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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-04-10
''Chiirps'' ~
from the
Democrats Pen
from the

Well, Sir, did any of you people ever
see, taste, feel or smell one of those
little tidbits known as Hot Cross
Buns?" Well, they're nifty little crit
tiers. You take bite out Of one of
them and it tastes like more.
The other day, bought six OF half
a dozen of 'em, and carried them home
with me. I ate a couple of 'em and,
not to be greedy, l left the others in
the bag for the rest of the family.
At my next visit from office to
home, "the rest of the family" asked
nae if I wanted something to eat, as
it was the noon hour. I said l wasn't
very hungry, so I'd wait till my appe-
tite was a trifle more vigorous.
Then the ROTF said:
"There's one of those Cross Word
buns left"
You all can see the effect of asso-
citation, propinquity, or whatever you
choose to call it. You see, /, occasion
ally, bury myself in cross word puz-
ME when conversation might be con-
ducive to connubial bliss. So the
"cross word" has sort of stamped it
self on the brain of the ROTF.
what kind of buns, is that?"
ooh! you know what 1 mean. Don't
be funny. Do you want the bun or not.
Take it or leave it."
said 1 thought I'd leave it for a
while, maybe when / came over from
the office again. When 1 did go the
rest of the family was right on the
dot, with
"Do you want that Red Cross bun
that's in that bag, if you do, you'd
better go get it!
"What kind of bu-," l started that
question again, but saw danger in
the eyes, and l simply refused once
more the dainty-mouthful To tell the
truth, l wanted to see if the ROTF
could get that name crossed up again.
But, wouldn't like to tell you peo-
sle just how many other kind of eros
ses those buns bore. They were desig-
mated cross roads, cross patch, cross
grained, cross stitch, cross eyed, cross
hoppled, cross legged, and it was dan
gerous to mention buns in my house.
It finally didn't confine itself to the
word "cross;" everybody got cussin'
mad.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-04-10
DR.. ]. 7. MOCK
ELECTED MAYOR
OVER ASHBURN
Wins By A Majority Of Two To
One; Mock Receiving 374
Votes; Ashburn, 1877
L AMBERTSON WINS BY
COMFORTABLE MARGIN

The municipal election held on Tues
day last may be described in the usual
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-04-10
FUNERAL SERVICES
ON SUNDAY FOR
JOS. P. BOSTON
Died At His Home In Pitts Creek
NeighbOrhoOd After Being IIl
More Than A Year

Funeral services were held Sunday
at 2.30 o'clock from the Pitts Creek
Presbyterian Church at Beaver Dam
for Mr.. Joseph P. Boston, who died
at his home near town Thursday
morning, April End after an illness
of a little more than year. He was
rs years of age. Rev. Robert B.
Stewart, pastor of the church, offici-
ated.
The active bearers were: Messrs.
Harlan Robertson, Clarence E. Rob
ertson, Calvin Tull, Lloyd Towsend,
Milton Howard and Marion Holland.
Continued on Page 100
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-04-10
STRAY BULLET SKATERS
WINDOW AT HOSPITAL

A % calibre bullet which shattered
a window and landed in a room at the
Pine Bluff Sanitarium, Salisbury,
prompted DR.. Paul Cohen, to ask for
an investigation of "target practice"
on an island in the Wicomico river
about one half mile from the insti-
tuition.
DR.. Cohen said that bullets whiz a.
round the building, through the trees
but when one smashed window the
doctor asked Sheriff Gordy to inves-
tigate, before more serious damage
resulted.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-04-10
LADIES' NIGHT
AT LIONS CLUB
LAST TUESDAY
DIR. r. A. Rademaker, OF The
Salisbury Club Was The Guest
Speaker OF The Evening

Norris M. Young, President of the
Lions Club, shook the mill dust from
his shoes long enough Tuesday night
to call to order in his usual good taste
the regular weekly dinner meeting
of the Club.
The boys had their wives and sweet
hearts there and the affair was re-
ported by those who were present as
CONTINUED on Page A.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-04-10
MARKET STREET
STORE ROBBED
WEDNESDAY LAST
Building Entered By Breaking
Through Rear Window, Loss
Estimated At $500

Police are investigating bold rob
berry which took place at Venable's,
on Market Street, Wednesday night
last between the hours of 11.30 p m.
and $50 a. m.
Mr.. VenabIe, proprietor of the store
discovered the robbery when upon
opening his place of business at an
early hour, he found the cash regis
ter had been broken open and large
CONTINUED ON Page 1O)
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19

peculiar characters and we are
sure you will get a laugh out
Of seeing it. Be sure and come
early because after 8:l5 all the
remaining seats will be given,
free Of charge, to Selfridge Field
soldiers.
CHOIR PERFORMS
The Mount Clemens High
School A Cappella Choir today
presented q musical program for
the Mount Clemens Lions Club.
This organization il directed ~
Mr.. Bernard McGhee.
PERSONALITY PROGRAM
Miss Margaret Ann Ayers
personality class presented q
speech program today at two
o'clock.
DEFENSE STAMPS
Nancy Buckley has been put
In charge Of the sale of Defense
Stamps. The money which II
daily turned into the office y
taken care of by her. Jack Pass,
field, talented Bather artist,
made . chart and the sales will
Be recorded on II by Christian
Matthews. The city high school
students turned in 3133 for
slamQs nom February - .
mnnhl ~ It.tt. l.f -.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19
Twe-Wsy Stretch


frantically, and srinned. Some
rowdy Joke that wouldn''
Harley Davis, brakeman on
the regular freight run to Cam
psrvilie, slammed the door u
the freight office open. Arnold
Schultx, the freight agent grab.
bed his blowing papers. SAY
What in the hell"
"Quick, Schultz, get a doctor
down here! There's been an &C.
cident out there. Get Or. Cot
don, quick a. you cani"
"What happened, Harleyi"
Drake McHugh's been run
over"
"Sure, sure. Right away" He
rang the telephone and asked
the central office to locate Dv,
Gordon and send him right
away to the freight depot.
rs he cut up much, Harlsy7"
Terrible. We got him OUT
but he's unconscious, or dead
/ don't know which,"
How about this old doof2
Think We could carry him on
this?"
THE very thing. Come on"
How In the world dld such
q thing happen, Harley!"
"A funny accident Schultz,
You know that wagonload Of tile
that's been standing up there
on the edge Of the cut for q
week."
Sure, yes. belongs TO the tile
works. They're waiting for or
ders to ship It,"
We'll, the bank thawed and
the whole wagon fell down."
ION Drakef"
1T hit him and pushed him
under them cars Bills Hockin.
sons been shunting around"
Run right over him, ehi"
mo. Il was just lucky Bill
saw what happened. He wa
going slow. Il just caught Drake
~ he came - . stop. Mashsd
him. OtherWiss II would havs
cut him right n two"
MY God, thet's awful"
DR.. 0ordoa locked up frum
the table WAers Drake lay n
the freight elfice.
"I'u IN = A4ve soyAs Aelp.s
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19

"What you going to do, Door"
DR.. Gordon didn't answer.
Someone - you, Davis, get me
some blankets and q half-do1en
shests - anywhere here In the
neighbofhood, and be quick"
"t'n help. Doc. Tell me what
YOU want" Sam Winters STEP
ped into the cone Of light that
tell from the tin-shaded lamp
hanging over the table.
"All right, Sam. I'll need
somebody steady. Everybody
else oet out now. Quick"
"whst you want me TO do
fiYst?" Sam took off his coat
and turned up his sleeves.
"Cut these clothes off Of
him."
DR.. Gordon turned toward
the door. "Will somebody stand
&C this door an: keep every
body QUIT"
I'm do that. sir" Monaghan
moved toward the door. I'll
heep EN- out, and when you've
finished we'll take him over to
my hsuss. Just . few steps."
God. Now, Sam. let me zee"
NJ. Cordon peoceodod with his
GunmA0n1100. NM. 4,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19

one became q little accustomed
to it as one learned to write
1900 and 1901 without too much
hesitation. Now while 1t was
pleasantly familiar to the ear,
it still suggested q happy sense
of progress and advancement.
The outward changes In Kings
Row, taking place gradually %
they did, were not too violent
to disturb even conservative
people much. OF course, II one
stopped to think about 1t, a LOT
Of things had happened. Trees
gone from the courthouse
square, and from Union street
as far as the Methodist church.
Lots of bright new paint and
plate glass store windows. Sur
prising, too, how many of the
old houses had come down to
be replaced with one story
bungalows"
"A smart little city, Hart
Sansome said. "As neat and
bright as a PIN"
Looks like every town its
size from Ohio to Kansas"
Miles jackson said. "You can't
tell by looking around II you're
in Indiana or Iowa. Looks like
any town-and just ~ ugly"
But everyone noticed that
since the death of his old crony,
Colonel Skeffington, Miles
jackson was less acid, less vio-
lent. He had less to say about
the vanishing qualities Of our
pioneer forefathers."
Drake McHugh developed q
bad cold and laid off from work
for nearly q week. He spent
most of the time with Randy.
One evening after supper he
was on his way back 10 his
clearinghouse. He took the
short cut through the freight
yards IS usual. Bill Hockinson
was running the switch engine.
shifting box cars for the early
freight train the next day. Drake
stepped off the track a. Bill
passed with Q dozen empty
flats. He waved snd Bill shout
ID something that could not b
heard above the rattle and clash
of wheels rolliae over The
witches re saR wsvjnc
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19

GOOD looks was lost with II. He
wasn't happy, and showed II.
But he was healthier looking.
He had Drowned and REDEEMED
quickly into that lean, leathery,
weathered appearance that rail-
road men always have, and
which is peculiar to them.
He had never seen Louise
Gordon again. The thought of
her crossed his mind once In Q
while - a tingling anger mixed
with q faint desire.
Drake was not ashamed Of
his Job, or of the necessity that
drove him to 1t, but he hated
the thought Of the talk which
he was sure went on about him.
He hated traintime because he
hated TO see anyone out Of his
former existence. Several times
he had decided to write and tell
Paris the whole story, now that
the worst of 1t was over, but he
put It off each time. He wasn't
sure that the worst Of II was
really over. As soon a. he ar
ranged something else, and felt
that he was on his feet q bit
more securely - then he would
write. II would amuse Paris,
he was sure, to think Of him
really going to work. 1t would
be q happy day when Paris
returned. He wondered, the
least bit uneasily, If Paris
would want to come down here
and talk to him and Randy. He
wasn't sure how Paris might
feel about Rand, now that they
were all grown up, but he put
that doubt quickly aside. II was
q disloyal thought. Paris wasn't
made out of the shoddy stuff Of
Kings Row.
He smiled happily TO himself.
slapped himself lightly on the
thigh, and gave his heed . side
ways jerk. Just . little more
than Q year now and old Par
ris would be backi
THE twentieth century" was
beginning 70 b . - m tliar
phrase. At first Il had . .fabu-
leus sound, HE . eonnotatton
r sens fQ1l1I0
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19
TOMORROW MORNING - & A. M TO II NOON

WXYZ-I've Got Your
Number
CKLW-Mary Morgan
WJLB-Waltx Music
WEXL-Variety Music
IO:<5 A. ~.
WWJ-Rosd of Life
WJR-Mrs. Page
wXYZ-String Tins
1900 A. NJ.
WWJ-Msry Martin
WJR-Don Artistic
WxYZ-News: Muste
CKLW-Rhythm .omance
WJLB-News
WEXL-Musical Menu
I1:lB A. NJ.
wWy-Right to Happiness
WJR-Man ] Married
WxYZ-Charm
CKLW-Musical Rhythms
WJLB-Mode d Manners
WEXL-Dance Music
1880 A. NJ.
WWJ-Bud Barton
WJR-Bright Horizon
WxYZ-Prescott Presents
CKLW-President's News
Conference
wyBk-Betty Roberts
wJLB-Popular Music
1l:tS a. ~.
WWJ-David HaruSD
WJR-Aunt Jenny
WxYZ-Music
CKLW-Melody Tims-M
WJBK-News Roundup
WJLB-Mystery Melodies
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19
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Randy's glance yelled a little
II was a strange look - Drake
didn't understand 1t. 1t was 9
faraway look, almost imper'
sonal, but steady as a lamp Sci
on stone.
go up stairs. I'll bring you
some hot water. You wash and
shave, and I'll fix you some
thing to eat. Then you're 60.
ing to bed and get some Sleep
"Aw-"
do as say! I've got to talk
to YOU"
Drake went heavily up the
stairs. Mr.. Monaghan knocked
the ashes from his pipe. He had
never quite known what to
make of his tomboy daughter
but at this moment he felt that
he understood her better. She
looked exactly like her mother
as she stood watching Drake.
Mr.. Monaghan kept his word
and Drake kept his. Mat Turn
er, an old acquaintance OF
brakes Uncle Rhodes, was re-
luctant at first. He didn't be-
lieve too much in the earnest.
ness and sincerity Of brakes
resolution, but Monaghan per-
suaded him. Drake was given 9
nondescript job as switchman
and general helper around the
freight office. He never set FOOT
In Fritz Bachman's lunchroom
again, or took another drink.
The bank sold the Living.
Stone house, and Drake paid hi
de6ta There wasn't much left
but Drake put II in the banl
end managed to live on hi
wages. He had . room at Mrs
Dlake's railroad clearinghouse
and spent ~ much time with
Randy % possible.
Drake Lost his casual, laugh.
- DnNnGEj - = ~ g ~
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19

'Look at me, Mr.. Monaghan,
I look like q tramp. Ill be q
bum II somebody doesn't give
me . Job"
'Turner'll give you q job, If
you'll take It,"
"ru take It."
'Waat are all your tony
friends up ON Union street 60
ing 70 say7"
Drake laughed. Mr.. Mona
chan was unable to sense the
bitterness and humiliation and
scorn. IN the sound.
"Tll get you = job, Drake.
You can depend on me-"
Thank you-sir."
Drake arose. I'm going
home" He turned ut the door.
IL ! IT Z: Job down here, I'm
eolng - sell the place uptown.
re alroady uaortsased. Then I'll
have q little BIT Of money any
h4w. Tn going to come down
hsrs somewhere and live"
ssAnd say-
~Y1ey slrS" ~
rxSs'll have to cut out lik.
Il won't drink any more.
sA1 iaeAt son. Wen sse
m = UEohol WHIT are you
~ oo1s 1Aadx came cheer.
IlS ~ sUpln.
$3.50 1askly. ''Yes
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19

"What'll have to be done,
Doc?"
"Amputation."
His leg? Which one?"
Both. Close to the hips.
There's . chance"
For nearly three hours both
men worked under the crude
light of the oil lamps. Then DR..
Gordon folded the blankets
about Drake and stepped to the
door.
(To Ne CoLtinued)
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19

THE twentieth century" was
beginning 70 b . - m iliar
phrase. At first Il had . .fabu-
leus sound, HE . connotstton
r some $780, H1(o1vs
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-19
MounfCyemens
High Notes
D. Tom . osek osssIdsss

SPRING FEVER
Tonight will b . big night
for the actors and actresses 70
the annual Junior play. Tonight,
after weeks of Fehea sing. . FIN.
ished produetioa = ready Tor IN
students and tpwnspeeple d
Mount Clemens - -. n pa
= ~ q - - -
Evening star., 1942-05-02

shrub to sleeve Of a coat hung out
on a porch.
Make preparations for the wrens. II
you choose, but realize that the site will
be chosen by the birds themselves.
Entrance holes for wren houses should
be no larger than q of An inch in diam
eter The floor is 4 by 4 inches, the
depth of the house s to inches.
The entrance hole should be within
2 or 3 inches of the top of the front
wall of the house
Many amateur builders of bird houses
make the wren house an inch in diameter.
An eighth OF an inch, they think, will
make no difference.
But just this difference will allow the
sparrows to get in.
Houses are best hung from to 10 feet
high, but wrens will nest in houses put
as low as feet from the ground. The
best house we ever had was made of
asbestos roofing. was round and was hung
in a shrub 3 feet high.
In transforms the nest swung consid-
erably lower
presence of cats in the yard. The wrens
seemed to prefer this nest to any other.
The babies would perch in the en-
trance hole and would peck at your
finger.
The song of the house wren while
filled with life and sparkle, is not suited
to many human ears.
There is to it altogether too much
harshness, according to some tastes.
Other listeners regard it as the very
essence of bird music.
So you see, we have here again one
of the perennial disputes, the sum of
which has brought mankind to its pres
ent state. 1t is impossible to know, of
course, just how much such unnecessary
disputes add to the era of Ill feeling.
Most persons will agree. however, that
there is altogether too much disputation
in all things. 1t seems at times as If
most Americans just wait to hear what
others say, then Immediately declare
the opposite.
Brown thrashers and wrens belong to
the same bird group, as difficult as this
may be to realize, seeing their difference
In size Their brown is very much the
same, though, and both have long tails
and bills.
The female wren selects the nest
ing site.
Great care is taken by the birds to
keep it clean, despite its inclosed char
acter.
One writer tells of finding a nest in
an old discarded leather glove in tool
house The glove had been reinforced
with sticks, so that it would be sure to
stand up, and the nest had been built,
partly of down, in the largest part.
Gourds, hung in vines, make fine wren
houses. A hollowed-out coconut shell
also would serve nicely.
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Needed CIurificution

President Roosevelt nas removed
any excuse for confusion over pro-
cedure n specialized dealings with
foreign countries by re-emphasizing
the State Departments primary re-
SpOnSibility for the conduct of all
phases of the Nations foreign rela-
tiOnS.
The existence Of such needless
confusion behind the scenes was
brought into the open by the Presi-
dents remarks at his press confer
ence yesterday AS he put it, some
people in other parts of the Govern
ment, not quite realizing that the
State Department is-and under our
Constitution must be-in charge of
foreign affairs. want to handle di-
rectly all transactions with foreign
countries that fall in their particular
fields.
It is not difficult to imagine the
troubles that might develop If each
Government department and agency
whose operations have bearing on
foreign policy, as growing number
of them do, should carry them on
without some overall CO. ordination
of policy. To avoid the risk of one or
more agencies making moves con-
Evening star., 1942-05-02
Another Strutford Leoend

The Robert E. Lee Memorial Foun-
dation has returned to the royal
family of Great Britain the sum of
300 pounds sterling lent to Thomas
Lee, Crown Governor of Virginia, for
the building of Stratford Hall, the
Lee mansion in Westmoreland
County, 213 years ago. A check for
1890, representing the original loan
and interest, has been handed to
Lord Halifax, the British Ambassador,
TO be forwarded to Queen Elizabeth
for use in connection with Her
Majesty's war work. The payment
of the debt thus completed is a
gesture of friendliness and goodwill
for which group Of American
women, headed by Mrs Charles D.
Lanier of Connecticut and Mrs
Robert Worth Bingham of Kentucky
deserve the appreciation Of the
American people at large.
Thomas Lee. it has been explained
was a direct descendant of Richard
Lee the First, the emigrant ancestor
Of all the Virginia Lees, who arrived
from England in l641, became sec
retary Of state in Virginia" about
1859 and died in 1854 He-the STRAIT
ford proprietor-firSt saw light Of
day in 1890, and his claim upon the
generosity of English royalty de-
veloped from the circumstance Of
his house at Matholic having been
burned by certain "cutthroats" whom
he. as magistrate. had sentenced to
jail in 1929. The now famous 800
pounds was conveyed TO him by
Queen Caroline, wife Of King George
II, and was used for the improvement
of the estate then known as the Gifts
Plantation, acquired in 1716.
The eldest of the children of
Thomas Lee was Philip Ludwell Lee
whose daughter Matilda married her
cousin, General Henry Light Horse
Harry Lee. Stratford thus came
into the hands of the father Of the
eelebfated commander Of the armies
Evening star., 1942-05-02
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trdce1Ceu.

While seated by the dining room win
dow Sunday morning. listening to the
first news broadcast of the day, we heard
a sudden bubbling sound from outside.
1t was Jenny Wren, just returned from
the South
War or no war, the wren family had
returned on time.
House wrens come back to Washington
some time in April. usually between April
1S and the last day of the month.
That bubbling cascade Of sound is not
really pretty. except in the picture it
calls up Of a fine little bird.
1t is commonly believed that wrens
return to the same nest every year
The house wren is a common summer
resident. The Carolina wren remains
here the year around, although it is not
as common as the Jenny Wren of song
and story
When we say wren" hereabouts, we
mostly think of Jenny and her family.
No matter how many wren houses you
put up, Jenny decides which one to
take. if any.
She is very particular, much more so
than her mate, who Is eager to take
any old house at all.
Not so Jenny.
Things must be just right for her, and
she particularly seems to like to dis
agree with Johnny.
Whatever site he chooses, she rejects
Other wrens found in this vicinity, at
times, are Bewicks wren, the winter
wren and the short and long billed marsh
wrens. The short billed wren is regarded
as rare and is seen only in migration
The long billed wren is found mainly
along the Potomac and the Eastern
Branch.
Only two of the wrens come to sub
urban gardens, the house wren and the
Carolina wren. The latter often is seen
in the fall and winter. but the house
wren, the best-known of them all, is a
spring and summer bird entirely.
Many householders do not think spring
is here until the wrens arrive
house. These are small, with a very
small entrance door The idea is to keep
out other birds, especially sparrows. The
latter will take the nest away from the
wrens and will even go in and carry
out the eggs.
Jenny Wren, however, Is no angel
herself.
She has been known to puncture the
eggs of other wrens. She will not hesi-
tate to chase another wren from a box
which she takes a fancy to; she can
develop temper perhaps just little
better than any other songster.
The bubbling song of the wrens is a
sure sign of spring.
1t will be heard all spring and summer.
Wrens nest almost any place, from a
Evening star., 1942-05-02

trary to general policy, perhaps con-
Trajectory to each other, it is impera-
tive that all negotiations with foreign
countries be channeled through the
State Department, and that the de-
partment act in an advisory capacity
on even those domestic matters
which affect foreign relations.
Mr.. Roosevelt was forced to clarity
the State Departments role by a
controversy which arose after his
recent executive order increased the
powers Of the Board Of Economic
Warfare, particularly in the field of
''precluSive" buying and encourage
ment of production Of strategic ma
terials in Latin America Under the
original order, 1t was not clear that
any negotiations with foreign coun-
tries by the program must be carried
on through the State Department.
The B. E. w, was preparing for direct
dealings with Latin American C0un-
tries. The President explained, how
ever, that the State Department
must conduct any necessary negotia-
tions, with the B E. w. handling the
details of actual operations. His
clarification of this issue should have
a salutary effect throughout the
Government.