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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-05
Local and Rural News

Mrs. Grady E. Powell has been
housed this week with severe cold.
The Pocomoke High School will
serve their annual Turkey dinenr on
Thursday, February 9Th.
Mrs. r. s. Elmore left Tuesday to
Join Mr.. Elmore in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.
- '.,TGs,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ounce Ashburn re-
turned Tuesday from weeks visit
in Suffolk, Va.
Miss Beatrice Long had as her guest
the past week, Miss Louise Antley,
of Portsmouth, Va.
Mr.. Erland Etcheson spent the ear
ly part of the week with relatives in
Gaithersburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh McMichael, of
Villanova, Pa, visited relatives here
during the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fay Rhodes, of Ham,
ilton, N. Y, spent the past week with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Holt.
Mr.. Edgar w. Shay is receiving
treatment in the Marine Hospital in
Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. T. McMichael, of
Richmond, Va, spent the past week
with Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. McMichael.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Denston
spent several days in Chester, Pa,
the guest of Mr.. Denston's brother,
Mr.. Loire Denston.
Mr.. Robert Graham, of Delmar,
was the weekend guest of his broth
er-in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
Maurice Mason.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Long and son,
Of Hyattsville, visited relatives in Po-
eomoke and vicinity over the week.
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Wood, of Bal
timore, were holiday guests of Mrs.
Woods parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. P.
Beauchamp.
Mrs. VIM. L. Bennett and two chill
dren have been guests of Mrs. Ben
nett's sister, Mrs. M. S. Busick and
Mr.. BusiclS in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph M. Pugh and
Miss Elizabeth Pugh, of Haverford
and Easton, were weekend guests of
DR.. and Mrs. A. A. Parker.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Holt were
guests Sunday of the latter's brother,
Mr.. v. R. Allen and family, of Sea-
ford, Del.
Miss Elizabeth Redden, R. NJ, Pc
ninsula General Hospital, Salisbury,
spent the early part of the week with
her mother, Mrs. Ethel Redden.
Mrs. Clara C. Mattlage, of New
York, is the guest of her daughter,
Miss Clara K. Mattlage and Miss C.
Howerton, at Cellar House.
Mr.. William Matthews, of Girdle-
tree, is spending week with friends
in Baltimore and Washington, D. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Scher have as
their guests Mr.. Scher's sister, Mrs.
Philip Gall and Mr.. Gall, of Lexing-
ton, KY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard T. Boston, of
Philadelphia, spent part of the Christ
mas and New Year holidays with his
mother, Mrs. jamie Boston.
Prof. and Mrs. Verlin Krabill and
family spent the recent holidays with
relatives in Arlington, Va, Frederick
and Denton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Harris and sons,
Of Upper Darby, Pa, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Dave Harris, of Philadelphia,
visited relatives near Pocomoke over
the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Dixon spent
part of the holidays with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ohio Fleming in Baltimore
Mrs. Fleming returned to Pocomoke
with them for brief visit.
Mr.. Granville Matthews, of Wash
ington, and Mr.. Carl Matthews, of
Madison College, Tennessee, spent the
Christmas holidays with their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Matthews.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-05

On January e. 1910, at 24O o'clock in the afternoon
completed fifty years of banking service. During
our five decades of existence, the changing
years have brought many conditions of peace
and war, of depression and prosperity.
Through all these changes, the good will and friend
ship of customers have played important role
in the steady, substantial growth the Pocomoke
City National Bank has enjoyed.
Today, as we mark our Fiftieth Anniversary, the
Directors and Officers tender their sincere gratitude
and thanks to those whose friendship and patronage
have built this bank into of the countys leading
financial institutions. We look forward to the
tnuance of pleasant relationship with you in serving
the commercial, industrial and agricultural interests
of this community.
We solicit your continued good wishes and your
patronage.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
J. MATTHEWS
CHARLES L. MASON E
P4eiden ELWooD MATTHEW'S WcePreiden
POCOMOKE CITY NATIONAL BANK
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-09-27

Langston Hughes, famous Negro
author, is to be Prof. John T. Fred
erick's guest on sOf Man and Books
over Columbia network Saturday,
September %, when the CHS liter
airy critic discusses "The Negro IN
American Literature (WABC-
CHS, 100 to lis pm, EDST).
The broadcast is the first on the
programs new time schedule. Here
eoforc sOf Men and Books" has been
heard Tuesdays, from 90 to Alb
p.m., EDsT.
The September % broadcast also
marks the opening Of the second
year Of the course in literature at
Northwestern University which Prof
Frederick is giving in conjunction
with his. .'Of Men and Books" series.
Students in this course assemble
in the studios of WBBM, Columbia $
station in Chicago, where Prof.
Frederick's radio talks originate.
Following each broadcast the CHS
literary critic continues his discus
sion on the program topic and an
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Ed IT o r A |
breath, for Japan, defying all opponents,
has crossed the Indo-Chnese frontier.
What About The Africans?

English sea forces have attacked Dakar,
the chief port in Senegal, West Africa.
This seige brings the battlefields on Afri-
can soil up to three. iii Somaliland, Lydia
ala ncW Senegal white men are fighting
iaeit sattles But for what? Is anyone
SIS blind as to fail to see that the wealth
sa africa Is one Of the chief plurns over
which this conflict is being Waged2 The
land Of black men is the coveted fruit Of
the entire civilized world. Three hundred
millions Of black people have through the
centuries failed to awaken to the value
of their homeland Now it is to be taken
from them, even as America was plucked
from the Indians. But there is joker IN
this game, and it is not the African. As
The Axis powers declare the Nordics will
doubtless get Africa. They have the mill
tary power with which to confiscate it.
But when they finally settle down in that
land of sunshine and heat we shall have
to remember the wise words Of Solomon.
Once upon a time he said, "The sun look
ed upon my mother and | am black.
When the African sun shall have looked
upon the Nordics for several centuries
Africa will still be Africa, and the Nordlcs
Of Africa will be no more.
So, let them take Africa, with the foolish
thought that nothing shall be left for the
Africans Soon Africa will swallow them
up. While the Africans will go on as they
have done through other such foolish
thrusts 1t was on this rock that Greece
was broken to peices, and prepared for an
ultimate fall.
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Can't Laugh That OFF

Now and then a white editor stirs him
self to a announcement of the inequalities
IN this country. The following editorial
taken from the Louisiana Shreveport Sun
is 50 significant in this connection that it is
here reprinted for your study:
Several daily newspapers of the South
have gone in for lot of .'fun-poking' at
Negro men, who, because OF lack OF know
ledge and proper information have pre-
sented themselves to register at places in
tended for aliens only. In Atlanta, Gear=
gia, and in Shreveport, La, young Negro
men, so press reports state, have attempt
ed to register and on being asked if they
were aliens replied in the affirmative. In
both cases, it was revealed that the men
were native-born American citizens. They
simply did not know what the nationwide
registering was all about, but, being loyal
and patriotic citizens they presented them
selves to be used, as they thought, in the
service of their country.
1t does not matter from what angle one
figures it, the backWardness, or lack OF
intelligence displayed by these young men
Just simply cant be laughed OFT, 1or II
reveals Just how discrimination segrega
ton. disfranchisement and oppression at
fects the individual or race--hoW such
poverty. These young colored men, just
as thousands of other Negroes, (men and
women are the victims of vicious sys
tenn Of exploitation and injustice. This
system deprives them of the right to Sc
cure an education, the same as other racial
groups do; it depriyes them OF their con-
stitutional right to participate IN the al
fairs of their government by voting; It bars
them from holding jobs paid for out OF
government funds - it keeps them IN
poverty and ignorance, then labels them
as being stupid, lazy and backward
Injustice and discrimination react. The
ignorance and poverty of one group OF
people reflect unfavorably, upon the en-
tire population. AS the late Booker I.
Washington wisely said: you can not
keep a man down in ditch unless you
STAY down there with him and hold him
there or something to that effect. So It
is with the South in its attempt to keep
the Negro down. AS result OF this sys-
tenn the South is the most illiterate section
cf the country. 1t is also labeled as the
countrys No. ] economic problem-lgnor-
ance and poverty go hand-in-hand
The ignorance and poverty Of the mas
Sos Of Negroes can't be laughed off by
those Responsible for his backWardness-
It IS problem that begs to high heaven
for solution and calls for the united effort
of all right-thinking citizens OF both races
to work out q solution, which, boiled down
to- facts. means permitting the laws OF
this democratic country to apply 20 all
citizens alike, regardless to race, color
or creed.
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OPPORTUNITIES
FOR N EGRO
APPLICANTS in
1 OSITI 10 Ms

More opportunities for qualified
Negro applicants for positi MS of
.aasp possibility, some in government
service, were reported this week by
ffieials Of tie employment service
division Of he Ohio Bureau of Unem-
ployment Compensation.
Typical of well paying positions
waiting for American Negroes with
the required experience and training
are posts as stewards. These jobs
call for men under forty-five years
of age, who are high school graduates
and have had two years experience
in a high-grade restaurant, and are
willing to leave the state.
Duties include assisting in the SUI
pervision Of cooks, walters, and
sther personnel; to keep detailed re-
cords of supplies used; to anticipate
the need for and preparation Of re-
quests for supplies; to see that IN
structions as to general policy and
procedure as 60 food preparation
and service are carried out.
Another vacancy for we'll
qualified Negro is an opening for q
vocational teacher in machine shop
practice. Ihe applicant must be
able to supervise operation OF ma
chine shop trainees, inspect products,
make recommendations, train youth
in general machine shop practice,
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-09-27
CO M M E N 7 S
/. HUGHES INTERVIEWED BY
PROF. FREDERICK AS Chs CRITIC
REVIEWS NEGRO CONTRIBUTIONS
TO AMERICAN LITERATURE

swers questions by tie students has.
ed on remarks madaduring the pro.
gram. The guest snaker also par
ticipates in this afts-broadcast dis
cussion.
Prof. Frederick pans to review
Hughes recently-pulished autobi-
ography, 1.-THE Big Sa," in addition
to interviewing the author on the
general subject of negro contribu-
tions to American Iterature. He
also will review DISK of Dawn" !"
biography by w. E.3. Dubois, an
Other leading Negro uthor.
Hughes has led aninteresting life.
He was a cook ant waiter in the
night clubs Of Paris was a seaman
on freighter whichplied the waters
Of Europe and Afria, taught Eng
lish in Mexico and vas a busboy in
a Washington hotel where Vachel
lindsay befriended hn. Among his
earlier works are two books Of
poems, "The Wear Blues and
Fine Clothes to tht Jews" and d
novel, mot Without laughter
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-09-27
Jobs, HaHeiuiah I !!

Few of Americas able men have escap-
ed fully the pinch Of unemployment For
those who have been fortunate enough ia
ENJOY regular employment have in most
cases been forced 10 share their earnings
with dependents who could not find work.
Il y moi only natural then for most of the
nation TO be Interested in any program
that promises jobs to all workers through
out the country
What man is there in this fair country
Who would not prefer good industrial
JOB, with honest toll and fair wage to
the poverty stricken starvation conditions
Of the new deal Jobs? No honorable man
can enjoy seeing his family go week after
week with an inadequate supply Of food,
and scanty raiment. Yet. the. new deal has
for eight years imposed this condition up
on the American people, with the explain
alton that we are doing we'll, and that the
administration, with this kind of fare, had
saved us from worse. Surprising as it is
the people have stood for this foollshness
through two administrations However,
At last they have awakened
la the moment Of their awakening they
are greeted by new leader. a man Of
vision and despatch in working to realize
his vision This man is Wendell E. Will
kie, who in recent Seattle speech declar-
ed that the present administration has
failed to give the people work To build the
country. On this question Willkie said:
i want every man and woman III this
country to find i Job, if he or she wants
one. | want that just as much as you do,
because | have given my pledge to labor
that | know what makes Jobs and that !
will get them for YOU
TO this pledge all we can say is We are
going to get Jobs at last Halleluiah !
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at the studios or around Cincin-
natl. But he drives a very ex-
pensive roadster painted redder
than the reddest barn.
Things have changed since the
days when he worked on his
fathers farm in Short Creek,
Ky. and yet they haven't. For
instance, there's question which
says, What quality appeals to
you most in your friends?" Jim's
labored handwriting answers,
.That they take me as the same
feller j was when still at Short
Greek, KY, workin for less than
= s01'as ss /. So
HIS WARDROBE, Jim anstpers
In the auestionnaire. consists Of
s"oUeiGtis eIleckeTed shirts and
stripped gorks." He adds that II
don't liks ft see girls .lpedr then,
shoes that tets there toes hang
out on the ground" 49,
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-09-27
Uncle Sam Is Being Fooled

In many ways England has tried to be
guile the United States into entering the
war on the side Of the Allies Every trick
of diplomacy has thus far failed. But now
comes a new bit Of chicanery The Ameri-
can leaders are being pressedato come to
the defense Of Indo-China, with foolish
guarantees Of protection from Japaneses
intrusion. That this trick is really afoot
is seen in Mr. Hull's recent statement that
the United States and Britain may unite
in keeping Japan out of IndoChina
Now, just what can Great Britain do in
this matter? She is 50 busiy engaged
with italy and Germany that the. few
forces left in the orient cannot be rein
forced by home units to any appreciable
degree, if at all. Even if she sends several
ships to Indo-Chinese waters these vessels
will be met there by the entire Japanese
fleet Whatever assistance the United
States can give would constitute the main
resistance that the japanese would face,
and this would bring the country into di-.
rect conflict with Japan. That, it would
seem is the real purpose of the ruse. The
moment England gets this government ac-
lively in combat with the axis powers q
total war would naturally follow with the
United States defending England.
Indo- China is long ways away, but II
is near enough to serve as the scene for
embroiling America in the European CON
fict But, will we be taken III for this
trick? Already American ships have sail
~ TOR SINGAPORE. We are holding our
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-09-27
W here Can |
LearnIt?

Leisure time may e spent bene-
ficialsy by studying and learning
some Of the handicafts. This i,
true, first, because perons can learn
the fundamental priniples Of sew
eral crafts, and sccondbeca they
can make articles wnh they can
wear, use in the home Or sell. Pre-
pare yoursef to use e.your leisure
time wisely by attendig class in
handieTafts conducted 1T Zisn Hill
Church, Fitch and Dubar streets,
Wednesday and Thursay, / to A.
Instruction is given in knitting,
crocheting, simple sewig, and other
crafts. B th classes wich are con-
Quoted by the West sidfOpportunity
School, are free. Anone can at
tend them. Enroll at he center or
call He 5491.
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WHEN JIM retires, he wats
to live on small farm. Men
time, he finds life interestig,
day and night. IF sleep in
my back" he reveals, ill hare
a night mare every time. vcy
often sleep on my hack just o
see what ill dream
JIM is cheerful about misfor
tunes. Il have a crooked nose.
he writes, 1& two teeth MISSING
below, they wernt pulled, non
just didn't grow there He has
been on the air about 5000 times.
and prefers working the MORN
ing Shift. II he inherited mill
lion dollars tomorrow he would
quit radio, and after that he
would by farm, Or maybe just
faint" He attributes his success
to his "odd sounding voice and
extra good memory" He picked
up most Of his jc.1es in II years
on the farm.
LOOKING AROUND--Johnry
Green, aDho splits his persondtity
for NBC and CHS on Johnny
Presents is doing the music for
a Broadway comedy due soon !.
Gerard Darfop. young phenon,e-
mon Of NBGs Quiz Kids" is
getting hundreds Of requests Jor
his picture ... Izzer Solomon di-
Irecfing Chicago Womd,l,s Sym-
pho11y Orchestra oDer CHS start
ing Sept. 20 Ed Herlihy. NBC
announcer, has become father
L0nd IS holding up d. Il.
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ith a Buckeye
In Congress.
D CLARENCE J. pRowN
Nsnssv y csrsvsss. ~ o&is Distrses

The death Of Speaker Bankhead
early Sunday morning Of last week
came as distinct shock and surprise
to official life in Washingt n While
the Speaker had not been in the best
OF health for the past several years,
ne had seemingly withsto the strain
Of more than eight months continu-
Gus session Of Congress without ap-
parent injury. He was stricken at
Ba timore shortly before he was
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Sibh VII y ~
on the end Of
a tobacco stick
would. !"
] m i $ a n
anomaly TO his
! intinates a y d
a c q uaintances
alike. He has
II e v e r b e G n
S G G n | n a n y
raiInent other
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4
scheduled to make
a political address,
which was to be
broadcast over a
nationwide hook
up. The ling
S p g a k e / wa $
brought t 0 t h G
Naval HosnitaI at
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-09-27

Must be able to red blue-prints,
micrometer scales, ct,
Negro men who en- fill these re-
auirements, who have specific
skill $, training, or xperience, are
urged to get in toucl.with the local
Employment securit. Center as soon
as possible.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-09-27
Autumn

Autumn
lBv William Henry Huff for ANr)
The leaves once green
Are taking on
A lovely golden hue;
How bright the scene
! And rich the tone !.
When sprinkled with the dew.
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(sN AND OHF THEE AEE
= i'm DAY rs. QUESTIONABLE s.
by Fred Emery

LAZY JIM DAY sings the news and conducs
misinformation bureau WLWs early morning ro-
grams all for tidy stipend. And, though his grammar
and spelling wildly unorthodox he has managel to
get off questionnaire for the stations files
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-09-27

House OF Representatives as we'll as
the family, in attendance. The body
had laid in state in the Well oI the
House for twenty-fnar EoEtl@ pflaT
e. the service. Thefe the great and
the mighty, and the low and the.
huInb g, national leaders, charWoanpfs
and janitors, joined ii raging their
last respects to a true Southern
gentleman, William b. Bankhead Of
Alabama. Following the services 4
special train carried the funeral
party to Jasper, Alabama, for the
burial President Roosevelt and a.
large delegation from the Senate
and House made the journey t3 Ala
bama to pay their last tribute to an
illustrious American.
Under the Constitution it was
necessary for the House to elect
Speaker at the first session held fol
lowing the death Of Speaker Bank
head. This was done in a hort ses-
sion prior to the funeral service,
when the House unanimously elect
el Sam Rayburn Of Bonham, Texas,
Democratic Floor Leader of the
House to the Speakership. The new
Speaker was first elected to the 63rd
Congress and has served in the
House without interruption for the
past twenty-eight years.
Ar# H.
Plans for the adjournment or re
cess Of Congress have been changed
as a result Of the death of Speaker
Bankhead, which necessitated a long
recess. 1t is now thought that
, Congress will conclude it's present
labors not later than September %.
| However, it is not at all certain as
yet whether Congress will adjourn
!, sine die, recess until after the cleo
ton, or continue in session with
three day recesses and under a gen
tleman's understanding that no i'm
| portant business will be transacted
until after the election unless al
emergency arises and notice is frs
given t9 al Members that their pre-
sence in Washington is urgently
| needed. Speaker Rayburn and othel
!, Democratic leaders want TO see {
sine die adjournment. Republican
Floor Leader Martin and the Minor
( ity Members of Congress, as well a
| number of Democratic Member,
feel that final adiournment shoule
not be taken as long as the interna
tional situation remains critical, bu1
that Congress should only recess fol
three days at time, thus holding
itself in readiness for prompt action
if developments should 50 require.
AS just little tip to the taxpayers
According to present plans the out
lay for national defense during the
]; next six years, exclusive of preseni
! appropriations, is to be approx
mately thirty-six billion dollars. @,
course, these figures maybe change
considerably, depending upon wha
happens to Great Britain lesfutur'
actions Of the Axis Powers, and VI
on developments Of some of the poli
cies OF our own government.
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jim says in this questionnaire
that he is not nervous at the
mike. Il emagine I'm talkin
with the people," he confdes.
the mike frights me no more
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Washington, where for time it was
believed he would recover, only to
succumb to a second arterial hemo-
rahage. He was the twenty-seventh
Member Of the 10Th Congress to die
since January 1899.
William b. Bankhcad was a color
full figure. Born in Alabama, the
son Of Confederate officer, the
Speaker was serving his Gath year
as a Member of Congress, having
been elected in 1915 to succeed his
father, who had served for many
years in the House and who had just
been promoted to the Senate. In
his younger years he acquired great
fame as "boy orator. Trained in
the law it was his youthful desire
to become an actor, and throughout
his career there was much of the ac-
tor, and throughout his career there
was much of the actor in William 3.
Bankhead. His daughter Tallulah,
inherited his love of the stage and
Speaker Bankhead lrew great salts
faction from seeing her reach the
heights as one Of Americas greatest
emotional actresses.
| Always partisan, Speaker Bank
| head never wavered in his loyalty
to the Democratic party. At the
same time he was inspired only BY
the highest Of patriotic motives and
impulses and never stopped to cheap
or unfair tactics in support OF his
/ party. AS Democratic Floor Leader
he was hard fighter, but fair one,
| Succeeding to the Speakership IN
1886 following the death Of Speak
! er Burns, Mr.. Bankhead soon earned
high commendation and wide acclaim
as one Of the great Speakers that
! have ruled from the dais Of the
House Of Representatives during the
/ past hundred and fifty years. His
| knowledge Of parliamentary law, his
patience, his honesty, and his fair
ness brought him the respect and the
warm friendship Of all who served
under him.
A state funeral was held in tbs
Hall of the House Of Representatives
for the Sp, aker on Monday witt