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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-11-28

both, Del.
Mrs. Thomas Moore was operated
on in Peninsula General Hospital,
Salisbury, on Saturday.
Mrs. Leland B. Richardson and her
kindergarten class, went on their an
nual trip to Franklin City on We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Payne, Miss
Barbara Payne and Billy Payne of
Philadelphia, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Elwod Truitt.
Ralph Lee Chapman fell from a
tree and broke his arm on Saturday.
Messers. Norman and Lynn Wal
ter of Nanticoke, spent the weekend
with Miss Lucy Walter.
Miss Evelyn Shockley and Mr..
Charles W. Shockley spent several
days in Philadelphia, last week.
Mrs. Franklin Perdue and Miss Lo-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-11-28
Snow Hill News

Mr.. George Grant of Washington,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert T. Grant.
Mr.. Jack Wimbrow of Baltimore,
spent the weekend with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Wimbrow.
Mrs. Earl White left this week to
spend two weeks with Mr.. White in
New York.
Mrs. J. s. Waesche has returned
to Sykesville after visiting DR.. and
Mrs. F. S. Waesche.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwyn Cooper spent
the weekend with friends in Girls
field.
Miss Grace Riley has returned to
Glen Burnie after spending the week.
end with her friends, Mr.. and Mrs.
Curtis E. Riley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwyn Cooper spent
the weekend with friends in Girls
field.
Miss Ann Jones of Middletown,
Nd, and Mr.. Charles Jones, Jr., OF
Baltimore, spent the weekend with
their mother, Mrs. Charles Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Elliott OF
Ocean City, Mrs. Irving Holstein and
Miss Lottie Holstein of Spence were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Car
mean on Thursday.
Mr.. Ralph Brown Of New York
spent the weekend with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Brown.
Mrs. James Courtney has returned
TO Salisbury after visiting Mr.. and
Hrs. Ohio Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Quinton Perdue
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-11-28

and Mr.. and Mrs. Handy Truitt visi-
ted Miss Florence Laws in Baltimore
last week.
Mrs. Cecie Moore of Indiantown
was the guest of Mrs. Cora Godfrey,
on Wednesday.
Benjamin Ames of Bishop spent
the weekend with his grandmother
Mrs. B. T. Truitt, Sr.
Mrs. Glenworth Sturgis and Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Jensen of Perth
Amboy, N. j., spent the weekend
with Mrs. Earl White.
Mr.. Thomas Smith of Baltimore,
spent the weekend with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry C. Bradford,
Sr., Mrs. Daniel H. Bradford and
Miss Berta Bradford spent the week.
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Out
ten in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Gordy and
children and Mrs. Stanley Frank,
Coatesville, Pa, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Gordy.
Mrs. James B. Whaley and daugh-
ter, Priscilla, of Baltimore, spent the
weekend with Mrs. Harry Coving-
ton, and Miss Louise Covington, at
the Hedges"
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Holden have
returned to Rochester, N. Y, after
spending a week with Mr.. and Mrs.
David s. Hickman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris S. Corddry
spent Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Keney, Miss
Grace Mock, Mrs. Sherwood Ferris,
and son, Sherwood, spent the week.
end with relatives in Gettysburg, Pa.
Mrs. Harry F. Covington has re-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-11-28
lrned after visiting friends in Prince

turned after visiting friends in Prince.
ton, N. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Herman Adkins
and daughter, Eleanor, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Brannan in Baltimore.
DR.. and Mrs. George D. Eaton and
sons, William and David of Balti-
more, spent the weekend with Judge
and Mrs. William F. johnson.
Mr.. Marion HI. Dashiell of st. An
drews Preparatory School, Middle.
town, DEL, spent the holidays with
his aunt, Mrs. Carolyn Hargis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Gladding are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth
of a daughter, at Peninsula General
Hospital, Salisbury.
Mrs. Montgomery Stage and Mrs.
Charles w. Corddry attended Wom-
ans Club luncheon at Lord Baltimore
Hotel, Baltimore, on Tuesday.
Mrs. James Cobler is visiting rel
atives in Uniontown, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Herzog of
Baltimore, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Rodgers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hudson have
returned after visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
James Dickerson in Warrington, N. C..
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland B. Richard
son are spending week with Mr..
and Mrs. Manly Nettle in Hampton,
Va.
Mrs. Louise Sexton and son Tommy
Lee, are spending a week in Balti-
more.
Mrs. George H. Corddry and son,
Edw, Miss Hattie Williams and Mr..
Walter Williams spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. George Toffin in Reho-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-11-28

la Godfrey, R. NJ, have returned to
Salisbury after spending several days
with their mother, Mrs. Cora Godfrey.
Evening star., 1941-02-28

greetings endeared him TO the patrons of
the Fourteenth street line.
Through summer and winter, heat and
cold, drought and drenchings, Paul
Meyers was always on hand, and many
will smile through dimmed eyes as they
recall him, snow or beating rain in his
face, smiling at some passenger and say
ing with a drawl "Chawming day."
I recall that some years ago. during a
particularly unpleasant period of Wash
ington SluSh, my wife had occasion to
board car at Pauls corner. She said,
"An old lady was struggling through the
storm in an effort to cross the street.
There we're a number of men on the
platform, but they remained there-that
is, all except one. Mr. Meyers plunged
out took the elderly pedestrian firmly
by the arm and helped her safely across
to the other walk" She added, Mr.
Meyers was the only gentleman there"
He always had word of greeting for
the crews, too, as they came and went.
For the old timers it was as one veteran
to another. To them he was Paul" For
the youngsters coming up it was word
of fatherly instruction, or caution, or
perhaps just kindly nod of the head.
To them he was always, Mr. Meyers"
His understanding and kindliness were
outstanding and he never tried to dis
cipline the public. Many men with far
greater opportunities have made less
contribution to the welfare of the Capital
City than Paul Meyers. He will not soon
be forgotten
EDWARD H. DeGROOT, Jr.
Evening star., 1941-02-28

ing point" and that the British Army
of the Nile has gone "about as far
as it can get" Henceforth, the
Germans boast, news from the desert
conflict will be favorable to German
and Italian arms. There is wishful
thinking in such prognostications
Further developments must be
awaited before opinions are justified
that the brilliantly victorious British
campaign has been checked, and the
tide of battle reversed to the Ital-
ian's advantage.
Meantime MuSsolini's 1egions have
taken a fresh drubbing in East
Africa. British forces have captured
MogadiScio, the Seaboard capital of
Italian Somaliland at the end of a
400-mile drive into the East African
colony begun only month ago.
Three thousand prisoners were taken
at the end of operations in which
British land, sea and air forces CO.
operated on the same effective scale
which brought victory in Libya.
1t should speedily develop to what
extent Hitler, by going to Musso-
lini'S aid in North Africa, hopes to
impose upon Britain diversion
capable of weakening the defense Of
her home citadel against the all-out
assault the Nazis have scheduled for
the weeks just ahead.
Evening star., 1941-02-28
Representative Byron

The five sons of Representative
William Devereux Byron of Maryland
are the heirs of a tradition of which
they honorably may be proud. Their
father was typical American, loved
and respected by his neighbors in
Maryland and Washington and
esteemed by his colleagues in Con-
greSs. His career gave proof of the
opportunities for progress which are
characteristic of the United States.
He was devoted to a conception OF
liberty which grants to every citizen
a chance to make of himself the best
that he can hope to be.
Born at Danville, Virginia, May Is,
1895, Mr.. Byron had not lived out
his youth. He was but little older
at heart than his eldest boy. The
quality of enthusiasm which wears
thin in many persons as their years
accumulate continued to distinguish
him until the end. He had an ardent
pleasure in books, in music, in out
door games, in the give and take of
political conflict. His passion for
flying was a compelling force. While
still student aviator during the first
World War, he was chosen to teach
others the science Of aerial gunnery.
In Congress his personality and his
energy contributed to growing
influence
What the privilege Of a longer life
might have given Mr.. Byron will re-
main forever undisclosed. But it is
entirely reasonable to think that
he would have gone from strength to
strength with the passing seasons.
He was in tune with the times and
had legitimate claim to participate
in the expression of the ideals OF
social advancement which now are
demanding attention. His interest,
in national defense also was active
and helpful. The tragic drama of
his death may serve to promote in
creased concern for the perfecting Of
the air branch of security. Mean
while, his family and his friends,
mourning his loss but rejoicing in
their memories of him, will carry
on" as he would have wished them
to. This is the Immortality which
ought to be the reward of such a
brave and generous spirit.
Evening star., 1941-02-28
Source of q CIiche

Not often is it possible to trace
back to their origins the trite sayings
which are common enough among
men. Indeed, it is automatic that it
is infeasible to discover the inventors
of the hackneyed phrases which mil
lions employ, perhaps as Talleyrand
suggested, for "the concealment Of
thought"
Yet on occasion it happens that
the sponsor of a particularly fragrant
cliche is disclosed. For example,
consider the words: England does
not like to do her own fighting; she
has always preferred to get foreigners
to fight for her. And she has some
times succeeded in finding nations
foolish enough to pull her chestnuts
out of the fire. That occurred during
the French Revolution, when England
was able to form an alliance of Euro
pean states against revolutionary
France They are playing the
same game today"
The average seader, finding these
Evening star., 1941-02-28
Letters to the Editor
Mr.. Franklin's Critic
Answers His Protest.
r. tha Editnr nf The Star.

Mr.. FranklnS JrlIlc
Answers His Protest.
To the Editor of The Star:
When columnist. Jay Franklin, who
has exasperated thousands of your
readers by calling them names such
as Little Americans" writes letter
objecting to a mild protest against his
habit of name e-calling-that, l suspect,
is news.
Mr.. Franklin denies in your issue Of
February Is that he has lived half OF
his adult life abroad or that his inter-
ventionist views are the result OF his
residence abroad, and he insists that I
misstated the record from who's Who
in America
That compels me again to look up
the record and what do We find? l
quote from the first column of page
532 of the current who's Who: En-
ployed in American Embassies, Rome
and Constantinople, 1878; private
secretary American Ambassador, Rome,
192O-21; representative Williamstown
Institute of Politics, 1922; Rome cor
respondent, London Daily Chronicle,
1929, New York Times, 1923-28."
Note the comma after London Daily
Chronicle, 1929" The inference is
q logical one, that in addition to repre-
senting the British newspaper in Rome
he was later correspondent in Rome OF
the New York Times from 1923-28.
Clearly the misleading statement about
his record from 1923-28 was first made
by himself, for he certainly wrote and
checked the proofs of his biography in
who's Who" The editors of that
publication will not print biography
until the proof-that is, the printers
proof-bears the o. k of the subject.
Now he says, in effect, that he did not
mean to imply by the use of the comma
that he also represented the New York
Times in Rome, but that his employ
ment for those years was in New York.
Every other separate employment
listed by him is followed by a semi-colon
and so the misleading statement was
first made by himself.
Before leaving the subject, however, J.
beg to call attention TO another state
ment in his letter He starts out by
saying that my letter was in support
of the position taken by Senator
Wheeler" and in criticism of his posi-
ton on the aid-to-England bill.
My letter was nothing of the kind. 1t
was a mild protest against his habit of
calling those who did not agree with
him on the lend-lease bill "appeaSers"
and Little Americans" I suggested
that before he calls anybody a Little
American" he first qualify as an Amer
lean: That is one not unduly influenced
by residence abroad. From his state
ment in who's Who" 1t would appear
he spent at least six of his most i'm
portant years in Europe; but his letter
insists that 1t is three and half. Well,
three and half or six, I submit it was
enough to warp his views sufficiently to
make it possible for him to resort to
hysterical and unnecessary name calling.
OTIS j. BOUMA.
Evening star., 1941-02-28
Alaskan Defenses

AS conditions in the Pacific grow
more and more disturbing, it be-
hooves our military and naval STRAIT
egists to pay increasing attention
to the problem of strengthening
Americas defense line in that vast
area. The traditional primary de-
fense line extends from Alaska south
ward to Hawaii and thence to the
Panama Canal. A theoretical outer
defense zone projects westward to
faraway Guam, which the Navy plans
to develop as a scouting outpost.
Although Alaska is the vital northern
anchor point of both defense lines,
her defenses have been sadly neg
lected until recently. To leave this
northern end of the defense zone
in a vulnerable condition in time OF
war is to invite flanking attack on
our Pacific 'Maginot Line" that could
have the gravest consequences.
1t is reaSSuring, therefore, to learn
from Secretary of War StimSon that
three powerful Air Corps units have
been dispatched to Alaska recently,
and that three more squadrons are
under orders to go there within the
next few weeks The Army previ-
ously had increased its forces at
Alaskan bases, and the Navy also
is improving its shore establishments,
1Ft 10 Of vryhiah ic of I'M
Harbor. The augmented aerial COM
mand will include pursuit and bomb
ing planes.
Canada, realizing the Importance
of Alaska in her own scheme of
Pacific defense, has announced plans
for a cooperative venture, involving
construction of a string of military
air fields from Alaska to the bound
ary between the United States and
Canada. These fields would form an
air link between Alaska and the
States that would have considerable
strategic value in an emergency.
While this reinforcement of the
northern bulWarkS of our defense
zone goes forward, the southern end
lacks a satisfactory anchor. At
present the line necessarily termi-
mates at the western defenSes of the
Panama Canal. Military experts
would like to see 1t moved outward
from the Canal, with base perhaps
on the Galapagos Islands or on the
South American mainland. Until the
Pacific outlet of the Canal is thus
made more secure against a thrust
from the south, a feeling of uneasi-
ness is bound to prevail among our
experts and laymen alike.
Evening star., 1941-02-28

sentiments in his favorite newspaper,
might be justified in attributing them
to member of the House of Repre-
sentatives or of the Senate engaged
in debate of the lease-lend bill.
But no contemporary American
isolationist Is responsible for the
quoted sneer at Britain. The hand
that penned the strangely familiar
diatribe was that Of the uncrowned
czar of Red Russia, Hitler's dear
friend"-Josef V. Stain. The date
was 1928 and the original publication
was in the Communist daily Die
Rote Fahne, then issued in Berlin.
A translation may be found in "The
Living Age" quoted in "The European
Scrap Book" william H. Wise and
Company, New York
Evening star., 1941-02-28
Nuzis to the Rescue

1t must be bitterly humiliating to
Fascist italy to learn that the Ger
man Army and Air Force are taking
over the brunt of the battle against
the British in Libya. The pill which
Mussolini's disilluSioned people are
thus asked to swallow is hardly
made less bitter by news that Nazi
and British armored detachmentS
had their first clash last Monday,
only twenty-four hours after II
Duce's depressing disclosure that
German air and motorized forces
were on the North African scene in
the guise of rescuers and as evi-
dence of "axis solidarity on all
fronts"
Early reports of the German
British action on the Libyan coast
southeaStward of Agedabia are
meager. Berlin describes it as a
"skirmiSh" between motorized recon-
naissance squads and claims that a
number of British motor vehicles
and armored cars were destroyed
and several" prisoners taken. Rome
asserts that Nazi planes were in the
fray, that they bombed naval base
in Eastern Libya, which the Germans
identify as Tobruk, and that they
seriously damaged" munitions
ship and another merchantmen of
equal size. Agedabia is near the
lower extremity of Sirte Gulf, which
spreads between Bengasi and Tripoli.
In London it is admitted that
every small forces" of German troops
might have reached Libya from
Sicily or the Italian mainland. To
do so they must have eluded British
naval patrols in the Central Medi-
terranean-a contingency that con-
jures up disquieting possibilities,
although it is premature to conclude
that axis sea and air forces have
suddenly evolved methods of cir
cumventing Admiral Cunningham's
command of North African waters.
Naturally, in German estimation,
this is exactly what has happened.
Berlin already predicts that with
arrival of Nazi fighting forces, the
African war Is approaching turn
Evening star., 1941-02-28
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles Z. Trdcet0eH.

they like to come over to the pan, and
this procession of birds Is the one reason
for placing the tin at some little distance,
just so you can see them hop over.
Sometimes there is regular stream
OF birds going back and forth. They
remind you of the line trying to get in
to see the latest movie, only the Gus
toners, in this case, are moving much
more quickly.
Any sort of dish, glazed or otherwise,
makes a neat bird bath and fountain,
except that it may split or crack If water
freezes in it.
Especially dishes with straight. up and
down edges will crack, since there Is no
room for the inevitable expansion.
That is why concrete lily ponds are
made with sloping sides, so that the ice,
as it pushes up and out, will have some
place to go, instead of merely exerting
its force to crack the material.
All sorts of dishes, however, are good
for this use in spring and summer. One
of these glass dishes used in baking
makes a pretty bath, either placed
among plants or sunk in the lawn.
1t is customary to discuss bird baths in
warm weather, but perhaps it is even
better to talk Of them now, when the
birds find it difficult to get water when
all natural pools are frozen over.
This means that those who like to
feed the birds which winter here will
4al.o fn hot thaiY
charges have water when they want it.
This may be done, as indicated, by keep
ing one or more watering places open
and filled with fresh water. 1t will not
be necessary to go to the extreme of hav
ing an electrically heated fountain. This
is nice, but it costs money, and really IS
not necessary, since the birds do not
require as much water in winter as they
do in summer. They need some, however,
and this may be given them easily
through a little forethought, and no
particular expense.
In the same way, they may be fed at
little cost, If one sticks to scraps of
bread and other leftoverS. But it must
DC IcLltHlDcIcu GIldJ oil VI IIllS lOOu Is
dry. This means that the birds need
some water in winter.
While it is interesting to have fancy
feeding station, it is not at all necessary
to have one. If one insists, feeder may
be, constructed at little or no cost. But
If one is not handy with tools, food may
be placed on the ground.
This column continually receives letters
saying that birds refuse to come to
manufactured feeding stations but come
in droves to bare spot on the ground
or sidewalk where seed and grain are
sprinkled.
In driving around town one may often
see fockS Of birds on sidewalks, where
some kind soul has spread food for them.
Another advantage of thin pans of
water is that the birds can peck through
the coat, to reach even the little water
which may be left unfrozen. often
when the water is completely frozen,
they will have pecked out at least half
of it, trying to find something to drink.
Evening star., 1941-02-28
Goinq-the Dodecunese

he capture OF Ile 1SldHQ Ol CdS-
tellorizo by combined British naval
and military forces probably means
that another segment of ItalyS
colonial empire is about to succumb
to that implacable attack heralded
by Winston Churchill with his grim
threat to tear Greater Italy to
"Shreds." For this islet is the out.
post of the insular group owned by
Italy off the southwestern coast of
Asia Minor, which is known as the
Dodecanese, a Greek word meaning
the Twelve Islands,
Small though it is, and strate-
gically isolated from the main
Italian base on the historic island of
Rhodes, Castellorizo has good air.
field, which had been used by italian
planes for raids on British shipping
in the Eastern Mediterranean. For
the British, this will mean another
link in their chain of air bases
stretching from Egypt, Palestine
and the island of Cyprus to their
newly acquired bases in Greek ter
ritory, especially in Crete. 1t will
likewise facilitate air attacks on
Rhodes and the other DodecaneSe
islands still in Italian hands. For
several weeks they have been under
increasingly heavy British air attack.
Of ~ frnopShiTNS
as we'll as naval units at Castellorizo
may mean that a major assault on
strongly fortified Rhodes will soon
take place.
Another interesting feature in this
exploit is that it Is timed during the
important conferences now going on
at Ankara, the Turkish capital, be-
tween Anthony Eden, General Dill
and the Turkish leaders. For the
Dodecanese archipelago lies literally
within sight of the Turkish main
land. CaStellorizo, for instance,
is only three miles offshore. The
island group was seized by the
Italians during their war with
Turkey in 1912, though Turkey did
not formally cede the DodecaneSe to
Italy until after the World War.
Naturally, the Turks have always re-
gretted the loss Of such strategic
islands and would like them back
again. A British conquest at this
moment would give Britain an i'm
portant bargaining point in Anglo
Turkish negotiations.
However, the mere possibility of
giving them back to Turkey would
undoubtedly rouse lively protests
from Britain's other ally, Greece.
Though never part of the modern
Greek state, these islands are in
habited almost entirely by pop
ulation Hellenic in blood and in
tensely Greek in feeling. The Do
decanesians have never ceased to
voice their dislike of Italian rule and
their hopes of uniting with their
nationaliStic homeland. Italian re-
preston of their aspirations has
awakened keen interest in Greece
itself. Already, the coffee houses of
Athens are buzzing with excited
conversation over the capture of
Castellorizo and what it may por-
tend. British diplomacy will have
to walk warily between the rival
claims and aspirations of its two
Near Eastern allies.