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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-17
SCOUT EXECUTIVE
CHALLENGES FOR
BETTER READING

"Tell me what boy reads and
will tell you what he will become"
With these words DR.. Jas. E. West,
Chief Scout Executive of the Boy
Scouts of America and Editor of
Boys Life" magazine, challenges the
youth of America to better reading as
he announces the week of December IL
to Is as Boys Life Week to focus at
tention upon tn year-around Reading
Program of the Boy Scouts of Ameri-
ca.
mo entertainment is so inexpensive
as reading; no pleasure so lasting"
DR.. West continued "No one thing,
in my judgment, is so much a factor
for influencing the attitude of mind
and habits of conduct"
An ardent advocate of the cause of
worthwhile reading, DR.. West, as exc
cutive head of the Boy Scouts of
America, has created a Handbook for
Boys which has maintained it's place
as best seller, second only to the
Holy Bible in total volume of sales
throughout the nation, and with a
record of 100000 copies distributed
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-17
Flaws Are Seen In the
Game At Washington, D. C..

Washington, if it really tried
ought to be able to give the kiddies
some worthwhile lessons in how "ring
around the rosy" should be played
But one influential elmer circle" eco.
nOmist-who claims to be the only
one who year ago foresaw the pres
ent business recession-sees flaws in
the game as Washington plays. Lis
ten to his summary:
''We set out to do something fol
those who live in shacks and don't
have enough to eat and wear. So we
put them on relief. Then to get the
money we levy new taxes. And nat
urally we get an increase in prices.
So it costs us more to feed the needy
and we have to levy higher taxes.
"Take the farmers. We try to help
them by seeing that they get more
money for the things they sell. We
raise prices of farm goods.
1.-THE prices get so high that fac
tory workers can't buy farm goods, so
we think up an MIRA or a wage-hour
bill. And we raise the wages of fac
tory workers. Then the prices of fac
tory goods go up so the farmers can't
afford them. And we have to raise
the farmers income again. And so
it goes-ring around the rosy.
There is another group that we
seem to be forgetting about. Add the
six million farmers and the eleven mil
lion factory workers together. They
make seventeen million, less than a
seventh of the population.
eff we keep boosting factory wages
and farm income long enough, the law
of average says that some day we
must reach happy medium for them.
But meanwhile what happens to the
fellow who is in neither group-the
white collar man? The great middle
clss? The first thing he know, he
can't buy either factory-made or farm
raised goods.
UNLESS we stop this ring around
the rosy business and let things i'm
prove naturally for a while, we're GO
ing to end up with all our farmers and
factories having a lot of highpriced
things they can't sell, and with hun
dred and ten million people on relief"
If this economist had wanted to cite
an illustration, he might have chosen
one that is drawing particular inter-
est here now. It involves the rail
roads and the coal industry.
Railroads granted sizeable wage
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-17

increases to their employees recent
ly. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission, convinced that the action was
necessary to avoid bankruptcy, grant
ed the request of the railroads fol
freight rate increases totalling $47,-
100000 annually. That won't cover
half the increased railroad payroll
cost.
On the other hand, Congress created
the National Bituminous Coal Commits
sion to "save" the coal industry. So
the Consumers Counsel for the Coal
Commission steps forward and an
nounces he will ask reconsideration of
the freight rate increase.
The coal industry, he says, will pay
$27,000,O00 of that s47,5OO,0OO. What
he means is that the coal consumers
all over the country will pay higher
prices for their delivered coal. Since
it will cost more, they will try to burn
less and the railroads will have less
to haul and the coal miners will have
to dig less out of the earth.
Sounds like that song everybody got
so tired of, remember? "The Music
Goes Down and Around"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-17

sorely needed one, to combat the in
roads of other foods that are COM
peting with milk for a larger share
of the housewives food dollar. This
new crusader for milk appeared in the
form of National Milk Week. More
than 1000 milk companies made a
special, concerted effort to tell the
consumer how he would benefit by
drinking more milk, and of milk's low
cost from the viewpoint of nutritive
value. Over three million pieces of
promotional literature about milk were
distributed to the household during the
week.
Thos. H. McInnerney, President of
National Dairy Products Corporation,
calls this first nationwide milk pro-
motion Constructive program" He
pledges the support of his company in
these industry-wide efforts to sell
more milk and is hopeful that they
will be continued. He also cites the
1887 effort as a triumph over major
obstacles.
Mr.. McInnerney points out that it
is easy to launch cooperative selling
effort for many speciality foods, be-
cause they are produced by a small
number of growers, professors, and
shippers, who can readily combine
their resources for cooperative sales
campaign. Not so with milk, how
ever. There are 5000 milk distribut-
ing companies and fluid milk produc-
ers Operatives in the United States.
Although National Dairy is the larg-
est company in the industry it sells
less than z pr cent of all the bottled
milk sold in he country. Under these
conditions it has been difficult for the
milk industry to organize a nation
wide milk promotion. But if the in
dustry can continue these promotions,
we may eventually find more milk in
more homes.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-17
totaled s793, 900 this year, were on

totaled $4,000 this year, were only
$638,OOO the previous year, bringing
the total for October, 1887 to $1,2O1,-
900 as compared to the October. 1886
figure of $1,O58,OOO.
For the period January through
October, 1887, the total receipts from
farm products sold in Delaware were
$14,926,000 as compared to the 1886
total of $12,086,OOO. Totals for the
same periods in the two previous years
were $11 ,477,OOO in 1885 and $685.
900 in 1884.
Government payments to Delaware
farmers for the January October per
iod, 1887 amounted to $4,000, which
brought the total receipts from farm
products for the period up to. $751;
5000.
For the United States as whole, in
come from all crops in all states dur
ing October totaled seven per cent
above last year while income from
livestock and livestock products was
down three yer cent. Cash income
from all farm marketings in October,
this year, was $9O7,O0O,O0O as compar-
ed with $ss2,OOO,OOO in October, 1896.
For the first ten months of this year,
the Bureau reports that receipts from
the sale of principal farm products,
both including and not including Gov
eminent payments, were higher than
for the same period last year. Includ
ing Government payments, these total
ed $7,O87,OOO,OO for the January Oc-
tober period this year and $6,336, OOO,-
900 for the corresponding period last
year.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-17
LARGE RECEIPTS
FROM THE SALE OF
FARM PRODUCTS

That agriculture is big business is
proven by the announcement by the Blu
reau of Agricultural Economies of the
United States Departmnt of Agricul-
ture that the receipts from the sale of
principal farm products in the United
States, for the first ten months this
year, totaled $6,732, 100000.
Delaware farmers shared in this
total to the extent of $14,926,0OO. With
receipts from the sale of principal
farm products in the State for Octob-
er, 1887, up over the same month last
year, receipts for the ten-month period
kept ahead of last years total for
the corresponding period.
While receipts from the sale of
crops in October, 1887, which totaled
$408,O00 for Delaware, fell below the
1886 October total of $4,000, the
receipts from the sale of livestock and
livestock products in the State, which
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-17

walton workers point out. They should
be left to decay and help feed the
coming crop of trees. To pile and
burn them is as wasteful as burning
the straw from a grain crop. Farm
ers who are double-cropping the wood
ed areas-for timber and fuel and
also for wild game-may want to pile
some of the small branches. Brush
piles are favorite refugees for many
birds and many varieties of small
game. Other waseful material we'll
scattered, will decay and return to
the soil as spongy humus that puts
soil into the best condition to absorb
rainfall, thus helping prevent erosion
and providing needed raw material
for thrifty forest growth.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-17

field was under three inches of ice
last Thursday, the aftermath of an un-
usually high tide which flooded the
front section of the city.
Traffic is proceeding over the icy
streets, however, while residents are
awaiting for break in the low tenn
perature for the ice to thaw.
The streets changed quickly from
water to ice when the temperature
dropped sharply. A brief but heavy
snow furry accompanied the falling
temperature.
The water had receded consider
ably from its peak of four feet before
the cold weather trapped it.
The seafood industry around which
the bay town is centered was halted
by the flood. Boats loaded with shell
stock oysters were compelled to cease
unloading at the wharves when the
tide carried them up on top of the
docks.
afternoon in order to allow children to
return to their homes. Negro resi-
Dental sections were also under wat
er.
Watermen attributed the tide, unpre
cedented during the winter season, to
heavy rains.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-17
MILK LARGEST
INCOME SOURCE
in AGRICULTURE

Milk is already the largest single
source of agricultural income in the
country. Since dairy farmers receive
their highest prices for milk sold in
fluid form, larger fluid consumption
means more satisfactory milk checks
for dairy farmers.
Consistent increases in fluid milk
sales over last year, reported by the
Milk Industry Foundation for the last
several months, are encouraging, not
just to the dairy industry but to the
nation in general, for larger milk
consumption is evidence of larger ur-
ban purchasing power.
During 1887 the familiar bottle of
milk gained another champion, and a
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-17
since it was first printed in 1910.


AS Editor of Boys Life" maya.
zine, DR.. West has created a maya
zine for all boys which packs adven-
ture and constructive idealism within
it's covers, thanks to the generous CO.
operation of such famous adventures
and writers as Admiral Richard E.
Byrd, Roy Chapman Andrews, Cap
tain Eddie Rickenbacker, Sir Malcolm
Campbell, the late Knute Rockne and
scores of others who have written
special staries for "Boys' Life" read
ers. He has also lead in the produc-
ton OF scores of books and pamphlets
on subjects concerned with camping
and crafts, as we'll as both true and
fictional stories of youthful adventure.
Announcing Boys Life Week, De-
cember IL to 18, DR.. West urges the
boys of the nation, as their first step
in building a balanced ration" of read
ing, to get acquainted with their local
librarian and to take out a member
ship in the public library.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-17
TWIGS AND BRANCHES
HAVE A FARM Use

Twigs and branches too small for
fuel have their own value in the we'll
farm woodland, Soil Conser-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-17
HIGH TIDES INUNDATE
LOWER CRISFIELD STREETS

The lower business section of Girls
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-17
A Most Acceptable
Christmas Gift

Start a Christmas Club for some
member of the family. Make
the first payments, and next
Christmas they, too, can buy
with club funds.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-12-17

VOU can have next years finest refrigerator time
for the holidays New 1888 Servel Eecroux models are
just out New beauty refnements-butt the silent
owcos operation that has made this refrigerator famous
for than ten years. Call today showroom See
how it is to of these Serve Eectroux rerg-
orators that will actually enough to pay for ITSELF
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-04

the newspaper atmosphere is au. thentic. The audience will thorou- ughly enjoy My Dear Miss Ald- rich".
 The secon big hit to be presented on this program is Warner Olano in his latest of baffling mysteries Chan on Broadway.
 This coming Saturday, Warner Baxter, Loretta Young and Virgin Ia Bruce bring to you the grand hit, "Wife, Doctor and Nurse.
 Currently playing at Loew's Poli Is Ronald Colman in the sensation al Prisoner of zenda" with Madeline Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Mary Astor and a grand supporting cast of favorites.
 The companion hit is Love Takes Flight" with Bruce Cabot, Astrid Allwyn and Beatrice Roberts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-04
ELECTORS' WARNING
 TOWN ELECTION

The Electors of the Town of Wa: berbury, are hereby warned to mee' within their respective voting dlsS trets on Tuesday ths ths tSa 5th pmrpoSe @ny oe of choosing by ballot the following named officers to hold office for the term of two years, or until their successors shall be elected and qualified viz: o,.,,. United states Standard Voting Machines placed for that purpose in the voting booths of all Districts, M be used for preserbsed wosns by the Statutes of Connecticut.
 The polls will be open for the reception of ballots from six o'clock in the forenoon until six o'clock in the afternoon of said day and no The following places have been designated for Voting in the several Voting Districts at said Election.
 District No. Salvation Army 20 Savings Street. -.o rd DiStriGt st Ms,n N3; sfrest- Fire A0uSe' 01' Ni9i District h No. Fire House, s15 District No. 4-Eagles' Hall, 121 North Main Street. r,,.. Ao. oo DlStrlcC NO. D. rlEe 11ouS0p 2" Burton Street.
 District No. 6-Fire House, 1851 Thomaston Avenue. District No. 7-Kingsbury School, 22O Columbia Boulevard.
 District No. S-City Garage, S2 District No. s-Fire House, 4a1 District No. 10- Russell School. 955 West Main Street.
 District No. Il -Duggan School Gym, 952 Bank Street.
 District No. 12-Franco-American Club. 42S South Main Street.
 District No. 13-Fire House, 2Ss Washington Avenue.
 District No. 14-O'Donnelrs Hall. 51 Washington Street. z District No. 15-Clark School Gym, School and Scovill Streets.
 District No. 16--Vacant Store, 682 East Main Street.
 District No. 17-Sacred Heart So- cial Rooms, 20 Taylor Street.
 District No. 18-Fire House, S21 Baldwin Street. 1929 East Main Street. District No. 20- Fire House, 197 Bunker Hill Avenue.
 Dated at Waterbury, Conn.,, this 1st, day of October, 1887.
 Attest:
 DORA A. EGAN, 1O-4-1t Town Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-04
POLl'S

The equality of women gets better than an even break in My Dear Miss Aldrich", the amusing comedy which Metro Goldwyn- Mayer pro. vides at the Loew-Poi theater, We'd nesday for three days.
 With Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan and Walter Pidgeon top ping a flrst-class cast, this picture ranks as one of the better laugh films of the age. It tells the story of 8 school teacher who inherits a newspaper. The managing editor, strong in the belief that no woman is fitted for work beyond the home, attempts to block her at every turn until, of course, he falls in love with her.
 Miss O'Sullivan has just been se- lected to co-star with Robert Taylor in London in "A Tank at Oxford" Pidgeon, in reward for his excellent acting, has been signed to long term Metro Goldwyn-Mayer con- tract.
 Every member of tne cast excels in his respective role. Edna May Oliver appears as @ puzzle addict, in the most humorous role of her brilliant career. J. Farrell MacDon- aid, the veteran character actor, is a city editor. Janet Beecher is @ militant feminist. Others in the cast are Rita Johnson, sensational new find; Roger Converse, Brent Sar- gent, Charles Wsliron, Quinn Will Hams and Pau'g Harvey. George seitS har performed a inasterful job of direction.
 The story is entirely plausible and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-04
MOTOR INCOME
 ON UPGRADE
Earmarking Motor Reve- nue For Highways May
 Bring Reductions

Substantial increases in state reV- enues from registration fees and gasoline taxes and the motorists Increasing insistence that all their motor tax revenues be ear-marked for highway use are favorable fac- tors in the early completion of Connecticut's highway system and may make possible reduction of the present heavy motor vehicle tax burden in the future, E. T. Coleman, secretary of the Connec- ticut Petroleum Industries Commit tee, declared today before leaving for New York where he will at- tend four-day conference of Pe- tfoleu1n Industries Committee offi- cers from seven states next Tues day, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
 Mir. Coleman, with J. Christoph, chairman of the committee will rep resent Connecticut at the confer ence which will be held at the headquarters offices of the Ameri- can Petroleum Industries Commit tee in Radio City. The states rep resented at the conference include Connecticut, Main, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. MT. Coleman has been invited to address the con- ference Wednesday afternoon on the gasoline tax situation in this state.
 "The number of automobiles regis tered in the state has grown stead- fly since the depth of the depres- sion, which maens that registration receipts are constantly mounting" Mir. Coleman, explained. At the same time the increase in the num- Der of vehicles registered, as wll as the greatr us of each vhicle, has been responsible for a substantial growth in gasoline tax revenue. This increase in motor vehicle rev. enue receipts should make 1t pos- sihle, either now or in the near fu- ture, to reduce the gasolin tax with out sacrifice of any of the rev. enue upon which the highway de- partment depends"
 "The Connecticut Petroleum In- dustries committee is working on what we believe to be sound basis. We want to do everything in our power to assist the stae in collect ing every dollar due it in motcr vehicle taxes of all kinds, and es- pecially gasoline taxes in which we are directly concerned. As a matter of fact, the petroleum in- dustry is now spending several times as much as the state in collecting gasoline taxes.
 "Not only do we want to see that th1 state gets every nickel that is due 1t, but we also want to see that every nickel collected from both gasoline taxes and registra- ton fees goes for the maintenance and construction of highways. Not only should all the money collected bO expended for high ways, but it should be expended wisely and economically. This will prevent over-building and waste, which are as bad as highway neglect.
 "Finally, whenever 1t becomes possible to decrease gasoline taxes without neglect of the roads, we favor such @ reduction as expedi- tiously as possible so as to relieve the motorist who has been expoilted unreaSonably so often In the past"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-04

ME MAY sing of the flowers that w bloom in the spring-tra-la-but a song cannot adequately describe the wonderful colorings that Mother Nature bestows upon the trees and shrubs in the fall. The woods are ablaze with color and new colorful fall flowers appear. Lakes, rivers, and the well known babbling brook seems to reflect these bright colors.
 Now, let's consider the type of film to use for fall colors. For ex. ample, suppose you are taking @ pic. ture of bed of fall fiowers-some deep orange or red and others dark blue. Ordinary film, not the chrome type, would yield a print in which the brighter colored flowers would appear darker than the blue ones, though to the eye the orange and red flowers appeared lighter. It would not, in other words, give true color brightness values in black and white print. However, with what is known as panchromatic film the true tonal values in monochrome rendering will be obtained.
 Renderings of color and cloud eff. fleets are further improved by the use of proper color filters with any type film, including the chrome and panchromatic.
 A filter is a specially prepared disc of colored gelatine, between glass, which is slipped over the camera lens. It's function is to hold back cer. tain rays of light and let others pass through. Although there are several kinds, I believe the beginner who hAa YavaTs Nuad a 71tn1. 1o iohk oIn aaan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-04

between the two most popularly used, or better yet, have both to use when necessary to improve the quality and artistic appearance of the snapshot.
 One of these filters is known as the K-2. When using the K-2 filter with chrome type film, 1t is neces- sary to increase the exposure over that which you would give without the filter about 21a times. With sup ersensitive panchromatic film the exposure with a K-2 filter need be increased but two times.
 The other filter is used largely to photograph clouds in a landscape with NO increase in exposure time. This is called a Sky Filter, one half of which is yellow, and the other half clear. The reason why this filter can record both clouds and land- scape without requiring any increase in exposure is that the sky is photo graphed through the yellow part of the filter while the landscape is photographed through the part which is not colored. The yellow part of the filter holds back the blue of the sky somewhat and gives the white clouds more chance to record their real beauty.
 Youe nearest dealer, in photo graphic materials will gladly give you more information regarding the use of color filters and I am sure that when you realize the great diff ference the use of a filter makes in the appearance of your snapshots you will become a confirmed user of this inexpensive accessory.
 John Van Guilder
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-04
,TpTcT oF wATER1rIRY.

DISTRICT of WATERBURY, ss. PROBATE COURT. October End, A. D. 1887. ESTATE of CATH BRINE also called KATE MAR CIANO, late of Waterbury, in said District. deceased. -osnn,, MARCIANO, praying that letters of administration may be granted on said Estate. as per application on file more fully appears, it Is
 ORDERED. That said application be heard and determined at the District, on the 9th day of october, A. D. 1887 at 9:O0 o'clock in the forenoon (Standard Time), and that notice be given of the pendency of said application, and the time and place of hearing thereon, by pub fishing the same one time, in some newspaper having circulation in said District, on or before the 9th day of October, 1887.
 Attest:
 JOHN J. HOWARD, 1O-4-1t Clerk.