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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-10
DRUNKEN TRAMP TURNS
OUT TO BE AN OFFICER

When is an inebriated tramp not
an inebriated tramp? The answer
in this case is "When he is a police
officer" Such was the case the early
part of last week when a still manu-
featuring illicit liquor was discovered
near Woodlawn, Md. The plant lat
er was taken and destroyed by the
police and the internal revenue agents.
Two men, one of them negro, both
armed with guns, escaped by SWIM
ming stream and running into a
nearby wood. A third man, another
negro, was captured.
The wolf in sleeps clothing, or
as applies in this story, the officer in
hobo's regalia, paid his first visit to
the still early Sunday morning. The
location was a deserted farm house
near Granite.
The policemtn posed as drunk
and managed to get a drink from a
negro who was watching the plant.
He then left the still and wandered
through the woods to report his find
ings to the agents. It then was a.
greed that the officer should return
to the still in the afternoon and buy
a bottle of liquor and then signal the
raiding party by several toots on his
whistle. However, when he returned
he saw that two other mon bod ioipod
the negro watchman. Both of these
men, who were the two who escaped
by the stream, were armed, one with
a pistol and tn other with a shotgun.
The liquor was bought, but the Of
ficer didn't think much of the plan
OF signalling the agents. He went
back into the woods and Joined his
confederates, and the group then be-
gan to close in on the still and it's
attendants. The three men at the
plant then began to flee.
The still had a capacity of 1000
gallons. There was also on hand
about 1,50O gallons of alcohol and
1000 gallons of mash. Later the raid
ing party seized an automobile that
had been filled with gallon cans con-
tanning alcohol
The name of the officer who dis
guised himself in order to get the
goods on the still owners was not re-
leased by the police.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-10
YACHT is BURNED OFF
BETTERTON COAST, MD

Three men and three women float
ed in life preservers in the Chesa-
peake Bay three hours last Monday
evening when their yacht, the "Susie
@" burned and sank. Mr.. and Mrs.
George T. Kreider, owners of the
yacht, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wolf of
Labanon, Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Harris of Pelham, N. Y, were
returning from three day cruise on
the bay and when the motor of the
yacht started giving trouble. Mr.
Kreider went into the engine room to
make repairs and while there gasoline
exploded setting fire to his clothing
He jumped overheard and the other
occupants endeavored to control the
fire. Fire extinguishers were used
with little effort and as the fire gain
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-10
DELAWARE AUTHORITIES
AFTER NEGRO ROBBER

Delaware authorities are hunting an
unidentified negro who held up and
slugged the Bridgeville, Del, post
master and escaped with currency es-
timated at approximately $500 on
Wednesday morning of last week.
The negro, masked and armed, had
surprised Bradford Jones, postmaster
few minutes after the post office
was opened, slugged him into uncon-
sciousness and looted the safe.
Jones, who had opened the lobby
of the post office for business about
six o'clock, heard knock at the door
of the working space of the office.
When he unlocked the door, supposed
ly to admit a clerk, he was confront
ed by gun in the hands of the negro.
He was backed toward the open safe
and slugged into unconsciousness.
When he came to, the hold-up man
had gone and the safe had been looted.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-10
SEARCHING FOR THIEF
OF 800 MEMS SUITS

Search for burglars who broke in
to a Chestertown clothing store and
carried out 300 suits valued at ap-
proximately $4,000 was pressed by
Eastern Shore police last week. In
one of the boldest thefts in months,
the burglars broke into the store by
the light of street lamp and ap-
parently loaded the loot into truck
parked in front.
Carl Bordley, owner of the store,
said the suits were on the second
floor. Clark Davis, of Chestertown
discovered the theft and notified the
owner.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-10
WICOMICO LIQUOR PROFITS
AMOUNT TO $33,S71

Profits of the Wiconico Liquor Dis
pensary at Salisbury, for the yeal
ending April 80, were $33,871, nearly
$4,000 larger than the previous year
and more than $1,000 above 1886
an audit of the Wicomico Liquor Con-
troll Boards books, and accounts, just
completed, shows.
The profits, which goes into the
county treasury, is equivalent to ap-
proximately IL cents on the county
tax rate.
Total revenues earned for the coun-
ty, since establishment of The dispen-
sary four and a half years ago, are
$11O, 900, the annual sums paid to the
county treasury having been: first
sixteen months ending April 80, 1885,
S21, $3.50; 1886, $22,147; 1887, $4,000;
1888, 1881.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-10

4 NEW Broadway Limited soon
"A will be flashing over the rails
Of the Pennsylvania Railroad be-
tween New York and Chicago. Com
pletely streamlined, the new Broad
way will reduce the running time
between the two cities to 16 hours,
making new history for this famous
train.
Electric locomotives will pull the
train between New York and Har-
risburg, Pa, giving way to steam
engines between Harrisburg and
Chicago.
Thus one Of the best known trains
in the country goes completely mod
ern, including the luxurious and dis
tinctive dining car built by the Ed
ward G. Budd Manufacturing Com
pany Of Philadelphia, builders OF
stainless steel rail equipment.
The dining car presents a spa
cious, club-like atmosphere. Inti-
macy is achieved in the skilful COM
bination of lounge sections and for
NAL placing Of tables next to wide
windows. Rich in color, comfortable
in seating arrangement and excel
lent in service, it c1imaxes the mod
ern design of this new train.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-10
TRUCKERS FIND RELIEF
FROM RACKETEERING

Relief for Virginia truckers from
the racket which has gouged $1,000,-
900 annually out of them and similar
interests in six other states was def
initely seen last week in the indict-
ment of 76 men in New York City by
a Federal Grand Jury on charges of
racketeering.
Two indictments returned by a
special Federal grand jury named 8
officers and delegates and 62 men,
bers of Local No. S07 of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers
of America and six other individuals.
Each of the defendants, if convict
ed, faces a possible sentence of Al
years Imprisonment and fines totaling
$4,000 each. They were charged with
violating the Federal anti-racketeer-
ing act of 1884, enforced for the first
time in New York State, and the Sher
man antitrust act.
The indictments alleged the defen-
dants, using force and threats of vio-
lence, extorted $1,OOO,OOO of more an
nually from the $1OO,0OO,OOO a year
business in the trucking of general
merchandise and perishable foodstuffs
Flying squadrons of union men, the
grand jury charged, met the trucks
of out-of-town shippers and truckers
at the city limits and compelled them
to pay $9.42 apiece for a local S07
driver whether or not the driver was
used or needed.
In addition, the indictment alleg-
ed. "shakedowns" of from $1,000 to
100000 were demanded from ship
pers and truck owners for the privi-
lege of being allowed to operate with
out interference.
The complaints came from ship
ping and trucking companies in Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Caro-
lima and Virginia.
The indictments were returned to
Federal Judge Robert P. Patterson
after grand jury inquiry which be-
gan last March % under the direction
of John Harlan Amen, special assis-
tant to the U. S. Attorney General and
No. Federal racket-buster. !.
! Judge Patterson Immediately or
dered the issuance of bench warrants
for all defendants. Amen, who has
obtained 217 racketeering convictions
in the past two years, indicated he
would ask for immediate trial to give
shippers prompt relief.
Many shippers and truckers, the
Indictment said, have been forced out
of business or have suffered heavy
losses as a result Of the alleged eX-
tortions.
Those indicted include William Dev-
cry, president of the union; Thomas
L. Hickey, secretary-treasurer; Sam
bel Brennan, recording secretary;
John Flaherty, trustee; William Camp
bell. Austin Furey, Thomas Clarke
and Thomas Kehoe, delegates.
The six non-members of the union
are Michael Murtaugh, j. Noonan,
"Frankie Doe," Charles Horowitz, A.
Slacta and "John Doe" Amen said
they were reputed to be gangsters.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-10

Flesh colored mirrors form the
sidewall decoration behind each
lounge section. At one end Of the
diner is a service bar. Across the
aisle are crews lockers and stew
ards desk. The cleaning stainless
steel kitchen at the opposite end is
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-10

of completely new design and
equipped to provide the fastest pos
sible service.
The new Broadway will be ex-
hibited in New York. Philadelphia,
Chicago and st. Louis before going
into service.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-08
THE THOMPSON VIEWPOINT

The important issue in the Republican ranks
seems to be whether the political leaders, bent
more on winning an election than on performing
statesmanlike service will be willing to listen TO
the minds who believe that the way to win the next
election is to perform statesmanlike service
It has occurred to some of them that this country
is terribly tired of slogans, is weary of the caca-
phony of absolutely meaningless words, is tired OF
attacks and is ready to listen to program that
presumes the existence of large amount of good
will and the capacity of the American people to
listen to reason.
These Republican planners, who exist and are
working do not belong to the more conspicuous or
vocal politicos They want a program which does
not appeal to labor," farmers" bankers cap
italists but to the reasonabty, intelligence and
sense of solidarity and independence of the Amer-
can people as a whole.
This spirit is much more likely to come up from
the Republican ranks than the Democratic, simply
because the Republicans have the opportunity to
start fresh, unencumbered by the necessity OF sup
porting their past actions. They have the enormous
advantage of the fact that their past actions are
far enough in the past so that many of them can
be repudated or forgotten.
There are enormous numbers of discontinued
citizens waiting for a new formulation of an Amer
lean program, and these citizens are in all ranks
and in all classes.-Dorothy Thompson in Green's
boro News.
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NIP 1T

Discovery of communistic blackshirt organiza-
ton of high school boys in an Oklahoma commun-
ity very naturally raises the question of what un-
American activity is responsible for that sort of
thing, and what radical organization or individual
has been leading these youthful and immature
minds astray.
We cannot reasonably be expected to believe
those boys have been led to espouse this cause by
their own serious thinking, or because they have
been convinced by what is going on in the world
today that there is righteousness or security or
even human progress in any foreign radical doc
trnes or movements. ''.....
American boys do not take up radical activity on
their own motion,
Our schools and colleges are not being impreg-
mated with radicasm simply because the students
are thinking for themselves" as we have so much
been urging them to do.
We know of course that youth is naturally radi-
cal, but American youth does not turn to commun-
ism when it has the truth and the whole truth for
guide. And so We ought to dig down and find out
who and VIVA are doing this thing to us-and put a
stop to 1T without any hesitation DE .- r
There is no question here of free speech.
1t is question of putting an end to subversive
and unAmerican activities and the mistaken propa-
ganda OF theoretical communists and parlor reds
Something of that sort quite evidently has been
gong on out in Oklahoma; and it ought to be
nipped IN the bud-Rock Hill, S. c., Herald
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NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
1,I1I ER9 AIDES FEATHER THEIR NESTS

Wbv did Hitler and his henehmen, after the
uidesnread damage and destruction OF jewish
owned property by mobs Of Germans, decree that
tho lows must pay for the damage out of their
o,,,, nockets and that the insurance companies
r,ust nav all claims to the government?
There IS only one answer to the demand that
German (Aryan) insurance companies pay the dam
aces to Jewish property into the government treas
NV ..damages incurred as the result of organized
cd bv TNazD party members, and plainly at the
;rs+;oat;on of the government" says Charles Bene-
dict writing in the Magazine of Wall Street.
u declares the reason is ''that the German lead
ars Goebbels. Goering, Streicher, Himmer ct al
arc robbing the German people to line their own
nockets, Further, he writes, there was no reason
- co1Iact .as well from the insurance companies,
,,h;oh ore ,,,n bv Aryans and which, according to
the new laws insure Aryan property, only"
Tho MAGAZINE writer makes the interesting OBJ
so,,a+ior. that the Nazi leaders are gradually ac
ouirine the important properties IN Germany and
81. +boro is not one who does not have his own
orSnaner mainly the result of confiscatiOn on one
excuse another.
Moraover Benedict points out that General Goe-
RING is the head of Herman Goerng Werke; that
he absorbed the Thyssen steel interest when Hitler
and Thyssen fell cut; that after the anschluss ne
ACQUIRED the Alpine Montan GeselIschatt Qron
works in Austria). and "now it is rumored that he
will take over the famous Skoda munitions plants IN
Czechos,ovakia as WE'LL.
That is an illustration the magazine writer says
of the way the Nazi leaders have teathered their
nests He adds that the smaller business enter
nrises real estate and other assets, of which they
have robbed the Jews the Catholics and the Protes-
tant critics, have been the spoils OF the average
party members
81 cite this as an instance of what is going on in
Germany" Mr. Benedict says in conclusion, land
what will go on in any country when dictator
and his cohorts get into power and are able to help
themselves to any property that peases them IN
the meantime, the Nazis are growing greedler ana
bolder-but the situation for civilization is not
hopeless because men have way of gaming cour-
age when they are most desperate and taking ac-
ton regardless of sacrifices. "-Charotte Observer
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antee that he will not go mad.
Sometimes the treatment works;
sometimes it does not.
And the popular belief that
the mad dog foemS tat the mouth,
and snaps right and left, is not
dependable. When a dog has the
dumb type of rabies, he gives no
indication of the disease. | saw
one mad dog which did not seem
to be even sick. He had just bit
ten a boy who lived next door to
me, and who, weeks later. devel-
oped hydrophobia and died in
horrible paroXysms. Chat boy, by
the way, was a grandson Of Jeff
Davis, president of the Confed-
eracy.)
Mad dogs are becoming a great
err menace than most persons
realize. For instance, in our city
Of $4,000 population, 500 persons
have been bitten by mad dogs
during the past four years. Not
only did those victims suffer the
fright and the pain of the at
tacks, the distress from the Pas
teur treatments, and the awful
fear that the treatments might
not be successful; but the cost
of the treatments, averaging $50
each, amounted to $4,000.
Since only eight per cent of
the city families keep dogs, it is
this eight per cent whose dogs are
endangering the lives, disturbing
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-08
The TACTEUL APPROACH

Talent for the inopportune amounting to posi-
tive genius should not go unrecognized.
We nominate for medal in this class Miss Eliza
beth Needham, of Boston, second vice president OF
the American Association for the Recognition of
the Irish Republic.
Miss Needham's bright idea is to greet King
George and Queen Elizabeth their projected
visit to this country with "a man dressed like Paul
Revere warning the people, Here comes the Brit
ishr"
Miss Needham doubtless would be proud to stand
on the steps of the White House and present to
the arriving royal couple model of Bunker Hill
Monument set IN emeralds, this ceremony to be
closely followed by rousing Boston Tea Party
New York World-Telegram. Cas- &, .5",
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EDGAR GUEST GOES FISHING;
WITH POEM FOR CHRLSTuIA3

Many years ago Edgar A.
Guest, the famous poet, wrote a
poem which he titled, "On Going
Home For Christmas" He said it
was promoted by a conversation
he heard on a street car between
two young men, one of whom
answered the query, care you go
ing home for Christmas?" by say
ing. "The folks want me to come,
but | wrote yesterday that was
too busy to get away. l may be
able to make it next year"
Mr.. Guest said he was fishing
for that boy and others like him
when he wrote the following
poem, which is reprinted by re-
quest:
He little knew the sorrow that
was in his vacant chair;
He never guessed they'd miss him
or he'd surely have been there /;
He couldn't see his mother or the
lump that filled her throat,
Or the tears that started falling
as she read his hasty note;
And he couldn't see his father,
sitting sorrowful and dumb,
Or he never would have written
he thought he couldn't come.
He little knew the gladness that
his presence would have made,
And the JOY it would have given,
or he never would have stayed.
He didn't know how hungry had
the little mother grown
Once again to see her baby and to
claim him for her own.
He didn't guess the meaning OF
his visit Christmas Day
Or he never would have written
that he couldn't get away.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-08
EDNEYVILLE

EDNEYVILLE, Dec. ga mis-
cellaneous shower was given Mr..
and Mrs. Hurst Fisher recently at
the home Of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Green. A good
time was reported by all and they
received many useful gifts.
Ads Revis was the overnight
guest Of Claude Edney Monday
night
This section welcomes Mr.. Ar
rowood and family here from
Burnsville. They have moved to
the Coston place.
Miss Lillian Green, who is en-
ployed near Naples visited her
mother, Mrs. John Green, Sun
day.
Miss Thelma Edney was the
weekend guest of Mrs. Edith Kill
patrick and Mrs. John Merrill of
Hendersonville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rome Laughter
made a business trip to Hender-
sonville Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dollle BoyerS and
family have moved to the Phillips
place.
Miss Katie Williams visited
Miss Louise Edney Sunday.
John Merrill of Druid Hill en-
Joyed rabbit hunt here Monday
and was the dinner guest of Lu-
Their Edney.
Lloyd Rogers of Washington is
visiting his parents here, Mr.. and
Mrs. Billie Rogers, for while.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-12-08
BY JOHN L. FLYNN
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent

A NUMBER of letters of protest
n have come to me in reference
to a stand l took some time back
on the American Federation of
Labor's proposed goal of $4,000 a
year for every American family.
The protests take the form of
flashing out against anyone who
thinks a laborer should not try to
improve his condition or anyone
who opposes labor's efforts to Or
ganize to do that, Why, they ask,
should not workman try to earn
$4,000 year.
Of course there is no reason
why workman should not want
to earn $4,000 a year and every
reason why he should organize in
a union to advance the interests
of himself and his fellow workers
No one is more for that than am
What l called attention to was
the proclaimed goal of the A. F.
OF l.. to establish an income of
s4ooo a year for every American
family. And I did so not because
would not like to see all Ameri-
can Families enjoy such good for
tune but because American work.
ers VINO have so many serious and
important detectives to achieve
are merely diverted from them
oy these futile detectives.
But there is another reason for
gaining attention to it. I did so
because l thought this announced
plan characteristic of what I con-
s'der weakness of the A. F. of
L. mat weakness is found in the
TACT that the A. F. of L., according
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LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT

the peace, and destroying prop
erty of the entire citizenry. For
it should be borne in mind that,
besides being the cause Of rabies,
the dog in the city may be a
sizeable nuisance through his
barking, bowling, yelping, run
ming over lawns, digging in flow
er and vegetable beds, destroying
plants with his body secretions,
Scattering the contents Of gar
bage cans, and in other ways
making himself troublesome.
Every dog is a potential mad
dog. Today he may be all right.
Next week he may be mad, and
more deadly than a rattlesnake.
Since no case Of rabies has
ever been cured, the only hope
for the bitten person is that the
malady may be prevented from
developing.
Add the cost of feeding the
city dog (about $50 a Year, to
the rest of his liabilities, and the
indictment against nm Is serious.
Progressive cities throughout
the nation realize the gravity Of
the dog problem; and the feeling
is growing that the only solution
is that the dog must leave the
city.
That dogs are lovable compan-
ions and pets, and that many per-
sons love their dogs as they do
their own families, is recognized.
So in order to solve the dog prob
lem in the city, and make it as
painless as possible, the plan is
being widely advocated and, in
number of instances, has been
adopted, that persons in the city
who now own dogs, and who will
care for them properly, may keep
them as long as they live; but
that no new dogs shall be allow
ed in the city.
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. JOHN T. FLYNN

to my views, is not interested IN
every American family, but only
in the small group of families
which belong to the A. F. of L.
The only way to get $4,000 for
American workers now is at the
expense of other erican
workers.
At present three out OF every
four American workers earn
less than $500 and over a third
of the workers earn less than
$1,000. The great goal of labor now
should be to meet the grave and
difficult problem of raising the
wages of these forgotten groups
who earn less than $1,000 a year
and this means, remember, in
many cases as low as $500 a year.
The only way this can be done is
by organizing all the workers.
Laws like workmen's compensa-
ton, old age pensions, unenploy-
ment insurance and minimum
wage laws are made for the pro-
lection of the great unorganized
groups more than any others. But
If we have not had laws like these
for years, ! believe it was partly
because the A. F. of L. was not
interested in the low wage work.
erS.
Samuel Gompers opposed even
workmen's compensation for years.
Years ago the A. F. of L fought
health insurance along with
the Civic federation and the in
surance companies. The A. F.
of L. opposed unemployment in
surance until 1892. 1t fought for
years the minimum wage law and
it opposed old age pensions at
one time.
Copyright, 1898. NEA Service, Incl