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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-16

Il the bookmobile proving its
worth?
After almost getting the city
@budgeteer's ak last week, the mo-
bile library has become increaslns-
u important to the readers out ~
the county and library officials
are expecting an even bigger year
than last. Mrs. Emma Macmillan,
librarian AYERS.
A lock at the report of the book.
mobile for an l1-months perloa
ending June 30, will convince any
one Of its popularity.
The 11-months year for the IL
brary. Mrs. Macmillan explained,
was adopted this year to make
the fiscal year u c~oncurrently
with that Of the city government.
A total Of &, 648 books were
circulated by the mobile unit IN
: that 11-months period. the report
= showed. This is almost as many
!. persons as live outside Of Whining
ton.
This figure is far greater than
the number of books circulated by
the branch library at Lake Forest.
This unit shows a total Of 21,573.
At the library in the City Hall
7S,S47 books were circulated, not
quite double the amount circulated
by the bookmobile.
At Maffitt Village school the
greatest number of volumes were
checked out, from the bookmobile.
Some 9,676 were dispensed at that
point.
Washington Catlett school follow
ed with 1851.
The entire library, including
branches and bookmobile circula-
ted IA, O68 books during the II
months Mrs. Macmillan said.
Schedule for the bookmobile,
which travels over all the county,
is as follows:
Tuesday, Vance building, Maffltt
Village, $3.50 a. m. to $3.50 p. m,
Wednesday. Castle Haynes. $3.50 to
10 a M; Oakley Road, 1890 to
II a. M; Colonial Village. 1870
to u noon; Riverside Apartments,
Adams, 2 to 3 p. M; Jefferson,
3:15 to 4:30 p. M; Thursday,
Washington Catlett school, $3.50 to
10 a. NJ; Winter Park. 1918 to
10:45 a. M; Seagate, II to 1870
a. NJ; Wrightsville Sound, Has to
IL noon; Wrightsville Beach, Lumi-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-16

The Hanover Iron Works are now working at
ton sneed installing Lennox Oil Aire-F1o heating
systems before the next winter rush begins. Ihey
would advise all home owners who plan to change
their heating systems or need repair work done
to same, to contact them at once so arrangements
can be made to complete the work before the cold
weather arrives. Horace King stated, The stock
Of equipment and material on hand now is suf-
ficient but any strike would Immediately affect
the source of supplies of raw materials"
The asphalt single shortage is now about
normal. This company now has a good supply of
asphalt single roofing, roll roofing, asphalt
paints and asphalt products. The asphalt felt
which is used in built up roofing can. be secured
in limited quantities.
The weather-tite door saddles made of cast
aluminium, now available at Hanover Iron Works,
is one of the best on the market. This door saddle
will keep out rain, cold air, and when door is
open a flush surface on top is the unique adj
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-16
BOYD ELECTED
YP AT MEETING
Other Officers Named AT
Airport Managers As
ISOLATION Convention

Henry Boyd, Jr., was elected
vice president Of the Southeastern
Airport managers association at
the second meeting of the organl-
cation held yesterday in Columbia,
S. C.
BOYD, manager of Bluethenthal
Airport, was named with two other
officers. They were O. L. Andrew
of Greenville, S. c. president; and
J Hampton Manning, Augusta
Ga, secretery-treasurer.
The meeting yesterday in Column
bia followed the initial meeting IN
Greenville, S. c. on June 4th. AT
that time a TEMPORARY chairman
was appointed and it was agreed
to elect officers at the Columbia
session.
Speakers for the meeting were
Charles E. Hanst, chief Of the air
port management of the second
region of the Civil Aeronautics as
ISOLATION. and c. E. Jones, former
state highway commissioner OF
South Carolina.
Fourteen airport managers OF
N. c., S C. and Ga, were present
in addition to guests and visited
Capitol Airport, serving Columbia
and Lexington county.
The airport managers voted to
meet sometime in October IN
Savannah, Ga.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-16
;Bookmobile Important
! To County Residents

no, 1915 to l p. M; Station l, 1870
to 4 o. M. Friday, Carolina Beach
Road Langley's Store, 1915 TO
1O:45 a. M; Rapers Store, Ito
1880 a. M; Carolina Beach City
Hall, l to 4 p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-16

Production of glycerine, ingre'
dent of cosmetics and explosives,
reached an all-time high of &c.
600, 900 pounds in the first four
months of 1947.
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28
NOTICE
To Town Of Smyrna
TAX PAYERS

until September 30th all unpaid 1947 Town Taxes
Without paid after October 1st
will be subject Penalty Percent Q8) Per Month
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28
GET
VACATIONS
Playtex Vacation Program
With Workers Enjoying
Paid Vacations
GET THREE WEEKS

With summer drawing to close,
hundreds of employees of Interna-
tional Latex Corporation are re-
turning from their annual paid va
cations. The year 1947 marked
the greatest vacation program in
the history of Playtex Park, with
many employees enjoying three
weeks off with full pay. Return
ing vacationers are busy compar-
ing notes and describing the many
interesting parts of the country
they visited during their holiday.
Some employees took advantage of
the liberal vacation period to call
on members of their families in
different parts of the country.
Some went in for outdoor sports,
such as fishing off the coast of
Maine, while others used the time
to visit points of interest, includ-
ing the Movie Colony in Holly
wood, California. The vacation
program of the International Latex
Corporation is one of the most
in the country, provid-
ing for up to three weeks off with
full pay each year, depending upon
the length of service with the
company. In addition to this va
cation program, all employees also
receive all legal holidays off with
full pay and numerous other bene-
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28

fits. The International Latex Cor
poration was among the first in
the United States to institute these
benefits. AS Playtex Park contin-
ues to expand, making more and
more jobs available for people of
sound character, these bentfits are
extended to all. These, together
with steady employment, are but a
few of the many reasons why SO
many people are applying for work
at this modern plant which has re-
Gently been almost doubled in size.
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28

dries your clothes dewy fresh and
ready for the line. 1t even cleans
itself and shuts itself off. Let us
demonstrate Launderall's outstand-
ing advantages to you today-you'll
never be satisfied with less.
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28

The Typewriter was patented in
1874 by a man named C. Graham
Sholes.
The United States is the leading
wheat producing region of the
world.
The weighing scale was invented
by Thaddeus Fairbanks of Ver-
mont in 1881.
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28
Death of Gilbert Nj. Hoffecker

Gilbert M. Hoffecker, age SO
years, of Clayton died at his late
residence in Clayton on August %.
He was the son of William T. lHof-
fecker and Anna E. Allen Hof-
fecker. Funeral services were held
on Monday. August 25 at pm. at
his late residence with the Rev. R.
w. Kirwan in charge. Interment
was in Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Smyrna. He is survived by the
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28

following brother and. sisters: Earl
Hoffecker, Clayton; Mrs. Walter
Pennock, Elkton, Nd, and Mrs.
Lawrence McClyment, Clayton.
Mr.. Hoffecker was the janitor of
Clayton School for the past sever
al years.
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28

The Smyrna Firemen's Carnival
came to a close late Saturday
night when Mr.. Gordon Smith,
president of the Kent County Mo-
tor Company, was awarded the
Buick convertible sedan.
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28
SMYRNA AND VICINITY

Rev. DR.. Thos. L. Poulson of the
New York East Conference, joined
his wife Monday, who has been
spending two or three weeks with
her sister, Mrs. Tschudy. They
will leave for home in day or
two.
Rev. w. F. Corkran returned
home Monday from a short visit
to Mt. Pocono, Pa
Rev. L. w. Layfeld visited
camps last week in Lancaster
County, Penna., Cecil County, Md,
and New Castle County, Del.
VIM. Charles Warren returned
home to New York, Monday. His
wife and mother are visiting rela-
tions in Middletown.
Mrs. Lydia McMullen, MrslMary
Parker, Mrs. Charlesanna Butler,
Mrs. Emma Jones and Raymond
Winters, of Philadelphia and Hem
ry Curry of New York came to at
tend the funeral of Henry Curry
on Sunday.
James H. McNeal, of Easton,
Md, Joined his wife Sunday, who
has been visiting her parents for
two or three weeks.
Miss Nellie Legg is visiting
friends in Philadelphia
Miss Annie Lambdin and Miss
Thomasanna HAZEL have returned
home from Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Smithers
and daughter, Miss Bertha and
Miss Eunice Anthony, have re-
turned from few days sojourn at
Ocean Grove, N. ].
Miss Clara w. HAZEL is visiting
in Kemblesville, Penna.
Miss May Tolson has returned to
Baltimore after an extended visit
to Miss Helen Ringgold.
Miss Claire T. Cooper of Will
mington is visiting her grand
mother, at Kenton.
Judge George H. Moore and wife
of Greensboro, Nd, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Allen Moore.
Miss Rebecca Lee has been visit
ing in Ridgely, Md
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Frank Startling
of Elkton, have been the guests of
her mother.
Miss Octavia Scout of Philadel-
phia has returned from visit to
her father.
Miss Elizabeth Newcomb of
Bridgeton, N. j., is the guest of
Mrs. John P. Hudson.
Townsend Jefferson has returned
to Memphis after a months vaca-
ton.
Prof. c. Morton of Bridgeton N.
j., a former resident OF this town,
was a guest here last week.
J. w. Taylor of Bustleton, Pa,
and w. ]. Taylor of Holmesburgh,
Pa, were guests in town last week.
John Wanamaker has chartered
the Thomas Clyde and will bring
his Sunday School to Woodland
Beach next Monday for days
outing.
The end of the summer holidays
for school teachers and pupils is
rapidly approaching. The teacher
interested in his or her work must
feel a sense of pleasure at resum-
ing the labor of guiding the youth
along the path of knowledge.
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28
Erect Memorial

A Giving memorial to Sgt. Will
liam Lloyd Nelson of Middletown,
posthumous winner of the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor, is now
being completed in Middletown as
one of the first such memorials in
Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28

Red Ryder and Little Beaver
Tangle With a Tempestuous Wo-
man Who Makes Her Own Law
When She Disagrees With the
Nevada Legislature. Outdoor Ac-
tion That Thrills You.
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
80 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Taken from our old files Of
corresponding week, as near
date Of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now q regular feature Of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events Of the older genera
ton.
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28
10 Years Ago

A large congregation attended
the final service Of the summer
Sunday afternoon In Old Drawers
Church near Odessa where holy
Gonms1niou was celebrated.
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28
The Smyrna Times
Rhons S71l SMYRNA DELAWARE

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1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10. 1907.
Owned and Published by Robert d. Hof-
fecker. Jr.. from February 10. 1907 to
December "a. 1889
Published Every Thursday Morning by
The Smyrna Times. Inc, 25 Commerce
Street. Smyrna. Del.
w. Lester Smith. Manager
ADVERTISEMENTS- = The Smyrna Times
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district of which it is the center. en-
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In advance.
Smyrna times., 1947-08-28

Garbage, Rubbish and Ash Collection
Schedule
GARBAGE: Monday Friday mo1nngshud be curb
Sunday night and Thursday night before to bed.
RUBBISH Each Tuesday all Town limits All places of
business restaurants, printing plants
will have their rubbish collected Friday
addition to the Tuesday collection
ASHES: Thursday.
CAREFULLY All rubbish collections prompt
at A and the will proceed rapidly the work will
Therefore all rubbish ashes should be
placed the curb by A. NJ the mornings these collections
made
All garbage must have good eakproof bottoms and
handles constructed permit the lift the
without having the contents leak out all the clothing
of the
GARBAGE is that oal refuse table kitchen
which will be eaten by hogs No blades tin
yard sweepings, bricks put
the garbage
RUBBISH mixed or waste fragments mingled mass,
anything value
tin glass, stones, bricks plaster
weeds things can
not or will not be eaten by pigs or hogs
No DEAD ANIMALS, BIRLS OR FOWL should be put with
rubbish These should be buried cemated
ASHES the residue of plant substance remain
ing after subection red-heat
Evening star., 1947-04-30
$4,000 Pledged
10 Jewish Appeal as
Dinner Opens Drive

Jewish leaders of the District last
night pledged s781 900 to the WASH
ington United Jewish Appeal during
dinner which officially launched
the 1s47 campaign for $4,000, 900 for
overseas relief and refugee aid. The
dinner was held in the Mayfower
Hotel.
The 1873 pledges followed a speech
by DR.. Abba Hillel Silver, president
of the Zionist Organization of Amer
lea and head of the Central Confer
ence of American Rabbis. in which
he pointed out that the Jewish refu-
gee was beginning to crack"
Explaining that the refugees
hopes have been raised high "and
then dashed down." DR.. Silver, in
his plea for funds, added: How
long can the human heart endure
these frustrations?"
Loyalty Manifested.
''To me a meeting such as this Is
manifestation of loyalty and of a
great sense of responsibility" DR..
Silver said. Forty per cent of our
people have been destroyed. The
Jewish people are the toughest, not
in numbers but in fibre and life
hunger. Now they are proving their
toughness by gathering together and
concerning themselves with people
they have never seen" This, he
said, was because of universal bonds
of memory, a sense of fraternal COM
pulsion and of love-"
DR.. Silver told how industrial,
agricultural and cultural progress
was being made in Palestine al
though press accounts tell of moth
ing but violence. He said the
money donated makes 1t possible to
take care of immigrants to that
land, and that this year $4,000
refugees would be admitted legally
and quite number of others not
legally"
He suggested that the United
States, acting within the frame
work Of United Nations, take the
lead in obtaining UN action for
unrs sstricted immigration to Pales-
tine.
Another speaker, E. I. Kaufman,
an honorary campaign chairman,
urged that the refugees be sent to
Evening star., 1947-04-30

Palestine and be rehabilitated
through the offices Of the fund
raising organization. He told of
Jews still suffering in concentra-
ton camps two years after the war
and stressed the "aristocracy of
giving"
1000 Volunteers Sought.
Isador S. Turnover. chairman of
the special gifts committee, pre-
sided. Rabbi Henry Segal, OF SB'nai
Israel Synagogue, delivered the in
vocation, and Rabbi Norman Ger
stenfeld, the benediction.
Drive co-chairmen are Joseph
Cherner, Ralph L. Goldsmith and
Rabbi Isadore Breslau. The drive
director is Louis E. Spiegler.
Fourteen divisions are organized
to conduct a city-wide canvas for
funds starting at once and con-
tinuing at least through May. One
thousand volunteers are being re-
cruited for the solicitation.
The Mems Metropolitan Division,
under Craftsmanship of Irwin M.
Gensberg, will meet tonight at Hotel
2400 to organize forces. The Wom-
ems Division met last night at
Woodmount Country Club to ar
range for a Special Gifts luncheon
Evening star., 1947-04-30

There were 231 fewer hospitals in
the United States in 1916 than in
1945.
Evening star., 1947-04-30

on May 16. It's quota Is 500, 900.
Mrs. Edward Cafritz Is chairman.
The annual drive here, part Of
the national appeal for sl70. 900 900
for overseas relief and resettlement,
is seeking to raise twice the amount
collected last year when approx
mately $1,05o, 900 was contributed In
the Washington area by $4,000
donors. Mr.. Spiegler has set goal
of 25,000 individual contributions In
this years campaign.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15
Along The Cape Fear

ing incident occurred in the launch
ing of the vessel. Workers found
it difficult to get the ship off the
runway. When they were able to
do so, the vessel stuck in the mud
and it was sometime before work
ers were able to get her hauled
into water deep enough to tloat.
After many years of service, the
"Eliza and Susan was placed in
the whaling trade in the Pacific.
An interesting story Of that time
is told by some writer's. Captain
Thomas F. Peck, widely known
resident of Wilmington, went to
California in the gold rush OF
1849.
SHIP ON WEST COAST-Captain
Peck while in San Francisco and
inspecting the water front. ran
upon the ELIZA and Susan, an
chored in the harbor. He was in
vited aboard when he related to
crew members that his home was
in Wilmington, and was served
with a glass of Cape Fear river
water considered pure and whole
some drinking water, a far cry
from the present.
The water was kept aboard in
See CAPE FEAR on Page IL
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15
MEN FACE ARREST
IN NORTHAMPTON
Seven May Be Re ARRESTED
In Connection With At
tempted Lynching

JACKSON, Aug. 4-tR-solie-
itor Ernest R. Tyler said tonight
that seven white men "in all
probability" will be re-arrested
"before the end of the week" in
connection with the attempted
lynching of Goodwin Buddy Bush
a Negro, here last May %.
The men were released Aug. 8
when a Northampton county grand
jury refused to indict them. So
licitor Tyler had asked true bills
charging kidnapping, conspiracy
to break and enter a Jail with in
tent to injure or kill Bush.
Gov. R. Gregg Cherry called the
action of the grand jury a "miscar.
riage of justice, and ordered the
case reopened.
Bush was taken from the
Northampton county Jail here in
the predawn hours by a group Of
white men. He gambled his life
on a break into the darkness and
got away as one shot was fired
over his head.
The Negro hid in the woods for
tow days before surrende-ing to
the protective custody of Tyler and
two Federal Bureau Of Investiga-
ton agents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15
CRIMINAL COURT
TO OPEN MONDAY
Fifty-Eight Cases On
Docket; Judge Leo
Carr To Preside

Fifty-eight cases are on the dock
ct for the August term Of criminal
Superior Court in New Hanover
county beginning Monday.
Judge Leo Carr of Burlington
again will preside at the week long
session. Solicitor Clifton Moore re-
leased the docket late yesterday.
Charles M. Carter, suspended
county farm superintendent and
Clarence Groom, both charged with
larceny and receiving, are schedul.
ed for trial in connection with the
loss of $3.50 in a South Front street
tavern.
Other new cases include w. F.
Smith, Wilmington salesman, and
Jesse James Bellamy, both charg.
ed with assault upon females.
Walter Stevens is charged with
murder.
Others charged with like offenses
but whose cases have been continu'
ed for the last three terms are Leor
Cause and j. D. Bondswell.
Other charges on the calenda,
include burglary, assault with q
deadly weapon, passing worthless
checks, embezzlement and traffic
violations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15
British Indian Empire Dies,
Independent Nations Formed;
Reds Hit u. S. Interference
Balkan Bill
Causes Stir
Gronyko Charges America
Playing Political Game
With UN

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Aug. IA.
-W.H-Russia accused the United
States today of the "crudest inter-
ference" in Greek internal affairs
and charged American representa-
tives with playing a political
game" in the United Nations Sc
curity council.
Andrea Gromyko, deputy Soviet
foreign minister, said Russia would
veto any plan for a border watch
in the Balkans which termed the
situation a threat to peace" or
tried to blame Yugoslavia, Bull
garia and Albania, for the trou-
BILE along Greece's northern from
tier.
Gromyko's firm statement meant
certain death-and probably Rus
sia's 18th and 18th vetoes-for Am
erican and Australian hospitals
now before the council. It also vir-
tually assured that the explosive
Balkans problem would be tossed
into the already-full lap of the UN
general assembly when it meets at
Flushing September 16.
NO." Gromyko said, "this (the
American proposaD is not a seri-
Gus attempt to solve this question
in the interests of peace. This is
only a political game which only
makes it more difficult to solve
the question j.. and around
this fact all those are warming
their hands who would like to see
a collapse . of the United Ma
tons"
Gromyko said the new American
resolution, based on Geece's COM
plant of EARNED invasions," was
unacceptable from beginning to
end" He said it contained the "un-
founded assertion" that the three
Balkans countries were aiding
Greek guerillas.
Chow %senseless this new step OF
the Greek government Is, as well
as the step of those on whose ad.
See BALKAN on Page Nine
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15
Truman Admits He Was
Wrong On Peace Views
Tells NewsmenH He Still
Has Hopes For World
Peace

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA. -W.H-
President Truman declared IN the
second anniversary of VI Day to-
day that he was wrong in think
ing that the world would be at
peace by this time.
But he said he still hoped for
world peace.
Mr.. Truman made these COM
ments at a news conference at
which he emphasized that he had
not changed his mind about the
wisdom of using the atom bomb to
hasten the end of this conflict with
Japan.
He said he hated to make the de-
cision to drop the bombs on Hiro-
shima and Nagasaki, but that he
felt it was necessary to save the
lives of some 200, 900 Americans.
He added that he still thought the
decision was right.
The president mentioned no ma
tons by name, nor did he even
hint of any he might have had in
mind when he gave reporters his
brief comment on world peace.
He said simply that he thought
on VI Day that the world would
be at peace by this time two
years after the japanese surrend'
er. But he was wrong, he said
solemnly. He declined to elaborate,
explaining that he still hoped for
peace and that this government
was still striving toward that end.
He told a story of his school days
to point up his decision about this
See TRUMAN On Page Nine
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-15

FIRST SHIP BUILT-The first
and only sailing ship built in Will
minton was launched June s. 1888.
It was constructed by John K.
McIlhenny although the actual
work was under the supervision OF
Josh Toomer.
At right angles with the river
and parallel with Queen street, Nc
Ilhenny built a canal that a in
land a short distance. 1t was at
the head of the canal that the ship
was built. Upon its launching he
named it ELIZA and Susan for
his two daughters.
The ELIZA and Susan" was a
full-rig ship Of 316 tons. 1t was
constructed of the staunchest live
oak and was of unusual strength,
early day historians write. The
oak came partly from Bald Head
and partly from Lockwoods
Folly. She was pine-planked and
coppered.
SHIPS HISTORY-Historians are
not sure what constituted the YES
sells first cargo or the destination
of her first voyage. But they do
write that she returned to this
port with a cargo of salt. They
list her first skipper as Captain
Huntington. . man of middle age.
A dramatic, although disappoint-