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The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

service lug. The unoersed snip
was held against the mud bank by
a strong inward push of the tide.
but after the tide changed she was
dragged off the shoal.
Ii was reported that the sub
marine suffered no damage, but
black paint was scraped off her
hull The water over the ShOal
she went aground on rs II feet
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19
Clyde Line To Suspend
Atlantic-Gulf Schedule
Special 10 The Citizen
Bv FRANK w. LOWERING

BOSTON. Dec. 19-LabOr gradually killing the
golden shipping along
The Port of Boston Brownsville
that the Clydeallory
operations years
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19
KIDS! NO SCHOOL
FOR TWO WEEKS

twenty-five hundred school
children Of Monroe county
will enjoy the Christmas hch-
days. After schools are dls-
missed tomorrow afternoon.
they viii net be rsoPsnsc
again until Monday. January
s. . full two weeks vacation
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19
5000 cALoRIES NEEDED

WASHINGTON.-The normal
human body requires about 5000
calOrieS of food value daily.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19
SUB RUNS AGROUND OFF
KEY WEST NAVAL STATION
S-22 PULLED FROM SHOAL BY TWO TUGS AS
TIDE CHANGES

The arrival of ten submarines Key West harbor
today when the submarine S22
aground Immediately
there for nearly hours finally
foated with
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19

daughter, Joam and Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
ton Petit and daughter, Jacqueline.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Smack, of
Philadelphia, Pa, spent the weekend
with her father, Mr.. George Ards.
They were accompanied here by Mrs.
Ards, who has spent sometime with
Mr.. and Mrs. Smack.
Mr.. and Mrs. Linwood O'Neil and
daughter, Dolores Ann, of Laurel,
Del, spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul White.
Those attending the Methodist
Training School at Temperanceville,
last week were Rev. and Mrs. L. w.
Gordon, Mr.. Lewis C. Gordon, Miss
Sylvia E. Gordon, Miss Elizabeth
Pruitt and Mr.. Ellis Jones.
Special evangelistic services will be
held in the Greenbackville Methodist
Church beginning January 21st and
continuing through the week. The
guest preacher will be Rev. Ira Astin,
of South Hill, Va.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19

lowing guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan
Bowden and son, Kirby, of Chinco-
league, Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Matthews,
ST., of near Stockton and Mr.. and
Mrs. C. E. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl. Merrill, Jr.,
and son, Billie spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wilkerson
near Pocomoke City.
Mrs. George Mason is spending
some time with her sister, Mrs. Chas.
Walker at Salisbury, where her moth
er, Mrs. James Tull, is ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Hearthway
spent Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Ward at Snow Hill. Mr..
Ward is confined to his home on ac-
count of a sprained ankle and his
many friends here wish him a speedy
recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Pruitt enter
tanned at dinner Sunday. The guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. James Pruitt and
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
DEALERS SALES
CONTINUE AT A
VERY FAST PACE

Chevrolet dealer sales of new cars
and trucks in the final 10 days of De-
cember continued at the fast pace
maintained ever since the 1910 model
announcement, resulting in gain of
1922 per cent, for the month, as a.
gainst December 1888, w. E. Holler,
general sales manager, announced
this week. ~
Units sold totalled 27,432 for the
period and S8,8O1 for the month, as
compared with 22,697 and 66,832 re-
spectively, in December of last year.
December thus became Chevrolet's
third-highest sales month since Au-
gust 1887.
Used car sales increased during the
final 10 days of the month, totalling
45,O40 as compared with 43,104 in
the previous 10 days and 40,156 in
the corresponding period last year.
Used car sales for the entire month
were 126,215 units, a gain of IL per
cent over the 107,223 total in Decem-
Der 1888.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
TRINITY CHURCH IN SAILS
BURY IS BADLY WRECKED

Continued from Page ID
men with axes mounted the roof from
the aerial truck which was swung
into action for the first time in more
than two years.
Speculation on how the "fireless"
fire began ran high. The theory that
the furnace door was blown open in
an explosion of coal gases in one of
the three hot air furnaces was one of
the more plausible answers. Actual
ly, no one could say how the fire
started.
The Rev. HI. R. Deal said he saw
flames coming through heater reg
lister just before the alarm was sound
ed. When firemen arrived, smoke
filled the many-partitioned cellar
and auditorium.
Gas-masked firemen sought to find
the seat of the blaze. Holes were
chopped into the foundations and
water poured through. After two
hours, the cellar was flooded with
three feet of water, while the first
floor was thoroughly doused.
The double flooring also hamper
ed the fire fighting. Flames were
hidden in scattered sections of the
floor. Occasionally patches of fire
broke through, but as fast as water
was sprayed on them, others were
discovered. The whole width of floor
was ablaze in many sections.
Firemen chopped holes in the floor
and poured in gallons of water. Sec
tions of stairs were ripped away and
parts of the sidewall woodwork. At
one time, the belfry was arranged to
act as giant chimney. It drew out
some of the intense smoke and gas
and possibly thwarted an explosion
which could have torn away the roof
or shattered the stained glass me-
mortal windows.
No accurate estimate of the dam
age could be given by insurance men
and contractors. A representative of
the Merchants and Mems Mutual Fire
Insurance Company said the $4,000
policy held by the church would more
than cover the actual damage
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
DECREASE IN
TYPHOID FEVER
IS SIGNIFICANT
One Hundred Fewer Cases In
1889 Than There Were In
Preceding Year
OTHER DISEASES ALSO
SHOW MUCH DECLINE

Significant decreases in typhoid
fever, diphtheria and tuberculosis are
shown in the provisional report given
out by DR.. R. H. Riley, Director of
the State Department of Health, con-
corning sickness from the report
able" diseases in Maryland in 1889.
There were 100 fewer cases of ty-
phoid than in 1888; 10 of diphtheria
and 292 fewer cases of tuberculosis,
than in 1888.
Nearly $4,000 cases of sickness
from the "notifiable" diseases were
reported to the State Department of
Health in 1889 in comparison with
more than $4,000 cases in 1888 and
with approximately $4,000 in 1887.
The increase last year and in 1887
was due to periodical epidemics of
measles and to flare-ups of influenza.
There were over $4,000 cases of
measles reported in 1889, in compari-
son with 1850 in 1888. The 1889
cases of measles were distributed as
t follows: 1876 in Baltimore City and
1898 in the counties. The total sick
ness from the reportable diseases in
1889 was divided between Baltimore
City and the counties as follows:
Baltimore City, 32,217; in the coun-
ties 1912.
Ninety-five percent of the total
sickness reported in the State last
year was divided among three groups
of diseases. There were over $4,000
cases reported Of the diseases to
which children are particularly sus-
ceptible--measles, scarlet fever, whoop
ing cough, chickenpox, mumps and
diphtheria-47 per cent of the total.
The venereal diseases, including over
10000 cases of syphilis, were respon-
sible for 80 per cent. The pneumon-
las, with 1882 cases reported; tuber-
culosis, with 2,712 cases and influenza,
with 1912 cases, together were respon-
sible for Is per cent of the total. The
per cent remaining was scattered
among the rest of the "reportable"
or Catching" diseases.
The following reductions were point
ed out: Typhoid fever ISL cases re-
ported in 1889, 2s1 in 1888; diphther-
ia, 23S cases in 1858, $50 in 1888; tu-
berculosis, 2,712 cases in 1899, 5000
in 1888; septic sore thoat, 273 cases
in 1889, 1872 in 1888; and typhus few
err, 8 cases in 1888 and IL in 1888.
Increases were shown in the follow
ing: The pneumonias from $3.50 cases
in 1888 to 1882 in 1899; tulaemia
(rabbit fever) from 80 cases in 1888
to 48 in 1889; poliomyelitis (infantile
paralysis) from Is cases in 1888 to
81 in 1889; and Rocky Mountain spot
ted fever (tick-bite fever) from AZ
cases in 1888 to II in 1889.
September with 2,O87 cases of COM
municable diseases reported was the
most favorable month of the year |;
February with $3.50 cases had the
greatest amount of sickness from
these diseases.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
Local and Rural News

Mrs. William Hillman, Jr., has been
housed the past two weeks by reason
of illness.
The Goucher College Club of the
Eastern Shore will hold it's quarterly
meeting and luncheon tomorrow at
1890 P. NJ, at the Wicomico Hotel
in Salisbury. Miss Maria Ellegood,
of Salisbury, is in charge of reserva-
tions for the luncheon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Holt will at
tend the annual banquet in Harring-
ton, Del, tonight, Friday, given by
stockholders of the Kent & Sussex
County Fair Association. Mrs. Holt
will remain for a visit with friends
during the next week.
DR.. H. A. Porter, Chiropractor, re-
turned last Friday from a trip West
where he visited relatives on New
Years day in Fargo, N. Dakota. He
stopped in Pittsburgh, Pa, for near
ly week attending a review course
in Chiropractic technique.
Miss Marie Flax had rather pain
full experience Sunday when large
bone from a chicken lodged in her
throat. She was Immediately carried
to Salisbury and from there to Balti-
more where the obstruction was re-
moved at the Mercy Hospital.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
Greenbackviue

Mr.. Walter Brown, of the p. r. r.
Co., at Wilmington, Del, spent the
weekend with his family here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Yarter
have returned after a two weeks visit
with relatives in New York, to spend
this week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs w. S. Chapman before leaving
for Greenville, N. C. where they will
resume their work with the Richard
son Tent Show.
Miss Goldie Twigg of New Church,
spent the weekend with Miss Elva
Porter.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Matthews en-
tertained at dinner Sunday the fol-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19
MD. MEMBERS
WILL BE HOST TO
TWO THOUSAND

Maryland members of the National
Association of Dyers and Cleaners
will soon be hosts to two thousand
cleaning plant owners from every Sec
ton of the United States. The oc-
casion will be the 33rd Annual Con-
vention of the National Association
of Dyers and Cleaners, which will be
held in Baltimore from January 18th
to 18th, 1910.
The Fifth Regiment Armory will
house the largest display ever shown
of the equipment and supplies used
in the modern cleaning plant to clean
and finish garments, houshold fur
nishings, and all other articles of
textile nature.
Daily sessions will be held in the
assembly room on the floor above the
Exhibit Hall. Nationally known
speakers on business and legislative
problems will appear at the morning
and afternoon sessions. One session
will be given over to customer con-
tact by radio, advertising, and from
the platform, with the idea of develop
ing plans for a wider dissemination
of information on drycleaning pro-
cesses and on serviceability of fab
RIGS.
H. K. Dugdale, Executive Vice
President of Van SAINT, Dugdale and
Company, who has directed the adver-
Using of many of the best cleaning
plants in the East and is nationally
known as speaker on advertising
and merchandising, will speak on
"How to Make Your Advertising
Pay"
Margaret Dana, author, lecturer,
and merchandising counsel, will speak
on Consumer Relations For the Dry
cleaning Industry" Miss Dana will
discuss a program whereby the Ma
ticnal Association may issue informa-
ton on judging the quality of dry
cleaning service, on the drycleanabil-
ity of the fabrics used in present-day
garments, on the effects of many
spots and stains, and other similar
points.
DeLoss Walker, Associate Editor
of Liberty Magazine, and Elmer
Wheeler, the man who did such good
job of publicizing the sizzle of steaks
that he became known as "America's
Head Sizzler', are also on the extern
sive program of educational and en-
tertainment features.
|. This convention holds special in
terest for Maryland. The headquar-
tiers of the National Association of
Dyers and Cleaners is located ut Sill
yer Springs, 35 miles from Baltimore.
All Maryland cleaners who are men,
bers of the Association are serving
OH the many committees charged with
convention arrangements. Captain
Edward L. Rich, Jr., of the Sanitary
Laundry, Baltimore, is General Chair
man of the Local Committee and Max
Fish of the Fish Drycleaning Co., is
Co-Chairman. Other members of the
executive committee are N. Kaufman,
ST., Charles I. Elzey, Lester Bell,
Charles L. Rascovar, George Y. Kline
felter, Robert Mitchell, Robert Ran
dolph and Harold Fish.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19

Mr.. G. E. Schoolfield is quite i'll at
his home on Walnut st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Mears spent
a part of last week in New York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Evans were
visitors in Laurel, Del, this week.
Miss Virginia Ward, of Snow Hill,
was the weekend guest of Miss Eliza
beth Hall.
Mrs. A. H. Stevens was hostess to
the afternoon bridge club on Tuesday
hast.
Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Ennis have
recently returned from trip to North
Carolina.
Mrs. James Tull is i'll at the home
Of her daughter, Mrs. Claude Walker,
m Salisbury.
Mrs. John H. Clarke entertained the
luncheon bridge club Thursday at her
home on Laurel Street.
Mrs. John w. Wootten and daugh-
ter, Anne, spent the weekend with
friends in Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. VIM. Ward of Stockton, has re-
turned to York, Pa, after spending
a few days with his family.
Mrs. Ferdinand Meyer, of Baltimore
is spending some time with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Schoolfield.
Miss Hattie Stevenson is housed this
week suffering from injuries receiv-
ed in a fall during the recent snow
storm.
Mrs. Edward Pate and daughters,
Of Parksley, have been guests of Mrs.
Pate's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. w.
Costen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene P. Matthews
have returned from a motor trip to
Florida visiting Belle Glade, Hastings
and Miami.
DIR. and Mrs. Lester Adkins, of Mil
ford, Del, and DR.. and Mrs. r. I.
Owens, of this city, are enjoying a
stay in Florida.
Mrs. Gladding Davis has returned
from New York where she spent the
past two weeks as the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Kleemann.
A regular meeting of Crescent
Chapter No. A o. E. S. will be held
Monday night, January 22nd at 1880
o'clock. The meeting will be in
charge of the newly installed officers.
Mr.. Harry R. Dixon had the mis-
fortune to be struck by an automobile
while attempting to cross the street
on Saturday last. Fortunately no
bones were broken and he is able to
walk with the use of q cane.
The Union Sunday evening services
will be held this Sunday, January 21st
in Salem Methodist Church with Rev.
G. E. Lester, pastor of Bethany, in
the pulpit. The service will begin
promptly at 1880 o'clock. The public
is invited to attend.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19

There is probably no fruit that is
so inviting and tempting to children
and grown-ups alike as large clusters
of grapes, arrange in a nice clear
glass dish. They can be eaten so
easily and with so little mess.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19

Look at the label on your paper
and if you are in arrears, we would
appreciate it very much if you will
pay your subscription up to date.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-19

Two Folio and well the road to
have been named cohaen of the Maryland Committee
Radcliffe State Gharma according to an from head
plans for the Presidents Birthday Ball. which will be held January
3d. with which
Quoted throughout Maryland.
Elva Wetzel the William Baer
School The boy RICHARD Kampf Of Cumberland Maryland
appointment signed by Senator Radcliffe Keith Morgan National
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-13
100 Holmes Formers
Won't Mattresses

Mattress applications up to June
Is have been made by 100 Holmes
County farmers of the low income
group. This will require ITO bales of
cotton and 1900 yards of ticking to
make this number of mattresses.
Although the people of some thirty
odd communities and plantations have
turned in their applications to the
County Office, there are still a large
number of plantations and hundreds
of families that have not submitted
any requests for free materials for
mattresses. 1t will be necessary to have
all of these applications in the County
Office this week in order that we may
be sure to get the cotton and ticking
from the Federal Surplus Commodity
Corporation.
The colored farmers in the Richland
community made the first mattress
under this national wide project.
There will be around 80 mattresses
made in this community center.
Plans are under way to start this
work in several other communities.
The following communities have re-
'ceived cotton and ticking: Bailey,
Bethesda, Bethlehem, Coxhurg, En-
DRY, Goodman, Kimbrough, Mt. Olive,
Richland, Trinity, and West.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-13
Extension Agronomist tt
Conduct Soil Tour

On June 81, MI. l.. I. Jones, Exten-
sion Agronomist, State College, will
visit Holmes County for the purpose
of leading a soil study tour.
Farmers who wish to learn more
about the soils of their community
and other communities of the county
will find this a most profitable study
tour.
AS the party comes in contact with
various types of soils the leader will
furnish such information as the series,
parent material, where mostly found,
value of the particular soil, crops best
adapted, and fertilizers needed.
Any farmer who can spare the time
will gain valuable information on a
soil our of his county. We urge all
farmers wishing to go on this tour
to be at the County Agents office
at 900 In. on June 81.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-13
Sweet Potatoes Show Merit
As Feed For Cows And
Young Stock

State College. Miss, June 1.-THE
use of sweetpotatoes as a low-cost
~succulent feed for dairy cows and
young animals during the no-grass
period has been tested and approved
by the dairy department of the Mis-
sissippi Experiment Station. Based on
a single test, sweetpotatoes were near
ly twice as valuable, pound for pound,
as sorghum silage.
With ~sweetpotatoes produced on
most farms, Mississippi is one of the
leading states in s~weetpotato acreage.
Used mostly for human food, yields
of 200 bushels and more per acre are
relatively easy to secure, and whether
for culls or for SURPRISES or for the
bulk of the crop on any farm, a pro-
! fitable livestock market for sweet
potatoes would seem desirable.
In a recent experiment reported
by w. C. Cowsert, assistant in Dairy
Husbandry, in the June Farm Re-
! search, two lots of 5 cows each were
fed equal amounts of a grain mix
ture containing 100 pounds of cotton
seed meal, 100 pounds of wheat bran,
| zoo pounds crushed ear corn, 4 pounds
each of oyster shell flour and COM
mon salt, plus 10 pounds daily of
Johnson grass hay. In addition one
lot was fed 80 pounds sorghum sill
age, and the other 1875 pounds sweet
potatoes daily.
After "a days the two lots had cor
sumed equal amounts of the grain
mixture and hay and had produced
approximately equal amounts of milk
and butterfat. The five cows fed sor-
! ghum silage gained 121 pounds in
weight while the cows fed sweet
potatoes gained 1916 pounds in weig ut.
Not considering the larger gain by
the sweetpotato lot, 6,936 pounds
chopped sweetpotatoes was equal to
$4,000 pounds sorghum silage. For
these figures, Mr. Cowsert concluded
that 800 bushels of s~weetpotatoes
would produce as much milk and but
terfat as 1886 tons of sorghum sill
age.
The North Louisiana Experiment
station reports that s~weetpotato vines
carried 3.3 cows per acre for 81 DAYS
with an increase of III per cent or
z pounds more milk per COW daily
than cows grazed on carpet grass pas
ture. The Feed replacement value of
the potato vines was s1s.17 per acre
and of the chopped potatoes 1926 per
ton or $4O.SS an acre. The Louisiana
report does not show any reduced
yield due to grazing.
we believe that the s%weetpotato
possesses definite possibilities as a
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-13
PAGE EIGHT
School Administrators
Conferences Are Big
Success Past Week

We are delighted to report that tne
school administrators conferences
held during this week have proved
To he most successful. The conferences
were held at Hazlehurst, Hatties-
burg, Philadelphia, Pontotoc, an
Greenwood. The attendance was high
Nv satisfactory, almost all the county
superintendent being present n
many of the separate school distrlct
superintendents and dateo
school superintendent. In addition 10
the school heads present, a large num-
Der of trustees and other leading citi-
zens attended. A spirit of team work
and cooperation prevailed in all the
meetings.
We endeavored to stress four points
in these conferences.
/. The need of teaching in every
school a greater love OF our country
We stressed true Americanism, dem
ocracy, liberty and citizenship.
2. The challenge to greater con-
servation of all natural resources. We
suggested greater cooperation with
all related agencies in making our
program still more effective, especial
ly In all health work, with the All
Clubs, and with the Future Farmers
of America. We also stressed the
organization of fire fighters clubs in
our schools and thereby saving oul
forests.
3. We emphasized the importance
of all school heads helping to make
the administration of free textbooks
in the elementary grades a success
We are especially pleased with the
response of the school people in their
willingness to help make this impor-
tant part of the program go over
in the easiest, best way.
4. The last point was a challenge
to adjust our school finances with
the increase in the number of chill
dren and with the increase in the
number Of students transported so
that there would be no deficits in
the state. The problem of improved
transportation was freely discussed
We stated that we believe that
with the fine spirit of cooperation
on the part of all school leaders in
a good program of business admin
istration of the schools that the next
legislature would give the school a
substantial increase to meet the pres
sing needs of all the chileren.
Those who attended the confer
ences were: J.. M. Bryant, Assistant
State Superintendent of Education,
who presided V all the conferences,
G. j. Cain, E. P. Littlejohn, D. r.
Patterson, w. G.. Eckles, j.. B. Vince
Ter, H. E. Mauldin, and P. H. Easom.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-06-13
Exhibition Car Added
To "KMB" Train

jackson, Miss, June 11.-An ella
oorate exhibit car, with a specially
designed interior, showing the advan-
tages and of the state, viii
form a part of the know Mississippi
Better Train, which makes its Six
teenth Annual Tour beginning July
14th, through the west, according to
Lieut. Governor Dennis Murphree, gen.
eral chairman.
The car will be under the super
vision of ST E. Corley, State Commits
sioner of Agriculture, who announced
selection of j. NJ. Dean of his depart.
ment, for the work of arranging the
exhibits.
Commissioner Corley said that
plans are well underway with the
| selection Of exhibits for the car, a
part of the special Pullman train
and that a splendid display of Mis-.
sissippi agricultural products, such as
corn, cotton, grains, pecans, tung oil
dairy and home economies will bs
shown.
I'm addition he said, sections o.
the car will be devoted to forestry
game and fish, health and education
| along with industrial products, such
as, Masonite, starch, oil and others"
Mr. Corley said the following agen
cies are co-opeating: Extension De
partment; Vocational Educationa
Department; Forestry, Game an
Fish Commission; Dairy Association
Department of Health; Department
of Education, and others.
The train will cover 1000 miles
visiting sixteen Q6) states during it.
two weeks tour.