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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-02-24
URGE INCREASE
OLD AGE GRANT
Increase From SIS to $50 a
Month Recommended in
Annual Report
GRANTS INSUFFICIENT

An increase from S25 to $50 a
month in the maximum grant per-
mitted under old age pensions is
in the annual report
of the Old Age Assistance Depart
ment of the Old Age Welfare Com
mission to help those receiving aid
from the state to meet the rising
cost of living. The report shows
a drop from 2,100 on the rolls in
January to 1896 in December with
a total expenditure in state expend-
iture in state and federal funds for
the year of 1887, 545.6S. The re-
port, submitted to Gov. Walter w.
Bacon by thte four Old Age We'll
fare Commissioners, emphasized
that only two states have lower
allowance than Delaware. They
are South Carolina and Virginia
Grants Been Insufficient
The commissioners, the Rev. Dr.
Charles L. Candee, Joseph A.Frear
George S. Grier, and William F
Metten, pointed out that persons
living by themselves who do not
have families to furnish them with
some items are finding it increas-
ingly difficult to get along with the
grants. Medical expenses have
also been higher in this years bud
gets as many family doctors who
previously treated our grantees
free of charge have been called to
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No Club Meeting Friday

There will be no meeting of the
Twentieth Century Club tomorrow
afternoon, it was decided at a
meeting of the Executive Commit
tee. Club members will take part
in the World Day of Prayer at the
Presbyterian Church tomorrow.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-02-24
wedding at Asbury

Frances Virginia Ford, daughter
of Joseph Ford, Bishops Corner
and Allan Thomas Reynolds, son Of
Aaron T. Reynolds, Dover, were
married Feb. 18th at Asbury Meth
odist parsonage by the Rev. Robert
E. Green. Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton
Reynolds, Kenton, were the only at
PENDANTS.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-02-24
Attended Meeting

George w. Boehmler. treasurer
of the local Red Cross Branch, at
tended a meeting of Red Cross Of
ficials in Dover Friday, where in
structions pertaining to the Red
Cross ar Fund Drive, beginning
March LIST, were given.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-02-24
DOVER MAYOR AT ROTARY
Wallace WOOdford Spoke to Club
Members on "FellOwship'

Men have craved fellowship
since the early days of history
Wallace Woodford, mayor of Do
yer, told members of the Smyrna
Rotary Club last Thursday night in
a talk on 1.-THE Fellowship of Man. u
The speaker lauded the present-day
service clubs in which business and
professional men have the oppor-
tunity for fellowship. Mayor Wood
ford paid tribute to the memory OF
George Washington and Abraham
Lincoln. Response was made by
c. Leland Harmonson and the pro-
gram was arranged by William E
Matthews, Jr., former mayor OF
Smyrna.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-02-24
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER

At First Presbyterian Church To
morrow at 2 P. M.
Throughout the world on the
first Friday of Lent, there will be
held prayer services. In this COM
munity the day will be observed by
a service in the Sunday School
room of the First Presbyterian
Church at 2 Friday afternoon, Feb
ruary rs. This will be presented
by the women of the churches and
will be attended by the Bible His
tory Glass of the John Bassett
Moore High School as a body.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-02-24
NO NEW NAMES FILED
Town Election February %; Polls
Open From 2 D. m. to 5 d. m.

IOWH EItClIOH FcDTudIy 20, FOIIB
Open From 2 p. m. to 5 p. m.
John c. Mannering and Ralph G.
FAIRIES, councilmen, Mrs.Lotta Rob-
inson, collector, Harry Lower, trea-
surer, and Grant G.. CARTS, assessor,
all filed for reelection. There were
no new names filed. Polls will be
open Monday, Feb. 28th, between
the hours of 2 p. m. and p. m.
The annual town statement, which
usually appears in this issue of the
Times will appear next week, due
to the illness of G. F. Harrington,
the auditor. /
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-02-24
RED CROSS DRIVE HERE TO OPEN
MARCH 2 WITH JOINT MEETING

Miss Besse Howard, of Philadel-
phia, recently returned from SER
vice as Red Cross director of Over
seas Clubs in Cairo, palestine and
Alexandria will speak at COM
bined meeting of the Smyrna Red
Cross Motor Corps and the Smyrna
Rotary Club at dinner to be held
at The Wayside Inn on Thursday,
March 2 at p. m. This will mark
the Inauguration of the Red Cross
campaign locally, and also attend
ing will be the officers of the Smyr-
ma Branch Red Cross and the So
licitors who will assist George
Wright, general chairman for the
drive. Arrangements are being
made by Mr.. Wright, chairman and
Lieut.. Helen Harmonson, chairman
Kent County Red Cross Motor
Corps.
Trip Through Pacific
Miss Howard, VINO was graduaI-
ed from Randolph Macon with an
A. B. degree and who holds an M.
A. from the University of Pennsyl-
vania, and also studied at the Uni
versity of Grenoble, in France, is a
student and lecturer on world af-
fairs, having studied and travelled
in Europe and South America pre-
vious to the war and has worked
with the League of Nations in the
Balkans. She recently completed a
trip through the Pacific by troop
ship, by bomber from Cairo to Al
exandria, returning to the United
States in convoy on a Liberty ship.
Letter From Chairman
The following open letter was re-
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-02-24
SECOND FORUM
TALK ON RUSSIA
Gerhartt H. Senger Next
Speaker in Rotary Club
Series Tomorrow Night
MEMBER OF REICHSTAG

1.-THE Russian Republics as Con-
tributors" will be the subject dis
cussed by Gerhart H. Seger, New
York, at the second of the four
forums conducted by the Institute
of Understanding which the Smyr-
ma Rotary Club is sponsoring. This
lecture will be given at the John
Bassett Moore School Friday night
at 8 o'clock. The general theme OF
the institute is Contributors to a
New World Order"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-02-24
Member of Reichstag

Gerhart Seger entered upon a
career as journalist after serving
in the first World War and in 1928
became Secretary-General of the
German Peace Society. In 1928,
he became editor of social demo-
cratic daily paper, in 1880 MEM
Der of the German Reichstag, and
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1944-02-24

The following open letter was re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30
Tanks Capture Reims, Laon; RouenE Evacuated
tcontinusd from Page iJ

Vitry-Le Francois. ie Is2 miles southeast of Chal0ns and Piney, IS miles east of Troyes.
 An Areas Cleared
 American infantry also cleared virtually all areas in and around northwest. north and northeast of Paris ard advanced to within a mile Of Pontoise. is miles northwest Of the capital.
 All four Allied bridgeheads north of the Seine river above Paris were linked as American. British, Cana. dian. Dutch, Polish and Belgian troops joined for Q decisive smash toward the robot bomb coast.
 American forces drove 8 miles north from their Nantes crossing 25 miles northwest of Paris and reached Magny-En -veEen,
 Other Allied troops captured EtFagny. AS miles northwest Of Nantes, and advanced along the Paris-R0uen road to L0ngehamps, site of the famous race track.
 Southeast of Rouen, the Allies captured Bo0s. only five miles from the center of R0uen, in the face Of stiff enemy opposition,
 Only two small loops south Of the Seine now remained to be mopped up,
 Supreme headquarters announced that 02.000 Germans had been caps tpred in northern France by the Allies from August 70 to AS. while Q field dispatch estimated German losses in killed, wounded and pris- oneEs since D'Day at upwards of 2b0.O00 men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30

Continued from Page D quo reported that the number oi pFtsoneF2 taken ln southern France had reached es.OOO. of which l0.e00 were seized at MArselllcs.
 General Captured
 fn occupying Montelllnar. the Americans captured Maj. Gen. Otto Richter, commander of the ieBth Infantry Division, which prisoners said recently was transferred Co southern France after being mauled ln Russia. He vas the sixth Ger man general captured on this front ln addition Co Vice Admiral Ruhfus, surrendered Co the French.
 As the Americans continued their steady drive up the east side Of the Rhone to within l3 miles of Valence, French troops of the Sev- enth Army forged northward on the west bank Co Bagnols. is miles northwest of AviRnon and 2a south. west Of Montelimar.
 The French and American troops Of the Seventh Army have liberated more than 10000 square miles oi territory since they landed Aug. lS.
 Although the German 18th Army has been written of as Q virtually complete loss. the Germans moved reinforcements from Italy Into France and recaptured the town of Briancon. where an Allied spear. head had thrust Co within Ave miles of the Franco-Italian border. The Americans withdrew only to the southern outskirts of Briancon, but this left an important road june. ton under German control.
 Headquarters did not indicate the strength of the German forces from Italy, but only several days ago Al. lied pilots sighted what was be. lleved to be German panzer divi. sions moving westward north of Fur. in. which is about 50 miles northeast Of BriancOn.
 The loss Of the town was the first acknowledgment by ground officers that the Germans were moving troops from Italy.
 The communique also disclosed that American troops in consolldat- ing their positions in the lower Rhone valley occupied the village Of Valreas. ie miles southeast of Mon- telimar. The move eliminated an enemy pocket by-passed in the drive northward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30

ant upon the speed with which we obtain assault troop ships and car- go ships" he added. These ships ere the Navy's most urgent need and rank in importance with a few of the other most vital military pro- grams.
 Also needed are vast quantities of boinbardnasnt ammunition. % NM. anti-aircraft guns. and numer- ous special devices to make certain the final defeat Of our enemies"
 He said the Navy aircraft pro- duction job was far from complete. During the next i2 months the Navy needs-and has scheduled for de. livery-over 30.000 planes, of which eS per cent are in the combat class, he said.
 CulbaclEs
 There have been cutbacks in some types Of material needed for the Navy. Forrestal said, but there have been increases in others, partic- nlarly ordnance. The production of rocket ammunition alone, he said, calls for the expenditure Of sI0O,- O00. 900 month.
 He also revealed that lend-lease to our Allies has amounted to over e5,O0O. .O00. 900 in materials and serv. Ices transferred by the Navy alone and that requests for an even great- CT amount nov are being processed.
 The British empire received 92 per cent of the Navy transfers while Soviet Russia received five per cent, ne said. He explained that while the Russian figure seemed relative y small. t involved only Navy ma- teriais and services.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30

lcentinued from Page 9 those not alet wsFs being staTyed Into glving ID.
 Champs Elyseas was paeked with millions Of paFlslans roaring unp Testgained smeFeis1 yesterday when the Americans paFaded, The Teeep, ton given to De0alllle when be Was dTign along the same route last week couldn't compare t0 the !lolons, Joyful ovation given the
 Rnllalngs were smotheEad in the flags 0g the Allies, with the Stars and Stripes and the Unl0n Jack pFad0mlpatine, But all the color and al the display Of fashions the PaTislans brought out dld not hide the sears Of recent battles, There Rtill were stone haFFieadas lD the street, and the Wfaekage Of German tanks and aTlnoFd ears were At the curb,
 At the Are dc TFi0mphe, the American Donghhoys marched past the sacred Elame Of the unkpokwD Warriors tomb.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30
France Al IA Glance
Rg unlleA I.rossl

W @~%@-@ NNN@-F
 American mechanized forces smashed n0rthyaFd from the Aisne river today to Laon, 36 i-2 miles from the Belgian frontier. and be- yond Chalons on the upper Marne to within % miles of Germany.
 Northwest of Paris, the Allies joined all four of their bridgeheadf across the Seine along a 50-mile front and began q drive toward the robot bomb coast Of the English Channel.
 Tn southern France, Allied forces had eOrnered and were engaged in m0pping up remnants Of the Ger man 18th Army in the triangle formed by the confluence Of the Rhone and Drolne rivers north Of captured M0ntelimaT.
 The American drive to Lson, 70 miles northeast of E0iss0ns, was mounted by the ist American Army under It. Gen. Courtney L. Hodges. whose advance outflanked the ea- hedral city Of Reins. southwest Of s0lss0ns, To the southeast along the MeTne, Lk, Gen. George s. Pat tons 3rd Army took Chal0ns and vltIy and pressed on across the river In a drive aimed straight at the Reich border.
 On the English Channel front, g German e0mmnniqne said the Germans had evacuated the river port of Ronen, 70 miles northwest Of Paris, as Allied forces cleared Q wide area north of the city. Only two small loops south of the Seine remained to be cleared Of the en, einy, front reports said,
 The first German e0unteEattaek ll southern France was reported with the arrival Of enemy Feinf0Teev ments from the Italian gF0ntleT. The strength Of the e0unteF-punch was not revealed beyond the fact that it Fet00k the small town Of hFlanc0n, i've miles from the b0F. der Elsewhere on the southern lF0pk the campaign was close 70 the m0pping np stage,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30

lC0ntlnnad from Page D
 Front dispatches reported prog. Fess was being made iEl dlsengaglng Florence from the fighting front, with the Allies clearing the general area two miles northeast of the anv eleDt city and taking the village Of 0ntlgnAn0,
 The western sector held by the American Filth Army remained quiet Rs British, Polish and Italian troops prepared ln the AdTlatie sees tor to test the Gothic line, which extends inland from the peeaF0 area ln Q R0utberly direction and then curves n0rthWara over Florence and Is anchored to the vest ct 2 point along the TyFThenlaD coast appr0glv mRtely 20 miles north Of Pisa,
 q :, nshFdlllemfwypVhg vf
 The 9e3Td Infantry Regiment of the 9lst division, it was revealed fag the first time today, vent Into ae, ton on July { north Of the 0eelna river and after a series Of heavy battles through the mountains was among the first troops t0 enter HV. OFn0 and Pisa, The regiment ig uDs der command 0f Col, ", Fulton Mas glll, JP,, 0f Portland, ore, whose family lives At ojal, Cal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30
Broadway and Elsewhere
Dy JACK LATT'

Nina conroy, the model and Joe Ferderiei. efficiency man tor the rodd 8hlpyards, . welding Item Nina Foch, who Will be in the finn "A Song Co Remember A the daughter og ConSuela FloWerton, our first society warbler John tiefta Jr. ex.husband of Myrna tlny. escorlinR Kay pcnton, called the most beautiful girl Ca radio |. Acquanette and Barry Nelson, both of the screen. projecting interesting plans oroUche Marx. the sour comedian. s sweet on the ex.Mrs, Leo Corey Charley Barnet's pretty vocalist. Kaye starr. has seen a lawyer wlo spcciali2cs in divorces.
 Marion Aarhee. coca cola heiross, gurRilng over Carlos Cervantee, the handsome Mexican Burglars broke into the apartment uf Sol Topper. but they overlooked the solid gold frame around the photo nf dancer Karen Cooper. which Pepper thinks S his most precious possession Lois Andrews Jessel chartered a limousine Co drive her to Atlantic City in the middle Oi the night. We thought that was hard to do Big Helmet Dantine all wrapped up iIl little Ava 0ards ncr since Mac West started playing Catherine. she has had the RoYnanoff mot MikeD royal crest embroidered on her lingerie, no less Marlene Dietrich had fought against exploiting her legs. Then she saw the ads for "Kismet" They are plenty gaIn-orous.
 Conducting this columns. which to this reporter is rather detached Job, since he does it only one month in every twelve. Is a recurring revelation ln human nature. After many years of daily exposure to the reactions of people who get their names in the papers. tt is still an amazing experience One enc counters. amplifled and intensified. the two principal classes with which VIC who write for publication are ia constant contact, those who would go to any length to get their names in prtnt-and those who would extend themselves as far Co keep their names out And those who crave publicity are not. by any means. only performers and others who thrive on the public and profit by publicity The type-hound .s familiar manifestation that crops but in every walk of life; anecdotes about him and her are inexhausi- ible Conversely. the numerous others. ink is poison: not that they have anything much to hide-they just shucder at having others ''pry" into their affairs. Were they not interesting, no one would want to. But many of these have made them selves copy" So this Is largely a job of fighting to keep items out and fighting to get them in l. Some day. some other year. we'll write a column about that.
 Walter Winchell's cOlum nwill be
 resumed on his return from vaca-
 tisn Friday. Sept. I.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30

striking In direct support of Rus- stan troops on the eastern front, unloaded more than 1900 tons of high explosives and incendlarles on stettin, stoklng vast fires that sent smoke soaring 26,o0o feet into the cir.
 The heavy attack added consider able damage to the already-battefed port and lls vital canal, which only yesterday was reported Co have been blocked effectively by British bomb. CTS which hit there last week.
 Both Stetlln and K0eniRsbere, where results were not visible be- cause of clouds, are on major sup. ply lines for German troops and equipment moving east.
 Kocniesberg, capital Of East Prus. sla and the target of another night assault last Saturday, ls within 100 miles Of the Russian front.
 While the heavy bombers were concentrated on the two ports. Mos. aultoes dumped two-ton blockbust- CTS on Berlin and high explosives and incendiaries on the wreckage of Hamburg.
 The extent Of the night opera tons. in which mines also were laid in enemy waters. was indicated by the loss of a British planes.
 Despite unfavorable weather over the northern French battlefront, Allied lighters and flehter.bombers continued their attacks on enemy road and rail transport to the Ger. man border as far south as Lyon, destroying large numbers Of loco- motives. railway cars and motor ve. hlcles.
 During yesterday British and Normandy based pilots destroyed % German aircraft on the ground at a loss of six planes.
 Allied headquarters at Rome dis- closed that American heavy bombers severely damaged the Plttshurgh of Czechoslovakla at Moravska -Os. trava yesterday in a concentrated attack yesterday on steel furnaces and a large pattern shop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30

(Conunueu From Page D said that German diplomats and military ofiicials stlil were in Tnr- key. enjoying diplomatic immunity and carrying on an4-Allled propa- ganda and espionage.
 such an ugly picture Of lawn. ing attitude" by the Turks could only 'cause astonlshment," Pravda said.
 Germany also frightened her hold on Slovakia with a full-scale mlli- taTy occupation of that tiny puppet state lying between the Reich's southeastern frontiers and Red Army forces in southwestern Poland because Of increased anti-Nazi nee tivity by partisans and Foreign parachutists.
 Ruinors that Bulgaria had decided to sign an armistice with the United states and Britain spread through diplomatic circles in Ankara fol- lowing the return to Istanbul from Sofia of Stoicho M0shanov, special Bulgarian peace envoy.
 Moshanov conferred immediately with Nikola Balabanoy. Bulgarian Minister to Turkey, and probably also has seen Sir Hugh M. Knatch- bullhugessen. the British Ambassa- dor. who originally handed Bulgaria the Allied terms.
 Russia. which maintained rela- tions with Sofia. applied new pres- sure on the Bulgarian government t0 make peace with the United States and Britain last night by formally denying that she had rec Ognized Bulgaria's neutrality dec- laration issued earlier this week.
 rhese reports are not in accOrd- ance with the facts" Radio Mos- COW said. Soviet leading circles consider Bulgarian neutrality ab- solutely insufficient in view Of the situation as it has developed"
 Travellers reaching Tstanbul from Sofia said Bulgaria had done noth- ing toward implemenling her neu- trality declaration. German forces with full equipment still control Bulgarian railways and c0mmuni. cations. the travellers said. and no attempt has been made fO disarm German troops crossing from R0- mania as promised.
 A broadcast by the ciandestine Atlantic radio said Bulgaria had Or- dered all her occupation troops from pre-war Greek and Yugoslay territory. Earlier Turkish reports had said the Bnigarians were eyac- uating Yug0slav territory, but there was no confirmation that they also were abandoning Greek Thrace and Macedonia.
 Col. Gen. Geza Lakatos, c0mman- der Of the list Hungarian army was named Premier Of Hungary to sue ceed Doeme 6etojay, who resigned because of what the German NIB agency called poor health"
 The war and foreign ministers in the new government also were gen. erals and London sources regarded the regime as the equivalent of a complete military dictatorship from the Regent, Admiral Nicholas Hor- thy, down.
 Perhaps significantly. the shake- up followed report that Hungar- ian diplomats in Bern had been instructed to sue for peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-30

finished barracks. filled to the raft CTS with carefully sorted articles of clothing-suits, dresses. shoes oi little girls and women. gloves. trink- cts. face cream. nail files. cigarei lighters and fountain pens.
 An inventory dated March 2i. iss3, was a detailed list Of nearly 800. 900 items carefully noted by the store house manager.
 There were many requests from various German organizations ask- ing for goods from the warehouse, with neat notations on the written requests saying. Request complied with"
 Polish authorities have encased the square crematorium chimney with scaffolding. was told they are placing q cross on 1t in memory Of those who perished