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Smyrna times., 1945-12-20
TOWN LIGHTED
FOR YULETIDE
Street Lights of Smyrna and
Clayton Turned on Satur-
day; Homes Decorating
REDUCED LIGHT RATES

Smyrna and Clayton have as
the festive holiday spirit
with the turning on of street lights
and decoration of town Christmas
trees. Merchants and business
places in both towns have begun
already to decorate windows with
colored lights, pine and holly. Some
homes are decorated, and many
more will join this week in making
the first peacetime Christmas since
1910 as joyous and bright as possi-
BILE. AS an added inducement, the
reduction in electrical rates for all
participants and the many prizes
offered by the Smyrna-Clayton
Chamber of Commerce will provide
the incentives for outside holiday
lighting.
Prizes Offered
Members of the Chamber of
Commerce have established cons
plete set of prizes for each COM
munity. The three best deco, :. cd
home exteriors will be selected Ly
importial judges. By action o. II E
Chamber at the last meeting, o.. y
non-members can win prizes TOR
home decoration, although the
membership will enter into the hol-
iday spirit by decorating both their
residences and places of business,
Members and non-members alike
will be eligible for prizes for the
best decorated business places in
Smyrna and Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1945-12-20
Caesar Rodney Dance

The senior class of Caesar Rod
ney School will sponsor a gala,
pre-vacation Christmas dance in
the school gymnasium tonight
Thursday. The dance, which will
be semi-formal, will = be from 8
o'clock until midnight with Johnny
Shorts orchestra providing the
music.
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Need Volunteers to Knit

A plea for volunteers to knit
sweaters for children has been is
sued by Miss Henrietta Denney,
Red Cross secretary for Area 4 and
chairman of knitting. Miss DEN.
ney has announced that wool in all
colors has been received here, and
may be obtained at the Red Cross
Smyrna times., 1945-12-20
Attending National Convention

Ralph A. Peters of Smyrna, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Delaware
State Farm Bureau, is attending
the National Farm Bureau Conven-
ton in Chicago this week. Others
attending from Kent County are N.
w. Taylor of Dover, Mrs. w. H.
Jump of Houston and Mrs. Edward
Taylor of Harrington.
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Club Speaker

Mrs. Nan Laws Wood, of Rich
ardson Park, was the guest speak
er at the meeting of the Twentieth
Century Club last Friday. Mrs. ].
M. Downes was program chairman.
Musical program presented by Mrs.
w. j. Wroten and Mrs. Mary Hyn-
son Fleming. Mrs. George Carter
presided.
Smyrna times., 1945-12-20
Jerman Chapel Church News

Jerman Chapel, Rev. Joseph
Kephart, pastor, announces the SER
vices for the week as follows:
Prayer meeting Wednesday night,
1880; Sunday School on Sunday at
2 o'clock followed by preaching
service at 8 o'clock; song and
evangelistic service at 7:30.
Smyrna times., 1945-12-20
WOODFORD SEEKS 22ND TERM
Dover's Mayor Will Seek Re-elect-
tion on January 81

Mayor ]. Wallace Woodford an
nounces that he will seek election
as the city's chief executive for his
22nd consecutive term at the mu-
nicipal election on Jan. FL. Four
members of City Council whose
terms expire also will be candidates
for reelection. They are: Thomas
". Keith, Col. John p. LeFevre,
who is vice-mayor; Jesse S. Bur-
ton, and Harry Vane. Mr.. Keith,
oldest member of council, has serv-
ed continuously for 35 years, while
DR.. Burton has served more than
25 years. No opposition has so far
been announced.
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COLLECTION OF ASHES
Town of Smyrna viii Inaugurate
Ash Collection Service Dec. 81

Ash collection service by the
Town of Smyrna will begin Thurs
day, December 81. The following
rules must be observed: Ashes
shall not be mixed with any other
rubbish or garbage. Ashes will be
collected separately, when placed
in containers (metal preferably
not exceeding, including contents,
seventy-five (75) pounds in weight.
Ashes in bulk, or not in containers,
will not be collected by the town.
Collections will be made each
Thursday during the heating sea-
son, except when any of the follow
ing named legal holidays fall on
Thursday: New Years, Thanksgiv-
ing, and Christmas.
Smyrna times., 1945-12-20
Magic Show

A magic show was presented by
William Kenworthey, Jr., assisted
by Ralph G. FAIRIES, Jr., and Glenn
Matthews proceeding the Victory
Minstrel given by the David G.
Harrison Post, No. IA, American
Legion last week.
Smyrna times., 1945-12-20
NEW YEARS EVE DANCE
Dover Business Women to Sponsor
Dance i'm Social Hall of School


The Dover Business and Profess
sional Women's Club of the Y. W..
C. A. is sponsoring semi-formal
dance to be held New Years Eve
from to 1, in the social hall of the
Dover High School. Music will be
furnished by Harley Hastings or
chestra. The general committee as
announced by the president, Miss
Myrtle Radish, is as follows: Mrs.
Grace Eisenbrey, chairman; Mrs.
Phyllis Dorr co-chairman; Mrs.
Eva Section, advisory. Tickets are
on sale by members of the club and
at Jones' Drug Store, Smyrna.
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GIFT TO AUXILIARY
Mrs. Grant Garis Presents Gavel
To Legion Aides

The David G. Harrison Post AUX
iliary has been presented with a
wooden gavel by Mrs. Grant Garis,
past auxiliary and department
president, and national committee
woman to the Legion convention
recently held in Chicago. The gav-
ell, made by veteran of World
War II, was obtained by Mrs. Garis
at the convention. The next meet
ing of the group will be held at the
home of Mrs. Charles Burrous
Monday night, Januay Z.
Smyrna times., 1945-12-20
Building Permit For Theatre

The Town of Smyrna issued a
building permit Friday to the G. M.
S. Realty Corporation of Dover for
the construction of new theatre
here, 100000 project.
Smyrna times., 1945-12-20
Rubbish Collection Dec. 26

Rubbish will be collected here
Wednesday, December 26 instead
of the previous day which is the
Christmas holiday.
Smyrna times., 1945-12-20

ployer of labor in Smyrna, utilizing
three modern buildings totaling
10000 square feet of floor space.
Products now produced include
farm milk coolers, farm water
heaters, sectional farm freezers,
and walk-in and reach-in food stor-
age cabinets, both normal and low.
temperature ranges. Present ord
ers for this type of equipment will
insure capacity production for the
Smyrna plant for several years and
make it necessary to possibly
double its labor force within the
next year, or as soon as materials
become available.
Widely Distributed
AS pioneers in the vertical type
of freezer, Wilson products are dis
tributed to all parts of the United
States through carefully selected
group of distributors and dealers.
The list is being increased as pro-
duction becomes available, and to-
day numbers approximately 1000,
located in every state.
Wage Increase
With the lifting of restrictions
on wages, the company recently
announced a general fifteen per-
cent increase in wage rates to its
production employees. Augment
ing its modern labor policies, the
company provides paid vacations
for its employees, group insur-
ance plan, and distributes a year
end bonus based on length of SER
vice. Jobs for GTs are an estab-
lished company policy and return
ed veterans receive preferential
treatment of their applications.
Smyrna times., 1945-12-20
d. OF A. HOLD PARTY
Families of Members Were Guests
at Social Tuesday Night

at Social Tuesday Night
The annual Christmas party of
the Daughters of America was held
Tuesday might in the lodge hall.
Gifts were exchanged by the Sum
shine Sisters and a grab-bag was
part of the entertainment. Refresh
ments were served by the social
committee with Mrs. Hilda Huff
schmidt chairman. Families of the
members were guests.
Mrs. Marion Coverdale Injured
Mrs. Marion Coverdale sustained
a fall Sunday morning while re-
turning from church, walking on
Market Street Plaza at spot COW
cred with thin ice. Injuries to her
hip and back were sustained.
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McMaughton Is Defeated
For CanQddS Parliament

OWEN SOUND, Ont, Feb. s.
R)-Defense Minister General A.
G. L. McNaughton was defeated
tonight in the eagerly-watched
Grey North Parliament by-election
in which Prime Minister W. L..
Mackenzie Kings compromise
CONSUMPTION policy had been made
the main issue.
With all Canada studying the
balloting for it's bearing on Cana
da's immediate political future,
the voters of this largely rural
community along the shore of re-
mote Georgian Bay elected to the
House of Commons Garfield Case,
former mayor of Owen Sound and
candidate of the official opposi-
ton, the Progressive Conservative
party.
The candidate of the Socialistic
C. c. F. cooperative Common
wealth Federation), Air Vice Mar
shall A. Earl Godfrey, ran a ppoor
third.
At $3.50 p. M, returns from 1913
of the constituencies 127 polls
showed: Case, TIT, McNaughton,
1894, and Godfrey, 1908. The
Canadian Press had declared on
the basis of earlier returns that
Case was the winner.
McNaughton's defeat was re-
garded as a rebuff to the Domin-
ion governments CONSUMPTION poll
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cy, which drafted limited numbers
of Canada's conscripted home
army for overseas duty. This
policy was compromise between
the desires OF anti-conscriptonlst
French-speaking Canada, opposed
to any form of CONSUMPTION, and
those of large section of the rest
of the country favoring about
CONSUMPTION.
AS a result of the by-electlon,
Prime Minister King is expected
to dissolve Parliament shortly with
out another session, in which event
Case will have been elected to
seat he can never take.
AS another result of the voting,
King is expected to delay the date
of the general election, which ne
may set at his discretion, until
events abroad or at home promise
a more favorable showing for MS
Liberal party.
The showing of the c. c. f.,
aided by Canada's political action
committee, counterpart of the PAC
in the United States, was weaker
than had been generally expected.
In the 1943 provincial elections
they polled 3,777 votes in this con-
stituency, against the Liberals
5,400 and the Conservatives 5, loo.
The Canadian PAC was making
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AbandonedBy
German Army
Strong West Wall Denied
In Three Other Spots
By Yanks

PARIS, Tuesday, Feb. 6.-UP)
LIT. Gen. George S. Patton's Third
Army Doughboys crashed through
the concrete Siegfried Line forti-
fications northwest of Prum yes
terday, finding numerous pillbox-
es abandoned.
Companion attacks deeply denied
the Wanted West Wall in at least
three other places along 35-mile
front.
The abandoned pillboxes gave
increasing evidence that the Ger
mans stunning losses in the east
and in the battle of the Ardennes
bulge may force them to withdraw
to the far side of the flooded
Rhine in the face of the increas-
ingly savage Allied assault.
Patton's sudden thrust carried
through the West Wall in an area
four and one-half miles north
west. of Prum, where it narroWs
into a acknowledgements belt of
concrete Notifications along the
topmost slopes of the snow-cover-
ed Eifel mountain range.
Allied headquarters disclosed
yesterday that the combined as
sault of the First and Third Armies,
which at its deepest point of pene-
tration is nearly IA miles inside
Germany, was launched under the
command of 1t Gen. Omar N.
Bradley who resumed top control
OF the First Army at midnight
January 10.
There was every indication that
Patton's lunge through the Eifel
peaks may outflank the major Ger
man stronghold of Prum on the
north and cut the vital Euskirchen-
Prum highway that supplies the
entire Eifel mountain defenses.
Front dispatches gave strong
hints that new American Army
soon would join the growing often
sive under Bradley's command to
replace 1t. Gen. William H. Simp-
sons Ninth Army, which remains
attached to Field Marshal Mont
gomery's 21st Army Group in the
north.
Patton's breakthrough was made
in one of the narrowest portions
of the Siegfried Line, where the
terrain is SO rough that the Ger
mans were unable to build ex-
tensively and relied mainly upon
the natural features of the noun
tains and forest for defense. Front
dispatches said only few scat
tered pillboxes remained to be
cleaned up.
Expanding their grip on the West
Wall defenses, other Third Army
troops overran important high
ground two miles east of Buchet
and captured the road hub of
Brandscheid, five miles northwest
of Prum. Thirty-four Germans
were captured as the Infantry
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DeGauNe&3msResentment
Over Rebuff By Big Three

PARIS, Feb. 5.-(UP)-Gen Charles deGaule
French resentment that he hadn't been invited to
participate the Big Three conference and laid down French
conditions for postwar Europe in radio address today
His conditions French military occupation of the
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TANKER COLLISION
IN NEW YORK PORT
TAKES TEN LIVES

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-UP)-At
least 10 men were killed in New
York harbor today when the col
lision Of two tankers, one loaded
with high octange gas, set three
vessels aplaze, threatened a near
by Liberty freighter and spread
patches OF burning oil over the
water in which more than 100
crewmen sought to escape.
Navy officials said that 10 bodies
were recovered, an unknown num-
Der of men were missing and ap-
proximately 30 were injured. Police
estimated the dead might reach
30
The fire was reported to have
started before am. when the
tanker Springhill was rammed by
the Panamanian tanker Pan-Cllo,
both anchored at the entrance to
the narrows between Staten Is
land and Brooklyn.
Survivors and rescuers descrlb-
ed scene in which fire seemed
to spit from the decks OF the
tankers as nearly 100 small craft
darted among areas OF burning oil
to pick up men.
A 27-year-old fireman on the
springhill. Glen Francis Blanton,
Atlanta. Ca, was rescued from the
huge ice box on the vessel where
he spent two hours after smoke
and fire blocked his exit to the
deck
Blanton fell into the arms of fire
men who opened the box when they
came aboard the charred vessel.
He said he had prayed while he
shivered and reminded himself
that if the ship went down he
would too.
William Feldhusen, captain OF
a small rescue craft, told of being
forced back by flaming patches
of oil after rescuing three men.
Darwin G. Pickering, "a, Chicago,
H.. uuartermaster on the Spring
hill who was taken to Marine hos
pital for treatment, said the ex-
plosion could be heard for some
distance "but it was not a terrific
explosion. T"
Coast Guard, Navy and other
small craft prevented the flaming
| oil from reaching the Brooklyn
and Staten Island shores.
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Macarthur Pnpclaims Manila's Liberation
Germans Rep<t Russians Across Oder River
Pattons Troops Rip Through Siegfried Line
Claims On Reich Held
Prime TopicWP
Measures Under Consideration Would Rem
der Germany Incapable of Waging War;
Big Three Conference Accepted

LONDON, Feb. 5.-LR-Claims
on German territory by bordering
nations which felt the first crush
ing blows of the Nazi armies would
reduce Germany's pre-war terri
tory by one third, Allied officials
said today as it became generally
accepted that the Big Three con-
ference deciding the Reich's fate
was under way.
High on the agenda of the confer
ence, it was believed, were the
questions of border annexations,
industrial supervision and the di-
vision of Germany for occupa-
ton by the various Allied armies
measures aimed at rendering Ger
many incapable of making war in
the future.
German propagandists still IN
sisted that the meeting of Roose-
welt, Churchill and Stain was be-
ing held somewhere on the Black
Sea, possibly on a warship, and the
Berlin radio reported today there
was fear in Tokyo that Russia
may enter the war against Japan
as result OF the meeting.
The spheres Of Allied military
occupation were more or less
agreed upon when the Big Three
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whole length of the Rhine
river; separation of the left
bank of the Rhine and the
Ruhr basin from the German
state or sates,' independence
of "the Polish, Czech, Austri-
an and Balkan peoples
1T is sort of law that nobody
is secure when France is down, )"
He said. "On vanquishing Germany
now depends the very life of
France. But now three great pow
ers are seeking to bring about out
side France and without France
the means to solve the German
problem.
eve know that many people in
the world think it strange that in
the present period of struggle, the
chiefs of governments of the three
other great powers seem to find
and arrange outside and without
France plans by which this war
must be brought to an end.
$50 far as the future peace rules
are concerned or any other dispo-
sition that refers to it, we have
told our Allies and we have said
publicly that France naturally will
not be engaged by anything at all
she has not been able to approve
on the same terms as others.
France will only accept such
undertakings as will conform to
the aims she has defined for her
self-that no aggression from Ger
many will be possible in the fu-
ture either against herself or
against others with which she is or
may be Allied.
ITO be more precise, I stress
these once more: definite pres
ence of French forces from one
end Of the Rhine to the other:
Separation of territory on the left
bank Of the river and the Rhur
basin from what will be the Ger
man state or states; independence
OF the Polish, Czech, Austrian. and
Balkan people who have borne the
principal weight of maintenance of
the peace in Europe"
DeGaulle outlined a French post
war policy based first on her ali
ance with Russia and a future al.
lance with Britain; second, on
series OF regional alliances W i t h
Belgium, Luxembourg and Holland
to be followed later by participa.
ton in a world wide peace security
organization.
This Of course will include in
the first instance the United States
Of America and will afford every
state supreme guarantee of it's
life and development in human So
ciety," he said.
His references to Russia and
Britain were warm but his mention
| of the United States appeared a
somewhat casual afterthought -
possibly rejecting French belief
that it was the United States which
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met, with French participation ap-
parently the only issue left for
agreement. The British, it was be.
ieved, would occupy northwest
Germany with the Ruhr Valley and
the large Seaports; the U. S. Army
would occupy southwest Germany
and Russia would take over east
and northeast Germany. Austria
and Berlin would be occupied joint
ly.
Most observers believed the Big
Three would consider occupying
Germany for at least six years,
possibly longer. Some quarters say
the occupation must endure for at
least d quarter of century to
teach the Germans that war does
not pay.
Before the three leaders were the
claims of France, Poland and
Czechoslovakia for border annexa-
tons and there was also the pos
sibility that some German terri
tory might 60 to Holland and Bel
GUM. Moscow evidently favors
Austria as an independent nation.
The provisional, Soviet-sponsor-
ed Polish government now sitting
in Warsaw has staked claim to
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Germans Lost
100000 Men
Push
U. S. First Army Has Been
Put Under Gen. Brad
ley Again

PARIS, Feb. S. (UP) T h E
German gamble in the Ardennes
counter-offensive cost the enemy
100000 men, vast stocks of equip.
ment and the displacement of his
strategic troops, Allied Headquar.
tiers announced tonight. 1t was dis.
closed at the same time that the
U. S. First Army had been placed
back under the control of 1t. Gen.
Omar N. Bradley.
The announcement said that half
of the 100000 enemy casualties
were prisoners and that the Ger.
man losses also included 300 enc.
my tanks and assault guns de-
troyed during December and $50
more in January. Thousands OF
mechanical vehicles OF all types
also were destroyed.
1.-THE Wanted Ardennes often
sive resulted in complete defeat
for the enemy" the announcement
said. Furthermore, to make the
attempt, Hitler had to use his on
ly strategic reserve and practical
ly every offensive division in the
west at a time when he should
have kept the strategic reserve in
Germany to meet the Russian Of
fensive which he should havesbeen
expecting"
The headquarters statement said
only that the U. S. First Army,
now attacking the second belt of
Siegfried defenses in the Mon
schau sector, had been switched
back to the 18th Army group which
is headed by Gen. Bradley and
which included the First, Third
and Ninth Armies until Field Mar
shall Montgomery was given COM
mand of the First and Ninth Ar
mics December % when they were
cut off from the Third during the
German unter-offensive.
However, a front dispatch re-
vealed that the First Army had
reverted to the 18th Army group
and Bradley's command January
10 after the Ardennes push had
been definitely stopped and The
First and Third Armies were link
ed solidly along the front. This
dispatch said that the Ninth Army
remains under the overall COM
mand of Montgomery who also
heads the British Second and the
Canadian First Armies.
Another front dispatch disclosed
that the transfer of commands had
been planned before the Deem
Der counter-offensive and limited at
the establishment of new Amer
lean army on the Western Front,
pointing out that the British field
marshal now has three armies I'M
der his command while Brady
has two.
'Since Eisenhower holds Brad
ley and Montgomery in equal es-
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1850 More Jap Captipes
Released By D. S. Troops
SANTO TOMAS PRISON CAMP, MANILA, Tuesday,
Feb 6-(AP)-Liberatng American troops freed L.
$50 American and Allied nationals from Bibd prison

Manila Sunday after releasing
$500 from this former uni
versity internment camp.
This brought the total released
since the troops entered Manila
Saturday to more than 5000.
OF those freed at Bilibid, 300
were prisoners of war and 500
were civilian internes.
Most of those released at the
two places were Americans. The
next largest group were British
and Australians.
They all were half-starved, in
Guiding women and children, after
three years of Japanese captivity.
Troopers of the motorized First
Cavalry, who entered h Santo
Tomas gates Saturday night be-
hind tank that knocked down the
barrier, quickly emptied their
packs to give the prisoners food,
tobacco and candy.
The cavalrym>l hardened as
they were by sights and sounds
of war, were shocked at the ema-
ciated condition of some of the
prisoners. All were thin and weak
from malnutrition.
Packs were turned over immed-
lately, with rations, cigarets and
candy. These served as emergency
relief until the arrival of a cara
van of supplies, already rolling
down the highway to Manila, for
the released internees.
The work of evacuating them to
other quarters was started almost
at once.
Most of the prisoners were free
the instant the tank smashed the
gate, after the commander had
shoued: open the Goddam thing
or I'm coming in anyway"
Japanese guards still in the
camp retreated into the education
building of the former Santo Tom
as University, taking more than
200 internees with them as hos
tages. These were released "a
hours later in a truce exchange.
In order to save the internees,
Brig. Gen. William c. Chase of
R. l., commanding
the First Cavalry Brigade which
made the rescue, allowed the IS
japanese guards to leave. They
were escorted to the edge of Man.
liza and released.
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