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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-07
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RECEIVES PROMOTION

Mr.. K. r. Vought, Superintendent
of the DeImarva Division, The Penn
sylyania Railroad, with headquarters
at Cape Charles, Va, has been pro-
NOTED to Assistant to General Man
ager, with headquarters at Philadel-
phia, effective April 1, 1889.
kim" Vought, as he is affectionate
" known to his large circle of friends
and business acquaintance on the
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula, has been in
charge of the local division since May
16, 1882, at which time he came to
Cape Charles from Reading, Pa,
where he served as Superintendent OF
the Schuylkill Division. He has
created an enviable reputation as an
able railroad executive during his So
iourn on the Eastern Shore, which re-
nown has been due in large measure
to his long and varied service in the
operating department Of the railroad
company. kim" entered the service
as a freight brakeman on the Phila-
delphia and Erie Division of The
Pennsylvania Railroad October z, 1897
and was successfully promoted to the
positions of baggage master, passen-
ger conductor, assistant train master,
train master, assistant superintendent
and superintendent on various divi-
sio of the Eastern Region. During
this Al year period, he has accumu-
lated a wealth of experience in the
various branches of railroad transpor-
tation, which knowledge and his nat
ural astute business judgment is re-
sponsible for his well-merited promo
ton.
Boy Scout work and the National
Youth Movement were two of the
many civic activities in which "Kim"
was intensely interested and very ac-
tive. He was Rotarian and Presi-
dent of the Northampton Country
Club.
He will be succeeded by Mr.. ]. A.
Schwab, formerly superintendent of
the LOgansport Division, Logansport,
Ind Mr.. Schwab was born at Wen
ckes, N. D., on July &c, 1905, grad
uated from West Point and entered
the service of the railroad as rodman
on November s, 1927. One year later
he was made assistant supervisor on
the Williamsport Division, in which
position he also served on the Phila-
delphia Terminal and Maryland Divi-
sions. His next promotion was to
track supervisor effective February
1880, assigned to the Williamsport
Division and later to the Maryland
Division. On May %, 1884, he was
appointed assistant division engineer
of the Middle Division and division
engineer of the Eastern Division at
Pittsburgh, Pa, on November 1, 1885.
He has been superintendent of the
Logansport Division since January
1888.
Superintendent Schwab comes to the
Del-Mar-Va territory with the repu-
tation as one of the railroads out
standing younger executives, well
versed in modern transportation prac-
tees and equipped with an engaging
personality. These important charac-
rteristics will doubtless enable Mr..
Schwab to quickly endear himelf to
the residents on the Peninsula, as
well as to his railroad associates on
the Delmarva Division.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-07

We have one of the finest equipped
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high class printing.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-04-07
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Evening star., 1939-05-04
Rain Looms for Derby;
Porter's Mite Scratched
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 4.-Show-
ers were predicted for Derby Day
Saturday by the Weather Bureau
today. The last Derby to be run in
the mud was in 1929, when Clyde
Van Dusen won. There were show
ers on Derby Day in 1885, but the
track was classed as good" Omaha
won that year.
w. E. Boeing announced today
Porter's Mite definitely is out of the
Derby. The superintendent of the
Boeing barn said the horse is "just
not right" His disappointing show
ing in the Derby Trial Stakes Tues
day indicated to the owner that the
Mite could not go the mile and a
quarter Derby distance and had gone
stale in training.
Roy Waldron, trainer for Milky
Way, said he had about made up his
mind, but not definitely, that On Lo-
cation instead of No Competition
would be the Mars entry.
T. M. Dorsett, which developed a
slight fever, had recovered this
morning and this afternoon will
work out the full mile. The stable
then will decide whether he will 90
to the post.
Evening star., 1939-05-04
French Mission
Starts Survey Of
American Plants
Tour May Lead to
Educational Orders
To Aid Reurmoment'
B, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A French official mission started
today a survey of American indus
tries which may lead to placing of
"educational' orders to aid France S
rearmament.
1t. Col. Emmanuel Lombard
French military attache, said per
haps" trial orders, which could be
expanded quickly in the event of a
European war, would be placed for
semi military materials.
Contending there would be no
conflict with American neutrality
laws, the officer said partly finished
metals and machine tools were
sought rather than strictly NUM-
tionS
I'VE can't afford any big contracts
now" he added.
The mission, headed by Maj. Gen.
Andre Gavard, French inspector
general of ordnance. arranged to
leave during the day on tour OF
industrial centers.
Gen. Gavard and an aide, Maj.
Salmon, called on Assistant Secre-
tary of War Louis johnson earlier
this week to avoid the secrecy sur
rounding the visit of French avia-
ton mission in January. That visit
stirred up a congressional row over
American airplane sales to France.
The air missions visit brought
orders for more than 600 American
made warplanes and upward of 1000
engines, in addition to 200 planes
ordered in this country last sum-
mer.
In another move for cooperation
with friendly powers, the War De-
partment completed plans to send
the Army's next chief of staff to
Brazil aboard the cruiser Nashville.
Brig. Gen. George G. Marshall will
sail from New York May 10 to be
the guest of Gen. Aurelio de Goes
Monteiro Brazilian chief of staff.
Gen. Monteiro is expected to return
with him for a visit here.
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Booed for Tax Remark,
Bloom Leaves Dinner

Booed when he declared that
business men should be glad to pay
taxes for the privilege of living in a
free country, Representative Sol
Bloom angrily and abruptly left a
New York State dinner of the Cham
ber of Commerce Of the United
States last night.
He told reporters afterward that
he and other members of Congress
! had been ''insulted" by being in
vited to the formal dinner, with their
wives, and then being put on the
spot" as to their attitude toward
tax revision and other legislation.
Mr.. Bloom said he thought sew
eral persons booed his remarks at
the dinner at the Mayhower, but
spckesmen for the Chamber of Com
merce said they believed only one
man was responsible The cham
ber spokesman reported that about
300 members of Congress had talked
over national problems with busi-
nessmen at "a different State din
ners, and that the incident at the
New York dinner was the only un-
pleasant one which occurred. They
said the dinners were arranged by
members of the State Chambers of
Commerce.
Mr.. Bloom said one of the busi-
nessmen at the New York gather
ing made a talk in which he at
tackled President Roosevelt and
wanted to know what we were go
ing to do about taxes and other
matters" Mr.. Bloom added:
Il got up and replied that when
we viewed the situation in other
countries, We ought to thank God
for the privilege of paying some
tribute in taxes in this country and
having peace"
The New Yorker said 1--WE all want
to remove any unfair taxes that are
on the books" but that the inter-
rogation of members of Congress at
the dinner and the attacks upon the
administration were "impolite and
uncalled for
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
Routine business. Noon.
Labor subcommittee considers
Wagner bill for national health pro-
gram. 10 am.
Foreign Relations Committee con-
tinues neutrality hearings. pm.
Monopoly Committee hears rep
resentatives OF milk industry. 10 am
House:
Begins debating naval defense bill
Noon.
Labor Committee begins hearings
on Wagner Act amendments. 1890
am.
Foreign Affairs Committee hears
Government officials on neutrality
legislation. 10:30 am.
Ways and Means Committee
studies social security changes. 10
am.
Rivers and Harbors Committee
begins hearings on omnibus bill.
| 10 am.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
In recess.
Military Affairs Committee meets
in executive session. 10:30 am.
Education and Labor Subconmit-
tee continues hearings on Wagner
health bill. 10 am.
House:
Completes consideration Of Hobbs
alien bill.
Labor Committee continues hear
ings on bill to amend Wagner Act.
| 10 am.
Public Health Subcommittee of
| District Committee resumes milk
investigation. 10:30 am.
Evening star., 1939-05-04

investors in servicing the foreign
trade Of the Nation.
Our determination to meet sue
cessfully the challenge to our trade
in Latin America is not inspired by
self-interest alone, but in a much
broader sense by the knowledge that
the economic recovery of all the
Americas depends upon greater free
dom for the international trade of
tomorrow"
The immediate establishment of
a governmental agency with power
to sanction and enforce agreements
made within industrial groups was
urged by Frank Phillips, chairman,
Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville,
Okla, who asked the immediate
amendment of our "conf1scatory tax
laws and our one-sided labor laws" "
He spoke on "The Petroleum Indus
try in Tomorrow's Business" in the
round table on "The Future of Power
and Fuel"
There has been much discussion
concerning the possibility of Gov
ernment control of the oil industry" !"
Mr.. Phillips said. Some view this
as a dangerous probability without
realizing, perhaps, that the indus
try is already being rigidly con-
trolled through the limitations i'm
posed by our laws governing the
conduct of business.
THE oil industry does not need
or want Federal operation, but
changes should be made in our re-
strictive laws and we should have
the cooperation of our Government
in bringing about the necessary
regulation. The need of conserva-
ton is so great and the solution Of
the problem so obvious that cor
rective measures should not be
postponed much longer"
Another round table was told that,
if necessary, the American rubber
industry Gould replace a high per-
centage of it's crude rubber con-
sumption with a synthetic American
product.
E. R. BridgeWater, manager of the
E. I. du Pont de Nemours g. Co. rub
ber chemicals division, said the syn
thetic product, perfected after l3
years of research and millions of dol
lars in investments, already had beer
tested in automotive, aircraft, elec-
trical and petroleum industries.
He said its resistance was greater
than that of rubber under service
conditions involving exposure to ex-
cessive heat or oils and that it al
ready had reduced some manufac-
turing costs.
Tires made of it so far have been
slightly inferior" to tires made of
natural rubber, Mr.. Bridgewater
added.
Evening star., 1939-05-04

inventor. and through him the pub
lie, suffers injustice precisely for
the reason and to the extent that
the monopoly, the exclusive right,
purportedly bestowed on him is
not now fully safeguarded. What
we need is not to decrease but to
enhance the monopoly called a
patent. Genuine protection in that
form would be the last surviving
bulWark standing between the in
ventor and the onslaught of mighty
corporations"
Eugene P. Thomas, president of
the National Foreign Trade Coun-
Gil, Inc, pleaded for equality Of op-
portunity" for this country in trade
with South Ameria. He said:
THE United States is well equipped
not only to maintain her reasonable
stake in world trade under normal
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Artist, Amused by Trovesty
On Own Work, Seeks to Buy 1t

Artist Waldo Peirce has sense
of humor.
Mr.. Peirce, whose painting, "The
Study" hangs in the Corcoran Gal
lery of Arts Biennial Exhibition Of
Contemporary American Oil Paint
ings, was dickering today with a
Corcoran School of Art student for
a caricature she did of his work for
the caricature exhibit of the art
school.
The student in question Is Aida
Prencipe Today she and Mr.. Peirce
were deciding on price.
Students at the school, at the in
stigation of Richard Lahey, prin-
cipal, recently went to work in the
spirit of fun to caricature some Of
the paintings in the exhibit up
stairs at the gallery. Some of their
efforts were most surprising and
decidedly uncomplimentary. But it
was all in the spirit of fun.
Mr.. Peirce heard of the caricature
exhibit and came to Washington to
acquire Miss Prencipes travesty on
his art.
Much better than mine" Mr..
Peirce joked yesterday as the two
Evening star., 1939-05-04
DR.. Bittle {. Keisfer, 81,
Dies Of Long Illness

DR.. Bittle c. Keister, "a. Wash
ington resident for the last 16 years,
died yesterday at a local hospital
after a long illness. Prior to COM
ing to this city he operated a pri-
vate obstetrical hospital more than
10 years in Roanoke, Va.
DR.. Keister was a member of the
American Medical Society, Virginia
Medical Association, Southern Med
ical Society and the District Medical
Society.
He is survived by daughter, Mrs.
Helen K. Jurden, Treasury Depart
ment employe here; a sister, Mrs.
Mamie K. Wright, Aiken, S. c.:
three brothers, DR.. j. B. Keister,
Crisfleld, Md; D. E. Keister, Nor
folk, Va, and Emory Keister, New
port, Va, and two grandsons.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. tomorrow in the Hines fune-
raj home, and burial will be in
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-05-04

artists compared the travesty and
the original.
The original is painting of Mr..
Peirce's barn-study at Monsey, N. Y.
His twin sons and two daughters
are watching him paint a land
scape. A young goat lends the work
a pastoral touch.
Miss Prencipe's painting carica
lures the persons in the picture
Mr.. Peirce, instead of painting a
landscape, is standing by horrible
suggestion of the worst modernistlc
art conceivable welding a pair OF
shears over the goat. The goat is
plastered with real lambs wool
from France and his younger daugr-
ter is wearing a pair of her mother S
shoes, which seem to clack repug-
nantly against the boards of the
barn floor. Real pink and blue rip :
bons bedeck the daughter and the
goat.
Mr.. Peirce. who played tackle for
Harvard in 1907 took the carica tule
in the spirit in which it was meart
With hearty laugh, he said:
Il get big kick out of that. I'm
going 70 dicker with Miss Prencipe
to see if can't get it to take home
with me-"
Evening star., 1939-05-04


old age. He remarked of the pro-
gram:
The Government social security
program should enable each mem
Der of our working population to
look forward to having the absolute
necessities of life after reaching re-
tirement age. Food, shelter and
clothing are essentials to the 'pur-
suit of happiness which is among
the rights, as our Declaration of
independence states, to secure which
governments are instituted among
men Beyound the point of assur-
ing these necessities, in my opinion,
compulsory plans for providing old
age security should not CO."
Laurence E. Falls. vice president
OF the American Insurance Co. of
Newark, N. j., urged that men in the
insurance business and in all buSi-
ness study and learn the problems
of government" which, he said, now
is inseparably linked with the pros
perity Of business He added that
I'VE must study and learn the prob
lens of government, and each of us
must carry his share of the load
OF good government. whether that
load be in taxes alone, or in taxes
and personal service"
Patents Discussed.
Gould we have a patent system
without monopolies?" Conway P.
Coe, commissioner of patents, asked
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Scandinavian Chiefs
Consult May 9 on
Answer 10 Hitler
Foreign Ministers From
Sweden, Finland, Norway
And Denmark to Meet
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, May 4.-The for
eign ministers of Sweden, Finland,
Norway and Denmark prepared to-
day to consult at Stockholm May
on a common answer to the pro-
posals of Adolf Hitler that they
accept German non-aggression
pledges.
From several sources there were
indications the Scandinavian ma
tions would decline the offer for fear
acceptance of any pact would be
departure from their traditional
neutrality.
Reports from Sweden said the
general impression there was the
offer would be rejected. Similar
reports were received from Norway.
The newspaper Tidens Tegn Of
Oslo, Norway, reported Hitler's pro-
posals to the Scandinavian countries
included a condition that Ger
many's imports from them remain
unaltered in event of any major
European conflict
Swedish ores and other products
of the Scandinavian countries are
vital to Germany.
The Oslo independent newspaper
Sjoefarfstidende, declaring networks
of security pacts have shown them
| selves dangerous to peace" said
nobody plans to attack Germany.
Hitler said he had no plans to at
tack Scandinavia. A pact, there
fore, is superf1uous.
The government newspaper in
Denmark, Social-Demokraten how
ever, commented that I'VE are pre-
pared to make agreements with any
country-with Germany, England,
France, Russia or whosoever they
may be-"
The projected non aggression
pacts were characterized by the
newspaper Arbejderbladet as an at
tempt to harness Scandinavia for
the Third Reichs war car. Thus
four OF Europes oldest democratic,
anti-Fascist people would be bound
to a cause deeply incongruous with
their views and history"
Evening star., 1939-05-04
World Federation
Of Nations Is Urged
To Peace Group
Women's League Opens
PorIey Here With l26
Branches Participating

A world federation of nations to
be organized through American in
itiative, as means of obtaining en-
during peace, was proposed to dele
gates of 1875 branches of the Wom-
ems International League for Peace
and Freedom who today began a
three-day annual convention at the
Washington Hotel.
The proposal was made by Mrs
Lola Maverick Lloyd, member of the
leagues executive board, who urged
the group to work for an all-in-
elusive, democratic, military fed
Grafton of nations"
The leagues convention was
opened by Mrs. Hannah Clothier
Hull, president, who greeted the
delegates from not only American
sections. but also representatives of
a British and Canadian section who
are attending the convention.
Another speaker, Miss Heloise
Brainerd, chairman of the Commit
tee on Americas, who attended the
Lima Conference, reported for her
committee the results of a seven
month visit in South American
countries.
She indicated that those nations
showed an interest in international
peace. and told of the establishment
of peace organizations in Chile, Bo-
livia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
Unsettled boundary questions are
the danger spots" in South America
today, Miss Brainard declared. In
her report she urged the delegates
first, to become familiar with the
inter-American peace system and
its applications, and, secondly, that
they ask the Federal Government
to apply the American principle
Of cooperation for peace in remov-
ing the most fruitful source of con-
f1ict-unsettled boundaries"
Clarence Pickett, director of the
American Friends Service League
was to discuss "Refugees-Asset OF
Liability" at luncheon today.
A symposium on American for
eign policy will be held at $3.50 to-
night in which speakers will include
Norman Thomas. Socialist leader,
and Clark M. Eichelberger.
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Liberal Small Loan
Law Needed 10 Aid
Debtors, Group Hears
U. S. Employees Often
Live on Borrowed
Money, Committee Told

While the District affords an eX-
ceptionally advantageous field for
small loan companies because of the
steady payroll of the Government
there Is need for more liberal leg
islation here because Government
employees feel a social pressure and
often feel obliged to live on borrowed
money, the Judiciary Subcommittee
Of the House District Committee was
told at a continued hearing today
Part Of the need for small loans
results from prevalence of gambl-
ing among Government workers, the
subcommittee was told by William
A. Roberts, for four years special
assistant corporation counsel and for
two years peoples counsel.
The subcommittee, headed by Rep
resentative McGehee of Mississippi
with Representatives Dirksen, Re
publican, of Illinois, and Bates, Re-
publican, of Massachusetts,, in at
tendance, has under consideration
the small loan bill sponsored by Rep
resentative Nichols, Democrat, of
Oklahoma.
The two witnesses today were
chester H. Gray, assistant corpora
tlon counsel, and Mr.. Roberts. It
was pointed out that the present law
covering small loan business was en-
acted in 1913 This provides for loans
not to exceed 5000 and per cent a
month on the actual amount of the
loan. Mr.. Gray argued that 5000
was not a sufficiently large amount
and Mr.. Roberts insisted that the
maximum should be, preferably,
up to $500. Mr.. Dirksen, by ques-
tioning, brought out that the average
small loan is from $25 to $100 or $3.50.
IL Per Cent Annually Held Too Low.
Mr.. Gray also argued that a rate
OF per cent is insufficient to attract
legitimate capital, pointing out that
there are only four licensees under
the act and that all of these obtained
their licenses within the last three
or four years. He also said that the
District Commissioners and the
corporation councils Office are
desirous of getting a corrected law
to cure abuses under the existing
statute and make possible prosecu-
tions for evasions.
He said the principal complaint is
on the refinancing of other loans,
which are advertised at per cent
but carry series of SIS charges for
certain Services" which brings the
total in excess of the 8 per cent
maximum legal rate of interest.
1t was estimated that probably
more than $5,0O00OO a year is the
total for small loans made in the
District, and that much of this busi-
ness is done through loan agencies
in Virginia and Maryland, where 31a
per cent is the authorized rate.
These Maryland and Virginia loan
offices are just across the District
line.
Mr.. Roberts explained that he had
been consulting with representatives
of the Bar Association, social agen-
cies and the Federation of the Citi-
zens' Association. AS a result of
this, while he offered suggestions for
several changes in the pending bill,
he and those associated with him
were for the most part in favor of
1t. At the request of members of
the subcommittee he put into the
record the names of the four pres
ent licensees under the existing law.
Hnsrn aAnaA L. asaneo dnnnsaAn IA hln
Evening star., 1939-05-04
Jefferson City (Mo.) Fire
Hurts Five Persons
BY the Associated Press.


JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, May A.
Fire which destroyed the 7O-year-old
Madison Hotel, capital city home of
many of Missouris legislators, and
threatened for time to spread to
adjoining buildings was brought
under control early today.
Police reported every one in the
building escaped, but five persons
were injured sufficiently to require
hospital treatment.
Leo Levy, manager, estimated the
loss at more than $215,00O He said
he believed the fire, which started
during the dinner hour, originated
either in the kitchen or elevator
shaft
The hotel was only block from
the statehouse.