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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09
LOWER FERRY
RATES FORECAST
BY GOVERNOR
Halls Purchase Of Annapolis
Claiborne Ferry AS New Era
In Bay Transportation

Lower rates for automobiles, trucks
and passengers, using the Annapolis
Claiborne Ferry, as we'll as more fire.
quent and more rapid service were
forecast by Governor Herbert R.
O'Conor, in signing the measure pro-
viding for purchase of the Ferry by
the State.
Hailing the now approved acquisi-
ton by the Roads Commission of the
Ferry property as new era in Bay
transportation" Governor O'Conor de
clared that, in signing the measure,
he was legalizing a forward step
that had been one of the fondest
hopes Of the present administration.
In the presence of Senator Dudley
G. Roe, of Queen Anne's County, who
had introduced the measure; Peoples
Counsel Joseph Sherbow, who con-
Quoted the recent Ferry rate hearing
that really opened the way for pur-
chase by the State; and large group
of Eastern Shore businessmen, rep
resentatives of the State Roads Com
mission, and others, Governor O'Con-
or said in affixing his signature: GAS
I declared some time ago, am most
anxious that there be a reduction in
passenger, truck and automobile rates
effective, of course, after acquisition
by the State. The very purpose in
purchasing these facilities is to make
possible cheaper transportation over
the Bay. These contemplated reduc-
tions, plus the more frequent and
more rapid trans-Bay service plan
ned, will work to the benefit of the
entire State, I feel sure, in bringing
about greater use of the Ferry ia
cilities by all our people, and thus
promoting an increase in travel
throughout the various sections of the
State.
"The State acquires the Ferry
properties at what I consider a most
satisfactory price. The increased
costs involved in ship construction
make it apparent that the price of
slightly over $1,000,000 is far less
than it would cost to replace the
equipment now in service and opera
ton.
"The public convenience and econo-
my convinced me that the State
should acquire this vital link in our
transportation facilities. Upon the
conclusion of the valuation and rate
case so ably conducted by Peoples
Counsel Joseph Sherbow before the
Public Service Commission, I became
convinced that we should take over
the existing Ferry Service if the
property could be purchased at a reas
enable figure.
"The valuation set by the Public
Service Commission was $1,O38,OOO
as compared with the figure of over
$1,SOO,OO0 contended for by the Com
pany. Thereupon, I directed the
State Roads Commission to study the
problem and advise me of their re-
concentrations. This body agreed
with my belief that the Ferry Service
was an integral part of the State
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09

When making gelatine salads, al
ways use tablespoon of gelatine to
pint of liquid, including the water
in which the gelatine is dissolved.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09

show that it amt no use for anybody
to try to Guido an Eastern Shoreman
it can't be done.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-09

dish since, have I ventured to sample.
But back to the fish story: that
Virginia drum fisherman goes to
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16

The Portland, Oregon, Journal re-
Gently observed that it hos no objection
to public ownership Of power = but
that public ownership, if established,
should be through the action Of the
people, and not by diototorioI ukoses Of
government officials.
"Otherwise," says the Journal, ut
would be government without consent
of the governed. If thot happens, de-
mocrocy is dead"
49, Tho drive Of Federal officials to
force socioizotion Of the electric in
dustry, provides an ominous example
of the desire Of q certain group Of poll
tcions to govern without consent OF
the governed" Every known device Of
propaganda and political pressure has
been used in attempts to make the
people destroy q greet tox-Poying, pri-
voteIy-owned, pub|ieIy-reeuIoted indus
try, and to replace it with q politically
owned and managed industry. The gov
eminent has offered financial induce
ments to cities and states to persuade
them to 90 into the power business.
Laws have been proposed and passed
which have given the Federal govern
ment centralized control over the re-
sources which properly belong to the
stotes. Public servants who ore prorot-
ing sociolized power have not hesitoted
to 90 to the most outrageous extremes
Of coIunny and abuse when private
citizens who object to destruction Of
private enterprise, have opposed them.
The power sterilization drive is
preventing the private electric industry
from expanding at maximum speed. 1t
is destroying the rights Of states to
control their own natural resources.
It is creating politically enforced short
oees Of power. 1t is causing waste and
confusion and delay. The power poll
tioions seem primarily more interested
in socioIizine the electric industry for
their own oeerondzement and infIu-
ence, than they ore in perpetuotine the
American enterprise system which en-
couroges individual opportunity and
enterprise in all field
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
SHoRT-cHANGlNG THE FARMERS

In many ports Of the country, the
dairy formers ore seeking q larger re-
turn for their milk. The plight Of these
formers is graphically shown by SIM
pie set Of figures.
During the five years, lo25-2o, the
return on cows per hour Of labor aver
oeed 45.6 CENTS During the ten years,
l93O-39, the overoee was l7.o cents.
So you con hardly accuse the
former Of profiteering when he seeks
to get little more money for his labor
end investment Today he is caught
between low incomes on the one hand,
and constantly rising taxes and woees
and moterioI costs on the other. Thot
situotion, if prolonged. can only result
in thousands Of form bankruptcies and
q grove decline in the notions oericuI-
turoi production. The former must be
given equolity with the other economic
groups Of this country.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
DON'T BLAME YOUR RETAILER

An authority on merchandising re-
marks that there is q growing tendency
Of labor and some consumers to blame
price rises on retailers.
Thot tendency should be scotched
in q hurry. For the plain truth is that
the retail trodes, in all fields, including
both the Independents and the chains,
have corried on on aggressive and sue
cessfuI campaign to keep living costs
down.
Between June IS, 1899, and June
~ 1871. industrial wages rose II per
;cnf ~ q weekly bosis. industrial reoI
o0s (which means wages inter-
- u the light Of purchasing power
g1e y per cent. In those same two
~ cost Of living increased but s
and that includes rents and
1oviess as we'll as eommodi-
ss mrs which no. further cut
M oaos and passed the SOW
tSners Il Is retoiIino
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16

which has eliminated many unneees-
sory middlemon operations. and ogoin
posed the saving on to the consumer.
II is retoiIine which, in many instances,
is absorbing wholesale price rises, and
voluntarily accepting lower unit profits
in order to hold prices down. 1t is retoiI-
ina which is helping educate the con-
sumner to buy more scientifically, and
make his dollar 90 forther
Retailing roises prices when thot
is unavoidable - it has no way Of pick
ing money out Of the air. and it cont
hold retail prices at given levels when
manufacturing prices go steadily up.
But there is no doubt whatsoever that
retailing has done wonders in keeping
retail price increases to the absolute
minimum 1t is only just to give credit
where due
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
STAMPS ON THE SHELVES

Between Sept. IS and 20, q million
stores throughout the country, Coop
Grating in "RetoiIers for Defense"
week, will offer the public product
they never handled before
They are Defense Savings Stamps,
and it is hoped that thousands Of
Americans who seldom go into banks
will see these bargains on the shelves
and buy them, thus forming q habit
that will benefit them, their country,
and their liberties all at once.
II you know q better bargain than
thot, 90 to it, but it looks like an ow-
fully good one to us. Remember, TO
Keep EN- Flying, Keep on Buying" Y. S.
Defense Savings Stamps. A million
retailers ore making it eosier for you.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
STORIES
. IN STAMPS
Paraguay Won Freedom
From Spain in 1911

! iS''' S' w
THE South American republic OF
L Paraguay was first explored
by Sebastian Cabot, the famous
Italian navigator, in 1926. A fort
was built on the site of the present
capital Of Asuncion In 1885.
From 1909 to 1868 the country
was administered by Jesuits. The
Spaniards were driven out in
1911 and a triumvirate ruled I'M
til 1915. A succession Of dictators
followed, ending with Francisco
Lopez, who plunged the country
into a disastrous war with Argen-
tina, Brazil and Uruguay. A half
million Paraguayans were lost oy
the time the war ended in 1870.
The 1910 stamp above was is
sued in commemoration OF the
centenary of Paraguay's national
independence.
Shortly after the war a consti-
tuition modelled after that OF the
United States was adopted. II
was revised with view to social
and economic reform In 1910.
Border disputes with Bolivia
were prevalent after the 1870 war
Under the Gran Chaco Peace Set
Element Of 1893, the entire Chaco
country-9l, 800 square miles
was awarded to Paraguay.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

While Schenken Is q veteran
at carrying off this title, it was
the first time Jimmie Maier
had won the event. In my opin-
ION Maier is not only one of the
greatest tournament players in
the country, but also one of the
finest rubber bridge players. His
genial smile makes him pop
uar winner, and the precision
of every bid and play he makes
is emphasized in today's hand,
which helped him on to victory.
On the opcning lead Maier,
sitting South, held up the ace.
This duck was necessary to re-
tain command and prevent the
third round clul ruff from be-
ing forced on the dummy pre-
maturely. Maier won the Sec
ond club leao and led to the ace
of diamonds. A diamond was
ruffed with the ten of trumps.
Then the three Of trumps to the
nine put dummy back to lead
third diamond for ruff. A ruff
OF South's last club put dummy
back for Q fourth diamond lead
and ruff. Then Maier took out
trumps and the long diamond
gave q discard for his losing
heart
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .
the Puerto Rieons mode out
new or1As

the Puerto Rieons mode out
new ones.
lotest expansion plan for
the Foreign Broadcast Moni-
torine service Of the Federal
Communications Commission,
cooperating with Col. William
J. Donovon's stoff Of informo-
ton co-ordinotors, coils for
setting up O listening post In
England, in addition TO tho
four already set up in the
United Stotes.
II the stotion is established
in England, the plan is to have
the europeo n propaganda
broodeosts transcribed In Eng
Iond. where reception would
noturoIly be sonewhot better.
Then, all the British Brood
costing Company tronsn1issions
would be dieested, and once
every "a hours, q complete
outline would be telephoned
back to Washington. Phonino
the report at noon, London
time, would put it in WASH
ineton at $50 q. m, eosterc,
standard time.
Colonel Oonovon's experts
will then onolyze this propo-
eondo record in the morning
ard prepare any counterPropo-
eondo. Or counternews as they
prefer TO coll il, thot might be
necessary to give the lie or
thumb the nose at whatever
the oxis had soid the night be-
fore.
These counter-news- onswers
would then be broadcast by
short wave to Europe and
would be on the air by $50
p. M, European time.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
/, HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

Bosworth wkc starred in the first
edition of The Sea Wolf" when
Edward G.. Robinson was in
knee pants. Bosworth also ap-
peared in the first picture ever
made in Los Angeles, THE Sui
tan's Power in 1909. Having
been around ever since, as actor,
director and writer, he seemed
to become in Hollywood's mind
a symbol Of inevitable senility
Actually, he's only "a, tough as
nails and never ill. After a few
years in which he was unable
to convince many producers that
he wasn't falling to pieces, War
ners finally signed him to sew
en-year contract. Now he's keep
ing up with Errol Flynn in the
Custer picture. 'They died With
Their Boots On"
Also in that picture is Walter
Hampden, 81, and an actor for
40 years, who has deserted his
brilliant stage career to work in
movies. Equally busy around
town are G. Aubrey Smith, rs;
Grant Mitchell, 81; the much
sought Albert Basserman, s.
Charles Grsr ewin, IS. and Hal
lowell Hobbies, 50.
A couple o: actors who are fol-
lowing Glenn Bevans' strategy
are Walter Brennan and Monty
Woolley. The latter is the
bearded Man Who Came to
Dinner" but of course he really
isn't old.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
5 YEARS AGO
1895

New Haven residents have op-
portunity TO vote on proposal TO
install a SOS .00) water system.
First National Bank of Mount
Clemens opens Personal Fin
ance Department
10 YEARS AGO
1881
Officials consider the posi-
bility Of a five-floor county
building and crowd all offices
in that space instead of the pro-
posed l2.flocl setup.
Hundreds Of friends attend a
farewell party for the Rev. DR..
Thomas G. Sykes.
IS YEARS AGO
1905
The Union Depot" under the
auspices of the Presbyterian
church ladies, will appear at the
Opera House Sept. FL.
A correspondent for The Mon
itor declares that there Is an
lice trust" in Mount Clemens. A
man can not get any Ice from q
new dealer until he pays the old
one what he owes him.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
Hostilities have been resumed
in the millinery works.
August Biewer has got his gas
we'll bored out. II throws q
flame two feet above the earth.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1851
H. Rood Is making extensive
repairs TO his house on North
Grstiot.
Charles Ul.rich won first prize
for driving horses st the Mscomb
County Fair bald 1t Richmond.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16

oHOLLYWOOD. Sept. 10
I'VE are the sncients of the
earth and in the morning of the
times" quoted Harry Daven-
port, 75-year. old actor.
"And doiog all right, too"
added Glenn .Bevans, who says
he began practising to be a dirty
old man bac.. in 1901.
The veterans, bright-eyed be-
hind boards. had something
there. Because old men seem to
have come into their own. Gal
liant old men crochety old men,
untidy ones, dlgnified ones
they all seem tn be as much in
demand "a actors who can't re-
member World War l.
Mr.. Davenport whose 70 years
in the theatre and pictures is an
all-time record, generally is bus
Ter than any of 'em. Right now
he's over at Warmers in King S
Row" and wearing frightening
pink hair and beard. And he's
currently being seen around the
country as the lively old pros
pector of "The Bride Came G. o.
D."
GLARELFSS HAIR
The color Of his whiskers has
nothing to do with his role Of a
family lawyer incidentally. It's
just that his hair is SO snow
white that it looks almost metal
&c to the camera. So they sprin-
kle it with rouge to soften the
glare.
MIR. Bevans, who can't match
Mr.. Davenport in years. outdoes
him in theatrical old age. In
1901, having watched the great
David Warfieid turn from COM
edy to pattos by creating the
character of a sad old man, Be-
vans began tc age himself.
He went to New England, he
explained, end sat around on
cracker boxes In country stores
learning the gestures and the
querulous voices of frost-bitten
senility. Then he played old
men on the stage until he came
to Hollywood six years ago,
where now, in Captains Of the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
STAMPEDE

STAMPEDE
PHILADELPHIA - DR.. Ed
ward K~inbhaar wishes motor
lists who insist on knocking his
fence down would pause long
enough TO recapture his cattle.
Sweeping around q sharp turn
on a steep grade, automobilsH
four times ir the past year have
knocked dowr. his fence and four
times DR.. Krumbhaar and his
son have spent hours rounding
up the livestock.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

Seventy-two of the greatest
pairs in the world entered the
Masters Pair event at Asbury
Park recently. This event is
open only 20 National Master
players The winners were
Howard Schcnken and M. d.
Maier of New York.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
ORCHIDS FOR DEFENSE

BLOOMINGTON, IND. - It
will be orchids to the cleverest
women workers in the RCA
Manufa,:t turing Company, Inc,
factory here III a three-month
drive to get things done for the
National Defense.
Manager Jay M. Allen said an
orchid would be given weekly to
the woman who had turned in
the best idea on how to simplify
work and save time and materi.
ais.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
COTTON SHORTAGE

MARKS, MISS.-The Marks
Junior Chamber of Commences
Annual Contemplating contest
is off-defin:tely.
Boil weevils first swept the
field scheduled for the event,
but that wasn't enough to stop
It. Now army worms have NOV
ed In, all the leaves have been
eaten, and the cotton has opened
premat1rely.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
10 you REMEMBER
ScHlAGETER, ADOLF


s,roem hove by their deoth at the
honds Of the Nozi overlords in Nor~oy
wiped out the blot Of QusIing. The two
Morse lobor leaders, led before Hitler
firino souod on charges Of having sobo-
tooed oooinst the conQuerors OF tne!r
co,yntrv. more than overbolonce in their
mortvrdom the man whose name hos
become synonym for treochery and
shame.
Honsteen and Wickstroem! There
ore two more names to remember. one
mon should understand their Crime.
and that man is Adolf Hitler. Leo
Schlooeter was his hero when he wrote
Mein kompf. SchIoeeter was German
Honsteen or Wickstroem OF 70 yeors
AGO. But the shoe was on the other toot
then.
Leo Schlooeter had been German
artillery officer in the World Wor. q
fellow veteran Of Hitler. In 1923, five
veors otter that war. was over, the
french occupied the Rhinelond when
Germany failed to Poy rePorotions:;
a railway line between Dusseldorf and
Duisburg was blown UP. ond Schloeeter
wos caught in the act.
Despite appeals to the French by
the Reich government and even BY. the
Voticon, SchIoeeter was executed on
Nay Is, 1923. immediately he become
a hero Of all the nationalist elements in
Germany, and one Of the political
soints" Of the eorIy days Of the Nozi
party. Many q Hell" hos Hitler him
self given to his hero, Leo seh'oseter.
Now it is almost 20 years later. The
position is now entirely reversed. Now
il is Hitler whose Iegions tromple the
peoples Of a dozen conquered coun-
tries. Now it is German oppression thot
brave men take their lives in their
hands to resist. Now it is Hitler, who
admired the courage and Loyalty Of his
comrode, who is giving the orders to
shoot down other SchIoeeters Of other
lands.
Hitler thought all the Sehloeeters
were in Germany; that courage and
loyalty and devotion we're Germon. In
creosingIy, day otter day, week offer
week, month otter month, he is going
to run against the same qualities in
other peoples. In Holland, France, Bel
GUM, and Denmark. in YueosIovio and
Greece and Czechoslovokio and Poland
there are other Honsteens and other
Wickstroems
Hitler royshoot them, but he must
understand them, and as each dies,
may Hitler stort up in his bed and look
into the eyes Of his old oomrode,
SehIoeeter.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16

CHICAGO - When Mr.. and
Harold Hill started saving dimes
five years age, they vowed they
would keep IL up until they had
81, 000-thsn put Il In . bank.
They left q miniature safe, in
which they he'd stored 5000
dimes, with . relative who hid Il
In . trunk. Burglars broke In q
few days later and ned with The
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
THE WOMEN, BLESS EN-

oAuNAuO - ~ =. - y o W
Payne Rather, his plane forced
down in q pasture, had no luck
with thumb. wassling. He and
his pilot hiked to q farmhouse
and phoned for q ride.
A motorist who had ignored
the pair met them In town and
learned ore was the Kansas
Governor.
MY wife," he apolosized,
thought you were a couple Of
magazine statesmen"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
FLASHES
OF
LIFE

GROCERY ROUTE
OALExANDRIA, IND. - Jim
Madden, who has a grocery
store, got to wondering how far
he walked In day.
So when he got up yesterday
he strapped a pedometer to one
leg.
He put in a day at the store.
running after things for custom
ers, and Just before he went 9
bed last night he took the pedo-
meter off.
It registerei II miles.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
BLEW m THE FACE

SEATTLE, WASH. - Next
time Joseph Gillespie will let
somebody else blow UP the bal
looms.
He was filling an advertising
balloon, 20 ,nches in diameter,
with hydrogen gas. II exploded,
burned his arms, singed his hair
and shattered five plate glass
windows.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16

Clouds" he is a spry old Canad-
IAN trapper.
LIKE THE BROOK
On the same lot is Hobart
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
Two per plane.
PUERTO RlCANS
PRlokI1IES PLIGHT

To give some inkIine Of how
badly the defense priorities or
eonizotion in OPM was bolled
up before the reorganization
which put Donald M. Nelson
in charge, there is told the
story Of the gentlemen from
Puerto Rico, who came to
Washington q short time ooo
and filed some Is applications
for ALLEGATIONS Of stroteoic mo-
terioIs to keep the civilian eco
nomy OF their little island terri
tory going in defense times.
Hearing no word as to the
tote Of their applications otter
q reasonable time hod elapsed,
the Puerto Rieons began to
make inquiries. No one knew
anything about them. The boys
began digging, however, ond
finally found 10 Of the oppIi-
cotions over in the Export Con-
troll office. II seems that one
OF the prioritiss offieioIs bod
figured Puerto Rico must Do
one Of those foreign countries
he had reod ebout, so the buck
he'd been posed over to the or
oonixotion handling S GU I h
America. The other / oppli'
eotions nsvsr were foundL g
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-09-16
~ PETER EDSoN
Dolly Menises wsshinste"

sy ssOUsOu V0ossUOsO"
Correspondents
WASHINGTON. Sept. 10
The Notionol Defense Medic
ton Board will be six months
old come Sept. -. and q
stormy six months they have
been. Over IS disputes will
have been certified to the
board in that time, ond the
non-hours and mon-doys Of
loves labor lost. stroyed. stolen
and reeoined by mediation run
into the millions.
Chairman william n. Davis
and Frank P. Grohon. presi-
dent Of the University Of North
CoroIino. have devoted proc
ticoIIy their entire time to the
boards activities. Getting the
representatives. from labor and
management to serve on pan
els handling vorious coses hos
been something else again.
IA ost common arguments
that b eein all negotiations
have been these two:
From manoqemsnt-Those
lousy so-ond- SOS shouldn't b
permitted 10 strike when the
eountv's getting rsody for
war. It's unpotriotie.
From lobor-All those lousy
so-ond-so's think ebout Is their
profits and dividends. They
shouldn't be allowed 70 make
all thot dough when the coun-
try's getting reody for war. It's
unpotviotie.
NDMB' job hos been TO let
the boys speak their pieces,
then cool off and settle their
argument on q more rational
bosis.