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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-06-16

Major and Mrs. Gilbert Westfall,
of College Park visited Mr.. A. C. Hot
tenstein this week.
Mrs. C. E. Strickland was operated
on for tonsils at Peninsula General
Hospital, Salisbury, this week.
DR.. and Mrs. Disston Jacobs, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles E. Hill, Mrs. Bessie
Sturgis and Miss Mary Nelson enter
tanned the Young Peoples Aid Society
of Whatcoat M. E. Church on Tues
day afternoon.
Miss Allie Carter and Christine
Lewis spent several days in Philadel-
phia, last week.
Miss Ruth Beck of Sunbury, Pa,
is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Sadie Henderson, of Guilford,
is the guest Of Mrs. Winona Harris.
Mary Grant is sAending several
weeks with relatives in Sunbury. Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Dennis and
son, Billy, are visiting Mrs. Dennis
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Lee in
Rockville Center, Long Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Taylor and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Taylor attended the
funeral of Mrs. William Livingston
in Salisbury, Friday afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. John Townsend and
Mr.. and Mrs. William o. Shocley and
Mr.. Aubrey Hottenstein attended the
last session of the Methodist Protest
ant Conference in Westminster, this
week.
Mrs. William H. Richardson and
Mrs. Ella Evans are i'll at their homes
here.
A very pretty wedding took place in
Whatcoat M. E. Church, in Snow Hill,
on Saturday afternoon at half past
Continued on Page 81
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-06-16
Snow Hill News

Miss Estley Tatman of Hollywood,
California, is spending two weeks with
her father, Mr.. Angelo Tatman.
Mrs. Miles Austin returned to her
home in Victoria, Va, after spending
two weeks with relatives here.
Mr.. Raymond Mount has returned
after spending a week with relatives
in Norfolk.
Mrs. William H. Jones and Mrs.
William Timmons who have been very
i'll are improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mumford of
Baltimore, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas j. Johnson and Mrs.
Eleanor Shockley, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Pruitt are
spending the summer in Ocean City.
Mrs. Earl White and daughter, Miss
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-06-16

Jane White, of Arlington, Mass, are
spending the summer with Mrs
Whites mother, Mrs. A. D. Sturgis
Joan Conrad, of Camden, N. j., is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Myra Shock.
ley.
Miss Grace Dickerson and Miss Lola
Godfrey, spent Thursday with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Rose in Millsboro, Del
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Bacon and
daughter, Peggy Jean of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles E. Hill.
Mrs. Richard Howard and Miss Lii
lie Howard have returned after spend
ing ten days with Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry Fuqua in Cape Charles. They also
went to Williamsburg, while away.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Norwood Shockley
and daughters, Bette Ann and Mary
Louise are spending this week at
their cottage in Ocean City.
Mrs. Harry C. Bradford, Mrs. Rob-
ert T. Grant, Mrs. Linda Price, Mrs.
Richmond Picken, Mrs. Leland b.
Richardson, Mrs. Frank Atkinson,
Mrs. James K. Parks, Mrs. Horace
Griffin, Mrs. Charles E. Hill, Mrs.
George Vincent, Mrs. Philip Lines,
Mrs. Paul Wimbrow, Mrs. E. T. War
ner, Mrs. Ralph Harris, Mrs. Clifford
Jones and Miss Lucy Walter and Mrs.
Marie Birmingham attended the Short
Course at College Park, this week.
Mr.. E. Warren Morris of Williams
town, Pa, visited friends here last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Wey of Ken
lucky are spending the month of June
at Public Landing.
Miss Anna Nelson is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Cecil Blake in Ocean City.
Mrs. Kathleen Ninton and Mr.. Jas.
Sage, of Newport News, and Miss
Eloise Knight of Hallwood, Va, were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian Knight
last week.
Mrs. Mary Warren is visiting Rev.
and Mrs. Leland Harris in Whining
ton.
Mr.. Edwin Croker of frankfort,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Nelson, Jr.
Mrs. Paul Parsons of Berlin, spent
this week with relatives here.
Miss Jane Townsend and Miss Rose
mond Smith have returned to Balti-
more, after spending several days
with Miss Townsend's aunt, Miss Mil
lie Townsend.
Mrs. Paul Wimbrow, Mrs. Everette
Shockley and Miss Virginia Carter
spent several days in Washington last
week and saw King George vi and
Queen Elizabeth.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-06-16
JAPANESE BUGS
IN THEIR YEARLY
DAMAGE TRIP

The japanese beetles have mace
their appearance and will increase In
numbers during the next few weeks
Nearly 400 traps have been set out
the first of this week in Princess
Anne and check of the traps the
following day showed that nearly two
hundred of the Japanese beetles were
caught. Last year over 10000 beetles
were caught in Princess Anne during
the season from June to August.
The traps in Princess Anne will be
attended by Jack Barnet, who Will
make daily visits to the traps and de-
stroy the beetles that are caught.
About 300 traps will be placed In
Crisfield as soon as rods are received
for the traps. Mr.. Earl Sterling will
be in charge of the trapping work IN
that community. 1t is also planned to
place 100 traps in Marion and Upper
Fairmount. Edward Miles will attend
the traps in Marion and Edwin Beau
champ will take care of the traps IN
Upper Paramount.
In addition to the trapping OF the
Japanese beetles in these communities
there are one thousand traps available
for farmers. Several hundred traps
have been reserved by farmers and
those who wish traps can now obtain
them from the E. Mace Smith ware
house where Mr.. Frederick Waters is
in charge of distributing traps to
farmers. It is necessary that de-
post of 10 cents a trap be made for
each trap, this amount will be refund
ed when the traps are returned in the
fall.
Farmers who wish to obtain traps
should come to the office of the Coun-
ty Agent where they will be given an
order for the number of traps which
they wish to use this season.
It is important that the traps be
set just as soon as possible, certainly
within the next ten days, in order that
the beetles can be caught before they
do very much feeding and deposit the
eggs for new crop of beetles.
It is important that farmrs will CO.
operate with the several communities
in this trapping work, in an effort to
retard the increase of this pest which
is now doing serious injury to the
crops in some sections of the State.
In an effort to prevent additional
restrictions on shipping of produce
from this section, the loading stations
at Princess Anne, Kings Creek and
Westover will be sprayed with a re-
pellant to keep the beetles away from
the loading points. The material
which is used is lime and aluminium
sulphate, or alum, non poisonous
substance.
Farmers living in the areas of West
over, Kings Creek and Princess Anne
where the infestations are the heav-
lest are urged to obtain traps prompt
", so that the beetles can be caught
early in the season as is possible. All
traps should be in operation by the
last of this month, if the best results
are to be obtained in retarding the
spread of this serious insect pest.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
Help Wanted
10
ii Apartments For Rent

APARTMENTS FOR RENT. Fry
Apartments. SOL Holt. Phone 1884.
Well furnished. Close-in. lis
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
Former Governor
FiqIlts Har1-Eggs
Used Cars

SACRAMENTO Nov. 3. tUPJ-
Former Governor C. c. Young today
warned that passage of the Ham
and Eggs pension plan next Tues
day would result in at least two
years of stagnation, unemployment
and hard times such as no state has
ever experienced"
Youngs attack came as Gov. Cul-
bert Olson announced he would dis
cuss all propositions on the ballot.
including Ham and Eggs, on a
broadcast from Fresno Sunday
night. Olson has been silent on the
pension issue since his proclama-
ton calling the election, in which
he opposed the revised plan and
advocated federal control.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
Lost. FOttssd, EsfT0y

CHILD,S DARK BLUE COAT lost
{. at or near Harding School Hal
+. loween night Return to Mrs. Reid
>. at school or phone 1927. la
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20, 1901.
published every afternoon except
Saturday and Sunday Saturday
AFTERNOON issue now succeeded
by the Post-Press Sunday. les
tabiished 1885 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company, 625
state Street. Ell Centro, Calf.
Paul jenkins, publisher; A. C.
Johnston, vice. president, and
general manager; E. A. Fitz-
hugh, secretary and managing
editor. West Holiday Co. Inc
National Advertising Represent
atives.
Entered at Ell Centre, California
post office as second class mat
ter.
subscription rates, sc per copy.
In conjunction with the POST
press (Sundays), per month.
soc; paid in advance. 3 months
Sl.65; months, 1926; one year,
$500.
Member California Newsnaner
Publishers association.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
Australia Doubles
US. Plane Order

MELBOURNE, Nov. 8. up
today that the Australian govern
Premier R. c. Menzies announced
ment has doubled its order for
Lockheed-H Hudson airplanes from
the United States from SO to 100
in view of the impending lifting of
the American arms embargo.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03

FLAX SEED FOR SALE, yields So
bushels to acre. Peter Bonfert,
Imperial Flax Growers associa-
ton. Phone 203, Imperial. 10-4
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03

CHEVROLET 1882 Sport Model
Coupe. wheels. Bargain. 500.
1131 SO. 18th. Phi. 333. 11-7
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
36 Used Tires - Auto Acces.

SAVE "
1T WILL PAY YOU to visit our
store. If it's auto or truck parts
you need see us. 1000 cars and
trucks in stock. All sizes in used
tires.
CARTER MOTOR & SUPPLY
1868 Main Phone SO
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
35 Trucks, Tractors, Trailers

TRAILER HOUSE-Must sell. Good
condition. All conveniences of
home. Beautiful, roomy inside.
Terms. 835 Broadway. lit
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
Farm ImDIeMents
81 Farm Products

USED WEBB SCRAPER, $135
Edgar Implement Store, Alb Main,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
Keep in Touch with This Page Keep Oppounity
livestock

% YOUNG GUERNSEY and Hoi-
stein Cows, lb. average. With or
without grade A lease complete.
Also thrashed corn. Edgar john
son, 4 miles west on highway.
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
Used Cars

WE HAVE A FEW repossessed cars
priced right. Peoples Finance &
Thrift Co., 638 Main. Phone Sis
or 525.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03
~ Wdnted-MisceilaneOus
Poultry

WANTED ALL KINDS of poultry.
Pay highest possible price. S&M
Poultry, phone 870O-R-2. Id
Imperial Valley press., 1939-11-03

WANTED-Old horses and mules,
one cent per pound. Call Braw-
ley 642-W. Ills
Montana labor news., 1939-09-21
LABOR OFFICIALS
URGE FOOD PRICE CURB

TULSA, Okla. (AFLWNS) - Con-
fronted with the evident determine
ton of profiteers to use the war
scare to boost food prices to in
defensible heights, the international
Association of Government Labor
Officials, in session here, urged
President Roosevelt to utilize the
Department of Justice, the Depart
ment of Labor, and other federal
departments to curb the activities
of these subversive business men.
The association is composed of the
personnel of the Labor Departments
of the United States and Canada.
Adam Bell, of the Department of
Labor of British Columbia, Canada,
was elected president of the asso-
citation. Isador Lubin, Commission
er of Labor Statistics of the U. S.
Department of Labor, was elected
secretary-treasurer
Montana labor news., 1939-09-21
MINERS UNION DEF|ES &C. N. COMPANY
DEMAND RESIGNATION
OF PRES. SIMMONS

All trade and craft organizations,
CLIO unions, farm organizations and
individuals are requested to write to
the Governor of the state of Mon
tana and Miss Ruth Reardon, Hell
ena, also members of the State Board
of Education, asking that an open
hearing be held by the State Board
of Education in relation to the dis
charge of five professors at the State
University at Missoula by the Board
of Education at its last meeting. The
discharge of these professors has
shocked not only Montana but the
nation. Unless the State Board of
Education holds an open meeting
and rescinds its action, it is conf
IDENTIFY predicted that Montana will
have a new Governor at the next
election; that Mr.. Simmons, presi-
dent of the Montana State Universe
ty, will be compelled to resign and
that the corporate strangle hold Of
our higher institutions of learning
will be broken forever.
Please write to the Governor, Miss
Ruth Reardon, and to members of
the Board of Education demanding
that the action at the last meeting
be rescinded and that President Sim
mons of the State University be
asked to resign. Never before in
the history of the University of Mon
tana has such high-handed, arbitrary
and despotic action been taken as
the board took at its last meeting.
Mr.. Atkinson, professor of psy-
chology at the University, slated for
discharge, was president of the Mis-
soula Trades and Labor Council and
it is apparent from affidavits secured
in Missoula that that is the prime
reason why the Governor and the
Board of Education with the ex-
ception of Harry Freebourn and Miss
Ruth Reardon submitted his name
for dismissal. Farm organizations,
labor organizations, T we to have
totalitarian despotism in the Uni
versity?
The Montana State Federation of
Labor of which James Graham is
president, is determined that if
necessary a new Governor will be
elected in 1910 and a new Board of
Education will be appointed if neces-
sary to correct abuses and despotism
at Missoula.
The Missoula Mercantile Co. and
Mr.. Sheppard, member of the board,
should also be put in their place.
Montana labor news., 1939-09-21

Once again the underlying courage and common sense of the
rank and file of Butte Miners has expressed itself in terms that
cannot be misunderstood. Those who are more interested in the
money the miner has to spend than in the condition of his work
are aghast.
The miners yesterday voted 2,229 in favor of a strike on Oct. ],
and 1450 against. This on the condition that their demands are
mot met by that time. It would have been better had the majority
been larger, but all things considered, the actual vote is mighty
encouraging. There is still a Miners Union in Butte and not simply
an aggregation of d~ues-payers.
The future course of the union will be determined at the meet
ing tonight, Thursday, and plainly, the next move is up to the
a. C. M. Co. They issued an ultimatum and the miners took
Montana labor news., 1939-09-21
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION ACCUSED
OF ISSUING FRAUDULENT ENGINEERS Licenses

ing the strike in 1884, when the
engineers and the miners were
battling the company, that certain
engineers licenses were mailed into
Butte from Helena. The Engineers
Union of Butte challenged the au-
thority to j. Burke Clements to issue
licenses to these men when it was
evident that they could not qualify.
This committee also charged Glenn
ents with violating the laws of the
state of Montana.
Should these men be given these
licenses and any accidents occur
through the operations of machines
by these men a jury should send
them to the penitentiary for murder.
The names of the % individuals who
were given these licenses are well
known in Butte, in fact they are
matters of public record. The appli-
cations and the qualifications
attached thereto are also matters of
public record.
Could it be possible that the Ana
conda Copper Mining Company and
Clements would be so gross as to
issue engineers licenses in violation
of the law and endanger the lives
and property of citizens of the state
of Montana?
Governor Roy E. Ayers, at the
time he ran for office, promised
faithfully to protect the rights of the
workers. Now let him look into this
question of issuing fraudulent Ii
censes at a time the unions Of Butte
are trying to get reasonable con-
tracts with the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company.
The Montana Labor News will
publish the names of the % men if
it becomes necessary. The unions
of Butte are demanding that Mr..
Clements hold an open hearing to
determine whether these % men are
entitled to these engineers licenses
or not.
The customary procedure requires
two hours or about to examine an
applicant for an engineers license,
and it is strange that % men should
have been examined in part Of one
day. If the granting of the licenses
were correct and according to the
law il doesn't seem possible that %
of them could have been legally
examined in such a short time.
Montana labor news., 1939-09-21
KENNEDY TO TALK
TO TOWNSEND Club

Mrs. Elizabeth Kennedy, 1917 West
Silver street, delegate from No. 2
Townsend Club of Butte, to the
fourth national convention of Town
send Clubs held at Indianapolis,
Indiana, June % to rs, 1889, will
speak at Lowell Ave. M. E. church
Monday evening at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Kennedy visited Washington,
D. c., and attended sessions of Con-
gress in the behalf of the Townsend
Plan which she will explain along
with a thorough report of the con-
vention.
MI. Edward ]. Nichols of Deer
Lodge, Townsend national represent
alive for Montana, will be m of
the speakers at this meeting. Sew
eral musical numbers will be on the
program.
Everybody is most cordially in
vited to attend and learn the progress
that Doctor Townsend is making to
eliminate present conditions.
Montana labor news., 1939-09-21
We TRIED

The Anaconda Copper Mining
Company put the 40-hour week into
effect October "a, 1888 the day
the Fair Labor Standards Act went
into force. During the following
month several conferences were held
between the officials of the A. c. M.
Co. and representatives of miners,
smeltermen mad stationary engineers
with the view of increasing wages
enough to make up for the days
wages that had been lost.
These conferences were unsuceess-
full and produced only an offer by
the company of a six-day work
week. This offer if accepted would
have without mercy thrown several
hundreds of men out of work. Need
less to say, the union rejected this
offer.
It was then agreed by the three
CLIO miners and smeltermen's locals
that a referendum vote be held for
the purpose of re-opening the agree
ments with the A. c. M, Co. An
overwhelming vote in the three To-
Gals opened the agreements. The
Butte miners voted 1884 against 1872
to open their agreement and begin
negotiations for the needed changes.
The Butte Stationary Engineers
Union which has had no c%antractual
relations with the A. c. M. Co. since
October l, 1888, likewise decided to
join'the three sister unions in asking
for negotiations.
The four locals adopted the basic
demand for a 20 per cent increase
in wages which, if granted, would
have brought wages up to where
they were prior to the December,
1888, cut. Local demands were
formulated by each union. Butte
miners decided to demand an eight
hour collar to collar day, mine griev-
ance committees and adjustments in
the contract system. At a later date
the Great Falls smeltermen decided
to demand a IS minimum wage. This
was adopted by the four locals in
additions to their demands.
A joint negotiating committee rep
resenting the four CLIO locals met
with the officials of the A. c. M. Co.
on July II and presented the de-
mands. The officials promised that
they would take the demands under
consideration and notify the COM
mittee of a meeting at a later date.
AS the summer wore on, the Off
Gals of the A. c. M. Co. met at vari-
Gus times with the craft unions and
Continued on Page A.
Montana labor news., 1939-09-21
State of Montana and Governor
Ayers Should Not Interfere in
Dispute Between Workers and
the Anaconda Copper Mining
Company.

A startling occurrence took place
last week when the office of the
Industrial Accident Commission is
sued % engineers licenses to that
number of employees of the Ana
conda Copper Mining Company hold
ing official or semi-official positions,
An analysis and examination of
the applications of these % persons
for engineers licenses will show that
none of them had the necessary ex-
perience required under the laws of
the state Of Montana governing issu-
ances of licenses. Only one of the
% persons had as much as two years
experience while all of the rest of
them had no experience at all or
practically none.
Laws of the state of Montana gov
erning the issuance of licenses Of
engineers require at least three years
experience before a first-class license
may be issued.
1t was reported an agent of the
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
went to Helena some time during
the middle of July and conferred
with j. Burke Clements, chairman
of the Industrial Accident Commits
sion; that shortly thereafter % men
from Butte appeared before n of
the boiler inspectors of the state of
Montana and of the Industrial Acct
dent Commission and were given
first-class licenses, Notwithstanding
that none of them had the necessary
requisites to entitle him to such in
strument.
It was reported that Mr.. j. Burke
Clements, chairman of the Indus
trial Accident Commission stated to
this particular boiler inspector, "Ex-
anime these men and be careful"
1t is significant that at this particu-
lar time % men, employees of the
Anaconda Copper Mining Company,
should be given licenses by the In
dustrial Accident Commission when
the engineers and the miners are
negotiating for a new agreement
with the company.
It may be remembered that dur
Montana labor news., 1939-09-21
PROPOSALS REJECTED BY 0VERWHEV ZIG
VOTE AT LARGEST MASS MEETINGF lHELD
Minutes of Meeth is Printed
in Standard donday
Not Acc e.

On Sunday, Sept. II, the miners
conference committee reported to a
special meeting of the Miners Union
at the Fox theater. The building
was filled to capacity long before
the time for which the meeting was
called. At one o'clock President Ed
Mason spoke briefly on the purpose
of the meeting and called for the
report of the conference committee
which was then read by Secretary
William Mason and which report
recommended rejection of the COM
pany proposals as a whole.
Then in line with a program laid
out by the committee, individual
members took the platform and
each thoroughly explained one of
the proposed contract changes. The
first subject was wages. The i'm
mediate increase, upon immediate
acceptance, was explained in its true
light and it was pointed out that in
reality, and in comparison with the
existing contract, it mean a 50-cent
increase as far as the sliding scale
was concerned. Under the present
contract a 25-cent increase would
become effective on Oct. 5, and
which 25-cent increase, as far as
time of effectiveness was concerned
would be waived and the so cents
added to it if the proposed contract
were accepted on any date before
Oct. 1. Questions were then asked
for so each and every member
would thoroughly understand this
issue. Following this there was a
general discussion from the floor
and a thorough discussion followed.
Another committee member then
took the stand and explained the
menace of conceding to the demand
of the company that there be only
two pay days per month, particular
ly as it might affect the earnings
of contract miners inasmuch as if
pay days were every two weeks so
would measure days and if a miner
through bad luck made So per day
one week and So per day the second
week, he would at the end of the
two weeks be paid off at the average
of $3.50 per day. With this subject
the same procedure was followed
questions and answers and a general
discussion.
The same procedure was followed
in regard to the other contract
changes desired by the company,
namely, that the union relinquish
jurisdiction over shift bosses at non
operating mines and the addition of
a new section to the agreement UNI
der the provisions of which changes
in working rules, regulations or prac-
tees in effect prior to July l, 1889,
could not be changed, except by
mutual consent of both parties on
cerned. In the discussion following
the consensus of opinion was that
they were both Objectionable to the
membership.
The rejection by the company of
the unions request for an eight hour
collar to collar day and recognized
mine committees was reported and
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