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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-09-26
"Chirps'' ~
from the
Democrats Pen

Well, Sir, l was riding through
Snow Hill, one day recently-and, in
cidentally, Snow Hill has some very
attractive residential sections, few
towns on the shore can surpass them
in imposing residences, well-kept
lawns, and cultivated gardens. They
are something to be proud of, and
when they are attached to some dwell
ings that have not lost the appeal Of
a past time dignity and beauty, there
is added significance and value.
Well, as l was saying, was pass
ing through our county-seat recently
and saw a change had been made at
the site of old All Hallows Episcopal
Church. A part of the fence which
had enclosed the yard and cemetery,
had been torn away, and, in its place,
a very neat brick wall had been con-
structed. A change, I think, which
conforms more closely to the church
building material; and, as age be-
gins to dull the newness of the clay
block, church and fence will blend
into harmonious coloring. The only
advice could give is, finish the job.
1 just don't know why the fence
was removed and the wall built, UNI
less it was to widen the street there;
but, whatever the cause, the infor-
ment led the local paper, the Demo
cratic Messenger" to comment favor
ably upon it, and among other things
to say that the work was done by a
man named "W. Pratt McAllen."
Now, whoever this Mr.. McAllen is,
his work on that churchiwall is surely
a good advertisement for him as a
brick mason and, it occurred to me
that if some similar demand should
ever be made in Pocomoke, this Pratt
McAllen would be a good man to
know about.
BY a strange coincidence, there is
a man in our city who bears the name
of "W. Pratt McAllen;" but, since
the Messenger" did not state where
their Mr.. McAllen hailed from, one
was left in doubt as to his abiding
place. He, also is brick mason, and
a real artist in his accomplishments
along the line of his handiwork. Could
it, by any possibility, have been he
who piled those bricks, one on the
other, in such mechanical accuracy
and taste? The thing to do, reckon
is for me to find out, and if it were
the local man, to inform my brother
Editor just where to look for him.
should he be needed again in the
Court House city. Evidently infor'
nation such as this was lacking, when
the item referred to in the beginning
was written, or else the public would
have been notified. Well, one CAM
be expected to know everything.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-09-26
Macy Needs Men
To Man The Ships

The Navy offers splendid OPP
portunity for young American
men. It is an education in itself,
and is bound to develop as few
institutions are able to do.
Note the advertisement in
this issue of the Democrat" cut
out the coupon and send for the
booklet there mentioned, or call
at the office of the Democrat"
where one can be obtained.
"Uncle Sam" needs your SER
vices.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-09-26
aMz POCOMOKE CITY, MD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER &c, 1871
Vernon G. Collins
Falls From Bridge

Vernon c. Collins, of Mes
songo, Accomac County, Vir-
ginia, was knocked overheard
from the million-dollar bridge,
now under construction 1t
Ocean City, Md, on Wednesday,
and at this writing, his body
had not been recovered. He was
thirty-eight years of age.
Coast Guardsmen searched
for the body, but, due to the
strong current of Synepuxent
Bay, it has not yet been located.
Evening star., 1941-04-23
British Roiding Party
Strikes Near Bordio

LONDON, April % (RD.-The British
announced today they had landed
a raiding party near Bardia. Libya,
Saturday night and destroyed an i'm
portant bridge, fired an axis stores
dump and put four coast defense
guns out of commission.
The Italians reported earlier
this week that German and
italian troops had frustrated an
attempted landing by the British
on the Libyan coast, capturing a
number of prisoners.)
Bardia. not far from the Egyptian
border, is about IS miles east of
Tobruk. where beleaguered British
garrison has been reported holding
off repeated German-Italian at
tacks.
The major part" of the British
raiding party returned to base, the
Ministry Of Information saio but it
acknowledged that approximately
60 men were missing.
The announcement said:
The true story of the British
landing at Bardia can now be told
On the night of April 20 British
force with special demolition ma
terials was landed near the town.
They had a definite plan to carry
out: To destroy an important bridge,
dump of stores and to do the max
imum amount of damage possible
to the coastal defense guns.
The bridge was blown up. The
dump consisted of stores particular
ly valuable to the enemy and was
left burning flercely. and four coast
defense guns were rendered useless.
The Italians claimed to have cap
Evening star., 1941-04-23
Abolition Of Virginia's
70 trucking Tax Urged
3, the Associated Press.

By TIE Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, April 23.-Dele-
gate Charles r. Fenwick Of Airing.
ton, chairman of a committee study
ing taxes on commercial motor
vehicles, suggested yesterday aboli-
ton of the 2 per cent gross receipts
tax on highway common carriers as
a step toward establishing a more
equitable tax program.
He declared at a public hearing
conducted by the committee here
that he would like to see some other
form of taxation substituted for the
receipts levy because of the contro-
versy in the matter of reciprocity
among States.
The tax, imposed on both inter-
state and intrastate common car
riers operating in Virginia. has been
the subject of recent conferences
between Maryland and Virginia
officials, but adjustment of the prob
lem must await action by the Cen
eral Assembly.
Evening star., 1941-04-23
Plymouth Battered
By Nazi Planes for
Second Night
Many Fires Left BIozing.
Considerable Domoee
Coused by Luftwoffe
3, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PLYMOUTH, England. April 23.-
The Luftwaffe smashed at Plymouth
during the night with a major raid
for the second successive night,
piling on death and destruction in
an already hard-hit city.
The violent assault left many fires
blazing and caused considerable
damage.
The attacking planes. driving
through thunderous anti-aircraft
barrage. were over the coastal area
until early dawn. The assault
started slowly, developed into a
shattering hail of incendiarieS and
high explosives, then died away.
After lull, the droning bombers
and escorting fighters returned
again in waves. Although the at
tack was severe, the government
said it did not match in intensity
previous raids on this area.
At the height of the attack the
bombed area seemed a lurid wall of
flames and smoke.
Parachute flares were used at first
to light targets. After them the
Luftwaffe poured on bombs of all
sizes. Homes, business buildings,
churches, hospitals and theaters
were hit.
With bombs exploding about
them, rescue crews worked hour
after hour to release persons
trapped in public shelters.
BY daybreak emergency feeding
centers were being set up for the
homeless, and special conveys of
food and supplies began to pour in
as the townspeople went grinly
about the task of restoring condi-
tions of normalcy.
Even as this work went on, Ger
man planes were reported in the
vicinity of two South Wales towns
during the morning.
Evening star., 1941-04-23
Move 10 Call Session
OF Parliament in
Australia Backed
Legislature Is Likely
To Convene on Moy 7,
Sydney Announces
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
SYDNEY, Australia, April %
The Sydney Morning Herald said
editorially today the government s
decision to call a special session of
Parliament to review the nations
part in the war, was a wise move in
view of lessons in Greece and grave
new dangers"
1t was announced today a session
probably would be held May 7. The
decision was made after communica-
ton between cabinet members here
and Prime Minister R. G. Menzies in
London.
Other sections of the press di-
rected attention to reports that
troops were moved into Greece with
out knowledge of the advisory war
council.
The Sydney Daily Telegraph said
the Australian people even now will
find it hard to believe that the gov
ernment sanctioned participation of
Australian troops in the Greek "ad-
venture" without British assurance
that our troops were adequately
supported" ="
The Melbourne Sun
ial said whatever views might be
held on the wisdom of a campaign
which split the Australian forces in
the Near East between Libya and
Greece, the public would resent any
attempt to exploit perilous situa-
ton for political purposes.
The Melbourne Age said the gov
ernment must explain the action
which resulted in the loss of the
fruits of the Libya campaign with
nllt comDenSatory gains.
Evening star., 1941-04-23
Tobruk Escape Barred
By Axis. Rome Claims

ROME, April % CP.-German and
italian troops have frustrated a
new attempt by the beleaguered
British garrison at Tobruk to force
its way. out of that Libyan port, the
Italian high command reported to-
day.
On the East African front, the
daily war bulletin declared, Italian
forces also repulsed British attacks
in the bessie sector of Northern
Ethiopia.
The Italians said the German air
force again had bombed the Brit
ish Mediterranean base of Malta last
night and acknowledged British air
raids on axis positions in Libya. One
British plane was reported downed.
British Guns Taken, Nazis Say.
BERLIN, April % (PD.-German
units at Salun, Egypt, reported today
they had captured British machine
guns and prisoners. The report was
not elaborated.
Evening star., 1941-04-23
Navy Warns Of Mines
After Find Near Haiti
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The Navy has warned mariners
to look out for drifting mines after
one was discovered in the Atlantic
about 100 miles north of Haiti and
200 miles east of Florida.
The mine, which may have washed
across the ocean from Europe, pre-
sumably is still adrift it was dis
covered yesterday by a merchant
vessel which apparently lacked guns
to destroy it. The Navy did not
identify the ship
A general warning from the hy-
geographic Office said mines have
been reported in many widely sep
erated localities"
whenever practicable" the Navy
advised shipmasters, vessels should
attempt to sink or destroy mines
by rife or gunflre. No vessel should
approach within 200 yards of
mine while attempting to sink or
destroy it."
Evening star., 1941-04-23
Menzies' Long Visit
Forecasts Setting Up
Imperial War Cabinet
Churchill Appears to
Be More Favorable to
Dominion Partnership
Special Cable to The Star.

Special Gable to The Star.
LONDON, April 23.-Moves to set
up an imperial war cabinet are
being made in a number of quarters
here, and it is possible that some
thing concrete may emerge in the
near future.
The lengthy visit here of the
Australian Premier, Robert Gordon
Menzies. has convinced many in
f1uential members of Parliament
that closer collaboration with the
dominions would be most Der efcial.
Although there is daily contact be-
tween the British government and
the dominion administrations it has
become apparent during Premier
Menzies' visit here that much would
be gained from the actual presence
in London of dominion ministers.
Churchill Seen Won Over.
Suggestions for the formation of
an imperial war cabinet have been
made before, but it had been gen.
orally understood that Prime Min
lister Churchill did not favor the
idea. 1t is now believed that he
takes a more favorable view.
With rare exceptions. neither
dominion visitors here nor the
British people themselves are deeply
impressed with the ability of caliber
of the British war cabinet, outside
the central figure of Mr.. Churchill.
It's reinforcement by men of such
reputa tions as Premiers Jan Chris
tan Smuts of South Africa and
w. L. Mackenzie King of Canada
would certainly be most welcome,
though practical objections are fully
realized.
Discussions of changes within the
British cabinet are treated as un-
important by political experts here.
but the possibility of some changes
within the Admiralty is not dis
counted.
There has been considerable dis
satisfaction with the Admiralty. Ac-
cording to some, the fault lies inside
the board of admirals itself. and to
others, in its political chief, A. V.
Alexander, a member of the Labor
party.
fCopyrlRht 1Q4I Chicago Daily News Inc
Evening star., 1941-04-23
Defense Effort Still
Not Large Enough,
Henderson Says
Hitler Won't Woit for Us
To Catch Up, U. S. Price
Control Chief Warns
py he Associated Press.

Ry lie Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 23-Leon
Henderson, Federal price control
administrator, said last night the
national defense effort was still
not large enough to give the United
States security and that America
still lacked the will to do"
Hitler won't wait for us to catch
up" Mr.. Henderson told an audi
ence of 500 persons. I'VE haven't
been bold enough. We have not
found the way to be bold enough.
1 am not placing the blame on the
National Defense Council, or the
Office for Production Management,
or any other agency. 1t is the
fault of our Johnny come Lately
attitude.
Watching the defense program
is like reading over again very
familiar book. We tend to follow
the World War mistakes, and we
tend to follow the mistakes of
France and even some of the mis-
takes which England finally real
lZeQ ana reCtuIeU.
Mr.. Henderson declared the
plane production, the shipping and
the ordnance programs should be
expanded.
Behind German Production.
Our advices indicate the Ger
man aircraft production ranges
from a minimum of $500 planes a
month to a possible maximum OF
5000" he asserted. 1T is my un-
derstanding that the combined
British production Of
warplanes has not yet equaled that
of Germany. BY September, 1912,
we expect to be producing $500
planes a month. I think we should
be able to turn out more than that. "
The shipping peak, he added, will
be about 2,500000 tons a year, the
rate to be reached in 1912 under
the present program Mr. Henderson
said he believed construction of more
ways should be undertaken i'm
mediately.
New Ways Needed.
Il favor letting the shipbuilders
turn out whatever kind of ships they
can turn out right now" he said.
Bottoms of all kinds will count.
Meanwhile, new ways should be pre-
pared for a bigger and bigger pro-
gram"
In the production of ordnance,
Mr.. Henderson added, the Army is
planning for full supplies and equip
ment for an Army of 100000 men.
He said he thought there should be
a constant piling up of ordnance to
meet any possible emergency.
Some people ask what legal au-
thority I have to fix the price Of
steel" he continued. turning to a
discussion of the economic effects
of the defense effort. "If there is to
be a reconstruction of the produc-
ton process, the legal framework
within which we operate must be
expanded"
Evening star., 1941-04-23
Had to Support Greeks,
Australia Premier Says

LONDON. April % (P).-Austral-
ian Prime Minister Robert G. Men
Zies, who has been on tour for weeks,
told his people at home by radio
today that Ito desert the Greeks
just as the Germans were about
to attack them would have been
one of the infamies of history"
After anxious consideration" he
said, 80 we all came to the con-
Clusion that. though assisting Greece
with soldiers was a hazardous un-
dertaking, it was one which had
some real prospects of military sue
cess
who could contemplate that the
Great British Empire should en-
courage and cheer the Greeks in
their resistance to Italian aggres-
sion and then leave them with a
shrug of the shoulders when the
German aggressor came along?"
The truth is, if we had refused
to go to Greece we would have been
legitimately subject to a storm of
criticism all over the world and
would have lost some of our own
self respect"
Losses Declared Necessary.
THE stark, brutal truth" Mr..
Menzies declared, rs that we cannot
win the war without losses and,
by the last analysis, the only means
of winning is by killing Germans"
The Germans, he said, have vast
forces, but have many thousands
fewer troops and many scores fewer
tanks and planes now than when
the drive in Greece began.
In the Middle East, where so
many things now look dark" he
said, 1--WE are determined to hold
our own and may we'll win a notable
victory, but the greater our diff
culties, the more imperative it is
that we should stand firm, that
we should be united, resolute and
energetic. We may leave to lesser
people the follies of recrimination
and division while the battle RACES -
Australian Named Deputy Chief.
Appointment of 1t. Gen. Sir
Thomas Albert Blamey of Australia
as deputy commander in chief for
British forces in the Near East was
announced today by Mr.. Menzies.
Gen. Blamey has been commander
of the Australian Expeditionary
Forces.
The commander in chief in the
Middle East is Britain's Gen. Sir
Archibald P. Wavell.
Evening star., 1941-04-23
Both Drama Critic Awards
Go 10 ShumIin Plays
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 23.-The
1e40-1 awards of the New York
Drama Critics Circle yesterday gave
a double triumph to Herman Shum-
lin. who produced and directed both
plays named as prize wc1ers,
Watch on the Rhine" and PThe
Corn is Green" 1t was the first
time a producer director achieved
that feat.
Lillian Hellman's Watch on the
Rhine" an anti-Nazi drama pro-
duced late in the season, was named
the best American play. Paul Lukas,
film star, has the featured role.
The award for the best foreign
play went to The Corn Is Green,
in which Ethel Barrymore is starred.
Emlyn Williams of Wales was the
author
Evening star., 1941-04-23
R. A. F. Planes Raid
Bengasi and BARGE,
Cairo Command Says
Four Axis Ships Shot
Down Over Tobruk,
Communique Asserts
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, April 23.-Raids
on the now axis-held Libyan cities
of Bengasi and BARGE we're re-
ported today by the r. A. F. Middle
East command. -Four axis planes
were said to have been shot down
over British-held Tobruk
The communiQue, covering action
of the past "a hours, said also that
British fighters carried out success
full" patrols over Greece while
ground defenseS shot down -four
German dive-bombers and a Dor
nier.
The Nazi raid on besieged Tobruk
was carried out by a large force
the communique said, but the
greatly outnumbered" r. A. F.
fighters quickly shot down just
two ME-l09s and a Csc and badly
damaged several others. 1t was
confirmed that in German raid
on the same city last Saturday four
attacking planes were destroyed by
ground fire.
British fighters and bombers re-
taliated with attacks on mechan-
lied forces throughout yesterday
the report said, cunning
troop-filled trucks with heavy
casualties and much confusion To
the enemy
In an early morning raid on Ben
gasi British bombs scored direct
hits on two harbor moles and a
ship, the communique said. but
clouds obscured the effects of the
attack on BARGE.
Only superficial" damage was
done to civilian property in Malta
by Monday nights raid, the report
said, and British fighters shot down
one ME-l09. Two British planes
were admitted to be missing from
all these operations, with the pilot
of one safe.
Evening star., 1941-04-23
Vireinion Attacks
Machine Rule Belief
ss the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, April 23.-
Vivian L. Page of Norfolk, State
Senator and one of the four candi-
dates for the Democratic nomination
for Governor, charged in a political
address here last night that large
percentage of Virginas citizens are
"imbued' with the idea that only
those candidates. that the machine
supports have a chance"
Senator Page said there is wide
spread belief in Virginia that the
candidate who gets the mod" from
the Byrd organization" is likely to
win an election.
Evening star., 1941-04-23
U. of Va. Professor Dies
Of Gunshot Wounds
sS Lrt Associated Press.

sS ire Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April
23.-Dr. James A. Chiles, jr., 81, as
sociate professor of physics at the
University of Virginia, who was shot
last night in his quarters here, died
today at University Hospital.
A university spokesman said the
professor, a son of DR.. James A.
Chiles, head of the department of
modern languages at Wofford Col
lege, S c., was cleaning gun with
which he had been target shooting
Sunday.
DR.. ChileS' home is at Spartan
burg, S. c.
Evening star., 1941-04-23
Windows of America
Embassy in London
Smashed by Bombs
Stoff Escapes Injury;
Domoee Greatest in
Hurrimun's Offices
r. the Associated Press.

r. the Associated Press.
LONDON, April 23.-Many win
dows on first and second floors of the
United States Embassy we're
smashed by conclusion from large
high explosive bombs which fell
nearby in a recent raid. The staff
escaped injury.
Other places damaged included st
Georges Roman Catholic Church at
Southwark, the overseas League in
St. James street near st. James
Evening star., 1941-04-23
Palace and the Thomas Wallis de-
partment store in Holborn.

Palace and the Thomas Wallis de-
partment store in Holborn.
Chief damage at the Embassy in
Grosvenor Square was in the Offices
of Minister w. Averell Hartman
where glass was showered across the
room.
Ambassador John G.. Winant and
Mrs. Winant saw the pictures on the
walls of their apartment dance when
a bomb ripped through three
story building near the Embassy.
Two members of the Embassy
service staff were hurled from the
front steps into the foyer by the
force of this blast, but picked them
selves up unhurt.
Most members of the Embassy
staff were away when the bomb hit
They returned to find the windows
of their Offices gone and books and
papers scattered on the floor.
This most recent shaking-up was
not the Embassy's closest call, how
ever, for once before a bomb hit a
building only two doors away.
Mukden Manchuklio has ordered
Evening star., 1941-04-23

tured the whole of the raiding
party. This statement is untrue.
The major part of the raiding party
embarked safely and returned to
their base, but about go of its mem
bers failed to re-embark and their
capture has been claimed by the
Evening star., 1941-04-23
MIR. Pyle Says, There's AZ Years Experience Behind
SAN|TARY'S RUG CLEANING

When you send your valuable rugs to us
to be cleaned, you place them in safe,
capable hands Mr. Pyle's AZ years of
experience in the rug-cleaning business
% of them right here in Washington
... enable him to apply proven methods
Rugs are thoroughly cleaned without
the weave having been strained in the
least, and you get many years of extra
service
Evening star., 1941-04-23

RIGHT NOW, by the way, is the
time to send winter rugs to us for
summer storage.
Evening star., 1941-04-23

Mukden, Manchukuo, has ordered
all eating houses and places of en-
tertainment to close at II pm.
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