
take part in the program will be
Louis H. Collision, who will render
several violin solos; the Rev. Rob
ert E. Green, pastor of AsburJ
Methodist Church here; the Smyr'
ma Grange Trio, consisting of Mrs
Helen Deakyne, Mrs. Mary H
Fleming and Harry c. johnson.
To Show Film
/ Russell e. Wilson, Kent county
agent, of Dover, will show a film
SOLDIERS of the Soil" Among thu
visitors will be State Master A
Bailey Thomas and Mrs. Thomas
past State Master c. E. Jester an
Mrs. Jester. The banquet will b
served by the three Graces, Mrs
James Fleming, Mrs. Elmer Corrie
and Mrs. Edgar Heinold. Elme
Corrie is Master of the Smyrn
Grange.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
SMYRNA PUPIL
WINS AWARD
Peggy Ann Clark, Sth Grade
Pupil, Winner of Captured
German Mess Kit
ONE. OF TEN IN STATE

Peggy Ann Clark, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Clark, was
one of the ten winners in the state
awarded a captured German mess
kit. An eighth grade student
Peggy wrote for the Delaware
Chapter, American Red Cross, a
letter on the subject every person
who possibly can should buy a
War Bond" request made to Del
aware school children by head
quarters in Wilmington. Members
of the seventh and eighth grade
English classes here competed for
the prize. Following is the win
ming letter:
Miss Eta j. Wilson
Schools-at-Wa Committee
1864 Hotel DUPONT Building
Wilmington, Delaware
Dear Miss Wilson:
1 wish to express my reason why
1 think everyone who possibly can
should buy War Bond.
Our boys are over there fighting
for our rights and for a better
world to come back to. We here
at home must buy and buy bonds
till it hurts. Without equipment
our boys cannot fight.
Surely they want to come home
just as badly as we want them to-!
But can they stop fighting and
come home just as we sometimes
buy War Bonds just because we
think the war will never end? Can
we afford to think, "What's the use
of buying bonds? Why not take
that money to have a good time p
If we stop buying bonds We'll soon
have no money nor good times.
"TIitler will have us, if we don't
watch OUT!
We have ever so many privileges
over here that those unfortunate
people over there have never
known. Freedoms cause must
never die, so we've got to buy more
War Bonds. If Hitler and his
master race, as he calls it, should
ever take control of our country
we should never more sing 1.-THE
land of the free"
Indeed War Bonds are our best
investment, for someday our money
will be returned with interest.
War Bonds also insure a future
for us. While we are helping our
Continued on Page Three)
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
Mrs. Nan Hoyle Lees, II

Mrs. Nan Hoyle Lees, age II,
widow of w. George Lees, a former
merchant of Smyrna, died at hos
pital in Baltimore, Md, Saturday,
March 4th. Mrs. Lees was born in
Smyrna the daughter of Thomas
and Anna Evans Hoyle, and spent
a great portion of her life here.
Funeral services were held in Bal
timore with interment at 2 O'Clock
in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Smyrna
Tuesday afternoon. Rev. F. M
Barton, rector of st. Peters P. E.
Church, officiated. Mrs. Lees is
survived by one son, Hoyle Lees OF
Baltimore, and one granddaughter
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
SUSSEX FIGHTS
ON JAP LABOR
Governor Bacon Deplores At
titude of Sussex Farmers
i'm Controversy
WORKERS ARE CITIZENS

Gov. Walter w. Bacon branded
as unfortunate" the impression
that is being given that the Jap
anese-Americans called to help
Sussex County labor-short farmers
are japanese prisoners of war.
These people are American citi-
zens of Japanese descent and not
prisoners of war;" he declared.
Likewise the attitude of Sussex
County farmers was denounced by
Henry c. Patterson, Philadelphia
area officer of the War Relocation
Authority, while residents of the
section were planning meeting in
an effort to reach a settlement on
the controversial issue. TITS hard
for them (Delawareans) to get the
idea that we should differentiate
between people we are fighting and
our own people of Japanese blood
who are helping us" Patterson
said.
Not Protest
Mrs. Hannah Thompson, near
Lewes, at whose home the meeting
is to be held, emphasized that the
meeting is not one to protest the
bringing of the Japanese-Ameri-
cans here as previously reported.
She said that resolution was pre-
sented last Thursday at the regular
meeting of the Nassau Home Dem
onstration Club asking that the
club protest the bringing of the
Representations here but that
it was defeated because the mem
bers felt they wanted to study the
situation before passing an opinion
Meeting Closed
The meeting will be closed one
but members have been invited to
bring their husbands or friends in
terested in the situation. Charles
Mills, Rehoboth Beach, who oper-
ates an 1,100-acre farm and is
sponsoring the move to bring in the
REPRESENTATIONS as laborers
will attend and present details OF
the plan. In addition Roland S
Marsh, near Lewes, who is oppos-
ing the bringing in of the Japanese
Americans on the grounds that
California doesn't want them ano
neither does Delaware" will also
attend.
Labor Supply Needed
The entire situation flared w
when it was learned that Mr.. Mills
who is president of the Rehobotf
Beach School Board and who owns
the Soil Service Fertilizer Com
pany, had applied to the War Re
location Authority for so more
Representations to arrive May
1. He is making preparations t.
accommodate them at the present
time. Mr.. Mills admitted that hi
and everyone else would prefer t.
have "our regular supply of labol
back-the boys who are oversee.
or have gone to defense industries.
Workers Fear Prejudice
"But lacking our own boys the
best we can do is to get someone
else to help up. I have had a gooC
deal of trouble getting these PEG
pie to leave the camps in the Mid
west because in most cases they
find only prejudice in places the,
go in an effort to help. I succeed
ed in getting them to come her,
because I told them that once tn,
residents of this county understood
fully there would be no grounds fol
prejudice. I still believe this" hi
declared.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
PLAN USO RENOVATIONS
Committee Meets with
Building Consultant

Miss Maxine Charter, New York
City, who is building consultant for
National U. S. o., Harold Allen,
regional supervisor, also of New
York City, and Miss Marguerite
Judd, the new Kent County U. S. o.
director, met with the Smyrna u.
S. o. Management Committee last
week to discuss plans for the re-
decoration of the u. S. o. Recrea-
ton Center here. Included in the
plans discussed were snack bar,
kitchenette, laboratories, two new
windows at the rear, new furnish
ings, and the painting of the rooms.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
SHOW
TO AID CHURCH
st. Peters P. E. Church Choir
To Sponsor Fashion Show
and Tea as Benefit
CLUB HOUSE MARCH %

The members of the choir of St
Peters P. E. Church are sponsor
ing a Fashion Show and Tea fol-
the benefit of the church, to be held
at the Twentieth Century Club
House, Smyrna on Thursday, March
% at 2:30 o'clock. Bird-Speakmar
Inc, of Wilmington will furnish the
clothes to be worn by the follow
ing models: Mrs. Davis H. Bell
Mrs. Charles A. Owens, Jr., Mrs
Richard c. Price, Mrs. Stanley Mid.
dleton, Mrs. Walter Eley, Miss
Marjorie Lamb, Miss Ellen Louise
Cullen, Mrs. James D. Merrill, Mrs
Andrew Maloney.
To Serve Tea
After the fashion show tea will
be served. Mrs. George Carter ant
Mrs. V. Wallace Elterich will pre-
side at the tea table, assisted BY
members of the choir and parish
Mrs. Warner w. Price, Jr., ant
Mrs. Howard c. Davis have charge
iof arrangements, assisted by Mrs
wv. C. Deakyne as chairman of dec
!orations and Mrs. George w
iBoehmler, chairman of refresh
iments. Music for the Afternoon
Twill be furnished by Mrs. JOIN
Fearon.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
HOmemakers Meet

The Smyrna Home Demonstra-
ton Club will meet at the home OF
Mrs. Joseph Ennis, with Mrs
Smithers Snow as co-hostess, next
Thursday, March 18th. Miss Flor
ence Yetter will be in charge of the
meeting. The topic for discussion
will be Victory Foods"
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
Wesleyan Methodist Church

Prayer meeting will be in charge
of Rev. Elizabeth Savage. Sunday
School at 2 o'clock with preaching
at 8 o'clock by Rev. Savage. Evan
gelistic service Sunday evening at
7:3O o'clock with Rev. Kephart in
charge.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
Clayton Home Demonstration Club

The regular monthly meeting of
the Clayton Home Demonstration
Club will meet at the home of
Mrs. Louis Hurd Friday afternoon,
March 10th, at 1:30 o'clock. The
county agent, Mrs. Kate Henley
Daugherty will be present and give
"a demonstration on preparing soy
beans in various ways. Soybeans
are often called the miracle food
and can be used in many ways.
The president, Mrs. Preston Burris
urges all members to be present
and if possible to bring at least one
guest.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
Church of the Nazarene

Church of the Nazarene, Rev. j
w. Parkins, pastor, makes the fol-
lowing announcements: Prayer
meeting Thursday at 7:30 p. m
Sunday services: Sunday School at
GAS a. M; morning worship, 10:45
a. M; evangelistic service and
praise service at 7:30 p. m.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
PATTON HEADS
STATE USO UNIT
Elected State Chairman of s
USO Organizations; Miss
Bouchard Leaves
NEW KENT DIRECTOR

The Headquarters Office of the
United Service Organizations Inc.
has made the announcement of the
election of William K. Patton of Do
yer as State Chairman of the U. 5.
o. Organizations of Delaware. Mr..
Patton has done outstanding work
for u. S. o. as Chairman of the
Kent County Council, and under his
direction the organization in Dover
has been built into one of the larg-
est on the eastern shore. The Del
aware Council is comprised of rep
resentatives of the following U. S.
%. Clubs: Delaware City, Dover,
white and colored; Smyrna George
town, Lewes, Rehoboth, Whining
ton, three operations, and Mobile
Service Unit.
Official State staff
For the State of Delaware the
following official staff is recognized
at National Headquarters; William
K. Patton of Dover, Chairman;
Robert G. Hackett of Wilmington,
Vice Chairman; R. Clark Hill OF
Rehoboth, Secretary. In making
the announcement of Mr.. Paton's
election Harold R. Allen, Senior
Regional Executive, reported that
Mr.. Patton was now member OF
the u. S. o. National Council. Thus
all the u. S. o. Clubs and organ
Iizations in the State are brought
under the head of state council
where ideas and plans may be CO.
ordinaoted.
Outstanding War Efforts
The election of William K. Patton
as State head is seen by those in
terested in u. S. o. as a popular
one and will be unanimously re-
ceived throughout the State. His
war efforts have been outstanding
in the present crises serving as
Chairman for the Kent County
War Finance Committee. The many
activities for War Bonds have been
recognized by National and State
LEADERS. Mr.. Patton was an Ensign
in the last war.
New Kent Director
| Miss Marguerite Judd is replac'
ing Miss julie t. Bouchard as di.
rector of u. S. o. Activities If
Kent County, Delaware. Miss jude
lis native of Chautauqua County
New York State. She received hel
education in Westfield, New York
New York City and Battle Creek
Michigan, majoring in Physical Ed
ucation at Battle Creek College
Miss Judd was for a number Of
years a member of the staff at Cen
trail Branch Y. w. c. A., New
York City, and member of the
teaching staff at Stephens College
Columbia, Missouri. On February
IL she was transferred from the
Herring House U. S. o. Club il
Watertown, New York to Dover
Delaware.
Miss Bouchard HOnOred
At meeting of the Kent Coun
ty USO Council recently Mis-!
Bouchard completed her report
which was received by rounds o.
applause from the large group thai
gathered for the monthly review O.
USO matters in the County
Chairman, William K. Patton, of tn,
USO Council in expressing the ap
probation of the Management
Committees for the work of Mis-!
Bouchard in Dover and Smyrna
pointed to the record of the pas
year and the many expressions O.
appreciation of those whom the
USO have served.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
RESOURCES OF
AMERICAS SEEN
Western Hemisphere is Self
Sustaining, Don Bolt Tells
Rotary Forum
PRODUCTION SOLDIERS

There is an increasing feeling of
friendliness among the peoples of
the Western Hemisphere" Don
Bolt, news analyst and radio COM
mentator of Laredo, Tex, told the
audience at the third in the series
of the Institute of Understanding
at the John Bassett Moore School
here. His topnc was THE Amer
icas as Contributors to a New
World Order"
Greed For Money
The present strife, he said, is a
revolt against civilization as the
people have known it, revolt caused
by the sins of civilization which
refused to think until it was almost
too late. Our thinking was based
on a greed for money" Bolt said,
land because labor was cheap we
chose to import our rubber, tin, and
quinine from across the Pacific
rather than assure ourselves of safe
sources of supply in our own hemis-
phere.
Latin Contributions
by the largest single act of ag-
erosion in the worlds history,
Japan proved to us that the United
States was not so rich and power
full as we had thought. We are
convinced of the value of our Latin
American neighbors as producers
necessary to our winning the war,
with the removal of our rubber,
tin and quinine supply by this ag-
erosion. Latin Americans are the
production soldiers for the United
Nations" Bolt declared, giving us
the materials we need and suffer-
ing from the results of imitation be-
cause the money for the goods is
! in the hands of politicians and
great owners. Despite this the
people strive"
Unity of Nations
These people have looked upon US
with suspicion as direct result OF
our blind imperialistic actions in
the past, he said, but he felt that
unity could be built up in this part
of the world by the use of common
ldecency and effort to understand
lother people and their customs. The
goal should be to cease contention
and to realize that we are all peo-
pie of the same earth, with one
birth and one destiny.
Mexico's Part
| We are glad today to turn to
Mexico for raw materials, with our
iron ore going out at rate which
threatens to drain our supply in
six years. Mexico is a land rich in
raw materials. During the first few
months of aggression japan de-
prived this country of 46 basic
stragetic commodities, all but one
of which were available in South
America and all of which we. had
chosen to get elsewhere because
they were cheaper. almost too
late, he said, we realized these pro-
ducts were obtainable within our
own hmisphere and in the mean
time Japan had consolidated her
position over raw materials and
over 400,000,000 souls, many of
whom detected the white mans
feet of clay.
Music by Dover Girls
Music was furnished by an en-
semble of eight girls from Wesley
Junior College, Dover, under the di-
rection of Mrs. Margaret Storey.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
DIR. MILLER TO SPEAK
Education i'm a Postwar World"
Speakers Subject at Century Club

DR.. G. R. Miller, Jr., will deliver
an address on Education in Post
War World" at the meeting of the
Twentieth Century Club on Friday
at 2:30 p. m. The program has
been arranged by Mrs. L. M. Price,
chairman of Education, and Miss
Anna B. Beckett is acting chair
man in the absence of Mrs. Price.
There will be readings by Mrs.
Harvey Wright and Miss Beckett.
The musical program will include a
vocal solo by the Rev. Robert E.
Green; piano solo, Mrs. H. L. Col
lison, and selections by the high
school chorus, under the direction
of Mrs. John Fearon.
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
TO HEAR LAST
SPEAKER
Rotary Series Ends With Talk
Tomorrow Night by Prof.
/. ]. Fisher
TAUGHT IN JAPAN

Prof. 1. j. Fisher, educator and
lecturer of Vancouver, B. c., will
present the fourth and last in the
series of lectures Friday night in
the Institute of Understanding
which the Smyrna Rotary Club has
sponsored. His subject will be:
1.-THE Oriental Nations as Contribu-
tors to New World Order" Pro-
fessor Fisher was born and reared
in England, and received his college
and university training in the
United States.
Extensive Travels
He attended Adrian College
Adrian, Michigan; Heidelberg Col
.lege, Tiffin, Ohio, and did graduate
work at Columbia University. I'm
mediately after graduating from
college, he taught for two years at
Westminster College, Tehuacana
Smyrna times., 1944-03-09
st. Peters Episcopal Church Notes

st. Peters Episcopal Church.
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, rec
tor, makes the following announce
ments: Friday, 7:30 p. M, short
Lenten service followed by choir
practice. The third Sunday in Lent
there will be the celebration of the
Holy Communion at 8 am; Church
School at 10 a. M; morning prayer
and sermon at IL a. M, upon the
words of our Lord Blessed are
they that hear the word of God,
and keep it," from the Gospel for
the day Luke II v28.
The Nome nugget., 1944-12-18
,DOUCHBOYS
 UNARMED WHEN SHOT BY NAZIS
By HAL BOYLE

FROM THE AMERICAN FRONT LINE CLEARING BEL CUM, Dec. 18.-(AP)-Weeping with rage. handful of dough- boys today described how the German tank force ruthless poured machine gun fire into group of about 150 Americans, who had been disarmed and herded into a field during the opening hours of the present German counter attack.
 "We had to lie there and lis ten to the German non-coms kill with pistols, every one of our wounded men who groaned or tried to move,'' said T-5 William Summers, of Glenville, West Vir- ginia, who escaped by playing dead.
 The dead Americans were members of an artillery observa- ton group, which were battling and trapped on road fork by powerful German armored col urnn with Tiger tanks whose heavy guns quickly shot up two dozen American trucks, which were lightly armored vehicles.
 There were no heavy weapons in the American column and the entire unit quickly had to sur render.