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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-10-28
HOTTEST OCTOBER SINCE
NINETEEN-NINETEEN

The hottest October 18th since 1919,
and the warmest three-day October
heat wave on record was experienced
in this section the first of last week.
The official reading for the Baltl-
more-Philadelphia districts was 80 de-
grees on Monday and was one of the
warmest spots along the Eastern sea-
board. In New York, the thermom-
eter at 81 degrees, broke 30-year
record.
But while the eastern coast enjoyed
the warmth of midsummer, sections
of the west were experiencing mid
winter conditions. Montana was
blanketed under two and one-half feet
of snow, and even the middle west'
which on Monday last had high Their
mometer readings, was feeling the et-
fects of the far western cold wave on
Tuesday.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-10-28
BANDITS HIJACK $500
WORTH VALUABLE FUKS

Police of the county, city ana sta0e
last week were on the lookout for TWO
bandits who hijacked the car OF Will
liam Weiss, a New York fur sales
man as he was driving along the BE-
lair road, and took from his machine
119 fur coats. valued at $500. Win
Weiss at the time of the robbery Was
Gordon J. Frank, a companion.
Patrolmen H. l.. Pabst and l.. II.
McDonnal, who were summoned to the
robbery shortly after it had taken
place, were told by Weiss that ne ana
Frank were driving north on the Be-
lair road when another car, a LARGE
black sedan, drew along side and
crowded them off the road. Weiss
said that he was ordered to stop, ana
that while the men in the bandit car
transferred the furs to their own auto
mobile, they warned them not to notl-
fly the police.
Weiss and Frank were held at gun
point during the transaction, they
said. After the bandits had driven
off, Weiss drove his machine to an
inn near Gunpowder Falls and notified
the police.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-10-28
THIEF GETS
BULLETS IN HIS BACK

With bullet in his back and clad
only in his night clothes, Leroy Wash
ington, colored, escaped from Emer-
gency Hospital, at Easton, Md, and
the police were searching for him all
day Sunday without finding trace
of him.
Early last week Washington is said
to have stolen a car in Easton. He
ran into a car at Marydel and instead
of stopping continued on his journey.
The pursuing person shot twice, two
bullets lodging in the colored mans
back.
State Police Peroutka was placed on
the job and picked up the man in Cen
treville and carried him to the Denton
Jail. But he was just as elusive with
the officer as he was before arrested,
and got away. Two hours later he
was again picked up by the same Of
ficer and when lodged in Jail he was
found in need of medical attention
and was carried to Emergency Hos
pital.
Saturday night last, clad in his
night clothes and wrapped in blanket
he made good his escape. One bullet
is still in his back and Monday morn
ing the state police reported that they
had not yet accosted the colored man.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-10-28
DISTRICT GOVERNOR VISITS
DELAWARE ROTARY CLUB

District Delaware Rotary Governor
DR.. Thomas Wingate of Salem, N. j.,
was honor guest at the fellowship
dinner meeting of the Milford Rotary
Club Monday night in the Hotel Wind
SCR. DR.. Wingate is a former rector
of Christ Episcopal Church in Milford.
He discussed the aims and ideals
of Rotary, pointing out there are now
5000 clubs throughout the world.
With membership of over 100000
these clubs are located in 80 different
countries throughout the world. He
also related the story of how Rotary
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-10-28

18th in honor of the Right Rev. Geo.
w. Davenport, D. D., Bishop Of the
Diocese of Easton, who is soon to re-
tire from the office he has held for
eighteen years. After delicious sup
per served by the Ladies' Aid, adj
dresses were made by the Rev. AL
bert Frost and Mr.. Claude Bailey, of
Salisbury, who spoke on the program
of the General Church and the part
the Diocese of Easton is called upon
to take in its support. The appro-
priateness of their presentation lay in
the assurance and satisfaction given
the Bishop that the spirit of coopera-
ton he has built up in the Diocese
will continue after his retirement.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-10-28
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
SOMERSET COUNTY MANS :
RODY FOUND AFTER WEEK

The body of Mr.. Hoblitzel Sterling,
who had been missing since Friday a
week ago, was found by Messrs. Chas.
w. Ward and Harold Nelson on Tues
day, at Stump Point, in the lower 20
comoke Sound. The mast of the boat
was broken and Mr.. Sterling's body
was partly under the boat.
The young men reported the finding
of the body and boat. Sheriff Will
liam H. Dryden, accompanied by De-
putty Sheriff Isaac Dorsey brought the
body to Crisfield. An inquest was
held and a verdict of accidental
drowning" was returned.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-10-28
BOTTOM DROPS OUT OF
SWEET POTATO MARKET

Sweet potatoes are moving slowly
off the Virginia Shore. On Wednes-
day, IL cars were loaded with quota
lions at $1OO per Dbl. Up to date,
the Federal Surplus Commodity Cor
poration has bought ATS cars of sweet
potatoes as a relief measure for the
growers and to distribute as food to
those on relief in urban centers.
The bottom dropped out of the snap
bean basket and the Mexican migrants
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-10-28
are taking what is left.

Long, continued warm days and
heavy dew and fogs have been help
to late maturing crops but the high
temperature which has prevailed over
the eastern half of the U. S. was not
matter of unusual record for the
Shore. The warmest day registered
was IS degrees, while on October 3rd,
1925, the record was SO degrees and
temperatures 81, 88, Sc, etc., have
been quite common during October.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-10-28

According to a Japanese an
nouncement General Yu Han-Mou,
military governor of Kwungtung,
has surrendered and handed his
sword to Lieut.. Gen. Ichiro SUI
rusho,- commander of the South
China invasion. The Canton de-
fender chose captivity as he sur
rendered to the Japanese because
of the growing scandal his retreat
from Canton caused.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-10-28
CAMBRIDGE CHURCH HON
ORS THE RETIRING BISHOP

The people of Christ Church, Cam
bridge, Md, and friends Of the Par
ish gathered at a supper in the Parish
House, Wednesday evening, October
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-10-28

Threatened by a yelling mob of
anti-Catholics which invaded his
palace in Vienna, breaking Win
dows and hurting furniture into
huge bonfire outside Theodore
Cardinal Innitzer, 62-year-old
Austrian archbishop, remains in
his home, guarded by police
and detectives. The rioters, many
off whom wore Nazi uniforms,
screamed threats at the cardinal.
Nazis had been angered by q, SER
mon in which the cardinal pro-
tested against government inter-
ference with the church and called
upon Catholic youth to maintain
its faith in spite of any hardshins.
Evening star., 1938-10-02

tailed can be derived from the fact
that survey Of budgets and compile
mentary information recently gave
rise to an authoritative statement that
the world was spending $4,000, ,000,-
900 yearly on armaments even before
the war scare arose.
Millions Of reservists were called to
the colors In various countries involved
during the crisis. France alone Is
estimated to have called up more than
100000 men to supplement her
standing forces Of about 100000.
Germany was popularity reported to
have had 100000 men under arms
even before the crisis started. Britain
called up . relatively small number
Of men but spent large sums in con-
centrating her fleet and sending 1t
to strategic points.
Czechoslovakia's 8 mobilization brought
new troops to the colors by the hun
dreds Of thousands. Even such coun-
tries as Norway. Belgium and Den
mark either called up reservists or
held over classes Of conscripts which
had been due for release.
In addition to the cost Of trans
portation Of reservists and their up
keep. the governments had to meet
Evening star., 1938-10-02

Council are Capt. oram, Mr.. Nolen
and o. @. Lndholm, engineer to the
Zoning Commission. I,
The adjustment board Is 70 b
empowered to grant certain excep-
tions from rigid compliance With
Soning regulations, where hardships
might otherwise result, but 1t d not
to be allowed to make changes in
the zoning maps, this power being
reserved to the zoning Commission.
The advisory council Is directed 10
study and submit recommendations
on changes in zoning rules for the
advice Of the commission and the
adjustment boYd.
Evening star., 1938-10-02

the expense of moving vast stocks Of
war materials to strategic centers and
Of speeding up production to meet
what might become urgent needs.
Passive defense measures also cost
huge sums. These included In Paris,
for instance, the carting Of Thousands
Of tons Of sand from the seashore
to Paris and other exposed cities and
towns for use in the eventuality Of
being obliged to build sandbag pro-
tective walls or put out fires from
incendiary bombs.
Private persons and business con-
Germs similarly were put to large ex-
pense, since In some capitals they
were called on to provide special blue,
glareless lights and heavy materials
to screen windows so that light would
not shine through and give = target
to air bombers.
All this. together with the huge
cost Of gas masks distributed to the
public in London and other cities,
Of digging safety trenches in public
parks, and rushing to completion
bomb shelters, mounts into . bill that
an already heayily-taxed public will
have to foot, directly or indirectly.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
trict, In addition to . half dozen cases
involving lse Of alley properties.

trict, in addition to . half dozen cases
involving use Of alley properties.
Proposed changes in property clas-
stfications will be considered first,
probably occupying all of the Wednes-
day session. Regulations concerning
the changes in the coming code likely
will be held over for discussion Thurs
day.
Members Of the adjustment board
recently appointed under the author
ity given in . measure adopted by
Congress at the last session. are
two public omcials and three citi-
sens. They are: Capt. Hugh p. Oran
executive officer OF the Zoning Com
mission; John Nolen, jr., city planner
Of the National Capital Park. and
Planning Commission: Harry e
Blake, Of the firm of Barber e. Ross,
who Is chairman Of the Zoning Com
mittee Of the Board Of Trade; Theo-
dore I. Coe. president OF the WASH
ington Building Congress and head
Of the Structural Service Division OF
the American Institute Of Archi-
tects, and Dean John Lapham Of the
School OF Engineering Of George
Washington University.
Members Of the Zoning Advisory
Evening star., 1938-10-02
PUBLIC TO GET new
NICKELS FROM BANKS
New Jefferson Coins viii Not
Be Ready for Public
Before November.

The new Jefferson nickel which is
being coined in three mints, Philadel-
phia, Denver and San Francisco. will
not be ready for the public before
November, it was announced last night
by Nellie Tayloe Ross, director of the
United States Mint.
The three mints will proceed with
coinage of the new nickel at a rapid
rate" Mrs. Ross announced. But coin
collectors and others eager to obtain
the new nickel as soon as possible were
warned that the only places at which
the coins will be available will be the
banks of the country.
The United States treasurer's Of
flee. which distributes the Treasury's
coin and currency to the Nations
banks, has requested the Bureau of
the Mint to furnish it with 12,7O0 900
Of the new coins, having a value of
1635.oo0, before distribution will be
undertaken. some time Ia November.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Europe Begins adding UpCos
Of Mobilization for Conflict
Share of France Alone in General
Expense to Reach Hundreds of
Millions of Francs.

uties. At all events the government
Is understood to be drawing up = spe-
cial financial bill to cope with the
situation.
Frances share Of the general, ex-
pense Is expected to run into hun
dreds OF millions Of francs. Britain,
having mobilized her fleet and special
sections Of her army, is similarly
under = burden running into high
figures.
In like situations are Germany,
Czechoslovakia and some other smaller
countries which took special military
measures.
An idea Of the tremendous cost en-
Evening star., 1938-10-02
~ the Associated Press.

PARIS, Oct. Coming out Of
their war scare, European nations
are suddenly confronted by the realiza-
ton that it has cost them many mil
lions of dollars.
The question beginning to bob up
now Is, who is going to foot the
bill?"
The unique proposal has been ad-
vanced in France that foreign resi-
dents and businesses be subjected to
q special tax over q period of years
to meet the expense OF mobilization.
The proposal has been put forward
by a group in the Chamber Of Dep
Evening star., 1938-10-02
HEARING |SL|STED
ON z0N|NG RULES
Session to Be Wednesday on
New ReguIations-2O
Changes to Come Up.

Arrangements were completed yes.
terday by oficials Of the District Zon-
ing Commission for the public hearing
to be opened at 10 am. Wednesday
on new rules and regulations to gov
ern the operation Of the revised zon-
ing system, involving creation OF
Board Of Zoning Adjustment and an
ofhcial Zoning Advisory Council.
At the hearing, the Zoning Com
mission also will consider 20 proposed
changes in the classification of prop
critics, in various sections of the Dis
Evening star., 1938-12-11
Murray-virginia Tilt
For ChristmasF Fund
Pulls Grid Fans

Virginia Athletic Clubs unbeaten
football team plays host today to
the Murray Realtors In a charity
game In Alexandria's Municipal
Stadium starting at 2::30 pm. Pro-
ceeds will go to the Old Newsboys'
Good Fellow fund to buy shoes and
clothing for Christmas gifts to the
underprivileged children of Alex
andria.
The game promises to be one of
the best played and attended in
dependent contests Of the year. The
Murrays and the Virginians have
excellent records. Tickets are be-
ing sold by the police and firemen
of Alexandria and the stadium has
been made available free of charge
through City Manager Carl Bud
wesky.
Led by Billy vermillion, former
all-high quarterback at Central, the
Virginians have run up eight wins
without q defeat, and have been
scored on only once. Among the
teams victims are Takoma, South
east Merchants. Uline Ice, War;
wicks, Seaman Gunners. Fredericks-
burg. Silver Spring and Russell
Motors. .
The Murrays have won six games,
tied two and lost one in their first
season. Phil Fox, all-around athlete
and graduate of Central High and
Columbia University, coaches the
team. He has moulded the BOYS.
some OF whom never played foot
ball before, into one Of the best
teams In Washington.
Evening star., 1938-12-11
Magician Makes His Stuff Go as Football Coach
0komo High School Team sehtofHod Its Way Championship

die their legs confusingly in
spinner plays.
I'm my best trick the center
passes the ball to the quarter
back who places 1t on the ground
in front of him.
"Tailback acts as If he had
received the ball and spins to-
ward the wingback who. runs to
the right behind interference
as If he had the ball.
Meanwhile the ball is on the
ground behind the guard who
works backward from the line
with his knee of the ground.
He pulls the football under him,
gets up very slowly and with the
center for interference starts
casually down field. Once clear,
he makes a break for a touch
down.
1T sounds too simple to be
true but you must understand
everything has to work perfect
y and we rely GA confusion and
a1et4anant - h3do IL han -
Evening star., 1938-12-11

the opposing men charge our
line.
after they run right by the
ball on the ground, my ball.
carriers have q clear field"
Clark saw q magician at work
when he was 7 years ol0 and
he decided that was the thing
for him.
He played stooge for 4 ma
gician on a Denver, Colo, stage
and learned q bit more Of ma
gic. With an occasional hitch
hiking tour, he then made magic
pay his expenses through COL
lege. -
incidentally, he played college
football seven years and 1t wasn't
until the last game of his ca
reer, at Howard College in Birm-
ingham, Ala, that officials of
the Dixie Conference discov-
cred he had been ineligible for
three years.
Birmingham sports writer's
called that hiS boGt toat e nAgie.
Evening star., 1938-12-11
Tribes Averi||, Hale
Used as Bait for
OK Of Tigers
BY the Associated Press.


CLEVELAND, Dec. 10.-The De-
troit and Cleveland American League
baseball clubs are dickering for
trade involving a couple of players
from each team, C. C. Slapnicka,
vice president of the Indians, said
tonight.
Slapnicka declared fatty that
frankie Pytlak, Cleveland catcher,
would not be traded and said the
discussions did not involve the name
of Charley Gehringer, Tiger second
baseman.
He intimated that Earl Averill,
Cleveland outflelder. and Sammy
Hale, Tribe second baseman, might
be involved in the deal and that
Cleveland was seeking Pete Fox,
hard-hitting Detroit outf1elder
The Cleveland oficial, who said he
hoped to arrange a swap at the an
nual major league meeting in New
York next week. asserted that the
Indians no longer wanted Eric Nc
Nair, utility infielder of the Boston
Red SoX,
Evening star., 1938-12-11
Tall Timbers Tankers
Lose 10 5. {. Boys

The Southeast Branch of the
Washington Boys Club defeated the
Tall Timbers Boys Camp, 53-43, in
a swimming meet at the Southeast
pool. Relays decided the meet.
Southeast winning the midget and
senior class contests while losing
out In the Junior division of the re-
lay.
. 25-yard dash-won BY H. HUGHES,
tSi4d sSqhefs' 8 c.isHs rI Tnb,l
,a5.ysrd backstroke-won BY F. Brown.
.s tSrd e. ,osn rs Tmbes; Tsnsee sG9sh
.5:sard breaststrOk.-won by H.
ssahesst Sob iSsHna psttison r. f2Ffs5 Tim:
H,ns6rss5 iSS1sasq re.y%sn Sy Southeast g.
well: R; Rudy, D.: Caldwell. B. Pattison, !.
lime L minute Z seconds (new record.
Junior Division.
~. 25-yard dash;-Won BY B. Joslin. Tall
5;?s: 5ss: !is5dai .Si5d = Keefsres Southeast: Time %
ls!i rsll Ttimp6srs tp,1s SECOND; Reekwex. south
2b-yard breaststroke-Won BY Pat Co.
gsrty. Tall TimbeEs;, second. ]. Springer,
bers; Time. 20a, seconds. "' I'LL
~, lV9.yard relay-Won BY Tall .Timbers
tF. Gogarty. B. PattiSon. B. Rowland b.
yoslin): second Southeast IL. Jarboe. +.
ReckeweE. j. Baker. J. SprinserJ. Time.
l minute 8 seconds
Senior Division.
50-yard dRsh-Won BY A. McGrov
Southeast; second. E, league. Southeast;
third. G. Joslin. Tall Timbers. Time,
5O.yard bsckstroke-Won by H. Oxier.
tai Timbers; SECOND. 8. Clarke. Tall Tim
1srs; third Z. TesEue. Southeast. Time,
Seward breaststroke-Won by H. Oxier,
Tall Timers; second 8. Clarke Tall Tim
s. 9ers. tied With w. Cronin. Southeast.
2O0-yard relay--Won by Southeast wv.
Rixey. r. Rehbein. Z. league. A. Nc
Groy,; second. Tall Timbers &c. Joslin.
g: Poole. s. Clarke. H. Osier). Time. 2
Evening star., 1938-12-11
Y Mat Team Defects
GolIuudet, ,21-11

Piling up an advantage in the
lighter weights, Y. M. c. AS wres-
tling team defeated Gallaudet's
grapplers, 21-11, in match at the
"Y" last night.
Results.
11S-pound class-Hollan (Y, defeated
Mess. fall. 3:35.
l2S-pound class-Hollan tY), defeated
Sullivan. time advantage. 1854.
I35-pound class-Snow (Y), defeated
Rafferty, fall. 5:45.
l45-pound class-Gilbert (Y). defeated
Clancy. fall. 1:35.
155-pound ciass-Stotts (Galaudet), de-
feated Myer, time advantage. 7:11.
165-pound class-Jones (GallaudeD. de-
feated Moran, fall R:45.
17b-pound class-Jorde (Gallaudet). de-
feated Myers, time advantage. 7:35.
Unlimited class-Ackerman ~. de-
feated ohlson, time advantage. 7:52.
Evening star., 1938-12-11

the opposing squad dashes by
it, chasing = phantom" down
the field. Then 4 Sayre guard
ambles to q touchdown.
Probably few other coaches
could get away with it. Clark Is
a professional magician and it
takes the professional touch to
spell out q football victory with
magic In these enlightened times.
I'VE have had the greatest
success in deception this year
of any year that I have been
coaching" says Clark, mild
hammered fellow whose hand is
much faster than the human
eye.
That's partly because I had
. fullback who was particularly
responsive to the magical part
Of his training.
"The trick is to teach play
ers how to handle the ball like
. deck Of cards, to screen their
passes and lAAoeAlS and - han.
Evening star., 1938-12-11
No Place for Fris(h
With Giants, Ayers
Owner Stonehan
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1O.-There's
very little chance that Bill Terry,
who is officially general manager"
Of the New York Giants, will move
up to the front office and hire
frankie Frisch as bench manager.
When Owner Horace Stoneham
returned yesterday from the minor
league meetings, one of the first
questions asked was How about
Frisch?"
Said Stoneham, Even If We had
Is minor league clubs to be han
died, I would not have Terry run
them. We would get somebody else
to aid. We know he is more valu-
able on the bench. Frisch definitely
will not be with our club. We do
not need him."
AS for Carl Hubbell's ailing arm,
Stoneham didn't think 1t would call
for 81 a year such as the Yanks
have tried. I'D send him q blank
contract and let him I'LL it in"
Stoneham said, but I don't think
he'd ask for enough. That's Hub
for you"
Evening star., 1938-12-11
wHITE-1O MEN.

White to Play and Mate in I've.
o-kB3 Is the correct key to the two
ward c. Knouse, Daniel Breeskint T. W.
AlIen Ansm,n Maud ss.an \. Wiley fHsE :ns
Collins makes good try.
Interscholastic Title ut Stake.
New Year Day, at the Central ~"
at S pm. w. B. Mundelle. 80-yeAr.
old chess and checker expert, On.
cages all comers, announces G.
E. Fleming, chairman Of arrange
ments.
At 2 pm. in the boys depart
ment. the annual Interscholastic
Chess Tournament opens with its
initial round, the victor to receive
an individual medal and custody OF
the bronze trophy. Players in all
secondary schools are eligible to
compete. Entry fee is the usual 25
cents to cover cost Of score sheets,
etc.
Chesspourri.
Best shot in "The Great Waltz:
Chess players leaving their game
to listen to Johann Strauss mu-
sic. John Hix in Strange AS 1t
Seems" in The Evening Star of
December Z, says 1t would require
800, 900 600, ,000, 900 ,000, 900 900 years to-
play the first 10 moves on either side
Of a chess game in all possible COM
binations, playing each combina-
ton IN one minute. :
What we would like to know is'
who figured the ''math" for Hix? :
Jack Cleary and Prof. Hubert H.
Cleary are December members of
the Divan Club.
(copyriEht, December II. 1888, by Paul,
Miller) ~
Evening star., 1938-12-11
Semipro Diamond Event
Awarded to Wichita
Nv the Assoc,ated Press

by the Associated Press.
WICHITA, Kans., Dec. 10.-Award
Of the fifth annual national semi
pro baseball tournament for United
States teams to Wichita August II
to %, 1899, and scheduling Of the
Canadian championship tournament
at st. John, New Brunswick, starting
the same date, were announced by
the National Semipro Baseball Con-
gress today.
Automatically qualified for the
United States tourney are the 1888
national champions from Buford,
Ga. Other teams will qualify for a
32-team bracket by victories in dis
trict, State and regional meets.
Evening star., 1938-12-11
BY ROBERT GEIGER,
Associated Press Service Writer

SAYRE, Okla, Dec. 10.-The
score was tied so the Sayre
squad turned to black magic.
Result: Another football cham
pionship for Bob Clark, Sayre
High School coach.
Clark carries a card in the In
ternational Brotherhood of Ma
gicians. He thinks there is q
great future in sleight-of -hand
for football coaches.
His fame has spread. He has
an invitation to appear before
the National Coaches Associa-
ton in Chicago during the
Christmas holidays. Besides per-
forming some stage magic he
may disclose q few now-you-
see-it, now-you-don't football
tricks. But most Of these he
keeps secret.
His favorite is the one In which
the bali hes en the ground while