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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
MRS. BRITTINCHAM
DIED THURSDAY
OF LAST WEEK
Was Wife Of Ira Birmingham
And Sister Of Commits
siOner C.. L. Mason

Mrs. Hattie Birmingham, So, wife
of Ira K. Birmingham, died Thursday,
August goth at the home of her son,
Harold Birmingham on Clarke Ave-
nue.; her death resulting from a heart
attack.
Born in Worcester County, near
Pocomoke, she had been resident of
this city practically all her life. She
had been in ill health about year
prior to her death.
Funeral services were held g. V
afternoon at o'clock in Salem M. e.
Church, of which denomination she
was faithful member, Rev. John
Wooten, pastor, officiating, assisted
by Rev. Ransom P. Nichols, former
pastor. The pallbearers were: Messrs
w. J. Stevenson, Godfrey Child, Earl
Cutler, Paul Cutler, Elmer Britting-
ham and DIR. A. A. Parker. Interment
was made in the cemetery of the M.
E. Church.
Mrs. Birmingham is survived by her
husband and by one son, Har-
cid Birmingham and by three
grandchildren. She also leaves two
brothers, Charles L., and William T.
Mason, and four sisters, Mrs. Edward
Gray, Mrs. Edward Landing and Mrs.
Grover Dryden, of this city, and Mrs.
r. j. Long of Portsmouth, Va.
Relatives from out of town attend
ing the funeral were: Mr.. John Brit
tingham, Atlantic City, Mr.. George
Birmingham of Wilmington, Del, and
three sisters of Mr.. Birmingham, Nell,
Edna and Mildred, all of Wilmington,
Del.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OF WORCESTER
co. OPEN SEPT. l
Three Changes Made In The
Faculty Of The PocOmOke
High School
COMPLETE LIST TEACHERS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY

The public schools of Worcester
County will open on Tuesday Of next
week, September 1. The local teach
ing force will have three changes in
the high school faculty; the elemen-
tary schools will use the same in
structors as in 1886.
In the. high school, three new mem
hers of the faculty will assume duties
Edward L. Beauchamp, Blanche Y.
Belitz, and William E. Merrill, taking
the places of Profs. Robt. l.. Gum
and William Sartorius, and of Miss
Clothilda Bundick. Prof. Beauchamp
will teach History; Prof. Merrill, In
dustrial Arts; and Prof. Belitz, Latin
and French, taking Miss Bundick's
place, who has a leave Of absence for
a year. The remainder Of the high
school faculty includes, Prof. Verlin
C. Krabill, principal, Mathematics;
Prof. G. F. Beaver, Science; Misses
Ethel Dix, Home Economics; Edith l..
Stevenson, COMMERCIAL; Margaret L.
Cullen, English; Mrs. Ethel E. Brom-
ley, Music. ,
In the elementary school are the
following teachers: Sadie o. Powell,
Ruby Townsend Wilson, Mona w.
Boston, Pearl Bratten, Annie L. Ross,
Marah Stevenson, Violet Chesser,
Julia Robertson, leila M. Crockett.
Sara S. Dallas, Mae Ellis.
Other schools in the county include
the following forces:
Snow Hill High School: o. Perry
Simmons, Prin., Grace H. Jones, Lu-
rah c. Phillips, George H. Corddry,
Jr., Emily T. Hawkshaw, Clarence J.
Franklin Beauchamp,
Wilbur A. Jones, Ethel S. Bromley. j,
Snow Hill Elem. School: Sarah
Moore Hayward, Mary A. Warren,
Gladys Gibbons, Ruth B. Dryden, Eth
ell ...Cherrix, Lille Howard, Eliza
Continued on Page y
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
ANNUAL STUBBLE SURVEY
FOR HESSIAN FLIES

An annual stubble survey for Hes
sian Fly infestation in Maryland dis
closed that the average for the state
is 4.1%e with 2ft infestation in Eas-
tern Shore Counties.
According to R. T. Grant, County
Agent, this is an increase over prev
ious years. Local wheat growers
should plan to plant their wheat Oc-
tober 18th to 18th, which is a safe
date. Wheat planted prior to this may
be heavily infested with this insect.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
POTATO INSPECTION
DATED FOR SEPT. 8

Inspection of the late potato seed
crop will be made the week Of Sep
TENDER 8th, it is announced by R. T,
Grant, County Agent and R. A. Jehle,
Plant Pathologist.
All growers who wish to have their
crop certified should make application
at the County Agents office, Snow
Hill, not later than September 9Th.
There should be good demand for
certified cobbler seed this Fall. The
supply Of Northern certified seed this
year has been greatly reduced, as
there has been great decrease in the
acreage entered for certification.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
HOUSEHOLDS
GIVEN CHANCE
FOR Lux BUYS
Coupons Distributed Worth Ten
Cents For Purchase Of
Sundry Articles

Coupons have been distributed,
worth 10c toward the purchase Of a
can of Spry, the new all-vegetable
shortening and good for free, full
sized jackages of Lux Toilet Soap,
Lux, Rinse and Lifebuoy to every
householder in the Pocomoke area.
One young man called personally on
each housewife in the town of POGO
moke and gave her an absolutely free
package of each of the A Famous
Soaps and also coupons, one good for
10c toward the purchase of lib, or
3-lb, can of Spry, and others which
will entitle her to more free soap with
purchases of each from her regular
dealer. Families living in outlying
districts will receive by mail a Spry
coupon and others which entitle them
to absolutely free full-sized packages
Of Lux Toilet Toap, Lux, Rinse and
Lifebuoy at their regular dealers.
Spry is the biggest forward step
in shortening manufacture that has
been made in many years. 1t is a
purer, whittier, creamier, all-vegetable
shortening that makes all your baked
and fried foods doubly delicious and
easier to digest. Spry does not need
to be kept in the refrigerator. Because
it is absolutely pure, it will stay sweet
and creamy right on your pantry
shelf. 1t never develops off flavors
to spoil the foods you cook even in
your hottest oven. Spry is economical
because it can be used over and over
for frying. You can cook fish in Spry
today and use the same Spry again
tomorrow to bake cake. The 48-page
cookbook given free with every Spry
coupon will tell you how to preserve
your Spry for reuse.
The A Famous Soaps satisfy every
household need. Women are welcom-
ing this opportunity to stock up.
They have found that by thoroughly
cleansing the skin with Lux Toilet
Soap they may use cosmetics as thew
wish without any danger of getting
cosmetic skim. The lovely stage and
screen stars who cannot afford to take
chances with their compilations are
constant users of Lux Toilet Soap.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
REVIVAL SERVICES AT
LOCAL TABERNACLE

A series of revival services began
at Glad Tidings Tabernacle, Walnut
at Seventh St., on Sunday night Aug
ust 23rd. Evangelist Richard Baggs,
Of Boston, Mass, is the main speaker
at these services each evening at 500
p. m., except Saturday.
The Evangelist will bring sermons
upon subjects embracing such thought
as follows: "The Old Time Religion;
'Is the World Nearing A Crisis 2"
and "Is Divine Healing for Today?"
Everybody welcome.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
MISSIONER CCC
DRAINAGE WORK
IS PROCEEDING
Work Is Much Appreciated By
The People Who Recognize
Its Advantages

The drainage work being carried
on by the members of the CCC drain
age camp at Westover is going ahead
rapidly and the boys are receiving
the hearty congratulations Of the pub
lie of the county for the splendid job
that is being done.
The inspection of the drainage work
on several of the tax bitches will show
the immense amount of work that is
necessary in cleaning out the bitches
and establishing new ditch to a
grade which will drain the low agri-
cultural land of community.
The following is a record of the
drainage projects of the camp from
November 9Th 1888, to August LIST,
1886.
.Nu,?lher of man days worked 21,-
255 days.
Ditch banks cleared of underbrush
and trees, total of 873,939 square
yards or 181 acres. The clearing Of
banks on some of the bitches re-
quired heavy work of removing large
trees, underbrush and other obstruc-
tions.
The drag line ditcher which was
used on the Peggy's Neck and Kings
Creek Tax ditch is doing a splendid
job, and has excavated 1902 cubic
yards of dirt in deepening and widen
ing the bitches. It is interesting to
see this machine in operation and the
type of work it is doing. The Kings
Creek tax ditch is now being dug with
the drag line.
About 18,476 cubic yards have been
excavated by hand labor. This is
total of 51,5O8 cubic yards of dirt
which has been moved in improving
the tax bitches in the county.
The following tax bitches have re-
ceived work: Kings Creek, Long
Broughton, Marumsco, Peggy's Neck,
Tang's Creek, Dublin, Eden.
A new outlet has been opened for
Back Creek as a camp drainage pro-
ject. Dynamite was used as it was
impossible to use hand labor in dig
ging through the marsh.
1t is the policy of the Bureau of
Agricultural Engineering at Washing
ton to complete ditch according to
grade before work is started on adj
ditional bitches.
It is expected that several addi-
tional drainage projects will be under
taken in the near future.
It is planned to conduct a tour of
the several drainage projects in the
near future and it is desired that the
farmers and business people of the
county will attend and show that the
efforts and fine work of the CCC boys
of the Westover camp is appreciated
and will be of considerable benefit
in improving agricultural conditions
in the county in the future.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28

Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Stevenson and
fanny were weekend guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. w. Coffman at Cations
vile, Md.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28

Mr.. J. F. Ford of Philadelphia.
spent the week with his brother, Mr..
j. R. Ford. Other guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ford were Rev. and Mrs. J. p.
George of Stevensville and Mrs. Gus
tova Lokey of Keene, N. H., and Mrs.
Laura Adams of Marion, Md.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28

Mrs. G. J. Hooker who has been a
patient in the Dover Hospital the
past several weeks returned to her
home here on Thursday where she is
gradually recovering from her illness.
Mrs. Hooker is the wife of Rev. G. j.
Hooker, pastor of Bethany M. p.
Church.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
Special Feature, March Of Time,
 Shows Sunday
Manager Beale Makes Spec. ial Arrangements for
 Event Here

Manager C.. D. Beale, of the Capi- tol Theatre is making special ar engagements for the showing of the March of Time" here next Sunday. The day falls near the anniversary
 With the eption n of Mickey Mouse, no motion picture has sprung to such wide popularity in so short a period as has the monthly screen magazine, The March of Time. Be- fore it's advent there had been news reels galore, but it took Roy E. Lar sen, a young man as handsome as a Hollywood star and as industrious as a Feather River beaver, to dis cern that newsreels were snapshots of history. Being man with great practical imagination, he also real ized that this type of snapshot was the result of straight reporting, good luck or mere physical stunting with a camera. And he forthwith conceiv- ed the idea of making this haphaz- ard material authentic and coherent.
 Expert advice told him not to do it, that it was losing gamble-but MT. Larsen decided to take a chance and he won.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
PECUES
 TELLS RECORD
 OF ROOSEVELT
Democratic Women's Club Hears Story of Administra-
 tion's Accomplishments

Deploring the "barrage of tin cans and dead cats" behind which the old band of privileged interests again seek to regain that power which they held for so long, and by which, with seeming impunity, they came near to wrecking the country" John E. Pegues last night told the Dem ocratic Women's Club of Gastineau Channel that "the national admin istration is entitled to be judged on the basis of its record, fairly and impartially analysed in compari- son with the record of it's predeces- sors"
 Hits Propaganda
 Gathered in the City Council chambers, un e T chairmanship of Mrs Dolly Krause, President, the Club heard Pegues scathingly de- nounce the propaganda with which, for the past eight months, the Am erican Liberty League and its chief ally-the Republican National Com mittee-representing the old privi- legged interests, have been trying to destroy the confidence of the com mon people, the voters, in the Roose- welt administration"
 Ignore Own Record"
 These same privileged interests, declared Pegues, when they were in the pit they had dug for them selves, and the rest of the country was in the depths with them" could find in the dictionaries mo word of praise too strong for MT. Roosevelt. Now that they are once more on solid ground, now that the country has been brought back to a plane of returning industrial prosperity and economic soundness, they know no denunciation too bitter, no charge too vicious to hurl against him and his policies. They ignore the record of their own folly and failure in office and seek to blind the people of the country to the great accom- plishments of this Administration {"
 Pegues quoted figures and per- centages comparing the prices and business output of the first three years of the Hoover administration with the three years Roosevelt has held office as President of the United States.
 Agriculture, industry and finances were carefully tabulated and weighed in the scale of judgment.
 Five Bank Failures Of the latter he said When MT. Roosevelt assumed office in March, 1883, 833 national banks were in re- ceivership; thousands of others, even the larger life insurance companies,
 fCnnfipua1 m, DaOa Tvhraol
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
BIC PUSH FOR LANDON STARTS
 IN PRIM ARIES
California Pledged Slate on May 5-Hamilton Is to
 Guide Alf's Destiny

WASHINGTON, March 10.-Be- ginning of the big push for Gov. AL fred M Landon, of Kansas, with red-headed John D. M. Hamilton in the role of Field Marshal, added in- terest to the Republican presiden- tial nomination today when Hamil- ton resigned as assistant to Henry ,P. Fletcher, Republican National Committee Chairman, to tour the nation for Landon.
 Gov. Frank F. Merriam of Califor- lia and supporters are pledging Lam don on the slate in the Presidential primary on May 5.
 New Hampshire's statewide pri- mary is being held today, with most of the Democrats pledged to Roose- welt.
 Fletcher seeks $1,0O0,0OO from a million Americans to finance the campaign. Selling dollar participa- tion certificates is hoped to become a permanent method of financing the party by rank and file contribu- tions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
ROTARY CLUB TO
 ELECT OFFICERS

Nominations for directors, to be elected at the second meeting in April, featured today's meeting of the Rotary Club in the Terminal Cafe, Howard D. Stabler presiding.
 The following Club members were nominated to fill the six positions: J. B. Burford. Kelly Blake, Walter Bacon, R. R. Brown, Percy Reynolds. N. Lester Troast, A. B. Phillips. El- wood McClain, Charles Beale, w. O. Carlson. Charles w. Carter. Harry I. Lucas. I. Goldstein. Dr. A. w. Stew art
 w. O. Carlson gave the life his tory" talk of the week Two boys from Kenneth Junge's boxing class, Joe Tyler and valeria Trambitis, of fered boxing exhibition which drew much applause.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
HIGH SCHOOL
 STUDENTS GO
 OUT ON STRIKE
Protest to Sch ool Board Against Suspension of
 Superintendent

ST. HELENS. Ore, March 10.- Striking high school students pre- vented all but twenty-one pupils from attending classes in protest ing a school board refusal to rehire Jay R. Austin, Superintendent.
 A business man said that peti- tion will be circulated against all school board members, the only way to get students back to school.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
YOUNG REPUBLICANS
 IN SESSION TONIGHT

The platform, recently drawn up by the plans and policy committee, will be up for adoption at the meet ing tonight at o'clock of the Young Mems Republican Club of Juneau and Douglas in the City Hall, it is announced. Other features of tonights meeting will be series of four addresses dealing with polit- ical topics. Speakers will be How ard Simmons, Ronald Lister, Mel Leath and Albert White, Territorial Republican Chairman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
KEEP SPAIN AGAIN
 IN TURMOIL
German Consulate Raided Church, Convents,
 Fired and Sacked

MADRID. March 10.-The Leftist Government is attempting to quell stubborn rioting which has already pushed the post election deaths to 46
 Rioting took place at Cadiz in which the German Consulate was attacked and the Nazi swastika torn down.
 Twenty-seven churches and con- vents have been fired and sacked since mid-February.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
BLANCHARDs COME NORTH

w. c. Blanchard, Chief Clerk to the General Manager of the White Pass and Yukon Route, and Mrs. Blanchard were passengers on the Princess Norah enroute to Skagway. MT. Blanchard is assigned to Skag- way during the summer months and spends the winter at the Seattle of- fices of his company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
DISAPPEARANCE OF MRS. FRENCH
 RICE IS SOLVED
Wife of Former Mayor of Nome, Relative of Sew
 ard Man, Is Slain
CONFESSION MADE,
 AUTHORITIES STATE
Grim e Unintentional, De- clares Jerome von
 Braun Selz

BULLETIN-WOodside, March 10.-The body of Mrs. Rice was found this afternoon in twO- foot deep grave near Skyline Boulevard, II miles northwest of Saratoga on the San Mateo and Santa Cruz County line. The body was covered with quick lime but was easily identified. Selz pointed out the spot and was rushed back to jail. He did not witness the unearthing of the body. The gravesite was in heavily wooded section down an incline and passers-by could not see it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
SESSION IN LONDON

GENEVA, March 10.- Transfer ring further Locarno discussions to London on Saturday instead of here on Thursday will probably result in some sort of action against Germany and possibly lift Italian sanctions. This is according to unofficial state ments made late this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
175 School Children,
 Anchorage, Vaccinated

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 10. -Dr. A. s. Walkowski, City Health Officer, vaccinated ITS school chil- dren yesterday. No new cases of smallpox have been reported, how ever, and the vaccinations were administered as precautionary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
0. K. MEASURE,
 MORE PLANES
House Committee Takes Favorably Action on
 McSpain Bill

WASHINGTON, March 1O.-The House Military Affairs Committee has unanimously passed the Me Spain Bill authorizing 4,000 new airplanes during the next five years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10

WOODSIDE, Cal, March l0.- Sheriff James McGrath announced this forenoon that Jerome von Braun Selz, aged 27, has confessed to the staying of Mrs. Ada French Rice in her Woodside Glen home with a poker last June 13.
 Selz insisted the crime was unin- tentional.
 The body of the 58-year-old Alaska woman has never been found and Selz is reported to have said it never will be found.
 Selz said a man slugged him as he entered an unlighted cottage he rented from Mrs. Rice and in the darkness grabbed a poker and hit some one. heard body fall and then someone run out of the back door. I turned on the lights and found I had killed Mrs. Rice"
 Trail Starts
 The trail leading to the purported confession began when Selz admit ted he was living in Mrs Rice's home and had not seen her since last June. He had no deed to the property and is allegedly charged with forging her signature transfer ring her bank account to himself and writing letters to the woman's son, Hugh French, who has asked the authorities to hold Selz for the dis appearance of his mother.
 Married Nome Man
 Mrs. Rice was married on January 29, 1885, to Charles Freeman Rice. who is said to be a former Mayor of Nome, Alaska. He instituted di- vorce proceedings one month later.
 Selz is also facing a quizzing in the killings of Louise Teuber. of San Diego, and Katherine Robinson of San Mateo and Mrs Betty Golf man, of San Francisco. His quizzing is due to boasts he knew something about their deaths.
 Sister of Brownell
 A dispatch received here from Seward, Alaska, says Mrs. Rice's husband was former Mayor of Nome. She is sister of Mayor Don Carlos Brownell of Seward. The dis patch says Mayor Brownell said his sister often had gone away without telling anyone. The last time he saw his sister was last summer when she was enroute south after visiting him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10

The approval of the Senate Ap- propriations Committee of the AL aska air mail program is regarded as a major boost to the possibility of prompt realization of the scheme.
 The House Appropriations Com mittee previously turned down the item as an addition to the Post Office bill, and Delegate Dimond's amendment for the same purpose, offered from the floor of the House, was also rejected as the bill passed the lower body.
 If approved by the Senate on it's committees re m mendation, the amended bill will then be offered to the House again.
 The committees approval of the $242, ,755 allotment is substantially that which has been sought by Chambers of Commerce in Alaska, Territorial officials and others.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
Wants Tolls to Be Eliminated, Alaska Roads

WASHINGTON, March 10.-- Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond has introduced an amend ment asking Congress to elim- mate the provision giving the Secretary of the Interior auth Ority to impose tolls on all Alaska roads and trails outside of the National Forests.
 The Delegate said the tolls were a burden on traffic and discriminatory"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
KING EDWARD CONFERS
 WITH PRIME MINISTER
FRANCES REQUEST REFUSED

LONDON, March l0.-King Ed ward conferred today with Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and also Secretary of War Cooper on Great Britain assuming the role of con- ciliator in the present crisis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
. . . . . . . STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, March 10- Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15A, American Can 125, American Power and Light 9ss, Anaconda 351s, Bethlehem Steel, 57, Curtiss- Wright 87s, Chicago, Mil waukee, St Paul and Pacific Rail- road 9, General Motors 617s, Inter- national Harvester 76, Kennecott 37, United States Steel 65. Cities Service g. Pound $4.98A, Boeing Air plane 247s, United Aircraft 29%.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
SAILORS HOLD SHOOT

Tallapoosa coast guardsmen start ed their first day of pistol practice today on the range in the Arctic Brotherhood Hall. The shooting was under the direction of Ensign Will liam Peel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
CHINA BANDITS
 ARE DRIVEN OFF

SHANGHAI, March 10.-Hankow disatches said the Hwankshik Kiang garrison drove off 800 bandits threatening the city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
AIR MAIL FOR ALASKA OKAYED
 BY COMMITTEE
Senate Appropriations Ac. ton Major Boost for
 Air Plans

WASHINGTON, March 10.-- The Senate Appropriations Com mittee has added S242,755 to the Treasury and Post Office bill for a new Nome to Bethel air mail service, and from Ketchi- kan to Fairbanks via Juneau, Whitehorse and Panama Cross ing. Another mail line will link Panama Crossing with Seward. via C0rdova, Valdez and An chorage, according to the scheme.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
NO SANCTIONS

GENEVA. March 10.--Officials of the League of Nations interpret Great Britain's stand as making German sanctions not likely.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-10
Grant Confirmed
 as WrangeII PM.

WASHINGTON, March 1O.-The Senate has confirmed the nomina- tion of Brigham Y. Grant to be Postmaster at Wrangell, Alaska.