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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-12
SOMERSET ATTY SEEKS
CONGRESSIONAL HONORS

Just lap behind the man who will
be the Democratic candidate for Con-
gress, States Attorney F. Kirk Mad
dirk, of Crisfield, Tuesday of last
week announced himself as Republi-
can candidate for the office and threw
his hat in the middle of the Eastern
Shore Republican political ring.
Mr. Maddrix, who is now serving
his second term in the Attorneys Of
flee, has filed his papers by mail, and
is preparing to make an aggressive
bid for his party's nomination
In a statement to the press Mr..
Maddrix said that the urgent need
in this country with it's vast riches and
resources, is to put our affairs back
on permanent sound economic basis"
"Many of our people are not tax
conscious" he continued, because
they do not see the taxes they pay,
yet they continue to pay them in in
creasing amounts. Congress today is
the last hope and bulwark of our
AHlSTlCdH pIlilClpleS. 4Hc 1NSW DCaA-
ers have given their opportunity to
make the country over. They've fail
ed. We must return to those prin-
ciples in government under which in
former years this country grew and
prospered from few feeble colonies
to the greatest nation in the world"
Not for a great many years has a
Republican represented the First Con-
gressional District in Congress, and
some of Mr.. Maddrix's friends sug-
gest that as next year is a Presiden-
tial year he will have better oppor-
tunity for election than if he became
a candidate in an off-year election.
Recently there were rumors that an
other Somerset countian, Judge Rob-
ert F. Duer, of Princess Anne, had
his eye on the Republican Congress
ional nomination, but up to the pres
ent time Judge Duer has made no
public comment about the matter.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-12
DOES SANTA CLAUS PLAY
jokes?

Does Santa ever play a joke? I'd real
ly like to know,
I've counted all the things he brought
and put them in a row.
l am not saying they're not good,
they're sweet, and fine, and dandy,
But oh my dear, why did he bring this
great amount of candy.
There's five pound boxes rich and rare
Whitman's Samplers, Virginia Dare,
Jones boxes of home made creams,
Sweets that really make me dream,
Chocolates wrapped and minis lovely
shade,
A frightful price he must have paid.
Now for a person not so young and
one that should reduce,
I wonder Santa would have thought
for sweets I had no use.
But here they are, and here 1 am,
we both may last a year,
Of this I feel certainty, in fact
have no fear.
I am not sure he meant to laugh, your
knowledge I invoke,
Did Santa ever visit you and play
some funny joke?
Please tell me if you have this in
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-12

formation handy
And while I wait l will consume an
other piece of candy.
Essie l.. Mariner
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-12

More honors come to Gertrude
Meserve, 10, of Winchester, Mass,
who has been one of the leading
juvenile aviation figures since she
was 10. Miss Meserve, youngest
commercial pilot in the U. S., has
been selected as one of the coun-
try's 10 leading Juveniles Miss
Meserve built model planes at 10
and learned to fly at II.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-02
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
Page One. Column One
sTAR Ts ON PAGE ONE

housing, a similarly urgent
problem exists in Pierce
county.
Personnel at both McChord
Field, the huge airbase, and
Fort Lewis, home of the Third
division, is growing by leaps
and bounds. There is not
sufficient housing at the fed
eral military reservations to
care for the newly arrived.
Nor are there sufficient ac-
commodations available on the
prairie lands adjacent thereto.
The housing of the perma-
nent personnel at the fort
and the airbase presents a
real problem. The difficulty
is not insurmountable, but it
will require all the ingenuity
and resources the community
possesses, II the problem is
to be solved. 1t is high time
a concerted effort to provide
the needed housing is made
by civic groups and all others
interested. United action is
demanded-and without fur
Their delay.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-02

tent and grand marshal OF the
picnic.
Special entertainment has been
arranged. and refreshments will
be served Attendance prizes will
be given out and program details
will be discussed by Robert Gold
berg, general chairman. Hollis
Whisner will head the ticket and
gate committee. assisted by Daniel
Brown. Harry Maybin. Louis Par
son. Archie Workman. Mark Bart
lett. f. r. Besmer. Wilfred Emery,
Leonard Liptack. Don Mclean,
Herbert O'Keefe and Harold Nor
ris.
The special concessions and club
house committee comprises Chair
man Joe stemp, Emil Pagel. Frank
Mcpherson and George Firth.
Mark Taylor will supervise the
keno" activities. helped by Jay
DE cou, Bert Boon, Roy Devish.
Max shsin. Andy Weinberger. Joe
Karpach. John Snyder and Ralph
Decker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-02

A recruiting party from Seattle
will be at Tacoma post office FRI
day to examine young men inter-
ested in enlistment in the u. s.
Marine corps.
Physical examinations will be
conducted by a former Tacoman,
Ernest S. Bell. now pharmacist
mate, second class, u. S. navy,
who is attached to the Marine
corps recruiting station, Seattle.
Bell is a graduate of Lincoln
high school. class of 1885, and was
a carrier for The Tacoma Times.
He enlisted in the navy following
graduation from high school and
was assigned to duty with the Sc
attic Marines. His parents, Mr..
and Mrs. stephen Bell, reside at
4502 So. SD ST.
Applicants accepted Friday will
be furnished transportation to the
Marine corps base at San Diego.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-02
Germany Expects
To SET Example

BERLIN - Authorized herman
quarters. commenting on results
Of the Havana inter-Ameriean
s.zsz-zzsz ssiz Germany NAV SET
the world Al example Of non-in'er-
ference in affairs Of other eonu-
nents.
We have nothing to seek IN
America il was said, and per
hans in this connection we can SET
others an example in not needing
in the affairs of other countries
The spokesman said decision OF
the American powers TO taAe
European possessions in the ne"
world under a trusteeship inoicat-
ed Americas 'honest Judgment
as to probable result of the war
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-02

Japan without military resources to
support It's threats.
The Central China Daily News.
organ of the Japanese dominated
Marking regime, said editorially
that one method OF eliminating
American influence from the Far
East was through the anti-British
campaign. This campaign. the
newspaper said. was anti-Ameriean
also in It's effect because 1t de-
stroyed British support Of the
American position in the Far East.
II said that II British 'heee-
mony" were destroyed in the Pa
cific, the United States would be-
come unimportant 10 Asia. II ac-
cused the United States OF stab
bling France and Holland in the
back al the Havana peace preser-
walton conference.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-02
Gasoline Embarqo
To Affect Japan

SAN FRANCISCO - OIL men
estimated today that President
Rooseveit's ban on shipment Of
aviation gasoline outside the west
ern hemisphere affected 1900. 900
gallons Of such fuel waiting in
western and gulf ports for dellv-
cry 10 Japan.
They said that during the last
several weeks japanese interests
had ordered ESQ. 900 drums OF so
gallons each for delivery BY Sept.
30. About 80. 900 drums OF these
ordered have been shipped. leav-
ing 220,0 drums undelivered and
caught IN. the embargo. The bal
anee of the 1900. 900 gallons rep
resented previous orders not yet
filled.
Foreign traders said Japan had
bought S30.032 900 worth of scrap
iron and s40,63s, 900 worth of Pc
troleum and oil products In the
United States in the first II
months of 1889. This country pro-
vided Japan with 20 per cent of
Its scrap iron and IS per cent of
its oil and petroleum in that time.
The undelivered aviation gaso-
line caught by the embargo will
not mean a loss to the oil COM
panies, spokesman said. All maJor
companies have large fulfilled gov
eminent contracts for such gaso-
line.
The principal effect of the en-
oarko, for the present, will be felt |
N the shipping industry. !
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-02
Workers Alliance
Picnic on Sunday

Harold Brockwsy, national ex-
ecutive board member. will be a
speaker at the picnic to be spon-
sored Sunday at wildwood park at
Puyallup by the Workers Alliance
of Pierce county. The park Is To-
Gated one mile south of the tair
grounds.
Besides speaking, a program OF
outdoor sports is planned. Coffee,
cream and sugar will be provided
by the committee in charge. Those
desiring transportation are asked
to meet at 1871 Commerce ST.
at IL a. m. or at 1917 so. steele
st. at $50 q. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-02
ST. Louis Host to
Both Cat and Conorv

ST. LOUIS = Two weeks sfte.
the Greater St Louis cat show
vowled to : close. the Greater s,
Louis Cage Bird club opened il.
annual canary exhibition
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-02

Appointment of NJ. w. Ehmke
as assistant general freight agent
for Southern Pacific railroad, with
headquarters in Portland, was an
nounced Thursday by H. w. Klein,
general freight agent. The APP
pointment became effective as of
Aug. l. Ehmke succeeds w. II.
Francis, who Is being promoted
to general freight agent for S. p.
at El Paso.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-02

ninth annual community picnic the
Maccabees are sponsoring at Meals
Glendawn park on Five-hile lake.
Sunday, August II.
Roy Devish, commander of Tacoma
The rally will be directed by
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-02
Anii-American
Drive in China
japanese Popers
Icnrooa y. s.

SHAN6HAI-A Russian mem
her Of the French concession poles
force disappeared today from hi,
station ~ the American owned
Shanghai Evening Post office
where he had been placed as q
guard. and soon afterward an un-
exploded bomb was found under
one Of the newspapers presses.
The Japanese army organ, Sin
Shun-Pao. renewed an anti-Ameri-
can campaign today. Its first page
headline was America Drafting
Crafty Policy Intending to Utilize
Economic Weapons to Interfere in
the Far East
II alleged the United States in
tends TO exert pressure on Japan
10 force it 10 withdraw from
China before Japan challenges
America"
r. ID. Lampooned
In cartoon the newspaper de-
picted President Roosevelt as
chained to large bag marked IS"
He was holding big steel helmet.
In the cartoon also was a scare
crow, with its arms filled with bat
tleships and airplanes. II was
facing q japanese clad in civilian
clothes. The Japanese was carry
ing sword twice his own height
The cartoon accused the United
States of making an empty ges-
ture" by attempting to brighten
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
AMATEUR CHAMPS
MEET PROPOSED
Corcoran Suggests Tourney
With Old-Time Golf Stars
To Liven-Up Game

CHICAGO, Aug. S. Up Fred
Corcoran of the Professional Golf
ers association, who long has been
committed to the practice of back
ing up any criticism of golf with
constructive suggestions, came up
today with an idea he believes will
provide a much-needed tonic for
the rather wobbly current interest
in the amateur phase of the sport.
Interest in amateur golf is not
dead" said Corcoran, tournament
bureau manager for the P. G.. A.
But there isn't much question that
something is needed to liven up
the amateur program. Why not an
amateur champions tournament
which could be played the day be-
fore the National Amateur Cham
pionship Sept. GA at Mamoroneck,
N. Y?
Golf fans, I think, would really
go for a So hole one day tourna-
ment in which they could see such
onetime amateur greats as Fran
els Ouimet, Chick Evans, Bobby
Jones, Jess Sylvester and J e S S e
Guilford. Why let those great
names of amateur golf die?"
Evans, winner of the National
Amateur Championships in 1915
and 1920 and the National Open
Champion of 1916, enthusiastically
Endorsed Corcoran's idea. He be.
lieves such a tourney would focus
interest on the amateur game,
which in recent years has not beer
drawing at its biggest event, the
national amateur test.
In addition to Evans, Guilford
Ouimet and Jones, Corcoran also
suggested these former amateur
champions as competitors: Dave
Heron. Max Marsto, H. R. Johns
ton, Johnny Goodman, Bud Ward
present national amateur ruler
| Willie Turnesa, Johnny Fischer anc
the present open titleholder, Law
son Little.
Corcoran pointed out that five OF
the suggested entries have won a
least n open championship,
Jones, Evans, Ouimet, Goodman
and Little.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
Brouns Topic Detroit From Lead In Loop
Whitehead HURLS
N0-HIT CONTEST
St. Louis Takes 5 IL Inning
Nightcap, 40; Tigers
Win First Tilt, 80

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 5.-R-Back at
their pastime of knocking off the
league leaders, the St. Louis
Browns used a no-hit no-run pitch
ing performance by Johnny White
head to dump the Detroit Tigers
today, 4 to 0, in a 5 thinning
nightcap of a doubleheader.
Although they won the opener,
9 to 2, the loss in the second game,
which was cut short by rain, forced
the Tigers to yield rst place to
the Cleveland Indians. 1t was the
third time this season that the
Browns had knocked a team out
Of the lead.
They did it first in June when
they Beat Boston four games in a
row and the Red Sox have not yet
recovered from the shock. In July,
the Browns took two games in sue
cession from Cleveland and the In
dams dropped out Of the lead tenn
porarily.
Doing the trick to the Tigers
gave the Browns a record OF a
league leader deposed in each OF
three straight months.
Only two men reached first base
against Whitehead in Detrolt's six
turns at bat, Frank Metha getting
a base on balls in the third inning
and Hank Greenberg being safe on
an error in the fourth, Neither ad-
vanced to second base.
The Tigers hit away hard al
Whitehead's offerings and it took
! several sensational stops ano
catches to safeguard the pitcher
abbreviated no-hitter.
Whitehead, whom the Browns OBJ
tanned from the Chicago White
Sox last year, was Ineffective at
the start of this season and was
sent to the minors. He came ur
again two weeks ago.
Walter Judnich hit his 10th home
run of the season for the Browns
with a man on base in the thirc
inning of the game. The Brown!
added an error-tainted run in the
fourth and another through Tommy
Bridges wildness in the fifth.
Schoolboy Rowe limited tn e
Browns to six scattered hits in the
opener which the Tigers won with
out much effort. 1t was Rowe's
tenth victory against two defeats,
(First Game)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
Harder HurlS Indians
To 1O-1 Win Over SOx
Fiye-Hit Pitching Job Plus
Mates 12-Hit Attack Puts
Tribe In Loop Lead

Is CHICAGO, Aug. - Up Mel
Harder, veteran Cleveland right
handler, went the distance for the
first time this season today, pitch
ing a five-hit, 10 to l victory over
the Chicago White Sox in the first
of a four-game series.
The only Sox run came On Mike
Kreevich's home run over center
Fielder Roy Weatherly's head in
side the park in the third inning.
Harder, who never reaches top
form until mid-season, now h a S
won seven and lost seven.
The pennant-hungry Indians rush
ed into a three-run lead in the
second inning off Chunky Ed Smith,
a southpaw. Four singles by Rollie
Hemsley, Ben Chapman, Weatherly
and Lou Boudreau and a tumble
by Smith produced the tallies. They
added two more in the fourth on
doubles by Boudreau and B e a u
Bell, sandwiched around Hal Tros~
ky's single.
After collecting a single run in
the sixth the Indians turned the
game into a rout with four runs
in the eighth. This splurge includ-
ed a triple by Weatherly, a double
by Russ Peters and singles by Bell
and Hemsley. Everybody but the
pitcher knocked in at least one run
in the 12-hit attack on Smith and
his successor, Pete Appleton. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
e pennant-winner.
More Tiger Backers

be the pennant-W1nner.
More Tiger Backers
Around here it seems that there
are more Detroit hackers than In
dian supporters and it looks as II
the American loop fans will be dlvld-
ed into those two camps from now
on until October.
Our little crystal ball tells US that
the lead will change HANDS at a
a ~half-doZen times more before the
schedule-maker calls halt. 1t will
take some mighty fine guessing to
figure out who will grab off the
bunting, but we're still sticking by
Cleveland. That is until they do us
wrong.
Pleasure a Business
W. b. Keziah, Southport's old
ma of the sea, reports the organi-
cation OF the Pratt Fish and Shrimp
company, a group of brokers, lnsur'
ance and real estate men who gath
er at Southport every summer Tor
. a bit of fishing, ct cetera. The
erou is now in session for the next
:, ten days and are aiming to set a
new fishing record for this section.
The personnel of this unique or
-ganization is as follows: F. M. Pratt,
Robert T. Highfie'd and S. p. SpltZ,
of Washington, ID. c., F. ] Boiling:
of Siler City, W. S. Davis, ]. r. Pea
j.. cock, H. G. Edgerton ane W. T.
Powell, of High Lint.
Odds And Ends
.Officials of the Cape Fear Base
ball association met last night and
formulated their mode of attack fol
Their All Star game with the Pirates
Wednesday night They still
haven't decided or the starting line
UP and Bert Kite says injuries might
cause him to revamp his lineup 49,.
Willie Cooker, of Southport, found a
turtle nest on Bald Head island last
Friday with 120 new laid eggs there
in, more than two gallons . The
grant sea turtles abuLnd around tie
island about full moon time 80.
There are more than 20 million bas-
ketball players in the world, it is
estimated, with three-fourths of
them in the United States Pro-
moters of wrestling here are throw
ing in a few baseball tricks to build
up attendance -. Thursday night a
bottle of Deer will be given to the
first 100 persons entering on paid
admissions . Foster Edwards, the
softball mogul, has a good story to
tell about the two Swedish sailors
who went surf-bathing at a nearby
beach a la natural When ar
rested for swimming in the nude,
the Swedes protested vigorously
1--WE tank dis was free country"
they said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
Wyatt Pitches Dodgers
To Victory Over Giants
Hurting job pru.
Walkers Hitting Gives "
Brooklyn 60 Triumph

BROOKLYN, Aug. 5.-lp-ro g..
audible enjoyment of 3I,7go b.,~
Flatbushers, the Brooklyn Dod,,,
humbled their hated rivals II,
York Giants, 6 to 0. tonight b.,,',
the six-hurling of Whitlow wva,,.
1t was the first time the two ,o,.
ever had met at might. ''@'''
With Dixie Walker contribn...
four hits and scoring three rms
Dodgers landed on Hairy Gumta, a..
for a run in the tirs, frame nr,,
four across at the expcrse of Crm
bert and Paul (DaGfy) Dean in ~,
sixth, and finished Up With or, '
the seventh.
Meantime Wyatt, posting HI.
fourth shut-out and 18th win ~ ,L'
campaign, moved down Sweet WI
liam Terry's terriers with little +r,"
BILE. He had only a few momar,s -.
anxiety, such as the second inri,,
when Hank Danring led off vi-b ,
single, and the fourth frame w1,r
Burgess Whitehead singled and Nm
ming doubled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
TRIUMPHS
OVER YANKS, 4T0l
O%stermueller Keeps Seven
Hits Well-Scattered For
End Win In Two Weeks

BOSTON, Aug. 5. - Up Lefty
Fritz Ostermueller, who couldn't get
going in the first half of the season,
pitched the Boston Red Sox to a 4
to 1 victory over the New York
Yankees today.
It was his second triumph in four
starts within the last two weeks and
his third complete game in the same
period although he hadn't gone the
route before this sudden renaissance.
Ostermueller kept seven hits well
scattered, no more than one to an
inning, had a shutout until the
eighth, when he walked two men and
Joe DiMaggio singled one of them
home.
Ernie Bonham, a Highlander re-
called last week from Kansas City,
went the whole distance for the
Yankees and did a plucky job of
spacing ten hits. But one Of them
was Jimmie Foxx's 25th home run
D6IllIlQ d vain " NloiioSOA oOO SAOL
in in the fifth.
Successive doubles by Ted Will
liams and Lou Finney brought Bos-
toms first run in the second and in
the fourth the Red Sox scored an.
other when, with two out, Tom Hen
rich Intentionally dropped Dom Di-
Maggio's pop fly to try for a double
play.
Before Henrich's "bonehead" Fin
ney fouled out, Jim Tabor walked,
Bob Doerr popped up and Ostermuel-
Ter singled to left, Tabor stopping at
second.
Dominic DiMaggio flied to Hen
rich, who shared the ball. but let 1t
fall to the ground with the seeming
purpose of trying to get two outs,
then he appeared to realize that
two outs already had been made
but hoped his momentary catch
would be allowed and instead OF
throwing, he rolled the ball toward
the infield.
The umpires ruled there was nc
catch, however, and Tabcr's rur
counted. During the mixup DlMag'
gio tried to reach second, but Hen
rich retrieved the ball and threw
to Babe Dahlgren and DiMaggio wa:
run down between first and SECOND
To retire the side,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
OFFICIALS NAME
ALL STAR OUTFIT
Cape Fear Nine To Play In
Three Game Series, Start
ing Wednesday Night

Officials of the Cape Fear Base
ball association met at the court
house last night and picked the
league All-Star team from a list
of players sent in by the managers
of each of the eight teams in the
circuit.
The Cape Fear All-Stars will
play the Wilmington Pirates in a
three-game series starting Wednes-
day night at 8 o'clock at Legion
field.
The team will be managed by a
board of control, with j. B. Ed
wards the bench pilot. Coaches will
be Skeet James, of the Royal
Crown nine, Ed Lewis, of the Hi
Kappas, Barney Rodgers, of Le-
land, and Robinson, of the Jackson
Bell team.
The starting pitcher will be Sc
lected from a four-man hurting
corps of the loops leading mounds
man-Snag Allen, of Pepsi-Cola;
Lefty Ray Brew, of Leland; Hea-
don Piner, of Purol; and Jim Bull
ock, of Leland.
Catchers for the All-Stars will
be: Covington, Pepsi-Cola; Tyre, of
Masonboro; or Smith, of Royal
Crown.
The remainder of the players Sc
lected by the special committee
will be announced later.
Bert Kite, manager of the Pi-
rates, said last night that either
Norwood Skipper or Jack Shoaf
will start on the mound for his
crew. The remainder of the BUGS
lineup will be named at a later
date. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
PAY0FF PITCHING
HELPS BUGS WIN
Pirates Return From Success
full Road Trip With Rip
SeweIl As Mound Ace

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 5.-R-Pay-
off pitching brought the Pittsburgh
Pirates home today from their
most successful road trip in sew
eral years with a record of ten
James wo nand four lost.
Currently, the Pirates form is
about the best in the majors and
is attributed rlainly to the steady
hurting, in sharp contrast to the
sorroWful spectacle presented
earlier in the season when tn e
BUGS were staggering under pitch
ing that was plain punk.
Rip Sewell, the Plant City, Flori-
da, Highlander, seems to be shap-
ing up as the ace of the fast-de-
veloping Pirate hurting staff. He
pitched three more victories on the
eastern trip, including his four-hit-
lSl a 1llloL llC llllo ICludJ W
bri his triumphs for the season
to nine ag :lst two losses.
Fireman Mace Brown, who sew
eral times has been graduated from
the bullpen to a starting assign
ment, likely will matricu'ate again
into a starter as the Pirates open
a drive tomorrow to push into the
first division. He pitched a three
hitter Saturday,.
Other hurlers contributing to the
improved game of the Pirates are
Johnny Lanning and Danny Mac.
Fayden, both of whom have showr
flashes of brilliance, and nen Heitz
Gilman and Dick Lanahan, a pain
OF steadily improving lefthanders
The Pirates have chalked up l:
victories in their last II encounters
and 81 in their last 30. They take
on the Cubs and Cards this week
beginning tomorrow, in two serie.
that could carry them into the first
division. fl;