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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-24

MISS LOCCl0 OHIdHiO cPSAs "aA0 "SS
end with relatives in Chestertown.
Mrs. F. J. Lloyd was hostess Tues
day to the afternoon bridge club.
Miss Nan Cullen, Of Baltimore, was
a weekend visitor in Pocomoke.
Mrs. r. I. Givens has been housed
the past week by reason Of illness.
Rev. John w. Wootten will address
the Rotary Club in Georgetown, Dei.'
tonight, Friday.
Mr.. VIM. II. Marshall is quite i'll at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. w. +.
MacAllister.
Mrs. Arthur Mcdaniel is improving
after being i'll at her home on walnut
st.
Mrs. Claude Davis is spending the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Will
SON in Smyrna, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ. Spedden, OF Bal
timore, have been recent guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Duncan.
Mrs. w. Sidney Stevens has been
housed the past week with an attack
of bronchitis.
Mrs. George L. Bounds is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Fuller Van Horn
and Mr.. Van Horn in Baltimore.
Mrs. E. Farrell Bowen is confined
to her home this week with an attack
of grippe.
Mrs. John Il. Clarke is improving
after being housed the past two or
three weeks by reason Of illness.
Mrs. Robert Matthews spent several
DAVIS last week with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. O. F. Peyten Of Crisfield.
Mr.. Isaac Peacock and son, Of near
+own. have been guests Of his sister,
Mrs. Ella Butler, Of Nelsonia, Va.
Mr.. w. B. Morris, manager OF the
Coffman-Fisher store, is confined 10
HIS home by reason Of illness.
Mrs. BERTHE Northam is confined
In her home this week by reason OF
Illness.
Mrs. Russell Carter Of this city at
tended the Hairdressers Convention
held in the Bellevue-Stratford on Wed
nesday.
Mrs. William Il. Merrill, Jr., OF
Creenbackville, was the weekend
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Wiiker-
son.
A regular meeting Of Crescent
CHAPTER No. A o. E. S. will be held
Monday night, February 9th at 1851
o'clock.
Quite a number from here attended
the funeral of Mr.. James B. Tawes
held in Crisfield, Sunday at 2:SO Z.
IL.
Mr.. Mac D. Moore, Of Pittsburg,
Pa, a former resident of this city,
was a visitor in town Monday ana
Tuesday.
Mrs. Erland Etcheson gave a tea
Tuesday from 8 to 6 in honor OF her
guest, Miss Alverta Cooke, OF Cath
ersburg, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank u. Barnes, OF
williamson, N. c., were guests from
Friday to Wednesday of DIR. and Mrs.
E. J. Clarke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Messick
and daughter, Miss Myra Messick,
have been recent guests Of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Horace Griffin in Snow Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Callahan leave
Sunday for New York where they Will
purchase new spring merchandise for
the Callahan Store.
Mrs. Dixon Sexton and son, Tommy
Lee, are spending the winter in Flori-
da with Mr.. Sexton who has a posi-
ton in Wauchula.
Mrs. U. s. Payne left Saturday for
an indefinite stay in Cleveland, Ohio.
Enroute she will stop in Drexel Hill,
Pa, for brief visit with relatives.
Mrs. E. J. Schoolfield, Mrs. Ellwood
z. Matthews, Mrs. Vernon P. Steven
SON and Misses Bertha and Willie Wal
tiers have returned from a very pleas
ant two weeks motor trip to Florida
Mr.. Norris M. Young spent the
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-24

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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-02-24

Mrs. u. s. Payne left Saturday for
an indefinite stay in Cleveland, Ohio.
Enroute she will stop in Drexel Hill,
Pa, for a brief visit with relatives.
Mrs. E. J. Schoolfield, Mrs. Ellwood
z. Matthews, Mrs. Vernon P. Steven
SON and Misses Bertha and Willie Wal
tiers have returned from very pleas
ant two weeks motor trip to Florida
Mr.. Norris NJ. Young spent the
weekend in New Bern, N. c. dc
was accompanied home by Mrs. Young
who has been spending some time
ut her former home in that city.
Parson Jack announces that he
will preach Sunday morning on 1.-THE
place Of Faith in modern Life. In
the evening he will use as his subject:
"Guarding Our Souls" Sunday
School Superintendent Harry D. Mel
win urges all members to be present
in the morning and Ann Wootten,
president of the Epworth League as
sisted by the other Delegates who at
tended the Youth Conference in Will
mington last week, will speak at the
Epworth League at $3.50 P. NJ.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
HeIium Under the SEQ

Every one knows that helium has
aided man to soar safely to great
heights; few know that this valuable
gas is enabling man to venture safe
ly to great depths under the sea. A
report by medical officers attending
the divers who salvaged the ill-fated
submarine Squalus reveals how
helium fortified the courageous div
ing crew against their deadliest
enemy, the bends-long a scourge Of
the men who 60 down to the sea In
metal helmets and rubber suits.
The Squalus tragedy afforded the
men of the Navy's experimental div
ing unit at the Navy Yard here their
first opportunity to test under condi-
tions of an actual emergency the he
lium equipment with which they had
been experimenting for many months
in their laboratory and in test dives in
the lower Potomac River and Chesa-
peake Bay. Those researches had
convinced the Navy that helium
could perform miracles for deep-sea
divers. BY mixing the light, inert,
colorless gas with the oxygen pumped
to the divers, it was found that the
men safely could stand pressures
that otherwise might prove disas-
trous. Moreover, the process of de-
compression, whereby divers are
subjected to gradually decreasing
pressures as precaution against the
bends, was greatly accelerated by use
OF the helium mixture.
The experiments with helium were
far from complete, however, when
the diving unit last May was ordered
to proceed at once with their equip
ment to the scene Of the Squalus
tragedy. The stricken submarine
was 240 feet below the surface of the
ocean-a dangerous depth for ordi-
nary diving operations. The first
group of divers to reach the Squalus
ignored danger and dared the depths
without benefit Of helium. They be-
came dizzy and nearly helpless. Then
the helium apparatus was installed
and a marked difference was noted.
The divers were able to work in COM
parative comfort for long periods.
And when they were hauled aboard
ship and placed in the decomposition
chamber they had no horror Of the
bends, serious and sometimes fatal
disorder, caused by formation Of gas
bubbles in the bloodstream. During
all the months of the difficult salvage
operations on the sunken Squalus
there was not one case of bends, the
medical report points out. All Of
which is additional proof that the
United States Navy, which gave the
world the lung" and the rescue
chamber, continues to lead the world
in submarine rescue and salvage
rocaorrh
Evening star., 1939-12-01

union has agreed not to permit its
members to take part in sit-down.
stay-in or showdown strikes. The
corporation retains its control of
production and an open shop. Each
side suffered heavy losses and finally
made substantial concessions to end
the dispute.
Now that the men are going back
to work, it is to be hoped that more
harmonious relations will be main
tanned. This was the thought en-
tertained by the corporations presi-
dent, X. T. Keller, when he said:
THAT which is lost is lost. The
thing for us all to do now Is to get
to work and to regard this settle
ment as a basis from which to make
fresh start" If all the officials Of
the union and of the corporation will
ratify the spirit of that statement
and abide by it, there will be reason
to hope that this troubled industry
faces better days.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
The Happy Housewife

She loves her sunny kitchen best of all;
The blue chintz curtains and the
cooking ware
In yellow tints against the cupboard
wall;
The fragile teacups; babys oak high
chair.
In lace-frilled apron, crisp and starched
and white,
She stirs . creamy lemon batter cake;
Then humming to herself, her face
anght,
She puts vanilla custard in to bake.
A vase Of scarlet roses on stand
Reflects itself upon the crystal pane:
All things become transformed beneath
her hand.
In this enameled, feminine domain.
The roast Is done, and biscuits fit for
kings
Are browning, while the copper kettle
Nngsl
II. ,. STODDARD.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Suved-By Gar!

Winston Churchill has recently
urged the world not to worry too
much about the British Empires i'm
pending destruction by magnetic
mines, claiming that their secret is
known and that a plan already has
been devised for meeting the menace.
So far Britain has had considerable
success in locating these mines and
exploding them, by the simple proc
ess of humping into them with ships,
in which case the mines~respond to
the touching appeal and go of IN a
burst of enthusiasm. Could Mr..
Churchill's new plan possibly be the
same one suggested by Louisiana
fisherman, who is said to have given
King George the answer? The fisher
mans idea is for his majesty to i'm
port 500 alligator gars from Louisiana,
equip them with steel bands, and
turn them loose in the mine fields.
The alligator gar when fully
ripened is eight to ten feet long, OF
the same graceful shape as section
Of sewer pipe. Up to now no one has
ever spoken kind word about it. 1t
raises havoc with food and game
fish, attacking everything in sight,
and its own flesh tastes like the pro-
verbal motorman's glove. It has,
however, never suffered from an in
feriority complex, and II It's back
bone is stiffened with little iron,
it is hoped that 1t will develop
enough personal magnetism to win
friends and influence mines,
Evening star., 1939-12-01

manufacturers and the next year
levied a tax on war profits and on
all excess profits. Proposals for .
"war profits" tax are being revived
in some quarters now.
The President has taken q wise
step in bringing to the attention
of the people the fact that defense
costs money and that there are only
two ways of meeting the cosby
pay-as-you-go taxes or by passing
the debt on to future generations.
II the borrowing continues and the
deficits soar uncurbed, the time will
come when the Nations credit will
stand no more-and when the crash
comes, 1t will be the little fellows
who will suffer most from the evils
OF imitation. While the Nations
economy is still on sound footing the
judicious increasing and broadening
OF taxes may prove burdensome, but
not disastrous. If expenditures for
defense will keep America out of war,
and the Nation hopes they will, the
little and big fellows should be
willing to do their part in paying
the bill. The costs of war are
vastly greater-as Englishmen who
must pay one dollar and thirty-seven
cents in taxes out Of every four dol
lars earned will testify. Certainly
this generation, which will receive
the immediate protection Of an en-
larged Army and a stronger Navy,
has no right to pile more deficits on
the generations to come rather than
Increase its own tax bill.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
%reat Amphibian" q Hard
Enemy to Slay.
To the Editor Of The Star:


Enemy to Slay.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Recent headline naval happenings in
European waters again place Germany
in an unrelenting conflict with the great
amphibian.
Winston Churchill, first lord of the
British admiralty, once gave us color
full pen picture Of this great amphibian."
"The great amphibian," he said, is
female beast; not clever, but very tough;
shortsighted but very patient; slow and
clumsy, but very strong and fierce
strong as her homes in the broad seas.
II need be she can crawl or even dart
ashore first q scaly arm, with sharp
claws; then, II time and circumstances
warrant, q head, with cleaning teeth,
and shoulders that grow broad and
broader. Or she can return to the deep,
to strike anew, now here, now there
and no one can guess where the next
attack will fall. While she fights her
strength wakes. She is invigorated, not
exhausted, by effort, and her ancient
craft in war is gradually revived in her
as the struggle deepens. Only she eats
too much, wastes too much, and costs
q lot to keep. Withal the great am
phibian Is faithful unto death, she is
very hard to get atm fact, since she
first learned to swim, no one has ever
caught her"
ERNEST CHARLES RICK.
Novomha9 q. -..-s
Evening star., 1939-12-01
StuIin'sCrime

American opinion already has
reached a decision regarding Russia's
invasion of Finland. 1t is the con-
sidered judgment of the people Of
the United States that crime of
shocking proportions has been COM
mitted. Rarely, if ever. has any
employment of arms been more
ruthless, more cruel or more notably
indefensible. If anything were
needed to prove the barbarian char
acter of Stain and his minions, the
bombardment of Helsinki should
suffice.
The Finnish nation has been so
innocent of blame as to deserve the
sympathy of the world. Pretended
grievances on the part of the Soviets
were conspicuously hypocritical. The
alleged threat of Finland's Karelian
frontier defenses was a myth SINH
larly, the reported border incident
which Russia used as her excuse for
final ultimatum to Finland was an
invention of the Moscow propa-
gandiStS. 1t was against back
ground of lies that Stain launched
his latest drive against democracy.
Humanity is convinced of that, if
for no other reason than its COM
prehension of the pattern of the
Red Cars mind. Like Hitler, his
Nazi associate, he industriously
manufactures alibis' out of thin air
before he strikes his victims down.
But something more than Finnish
independence is being destroyed by
the Soviet legions. They are shatter-
ing any illusions that remain regard
ing the nature of Communism" In
1917 and 1918 the Bolsheviks pro-
claimed their adherence to a pro-
gram for peace, without annexations
or indemnities, on the basis Of the
right of all nations to dispose of
themselves" Thousands of Ameri-
cans believed them. Now it is plain
that their pretended liberalism was
q deception. Their anxiety for the
working classes everywhere is shown
to have been hoax. 1t was their
brother toilers whom they slaught-
cred in the attack upon Helsinki
Brotherhood, in Stains conception
of the term, is a hideous joke at
which only degenerate could laugh.
In his peculiarly revolving lust for
the property of others, Stain has
offended human decency in every
part of the world where truth, justice
and the right of man to freedom are
still cherished as worthy ideals. His
high-sounding ideologies are shown
to be a screen to shield the bloody
eXcesses of as cold and ruthless
tyranny as the world has ever known.
Finlands sacrifice reveals in all it's
ugliness the nature of the threat
that must be removed if civilization
Is to survive.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Traffic in Wushinoton

Statements by the director Of
traffic in defense of the most basic
methods of expediting traffic safely
in Washington call for reconsider
alton of some of the fundamental
difficulties inherent in the Capitals
problem.
1t is true. as Mr.. Van Duzer points
out, that among the large cities of
the Nation Washington is unusual.
Simpler methods of control which
would facilitate the flow of traffic in
midtown New York, in Chicago. or
even in st. Louis, Pittsburgh or
Buffalo, where streets are much mar
rover, would only be complicated by
the local traffic pattern and the very
width of Washington's thoroughfares.
Also. the most important traffic sur
vey in the history of the city is now
under way, and in the interests of
efficiency all major changes should
be deferred until this study is COM
pleted.
But the Traffic Department has
made many mistakes, and has seen
many of it's trial balloons disappear
over the horizon into oblivion. In
some cases the department or the
Commissioners have declined for
weeks or months to consider meas
ures which were definitely in the
public interest. During the concerted
safety campaign which has been
waged for more than a year every
effort has been made to interest all
types of civic organizations in con-
tributing to accident prevention. The
assistance of all citizens has been
sought. Naturally, a great diversity
of suggestions has resulted. Some
are recognizable by traffic experts as
erroneous, and should be treated as
such. Many are logical and deserve
careful study. So long as public
interest is invited, care should be
taken that it not be rejected arbi-
trarily.
It is no secret that Washington's
traffic conditions are far from ideal.
Much remains to be done, not only
to save lives, but to expedite the
travel of motorists and pedestrians
alike. If major engineering and
planning projects must wait until
next midyear for the complete diges-
ton of the "origin-
traffic survey, there is no reason why
other works, such as the thorough
channelization of the principal
streets, or the installation Of more
program timing" signal controls, by
which the intervals Of the lights are
adapted to load conditions at various
periods throughout the day, should
not be carried forward. Certainly
much of this part OF the traffic plan
could be financed from the excess of
gasoline taxes over appropriations,
fund which under the law can be
used only for highway and traffic
nurpoSeS.
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Defense and Toxes

Already rumblingS are heard IN
opposition to the proposal to finance
national defense Improvements on a
pay-as-you-go basis through special
taxes. Senators Borah, Republican,
of Idaho and Wheeler, Democrat, of
Montana, are among the more artic-
ulate opponents. They announced
Wednesday that they intend to do
their utmost to defend the little
fellows" from any additional tax
burdens-and both expressed con-
viction that it would be the "little
fellows" who would have 70 bear
the brunt Of the tax bill.
It is true that increased taxes will
fall upon the little fellows as well as
the big ones. BY broadening the
base of the income tax the Govern
ment could tap a productive new
source Of revenue. There undoubt-
edly will be strong efforts made in
this direction when Congress gets
down to the difficult business Of dis
cussing deficits and revenues. As a
matter Of fact, the little fellows have
Jared exceptionally well with respect
to income taxes during recent lean
years, while taxes of the big fellows
have mounted rapidly. It has also
been suggested that a sales tax would
raise the necessary revenue, but in
view of the fact that a formal pro-
posal to adopt such a tax would pre-
cipitate a storm of opposition in con-
gressional quarters, the lowering OF
income tax exemptions, coupled with
increased rates in the upper brackets,
appears to be more feasible way OF
tackling the tax problem.
OF course, opposition to any at
tempt to raise taxes may be expected
in an election year. But, as Chair
man Doughton Of the House Ways
and Means Committee pointed out
yesterday, politics should play no
part in the consideration Of national
defense and its costs. In 1915, an elec-
ton year, the Wilson administration
increased personal income taxes
drastically. Just two months before
the election the normal income tax
rate was doubled and surtaxes were
increased above the $4,000 level.
Congress that year also voted spe-
cial tax OF twelve and one-half per
cent on the profits Of munitions
Evening star., 1939-12-01
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles Z. Trace1oell.

mer resident. It is by no means common,
and is mostly unrecognized by those
who see it. This, alas is true Of many
Of these sparrows. They are all "just
sparrows" to most observers, even many
who profess to be bird lovers" Yet
there is world of interest In differ
entiating the various species of this big
family.
Nelson's sparrow is rare. Very few
observers will ever see 1t hereabouts.
Three records have been made, over
the years, of visits of the lark sparrow,
so-called. This is Western species,
seldom seen in the east. One Of the
records placed the bird in the old
Smithsonian grounds.
The white-crowned sparrow is a rare
migrant, according to records. only two
or three reports being nrade Of 1t in
winter. Those who think they see 1t
probably see white-throat
The tree sparrow is classed as winter
visitant, so be on the lookout for it at
the feeding station. This bird is 524
ordinary English sparrow, but may be
identified by certain chubbiness in ap-
pearance. Despite its name the bird
is most frequently seen on the ground,
so look for it there. This sparrow has a
canary-like song, peculiarly pleasant in
January snowstorm. 1t is regarded as
one of the farmers best friends, con-
Stunning an enormous amount of weed
seeds in year.
The chipping sparrow is common
summer resident, but is not seen here
abouts in winter.
Careless observers confuse this one
with the field sparrow. The chipping
sparrow has black BILL a gray line
over the eye, and brown stripe through
it. The field sparrow lacks these marks.
The field sparrow is common summer
bird here, but rarely seen in winter.
Bachmans sparrow is Southern
species which is rarely observed this
far North.
Lincolns sparrow is another shy one,
seen only during migration time. The
same may be said Of the swamp sparrow,
although few have been observed in
winter.
The fox sparrow is mostly seen in
spring and autumn. although few seem
to winter in the suburbs.
The sparrows and the warblers, with
many species to each family, are the
most difficult birds for amateur observers
to dif1erentiate.
That is why so many people see "just
English sparrows," which they think
they do not like, when all the time they
are looking at white-throats or song
sparrows.
Some tragic mistakes have been made
because Of this lack Of knowledge. The
sparrows are not easy to know, but any
one can make the attempt, and the
work pays large dividends Of interest.
Especially those who feed the birds owe
it to themselves as well as to their
guests to learn to dif1erentiate between
them, and to know them by their right
roynaa
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Praises England's New
Policy Toward Hitler.
~. 49, Rsax As

Assuming that MIR. Chamberlain is
sincere, and that he is voicing the feeling
Of his people, we have witnessed within
the span Of little more than one year
the evolution Of a nations sentiment
from that Of uncertainty-reflected in
the appeasement policy-to the resolute
determination displayed in the Prime
Minister'S latest address broadcast to the
British Empire and the United States.
The England of Munich days was un-
prepared, both materially and spiritually.
BY last September substantial progress
in industrial and combat organization
had been effected, but it was sad
voiced Mr.. Chamberlain who regretfully
reached the decision that there seemed
to be no alternative but to war against
Hitler. Sunday, however, his statement
Of England's intentions conveyed the
impression of calm consideration and
forceful action. 1t was the more telling
because there was nothing bombastic or
indicative about it. No recriminations
or threats, but 1t was made convincingly
clear that the Allies intend to wage their
war against the enemy until Hitler and
all he stands for become but an ugly
blot on page of German history.
Mr.. Chamberlains statement must
have cleared once and for all the doubts
of those who have limited that 1t was q
"phoney war;" as well as dashed the
hopes of those who envisioned possible
early peace through compromise. Both
war aims and peace aims were defined,
and however vague they may seem to
those who crave specific details, one fact
emerges with the utmost clarity-there
is no possibility of peace while Hitler
and his regime prevail. It is now re-
cognized that guarantees which the
Allies must insist upon are guarantees
which Hitler could not possibly fulfill
and yet retain his prestige. And so
We ind no hint of restoration or repara-
ton as requisite to peace. There must
be bona fide German revolution or
else 1t IL to be war to conclusive finish.
Significant enough, this impressive de-
claration Of intent was made during the
midst Of series Of what to some might
seem disheartening naval catastrophes.
But when adversely befalls . strong,
courageous people, more often than not
it breeds determination. So the assur-
ance that nothing will stop the allies
now is given calmly and with evident
conviction. The British have finally
made up their minds. The war is on
In deadly earnest. D. y. D.
November n,