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The Washington times., 1938-11-21
Probable Effects

THE deficit side is cloudy, too.
L The probable effect on es-
tablished American industries
cannot be learned in Washing
ton. For instance, English over
coats and novelty sport suits that
bore a tariff tax Of SO and so
per cent before, now will enjoy
a tax of 80 and As per cent, re-
spectively. The question is
whether this will reduce the
price Of English goods sufficient
ly to cause more Americans to
buy them instead Of Americans
goods.
The State Department an
nouncement virtually said it
would not. But you may be sure
the British announcement in
London told the opposite story.
It is customary for both sides
to expect no losses of business
whatever from concessions they
make in their own tariffs but
to predict great gains from con-
cessionS in the other fellows
tariff. The recent announce
ments exceeded the custom in
this respect, but furnished no
worthwhile measure whatever of
results.
Candid offstage opinion is
both sides will just about hold
their own for the immediate fu.
ture, which may progress under
existing measurements. <
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

That is when We can remark "Well he oughta
done it this way, and say to fellow second guess
ers, you remember said all along he oughta do
it this way" at which the fellow second guessers
nod solemn affirmative, if they are good union
second gueSsers.
Even when first guess is successful that does
not necessarily bar us second guessers. We can
go around saying we knew he would do it, but
We must admit there is no real pleasure in that
for second guesser.
OF course, if first guesser keeps missing on
his guesses he is finally set down as just total
bust and run out of the league in which he is
doing his guessing, and the world wants no more
of him, and that is a regular field day for us
second guessers.
WE THINK Mr.. Roosevelt will always be adored
" by the second guessers of the land because
he has given them so much opportunity for sec
ond guessing. Mr.. Roosevelt is one of the most
nordnate first guessers that lived, and while
many Of his guesses have scored he has also
given us second guessers lot of opportunities to
say, 1--WE knew that wouldn't work"
We suppose if we did not have first guessers
there would never be anything done in this world,
but us second guessers have our uses, too. We
keep tab on the mistakes that the first guessers
make, record that may be of value to them
later on, unless they are first guessing in some
game that does not permit them more than one
mistake like a human fly" we once saw down
South, who was climbing up the outside of
tall building and took first guess at where a
projection ought to be- and it was not there
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
New Trade Pact

MR.. HULL, the great tariff
AV1 remaker, has now hacked
down about one-third of the old
ot-Hawley tariff law.
No official figures are being
given out, but you can figure it
fairly accurately this way. Our
tariff collections in 1880
amounted to about Al per cent
of the value of goods imported
Counting only the dutiable list,
of course). Last year, after
the State Secretary had made
10 tariff agreements, our col
lections were 37.8 per cent OF
the value of the goods.
So the first 10 of his blows at
the wall reduced its average
height by go points, or say,
roughly, one-fifth.
Effect of the British agree
ment will not be evident until
next year, but the best experts
expect it to reduce collections to
about 81 per cent, a total reduce
ton of, roughly, one-third from
the old tariff altitude.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
Voice of New York By Louis Sobol

the program was popular and they felt that
they would thus be brought to the attention Of
sponsors But, on occasion did not hesitate to
ask several of the prominent radio stars of
the day-and I can't recall a single refusal
Thus, Kate Smith, the late Russ Columbo Ethel
Norman Phil Baker, Jack Pearl, whose services
call for compensation high in the four figures
donated their talent-without even receiving cab
fare.
ON THE OTHER HAND, writer's who earn from
" 500 to $4,000 for a single piece of writing
fiction or otherwise, have contributed too-for
the sake of sweet charity-or friend. An article
which John O'Fara had hoped to sell to a national
magazine he found himself donating to an organ
zation running an affair. 1t was issuing an elabo-
rate program and sought contributions from
several Manhattan writer's I don't know whether
Mr.. H. l.. Mencken, George Jean Nathan, or
George Bernard Shaw have ever given Of their
writing services without pay, but can name you
a list including Jim Tully, Ernest Hemingway,
Haywood Broun, Quentin Reynolds, william saro-
yam, Dorothy Parker, George S. Kaufman, and
otherS-many others-who give freely and I'm
complainingly-a without stint in words-if the
cause appeals to them
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
Board Reports Housing Boom

, ton Of the last 10 years is a
heavy contributing factor to the
housing boom, the board stated.
Property values are higher and
more stable than in the early
thirties," a board official said.
Total home mortgage debt has
declined. Interest charges on
home mortgage loans have been
greatly reduced. Financial insti-
buttons generally are in better
position to serve their communi-
ties than they have been since
1880. A plentiful supply Of mort
gage money is available. The rate
of foreclosures has dropped.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
Excellent Timing

MO ONE is ordinarily inclined
~ to become analytical over
an international flag-raising
like this one. Few bystanderS
customarily finger the bunting
to learn whether it is silk. But
now the bands are ceasing to
play, you are apt to hear
authoritatively that new trade
to be expected is not soon likely
to approximate the cheers, in
volume.
What pleased officials here
most was the timing OF the
event to give it historical, diplo-
matte significance. Union of the
two great world traders and the
two great democracieS (under
the Washington rating System)
was what struck them as more
important than the commercial
possibilities involved.
In cool reasoning they know
it will have more political than
economic benefits. For instance,
the most important early result
is likely to come from abandon
ing restrictions on grain trans
shipments rather than from the
widely-heralded reduction of the
6 per cent British wheat tariff.
The trans-shipment rearrange-
ment NAV encourage our mill
ing and shipping business, while
there seems little chance that
we will be able to take advan-
tage of the wheat tariff reduc-
ton until some year when Brit
ish dominionS are unable to
supply British demand. Then
we might be able to regain q
substantial British market.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

U.N.S.) Barring any sudden
increase in building costs, con-
tinued recovery in residential con-
struction may be expected, the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
reports.
The board, after studying late
information from all parts of the
nation, said 1T appears as if the
potential demand due to an &C
cumulated housing shortage is
now transferring itself into ef-
fective demand"
The fact that home mortgage
finance is in the soundeSt posi-
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

"No Business of Ours"
ITO PERMIT our sympathies with the fate Of
- an unfortunate people, in Germany to lead
us eventually into a war Of offense would not
only not help the German people or the Jews
therein, but also would end in our own internal
financial, economic and moral ruin. Our own
state Of diSillusion and chaos would require the
establishment Of dictator for ourselves
Hitler's crime against civilization and in the
eyes Of God is enormous. For Americans to lose
their own heads and by their emotionalism
plunge the world into q war in which all men
are ruined and Western civilization in its entirety
destroyed, our crime would be even greater.
Another wrong does not make right What
every American should fear most just now
Armistice Day:
"A clue to the emotional attitude of Americans
from that happy hour (armistice signing) to the
present one Of establishment can be found in
the missionary eagerneSs to assume RESPONSE
bilties for the morals of the world
This was not duty imposed upon us as a price
of peace"
what racial origin we may have come individually,
our first duty is to think in terms of America
first and take no action nor propagate any
philosophy which, if put into effect, would not
preserve but would destroy America.
Copyright Ledger syndicate)
(BoGke Carriers opinions are his oUn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TtresJ
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

arguments. The German people stand upon firm
ground when they say that 100000 nationals
cannot live in economic poverty, so created by
unsound treaties, without there coming an ex-
plosion Of war some time.
But the tragedy Of all German history has been
that the Prussian and Junker rulers of that land
have periodically alienated abroad both their
friends and those who have tried to reason with
the world for common sense and logic to alleviate
the very pressure against which the German
officials complain.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

be thrown" emotionaIly by
horror Of the acts committed
by the Nazi officialdom.
The tragedy Of the German
situation is repetition Of his
tory-repetition of the char
acteristic mistake made peri
odically down through Ger
man history-the mistake of
believing the world will con-
tinue to scare through a policy
Of "frightfulness."
The German nation has
strong merit in its economic
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

HITLER figurattvely sat on top of the world"
after Munich. He had men leading the
destinies of France and England who were willing
to give him break" and compromise, promote
deals for the trade and commerce for which he
cried.
0awning was the day, at last, for practical
readjustment of the economic dislocations that
had bred discomfort. disillusion and despair in
Europe for 20 years.
Holding the most golden opportunity Hitler
ever had since he became chancellor-to be q
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

to reproduce the portrait on postal caroS WHICH,
he has been sending to friends
Jack Benny Eddie Cantor, George Jessel, Fred
Waring, Ben Bernie, Rudy vallee-1 could name
several score more-among the highest paid air
and stage and cinema entertainers-have often
sacrificed lucrative engagements to appear, with
out pay at benefits. Cantor, in fact, flew in
especially from the Coast to make an appearance
at the Might of stars" for charity.
1 remember some years ago when Rudy Vallee
spurned 81 500 for a few minutes of song at
private affair-yet two hours later, at a band
leaders opening in the Hotel Astor, Vallee got
up from his table and entertained for almost
threequarters of an hour
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

shortcomings. A second guess
er really cannot help it.
You know what a second
guesser is, of course. A second
guesser is a fellow who watches
another fellow try something
and miss, and then explains
how the attempt would have
been successful had it been
worked in such-and-such a way.
The expression second guess"
originated in big league base.
ball. In baseball, a man max
ing a play has time only for
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

Paul MaIIOn ers, they say,
had to wait in order to get
what they were willing to take.
But unofficially you can as
certain that the treaty was
highly doubtful election med
icine for DR.. Farley's purposes.
1t might have been received
well, but mildly, in the wheat
belt; not so well, and not at all
mildly in the textile and manu-
featuring centers.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
GaUe the Check to Charity

0NE wELLKNowN WRITER was approached
" by a motion picture magazine for an article
about the movies. He was told the pay would be
$500 for 5000 words. He retorted, Haven't you
made mistake-don't you mean $4,000 for 500
words? That would be nearer my rate" Never
theless, touched by the plea Of the editor, he
wrote the piece-and directed that the check be
donated to charity
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

mands from $500 to $4,000 for
q pen-and-ink portrait, will
sketch a friends features as
he sits at a night club
gratuitously-and even pay for
the frame. Recently, Leon Cor
don, one Of the highest priced
portrait painters in the coun-
try, asking from $4,000 to
$4,000 for a single work, spent
half an hour doing the head
Of genial Ed SwaSey as he
sat two tables away in Club
81. SwaSey had plate made
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
Call 1t A Draw

CERTAIN experts also have
~ tried to figure out who won
the contest between the British
and Yankee traders. They gave
it up as too complicated a job.
Most authorities here are willing
to call it a nearly even bargain,
and hoping experience justifieS
that prediction.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

one thought on that particular play. He must
make up his mind in flash how he is going
to make the play. He cannot stand there and
debate the matter with himself, or with anyone
else, asking shall do thus, or shall do SOP"
The expression came into the common speech
because it so patty described us fellows who sit
back and analyze wrong play after it has been
made. The world is full Of second guessers. In
fact, we far outnumber the first guessers.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

B r t iSh re-
S pom S i b lie.
Their Shrewd
t r a d e r S
thought the
New Dealers
W a n t e d to
complete the
agreement in
time for po-
litical usage,
and tried to
squeeze con-
ceSSionS out
against that
tim e limit.
U. S. dicker-
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
The Brighter Side ByDamonRunyon

Copyright 1885, by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
International Copyright All Other Rights Reserved)
WE ARE ONE of those second-guess fellows, an
w admission that is no credit to us whatever,
save as showing that we are aware of our own
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

NONE GIVE so FREELY of their expensive
~ services as writer's, entertainers and artists.
James Montgomery Flagg, for instance, who com.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

Second Guessers Haze Field Day
IT TAKES INGENUITY, and initiative, and
= nerve to be first guesser. Anybody can be
second guesser. The first guessers are generally
the successful of the world-at least they are
often the leaders, because many first guess
hits but they never have as much fun as us sec
ond guessers when a first guess blows
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
Not a Single Refusal

MANY YEARS AGo-and am truly ashamed
AVA Of it now-I engaged in the then common
practice Of having guest stars on my radio pro-
gram. In my own-and perhaps feeble defense
it might be said that in the main, few Of my
guests had radio engagements at the time and in
most cases volunteered their services because
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
Says Boake Garter

builder and constructor and no longer a de-
stroyer-he losses it away, alienates those work
ing for economic readjustment and horrifies an
entire world by sanctioning mad outbreak of
persecution Of hapless and innocent Jews in
Germany because NaA diplomat in Paris was
shot by Jewish youth!
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
IeBut''

THE greatest menace that rises from Hitler's
- insane and needlessly cruel persecution Of
the Jews Of Germany is the danrer +I,o+ oil
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

"EUe'S Rib" By "EUie" Robert will appear
IN its regular position in this space tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
News Behind
The News
By Paul M1LLOn-

(world Copyright, 1888. by King Fea-
lures Syndicate. Inc, All Rights
Reserved. Reproduction in Full
or in Part Strictly Pro-
hibitedO
COME hue and cry is being
~ raised as to why this Anglo
American trade agreement-n
as advertised-was held back
until after election. Two answers
are available.
The official version holds the
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

Black Patent Leather
Oxford points SGnartly to
gay evenings. Perfectly
plain, in perfect taste,
$3.50
Black Patent Leather
Pumps are also correct
with tailcOat, St--------S8
The Washington times., 1938-11-21

(BoGke CGrter'S opinions are his o1Dn and not
necessarily those OF The Washington TtntesJ
The Washington times., 1938-11-21
Top Hat

The only correct hat to wear
with a tailcOat. The glossy
surface in lustrOus black adds
exactly the right tone to top
of your outfit and your eve
ming .-.-.-...--.-------SLB
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-25
Thomas NJ. Harrington
and
John S. Whaley, Solicitors

John S. Whaley, Assignee, Federal
Farm Mortgage Corporation, a body
corporate, holder of mortgage from
Sidney C. Townsend and Susie B.
Townsend, his wife, ex parte.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County, Maryland.
In Equity.
No. 1897 Chancery
January Term, 1888, to wit: Feb
ruary Z, 1888.
ORDER NISI
Ordered that the sale made and re.
ported by John S. Whaley, Assignee
in the above cause described. be rati-
fled and confirmed unless cause tt
the contrary thereof be shown on OF
before the End day of March, 1888
provided a copy of this order be in
serted in some newspaper published il
Worcester County, Maryland, once il
each of three successive weeks before
the 18th day of February, 1888.
The report states the amount O.
sale to be $1500.00.
BESSIE BOWEN, Clerk
True Copy, Test: Bessie Bowen, Clerl
Feb. 11-3t.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-25
Sat-, MARCH 10, 1888

at the hour of 300 o'clock p. NJ,
the following real estate, to wit: All
that farm or tract of land, together
with the buildings and improvements
thereon, lying and being situate in the
First Election District of Worcester
County, Maryland, on the new County
road from Costen's Mill road to the
Cottingham's Ferry Road, it being the
same tract or parcel of land which
was conveyed to Cordelia F. Hudson
las "Cordeanna F. Hudson") from
Major w. Jones, by deed dated Sept:
9, 1896 and of record among the land
records of Worcester County, Mary
land, in Liber F. H. P. No. 8 at folios
2O4 ct sea-, except so much thereof
as the said Cordelia F. Hudson and
husband conveyed to Francis M. Will
son by deed dated March z, 1906. and
of record among the aforesaid land
records in Liber F. H. P. No. "a, at
folios 434 ct seq.
This tract of land has approximate
ly sixty-eight acres, of which approx
mately one-half is cleared land, and
the remainder thicket land.
1t is improved by certain outbuild-
ings
Terms of Sale: One-third cash on
the day of sale, and the balance in
four months, or all cash at the option
of the purchaser or purchasers, the
credit portion to bear interest and to
be secured to the satisfaction Of the
Trustee.All taxes will be paid to jan
uary 1, 1888. Possession upon ratifi-
cation of sale and payment in full of
the purchase price.
Title papers, u. S. Revenue stamps,
State stamps, recording tax, etc., at
the expense Of the purchaser or pur-
chasers.
GODFREY CHILD, Trustee
John S. Melvin, Auctioneer
Feb. 25-4t.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-25
TRYING TO BOIL ICE

Business SURPRISES perhaps the most abused phrase in
today.
business activity like the present
sion sets in critics industrial leaders, why don't
YOU dip your SURPRISES and keep workers on pay
rols?"
every hand there efforts convince people that Indus
accumuons of cash and securities that could be
turned into payrols This is not the
suppose however, that Industry decided to quidae
it's SURPRISES them into According
to the figures of the Bureau of Internal Revenue manuac
turing industries have SURPRISES aggregatng
payos aggregate $35O000OOOO In other words
would have dispose of their entire SURPRISES lock
stock and only they decided
their cash Government Bonds for such
it would last about four months.
Many noted economists have long since predicted certain
bankruptcy American Industry either followed
Who would that happen? Certainly not the
men and children with savings accounts whose savings
vested private enterprise the holder few bonds shares
of stock private industry the millions of Americans whose
policies backed by securities private enterprise
In fact such abhorent all except politicians and 9TH
ers who industry by capitazng misleading
chphraSes.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that the sub
scribers have obtained from the Or
phans' Court for Worcester County,
Maryland, letters of Administration
on the personal estate of E. Thompson
Pusey late of Worcester County, de-
ceased.
All persons having claims against
the deceased, are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof, to the subscriber on or be-
fore the 18th day of August, 1888.
They may otherwise by law be exclud-
ed from all benefits of the said es-
tate. All persons indebted to said es-
tate are requested to make immediate
payment. Given under my hand this
3rd day of February, 1888.
SONORA 3. PUSEY,
COLMORE E. BYRD,
Administrators
Test: Paul Jenes, Register of Wills.
Feb. AT.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1938-02-25
cradns in ali The schools

grades in all the schools.
Examination Of cighty-five school
children in the first and fourth grades
have been made in Snow Hill. SINH
lar work is scheduled for Newark in
February, and is under consideration
for Pocomoke City. Experience else
where has shown that many children
suffer from defects that interfere with
their work and health, especially de-
fects of vision. This experience has
been borne out in these examinations.
Most noteworthy was the finding that
the vision of twenty-one children was
definitely impaired.
Communicable diseases have moi
been a major problem in this County
during January. There have beer
sporadic cases of Scarlet Fever, and
Whooping Cough has plagued the
schools to certain extent. However
very few cases were reported to the
Health Department as is required by
law-probably because physicians
were not called to attend the children
The following cases have been report.
ed: Chickenpox, 3; Measles, 10; Pneu
monia, 6; Scarlet Fever, 6; Whoopine
Cough, o; tuberculosis, a; Syphili:
81.