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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31
TESTIMONIAL DINNER
TO BALTIC BALL PLAYER

A big testimonial dinner was CIV
en- at the Southern Hotel, in Balti-
more, on Wednesday January, in hon.
or of Max Bishop, who is soon leaving
for the West where he will manage
one of the leading clubs in that Sec
ton during the coming base ball seas
on.
The dinner was attended by a num-
Der of base ball celebrities including
Jimmy Foxx and Dick Porter, of the
Eastern Shore, whose guest Bishop
has been on numerous occasions. jim
my Foxx was the POSTMASTER.
A majority of the semi-pro ball
players in Maryland also were guests
at the dinner, many of the semi-pro
teams in the Baltimore League hav-
ing made reservations for group
tables. The fans were also invited
to attend the dinner and hear some
of their favorite diamond stars.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31

for agricultural extension; opposition
to diversion of the gas tax from road
building; maintenance and debt SER
vice; support for extension of rural
identification and a State tax pro-
gram which would provide needed ad-
ditional revenue through income tax,
and a temporary gross receipts tax
on public utilities until revenue from
the income tax would be available.
In the national field, Maryland
farmers asked for an immediate pro-
gram of substitution to the AAA and
urged that processing taxes be re-
turned only where definite proof could
be given that the tax had not already
been passed on; they urged that more
effort be made to halt the mounting
death rate from automobile accidents,
they expressed disappointments in re-
suits of the farm to market road pro-
gram to date and the hope that more
important results might be secured,
and urged a definite program of land
use as a part of our national agri-
cultural policy.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31

Writing Room at the Matapeake Fer
ry slip, at P. M, January 20, 1886.
All interested parties were invited
to be present or to be represented at
the time and place, particularly navi-
cation interests and the officials of
any county, city, town or local associa-
ton whose interests may be affected
by the proposed improvement. They
were given an opportunity to express
their views upon the question and to
suggest improvements considered de-
sirable in the interests of navigation.
The matter of the proposed i'm
provement of Little Island Creek, Tai
bot County, Maryland, a report on
which is authorized by the River and
Harbor Act approved August 80, 1885
was considered at a public hearing
held by Col. E. J. Dent in the NUM-
cipal Building, Oxford, Maryland, at
IL o'clock noon, January 20, 1896.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31
CORN BORER SEEMS ON
INCREASE IN VIRGINIA

d. w. Jones, of the Bureau of En-
tomology and Plant Quarantine is
now stationed at the Eastern Shore
Branch of the Virginia Truck Expert
ment Station, at Onley, to begin Eu-
ropean corn borer Investigations. This
insect seems to be increasing during
the past year or two.
Mr.. Jones first work will be in the
form of scouting trips to corn fields
throughout the Eastern Shore. He
will appreciate the interest and CO.
operation of growers in any way that
will enable him to get the most in
formation possible concerning the ex-
tent of the present infestation.
Mr.. Jones spent few days last
week in conference with DR.. H. G..
Walkter, Entomologist of the Virginia
Truck Experiment Station and DR..
w. A. Baker, in charge of corn borer
Investigations. Plans are under way
whereby DR.. Walker will conduct some
corn borer Investigations at the East
ern Shore Branch of the Virginia
Truck Experiment Station this season
in cooperation with Mr.. Jones.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31

not running on January LIST and since
the gasoline tax revenue depends on
the use of automobiles and consump-
ton of gasoline, Maryland can look
forward to sharp decline in this luc-
rative source of revenue.
This decline in gasoline tax revenue
is especially serious when one consid-
ers the poor state of the primary road
system of Maryland and the crying
need of road construction to reduce
unemployment.
Thirty-two states have deferred or
changed their registration dates from
December 31st, in an effort to stop
this appalling loss of needed revenue
with marked success. Certainly
Maryland cannot at this time afford
to pass up this opportunity.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
BRONZE MEDALS GIVEN
TO VIRGINIA YOUTHS

The Carnegie Hero Fund Commits
sion awarded bronze medals last We'd
nesday to three Virginia youths for
their parts in rescues of three per-
sons from drowning.
The youths cited by the commission
were George M. Kissinger, 3rd, Cape
Charles; Bertham S. Starr, Norfolk
and Robert A. Berry, Columbia.
The 22-year-old Kissinger, student
rescued Mrs. Lorene R. O'Brien, ~,
from Loyalsock Creek, Loyalsock'
Va, August z, 1884, after she sank
in water 10 feet deep.
He swan 1876 feet to the point
where she had disappeared and towed
her to the bank, where ne revived
her.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31
CHURCH BURNS AS
FUNERAL APPROACHES

Breaking out while a funeral pro-
cession was enroute to the building
for services, fire Tuesday afternoon
destroyed Riverton M. P. Church.
Shortly before the cortege bearing
the body of John T. Wheatley, of
near Riverton, to the church for last
rites, arrived, fire broke out FROM a
defective flue, and the funeral pro-
cession was compelled to return to
the home of the deceased, where SER
vices were held.
Fire companies from Hebron, Mar
della and Sharptown Joined in fight
ing the blaze, but were unable to
check it. The church was erected in
1887.
AS the flames died down, the funer-
al procession returned to the church
and interment was made in the church
cemetery.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31
MARYLAND DELINQUENTS
CAUSE REVENUE LOSS

Since January /, 1886 the State of
Maryland has lost thousand of dol
lars in gasoline tax revenue, the re-
suit of approximately $4,000 motor
lists failing to secure their new licen-
Sc plates. The office of the Commits
sioner of Motor Vehicles reports that
in 1885, 355,555 registrations were is
sued but on December 31st, the dead
line for securing new license tags, on
ly 24O,671 motorists availed them
selves of the privilege of using their
cars on January LIST. Thus approx
mately one-third of the motor We
hicles of the State of Maryland were
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31
MARYLAND CROP VALUE
DECLINED LAST YEAR

In spite of gains in the 1885 none
tary yield of truck and vegetable
crops and fruit crops over 1884, the
total Maryland crop values declined
$915,000 last year from the aggregate
farm values of the preceding year.
The values were announced by the
Maryland Crop Reporting Service,
operated by the University of Mary
land extension service and the Bur-
eau of Agricultural Economics of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture.
Decline of the 1885 farm yield was
due, it was pointed out, to reduction
from 1884 of $2,79O,OOO in the value
of field crops, including grain and
hay.
The main reductions of yield were
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31
ORGANIZED FARMERS TO
BE BUSY IN 1886

Organized farmers of Maryland will
have one of their busiest years in
1886, judging from the program of
activity outlined at the annual meet
ing of the State Farm Bureau at Bal
timore last week. In resolutions and
recommendations adopted by delegates
from all but two counties of the State
a program of work was outlined which
included projects in county and State,
and cooperation with their national
group in activities of interest to farm
ers elsewhere.
The delegates agreed that their own
organizations in Maryland, including
county farm bureaus and coopertive
marketing and purchasing units, need
ed considerable strengthening. Their
resolutions also included such other
subjects as increased appropriations
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31
PAINLESS METHODS OF
FILLING TEETH FOUND

Through the generosity of a Col
umbia University scientist, human
ity received an inexpensive formula
last Wednesday designed to take the
pain out of the process Of filling
teeth.
Although a fortune possibly was
within the grasp of the discoverer,
DR.. Leroy L. Hartman, he elected to
release the formula to the entire den
tai profession without charge as my
humble contribution to humanity"
The formula calls for mixture OF
IA parts of thymol, l part of ethy
alcohol and two parts of sulphuric
ether. A half-ounce bottle costing
less than 81, is sufficient for 200 ap-
plications.
He warned, however, it should not
be used by amateurs as burns might
result if it is not properly administer
ed.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31

one silver and 20 bronze medals.
Eeight of the heroes lost their lives
attempting to save others.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31

in such crops as corn, wheat, oats,
rye and hay.
Although the 1885 Maryland corn
crop exceeded that of the previous
year by nearly 100000 bushels, the
aggregate yield fell by $4,000. Like
wise, while the 1885 wheat crop was
about 100000 greater than in 1884,
the aggregate yield was $4,000 less
In all of the main grain crops, the
price per unit of measure was less
than in the previous year, it was re-
ported.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

No matter how many medicines you
have tried for your cough, chest cold
or bronchial irritation, you can get re-
lief now with CreomulSion. Serious
trouble may be brewing and you can
not afford to take a chance with any
thing less than Creomulsion, which
to aid nature to soothe and heal the
inflamed membranes as the germ-laden
phlegm is loosened and expelled.
Even if other remedies have failed,
don't be discouraged, your druggist is
authorized to guarantee Creomulsion
and to refund your money II you are not
satisfied with results from the very first
bottle. Get Creomuls ion right now. (Adv0
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31
STOP GETTING UP NIGHTS
This Csc Bladder Laxative Free

If it fails to flush out impurities
and excess acids which cause the ir-
regularity that wakes you up. Get
buchu, juniper oil, etc., in little green
tablets called Bukets, the bladder
laxative. Works on the bladder sim
liar to castor oil on the bowels. Poor
ly acting bladder can cause scanty
flow, frequent desire, burning or back
ache. In four days if not pleased any
druggist will refund your $25c. Lloyd
& Blaine, Druggists.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-01-31
MEETING WAS HELD ON
CHANNEL WIDENING PROF.

The matter of the proposed Chan
mel at the entrance of the Claiborne
Annapolis Ferry at Matapeake, re-
port on which is authorized by the
River and Harbor Act approved Au-
gust 30, 1885, was considered at a
public hearing held by Colonel E. ].
Dent, or his representative in the
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
R 0 N f SPEEDS
/. DEFENSE PLAN

ROME, Feb. Z Q.NS3.-With
the Supreme Council of National
Defense in a series Of emergency
daily sessions while oil sanctions
are under consideration at Gen
eva, two important announce
rnents were made today regard
ing Premier Mussolini'j plans to
resist aggression" If the oil EN-.
barge leads to European war.
Forty thousand workers in the
automobile industry alone, 1t was
made known, are engaged in the
manufacture of goods for ma.
tional defense" Such military
equipment as alrpIane engines,
trucks and tanks presumably Is
meant.
simultaneously sweeping plans
were announced for the complete
gaS-proofing Of the capital against
possible air raids.
Achille Starace, general Secre-
tary Of the Fascist party, and
Count Galeazzo, son-in-law of
Premier Mussolini and leader of
the Desperate" air squadron, left
Rome for Naples today, prepara-
tory to sailing for East Africa.
: Flags were unfurled, bands
played, and guards Of honor were
drawn up when the pair left.
One official stated:
Dispatch Of Starace and
others to Africa is evidence we
intend to finish what we
started"
Their departure also was seen
as an attempt to enhance Fascist
party prestige in connection with
the Ethiopian campaign. Starace
undoubtedly will make personal
reports to Mussolini.
Rome's city plan, It was re-
vealed, has been modified to call
for the construction Of two new
mammoth gas shelters-one a tun-
mel almost a mile long from the
Pincian Gate to the Piazza Del
Popolo, in the northern part of
the city, and the other an under
path leading from the ancient
forum site to the central station.
With gas shelters already built,
these can, it is estimated, protect
one-third Of the capitals million
population.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
Pilot Flies Boy,
Ill, Here From
Tangier

It was something more than q
few dollars that made Bill Payne,
crack washington Airport pilot,
brave a second flight to Tangier
Island late yesterday to bring to
Emergency Hospital 7.year-old Otis
Crockett, critically i'll with pneu-
nionia.
The something more was the
fact that out in the Payne home
in BallSton, Va, is little Jean
Payne, the same age as the
stricken child flown back yester-
day. y
Pilot Payne had damaged a
landing gear while pulling out
Of a rough 500.foot school yard he
has been using as a flying field.
But he had also seen the Crock
EFT child, who, doctors agreed,
could not live on the island.
When Payne took off here with
equipment with which to transport
the child, snow was reported fall
ing on the island, but to the red
haired veteran of the skies, greater
hazards would be needed to pre-.
vent him from getting that child
back to the hospital where the
chance Of recovery would be at
least even.
And If he held small Jean Payne
in his arms longer than usual
last night there was a reason for
that, too,
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
Capital Is ParaIyZed
BY E5-mch Snow

bland as the clinging snow blan-
keted trees and ground.
Three persons were sent to hos
pitals during the night as a re-
suit Of traffic accidents during the
storm.
Girl Hurt in Car Crash
Miss Evelyn Sansberry, %, of
ForreStville, Nd, suffered minor
cuts and bruises on the face and
head last night when a car in
which she was a passenger col
lided at Florida Avenue and v
Street Northwest with another
auto. She was given first aid at
Emergency Hospital and later
sent home. Her companion, Harry
o. Dodson. "a, of the 1900 block
Of Park Rd. N. W., was unhurt.
Ray G. Bolts, 80, Of "a v st.
N. W., was struck and knocked
down by an auto as he stood in
the street at Ninth and K Streets
Northwest cleaning the windshield
of his car. Taken to Casualty
Hospital, he was treated for abra-
SionS on the left leg and side,
then sent home.
Mrs. Margaret A. Mcmahon, so,
Of 800 Forty-fourth st. N. W.,
slipped and fell under q Capital
Transit Company bus at the cor
ner Of New Mexico and Cathedral
Avenues Northwest last night. In
Emergency Hospital she was
treated for q fractured right
ankle. Her condition was de-
Scribed as not serious.
All roads leading from Annapolis
were blocked, according to a re-
port from that city. Navigation
at the port was completely stopped,
as falling snow prevented visibility
beyond 20 feet. Ferries usually
running between Annapolis and
Claiborne remained at their
herthg.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
SHUT
BY BLIZZARD

As hundreds Of complaints were
made to the Board Of Education
today against the opening Of Dis
trict schools In the blizzard, or
ders were issued to send all pupils
home for the day at 1915 p. m.
In Arlington county. where some
5000 pupils had trudged through
the deep snow, they were informed
that no classes would be held.
Fairfax county pupils were. noti-
fled at their homes there would
be no classes.
Alexandria schools were in SeS-
sion as usual, since there was no
time to notify the children, and
as they arrived at the schools it
was decided to follow the regular
prograL!.
All schools In Prince Georges
and Montgomery counties were
closed by order Of the county su-
perintendentS.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
TANGIER RELIEF
FL|ERSBALKED

Relief planes poised here fol
the flight across the ice-boumd
Chesapeake Bay to Tangier ano
Smith Island, to carry food and
medicines to the marooned resi-
dents, were grounded today by the
heavy snowfall.
Visibility and ceiling were Zero
zero" and even If the fall should
stop it is doubtful if the planes
could take off, pilots said.
Meanwhile conditions on the
island were improved, but there
is stin shortage Of food, j. Mil
lard Tawes, chairman Of the Red
Gross chapter at Crisfield, Md.
said today.
Food Distributed
A plane carrying 500 pounds
of food, fruits, vegetables and
other items essential to the diet OF
sick and convaleScent persons
reached Tangier Island, and was
Immediately distributed under the
direction Of doctors and nurses
to those persons needing special
diets.
More than 100 fishermen, who
had been stranded : for. three
weeks on the mainland, cut off
from fet1rning to their homes by
the thick ice, reached Tangier
Island yesterday,
The men walked across the ice
from Crisfield, where they had
been lodged in the State Armory,
and boarded the Coast Guard
cutter Travis which had battered
q 50-foot channel through the ice
to within a half mile Of Tangier.
There the men disembarked and
walked across the ice to their
homes. Their fishing and oyster
boats are still ice-locked in Girls
field Bay, and will remain there
until thaw finally sets in.
About SO more Of the islanders,
who had been working in the
Potomac River oyster beds, are
marooned at Colonial Beach on
their boats, but, with so much ice
In the bay, the Coast Guard will
make no effort to free them at this
time, it was said at headquarters
here.
A Washington Herald plane
yesterday flew a 7.year-old boy,
critically i'll with pneumonia,
from the island to Emergency
Hospital here, the second person
to be transported this way.
The boy, Otis Crockett, jr., and
his mother boarded the plane &C
companied by a nurse, and an
hour later he was in the hos
pital.
With the food supplies on the
two islands sufficient for only
q week, Mr.. Tawes said today
he intends to contact Red Cross
headquarters in Washington and
ask that they devise some method
Of assuring adequate supplies
for the islands during the emerg-
ency period.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
u. ). EMPLOYEES
OFF EARLY

In an effort to prevent the
usual late afternoon traffic jam,
District and Federal authorities
made plans to release employees
early.
AS many as possible will be sent
home from the District Building
at 2 o'clock, and at 2:30 the De.
partment of Commerce will re-
lease employees who can be spared
on a. stagger system.
At the Treasury Department 1t
was said officials will meet early
this afternoon to determine
whether an early closing hour
shall be authorized.
Most of the other departments
indicated no decision had been
reached on early closing.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
SNOW TO COST
DC. $4,000

District officials estimated 1t
will cost between $4,000 and
100000 to remove today's snow
from Washington streets. A de
ficiency appropriation for the
highway, sewer and water de-
partment budgets may be sought
in consequence, it was indicated.
With more than 1000 men
now engaged on snow removal, it
was expected another 500 would
be placed in service later in the
day.
They are using % plows and
SO trucks from the highway de-
partment equipped with pushers.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
S Italian Planes
Bomb TOWn
In Ethiopia =.

Adds ABABA, Feb. Z G.N.S0
The town of Magalo, about 125
miles north Of Nogelli, has been
bombarded by Italian planes, the
government announced in an of.
ficial communique today, which
said:
Five Italian airplanes bonn.
barded Magalo heavily in an at
tempt to locate large magazines
Of ammunition reported to have
been buried by the Italian consul
before he left there. One person
was wounded and 10 houses were
destroyed by fire."
1t was reported the magazine
was discovered weeks ago and its
contents distributed to Ethiopian
troops.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
Zero Weather Forecast
For Chicago Weekend

CHICAGO. Feb. Z UN.SJ-A
weekend Of zero weather was pre-
dicted for the Chicago area by
c. A. Donnel, Government fore
caster, today.
Mr.. Donnel' said he expected
bowling winds to bring a new
cold wave in from the northwest
where subzero temperatures were
still being posted yesterday.
Northeast winds off Lake Mich
igan gave the city some respite
from the worst cold wave in "a
years, yesterday, with the mer-
curry climbing as high as is de-
greeS above zero.
But the Weather Man said he
expected the winds to swing
around tonight and bring the city
some Of the 28-below-zero temper.
ature recorded at Devils Lake,
N. D., yesterday.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
Testimonial 10 Wells
Postponed by Storm

Today's heavy snowfall has in
definitely postponed testimonial
meeting, which was to have been
held tonight in the Garnett-Pat-
terSon Junior High School in
honor Of Francis Wells, veteran
colored employe of the District,
recently retired.
Wells was a clerk in the office
Of the secretary to the Board of
District Commissioners for IS
years. He never took a days sick
leave and only took 1O4 days an
nual leave in his long service.
In retirement he is devoting his
time to organization Of a colored
boys club.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
Judge Rejects Bond
For Vice Suspeci

. NEW YORK, Feb. Z U.NSO.
Mrs. Mae Schieble, alleged "vice
queen" who was arrested Tues
day on a charge Of transporting
a woman from Pittsburgh to
New York for immoral purposes,
had spent her second night in
the Women'S House Of Detention
today.
She was taken back to her cell
last night after Federal Judge
Byers refused to accept real es.
tate equities for bail fixed at
$500.
The Washington times., 1936-02-07
3 Bremen Kidnapers
Off TO LeavenWorth

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. z (I.N
Sion their way to Federal
prison at Leavenworth, Kans., to
day were three more of the kid.
napers of Edward G. Bremen, st.
Paul bank president. The three
are CaSSius Mcdonald, Detroit
contractor; William W eaver,
Barker -Kappis gunman, and Harry
Sawyer, kidnap "finger-man."
They were quietly removed from
Jail here last night to begin their
terms, life for Sawyer and Weaver,
IS years for Mcdonald.