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Smyrna times., 1945-12-13
PLANE EXHIBIT
AT AIR BASE
B-29 Superfort That Bombed
Tokyo Adds Interest to
COlOrful Show
CROWDS VIEW PARADE

Several thousand persons throng-
ed Dover Army Air Field Sunday
to see a spectacular air and ground
show commemorating the fourth
anniversary of the air base and
also the fourth anniversary of
Pearl Harbor. Spectators began
streaming into the field during the
noon-hour-fully two hours in ad-
vance of the announced program.
Special ramps were constructed
over the P-47 and Psi wings to
provide closeup views, while a
quartet of portable airplane steps
from New Castle permitted close
ups on the B-29 cockpit, C-54 in
terror, and the P-38 and the A-26
cockpits. Dover's newly-organized
Army Air Force recruiting staff
extolled the advantages of Regular
Army enlistments which now are
being promoted by Dover Airfield
as one of its principal duties. Do
yer Army Air Field came into be-
ing Dec. IL, 1941-pust 10 days IL
ter Pearl Harbor-when the A. my
leased the 587-acre Dover mum
cipal Airport from the city. Now
the 4,000-acre field, with amcng
the longest runways on the Ec~ee-
ern Seaboard lover 1000 feet, is
one of the key fighter bases of the
First Air Force. Originally, it was
used primarily as a coastal patrol
base.
Superforts Hold Attention
Two huge B-29 Superfortresses
held the center of attention as the
airfield was host to the largest civ
ilian crowd in it's history. There
was a steady stream of cars
through the gate throughout the
afternoon.
Smyrna times., 1945-12-13
HATCHERY FIRE
MARKER FARM
Burned Saturday Evening
With 100000 Damage
Partly Insured
MANY EGGS ARE LOST

The large broiler hatchery of
Charles c. Marker on the short
stretch of highway east of the
dupont Highway below Cheswold,
was the scene of an extensive fire
Saturday evening which destroyed
100000 eggs, incubators, motors,
and buildings. The loss is estimat-
ed at 100000. To this Mr.. Mark
er added the costly loss of income
to various poultry men who supply
the hatchery with eggs which he
said would bring the total close to
the half million dollar mark. Mr.,
Marker said however, that he ex-
poets to resume operations soon in
other available quarters.
Companies Summoned
Firemen of five Kent County
volunteer fire companies were seri-
ously hampered by the lack of an
adequate water source, with only a
small one-foot-deep stream to aug
ment the supply hauled by water
wagons. The fire companies which
Joined forces in combating the
confagration were the Robbins
Hose Company of Dover with a
pumping engine; Cheswold Fire
Company with a pumper and a
combination pumper and water
wagon; Citizens Hose Company of
Smyrna with a pumper; Clayton
Fire Company with a pumper and
water wagon, and the Hartly Fire
Company with a combination wat
er wagon and pumper. The Ches-
void Packing Company made
available its tractor-trailer $500
gallon wooden water tank which
made three trips from Cheswold
with water. The Hartly wagon
carried water from Dover after its
first run. When the Dover fremen
arrived the flames were raging
through the half of the cement-and
-cinder block hatchery and through
the roof, the glow visible over a
radius of more than five miles
With the hatchery doomed the fire.
men utilized their water supply to
keep the flames confined to it and
away from the Marker home, a
barn, and storage places. The office
furniture and business records
were saved before the blaze reach
ed the Office end of the "T" shaped
structure. The fremen also kept
the flames from a costly amount OF
fresh eggs in the egg storage sect
ion, from the feed storage house
which contained $4,000 worth OF
feed, and from the fuel oil and gas
oline storage tanks, constantly
"wetting down" the threatened
places. Two walls of the hatchery
buckled and had to be razed by the
firemen.
Called Second Time
The fire broke out about s pm
and the Robbins Hose Company
was called second time about
1:30 o'clock the next morning tc
extinguish burning embers. The
Dover company was in service
about five hours on the first cal
and an hour and half on the Sec
ond. Cheswold was in service near
ly six hours. Mrs. Marker ano
neighbors served the firemen sand
wiches and coffee. The blaze was
probably caused by a short circuit
in motor or an overheated incu-
bator. 1t was discovered on a visit
to the hatchery by Mr.. Marker
The Cheswold chief said it was the
largest loss in his fire district since
the organization of the Cheswold
company in 1928 and far exceeded
the total Kent County fire loss OF
$218,251 last year. More than SOC
automobiles, it was estimated, were
parked over miles of the roads
their occupants attracted by the
confiagration.
Smyrna times., 1945-12-13
PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Houses in Both Smyrna and Clay
ton Have New Owners

OH I0No NcW Ohn0IS
Recent property changes as re-
ported by G. Harvey Wright, real
estate agent, are: 3-acre farm Of
Fred Thomas near Clayton sold to
Albert Pleasanton; 27-acre farm
west of Clayton sold to Lee Jones
of Wilmington; house belonging to
Emmitt Virdin in Clayton, sold to
Frank Cole of Clayton; house on
East side of railroad belonging to
Mr.. Stevens of Clayton, sold to
Mrs. Anna c. Moffett of near Clay
ton; Groom house on Mt. Vernon
Street, belonging to Walter Matti-
ford, sould to Mr.. Pyle of Spruance
City.
Smyrna times., 1945-12-13
Main Street Property Sold

Main Street Property Sold
Mrs. Howard R. Jones has sold
the property on Main Street known
as ''The Barracks, with store at
tached, to Miss Ann Stats. Miss
Stats now occupies a part of the
property as AIMS Beauty Shop.
Smyrna times., 1945-12-13
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Mrs. Helen Sheppard Harris, 10,
Died in Hospital at Foxchase, Pa.

Died in Hospital at Foxchase, Pa
Mrs. Helen Sheppard Harris, age
70, died at the Jeans Hospital, Fox
chase, Pa, Friday, December 7th
following an illness of nearly q
year. She was the widow of Will
liam M. Harris, fomerly of Clayton
who passed away May 6, 1912
Mrs. Harris was born in Smyrna
the daughter of Captain William
H. and Albina Pratt Hazel. Fun
eral services were held at the Far.
les Funeral Chapel, Tuesday after
noon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Robert
E. Green officiating. Burial was in
Glenwood Cemetery, Smyrna. Mrs
Harris is survived by two children
John H. Harris and Miss Heler
Harris, both of Rockledge, Pa, an6
three sisters, Miss Edith Hazel Of
Smyrna, Miss Anna Hazel an6
Mrs. Belle Thompson, both of Will.
mington.
Death of Mrs. Nellie ID. Wilson, rs
Mrs. Nellie D. Wilson, age 70
died at the residence of her daugh.
ter, Mrs. Ada Kite, Pennsgrove
N. j., Monday, December 10th. She
was the widow of Harry ]. Wilson
and the daughter of John and Nal.
vina (Davis) Stevenson. Funera
services will be held today at Far.
les Funeral Chapel at 2 p. M, with
Rev. Robert E. Green in charge
Interment will be in Glenwooc
cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1945-12-13
Delegates Are Welcomed

The delegates were welcomed on
behalf of the state by Earle d.
Wiley, executive director of the
State Legislative Reference Bu-
reau, representing Gov. Walter w.
Bacon, and Mayor j. Wallace
Woodford, on behalf of the city.
Evening star., 1945-10-18
$4,000 AAF Cadets
WithDischarge0 Option
Get Draft-Free Status

The $4,000 men who volunteered
for the Army Air Forces as aviation
cadets and now have been given
the option Of honorable discharge
will not be drafted If they decide
to leave the service, q Selective Serv-
ice spokesman said today.
Since September 20, the draft
official explained, only men who
were not on active duty or those
personally approved for drafting by
Selective Service Director Lewis B.
Hershey face a second hitch in
the armed forces through the draft.
An air forces official said it was
up to selective service whether the
men were drafted, but that selec-
tive service had informed the AAF
that the only men subject to the
draft from this group would have to
be approved by the selective service
director. Gen. Hershey has ap-
proved few cases for redrafting, 1t
was learned.
The air forces spokesman said
the $4,000 men affected had enlisted
in the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve
when they were II and had been
called to active duty, If they were
18 before We day.
Authority to give $4,000 the dis
charge option came last Saturday,
an AAF official said. and the AAF
promptly wired all bases and sta
tions to hold the men and screen
them for possible discharge. This
was done, it was explained, to be
sure that youths now eligible for dis
charge, if they want it, were not
included in overseas shipments.
The men, meanwhile, received per-
sonal letters from 1t. Gen. B. K.
Yount, commanding general of the
AAF Training Command headquar-
ters at Fort Worth, Tex, giving them
these choices:
81. If you so desire you may elect
to be honorably discharged from the
service.
%. If you are in a flying phase of
training, you may elect to continue
in your present course Of training.
"3. You may elect to remain in
the services in an enlisted capacity
either in the Army of the United
States or through enlistment in the
regular Army"
The War Department said tfluse
who elect to continue fight train
ing are being asked to sign up for
the duration Of the emergency plus
six months or until June 80, 1947,
whichever date occurs first.
Evening star., 1945-10-18

Five false alarms were turned in
at various points in the Northeast
section within one hour last night.
The alarms were turned in from
boxes at Thirteenth and B street.
Seventeenth and B streets, Twenty
first and H streets, Twenty-fourth
and G streets and Twenty-fourth
street and Benning road.
Evening star., 1945-10-18

alarm fire last night. The house
was badly damaged. Mrs. Mary
Klaphaak, occupant OF the home,
was away when the fire broke out.
The cause Of the fire has not been
determined. The first alarm was
turned in by passerby who saw
flames shooting out of window.
Evening star., 1945-10-18
Pepper Books Greece
In Claims on Epirus
gy the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Oct. 18.-Senator Pep
per. Democrat, of Florida yesterday
told Greek press conference that
he supported Greek claims to AL
banian-held Northern Epirus. He
said he would urge that Secretary OF
State Byrnes recommend its return
to Greece at the next meeting OF
Foreign Ministers.
Senator Pepper, who leaves today
for Naples and Rome expects to
spend few days in the Balkan
States and Central Europe before
returning to the United States.
Evening star., 1945-10-18
|TWo-AlarIn Fire Damages
|Fessenden Street House

The second floor of a two-story
frame house at 4054 Fessenden
street NV. was swept by a two
Evening star., 1945-10-18
Misses T0wn TseiH Coat

A nicely toilored bow coot of fine. light
but warm wool twill with hond picked
revers and front slimmlng straight lines
Thof wonderfully neutrol grey thot goes
with literolly everything, every accessory
color S49.75
Missex' coot shonTh;yd Ftoor
Evening star., 1945-10-18

WOmen'S Fine FOrstmann
Wool Coat
A pebbly wool, characterized by all the
Forstmonn good looks and quolity, is the
fabric of this smart short coot with its
boxy lipes, q high necked buttoned with O
slIvev rose. Sizes ~ TO 4lh--S --S5o.75
Womens coot shop-Third Floor
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-13
One Word Led to Another
BY Ray Thompson
By Arthur Bugs Baer

Now, I'm not about this atomic world you
can mix it in the back of drugstore
Take, for Einstein. the only who could decipher
the expcable and take the nscruabe leave alone
Take Einstein say Even that removed puzzler doesn't
know what makes atom act like bui-n cannon ball.
/ asked yesterday about the Brooklyn mob bootleg
ging the atom What's to stop them from cramming at
Massachusetts, Tech? They don't have to throw pine
apples any more. They get the same result with
berries
For many years there has been struggle between
the peteen and the manufacturers of steel who finally
made bank vaults harder than anything the petes can
muster up. Now suppose they get neat line of atomic
buzzers?
In the old DAYS the banker would open up in the
mornings dawn and YELL "The moneys gone" After one
treatment of the atomic nvgorator the banker will ho
Ter, "The banks gone"
The only trouble with the powerful tonic is the yeggs
will have to job through sieve to find out what
they have grabbed.
Yes sir, the atomic world has possibilities than
monkey a switch tower. If it gets In the wrong
hands be careful who you elbow. Suppose Chicago Bella
gives guy an atomic mickey in his coffee. He goes
right up through the ceiling and takes the floor with
him. They you can harness atomic energy and sky
rocket to the There's nothing stop you except
some very fine chicken wire about 10000 feet the air.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-13

ally, although I Was half crazy
with grief.
When / was able 10 converse
with her. she upbraided me for
not having called her imnedi-
ately and nothing could say
would appease her.
She kept reiterating how
''broken-hearted" she was be-
cause i had treated her so
shamefully"
After several minutes Of this
theatrical nonsense. told her
TO 60 TO the devil and hung up
the receiver.
/ had always thought il the
mark of real friendship 10 be
available In JOY or sorrow. TO
give OF ones self
/ personally feel she let me
down when j needed her most.
l have not heard from her
since. Could she be considered
a true friend?-S. ID.
DEAR s. D.: My opinion is,
tempest IN a teapot.
Two foolish girls. equally self
engrossed- 10 an infantile de-
gree. giving a bad account of
themselves In testing time
that found both woefully want
ing in simple good sense and
fine sensibibty.
Judged by her telephone per-
formance, your friend is q frivo-
lous fool. without breeding to
do the right thing.
She should have come 10 you
at once, Of course; should not
have dragged you 10 the tele-
phone, TO insist on whitewash-
ing her selfishness with gurgling
hypocrisies. etc.
I think both erred equally
in the crisis described: that
mutual forgiveness should be in
vited and your former CANA
raderie restored. il possible.
VI. H
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-13
=. v. DURLING

In that stcset mood tSken pleas
aRt thoughts
Bring sad thoughts 10 the w,i,ad.
To her fair works did nature link
The human soul that through
And much 10 grieved my heart
TO think,
What mdR has made OF man.
Wordsworth.
New Yorker, who lost q loved
one I'm tho war, says the above
lines came 10 her mind on VI
Day.
IN A frank discussion Of the
Il shortage of mems shorts, the
wel-known clothing industry
journalist. K. NJ. Ruttenber.
says: The woman's markets
are short, stripped OF panties
and so the women are buying
and wearing mems shorts, all of
which makes the h or a g e
SlbTleF.
A fine state of affairs says I.
It's practically high treason.
viii bring this matter UP at
the next meeting of the HuS-
bands Protective Association.
Imagine women appropriating
fine mems shorts while many
poor husband is forced TO wear
shorts his wife has made out of
an old laundry bag.
MANHATTAN divorcee says
Nl she always refers TO her
former husband as my childs
father" rather than speaking Of
him as my ex-husband." A
very nice way of putting it.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-13
WALTER WNCHELL ns o.

produced in London at the Old
Vic!
Brock Pemberton Ia producing
a play lampooning New Deal
commnists.
QUOTATION Workmanship
W Harry Brand: He has a fist
In his voice.
Dunninger: S success Is the
ability to get along with some
people and ahead of others.
Marlin Hurt: About the only
business that has always made
money without advertising Is the
Y. S. Mint.
Dave Boone: Congress Is back
from rest the people needed
badly.
II. Chalmers: The grand essen
tials of happiness are something
10 do, something TO love and
something 10 hope for.
L. Block: She knew all the
words. bat none of the music OF
love.
Bob Casey: I consider writing
just sheer drudgery with all the
concomitant thrill of laying
brick.
Joe E. Lewis: In Biblical days
IL was considered a miracle for
an ass to speak. Now it's a mir
acle if one keeps quiet.
L. Crocker: The three Bs Of
public speaking: Be brief, be
bright. be gone.
Copyright BY Daily Mirror. Inc.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-13
eeTHe4sss2FIMEs
Answers to Veterans

writing TO War Shipping Adj
ministration, Training Organi-
zation, Washington, D., c.
OFF q soldier is divorced
while In the army, win his di-
vorced wife still receive the
monthly family allowance?
1. w.
Ar the court awards the
spouse alimony, the family al
lowance win be the amount or
the award up TO a sum not TO
exceed $42 per month.
Q-BefoPe my husband en-
tered the service, he deserted
mo and two Children He now
writes that he In divorciBg me.
Would i be eligible for family
allowance for myself and chill
dren after the divorce IS
granted:
Al no alimony is awarded
you. no family allowance will be
paid. but your two children will
be entitled to a family allow
ance of $62 per month until
your divorced husband marries
again, when their allowance witt
be reduced to $50 per month.
II alirnony is awarded to you.
1t will be limited to only the
sum allowed, but in no case ex-
ceeding $42 a month. If ali
mony Is awarded TO you, the
children's family allowance will
be $50 for the two.
Q-Are marine corps post ex-
changes allowed to make
profit: n % what Is the limit on
the profits they can makee
MRS. b. X. X.
A-There is no set percentage
of profit for the marine corps
post exchanges. Headquarters
tries to keep the exchanges from
going over Is per cent profit.
Most exchanges average between
10 and 16 per cent profit.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-13

press room some days. The
other afternoon a batch OF the
correspondents were trying TO
contact Tobey Hyde. assistant
TO War Mobilizer John Snyder.
Finally one exasperated
scribe called Snyder himself 10
complain OF Hyde's efusiveness.
Snyder suggested the reporter
search around the White House
executive Offices
"We have" said the reporter,
but we can't find Hyde nor
hair Of him"
WHEN new senator's come to
w the Capitol they are intro
duced by their senior senators,
who escort them down the aisle
of the Senate chamber and pre-
sent them 10 the president of
the Senate. The newcomers
are then required TO register.
Senator William F. Knowland
OF California, who has taken
the place Of the late Hiram
johnson, went through this
ceremony the other day. He
signed his name carefully, after
which the Senate clerk took the
pen from his hand, wiped il
nice and clean on a blotter and
handed il back.
Knowland looked puzzled.
whereupon the clerk explained
that senators are always made
a gift of the signing pen. /
asked the clerk how much these
pens cost.
I'VE do not encourage Ques-
tions about the cost" he said.
But you can say they are the
best scent pens obtainable."
Distributed by King Features syud.. Inc
Reproduction In whole or in part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-13

However, if this young and
good looking divorcee marries
again, which seems most likely,
IL may be that her second hus-
band will not be pleased when
she refers 10 her first husband
as: My child's father
Also when an ex-wife refers
10 an ex-husband as my childs
father" IL is possibly an indica-
ton that for him there is a
little spark Of love still
burning"
Such is the opinion OF our
Horses and Women experts.
ON w. FIFTY-FIFTY street.
" Manhattan. there is a nine
story apartment house that
houses 120 families. An average
OF 13 families 10 a floor. And
the Sardines think they have it
tough.
The Rescue Society Mission
on Doyers street, New York
City, still features the sign
reading: How long since you
wrote TO your mother. y
A friend OF mine seeing that
sign some years ago was in
spired 10 make a moving picture
titled Where is My Wandering
Bow Tonight ?" il turned out to
be a most profitable venture.
ENTEW WORKERS wouldn't
~ break down and share the
taxis cas- people did in other
cities" says Katherine Brush.
Katy should know better than 10
say that. The New Workers
didn't share the taxis because
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-13
On the
Side

police department ruling pro-
hibited h. Even If a group OF
people in New York City wanted
10 break down" and share
taxi the driver couldn't let them
do so without violating police
regulations and making himself
liable 10 lose his license.
QUERIES from clients. O.
0 There's an argument at our
house which threatens 10 go on
and on and finally lead 10 blows
IL not settled. Did jeanette
Macdonald OF Claudette Col
bert play with Maurice Chev-
lier In The Smiling
Lieutenant ?" -
Alt was Claudette Colbert.
Q-Do you still maintain with
your characteristic mule like
Stubbornness that Gen. Douglas
Macarthur is a cigar smoker? ?
/ have a picture of him smok-
ing a corn-cob pipe.
A-And so what, may 1 ask ?
have a picture of the general
smoking a cigar. He is n cigar
smoker at heart, but being n
man capable OF adapting him.
self to circumstances smokes a
pipe when he can't get a cigar.
Q-The boys around the cigar
store in Saratoga where you
used to come in and try TO beat
the slot machines want TO ask
you once more: Do you think
the running horses will run at
Saratoga in 1916?
A--Indeed, do. Saratoga
will live again; bigger and
better than ever.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-13
BETTER HEALTH
BY DR.. Herman Bundesen

colds are most contagious. CD
They should wash their hands
always before eating and ii may
even be a good plan 10 avoid
shaking hands when having a
cold. ca They should eat
well-balanced diet 80 They
should get plenty Of sleep.
t6) They should avoid fa-
tigue and overtirednesS. (D
They should exercise regularly
after work. If the type of work
they DO does not require much
physical effort. (8) They should
wear enough clothing TO be
warm and should put on add
tionsl clothing when going out
in cold weather. 80 II a cold
should start they should 20 10
bed. keep warm. and take
plenty OF fluids. OF course. If
there IS fever. chest pains,
weakness and aching. the cold
may not be an ordinary one.
but may Indicate the beginning
OF influential or pneumonia at
tack and the physician should
be called al once.
Since colds are most infec-
tious al the beginning. it is a
good plan when a cold first
starts 10 30 home and stay
there until the infectious period
is past and also 10 help keep
the cold from getting worse.
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-13

Yes. T SITS show that
women have more social intel
ligence" than men. and thus
know better what is proper for
the husband to wear, as a rule,
than he does. And wives like
to show off their husbands more
than husbands like to show off
their wives.
Pre- arch shows that
hardly more than FIVE persons
out of 100 have a great life pur-
pose, and that practically all
such persons are, in the end.
successful. Every one has wishes.
Every one would like TO be great
and fine, poised, self-confldent,
successful, but very few have
the persistence, imagination and
ffrmness OF purpose 10 make
these attainments their great
object in life. Irving was more
right than he knew.
3-This Is just about the most
important thing in life. Whom
should you think well OF more
than yourself? Is II more impor-
tant to think well of Jones or
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-13

THE Show Shops: The first
L entry OF the new show sea-
son was Mr.. Strauss Goes to
Boston" The critical concensus
ophed il was another trip that
wasn't necessary. although re-
viewer Wilella Waldorf con-
Needed it is pleasant to listen
70 now and them
? In the hinterland two come
dies tried out their wings. One
was embraced, the other en-
balmed. Make Yourself at
Home" was atomized by the
Philadelphiassassins.
The other. fair-haired g.
acter. "Unfaithfully Yours"
promised to become a sturdy
branch on the Main Stem. Va
riety's boy reported that there
are beaucoup laughs"
If we had TO pay for our
tickets, thei shows we'd scrinp
for would be: Song of Nor
way" BELL for Adano," Dear
Ruth" Oklahoma" "Carousel."
Voice of the Turtle" Anna
Lucasta." Anna Lucasta.
Anna Lucasta" and Anna Luz
casta."
THE Noon Pitchiz: "Our
l. Vines Have Tender Grapes"
has its roots deep in the heart.
This poignant cinema sketches
luminous character studies
drawn with the milk of human
kindness. NJ. O'Brien and f.. G.