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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-11-13
ZH6DOCTOR@H. NARY RA1NE E21zRTS

Chris had no illusion about his flu
ture as he prepared for Europe early
that fall. He knew that even with
the prestige of Vienna behind him 1t
would be long uphill climb and that
only gradually could he abandon gen
eral practice for surgery. His money
would go so far and no further 1t
would provide for Lily Walters while
he was gone, and with care furnish a
downtown office on his return.
Nevertheless he went about his pre-
parations blithely, got his steamer
ticket, bought a steamer trunk. Katie,
taking her two weeks vacation at that
time, watched his preparations with
tragic eyes.
you'll never come back, Chris.
Not to us, anyhow"
Nonsense. It's only for a few
months
One day he actually found Lily with
sewing basket mending his clothes.
"You might be in an accident over
there" she said, "and I'd hate you to
be found with holes in your socks"
She had a terror of Europe, a ter
ror of anything unknown and unfa-
miliar. Nevertheless she was more
cheerful during those last weeks, and
Chris wondered whether she had been
hearing from Dick. Then one morn
ing, smiling, she met him at the foot
of the stairs and showed him a reg
istered letter containing five ten-dol-
lar bills.
Il always knew he was a good boy"
she said. mo matter what Katie
says, he doesn't forget me-"
"That's fine" he said with all the
conviction he could muster. "Spend
it on yourself. You must need lot
of things"
She was very happy that day. She
ran next door to tell Miss Barker,
and Chris, coming home at lunchtime,
found his bed still unmade and a
sketchy meal left for him on the
table. He ate it philosophically and
said nothing when later in the day
she came in with her arms full of
bundles. Soon he would escape all
this. and when he came back, he could
make some arrangement. He would
continue to take care of her. but he
himself would get away.
i And then suddenly and without
warning it was Lily who went away
taking herself out Of life with fl
nalitv so unlike her that even Chris
accustomed to such matters, went sick
and cold over the sheer despair of It
One night she got telegram saying
that Dick had been arrested for bur
glary in Chicago and was being held
for trial. She read it in the hall, read
it over and over. Then she took it in
to Chris office, laid it on the desk
for him to find in the morning, car
ried off with her a bottle of sleeping
tablets left by a sample man that
day.
She made no other arrangements,
left no letters. Apparently she had
simply shaken out of the bottle
enough tablets to be sure that she
would never awaken, and then gone
quietly to bed. When Chris found
her, she was lying quietly there, her
untidy room Uttered with clothing,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-11-13

His cheerfulness was part OF that
vitality Of his, and already she knew
that if she did not go, he would go
alone. and she was determined to make
her marriage a success. She had
paid a high price for it. 1t must sue
coed.
Neither of them knew, that first
night of their return, that IN an up
per ward in the hospital Jerry's son
was lying in his mothers arms ana
that she was holding him almost saw
agely TO her breast.
Beverly saw both Ursula and Jer-
RVS child before they left the nos
pital. She had taken up her mothers
work of making layettes for the BAD
les in the obstetrics ward, sitting III
the garden taking her fine stitches OF
cutting flannel into absurdly tlhy
garments. She dreamed no dreams
sitting there on bright autumn days.
Rather she lulled herself into accept
anca with her needle. This was her
life. the only life she had ever known,
or. she thought, she ever would know.
When she had finished her first
lavette she took it to the hospital,
substituting good deeds for happl-
ness. She was startled to find Katie
Walters there, very neat and COM
petent, and she was aware that she
was being subjected to close inspec-
ton from head to foot.
81 brought some clothes" she said.
"Mv mother always did it, and so
would like"
"we're glad to get them, Mrs
Ames." said Katie. "I'm only reliev-
ing here, but I'll take them if you
like"
Beverly glanced around the ward
Her mother had known how to greet
these women, had moved smilingly
from bed to bed, admired the babies,
talked to the waiting figures In the
rocking chairs. She did not know
how to begin, but in bed near by lay
a girl with a child on her arm, and
Beverly-and Katie-moved toward
her. For an instant then the three OF
them were together, Ursula smiling
with her baby beside her and hel
long brown braids on the pillows
Beverly shy and rather at loss; and
Katie businesslike and alert, saying
"Let Mrs. Ames see the baby, Ur-
suIa. Then I'll have to take him a
way.
cts a beautiful baby" said Bev-
erly and was instantly conscious that
the girl in the bed had frozen into
immobility. It was curious. She fell
more shy than ever. "Is it boy?'
"A boy" said Ursula out of stiff
lips. maybe you'd better take hin
now Miss Walters. l think I'll go tc
sleep"
Beverly felt rebuffed. She moved
on, miserable and bewildered to the
next bed. Years later she was to re
member that look on Ursula Martins
face and to understand it with 9
thrill of pity She, and Katie, and
that girl in the bed-all together for
one static moment, AN dthen going on
separating ignorant that each would
influence the other for better or worse
for the remainder of their lives.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-11-13
On the Seven Seas

years developed built
of which electricity
the Navy
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-11-13
Relief At Last
For Your Cough

Creomulsion relieves promptly be-
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe
and heal raw, tender infiamed bronchial
to sell you bottle of Creomulsion with
the understanding you must like the
way it quickly allayS the cough or you
are to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
For Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-11-13

;. More than 20 different opera
tions are performed in bringing a
naval gun to bear on its target.
Electricity helps to coordinate
these operations.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
HITLER'S NIGHTMARE
IN THE LAST WAR the Kaiser wa

IN THE LAST WAR the Kaiser was afraid of
American manpoWer In this war Hitler is even
more afraid of American industrial power, accord
ing to reports from the American correspondents
who were interned in Germany after Pearl Harbol
and who were recently exchanged for Axis citi-
ZenS.
OF all the obstacles in his drive for world con-
quest, Hitler fears most American war production
and no amount of propaganda can dispel that
fear from the minds of the German people They
have been sold on the idea that this is war on
wheels, a battle of machines.
And they know that no nation can match the
industrial genius of America. They and Hitler feal
our mass production techniques, our engineering
skill, our ingenuity and enterprise They know
that these have given this country the highest
peacctime living standards in the world
Today they realize that our gigantic assembly
lines have stopped turning out automobiles, radios
and Il thousand and one peacetime products
They've learned that those assembly lines are
running now with accelerated speed gaining mo-
mentum, concentrating single objective
building the tools we need for victory.
The job is far from finished. There is lot of
hard work ahead; we dare not let up for a moment
But we're off to a good start and we're going
strong. Our enemies are frightened for today they
know that we're beating them in the battle of wal
production.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
FAIR RENTS FOR WAR WORKERS

I ,ABOR UNIONS throughout the country are
- vitality interested in statements on rent control
issued this week by Leon Henderson, Admnstra-
tor, OPA.
Next to food, rent is the largest single item in
the family budget" Henderson declared adding
that "the control of rent is war measure and an
important essential part of the overall ceiling on
prices American families spend 5 to 6 billion
dollars year for food"
The Office of Price Administration has de-
clared 1913 communities defense rental areas and
has fixed fair-rent" dates for each of these COM
munities. A record of the official position of the
OPA on rent and of the communities affected by
the order may be secured by writing to Leon Hen
derson OPA, Washington ID. c..
OF the 1923 areas affected, in which reside some
86,o0O,00O people, March L. 1912, was declared the
"Fair-Rent Date" Under.the law, local commun-
tiles are given 60 days within which to adjust
their rentals to the maximum charged at the time
of the "Fair-Rent" date. Upon failure to make
such adjustments, Mr.. Henderson will appoint a
rent administrator for the community
''ln some sections of the country, rents have
gone beyond reasonable bounds doubling and
tripling in many cases." Henderson said "'Tholl-
sands Of tenants who could not pay these increases
have been forced out of homes without knowing
where to find shelter. These conditions have
slowed the recruitment of labor"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
WASHINGTON SCENE

TT WOULD BE laughable, if it were not so seri-
Gus, to view the caperingS of some dollar-a-yeal
men in the government. One case came to our at
tenton recently. This particular dollala-year man
worked for the government long enough to win
for himself and his company 4 S3OOOO,OOO con-
tract He thereupon left the service of the govern
ment and went out to fulfill the terms of the con-
tract. After brief absence, he returned until he
got another contract and then he disappeared from
the halls Of government, which no doubt now
await eXpcctantly for his return.
Such SpectacleS this make the Washington
scene of terror and dSmay. Certain dOllal-a-
year men are no more interested IN the total wal
effort than they are interested IN planetary prog
reSS They are in the government for business
reasons. Nearly all of these people take time out
to seek to bar labor from representation gov
clnment committees and to ply the ant-unior
trade. Representatives of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company have been particularly
conspicuous in the way they have seized key posi-
tions IN certain war agencies and then used them
to forward the interests of their anti-union cor
pOratOn.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
PENSION FOR EXECUTIVES
CFrom The Magazine of Wall Street,

(From The Magazine of Wall street,
1T is SIGNIFICANT that out of the hundreds of
letters we have received from stockholders on
the subject of executive remuneration, over 80
per cent object to pensions, even partly at COM
pany expenses, for high paid officers. There is
more nearly unanimous sentiment on this than on
any other question of relations of management to
stockholders.
The general reaction is that executives who for
years have drawn from $4,000 to 100000 or
more annually ought to be able to finance their
own od-age annuities. The minority favoring pen
sions in principle does so with qualifications. It's
composite view is that pensions, in relations to
salary, should be far more generous for lowerpaid
employees than for top executives; that executive
pensions should be moderate the most
frequently suggested limits ranging from $4,000
to $12, 800 year-and that no more than half of
the cost should be met by the corporation.
The great majority Of investors can look for
ward to no old age security beyond what can be
provided out of their own savings plus the small
annuities - for some from the Governments s
modest Social Security program. With such people
it just goes against the grain that corporations in
which they have invested should finance large pen
sions for well paid executives.
Managements which really desire to have the
goodwill of shareholders would be well advised to
keep this in mind even though-due in part to the
carelessness of stockholders who sign proxies
without digesting them they may be able to
count on getting majority of the votes at the
annual meetings year-in and year-out.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
NAZIS ARE SENDING WORKERS
TO G Il X Nj AN LABOR CAMPS

Washington, ID. G. ILNS). - Nazi
officials in Latvia, EStonia and Lithu-
ana are forcing thousands of native
workers into labor groups which are
herdcd and shipped TO Germany, the
German newspaper Deutsche Zeitung
in OStland is quoted by the Moscow
radio.
only in the last few months, 4,50O
persons We're shipped to Germany. The
German newspapers openly state the
people of the Baltic countries regard
the sending of people TO Germany as a
sentence to penal serviture," the
Russia radio says.
Letters coming to relatives from
people sent to Germany say food con
ditiOnS in Germany are bad and the
people are in an ugly mood" Moscow
reports. The workers are kept in Il
camp under prison regime. Any one
breaking rules of the camp is subject
to punishment"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
SKATE TRANSPORTATION

Louisville, Ky. With autos being
laid up, roller skates may soon be in
general use for going places, as pic
tured in some of the cartoons of the
day. The Brown and Williamson To
bacco Corporation premium department
is ready to supply the demand for
roller skates, for both utility and fun,
with the Speed King skate, offered for
coupons packed with Raleigh union
made cigarettes. The skates are extra
construction with rubber
mounted double ball bearing wheels
and sponge rubber instep pads.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
ORGANIZATION NEEDED FOR VICTORY

If THE WORKERS were not organized IN our
factories, would have to do everything we
could to create that organization, Dr. George w.
Taylor Vice Chairman Of the National War Labor
Board, told the annual convention of the Pennsyl-
vahia Federation of Labor at Scranton, Pa on
May 5.
"We would have to do this for one reason and
one reason alonc-n order to win the war;" Dr.
Taylor added. He praised labor leaders for stand
ing guard day and night over the mo strike
pledge made to President Roosevelt by the nation
al officers Of the Al'L and CIO.
"Therc has not been single authorized strike
in war industry since Pearl llarbor," he pointed
out "But more than that, there has not been q
single time when the War Labor Board has at
tempted TO get men to return to their Jobs WheI
the responsible leaders Of the union involved have
failed to come actively to our assistance
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
COLLEGE GIVES WAR DEGREES'

Memphis, Tenn.-lIonorary war de
grecS' have been conferred by South
western University ON two seniors who
Charles f.. Diehl, president, said that
the university could not give regular
degrees where work had not been
finished, but that an opportunity to
complete the courses would be given
James w. Andrew of Princeton, Ind,
and John w. Giboon of Memphis.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
LABOR VOICE VITAL

I ,ABOR PARTICIPATION is vital in the war eff
- fort, the American Federation Of Labor strong
ly emphasizes in its current monthly survey. And
it that if labor does not insist on representa-
ton and is not given voice in administration and
policy-making, democracy may be given dan
gerous blow.
In these days of constant reaching out for
more power by governmental agencies, the fed
eraton's warning is timely, and should have the
widest possible circulation. Here is what it says
in part
"'Io the extent that war controls carried
out through existing democratic organizations, we
will come out of the war with scf-govcrnmcnt
strengthened and not weakened in this country
The participation Of labor, operating through the
key labor men already leading our movement all
the way from the top down to central and local
unions in the smallest towns is absolutely essen
tial.
''But if the opportunity to secure our partic-
patton is neglected, if controls repressive and
autocratic and if labor is not represented when
regulations and policies are drafted, then war pro-
ducton will suffer and our country will be opening
the door to dictatorship Of antilabor forces the
evil effects Of which will remain even after the
WAR has been won"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
DE-LOI SING DE LINE IN ARMY

Richmond, Na.--A mobile steriliza-
ton and bath unit, which is Il four
wheeled trailer hauled by Il tractor,
is being tested at Camp Lees Quarter
master Replacement Center in the
Army'S scientific campaign to fight the
war without having To fight "cooties." ="
One section is composed of Il steam
chamber, in which the soldiers clothes
are steamed Il minutes at 252 degrees.
The other half contains u showers.
The unit can care for 200 men q day.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
BULLFROG PROTECTION ASKED

Baton Rouge, La.-Now that the ma
jority of the important measures have
been introduced in the state legislature,
freak mea SureS are the vogue. The
latest one is for the protection of bull
frogs, making il Il criminal offense to
ship out of the state at any one time
ten bullfrogs and stipuIating the length
of the frogs. The introducer did not
mention the frogs age or the range of
his croak.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11


Flag Day, June IA, Americans honor not only
their flag, but also the flags of the peoples OF
the 26 United Nations, in order to demonstrate
their solidarity with the other nations fighting by
our side against the AXIS
In this way also, free labor in America will be
able to show it's oneness with free labor in the
other nations The right to organize collective bar
gaining, wage and hour laws, social service sys-
TENS, are all at stake in this war.
Included in the Atlantic Charter, to which all
26 United Nations have pledged their support, are
these specific points to ensure better postwar
world for labor: Equal access for all to world
trade and Materials improved labor stand
ards, economic adjustment and social security for
ali freedom from want and fear guaranteed to all
human beings everywhere.
By stressing solidarity with labor in allied
lands American labor demonstrates It's opposition
to the labor policies and practice Of the Axis.
On May %, 1898, all trade unions in Germany
were abolished, all union headquarters were raded
and taken over, funds were confiscated, and union
leaders were arrested. Since then, German workers
have been reduced to what amounts to forced
labor at low wages, with long working hours, with
no chance to improve their status Far worse is
the plight of Labor in the conquered countries.
The Germans have seized their machines, their
food, their work itself
Even after Pearl Harbor, the workers of Bri-
tain with her population of 16 millions pro-
ducing more war materials than the United States
with a population of 1872 millions.
Russia, between two wars, became the second
industrial nation Of Europe close behind Germany,
rebuilding what was wrecked in the revolution and
pressing fiercely forward. That meant sacrifice.
The Russians chose TO have more factories instead
of more clothes and comforts. 1t is to the self
interest of this country and Of all United Nations
to set aside differences in form of government,
language and religion in order to achieve the COM
mon goal of victory.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
w H A T N EX T2

British submarines are now
painted to match the color of the
waters i'm which they operate "a
camou!lage technique that deceivcs
low flying enemy patrol planes,
says Forbes Magazine. In the At
lantic. the subs are blue; i'm the
Mediterranean, gray; in the China
Sea, black.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
w is D o M

The cause Of Democracy is
noble, but il would have been
nOblcr (and the world might have
escaped its present agOnies) had
the peace imposed by the victorious
demOCracieS in 1913 been nObler
alS0.-,Iamcs Hilton.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11
COMMENT ON WORLD
EVENTS

An urgent plea for the sending of
help to China in the form of 1000 air.
planes, to knock Japan out of the war
NOW, is made by contemporary
China" published by the Chinese News
Service, Inc, New York. The situation
which gives force to the plea is:
The Japanese have apparently
started a major all-out offensive on the
Asiatic mainland with view of de-
or so. While the American and British
forces are on the defensive in Australia
and India, it seems to the japanese a
golden opportunity to liquidate the five
year-old China incident"
Japan may never have a more ap-
propriate season to launch an all-out
attack on China than the present when
the Allies are not yet fully prepared
for ina jor offensive in the Far East.
If China is not to be knocked out first,
she will become a springboard for the
final onslaught against Japan.
From Chinas point of view the next
few months are the most critical period
in the five-year-old war. The situation
is so grave that some people fear that
the very existence of China as a fight
ing ally and the entire position of the
United Nations in the Pacific are at
stake.
Contemporary China" making a
-
thinking and action by the United Ma
tions at this time, says it is strongly
of the opinion that while the military
situation in China is very grave" it
may be transformed into one that will
turn the tide of war in favor of the
Allies and spell the beginning of the
fall of the Japanese Empire.
I'VE think the Allies" the publica
ton says "can launch a cOunter-Otfen-
sive against Japan right now, by first
defeating and annihiating the Japanese
armies in China and then carrying the
war to the japanese archipelago itself
and this can be done only with Il
small percentage of the present avia-
ton and ammunition output of the
United States.
Does China need many planes? No.
China needs only 1000 bOmbers and
pursuit planes q fraction of the
monthly production of the Uni e d
States-to deliver a severe blow to the
invading armies and thereby to turn
the tide of the war in the Far East"
4 / n o'' odds
that Brig. Gen. Claire l.. Chenault,
leader of the Flying Tiger force of
L. S. airmen in China, says 1000
planes can wipe out" the japanese air
force
After further analyZing the whole
situation and pointing out the disas-
trOuS if not fatal results of Chinese de-
feat, Contemporary China sums up as
follows:
"Now is the best time to attack
Japan. The most logical locale to start
the cOunter-o offensive is China where
J,OOOOOO stubborn fighters are ready to
march at moments notice 1t is posi-
lively not Australia, nor India, SepI-
rated as these are by thousands of
miles Of water from Japan. 1t is from
China that the war can be most con
veniently carried into the heart of
Japan.
"China needs prompt assistance and
adequate assistance. She needs it ur-
gently and desperately!
"If assistance is not forthcoming. not
only may China be knocked out of the
war, but Australia and India may be
indefenSible. And the war itself may
be lost.
Let it not again be too late or too
Ia ~
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-11

Optimism is -pessimism, slow
suicide.
La gaceta., 1942-06-25

paisaje.
iOtra vez a SUI casa!
Apenas iba a Monte Carlo. a
Mention, a San Rafael, a MIA a
las poblaciones de las cercanias,
guiando alguno de sus coches es-
plendidos.
Sali6 a la corniche.
y, de pronto, su coraz6n lie
do un vuelco en- ell pecho.
I'm auto habia cruzado a su
lado.
Y Ramo Florido, detenido un
instante en- el horde de la carre-
terra, crey6... ion, por Dios!. ere
70 reeonocer al ocupante del ca.
ruaje...
Y el ocupante del carruaje. ell
dnico ocupante del carruaje. era
segdn lie habia parecido al mar
quesito... iOlegario Otamendi l..
ERA possible este?
La sorpresa, ell horror, ell odio
tambien, un odio de muerte que