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Newspaper
Cambridge Tribune
Location
Cambridge, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1941
Page
5
A 1941 warning argues that auto deaths and injuries rival wartime losses. Pedestrian victims, rural highway risks, and weekend crashes drive a push for prevention. The plan calls for speed regulation, tougher licensing, clearer signs, and nationwide seven point standardization to save thousands of lives.
The Journal of Commerce lauds the Del-Mar-Va Grocers Night banquet in Cambridge Armory hosted by The E. M. Skinner Jr. Company. The second annual event drew about 1400 retailers, with thousands of sandwiches and nearly 1000 pies prepared by Cambridge Bakery and Twilley’s milk served.
At the Great Choptank Parish annual meeting in Cambridge former Senator Samuel L. Byrn was elected to fill the vestry vacancy after Edgar R. Simmons’s death. The vestry, eight members, includes three former members ousted and re elected, plus four hold overs and Byrn. officers elected include Calvin Harrington Sr. as Chairman, Edgar Harrington as Treasurer, James A McAllister as Registrar, with Frederic Hirst named Delegate to the Centreville Diocesan Convention.
Unity Hill Manor the home of Mr and Mrs Edward S Phillips was destroyed by fire Sunday about 10 am. Mrs Phillips heard smoke during breakfast and the roof quickly caught. The entire structure burned and all furniture and clothing were lost. The family, entertaining relatives, could salvage nothing. The house built by Samuel Bryan after the Civil War had housed several prominent families. Rescue Fire Company arrived too late to save the building.
Mrs. Izetta Jewell Miller of the Federal Works Agency will speak at the Cambridge Women's Club on Friday April 18. Her topic will be Doings in Washington. The program is presented by the Legislative Committee chaired by Mrs. Jonathan Wheatley with members Mrs. Joseph W. Brooks Mrs. Reginald Lake Mrs. Clarence LeCompt and Mrs. Rollins White.
The annual County 4 H Club banquet will be held on Saturday evening April 19 in the Social Hall of Zion Methodist Church Cambridge. Miss Hattie E Brooks says the event invites 4 H members leaders parents and friends. Ellis Eskridge will be Toastmaster as the program features music talks and dramatics with spring decor and favors. Tickets cost forty cents and may be bought from club leaders. deadline is Wednesday April 16.
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard announces a wheat referendum for May 31 in the United States wheat growing areas. With exports nearly wiped out and a global surplus, quotas and loans under the 1941 act would guide price stability. Farmers are urged to discuss the issue with county committees to understand the impact on farm income and wheat prices for the 1941 crop.
Officials from the State Conservation Department say a long range program for soft shelled crabs is being mapped in cooperation with Virginia. A good crab run is forecast if warm weather continues to opening day May 1, though crabs have been sparse in recent years. Two Maryland laws affect crab taking this season through October 31, with governor expected to sign. The acts authorize drag scrapes by power boats and limit scrape size to 42 inches, ban crab traps and crab pounds, while existing devices anecdotally harm crabs. Dr. Fred G Livinggood addressed 500 homemakers from Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot counties on helping youth adjust, stressing physical, educational, moral, and social development. The Tri County Homemakers met in Easton with out of town permits rescinding parking rules, as Easton Business Men supported the programs.
Maude R Wickard secretary of agriculture asked canners to add 15,000,000 cases of tomatoes this year for Red Cross relief and lease lead programs. Production would rise about 50 percent from last year to ensure supplies through June 30, 1942. The Agriculture Department will buy the extra tomatoes as soon as the 1941 pack is finished, and asks canners to submit sales offers immediately.
Secretary Claude Wickard asked Congress to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to allow acceptance of wheat notes instead of actual wheat for premium payments. The plan, limited to conservation program participants, would reduce costs by 10 to 15 percent and involve investing note principal in wheat upon payment, with collection methods including deductions from payments or indemnities.
The Dorchester County Board of Education met April 8 1941 in regular session. The superintendent presented a 1941 42 budget totaling 324065 dollars with 135848 to be drawn from county levy and 188217 from state and other sources. The board approved the budget and ordered copies for County Commissioners.
Miss Grace Leigh Scoot, superintendent of the Department of Moral Education for the World Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, will speak at Calvary Methodist Church on N Washington Street Easton on Friday April 25 at 7 30 P M.
R O Stelzer of the Maryland AAA says the wheat marketing quota referendum on May 31 remains unaffected by the Ever Normal Granary expansion. He notes the nation still has ample wheat with 114 billion bushels in sight for the coming year, and world demand limited to one third of production. The plan shows flexibility to meet farm problems from supplies to surpluses while protecting income and soil resources.
State Forester PF W Besley warns of more than ten fires daily as humidity drops to 17 percent and visibility worsens. Fifteen fires reported Tuesday include 175 acres on Collier's Mountain and 125 on Martin Mountain in Allegany County, with other blazes across Baltimore and Frederick counties. He urges farmers to avoid brush burning without precautions to prevent spread.
William Brannock and Vernon Taylor, two Negro escapees from Dorchester county prisoners work detailing, were located on Washington street. Brannock tried to flee from Officer James Leonard and was shot twice, once in the left foot and once in the right leg, by Deputy Sheriff not life threatening. Taylor was captured after a chase, taken to the county jail, and Brannock was transported to Cambridge Maryland Hospital for treatment. Separately, state draft board reports as of March 31 show 241,875 youths on the registers, 89,887 classified, with 3,533 awaiting induction and 6,026 enlisted or inducted previously.
Dorchester County invites residents to visit nearby CCC camps through April 17 as leaders host guests and explain daily routines. Welfare Board staff plan to tour Somerset Negro Veteran Camp at Westover with dates coordinated by letter or phone. Nearby camps include Wicomico Powellville Goldsboro Pocomoke Chestertown Westover.
Tuesday marked the season’s end, ending an unusually fine year for oyster fishermen. Demand stayed steady, weather was favorable with no freeze. Prices had fallen to about 30 cents per unit.
Cambridge Rotary Club marked its 14th anniversary by honoring twelve past presidents. Founding charter president Howard Simmons led the ceremony, with P Watson Webb introducing the list of former leaders. Notable notes include the death of Dr E E Wolf, plus remarks about members Howard Simmons and Mary Blanche Leonard who cut the celebratory cake.
Edwin Warfield, chairman of the Conservation Commission, said shad and herring catches are running heavy and largest in the lower bay where they first appear. He noted no upward trend in supply and recalled 1890 as the peak year with 7.2 million pounds of shad. The 1937 catch was 400,000 pounds, Maryland’s smallest on record, with 624,000 pounds in 1939. Legislation to cut five days off Maryland’s season awaits Governor O’Conor’s signature, possibly aligning Maryland with Virginia’s reduced days.
Cambridge High School plans an evening program in the High School Auditorium on Friday April 18 at 8 pm. About 300 freshmen and sophomores will perform folk and tap dances rhythmic exercises calisthenics mass marching relays volleyball co educational games and more with stunts tumbling and pyramid building. Admission is ten to fifteen cents for the public.
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