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Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
ST. PAUL's GET NEW ORGAN
Dedication Services To Be Held at
CLAYTON Church Next Sunday

lOlI ShliN ASCtt
Services of dedication will be
held for the new Hammond Elec-
trio Organ at st. Paul Methodist
Church, Clayton, on Sunday, Octo-
ber 18th at 1920 a. m. and at 7:30
p. m. Guests musicians for the
services will be C. Byron Morton,
organist, graduate of the Gin
cinnati Conservatory of Music,
who has served as church organist
in the Methodist Church in Indian
apolis, Ind, and the Fourth Pres
byterian Church in Washington, D.
c.; Dudley L. Clark, violinist, a
graduate of the Philadelphia Musi-
cal Academy, who also studied with
the world renowned violin peda-
gogue, Leopold Amer, and Mrs.
Irene Upton Clark, accompanist.
All three are at present teachers
in Washington, D. C. The speaker
for the Morning Service will be DR..
Thomas C. Mulligan, District Sup
erintendent of the Dover District
of the Methodist Church. At 7:30
p. m. Mr.. Morton will give an Or
gan Recital assisted by Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark. A cordial invitation
is extended to the public to attend
both of these services.
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
COOPERATIVE
TO MEET HERE
Local Members of Eastern
States Farmers Exchange
to Meet October 10th
TO GIVE REPORT

Members of the Eastern States
Farmers Exchange who are serv-
ed by shipments to Clayton will
meet in the Smyrna Century Club
house at 500 p. m. on Wednesday
evening, October 18th to elect a
member and alternate to attend
the annual meeting of the Ex-
change to be held in Springfield,
Massachusetts, next February. At
this meeting members and their
families will receive report of
current activities of their large CO.
operative purchasing organization
from Director Alden P. Short of
Georgetown, Del, and Fieldman H.
Wallace Cook of Elkton, Maryland.
Clark w. Clemmer of Springfield,
in charge of the Eastern States
Seed Service will speak and show
a natural color movie of the seed
production program.
Committee in Charge
The committee assisting local
representative H. Lloyd Jones is
composed of Ernest v. Blendt,
Howard c. Deakyne and Joseph w.
Ennis of Smyrna and Walter L.
Marker and Dudley Crossley of
Clayton. Mr.. Marker will serve as
temporary chairman to open the
meeting.
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10

Since 1920 more Americans hav'
lost their lives by fire than were
killed in all the devastating bat
ties of World War II. Fire has
claimed 100000 victims and has
burned or disfgured for life 170,-
900 persons in the last decade. 1t
has scourged property valued at
So, 900, 100000 within the past 10
wears. More than half of these
fires occur in the American home,
according to the National Fire
Protection Association. You hear
so much about 'the American
home" To the rest of the world
its a wonder of electric ice boxes
and magic hands that perform ard
uous household tasks at the snap
of a button. Yet this great insti-
tuition, the American home, has the
highest fire rate of any country in
the world, an average of nearly
100000 a year. Why this shocking
record?
Bad Housekeeping
The answer is simple-Bad
housekeeping. The remedy lies in
the clean home. A clean home
seldom burns. A spic and span
house seldom is a fire victim. Since
ninety percent of all fires can be
prevented by simple, commonsense
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
CARELESSNESS CAUSES FIRES
---COST LIVES, JOBS AND HOMES

precautions, the Delaware Safety
Council offers few fire-safety
tips to keep in mind the whole
year round: 1. Check from cellar
to attic, inside and outside your
home, for rubbish. Get rid of it..
Oily rags should either be burned
or stored in a metal container. g.
Check the heating system for
cracks, SCOT and clogging. Watch
for woodwork and other combusti-
BILE material near the heating sys-
tenn. 3. Keep ashes in covered
metal containers and shield fire
places with screens. 4. Supply ash
trays literally throughout the
house. Don't smoke in bed and
keep matches away from small
children. Use safety matches
whenever possible. Keep matches
in a metal container. 5. Send gar
ments to the dry cleaner. Never
bring gasoline into the home for
any purpose. Do not use fam
mable cleaning fluids in the home
for dry-cleaning. 6. Replace fray
ed electric cords and defective
electrical equipment. See that
fuses are properly installed and
that lamp shades are kept a safe
distance from electric light bulbs.
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
EPISCOPAL CHURCH NEWS
st. Peters Church, Smyrna, and
Trinity Church, Clayton

NnAy WI
st. Peters Church, Smyrna, an
nounces the following services for
Sunday, October 13, 1916. 500
a. M, Holy Communion; 1000 am,
Church School; HOO a. M, Morn
ing Prayer and Sermon. Sermon
topic, Jeremiah 1921, From Ally
To Master" We would also like
to call your attention to the Organ
Recital to be given in st. Peters
Church, 400 p. m. on Sunday af-
ternoon. Plan to attend this reci-
tai to be given by resident of
Smyrna, Mr.. R. Stimson CarroW.
There will be an important meet
ing of the Vestry on Monday, Oct.
14th, 500 p. M, in the Parish
House. 1t is urgently requested
that all vestrymen put other en-
gagements aside and attend this
meeting at this time.
Trinity Church, Clayton
Trinity Church, Clayton, an
nounces the following service for
Sunday evening, October 18th, at
7:30 p. m. Evening Prayer and
Sermon. Sermon topic, Psalm
1872, 'Ten Strings On A Lutte"
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
START SCHOOL
ASSEMBLIES
First of a Scheduled Series of
Programs To Be Given at
School October Is
BY FIRST GRADE GROUP

A series of assembly programs
by the various grades of the John
Bassett Moore School has been
scheduled for the current school
year. The first of this series will
be given next Tuesday morning,
October Is, at $50 in the auditor
ium of the school. The program
will be presented by pupils of the
first grade groups under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Elizabeth Knots and
Miss Caroline Stats, teachers of
those groups, and will show some
of the first grade music work as
outlined by Bert Paul Osbon, re-
Gently elected head of the music
department of the Smyrna schools.
Songs and Exercises
The program will consist of
songs and dhythmic exercises. Par
ents of participating pupils and
friends of the school are invited to
attend. The complete program is
as follows: Assembly March; The
First Stanza of America, by the
audience; Scripture reading; The
Lords Prayer; The Oath of Alleg-
lance; A Group of Action Songs:
(a) Good Morning Song; (b)Knock
at the Door; (c) Failing Leaves.
A group of rhythmic exercises: (a)
Beating and Counting by Twos;
(b) Rhythmic Clapping; (c)Rhyth-
mic Palm Sliding; (d) Slow Rhyth-
mic Walking; (e) Fast Rhythmic
Walking. Game song: A-Hunting
We Will Go; The Fourth Stanzo of
America, by the Audience; recess
sional March.
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
CENTURY CLUB
RESUME MEETS
To Hold First Meeting To-
morrow, October IL, Af-
ter Summer Recess
PROGRAM PREPARED

The Twentieth Century Club will
hold its first meeting after the
summer recess at the club house on
Friday, October IL. A covered dish
luncheon at one o'clock will be fol-
lowed by the business session and
of officers. There will
be music. Officers are: President,
Mrs. R. H. Denney; first vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. Charles Pryor; second
vice-president, Miss Florence Lurty;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Cliff
ford Jones; treasurer, Mrs. Ken
nard Price; director state board,
Mrs. Lucy V. Conwell.
Program for Club Year
The program for the year will
be: October 11-Business meeting;
October 25, Bible Day, Miss Flor
ence Lurty; Nov. s, International
Relations, Miss Anna B. Beckett;
Nov. %, Thanksgiving and Fine
Arts, Miss Ada c. Raiser; Dec. 13,
American Homes, Mrs. Joseph En-
mis-; Dec. 27, Christmas party; Jan.
10, Conservation, Mrs. Thomas
Russell; Jan. "a, Education, Mrs.
j. l.. Johnson; Feb. IA, Girl Scouts,
Miss Florence Lurty; Feb. %, Leg
islation, Mrs. Lucy V. Conwell;
March IA, Motion pictures, Mrs.
Ralph Peters; March 28, Safety,
Mrs. William Foard; April IL,
Luncheon, Birthday; April 20,
American Citizenship, Miss Julia
Griffith; May S, Business meeting.
Mrs. George Carter is chairman of
program.
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
.AAUW MEETING
HELD HERE
Three Local Women Become
Members of American Asso.
of University Women
MONTHLY MEET OCT. 21

Three residents of Smyrna be-
came members of the Dover Chap
ter, American Association of Uni
versity Women, at dinner meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Carsten
Woll, Smyrna, Monday evening.
They are Miss Ruth Webb, grad
uate of the University of Della
ware, and Miss Evelyn Smith, who
holds degree from the University
of Maryland, both teachers in the
John Bassett Moore High School,
and Mrs. C. Edward Williams, a
graduate of the Pennsylvania State
College. Mrs. Maxon Terry, of
Dover, a Vassar graduate, also be-
came a member at the Monday
meeting. Miss Karin Knutsen, a
native of Oslo, Norway, who came
to the United States early in Sep
tember and who plans to attend
college here, was the guest speak
er at the Monday session of the
international relations group of the
club. Miss Knutsen, who was ac-
companied by her aunt, Mrs. Hen
rik Magnos, of Dover, told of the
war years in Norway relating
many interesting and thrilling ex-
periences of her own, her family,
and her friends.
War Memorial
Miss Caroline Budd presided at
the meeting and Mrs. Katharine
Franklin reported on the Dover
War Memorial Group meeting. The
AAUW unanimously approved Mrs.
Franklin's suggestion that a town
library and community center,
open to all citizens of Dover, be
erected as living memorial to
World War II servicemen. Mrs.
Franklin will take this suggestion
to the next War Memorial Group
meeting. The monthly AAUW
meeting will be Monday, October
21, at 8 p. M, in the Dover High
School library at which time Miss
Helena Bilinska of the Polish EN-
bassy in Washington, D. c., will be
the guset speaker.
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
PLAN
LADIES NIGHT
VIM. d. Hudson Tells Lions of
Blue Cross Group Hospital
Service at Meeting Here
NEW MEMBERS

The Smyrna Lions Club met
Monday night at The Wayside Inn
and heard a talk on Group Hos
pital Service" by William D. Hud-
son. He traced the background of
the service, which now has men,
bership of 125,000 in the state of
Delaware. His message more di-
rectly was an outline of the steps
necessary to the formation of a
community group which is usually
sponsored by a service club, and is
a matter of solicitation of potential
members. A brisk question and
answer period, participated in by
the members and the speaker, fol-
lowed the address. The speaker
was introduced by Frank Green
well and the invocation was given
by Henry Lower. Announcement
was made by Francis Gebhart,
presiding, of the Ladies Night pro-
gram which is scheduled for Octo-
ber- 81 and the following commit
tee was named: William Owens,
Richard Price, Frederick Williams,
Guy Edmondson. Response was
made by the Rev. Paul Hebberger.
Two new members have been add
ed to the club: Burrill Mccoy, a
member of the Delaware State Po-
lice; and Ed. Williams, who is con-
nected with the engineering de-
partment of the Wilson Cabinet
Company. A meeting of the di-
rectors of the club will be held on
October 1S at the parish house of
st. Peters Church.
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
Church of the Nazarene

Church of the Nazarene, Rev.
Jerry Dilks, pastor, will hold SER
vices as follows: Sunday School at
9:45; morning worship, 10:45. Ev-
ening praise and evangelistic SER
vice, 7.30. Special evangelistic SER
vices begin Tuesday evening with
the Files Sisters Quartette bring
ing a special program of music
and song every evening.
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
BAND PROGRAM
STARTED HERE
Plans for Organization of
School Band Outlined by
Music Instructor
TO RENT INSTRUMENTS

In a special assembly on Tues
day, October 1, plans were outlined
to the Faculty and Student-Body
of the Smyrna School, Grades 5
through IL, for the organization of
a School Band. In opening the as
sembly program, George W..
Wright, Superintendent of Schools,
stated, For years we have felt
the need for a school band. 1t
would appear that now the time
is ripe for the organization of a
School Band, and it is the sincere
hope that sufficient enthusiasm will
be established by the student-body
to bring into being a band for the
Smyrna School," Mr.. Wright then
introduced Mr.. Osbon, Instructor
of Music, who explained the plans
for securing instruments for indi-
vidual instruction. Instruments
may be rented for $500 for six
weeks. Group instruction will be
given without cost by Mr.. Osbon.
At the end of the initial six weeks
period, the instruments may be
purchased, with the rental fee be-
ing applied to the purchase price.
Agreements for renting an instru-
ment must be signed by the parent
or guardian of the pupil applying
for rental of instrument. All in
quiries for rental of instruments
should be made on application
blanks to Mr.. Osbon promptly.
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
FINAL PLAY-OFF STARTS
Smyrna Plays Cecilton Here Sun
day in Championship Play-Off

Last Sundays game having end
ed in a tie, the play-off for the
championship of the V-League will
start all over again this Sunday as
the Smyrna team meets Cecilton
on their own diamond. The John
Bassett Moore High School dia-
mond will be packed with thrills
this Sunday as both teams pull
everything they have to win this
opener of the three-game series.
Game time is 200 o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
FBI SCHOOL GRADUATE
Fred Lamb Graduates from Thirty
third Session of FBI School

Frederick K. Lamb, Smyrna, de-
tective-sergeant of the Delaware
State Police, was recently gradual
ed from the thirty-third session of
the FBI National Academy at
Washington. Sergeant Lamb was
one of SO law enforcement men
from 80 states. Alaska, Mexico,
and Puerto Rico, to graduate in
this class. Col. Paul w. Haviland,
superintendent of the state police,
and Lieut.. James Turner, Smyrna.
attended the ceremonies.
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
ASBURY METHODIST CHURCH
Mt. Vernon and Market Streets,
Rev. Robert E. Green, Pastor

Services at Asbury Methodist
Church, Rev. Robert E. Green,
pastor, will be Church School at 10
a. m. Continuation of the Bible
Study Unit: "Vital Religion in
Pauls Day and Ours" Depart
mental study, and worship arrang-
ed for the nursery, primary, jun
iors, intermediates, young adults
and senior departments. Divine
worship service at IL a. m. The
Continued on Page five)
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
RECITAL AT DOVER
Frances Dewitt Babcocl, Soprano
Former Dover Girl, to Give Recital

Former Dover Girl, to Give Recital
Frances Dewitt Bacbock, So
prano, of Rochester, N. Y, a for
mer Dover girl, will be presented
in recital at Junior Wesley Col
lege, October oath at p. m. Mrs.
Babcock has had wide experience
in church music, concert stage and
radio broadcasting, having been on
many national hook-ups. She will
be accompanied by John Thoms of
Wilmington and Philadelphia. Mr..
Thoms is director of Savoy Opera
Company, Philadelphia; director of
University Glee Club, Philadelphia;
and organist at Westminster Pres
byterian c h u h, Wilmington.
These two artists will be presented
by the Soroptimist Club of Dover.
Smyrna times., 1946-10-10
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The First Presbyterian Church,
Rev. Walter G. Hards, Minister


Services at the First Presbyter-
ian Church, Rev. Walter G. Hards,
minister, will be Sunday School at
10 a. m. The general topic for
study on Sunday is "Paul's Con-
version To Christ" The lessons
are graded for, and adapted to, the
various age groups. Mrs. ]. Bailey
is general superintendent. Mrs. F.
Slaughter is in charge of the prim-
ary department. Morning worship
will be at II q. m. Sermon topic
Restoration in Europe or Relig-
ionism in America" All Presby-
Continued on Page Five)
Evening star., 1946-06-06
BY the Associated Press

PITTSBURGH, June 6.-Mem-
bers of the wealthy Mellon fam
lily, pioneer financiers in this
steel metropolis, today disclosed
formation of an organization "to
Systematically coordinate our
personal and public responsible
ties"
An announcement by Richard K.
Mellon, president of the Mellon Ma
tional Bank, said the non-profit,
unincorporated organization, known
as T. Mellon & Sons, would keep
abreast of business, economic,
financial. scientific and social trends
in studying potentials of Mellon in
vestments and co-ordinating the
Evening star., 1946-06-06
Vinci Given 5 to IS Years;
Boil Refused Pending Appeal

Joseph Vinci, 32-year-old Bronx
machinist, was sentenced today in
District Court to the maximum SEN
tence of from S to Is years for rob-
berry by Justice Alexander Holtzoff.
Bail was refused pending appeal
to the United States Court of Ap-
peals.
Vinci was acquitted of double
murder, but found guilty OF robbery
by a District Court jury recently
His co-defendant, Raymond F.
Connors, 80, of Yonkers, N. Y, was
acquitted Of both murder and rob-
berry by another District Court Jury
in February. Vinci testified against
Connors.
The prosecutors at the Vinci trial
Assistant United States Attorneys
Charles B. Murray and William
Hitz, charged that Edward Barker
who was slain, was robbed of ap-
proximately $500, . watch and
Evening star., 1946-06-06
(See MARITIME, Page A-23)
Head-0n Train Crash
Kills One in 0reqon
BY the Associofed Press

LA GRANDE, Oreg., June 6.-An
eastbound Union Pacific passenger
train failed to take scheduled sid
ing at Hot Lake, II miles east OF
here, early today and crashed head
on into the streamliner City Of Port
land, killing a brakeman, and in
juring so persons slightly.
The streamliner, westbound from
Chicago, was halted on the main
line waiting for No. 18, the Idahoan
to take siding. The standard train
apparently continued through the
switch, and with emergency brakes
applied, crashed into the stream
liner.
Brakeman Ned Unger of Pendle-
ton, Greg, riding on helper engine
in front of the Idahoan, was crushed
to death. Only one person was in
jured sufficiently to be taken to a
hospital. He was the Rev. j. Ward
Catholic priest from st. Louis.
Evening star., 1946-06-06
Merger of Housing Agencies
AssdiIed as 'SociuIizution'
Truman PIon Would Retord Program,
Business Groups Declare at Hearing

Charges that President Tru-
mans reorganization plan to
consolidate all housing activi-
ties under the National Housing
Agency would "socialize" the en-
tire building industry and retard
the country's housing program
were made today before a House
committee by representatives o1
the United States Chamber OF
Commerce and other business
organizations.
Testifying before the House Com
mittee on Executive Expenditures
the witnesses insisted there was nc
need of permanent MIA, which
under Mr.. Truman's plan would
consolidate the activities of the Fed
eral Home Loan Bank Board, the
Federal Housing Administration and
Evening star., 1946-06-06
Pirate Team Threaten!
BasebaI|'s First Union
WaIkout Tomorrow
Players Seek to Force
Demand for Collective
Bargaining Election
By the Associofed Press

PITTSBURGH, June 6.-Major
league baseball faces the threat
of the first union strike in it's
long history here tomorrow night
in a scheduled game between the
Pittsburgh Pirates and the New
York Giants.
Robert Murphy, labor relations
director of the American Baseball
Guild, announced last night the
Pittsburgh Pirates had voted unani-
mously not to take the field against
the Giants unless Bucs' officials meet
their demands for an immediate
collective bargaining election.
William E. Benswanger, president
of the club, discussed the case with
his attorneys this morning and told
Murphy he expected to give him a
decision later today.
Only a dramatic eleyenth-hour
session in the Pirates clubhouse
kept the strike from coming of be-
fore last nights game with Brook
lyn, which the Dodgers won, 5-3.
The rapid-fire developments fol-
lowed a breakdown of a conference
earlier in the day at Benswanger's
Office, during which the Pirate mar
agement suggested the guild issue
be deferred until the baseball sea-
son is over.
Decision Left to Players.
First word of the strike threat
came shortly after o'clock, when
Murphy met with the players and
telephoned Pirate officials the play
ers had voted to stay in the dress
ing room until Benswanger came to
talk to them. If Benswanger didn't
show up within an hour, Murphy
said, he wouldn't be responsible if
the game did not go on" He said
the players were ready to vote in
that event.
But Benswanger needed the ulti-
matum and made his first trip to
the Pirate clubhouse in IL years.
Benswanger let his chief counsel do
most of the talking But he did tell
the players he thought he always
had been fair with them and would
leave any decision up to them.
Murphy, addressing the players,
asserted Pirate officials were "just
stalling until the end of the year,
when they know the players will
all be home and we can't reach
them"
He told them "the club could have
signed an agreement this afternoon
which would have facilitated an
election within five days"
The players just sat around and
listened.
Public Reaction Awaited.
The BUGS, who had appeared for
batting practice, but failed to take
their infield drill. made their de-
cision to go ahead with last nights
game bare 20 minutes before the
scheduled starting hour.
Murphy told reporters the strike
ultimatum wasn't made for today's
game with Brooklyn because he
wanted time for public reaction
to set i'm
He said If the strike were called
for today a lot of people might show
up at the park land they'd be plenty
mad at the Guild"
The strike, if it materializes, will
not be the first one in baseball.
There was one May 18, 1912, when
the Detroit Tigers refused to play
against the Philadelphia Athletics,
but that was because of the sus-
pension of the immortal Ty Cobb.
Evening star., 1946-06-06
House Group Reports
Bill 10 Raise Police
And Firemen's S Paw
Pension Increase Limited
To Men Kept From Other
Work by Disability

A favorable report was ordered
today by the House District
Committee on the Mcmillan bill
providing a IA per cent increase
in the pay of Washington police
and firemen.
However, the full committee ac-
cepted a recommendation of the
Hebert Subcommittee calling for a
committee amendment which would
limit the effect of the pay increase
on the pensions of retired officers
to those who are retired for dis
ability and unable to obtain later
employment.
The bill, which would give police
and f1remen the same pay raise as
recently granted classified employees
OF the Federal and District govern
ments, is to be called up in the
House Monday, which is District
day.
Supported by All Witnesses.
Unanimous support for the police
firemen pay raise came from all
witnesses at a hearing conducted
this morning by the Hebert subcom-
fnittee prior to later morning meet
ing of the full committee. Proposals
that there be no increase in pensions
for retired police and firemen as a
result OF the pay raise were ad-
vanced by Commissioners John Rus
sell Young and Corporation Counsel
Vernon E. West. They raised the
question Of the extra costs involved
If all pensioners got increased an
nuities. Mr.. Young also questioned
the effect on the retirement funds
suggesting in future years this might
prove too small to cover pensions
for all retired men.
Representative Hebert, Democrat,
of Louisiana, subcommittee chair
man, called this suggestion very
sound" but strong opposition was
voiced by Chief Engineer Clement
Murphy Of the Fire Department
1t. Paul w. Proctor. of the legisla-
tive committee of the Policemens
Association, and James Jameson
president of the Retired Firemen's
Association.
Mr.. Jameson said he knew of no
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