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Washington Journal., 1947-04-11
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Washington Journal., 1947-04-11
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Smyrna times., 1947-04-24
10 Years Ago

While Harvey Williams, 40 years
old, is in serious condition with a
bullet wound in his shoulder in
Kent General Hospital, state and
county authorities are investigat-
ing the allegation of Oakley Brown
of Smyrna who admits that he
fired the shot when he thought
someone was trying to enter his
home.
In honor of her ninth birthday,
Miss Ella Mae Gardner was tend
cred party at her home on Sat-
urday afternoon. Those present
were: Thelma Dulin, Kay Boehm-
Ter, Doris Townsend, Mary Emma
Bell, Ruth Gooden, Frances and
Ethel Bell, Alice Burris, Bobby
FAIRIES. Dick Elterich, Bobby Car
row, Irene Goldsborough.
On Friday afternoon George
Thawley, pitcher for the high
school nine turned in a no hit nc
run victory ad thus entered base.
balls hall of fame.
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24
or more weeks.

or more weeks.
Capt. VIM. H. Hazel, who has
been sailing out of our river for a
number of years is now in charge
of the Steamer Elizabeth Van
Solver.
Mrs. Wilton Snowden of Balti-
more, Md. is the guest of Mrs. Eu-
gene Davis on South Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Allen and
child, of Wilmington have been the
guests of Miss Hettie Megear.
Miss Elizabeth Stockley is being
entertained by Mrs. May Walker
Mrs. Walter Warren Rich and
sister, Miss Nettie Tschudy are Wis
iting in Philadelphia.
A small fife and drum corps of
boys are practicing for music on
Decoration Day.
The holes in our streets are be-
ing graded and filled in with oyster
shells. Since his election, Street
Supervisor Charles H. Jones has
been giving the streets his first at
tention.
A movement is being made tc
stop the Sunday loafing arround
the depot. Citizens in that part
of the town have been complaining
for some time at the language and
boisterous conduct used and they
now feel that they have stood il
long enough. This should be 6
timely warning to the boys before
any action is taken to abridge
their nuisance.
The young men of Smyrna gave
their second annual Easter dance
on Friday evening, and it was tht
most brilliant social function of tn,
season. While not as elaborate a
last year and not as crowded, i
was nevertheless enjoyed by al
who attended. Surely there wa
more satisfaction in dancing a
was manifest by the hearty enthu
siasm in which all entered tn
may whirl.
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24

ceived some time ago requesting
US to back a Mr.. Somebody-or-
other who had decided that it was
his bounden duty to run for presi-
dent next year. The gentleman
was some 80 odd years old, but he'll
probably have the war heroes be-
hind him. The only trouble was
how many Civil War veterans are
there left? We figured it up and
can now report that he hasn't a
chance.
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24
SMYRNA AND VICINITY

1t is now DR.. ]. L. Estlin and he
has our congratulations. The Phil
adelphia TIMES of Monday had
the following item in its tete-a
tete: The Rev. ]. l.. Estlin, the
popular and eloquent preacher of
the Smyrna Presbyterian Church,
has received the degree of D. D.
from the University of Chicago.
Col. Geo. H. Raymond is spend
ing the week visiting friends at
Chester and Philadelphia.
Miss Helen v. McCaulley of Will
mington was the guest of Miss
Bertha Hoffecker from Friday It'll
Monday.
DR.. T. r.. Wolf, of Delaware Col
lege was in Smyrna Saturday in
the interest of Phosphate analysis,
Mrs. Susan S. Stutliff and daugh-
ter Susie of Chester, Pa, and Mrs
VIM. T. Wrightson and Mr.. VIM. D.
Holding of Tunis Mill, Md, were in
attendance on the funeral of Mrs
e. v. Cooper Friday. Mr.. Holding
has remained for several days be-
ing his first visit in seven years to
his former home.
The following persons from a
distance attended the funeral of
Motion Hudson on Friday; John R.
Senior and wife, Philadelphia and
Mrs. Edgar Price, Millington, Md.
Rev. DR.. Samuel L. Gracey of
Linn, Mass, Joined his wife here on
Thursday and together they went
Saturday to Delaware City to visit
Rev. Henry S. Thompson, brother
of Mrs. Gracey
1t was a matter or great gratifi-
cation to the friends of Mrs. A. l..
Hudson, Jr. to see her on the
street again after an absence of
more than six months and looking
in good health, though in the winter
her life for so many weeks hung
in the balance"
John B. Cooper, left last week to
visit his son, Fletcher e, Cooper, in
Brooklyn. Mr.. Cooper is on a
health trip and may be gone two
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24

were really beginning to wonder,
what with no railroad. no bowling
alley, no airport, and an oversup-
ply of bubblegum. However,
Smyrna has joined the ranks of
the progressive communities of the
nation. We now have street
cleaner, complete with cart, mops
and brooms. All, it's truly great
postwar World!
Overwhelming is the amount of
handouts" (mass produced press
releases) which flood into this Of
flee every week. Usually they go
into the waste basket without a
second thought, but yesterday ar
rived one SO urgent that it could
not be disregarded. On the front
of the .leaflet was a young man in
tigerskin trunks proudly display
ing a physique which would put
Mr.. Atlas himself to shame. He,
of course was once a 120 pound
weakling. We were interested. We
read on. 1t seems that what this
country needs is not Truman doc.
trines or Wallace policies but
rather to make over all our 12C
pound weaklings into Charles At
lass. Being female, we don't mind
if they do. Another one from oul
prize collection was the one we re.
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24
The Smyrna Times
pnons 62,1 SMYRNA. DELAWARE

Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker. July 5.
1884. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10. 1907.
Owned and Published by Robert d. Hof-
fecker, Jr., from February 10. 1907 to
December "a. 1899.
Published Every Thursday Morning BY
The Smyrna Times. Inc
w. Lester Smith. Manager
ADVERTISEMENTS = The Smyrna Times
ia the business medium not only for the
town it represents, but for the outlying
district of which 1t Is the center. en-
bracing the towns Of Clayton. Kenton.
Cheswold. Townsend. Leipsic. &c. A rate
of so cents per inch an insertion charged
for transient advertising. Season or
yearly display advertising rates quoted
on application. For Sale, For Rent.
Lost and Found advertisements occupy
ing one inch space or less. a minimum
charge of SO cents per insertion. In
nlemorian articles, 10 cents per line per
issue.
Entered at the Post Office at Smyrna, Del
aware. as Second Class matter.
Subscription price. s1.5o per year. strictly
in advance.
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
so YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Taken from our old flies of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
ton.
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24

1t has been suggested that the
reason some of the local fellas are
hesitating about signing up with
the local baseball club is that they
heard there was a vacancy on the
Brooklyn Club = manager, I be-
lieve.
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24
On Main Street

They say that things are looking
up in this old world and now we
can believe it. We in Smyrna
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24
p. o. on Daylight Time

Beginning Monday, the Town
send postoffice will be open from
seven AM to six PM, Daylight
Savig Time.
Smyrna times., 1947-04-24
My name is
PATSY MOFFITT

/ live on South Street, Smyrna.
! My Mother buys my food at Kings
Market because she likes to buy
meat at a store tnat mas the best
We appreciate Miss Moffitt's re-
marks about our meats because, as
every packer knows, we always de-
mand the top in Quality.
May we have some more pictures
Of customers of our store so we
can use them in our advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-21
A Short Short Story

TINE first time l saw her was at
party; she was standing beside
tall. frightening blonde creature who
made this girl look tiny and dark and
kind of lost. nudged Sam Budnick, my
host, and said: who's that?" Sam
thought I'meant the tall blonde. He
said. I'VE call her The Willow. Come
on over"
Sans house would have made a
romantic setting in which to meet girl
from Mars, guess. To reach it. you
drove way out The Strip and then turned
right. up steep, curving road. Once
inside the big studio living room. you
found yourself hanging on a cliff. feeling
like a goldfish in gabardine with
bourbon in your hand. And below. all
the bright. 6dgety lights of Hollywood
stared up from the valley.
I was looking at this tiny, dark girl
and Sam was looking at The Willow and
saying. So. a friend of mine, Joe Barry.
writer from the east. Joe, this is Phyllis
Langner. You saw her last picture,
'tSleepers South" of course. And - uh
- this is her little sister. Connie
CONNIE gave me one swift look, and her
big. dark eyes said she was unhappily
resigned to being an afterthought Her
eyes also said she wanted to get away,
fast. And she did, too.
But I've always been kind of partial
to the tiny, dark type. and this Connie
had a lovely. wistful quality that made
me feel suddenly overloaded with inner
strength and eager to give some Of it
away - to the right party. So little
later tracked her down. She was alone
in the corner. looking out over the
Valley of Neon. said, 'You certainly
do duck out of sight like a rabbit
She swung around, and noticed the
too brave, too high way she held her
head. Adding that to her rabbit-act. l
felt she'd told me lot about herself,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-21

though she hadn't spoken yet. Perhaps
you would, too" she said, defantly, IF
your life were over. I mean completely
over. Done. Finishedr'
There seemed to be both q little
battiness and a little Bergman mixed in
with her usefulness, delightful COM
bination.
"How old are you, honey" l said.
twenty-five, honey" she said.
SWELL. wish you could meet my
grandpa. Seventy-four and just took up
archery. Says his life is about to begin.
Maybe that's what you should do. honey
- take up archery"
She didn't reply. and noticed how
she sort of huddled there in the corner,
looking almost ready to cry. 1t made me
feel like jerk for having gagged, so
touched my hand to her shoulder and
said, please tell me about it, will you,
Connie?"
you're nice, so will. You see, my
mothers Mary Langner, the novelist
You've met my sister Phyllis. the movie
actress. My father is Charles Langner.
the painter. and my brother Curt is the
composer. It's all very dreadful. as
you can see. l mean, everyone I'm re-
lated to. or even knosO, is Somebody.
But me -"
You're just a little mixed up"
said.
"I'm the girl who is Nobody, she said.
Il tried and / tried to be Somebody.
Really did, Joe. Grimly. I started with -,
acting. then music, painting -" she
counted on her fingers - writing
ceramics, designing -"
''How about the men in your life?"
Same story. always Somebody"
she said YEARLY. Except this last en-
gagement broke - with a boy who'd
been working in a gas station, fixing fiat
tires. 1t was wonderful. and was quite
happy - until suddenly he invented
some weird gadget for filtering things
and overnight he was Somebody"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-21

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Whole families love this marvellous new
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Evening star., 1947-08-11
\XE~::Tz7 TO- 6

DANCES.
p,eos OUTDOOR Dc asncnE for .tssnsssr. aus
Recreation Center. c ksniiRorth e s 'haWSass avsnue
and ordway street NE. with music By
% daneins wi With tsl .trs s.ad sDon
sored BY District Recreation Department,
at $40 o'clock tonight in outside court
and nGmss street. kseVsasion SW Center Twelfth
$50 o'clock tonight, Wardman Park
w;ES. Exchange Il ys,. Club, 1915 pm. tomorrow,
"liafo Hotel mus1c
Uni, Hnited States States Army Band concert. $50
PS. On s1:ps Of Hurst h.
SniSsf:ify Ss. rMss,sehasetss and NsSrasfs
ooet Reed sonsss ss. on s..s ~. sas ssps & e.p
seasR st e%a esnsl. ;ns'n' 5nan M.:on
613 c street NV.
| SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
street NV. open weekdays II am. to s
ss ss,sns y d members Of @ > club. i through Sep
Tish ana wlldnfs Service, under main
lobby in Commerce Department Building,
sGarsenth &c pm and dss strssts sso,y .Bm,
safIod and fFesh-Tater fish, for an indefinite
'eii1di Ni1sdtiona, Gallery Of Art. Sixth .tre.t
and Constitution avenue NV, open 10
to pR o ana to
Library of cenIress, open 9 an: 70 10
pm; weekdays; am: to pm. Saturdays;
carta, on loan from the British govern:
ara ua ot L1eos M is4s sddI.s Sd5Eas
8 soth
so rare and important books from the
c e3sSIn sd s
as Iss.ts S%i,yss,!.y s.nsr, e At: At, ss sS
students stud G 2 work i' Of the DEPARTMENT Of Art,
% Barnet Adsn Gallery. 1877 Randolph place
, sEsgn .h0S S.r'suls:I ss RsFt@ss sss
District Public Library, Eighth and K
strsetss my f4'sav S9sn IN 70 Pm 4Sn saa
rasi drasins 81 syh Andrs Piazini % shroSsh August
Artists, ce.eperstivs Gallery, 1870 n n
and 1 pm. to 6 pm. SUNDAYS; exhibition
ington BY Potomac Plein Air Artists Asso-
| citation, through August 1S.
FOR TEEN.AGERS.
Club Teen, e14 e street NV. auspices
| YWCA, activities for youngsters UP to 10;
| movies, games, stunts and tournaments,
starting at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
FOR sERvICEMEN.
Penthouse USO.. Seventeenth and z
streets NV, dancing on terrace tonight
| at 8 o'clock.
UsO, 1911 H street NV, square dance
class, $50 o'clock tonight.
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines. Club
| 1918 l. street NV. comfortable lounges,
| library, writing desks, billiard table,
radios and piano. Always open.
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Link Trainer Is Used
To Check Out Robots
For Guided Missiles
By A. A. Hoehlina

Naval aeronautical research has
arrived at q point where robots are
being used to instruct" other robots
This has become an accepted
daily occurrence at the big Naval
Aircraft Modification Unit at Johns
vile, Pa, birthplace Of guided mis-
siles, robot planes and other super
machines of future warfare whicE
make most of the weapons of the
past conflict seem like Civil War
ordnance.
Engineers seeking q method to
test the gyroscopic brain" of guided
missiles have hit on the Ling trainer,
widely used during the war to give
instrument training to Army and
Navy student flyers.
Duds Are Weeded Out.
The BRAIN" which relays radio
signals from mother plane or a
ground controller to the controls of
the missile, is hooked up to q Link.
There it is given a rigorous check
out" procedure, such as any human
pilot would receive. until all con-
cerned are satisfied it knows its
ABCs Of flying, from climbing turns
to loops.
BY this method "Dilbert"
dummy pilot can be discovered and
Evening star., 1947-08-11

in whatever they hit. ashore or
afloat, and are described as being
at a far more advanced stage of
perfection than the German models
which gave London such q bad
time.
Known to the men who make
them as birds these missiles are
sent, as soon as they are finished,
to test station on the California
coast, or to aircraft carriers.
No Stockpile Attempted.
Although officers in charge OF the
unit say that the plants are geared
to switch into assembly line pro-
duction virtually overnight If nee
Evening star., 1947-08-11

either corrected or washed OUT
before 1t actually has a chance to
waste an expensive missile short of
its objective.
Now in production at the Navy's
shops at townsville four types of
guided missiles, all resembling the
German vi buzz-bomb.
Speeds Up TO 600 M.P.H.
Their speeds vary from 400 to
900 miles per hour, and means OF
propulsion include liquid rocket fuel,
turbo-jet and pulse jet. They can
stay aloft between two and IL min
utes.
The missiles, some of which can
carry nearly ton Of explosives,
are guaranteed to make quite dent
Evening star., 1947-08-11
Peggy Wilson Will Open
Jaycee Summer Carnival

Peggy Wilson, newly crowned
Miss Washington of 1947," will
open the Junior Board of Com
merce's two-week summer carnival
at Wisconsin and western avenues
at 8 O'Clock tonight.
Staged to provide funds for the
boards youth welfare activities for
the coming year, the carnival will
feature a ferris wheel, pony rides, a
Evening star., 1947-08-11

nerry-so-round and assorted games
OF chances and raffles. The conces-
sions. owned by the Jolly Shows
of washington, will be manned by
Jaycees and their wives. 1t will run
through Saturday, August 23. Ar
rangements are under a committee
headed by Edwin O. Tingle.
Evening star., 1947-08-11

essary, no attempt to being made
to build up stockpile.
Conversion of obsolete fighter
planes into remote-controlled tar
get aircraft is another important
project at townsville. Engineers say
1t is nearly as cheap and much
more practical, to convert the planes
rather than reduce them to scrap.
Guided missiles and robot planes,
ofncers at the naval station pre-
dict, will play major role In any
future conflict, intercepting each
other In the skies, while human
warriors guide them from the side
lines.
With the further aid of elec-
tronic homing devices an alnoos+
Evening star., 1947-08-11

positive accuracy Is predicted for
these man-made birds"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-08-14

feet long when they are cut" Mr..
Fletcher continued. The hardest
lob l have is getting rid of buy
ers. l have been offered $1,000
per thousand feet for the timber.
l would be losing money if l sold
them now for they will grow more
board feet of lumber in the next
ID years than they have in the
last 80 years."
Mr.. Fletcher is equally as en-
thusiastic about his well treated
pastures, his three year contour
strip rotation on his hillsides and
his fine crops in his bottom land,
his Wildlife border of sericea and
bicolor lespedeza, and other soil
conservation practices on his
farm.
Il do not have to worry so
much about the creek flooding
the crops in my bottom land as
l used to. Many of my neighbors
up the creek are also following
good program of soil conservation
and the creek does not flood as
often as it once did"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-08-14
G.. L. Fletcher, Soil Conser-
walton Farmer Takes Pro-
per Care OF Trees

"The man l bought this farm
from said he cut a good crop Of
buckwheat on this field, 33 years
ago. Now look at the size of the
trees. Some of them are almost
two feet through" G. L. Fetch
er of the IdleWild community was
speaking of a fine field of white
pines on his farm.
Il have done some thinning and
pruning but Mr.. Beck (ROy R.
Beck, formerly with the Soil Con-
servation Service in the New Riv-
er DistricD says I should do some
more thinning and prune the
other trees at least high enough
to get a log of clear lumber 10