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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-05-10
Jew Hating ThOrkelsOn
BY PAT FRANK
BY q. o. BERG

When Rep Thorkeson for reelection out in Mon
ana he will find himself opposed by virtually all those Of
descent in his district although he himself was
horn in Norway Advces from Montana that things
stand the prONa Congressman couldn't be elected to
the town council.
This doesn't however, that Thorkelson won't have
important backing There reports here that several East
industrasts plan to fill his chest and of he'll
have the support of William Dudley Peley and his ilk
In recent weeks ThOresOn has stepped up his prOduc
ton in the Congressional Record which he has seized upon
personal mOuthpece to voice his rabidy an-Semitc
sentiments Day by day the material he has inserted in the
Record has become vtuperative Even the bill intro
duced i'm the Senate by Senator Barbour of New Jersey
which would make unlawful for persons of the ThOrkel
type to the mails to spread haehas not deferred
him. and political observers believe that when he seeks
election in Montana, it will be Out-andOu antSemitic
platform.
Montana won't be the only State in which the political
unatc fringe will attempt to gain high office by opportun
lists attacks the Jews Down Florida there several
candidates who be called woudbe Htlers and if Sena
tor Robert Reynolds of North Carolina running this
year-he snt-you bet he'd be backing the Nazis at
least verbally.
Out in Kansas, the Rev. Gerald WinrOd will be seeking
install hOrOughgOing Fascist high in the State govern
ment and in California number of crackpOt groups will
band together with the Bund and the Silver Shirts
tempt to put their pet Nazs in office The influence of
COughn waning though u.s. is bound to be felt in Mchi-
gan. CONTINUED Page
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-05-10

ord abundantly support what 1 say.
They have contained fOrgeries
such as the spurious letter signed
by Colonel Edward M. House, at
tacks on individuals which if ut
tered elsewhere would have been
punishable u n d the libel laws,
and material which, if not of for
eign and hostile origin, had all the
earmarlzs of having ben inspired
and prepared by enemies of our
own country. Much of it is so
plainly unworthy of credence as
to be dismissed with contempt by
any person of intelligence. Placed
i'm the hands of those who are un-
able or unwilling to subject it to
analysis, however, it becomes in
fIammatOry and dangerous. 1t
could lead to betrayal of our own
country by some American Vid-
kun QuisIung, subjecting our own
people to the fate of those who
were sacrificed by this betrayer OF
the Norwegian people.
I'm my opinion the time mas
come to put the sponsors of these
CONTINUED on Page y
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-05-10
Senate Bill Would Bar Race
Indictment From Mails

An anti-fifth column bill that would bar the mails to
matter tending nce religious and racial hatreds in
rodued this week by Senator W. Warren Barbour Rep,
j. and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee
In submitting the measure Senator Barbour warned Of
forces "at work in the United States which threaten
a security and cited the betrayal of the Norwegian peo
.ple to the Nazis
"Whe the spirit of tolerance lives, America lives" Sen
r Barbour said When dies America dies Like the free
om Of which it is part it cannot be attacked from with
out but only from whin-eaten away by vermin who work
|m darkness and live by destruction"
The Senator said he had been appalled," to find that
er of an nflammatory nature had found it's way even
Unto the Congressional Record The reference obviously
aimed at Rep Jacob Thorkelson (Rep Mont), many of
whose anSetc statements have been carried in the Rec
lord as extension of remarks"
The bill framed amendment to Section I'll of
1.-The Criminal Code, providing that's The term indecent
within the inendment of this section, shall include matter
M character tending to ncte arson murder assassna
riot and also fOrgeres matter of character frau
nt scurlOus, tending to incite hate against any
EgiOus sect creed or race"
Introducing the bill, Senator Barbour said "For many
months have witnessed constant procession OF
events and much evidence which permit other
on than that forces at work in the United States
which threaten internal security These forces attack
institutions, standards, and groups of population.
lat times they attack all religion at other times particular
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-05-10

Regardless of origin or pur-
|pOSe, these movements have as
their evil effect the rOusing of
fear, hatred and distrust among
our people. They are intended to
|set citizen group against citizen
group, religious faith against re-
lgiOus faith, and to weaken our
solidarity as a nation. They fan
flames which, unless checked, could
IN time consume us all.
Some of these activities appear
70 spring from a purpose to divide
and rule. Others as clearly are a
natural growth of mans inhuman-
lty to man, the harvest of the
seeds of intolerance.
Il have been appalled, to find
material of this character finding
lS way even into the COngressiOn-
a Record. The pages of the Rec
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-05-10

DredCnleSS pace, q nero penSlV0
Keep you reading "Spring Often
sive."
LIT'RY NOTE: Author of
Spring Offensive" Viking Press)
is Herbert Clyde Lewis, who at
one time in his interesting career
was on the staff of the late la
mented Jewish Daily Bulletin. :.
Lewis, a first-rate reporter, has
again turned out a novel of the
sort you can't put down until fin
ished in one sitting. His first
novel, Gentleman Overheard"
told the story of gentleman who
falls off a ship in the nid-Pacific
and swims and floats and swims
apparently without end. And it
wasn't until the very last page that
you knew whether or not he would
be rescued. The tension was
amazingly well sustained through
out. Lewis uses exactly the
same formula in Spring Often
sive." But the hero this time
finds himself marooned in the no.
man's-land between the Maginot
and Siegfried lines. He is the
only living thing there when the
Germans launch their long-threat-
ened spring offensive. What
Peter Winston, 23-year-old Indian
an who joined the British army be-
cause he was bored with being
jobless, thinks and dreams d
does while the war in it's full hor-
ror breaks all around and over
him make some absorbing read
ing. Spring Offensive" doesn't
quite measure up to Gentleman
Overheard" but it packs punch
that distinctly makes it worth the
investment. -.
STOWAWAY: When the Italian
liner COnte BiancamanO docks in
the Dominican Republic with its
SO pioneer settlers, a One-year-Old
child will steal the show Tor will
have stolen it, since the ship was
scheduled to arrive on May 8, or
two days before this item is pub
ished) The child was a stow
away. None of the SO pioneers
was supposed to have been encum-
bered by children. No provisions
had been made for child. The
Dominican Republic Settlement
Association knew nothing of its
presence on board the ship until
it was far at sea. The parents
simply took it along with saying
anything to anyone. 1t will prob
ably be the most photographed and
publicized infant in the world when
the refugee party Ian d s and is
greeted by battery of reporters,
photographers and movie camera
men.
REWARD: That reward of ST.
100000 offered by Carnegie Insti-
tute President Samuel H r d e n
Church for the capture of Hitler
prompted Aleph Katz, the office
wag, to remark: eff Church can't
get him, Churchill will"
FLAG: Lou Rittenberg, exec. ed.
of the Universal Jewish EncyclO-
pedia, needed a picture of the I'll
Onist Organization. The 20
looked around, scratched its cOllec-
tive head, and had to confess it
didn't have a picture of the Zion
ist flag. ;. Ritz asked the JNF and
in turn every Zionist organization
in town. Not one had a pix Of
the Zionist emblem. He finally
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-05-10
BETWEEN YOU
AN D M E
By PAUL A. PETERS
BOOK REVIEW
By PAUL A. PETERS

Breathless pace, a hero pensive
Keep you reading "Spring Often
SiVe."
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Kenneth Vincent
of Drew University, Madison, N. j.,
were visitors over the weekend of
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Sturgis and Mr..
and Mrs. Roger Vincent.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
MIR. W. S. FISHER WEEDS
MISS FLORENCE CROCKETT

A quiet wedding was solemnized
Wednesday evening, November TWEEN
tieth, when Miss Florence Mae Crock
EFT, daughter of Mrs. Cecile Crock
EFT, became the bride of Mr.. William
Savage Fisher, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Fisher, of Assawoman, Va.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. John w. Wootten, pastor OF
Salem Methodist Church, and was
witnessed by Mr.. and Mrs. Crothe1
Lang, of Assawoman.
The bride, at present, holds a posi-.
ton in the Pocomeke City Pharmacy
but after January LIST Mr.. and Mrs
Fisher will take up their residence
in Nassawadox.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
CONVOCATION OF
THE EPISCOPAL
CHURCH, TUESDAY
Over 400 In Attendance At The
Meeting Of Southern ConvO-
cation, Diocese OF EastOn

Messrs. E. P. Matthews and E. J.
Clarke were elected by the Vestry
of st. Mary's Church, this city, as
delegates to the Southern Convocation
of the Episcopal Church, which met
in Snow Hill on Tuesday of this
week. Four hundred delegates and
church members from four counties
were present.
The Rev. DR.. r. B. Mathews, rector
of All Hallows', the host church, and
dean of the convocation presided.
The convocation includes Worcester,
Somerset, Wicomico and Dorchester
counties.
Principal addresses in the after
noon were by Bishop William McClel-
land, of the diocese of Easton, de-
scribing the recent general conven-
ton in Kansas City, Mo-, and Miss
Elizabeth Jansen, missionary from
Japan, who survived the sinking of
the Athena.
The Rev. DR.. Thomas A. Williams,
pastor of Wicomico Presbyterian
Church, Salisbury, spoke at the final
evening session, discussing the pro-
posed closer relationship between the
Presbyterian and Episcopal churches.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
Home WEDDING
SOLEMNIZED AT
SUNNY Side FARM
Miss Virginia Elizabeth Stevens
Becomes The Bride Of
Mr.. Frederick Adams

A very beautiful home wedding
was solemnized on Saturday last, Mo-
vember %, when Miss Virginia Eliza
beth Stevens became the bride of Mr..
James Frederick Adams. The bride
is the daughtr of Mr.. John H. Stew
ems, and the late Mrs. Ruth Tyree
Stevens; the groom is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Adams, of King
ston, Md.
The ceremony was performed at
"Sunnyside," the home of the bride,
located on the Pocomoke river about
five miles from this city. The large
double rooms on the north side of the
house were tastefully decorated with
pine, autumn leaves and cedars, and
the whole lit up with candles in the
darkened rooms, made most attrac-
tive scene.
Only members of the two families
were present. Rev. Mr.. R. B. Stew
art, pastor of Pitts Creek Presbyter-
ian Church, this city officiated. Mr..
and Mrs. Adams, after trip to
Washington, D. c., and through the
Valley of Virginia, will make their
home on a farm near Kingston, Som
erset County, Maryland. The Demo
crat offers sincere congratulations.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
MENTAL HYGIENE soc.
WILL CONDUCT CLINIC

Miss Lucia Irons and DR.. G. M.
Stephens, of the Maryland Mental
Hygiene Society, will conduct their
second public meeting of the year on
the "preschool and school child prob
lens in behavior" at the Snow Hill
High School, Monday evening, De-
cember End, at o'clock. Teachers,
parents, and all persons interested
in the growth, development and be-
havior of children are invited to at
tend.
Miss Irons is the psychologist Of
the Mental Hygiene Society and DR..
Stephens is the psychiatrist. Both
are known in this County by virtue
of the fact that they conduct the
Mental Hygiene Clinic sponsored by
the Worcester County Health Depart
ment, the County Board of Education,
and the Welfare Department. The
first meeting in October attracted a
good attendance and favorable COM
ment.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
CONGRESSMAN WARD
FAVORINC COAST GUARD

Congressman David J. Ward has
been cooperating in every way pos
sible with the United States Coast
Guard in obtaining a Coast Guard
Station at Ocean City, Maryland. He
has just been informed by the Com
mandant of the Coast Guard that this
is considered an important undertake
ing by the Coast Guard and an item
has been included in the Coast Guard
Budget for the fiscal year beginning
July /, 191 in the sum of $174,32O
to cover this work.
Congressman David j. Ward an
nounces that the United States Coast
Guard building program contemplates
the assignment of fast picket boat
of the rescue boat type to Ocean City,
Maryland Coast Guard Station about
January 10, 1941, the exact time de-
pendent on the progress made by the
contractor.
The Chamber of Commerce of
Ocean City recently directed the at
tention of Congressman Ward to the
need of speedy and seaworthy boat
at the Ocean City Coast Guard Sta
ton.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
BANK CASHIER
ROUNDS OUT A
37-YEAR TERM
Willard J. Stevenson Looks
Back Upon Almost Four
Decades In Service

Mr.. Willard j. Stevenson, cashier
of the Pocomoke City National Bank,
is to be congratulated upon having
finished out, on Saturday of last
week, a 37-year service at the above
named financial institution, having
succeeded the late John w. Ennis as
head of the clerical force.
Of course, Mr.. Stevenson went in
as a young man, and recalls very WV
idly one of the first jobs with which,
it was suggested he should make his
debut-that of washing windows, an
initiation practiced in many forms
upon beginners, no matter in what
direction their efforts at livelihood
may be directed.
But Mr.. Stevenson came of sturdy
stock and such an order did not
feaze the aspirant for bankers
career. He Immediately let it be
known that if such work was neces-
sary to start tyro on to a success
full issue, he was ready to tackle the
job. The window-washing was, how
ever, more or less of a joke.
However, Mr.. Stevenson has shown
his worth to the Bank by faithful,
honest, and efficient service. All
during the years that have passed,
he has won the confidence of those in
authority as well as of the number
Continued on Page 12)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
CITY MERCHANTS
PLANNING MANY
STOCK DISPLAYS
Elaborate Preparations For Put
ting Into Effect A Brilliant
Decorating Programme

Pocomoke is off into another merry
Christmas, a season Of light and
laughter, friendliness and faith. It's,
the time of year for fun and enter
tainment and Pocomoke merchants,
are planning plenty of both as well
as offering one of the largest and
finest stocks of Christmas merchan-
disc displayed in any town on the
Shore.
The stores are being decorated and
smiling clerks are ready for early
shoppers. Shop early! You'll have
more fun, you can choose just the
right gift for each person on your
list untroubled by hordes of last min
ute gift-seekers.
Electricians have been busy in Po-
comoke this week working out an
elaborate decorating program for the
business sections and lights will be
turned on Saturday night for the
first time. From then until Christ
mas the town will be blaze of light
and merrymaking.
The Decorating Program is only
one of the many events being spon-
sored by the Business Mems Associa-
ton. They are making a concerted
effort this year not only to offer
splendid values in Christmas mer-
chandiSe but to entertain visitors and
shoppers with the real spirit of
Christmas.
People of the Shore are invited to
participate in the Christmas program
and to make this town their Christ
mas shopping headquarters. A sin
cere welcome awaits all visitors.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
XMASSEALSALE
OPENED LAST
MONDAY, 18TH
The Quota For The Year Was
Set At $1,000, Sum Neces-
sary For County Program
POCOMOKE is ASKED
TO RAISE SUM OF $3.50

The tuberculosis Christmas Seal
Sale Drive in Worcester County
was formally opened on Monday af-
ternoon, November Is, by Mrs. Will
liam L. Dennis, county chairman, by
tea at the home of Mrs. C. Nor
wood Shockley, in Snow Hill. Pres
ent were the various district chair
men who discussed plans for con-
Quoting the drive.
The quota for the year was set at
1000. This sum is necessary to main
tain the tubercular program in the
county and to permit needed develop
ments in the work. The money rails
ed by Christmas sales support the
tubercular clinics, buys the X-ray
films used and last year purchased
portable X-ray machine. 1000 of
the money is used in the county and
300 goes to the National and State
Continued on Page y
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
BOARD
met WE'D. LAST.
AT THE ARMORY
Meets Only Once A Month And
Is Responsible For Maintain
ing Efficient Standards
COMPOSED OF MEMBERS
OF THE ROTARY CLUB

On Wednesday of last week Lo-
cal Board of Review was held at the
Pocomoke Armory out of which many
new and many old boys passed Scout
requirements.
This Board of Review meets only
once a month and is responsible for
examinations in Scouting and seeing
that the applicants are up to the
standards as set for in official pub
locations of the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea. This board is made up Of men,
bers of the Rotary Club of Pocomoke
City.
After the Tenderfoot, the lowest
rank in Scouting, has met his re-
quirements, he is full-fledged Scout
and can start to work on his Scout
requirements for Second Class at
once; for no Scout wants to stop
working until he has reached the
Continued on Page 12)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
JNO. H. WOOSTER
DIED SUDDENLY
LAST SATURDAY
Was Stricken With Heart At
tack At The Home Of His
Son, Market st. POcOmOke

John H. Wooster, respectfully and
Familiarity known as capt. Jack"
died suddenly of heart attack early
Saturday morning of last week, at
the home of his son, Edward, this
city. The deceased was rs years of
age.
For SO years, capt. Jack" was in
the general merchandising business
at Costen's, and in this way he form
ed large circle of friends and &C.
quaintances. After changing his
residence to Pocomoke, he became
connected with Railway Express Co..
with which corporation he remained
until his death.
The deceased is survived by three
sons: Stratton, James and Edward,
all of Pocomoke; also by a sister,
Mrs. Iona Tilghman, of this city;
and by step-mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Wooster, residing in Chester, Pa.
Funeral services were conducted on
Monday last in the Pitts Creek Pres
byterian Church, Rev. R. B. Stewart,
officiating, assisted by Revs. Bischoff,
and Lester. Interment in the ceme-
terry of Rehoboth Presbyterian
Church. The pallbearers were: Mes
srs. Enoch Bounds, Isaac West,
Harry Shaw, Harlan Robertson, Ed
ward Lambden and Glenn Wilson.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
ACCIDENT PROVES FATAL
TO LOCAL YOUNG MAN

Clayton Carey, 17-year-old lad,
lost his life in an automobile acct
dent which occurred on Thursday of
last week, about $3.50 P. M. Young
Carey was employed at the filling
station of Duncan Brothers, corner
Front and Vine, and lived with his
mother on Walnut Street, near the
public school.
Carey, with Elmer L. Williams, Fl,
of Pocomoke; and Miss Catherine
Thomas, 16, of Atlantic, Va, were
returning from a trip to Crisfield,
when, on the road between Marion
and Westover, Williams, driver of the
car, lost control on a curve in some
unaccountable way. The car was
badly wrecked, all the occupants
more or less hurt, but Carey suffer-
ed a fractured skull which resulted
fatally.
Funeal services were held on Mon
day last from the funeral home of
Dennis and Watson; interment in the
cemetery at Goodwill, this county.
The pallbearers were: Beauford
Northam, Clifford Birmingham, Per-
lis Chase, Joshua Thompson, Jr.,
Leonard Parks and Truman Parks.
Besides his mother he is survived
by two brothers, John, of Pocomoke,
and Groton, of Willards, Md; and
by one sister, Mrs. Roy Merritt.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
TWO SELECTIONS MADE
FOR INDUCTION IN ARMY

Messrs. Albert Maurice Hales and
Orville Marcus Pusey, having been
selected for induction by the Local
Board, reported to that body on Tues
day of this week, and afterwards
sent to an induction station of the
United States Army.
This station is nominated as Sta
ton No. 5, Basement, Court Square
Building, Calvert and Lombard Sts.,
Baltimore, Md. William H. Price,
Esq, is Chairman local board.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29

what will be left of US, remains to
be seen-but don't forget that sub
scription.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
Only 7tUenty-One
More Shopping Days

Christmas Day is only 81
more shopping days in the fu-
ture. A glance at the columns
of the Democrat" will reveal
that the Pocomoke merchants
will present their usual SPLEEN
did opportunities to the shop
ping public, and from now on
to the close of the season it
would be we'll for those who
want to buy to note carefully
this papers advertisements.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-29
Thirty Thousand Dollars
To Be Distributed

Very nearly $4,000 will be
distributed by the local banks
as a result of the savings ac-
cumulated through the Christ
mas Thrift Clubs. This amount
is divided between the two
banks as follows:
Pocomoke City NATL $4,000. 90
Citizens NATL 14,317.75
This, no doubt, will come in
a very convenient time and will
bring Santa Claus to many a
household.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-14
Jr. Legion Aux.
 Reorgdnizes al
 Meet Last Night

Reorganization of the Senior group of the Junior American Le- zion Auxiliary was held last night at the West Twelfth Street home of Mrs. John Mccormick.
 Lanore Kaufman was elected president of the group; Winona Monroe, first president; Paul inc Petrich, secretary-treasurer; Colleen and Aileen Hellan, ser geant-at-arms, and Pat Gullufsen, chaplain.
 Plans for uniforms were dis cuSsed and it was also decided that the meetings of the organization should be held every second and fourth Tuesday of the month.
 Mrs. George Gullufsen and Mrs. Mccormick are advisers for the group and Mrs. Mary Hagerup is chairman of the Junior Legion Aux Hilary
 Plans were made for the Junior members to meet once a month, preferably on Saturday.
 The next meeting of the senior group will be held February 27, at the Gullufsen residence in the Davis Apartments. The affair will be a social evening.