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Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
PLAN FOR SOIL
CONSERVATION
Planning Group Meetings of
Farmers i'm Kent During
Winter Months
RECEIVING INQUIRIES

The fact that farm drainage,
ditch bank seeding, planting of
cover crops and pasture improve
fent to increase the feed supply for
livestock, preventing erosion and
maintaining and improving soil
fertility, and other soil conserva-
tion practices are attracting the
interest of Kent county farmers
has been shown upon numerous
occasions by the many inquiries to
the Soil Conservation District re-
parding drainage and farm plan ap-
plications. Ever since the district
was formed over year ago there
has developed considerable interest
in this program offered by the Soil
Conservation Service, with the re-
suit that the district board of SUI
pervisors has received over 140 ap-
plications for soil conservation and
individual farm drainage, also a
number of applications for farm
plans and sureys from tax ditch
companies for assistance in clean
ing out these large drainage ditch
es. Although it is impossible to
process all of these applications
within the near future because of
shortage of drainage equipment
and time to take drainage eleva-
tions on these farms, also to pre-
pare farm plans for carrying out
certain soil conservation practices,
every effort is being made to COM
plete as much of this work as pos
sible preparatory to placing the
conservation program in full swing
early next spring when weather is
favorable.
Plan Educational Program
Under the leadership of a large
group of land owners in Kent
county assisted by Herbert B. Hen
drick, assistant soil conservation
ist, and Russell E. Wilson, secre-
tary of the district board of super
visors, an intensive educational
program was placed before the
public, resulting in an increasing
number of inquiries and soil con-
servation applications from farm
ers throughout the district. AS soil
conservation practices constitute
the basis upon which agriculture
is developed and maintained, farm
ers are rapidly realizing more than
ever the Importance of this pro-
gram in helping to increase and
hold the fertility of the soil, also
to make a careful study of land
utilization for more profitable crop
and livestock production. During
the coming winter months it is
planned to hold small group meet
ings of farmers in all sections of
the county for the. purpose of dis
cussing the area plan of soil con-
servation, with special reference to
considering farm plans showing
soil conservation practices to be
followed over a period of years.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
Church of the Nazarene

Church of the Nazarene, Rev. ].
w. Parkins, pastor, makes the fol-
lowing announcements: Prayer
meeting, tonight, 1880. Sunday
services as follows: Sunday School,
9:45 am; morning worship, 10:45;
evangelistic and praise meeting,
7:3O p. m. Cottage prayer meet
ing every Tuesday at 1880 p. m.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
Auxiliary of st. Peters Church

The Woman's Auxiliary of st.
Peters P. E. Church will sponsor
the Kent County and uiet Day pro-
gram at the church on Monday,
Dec. IL. Officiating at the COM
munion service at IL a. m. will be
the Rt. Rev. Arthur McKinstry,
bishop of the Diocese of Delaware
The Rev. j. c. Settle, rector of st.
Paul's Church, Georgetown, will
give the meditation. A box lunch
con will follow. The Rev. Freder-
ick Marx Barton, rector, will assist
in the program.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
Young Adult Group Pack Box

The Young Adult Group of As
bury Methodist Church are packing
a Christmas box for orphan boys
of the Methodist Home, ages to
IL years. Anyone desiring to con-
tribute canned food, toys or cloth
ing for the box will please contact
Mrs. Virginia Pollen, Mrs. Dorothy
Moffett, Mrs. June Short, Mrs. AL
verna Price, Mrs. Arthur Short,
and Mrs. Nelson Everhart. All
contributions will be most appre-
ciated.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
Linen Supply Stocks Depleted

The supply of barber shop towels
and coats, restaurant tablecloths
and napkins, and other items fur
nished by linen supply firms is be-
ing depleted through normal wear
and cannot be replaced, supply
firm indicated yesterday. Custom
ers were urged to treat linen with
greater care than ever, since it is
doubtful that replacement can be
obtained until after the European
phase of the war ends.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
Doctors Son Breaks Arm

Billy Pritchard, the six-year-old
son of DR.. and Mrs. w. C. Pritch-
ard, fell Sunday afternoon, break
ing his arm. AS soon as the doctor
could be reached he came home to
reduce the fracture and Billy Is
now going out.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
Fire Chiefs to Hold Meeting

The Delaware State Fife Chiefs
Association will hold its quarterly
meeting in the Robbins fire house
at Dover Saturday evening at
o'clock. All members are urged to
attend. President Daniel P. Dough-
erty, chief of the Five Points Fire
Company, will preside.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
RED CROSS WORK HERE
Smyrna Branch Urged to Complete
1900 Surgical Dressings


There still remains 1900 surgical
dressings to be completed by the
Smyrna branch of the Red Cross
surgical dressing class which meets
on Wednesday from 10 to II in the
morning and from to in the af-
ternoon. Headquarters are urging
that these be finished soon, and it
is the desire of all here that these
be shipped as soon as possible, but
in order to complete them before
Christmas, it will be necessary for
helpers to come either morning or
afternoon and do the work. If it
is impossible to be in the class dur
ing the morning, please come for
two hours Wednesday afternoon.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
CENTURY CLUB MEETING
Address by Rev. Herman Dam
Feature of the Afternoon


Feature of the Afternoon
An address by the Rev. Her
man Dam, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church, was the feature
of the Thanksgiving program CIV
en- at the Twentieth Century Club
last Friday afternoon. His topic
was Our American Heritage"
Mrs. Lewis M. Price was chairman
of program and also gave a medi-
tation and prayer. Salute to the
flag was led by Sylvia Harris. A
duet: "a Thanksgiving Prayer"
was sung by Marie FAIRIES and
Dorothy Burge accompanied by Syl-
via Harris, and piano solo played
by Mary Keck. Mrs. George Car
ter, president, presided at the busi-
ness session.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, Rec
tor, Announces Services For Week

st. Peters Episcopal Church,
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, rec.
tor, makes the following announce
ments: this Thursday at s p. M,
choir practice. Services for the
First Sunday in Advent: 10 a. M,
Church School; IL a. M, celebra-
tion of the Holy Communion and
sermon upon PauPs words to the
Romans, Nov the God of hope
fill you with all joy and peace in
believing, that you may abound in
hope through the power of the
Holy Ghost"
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
William H. West, age Ss, died at

William H. West, age SS, died at
his home near Hartly, Friday, No
vember oath. He had lived on a
farm in the vicinity for many
years. He was a son of Henry and
Julia Virgins West. Funeral SER
vices were held at FAIRIES Funeral
Chapel, Sunday afternoon at 8
o'clock with Rev. E. N. Wright of
Kenton in charge. Interment was
in Sudlersville cemetery. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma
Porter West and one son, Earl
West of Smyrna. One grand
daughter, Mrs. Mary Eta West
Gooding of Tampa, Florida, also
survives.
Smyrna times., 1944-11-30
POSTMASTERS
WIN INCREASE
81 Offices i'm Delaware Get
High Salary Because of Re-
ceipts During the Year
TWO ARE REDUCED

Thirty-one of the postmasters of
the 46 second, third, and fourth
class postoffices in Delaware re-
ceived increases in salaries of
from S100 to $500 in the fiscal
year ending June 80, this year, re-
ports of the post office department
show. Postmasters of the offices
at Houston and st. Georges re-
ceived increases of at least S1OO
when increased receipts resulted
in the postoffices being moved
from fourth class classification up
to third class offices.
Smyrna and Clayton
Salaries of postmasters are fixed
by law on receipts, primarily stamp
sales. Postoffices where postmast-
ers received $4,000 increase are
Clayton, Smyrna, Delmar, Edge
Moor, Georgetown, Greenville,
Greenwood, Harrington, Houston,
Laurel, Lewes, Middletown, Milton,
Odessa Rehoboth, Newport, Wy
oming, and Stanton. Those re-
ceiving 5000 increase are FELTON,,
Frederica, Hartly, Hockessin, Mar
shallton, New Castle, Ocean View,
Selbyville, Townsend. $500 increase
are Farnhurst, Holly Oak, and Lin
coin. Postmasters of only two Of
fees had decreases in salaries, the
reports, received by William B..
Francisco, postoffice Inspector, in
dicate.
Dagsboro, Dover Lower
The two offices which had de-
creases of S100 each in the fiscal
year are Dagsboro and Dover. In
the last fiscal year the method of
fixing the salaries of the post
masters of the fourth class offices
was changed. Before last year the
salaries of the postmasters of the
fourth class offices were based on
commissions on cancellations. Now
they are fixed by law on receipts,
determined mainly by volume of
stamp sales. There are 26 fourth
class offices in the state. Delaware
now has u postoffices of all class
es, four of which, Wilmington, Do
yer, Milford, and Newark, are first
class offices. The postmaster at
Wilmington receives $4,000 a year;
Newark, $4,000; Milford, $4,000,
and Dover, S3,4O0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

arc the truckers whereby the trucks could be substituted at the elevators to move the grain to the milling centers when the railroads cannot furnish the cars. This would involve a rate agree ment and adaptation of truck unloading facilities at the mills. The railroads hold the situation completely in their hands since large majority of the elevators are on railroad property and the leases in- clude an agreement that only the rail- roads shall transport the grain. SubSti- tuition of truck transportation would be grounds for cancellation of the leases.
 It has been estimated that the empty truck capacity available on EaStbound runs by the for-hire motor carriers in North Dakota would be able to take care of some 500,000 bushels of grain per month. At this rate a total of six million bushels per year could be hauled if the cooperation of the truckers were accepted by the rails and their closely affiliated milling interests. While this is only small percentage of the total grain crop, it at least could be focused at critical points where the greatest congestion is now occurring and consequently give re- lief to the farmers far beyond the meas ure of tonnage hauled. If this is not done, or some other relief found, the far ners had better start praying right now for another weather miracle in the Fall of 1944!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
ELOQUENT APPEAL MADE FOR AMERICAN CHRISTIANS TO
 AID JEWISH CHILDREN
To the Editor of the Waterbury Democrat.

To the Editor of the
 Waterbury Democrat:
 I want to solicit your cooperative goodwill in aiding the work of the exceptionally representative con- mittee which has been formed to rescue suffering Jewish children.
 The fate of the uprooted and plundered Jews in Europe is & mat ter of deep concern to every sensi- tive mind and heart. I have been trying for some time to find a prac- ticable plan of action and have found the search baffling. The doors have all seemed to be closed and padlocked. But now here's a door of opportunity that opens. Here's a plan that is being success fully worked. It is in active opera tion under the auspices of the Youth Aliyah movement associated with the great organization of Jewish women. Hadassah. Under the we'll directed guidance of this society many thousand Jewish children have been gathered in the occupied or neutral countries, transported to Palestine and there cared for in hos pitable homes and given vocational training in the agricultural settle ments and the trade schools. Already many of them have become self supporting and self-respecting citizens and many of the older boys are enlisted in the British Army. What seemed to be a doomed gener- ation has been reborn and is helping to build better future for man. kind.
 Now this plan of action appeals to me first because 1t deals primari- ly with children and youth. the hope of the oncoming time. Then be- cause it is practical. It has been tested and 1t has demonstrated its efficacy. Then 1t goes beyond rescue and provides in Palestine for homes and education. Most Of all, the plan appeals to me because it offers a fertile field for the cooperation in a sensible humanitarian effort of Christians and Jews. Tn the mem- bership of this committee are in- cluded the leaders of Jewish thought and life in our community together with outstanding representatives oi the Roman Catholic Church and of the major Protestant CommuniorS
 The British Government has granted the Youth Aliyah certifi- cateS of immigration which will per- init the transportation of thousands of children, with adult escorts. tc Palestine. The transportation charges are already assured but fol the maintenance and education ol
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
The Road to Destruction

One of the most pernicious beliefs that has come out of this war is the idea that since we have been able to achieve full employment and high wages producing armamentS, there is no excuse for not achieving the same goals in peacetime by producing a flood of automobiles, refrlg- orators and luxury gadgets ad infinitum.
 When asked the question, Why does it always seem easy to find money to prose cute war, and so hard to find it to win the peace? Dr. Harley L. Lutz, Professor of Public Finance, Princeton University, replied: "The peace economy must re- main solvent. A war economy doesn't have to remain solvent, and usually is not solvent. When we get into war, we give the government complete dictatorial pow CTS over everybody. It can conscript la- Dor; it can force men to work; it can set wages; it can confiscate income and pro- perty; it can suspend all rights. The so- called war prosperity rests on this foun- dation of actual, although perhaps not nominal slavery"
 We have consented to these things be- cause the war must be won at any price. But tax spending for the mere sake of spending, as was done during pump prin- ing days, must end Normal expenses of government must be cut to the bone and people must be taught to save. Either that, or we are on the road to destruction though we win the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
Farmers Need Another Miracle

A miraculous spell of mild weather dur ing the Fall and early Winter prevented a loss of over eight million bushels of wheat which North Dakota farmers had to pile on the ground this Fall because their granarieS and elevators were full. Only one-third the necessary freight cars are being supplied to move the crops. The average for November was 361 cars per day and for December, 382 cars in- stead of 800 to 1000 freight cars per day. In the meantime motor trucks which could transport a substantial part of this crop are, and have been, running empty through the territory.
 While most of the grain is now off the ground, barns, granarieS and elevators still remain blocked The cattle, instead of being in barns, are still outside at the mercy of the elements, which up to thlS time have been phenomenally kind. AS Governor John Moses points out, "At the rate we are getting cars now, North Da- kota will not get it's 1943 crop out of ele- vators and other storage space In time to provide storage for the 1944 crop" The saddest part of this story is that while this critical situation has existed, the for hire truck operators have been running through the grain area with empty DOL toms because the butter and other return loads which they normally haul East are now moving West to supply the Army on the Pacific Coast and for Russian lend- lease.
 All that is necessary to permit these trucks to help relieve the situation so as to help clear the way for the 1944 crop Is an agreement between the railroads
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24

The party who snitched the 14th cen tury St. Thomas from the Metropolitan Museum of Art gallery wall must have worked fast. The theft occurred in the afternoon, and had to happen in the few minutes while an armed guards back was turned. He could not have been far away The panel painting was not so large but what any visitor could have hidden it under his or her coat The theft is an example of the utter lawlesS- ness that is presently about us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
TOBACCO ANGINA

''There are three groups of cases of so-called tobacco heart" (wrote Dr. Osler in his famous Practice)s First, the irritable heart of smokers, seen particularly in young lads" (remember, ladies, Osler wrote this nearly 50 years ago, long before you, CT, began having gastric ulcer complex "in which the symp- toms are palpitation, irregularity and rapid action; secondly heart pain of @ sharp, shooting character. which may be very severe; ana thirdly attacks of such severity that they may deserve the name of angina"
 Speaking of angina pectorts. Os- Ter mentioned four theories of the nature of the disease, namely tD It"that it is a neuralgia of the car- diac nerves" CD "cramp of the heart-muscle itself," (0 "that 1t is due to extreme tension of the ven- tricular walls in consequence of an acute dilation" and (O transient ischemia" (that means local ane- I mia or restriction of blood supply) "of the heart-muscle in consequence of disease, or SpaSm, Of the coron- ary arteries" The coronary arter- ies are the arteries that carry blood from the aorta (great artery) to the heart-muScle itself.
 The fourth theory mentioned by Osler Is virtually the one most gen. erally accepted today. The precise nature and cause of the attack of angina pectoris is baffling because CD a doctor hesitates to go in and examine the heart during an attack, as he would the appendix, for ex- ample, and CD postmorten signs do not show whether the deceased ever in his life had angina.
 Today, instead of speaking Of is-' chemia of the heart muscle, doctors speak of anoxia-lack of oxygen ill the heart muscle.
 Anoxia, too accounts for the painful attacks OSler described as tobaco heart. Anoxia, I believe, accounts for most of the i'll effects of excessive smoking in lad, or lass, and what constitutes excess is a question for each smoker to decide LOT IllLLlSClL UT A1CAoSbA. no CAAC OWAh CT of a large flock of pipes l have some ideas about 1t, but then. may be I think more of my heart than you do of yours.
 The anoxia from excessive smokA ing represents the crowding out of oxygen by the wee bit of carbon monoxide a smoker inhales with each putf-carbon monoxide has Q stronger affiity for or attachment to llemoglobin (red coloring) matter in the blood corpuscles) than oxy- gen has, and hence tends to accu- mulate in the blood until 1t crowds out enough oxygen to partly as- phyxate the heart-nluscle.
 I hope this will not fr1ghten any one needlessly, but if I can scare & few excessive smokers into moder- ation my conscience vii be coln- fortable about it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 YitaminS Not Medicine

Recently you said vitamins are not medicine. Then why are vita Inins marketed through the drug stores, and why does every large medicine vendor on the radio urge listeners to take his vitainins for their common ailments? (L. E. FL
 AnsWer--Because every large med- icine vendor on the radio estimate that most listeners have the I. o. of a ten year-old child, I suppose. My purpose, however, is to make people understand that vitamins are food, and therefore vitaminS CD can prevent, relieve or cure only ailments which are due to lack or deficiency of the particular vita mins in the diet: and @ being food, not medicine. there Is virtual ly no danger of overdose" in any circumstance; and (3) it is foolish to expect any immediate results frcm vitamins fin any case where prolonged deficiency of the particu- lar vitamins Is accountable for the trouble.
 Nervous Breakdown
 what do you call nervous breakdown?" What reaction has it on person? (K. A
 Answer-A spurious diagnosis for doctor to make when he doesn't know what ails the patient. A con- venient alibi for patient to offer when he doesn't care to make his private life public. Send stamped envelope bearing your address and inclose twenty-gve cents for book let Nerves and Nutrition"
 Copyright. 1924, John F. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
Selected Poem
WITHOUT A SOUND

(By Cullen Jones in The New York Times) Without a sound the snow whitewashed the hill Built high the roof and bent the shrubs ana tree Tn strange new forms didn't know until bird cry called me from my reveries IL seemed to say that while fretted here Old time and change and all their silent horde Of eager workers carried on the year. Adjusting balances beyond reward
 Silence thus taught its lesson to the blind: The passing day unheard by any man; The darkness creeping through the sober mind; The symbol death catfooing through the plan; A lone bird calling from world quite strange And change at work in cycles without change.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
In Today's Mail

the children In their new homes and getting them started in their careers 1t costs on the average $360 for each child. It is to help to meet these charges that this Christian Jewish Committee has been organized. We are well assured of the generous support of our Jewish fellow-citi- zens. We now earnestly solicit the contributions of Christians who compassionate the sufferings and perils of the Jewish people and who recognize the debt they owe to the faith in which their own faith was cradled.
 Checks should be made payable to Children to Palestine, Inc, and sent to Henry H. Perry, Treasurer, in care of the New England Trust Co.,. 135 Devonshire Street, Boston.
 Sincerely yours,
 Samuel A. Eliot.
 Chairman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-24
Press Comment
vICHY ON TRIAL

The trial of the Vichy regime has begun with the death sentence in Algiers of Pierre Pucheu, Q former Vichy cabinet minister for collu- sion with the enemy. The sentence promises wide repercussions. AL ready there has been criticism of both the trial and the verdict. It has been stated that there was too much emotion and too little docu- mented evidence. It has been sug- gested that the trial should have been put off until France is hber- ated, that the sentence was too severe.
 But 1t is significant that none of the criticism has come from the