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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-09

daughter, Dorothy of CheritOn, Va,
Va, Mrs. Alonza Birmingham, Mr..
Elmer Birmingham, Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
ris Brittingham, Winifred and Mary
Anne Birmingham and Mrs. w. A.
Long, all of Pocomoke City, were din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Long last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Atkinson visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Gordy Young of near
town last Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Taylor and son,
Jack, spent Sunday with Mrs. Taylor's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Bloxom,
at Oak Hall, Va.
Mr.. w. A. Cottman and Mrs. James
Cottman visited Mrs. Marion Cott-
man at Marion Station, Md, last We'd
nesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Pusey and
daughter, of Salisbury, Md, spent last
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Maddox.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Evans of Will
liams vicinity visited Mr.. and Mrs
James Cottman last Sunday.
Mrs. Ernest Long and Mrs. Wallace
Covington visited John Merrill, at Pc
ninsula General Hospital, Salisbury
Md, last Sunday.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-09
Mona, Va. News

Mrs. Harry Bell is spending while
with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs James Williams in Balti-
more, Md.
Misses Mary Frances Hall and Beta
Lee Hall of Silva were weekend
gusts of Miss Myrtle Louise Tull.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Wilkerson
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Wilkereson, Mr..
and Mrs. Dorsey Lilliston of POGO
moke City, Md, Mrs. Amanda Mar
iner, Miss Nell Caldwell and Miss
Mary Jane Wilkerson were dinner
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Will
kerson, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Tilghman, of
Exmore were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. F. R. Tull, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. R. Parks and
daughter, Lille Mae called in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Hickman,
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Townsend, of
Beaver Dam, Md, called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Wilkerson, Sunday even
ing.
Mrs. Laura Redden, of Pocomoke
City, Md, who has been spending a
while with her sister, Mrs. B. P. Para
dee left Friday to visit her brother,
at Stockton, Md.
Miss Ann Townsend spent the past
weekend with her sister, Mrs. Edgar
Wilkerson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alma Fox of Acco-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-09
>~R,-,-.-, Nouye

The Ladies Aid met with Mrs. H. c..
Beauchamp at her home last Thursday
afternoon. A very enjoyable time was
had by all. Delicious ice cream and
cake was served.
The Sunday School of Cokesbury
will have their Christmas program
Friday night, December 23rd. Every
one very cordially invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Alvin Dixon and
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-09
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
Vicious Lobby

Congressman Herman P. Koppleman o1 Hartford took to the radio last Sunday to continue his fight against what he calls "vicious lobby" hanging over Con- gress. So far as we can see he is attack ing public opinion, for that is what he apparently refers to when he mentions the flood of letters and telegrams that congressman get these days from their constituents urging them not to vote for this measure and to vote for another one. It is the Hartford legislators opinion that most of the people who are sending in these messages don't even know what the particularly legislation is all about.
 In a good many instances we think that this is true. A lot of people will fol- low leader. If this leader tells them to do certain thing they will do 1t without question or reason. That's blind submis- sion to leadership which often proves to be bad leadership. But in the numerous instances that might be cited, 1t is ap- parent that something more than mere mob psychology motivated thousands ol American voters to flood Congress with appeals to vote against the Supreme Court expansion bill, the Presidents re- organization bill and others.
 Legislators must realize that they are as human as the people they represent. Even years in legislative halls have not endowed them with the rare gift of never making mistakes. That they should con- fuse lobby with public opinion is per haps natural, for Congress has been sub- jected to every type of lobby imaginable in recent years. We hope that the laws now existing to prevent lobbying in the halls of Congress will be strengthened to wipe out this "vicious" practice We hope thought, that the force of public opinion will never be silenced in Congress. It is one of the few things that are left to the American people today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
War Over Connecticut

With the coming of May comes also to Connecticut it's first initiation to modern warfare. A mimic battle is to be fought over and around us as United States ar craft engage a mythical European ana Asiatic fleet engaged in an assault of the New England coastline. Much of the maneuvers will center in and around that part of Connecticut fronting on Long island Sound Aircraft will be very busy over this state in period lasting anywhere from thirty to forty-elght hours
 There will be air raids and air warn ings Communities in the war areas Will be asked to cooperate by periods or "black-out" when all lights will be plotted out. Of course there won't be any tax ing to bomb-proof cellars because we haven't got them yet here in Connectl- cut. Waterbury is unlikely to come under the range of fire of the enemy but as the city would be a potential munitions manufacturing center in time of war, un- doubtedly some sort of participation may be urged After all we're only thirty miles from the Sound.
 We don't presume the horrors Of mod ern warfare will be brought nome very forcibly to us by this mimic battle m the clouds. We aren't close enough to the smouldering fires that burn all over Europe and in many parts of Asia. The elaborate preparations for war, the costly defenses that characterize European activities are far from us. We read about them and marvel that Europe can spend so much money in this fashion. But per haps after a few "sham battles" right in the midst of American civilization we might have a healthier regard for our national defense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
Boys' Traffic Court

Racine, Wis, has bicycle court which is open every Saturday morning. The presiding fudge" is traffic officer from the police force Court officers and prose- cutors are members of the safety patrol, group of 25 boys between the ages of l3 and 16 recruited from the junior traffic police who guard the crossings near schools. The offenders brought in for trial are youthful bike-riders who have violated traffic rule during the week.
 One of the penalties imposed on viola tors has been to write out the bicycle regulations and take examinations i'll them. Second offenders are deprived of the use of their bicycles. There have been no third offenders, but if there were they would be taken into juvenile court.
 "This is serious business" says the traf- fic sergeant who is judge on Saturdays. "Our court is patterned after regular court. We have twofold purpose: 10 convince children that rules must be obeyed and teach them habits of safety"
 Some of the court sessions are broad cast. The number of accidents has de- clined since this cooperative, educational experiment was begun. Kids have good sense and judgment and use tkem if prop erly encouraged to do so.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

If the suggestion made at the recent convention of the American Institute Of Architects could only be hooked up with the federal governments endeavors to foster building boom in the United States, what wonders could be accom- plished. At the convention held in New Orleans, it was proposed that campaign be launched to build 100000 houses for families whose incomes are $50 week or less. The cost of these homes would be $2,500 Many speakers called on the nations architects to participate willingly in the united effort to construct millions of small and inexpensive homes through out the U s. A. Only through some such united effort as this will the campaign to provide this nation with the housing units it sadly lacks be successful. As the oWer-priced homes are the ones most in need throughout the country it is wise to begin with them. Encouraging building of smaller homes by those who can do so with government aid is sure way to encourage higher-priced home building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

parleying, after two weeks of head-on deadlock, tough-talking Pat Harrison, junked his insist ence on repeal of the undivided profit levy, and offered to accept the House provisions on this issue with some slight notifications of rate levels plus two-year time limit on the continuance of the tax.
 In hurry-up telephone call to the White House, the House group put this proposal up to the President and received his Okay.
 But when they returned to the conference room, it developed that there were conditions attached to Pats offer that he somehow had forgot to mention. These strings were concessions on the capital gains tax.
 The House bill provided that capital gains were to be added to ordinary income for assessment at regular rates. The Senate measure diluted this drastic for mula by applying it only to capi- tai gains from property held less than Is months. Above that only a flat rate of 15 per cent was i'm posed.
 The Senate conferees de- manded acceptance of their capital gains version (which is very favorable to Wall Street operators and other speculators) in exchange for rclinquishing outright appeal of the profits tax.
 It was on this point that the two committees tangled heatedly for six hours. From the very start the two Republican members on the House committee bolted to the Harrison camp. But the four Democrats refused to accept the Senate tax.
 Finally, after tempers had cooled bit, Harrison offered to split the difference" with the House-that is, to tighten the Senate schedule to the extent of imposing 20 per cent rate on profits from property held between IS and 24 months and 15 per cent thereafter.
 The concession wasn't much but it was something. After an- other huddle among themselves, the House Democrats agreed to accept it if the President would go along. They telephoned him again and he told them he would abide by their judgment.
 That ended the battle. They re- turned to the barley room and the two committees reached final accord shortly thereafter.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
Women's Wealth

Women are the prospective owners of most of the nations wealth, according to . Dr. William E. Weld, president of Wells College. They are the beneficiaries of 80 per cent of life insurance policies. They pay 80 per cent of the inheritance taxes. They are 50 per cent of the stockholders in the United States ard own A per cent of the public utilities in the country.
 No women ever set out on crusade to win for their sex all the private wealth of the land. The trend in that direction has come as byproduct of other events And other byproducts, Tn the form of other social changes, will follow it.
 For one thing, says Dr. Weld, it shifts "the burden of benevolence from the shoulders of the man to those of the woman" And since woman is less of an individualist and more socially minded than man, she is taking this burden ser iously and preparing herself to carry it well. "She is entering into courses in sociology, politics, economics, international relations and psychology with fine inter ests which promises good things for the future"
 This process will affect women them selves, the homes they create and conse- quently all the society It should be process of growth and improvement for all three
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
weighs only a thirtieth of a carat.

weighs only thirtieth of carat.
 MT. Lewelyyn D. Lloyd told the chemists assembled at Dallas, Texas, about the work that has been done at McPherson. Though he may be record breaker, Professor Hershey is not the first in the field. Over forty years ago Professor Henri Moissan dissolved carbon in crucibleful of molten iron, dropped the white-hot crucible into cold water and combed the chilled contents for microscopic grayish-black specks which he iden- tifled as diamonds but which might have been carborundum. And there was Sir Andrew Noble, who exploded cordite in closed cylinders and also obtained bright specks. And Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the steam turbine, who tried for twenty four years to make artificial dia- monds and spent over f20,000 with no better results. Like his predeces- sors, Professor Hershey is sure that diamonds were formed by nature with the aid of high temperatures uAAo NAAOA AAlolLo kIACcouACcs
 It has been known for century and a half that chemically there is no difference between pure black charcoal and the glittering white stone that flashes on lady's finger. Both are carbon. Crystalize the black carbon and the trick is done. But how? It may be that the en- gineer will never succeed in produc- ing heats intense enough or press ures high enough. But he will try and try. Not because he wants to break the South African diamond market but because he yearnS to solve one of natures easier riddles. If he succeeds, diamonds are not likely to be sold in ten-cent stores. It is the miner who needs sharp drills, the industrialist who will pro- 1t. Instead of bringing down the price of natural pigeon-blood stones, synthetic rubies, for example, have found their main uses as bearings for electric meters and watches.
 The wonder is that the medieval alchemist was more interested in making gold than gems. Today the laboratory production of gold seems far more hopeless than the creation of commercial diamonds. The reason is found in the advance of science. To juggle protons, neutrons and electrons and thus make gold, per- haps we need star for that. But the specialization of carbon on all industrial scale? It is not as easy as making ice out of water, but at least the method that must be fol- lowed is known.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

We're wondering if we missed the U. s. Supreme Court decision on the case brought before it from the State of Georgia. It should have a far-reaching effect, for it concerns every state ill which there is a college football team and stadium. The case dealt with the constitutionality of taxing admissions to intercollegiate football games. The lower courts held that the admissions shouldn't be taxed, but the government carried it to the highest court. One of the claims of the college was that it was engaged in the performance of an essential gov- ernment function" That's new expla- nation of a football game, but a pretty good one, if it held up before the Supreme Court
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford was paid signal honor in Hartford last night at testimonial dinner Ever since he stepped in the chief executives shoes in Hartford Mayor Spellacy has been win ming fresh plaudits. His first term was so successful that the voters gave him another. And both Republicans and Democrats join in praise of him. All of which is proof indeed that the esteem in which he is generally held today is indica- tive of future honors. His career in Con- necticut's political world is lengthy one, enough the great political triumvirate of Cummings, Spellacy, and Fitzgerald shows it's members in high office
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
A Book a Day
A Lady's Life On the Briny

Arm Chair sailors like your cor respondent, who take long voyages in front of the living room fire and whose blue water experience is none i the less salty for being confined en- tirely to books, will find a healthy serving of their favorite fare in Who Called That Lady Skipper?" by Marion Rice Hart Vanguard: $2.75).
 Mrs. Hart seems to be on a voy- age around the world, in a sailboat which is just large enough to hold herself, her youthful nephew, and crew of four. This book takes her as far as the East Indies; about year from now, one gathers, there will be sequel, getting her safely home again.
 Anyway, she bought her boat in England, recruited crew, hired skipper, and set out. And right away she had skipper-trouble; be- fore she had got as far as Egypt she had run through four of them.
 The first one managed to get 80 miles off his course on crossing to the English channel--close to worlds record, one would think. The next was afraid to budge out of harbor if breeze was blowing. The next was a melancholy dyspep- tic, and the fourth, a good naviga- tor, had never been on sailing vessel before.
 As result, she finally decided to get along without a paid captain and skipper the boat herself, using smattering of navigation, the advice of her crew and healthy endowment of horse sense as her aids. And although she describes herself as lucky incompetent, She must be a pretty fair sailor; any how, she got to the East Indies without mishap.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
Selected Poem
DAWN

DAWN
 (Eleanor G. R. Young in the Christian
 Science Monitor) So softly comes the new, beginning day: Dark shadows fade, streamers of red and gold Trail their wide ribbons on the eastern sky; A sudden brd-call sounds Insistent sweet; Shy woodland creatures On soft, padded feet Run here and there, hush of wonder trembles on the air! The wakenng world takes up Its daily tasks: Out of the stiffness busy sounds are heard The milkman'S truck Rattling along the road; dogs sharp bark, sirens long, shril blast And then, at last, The east is all aflame With rosy light, The night, with its deep silence, Now has gone; Once more the age-old wonder Startles us: Light floods the earth And it is dawn!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
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FIRST IMITATOR
(NeW Haven Register)

When Connecticut authorities adopted the permanent" automo- bile registration plate that is never turned in, or almost never, but is fitted each season with new num- eral to show that the car has been re-registered, it was described as Q pioneering step which others states soon would be found initiating. The limitations did not materialize-until now. It is announced that the New York Bureau of Motor Vehicles is debating the system and is testing various types of metal plates for durability and so forth. If New York states it up, with a vastly larger number of registrants, it is a safe guess that 1t will stop the imi- tation short of issuing personal inl- tial plates as form of petty pat ronage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
Current Comment

I saulte young Mussolini. He Is a gentleman and pilot and a good fighter.
 -Derek Dickinson, American who claims to have defeated Bruno MuSsolini in an aerial du:l over the Spanish front.s
 When you modify native dances like the tango for bathrooms. the aches begin. -Dr. William J. Stickel, Chicago chiropodist, speaking of foot troubles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

1. Of which country is Cairo the capital?.
 2. Name the instrument used in determining the specific gravity of liquids.
 3. Where is the China Sea?
 4. Who was President of the U. s. when the first census was taken?
 s. Name the planetoid that ap- breaches nearest to the earth.
 6. Can the President pardon any, one who has been convicted of a crime?
 2. Name the author of Plain Tales From the Hills"
 8. Which baseball teams won the American and National League pen nants in 1885?
 g. What are the pigment primary colors?
 10. Where is the Copper River?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 410 a. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:56 a. m.; sets 7:44 p. nl (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Cherry trees are in blossom apple and pear in bud few warm days will find all of the fruit trees making magnificent floral dis plays across the Connecticut landscape It's early too, for the blossoms, earlier than last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Every is pronounced either
 ev'-ri or ev'-er-i.

of Cancer to the tropic of Capri corn, a distance of 46' 54', or 23' 27' on each side of the equator; two Temperate or Variable Zones, situated between the tropics and the polar circles, which are each 23' 27' from the respective poles; and two Frigid Zones, between the polar cir cles and the poles.
 o. Are ashes suitable as founda- ton for a concrete walk?
 A. Hard cinders, not fine ashes, are suited for the purpose.
 o. What books has Helen Dore Bolyston written?
 A. Sister: the War Diary of a Nurse" 1927; Sue Barton, Student Nurse" 1936; and Sue Barton, Sen for Nurse," 1887.
 Q. Who evolved the system of punctuation?
 A. The main features of modern punctuation are due to the Venetian printer Aldus A:anutius early in the fifteenth century.
 o. What is the name for twelve sided polygon?
 A. A dodecagon.
 o. How do Coconino county, Ariz- opa, and Nye county Nevada, com pare ill area with San Bernardnc county, California?
 A. San Bernardino county con. tains 2O,175 square miles; Coconino 18,623 square miles; and Nye 18,294 square miles.
 If you want copy of our book let "Weather and Climate" write to ! Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents In postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
Mnn-Made Dia1nOndS McPherson College, Kansas, Professor Produces Real Thing Not First Person
 to Make Diamonds
NEW YORK TIMES

Out in McPherson College, Kan sas, is Professor J. Willard Hershey, maker of real diamonds. They arc not exactly Kohinoors, these gems. A jeweler would not even dignify them as chips" The largest. col ossus in Professor Hershey's eyes,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

It's probably a pretty good time of the year to invest in American securities, but don't buy European bonds
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27

Grand opera is often called absurd and unrealistic. This prompts an observer to recommend an opera about poor but reserving young fellow who makes good in the real estate business
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-27
II I& Daily N ! M | =, x.:s;:::.. :: <$ DREW PEARSON anA ROBERT c ALLEN
Editors Scored by Roosevelt Chalk Up Their Visit to White House e Dud; New Alabama SoIon RooseveItion Ally;
 Clash on Tox Bill Causes E7old-Up
" DREW PEARSON
anA RoBERP a AlIMi

WASHINGTON, April 27. = The Brooklyn Eagle, of the foremost newspapers in the country has been feeling out the Reconstruction Finance Corporation regarding loan Its finances have been in bad shape eyer since protracted strike by the NeWspaper Guild