davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Kodiak mirror., 1945-12-08

Nina Akoklie, i3, of Old liar "r' Is doing very we'll after an sppendectomy performed Tues 'ay at the GM hospital.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-17
Jellied Gas Makes Flame
Throwers More Deadly

The flame throwers used by
American soldiers were recently
made more deadly and safer to
operate by the adoption of jellied
gasoline, which is prepared on the
battlefield by stirring a powder
into ordinary motor fuel, says Col
lier's.
AS this jelly produces a cohesive
stream of fire instead of a bil1ow-
ing flame, it not only sticks to and
ignites anything that will burn,
but it can be shot through small
openings, such as the narrow Sits
of tanks and pillboxes, at a dis
lance of go yards.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-17
His Effort

Returning home, the father
asked his Chi dren whether they
had been good.
"Oh, yes!" said his little daugh-
ter. Il washed up the tea-things."
"And I wiped them dry" said
his son.
. "And what did you do?" he
asked, turning to the youngest.
II picked up the pieces" she
answered gleefully.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-17
FRANK BLACK

conducting the NBC Symphony or
chestra, he introduced Menotti
Salts Mirage" This year he in
troduced Salts "Nocturne.
-
1t seems almost prophetic that
Anne Blythe, who broke her back
in that toboganning accident, was
booked for picture called DAN
ger Signal" Mona Freeman is
now replacing her. The picture stars
Fay Emerson and Zachary Scott.
Mary Carr, II, who played mother
roles in pictures more than rs years
ago, makes a screen comeback as
q gun-toting pioneer woman i'm
Union Pacific Scouts The picture
is directed by her son, Thomas
Carr, who persuaded her to come
out Of retirement to join him in his
first directorial job. The picture
stars Sunset Carson. Old-timers
will think it should star Mary Carr.
--77S--
Sure sign of success-following a
recent preview of ''Those Endear-
ing Young Charms" the RKO radio
studio has no less than IS requests
from fan magazines for photographs
and interviews on Bill Williams,
who plays the second male lead.
y
This seems to be the day Of the
piano prodigies. Richard Kerbel,
IL, makes his film debut in RKO's
''Ding Dong Williams" Richard,
who played at Carnegie hall last
year, has given 22 concerts since
January, 1913, and appeared in RAJ
dio and television programs.
81
It seems as if there's always a
McHugh in Leo McCarey produc-
ton. In "Going My Way Frank
McHugh played Bing Crosby's pal.
Frank wasn't available for Nc
Carey's Rainbow production. 1.-THE
Bells of st. Mary's," but his brother
Mat is carrying on the tradition.
.
ODDS AND ENDS-Loretta Young
has no competition in "AIong Came
Jones'; she's the only ,Uon,an in the
cast. Dick Po,UeII, ,Uho SWITCHED
from grooming to crime so successfully
in Murder, My Ssoeet." continues his
neto career in his neat RKO picture,
"Cornered." In "The Enchanted
Cottage" Herbert Marshall, playing a
blind man, wore contact lenses in every
scene-says the only trouble was that
they distracted him when he had to
remember long stretches Of dialogue.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-17
El92n!LeAwh!!sg =
Pain in the Neck

dlu III TIE NECK
Betty-Why do they call Archie
"Tonsillitis"?
Joan-Didn't you ever have ton
sillitis?
That's What
Jones met the family doctor on the
street.
Il hear your tOife has gone to Florida
for her health" said the doctor. "What
did she haue?"
II thousand dollars her father gaze
her," answered the husband.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-17
By VIRGINIA VALE
Released by Western Newspaper Unto

BY VIRGINIA VALE
Drank BORZAGE, top
L notch director, has chosen
Concerto" for his first Re-
public picture under the pro-
ducer-director pact. It's an
original story by Borden
Chase, who got 100000 for it
twice what was. paid for
Gone with the Wind" Peggy Con-
stance, who's pianist, aged 10, will
make her acting debut in it; she's
the daughter of the head waiter
at Hollywoods famous Brown
Derby. Borzage thinks so highly of
her musical ability that he's estab-
fishing a scholarship to prepare
her for the concert stage.
-
DR.. Frank Black is quick to recog-
nize the value Of new musical
works, often plays them for the first
time on the air. Last June, when
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-05-17

conducting the NBC Symphony or
chestra, he introduced Menotti
Salts Mirage" This year he in
troduced Salts ''Nocturne.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-18

French Joe indeed Just as good as a
preacher, for il reported that Aggie and Frank
McCiillis lived TO a happy and prosperous old age
having found their rainbow and its pot Of gold
somewhere along the Koyukuk
Next week Capt. Haley will tell some of the
exploits of Col. Joe Boyle, sometimes called king
of the Klondike."
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-18

injuries to her feel
ings, and marry her
as he promised 10 do,
and that he have
until five O'Clock 20
6bey this order; and
rther resolved that
mis- meeting be ad-
iourned In til five
o'clock"
There was no APP
peal from that. The
saloons did a rushing
business. And at five
o'clock tn @ sheriff
found the judge and
reported the sentence
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-18

nURING the Koyukuk stamped
~ occurred a wedding that /
duly inscribed in Alaska record
and regarded as legal and binC
ing. There were 10 churches O
state officials, so the couple Ia
10 be united according TO Con
mon Law.
The record is preserved in III
Yukon Press, March II, 1899
"On the evening Of NovembC
10, 1898, n romantic union too
place between Frank McGillis an
Aggic Dalton, near the mouth {
Dali River. Splicing was dor
by French Joe q. Durrant an
the form of the contract was q
follows:
Smyrna times., 1945-06-28

To Mrs. Anna johnson, Smyrna,
Delaware. Thank you very much
Mrs. Johnson for having sent your
sons change of address. This was
published in the column under the
date of May 31st, 1945.
1t is also noted that James was
promoted in rank from M.O.M.M.
&c to M.O.M.M. &c. Congratula-
tions James NJ. johnson. We are
very much pleased to know that
you are moving right up in the
service, and we know that your
parents and wife must certainly
share this feeling with us. Many
folks who have not been in the
armed forces of the United States
do not realize just how much a
fellow is required to know to make
the grade. One thing quite sure,
these advances don't just happen.
The Boys in the service earn all
they receive in the majority of
cases. So keep up the good work,
sailor.
Yes, and how about a letter
Smyrna times., 1945-06-28
SUGAR GOES TO WAR AS FOOD, EXPL LOSNE,
FUEL.AND MEDICINE, SCIENTIST REPORTS !.

As a weapon of war, it can be
- a killer. 1t also can save lives.
1t has shot cannon shells into Ber-
lin and dropped from the gaping
bomb bays of Superfortresses
over Tokyo. 1t has been fed to
G.I.'s at the front lines to give
them new pep and energy. Pilots
carry a supply to help them fight
off deadly blackouts of conscious
ness in high attitudes.
The name of this new super
product? Sugar-the same sugar
you use to sweeten your coffee
and sprinkle over your breakfast
cereal.
The versatility of sugar, its po-
tential role as a jack-of-all trades
in war and peace, is a subject
close to DR.. Robert c. Hockett,
Scientific Director of the Sugar
Research Foundation. His job is
to direct program of research
undertaken by the Foundation to
discover and develop new uses of
sugar in the field of medicine,
and in every art and industry.
In an interview DR.. Hockett
described some of the wartime
uses to which sugar already has
been put. After he had talked
for few minutes, you under
stood some of the reasons for ra-
tioning and the current shortage
of sugar on the home front
Into Alcohol and Acetone
In the first place, he said, vast
quantities of the chemical are
Vitally needed for the production
of alcohol, which in turn goes in
to munitions and the manufac-
ture of synthetic rubber. One
million tons of sugar was divert
ed to the synthetic rubber in
dustry alone in 1914.
Sugar also has replaced hard
wood as source of chemicals
used in firing the Navy's huge
16-inch guns. In the last war,
the country's hardwood forests
were decimated to supply this
chemical, acetone. During World
war IL aCetOne mas Deen aDun-
dant as result of the discovery
that it can be obtained from mo-
lasses, sugar derivative, by a
special bacterial fermentation.
Another essential need for sug-
ar is found in the preparation of
citric acid. Doctors learned that
this acid will keep the blood from
coagulating while it is being COL
lected for : the preparation Of
AS source of food energy, its
value has been recognized by the
Army's Quartermaster Corps.
Nearly all emergency rations is
sued to troops in the field con-
tains sugar in some form. The
active GIL, DR.. Hockett said, eats
twice as much OF it as he did in
civilian life:
DR.. Hockett pointed out that
men in combat develop high ner-
vous tension. They are not con-
scious Of hunger. In fact, their
Smyrna times., 1945-06-28

the Boys. This could happen again
too, since Buck" will no doubt
have told your good husband just
where he could be found. 1 hope
they both enjoyed the brief time
they spent together.
We published your husbands
new address under the date of
June 14th, 1945 in the column, and
noted same on our records.
Again thanking you for your
continued cooperation, and assur-
ing you of our full appreciation of
this service. Yes, and we'll be
looking forward to that letter
from Melvin, meanwhile wishing
him the very best of luck in his
new job. Congratulations Lieuten-
ant Luther M. Adkins.
To Mrs. Carlton Jewell, Kenton,
Delaware. Dribbles wants to thank
you for having sent in your hus-
bands name recently. This was
entered on our Honor Roll under
the date of June 14th, 1945.
We note that Carlton is now in
training at the U. S. Naval Train
ing Center, Bainbridge, Maryland
And, how is he liking the U. S.
Navy by this time. Many of the
Boys from this area who have en-
tered the Navy have gone through
their ''boot training" over at Balm
bridge, Maryland. That makes it
a bit nicer for them since Balm
bridge is close enough to home to
allow them the opportunity to visit
once the "boot training" period is
over. I would think that both you
and your husband would be pleas
ed with this factor.
When next you write to Carlton,
Mrs. Jewell, please ask him to pass
along his Navy serial number. 1
would like to have this, also Carl
tons middle initial if possible for
the records. This will help to keep
addresses straight in the future.
Smyrna times., 1945-06-28
Strange Uses in Industry

search.
Strange Uses in Industry
Sugar can be used, for example,
as a mixture in strengthening
concrete. In the glass industry,
it is used in silvering mirrors.
1t is used in foundries as a lining
to prevent molten metal from
sticking to moulds. The drug in
dusty, and paint and lacquer
manufacturers find uses for it..
AS a lure for pests, it is in great
demand by makers of poisons and
insecticides. In the leather in
dustry it is added to the tanning
mixture, forming an acid which
improves the curing of the leath-
er.
Meat packing plants annually
use thousands of tons of sugar.
Tobacco experts found that, by
creating a bacterial action, sugar
gives tobacco a better flavor. It
also helps the leaves to retain
their moisture. And in plant
nurseries throughout the country
sugar is mixed with the soil to
prevent sprouting conifers from
developing the "damping off" dis
ease. The sugar by-product, mo-
lasses, has been used to retard the
setting process in plaster of paris.
A sugar mould also produces
gluconic acid, the lime salt of
which is an essential part of the
diet prescribed for expectant
mothers. And sugar, of course.
is consumed in almost unbelieve-
able quantities by producers of
medicines and prepared baby
foods.
Dextran May Replace Plasma
In another branch of medicine,
the Foundation is exploring the
possibility of using dextran, an
other product from sugar, as
substitute for blood plasma itself.
Experiments of this nature, said
DR.. Hockett, represent a small
fraction of the research which
the Foundation is sponsoring
through awards to college labor
atories and chemical experts. The
awards, so far, are more than
100000.
DR.. Hockett pointed to series
of awards totaling $45,000 which
the Foundation is offering to
scientists to stimulate research
activity. The prizes were hailed
by DR.. Karl T. Compton, presi-
dent of Massachusetts, Institute OF
Technology, as significant contri-
buttons toward the goal of an
improved standard of living.
One of the discoveries made
since the Foundation began Its
research work in 1943 may blaze
the trail for new uses of sugar
unheard of today. It involves q
new method of modifying sugar
molecules without tearing them
to pieces. The possibilities to re.
searchers are endless. DR.. Hockett
said, although they may not b4
realized for some time. =
Smyrna times., 1945-06-28
SATURDAY. JULY 7, 1s45
at TWO O'CLOCK P. NJ.


AT the front door of THE FIRST Ma
TI0NAL BANK in the City of Harring-
ton, Kent County and State of Delaware
The following described real estate, to-wit !:
All that certain lot, piece or parcel of
land situated in the City of Harrington,
Kent County and State of Delaware. lying
on the North side of Clark Street in said
City OF Harrington and bounded on the
West by lands of Frank Brown Smith and
Lille Reese Smith, his wife, and on the
North and East by lands of Rufus d.
Bunting and on the South by said Clark
Street having front on said Clark Street
of Sixty (60) feet and extending back
therefrom in Northerly direction between
parallel lines a distance of One Hundred
and Fifty feet measuring from the original
center line of said street and containing
Nine Thousand square feet of land, be the
same more or less, the said lands having
no improvements thereon, the said lot be-
ing Lot No. 13 as shown on plot of lots
of the lands of Pemberton Clifton, de-
ceased, made and filed by the Admin
istrators of the said Pemberton Clifton.
deceased. in the year 1870 and of record
in the office of the Recorder of the State
of Delaware. in and for Kent County in
Plot Book L. Vol. 5, at Page 81.
BY ORDER OF THE COURT
Attest: Norris B. Garrison, Clerk.
TERMS OF SALE
On the day of sale the purchaser will be
required to pay to the Trustee 80 per
centum of the purchase price and shall.
on or before the return day of sale, to be
held at Dover on Monday, July 16. 1945, at
10 o'clock in the forenoon. deposit in the
Farmers Bank at Dover to the credit of
the said Court the balance of the purchase
money and exhibit certificate of deposit
to the Court with the return of the sale
The percentage paid on day of sale will
be treated as part of purchase price if
other terms of sale are complied with,
otherwise it will be forfeited for non-com-
pliance and treated as liquidated damages.
WILLIAM M. HOPE, TRUSTEE.
Smyrna times., 1945-06-28

months now, but hope that he is
getting along nicely. As to his
getting the opportunity to return
to the States, I feel that odds are
in his favor, and that the ''rota-
tion plan" which you have referred
to really will work in most of the
cases. Course there will always
be those exception that go to
prove the rule. / just cannot i'm
agine finding anything quite per-
feet. Our last information on
Jimmy should still find him at A.
P. o. No. 492, but apparently you
know more about this than 1 do.
Pfc. Joseph w. Downes is still at
A. P. o. No. 465, if you should
happen to know where that is. Our
records show that the above A. p.
o. number was listed under the
date of November 30th, 1914.
We're assuming that his address
has not changed since that time.
If otherwise, we would appreciate
a correction in the address. One
thing sure, Sergeant, by combing
the docks, you'll be looking in the
right direction.
1 just don't quite understand
your complete lack of interest for
Calcutta, my friend. Could it be
that your interests have been con-
fined directly to the base for any
special reason. 1t could not be
one of WAC personal, could it
son? Something is not just right.
According to the record, Jimmy,
you entered active service July
End, 1912. You will have therefore
completed three years of service
next Monday. If, as you have
just stated, you spent thirty
months over in your present area,
that accounts for sixty-six points.
How many more can be added to
that, Jimmy? And how far are
you from the eighty-five points
necessary for return to the States? ?
Give us the low down, son. Well
be very much interested to know.
I feel, that with the transfer of
many of our troops to the Japan
ese war area, it will give a lot of
you fellows the chance you have
been wishing for.
Thanks for the extra sheet at
tached to your letter. The infor-
nation was very interesting. 1t is
quite some place where you live.
Course, I'm not mentioning the
heat and the monson season. I
suppose you would like to forget
both of these also, if it were pos
sible. You're either as dry as a
crisp, or as wet as a fish. Not
much choice in between.
I appreciate your kind wishes
for the column, and in return hope
that you will make the return
grade before long. I know it
would please many persons, your
self included, to be back in the
States once more.
Good luck to you Jimmy, and
the next time you write, how
about telling us why you don't
want to visit frequent in Calcutta?
Yes, and don't make it quite so
long the next time. No see, no
hear, one wonders.
Smyrna times., 1945-06-28

stomach would reject ordinary
food. Under such conditions
however, they can usually swal-
low simple loaf sugar or choco-
late bar. Their stomachs will toll
crate sugar in that form and they
will get the quick energy they
need.
. Stored on All Life Rats
Cached in life boats and RATS,
sugar has helped save thousands
of men adrift on the open sea
who would otherwise have faced
starvation. DR.. Hockett explained
that sailors suffering from hunger
developed ketosis from excessive
ly utilizing their body fats. Sugar
it was found, successfully count
eracts the burning of body fats
and protects the tissues from
wasting. Today it is stored on all
life RATS in some form. If KEEP,
dry, it doesn't spoil or sour and
it always remains sterile.
The Russians, DR.. Hockett re-
called, have long known the nu-
tritive value of sugar. In Russia
sugar is generally used in LOAF
form, and the soldiers are ac-
customed to help themselves, slice
it with their bayonets. Now
they are eating great quantities
of tablet sugar, which we have
been sending in quantities.
Fliers have learned that sugar
helps to prevent dizzy spells in
the rarefied air of the strato-
sphere. The technical term for
blackouts, DR.. Hockett said, is
alkalosis, a condition caused by
the loss of carbonic acids. But
scientists found that carbohy-
drates, of which family sugar is
a member, charged the blood
with carbonic gases and effec-
lively raised their ceilings" by
several thousand feet. So pilots
today now 60 aloft carrying kit
of candy bars.
Sugar, incidentally, is also used
in the construction of the plastic
gunner's section in fighting
planes.
These, said DR.. Hockett, are
only some of the uses found for
sugar in wartime. But he point
ed out that the chemical also
serves industry in countless vital
ways, and still further uses are
Smyrna times., 1945-06-28

properly celebrate the occasion.
Please give Albert our best
wishes for his safe return to the
States and those he loves. At the
moment we can think of nothing
better to wish for him.
Smyrna times., 1945-06-28
From A. P. o. No. GIL

From A. P. o. No. 671
Dear Dribbles:
Bout time to let you know that
the ole fire is still here, despite ef-
forts to put it out on occasions
Time goes by quickly and The
Smyrna Times gets here pretty
regularly. I enjoy the paper and
Dribbles immensely. Your Christ
mas card was very pretty and ap-
preciated probably more than you
think, but you know that writing
just seems to come slowly as to
getting started. Guess I'm lazy,
you would probably call it that
too. Many thanks for the card,
although I'm many months late.
There is a character here whose
relatives seem to have an interest
in the Roxy Theatre in Smyrna:
his name is Frank; some boy.
Jim Burris is still over where
you call it A. P. o. No. 492. ]
have not seen him for some little
time. He expects to get the op-
portunity to return home in July
I don't think he will. That morale
building rotation" seems to have
come to an end; over here it can
be termed the dead end.
One of my buddies started for
home this week; just got in under
the wire, but faces are the hap
piest when you pull out of this
heat. 1t has been hot, and moth
ing to break it except the antici-
pated monsoon. When that hap
pens, they might as well issue us
canoes, or something. Well need
them.
Beardsley of Townsend is here,
and sometime I'm going to comb
the docks for Walter Downes. He's
down there somewhere. "Bill''
Bramble is up in the weeds. His
base is pretty nice, but outside of
that there isn't much to see.
We have Calcutta as a place to
give the look see to if we wish, but
just to show you how much we go
there just asked three men who
dropped in when they were in town
last, and found that the average
reply was month. We just don't
go much. I'm on my 30th month
here and haven't changed so
much; good, healthy and the like.
Well, it seems that the morning
has flown, and it is time to walk
very slowly to the mess hall and
repeat the act that we put on just
"a hours ago.
Luck with the column, and ex-
pect me please. 1t would surely
.be nice to visit y'all.
Regards,
"Jim."
Sgt. James c. LeCompte
A. S. N. 32O76352
A. P. o. GIL, Postmaster
New York City, New York
(Balance of address on applcation)
Well Sergeant And how our
Boys in the service do come up in
the world. My hearty congratula-
tions, Jimmy, on your advance
ment in rank. How does it feel to
he toting around the extra stripe
suppose you're one of those re-
puted hard boiled soldiers now.
What a pity if this has happened
to you. We all recall you as such
a nice, quiet mannerly sort of a
person. Had been hoping that you
would not change.
Since reading about the base
you and several others now oc-
cupy, would it be assuming toe
much to call you Zone of the Jute
Boys" Seems as though the name
would be quite in order-or is it?
Your several references to the
Boys out in your area makes very
good reading, son. We're very
glad to hear about the fellows you
gave reference to. We have not
heard from Jim Burris for many
Smyrna times., 1945-06-28
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE

The undersigned Administrator G. T. A.,
pursuant to authority contained in the Will
of Gilmore johnson, deceased. will offer at
public sale at the late home property of
the deceased in Blackbird Hundred, New
Castle County, Delaware, on
Smyrna times., 1945-06-28
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