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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18
Selected Poem
EAsTPoRT TO SANDY HOOK

,rothy Livingston Ulrich In the New York Times
Predict the tides
But still the mind goes free
Unhindered by the moon,
Untaught by prophecy,
Yet holding vastness In Its cell
Like captive oceans in shell
Forecast the wind
But still the heart shall go
Through wider spaces OF the sky
Than wind can ever know
And by imagination draw near
The spindle OF this turning sphere.
Forctell the rain,
Snow, sun and hall
But we the unprotected ones
May climb TO pnnaces and fail
Without chart unless we find
The secret weathers Of the mind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18

Waterbury is rapidly getting back to
the existence 1t led early In the days OF
the World War. Eventually things will
have to go onto part wartime basis
And IL the war clouds out over the Allan
tic grow any darker, we might as well
prepare ourselves for imposition Of actual
war measures. This is no time for panic,
but it's clearly time to face facts, grim
ones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18

west and south
r a I h e r than
east.
Few see any
danger that the
u. s. army or
navy will be
sent to Europe.
There is a good
deal of concern,
however, about
t h G S h a p e
thlngS m ! 3 n I
take in Mexico
and Japan.
Mexico has a
p r e S | d entail
election I b | s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 3:36 a. m. daylight time).
Sun rises 6:32 a. M; sets 8:05 p. m. day
light time).
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Jack-in- the-pulpits are preaching their
sermons deep In the woods these days; the
thy iady-slipper or wild orchid Of this cline
Is sending ieafy fronds skyward violcts are
IN profusion; May Is III full bloom
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18
Current CommenS

We have never been against Or
ganizcd labor and no one In the
company Is against organized labor.
Tom Girdler, Republic Steel pres.
ident to stockholders.
That jazz development in swing
music forms All important part
Of American folk lore and music.
I like 1t.
Leopold Stokowski, symphony con-
ductor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18
A Thought for Today

For thou hast delivered my soul from death:
wit thou not deliver my feet from falling that
I may walk before God In the light Of the liv-
ing?-Psalm 56:13.
Some temptations come 10 the Industrious
but all temptations attack the idle.-Spurgeon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18

SASaAaANNSN ASAStS AAS SSSs
@. Which hotel is the largest in
the world?
A. Stevens, Chicago.
@. Under the old-age retirement
provision of the Social Security Act,
how would the monthly benefit Of q
worker who retired after 40 years
OF coVerage, at an average monthly
salary of 800, compare with that Of
q worker who retired after 20 years
Of coverage at an average monthly
salary Of $3.50,
A. The monthly benefit Of the
forty-year man would be $35, and Of
the twenty-year man, 500.
@. Will snakes crawl over hair
ropeSp
a. The U. s. Bureau of Biologi-
cal Survey says that repeated trial
proved that harmless snakes, as well
as ratlesnakes, crawl over sucn
ropes without hesitation,
@. How many Ministers 10 Cam
ada have been appointed by Presi.
dent Roosevelt?
A. -Four: Warren Delano Rob-
bins (l933); Norman Armour (l935):
Daniel c. Roper (May, 1880; James
H. r. Cromwell December, 1880.
Q. What is the average life Of
fence posts?
A. The most durable are Osage-
orange, red cedar, chestnut, black
locust, and catalpa, with an average
life Of from Is to 30 years.
@. What Is the composition OF
Portland cement?
A. Approximately so to IS per-
percent lime. 10 to rs percent s'lirs,
5 to 8 percent alumina, 2,5 20 S.6
percent iron oxide, and 2 percddS
gypsum. Minor constituents may
vary from zero to percent.
II you want copy Of the boob
let "The BRIDES PACKET" send
to the waterbury Democrats
Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir-
teenth street, Washington, ID. G.
Enclose 10 cents In postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18
National
Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat Washington
COrresp0ndentD

Washington, May ls.-People here
who try to weigh the chances Of
the United States getting involved
in the war are beginning 10 look
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Do not say, "She has q cum
ming way Of talking; say,
amusing" Cunning means
artful or ingenius, Us, "A
cunning intriguer."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18
Washington Merry-Go-R
ROBERT s. ALLEN
DREW Pc A Il ) D n

U.
from the German military
their abii to E1rone
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18

year, ard there Is a good deal Of
danger the election may be followed
by revolution. Washington adj
vices are to the effect that II that
happens 1t won't he just another
Latin American squahble between
the ms ard the outs, but a deadly
serious affair in which one of the
parties will have important Nazi-
Communist backing.
The Communists are strong In
Mexico. They are reputed to have
an understanding with Nazi agents
there. More important, according
to current reports, is the fact that
some thousands of leftists veter-
ans of the Spanish civil war have
found asylum in Mexico. These
men brought their rifles with
them, and are understood to have
been accompanied by substantial
allotment Of machine guns.
Since Mexico Is a good deal
closer TO the Panama Canal than
the United States Is, 1t goes with
out saying that this government
would be unlikely to sit on Its
hands If rebel group with a def
mite Nazi Communist tie up
seemed likely to get control Of the
country.
In that connection, note that
there Is now heavy concentra-
ton Of u. S. troops In Texas for
army maneuverS. Note, too, the
current report that these troops
won't go back home as soon as the
maneuverS end.
FLEET STAYS NEAR
DUTCH EAST INDIES
The Japanese angle, Of course, has
to do with the Dutch East Indies.
1t may or may not mean anything
that the U. S. fleet Is not coming
back from its maneuvers in Hawai-
Ian waters, as originally scheduled;
instead, 1t has ben ordered to
maneuver some more, 800-odd miles
west Of Hawaii, In a spot which Just
happens to be on the flank Of the
Japanese route to Java.
Note, too, q queer shift in con-
gressional sentiment about the
fortiAcation Of Guam. Quite a
few Of the men who voted against
the plan last year have quietly
given notice they'd vote for 1t II
II should come up now; but some
Of their colleagues who worked
hard for the idea a year ago are
reluctant to push 1t this spring.
Right or wrong, these men feel
the situation In the Pacific Is just
Too ticklish-that II congress did
vote now to fortify the island,
Japan might simply move In and
take 1t before anything could be
done.
U. $. MIGHT MAKE
DEAL FOR TIN
Despite the noise you're hearing
about II, don't look for much of q
push TO modify the johnson act so
that direct loans can be made to
the Allies. What you might see,
however, Is the advancing OF a
somewhat similar proposition-that
loans be made TO Great Britain, Sc
cured by big quantities OF tin and
rubber.
Those commodities rate as stra-
tcgic materials, the u S. needs
them badly, and Britain has lots Of
EN-. Talking point for this plan
Is that II the loan should go In de.
fault, Uncle Sam would get some
thing out OF 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18

Q. Name the first all-talking
picture.
A. Lights of New York"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18

Q. What does the name Pinoc-
chic" mean?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18

A. Pine seed; and by deduction
the name of the character may be
translated Little Pine Boy"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18
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and Answers
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THE EDITOR.
@. Why Is Wyoming nicknamed
the Equality State?
A. Because 1t was the first State
to grant equal suffrage to women.
A Wyoming territorial government
was organized in 1869 and the first
territorial Legislature, which met
in Cheyenne in December Of that
year, granted women the right to
vote in all elections. Wyoming en-
tered the Union as the forty-fourth
State on July 10, 1890.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18

@. Which hotel is the largest in
the worldp
A. Stevens, Chicago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-18

Copyright, 1910 by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Valley settler., 1940-07-05

Yrs Kennedy, the local post mis- tross
who he's been outside for a short
vacation returned home last week.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Denton Jurist Declines
Chief Judgeship
Judge J. Owen Knots Re-
moves Himself As Candi-
date For The Position

Judge j. Owens Knots, OF Denton
has removed himself as candidate
for chief judge of. the Second Ju-
dicial Circuit.
In a letter to Fred r. owens, act
ing president of the Caroline Coun-
ty Bar Association, which adopted
a resolution urging his appointment,
Judge Knots said he did not want
to be considered for the post.
He is now associate judge OF the
circuit, being elected in 1894 to a
fifteen-year term. The chief judge
shin was left vacant by the death OF
Judge VIM. Mason Shehan, of Eas-
ton.
Since Judge Knots plans to re-
tain his present position, only three
iudges of this circuit, embracing
Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne
and Talbot counties, will be elected
in 1912. The other judges OF the
circuit are Thomas j. Heating, Gen.
freyille. and James Evans, Elkton'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Jurors Excused From
Service

Thirteen Jurors have been excused
from service at the September term
of Cecil Circuit Court, by Associate
Judge James F. Evans, and others
drawn in their places. Court con-
venes at Elkton on Monday, Septem-
Der 16th Those excused from SER
vice and the others drawn are:
veasey Stradley and Zachary T.
Loveless, from Chesapeake Dis, ex-
cused and Ralph e. Bowers and w.
Harry Jones, same district, drawn;
Jacob Rubenstone, X. J. Newcomer,
Cove E. Jenkins and John Calvin
Fox, of Elkton district, excused, and
j. Ben Decker. A. Victor Davis,
Harry L. Croak and VIM. A. Beaver,
same district, drawn; Joseph Grant,
of North East district, excused, and
Clayton Craig, same district, drawn;
william l.. Ely and l.. l.. Paxton, of
Rising Sun district, excused, and
John B. Fassitt and David T. Reed,
same district, drawn; Joseph Ayers,
of Port Deposit district excused,
and John G. Baker, same district,
drawn; Hyde S. Greybeal, lakewood
district, excused, and John F. Gar
vine, same district, drawn; Clifford
England, of Calvert district, excus-
ed, and Walter L. Martindell, same
district, drawn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Enrolment At Salisbury
College

State Teachers College, at Sails
bury, Md, opened on Sept. with
the largest enrolment in the history
of the college. More than one hun
dred freshmen, in addition to 50
sopomores, SO juniors, and 3S sem
Tors, total of 267, enrolled. The
enrolment includes approximately
one hundred young men students.
The unusually large enrolment is
due, in part at least, to the place
ment of all but two members of the
1910 graduating class. The place
ment included Miss Helen Davis and
Miss Harriet Graham, of Cecil
county.
The freshmen enrolled from Cecil
county include Marie Hanna, Ris-
ing Sun; Miss Mildred Murphy, Miss
Marjorie Randall, Miss Mary Jane
Wood, Miss Elizabeth Wood, Otis
White and William Taylor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Rising Sun Soft Ball
Champions
Team Plays In National Tour.
nament At Detroit Film.
mated In End Game

Rising Suns unsponsored soft ball
team returned Sunday afternoon
from Detroit, Michigan, where the
boys participated in two of the elm
ination series, winning the first but
going down to defeat in the second.
The party of twenty-seven players
and fans left Rising Sun in FIVE autos
on Tuesday of last week, arriving in
Detroit ON Wednesday evening, and
were quartered at the Bartum Hotel,
which provided accommodations for
1850 boys and girls, representing
fifty-four mems soft ball teams,
and 36s women's teams gathered in
Detroit to compete for the 1910
world softball championships.
Forty-four states and two foreign
countries were represented in the
competition which got under way
Thursday and continued through
Monday.
Rising Sun won it's way to the
National championship elimination
series by taking the Cecil county
championship and then sweeping
everything before it in the Delaware
State Amatuer League, and coping
the Delaware championship.
Their first game at Detroit was
with the West Virginia champions,
from Huntington. Rising Sun won
by to 2.
In the second game the Rising
Sun boys were eliminated from fur
Their play when they suffered defeat
at the hands of the Rhode Island
champions by 4 to /.
The team played fine ball through
out, but failed to get the breaks in
the second game, outhiting Rhode
Island 9 to 6, and having ten men
left on bases.
The games were played in Belle
Isle Park, which embraces 1900 acre
and has among other recreation
features, six complete base ball
parks, all equipped for major league
ball.
The girls teams played at the
Northwestern Field, where there
were four ball parks.
The tournament was wonderfully
arranged and carried out without
a hitch.
Entertainment arranged for all
visiting teams included the Detroit
Cleveland major league base ball
game, dinner and dance party at the
Detroit-Leland Hotel, sightseeing
bus trip about the city and trip
through the Henry Ford auto plant
and Dearborn village.
The Rising Sun team was the
only unsponsored team in the series
and as a gesture in their honor the
ladies of Rising Sun are rendering
the boys a banquet at the Methodist
church here on Tuesday evening
next.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Twins Charged With
Attempt Swindle

Twin brothers, Richard and Rus
sell Mitchell, arrested several weeks
ago in swindle charge, have waived
a hearing before magistrate G. Rey-
nolds Ash and are being held for
the action of the September grand
jury.
The two men when arrested were
allegedly posing as truck drivers.
At the Elkton telegraph Office they
wired H. D. Dickson, operator of a
feet of trucks in North Carolina, for
sixty dollars to make repairs to one
of the Dickson trucks.
They signed the name Of one of
Dickson's. drivers to the telegram.
The Mitchells were trapped when
the fleet owner wired Elkton au-
thorities to investigate, since the
driver was not in this territory.
Photographs and fingerprints of
the men were taken by the local
police. The Western Union officials
claim the men had sent similar
faxed kilograms from other parts
of the country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Bridge Tolls

The new Susquehanna river bridge
between Perryville and Havre de
Grace opened at p. m. Wednes-
day, Aug. %, had brought $18,S05
in tolls to the State by midnight on
Labor Day, William A. Codd, chief
accountant for the State Roads Com
mission, announced.
In that time a total of 1922 We
hicles had crossed the span, MIR.
Codd said, the largest number pas
sing on Monday, Labor Day. The
figure that day totaled 19,202.
A fee of 20 cents is charged for
every passenger car. Special COM
mutation rates are allowed residents
of Havre de Grace and Perryville
who use the bridge constantly In
routine business communications.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Cecil County w. c. T. U.
Convention

The Cecil County Convention OF
the Womens Christian Temperance
Union will be held at the Metho-
dist Church at Calvert, on September
18th, 1910.
The morning session will begin
promptly at 1880 and the usual
business will be transacted.
At noon a. box lunch with tea and
coffee provided by hostesses.
Afternoon Program at 2 O'Clock
with State President. Bertha M
Tyson and other interesting features
Evening program at o'clock.
A special Young Peoples program
with music. readings and pictures
A cordial invitation is extended to
all. BERTHA BALDERSTON
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Centennial Reunion

The centennial reunion OF the
Balderston family was held Wednes-
day and Thursday. Sept. z and .,
at the Balderston ancestral home
near Colora.. In the neighborhood
of one hundred of the descendants
of Lloyd and Catherine Candy Bal
derston, attended he reunion
Among them were Daniel s. and
Jane Balderston, who travelled by
air. water and land from Chentu,
China: Edward Balderston, of South
Dakota; DR.. w. w. and Catherine
James Cadbury. OF Canton, China.
Seventy-seven- of the liz living
members of the clan were in at
tendance.
We have received, too late for
publication this week. complete
report Ct the reunion. and will pub.
lish 1t In our next issue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Last Jubilee Excursion To
The Worlds Fair

Saturday. September FL, is the
date for the last Southern Chester
County Jubilee Excursion to the
Worlds Fair at New York, when
special train leaving Rising Sun at
5:45 a. M, will be run over this d.
vision of the Pa. railroad, direct TO
the Worlds Fair station, arriving
at 1925 a. m. Returning, the spec
ial train will leave the Worlds Fair
station at S:45 p. m. The special
round trip fare from Rising Sun is
$3.50; children under IL, $1.S6.
Join the crowd and see the many
beautiful and wonderful attractions
at this modern fairy land.
The Fair closes in October ana
this is the last chance you will have
to go at this special low price.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Atkinson--Dalbow

The marriage of Miss Ann Scott
Atkinson, daughter of Mr.. George
r. Atkinson, of Ocean City, N. j.,
formerly of Elkton, to Mr.. Theodore
Leroy Dalbow, Jr., SON of Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Dalbow, OF Ocean
City, N. j., took place on Saturday,
August 81, at the Trinity Episcopal
Church, Elkton. Md. by DR.. ].
Warren Atkinson, D. d.
The maid of honor and best man
were Mr.. and Mrs. H. Victor Broad
ley. also of Ocean City.
4 The bride was given In marriage
by her father, George r. Atkinson.
After the ceremony reception was
held at Hotel Howard Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
New Official Record

A new record, exceeding the aver
age of the Guernsey breed for her
age and class. has just been COM
pleted by a two year old cow Valor
Toro's Nellie Dot 523352, of North
East, Nd, tested and owned by Will
mer Stradley. Her official record
supervised by the University OF
Maryland and announced by The
American Guernsey Cattle Club is
I02Ss.9 pounds of milk and 502.4
pounds Of butter fat, in class GG.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Damages Asked For Auto
Accident

AS a seQual to an automobile col
lision in May "a last, in which Jo-
seph Fisher was fatally injured,
four damage suits agregating $780,
900, have been filed in the Hartford
County Court against r o b ert
Vaught.
The action grew out of a COLI
sion between Vaught's car and a
truck belonging to Murray L. Hop
kins, which contained several work
men. William H. Spann is seeking
$4,000 damages; Edward Madness
and Mural L. Hopkins ask $4,000
and Mrs. Hopkins, as executor for
Joseph Fisher, is suing for $4,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Woman Fatally Shot

Mrs. John B. Mccartney, Of Alb
erdeen, was accidently shot ano
killed at her home on Saturday at
ternoon, Aug. 81, by shotgun In
the hands of her brother-in-law'
Mr.. Harold Jorrett. The accident
occurred when Mr.. Jorrett and Mr..
McCarney, who are half-brothers,
had engaged in an argument in their
adjoining homes.
Immediately following the snoot-
ing Mr.. Jorrett surrendered to Or
ficer ]. Benjamin Ray, and is held
for action of the September Grand
Jury.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Runaway Girls Returned
To Their Homes

Oficer Lawrence L. Boyd. Of Havre
de Grace, last week, took into Gus
sody Emily Matrone, IA, and Estelle
Slobodjian, 16, both of Philada.,
who were wandering the streets OF
Havre de Grace.
Upon being questioned by Chief
Boyd. the. girls admitted leaving
Philada., three days previously In
a machine in company with man,
who left them stranded in Baltimore,
they hitch-hiked back as far Havre
de Gnace and were taken in custody
oy Chief Boyd.
The Philada. Police Department
instructed the local officer to send
them back by bus.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Display Flag On Gen. Per-
shing's Birthday

Friday, September 10, marks the
SOth birthday of General John J.
Pershing, Commander-in-Chief OF
the American Expeditionary Forces
during the World War.
Legionaires throughout the nation
regard General Pershing still as
their Commander-in-Chief and in
his honor citizens of this commun-
ity are urged to display the Ameri-
can nag as tribute to this distin-
guished American soldier.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
TO Improve Elkton Road
Approaches

After months Of controversy with
the State Roads Commission, the
Elkton Chamber of Commerce has
won it's battle to have the approa-
ches into Elkton from the dual high
way improved.
The commission has awarded to
the old Line Construction Company
of Chestertown, Nd, the contract
for the Improvement. Contracts were
also let for a construction link from
the Landing Lane to the bridge
across Elk River below Bridge
Stee, Elkton, and for the lowering OF
the hump on the Chesapeake road
from the dual highway at Holly Hall.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
National Guard Quota
Increased

In preparation for the call to mill
tary service, the First Regiment,
Maryland National Guard, has been
allotted more officers and men and
expects to absorb it's new man power
shortly.
Brig. Gen. D. John Markley, the
commanding officer, said the regi-
ment's officer personnel had been
Increased from sc to IS, and the en-
listed personnel from 1920 to 1908.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Reunion Held At st.
Johns Church

The annual reunion Of the Ewing
family was held at st. Johns
Church, near Fair Hill, where nearly
one hundred members Of the clan
gathered. officers chosen for the
ensuing year were: President, Muir
ray ]. Ewing, editor of the Cecil
Wing, Elkton; vice-president, Harry
]. Ewing; secretary treasurer, Mrs.
Anna Ewing Horn, Of Philada.; his
torian. Rev. Frank Ewing. Mrs. Mar
garet Ewing Irwin. who Is Sc was
the Oldest member Of the clan pres
emit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
North East Fire Co.

The North East Volunteer Fire
Company has voted to place the net
receipts from the recent outdoor
carnival in a special fund towards
a new firehouse which is being COM
pleted. The company has also de-
cided to hold Donation Day" on
September IL, and the funds raised
that day will be placed in the build
ing fund.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
Heads Republican Cam
paign Committee

e. d. z. Rollins, Of Elkton, has
been appointed Chairman OF the Re-
publican Campaign Committee for
Cecil county. This committee Will
work for the success of Wendell Will
kie, for President of the United
States, and for Judge Duer, for Con-
gresham and Harry Nice, for United
States Senate, at the November cleo
tion.