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Evening star., 1944-03-14
Letters to The Star
Quotes Letter From Soldier
on Privilege of Voting.
TO the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Hditor of The Star:
Much has been said in the Congress
and over the radio and in the press on
the subject of the soldiers vote. I have
just received letter from a nephew
who is with the Army in North Africa
and l believe that your readers will be
interested in what the men at the
front are thinking and I quote from
his letter on the subject:
There has been much discussion here
about the soldiers vote bill, both
among the fellows and in our news
paper, the Stars and Stripes To answer
another of your questions, don't know
just what to think of it, to tell the
truth. / feel that we should be able
to vote all right, and that some reason
ably simple system should be instituted
for handling the ballots. However. I
believe the question of the constitu-
tionality OF the legislation should be
considered carefully. I would not like
to see Federal law allowing soldiers
to vote under Federal supervision tossed
out on unconstitutional grounds. vet it
seems that it is patiently an abridgment
OF right or privilege heretofore re-
served to the States. On the other hand,
II we do not have some kind of uniform
legislation to handle the ballots of the
overseas soldiers, most of us will not be
able to get our votes and return them
IN time for them to count under the
present laws of most States. So you
see, we are right back where we started.
l am afraid, too, that this question now
has become one of political expediencv
rather than a consideration of the
legislation on its merits"
MISS c. S. NAYLOR,
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Air Mastery

There are certain general principles,
developing from the experience of this
war; which may now be recognized as
applYing to the use of air power as q
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The Political Mill

President Roosevelt succeeded in hav-
ing the Democratic National Convention
nominate 100 per cent New Deal ticket
in 1910 Vice President Henry A. Wal
Evening star., 1944-03-14

The British and American govern
ments are worried over the political
headache caused by Fires refusal to
hroa r1rifl
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Wants Farm Labor EXEMPTED.

wants Farm Labor Exempted.
To the Editor of The Star:
long time ago certain high school
clvics class was watching a case in
court. A witness for the defense was
called on to testify. He haltingly began
by saying, Il think" The opposing
counsel rudely shouted, Young man.
what right have you to think?" The
young man quickly recovered himself
and screamed at the top of his voice,
"By the bill of rights"
Now, some of us people who live on
farms and produce the food-the lack
OF which would lose the war-we, 20.
have some vague notion that we also
are included in the Bill of Rights"
Our only son was an enlisted member
In the Reserves at the time his father
died. In few short weeks he was in
the Regular Army. He now has had some
valuable training and does not plan to
ask for an agricultural discharge even
though he plans to operate this Iowa
1arm after the war is won. am living
alone trying to manage the growing
OF corn, wheat, oats, Soybeans or what
ever else these fertile acres will produce
and produce to the maximum.
IL seems to me that I can see this
picture in its entirety and I view it
from no selfish angle. I see all the
problems relative to operating a farm
efficiently. Other farm boys now are
reaching military age. To me it is utter
folly to try to replace these skilled farm
workers with older men or unskilled CITY
workers. My son will remain in the
Army, but If I had any influence with
draft boards I would beg, beseech and
1mplore them to leave the skilled farm
workers on the farms where they, too
could do their bit by producing the
maximum amount of food for the war
effort, even though my own son will
do his bit in a uniform of Uncle Sans
MRS. PEARL VANATTA.
Randolph, Iowa.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
USO WORKERS
MEET MONDAY
Senior HOstesses to Discuss
Program With Officer From
Dover Army Air Base
SERVE REFRESHMENTS

Over 55 U. S. o. Senior Hostesses
at the Recreation Center here will
meet in the Colonial Hotel dining
hall Monday night, January II, to
discuss and plan future program
activities for the service men and
war workers visiting the Center
Guest speaker will be Lieut.. Walter
Batty, army chaplain stationed at
the Dover Army Air Base. Chap
lain Batty, who is a special service
officer at the base, will discuss with
the hostesses the kinds of programs
appealing to service men. Several
members of the u. S. o. Junior
Hostess group will serve refresh.
ments. Also attending the meeting
will be Miss julie Buchard, Kent
county director for U. S. o. AL
women who serve at the U. S. o.
and any others who are interested
in becoming a member of the SEN
ior Hostess group are urged to at
tend the meeting. Women who
have served so or more hours of U
IS. o. duty will receive gold U. s.
10. pin at this meeting.
Management Group Meet
The U. S. o. Management Com
mittee met Monday night in the
directors room of the w. w. Price
Company Offices, with Miss Flor
ence Lurty, chairman, presiding
Further discussion and reports on
the redecoration of the Center took
place, and report on the Junior
IHostesses was made. The commit
tee instructed the Advisors, Mrs
Henry G. Webb and Mrs. Louise H
Burslem, to plan a training course
for the Junior Hostess, in accord
ance with U. S. o. regulations. The
girls will be given instructions by
qualified persons in dress, makeup,
etiquette, etc. After each girl has
served so hours with the U. S. O.,
either at the dances they attend
twice month at the Dover base or
the Recreation Center here, she re-
ceives a permanent U. S. o. identi-
fication card and gold pin. Miss
julie Buchard, director of U. S. o.
for Kent county, and Mrs. Max
Harrington, formerly associated
with the U. S. o. Club at Dover,
attended the meeting.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
Bank Directors Elect

The annual meeting of the share
holders of the Fruit Growers Ma
tional Bank and Trust Company
was held Tuesday morning, and the
following directors elected for the
ensuing year: Harley R. Bodley, c.
Il. Harmonson, VIM. Norris, DR.. C.
y. Prickett, George C. Rothwell and
A. Homer Smith. The following
Officers of the bank were named by
the directors: Harley Bodley, presi-
dent; c. ]. Prickett, vice-president;
William Norris, secretary; c. l..
Harmonson, chairman of the board;
George w. Boehmler, cashier; Miss
Elizabeth Wilson, note clerk; Miss
Hilda Deakyne, assistant trust Of
ficer and stenographer; Mrs. Ellery
Ward, bookkeeper.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
FARM INCOME
IN STATE HIGH
Increased by S2,160,000 Last
Year; Harvested $685.
900 Acres of Crops
REVIEW CROP PRICES

Delaware farm incomes increased
by S2,160,000 last year over 1912,
to a total of SIT, 20S,000, the U. S.
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
reports. Delaware, according to
the report, harvested about $4,000
acres of all crops, or about one per
cent more than the harvested acre
age in 1912, and about five per
cent greater than the 1932-1941 av-
erage of 363, 900 acres. The valua-
ton of truck crops last year was
S5,035,000 or 20 per cent of the to-
tai, but the acreage in this CLASH
fication was 4 per cent below 1912,
the decrease caused by the reduc-
ton in the planting of cantaloupes,
cucumbers, strawberries, and wat
ermelons.
Crop Prices
Corn, bringing an average price
of SLAB a bushel in 1943, compared
with SO cents in 1912, headed all
the Delaware 1943 crops with to-
tai valuation of $4,612,000 compar-
ed with $4,010,000 in 1912. Della
wares tame hay crop in 1943, val
uel at S2,1S1, 900, compared with
81, 547, 900 in 1912, was second to
corn in value in 1943. Other 1913
crops and their valuation were esti-
mated as follows: Wheat, 1882
900 compared with $1,725,0OO in
1912. Oats, $4,000 against $685.
600; barley S2s4,OO0 against $780,
900; rye, $215'0OO against S12S,O00.
Soybeans (for beans), $614, 900
against S95o,oOO; potatoes, $493, 900
against $472,0OO; sweet potatoes,
1888, 900 against $4,000. Apples
commercially, $99S,O0O against
$s43,O 900; peaches, $4,000 against
S495 900; pears, $4,000 against &c.
900; and grapes, 100000 compared
with $4,000 in 1912. The valuation
of the 1943 tomato crop for pro-
cessing was $1,s09,OO0 compared
with $1,371 900 in 1912; the value
of the 1943 cantaloupe crop in Del
aware was placed at $4,000 for
235,OOO crates, compared with a
valuation in 1912 of S415,OOO for
$4,000 crates.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
PAPER COLLECTION EACH FRIDAY
PLAN OF SALVAGE COMMITTEE

The Smyrna Salvage Committee
will sponsor a scrap paper collec-
ton every Friday, John Herholt,
chairman, has announced, with the
town council cooperating by the
loan of the town truck for collec-
lions. Herholt explained that pap
err is urgently needed for the ship
ments of war materials abroad, and
the Salvage Committee is asking
Smyrna residents to save all paper,
including newspapers, magazines,
waste paper, wrapping paper, and
cardboard cartons. This paper is
to be bundled and tied securely
with string or wire, and cartons
are to be fiattened and bundled,
Herholt explained. No loose or I'M
bundled paper will be collected.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING
Smyrna Couple Entertained; Re-
ceiye MANY Gifts

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis c. Burris
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary. on Sunday, January 9th
with a family dinner given at the
home of their daughter, Mrs. Mar
garet Glaumenzer near Townsend.
Those present were: Mrs. Daisy
Newnum, Mrs. Lillias Pierson, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Burris and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Addison Burris
and family, Mr.. Alphonso Burris
and son, Mrs. Sarah Johnson and
daughter, Miss Ruth Scott, Mrs.
Essie Adkins, Mr.. Albert Burris,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cobb Burris and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Klau-
menzer and family, Mrs. Gladys
Ruggero, Mrs. Emma Kaumenzer,
Miss Frances Rice, and Miss Ruth
Jean Tribbitt. After the dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Burris were presented
with a purse containing sum of
money. Mrs. Burris received al
gold brooch and Mr.. Burris a wall
let with his name in gold. On Sum-
day morning the couple were pre-
scented with bouquet of flowers
by the members and friends of the
Church of the Nazarene in Smyrna4
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
w. E. MATTHEWS SPEAKER
international Relations" Topic of
Talk; Music by Trio

William E. Matthews, Jr., former
mayor will be the guest speaker at
the meeting of the Twentieth Cen
fury Club on Friday afternoon at
2:30 p. m. His topic will be In
ternational Relations" and the pro-
gram has been arranged by Mrs. G..
Harvey Wright, chairman Interna-
tional Relations. Music will be
furnished by trio composed of
Mrs. William Wroten, Mrs. Robert
E. Green, and DR.. George R. Miller,
Jr. There will be brief readings by
Mrs. L. M. Price and Miss Anna B..
Beckett. A meeting of the execu-
tive board of the club was held at
the home of the president, Mrs.
George Carter; and of the executive
committee of the corporation at the
home of Mrs. Andrew D. Cole. The
program for Friday, January % is
being planned by Mrs. Robert Den
ney, program chairman.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
FARMERS MEET
HERE TUESDAY
To Learn Importance of the
Livestock Conservation
Eight-Point Program
FILM AND ) SPEAKERS

At conference of the Delaware
Dairy Production and Livestock
Conservation Committee held re-
Gently in Dover it was suggested
that a series of community meet
ings be held in each county for the
purpose of calling the attention of
farmers to the Importance of the
livestock conservation program.
Arrangements for these meetings
have been mad by Russell E. Will
son, county agent, in cooperation
with William E. Tarbell, Ralph
Snowberger, and Louis Carmean,
vocational agriculture instructors,
and they will be held at the follow
ing places in Kent county next
week: Monday, January IT, 8 PM,
Harrington High School; Tuesday,
January Is, 8p. M, Smyrna High
School; Friday, January 81, s pm,
Caesar Rodney High School. Each
meeting will be in charge of a
local chairman, and a time-keeper
who will see that the program is
conducted according to schedule.
Eight-Point Program
George M. Worrilow, acting asso-
ciate director of the Delaware. ex-
tension service, will discuss the
eight-point dairy production and
livestock conservation program for
this state. Pasture and hay pro-
duction and the grain and fertilizer
situation will be discussed by
Claude E. Phillips, extension spec
ialist in forage crops. The control
of Bangs disease in dairy herds has
been assigned to DR.. Harry Me-
Daniel of the State Board of Agri-
culture, and the Delaware plan for
control of mastitis will be explains
ed by DR.. C. C. Palmer of the Has
kell Research Foundation, Univer-
sity of Delaware. Prof. T. A. Bak-
er of the University of Delaware
will disclss feeds and feeding for
efficient production and herd i'm
provement.
To Show Film
Following the showing of the
film, soldiers of the Soil," a dis
cussion on the food PRODUCTION war
training program will be led by
Paul M. Hodgson, acting state SUI
pervisor, Vocational Agriculture
Department, who will aso explain
how interested farmers may enroll
in this program during the coming
year.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
PLAN All CLUB
WORK FOR 1914
Kent County Leaders Meet at
Dover to Discuss Future
Plans for Members
URGE FOOD PRODUCTION

The outlook for All club work in
1914 was discussed by G. E. Nc
Cauley, County Club Agent Super
visor, at a combined meeting of the
Kent County All club local leaders
and the Kent County 4-H Link
members January in Dover. Ar
rangements for the meeting were
made by Virginia A. Tull, County
Club Agent. 'In considering the
outlook for All work in 1914, based
on the 1943 agriculture forecast,
increased emphasis is being placed
on food production and conserva-
ton projects and other activities
pertinent to the war effort" said
Mr.. McCauley. Crop goals for
1914 will be about 100000 acres
more than 1943 acreage.
1914 Goals Explained
1914 goals call for 2 per cent in
crease in milk and egg production,
but only SO per cent as many
Continued on Page Three)
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
Built in 1897
ROTARY CLUB PROGRAM
Several Club Members Give Talks
ON War Last Thursday

Rev. Robert E. Green, pastor of
Asbury Methodist Church spoke at
the Smyrna Rotary Club on peace
Must Be Enforced" He told of the
need for a military regime to po-
lice the subjected nations and
urged righteous dealings and fair
play for all, with equal opportunity
for all to adjust the peace. Other
speakers included Charles King,
who talked on 1.-THE Philippines, !"
and Nelson Everhart, ON What Is
to Become of Germany" Leslie
Wheatley in talk on "China" said
that he thought China would be
one of the leading nations in the
future. Sergt. Clarence c. CARTS,
U. S. Army, who is stationed with
the Army as a gunnery instructor
at Kingman, Ariz., was guest.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Mrs. j. Herbert Brown, Formerly
of Smyrna, Dies in Florida

VI SHY btCS LII ioiiud
Word has been received in Smyr-
ma that Mrs. Annie NJ. Brown, wife
of ]. Herbert Brown, formerly of
Smyrna, passed away at st. An
thongs Hospital in st. Petersburg,
Florida on Sunday, December 26th
following long illness. She was
born at Charleston, S. c., the
Daughter of Joseph and Anna
Carney. Most of her young life
was spent at Altoona, Pa, where
she was graduated with highest
honors from st. Johns School AMI
later from Seton Hall, Greensburg,
Pa. Mrs. Brown was well known
in Smyrna and her many friends
remember her cheerful disposition
and her keen delight in helping
others. She was a devout Catholic
and took deep interest in her
church work. Besides her husband
she is survived by four nieces: Mrs.
Lorraine Schuell, Mrs. Louis Metz
ger of Ventnor, N. j.; Mrs. R. j.
Hevessy of Boston, Mass, and Mrs.
James Carney of Mars, Pa, and
several great nieces. Funeral SER
vices were held at st. Mary's Cath
Ollie Church with High Mass at St.
Petersburgh with Father j. F..
Donohue officiating. Interment was
in Memorial Park Cemetery at St.
Petersburgh, Florida on Wednes-
day, December 29th.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
NATIONAL BANK MEETING
HOLD Election of Officers and Di-
rectors for Coming Year

HOLD Election of Officers and Di-
rectors for Coming Year
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of The National Bank
of Smyrna, held Tuesday, the fol
lowing persons were elected di-
rectors for the year: Harvey c.
Jones, ]. Harry David, James A
Hart, Jr., s. Creadick Ennis, j.
Wells FAIRIES, R. w. Slaughter, Will
bert Rawley. The board of di-
rectors organized by electing the
following officers: Harvey c. Jones
president and trust officer; j. H
David, vice-president; Edward T
Porter, cashier; Clark M. Knots
assistant cashier and trust officer;
Miss Kate ]. Smithers, note clerk
Miss Ruth E. Collins, bookkeeper;
Mrs. Thomas A. S. Hays, stenog-
rapher.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
Collection Procedure

The Salvage Committee is asking
that all perosns having bundles of
paper to be collected telephone or
call at the Smyrna Times office,
leaving the name, address and ap-
proximate amount of paper, and
each Friday the town truck will
call for the bundles. The larger the
bundle, the better, Herholt stressed,
and each bundle must be tied
strongly. Herholt reported that
during the recent drive for clothing
to be sent to unfortunate persons
in the liberated countries of Eu-
rope, Smyrna residents donated a
total of 287 pounds of wearing ap-
parel. The committee expressed
great satisfaction at this response.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
CRASH KILLS
SCHOOL GIRL
Dover Girl, Betty Ann Eisen-
brey, Is, Thrown From Car
of DIR. S. j. Krygier
STAYED WITH CHILDREN

Miss Betty Ann Eisenbrey, Is
years old, was killed instantly early
Sunday morning when thrown from
an automobile operated by DR.. S.
James Krygier, Dover dentist, in a
collision with an automobile oper-
ated by Willard Long, &c, Marydel.
DR.. Krygier is in the Kent General
Hospital with abrasions of the head
and shock as result of the acct
dent. Neither Long nor his wife,
who was with him, was injured.
Stop Signs on Street
The collision occurred at the in
tersection of State and Division
Streets shortly after l o'clock. DR..
Krygier was driving south on State
Street and Long was driving on
Division Street, according to Dover
police. There are stop signs on Di-
vision street where it approaches
State Street. Miss Eisenbrey, a
Dover High School student, had
been at tn Krygier home attending
the Krygier children during the
evening and DR.. Krygier was driv-
ing the girl to her home on Pine
Street when the collision occurred.
Services Yesterday
The girl is survived by her par
ents, Preston G. and Evelyn S.
Eisenbrey, and sister, Merle Jean,
student at Cedar Crest College.
Mr.. Eisenbrey is supervisor of
transportation for the State De-
partment of Public Instruction. He
also is past grand master of Della
ware Odd Fellows. Funeral SER
vices for Miss Eisenbrey were held
from the Torbert funeral home yes
terday with the Rev. M. w. Ma
rine, pastor of Wesley Methodist
Church, officiating. Six boys of her
high school class were pallbearers.
Interment was in Lakeside Gene
terry.
Manslaughter Charge
Long was released from the Kent
County Jail under $4,000 bail on a
charge of manslaughter and $500
bail on a charge of operating an
automobile while under the influ-
ence of lioll0r. The hail was fixed
by Magistrate w. D. Burton. The
defendants parents, Edward and
Audrey Long, Kenton, signed the
bail bonds.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
SMYRNA TEACHER RESIGNS
Mrs. Edwin Vogel TO Leave Mathe.
MATES Post


The resignation of Mrs. Edwin
Vogel, mathematics instructor at
the John Bassett Moore School for
the past IA years, has been accept
ed by the Smyrna Board of Educa-
ton, according to an announcement
made yesterday by DR.. George R.
Miller, superintendent of schools
here. Replacing Mrs. Vogel in the
mathematics department will be
Mrs. Herman Dam, wife of the
student pastor of the Presbyterian
church and former instructor at the
Princeton, N. j. high school. Mrs.
Dam has been instructor of Biblical
History and English this year, and
an emergency teacher will replace
her. Mrs. Vogeps resignation is
effective the last of January.
Other School Notes
Miss Virginia Wallen, Whining
ton, of the special education depart
ment, is giving audio-metric tests
to the school children this week.
The Smyrna basketball team will
play the P. S. DUPONT, Wilmington,
team tonight at the school gym
nasium, with preliminary game
by the j. VS..
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
ASBURY MEN TO
HAVE BANQUET
Dinner Tuesday Night, Served
by W.S.C.S.; Program of
Music, Speakers Planned
BIBLE CLASS SPONSORS

A Fellowship Banquet for men of
the Asbury Methodist parish will
take place Tuesday night, January
18th, at $50 p. M in the dining
hall of the church, with Edward T.
Porter chairman of the committee
on arrangements. Members of the
Women's Society of Christian Ser
vice, with Mrs. Frank McCawley
and Mrs. Clifford Jones as co-chair-
men, will serve the meal. The fol-
lowing women will aid in the pre-
paration: dining room committee
Mrs. Clifford Jones and Mrs. Ken
nard Price, co-chairmen, Mrs. Ed
ward Porter, Mrs. Andrew Cole,
Continued on Page Three)
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
EXPECTS 1000 MEMBERS
American Legion in Delaware TO
Exceed Membership

Membership of the American Le-
gion in Delaware for 1914 is ex-
pected to exceed 1000, well above
the 1943 membership of 1,706, Ink
erman Bailey, adjutant, has an
nounced. The present membership
for 1914 is 1,549, received before
Jan. l. Additional members are
being received daily. The member
ship committee consists of George
A. Ayars, Dover, first vice-com-
mander; Sherman L. Hutchinson,
Wilmington; DR.. ]. A. Wilker,
Laurel, and DR.. R. L. Herbst, Do
yer. Included among the 1914
members enrolled are 127 honor
ably discharged veterans of World
War II, representing 80 per cent
of the total enrolment of the Le-
gion.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
P. r. r. WOMEN MEET
Women's Aid of Delmarva Division
Meet January 18th

Mrs. L. E. Gingerich, Superinten-
dent of the Women's Aid of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Delmarva
Division, announced meeting of
that organization to be held in the
Pennsylvania Railroad assembly
room at Cape Charles, Va. on We'd
nesday, January 10th, at 2:30 pm.
There will be brief business meet
ing to be followed by a social hour,
planned by the Trainmaster's and
Supervising Agents departments.
All members are urged to attend
this general meeting.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
Jimtown Crossing Crash

A truck and trailer were demol-
ished at the Jimtown crossing south
of Clayton Friday night when it
was struck by northbound pas
senger train of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at 6 o'clock. The trailer
was carrying load of lumber
which was scattered for a distance
of a half mile. The operator of the
truck, Lester Carrow of Denton,
suffered lacerated face and in
jured right hand.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
ROOMS FOR ARMY FAMILIES
Smyrna Owners Asked to Register
Rooms With u. s. o.

Smyrna homeowners who have
empty rooms or apartments, both
with or without cooking facilities,
are urged [ enter this information
on the files at the u. S. o. Recrea-
ton Center here. The many new
service men coming to Dover have
exhausted that towns available
rooming facilities, and since many
of the men bring their families with
them, living quarters in Smyrna
are needed. The u. S. o. Manage
ment Committee here is asking the
cooperation of Smyrna people in
keeping a list of available living
quarters on file at the U. S. o. To
be placed on the list, call at the
U. S. o. between two and four
thirty any afternoon or between six
and ten thirty any evening, or tele-
phone the information to the Smyr-
ma Times.
Smyrna times., 1944-01-13
Clayton Home Demonstration Club

The regular monthly meeting of
the Clayton Home Demonstration
Club will be held at the home of
Mrs. l.. H. Walker, Friday, Janu-
airy 18th, at 1890 O'clock. The
subject for the day will be Speed
ing Victory Thru Good Planning"
County Agent, Mrs. Kate Henley
Dougherty will be in charge.