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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16

having known Mr.. Green for a long
time."
Republicans of Naperville, ILL.,, in
vited the President to attend their
Lincoln birthday rally. The President
replied that he could not be present,
but sent two 25-cent stamps for two
tickets to their Lincoln Day dinner.
To Congress he sent a birthday
message" requesting the appropria-
ticn of between $7,500,OOO and $10,-
100000 for the construction of so
functional 100-bed hospitals in ru-
raj areas $50 poor that they cannot
raise their share of the cost of build
ing and equipping a hospital" Re-
commencing that the hospitals be put
under the supervision of the U. s.
Public Health Service, he admitted
the project was not ambitious, but
added: CAT the very least it will save
lives and improve health in those
parts of the nation which need this
most and can afford it least"
In reply to a press conference
question, he made public legal opin-
ion declaring that U. S. citizens can
tight for foreign power without
losing their citizenship, provided they
do not swear allegiance to the foreign
power. He added that it was illegal
for foreign power to set up an enlist
ment service in this country, but not
illegal for an American to leave the
country and enlist elsewhere. This
meant that any American so minded
can enlist in the Finnish Army (pro-
vided he could obtain a passport from
an extremely reluctant State Depart
ment) without losing his citizenship;
foreign volunteers for the Finnish
Army do not have to swear allegiance
to Finland but merely agree to obey
Finnish officers.
To be Assistant Secretary of Navy,
a post left vacant when Charles Edi-
son was elevated to the Secretaryship,
he nominated 48-year-old Lewis
Compton, a special assistant to Edi-
son when he was Assistant Secretary.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16
Stockton News
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Continued from Page 81
Mr.. William Wright, Of Vienna,
spent the weekend with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Liter Wright.
Mrs. Eva Parsons is spending some
time with her sister, Mrs. Noting
ham at Cape Charles.
The Quarterly Conference of the
Methodist Church was held Wednes-
day evening at the church. Rev. j. H.
Gardner was invited to return for an
other year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony DeStefano
and son, of Philadelphia, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon
Baylis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce Ward, of Yea
don, Pa, spent the weekend with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Ward
They were accompanied here by Mr.
William Ward, of New York, who
will make his home here for some
time.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16
RADIANT LIVING
Going Around i'm Circles
By Rev. C. Nj. Griffith

Ridgely, Md.
Life is a circuit. That is what our
scientists tell us.
Investigate the atom, they point
out, and what do we find? An in
finitesimal solar system. Take for
instance, the simplest of atoms, that
of hydrogen, which consists of one
electron spinning around a proton,
like a planet spinning around a sun.
What is taking place in the atom
is also taking place in the solar sys-
tenn, wherein the planets are spinning
around the sun; and the whole sys-
tenn itself is spinning around a center
too distant for us to know.
How similarly true is the life of
each one of us! There is something
central in each one of our lives a.
round which we are daily revolving.
1t may be the daily grind of routine
work, it may be the ambition for a
career, it may be the pursuit of pleas
ure, it may be a devotion to God.
Whatever it may be, it is supremely
central in your life and around it
all other things revolve.
Is that central thing in your life
something small, something I'M
healthy, something, with a negative
power, holding your life by its in
fluence within a very small circle?
The circuit of the moon is very
small compared with the circuit of
the earth because it has only a dead
earth exercising the supreme in
fluence upon it's life. But the circuit
OF the earth is infinitely larger be-
cause it has for it's center of in
fluence a living sun.
Select for the central influence in
your life something that is infinitive-
ly bigger than yourself, something of
SURPRISING quality, something that
will fill your life with inspiration
and make possible outstanding a.
chievements.
When God is the center of ones life
he no longer goes around in circles:
he travels a large orbit.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
BY BETTY HOLLOWAY
Home Economist

Eastern Shore Public Service
.. MOLASSES PUDDING
Steam-thrift cooker-Time 2 hrs.
8 cups flour
8 tsp. baking powder
IL tsp. salt
liz tsp. cloves
IL tsp. nutmeg
tsp. cinnamon
1 cup finely chopped suet
! cup molasses
I cup milk
1 cup chopped dates and nuts mix
ed
!. Sift dry ingredients together, add
nuts and mix well. 2. Combine suet,
milk and molasses and add to first
mixture. Mix we'll. 8. Pour into a
well buttered mold and steam. a.
Service with lemon or hard sauce.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16
A Complete Delicious Dinner
Right "Out Of A Can"

slices of hard cooked eggs and par
sley.
The next on the menu we find Par
sley' carorts, also out of q can
PARSLEY CARROTS
No. 2 can shoestring carrots
8 tablespoons minced parsley
8 tablespoons butter
l teaspoon salt
1-8 teaspoon pepper
Empty carrots into saucepans: add
parsley, butter, salt and pepper. Heat
thoroughly. Serves 6.
Then next
PEAS AU GRATIN
1 No. can peas
ga teaspoons salt
1-8 teaspoon pepper
6 tablespoons light cream
1-2 cup grated cheese
Paprika
Drain peas: Pour into shallow but
tered baking dish; sprinkle with salt
and pepper; add light cream, then
cover with grated cheese. Place I'M
der moderately hot broiler flame until
cheese melts and top is delicately
Drowned. Sprinkle with paprika.
PINEAPPLE RICE PUDDING
1-3 cup rice
2 cups milk
Ia teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons sugar
9-ounce can pineapple tidbits
Wash rice thoroughly. Cook in
double boiler with milk, sugar and
salt about 1 1-2 hours until tender.
Drain pineapple; add to slightly cool
ed rice.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16

SIDNEY SNOW will be glad to
answer any questions
on food

] guessed we've all served a dinner
out of cant ITS not at all uncom-
mon and really, that dinner out of a
can, can be as grand meal as can
be imagined. Those women who know
how to open a can and then proceed
from there to add this and that really
have an accomplishment of which to
be proud-and one that will save
them many hours of worry. Take
for example the dinner menu for
Konday-it consists almost wholly of
canned goods-all with something
added however as will be shown-The
meal starts with tomato juice cock
tail-that needs no introduction-and
from there it moved to
CORNED BEEF HASH LOAF
1 No. can corned beef hash
2 slices bacon
/ teaspoon minced onion
2 tablespoons chopped pimento
2 tablespoons chopped green pep
per.
teaspoon lemon juice
l egg
3-4 cup sifted dry bread crumbs
2 tablespoons melted butter
Cut bacon into small pieces; add
to corned beef hash. Add onion, pi-
mento, green pepper and lemon juice.
Beat egg; add to mixture; add 1-2 cup
bread crumbs. Mix well; shape into
small loaf; roll in remaining bread
crumbs. Place in CREASED baking
dish; brush with melted butter. Bake
in moderately hot oven at 375 F. a.
bout As minutes. If desired, garnish
with tomato slices or jellied catsup,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16
ish House, Third Street.
Everybody welcome.
ST. MARY's EPISCOPAL CHURCH

ST. MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. r. B. Mathews, Rector
Services, Every second and fourth
Sunday Of the month, Morning Pray
and Sermon at II o'clock.
Every first, third and fifth Sun
days, Evening Prayer and Sermon aa
1880 o'clock.
Holy Communion every second SUM-
day at II o'clock in the morning.
Church School at 10 q. m.
Public is cordially invited 10 at-
tend these services.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16
1880 P. M. PRAYER MEETING

PITTS CREEK PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Rev. Robert b. Stewart. Minister
Poc0moke City
Sunday
1000 A. N. Sunday School.
LADIES AIDS
$500 p. NJ, Senior, Second Monday
11:00 A. NJ. Service Of Worship.
7:16 P. n. Christian Endeavor.
Wednesday
7:46 P. n. Bible Study and Prayer
Meeting.
Beaver Dam
Sunday
2:15 p. N. Sunday School
800 p. M. Service Of Worship.
Everybody welcome. Come and
worship with US.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. John A. Ditto, Pastor

SUNDAYS
9:45 A. M. Bible School
HOO A. M. Morning Worship with
sermon.
$50 P. M. Young Peoples meetings.
7:30 P. M. Evening Worship.
WEDNESDAYS
1880 P. M. Prayer Service.
WOMEN'S MISSIONARY UNION
1880 P. NJ, Women's Missionary So
ciety, LIST Monday of the month.
1880 P. NJ, Young Women's Auxil-
larry, LIST Friday of the month.
1880 p. M, Girls Auxiliary, Enc
Monday of the month.
1880 P. NJ. Royal Ambassadors
every Friday of the month.
7:3O P. NJ, Junior, Third Monday Of
the month.
7:3O Senior Aid, IN, Tuesday.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16

Look at the label on yc
and if you are in arrears
appreciate it very much
pay your subscription up b d
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16
BETHANY METHODIST
CHURCH

CHURCH
G. e. Lester, Pastor
ORDER OF SERVICES
9:45 A. M. Sunday School.
9:45 A. M. Mems Bible Class
11:00 A. M. Morning Worship and
Sermon.
6:45 P. M. Junior C. E. Society.
1880 P. M. Evening Worship and
Sermon.
PRAYER MEETING
Prayer meeting each Wednesday
evening at 1880 o'clock. You are invitec
GLAD TIDINGS TABERNACLE
9TH at Walnut
Rev. M. @. Spencer, Pastor
Sunday Services, Sunday School at
9:45 A. M.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16
SALEM METHODIST CHURCH

We are equipped to do all kinds
of printing. Let us quote You q price
on your next job.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16

Morning Worship, 1900 A. II.
Christ's Ambassadors, 6:45 p. Il,
Young Peoples organization.
Evening worship, 1880 P. M.
Mid-week Services: Tuesday night.
prayer meeting, 7:45 p. NJ; Thursday
night Bible Study, 7:45 p. N.
POCOMOKE CIRCUIT
John +. Willis, Pastor
C0kesbury
10 A. M. Church School.
II A. M. Preaching every other Sum-
day at 7:30 p. M.
Emmanuel
2 P. M. Church School.
8 P. NJ. Preaching.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
Two Sides To This

Recent escapes from the state prison farm at Enfield brought forth some rather caustic criticism from that section of the state. The Thompsonville Press really ex- pressed itself in no uncertain terms in its weekly issue by demanding an immediate investigation of conditions at the farm by the governor. The editor is Judge Philip J. Sullivan of the Enfield Town Court and he called the situation at the jail-farm "joke". All of which should not please state taxpayers.
 However, there are always two sides to controversy. Warden Ralph H. Walker when interviewed pointed out that in ten years there only have been 12 escapes at the iail farm and that all but one Of the prisoners who fled a week ago had been recaptured. There were 400 prisoners housed at the institution during the period, too. To the average layman this doesn't seem like such bad record, but there may be more to it than all this. Ger tainly we don't think that probe could be ordered on the basis of such record.
 In the interest of public safety, though, there should be inquiries by the proper authorities so that if there are certain conditions to be corrected at Enfield they can be- And if it is definitely proved that it is not such joke" as was claimed, then it should be positively defended against this charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
Engineering Bottleneck?

Not raw material, not labor, not man. ufacturing facilities, but trained engi- neers may prove to be the bottleneck of the national defense effort. That pros pect was held out by Dr. L. K. Grinter, vice-president of Armour Institute of Technology, during recent round-table discussion at Chicago. But Dr. Grinter, aware of the problem, is also hard at work on the solution. He is director of the Summer Graduate Institute being conducted at Armour by which grad uate engineers are called back for short, intensive "bruSh-up" course fitting them for special fields in national defense work The government also is urging the train ing of more men in sub-college primary engineering work Germany had the best brains and the best training That is one answer to the riddle of France. Dr. Grinter and others like him who are intent on quickly training more and bet ter engineers, are intent that no such failure shall be ours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
A Thought for Today
Who Shall Take These Risks?

The government has been deep in Hamlet-like soliloquy since May on the question of who is to take the risk ot loss when industrial plants build addl- tions for war purposes which might be- come worthless if the need for them passed. "To amortize or not to amortize." 1t is time the question is decided. All this soliloquizing is tending to hold up the defense problem.
 Here is the matter at issue: You own a gadget factory. The government wants YOU to make widgets for national de- fense. It will cost you $10,000,OOO to build and equip a widget plart. Fine. You have the money. But suppose, af- ter you have plunked $10,000,00O into the Widget plant, the war danger passes, and the government wants no more widgets. Your widget plant, after, say two years, becomes worthless. You are out the $10,000,000.
 So industrialists want the government to allow them to keep, say $2,OOO, ,OOO or their war profits each year for five years, exempt from war taxes. At the end or five years they will have earned back the S1O,OOO,O ,OOO they have put into the plant. That is "amortization" and that is what all the shooting is about. In short, manu- lecturers are willing to build any extra plant facilities the government wants, but they want to be protected against any chance of loss Further, they do not want to just go ahead and build the plants, and then take chance on the Governments dealing justly with them in allowing them to take the money back again. They want a guarantee III ao- vance.
 The government has wavered between making such a guarantee, and another plan. That is: let the government itself but LID the money for the added plants and then own them. Should the need for them pass, then the government will be holding the bagful of useless plants, not the manufacturers The taxpayer would simply foot the bill as part Of all the other expenses of getting prepared for war.
 One or the other of these plans, or some combination of both, ought to De adopted very soon. There are ugly ru- naors that important work is being held up between the insistence of industrial ists on complete protection in advance, and the governments delay in deciding on a policy of whether to give 1t or not, and in what way.
 The decision has been put up to Congress for incorporation in war-tax legislation. Further delay in adopting a policy in re- gard to this will be definitely injurious to the defense program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
Safety For All

Observance of Safety Week is not linn fled to those who drive cars. It covers every resident of this city We are ,rs all 6ogea s caeap s0 eaa Aer a Sui Ware e e e to to benefit D so it isn't profitable M for M anyone to sit by idly and let few people heed the safety pleas. And it's good, too, to see our local enforcement officials doing something about bicycIing in Waterbury.
 Some years ago The Democrat con- ducted bicycle safety tests here with de- gree of success. The idea was to incul- cate in the minds of boys and girls the need of having bicycle equipped with safety features; the need of observing a few Simple rules when riding along the city thoroughfares; the need of feeling that bicycle is vehicle which can be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
Not a Good Example

At time when 1t is hard enough to stay cool and collected, somebody at the War Department did no good by an- nouncing that 81 foreign agents" were under arrest in the Canal Zone. Authori- ties there immediately denied knowing of any such foreign agents" but said 81 aliens with improper passports were being held for possible deportation. Then the War Department admitted that it was all a mistake - that they did not know whether any of those held were foreign agents" or not. Just mistake in transmitting the message, it was an nounced.
 A mistake like this can happen at any time. But right now it is doubly un- fortunate. Newspapers are often criti- cized for exaggerating news. They are run by human beings, all too prone to error. But so, it seems, is the War Department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13

What was probably the last time that any work was actually done on this city's pipeline from the Wigwam was in 1914 when its course was altered below Wa terville. The 36-inch line is virtually Waterbury's lifeline, so far as water supply is concerned. Within few years 1t will be amplified by second line from the Morris reservoirs approaching, how ever, through Watertown and Bunker Hill and supplying the high pressure districts with their water supply. In 1914 the city lowered it's pipe line for distance of 1000 feet. This was done to permit the New Haven road to relocate its tracks from the depot to Waterville and resulted in elimination of all grade crossings within the city limits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
In Today's Mail
proportion varying with the char acter of the industry.

acter ot the industry.
 If the government undertakes to erect its own plants with the tax payers money, it will be left at the end of the period of intensive pro- duction with facilities for which it will have no use, and on which 1t will take a heavy loss with no pro- vision for liquidation. This was the experience after the last war. It will inevitably be the experience again.
 Secondly, private capital should be allowed to earn reasonable pro- fit. The heavy taxing of surpluses invested in such plants will make 1t hazardous for private industry to undertake the task. If the govern ment attempts it, the loss resulting from inefficiency of operation will cost more by far than will the giving to private enterprise of due allow ance for a reasonable profit.
 In order to secure maximum pro- duction at the lowest cest with the highest enlistment of labor and cap- ital, the work of national defense must be done under private enter prise. To attempt it under govern ment control or ownership would continue adbormal unemployment, result in efficiency of operation. waste and delay, and the weakening of our power to defend ourselves. as was proved in France.
 The most effective preparation for immediate defense under any con- dition requires getting the most out of what we have while striving to make whatever readjustments are necessary. &
 | Maximum production means the full operation of all of the available machinery all of the time. If there are constant delays in processing the materials needed, there will be an enormous loss of production. That great bulk of arms and equip ment which has been standardized should be secured first. The tools for producing these exist. They can be turned out rapidly. It takes time to devise new tools for new equip ment. There are now many unes- sential differences between the ma- terials used for similar purposes which should be eliminated at the earliest possible date to facilitate mass production.
 1 Ample machinery exists to hasten the investment of the abundance iof existing capital through private sources if the unnecessary brakes can be taken otf. Two of these have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13

governed by rules the same as automo- bile.
 There's a lot of carelesSness exhibited by bicycle riders which can easily be elim- mated if the police, the school teachers, the parents, and others who come m contact with youngsters would only exert themselves to point out the short distance between life and death on the highways today. It's good idea to stir up the riding public once in awhile so that lt won't forget the eternal vigilance pays a dividend of long life and sound health.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13

and eloquently defended their right to be considered the worst corrup- terS of humanity.
 Suddenly at the back of the hall there arose an insignificant little demon who cleared his throat and, in a most timid fashion, asked that he might be permitted to say few words in his own behalf. He inti- mated that in spite of the over whelming competition of his asso- ciates he might be able to say something that would convince his fellow demons that he in fact was the prize corrupter of humanity.
 He was not allowed to continue. There went up first a great laugh, and then the tremendous and unanimous exclamation, You win."
 The name of the inconspicuous little demon was Compromise.
 All Rights Reserved
 Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
Press Comment
THE CoRsAIR
(Boston Post)

(Boston Post)
 Once again, history is repeating itself as the luxury yacht Corsair, formerly owned by J. P. Morgan, heads overseas to a British port. She will be used to fight submarines and to perform any other war tasks for which she may be suited.
 Back in 1917-l8, many American yachts joined the Allied fleets. They saw heavy service, particularly while acting as conveys for slow freight CTS and tramp ships which kept open the lifeline of Britain and France for food and war supplies. Many New England men served on these con- verted yachts. The $2.000000 Cor sair is now headed for rough seas and severe work. Her pleasure days are over.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-13
NATIONAL DEFENSE WORK MUST BE HANDLED BY PRIVATE EN-
 TERPRISE

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 We are now faced with a grave national emergency. All of the na- tions of Europe in the presence of a great peril have surrendered to a dictator most of their liberties won by years of sacrifice. We be- lieve there is a better way. We are determined to preserve our ideals of democracy and free enterprise. The means of doing this are easily understood-have all been tried and tested many times. The same in- centives which have been our SUD- port in times past are here to carry us forward now.
 We are fortunate in having estab- lished in Connecticut a cooperative system of industrial training for employment which is further de- veloped than that in any other state. For years the State department of Education has been cooperating with industry in industrial training. Even before the shortage of skilled labor became acute in Connecticut, pro- gram of cooperation had been in successful operation for over a year. It is not training skilled mechanics; only long experience can do that. It does, however, train those enter ing industry to work on jobs of a simple nature and allows those who are working on such jobs to be pro- noted to others requiring more skill. It may now be necessary to add additional machinery in some of the trade schools. The State stands ready to bear the additional cost. The methods of instruction are Standar- ized. Industry is ready to supply the teachers. There are many intelligent boys eager to be trained. Let's go!
 Artificial restrictions upon rates of production, unless required to protect the health and well-being of workers, whether imposed by union regulations or law, must now give way to the necessities for defense, as they have in every other coun- try.
 New plants and equipment will not be provided by private capital uri- less they may be paid for by charg- ing the major part of the expense of construction to the cost of the product during the period of the intensive use of the facilities the