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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
Examine Crystals

Stepping closer we examined
Jack F'rost's work in crystals.
BY morning. and as II by magic,
the falling temperature outdoors
and the moist air within would
have wrought in frost a mural
Of ferns and MOSES.
From the darkness of tho
stairway we looked down once
more upon the glittering window
70 hold momentarily its lowell
ness before a night Of storm and
beauty had gone forever.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
SNOWFLAKES AND FROST CRYSTALS
Nature in January

Snow had begun 70 fall from
the husked SKY as We turned in
the lanewsy: far over the fields
train rushed from out the
darkness, its lights blurred gold
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
Halter Men Active

The record number Of $40 race
horses were claimed by halter men
during the 19il season at New
York five tracks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18

US as in looking AZ wrist
watch. We examined them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
XXX Cuy|er TO,
Lead A|pend's
Cat HuntAgain
Big Event Is Set
for Jan. 81. Feb. 7
in Six Swamps

ALPENA. Jan. 1.-THE third
annual wildcat hunt will be held
in Alpena County swampS Satur-
tday and Sunday, January 81 and
February 1, under the auspices OF
the Alpena SportSmen'E Club, Bud
McDougal said today.
Leading the hunt again this
year will be HaITisville's leading
citizen. Hazen "Ki-Ki" Cuyler. He
will act as captain OF the hunt
and will have six lieutenants, one
for each of the swamps in which
the willy wildcat will be pursued.
Last year XXI turned in a
Imasterful piece OF work, leading
more than 100 Southern Michigan
sportsmen into wildcat-infested
swampS that yielded up more than
dozen cats in two days.
Select SWamps
This year the selection Of the
swamps will be made by a COM
lmittee consisting of Edward
Owens Conservation Officer Bill
Connors and Lloyd Baker, who
know every inch of their territory.
Only swamps that contain =
goodly number OF cats will be Sd
lected and, TO make the jaunt
more interesting. they will be
baited to insure plenty OF action.
The best cat dogs in this section
OF the state will be on hand for
all hunters. Bill II. Koepfgen has
been named general chairman OF
this years unique event. II he
shows them half the fun they
had last year, hunters will be
more than repaid.
Registrations may be mailed 10
Bud Dougall. care OF the Owl
Cafe, Alpcna.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-18
OeadIine on Storage Permits

BUY "A Bomb
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-05-29
All CLUB HOLDS
FIRST MEETING OF
The SU N MER
Convened At The Home of Miss
White, With Local Leader,
Mrs. Maxwell

The Princess Anne-Kings Greek A.
H Club held their first meeting of the
summer with the local leader, Miss
Beulah Maxwell, at the home of Miss
Betty Ann White.
The meeting was called to order
with the president, Ann Whaley, in
the chair. The discussion was thrown
open as to the plans for the summer
program. The projects the girls de-
cided that would be of most benefit
to them were: 1. Canning and Food
Preservation for National Defense. 2.
The Art of Baking. 3. Sewing in
Connection with Clothing Construc-
ton.
A clothing demonstration on sew
ing on buttons and making button
holes was presented by Mrs. Wesley
Young, a homemaker of the Kings
Greek club.
The girls were delighted to have as
their guests, Mrs Wesley Young and
Mrs. Edgar Kemp.
After delicious refreshments, con-
sisting Of fruit punch, cookies, and
candies We're served, the meeting was
adjourned to meet Saturday, June 10.
The meeting place will be announced
later.
The girls in attendance were: Betty
Ann Bailey, Kay Conway, Jean Hank
ms, Barbara Kemp, Edith Pinto, Mar
garet Ann Scott, Ann Whaley, Betty
Ann White, MilIicent Young.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-05-29
WILLIAM S. QUINN
WEEDS MISS A. C. MELVIN

Mr.. William s Quinn, Of CrisfieId,
surprised his many friends and kin
folk her and in his home town, by
coming to Pocomoke on Tuesday eve
ming, and visiting the parsonage Of
Salem Methodist Church, when the
Rev. R. J. Vow made him and the
lady he was careful to have with him,
man and wife
Mrs. Quinn before her marriage was
Miss Anne G. Melvin, and is a niece
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-05-29

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lusk are Wis
iting Mrs. Lusk's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George W. Bell, of SheIltown.
Mr.. Bell is able to be up after an
illness of six weeks.
Mrs. Irving Matthews, who has
been undergoing treatment in the
Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, has re-
turned and is now recuperating at her
home on Sixth Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Reid and
daughter attended the funeral of Mr..
Henry Sharpley, of Philadelphia, held
in Union Methodist Church in Green
backville on Saturday last.
The Auxiliary of the Pocomoke
Fire Company will hold its regular
monthly meeting in the Fire House
Tuesday, June End at 1880 o'clock. A
good attendance is desired.
Mrs. E. B. Williams, of Front
Street, left last week for Norfolk, Va,
to make her home with her husband
who is in the Coast Guard Service
with headquarters in that city.
Mrs. Essie Byrd Dennis has re-
turned from Baltimore where she
spent the past two weeks with her
young son, Robert Dennis Jr., who
has been undergoing treatment at the
Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Everett Belote, of Pocomoke, junior
at Western Illinois State Teachers
College, was initiated into the Alpha
Delta journalistic Fraternity at the
college this week. Mr.. Belote is a
major in Industrial Arts.
The friends of little Miss Barbara
Anne Maddox and Margaret Harri-
son are glad to hear they are back
home after undergoing tonsil and
adenoid operations at the Peninsula
General Hospital in Salisbury.
Mrs. Roger w. Landlord left We'd
nesday for Washington, D. c., and
from there will go to GAINESVILLE,
Georgia, to witness the graduation
of her son, Cadet Robert Landlord at
the Riverside Military Academy.
Rev. and Mrs. John W. Wootten and
daughter, Ann, and Mr.. Billy DeMar
were delightfully."- entertained at dim
ner by the George S. Buntings and
C. w. Matthews families last Thurs
day evening at the Bunting home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey Child, Mr..
and Mrs. Clinton Duncan, Mr. and
Mrs. w. Sidney Stevens and Mr.. and
Mrs. L. Griffin Callahan, will enter
tain a number of friends at a dance
tonight, Friday, at the Country Club.
Two Pocomoke boys with the U. S.
Armed forces, have recently been pro-
NOTED to private, first class. These
are William Smith, and Charles Smith
son of Mrs. Edith Byrd Smith. Rob-
ert A. Smith, a brother to the former
also has the rank of P. F. c.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-05-29

Of the late Charles 0. Melvin, at one
time a minister in the NJ. P. Church,
but who left the ministry to enter the
legal profession.
The bride is member Of the teach
ing force Of the Baltimore City schools,
where she occupies the psition of
principal with many teachers under
her supervision. Mr.. and Mrs. Quinn
it is understood, will make their home
in Somerset. 1.-The Democrat offers
congratulations.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-05-29
CHIRPS

Continued from Page ID
of news for his sheet is to be CON
graduated on his fine sense Of fitness,
so rare in the work-a-day press MOL
and toll. "The Southemaires" do
sing well, but l may be an unrecon-
structed old rebel, since l prefer to
take mine on the radio.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-05-29
Local and Rural News

Mrs. Robert l. Owens is spending
part of the week in Baltimore.
Mrs. Louis Llewelyn is spending
the latter part of the week in Balti-
more.
The Tuesday afternoon bridge club
was entertained this week by Mrs. A.
A. Parker.
Mrs. Carlton Evans and son, Barry,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Gladding.
Mrs. Arthur Landlord has returned
from a visit in Baltimore and Wilm-
ington, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Rodgers, of Balti-
more, are spending the week end with
friends in town.
Mrs. j. K. Lang, of Harrington, Del.
was a visitor in Pocomoke the early
part of this week.
Mr. William Quinn, of Crisfield,
visited friends and relatives in POGO
moke on Tuesday last
Miss Alma Ford has returned to
Sykesville after a two weeks visit
with her parents here.
Misses Helen and Rhea Lusk, of
Berwyn, Nd, were visitors in POGO
moke on Saturday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Youngman, of
Lebanon, Pa, are spending their va
cation with relatives in Pocomoke.
Miss Hazel Beauchamp was the
guest last week of her sister, Mrs.
Harry Bradford Jr., in Snow Hill.
Lieut.. William G. Vincent left We'd
nesday for Fort Meade, Md. From
there he will go to Camp Wheeler,
Georgia.
Mrs. Harris Corddry, of Public
Landing, spent the first part of the
week with her mother, Mrs. Riley P.
Stevenson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Matthews,
of Norfolk, have been recent guests
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
P Matthews.
Rev. w. E Balderson, of Montrose,
Va, spent part of last week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Marion But
Ter, of Pocomoke.
Mrs. Mary Blades is recuperating
at her home here after undergoing
an abdominal operation in the Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
Mrs. Robert Walker and young son,
Bobby, have been recent guests of
Mrs. Walkers sister, Mrs. Benson
Byrd and family, in Crisfield
A meeting of the Woman's Mis-
sionary Society of the First Baptist
Church will be held in the Church
House Monday, June 1st at 1880 p m.
Mrs. Harry H. Appleton has been
housed this week by reason of illness.
Mrs. Emerson W. Polk is spending
some time in Westminster and Balti-
more.
Mr.. Edward Farrell Bowen, who
pent the winter in Maine, was home
for few days this week before going
on to Charleston, S. c., where he will
continue his work
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude w. Outten, of
Dover, Del, are receiving congratu-
lations on the birth of a daughter
The little girl will receive the name
of Claudette Alec.
Mrs. Fannie Wilson, widow of Rob-
ert Wilson, died in Philadelphia and
will be brought here for burial to-
day, Friday. Further particulars will
be given next week.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-05-29

P. F. G. Edward NJ Merrill, sta
tened at Fredericksburg. Va, with
the both Division, was house guest
Of Miss Louise Dexter and Mr.. and
Mrs. Enroll G. Dexter, Of Mount Leba-
non, Pittsburgh, for the week end
According to announcement made
by Mayor John w. Winder of Chinco-
league, the Islands annual poney pen
ming event would take place as sched
uled on July 10Th. The firemen's
carnival will be held as usual and as
an added attraction cupboard motor
racing will be featured
Rev. r. J. Vow, the new pastor of
Salem Methodist Church, moved with
his family this week to the parsonage
corner of Second and Walnut streets.
At the same time Rev. j. w. Wootten
and family moved to Cambridge where
Rev. Wootten will succeed Rev. Mr..
Vow in Grace Methodist Church.
Miss Mildred Virginia Pilchard, of
this city, was among the list of nine
Delmar-va nurses awarded diplomas
of graduation at the Peninsula Gen
eral Hospital in Salisbury. Miss
Pilchard was presented the Business
and Professional Women's award for
the highest average in obstetrics.
Miss Elizabeth Lester, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. G.. E. Lester and a
member of the graduating class of
1912 had the distinction of winning
the "Old Home Prize" and also the
Citizenship award presented by the
American Legion. The prizes were
presented at the Commencement ex-
ercises held on May 18th.
Miss Priscilla Crockett, daughter of
Judge and Mrs. James M. Crockett,
has recently been elected a member
of the literary staff of the Herald, the
college literary magazine at Hood
College, Frederick, where she is
Sophomore Miss Crockett is also a
member of the Marionettes, dramatic
club, Alpha Psi Omega, honorary dra-
matte organization, and a personnel
editor of Touchstone, the college an
nual.
Due to the fact that William James
Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
T. Davis. was absent when the pic
ture of the graduating class of the
Pocomoke High School was taken, his
name did not appear under the print
ed photo. Davis, however, is among
the list of 1912 graduates and his
name appears in the complete list
which was published some time ago.
This omission was noted by the Dem
ocrat but too late for correction last
week.
Miss Lucille V. Mason, an en-
ployee in the Pocomoke office of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company of Baltimore City, received,
during May, a one-star emblem in
recognition of five years of service
with the company, according to an
nouncement by Miss Jessie B. Slo-
comb, Chief Operator. During May,
68 employees of the G. and P Tele-
phone Company in Maryland were
awarded emblems. They had an ag-
gregate of 1,010 years of service.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-05-29

Pvt Victor A. Davis, son Of Mrs
]. A. Davis and the late Mr.. Davis, Of
this city, has been transferred from
Camp Wheeler, Ga, to Co. "A" Acad
emic Blu. Fort Benning, Georgia.
where he has begun studies in ad-
vanced radio. Pvt Davis was i'm
Quoted into the army on January 18th
last. His brother, Pvt. Paul v.
Davis, who is stationed at Fort
George G. Meade, is now at A. P.
Hill, Fredericksburg, Va, on maneu-
vers.
Mrs. Wilson T. Dryden has returned
from a recent visit with Mr.. Dryden
in New Jersey. Mrs. Dryden is the
former Miss Lois H. Hancock, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Hancock
of this city, whose marriage to Mr..
Dryden, Private First Class in the
U. S. Army and son of Mrs. Edgard
Dryden and the late Mr.. Dryden, took
place at the parsonage at Rehoboth,
VII, VII Way oIuy Tie ISeN. h6IiHdII
Bischoff, officiating. Mrs. Dryden
will make her home here for the pres
ent.
AID LOCAL .. ...
Miss Phoebe Anne Mock, of Snow
Hill, Md, has been awarded the staff
scholarship of the Nurses Training
School of the Hospital for the Women
of Maryland 1t is one of the most
coveted honors of the school. 1t is
awarded after a secret ballot in which
all the nurses and the physicians on
the staff Of the hospital vote. It is
given for personality and devotion to
duty beyond actual requirements of
the training. Graduation exercises of
the school took place Tuesday.
Arthur w. Landlord Jr., was grad
uated from the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity on May 22nd with Bachelor
of Engineering degree in Electrical
Engineering. Mr.. Landlord has a
fine scholastic record and during his
last year won second place in the prize
paper contest of the Maryland sec
ton of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers. This was quite
an honor as professors, lawyers, doc
tors and students throughout the en-
tire state participated. He has held
important offices during the four
years and is a member of Alpha Tau
Omega fraternity.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-05-29

When sprinkling for ironing
sprinkle clothing evenly, of course
heavy garments use more water.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-21
5000 Mexicans at
Border Held Up

MEXICO CITY, Aug. II. up
Five thousand Mexican workers,
seeking to enter the United States
to relieve the farm labor shortage,
are held up at Juarez on the Texas
border, it was revealed today.
The workers thronged to the bor-
der when the secretary of the for
eign office published the United
States Mexican labor agreement,
providing for labor contracts, and
issuance of health certificates of
workers.
The Mexican government had no
time to establish camps and assign
physicians to examine the workers,
and authorities refused to permit
them to cross the border until re-
quisites of the agreement are met.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-21
BY QUENTIN REYNOLDS
Golfers Staff Correspondent
Written for the United Press

LONDON, Aug. 21-(UP, - The
whole operation against the Dieppe
region was extremely hazardous.
Maj Gen. James Roberts, from
the Canadian army. was in charge
Of the military force and he in
sisted that the destroyer in which
he was sailing should go first.
was on that destroyer.
An armada of ships followed us.
1t was night and there were stars
but little moon.
We had reached within six miles
of Dieppe when bright golden
flashes and blue and red bursts
from tracer bullets splashed the
sky. The radio detector used by
the Germans evidently had picked
up the engines Of our torpedo boats
and thought the RAF was overhead.
For 20 minutes. the anti-aircraft
barrage continued. Meanwhile our
floiilla worked closer inshore
COMMANDOS LAND
British commandos had landed by
now On the beach to our right.
Their job was to silence a battery
of large guns and just as the gray
before dawn thinned the night, a
dull explosion and a red glow told
us that they had done their usual
effective job
Now the inVaSion haroae ,aoly
ing like east river scows, closed In.
There was no opposition at first.
Our destroyer was close enough to
see the white beaches. Then heavy
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-21
Men with Dependents to
Be Called by Christmas
Draft Head Urges |ndustryto
Begin Training Women. Old Men
For Important Jobs in War Effort

: EVANSTON, Ill, Aug. 81 tUP) -
Brig. Gen. Lewis e. Hershey said
today that draft boards would be-
gin calling men with dependents
before Christmas.
The national selective service di'
rector reiterated the order in which
men with dependents would bt
called.
Single men with secondary" de.
pendents, such as aged OF crippled
relatives, would be called first. he
said.
Next would come married me.1
whose wives work, then men with
dependent wives, and finally men
with wives and children.
Hershey declined to estimate
when married men whose wives
are dependent would be- called. He
said merely that the process OF
calling men with dependents would
begin before Christmas.
URGED TRAINING
Hershey urged industry to be-
gin training immediately of large
forces of women, old and young
men exempted from military SER
vice by age and persons with
physical handicapS to replace able
bodied men in jobs indispensable
to the war effort.
He made the remarks at q meet
inc of chamber of commerce officials
and trade association executives
sponsored by the national inSti-
tute for commercial and trade Or
ganization executives.
Hershey said that quotas issued
last month which were accompani-
ed by increased discretion for draft
boards in selection of men. assured
larger army than served in the
last war.
There are very few essential in
dustrieS in which women and old
men cannot replace able bodied
men of draft age, he said
THE number of men who think
they are Indispensable in war in
dustry will be materially reduced
in the very near future" he said
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-21

the tactical offensive OF American
forces in the southwest Pacific was
broadening in scope to cover a
front of thousands OF miles along
the flank of the vital Hawaii-Aus-
tralasia supply line.
The British radio reported Ameri-
can Flying Fortresses carried out a
strong attack on Japanese naval
SquadronS in the Solomon area. The
results of the precision high level
bombing attack were not immedi-
ately known but previous bombing
expeditions of this character have
cost Japan's navy heavily.
FROM LAND
The Flying Fortress attack was
said to have been made from land
bases in Australia
The new ground action was re-
ported by Tokyo radio which said
small force of u. S. troops had
sWarmed ashore at Maxim Island
heart of an island area infested
with Japanese sea and air bases.
NORTHERN ISLAND
Maxim is the most northerly OF
the Gilbert group near the center
of the flat triangle formed by the
GilbertS, Marshalls, and Carolines.
There was no word from u. S
authorities on the Maxim attack
The japanese accounts were vague
but it appeared likely that the Amer
lean troops were bent on a mission
of destruction and only temporary
occupation as the size Of the force
did not seem large enough to hold
out lengthily amid virtual Jap
anese hornets nest.
japanese reports said the Ameri-
cans had been driven back on Ma
kin after making landings from
warShips in rubber assault boats
1t left the present status of the
fighting uncertain
Tokyo also admitted tha fighting
still is in progress in the Solomons
in contrast to repeated attempts
by the Japanese propaganda ma
chine to make it appear that the
SolomonS attack was almost at an
end.
On a third Far Eastern front
the Chinese Sprang into action with
sharp attack in eastern Kiangsi
province which drove the japanese
from the important city of Kwang-
feng, the second ajor town to be
reoccupied by the Chinese within
a week. The earlier victory was at
WenchoW.
The increasing tactical offensive
in the Pacific accompanied indica-
ton of swift Allied preparations to
put into practice the lessons learn
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-21
ICkes Bans Use
OF Tank Cars in
70 States in West
Rail Facilities to
Be Used to Transports
Gasoline to East u. S.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81.
(UP) = Petroleum COordin-
ator Harold l.. Ickes today
prohibited the hauling Of
automotive gasoline by rail
in 20 middle western and south
western states to divert enough tank
cars to carry 100000 barrels of fuel
oil daily into the east Coast short
age area.
The ban. effective Monday. forces
the affected area to rely upon pipe
lines, trucks and barges for its sup
ply of gasoline. Deputy Petroleum
Ccordinator Ralph K. Davies said
that If the withdrawal of the 5000
to 1000 tank cars from this area
creates shortage there then ra-
tioning should be extended.
STATES AFFECTED
The states affected are Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi Alabama,
Oklahoma, Arkansas. Tennessee
Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braSka, Iowa, Illinois. Indiana. Ohio,
Michigan, Wisconsin Minnesota,
and North and South Dakota
New Mexico was omitted from the
restriction because it has no pipe
lines, refineries or water transpor-
tation to supply its needs.
The total of tank cars now being
used to supply the east coast is
more than $4,000, or almost 70 per
cent of all the cars in petroleum
service in the United States.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
War production chief Donald Mel
son planned to appoint special
committee with final power to de-
eide whether to ration fuel oil this
Continued on Page 6, Col. .,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-21
Farmers Ask Aid
Of Soldiers 10
Help Pick Peaches
CrOD Soon to Reach
Peak Will Rot Without
Large Supply of Labor

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.
21. (UP) California farm
ers called for soldier, sailor
and convict help today to
gather the states lush peach
crop, much of which is destined
for Army, Navy or lend-lease use.
Peaches are ripening fast in the
hot interior valleys and farmers say
thousands of tons will fall and rot
on the ground unless an adequate
labor supply is furnished at once.
A. W. Eames, vice president of
the California Professors and Grow
ers, Inc, said peak of the season
would arrive next week. War in
dustries and the armed services
have depleted the normal labor
supply.
SERVICES NEED FRUIT
Tine services as we'll as civilians"
Eames said yesterday in San Jose.
need our fruit for balanced diet.
The quartermaster in San Francisco
tells me the Army doesn't want
our crops to 60 to waste"
He estimated 800 soldiers would
relieve the situation for the time
being. They have done such work
before, he recalled, but never in such
large numbers.
In Minnesota soldiers have been
granted leaves to help in the wheat
harvest Earlier this week 200 pre-
flight cadets from the Navy's school
at Moraga spent day in pear Or
chards.
Publicity on the cadets pear pick
ing brought a flood of calls from
farmers in north and central Cali
fornia who wanted help. The Navy
was forced TO decline, explaining
that because the pears were nearby
the cadets were able to pick them
as part of their physical training
program.
II soldiers or sailors are permit
ted to work in the orchards, Eames
said, they will receive standard
union wages of about 70 cents an
hour. Within three weeks, he esti-
mated, the peach situation would
be under control.