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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-13
7 ours truly,
J. H. Peck.
Cokesbury News

The Women's Christian Service So
ciety met with Mrs. Ralph Taylor,
last Tuesday afternoon.
The Farm Bureau Banquet which
was held last Friday evening at the
Elementary School in Princess Anne,
Md, was we'll attended by the mem
bers in our neighborhood.
Mrs. Paul Cowger and two children
spent last week with her father, Mr..
T. F. Mears, at Oak Hall, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleve Carter of POGO
moke City, were visitors in our neigh
borhood last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ernest Long, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Long and Mr.. and Mrs. A. P.
Long attended the funeral of their
uncle, Mr.. Burton Dryden held in
Princess Anne, Md, Thursday.
Mrs Annie Merrill is now spending
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-13
BEST CERTIFIED
SEED POTATOES
SHOULD Be USED

Since potato tubers MAY contain
diseases which cannot be detected am
I'll after the plants are up, only the
best certified seed should be used fer
planting potato fields and gardens,
according to Dr. Robert A Jehle,
State Plant Pathologist. Certified
seed has been officially inspected by
an official agency and always carries
a tag giving the state in which the
seed was grown, name Of the grower,
by whom the inspection was made,
the variety and date.
Dr.. Jehle says that under no cir
cumstances should potatoes be used
for planting purposes which are sold
in a store for table stock He points
out that this seed probably carries
disease, is usually unsuitable for
planting in Maryland, and may come
up for several months if the rest per
iod is not over. If home grown seed
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-13

sometime with her daughters. Mrs.
E, w Long and Mrs. Wallace Gov
ington
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Adkins and
children, visited the formers mother,
Mrs. Laura Adkins who is a patient
IN the Peninsula General Hospital
Salisbury, Md, last Sunday.
Miss Ruby Butler of Phia. Pa,
spent the Weekend here with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Butler.
Mrs. John Bloxom of Oak Hall,
Va, visited her daughter, Mrs. Ralph
Taylor last week.
The Busy Bees" will have a play
Tuesday evening, March 18th in the
school house. 1t is called Our minis
ter's new car" Admission, Is cents
and 25 cents.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Smith and
children of Salisbury, Md, spent Sun
day afternoon and evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon Beachamp.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cottman of
Washington, D. c., and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Eader of BALTIC Md, were called
here last week to attend the funeral
of their aunt Mrs John Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Martin spent
last Thursday and Friday in Baltic,
Nd.
Miss Margaret Covington visited
relatives in Pocomoke City, over the
Weekend
Mrs. Marion Atkinson and little
daughter, spent last Thursday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Tyler at CrisfIeld, Md.
Mrs. Edgar Atkinson and daughter
Norma Fay and Mrs. Edwin Martin
visited Mrs Frank Matthews near
Princess Anne last Wednesday after
noon.
Mrs. Ralph Taylor, Mrs. John
Bloxom. Mrs H. C. Beacamp and
Mrs. Vernon Beachamp spent last
Thursday in Salisbury, Md.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-13
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
PRIV ATE MELVIN Is
FXONER ATED In KILLING

A military board of inquiry on
Thursday eXonerated Private George
Melvin Faulkner 20-year-old member
of the State Guard unit, in the fatal
shooting last Monday of a Chester,
Nd, youth after he disobeyed SEN
try challenge.
The conclusion of the board, which
met in the Centreville Armory, was
announced by Brig. Gen. Dwight H,
Mohr, commander of the State Guard.
After reviewing all of the circum-
stances of the case, General Mohr
said the board declared that the
shooting was due to no fault or dere-
liction of duty of the sentry" and rec
commended Private Faulkner's return
to duty. The shooting occurred at
Kent Narrows bridge.
Testimony before the board. Gen
eraI Mohr said, revealed that the
youth, Herman ElwoOd Stevans, 10,
approached in his automobile on a
side road, ignoring two warning shots
after commands to halt.
Then, it was said, the car was put
INTO reverse gear and Stevans began
backing it away The Guardsman at
that point fired three shots, all Of
which pierced the automobile, one
striking and fatally injuring the
youth.
The board, appointed by General
Mohr and Governor O'Conor, was
composed of Lieut.. Col. Gaylord Lee
Clark, executive officer of the guard;
Lieut.. Col. Edward Mex. Johnson,
head Of the units CO; Major Wallace
Williams, and Capt. William D. Hill,
also officers of the guard
Private Faulkner had been "detain-
ed by State Guard officers pending
the inquisition.
One of the witnesses at the hearing
was said to be Lemuel A. Thompson,
10, also of Chester, who was Stevans'
companion in the car at the time of
the shooting. Immediately following
the fatality Thompson was quoted as
saying 'no one called to u.s."
The scene of the shooting was
within a short distance of two re-
ported attacks on State Guards who
were patrolling the Kent Narrows
bridge last week.
One of the sentries, Private Chris
tian Gernet, was fired on at 6 a. m
Thursday of last week by a man who
escaped.
At 1 a. m. Saturday, Privates Yves.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-13
EXPLOSIONS FELT ON
DEALS ISLAND, SOMERSET

Two mysterious explosions felt
throughout Deals Island, were blamed
by Sheriff |. Fred Phoebus on the
work Of a prankster who approached
by boat, set two dynamite blasts and
left unseen.
The blasts occurred on the beach
property of Ralph Brown, filling sta
ton operator, about a fourth of mile
from his filling station and 500 yards
from the Deals Island bridge.
Residents ran outdoors to look for
airplanes when the first blast was
heard at A. NJ, Brown said. The
site of the blast was not determined
Four hours later a second explo-
sion threw sand high into the air at
the beach near Webster's oyster
packing house.
Sheriff Phoebus called from Prin-
cess Anne, made an immediate in
vestigation. ell found one explosion
had taken on a sand hill at the beach
and hole two feet wide and a foot
or more deep had been blasted into
the hill.
There was no sign of metal, he said,
and the holes were too far from the
waters edge to have been caused by
a mine explosion. Footsteps in the
soft sand, he said, led from the water
to the holes and back. The return
ing steps were farther apart, indi-
eating that the person who had set
off the blast had run from the scene.
The explosions were set off by
some local person as a joke, he said.
No strange boat was seen and a To-
cal boat may have escaped notice.
''This is no time for joking" he warn
ed.
The site of the first blast, believed
to be in marsh, could not be loca-
ted.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-13

Dice celery and cook until tender.
Drain off the water and saute in but
ter. Add leftover brussels sprouts
and spoonful of white sauce.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-13
A ~" FIVE-CENT PIECE
RECEIVES RECOGNITION

one Of the rather ancient fiye-cent
pieces which have a large Y ON one
side, as some of the older people Will
remember came into the possession
of Judge Fred n. Holland some time
ago, and his immediate thought was
that the V on it was the Victory sym
boil so he sat down and wrote a let
ter to Prime Minister Winston Chur-
chill, of England, inclosing the Y
nickel as a gift to him and to the
English people, with the hope that
victory would reward their efforts, no
matter how long or how hard the war
may be.
Within a short time Judge Holland
received an acknowledgement of the
gift, in the form of letter from the
Prime Minister. 1t was as follows.
10 Downing Street,
Whitehall, S. w. I.
oath January, 1912
Mr. Fred n Holland,
Crisfield Maryland,
U. S. A.
Dear sir:
I am writing on behalf of the
Prime Minister to thank you for your
letter Of the 10th of December, and
to thank you for the Victory cent
piece you enclose.
Yours truly.
j. H. Peck.
The Judge is on the lookout for
another one Of the same kind now. to
send to Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau, with the idea in mind
it may help tighten the tax burden
which the worthy Secretary seems to
believe must be imposed to a degree
which makes most people breathless
to contemplate.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-03-13

ley Mulligan and William Starkey
were shot at as they emerged from
an Illuminated guardhouse.
Evening star., 1942-12-09
Two, Of Seven Nazis
Who Fled Canadian
Camp Still al Large
One Believed Officer
Who Previously Had
Escaped Three Times
By the Associated Press.

6y tFe AtsuSiAleu fNssS
GRAVENHURST. Ontario, Dec. 9.
Two Of seven Germans air force
officers who escaped last night from
a prison camp near here were still
free today as police pressed a wide
spread search for them through
Northern and Central Ontario.
Albert Waller, "a, and Hans Strehl,
%, were captured last night after
getting past the first enclosure at
the camp. Two others were caught
at Barrie, 40 miles south of here,
after riding into town on the snow
plow of a train.
The fifth, Aberhard Willdermuth,
%. was caught early today at
Washago, l3 miles south of here. He
was seen in coal chute by night
operator at the Canadian National
Railways station who turned in an
alarm.
One Speaks Only German.
Those still at large were Otto
steinhilper, %, who speaks only Ger
man, and Siegried Schmidt. "a, who
speaks German and some English.
Authorities indicated the fugitive
listed as Otto Stelnhilper may be
Ulrich Steinhilper, VINO had escaped
three times before. Once ne went
across Niagara Bridge on q locomo-
tive and returned to Canada on the
same train without his knowledge.
He was recaptured and again escaped
at Windsor station at Montreal,
where he hid under a railway coach
by tying himself to the rods. On a
third escape from an Ontario camp
he soon was recaptured.
Carrying False Identification.
Tho Germans captured at Barrie
were Reinhard Pfundter, 81, and
Evening star., 1942-12-09

Walter Manhardt. ~. who were
chased through the town ana caught
on q highway by . provincial con-
stable. Manhardt was believed to
be the same prisoner who escaped
from a camp at Bowmanville,
Ontario, December 80, 194l, and was
recaptured January Q by a United
States border patrol near Ogdens-
burg, N. Y.
Police said both Pfundter and
Manhardt were carrying registration
cards and false Identification cards.
as well as concentrated food and
German-English dictionaries. They
told police they wanted to 60 to
Halifax and get on a ship in an
effort to return to Germany.
Evening star., 1942-12-09
Yule Cards Will Beor
Re-empIoyment Promise

By the Associated Press
KANSAS CITY.-Christmas cards
from the city administration will 20
to $50 former city employees now in
military service in all parts OF the
world.
And each, said City Manager l..
P. Cookingham, will carry news that
the people in the November elec-
ton voted a charter amendment
guaranteeing service men their Jobs
when they return-something thev
weren't sure of under the old system.
Evening star., 1942-12-09


The Wor Labor Board on November 5, 1942 issued an
order that Yards incorporae" contract ,Uith CLIO.
union at Chicago:
IA clause establishing form of the closed shop called
maintenance of Membership" together with checkof
of union dues from wages.
z. clause providing for compulsory arbitration on
any questions the union wishes to raise
g. clause guaranteeing in these uncertain times pre-.
sent wage and working conditions for year.
Wards rejected this order of the board for these reasons:
l. The board without authority. Congress- the
only law.makns authority under the Constitution has
not empowered the board order any employer to do
any of the things which the board demanded of Wards.
g. The order violated the fundamental principles Of
liberty Liberty requires that an employee be free to
join to resign from union without jeopardzina his
livelihood Liberty requires that employer be free
to employ the person best suited for the work.
8. The order in itself illegal. The order required
Wards first, interfere with the free choice of its
employees resign from the union; second to give SUD.
port to the union by checo Of union dues; and third
to discriminate against employees they resigned their
membership in the union, all in direct violation of the
National Labor Relations Act ~,
T. Wards operates in highly competitive field com.
posed OF one million hundred fifty thousand retail
establishments 1t is unfair to impose burdens upon Wards
and not upon those with whom it is in competition
The imposition of the closed shop against Wards can.
not be justified by reference the so.caed no strike
agreement. Wards not party to this agreement,
Wards had voice in the selection of those who as
senatves of industry attended the conference in Decem.
ber 194l, which formulated this agreement Wards has
never ratified the results of that conference
furthermore the conference itself did not agree that
the War Labor Board might impose the closed shop prn.
ciple Those acting representatives of industry ex.
pressy recommended to the President that this not
be considered by the board. The board in ordering
form of closed shop Wards acted contrary to these
expressed recommendations of the industry
tives.
If Wards had had the right test the legality of the
boards demands in court, Wards would have done so
but Wards was deprived of remedy the courts by the
boards complete lack of legal authority to compel ODE.
dience of its order The will only act when legal
rights have been violated The courts have declared that
the making of demands which do not have to be
obeyed does not the eyes of the law violate any legal
right The boards very lack of authority thus resulted
in denial to Wards, it has other employers of
right to relief in the courts.
The President of the United States as well as the board
is wholly without constitutional authority to order any
employer to do the things demanded of Wards Never.
heless in deep respect for the President and his treat
MONTGOMERY
Evening star., 1942-12-09

oord at its meeting in Washington on December g. 1912.
responsibility in time of war; Wards said in rejecting the
boards order:
If Congress imposes closed shops, compulsory arbi
raton contracts for years duration employers,
if the President of the United States as Commander in
Chief in time of directs that Wards accept the boards
ruling, which earnestly believe are illegal and uneco.
nomic, will respectfully obey"
The President November Is srote the company saying:
"As Commander in Chief in time of war, *""I
direct Montgomery Ward and Company to comply,
without further delay, with the National War Labor
Boards directive order of November S, 1942"
Wards Immediately anssOered:
"Your order of November 18th has been received and
will be promptly obeyed."
Wards thereupon altered the general form of its con.
tracts with unions and Incorporated word for word the
clauses ordered by the War Labor Board This document
was offered to the union. The company has fully complied
with the Presidents direction and will continue to do so
The document which the President has directed Wards
to sign not contract. The requisite of contract is
that there be meeting of the minds agreement between
the parties There has been agreement between Wards
and the union. The document which the President has
ordered Wards to sign affects the rights and liberties of
Wards and of its employees Therefore, in order that the
document itself may be clear and state the facts Wards
informatively included these three sentences:
Ihe following provisions not voluntarily agreed
to by the company In the companys opinion they are
illegal and unsound. These provisions are copied yer.
batm from the War Labor Boards order of November s.
1872 and Incorporated herein the companys part
under dress and only because the President of the United
States Commander in Chief time of war has expressly
ordered that they be included"
These three in all respects true They
do not alter the effect of the provisions ordered by the
board provisions which Wards will carry out Never
theess the union has refused sign the offered document
Wards will be happy to accept any Improvement in the
wording of this statement but Wards will resist any attempt
to hide the truth by change in its substance.
On January 1884, the President said:
I'm the future days which we seek to make secure we
look forward world founded upon four essential human
freedoms The first is freedom of speech and expression
everywhere in the world"
Wards feels that is bound by the rules of good ct
zenshp to make that the simple truth about these
provisions and Wards acceptance of them be hidden
from msrepresented its hundred thousand employees
its sixty thousand shareholders and its many millions of
The elimination of this would serve
purpose but conceal the truth from readers of the
document.
Wards has cheerfuy met with the union and with this
board whenever requested Wards has promptly obeyed
the direction of the President Wards insists that its right
to tell the truth not be destroyed.
IND COMPANY.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-11-13
No Ohicial National Flowers

1t is surprising to learn that there
are no really official national flow
ers. Richard ]. Hayden, superin-
tendent Of parks and boulevards in
Boston, Mass, who has long been
interested in this subject, states that
certain flowers are generally asso-
ciated with various nations but that
none Of them are recognized by gov
eminent action.
Popular polls, competitions and
motions adopted by organizations
have placed these flowers on the
ballot. Many of them, the Scotch
thistle, the shamrock of Ireland, are
merely traditions. In this class be-
longs the tulip of the Netherlands.
AS for the United States, Hayden
relates that two flowers have, at
different times, been recognized by
groups Of interested persons. One is
the arbutus (Epigaea repens), the
other goldenrod (Solidago). Neither
is elected through legislative decree.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-11-13
Heb. Mei-Meit

This is a message to Mei-Mei at
the Brookfield zoo, to the giant panda
recently acquired by the New York
zoo, and to giant. pandas every
where. Your ancestry, and that Of
your sister, the late lamented Su-
Lin, has been traced back &c, 900, 900
years to an extinct creature named
Cynarctoides. This was announced
at the Field Museum of Natural His
tory by Paul McGrew of the pale
theological division.
Mr.. McGrew is the discoverer of
the first and only known specimens
of this fossil ancestor of the modern
giant panda. BY his discovery Mr..
McGrew indicates that, although the
present natural homes of giant pam
das are in China and Tibet, they
really belong to an old American
family. The patriarchal Cynarcto-
ides lived in western Nebraska in
an age when no human beings ex-
listed to look and marvel at giant
pandas-in fact many millions of
years before the first man appeared
anywhere in the world.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-11-13
Voracious Reading Yank
Fools His Terminates

Laugh of the week is on two sol
diers Of Camp Polk, La.-Private
Bill Cooper and Ed Cohen. When
the pair was transferred for the
summer from barracks to tents, they
held q conference, decided theiT tent
would be more cory II at least one
Of their bunkmates received regular
packages of food from home. Best
way they could think Of to find just
the man to fill the bill in this re-
spect was to watch the package list
put up every day outside the mail
room. For several days they studied
the list, finally settled on one Pri-
vate Sam Dunbar, who, they noted,
received packages every day with
out fail. He looked like bonanza.
So they preached to Dunbar the
idea of moving in with them. Dun
bar became convinced, made neces-
sary arrangements to transfer his
quarters. Cohen and Cooper, jubi-
liant, could hardly wait for the boxes
and packages to roll in. The first
morning Dunbar produced a newly
arrived package, and proceeded to
unwrap it as his buddies stood wait
ing expectantly The bundles, far
from what they expected, contained
hardly a crumb of food, only maya
zines and newspapers from home.
Dunbar it turns out, is voracious
reader!
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-11-13
Hemline No Headache When
Cotton Attire Is Worn

Hot weather never kept a Utter
bug from dancing, but this summer
dancing can be done in gowns so
cool as to be almost air-conditioned.
Cotton party frocks were never
lovelier, sheerer, or more becom-
ing. From fairy-like flower prints of
faintest hue to vivid tropical col
ors, cottons give a girl occurrences
or dash, depending upon the effect
she wants.
Besides being cool, a cotton party
dress gives its wearer carefree
mind II the hemline gathers soil
from the floor, or if perspiration fill
tiers into the underarm section, the
dress requires only a good launder-
ing to make it clean and fresh again.
No worry lest a dirty hemline put
a f1oor-length dress out of commits
sion, for with washable cotton little
soap and water provides the rem
edy.
There is another thrifty angle to
many cotton gowns. If made SIM
ply, with modest neckline and cap
sleeves, the cotton gown can be cut
to street length and worn as an
afternoon dress when its life as
party dress is over. Material cut
from the skirt may be used to
make an extra blouse or a short
jacket.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-11-13
Fathers Kind Act Nets
His Daughter $175.OOO

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.-An act Of
kindness performed by Mrs. Bertha
Becker Fish's father So years ago
paid dividends amounting to $175,-
600.
When David Stockscalder, his
wife and seven children, ran out of
money while attempting to drive
frem New York to California in a
wagon drawn by a team of horses,
they stopped at ]. A. Becker's home
near Springfield. That was in 1906.
Becker and his family sized up
the situation and took the Stock
scalders into their home, fed and
sheltered them for nearly three
months. When his confidence was
restored and his family well and
happy once more, StockScalder de-
cided to continue westward.
Friends are few, / find in my
travels" Stockscalder vowed as he
left the Becker home. Some day,
il the Lord wills, will repay you
three-fold."
Mrs. Fish is the only surviving
member Of the Becker family. A
telegram from Stockscalder's attor-
ney informed her she had been
named the sole heir of the Califor-
mans SITS, 900 estate.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-11-13

One wild winters day near Liver
dun. on the Great Northern railway
OF France, passenger train came
to stop. The engine had run
into flock of rocks so busy picking
up scraps thrown out from the Stras-
burg express that they paid no at
tention to the oneoming train, and
were crushed in such numbers that
the wheels skidded and the whole
train pulled up.
In Canada, a west-bound express
had pulled out of Screiber, Ontario.
and run for some miles when
brakeman in the. rear saw the driy-
er hanging out over the side of the
cab. Thinking he. was i'll, he braked
the train and stopped it. On investi.
CATION he found the driver uncon-
sclous and the fireman dead. A rock
iaillng from an overhanging cliff had
cropped exactly into the engine cab