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Smyrna times., 1946-03-28
GIRL SCOUT CONFERENCE
Consultants' Conference VIII Be
Held at Salisbury, Md, March 30

A Girl Scout consultants' confer
ence will be held at Asbury Meth
odist Church, Salisbury, Md, on
Friday, March 20. The conference
theme will be the development of
Girl Scouting on the Del-Mar-Va
Peninsula. There will be a repre-
sentative from each county on the
Eastern Shore. Members of the
National Field Staff conducting the
conference will be Miss Elizabeth
Figner and Miss Kathleen F. Lii
lard. The chairman of the Region
III committee, Miss Elenore Hoov-
er, of Waynesboro, Pa, and Mrs.
John A. Frick, regional committee
member, of Allentown, Pa, will
also attend. Mrs. Thomas Russell,
of Smyrna, Lone Troop consultant
for Kent County, Delaware, will
attend.
Smyrna times., 1946-03-28
STATE POLICE
CLUB HOUSE
Ball Given i'm Hotel DUPONT,
Wilmington, May 7th
For Funds
MUSIC BY BOB CHESTER

Bob" Chester and his orchestra
will furnish the music for the
Building Fund Ball of the Della
ware Association of Police at the
Hotel DUPONT on Mayf. This was
confirmed finally yesterday in an
announcement by Patrolman John
]. Clarke, chairman of the Dance
Committee. This is the finishing
successful touch to the affair
which is being so warmly support
ed by the people of Delaware, "said
Slarke. 1--WE have been more than
fortunate in securing the music of
this nationally-known musical ag-
gregation. 1t was all that was
needed to make the Ball an out
standing success. Chester and his
orchestra, with a reputation ex-
tending from coast to coast, ad-
mirably continents the public ap-
proved purpose of this occasion
if any further drawing card were
needed" All proceeds of the af-
fair, it was emphasized, will go to
the Associations Building Fund,
which has for its purpose the erec-
tion of new clubhouse to take
the place of the now outgrown
quarters at 8 Vandever avenue,
Wilmington.
Modern Gathering Place
''The very prospect of modern
gathering place for members of
our police departments said Park
Policeman Samuel keenan,, presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees of
the Association, ''has caused new
applications for membership to
come in from all sections of the
State. One great need is univers-
ally stressed: policemen need di-
version at least as much as other
citizens, but no policeman feels at
ease patronizing public places,
where his very presence, beside
making other patrons i'll at ease,
may form the basis of unjustiied
criticism. The prospect of an ade-
quate clubhouse of our own, where
policemen may mingle fraternally,
and with the approval of the pub
lie they serve, is genuinely ap-
pealing one and will form the
strongest possible basis for better
police work. The Association S
membership rolls are open to state,
city, county and park police every
where in Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1946-03-28
Two Fire Calls at Same Time

Smyrna Firemen were called to
the farm of j. T. Van Pelt near
Greenspring at 11:30 Tuesday
morning. While the siren was
blowing for this fire the phone call
came for a fire at the farm of Will
liam Ramsey on the DUPONT Bou1e-
ward near Buffers Restaurant.
The fire at the Van Pelt farm prov
ed to be a grass fire caused by
sparks from an engine on the rail-
road nearby. The fire at the Ram
sey farm burned a building entire
ly. Loss was not estimated.
Smyrna times., 1946-03-28
To Attend Conference

Mrs. Thomas Russell of Smyrna,
lone troop consultant for Kent
County, will represent the county
at a consultants' conference at Sal
isbury, Nd, on Friday. The con-
ference theme will be the develop
ment of Girl Scouting on the PEN
insula. Each county on the East
ern Shore will be represented.
Smyrna times., 1946-03-28
Institute by Temperance Group

A joint institute will be held by
Kent and Sussex Unions of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union on Friday, April 5, in the
Greenwood Methodist Church. Mrs.
Ethel c. Wheatley, president of
Sussex County, will preside at the
morning session, which opens at
10 o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1946-03-28
Town Board of Health

Town Council at their meeting
last Friday named the following as
members of the Board of Health:
William Kenworthey, DR.. w. c.
Deakyne, and Clifford Jones. Mr..
Jones is a new member taking the
place of Glenn S. King, resigned,
who became a member of Town
Council at the last election.
Smyrna times., 1946-03-28
Bowling Game Scores

Bailey's Grease Monkeys won
contest at Dover on March 10
which places them in third position
in the staining of the league. Boyd,
playing on the Bailey team, made
a score of 235 in one game. This
game was played against the
league leader, the live Meat Balls.
The score was as follows:
Smyrna times., 1946-03-28
School Children Out With Measles

Many cases of measles are re-
ported in the lower grades of the
Smyrna school. While not of epi-
demic form there are many of the
children who are very ill. This
coupled with grippe which has at
tackled teachers as we'll as pupils
has caused quite an absence among
the pupils and teachers.
Smyrna times., 1946-03-28
MEETING OF w. S. C. S.
Guest Speaker, Mrs. Dievler, Sec
retary Northeastern Division

Mrs. William H. Dievler, of Phil
adelphia, secretary of Organiza-
ton and Promotion for the North
eastern Jurisdiction, will be the
guest speaker at meeting of the
w. S. c. S. in Asbury Church
Thursday evening, March 28th at
7:3O. Members of the w. S. c. s..
from Clayton, Kenton, Cheswold,
Odessa, Townsend and Middletown
are invited to attend this service.
Smyrna times., 1946-03-28
st. Peters Episcopal Church Notes

st. Peters Episcopal Church
Lenten service Friday, 7.30 p. m.
Sunday, the fourth in Lent, 10 am.
Church School; IL a. M, morning
prayer and sermon.
Smyrna times., 1946-03-28
Open House at Air Field

Army Day will be celebrated at
Smyrna times., 1946-03-28
Five Meat Balls
Bailey's Grease Monkeys

Total ...... 729 700 Il
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

cashiers desk The
tape is removed for
on IL are recorded the items and the
prices, plus some black dots that are
the secret of keedoozle's automatic
mechanism.
The tape is run through an I'm
scrambling device, which, with the
aid Of electric impulses, set in oper-
alton by the dots, releases the pur-
chases from their shelves and they
slide along concealed conveyors TO
the packaging counters. Meanwhile,
an automatic adding machine h s
computed the total amount Of cost.
Even with mere manpower 10 do
the wrapping, Saunders believes the
keedoozle can take care of ten Gus
toners a minute
Keedoozle isn't exactly new idea
with Saunders. lie experimental
with three stores in Memphis, Tenn.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

Saunders envisions still bigger and
better business for keedoozle, adapt
ing it to other merchandise, too.
Later on" he says, well set up
little keedoozles in almost every ham
let in the country. Here we VIII
have on display not just groceries
but other things like automobile
tires, refrigerators, bicycles"
Saunders has had sensational sue
cess and spectacular failure. Born in
Amherst County, Va, he worked in
sawmill at IL for 25 cents a day At
IA he gave up schooling to devote
his entire time to earning living
That was when he made S4 a week
At 19 he became salesman.
Established in Memphis with
wholesale firm, Saunders, in 1916,
borrowed $4,000 and organized the
Piggly.Wiggly grocery chain. He
eventually expanded the stores until
they numbered 1,260 in 40 states.
Saunders had piled up a personal
fortune of 100000 with the Sl0O,
OOO,OOO.a-year Piggly.Wiggly business
in 1923. II was then that Wall Street
bears, taking advantage of the de
preston money market, raided the
TO fight. He lost everything.
Never one to give up, Saunders
bounced back with a chain called
Clarence Saunders-sole owner of
my name-Stores," so identified be
cause he had to go TO court for per.
mission TO use his own name.
Saunders built that business into
a $50, 900, ,0OO-a-year enterprise and,
on his personal profits, bought
$500 suburban estate with lake
and golf course. He was operating
in 25 states when, in 1888, his second
grocery empire folded in bankruptcy.
During the war, Saunders manu-
featured garden tools and toys. Now
he concentrates on keedooZle.
Its the biggest thing that ever
came along in the grocery business, ~
he says.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

where he lives, beginning in 1897.
None succeeded because of unfore-
seen deficiencies in operation. Then
came the war and he abandoned the
elaborate units for junk.
Now he's at II again, with 5000 900
new money behind him.
I'VE have perfected a store that
defies the imagination" is the way
Saunders considers keedooZle.
OF course, the shopper won't have
a chance TO pick over the peaches or
10 smell the melons before buying.
But Saunders has a substitute for
that traditional way Of marketing:
every item stocked will be the finest
quality, carefully examined before
being placed in the cases.
Illustrated by HERMAN THOMAS
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

with no more shopping effort
than turning a key and press
ing a button.
Keedoozle's products are all
neatly stacked behind glass
cases. There the customer
may sec cereals, crackers,
canned goods, fresh vegetables
tpre cleaned for the cooker,
meats and other commodities
for the kitchen and the table.
Prices are prominently dis
played for each.
Each patron receives an
oversize key, not unlike a gun,
upon entering the store. This
is equipped with a roll Of paper.
It's soda water you want?
The key is inserted in a num-
bered slot corresponding 10
Aat OF the item. A red light
the wall flashes, signifying
contact. That is all.
What's next? a box of pea
beans? The same procedure.
It's even more simple than
putting a nickel in d sfot fUi
a cup Of coffee.
Once the purchases are COM
pleted, the key is taken TO the
January @. I94s
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06
BY GERALD DUNCAN
Push the Pistol

h cow we have the keedoozle. No
NJ relation to the skeedaddle. the
keedoozle is streamlined, self
service automatic grocery store which
in the miraculous fashion of me
chanical ingenuity does everything
for the shopper except carry her Cor
HIM home.
The first one is being planned for
Chicago and. in another two years,
they will be opened in cities and
towns throughout the country. ac-
cording TO Charles Saunders, the 81
aweek grocery clerk who made and
lost two fortunes with nationwide
chain stores of them the $780,
OOO 900 Piggly.Wiggly venture.
Saunders, at 6i, Is confident he
will regain his wealth with his pres
ent idea, which offers ready-to-cook
meat and vegetables to housewives
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Columbus Forms
Chapter | Of AWOL

The National Committee Of Al
lied Warriors Of Liberty. Incorpo-
rated, announced the formal or
ganization Of Chapter I, Of AWOL,
in Columbus, Ohio. Following ap-
proximately a two months organi-
zation program, the efforts of the
National Committee eliminated
with the formal organization of the
Local Chapter which consists of
thirty veteran members in good
standing.
The Local Chapter adopted the
constitution and bylaws OF AWoL.
and elected the following officers:
Charles P. Frye, President: Woody
Saunders, Vice President; Charles
Dyson. Secretary; Ethel c. Jenn-
ings, Assistant Secretary; DR.. g. b.
Holster. Treasurer. The local group
decided to hold meetings regularly.
the first and third Wednesday of
each month at the Spring street
YMCA. T45 p. m. All veterans 'ot
World War II are welcome.
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100, ZOO Negroes
Passing For White

CHICAGO: More than 100, 900
Negroes are passing for white in
America although legally Negro.
These persons some Of them
blue eyed, pink skinned and blonde
ARE biologically white, even
though legally Negro in many
states. They have passed over the
color Tine despite laws in some
states defining Negroes as anyone
with 1I64 Negro blood.
John H. Burma, Grinncll College
professor Of Sociology, writing in
the March Negro Digest, declares:
Studies estimate that at the
peak Oh many as one-third of mill
lion persons decade passed over
the color line. There are some ten
million Negroes with some white
blood. Probably a million of these
have as much white as Negro blood
Most Of this latter group are poten.
tial passers.
Writing OF the possibility Of q
passing white couple having I
brown child, Burma says:
IF two persons with 1i18 Negro
blood produce children. there is |
chance that one or more of the off
spring will be more Negroid thar
either Of the parents.
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CORP. FORTUNE PROMOTED
TO SERGEANT

CALCUTTA, INDIA Robert l..
Fortune, Jr., son OF Tishie Kelly.
of 1903 John Street, Cincinnati.
Ohio, has been promoted from Cor
poral to Sergeant In the Army over
seas.
He Is serving as Truck Driver
with o QM Truck Company station
cd In the india Burma Theater Base
Section. This organization, now
under the command OF Brigadier
General Robert r. Neyland, has led
military installations throughout
the world In the handling Of vitality
needed materials Of war.
Sgt. Fortune has been In the
India-Bnrma Theater since March
1914, and entered the Armed Force.
- August isss. 4sxaEllaaEl nsni.A
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Outstanding Congressman
Enters May Primary For Re-
nomination and Reelection

committees: Transportation Conn
municattons, Petroleum, and Public
Health, as well as of the HousA. Re-
publican Steering Committees
During the Republican National
Convention at Chicago in June.
1914, Congressman Brown was
elected to a four year term ass Re-
publican National Committeeman
for Ohio He Is also member of
the Executive Committee of the
Republican National Committee.
and was recently named member
Of the seven man Policy Commit
tee OF the Republican National
Committee. which will make Re-
publican policy for the 1946 CAM
paign and for the interim period
prior to the 1913 Republican Ma
tional Convention.
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1t. (jg) Arthur L. Thompson,
Medical Corps. usNR. whose wife,
Lousille Greenlee, lives at 1873
Grand blvd, Detroit, Mich, is
shown at work as a medical officer
on Guam. He came into the Navy by
way Of the Army. having resigned
an Army commission to be admitted
into the Navy as Its first Negro
medical officer. An honor graduate
of the Maberry School OF Medicine,
Nashville, Tenn. he was member
of Alpha Phi Alpha and served as
student physician at Fisk Univer-
sity. 1t. (jg) Thompson first served
at the Naval Training Station at
Great Lakes before he was assigned
to duty in the Marianas. Ills wife Is
q nurse ut the University-of Illinois
Research Hospital and Is a gradu-
ate OF Fisk University and Maberry
School Of Nursing.
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A ffteen-story glass tower, designed by the
famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, is the
feature Of modern wax research laboratory to
be built this year in Racine, Wisconsin, it was
nounced today by Herbert F. johnson, Jr., presi~
dent of S. G. johnson & Son, INC, Of Racine.
johnson said:
aOur new building, which will mark the Goth
anniversary Of the founding Of our busnesr, will
be companion to the johnson Administration
Building which was also designed by Wright and
completed In 1899. II will give AZ unsurpassed
facilities for The development Of better wax prod
nets for home and industry, and at the same time
represent, believe, As great contribution -
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Ohio Bell Telephone Co
sssSs
Volume Of Business
High Net Return. Low

While the volume Of The Ohio
Bell Telephone Company's business
In 1945 exceeded that Of any pre-
vious year, only in the depression
year of 1888 was its net return az
low. Randolph Eide, the company's
president, stated In his annual re-.
port presented in Cleveland today
to the board of directors.
Income available for fixed
charges and dividends was So.67o,~
$40 in 1045. representing a return
of only 81 per cent on total tsle-
phone plant and other assets, COM
pared with SO in the previous year
and Sc in 1940.
IT the company Is to fulfill its
major fundamental objectiyes. II
must maintain a more favorable
record Of earnings" said Mr.. Eide.
These detectives are to furnish
to tho public adequate. dependable
and satisfactory telephone service,
to pay its employees fair wages and
provide for them good working con-
ditions, and to earn for its owners q
return sufficient to preserve finan-
cial integrity, attract capital and
compensate for risks assumed"
Some Of the high-lights Of the re.
port are as follows:
LOCAL CALLS In 1945 increased
81 per cent over 1910, the year pre-.
ceding the United States entry into
World War II, and long distance
calls doubled during the same
period.
TOTAL OPERATING REEVE
NUES increased 81 over 1914,
while total operating expenses, ex-
cluding taxes, increased 1871 per
cent during the same period.
OPERATING TAXES amounted
to $18.68 per year per telephone as
against $10.13 per year in 1910.
GOOD SERVICE was generally
maintained, in spite Of shortages of
materials and manpower.
GROSS ADDITIONS to plant In
the next five years will amount to
1925, 600, 900, most of which will be
spent during the next three years,
including $50, 900 in 1s48, with
this years program giving priority
to furnishing service to applicants
for telephones who are still on the
waiting list,
On December 81, 1945, the com
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pany had In service 4. 124, ,O2A tele-
phones. an increase during the year
Of Sc, ,2S2 compared with 12.9as dur
ing 1914. Since Pearl Harbor nearly
10000 telephones have hesn added
despite restrictions sof materials
and manufacturing. w.Thes report
pointed out, however. that orders
involving approximately $4,000
telephones were untitled at the end
of the year because of a continuing
shortage Of facilities, It was stated
that service will be furnished to
most of these customers during the
first six months Of 1876.
Local calls during i945 totaled
1860, ,0O0. 900 while long distance
calls mounted to 41,7O0. 900. The
194b volume exceeded that Of any
previous year ard notwithstanding
the ending OF the war la August,
the upward trend continued
throughout the rest Of the year.
The report said that at the end Of
the year there were 1883 employ
ees on the pay roll, i,637 more than
at the same date In 1914 and the
total pay roll for the year amounted
| to $31. .880,882, which is $3,876, 1884
or 1873 per cent over the previous
year. The foregoing figures do not
include approximately 81. 500. 900 of
retroactive wages which were ac-
crued In 1945, but which will not be
paid until 1916.
"The company has before it q
challenging task" said Mr.. Eide.
plans are under way to restore all
Of the services of the company to
the high standard of performance
that existed before the war and
then to move forward to service still
better in quality and greater In
scope.
In the period ahead the full
energy and resourcefulness Of man
agement and the effective cooper
alton of all employees viii be re-
quired to insure adequate earnings.
The trend Is definitely toward a
greater investment per telephone.
Wage increases now being negoti-
ated indicate that the cost of fur
| nishing service will be higher. Capt.
tai necessary to the future program
Of the company can be attracted
only II earnings are sufficient.
! During ten years Of general
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Medal for meritorious achievement
as operator of a 20-mn. gun at
Okinawa. At one instance, Mitchell
continued to fire his gun after q
burning Jap suicide plane exploded
not more than Is feet above his
gun. At another time he spotted an
approaching suicide plane In time
for the ships guns to draw bead
on and destroy 1t. He served on the
USS Lansdale when she was struck
and sunk In the Mediterranean Sea.
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21, has just returned from service
with the 44th infantry Division,
Seventh Army. The daughter, Mrs.
Meta Herbert Stevers. is q recent
nurse graduate from Ohio State
University. Her husband, Captain
c. L. Stevers, is serving with the
Army Medical Corps in Manila.
Another son, John David Herbert,
is attending Culver Military Acad-
envy. -
Mr.. Herbert plans to make 4
personal tour Of the 86 counties
in Ohio during the next few
months, as m Initial step in his
campaign for the goyernorship.
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On Making Decisions

trust In Him we know that He has
only good in store for us.
To cleanse our motives OF oil ailis
mostly and personal attachment
will always help us to know what
we should do. In the choice Of
school, home. friends, occupation
or any other activity, we can be
guided away from personalities
and forward 10 right decision,
r..
II we will hcw TO the line OF
Principle and listen for the still,
small voice" Of Truth 10 direct us,
uninfluenced by personal opinions
and suggestions, we can step Tor
ward freely, unafraid Of what
1 others may think and undisturbed
by fear or failure. ...
/ Christ Jesus taught Us the one
sure way OF making right deci-,
sions when he prayed to God
| Matthew $3.50, sNot as ] will,
but as thou wilt" When our mo-
4 tives are right, when we are lis
} tening to Gods voice and arc
willing To- do His will, we can rest
assured that Principle will fur
nish us with all that we need
even to finances, friends, home,
Happiness. III we endeavei to look
, I to God to supply all. our needs. and
not 10 person or 10 position, there
: will be no occasion for worry oi
: fear in making decisions. We have
J the solution available TO US If W.
{ align our thinking with Principle
!. and lay aside all human planning
]. BY so doing we reach tho peacs
4 and quiet OF Spirit which enables
i us to hear the words from Tn
o Scriptures usaiah 30:21ls Fhi
Z is the way. walk ye In Il: '--TA
. Chsstian sctsEce Ao,Stos -
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TTE NEED never feel alone
Y or helpless in coping with

wv OF hcipicsS AZ .opsne
w our problems. Perhaps we
feel most alone when we have a
dceisiou 10 make. The more Inn
portan. the choice or decision, the
move we may feel that no one,
however experienced and wise,
can make our decision for MS.
Then ii is that we may begin 10
feel lonely or helpless. But we are
never alone If we know God as
Ali-in-all, our Father-Mother, and
realize our right, as children OF
a.od, to His ali-power. all-knowl-
edge, and all-presence.
In The Christian Science text
book, Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures by Mary
Baker Eddy, is an encouraging
statement for those in need Of
guidance and wisdom in making
decisions. II reads (p. II, mo loss
can occur from trusting God viii
our desires, that they may bf
moulded and exalted before the.
take form in words and in deeds
AS we learn to give up human
planning and personal desires ant
10 trust in Gods purpose Tor us
the way grows clearer ant
smoother.
How can we worry II we ar
trusting God? When we are Wor
ried over the outcome OF our de
cisions or OF events, is 1t not be
cause we are thinking selflshiy
There will be no fear or worry
we are letting Gods will be done
To be entirely free from anxiet,
we must be entirely free fror
human, self-willed thinking an
planning. Let us remember
search our thoughts and see II "
are really trusting Cod for ~ y
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Congressman Brown Files for
Reelection

Congressman Clarence J. Brown,
Of Blanchester, Is a candidate at the
May 7th Republican primaries for
denomination and reelection as
Representative in the Congress
from the Seventh Ohio District.
Representative Brown. who in
civil life is q newspaper publisher
and farmer, was formerly Lieuten-
ant Governor and Secretary Of the
State Of Ohio. He has served in the
House Of Representatives since
January, 1899. where he is one Of
four Republican members Of the
powerful Rules Committee. and
serves on the Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce. He is
also member of the following sub