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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-12-23
RESERVATIONS CAN BE
MADE FOR DANCE

Those wishing to attend the
Christmas Dance to be held in the
Armory Christmas night still have
time to make reservations. The COM
mittee in charge of arrangements is
prepared to take care of large crowd
and Accommodations will be made for
all.
Mr.. Frank Pinkerton and his orches-
ira, of Philadelphia, will furnish mu-
sic.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-12-23
MIR. AND MRS. AYDELOTTE
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY

Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Aydelotte
will hold "Open House" Tuesday
December 10Th, at which time they
will be at home to all of their friends.
The occasion celebrates the fiftieth
wedding anniversary of this couple
who have been residents of Pocomoke
for many years. No invitations will
be issued other than the announcement
in the press.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-12-23
MWORSHIPPEDH|M ANDM
Christmas

Christmas uuord all
does
Christian festival loses its influence hearts and nd
Nearly thousand during the reign of Augustus
there born Jesus Christ the Prince of Peace Around the
Messiah Church. Universal
Church Catholic Church knolUn
Church. the Holy Church. Holy
sal Church.
Efforts of Pagonm to stamp out the religion failed The
Christians faced nfnchIgy the rack the blazing TORCH the ud
conceivable
ed of adherence Christ
iaty despite the until
the Roman Empire tottering faN merged
into the faith that bego and the fell by
.Uegh bequeatng postery
Son Uhose birth celebrate today.
And the BY Christmas 1Oh joyful acclaim
There exutation finds expression song
and alas! dissipation that BELTS the
real character of the
the angels joyful announcing To
Child BORN Son gUen The
frame of nd exuberance of soul and body natural and becoming
brings called of
the the YuLetde. Indugences of
the Birth evidence;
holiday lack Christ
mas idea
Would uUeU rejoice 1Uassa Worship;
not Od renading but sacred prostitution of the
meaning but and for the good things of
this Christian
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-12-23

Mr.. Henry Walters arrived home
this week to spend the holidays with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Merrill
Walters.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
STAL|N VIEWS
RED MIGHT

MOSCOW, Nov. 7 Q.N.SD.
Hale and hearty, Dictator Josef
Stain today reviewed an un-
precedented military demonstra-
tion in Moscow's gaily bedecked
Red Square as the Soviet Union
celebrated the nineteenth anniver-
sary Of the red revolution.
While ia four-motored bombing
planes scared overhead in an i'm
pressive demonstration of Russia s
aerial might, a million marchers
participated in a parade through
the square, along with many new
types of tractor-drawn artillery and
1900 armored motorcycles.
Stain. contrary to recent for
eign reports describing him as
seriously i'll, appeared as sound
and healthy as ever.
AT the opening OF the celeora-
tion in the Bolshoi Theater, at
which Stain and other high Of
ficials were present, President
Kalinin accused European
Fascism of following a "provoca-
tive policy" and pointed to Spain's
civil war as an example. He pre-
dicted Fascist successes now would
prove a boomerang later, declar-
ing:
"War clouds are thickening.
The focal points of the war
danger are active. The working
people of the Soviet Union must
bear that in mind and draw the
necessary conclusions"
The Communist International
called upon the world proletariat
to aid the leftist forces in Spain.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
SERVICE
F0RH0SP|7ALS

Patients in Emergency and Co.
lumbia Hospitals are about to
benefit by the resumption of
library work by the volunteer staff
assistants of the District of Colum-
bia Chapter of the American Red
Cross. Similar work is being organ
led for Providence Hospital.
Books are distributed among
the patients from a book-cart
which is wheeled from room to
room. The institution is popularity
known as the Library on Wheels" !"
Chapter officials said books for
this service are needed now and
any book contributions may be
left at the chapter house, 1870 E
st. N. w., or they will be called
for by members of the Volunteer
Motor Corps, who may be reached
through National 540O. branch 224.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
BANDITS SHOOT
SIX; ONE DIES

CHICAGO, Nov. 7 0.N.SO.-One
bandit was fatally shot and six
patrons of roadhouSe were
wounded when six young hood.
lunrS staged a holdup at the Pow
Wow Barbecue restaurant early
today.
Observers said that girls drove
the two bandit cars used in the
robbery.
The six, two carrying sawed-off
shot guns, entered and began a
systematic search of 1875 patrons
When they came to Policeman
Wilfred Woodmaster, who was
off duty, the officer drew his re-
volver, fired three shots.
One bandit went down, and the
others opened fire, picked up their
wounded and fled. Four men and
two women patrols were caught
in the cross fire and one was prob
ably fatally wounded.
After the hold-up, the body of
a man was found in a stolen au-
tomobile outside st. Mary's Hos
pital. 1t was identified as that of
Patsy De Chiara, 20.
Most seriously injured of the
patrons was Morton Rumsey, 19,
of Hespair, Mich, a chauffeur.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
$4,000 Workers Get
10 Per Cent Pay Boost

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 7. GN.SD.
twenty-five thousand employees at
18 scattered plants of the Ameri-
can Steel and Wire Company have
accepted an average wage in
crease of 10 per cent, it was an
nounced today at the headquart-
ers here of the U. S. Steel SubSid-
iary.
The contracts, signed for the
year beginning November 16, are
identical in every detail with the
wage agreements reached with
plants of the negie-IllinoiS
Steel Corporation. largest subsid-
iary of U. S. Steel.
Affected workings we're: Two at
Worcester, Mass; one at New
Haven, Conn; four at Cleveland,
Ohio; one at Waukegan, Ill; two
at Joliet, ILL.,; one at Duluth,
Mimi; three at Donora, Pa; one
at Rankin, Pa; one at Allentown,
Pa; one at Dekalb, ILL.,, and one
at Trenton, N. j.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
G-MEN SEIZE !
IN BLAST

Explosives used in recent Cuban
bombings in which five persons
lost their lives were shipped from
Jacksonville, Fla, in violation of
munitions embargoes, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation reported
today.
Two men believed responsible
for shipments were arrested.
Several boxes labelled "auto
parts" were shipped from jackson
vile on May 20 and August "a.
On arrival in Cuba they were
secreted in an underground store
house. Two boxes later seized in
a raid by Cuban police we're found
to contain chlorate of potash and
sulphur.
Part Of the explosives were said
to have been used in the dynamit-
ing of offices of the newspaper
Ell Pals on September 20 in which
two members Of the national police
and three other persons were
killed.
Believed to have been involved
in the shipments, Candido de La
Tore Ferrara and Jose Urquizo
were arrested yesterday by Fed
eral agents. The former was ar
rested in Macon, Ca, and efforts
will be made to send him to Jack
Sonville for trial. Urquizo was ap-
pretended at Miami and will be
arraigned today.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
AUTO BIG PRIZE
IN FOOD SHOW

With the awarding of an auto
mobile, the biggest prize of the
week, the annual food show of the
District Grocery Stores will come
to an end tonight in Calvert Hall,
2701 Calvert st. N. w.
Other valuable prizes will be
given away this afternoon and this
evening, and the final baby con-
test also will be held this after
noon.
Mrs. Robina Smith, of 923 Sixth
st. S. w., last night won the first
prize in a pieeating contest in
which the contestants were re-
quired to eat one-third of a Gus
tard pie and then whistle.
Cathryn Humphreys, 13-month-
old daughter of DR.. and Mrs. C. j.
Humphreys, of 1921 Window Pl.
N. w., won first prize in the baby
contest yesterday.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
Strike Strands 638
In Hawaiian Islands

HONOLULU, T. H., Nov. 7
G.N.SD-Gov. Joseph B. Poin-
dexter indicated today he would
make a direct appeal to President
Roosevelt to relieve the plight of
638 persons stranded here as re-
suit of the Pacific Coast shipping
strike.
Many of those stranded are al
most without funds. Others,
anticipating a long strike, are
settling down in apartments and
hotels.
Nine hundred strikers are idle
here with passenger vessels tied
up in the harbor.
A mass meeting was scheduled
today to discuss housing and feed
ing plans for those stranded in
the islands.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
.PA WORKERS
PICNIC TODAY

Sizzling weiners," hot coffee
and rolls and other picnic tidbits
were on the menu today at 2
p. m. for employees of the Works
Progress Administration as their
union held an autumn outing in
Rock Creek Park.
Under auspices Of Lodge No.
139, American Federation of Gov
ernment Employees, workers we're
to gather promptly after office
hours at Fire Place Grove No. 10,
Morrow Drive, to hold camera
contest in which prizes for the
best photos of outdoor life, COM
edy and originality will be Of
fered.
After lunch various games will
be played. The invitation warned: :
Don't be late; the early bird
catches the weiner!"
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
SECURITY ACT
LISTING IS
PUSHED
Board Gives Rules for
Registration Of
u. S. Workers

Adopting a full speed ahead
policy, the Social Security Board
has set out on the task Of register.
ing 100000 men and women
workers who will share in old-age
benefits and hope to have the job
we'll on the way to completion
within the short space Of a month
and IA days.
The board has announced its
plan for the enrolment and has
revealed that $4,000 post offices
will bear the brunt of registering
the employees.
Employers Listed First
The board, on November 16, will
begin listing employers. Forms
will be distributed requiring an
swers to seven questions, which
include descriptions of the type
and location of business, name of
products or service and number
Of employees.
On November "a, forms will be
sent to the workers, who will be
asked names, addresses, dates OF
birth, names Of parents and en-
ployers. The employees will be given
their forms through employers and
may return them either through
the employers, through labor
organizations of which they are
members, or through post offices.
When this information has been
accumulated, each eligible worker
will be given a numbered card
similar to an insurance card and
an account for the worker will be
set up by the board.
Benefits Begin in 1912
Beginning January i, 1912,
monthly benefits ranging from $40
to $85 will be paid to eligible
workers on reaching the age of
IS. Benefits will be based on work
done in this country after Decem-
ber 81, 1885, and to be eligible a
worker must have earned wages
for at least one day in each Of
five calendar years, and wages
must total $4,000 or more.
The benefits will be financed
through a tax Of / per cent on
the first $4,000 of employees wages
beginning January !, while en-
ployers must contribute an equal
amount for each employe. The
tax will be graduated upward
every three years at the rate of
one-half of 1 per cent until it
reaches 8 per cent.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
MILLIONAIRE
CIRCUS MAN
SHOT DEAD
Killed by Ex-Partner,
Who Then Ends Life;
Old Grudge Blamed

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Nov. 7
G.N.SO "A long-standing grudge
was blamed today for the death Of
Edward Ballard, 81, multimillion-
aire circus promoter and gambler,
who was shot and killed in a
hotel room here last night, by Rob-
ert Alexander, IS, Detroit gam
bier and one-time partner of Bal
lard in a Miami gambling casino.
Breaking down the door to
Alexander's room, police found
Pallard slumped in a chair, dead,
and Alexander in a heap on the
floor, fatally wounded. A pistol
lay near AleXander'S hand.
The Detroit gambler was con-
scious until a few minutes before
his death, but refused to tell why
he had shot Ballard and then him
self.
AS CapOne Moved In
From Hot Springs associates OF
Ballard it was learned, however,
that the two men we're in business
together in Miami for about two
years, but that when the Capone
gang invaded Miami Ballard sold
out and Alexander continued
alone. 1t was suggested the De-
troit man held a grudge against
Ballard as a result of their asso-
citation in Florida.
In 1909 Ballard bought the
Brown Hotel in French Lick
Springs, Ind, and under his owner
ship the gambling casino be-
came internationally famous as
Browns" BY 1929 Ballard's for
tune was reputed to have reached
the $30,000,000 mark.
Ballard also owned the West
Baden Springs Hotel. Eccentric
and quick acting, Ballard, dis
gusted at the decline of business,
donated the huge circular hotel
and it's surrounding property to
the Jesuit Order one afternoon
in August of 1884.
The same afternoon he sold his
two French Lick casinos, Browns
and The Gorge, to a cousin, Nor
man Ballard, and retired.
Operated Circuses
With the profits from his
gambling enterprises Ballard
entered the circus business, first
buying the Hagenback & Wallace
Circus. Later he operated the
John Robinson Circus, the Sells
Floto Circus, the Yankee Robin
son shows, and 4 number of small
circuseS.
His annexation Of circus prop
erty precipitated a circus war with
the Ringing Brothers which
lasted for years until Ballard
finally beat them to Madison
Square Garden in New York one
spring. The Ringling interests
asked for a truce which resulted
in Ballard selling out to the fam
Gus circus brothers.
Besides his wife Ballard is
survived by a son, a senior at
Yale, and a daughter who attends
the Bennett School at Boston.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
Textile Firms Join
"Pay Raise Parade"

PROVIDENCE, R. l., Nov. 7.
U.N.S0.-Textile companies are
Joining the prosperity parade" of
increased wages for workers,
launched by the steel, oil and
motor industries.
The Saltwater Worsted Com
pany of Providence, operating tex
tile plants employing 1,70O hands,
announced today immediate wage
increases ranging between SO and
IS a week.
Three other Rhode Island tex
tile concerns, it was learned, are
planning wage advances.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
$4,000 SPU R N
CORPORATION
INCREASE
Sheet, Tin Mill Aides
Demand IS Per Cent
Raise in Wages

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 7 0.N.S)
Steel labor ranks in the Pitts
burgh, Youngstown and Gary
Und0 Districts of the Carnegie
Illinois Steel Corporation divided
today on accepting an average 10
per cent wage increase offered by
the management.
Heralding a great industrial
boom, Carnegie-Illinois, and Jones
and Laughlin Steel Corporation,
large independent, employing up.
wards of 10000 workers, an
nounced wage boosts effective
November 16.
Three local Carnegie-Ililnois
plants, employing 1880, accepted
the offer. Representatives of $4,000
workers in the corporations sheet
and tin mills in the three districts
temporarily turned down" the
offered raise and continued nego.
tiations aimed at a Is per cent
increase.
Turned Down Offer
Lester Clark, of New Castle,
Pa, chairman of the employees
publicity committee, who said he
represented the Gary Sheet and
Tin Works and several plants in
the Ohio steel districts as well
as western Pennsylvania plants,
announced:
Gas it stands now, we've
turned it (the 10 per cent
raiSe) down, but we're cOntinu-
ing negotiations. Our objective
Is a Is per cent pay boost,
with the larger increases going
to the lowest paid workers.
"The cOmpany'S attitude Is
that they can't go higher, but
/ believe this committee will
stand pat for Is per cent
raise"
Elsewhere in the nation thou.
sands of workers will get pay in
creases within the next few weeks
amounting to millions of dollars
Ninety Million More
Estimates varied of the total
amount, figuring on a national
scale, of the wage boosts, started
by the United States Steel
Corporation and followed by many
other companies, but it was
thought they would approach
ninety million dollars and might
60 even higher. 1ra
In the steel industry alone nearly
100000 workers are affected by
the wage increases, and in most
industries the general average of
increases will be 10 per cent.
In addition to the steel COM
panies in the Pittsburgh, Chicago
and San Francisco areas, automo-
bile and oil companies and depart
ment stores in various parts of the
country also decided to raise pay.
And there was good news also
for shareholders as IL companies
voted dividend payments and bon
uses amounting to more than sixty
five million dollars.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
Violence Is Feared
In Boston Strike Zone

BOSTON, Nov. 7 G.N.SO.-Vio-
lence was feared by police today
following refusal of satisfied sea-
men to join the strike of the
Marine Firemen, Oilers, and
Watertenders Union.
Bennett Murphy, chairman Of
the general strike committee in
Boston, told police strikers were
determined to tie up the water
front and he could no longer pre-
vent outbreaks.
A fight for possession of union
headquarters also loomed, after
Alex Bergstrom, delegate for en-
gine-room workers not in Sympa-
thy with the walkout, threatened
to paddock the place.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
Royal NaW's Big Ships
Held Indispensable

LONDON, Nov. 7 G.N.SO-Big
battleships are indispensable to
the British navy, findings of a
special cabinet committee said
today, even though capital ships
cannot be construed so as to be
indestructible by bombing from
the air"
Airplanes are inadequate for
Britain's imperial lanes, the re-
port explained, while there are
large areas of ocean out of the
range of service craft based on
British territory"
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
"OutIaW" Strikers
Call General Walkout

NEW YORK, Nov. 7 GN.S0 "A
general maritime strike, with the
object of tieing up all ships in
New York harbor, was called for
today by the outlaw strike forces
of Joseph Curran.
Repudiating the International
Seamen's Union, which has sought
to quell the strike, the striking
seamen announced they would try
to prevent the sailing of every
ship from this port and attempt to
press for wages and working hours
equal to those prevailing on the
Pacific Coast.
One result of the new strike
plan may be an effort to delay
the sailing this afternoon of the
steamer American Legion, carry
ing committee headed by Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull to at
tend the Pan-American conference
in Buenos Aires.
Wage Parity Sought
The general strike announce
ment came after a meeting here,
attended by outlaw strike dele
gates of ports from Maine to
Texas.
Shortly after the decision of
the 1900 outlaw strikers who
attended the meeting was made,
Curran announced:
"The strike strategy commit
tee Immediately will go into
the question of formulating
proposals intended to achieve
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
Murder Indicated
In Woman S Death

GLASGOW, KY, Nov. 7 GN.S).
The decomposed body of woman
found in a field near here yester-
day was identified as that of Mrs.
Littleton Burton, 40. Of Glasgow,
who disappeared from her home
August Is. The Identification was
made by her husband through bits
of clothing found scattered about
the scene. The torso was intact,
but leg and arm bones were
strewn over a wide area. It was
believed she was murdered.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
Sabo the Grocer

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio G.N.SO.
Sabo Radeff. a grocer in suburban
Campbell, was shot in the mouth
by three masked bandits when he
refused to give them the contents
Of his cash register during hold
up. The shot knocked out two
teeth, but Radeff was released in
good condition after a physician
had treated him.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
Continued from Page u

the San Francisco Bay region, a
walkout of Bethlehem shipyard
employees went into effect today.
Assistant Secretary of Labor
Edward F.. McGrady continued his
efforts today to open negotiations
between West Coast strikers and
shipowners. McGrady has been
unsuccessful thus far, as has the
Federal Maritime Commission, in
establishing a common ground
upon which labor and manage
ment can meet.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
Killer Of Partner
Gets Life Term

NEW YORK, Nov. 7 G.NS).
Although the defense contended
he was legally sane, but mentally
insane" at his trial, Leonard Jose.
phie, 4S, today began a sentence
Of from 20 years to life in Sing
Sing Prison for killing a business
associate, Abraham j. Ross, 42.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
PaceIIi to Sail

NEW YORK. Nov. 7 G.NSO.
Completing his American visit,
Cardinal Pacelli. papal secretary
of state, planned to sail for Italy
today on the liner Conte de Savoia.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
Black Tiger Caught

CALCUTTA G.N.SD.-A black
tiger of the Royal Bengal type
has been trapped in a forest in
Dibrugarh, Assam. The beast was
a menace to the neighboring vii
lagos.
The Washington times., 1936-11-07
More Seamen Quit
LIN Ship Strike

parity with West coast wages
and working conditions"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-20
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-20
IGRANT MAY GET
 CHANCE TO PLAY WITH U. s. TEAM
Davis Cup Committee Names Atlanta Star, But
 Will He Play?

New York May 20-(UP)--After holding out for years, the U. s. Lawn Tennis association capitula- ted today. and gave it's problem child, Bryan (Bitsy Grant, Jr, of Atlanta, his chance.
 At a meeting of the Davis cup selection committee last night, the Georgia "giant-killer" was named as Q member of the team to op- pose the Australians in the North American zone finals at Philadel- phia, beginning June 30.
 Grant was chosen along with Winner Allison, U. s. singles cham pion; and Gene Mako and Donald Budge, Americas outstanding dou- bles combination. Whether Grant will actually get to play against the AussieS is 6 matter, that prob ably will not be decided uutil just before the opening match.
 Budge and Mako are virtually cinched to take the doubles assign Inent. Budge's game has improved so much since last year, that the selection committee headed by Hol- combe Ward of New York, indi- cated that he might also be called upon to play singles.
 This leaves the remaining singles berth an issue between Allison and Grant. Whether the committee is willing to leave Americas No. player of the cup team in favor of Grant, who has won three out of five matches with Allison, is a matter still to be settled.