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Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-01
Rum d.1iiQns Show
Signs OF BoIking

authority for any advance by Ru-
mallaU tr0or. outside Wnal ha
ClJilaa for Rlmauia. which includes
the BrsaJlabau territory Russia
lCtook before the Russo German
war broEr oil.
fniormants pointed out that his
attlGldc was somewhat like that of
the F.nn1 VINO arc reported not to
b. Cagcr to go outside the Finnish
Boundaries as they were before the
RuSSo-FlnniSh war.
Infolmanlo said tic Rumanian
army was tired of the Russian
campaign, as was the Rumanian
public, largely due to heavy losses.
They said the Rumanians by
themselves bore The byunt OF the
attack Of Russia in tho south all
the va" to the Black Sea, and that
tu" RQnaNians considered the price
toU heavy Tor the territory rcgaincd.
De pitC this situation, ii was said,
Con. ,AntOnoScu continued 10 send
Rumanl"u troops outside Bcssarabia
Tor service on the front and haG
nlGbiiizod three additional army
corIs 10000 mon or more by call
Hu@ up men rs Ole a. 40 ycara at the
d"maAd Of Gernanv.
/ va, .aiG that German troop
movements III BULGARIA were still
benz intensified Experts suggest
cd tner might be intended first to
put moral pressure ON Turkey and
secondly to attack Turkey il the
pressure failed.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-01
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-01
Reds Claim 100000
Suffer Casualties
In German Army

MOSCOW. Oct. |. tUP'-A Len
ingrad dispatch to the army news
paper Red Star asserted today that
the Germans had had 100000 cas-
ualties on the southern and south
western sectors alone in their at
tack on Leningrad
Summarizing army compilations.
tho dispatch asserted that in these
ScctorSrthe Germans mad lost 400
tanks. 200 fieAl Guns and BAG
planes with full reports still to
come.
The afternoon communique re-
ported that in one sector of the
Lcningrad front Russian bombing
planes had destroyed more than 20
German armored cars. four tanks,
20 antiaircraft guns. 80 trucks and
two large fuel and ammunition
dumps in surprise attack,
Red Star, in a dispatch from the
central front. reported that the
Russians had broken up the 268tn
German infantry division in a two
day battle, killing al least 1900 Ger
mans.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-01
Maj FEEL Rain O. Bombs

Baltic port.
The largest German aerial at
tack on Britain IN several weeks
came during the night
Enemy activity over This country
last night was not on a large scale
but included fairly sharp attack
on a northeast coastal district Of
England. an air ministry COM
muniquc said activity ceased be-
fore midnight In northeast Eng
land considerable damage Wa done
and there were a number of casual
ties some of which were fatal. One
enemy aircraft was destroyed.
Officials suggested that the Ger
mans were retorting to the state
mcnt yesterday by Prime Minister
Winston Churchill that Germany
was handicapped by an airplane
shortage but said that if that was
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-01

the case. tho Germans only COLI
flr1ncd ChurChills state IN II {.
Though the raid was admittedly a
damaging one, they said it was
net comparable to those the Ger
mans have mace, and was heavy
only when viewed il the light of the
sharp decline in recent months Of
the size of Na2i attacks.
The raid on the northeast coast
area lasted a little less than an
hour it was asserted and towns
people were quoted that bombs ap-
parcntly We're dropped at random
Two towns bore the brnt of it,
Some persons were trapped in
their homes rs they slept, there
were casualties in two hotels and a
newspaper niant. and some We're
trapped i'll bombed boarding
house.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-01

ISTANBUL, TurEoy. Oct. l. I'D
Trustworthy mfornrrts ytutiae
from Rumania a ertcd tod. .ha.
Gen. Ion Antonoacu bad Hr!n-
pushed command of xii E1rYn.a@
troops OUTSIDE Rumanan fnIritor
on tho eastern front and hac u"nlnG
himself defense minister. rriiN-
gushing the primic ministry IL
favor OF Michail AntOucdeu.
Antonescu named Gen. ICai, lac
obici, who had served as dc1cns,
minister, as chief of the general
staff, the informants said. Michal,
AntoneScu is a former minister OF
justice in the Rumanian cabinet.
BY his action. n1ormantS said
Antonescu had formally disoWncd
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-01
j. s. Armed Forces
Arrive in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. /
(UP) P)-Authorities permitted dis
closure today that regular United
States army forces have arrived in
iceland to augment the United
States marines who comprised the
first forces in thc American garri-
son.
Maj. Gen. C. H. BoneSteel, who
has taken over command of Amer
ican forces in Iceland from Brig
Gen. John Marston, announced the
arrival of the army reinforcements.
He said there would no parading
of troops and no fanfare.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-01
Russians Re.Take
Leningrad Sector
In Counter Attack

CloONf1cLM, OCt. 'Olp
Newspaper dispatches from Finland
today quoted Helsinki correspond
cnt: that the Russians had recap
turcd town OIL the Leningrad front
in major counterattack and we're
counter attacking in other sectors
in combined infantry. tank, air
plane and artillery actions.
The dispatches said the Germans
had stopped the big counterdrivc
and seemed masters of the Situa-
ton. but their position was seri-
Gus because of the other attacks.
Dagens Nyheter. IN 2 special dis
patch. called the big Russian coun-
tc:attack partly successful''. quot
ing the Helsinki correspondents.
II said that Russian troops of the
Lcninerad garrison, advancing un-
der cover of great artillery bar
rage and led by heavy and med
ilm tanks, drove a wedge through
the German lines and captured the
town.
Russian infantry, following the
tanks. consolidated the initial
success, the newspaper said
1t said extensive German mine
fields eventually" slowed the Rus
sian drive and that many Russian
tanks were blown up.
The Germans. it was said, cut off
Russian tanks in fierce counter
attacks by tanks and infantry sup
ported by Stuka dive bombing
planes.
The dispatch added that a gi-
Gantic tank battle was now raging
near the town xxx. 1t was indi-
Gated that this was the town which
the Russians rccaptured.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-01
Nozis Say Films
In Big Victory

was claimed said The Finu5 had
pocketed and wiped Olt d bis RI
sian force after - DAYS Of ccrociou
in which troops sCmctrarS We
fighting through forests AID swamp
nearly waist dccp III mud
The official news agency report
ed the repulso with heavy luss"a
of new Russian attempt to land
troops from Lake Ladoaa in the
Schlisselburg area just cast NJ les
ingrad
Describing fighting in The L
kraine the high command in il
communique issued from Adolf HI
lerS headquarters. said that in a
surprise attack east Of DnicprOpet-
rovsk a German tank division cap
tured several Russian a9illCrV b@i-
teries and in sector t. jho nCrJii
another tank division destroyed i
out of a force of 81 russian tanks.
Moscow was bonlbcc daIn- ta.
nieht, according to the mint
nique.
Aside from the dispatch .cport-
ing the capture OF PstsG.. .Gs.s...
and the high commend coLnau-
niquc, dispatches were largely con-
fined to descriptions Of German
airplane raids on Russian positions.
A spokesman said that news prob
ably would be scare lor IL time
He explained that new opera
tions were developing all along
the front.
Official news agency dispatches
said strong German fighter ana
bombing plane formations had
dominated the entire front yeSlCr-
railroad functions with "drstrnct-
day and had attacked rairoade and
i've effect as we'll as troop Conccn-
trationS.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-01
By SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS

LONDON, Oct. l CUp) - British
bombing squadrons flew over hun
dreds of miles of German and Ger
man occupied territory during the
night to blast Stettn. chlet water
route supply base for the eastern
front, and HambW2 Geunanys
greatest port, for the second
straight night.
,Germany-it WAS believed for the
first time in the war said official,
that "a great number" OF British
planes engaged in the attack, sweep
ing in from the Baltic to bomb
Stettin and from Hclgoland Bay io
bomb Hamburg
1t was the 10Th attack on Ham
burg, perhaps the most-bombed ot
all German cities and second on,g
to Berlin in population, the 1lth
raid on Stettin, Gcrmanys cnieI
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-01
u. s., Japanese in
New Difficulties

SHANGHAI. Oct. l. tUPl-Infoi
nation from usually reliable sources
at Tokyo gave a pessimiStic picture
today OF attempts to relieve tension
between Japan and the United
States, and predicted an early cab
met crisis in which Premier Prince
Fumimaro Konoyc must face q
showdown.
These reports suggested that thl
crisis would como in about two
weeks and that the premier might
again be forced to rcorGanizc his
cabinet il he has failed to make
favorable progress in exchanges
with washington.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-01
BY FREDERICK c. OECHSNER

BERLIN, Oct CUP)-An Of
ficial news agency dispatch from
IIelsinSki reported today that the
Finns had captured PCtrozavodsk,
1875 miles northeast Of Leningrad
on the Arctic railroad, and the
German high command reported
offensive operations cast of the
Dnieper river continuing success
fully
"A Helsinski dispatch to the
Rome newspaper Messaggcro, sent
before the capture of PCtrozavodsk
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-01
CFENIANS TnKF1TFN

LONDON. Oct I OUP Tic tx-
change telegraph Buashl agency
reported from AuEara today that
guerilla resistance ~ tbe ANS IN
western Serbia had boeome critical
and thai the Gngnau3 lad threat-
ened to bomb Be.grate II opposl-
ton continues.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-31

firm now as they were at the COM
pletion of the Chapel and the chapel
stands today as a monument to the
religious zeal of Philip Barratt and
one of the landmarks Of Methodism.
The interior has been restored from
time to time, to appear as it was orig
inally designed, with it's elevated pull
pit, with it's stairway leading up to
it, thanked on each side by a balu-
strade. While resided in Frederick,
it was my privilege and my joy to at
tend services at Barratts Chapel eve
ry other Sunday afternoon.
To my delight the pastor at that
time was my old friend, the late Rev.
E. w. Derrickson, whose efficient
wife was former pupil of mine, at
the Rehoboth Academy, Somerset
County, Md, Miss Addie Tilghman
Derrickson. 1t was especially pleasant
to renew association with this charm
ing couple and to visit them in their
parsonage home at Magnolia, Del,
which Circuit (Magnolia) Barratts
Chapel was one of the appointments
at distance of five miles. It is al
so appropriate here to relate one of
the historic events that took place at
Barratts Chapel. 1t was the meeting
place for many of the followers of
John Wesley. Thomas Coke and Fran
els Asbury first met there on Novem-
Der ID, 1884. Thomas Coke preached
on that Sunday morning. Historians
describe him as "a man of small sta
ture, ruddy complexion, brilliant eyes,
long hair, feminine, but musical voice
and gowned as an English clergy
man." Asbury, travel-stained and
wearied from one of his long journeys
entered the Chapel while Coke was
preaching. After the sermon was
over, Asbury arose and walked to the
pulpit and embraced and kissed the
preacher in the presence of the whole
congregation. On that occasion Coke
and Asbury arranged for the Christ
mas Conference of Dec. "a, 1884
which was held in Lovely Lane Chap
ell, (now Redmond Street, Baltimore
at which time and place was organic
ed the Methodist Episcopal Church
and at which Francis Asbury was e.
lected the first Bishop of American
Methodism.
There is large cemetery compris.
ing several acres of land, surround.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-31

Over $500 inspections were made last
year and 242 certificates were issued
for plants and shippers of shell oy-
shers.
In preparation for the season of
1941-1942, the proprietors of oyster
handling concerns were notified, dur
ing the summer, by Mr. A. l.. Sulli-
van, Chief of the State Bureau of
Food and Drugs, of the requirements
which must be met before the plants
could be certified for the current sea-
son.
Incidentally, according to reports
from reliable authorities, the oysters
are responding nobly to the care and
attention and supervision they and
the industry have had, and this years
crop promises to be especially delec-
table.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-31

I made many new friends in Frederick
and l found in the church life of the
community, an atmosphere of con-
geniality and my association with the
pastor of the Methodist Church, Rev.
T. A. H. O'Brian and his family par
ticularly was a source of inspiration.
Mr.. O'Brian was charming compan-
ion and in his general make up, he
was as rugged as his boyhood sur
roundings in the mountainous regions
of his native eastern Tennessee. He
gained distinction in the Wilmington
Conference and died while he was the
Dist. Supt. of the Salisbury Dist. in
1916, at the age Of 81 years.
Frederick is located near narrow
shallow river and the head of naviga-
ton. The river is a tributary of the
Delaware Bay. In 1897, there was a
Steamboat line in operation between
Frederick and Philadelphia. The time
of the departure and the arrival of the
steamer was governed by the ebb and
the flow of the tides in the river.
Hence, the Steamboat Co. published
in advance each month the hour of the
day of the respective trips at which
the boat would leave the wharf at
Frederick, which was not at the same
hour for every trip but was governed
by the depth of the waite influenced
by the tide.
Frederick is a quaint old town.
found it unusually fascinating on ac-
count of it's age and it's proximity to
the old Barratts Chapel. One thing
that has helped to keep the town on
the map as it were, and in the public
eye is, that the town is only one mile
south of the old church. There was a
good view of the old church from my
school room door, which to me made
it all the more interesting.
Barratts Chapel has unique his
tory and is considered by many his
torians as the "Cradle of Methodism,"
as it is one of the oldest Methodist
Churches in this country. It was built
in 1880, mainly through the labors
and means of Philip Barratt, who had
been a Presbyterian. After hearing
the early Methodist preachers, he fell
in love with them and their doctrines
and resolved to give them Godspeed,
and open for them an effectual door,
by building a church of respectable
size and quality. He built better per-
haps than he realized at the time, be-
cause after the lapse of 161 years,
the heavy brick walls seem to be as
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-31

ing Barratts Chapel. Many ministers
and prominent citizens and their fam
lilies of Delaware have been buried in
that well-known Goods Acre."
Changes occur very suddenly and un-
e xpectedly at times. Scarcely had
become settled Gas l thought perman-
ently) at Frederick, when an event
occurred which required me to make
change in my location at the end of
three months.
Late in Sept, 1897, learned that
movement had been inaugurated by
several of the leading men in Snow
Hill, 1.-TWO of whom were old friends
of mine, the late Mr.. Lawrence Hast
ings and DR.. John S. Aydelotte) to or
ganize and establish a new Bank in
that County-seat. AS 1 had prepared
myself fourteen years previously for
the class of work to be performed by
an employee Of Banking institution,
and owing to the fact that my highest
ambition and desire for years past
had been to secure a position in a
bank, l lost no time in putting in an
application for tn position of Assis-
tant Cashier, in the new institution
and in a short while, was notified
that I had been elected as the Assis-
tant Cashier of the new Bank, which
had been designated in the charter as
The Commercial and Savings Bank of
Snow Hill, Md. / Immediately pre-
scented my resignation of my place in
the Frederick School to go into eff
feet on Nov. 80, 1897, thus compile
ting my tenure of office of three
months in that school. I remained in
the school at Frederick long enough
to make many new friends and to be-
come very strongly attached to that
dear old town and my experiences
there has furnished abundant food for
thought during the passing of the
years.
On Jan. 8, 1897, entered upon my
new duties in the Commercial and
Savings Bank of Snow Hill, Md, and
continued my connection with that
institution and it's successor The Com.
mercial National Bank Of Snow Hill
for thirty eight years or until my re.
tirement on Feb. 20, 1886.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-31
OYSTERS OFFERS
A CONVENIENT
CHANGE OF DIET

With frosty days on the way,
housekeepers looking for a change in
the family diet can breathe sigh Of
relief and say-"Oysters, of course"
And with oysters available to be
served on the half-shell, in cocktails,
steamed, fried, stewed nothing bet
ter on chilly day., in rich tasty pies,
tucked away in well-seasoned tur-
key dressing, or in variety of other
ways, the food worries of the menu
makers are we'll on the way to solu-
ton until next spring when the r.
months fade out of the calendar and
the oysters go into seclusion.
Maryland oysters are a matter of
very great concern to the State De-
partment of Health. AS explained by
DR.. r. H. Riley, Director of tn e De-
partment, general supervision of the
packing houses and commercial con-
Germs is under the direction of the
Bureau of Food and Drugs; inspec-
tons of the oyster-bearing waters
are made by the Bureau of Sanitary
Engineering; and chemical and bac-
THEOLOGICAL examinations of waters
and of oysters are made by the State
laboratories.
Because of the wide distribution of
shellfish products from Maryland
concerns, Federal requirements for
interstate commerce as we'll as State
regulations, must be met by the To-
cal establishments. The plants that
meet these requirements are duly GER
titled for both State and interstate
shipments after inspection by the
Bureau Of Food and Drugs.
Inspections are also made at in
tervals by the U. S. Public Health Ser
vice which has authority to cancel the
certificate of any plant which fails
to conform to the Federal require
ments.
The certificates are for a single
season, only, and must be renewed
each year before the season opens
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-31
A POSTSCRIPT TO
BY-PRODUCTS Of LIFE
By Eben Hearne

Quite a number of experiences
not mentioned in any one of the four
teen articles I have recently written
under the caption of "Some By-Pro-
ducts of Life" which have appeared
in the columns of the Worcester Dem
ocrat during several weeks past, came
to me during the years, 1896 and 1897.
will now endeavor to make note
of some of those experiences and hap
penings unde r the title "a Postscript"
It sometimes happens that the Post
script to a letter contains informa-
ton that is as interesting to the per-
son to whom the letter is addressed
as the subject matter of the letter it
self. Let us hope that such will be
the case in the present Postscript.
In the late autumn of the year 1896
there occurred a vacancy in the Prin-
cipalship of the two-room Public
School at Quintown, in Somerset
County, Md, about two and one half
4
having been appointed by the proper
Officials to fill the position but ION
account of a previous engagement
she could not take up the duties of the
work until the LIST of Dec. of that
year. Through the kind offices of the
then Supt. of Schools of Somerset
County, the late Prof. VIM. H. Dash
iell, of Princess Anne, I was engaged
to act as a suitable substitute dur
ing the month of November of that
year. I found the work most inter-
esting. In my Department consisting
of four grades, and some of the pupils
were in their late teens; they were
obedient, studious, respectful and ex-
hibited unusual interest and seemed
eager to improve their time and to
make rapid advancement in their
studies. It was great pleasure to be
associated with such an enthusiastic
aggregation of young people. Many
life long acquaintance were acquired
short weeks spent in that school have
left many pleasant and cherished
memories. While I was there also
had the hearty cooperation of the
Elementary teacher, Miss Gussie
Landlord (now Mrs. Frank Porter, of
Princess Anne) in every endeavor
made for the betterment of the school.
My sister succeeded me on Dec. i,
1896 and together she and Miss Lark
ford were most pleasantly and prof
itably associated in that school for
six years in which time their work
made commendable progress, and
many Of the pupils sent out from that
school have made an enviable record
for themselves in the social, indus
trial and business world. After the
termination of my temporary substi-
tuition employment in the Quinton
School, spent the next seven months