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Evening star., 1938-10-27
CHEST CAMPAIGN
UNIT UNDER WAY
Special Assignments Group
Has Goal of $581 ,6O6
to Reach.

With a goal of s5s1 .eoe to reach, the
Special Assignments Unit of the Com
munity Chest campaign got under way
today.
The units solicitation was launched
yesterday with luncheon at the Will
lard Hotel Members of the eight
committees of the unit were instructed
IN methods of obtaining the larger
gifts. particular job of the unit.
: Attending the luncheon in addition
to chairmen and members of each
committee, were officers of the Chest
and chairmen of several other units,
including Alvin W. Hall and Mrs. James
Lawrence Houghteling, co-chairmen of
the Government Unit; Randolph Leigh,
Suburban Unit, and w. w. Wheeler,
Metropolitan Unit.
Coleman Jennings, Chest president;
Randolph Bishop, assistant director of
the Chest, and William j. Flather, jr.,
campaign chairman, spoke at the meet
ing. Frederick M. Bradley, chairman
of the Special Assignments Unit, pre-
sided.
Committee heads of the unit include
Chauncey G. Parker. jr., chairman,
Al; Maj, David S. Barry, jr., chair
man, and Mrs. James Clement Dunn,
vice chairman, Az; Mrs. Charles A.
Goldsmith, chairman, and Benjamin
Ourisman, vice chairman, A-3; DR..
Arthur c. Christie, chairman, and Mrs.
Wilson Compton, vice chairman, "A:
Newbold Noyes chairman, and F. Mo-
ran McConihe, vice chairman, AS;
Andrew Saul, chairman, and Mrs.
Carroll Morgan, vice chairman, AS;
Mr.. Flather, chairman, AT and Mrs.
Reginald S. Huidekoper, chairman, and
Mrs. Walter G. Distler, vice chairman,
A-S.
Laymen to Use Pulpit.
High over the heads of great
congregation in Washington Cathe-
dral. gathered in prayer to open the
11th annual Community Chest appeal,
three Washington laymen will have the
honor Sunday night to be the first
non-sectarian speakers to occupy an
ancient pulpit brought over from Can
terbury Cathedral in England.
Coleman Jennings, president Of the
Community Chest; Morris Cafritz,
vice chairman, and Col William o.
TUFTS. all prominent in philanthropy,
will be the speakers. standing on the
impressive ambon reassembled from
carved stones that once held pulpiteers
IN England as far back as the Magma
Charta
Hundreds OF all faiths will assemble
IN the Cathedral Sunday evening, in
vlted by Dean Noble c. Powell. Led
by the Right Rev. Bishop James E.
Freeman, the assembled guests will
march side by side to their pews in
the Cathedral. The meeting will be
opened with prayer.
Evening star., 1938-10-27
IL. 0. TO CALL FARLEY

LONDON. Oct. ~ IP.-The gov
erning body Of the International La
Dor Once voted today to call an inter-
national conference next March to
deal with shorter hours for railway
workers.
Employers representatives voted
against the proposal. The place Of
the conference has not yet been de-
cided. Delegates of governments,
workers and employers will be invited.
Evening star., 1938-10-27
A. T. & T. is GRANTED
PROBE REPORT HEARING

The American Telegraph & Tele-
phone Co. and its subsidiaries and
related companies are to be given their
day in court on the report on the in
vestigation of these units which was
prepared by Commissioner Paul Wal
ker for the Federal Communicat tions
Commission. The commission has
never taken any action on the report
itself. which was transmitted February
20. They have been given 80 days to
file briefs.
The report has been CHALLENGED by
Evening star., 1938-10-27

conducted by Hope Lodge. Of which
Mr.. Kaufman was . member.
Mr.. Kaufman. . native Of Washins.
ton, had been In Ill health for q num-
Der OF years. He was employed By
the Hub Furniture Co., Seventh and
D streets NV, for more than 20
years.
He Is survived by his widow, Nrs
Nina r. Kaufman,
Evening star., 1938-10-27
KAUFMAN RITES TODAY
Hope Lodge Of Masons Will
. Conduct Services.

Funeral services for Alexander Kauf-
man. 73, who died Tuesday at his
residence In the Chastleton Apart
ments. will be held At 2 pm. today in
the Washington Hebrew Congregation
Cemetery, following services at the
P. ]. saffell funeral home, ATS H street
NV. Rabbi Abram Simon will deliver
the prayers. Masonic rites will be
Evening star., 1938-10-27
Roscoe Turner Enters Movies.

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 81 RD.-Col.
Roscoe Turner, veteran speed flyer
and stunt pilot, has signed a contract
with Republic Pictures for a starring
role in film with an aviation back
ground. The contract carries two op-
tions for renewal.
Evening star., 1938-10-27
NEW GROUP PLANNED
Meat, Poultry, Fish Wholesalers
Map Organization,

Plans to organize a new division of
the Merchants and Manufacturers As
sociation, to be known as the Whole
sale Food Distributors Division, were
made last night at meeting of whole
sale meat. poultry and fish dealers.
Harry Sherry was elected chairman
of the new group and Thurston Furr,
Harry Claxton and Joseph P. Gamble
were chosen as vice chairmen.
Evening star., 1938-10-27

Dental Question Box.
A question box will be provided a
the dental exhibit at the 1889 Califor.
MIA Worlds Fair. and dental probleml
Will be answered without charRe.
Evening star., 1938-10-27
Hunted Man Eats Balloons.

Fleeing from the police, Adrian
Brink of Calitzdorp, South Africa.
killed balloons for food and lived in
the mountains until his pursuers
abandoned the hunt.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-22
E. W. McMASTER
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
IN HOSPITAL
Highly Esteemed Citizen Near.
ing His Eighty-Seventh
Birth Anniversary

This community has been deeply
concerned over the rather serious ill
ness of the Hon. E. w. McMaster, one
of Pocomoke's oldest and most highly
esteemed citizens.
Mr.. McMaster was taken to the Sal
isbury hospital last Saturday, suffer
ing from an attack of appendicitis.
He was Immediately operated upon,
and encouraged his host of friends
here by the splendid way he held up
under the knife. Very little tempera-
ture dveloped, and most encouraging
reports came from his physicians.
On Wednesday afternoon, it was
found necessary to subject him to a
second operation; this time for an all
ment, Hernia, from which he had been
suffering for some time. Remark
able as it may seem, his condition
after the second ordeal did not show
any alarming symptoms, and, at this
writing, the report is that he is still
bearing up well.
Mr.. McMaster is nearing his eighty
seventh year, and his sturdy consti-
tuition is standing him in good stead
in these trying ordeals. His life, in
all respects, has been a most temper
ate one, and he has, tho" advanced in
age, considerable power still left to
fight the inroads of disease.
Everyone is hoping for the best in
his case, and trust he may soon re-
turn home, improved by his surgical
experience.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-22
MISS BETTY WALTERS
REPRESENTS POCOMOKE

Miss Mary Elizabeth Walters, bet
ter known as Betty Walters, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Wal
ters, Jr., of this city, has been select
ed princess" to represent Pocomoke
at the 4th Annual Eastern Shore Po-
tato Blossom Festival to be held at
the American Legion Recreation Park
in Tasley, Virginia, May %, 20, 80
and 81.
The selection of Her Royal High
ness, Sovereign of the Potato Realm,
Queen Eastern Shore w will take
place tonight at the Accomac High
School auditorium.
The Princesses slected from the Vir-
ginia, Maryland and Delaware towns
on the Shore, and Norfolk, Newport
News and Portsmouth, in Virginia,
will choose their own Queen.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-22
MRS. LENA ROSS
DIES AT THE AGE
OF 65 YEARS
Widow Of L. w. Ross Resident
OF This City For Eighteen
Years

Mrs. Lena Ross passed quietly away
at her home on Fourth Street shortly
before midnight Thursday, April 18th
at the age of 65 years. While she had
been in declining health for a number
of years and although her death was
expected yet it came as shock to her
relatives and many friends who mourn
her passing.
Daughter of the late George Parsons
and Amelia Peacock, she was born and
reared in the Dublin section. She was
the wife of the late 2. w. Ross, who
preceded her in death four years. and
had been a resident of this city for the
past eighteen years.
Funeral services were held from her
late home Sunday afternoon at 1:30,
conducted by Rev. J. w. Wootten,
pastor of Salem M. E. Church, assisted
by Rev. M. @. Spencer. Interment
was made in the Methodist cemetery.
The pallbearers were. Messrs. Edward
MCGEE, Harry Hancock, VIM. Mason,
Columbus Maddox, Jimmie Stevenson
and Garland Bull.
The beautiful designs of Easter lilies
that banked her casket marked the
high esteem in which she was held by
all who knew her.
Mrs. Ross is survived by four chill
dren: Mrs. Frank Ruark, of Kingston,
Mrs. William Ennis of Pocomoke City,
William and Byrd Ross of this city,
and by one brother, Jefferson Parsons,
of Exmore, Va.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-22
APPROPRIATION
BILL INCLUDES
WATER WAYS
Out Of A Total OF Seventeen,
Eleven Are On The Eastern
Shore Of Maryland
SHORE PROJECTS SPONSOR
ED BY GOLDSBOROUGH

Improvement of seventeen Mary
land waterway projects at a total cost
of $1,529,OOO is included in the War
Department civil functions appropri-
alton bill for the fiscal year 1889, re-
ported to the House this week.
Of the total projects in Maryland,
eleven are on the Eastern Shore, spon-
sored by Representative Goldsborough,
and six on the Western Shore, sponsor
ed by Representative Gambrill. The
eleven Shore projects totaled $1,346,-
700, but included an item of $4,000
for the Chesapeake and Delaware Can
al. The six Western Shore projects
amount to $182,400.
The two Maryland Representatives
have been fighting for four or five
years for these projects, and several
were approved as a result of appeals,
from adverse decisions to the Board of
Engineers for Rivers and Harbors.
An item of $4,000 for the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal was regard
ed as of major Importance not only
to the State at large but to the port
of Baltimore, as a result of it's CONVEX
sion into deep-sea waterway.
According to Maj. Gen. Julian l..
Schley, chief of army engineers, this
sum will be expended during the fis-
cal year for maintaining the twenty
seven foot channel through the nine
teen miles in the canal proper, and the
twenty-seven miles of approach chan
mel in Chesapeake Bay and Elk River,
which will require dredging to main
tain the new deep-draft channel until
the banks become stabilized.
The items in detail: Annapolis har-
Dor, $29,50O; Back Greek, Anne Arun-
del County, $4,000; Cambridge har-
Dor, $34 1000; Crisfield harbor and Lit
tie Annemesick river $110,500; Cy-
press Creek, Anne Arundel County,
$4,000; Fishing Bay, Dorchester coun-
ty, $4,000; Fishing Creek near Chesa-
peake Beach, $4,000; Island Creek,
Talbot County, $4,000; Nanticoke Riv-
er, Wicomico County, $4,000; Neal
Sound, Charles County, $15,6OO; North
east River, Cecil County, $1,000; Rock
Hall harbor, Kent County, $4,000;
st. Jerome's Creek, st. Mary's coun-
ty, $4,000; Upper thoroughfare, Deals
Island, $26, 900; Canal connecting Lit
tie and Big Choptank, $4,000; Wi
comico River, $215,OOO.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-22
ST. MARY'S CHURCH
ELECTS ITS VESTRYMEN

At the Annual Meeting of the st.
Mary's Episcopal Church congregation
held on Wednesday evening last, the
following were elected vestrymen: E.
P. Matthews, Harry C. Mears, John
Radcliffe, Mark Miles, Francis ].
Lloyd. L. Paul Ewell, C. H. Jones,
and William L. Bennett. Robert l..
Cluff and Edward J. Clarke, were ap-
pointed Junior and Senior Warden,
Edward J. Clarke and William L..
Bennett were elected delegates princi-
pal and alternate, respectively, to the
Diocesan Convention which meets in
Salisbury on Tuesday, May 3.
Reports from the treasurer and all
the different organizations of the
church, showed very encouraging
condition from a financial standpoint.
The meeting was preceded by supper
which was largely attended by the
members of the congregation.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-22
Cambridge Host To
Won1en's Clubs, 29th

The Salisbury Lodge of Perfection
will hold "Spring Fraternal Social"
in the Masonic Temple, Salisbury, on
Friday, April 29th, at P. M.
An interesting and varied program
will be presented and refreshments
will be served by Wicomico Chapter
No. 81 Order Eastern Star.
A cordial invitation to be present rs
extended to all Master Masons by C.
Edward Mumford, 80, K. C. C. M,
Venerable Master of the Lodge, and by
the members of the committee who are
planning the evenings entertainment.
Free parking spaces have been secur-
ed and the visiting brethren will be
escorted to them by Boy Scouts who
will be found at the Masonic Temple
in Salisbury.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-22
SPRING RALLY U.W.D. c.
In WESTMINSTER MAY 5

The "Spring Rally" of the United
Woman's Democratic Clubs of Mary
land will be held in Westminster on
Thursday, May 5. The rally will be in
the nature of a luncheon at the col
lege at 1890 and preparations are
being made to entertain around five
hundred. Tickets for the luncheon
may be obtained by writing Miss Flea
nor Tubman, Westminster, Md; the
price of the tickets are 81.
A number of noted speakers will be
present and issues of interest to club
members will be discussed. A num-
Der of homes will be open for those
who find it convenient to spend the
night and inconvenient to make the
trip in one day.
Those from Pocomoke wishing to
attend the rally and luncheon are ur-
ged to get in touch with Miss Tubman
so that tickets may be reserved and
suitable entertainment provided.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-22
KINGS DAUGHTERS
CELEBRATE ANNIV.

Invitations have been issued to the
Fiftieth anniversary of the Inasmuch
Circle of Kings Daughters which will
be observed Tuesday night, April 26th
at the home of Miss Emma Blades,
215 Walnut st.
The Circle was organized in April
1888 and has been continuously active
since that date.
Mrs. M. Estelle Eley, State Presi-
dent, will be the guest speaker and
the Golden Jubilee will be fittingly OBJ
served.
All members and friends of the or
ganization are urged to be present.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-22
VA. MAN DIES SUDDENLY
AT AGE OF 78 YEARS

Jasper Bradford Franklin, aged 78
died suddenly on Saturday last at the
Little Neck Farm, Accomack County,
Va, at the home of his nephew.
The deceased was a carpenter by
trade and was born near Scranton, Pa,
in the latter part of the 9th century.
He moved to FELTON,, Delaware and
afterward to Remson, Md, this coun-
ty. The prime of his life was spent
in Norfolk, Va, and in Richmond.
In the early eighties While farming,
he married Miss Annie Corbin, whose
family was well-known in these parts.
One son, of this marriage, Horace p.
Franklin, of Norfolk. His second wife
preceded him to the grave.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-22
DEFECTS in
CHILDREN HURT
SCHOOL WORK
Health Department And P. L. A
Inspect Children In The
POcOmOke Schools
IN DANGER OF BECOM-
ING "DENTAL CRIPPLES'

Are the children of Worcester Coun-
tv healthy children, physically able to
profit from educational opportunities
offered in school? Reports from 9TH
er cities and counties indicate that
manv children in their localitle SUI
fer from preventable defects that IN
terfere with their school work and
other activities. How about Worces-
ter County school children?
To answer this question, the Health
Department in cooperation with the
Pocomoke P. T. A. undertook in March
to inspect all the white school chill
dren in Pocomoke-moret than six hun
dred in number. They were weighed
and measured, eyes were tested by the
Snellen Chart, teeth and tonslls were
examined. Over one-half of the chill
dren's hearts were examined by the
Health Officer.
The results of this inspection can be
summarized in this way: Of every one
hundred Pocomoke school children: 10
suffer with impairment of vision, and
have no glasses: 40 have seriously de-
cayed teeth; 20 have seriously decay
ed permanent teeth; 80 are more than
10 per cent underweight; 10 are more
than Is per cent overweight; 10 would
probably benefit from the removal OF
tonsils; 1 has heart disease.
If the figure above are typical of
Worcester County School children, and
there is no reason to believe they are
not, we are faced with one particular
ly serious problem: more than 20 per
cent of our children are becoming
dental cripples." They are in danger
of losing permanent teeth-ones that
can never be replaced when once lost
except by the expensive method of ar
tificial teeth.
Apparently many parents and chill
dren have little conception of the i'm
portant role teeth play in health. They
little realize that decayed teeth often
become abscessed teeth, i. e. points of
infection which contribute toward
many disabling illnesses such as rheu
matism, heart disease, kidney disease,
etc. They little realize that poor teeth
mastication of food with resulting i'm
pairment of nutrition and disturbances
of the castro intestinal tract.
Parents little realize, apparently,
that regular dental care is not expen-
sive. A small filling in a small cav
ity often saves large filling in a
large cavity later-or an extraction.
Attention to the small cavity means
painless dentistry and better teeth.
Parents fail to realize that temporary
teeth should be cared for so that per-
manent teeth will have the proper
space saved for them in the jaw and
a clean mouth in which to develop.
What is the answer to this problem?
How may parents and children be edu-
Gated to the need for dental care, and
how may permanent teeth in school
children be saved? Experience in 9th
er counties shows that a full time den
tist working in the three primary
grades of the schools is the best ans
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-22
MISS MORRIS
BECOMES BRIDE
OF H. MERRILL
Pretty Home Ceremony Perform
ed Easter Sunday Morning
By Rev. John Ditto

A quiet but very pretty wedding
was solemnized Easter Sunday morn
ing at eight O'Clock when Miss Louise
Morris, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E..
B. Morris, of this city, became the
bride of Mr.. Henry Merrill, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Marvin Merrill, also
of this city.
The ceremony was performed at the
brides home on Second Street in the
presence of the immediate members of
the two families, the Rev. John A. Dit
to, pastor of the Baptist Church, Of
ficiating.
The rooms were decorated with IL
lac and white iris and the ceremony
took place before an improvised altar
of bridal wreath. The bride who was
given in marriage by her father, wore
a copen blue lace dress with navy ac-
cessories and corsage of pink rose
buds and lily of the valley. Miss
Lena Mariner sang "I Love You
Truly" accompanied by Mrs. Grady
E. Powell who played the wedding
marches.
The brides travelling suit was of
coral sand with white fur collar and
matching accessories.
At the conclusion of the ceremony
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill left on a wedding
trip north and upon their return will
take up their residence with the
brides parents on Second Street.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-22
BALL PLAYERS
WILL Be COMING
IN NEXT WEEK
Six Of Last Years Team Are
Retained. The New Men
Number Over Twenty

According to information received
from Mr.. Arthur H. Ehlers, President,
Joe Boley and his base ball aspirants
will arrive in Pocomoke over the week
end, to prepare for the opening of the
Eastern Shore League season on May
5.
Mr.. Ehlers sent the names of 81
new players to the Democrat" and
states that there is a probability of
that numbers being increased, since
he has received inquiries from boys
throughout the Eastern part of the
United States asking the way to Po-
comoke.
Those of last years team who have
been retained are Tom Dousha, Nelson
Jester, Tom Daddino, Bill Davis, Geo.
Skinner and Irwin Hall. The names
of the new men, together with the
names of the places from which they
hail, are as follows:
Infielders- Melvin Scaramella, Rox-
bury, Mass; Tom Padgett, Brooklyn,
Md; Richard Brant, Coatesville, Pa;
Dan Hollingshead, Baltimore, Nd;
Charles Clark, Thurmont, Md; Louis
Kirby, Baltimore, Md; Andy Androsca
Winthrop, Mass; Frank Baul, South
Boston, Mass.
Outfielders-John Shupper, Railway,
N. j.; Robert Janeski, Williamsport,
Pa; Ralph Ziegler, Greencastle, Pa;
Edwin Fritz, Linwood, Md; VIM.
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-22
FIRST REGIMENT
NATL GUARD
SETS THE PACE
Trail Blazer For March Was
Company ''B" Of The Hag-
erstOwn Troop
NOT A SINGLE UNIT WITH
ATTENDANCE BELOW 84%e

The First Regiment, Maryland Ma
tional Guard, made up of troops from
the counties, once again set the pace
for other Guard units for attendance
records during March.
Ten companies, scattered through
out the State, show an attendance Oh
better than 80 per cent for the months
drill periods.
Trail blazer for March was Com
pany "B", Hagerstown, with $3.50 per
cent: Headquarters Company, 1st Bat
talon, Easton, showed $3.50; Com
pany "A", Frederick 96.82; Company
"K' Centreville, 1925.
Headquarters Company End Bat
TALON, Laurel, 95. 81; Band Section
Frederick, 95.75; Medical Department
Detachment, Chetertown, $500; Head
quarters Company, 3rd Battalion
94.53; Company "E" Elkton, $3.50;
and Company "C", Cambridge, 92.33'
Battalion average for the past
month we're: 1st Battalion, 94.24; End
Battalion, $3.50 and the 3rd Battalion
1858.
The record is more impressive be-
cause there was not single unit IN
the entire regiment with an attendance
record lower than "a per cent.
Colonel D. John Markey, Regimen
tai Commander has expressed himself
as being delighted with this attend
ance record.
National Guard units and pistol
teams in every section of the State
will be invited to send teams to par
ticipate in day-long match to be
fired next month on the range of the
10 Field Artillery at Pikesville.
Captain Norval H. Mcdonald, 10th
F. A., is arranging the matches, which
will include both team and individual
affairs. There will also be matches
of neophytes.
Plans are now being made to form
a National Guard Pistol League that
will be made up of team representing
not only the various regiments in the
Maryland National Guard but probab-
ly of the individual companies.
Teams located too far from Baltl-
more to fire conveniently at Pikesvllle
would fire on their home ranges, and
mail targets in to headquarters fol-
scoring.
Since last Fall, the 29th Division
which includes the First and Fifth
Regiments, Maryland National Guard
has been engaged in a mythical war
against an invading army which land
ed on the hores of New Jersey and
captured New York and Philadelphia
The Maryland troops form the
spear-head of the army that is block
ing the southwark march of the enemy
toward Washington and Baltimore
The problem moved into a new phase
this week when the Third Corps
forces launched counter attack and
drove the enemy back near Harris
burg.
The Maryland Section of the 29th
Division Starr, meeting in the Fifth
Regiment Armory, considered the new
phase of the battle problem.
Those attending the conference in
cluded Major General Milton A. Reck-
ord, Commanding the 29th Division;
1t. Col. Carey Jarman, Executive
Officerl Maryland National Guard; 1t.
Col. George Henderson, Cumberland;
Major Henry C. Stanwood and Major
Philip K. Moisan.