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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-02
W. 7. COSTON IS
IN AMERICA FOR
A SHORT VISIT
Is Connected With The Standard
Oil Company, In Saigon, In
French IndO- China

The following item was clipped
from the Hagerstown correspondence
of the Baltimore Sunday Sum-:
Mr.. and Mrs. Beverley B. Cos
ten and daughter, Miss Laura
Costen, have returned from West
Brook, Conn.,, where they visited
Mr.. Coston's brother, Mr.. William
t. Coston, who has just return
ed from Saigon, French Indo
China.
The Coston brothers mentioned are
the sons of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward 1. Coston, residents of Pocomoke
City for many years, they living il
the house now occupied by Mrs. Har'
rye Whyte on Second street; which
house Mr.. Coston built.
Mr.. William T. Coston, has been il
China for nearly 20 years, being con
nected with the Standard Oil Com
pany in that country. Recently, h
suffered some nerve trouble which foI
a while incapacitated him, and caused
his return to this country. He has
however, fully recovered and will re
sumo his work in the Far East.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-02

Winterling, real estate fronting on
Atlantic Ave., in Ocean City, in the
10th Elec. Dist. Consideration SIS &c.
Fred C. Haislip from Joseph G..
Stevenson, guardian &C., real estate
on the w. side Of Wilmails St., just
outside the corporate limits of POGO
moke City, in the LIST Elec. Dist. Con-
sideration $275.
John W. Burbage and Anna A. Bur
bage, his wife, from The Board Of
Education Of Wor. Co., schoolhouse
and lot containing / acre and 4S Ia
poles, more or less, known as the
"Sinepuxent Colored School Lot"
Consideration 800 &c.
Ralph L. Mason from The Board
of Education, of Wor. Co., vacant lot
containing 2 acres, more or less, call
ed the "Queponco Colored School Lott
in the 4th Elec. Dist. Consideration
SIP &c.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-02
COUNTIES ENROLL
IN RURAL HEALTH
CONSERVATION
Two Maryland Counties Won
Awards OF Merit In Last
Years Contest

Several Maryland counties have en-
rolled in the annual rural health con-
servation contest held under the joint
direction of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States and the
American Public Health Association,
according to announcements received
by DR.. r. H. Riley, Director of the
State Department of Health. The
1910 contest is the seventh in the ma
tion-wide series conducted by these
organizations.
For contest purposes the United
States is divided into six geographic
divisions-the Northeastern, Eastern,
Southeastern, South Central, North
Central, and Western. Only those
counties that have full-time health
service and that meet certain require
ments with respect to organization
and to certain specified activities are
eligible for enrolment. One first a.
ward is made in each division; adj
ditional citations for "meritorious SER
vices" are made according to the
Judgment of the Grading Committee.
The awards are based on permanent
attachments in public health or on
outstanding achievements during the
year in meeting local health problems.
Similar contests are open to cities.
The achievements of each city or coun-
ty taking part are appraised by a
committee of experienced health au-
thorities. Advisory service is avail
able from the American Public Health
Association to participating health
units, on request, in connection with
the contest.
The purpose of the contest as stated
in the official announcement is tc
further the development of sounc
public health work; to stimulate and
promote needed improvement in com
munity health services and to assist
in the reduction of preventable illness
and unnecessary deaths.
Two Maryland counties won awards
of merit in last years contest-Mont
gomery and Prince Georges. Balti
more City was again awarded specia
honors for having maintained its higl
standard of health administration, af
ter having won first place among tn,
larger population groups in severa
consecutive contests.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-02
A CORRECTION

In last weeks issue of the Demo
crat", slight error was made in the
account given of the Green-Shockley
wedding.
Among the guests appeared the
names of Mrs. Fulton Green; Mr.
Green was also present but his name
was Internationally ommitted. "Mr
and Mrs" Donald Disney should have
read simply Donald Disney. Miss
Becky Lee should have read Miss
Becky Lee Green. "The Democrat
regrets these errors.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-02
CHIRPS
CONTINUED from Page u

debt and taxes. And armies and debts
and taxes are the known instruments
for bringing the many under the do
minion of the few. In war, too, the
discretionary power Of the executive
is extended; its influence in dealing
out offices, honors, and emoluments
is multiplied; and all the means of
seducing the minds are added to those
of subduing the force of the peoplel
No nation could preserve its freedom
in the midst of continued warfare.
And Burke discanted on the moral
aspect. He said: "War suspends the
moral obligation, and what is long
suspended is in danger of being to-
tally abrogated. Civil wars strike
deepest of all into the manners of the
people. They vitiate their politics;
they corrupt their morals; they pre-
vent the natural taste of equity and
justice. By teaching US to consider
our fellow-creatures in hostile light,
the whole body of our nation becomes
gradually less dear to US. The very
names of affection and kindred, which
were the bond of charity whilst we
agreed, become new incentives to
hatred and rage, when the communion
of our country is dissolved"
These are thoughts worth entertain
ing at this period of American his
tory. They were expressed by men
who place love of country above every
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-02
TRIAL OF PILCHARD
ACCUSED MURDERS
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fiends she was shot in the back by one
of them.
She knew who had murdered her
husband and foully mistreated her,
and a man hunt was soon organized.
The two negroes managed to elude
detection for days, but were finally
rounded up, and carried to Baltimore
county for protection and trial.
AS noted above, Collick has had his
turn before the court. Mrs, Pilchard
who has been i'll since her terrible ex-
perience, was the chief witness. She
promptly identified the man and told
the familiar story to the court.
Witnesses of Collick's own color
told how the two men plotted the
crime; how they left their home arm
ed with revolvers and the shot gun;
how they returned and told what they
had done; and how one suggested they
should return and kill Mrs. Pilchard,
in order to prevent her from talking
The whole crime seemed to have been
pre-meditated and carried out to it's
intended purpose except the killing
of Mrs. Pilchard.
This evidence was terribly incrim-
mating, but to it was added that of
certain county officials who carefully
examined footprints and compared
them with the footwear of the &C.
cused. In the face of the SEEMINGLY
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-02
THIRTY PERSONS
KILLED in R. R. WRECK
Continued from Page /

ing to permit the train, northbound
from Columbus, to pass. He said the
locomotive was not derailed or dam
aged extensively.
Wolcott said the coach conductor,
Harry Shaffer, leaped to safety, but
that he believed the other crew men,
bers were killed. The accident occur
red about 6 P. M. (E. S. To-, Wolcott
said.
The State Highway Patrol broad
cast a general alarm for ambulances,
and vehicles were rushed from Akron,
Barberton, Kent, Ravenna and Cuya-
hoga Falls. The Cuyahoga Falls fire
department sped all available appa-
ratus to the scene.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-02

Condensation of moisture on base
ment walls may be minimized by in
sulating the walls and the cold water
pipes. Newspapers wrapped around
the cold water pipes keep them from
sweating.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-02

Mrs. r. Lee Hall has returned from
a visit with relatives in Baltimore.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-08-02

other consideration. God give us more
like them!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08
BY MILTON BRONNER

London, 8.-Stick pin here:
outpost the first phases Of the European war;
demands Finland asked for the eson
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08

and MRS. Alfred j. Finn, Emerson r.
smith, John H. Amy, Ernest H.
wilkes, Harry Gown, Henry A.
rsrnes, James E. O'Connor, Mr.. and
MRS. James Rickard, Mr.. and Mrs.
william v. Hawkes..
Assistant Manager and Mrs. David
Smith, Mr.. end Mrs. Dennis J. Nc
CartFly, Alfred Goldman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cirillo DiPeitro, David Harris,
Mrs. Dorothy Rollins, Edward True
love and Miss Jeanne Truelove, Mr.,
and Mrs. James German, Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Truelove, Mr.. and Mrs,
John Schweizer, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Bath, Louis Drexler and Mrs. M
Holiday, and Mrs. Paul Lorton, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Bolt, Miss Mary Cor
man and william Noonan, Mr.. and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08

state troopers were under the di-
rect supervision of Lieut.. William
Schatzman of the Beacon Falls Bar
racks, who was loud in his praise
of the work done not only by his
troopers, but by the searchers in
their work through the fifteen inch
snow, which covered the woods
and mountains in that section OF
the town.
Beverly, two-year old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tata of Mount
lobe section, was reported missing
from her home at 4 o'clock yester-
day afternoon.
A call was sent into the Fire De-
partment about $3.50 and a squac
answered and stayed near the home
of the little girl during the early
part of the night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08

gent reasons for wanting to see the
Firms win.
What Britain can do for the Firms
without Gripping herself, she is do
ing. There are indications that this
help is being countered by the Nazis
giving the Communists supplies and
military and technical advisers.
Besides the war stake, Britain has
a considerable commercial stake in
Finland. n the recent past Britain
has taken "A per cent of Finnish
exports and supplied % per cent of
her imports.
Britain gets one-fifth Of its wood
and timber, two-fifths Of its wood
pulp and one-sixth of its imported
news print from Finland.
NICKEL SUPPLY
STAKE IN WAR
Near Petsamo is another valuable
Stake-the rich nickel mines which
only recently began to come into
full production. These deposits were
being worked by the Mond Nickel
Company of Great Britain, which
is afiliated with international
Nickel, a Canadian company which
controls most of the worlds nickel
output. Nickel is vital in manufac-
ture of steel for artillery and armol
plate.
Finally, Britain has a consid'
cradle investment in Finnish gov
eminent bonds and municipal bond!
of HelSinki.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08
TOT SUFFERING
FROM EXPOSURE
Beverley Tata, 2, Found in
Snow at Mount lobe,
Rushed to Hospital

Terryville, March 8-Beverly Tata
was found at 1925, Friday morning
in a small clearance in the woods
two miles south of her home on
Mount lobe by Bernard McDon-
ough of the Teryville Fire Depart
ment and State Troopers John Doy-
lie and Charles Flanagan who were
searching through the woods, using
one of the powerful flashlights
loaned by the Conn. Power Co. of
the Thomaston division, to assist In
the search during the night.
When found the little girl was ~
ing IN the snow, exhausted but moi
unconscious. When the troopers
picked her up to wrap her in theil
coat, she smiled at them.
The little girl was hurried bach
to her home, from where she wa!
rushed to the Waterbury Hospita
suffering from exposure. Her condi
ton however is not regarded a!
serious.
Twenty state troopers, twenty fiv'
asembers Of the Terryville Fire De.
partment, and over 100 volunteer
were engaged in the search. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08

pany at q very diversified dinner
dance last evening in the main BALI
room Of the Hotel Elton.
Among the speakers were Ernest
II. wilkes, president Of the COM
pany, Of New York; John H. Almy,
superintendent Of agencies, Of New
York; Emerson r. Smith, state
agency supervisor; Harry Gown,
manager Of the Bridgeport branch;
Henry A. Barnes, manager Of the
New Bedford, Mass branch; James
E. o'Connor, manager Of the Tau
ton, Mass, branch; James Richard
Of Bridgeport; william ". Hawkes.
of this city: and Mayor Vincent A.
Scully.
Attending were:
Mayor and Mrs. Scully, Manager
and Mrs. Denis j. Moynahan, DR..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08

Lester B. Granger of the execu-
tive staff of the National Urban
League of New York will be the
guest speaker at the public meeting
of the Youth Council Sunday even
ing at 7:45 o'clock at the Mt. Olive
A. M. E. Zion church. He will
be introduced by the pastor, Rev. s.
w. Weller.
Welfare Worker
Lester B. Granger is a member
of the executive staff of the Wei
fare Council of New York city, as
secretary of its Standing Committee
on Negro Welfare. Through this
committee, the Welfare Council, as
the coordinating agency for al
social work in New York city, pub
lie and voluntary, facilities the pro.
gram to improve and increase tht
welfare service available to TIT
city,s Negro population.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08
Urban League Guest j
Mt. Olive Preacher
Lester B. Granger, World War Veteran and Civil Lib
critics Union Board Member, Youth Council Speaker
Karelian iSthmus

AS the committees secretary, Mr..
Granger is entrusted with executive
direction of that program. Mem
bers of the committee include out
standing lay and professional fig
ures in the field of social work,
who seek through committee Or
ganization and planning to assem-
BILE known facts and uncover new
information concerning welfare
needs of the Negro population, call
ing their findings to the attention
of the city and its social agencies.
and helping to develop progress OF
action to meet discovered needs.
Some of the fields in which the
committee has worked are employ
mert, health, housing, needs OF chill
dren and Of adolescent youth. Work
| ing as 1t does in the city with the
largest urban Negro population IN
the world (327, 600 in 1880, the COM
rnittee Is developing techniques IN
the field of community organiza ton
that will be of significant interest
to groups concerned with the social
and economic problems Of minority
groups in the national population.
Before assuming his present post,
Mr.. Granger was four years a mem
Der of the staff of the National Ur-
ban League, in charge of its pro-
gram OF WqrkerS SuuCa p,, rs
secretary OF tne workers ! Suie 49, ile
organized ana olrecteo t,ie VIZ W.
ers' Counclls,groups o! w. e.
workers tnfougnouC tle County, .uaS;o W.
learned tne nis1oiy an y 49,. ens
OF labor union organlZaviolis-si
couraged union menpsrsflp OH Ne
gro workers, ana iougnt raclal as
crimlnatlon IN LABOR unions. ~
TINS program mr.. Granger travei ss'.
spoke, consulateo ana ADVISED tWltH
labor groups IN nearly every staGe
OF the East, SCUM ana MloWest. ne
observed conoltions among ti'e au.O,
packing houses, sCeel anu fupoeI
workers OF ndustrlai CUES, .ne S!laie
choppers or Arkansas ana Mlssls-
sippi, and farm laporers ana 70
bacco workers, ana domes1lc Work
ers OF the southeastern staIes'
Taught In College
Mr. Granger was previously in
dustrial Secretary of the New Jer-
sew Urban League. executive secre-
tarv of the Los Angeles Urabn
f,eaeue. and extension worker for
the New Jersey Manual Training
school at Bordentown, N. J. He
has taught in. Negro colleges Of the
south. and is a veteran of the
world war. serving as lieutenant Of
field artillery with the A. E. F. in
France.
II "A native of Newport News, Va,
Mr. Granger was educated in the
public schools of Nweark, N. j., re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08

protection of the former capital.
Now that the war is on, the real
prize Is PetSamo, Finnish ice-free
port In the far north. In Murmansk
the Russians have one such port.
But Petsamo would be even better.
The Germans are keen that
their new-found friends shall get
It. A friendly arrangement be-
tween Russia and Germany would
then create a terrific problem for
Great Britain.
POTENTIAL GERMAN
BASE IN NORTH
It would give Na1 submarines
and raiders a port from which to
sweep into the Atlantic. 1t would
immensely increase the already
arduous task of the British navy
and air force.
At present, Nazi submarines and
raiders slip into the North Sea and
once in a while get into the Atlantic
The British have to patrol the
North Sea between the tip Of Scot
land and the mainland of Norway
over $50 miles.
Great Britain has therefore CO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08
KERN, NARDOZZI
FINED IN CHESHIRE

Cheshire. March e.-Lawrence
Kern, a Waterbury bus driver, paid
S26 and costs for violation Of the
the rules OF the road when arraign.
ed In town court last evening. 10
was the operator OF q bus involved
In q iiye-car accident two weeks age
on the New Haven road.
A fine OF IS and costs was I'm.
posed upon George Nordozzi OF Wa.
terbuFy for failure 70 grant the right
OF way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08
NICKEL SUPPLY
STAKE IN WAR
ST. CECILIA WOMEN
GOING TO N. HAVEN

The quarterly meeting of the Ma.
tional Catholic Women'S Union will
be held next Sunday afternoon at
ST. Boniface's church hal in New
Haven at 3 o'clock. A large dele
CATION of women of st. Cecilia's
parish of this city will attend. They
have chartered bus for the &C.
casion and it will leave from the
church on Scovill street promptly
at LAS o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08

Mrs. Joseph Novawolksli, Miss stella
0alinis and Vincent wallace. Miss
Catherine Byron and william Rea-
gan. Miss Barbara Kunkel and
Charles Galiada, Miss Virginia
Ramsey and Lewis Rainville, Miss
virginia Peck and Joseph Gilbar,
Miss Elizabeth Mcintyre and VIII
liam Carroll, Miss Margaret Carroll
and Francis Mitchell and Dr.. ana
Mrs. Louis ]. Thibault, Jr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08
INSURANCE STAFF
RENDERED DINNER
Metropolitan Members Are
Lauded for Work at Elton
Last Evening

Members of the Mattatuck STAFF
Of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, s. West Main street, were
highly complimented for their I'M
firing efforts on behalf of the COM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08
PLAYERS CHOSEN

Hobart Cavanaugh and Claude
King both of whom have appeared
in more than 100 films during the
past eight years, have Joined the
cast of 1.-THE Ghost Comes Home"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-08
Why Does Britain Want Russia To Get Licked
Arctic Sub Base For NaziS, Stake In Finn War
England Stands To Lose Nickel
Holdings, Wood Products, Trade
And investments If Reds Win

British wahips reported of PetsamO Fin
port the Arctic The Importance Of this port to
England Finnish itself explained BY Milton BrOn
nsf the following exclusive dispatch from London
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-11-07
MIR S. GREENBELT t

Diogenes with his lighted lantern and I wi tn my
rolling pin which wasn't mine at all! And it took
both to find honest man. And never say that
ad in the cooperator doesn't get results! Listen
to this
At the Citizens Association Hallowe en- dance, I
borrowed, the spur of the moment, a rolling pin
for "prop" for impromptu costume. After the
judging, put the costume aside in what I thought
was safe place and went on wi tn the dance. When
it time to go home, I collected said costume
and realized with horror that somebody liked the
rolling pin not wisely but too well and I faced
wi tn the task of informing my friend that her pro-
perty could not be returned to her. borrowed
a green satin evening dress at school and had my
date upset buttered roll in my lap the dinner
darce for which I wanted to look pretty. If any
you has ever felt the sinking feeling felt then
she imagine keenly my reactions upon discovering
the loss of the wifely badge ntrus ted to my keeping
After personally looking under every chair in the
elementary school, in all the ice containers for the
soft drinks, and in all the instrument carriers be-
longing to the orchestra, gave it up bad job
and went home to sweat through pretty nearly sleep
less night trying to think of the best way break
the news You know, whether the careless approach
Mai Ha! You remember that little item you loaned
me the other night? Well, what do you think?
body took it home with them! the announcement
sorrowful 1.-THE most awful thing has happenedl Your
rolling pin is more!n And morning found me, not
much wiser to method of information, but whole
lot smarter about borrowing anything from anybody.
happy thought. An ad in last weeks Cooperation
And voice from heaven, I think saying Mt
your ad. found a rolling pin....." Apparently
pranster walked off with the article and tirinE
his joke dropped 1T down on the grass. Some chill
dren found it; their mother took it in because it
was such nice and nobody seemed to 1t and,
ttenk nv lucky star, read the Cooperator!
Tharks to you, pal. Accept the graft tude of
sap who ought to have learned from buttered roll
that it's always the borrowed that things hap
pen to!
---Peggie Arness
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-11-07
GUNS AND BUTTER, TOO

Lifted eyebrows met the ouncement last Nay
that Harriet Elliott, dean of women at the North
Carolina College for Women, had been appointed to the
National Defense Advisory Commission consumer ad
visor. Business skeptica1 and than
little wary Of anything in the federal government
wi tn the word consumer" in it. professional"
smers were dubious. To it looked like window
dressing.
Less often in print, but still stranger sharp
readers we're the of Leon Henderson, Ralph
Gudd and Chester Davis. But who, asked consumer
leaders, business and the public in general, is
Harriet Elliott? And what does she know about
nents and national defense?
"Defense is planes and guns" explained 5o-year-
old Kiss Elliott, though in answer. Mt is e.
quippiag army to our military weapons. It is
this and more. It is building the health, the ply
sical fitness, the social wellbeing of all peo
pie, and doing it the democratic way. Hungry people
underTourish shed people, i'll people do make for
strong defense. Reduced standards of living wi IL
result in reduced national effectiveness
Strange talk, this, to people used to thinking
and better guns, tanks, planes, ships and wars.
Taking stock, they looked at the stastics of under
nourised, uderprivileged, poorly housed people in
the United States, and having taken stock and alb
5orbed the signiH cance OF the record many of the
doubters doubted They agreed nth Miss e.
lott that this foundation on VIII ch to try
and build defense against anything, and supported
her in her stand that "totaln defense requires
"Guns and butter, too"
The stands in this national cri sis
far better chance with Harriet Elliott on the De-
Tense Advisory Commission than stood in the World
War period. Still vivid minds o. rany is the
time when our national economy turned upside
down TO supply guns, food, and clothing the army
when VI tn armament inspired "prosperit t" wages rose
but Jagged far behind the cost living which iwm
ed $40 per cent between 1913 and 1920 when even
wi th increased prices, shortages developed and the
consumer was the forgotten man.