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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-05-31
DRIVE STARTED
IN POCOMOKE
FOR RED CROSS
Dire Situation In Europe. De-
mands That Liberal Giving
Be The Slogan
MRS. VICTOR RAWLINS
PRODUCTION CHAIRMAN

A drive was started on Monday
last in Pocomoke City and vicinity
for Red Cross contributions "hur-
ry-up" movement made necessary by
the horrors of the European situation.
It is unnecessary to go into ex-
plantations as to what the American
Red Cross means and accomplishes.
Everybody knows just what is done
with the money given to this organi-
cation, and just how much the organi-
cation needs money.
The activities of the Red Cross are
not confined to American soil. Wher-
ever there is suffering, there the hand
of relief and succor is held out. A
famine in Japan or China; scourge
of disease in India; an earthquake in
Asiatic lands; conflagrations every
where; floods and droughts; holo-
causts of war, as at present in Eu-
rope; suffering from all sources in
every part of the world-all find a
friend in the Red Cross, and the small
est amount finds it's way to just
where it is needed.
There is quota named for POGO
moke, but the people should not be
governed by the amount named. This
is time for liberal giving giving, as
tits sometimes described, till it hurts.
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-05-31
APPRECIATION

The Ladies of the WPA Sewing
project and the Elementary School
wish to thank the public for their
splendid cooperation with the WPA
community week dinner, sponsored by
the Elementary School. 175 were
served.
The Ladies also want to thank the
81 visitors who visited their sewing
project during the week of May 20
26, and hope they will come again.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-05-31
1901 X 1910
MEMORIAL DAY

Yesterday Memorial Daya day Which every kno.Ds
defense of American ideals and American
While particular
the adal strife of the $685. still there
deserving of gratitude and homage, faithful
true, just as brave.
The Re0olton the Of H. the c0a War; the Spanish War, the
World took their toll of American YOUTH and the
ese bodies lie and naOe fields should sacred
snes Every o fought and made the sacrifice should
appeal American pride and American sympathy Upon the sod Of
resting place should be deposited
Deeds and in testimony of a grateful nation
And perhaps flag blooming
the aters the booming sounds of
c back in the 5t century the Ronaan Empire to
able unconscionable insatae .0ar fiends the Huns ,
War; carried BEFORE the domains
those whose peoples advocates of freedom
uOic alone and prosperity The
future DARK indeed at this orting Once again. doors the
land DiH be called drive him back to his la
Again there the dire that W be enlarged;
Memorial Day lists lenetened people grieo for their fallen
land seetng cadron of nation boUed
tUorLd set back for decades decades.
should reveal patriotic sentiments they haze time Ohen
all should to the retaliation that 0e the best the
GLOBE and united effort called keep We
taon of We haze had enough the dead and dying We
addition headsones national
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
N EXCEPTION

These columns recently discouraged the
making of resolutions on the ground that
they are too easily broken and that in the
breaking one loses self respect. In general
that view is still held, but there is one ex-
ception which we can all make with benefit.
In his New Years contribution to news.
paperana, WALTER W1NcHELL, the Broadway
reporter whose ear seems to be at more key
holes than anyone else's, writes:
"Out Of the gratitude this newsboy bears
his country-its Constitution and its Bill Of
Rights-he makes this New Years resolu-
ton: 4 hereby resolve to defend my coun.
try and it's institutions from it's attackers
be they inside or out . To make my coun.
try's problems my responsibilities To
further my own welfare by furthering the
general welfare 49,. To protect my faith by
protecting the faith Of my neighbor To
defend my right of free speech by insisting
on the same right for others And to
remain tolerant of everything . Except in,
tolerance"
Here is one resolution which should be
made, and kept at any cost.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
LET THE YEAR BE YOUNG
New York Herald Tribune

by western custom we begin our new yea
In what used to be a quiet s~eason-almost
lmnobile, hushed by snow. Highways were
often closed, and the great continental bar
rlers of the Alleghanies and Rockies could be
crossed only at well considered risk, and even
to the south came little foreign news, for
January seas discouraged voyages. II crimes,
fights or fires disturbed the next York State
township, messengers were unlikely to 'break
the roads" merely to tell %neighbors Of their
troubles. Reports Of action in the Revolution
could and did wait until spring. No busy
American housewives sat GLUED to the radio"
when the Russian winter trapped Napoleon.
January, once, was a private, cosy, medita-
tive month, and the young year got under way
gradually, unhurried by threatening or de-
spairing cries from distant regions. 1t was job
enough for a majority of citizens to keep COM
munication open with the barn, and future
%anxieties need come no closer than apprehen-
sions for the February lambs. But now we
hardly live in the present for even as long as
New Years Eve! June or January, people lean
ahead into q sort o. foretime, striving to find
out as much as possible about tomorrow be-
fore muffling clamorous horror for a little
while-on winter nights when nature has Or
dered rest and stiffness for everything alive
but men. No more for the winter-locked world
are the peaceful advantages of beginning the
year at the s;gnT It in the sky where the sun
seems to hesitate, relent and turn hack. All
points of the compass are involved, now. in
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
QUOTATIONS

Crime is not physical. It is mental.-Dr.
Hrdlcka, curat.r Of anthropology, Smith
sonian Institution.
The Allies regard it as more than necessary
to be kind and prudent toward Rome and
Moscow for obvious reasonA.-Dr. Nicholas
Murray Butler, president, Carnegie Endowment
for international Peace.
If peoples give way and allow injustice to
triumph, they will be subjected to the hard
est test of history. Neither nations nor men
will be able to live in freedom and independ-
Edouard Daladier Of France.
/ favor all reasonable efforts to maintain
our general trade relations with Japan, ex-
GLIDING always arms, ammunition, and imple-
ments of war.-Senator William E.. Borah
(Rep, Idaho).
I have always been in favor Of passing taxes
in the equivalent Of any reasonable bill the
administration would recommend. Senator
John H. Bankhead (Dem.. Ala.).
consider the government of the United
States as interdicted by the constitution from
meddling with religious observation-disclosures
Lewis, president, New York League for the
Separation Of Church and State.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04

the growing tangle and tumult Of events giant
and petty-everywhere, increasingly. For al
the seclnsion winter confers, we might as Wen
begin the year as Britain used to do, at Hal
loween. or as dim pagan peoples did, with the
exciting dances and dispersals Of midsummer
and spring. The old, silent, shut-in January
did afford a breathing space for a fresh start.
Perhaps birds can take responsibility so
seriously and drudge so hard and still vocifer-
ously delight in life because they never begin
thes morning struggle before the previous dusk
falls, as we do-much less anticipate the perlls
Of autumn or winter hunger when they are
building nests. Surprised and ~gratified by
every sunrise, they shout that here is actually
another day: What luck! Who ever dreamed
of such a treat? Breakfast is still to be hunted
Of course, but there is time for an outburst of
appreciation Of dawn. And the harried human,
beginning a new period of ime? His diary
and calendar for 1910 were printed a year ago,
and now the advertisements urge selection Of
spring seeds, hats and summer camps. Fur
Their slaughter Is planned in the other hemi-
sphere, and there was a multiple murder
downstreet ten minutes back, and he must
know of both-and what disasters are an
nounced for afternoon: Nothing is spared our
busy little species any more because it is re-
mote by time or space. Nothing-not even Gro.
In our town. Before the last stroke of mid.
night sounds, fidgeting minds have scurried
ahead Of the clock. 1--WE see. in blank dismay,
year posting after year, while a sensible bird
would still be occupied with 6 a. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

D~RESIDENT RoosEvEIr's message to con-
1 gress is distinguished by calm considera'
ton of foreign and domestic problems and
their Internationally.
With more than ordinary penetration. the
Chief Executive analyses the unsettled state
Of the world and our role in world affairs.
and concludes that however successfully we
remain aloof from the conflict now aging
beyond the Atlantic we would but poorly JUS
tify our position among major nations It we
failed to recognize that whatever happens In
any quarter Of the globe must have repercus'
sions in the United States. ITO say that the
domestic well-being of Amricans is deeply az
fected by the well-being or the ill-being OF
the populations Of other nations is only to
recognize in world affairs the truth we all
accept in nome affairs"
But while we hope to have a dominant
part in restoring peace to the world, we
must not lose sight of the fact that back
wardness in national defense would not only
weaken our ability to exert a strong influ-
ence for peace but open the way for actual
involvement in war. Fol this reason, the
President, explaining that his budget mes
sage will deal more fully with the subject,
laid upon his hearers the duty to provide,
funds he believes needed for defense expan'
sion. Thus he raises the bogy on new taxa
ton, but softens is somewhat by saying the
estimates for other drains on the treasury
have been sharply cut.
The world, he says, would be a shabby
place to live in if ruled by force in the
hands of a few. To prevent this, he feels
the full power of the United States should
be applied to fostering honorable peace abroad
and assuring peace at home.
But, he adds, "the permanent security Of
America in the present crisis does not lie In
armed force alone. What we face is a set
of worldwide forces of Observation-Disclosures
GUS, ruthless, destructive, of all moral, relig-
ious and political standards which mankind,
after centuries of struggle, has come to cher
ish most. In these moral values, in these
forces which have made our nation great,
We must actively and practically reassert
our faith" National unity-he emphasizes
the point-"in a very deep and real sense,
is the fundamental safeguard of all democ-
racy."
While the President had much to say in
favor of trade agreements and the policy Of
the good neighbor," unemployment and
kindred subjects, including a fair basis of
transportation costs. for which the South Is
v~aliantly struggling, his chief thought cen.
ters in this great problem of keeping out
Of war through preparedness and playing a
mans part in problems now before the world.
The message lacks the fiery phrases which
punctuated earlier like pronouncements and
gains in value as a consequence. 1t deserves
close study, as rejecting the revamped
White House attitude since Europe became
embroiled in war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04

been felt here inevitably, and there
is a vast difference between keep.
ing out of war and pretending that
this war is none of our business"
Events, he continued, have forced
a long view of the situation, and
America must think of "the posi-
bilities for our children if the rest
of the world comes to be dominated
by concentrated force alone"
Turning to national defense, hs
said the increase in Americas
armed strength should be not so
small as those claiming private in
formation urge and not so great as
enthusiastic alarmists seek"
Il am asking the congress for
army and navy increases which are
based not on panic but on common
sense" he said.
: Then came the discussion of the
budget and an u~nscheduled ex-
change with members of the repub'
lican side of the chamber.
"As will appear in the annual
budget tomorrow" the President
said, "the only important increase
in any part of the budget is the
estimate for national defense"
There was loud applause, ana the
shouted approval of the republicans
was of an obviously derisive nature.
The President grinned, then turned
to the republicans, and said:
But you can't have your cake
and eat it, too"
When the democratic applause at
this sally died away, he continued
Therefore, in the hope that we
can continue in these days of in
creasing prosperity to reduce the
federal deficit, I am asking the con
gross to levy sufficient additional
taxes to meet the e Regency spend
ing for national defense"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
THE INFLUENZA OUTBREAK
The Greensboro Record

The health authorities here and in other
North Carolina communities where the influ-
enza outbreak has attained epidemic proper
lions are wise in advising that the re.opening
Of the schools be postponed.
Most cases Of the disease which have de-
veloped in Greensboro and vicinity are describ-
ed by the doctors as being Of a mild" variety,
but even so the threat and danger Of this
treacherous scourge ought not to be rnlnimized.
It often leads to what is popularity described
as complications" A chief danger of influenza
is its tendency to develop pneumonia.
Health authorities give good advice when
they warn persons suffering from deep colds
or influenza to go to bed, send for a doctor,
and take the best possible care Of themselves.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
ANSWERS
LEMONS BLAST
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I find it is my painful duty this
time to interpret it for him as I
see it."
He then referred to three sections
of Chapter 15S of the public laws
of 1889, one of which, he said, makes
it mandatory for the city commits.
sioners to issue licenses to all per-
o n applying for them who meet
certain requirements, another of
which, he said, makes it mandatory
that the court shall revoke the IL
cense of any person who violates
the law or even the spirit of the
law regarding the sale of beer, and
a third of which makes it possible
for the city commissioners to revoke
a beer license only after a formal
notice has been issued calling the
person before the board and a for
NAL hearing is held.
He quoted section 513 which makes
it mandatory for the city commits
sioners to issue license ito any per-
son applying for the same when
such person shall have complied with
the requirements of this article"
He quoted section 525 which says,
eff any licensee is convicted of the
violation of the provisions of this
article, or any of the rules or regu-
lations promulgated pursuant there
to, the court shall Immediately de-
clare his permit revoked, and notify
the county commissioners accord
ingly ..."
He also quoted section 514 which
says, IT any licensee violates any
of the provisions of this article OF
any Of the rules and regulations un'
der authority of this article or failf
to superintend in person or through
a manager, the business for which
the license was issued or allows the
premises with respect to which the
license was issued to be used for any
unlawful, disorderly or immoral pur-
pose -. the license Of any such
person may be revoked by the gov
erning board OF the municipality OF
by the board Of county commission
ers after the licensee has been given
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
Is PERSONS PERISH
In APARTMENT FIRE
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through the brick.veneered building
that many occupants had 10 leap
from windows. Several died and
many were injured jumping from
second and third story windows.
The bodies Of other victims, many
charred beyond recognition. were
discovered later in the ruins.
Cold Weather
Every available piece of fire a..
paratus and ambulance answered
the alarm. The temperature was &
degrees below zero, the coolest this
city has experienced this winter.
AS firemen struggled to run ice.
coated hose lines to the BUILDING,
the scene was n of historical
tragedy. In the second and third
floor apartments men and women
smashed the glass out of windows
and leaned out, screaming for help.
Many jumped before ladders could
be put up to them.
Residents of rooms on the ground
floor scrambled through the win
dows to safety, aided by %neighbors
and %passersby who helped them to
shelter from the intense cold. Many
were dressed only in night clothes
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
Man bout

Bv Georae Tucker

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-The story
Of Artie Shaw is n OF the hard
luck stories Of Broadway. All Of it
may never be pieced together.
Only he could tell it. Only he
knows all Of it. You an meet any
number Of guys on Broadway who
can give you the INSIDE" on Shaw.
Only, they don't know 1t either,
What they know has been told
them by others who got it from
Somebody else.
But this much is known. He was
owned by too many people. On the
way up he was benefited by people
who, legally, took certain percent
ages of his earnings as reimburse
ment. And when fame came, you
read all sorts Of stories how Artie
Shaw made $4,000 a week. i.
Stories like that.
On man, afternoons he earned
as much as $4,000 for making just
two recordings. At least $3.50
of this was net. But much Of
it went out to those who owned
This is only one fractional side
of how a young band leader can
dig his own grave, If he has to de-
pend on others for support while
he is on his way up.
What other factors entered into
the explosion that finally caused
him to disappear one highland
wind up in Mexico, I haven't the
f%aintest idea.
1t took Artie a couple of years,
with a spot of Broadway, to beat
his way out Of obscurity, and then
his ascent was pegged to a new
arrangement Of an old song that
had been heard several years be.
fore but was a failure. This was
Begin the Beguine," and when
Shaw recorded it and put it on
the air he had arrived.
This ushered in sponsored shows
and big engagements from coast
to coast, and, probably more i'm
portant than anything else, high
record sales.
Perhaps he got to brooding
while standing up before his band
night after night about all that
money that was coming inland
going right past him.
In any case, there began those
strange disappearance until final
~ n night Shaw lit out for Mex.
leo, and-at this writing-he is
still there.
knowing nothing Of the true
circumstances surrounding the
signing away Of these percentages
OF MS earnings, I have no wish
to say anything against the people
VINO are involved. But for the good
OF future b~andleaders, 'AsCAP. or
somebody, could well take a leaf
out OF the organization of baseball
and draw UP certain legislation, or
reforms, that would protect young-
sters who need help, or who are
merely naive, and therefore sign
away their careers before they ar.
rive. 1t ought to be illegal to claim
a percentage Of a mans earnings
Tor than, say, three years.
Ih1s idea of sharing an income for
lie is all out Of proportion to the
benefit received.
Kids on the way up might well
take the career Of Artie Shaw to
heart.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
FOR A CANNERY

Wilmington will do we'll to consider its
possibilities for developing the canning in,
dustry this year. It's potentialities for COM
munity good are so great it might we'll be
made a major objective, with business and
Industrial interests united in carrying it for
ward.
efficiently could salvage much of the crops
now going to waste, or disposed of at de.
featist prices through limited markets or in
opportune offering. This applies to vegetable
surpluses, which have heretofore entailed
losses for producers despite purchases by
the federal surplus commodity administra-
ton, which has taken only number one prod
ucts at a low price and left the underpar
grades to be sold in open markets, when
possible. with the grower dipping into his
slim money reserve for freight bills. New
Hanover county could keep a cannery busy
with its vegetable surplus, and by offering
its output when the market is best able to
absorb it, assure a reasonable profit to all
concerned.
In addition, a cannery would obviously
solve the seafood problem which has dis
turbed Wilmingtcnians so greatly of late.
Bookkeeping crab, shrimp, oyster and clam
CATERERS would be brought within the law
by the simple means of having a steady
market for their stuff. They would be re.
lieved Of all need to prepare their take" in
~insanitary surroundings, with threats to the
health of purchasing households. Their
shellfish would be offered at the cannery
door, or to a pickup boat, fresh from the
water, would be processed with due regard
for the law and hygiene, and offer a guar.
antee to the purchaser Of purity and health.
fulness. And, as with vegetables, canned
shellfish could be turned loose in receptive,
instead Of weak, markets.
The proposal to have a cannery here has
80 many reasons for support it is unbeliev-
able that Wilmington will forego providing
one in 1910.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
SOME REPUBLICANS
CHEER PORTION OF
F. D. RS MESSAGE
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was the Presidents advocacy
of the trade treaties.
Capper (R -Kan)-It was good
except for the reciprocal trade
program recommendation and |
don't think he was sound Oil
that.
Byrnes (D-SC)-A splendid mes
sage.
Sheppard (D-Tex)-Wonderful.
Byrd OVAL approve thor
oughly that part Of it providing
for reduction of expenditures.
Clark (D-Mo)-I thought thai
part about the reciprocal trad
agreements was very fine.
Minton (D-Ind)-I'm glad h
came out as strong as he did fol
continuation of the reciprocl
trade, program.
Representatives
Dirksen (R-Ill)-It was a de
tense message in which the Pres
dent put himself on the defensy'
He anticipated that the reciproa
trade agreements will be under fir
and admitted not only that the ILL.,
employment problem had not bee'
solved but that we have a lon:
way to go.
Rep. Doughton (D-NC)-A fiji
speech-superfine.
Rep. Fulmer (D-SC)-I partlca
larly liked what the President SAL
about conserving Il natural IT
sources. We can do more alon;
that line than anything else "
prepare our national defense,
Rep. Clark (D-NC)-It was
very good and timely message
every way.
Rankin (D-Miss)-1t was a WOE
derful message, and should SEW
to silence a barrage of criticism
Short (R-Mo)-It was the n'
tolerant and cooperative and |
most harmless speech of any ~
President has given congress !,
was not an Objectionable spee'
because there was not much 10 !,
Fish (R-NY)-It was a dele"'
of internationalism, collective y
curity nd trade treaties and man
the issue of the coming canAFd,'
internationalism as against tIap
| tional American policies.
Barden (D-NC)-It was a N'
fine general statement OF the pSl
lens which we are going 70 "1
to deal with this session.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04

Dictatorships, regardless of their c~onstitu.
tionaI or unorthodox nature, are a pattern of
con ool which the logic Of circumstances often
tends to thrust upon a people when certain
crisis conditions prevail.-Prof j. O.. Hertzler,
University of Nebraska sociologist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-04
TOP o. THE MORNING

1t is right to be contented with what ut
haze, never with UhGt We dre.-MAcKINTosH