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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-07

Study Problems
OF The Defense

DR.. T. B. Symons, chairman of the
State Land Use Planning Committee,
has appointed a subcommittee to
study problems associated with the
farm labor situation in Maryland re-
sulting from the impact of the war
and the defense program.
P. C. Turner of Parkton was NAM
ed chairman and DR.. S. H. DEFAULT
of the University of Maryland, Sec
rotary of this committee. Other mem
bers are John M. Pohlhous, Commits
sioner of Labor and Statistics, Harry
d. Williar, Jr., of Works Projects
Administration, Ryland Dempster, of
the National Youth Administration,
Francis G. Shillinger of Talbot coun-
ty, R. c. F. Weagley, of Washington
county, Russell Adkins, Of Wicomico
county, and P. D. Brown, H. M. Car
roll and Stanley E. Day, county a
gents for Charles, Hartford and Anne
Arundel counties, respectively.
This committee, DR.. Symons states,
will undertake to determine what ac-
ton is necessary to remedy the farm
labor situation in Maryland in 1941.
1t has already compiled preliminary
report indicating shortage of more
than 1000 farm workers in the state
at the present time. 1t is anticipated
that the situation will become more
acute as the planting, cultivating and
harvesting seasons approach and the
defense program is expanded.
Among the possibilities being ex-
plored by the committee is the establ-
lishment of clearing house for avail
able farm labor. A number of other
means for meeting the shortage as
nearly as possible and using the avail
able labor to best advantage are be-
ing studied.
Chairmen of other subcommittee
of the State Land Use Planning Com
mittee that have been appointed to
deal with emergency agricultural
problems are: H. H. Nuttle, Caroline
county, production and surplus dis
position; w. H. Holloway, Worcester
county, marketing; Walter E. Burial,
Frederick county, forestry and soil
conservation; T. Roy Brooks, Hartford
county, rural housing; Mrs. Roy c.
F. Weagley, Washington county, nu-
triton, health and sanitation; and
Joseph H. Blandford, Prince Georges
county, education.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-07

U. S. Navy, of Norfolk, is spending
ten days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. P. Stewart Russell.
Mr.. and Mrs. George c. Rankin,
of Richmond, spent the past week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward T. Daugherty.
Mr.. Richard Oliver of Norfolk
spent Tuesday with his grandmother,
Mrs. Carrie Mapp Oliver.
Mrs. Frank Bunch and son, Frank
of Richmond, are spending three
weeks with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Malcolm Parker.
Mrs. Maria LaFaye of New York
City, is guest in the home of Mrs
Roy D. White.
Miss Mary Rose Fisher returned
Tuesday, after spending three weeks
with friends in Portsmouth.
Mr.. William M. Gose is able to be
out, after having been confined to
his home by illness.
Miss Dorothy Bell returned to hel
home in Birds Nest, Tuesday, after
spending several days with Miss
Kathryn Budd.
Mr.. Edward S. Young, ST., Mr.
Fred Milliner and Mr.. William Belote
of Newport News, spent the week
end with their families here.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-07
E. SHORE OFFICIALS TO
MEET IN SOMERSET

Executive officers of the County
Commissioners Association of the
Eastern Shore agreed last week to
hold the annual spring meeting of the
association in Princess Anne on April
7th. Plans for the meetings program
and entertainment features are now
being made by the associations presi-
dent, Mr.. Walter G. McCready, of
Crisfield, who is also president of the
Board of Somerset County Commits
sioners, assisted by Mr.. G.. Beverly
Holland, as secretarytreasurer of the
association and clerk to the Somer-
set Commissioners, and the associa-
tons vice-president, Mr.. Joseph Mar
vel, of Easton, president of the Board
of Talbot County Commissioners.
Business of the meeting will in
clude the election of new officers as
Messrs. McCready, Marvel and Hol-
land are completing their years term
of service.
The County Commissioners Asso-
citation has proven itself one of the
most effective organizations in the
state, looking to the improvement of
county government. At past meet
ings high state and national officials
have addressed the association on
such vital matters as improved coun-
ty budgets. law enforcement, equit-
able taxation, roads, schools and re-
lief problems.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-07
NEW ARMORY REQUESTED
FOR STAFFORD, DELAWARE

$4,000 to be used for the con-
struction of a new State Armory in
Seaford was presented as request
to the Permanent Budget Commits
sion. The request came through the
office of Adjutant General William
Berl, Jr.
For many years Seaford has fur
nished the greater part of the enlist
ed and commissioned personnel of all
eastern Sussex national guard units,
and due to the fact that the present
armory, located at Laurel, which has
been temporarily housing four guard
units, is entirely inadequate for the
emergency, it has been deemed advis-
able to erect another armory in the
county and locate it in Seaford. It's
function will be to house Battery "C'
of the 261st Coast Artillery, which
is now under Federal duty at Fort
DUPONT.
Should the request for funds be ap-
proved, it is entirely likely that plans
will be drawn and bids received at a
very early date in order that the
quarters may be completed before
the guard returns from Federal SER
vice.
Persons interested in the construc-
ton business say that $4,000 should
be ample to build a very commodious
building. There is considerable specu-
lation as to which sites in this area
may be selected for the structure.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-07
Cokesbury News

Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Atkinson are
the proud parents of a baby girl
born Saturday, March LIST, in the
Peninsula General Hospital, Sails
bury, Md.
The Women's Christian Society OF
Service met with Rev. and Mrs. J. F
Willis at the parsonage Tuesday af.
ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Birmingham
Jr., of Pocomoke City, were visitors
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Marion
Birmingham, ST., last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Taylor and son
Jack, left last Sunday for a visit
with relatives in Upper Darby, Pa.
Mrs. Marion Atkinson who has
been on the sick list for several days
is much better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Birmingham
of near town, visited Mr.. and Mrs
Morris Birmingham last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dennis were
dinner guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. King Miller at Princess Anne
Md, last Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Pusey, of near
Eden, Md, visited Mr.. and Mrs
Rome Pusey, last Sunday.
Mrs. w. j. Martin, Mrs. Owen
Melvin, Mrs. Gordy Young and Mr.
Edgar Atkinson spent last Sunday
with the latter's wife who is pat
lent in the Salisbury Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Moore, Mr.. and
Mrs. Vaughn Wilkerson, Mrs. Mary
Baker and Mrs. w. A. Long of POGO
moke City, and Mr.. and Mrs. Stan
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-07

lely Landlord and two children, Ralph
and Ann of near town were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Long,
Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bloxom, Of
Oak Hall, Va, is spending this week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Taylor.
Miss Elizabeth Dryden, of New
Church, Va, and Mr.. Pete Marshall,
of Hallwood, Va, were visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Brit
tingham, last Tuesday night.
Mrs. Allie Long and daughter,
Grace, spent Wednesday with her
sister, Mrs. Edwin Martin of near
town.
Mrs. Annie Atkinson, who has
been spending the winter at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Harris
at Cambridge, Md, has returned to
her home here.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-07
Americans Must
Live By Private
Enterprise

Every one in America, including
the myriad employees of government
even in its experimental efforts in
business, is in the end, the benefit
ciary of private enterprise: in fact,
he lives by private enterprise no
matter what his occupation, private
or public. 1t is well to remember
this when the Washington theorists
talk about government enterprise . g.
Private enterprise did not create
our natural resources-they existed
here in the time of primitive man.
What private enterprise did was to
develop them. A ton of coal beneath
the earth's surface is of no use to
anyone. Not until it has been min
ed, processed, shipped and distribut-
ed does it contribute to the mainte-
nance and progress of society. That
is what private enterprise does-it
takes the resources nature has given
us, and uses them to give US jobs
opportunities, necessities and luxuries
and a constantly rising standard Of
living -.
Private enterprise has nothing tt
do with size. The man who runs 6
shoe-shine stand of his own is a.
much of a private enterpreneur al
the man who runs an electric plant
Private enterprise is an ideal-a wa!
of lfe-indicated to the proposition
that every man shall have the RICH
to the fruits of his labors, and shall
go as far as his own brains and en-
ergies can take him. Private enter
prise made this nation as we know
it. And if ever private enterpris
is killed, this nation will die with it
(From the Enid (Okla.) Eagle.)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-07
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
NEW FERRY 'POCAHONTAS',
SOON TO GO INTO SERVICE

The new Pocahontas, latest ferry
of the Virginia Ferry Corporation,
which is to ply between Cape Char
les and Little Creek, is expected to
90 into service at an early date.
The Pocahontas is expected to
leave the Pusey-Jones Ship Yard, in
Wilmington, DEL, some time soon for
Cape Charles or Little Creek, and
after a day or two inspection will go
into service to help handle the spring
transportation across the bay.
The new ferry, in building for
some time, was launched September
16, 1910, is three-hundred feet long;
has a sixty-five foot beam, and right
of way depth of twenty feet. 1t will
accommodate one-hundred fifty auto
mobiles
This is the third of a fleet of
modern ferries to be put into ser
vice by the Virginia Ferry Corpora
ton; the Delmarva and Princess
Anne having been built in recent
years. The Delmarva and Princess
Anne are two-hundred sixty feet long
while the Virginia Lee of the Pennsyl
vaniA Railroad Company j three
hundred eighteen feet in length.
The Pocahontas embodies many
new features in ship-building, and it's
appointments are modern in every
detail, it is said. The new ships
range in cost from over one half to
one million dollars.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-07

A wooden mixing spoon is light
and well adapted to beating cake
batter; it makes little noise and does
not discolor the batter.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-03-07

Be sure that YOU are one of those women
who serve delicious meals-and make saw
ings, too! You can easily do bOth-by get
ting food buys in your neighbOrhOod Arp!
Notice the low prices! Take home treats to
your family!
Evening star., 1941-05-16
Pan-American Board
Hears Hull Restate
Plea for Solidarity
Meeting Held to Honor
Dr.. Ruiz-Guinozu,
Argentine Minister

Secretary Of State Hull. seizing the
opportunity for a restatement of
hemisphere solidarity given him by
a special meeting of the Governing
Board OF the Pan-American Union
called in honor Of the visiting Ar
gentine Foreign Minister, said today
that the American republics must
stand together "in a friendship so
Arm that nothing shall divide U.S."
After welcoming DR.. Enrique Ruiz
Guinazu, the Foreign Minister, who
made a short reply, Mr.. Hull said.
The present effort to build world
mastery by force will be defeated
and will end within a reasonable
length of time, Just as all other such
efforts throughout history have COL
apsed-although we shall have to
pass through hardship and sacrifice
before the end finally comes.
ALREADY the portion of the world
now in captivity or bondage looks
to the Americas for rescue from a
life Of vassalage, of semi-slavery, of
fear, of want and intolerance We
must live up to the faith which has
been given us by uncounted millions,
even beyond the seas.
I'VE must do this by standing to-
gether in a friendship so firm that
nothing shall divide us; by working
together so generously that none
can instill fear or suspicion, and by
making available as freely as we
can the huge resources which are
the inheritance of the New World"
After a speech by Ambassador
Castillo Najera of Mexico, the vice
chairman of the governing board,
the Argentine Foreign Minister, the
Secretary of State, the Latin Ameri-
can ambassadors and ministers and
officials of the union were guests at
luncheon in the Hall of Heroes of
the Union.
Evening star., 1941-05-16

pOrtatlOn maI- q NJ Oo"ef'
ters for the Republican National
Committee.
Mr.. Conner started his railroad
career in 1920 as leverman in the
Atlantic Division. In 1928 he en-
tered the Passenger Traffic Depart
ment as stenographer in Atlantic
City, later being appointed passen-
ger representative in Philadelphia.
In 1927 he was transferred to Miami
Mr.. Conner also has served in New
York, Boston, indianapolis and
Philadelphia.
The change became effective to-
day.
Evening star., 1941-05-16

nounced today.
Mr.. Pennington
will ecom e
general paSsen-
ger agent in New
York City.
Mr.. G ON e r,
who previously
W as assistant
general paSsen-
ger agent in New
York City, was
In Washington
In 1928 as a pas
senger repre-
sen t a tiv e to
handle trans
mediation N1of-
Evening star., 1941-05-16
Bike Factory
Making Cannon
For Bombers

After turning out boys bicycles
for 40 years, the Eclipse Machine
division Of the Bendix Aviation
Corp. will deliver to the Army to-
day the first of the new 20-milli-
meter automatic cannon to be
mounted in pursuit and bomber
planes.
Delivery of the first cannon will
be made to the Ordnance Depart
ment at the plant in Elnira, N. Y.
The contract was awarded Septem-
Der 27, 1910.
This 20-mm. gun has been used
by both the Allied and Axis forces
In the present war, and like the
larger 37-mm. gun, mounted in
combat planes, it fires a highly ex-
plosive shell. The cannon being
produced for the American Army
embodies improvements developed
by ordnance experts.
Evening star., 1941-05-16
Conner Named as Pennsy
Passenger Agent Here

Earle R. Conner has been appointed
TO succeed C. Gordon Pennington as
general passenger agent here of the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad, it was an
Evening star., 1941-05-16

French ndo-China shipped over
800 pounds of pepper to France in
two weeks recently.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-30
WIFE WITNESSES
 HUSBAND FIGHT
Saw His Plane Fall Into Sea at Pearl HarbOr;
 He Escaped
tNEA Telephoto)

Nutley, N. j., Dee. 30.--(Up)--Nrs, Margaret Bickell, frightened and trembling, was watching a swarm of planes battle overhead. Bombs were crashing around her and fires were raging. The scene was Pearl Har- Dor, Dec. [.
 She saw an American plane fal- ter under blast of machine-Run and cannon fire, drop from tho tan- gle and plunge Into the seq. As 1t settled 200 yards offEhore, Q man climbed out and began swimming. Mrs, Bickell recognized him GS her husband, First Lieut., George R, Bickell, 25, of the army air corps.
 When he climbed up on the beach, he ordered her to 90 home at once and stay there. He meant what he said. Then he took or hl another plane for second crack at the Japanese.
 Pretty Mrs. Bickell, who Is 20 and just over five feet tall, arrived yes- terday to stay with her parents pr. and Mrs, B. A. Flynn, for the dura- ton. The army ordered her to re- turn to the mainland
 She said she, her husband, an- other airnian, his wife and their
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-30
MORCENTHAU HAS
 GIVEN CROSSES

Washington, Dec. 3O.-(UP) Sec retary of Treasury Henry Morgen- thau Jr. today awarded Dis tinguiShed Flying Crosses to the crew of 3 coast guar dairplane in which he was a passenger during forced landing at Philadelphia last Oc- tOber 3.
 The crew landed the plane safely after it had been seveYly damaged in a crash through tre tops near Hackensack, N. J. Morgenthau as treasury secretary, was at the time head of the coast guard, now naval unit.
 Those receiving the crosses were the pilot, Lieut.. William E. Stln- ton, Fort Harrison, Mont; Ayia- ton Chief Machinist's Mates Ed- rnllnd T. Preston. AEarhlehead. Rfass. and Lonnie Brldges, Cape May. ". J, and Raaio Man stephen J. :. Brodhian. Arlington Heights, MaNHMs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-30
Two Factories Swell Local Red Cross Fund
5000 From ScOyill PIant $2,OOO From Fa-re Foun. dry Almost Double Amount Thus Far Col.
 Iected in City

Donations of so.Ooo from the sco- viii Manufacturing company and S2,0C0 from the Waterbury Farrel Foundry & Machine company today nearly doubled the local American Red Cross War Relief fund, aecord- ing to c tabulation of returns made public by Chairman Lewis s. Reed.
 The actual contribution made by the Scovill concern was sl0,0Oo, but si ,000 of this total went to the Wa. tertown branch of tho Red Cross, inasmuch as great many of the employees of the Scoyllle company, who work in It's Oakyille branch, are residents of that town.
 The gift, which helped raise the local fund to S26,37e,8D, was by far the largest single contribution to the campaign instituted in this city two weeks ago, when the quota Of SB6 900 was received from national head- quarters of tho Red Gross. The Sco- will company also contributed gens erously to the annual roll call of the organi. , ion, held Just previous to the current drive for additional funds.
 (continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-30
No War Millionaires This Time" Say Congress Leaders As They Demand Taxes

Doughton believed the war mil- lionaireS might be cut down before they bloomed by enacting legisla- tion that would limit profits on war contracts to seven or eight per cent.
 War profiteering is booming, !" said Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., Prog, Wis. of the senate finance committee.
 It consists of both legal and H. legal activities and is being prac- ticed both by individuals and by corporate managemeEts who find themselves ill favorable positions to extract unconscionahle remunera- ton for their services in connection with the war effort"
 There now Is neither a limitation nor excess profits tax on the earn inRs of individuals.
 The excess profits tax on e0rp0r- ationS nov ranges from Ss to 60 per cent. Some administration taa advisers believe it should De in. creased to y5 per cent. and thAt th, method of computation should hg changed 70 n larger percentage N corporate eaGnAnNA would ne af. feele1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-30
LONELY PRIVATE
 NOT LONELY NOW
Nobody Wrote to Him, So He Complained; ; Plenty of
 Mail at Present

Rockford. H., Dec. 0-(UP)-Pvt, Joe Eyeringham, 24, Clearwater, Fla, didn't expect to increase the burdens of the Camp Grant pest ofIice when he called himself "the lonehest specimen this side of the Mississippi" but he did.
 He gave himself that name in a letter, printed in a Chicago news paper Dec. 24, complaining that '"the regularity with which my name Is skipped at mail call is getting naonotonous.
 T don't care if it's about tAe weather, the state of affairs in Blue Island, or the price of eggs in Soera- baya," he said. I'd surely appre- ciate hearing from somebody about Sornething.'
 Tn five days he had received:
 A sheaf of telegrans and Christ mas cards.
 About 70 packages containing pants presser, sewing kit, dictionary toothbrusheS. food dellcacies and other articles.
 some 800 letters containing din- ncr invitations. . list Of wealthy widows. pictures of girls and an of- fer from a grandmother to knit iol him. And another large package q mall wax waltili@ sor EEeringhaEu al the pest ol.ce I0dNS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-30
CITY WATER NOT
 YET CLEARED UP
Will Continue Says Health Officer; Not Blamed for
 Typhoid Fever Care

A case Of typhoid fever listed for Waterbury by the state health de. partment in It's weekly bulletin to- day was not caused by the city's water supply, 1t was asserted by pr. Edward J. Godfrey, city health officer. The case is believed to have resulted from contact of the male victim with a carrier of the disease.
 The rad taste of city water, source Of many complaints the past few weeks, may continue for months to come unless measures to correct It can be found. pr. Godfrey said, At first. he said, the taste was be- Iieved to be the result of the semi- annual turnover of water, which brought algae and vegetable mat ter to the top.
 Now, Dr. Godfrey believes. she taste of the water results from the fact that the reservoirs are lower than normal because of the heavy aenand on them from defense in-
 Continued on Page N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-30
BY DAYTON MOORE Limited Press Stan COrrespOndent)

Washington, Dec. 30 - (U.P) - Congressional fiscal leaders de- manded today that the incomes of individuals be taxed heavily enough to guarantee that there will be mo war millionaireS this tine."
 They start work on new tax bill January 15. Their demands for one that will restrict profiteering came as Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgeuthau, Jr., warned the public that 1t must rearrange its finances ito considerable degree" to meet war taxes.
 Morgenthau declined to reveal the types of taxes now being studied but said they would require "a consid- erable amount of encouragement Of the peepless finances without dis rupting society too much"
 Congressional leaders predicted that the new bill would levy be- tween eB,000 900 .O00 and sl0 GOO 0oo. . GO in new taxes. Even that would fall sllcFb og war costs for tho conn lnn vear. The treasury nov ls v|lnNe .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-30

ing $6l 100000 day - Sl 300 ,OO0,- 900 month-- on the armament program. That is expected to be doubled within year.
 Administration tax advisers are aware that these enormous expen- ditlres offer many opportunities to amasS large riches quickly, and are studying various proposals to in- sure that war fortunes are paid back in the treasury in taxes. Proposals aimed at war million aires" include:
 1. Limitations of individual in- comes to $25 1000. $20.000 or SI5.0O0 Q year.
 2. Increasing the excess profits tax on corporations to 90 per cent.
 3. Levying of an excess profits tax on individual incomes.
 We will give thorough considera- ton to proposals to tighten income tax restrictions to prevent making any war millicnaireS." said Chair man Robert L Doughton. D.. ~. e. of tlle house ways and means com mittee. which originates tax bills
 'Those ere the flret guys that tho rnvnAnnsns,t mnrsR ta arf