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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-14
"At St. Charles Reformatory," she
observed, che was model boy"
MODEST COURT
HOUSE IS SCENE
OF BIG TRIAL

For the second time in two years
Hunterdon county's modest little
court house is the theatre for an
other dramatic act-perhaps the last
in the Lindbergh kidnapping and MUIR
der tragedy.
Two years ago in the courthouse
John Hughes Curtis. Norfolk, Va,
boatbuilder, was convicted of obstruct-
ing justice in the case by hoaxing
police with his wild fairy tales of
contacts with the kidnapers.
And now the century-old ways are
to hear Bruno Richard Hauptmann
the Bronx carpenter, fight for his life
in trial on the charge that he MUIR
dered the young Lindbergh boy.
The nation was young when the
courthouse, a splendid example Of
early American architecture was rear
ed by the good burghers Of Hunter.
don, and they did not provide for court
cases so sensational that the building
would be the focal point of world in
terest and attention.
The compact little courtroom, with
it's balcony and it's pewlike benches,
is located on the second floor of the
building and accommodates about 500
persons when jam-packed. It was
hopelessly inadequate for the Curtis
trial, and authorities expect to turn
away thousands who will be drawn
by the drama of Hauptmann's fight
to escape the electric chair.
The little courtroom is nit without
it's own modest history. It has been
the stage for many of New Jerseys
important trials in the past century,
and in it a goodly number Of the more
noted members of the State Bar have
argued their cases.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-14
Local and Rural News

The three-act rural comedy which
has been successfully presented mum
Der of times by Quinton players will
be repeated in the Rehoboth Com
munity Hall on December Goth.
A unique entertainment will be held
in the Social Hall of Bethany M. p.
Church Tuesday night, December 18,
at o'clock, sponsored by the Sep
TENDER Social Group. The entertain
ment will feature a play entitled "Red
Letter Days." No charge Of admis-
sion will be made but a voluntary Of
fering will be taken at the door. The
public is cordially invited to attend
this affair which promises something
different in the way Of entertainment.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-14
DELAWARE SEEKS
REMOVAL OF ALL
GRADE CROSSINGS

Preliminary plans are underway
for program of elimination of grade
crossings in Delaware as a work re-
lief project during the present winter
w. w. Mack, chief engineer of the
State Highway Dept. at the re-
quest of Federal authorities has fur
nished the government with the list
of 16 Delaware grade crossings for
which bids could be advertised within
80 days after notices to start on the
project were given. ''i
The survey of the proposed elimi-
nation Of grade crossings in this
State, disclosed that the projects, if
undertaken, would cost approximately
$2,651 900 and would furnish $685.
400 man hours of work.
Walter Dent Smith, president OF
the Delaware Safety Council, said last
week that the council will make sur
vey of the states grade crossings and
bring the present information up to
date. A committee of the Council
headed by DR.. C. M. A. Slime, will di-
rect the survey and the information
will be available to the State High
way department and Federal govern.
ment.
Mr.. Mack said that the four worst
grade crossings in Delaware are the
one on the causeway south of Will.
mington, that at Elsmere Junction
crossing and two in the town OF
Newark. These crossings were a.
mong those reported to the Federal
government for the proposed work re-
lief Observation-Disclosures pro.
gram.
Delaware is comparatively in good
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-14
Godfrey Child, Attorney-at-Law
215 Peninsula Bldg,
POcomoke City, Md.
ORDER NISI

Godfrey Child, trustee under a deed
of trust from E. Alonza Birmingham.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County, Maryland.
In Equity.
No. 4333 Chancery.
The undersigned, Trustee in the
above cause, pursuant to an order of
the Circuit Court for Worcester county
Maryland, sitting in equity, passed on
the Goth day of November, nineteen
hundred and thirty-four, hereby gives
notice to all persons having claims
against E. Alonzo Birmingham to file
their claims, properly authenticated,
with the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Worcester County, Maryland, on
or before the LIST day of February,
nineteen hundred and thirty-five.
GODFREY CHILD, Trustee.
Dec. 14-3t.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-14
SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

The regular annual meeting, of the
shareholders of the Citizens National
Bank, in Pocomoke City, will be held
on Tuesday, January 9Th, 1886, be-
tween the hours of 10 o'clock A. M.
and 8 o'clock, P. NJ, for the election
of Board of Directors for the en-
suing year, and for the transaction
of any other business which may be
considered.
&c. STEVENSON
Cashier.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-14
HEALTH DEPT.
SPRAYING TREES
WITH CHEMICALS

The custom of spraying fruit trees
with chemicals to protect the grow
ing fruit from insect enemies has add
ed new duty to departments Of
health the examination of fruit for
leftover spray residue containing ar
senic or other dangerous substances.
If more than very slight trace of ar
senic is found on the fruit, the regu-
lations Of the Federal government will
not permit marketing or shipment Of
the fruit. The ways by which this
new duty has been met in Maryland,
so far as the apple industry is con-
cerned, are described by Mr.. A. L.
Sullivan, Chief of the State Bureau
of Food and Drugs, as follows:
"Since 1880, the Bureaus of Food
and Drugs, and Chemistry of the Md.
State Department of Health, have Civ
en- special attention to the examin-
alton of apples for the purpose of
determining the amount of spray resi-
due present and seeing that fruit Of
fered for sale shall be relatively low
in residue and in compliance with &C.
copied standards. Conditions in Mary
land are more favorable than in some
other states because orchardists as a
rule do not spray so heavily, and fur
Their, there is usually fair amount
of rainfall which removes much of the
residue before the fruit is marketed.
Conferences are held each year with
the Entomologist and the Director of
the Inspection Service of the Univer-
sity of Maryland Extension Service.
The State Entomologist has outlined
a spray schedule for Maryland and
apple growers are urged to follow
this schedule. The Inspection Ser
vice, under the direction Of S. B.
Shaw, secures specimens Of apples
from representative orchards prior to
harvesting. These samples are sub
mitted to the chemical laboratory of
the State Department of Health. On
the basis of the laboratory findings,
arrangements are made, for further
sampling of fruit when necessary and
or for requiring the washing of fruit
to eliminate spray residues, etc. Or
chardists have co-operated freely with
this procedure and excellent results
have been secured.
Records for the current year show
that 378 specimens of apples from sc
orchards, were examined for spray
residue. Of 333 orchard samples taken
directly from the orchards, PAL were
found to contain less than one one
/, hundredth of grain Of arsenic per
pound of apples (the maximum amount
allowed). Ninety-two samples con-
tanned over the amount allowed, and
it was necessary for about one dozen
orchards to make provisions for wash
ing the fruit. Fruit from these or
chards was examined after washing
and found low in residue. In a few
other orchards, in which occasional
samples were found to show high resi-
due, frequent rains reduced the resi-
due to low amount and no special
treatment was required other than
wiping, etc.
Through the cooperation of the
growers and Federal and State agen-
cies, apples sold in this State have
generally been found in satisfactory
condition, so far as spray residue is
concerned. Because Of the very gen.
eral use of sprays throughout the
country, it is however, always advis-
able for purchasers to wash fruit
thoroughly before using"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-14
SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

The regular annual meeting, of the
shareholders of the Pocomoke City
National Bank, of Pocomoke City
will be held on Tuesday, January 9th,
1885, between the hours Of 10 o'clock
A. M. and 8 o'clock, p. M, for the
election of a Board of Directors for
the ensuing year, and for the transac-
ton of any other business which may
be considered.
WILLARD J. STEVENSON,
Cashier.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-14
HOW BABY FACE
NELSON Died IN
RUNNING FIRE

1t was quiet afternoon. The air
was still and crisp.
Mrs. Frances Kramer puttered about
her little filling station near Barring
ton, Chicago suburb, while her son,
Harold, pumped gasoline into motor
lists car.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-14

housed this week by reason OF illness.
Mrs. j. Paul Young was hostess to
her bridge club on Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. J. Young OF
Charles Town, w. Va, are guests Of
Mrs. I. T. Costen and family.
DIR. and Mrs. E. Clarke Fontaine,
of Chestertown, were visitors in town
this week.
Little Miss Phyllis Jeanne Thomp-
SON is visiting relatives in Whining
ton, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. v. Gladding, Paul
Gladding and Mrs. Claude Davis mo-
tored to Philadelphia this week.
Mrs. Harry Mueller, Of Baltimore,
was q guest at the Parker House
Thursday.
Mrs. M. w. Littman and son Dom
aid, Of New York, are visiting her
mother, Mrs. J. Thomas Merrill.
Mrs. Bratten Pusey and son, Bob
by, have been recent visitors at the
home of Mrs. Joshua Thompson.
Mr.. William Quinn, of Crisfield,
was a visitor in Pocomoke the early
part of the week. liz. b.
Mrs. Eugene p. Matthews was hos
tess Tuesday to the afternoon con-
tract bridge club. r
Mrs. Anna M. Yaeger Of Baltimore
was a guest at the Parker House on
Thursday Of this week.
Mrs. Laura Briddell is q patient in
the Pine Bluff Sanatorium in Sails
bury.
Mrs. George Waterfield is Ill at
her home near town. Her many
friends wish her a speedy recovery.
Miss Virginia Pilchard of Stockton
has been the guest Of Mrs. Martemas
Weidema Of near town.
Union revival services have been
held at Quinton all this week, begin
ming Sunday night last.
Miss Ella Mae Merrill, of New York
is visiting her father and sister, Mr..
J. Thos. Merrill and Mrs. S. D. Pow
ELL 44&
Mr.. and Mrs. Colmore E. Byrd,
Mrs. Godfrey Child and son, Godfrey
Byrd, spent the latter part Of the week
in Baltimore.
The Missionary Society Of the
Presbyterian Church will meet with
Mrs. A. H. Fries Thursday evening,
December 20, at 1880 o'clock.
Mrs. Robert Lee Hall and Robert
Lee Hall, Jr., have returned home af-
ter a visit with Mrs. John B. Hanna
at her apartment in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Weaver and
daughter, residents Of Pocomoke City,
have moved to Ellington, N. C. to
make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Veasey B. Cullen, of
Wilmington, Del, were weekend
guests at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. C. Cullen.
Mrs. Frank Bowen has returned to
Berlin after visit with relatives in
Washington, D. c., and a brief stay
in Pocomoke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey Redden
spent last week at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and and Mrs. Walter
Taylor.
Mrs. J. K. Lang will return the lat
ter part of the week from an extended
stay in Delmar where she was called
by the illness of her daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Willett are the
proud parents of a baby boy, born
Tuesday, December IL, in the PENN
sula General Hospital.
Mrs. Clara Mattlage, of New York,
is the guest of Miss C.. Howerton,
and Miss Clara K. Mattlage at Cellar
House Farm.
Mrs. Clayton T. Davis, Mrs. Iona
D. Northam, Mrs. Mamie Matthews
and Mrs. G. E. Powell were guests Of
Wicomico Chapter o. E. S. in Sails
bury, Wednesday night.
DR.. Harry C. Tull was reelected
president of the staff Of the PENN
sula General Hospital at the regular
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-14
A Three Days Cough
Is Your Danger Signal

Don't let them get strange hold. Fight
them quickly. Creomulsion combines helps
take. No narcotics. Your own druggist is
authorized to refund your money ON the
spot if your cough or cold is not relieved by
Creomulsion. (adv.)
Evening star., 1934-02-11

monty employed. For example, tbs
Pitman arm. which generally moves
1engthwise with the frame. L. now 80
mounted that II moves crossw1se TO
the chassis frame, the drag link also
moving crosswise to the frame and
parallel with the steering cross-rods
Use Of q very short and direct-acting
drag link is possible under the new
arrangement.
A floating power" engine, 30 mount
ed that the natural vibrations of the
motor are said to be neutralized, Is
used. 1t delivers 80 horsepower with
5.6 to compression rasio. A 6.5 COM
preston head, Of aluminium alloy, may
be obtained instead.
The vacuum operated automatic
clutch used in last years cars is con-
t1nued, with various improvements, In
cludtng an automatic wear compen-
sator. AS the driver presses the foot
throttle, the clutch engages and dis
engages itself
A new system Of body ventilation
has been installed, whereby any one
OF seven different ventilation COM
binations may be brought into play or
shut off instantly.
All-steel bodies have been given a
streamline effect, with windshield set
at a sharper angle. tenders and roof
line lent sweeping curves and rear
quarters sloping down TO q beaver
tail" Rear springs have been I'M
proved to make riding more comfort
able. The rear seat cushions, hinged
at their tops, may be raised by means
Of a loop.
Three balancing units, to make
seven CONFERENCE.-The, and an impulse
neutralizer have been added to the
crankShaft
Evening star., 1934-02-11

II you are eager to learn to drive
. car there is no better advice than
that given by Q woman who has dis
Evening star., 1934-02-11
NEW DODGE LINE
|NCLUDES2S|XES
Description of 1894 Series
Omitted From Stars
Auto Show Edition.

Through an inadvertence, The Stars
special automobile show edition failed
to include a description of the new
Dodge line of cars for 1894. The er-
ror, which occurred despite a double
check on the material descriptive OF
the latest offerings of all manufac-
turers, Is one which The Star sin
cerely regrets.
1t is pleased to correct the oversight
by appending herewith the following
description Of the newest Dodge pas
senger cars:
The new Dodge skies incorporate In
dependent springing Of the front
wheels, ero-stream" bodies and q
ventilation system.
There are two series, one ON 1T
inch wheelbaSe, another on wheelbaSe
Of 12l inches.
The Dodge front suspension, termed
"foating-cushion' wheels, discards
the conventional axle as well as long
leaf springs. Instead, large coil springs
one on each side of the car, supply the
spring action. V-shaped support arms
link the wheels with the frame Of the
car. In combination with the control
arms and the springs are powerful
shock absorbers
Supplementing the new front sus-
pension is an improved method of
''croSs-steering," said to differ in sew
eral ways from steering methods COM
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Helpful Hints Cleaned
For Milady's Motoring

tinguished herself as car pilot. Most
make an intensive study of the job
while a few believe in being thrown
overheard" Neither plan is entirely
practical. She suggests her own dis
covery that the learning process be-
comes unusually simple if you make
it point to ride a lot with other
people for week or so, watching
their every move carefully. She said
that when the time arrived for her
to take the wheel she was surprised
to find that she did things auto
matically. 1t is her theory that it
helped her at the start not to know
all the reasons why she went through
certain motions when at the wheel
Maybe she's right.
1t isn't fair to poke fun at milady
awheel but I get a laugh out of the
girl who borrowed her boy friends
car and who became alarmed when
something on the instrument board
started smoking. While she was run
ming up to his Office to tell him about
1t a woman passenger discovered
where the smoke originated and be-
came excited at sight of a red glow
on the dash. Upon reaching his car
the owner found the passenger Putting
snow on the cigar lighter! Things
like that.
Just because she had to give up
when the left running board started
saving against the edge of the garage
ooor was no reason to assume that
she had not progressed far as a driver.
I've seen lot of skillful operators
stumped by the problem of getting
away from q door or q wall. There
must be some psychology to it, be-
cause it should be just as easy to
steer away from an object as to get
jammed up against it. There is the
thing you're trying to avoid, but it's so
near and so overpowering you just
keep getting nearer to it. One mis-
take, of course, is moving the car
with the front wheels cut the wrong
way. I have seen drivers turn the
wheels away from the wall and then
back up. That makes matters worse.
If you can't go further forward, cut
the wheels toward the wall and back
a little. Then cut the wheels away
from the wall and move forward. The
problem solves itself Immediately.
I don't know why it is that so many
drivers are discouraged when the
motor stalls as they are trying to
pull out of snow bank. The clever
woman driver who lives across the
way says that so long as the motor
shows a disposition to stall there's no
use worrying for fear the clutch has
burned out. If the car didn't move
much and the motor raced. assuming
the rear wheels were not spinning. she
would know the clutch plates were
elipping. That means trouble.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

the general staff, is was said, there
was written into the program act, a
provision for "two-step" promotions
within the Air Corps to make up for
shortages in the ranks of senior Air
Corps officers. For example, it was
explained, a first lieutenant might be
promoted to the rank of major, or a
captain to the rank of lieutenant col
onel. skipping over the intermediate
grade.
This law, Is was stated, still is in
effect. though never used, and if the
Air Corps Is expanded, as has been
proposed, from an authorized total
Of 1900 airplanes to $500 or $500
airplanes, 1t should be possible for
Evening star., 1934-02-11


eradication Wind shrek, air intake,
tire-tread hum" and a variety Of
noises have come with the develop
ment of moving motor vehicles
to occupy the attention Of the men
who build automobiles from the in
side outwardly.''
s. A. E. Discusses Noises.
The subject of motoring noises
came up for extended discussion dur
ing recent meeting of the Society
of Automotive Engineers and the de-
tail of the debate indicated the scien-
lists of the automobile industry agree
there still is plenty to be done in that
direction.
1t is significant that when the aver
age automotive engineer talks about
noise elimination in motor cars he
rarely refers to silent operation;
rather he refers to the objective as
the "quieter motor car There are
some who do not believe the abso-
lutely silent car ever will be built.
AT the same time they agree this is
the goal toward which they are striv-
ing.
The achievement of absolute silence.
say these authorities, would mean that
many other things that eluded the
motor car designers had been cap
tured. In other words, an absolutely
quiet motor car would be an abso-
lutely perfect motor car, and few are
agreed that the absolutely perfect
vehicle is within the lifetime of the
preSent-day automotive engineer.
When you talk of the absolutely
quiet motor car" said one authority.
you must remember that to the motor
car owner that means a car that is
quiet not only as its first comes from
the assembling plant, but after it has
gone through its 'breaking-in' period.
And the best laid plans of engineers
can go awry even if an engineer him.
self drives the car during that first
few hundred miles Of breaking in"
Original Bugaboo.
Noisy operation was one of the orig
inal bugaboos of neutrality-suspicious.
one of the greatest obstacles to pop
ularity the early-day manufacturer of
the self-propelled vehicle had to
overcome. tut it was decidedly diff
ferent type of noise the pioneers
fought against.
Their product was accused of
frightening horses" in the first in
stance, and sometimes of disturbing
the peace"
The noise the engineer of the pres
ent era Of development in motor cars
is striving to conquer is the noise that
is heard chiefly through amplifying
devices. These devices are designed to
locate points of friction in what to the
uneducated ear seem to be properly
functioning pistonS, crank shafts, gears,
and other parts of the automobile
There have been many changes In
the motor car over the last two
decades or so. say some leading au-
thorities, which gradually reduced
familiar noises. only to accentuate
others previously unheard or ignored
by the drivers or riders.
Tire noises were almost always with
the motor vehicle. but until many
other sounds like that of the carbu-
ertor intake and the squeak Of springs
we're overcome, they seldom were
noticed from the interior of the car.
The whole scheme of motor car con-
struction. as some engineers put it. is
one of correlation. in which perfect
timing" makes one part dependent
upon another. Thus it is. they ex-
plain, that improvement of one part
emphasizes the insufficiency of an
other.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

Sunday afternoon automobile traffic
About two years ago he landed in
front Of southbound express train
near Washington Airport, and during
the past Summer had one of the mar
rowest escapes of his career, when he
dropped in front Of freight train at
College Park, Nd, and rolled of the
track, entangled In his chute, es-
Gaping by inches.