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Smyrna times., 1944-05-04
STATE MILK OUTPUT
Increased a Third Over Last Year,
Records Show

nSNOhuS ShOW
Delaware farmers cooperating
with the Farm Security Admins
tra-ion increased their milk produc-
ton by 100000 pounds during
1943, FSA State Director John D.
Leatherman said on receipt of Of
fetal national records compiled by
the agency. The total production
of 4,171 900 pounds in 1943 repre-
sented a 33 per cent increase over
the preceding year, Leatherman
said. Individual crop figures which
the survey brought out included an
II per cent increase in acreage I'M
der cultivation, % per cent in
crease in production of chickens
amounting to 21,000 pounds; a "a
per cent boost in egg production
tabulated at $1,000 extra dozen; a
SO per cent increase in meat out
put, a matter of $4,000 pounds; and
13 per cent increase in potato
production.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-04
EpiscopaI Women Meet

Mrs. Wallace Elterich, u. T. o.
custodian of the Woman's Auxiliary
of st. Peters p. E. Church, was
hostess at the regular meeting
Monday and will present the Unit
ed Thank Offering at the diocesan
convention to be held at st. An
drew's Church, Wilmington, on
Wednesday, May 10. Mrs. George
Carter also will represent the local
auxiliary.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-04
i A. Taliaferro Resigns

John A. Taliaferro, principal of
the Smyrna colored school, has re-
signed after holding that position
for seven years. He will take a
similar post at Newport tomorrow.
A substitute will carry on the work
here until his successor has been
selected.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-04
RECOVER GIRLS BODY
Relatives Identify Body of Mrs.
Frances j. LOckerman

Funeral services for Mrs. Franc
es ]. Lockerman were held Tuesday
afternoon from her late residence
on Frazier Street. The body of the
21 year old girl was found Monday
in the Christiana River, after a
search that began March IL, when
she jumped from the Market
Street bridge in Wilmington. Her
husband, John E. Lockerman, Jr.,
and other relatives identified the
body She was the daughter of
Clarence A. and Nellie Francis
Lockerman, of Smyrna, who sur
vive. Also surviving is a sister,
Mrs. Elmer Ross, of near town. In
terment was in Odd Fellows Gem
etery.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-04
st. Peters Episcopal Church Notes

st. Peters Episcopal Church,
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, rec
tor makes the following announce
ments: Friday, May 5th, special
meeting of the Vestry at the home
of George w. Boehmler. Service
on the Fourth Sunday after Easter
will be a celebration of the Holy
Communion and sermon at IL am;
Church School at 10 a. m.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-04
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Regular Services To Be Held Sum
day Morning and Evening
First Presbyterian Church, Mr..
Herman Dam, student pastor, an
nounces the following services for
the week: On Sunday, May 7, the
Sunday School will study the les
son, Paul Crosses Into Europe"
The morning worship service will
be held as usual at IL. The Chris
tian Endeavor Society will meet at
$50 in the Sunday School room.
The evening worship service will be
held at 7:30. The Mite Society
will meet Thursday evening, May A,
at at the home of Mrs. William
Thompson.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-04
FIRE REPORT FOR APRIL
Town Fire Loss for Month Was
$3.50; Four Alarms Answered

The Citizens Hose Company re-
sponded to four alarms, three
dwellings and one field, during the
month of April. Total fire loss
was $3.50, all of which was within
town limits. Fifteen firemen trav-
eled 80 miles, and pumping time
amounted to 21s hours. Other
companies responding were Clay
ton, Cheswold and Hartly.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-04
PORTRAIT GIVEN SCHOOL
Portrait of John Van Gaslxin Given
by John v. Postles

John Van Gaskin Postles of Phil
adelphia has presented to the John
Bassett Moore School portrait of
his grandfather, John Van Gaskin,
former Smyrna resident. A schol-
arship has been established from
funds left by the late DR.. Frances
Van Gaskin of Philadelphia in
memory of her father, John Van
Gaskin, to defray the expenses of a
girl who is desirous of pursuing
some phase of the medical arts.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-04
GUESTS OF SCOUTS
Youngsters Entertained at Party
on Tuesday

The following children were
guests of the advancedpatrol Smyr-
ma Girl Scouts, at party Tuesday
as part of their child-care project:
Lee Owens, granddaughter of
Mayor R. F. Corley and Mrs. Cor
ley, who is making her home in
Smyrna for the duration; John
Urian, Jacqueline Roe, David Dick
erson, Bobbie Burge, Freddie Bush,
Suzanne Kemp, Sandra Hutchison,
Patricia Easley, Clifton Shane,
Jeanie Ford, and Diana David. Mrs.
Thomas Russell, leader, and Mrs.
Ray Beltz assisted the scouts.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-04
SMYRNA DOGS WIN TRIAL
Dogs of Roland Deemer, James
Warren Placed First and Second

Dogs of Roland Deemer, James
Warren Placed First and Second
At the novice trials held Sunday
by the Del-Bay Field Trial Club
of Dover at Lake Como, Smyrna,
two Smyrna retrievers placed first
and second. They are: Curly"
owned and handled by Roland
Deemer, first; Judy" owned and
handled by James Warren, second.
Belle" owner and handler, Burton
Raughley, Dover, was third. There
were entries from Dover, Smyrna
and Wilmington. William Holden,
Dover, was chairman of the COM
mittee, assisted by James Warren
and Joseph Goldsborough, both of
Smyrna. A large gallery followed
the land and water work.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-04
PLANE CRASH
AT MIDDLETOWN
Parachute Failure Kills Pilot
Stationed at Dover A.A.F.;
Falls on Tibbitt Farm
MADE HOME In DOVER

Second Lieut.. William M. Thomp-
son, 21 years old, attached to the
Dover Army Air Base, was killed
Thursday night when his parachute
failed to open when he jumped
from his plane that crashed and
burned on the farm of William
Tibbitt near Middletown.A native
of Herd, Okla, Lieutenant Thomp-
son was flying single engine
plane. He is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Mildred Marie Thompson.
They made their home in Dover.
Plane in Flames
Howard Smith, employed on the
Tibbitt farm, said he and another
farm hand, William Barry, were
sitting in the farm house when at
1855 p. M, they heard an explosion
from the direction of the pasture.
"We jumped up and ran outside the
house but by that time the entire
sky was lighted up with the flames
that were shooting up from the
burning plane" Smith said. I'VE
ran as close to the fire as we could
and it was then that we saw the
pilots body on the ground, about
so fet away from the plane. The
nose of the ship was buried about
eight feet in the ground" One of
the men called the Middletown
Volunteer Fire Company and the
police. The New Castle County
ambulance was summoned and the
pilot taken to the Middletown Of
flee of DR.. Edward M. Vaughan,
where he was pronounced dead
from a fractured skull and other
injuries. Coroner Hearn took
charge of the body.
Parachute Found
Within a very few moments a
large crowd was attracted to the
scene by the high flames and Mid
dletown firemen roped off a section
of the pasture to keep the crowds
back. Firemen said that a partly
opened parachute was lying few
feet from Lieutenant Thompson's
body. Prayers were said for the
f1ier by the Rev. DR.. Walden H.
Pell II, headmaster of st. Andrews
School, near Middletown, in the
ambulance outside DR.. Vaughan's
Office.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-04
FARM WORKERS
WAGE HEARING
Special Meeting in Dover Fri
day Night for Kent COun-
ty Farmers
SMYRNA MAN ON BOARD

For the purpose of discussing the
farm labor situation, with special
reference to the wages for farm
workers this year, farm wage
hearing will be held in the State
Board of Agriculture building in
Dover tomorrow evening, May 5, at
8 o'clock. Representing the Kent
county farm labor committee,
George c. Simpson of Houston, Ed
ward Kelly of Dover, w. Smithers
Snow of Smyrna, and Isaac Thom-
as of Marydel, members of the
county farm wage board, will con-
duct this hearing to which all in
terested farmers are invited. In
the administration of Public Law
229, 18th Congress, it is necessary
to establish prevailing wage rates
for particular kinds of farm work
as an incident to the recruitment
of foreign and interstate labor.
Expect Large Meeting
This meeting has ben called by
County Agent Russell E. Wilson of
the Agricultural Extension Service,
who is also secretary of the county
farm labor committee, in coopera-
tion with the War Fod Administra-
ton. AS this is an important sub
ject in connection with the farm
labor program this year, it is ex-
pected that a number of farmers
will be present to discuss this
phase of the program for 1914 as it
applies to this area.
Smyrna times., 1944-05-04
CLAYTON CLUB
NEW OFFICERS
New Officers Installed at Fin
al Meeting of Century
Club Thursday Night
THANK PRESIDENT

New officers of the Clayton Cen
tury Club were installed last
Thursday night at the final meet
ing for the season of that organ
ization. Mrs. Harry o. Bostick,
president, installed the following
new officers: first vice-president,
Mrs. William Hollett; second vice.
president, Mrs. Medford Davis; re-
cording secretary, Mrs.W. R. Keys;
treasurer, Mrs. Malcolm Burris;
corresponding secretary, Miss An
nette Gooding; chairman of pro-
grams, Mrs. Charles Stewart. The
Office of president has not yet been
filled.
Honor Mrs. BOstick
On behalf of the club, Mrs. Hugh
Kelso expressed appreciation for
the service Mrs. Bostick had rend-
cred during her term as president.
The Collect was read by Mrs. G. M.
Sparks, the last two lines of which
were explained by Mrs. Kelso.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-15
Dream Pre-Vues

Wing and A Prayer with Don Ameche-which he starts next month.
 Jack Carson's 2-year -old-son makes his screen debut in his pappy's comedy, Make Your Own Bed"-It'll be great mug ging contest between father and son June Clayworth-one of the screens glamour figures, is returning to the screen after an absence of three years That new star Mike O'Shea, after SCOT ing in Lady of Burlesque", and ''The Eve of St. Mark, now is set to star in Mob Hill"--a gay musical of early San Francisco Bob Benchley will star in"Janie' "a story typical of small town "a sort of Aldrich Family ser ies only Benchley will portray a small town bachelor and head of the local Chamber of Commerce A comedy and that's what we need today-more comedies!
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-15

their food.
 The main body of troops cross ed the Alaska mountain rang eat Windy Pass, covering some eight or nine difficult miles above the timber line in one day so they would not be forced to spend a night without firewood and wood framework for the crude lean to's they used for shelter.
 A smaller force of the soldiers, led by It. Col William Walther, commander of the maneuver troops, went some 30 miles out of the way to cross the range at an unmapped point known as Sane tuary Pass in a flanking move ment to distract the "enemy's" at- tention from the main body of troops.
 The hardened soldiers came through the arduous war games in fine physical condition, said Colonel Walther. The force suf- fered no casualties during the last half of the journey, despite sub-zero temperatures.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-15
STAR-LITES
 By Chuck Cochard

Sparks from the Hollywood Party Line the tremendous popularity of Holy Matrimony" has prompted the co-starring Of Oracle Fields and Monty Wool ley in Sally and the Senator" Monty will star in When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, with Vivian Blaine immediately before that Walt Disney has created more than 1000 different insignas for fighting units.
 Dorothy McGuire fans attention: This, clever actress of the movie Claudia returns in comedy, T Married the Navy" with Alan Marshall the two gas station men who back Dana Andrews to the tune of $5500 to pursue his movie career are sitting in hay because by tn eend of this year he will have pals them S25,000 back-and will have finished the big epic, Purple Heart and "A
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-15
 EXTENSIVE 

FORT RICHARDSON, Alaska Soldiers of the Alaskan Depart ment Provisional Training Unit have completed the longest and most extensive maneuvers ever held in Alaska, during which htey covered more than 40 miles on snowshoes in six weeks on the trail.
 The troops were returned to Fort Richardson on the Alaska Railroad from Mt. Mckinley Park station, where the lengthy war games came to an end with an attack" on that area, theoretical ly in the hands of the enemy. The soldiers of the composite force are now awaiting transportation back to their permanent stations at various Alaskan and Aleutian posts.
 4.fa.
 Held up at the beginning of the long journey by rivers only par tially frozen near Talkeetna. the toughened soldiers forged ahead on the last half of the wilderness trek to reach their objective on schedule, depending almost entir- ly on ration dropping aircraft for
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-15
WHAT HAPPENS TO LOST BONDS

c. T. Hearst, chief of the Di- vision of Securities of the U. s. Treasurer's office, answers the question that harries some bond buyers-what happens to lost
 ''The! value of a bond to the purchaser is never really lost be- cause every registered bond, be it for $25 or s1,000, inscribed with the name and address of the owner. -
 Heart explained, "A stub comes with the bond which when issued bears the name and address of the owner in addition to the serial number of the bond. These stubs are filed in the treasury's Divi- sion of Loans and Currency, lo- cated in the Merchandise Mart in Chicago"
 All the owner of a lost bond need do is to advise the Treasury and in a few days he will receive information which will assist him in obtaining a duplicate
 "To assist and expedite a claim on a possible loss. however" MT. Hearst cautioned, @it is recom- that all purchasers of bonds keep a record of every ser ial number of every bond bought. |"
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-15
NEW BILL

WASHINGTON, Mar. 15.- IAP)-Delegate Anthony DImond, introduced a resolution in Con gress to authorize the Army En- gineers to make a survey of An- chorage harbor to determine the adequacy of harbor facilities.
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-15
NOTICE TO VOTERS!

The Poll Book for the registra- ton of voters for the forthcoming Municipal and School Board cleo ton. will close on Saturday, March 25, 1914 Election will beheld
 City Clerk. April 4. l944.
 CARRIE M. MCLEAN,
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-15
Ice Pool Dates

disposal, the following list are the official dates on which the ice moved at Nenana:
The Nome nugget., 1944-03-15
Singapore Woman" Tonight
 and Thursday

Singapore Woman, starring Brenda Marshall and David Bruce will be the feature attraction at the Dream Theatre tonight and Thursday. Dogs Seldom Seen" a sport reel. and Aviation Va cation, a Merry Melody, will be on the program also.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-07

Pow-o-lin continues its record OF
success in bringing happy relief to
wen known men and women
throughout all Carolina, many OF
Them making public statements,
giving this purely herbal medicine
T,helr heartfelt, grateful praise;
sor instance, Mr.. N. D. Fail, well
Known farmer, familiarly known
as Uncle Needham" by nearly
everybody hereabout, residing on
Route /, Goldsboro. declared.
l felt SO sluggish, achy, let
Gown and miserable l would drag
through the days with hardly
enough energy to get about. l
never cared whether I ate or not:
Mhen did force food I would
sul1er from indigestion, bloatlng
ana pressure until I felt I couldn't
set my breath. Dizzy headaches
plagued me and constipation filled
my lntestines with toxic wastes
.ilat seemed to make me feel
nelly. sore and sluggish. My
nerves net were on edge until I could
WI. get much sound sleep and I
m no get up feeling as if I had
r Ever been to bed. I don't believe
c 10y could have found a more dis
t ~ man in all Wayne 1Coun-
n,oI poW-o-lin proved to be just the
2'lie had been wanting. I
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-07
Red Cross Nurses Care For
Families OfMen In Service

Among the eight Red Cross nur-
ses assigned by the Red Cross
Camp Community Emergency
Nursing service to care for the
wives and children of servicemen
in the Southeastern area are Caro-
lyn Weber and Mrs. Ellen Swift,
both formerly of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Both Miss Weber and Mrs.
Swift have special incentive in
carrying out their vital wartime
work. Miss Weber is spurred on
by the thought that the car she
drives was once owned by the
Japanese embassy in Washington.
Mrs. Swift has only to think of
her husband in military service in
the Middle East, to attack her work
with renewed energy.
Located near the coast of North
Carolina, with families of both ar
my and marine personnel to care
for, the nurses are equipped to
cope with every type of situation,
from assisting with NEGOTIATIONS
for the various communicate d.
seases to racing with the stork to
the very door of a house trailer.
A typical case was the plight OF
Mrs. E., just home from a Will
mington Hospital. Mrs. Els baby
had died and she had just come
home to her two-year old daughter
and Private E., in a depressed
frame of mind. Miss Weber found
her lying on a crude bed of nailed
boards, i'll, hungry, and uncared-
for. Within a short time the two
room house was in order with
contented mother and happy two
year old awaiting the return OF
Private E. from camp.
I'D like to go overseas says
Mrs. Swift.
This work is just as important
here counters Miss Weber.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-07
1914 Telephone Book
Being Distributed
In Wilmington No u

A new telephone directory con
tanning the latest compilation Of
telephone subscribers and their
numbers has been delivered in Viii.
mington. Approximately 1870
copies were distributed.
w. B. Bryan manager of South.
ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Company asked telephone users
to start using the new directory
at once to decrease the possibility
of getting wrong numbers. It
should be referred to on all calls
where there is the least doubt
about the desired number he said.
He also asked that telephone users
look up the numbers in the directo-
ry instead Of asking Information
for them.
The new book is bound with a
green cover and dated January
1914. If the old directory dated
April 1913 was not taken up at
the time of the new ones delivery
it should be discarded because
many new numbers appear in the
latest issue.
An important message on the
front cover asks the public not to
make telephone calls during or
Immediately after an air raid
alarm or other emergency as it
is essential that the lines be kept
free for use by the authorities.
The new directory not only con-
tains the regular alpha betical list
ings of telephone subscribers but
again includes the customary clas-
Sified section-yellow pages-con-
tanning valuable "where-to-buy-it"
Information.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-07
TITO SUCCESSFUL
IN CETINA AREA

LONDON Jan. 6.-lR-Yugoslav
nartisans have driven the Ger.
mans out of the entire 60-mile
long valley Of the Cetina river
which flows into the Adriatic sea
at Omis Is miles below the Nazi.
held port of Split the headquart-
ers of Marshal Josip Broz (Tito)
announced today.
The communique broadcast by
the Free Yugoslav radio said brit
fer street battles" were continuing
in Bania Luka the Croatian base
of the second German tank army,
''Our units are taking one block
of buildings after another in the
face of stubborn resistance" the
communique said.
Fighting for the town of Novo-
mesto in Slovenia also is continu.
ing and the partisans declared
they had killed so German sol.
diers who had tried to break
through their enlightenment.
The bulletin asserted that during
December the guerrillas had slain
more than 600 enemy soldiers in
Macedonia wounded several hun
dred others and captured or de-
stroyed large quantities of war
material.
An armored train on the main
railway between Zagreb and Bel
grade was derailed and the loco
motive and seven cars destroyed
the communique said.
Scattered fighting at various
points in Bosnia and Herzegovina
also was described.
A dispatch from Barcelona said
recent arrivals from northeastern
Italy had corroborated current re-
ports of an unsuccessful revolt by
1000 Italian soldiers against their
German officers at Fiume Dec. 80.
The travellers said the Italians had
rebelled as they were being loaded
into railroad cars routed to Yugo-
slavia to fight alongside the Ger
mans but that the outbreak had
been quelled by Nazi reinforce
mentS.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-07

am relieved of my distress and
can now 20 about my place and
work all day without fatigue. l eat
heartily. sleep fine, bowels act
promptly and l am relieved Of the
eassy Floating. My wife takes
Pow.o-lin. too, with the same gra-
trying benefit. 1t is the best med
icine we have ever had in our
home" :,
Pow-o-lin is purely herbal
preparation for the relief of dis
tress as plagued Mr.. Fail when
due to constipation. Thousands
praise it. Pow-o-lin may be OBJ
tanned at Toms Drug Store. Cau-
ton, use only as directed.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-07
HUNTER IS HUNTED

The Police department is
hunting for a hunter-not just
any hunter, but the one who
persists in disturbing the noe
turnal peace of the ducks on
Greenfield Lake and the resi-
dents who live nearby.
According to a report on file
Thursday morning, one COM
planning citizen is Weakened
every morning between 2 and
3 o'clock by rifle shots. From
his window he can see the
shadow of the diligent hunts
man, flashlight in hand, stalk
ing the wild fowl near the
shore. Sometime there are as
many as five shots.
The Greenfield ducks are
strictly protected by law. In
the first place, the lake area
is sanctuary within the city
limits; in the second place,
any sort of shooting within the
limits is taboo.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-07
PLISCO IS PROMOTED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-R-
The War Department today an
nounced the following temporary
promotions of army officers:
North Carolina Captain joan
Wesley Craig, CE, Charlotte, to
major; First Lieutenants Sidney
Truesdale, AC, Greensboro, and
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-07

Butter is used as cosmetic in
Ethiopia.
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WARRANT SWORN

M. S. Parvin Of Wilmington has
sworn out a warrant against ]. R.
Blackman, charging Blackman
with driving a car on December
23rd in a manner resulting in an
accident with caused damaged to
Parvin's property. Parvin also
charges that Blackman failed to
stop his car at the scene of the
accident in order to give his name.
address and registration number
as is required by law. Blackman,
who is scheduled to appear in
court Friday morning is i'll and
confined at home, and it is not
known whether he will be able
to appear at his trial.
Butter is used as a cosmetic in
Ethiopia
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-07

Harry Paul Swan, AC, Sanford, to
captain; Second Lieutenants Calvin
Oscar Wilson, INF. Asheville,
James Thomas Griffith, Jr., INF,
Monroe, and Noah Jake Plisco.
GMC, Wilmington, to first lieuten-
ants.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-07
Star Pork Sausage and Fried Apples!

Looking for a favor that's different
land delicious? Then try this feast of
tasty, fried apples topped with a gen.
erous cluster of plump, juicy Star Pure
Pork Sausage links.
You'll get cheers from your family
-. and you'll feel like cheering your
self. For you can serve this big meat
meal at little more than / point per
person
Place l lib. Star Pure Pork Sausage
links in cold frying pan and turn heat
low. We suggest Armour's Star Pork
Sausages because they're all rich,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-07
NOTHING CAN DO
MORE FOR YOU

in the entire field of aspirin than St. Joseph
Aspirin. None faster, none safer. The
worlds largest seller at 10c Also sold
in economy sizes -36 tablets, zoe, 100
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-07

Anyone who has ever seen a
camp community of the type in
which Mrs. E. lives will probably
feel that Miss Weber is right.