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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-10

York and Wilmington.
Mrs. Clemment Outten is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Watson in
Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanse Fooks of
Bethesda, Md, spent the week end
with Mr.. and Mrs. William j. Fowler
and Mr.. E. Hanse Fooks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Hargrave of
Norfolk, Va, spent the week end
with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. William o. Dickerson
spent the week end at Oak Orchard,
Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baldwin Passano of
Baltimore spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Payne, Miss
Barbara Payne and Billy Payne of
Philadelphia were guests of Mr., and
Mrs. Virgil Dickerson. last week,
Mr., Joseph Godfrey Jr. was oper-
ated on at Peninsula General Hes
pital, Salisbury On Friday,
Vernon Jones IS visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Jones in
Baltimore.
Mrs. Sarah E. Parson has returned
after spending a week with Mrs.
Uriah Dickerson in Salisbury.
Private Joseph Sherkey has re-
turned to Fort Benning, Ga, after
spending a week with his mother,
Mrs. William Sherkey.
Capt. Earl Tromley of New London,
Conn, spent the week end with his
family.
Mr.. Earl White has returned to
New York after spending week
with Mrs. White
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Grant and
daughter, Nancy and Mary spent the
week end with relatives in SUnbury,
Pa, Nancy remained for a longer
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Allender, OF
Westminster, Miss Ernestine Hudson
of Washington and Mr.. Richard
Walters of Baltimore visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles W. Corddry during the
week end.
DIR. Herman Robbins spent the
week end with Mrs. Robbins in AL
toona, Pa.
Miss Peggy Jane Harrison and
Miss Harriet Ruth Cherrix visited
Mr. and Mrs. Beaver Hostetter in
Salisbury, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brannan of
Baltimore spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Herman Adkins.
Mr., Layfette Townsend is in Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
Mr., and Mrs. Clifford SturgiS and
Mr., Edward Grey of Washington
spent the week end with Mr.. and Mrs.
William NJ. Sturgis.
Miss Rosemary Corddry spent the
week end in Ocean City.
Mrs. Gordon Lewis and son Gorden
Jr., OF Philadelphia are spending the
summer with Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Vim
boro.
Mr.. and Mrs George Greenlon OF
Ashland, Ne, are spending several
week with Mr.. and Mrs. ElwooG
Truitt.
Miss Mary Paynick spent the week
end in Ocean City.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Mason and
son Corbin Of Philadelphia. Pa.
spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Tarr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Collins are
spending this week with their daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leroy Jester at Ocean View, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Bailey and
son Paxton visited Mrs. Ella Dryden
at Pocomoke City, Md, Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. John P. Hill and son Elwood
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brown Jr.,
and children Barbara and Roger spent
the week end with Mrs. Browns par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Graydon Tull at
Cape Charles, Va.
Mrs. John f. Pruitt and daughter,
Joyce and Rachel are spending this
week with their daughter, Mrs, Viii
lard Northam and Mn Northam at
Newport News. Va.
Mr., and Mrs, Irwin Wharton 81
Atlantic City, y, j., spent the week
end with Mrs. Wharton's grand
mother, Mrs. Betty Marshall.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Merrill Jr.
are spending this week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Graydon J. Tull at Cape Charles,
Va. While there they will visit
friends and relatives in Newport
News, Va, and Norfolk Va.
Mr.. Edwin Ward of Wilmington,
Del, is spending some time with his
grandmother, Mrs. Blanch Russell.
Mr. and Mrs. George Dryden are
spending this week with his sister
and brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Slime at Knoxville, Md. while
there they Will visit other northern
cities.
Mrs, Martha Dukes Of Laurel, Del.
Is spending some time With her
daughter and son-in-law. Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul White.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Marshall and
children OF Atlantic City. n. J., spent
the week end with his mother. Mrs.
Betty Marshall. Mrs. Marshall and
children remained here while Mr..
Marshall returned to his job.
Mr.. and Mrs Gordon West and son
of Westover, Md, spent the week end
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
McCleary. Mrs. McCleary accomp-
anied them home for visit.
Those entertained in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mason Sunday
were Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Arthur and
daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Sharp and children of Montchanin,
Del, Mrs, Sharp and son will remain
for a weeks visit with her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs, Roland Lynch OF
Wilmington, Del, are spending the
week with his mother, Mrs. Lula
Lynch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard S. Crowley
OF Delmar. Del. and Srgt. Charles H
Crowley Of the L. S. Army spent
Monday with Mrs. Laura Crowley.
Misses Frances Bundick and Mary
Justice spent the week end in Ocear
City, Nd.
Miss Margaret Crowley spent Mon
day with Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow
Dryden at Portersville, Md.
Miss Rebecca Birch returned to hel
home at Chincoteague, Va, Tuesday
after spending last week with hel
grandmother, Mrs. Josephine Grow.
ley.
Miss Ruth and Lorraine Brimer OF
Wilmington, Del, spent the week
end with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Lora Brimer. They were accomp-
anied back by Miss Elva Porter who
will spend the week with Miss I.or-
raine Brimer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Mason of Phila-
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Mr. and Mrs. Edward Boehm of
New York spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Kerbin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elizabeth Truitt en-
tertained at dinner party on Thurs
day. Their guests were, Mrs. Richard
Mcfarland of Philadelphia, Mrs.
Neva Carmine and Miss Nancy Var
brough of Salisbury and Mr.. and Mrs.
Julian Vincent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sullivan have
returned to Philadelphia after visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Newell Stage.
Mrs. Nelson Bailey and son, Tommy
Lee Sexton of Baltimore spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Leland
B. Richardson.
Mr., Wilson Outten has returned to
Pittsburgh. Pa. after spending a
week with Mrs, Daniel II, Bradford,
He was accompanied home by Mrs,
0utten and son Wilson Jr,, who have
been spending d month here,
Mr.. Homer Shockley of Beltville,
Nd, spent the week end with Mrs.
Shockley.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Of Washing
ton spent the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. J. o. Byrd.
Miss Evelyn Shockley and Mr..
Charles w. Shockley spent the week
end in Ocean City.
Mr.. Lingo Hudson of University of
Maryland, College Park, Md, spent
the week end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles NJ. Hudson.
Merrill Trader Jr., has returned to
Salisbury after spending a week with
his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Trader.
Mr., and Mrs. J. Herman Perdue ST..
spent the week end in Ocean City.
Miss Grace West of Philadelphia
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William West, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hancock of
Philadelphia spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Dickerson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Beauchamp
and children, Iva Mae, Willard and
Ralph of Berlin spent Friday with
Mrs. John Cottingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Shockley en-
tertained at dinner party on Sun
day. Their guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Hancock, of Philadelphia, Mr..
and Mrs. James Dryden, Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Dickerson and Mr.. Levi Truitt.
Mr.. and Mrs, William Rowley spent
the week end with relatives in South
Hill. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs, James Sturgis, Mr..
and Mrs. James 0nley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Burbage, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
bur Jones and Miss Almeta Jones
spent the week end in Ocean City.
Corporal James Bailey of Fort
Monmouth, N. j., spent the week end
with his family.
Private William Cherrix of Aber-
deem spent the week end with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William T.
Cherrix.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Titus and
daughter, Emily and Mr.. J. w
Bevans of Hackensack, N. J., spent
the week end at their home on the
Bayside.
Mrs. Helen Boone and nephew
James Waesche spent several days
last week at Majestic Hotel, Ocean
City.
Miss Hazel Beauchamp has returned
to Cambridge after spending week
with her sister, Mrs. Harry C. Brad
ford Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hargis Bradford, Mrs.
Daniel H Bradford, Miss Berta
Bradford and Miss Ellen Bradford
spent Sunday at Chincoteague.
Miss Lola Godfrey, R.N., has re-
turned to Salisbury after spending
several days with her mother, Mrs
Cora Godfrey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Watson Jr.
spent several days this week in New
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delphia, Pa, spent part Of this week
at their home here.
Miss Ellenor Brimer has returned
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after spending some time with Mr..
and Mrs. Major Cherrix, at Whining
ton, Del.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Hi 4tnturfattt

remsmbrsne. % Of our Dear r.1 and sno esIoyed sSse
sod III: M 7s cs
today. March 23s 1887.
Since the morning God called you home
yss g miss % yoI mere @ each dsy..- dsy.
At IAW' va ASa1s slsIHs zNb JoR CIR fR2EHa@- eR9Ea
my devoted husband. sENyAM1S W. Z. bs-
TER. who died 50 suddenly March 81. 1941.
" s oh ais1' WY da iSnss %, hnsSsad d:
He. e o' not deae. @ he: only Is s osiesp. 0 '"ee'
HIS DEVOTED WIFE. JOSEPHINE Foss
of our dear tssh.r. JOHN H '.Sfee a. Mf%fsy
who passed away six years ago today,
March 90. 1885.
At home in the beautiful hills Of Cod
Sometime. somewhere. when our work is
With JOY We will meet him there.
JOHN A. GRIFFIN. JR.
KIRBY. WILLIAM A. In sad but loving
and beloved father. WILLIAM a: KIRBY.
who g suddenly pssssd dos away four years
Ny heart is sad and lonely.
MY eyes have shed many tears;
God only knows how much ! miss you
At the end Of four long years.
Friends may think have forgotten
When at times they see me smile:
Little do they know the heartache
That my smiles hide all the while.
Years may wipe out many things,
But this they wipe out never.
The memory Of those happy years
That We two spent together.
Nos Not Geo TO but as sas isssa M"
He lives with US In memory
And will forevermore.
YOUR LONELY LOVING WIFE. ESTE1IE.
AND CHILDREN.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
1m 4rnturtaut

hEYwo0D. BERTHA M. A loving trib.
Ste Yw6 e ths memory Of x Tx friend; BEEIHA
age today. March %: 1884
Devoted and true TO the end Of her days.
MARIE HACKETT.
LOTUS, EREDERICK C. In sad and
f voted fsther. rREpHhick Fl TX o e. LoPrUs Se
who died three years ago today; March %,
MIsHAW. SARAH. In sad but loving
memory Of our dear mother. SARAH
MsEAx ': ,.::. ed. .sh
Years may 60. but you are not forgotten.
Fresh our love will ever be:
For as long as there is life and memory
We will always think Of thee;
DIE AND ALFRED.
sHARrEn A 1 MARTHA s!1a1ca In n%z1 Iey,9s mem
saS SHARPER. .s ,XShaGG XhaGG died one year ago today
Our hearts still ache with sadness.
Our eyes shed many tear;
God only knows how we miss you
Hyskssb tbe s2s 6 fhls Ions dszhDcH ssaz
DREN, AND VIVIAN.
WASHINGTON, REV. WILLIAM L. Dedi-
WILLIAM L. WASHINGTON. who departed
this life March 20, 1888.
We knew . man very plain,
With no brieht art for the worlds de-
children treasured more than flowers or
His gentle gift Of understanding:
CIRCLE OF ZION BAPT1sr CHURCH.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
I'M Mrntnriattt

ABENDSCHEIN, SUSAN M. In remem-
brance Of my dear mother. SUSAN NJ.
ago today, March %, 1941.
A year may wipe out many things.
But this they wipe out never
The memory Of those happy days
MAsaAEEf. Masa X EeI1 Euh1Aa Il issesas5R GEORGE
ABENDsCHEIN. SUSIE N. In loving
SCHEIN. who left us one year ago today,
March %. 1941.
Like a ship that left its moorings
And sailed bravely out to sea.
So mother. dear: sailed away
In calm serenity.
But there's promise of a greater toy
Than earth could have in store.
For God has planned a richer life
Beyond the unseen shore.
MARY 12YisyH M1RdARET AND MARY ELLEN
ABENDsCHEIN. SUSIE M. In loving
ABENDscHEiN, who left US one year ago
today, March %, 1941.
With such abiding love,
Found the wondrous shining path
Up to her home above.
The home atsss whese sy 5oy tSTsyer .~syts dwes
For us to share her happiness
ASHLEY. AVERY. AUDREY AND MARY
ABENDsCHEIN. SUSAN NJ. In loving re-
ABENDSCHEIN, who departed this life one
year ago today. March %, 1941.
A precious one from me is gone.
A voice loved is stilled;
place is vacant in my heart
That never can Be flled; r.,rru
ADAMS, BEATRICE NOBLE. In loving
sister alsae law, T BEATR1cE atrF NOBLE ADAMS,
who passed away four years ago today
Memory is a gift Of God
That death cannot destroy.
HER MOTHER-IN LAW, FLORA ADAMS,
AND SISTER-IN-LAW, OLGA HART.
ADAMS. BEATRICE NOBLE: Sacred to
shs sster apAMs xho
passed away four years ago today, March
%, 1898.
From this world @ Of sorrow sorrow and pain
THE NOBLE FAMILY.
BEALL, ESTELLE. In sad but loving
remembrance of our dear mother, ESrELLE
saaI sso today. Sn0 Mareh depil'es g. ' Iss7. ''
Surrounded by friends we are lonesome.
;1p n the midst Of our love We are blue:
HEX hsnf,Rv DEvo rs chi eMrbsrS 81 sou EVA WAL
TER AND WILMER
BEILsTEIN. CHRISTIAN w. Passed
| from this life three years ago today,
March %, 1889.
Your memory is as dear today
As in the hour you passed away.
LOVING WIFE AND SON.
BEnSTEIN, CHRIS w. In loving re-
| membrance of CHRIS w. BEILSTEIN,
brother. who died three years ago today,
! March %. 1899.
Always thought of and sadly missed.
FRED BEILSTEIN AND FAMILY.
BROOKS, CHARLES h. In loving
memory Of our dear father and grand
father CHARLES H. BROOKS. who left
us eleven years ago today, March %, 1881.
Fold him, oh Father. in Thine arms,
And let him henceforth be
A msssaEe Of love between our human
DAUGHTER AND SON, CHARLES R.
BROOKS AND GRANDDAUGHTER,
RUBY.
CARTER, HENRY. In sad but loving
memory Of our dear husband and father,
| HENRY CARTER. who was taken from US
| so suddenly nve years ago today. March
His LONELY WIFE AND CHILDREN.
CARTER, HENRY. tribute Of love
| and devotion to our dear, kind grand-
| father, HENRY CARTER, who departed
this life ive years ago today, March %,
| 1887.
His memory will always be with US.
HIS GRANDCHILDREN, ERNESTNE CAR.
TER AND LILLIAN BRINKLEY.
Evening star., 1942-03-23

WfLKERSON. JAMES H. Departed this
life on Sunday. March %; 1aa2; at Gal
brother Of the late Mrs. Emma B. Taylor
and formerly Of 2O9-A Morgan St nv.
ters and three brothers. Arrangements by
the Dabney & Garner funeral home, 442
Evening star., 1942-03-23
STAR, WASHINGTON D. c. MONDAY MARCH 2

Bustanoby, 81, restaurateur who
could and did produce dinners at
500 . plate, who introduced New
York to the novelty Of restaurant
dancing and established the first
bar for women, died yesterday.
Once he employed the late Ru-
dolph Valentino at $40 q week to
dance with the customers.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Build sturdy health

its digestive 1uices lowing freely. YOU
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food -. stomach digestive miseries should
vanish. S.S.S. Tonic also gives you the min
eral matter in soluble and digestive form
to restore your blood to its rich, red
color . to its so-called lighting strength u.
this makes for better body tone mus
cular and mental freshnessl
Because SIS. Is in liquid form 1t begins
its work as soon as you take 1t. Surprising
results may be had by making the S-6.S.
treatment . part OF your daily diet. Thou
sands and Thousands Of users have testified
to the benefits SS.S. Tonic has brought to
them and scientific research shows that It
usually gets results-thats why 90 many
say "S.S.S. Tonic builds sturdy health and
makes you feel like yourself again"
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Henry G. Droyton Dies

NEWPORT, R. l., March % R.-
Henry Coleman Drayton, 90, prom
inent member Of Newport society
and q former instructor at Columbia
University, died yesterday after
brief illness. He served as captain
in Army Intelligence In the first
World War.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
UarA nf Chunks

BROWN. NELLIE. The family Of Mrs.
NELLIE BROWN OF. 1923 9th st: nv
'Vashington. d; G., desire to thank 1hs Mas His.
and other friends for their kind express
sions and letters of sympathy on tine
occasion Of our bereavement. 23'
Evening star., 1942-03-23

jock London Hansout Goes
OAKLAND. Calf. March 2s (R.-
The Last Chance Saloon, Jack Lon
don's old hansout on the Oakland
waterfront, Is going to have to move.
IT'S In the future path Of q railroad
Evening star., 1942-03-23

City gas In Kilkenny, Ere, Is now
made by combining peat and coal.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Notice of funeral later

TURNER, RAYMOND +. On Monday.
March %. 1912. at Gallinger Hospital.
RAYMOND r. TURNER. Remains resting
at Frazier's funeral home. 3s9 r. I. ave.
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a second song because that bOls-
tiers their ego. Even experienced
singers freeze up because so much
depends on those few seconds of
song.
Pelletier's ears have been as
saulted many times by whisky
tenors and sobbing sopranos, Just
as they have sometimes been
charmed by a really promising
voice. A French-Canadian, he
has for 26 years been assistant and
then senior conductor at the. Met,
and has worked with the greatest
singers of our time-rCaruso, Far
rar, Matzenauer, Ppns, Tibbett,
Moore, Martini. Swarthout, Jep-
son, hampton, ct al.
Oh, yes. And Rise Stevens.
Rise was runncr-up in one Of these
additions 49, and turned down a
chance at "a contract because she
felt she wasn't ready. Nobody
seems~to remember who won first
place that year.
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the nations 1,57O,962 Scouts, Air
Scouts. Sea Scouts, Cubs and
their leaders follows:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington DC.
Christmas, 1912.
To the Boy Scouts of America:
In sending Christmas greet
ings and sincere good wishes to
the Boy Scouts of America, l am
reminded again of the debt of
gratitude which the nation owes
to Scouting. The contribution of
this great voluntary organization
to the building of the manly
virtues and to the Strengthening
of our national morale makes it
deserving of the support of all
citizens.
(Signed) Franklin D. Roosevelt
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HEARTBREAK ALLEY
Road That Leads To The
Met Is Short, But
Few Survive 1t anon
BY RAY PEACOCK
AP Features Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Heart-
break Alley is the corridor lead
ing to Studio "a of The Blue Net
work in Rockefeller Center. For
eight seasons, since Inauguration
of Metropolitan Opera additions
of the Air, thousands of aspirants
have walked their last mile down
that corridor. A few got con-
tracts; the rest went back to the
church choir in the home town,
or back to teacher.
Sometimes a shortcut to fame
and fortune, sometimes an abrupt
realization of the bitter truth, the
annual broadcast additions come
in the wake of preliminary audi
tions not heard outside the studio.
Over a period of two months,
promising singers are auditioned
two days a week. Two are Sc
lected to sing on each of the Is
aired additions beginning in No
vember, and heard on Sundays
from $50 to 7 p. m. EW'T. Some
times more than 80 are deemed
worthy of aired additions. Some
times one finalist is given a con-
tract, sometimes four
Chief reason for failure, ac-
cording to gray-haired, courteous
Wilfred Pelletier who additions
the singers, is'not lack of voice,
but lack of training.
On day when I listened to the
preliminary additions, in q glass
ed-in room off Studio "a, l heard
baritone and a soprano sing for
Mr.. Pelletier. Singer and accom-
PIANIST were alone in the big stu
dio; in the glassed-in room we
could see and hear, but the sing
er could not hear the critical COM
mentS.
The man. 33, of medium heavy
build and wearing a grey business
suit, had had extensive vocal
training and was a vocal teacher
as well. His highly critical audi.
ence liked his voice but found
fault with his diction. Neverthe-
less he was asked to sing three
more numbers, including the Pro-
logue from Pagliacci, which is a
toughie, and while he didn't know
he was getting exceptional treat
ment and was very happy.
The woman, young and bru-
nette, was nervous: In her first
offering her voice frightened up
on her, but she too was asked to
sing again! She sounded good to
me. The chief comment seemed
to be that she would be more at
tractive if she would remove her
glasses.
Most contestants, no matter
how impossible, are asked to sing
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ROOSEVELT PAYSeHIGH
TRIBUTE TO SCOUTS

In his annual Christmas mes
sage to the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea of which he is Honorary
President, and in which he has
bees active for more than 10
years, President Roosevelt pays
high tribute to the Boy Scouts,
stating that the contribution of
this great voluntary organization
to the building of the manly viz
tues and to the strengthening of
our national morale makes it de-
serving of the support of all
citizens"
The Presidents greetings to
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MONTEREY, Calf. - One of
the richest prizes of the old fur
industry has come back to life
the sea otter. Long considered
extinct, a number of the animals
have been sighted along this rocky
coastline. They are now strictly
protected by law.
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MANY STRANGE PRACTICES TO BE
FOUND in OFFICIAL WASHINGTON
BY JACK STINNETT

Capital in Wartime:
The Washington landmarks are
numerous and interesting, but no
visitor who has ever been here
more than a few hours will mis-
understand when l say that one
Of the never be-forgotten
things has been cabby chatter that
comes from the capitals taxi drf-
VerS. Vi. o-I.sf,..
For years it has been impossible
to sit in a Washington taxi and
discuss the weather, the high price
of eggs, the state of the nation, the
defections of certain congressman,
or what's the matter with Aunt
Tillie, without getting a windy,
but frequently salty, dissertation
from the drivers seat.
Capital cabbies put the tradi-
tional gabby BARRIERS in the shade.
Some of this is no doubt due to
the fact that Washington cabs are
small and have no glass partitions
between the back and front seats.
But there's something deeper than
that, something that only can be
explained by the nature of the
drivers. They're a class apart;
either friendly southerners who
Just can't keep from being friend
ly, or northerpers who have lost
their inhibitiOpS, ,---.,...v,, 49,,
So far as | Know, the only man
who ever thought" of putting this
characteristic to use is Public
Utilities Commission Chairman
James H. Flanagan.
In two blitZkrieg "directives,"
Flanagan has taken steps to chan
mel cabby chatter into those di-
rections where it will do the most
good.
From now on, the conversation
you get from the front seats here
is supposed to run something like
this: "Now look at that mug,
crossing in the middle of the
street. He almost got hit. He
might have gotten a lot of broken
bones. l hope you don't do any
thing like that, lady. Always
cross on the green light and never
cut across the middle of a block.
That way, the chances are 100 to
land no bookie ever gave bet
ter odds than that-you won't end
up as a pedestrian casualty in
some hospital
Or: Did you see that lug-the
way he shot out from the curb
without signalling? And then
made a left turn across two lanes
of traffic? Do you drive a car,
Mister? Well, l hope you don't
drive one like that. We got to get
our accident rate down and it's
fellows like that that run it up"
In other words, the more than
100 local cab drivers here are
now traffic safety lecturers and
some of them take their work
pretty seriously. But that isn't
all.
Flanagan, having gotten this
idea of directing the capital cab
bies' conversations into channels
that be of some value to the COM
munity, has issued another "di-
receive"
Instead of saying, Thanks,
Pal" to those customers who add
tip to the fare Tor even those
who don'D, Washington jehus are
now supposed to usher fares out
with: "And now, Madame (Sir or
Miss, you sure you amt forgot
nothing?'
According to Flanagan and the
PUG, this is just another step in
combating the ravages of war.
While the rest of the country has
had a marked decline in traffic IA
talities since tire and gasoline ra-
tioning and reduction in driving
speeds started, Washington has
mounted to an all-time high.
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