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feet. But the real star is Sturges,
who wrote the story and directed
the picture (his first) to bring out
every laugh, every satirical jibe,
and every story value.
"Queen of Destiny" A
Neagle, Anton Walbrook, C..
Aubrey Smith. Directed by
Herbert Wilcox.
AS in Victoria the Great" Miss
Neagle again triumphs in a char
acterization of the queen who
gives her name to a golden r of
British Empire progress.
Not a plotted" movie, but
rather an episode and authentic
account of outstanding events in
Victoria's reign, the film is i'm.
pressive for its pageantry a d
performances. The young queens
romance with Albeit (Walbrook)
his wise counsel through their
married life until his death, make
the more interesting portions.
Done in color, in England, with
the royal castles at the films dis
posal, it is an interesting contri-
button to movie biography.
The Villain Still Pursued
Her." Hugh Herbert, Alan
Mowbray, Anita Louise, Bust
er Keaton, Joyce Compton,
Richard Cromwell, Margaret
Hamilton, Diane Fisher.
Based on a century-old y,
The Fallen Saved" and played
straight, this is a novelty which
doesn't quite come off. The audi
ence is invited to hiss the villain
and cheer the virtuous, just as in
various stage presentations re-
viving the lush over-acting and
strengthening of that period.
What the screen lacks, and the
theater provides, is intimacy and
beer and pretzels during tn e
show. It's pretty funny at times,
but misses badly at others. 3
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TOP o. THE MORNING

You may be absolutely certain that some
Where in Scripture there is a promise from
God precisely fitted to your every need 49,.
One of the assured avenues for prevailing
pyayer is to go before the Lord NTH some
specific promise from His Word, to apply that
promise in exact accord Nth its meaning, and
then just to rest upon the immutable fact
that q faithful God can meuer be untaithful
TO His pledged Word.
GAEBELEIN
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sages and that they had been uni
formly favorable.
Martin lunched with Willkie, and
the nominee announced that the
two had picked Senator n. Styles
Bridges GRIND ito polish of
Ickes" early this week. Secretary
Ickes will make a radio reply to
Wilkes acceptance speech tomor.
row night.
hope" Willkie said, that Mr..
Ickes doesn't make his usual type
of talk. If he does, Mr.. Bridges
may have to get a little rough"
Willkie said he had mot heard a
word from Washington" regarding
his challenge to President Roose-
welt to meet him in a series of
face to face debates" on major
campaign issues.
II am waiting patiently" he add
ed with a grin. 4
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WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1~8.-Answering the mail
orders:
Mrs. X. L. T., Spokane, Wash.-The excerpts
from the letter of your missionary friend in
China are interesting, but grim and horrible.
I am sorry I cannot pass them along to the
readers of this column. 1 would be the last one
to deny that inaccuracies occasionally creep
into these paragraphs, but they would be far
greater If I relaxed the rule against setting
dow reports which I have no way of checking.
Perhaps one reason editors and publishers
in this country have "shown no disposition to
print horror stories either China or Europe is
that they remember too well the propaganda
lessons Of the World war. Personally, 1 think
it a highly ommendable caution. With so many
vital things going on in the world today that
may affect the whole future of America, it is
no time to stir up a hornets nest of hysteria.
b. r., Easton, Pa.-You are asking for per.
sonal advice, but I refer you back to a recent
column and give you official advice.
Don't come to Washington looking for a job,
unless you have connections which practically
assure you the position. It's a wild guess, but
perhaps about 5000 persons have been employ.
ed here in the last three months.
The District of Columbia employment center
tells me that there are more than 81 900 job
applications on file and that more than IL, O0o
Of these have been made or renewed in the
last month.
Civil service and employment bureau off.
Gals have gone on the air in recent weeks in
an effort to stem the tide of job-hunters that
has rolled in as a result of the national defense
drive.
There is no doubt that there are going to be
hundreds, maybe thousands, of new jobs here,
but the competition is already keen.
The point is that maybe in your own com.
munity, certainly in your own state, the de.
tense program is opening up job possibilities.
If you are a skilled laborer, the chances are
you'll have no trouble finding work.
Even If you aren't, explore the possibilities
in or near your home town before you descend
on Washington without political connections OF
a civil-service rating.
G. H. M, Birmingham, Ala.-No, the third.
term issue has never been given a test at the
polls.
As close as the voters ever got to it was ir
1912, when Theodore Roosevelt, having beer
elected once after serving out McKinley's I'm
exired term, ran on the Bull Moose ticket
If he had been elected, he would have been in
the White House about II IL years (althougt
not consecutively).
Grant tried to get nominated in 1880 for q
third term (again not consecutive). He faileo
after he had deadlocked the convention
through more than 80 ballots.
Political historians insist that, other thar
Washington, Coolidge is the only President unit
Roosevelt who could have been nominated fol
a third term.
Many will say fatty that had Coolidge chosen
to run in 1928, his election would have beer
assured. That, of course, can't be proved, but
some Democratic commentators are using i
as proof that, with the T. Roosevelt showing
in 1912, there were at least two times when the
Republican party didn't worry about the thire
term tradition.
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Man bout

Bv George tucker

MONTICOLA, Va. Aug. 18.-This
is an old plantation house about %
miles from Charlottesville, where
Paramount is filming in technicolor
a motion picture called Virginia"
The legend is that Thomas Jeffer-
son built this house for n of his
daughters, but whether this is fact
or fiction cannot be ascertained.
This much is known. The house
with its gracious balconies and red
brick walls has stood on this hill,
surrounded by ancient cedars and
oaks, since the year 1925. 1t was
already old when Jackson and
Stuart passed by. 1t is weather
beaten, and some of the porch
planks are loose. But the ivy
clings valiantly to the imported
brick. There is laurel o. the hill
sides, and a thicket of scrub-oak
wher a Paramount cameraman,
or even a Yankee, might hide. 1t
is the home of Miss Emily Noting,
born and grown old there. She is
proul of it's name and its ancient
stone; proud, too, of her nephew
whose name is Buford Noting and
VIII is a newspaper man in New
York.
But this is a strange scene for
Monticola to be witnessing. Under
tt e oaks, on long, plank tables,
negroes are getting the MONDAY
meal for 275 actors, actresses, di-
re tors, extras, t~echnicians and
cameramen. ALI the baggage OF
Hollywood is there-the giant
cranes, the cameras, the fans, the
tremendous 12-ton generators. They
are scattered in groves and across
lawns where a peacock might strut
and seem at home. The mechani
cal equipment of a Hollywood stud
10 does not.
Off to the left, Fred McMurray,
in overalls nd boots, and wearing
a sweaty blue shirt, is pumping wa
ter from a well. The sun is hot al
noon day at Monticola, but the
water from this well is so cold il
hurts your hands. In the tub a
the end of the trough MacMurray's
little five-year-old daughter Car
olyn Lee, ella only in postage
stamp-sized white panties, is
splash!ng water or Fred, and
laughing.
Hear at hand Madeleine Car.
roll is telli G a reporter that she
has a bumble-bee sting to match
her v e ccination. II am beautiful
ly symmetrical" she says. my
new vaccination is on the left l
thigh and the bee stung me on the
right"
Wearing a soft straw hat and a
light cool suit Producer-Director
Edward H. Griffith is explaining
that he had to rebuild six bridges
between Monticola and Char
lottesville because the bridges &C.
commodated only 5-ton trucks, and
his generators weigh II tons. Mr..
Griffith, no ever is at home in
this scei4e. He is from Lynchburg
and is an old friend of Carter
Glass.
Though virginia." is a story Of
Virginia and of a Virginia family,
there is only one native Virginian
in it. This is Tom Rutherford (the
family spells it Rutherford, a n d
there was a lot of excitement, not
all of it pleasant, when h. changed
the spelling) who used to be a re-
potter on a Richmond paper. There
is a Legend that Tom has had the
new spelling of his name insured by
Lloyds, and that he gets 81 every
time it is misused. But when we
asked about it he laughed and said
it was or a story. 4
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y. S.. Revenue
Act OF 1910
INTEREST ON OBLIGATIONS
OF THE UNITED STATES
BY R s. LOWRIMORE
C. P. S.

Interest on farm loan bonds is.
sued upder the Federal Farm Loan
Act, or under such Act as amend.
ed is exempt from all income and
excess profits taxes, including sur.
taxes and defense taxes, which in.
cludes bonds of the Federal land
banks, joint stock land banks, and
the debentures of the Federal In.
termediate Credit Bank.
Interest on obligations Of the
United States issued on or before
September l, 1917, which comprise
Panama Canal Loan bonds Of 1861
and the convertibles of 1946-l947, is
exempt from all income taxes, eH
cess profits taxes, surtaxes and de.
Tense taxes, likewise the interes.
on Treasury Bills and Treasury
Certificates of Indebtedness, and
interest on obligations of United
States possessions is exempt from
all income and related taxation,
Interest or Treasury notes is e&'
empt from all income taxes, eS'
cess profits taxes, surtaxes and de.
tense taxes on the principal amount
of S., 600. 90, in effect if you "
over S., 000.O 90 of this type Of bond
the interest on the excess is SUBJ
ject to taxation as limited by the
Internal Revenue Code, to the sur
tax on individuals, to the defense
tax accruing on such surtax, to me
surtax on improper accumulation
of surplus by corporations, and per
sona1 holding companies and 'e
excess profits tax, plus the defense
tax that would accrue on the cor
porate income tax. The interest
however, is exempt from all mol,
NAL taxes of both individuals anu
corporations, plus the surtax on 'e
undistributed profits OF cofpoi"
tons.
Interest on obligations Of instru'
m~entalities of the United States %
subject to income taxation, ana "a
empted only to the extent proVloe.
in the Acts of Congress creaIns
the obligations, thusly the follo"la ne
are exempted from the norma .aN
on individuals, which lncluoe''
notes. debentures, bonds and siil'
liar obligations; or
Federal Home Loan Banks y.
under the Home Owners Loan ~,
of 1888, (income from shares a T.
obligations) Reconstruction
nance Corporation, Consollaassa
Federal Home Loan Banks, ! Srm
Credit Act of 1888, Federal ran an.
Mortage Corporation Act the fer
eral Reserve Act, Federal SAVING
and loan insurance corporations ~,
der Commodity Credit C%orporaesvss
National mortgage assoclaeua.
and Federal Housing Admln ~
tor under the National Housing n .nr
but they are all supJect " in.
taxes on individuals, the es'a'e,
heritance and gifts taxes anu aS
result the defense taxes that "0''N
apply to each. vile
An exception to this genera rdo+~ic
is the obligations of the hlet
Home and Farm Authority do -.
gress did not provide for any
emption with respect to hi' on.
taxes on these obligations Ihe
tire income therefrom is taA eher
for normal income and all 0D'
taxes. oov.
Interest credited to postal ss a.
accounts and interest Oh I'll
savings bonds are exempt from
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Frier Guile of Montreal, anada, manu-
features between 5000 INC TO-, 600 artificial flies
each year for sportsmen. He has clients all
over the United States and Canada, and they
include governors-general, senators, congress.
men, bankers, lawyers, doctors and thousands
of other fly fishermen.
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The milkwort plant has two kinds
OF flowers: n set grows above
ground and the other below ground
| on underground stems.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-19

A plant tendril has been oO1 noil
we'd to make a comleNe tvo
around a supporting object
minutes.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08

with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry C. Bradford
at Public Landing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bowen and
daughter, Charlotte of Salisbury
spent Sunday with Mrs. Fred Hales.
Miss Geraldine Selby spent the
weekend with friends in Girdletree.
Misses Winifred and Nellie Payne
entertained the Ladies Auxiliary of
All Hallows Church on Monday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Clifton Mock and
Mrs. John l.. Mock spent Monday in
Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Stamford
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Matthews in Pocomoke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bowen and Mr..
and Mrs. Marion C. Johnson of New
ark, were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roscoe Smack on Sunday.
Mrs. Mary c. Parsons of Philadel-
phia is spending week with Mr.. and
Mrs. C. Norwood Shockley.
Miss Jane Henderson has returned
from a trip with relatives in Phila-
delphia and Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Haddock, of
Rehoboth, DEL, visited relatives here,
last week.
Mrs. Howard Taylor, Mrs. John
Cottingham, Mrs. Annie Taylor and
Mrs. W. C. Parks entertained the La
dies Aid Society of Bates Methodist
Church on Tuesday.
The Rt. Rev. William McClelland,
Bishop of the Easton Diocese, preach
ed the Lenten service in All Hallows
Episcopal Church on Tuesday even
ing.
Senator Thomas F. johnson has
returned from a trip to Washington
and Baltimore.
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been spending week here accompan-
led them home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Shockley enter
tanned at a dinner party on Tuesday.
Their guests were, Mr.. and Mrs. Ia
dok Cherrix, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
Shockley and Mr.. and Mrs. Percy
Shockley.
Mrs. Frank Fooks and daughter,
Miss Sarah Barnes Fooks were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Lawson in
Crisfield on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jones and
Mrs. Julian LIE Compile of Baltimore
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Truitt.
Mrs. Carlton Evans of Pocomoke,
spent the weekend with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland B. Richardson.
Miss Jane White has returned to
New York after spending two weeks
with her mother, Mrs. Earl White.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Marker, of Ris-
ing Sun, Md, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Jones and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Birch
and son, Charles, of near Pocomoke,
were recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Burbage.
Mr.. Lester Pennewell of Berlin Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Harris, last
week.
Mrs. J. Marvin Mills of Delmar
spent the weekend with Mrs. Earl
White.
Mrs. Laird Harris of Wilmington,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Nelson, Sr.
Miss Lucille Collins has returned
after spending two weeks with Mr..
and Mrs. Horace Yerger in Philadel-
phia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elton M. Jones, of
Snow Hill and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Lynch and children, Suzanne and Jack
of Ocean City, have returned after
spending eight weeks in West Palm
Beach, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Beauchamp
spent the weekend with relatives in
Norfolk.
Mr.. Lingo Hudson of State Teach
ers College, Salisbury, spent the week
end with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles M. Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Devereaux en-
tertained in honor of Miss Clara Car
means birthday on Friday. Their
dinner guests were Miss Clara Car
mean, Mr.. and Mrs. Levin B. Dish
aroon, Mrs. Ohio Aydelotte and Miss
Lillian Disharoon.
Mr.. Cleveland Jones, of Rising
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
GERMAN TAILOR HAS
HARRIED EXPERIENCE

A Weisel, tailor on Glenwood Ave
nue., Easton, has tragic story back
of his recent arrival in this country.
He is refugee from Germany where
he spent about six months in con-
centration camp where he had been
whisked away without trial for hav-
ing made some remarks about Herr
Hitler which were not to the liking
of the Fuerher's henchmen.
Mr.. Weisel has had more prosper
Gus days than of late. He worked as
a designer of high grade tailoring
establishments in Berlin for about ten
years. Later, he went into business
for himself as designer, employing
as many as twenty-five men in the
shop where he made clothes and uni
forms for the most fashionable Glen
tele, including many of the upper
crust" of Nazism.
About four years ago things be-
came difficult for the non-Aryans and
Weisel was literally forced out of bust
ness. Late in 1886 he got into
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
OPERATING EXPENSES
FOR TELEPHONE CO.

Operating revenues in January,
1910, for The Chesapeake and Poto-
mac Telephone Company of Baltimore
City, serving the State of Maryland,
amounted to $1,42O,3 1868, according to
the report of operations just filed
with the Maryland Public Service
Commission.
Operating expenses, including taxes
amounted to $1,149,645. Net income
for the month of January was $27O,-
723.
Taxes for January amounted to
SCOTIA, or about Is per cent of the
customers telephone bills. Taxes for
January, 1910, were $19,97O or about
IL per cent more than for January,
1889.
Maryland was served by 282, ATT
telephones on January 81, 1910, which
was an increase of 1912 over the
number in operation on January 81,
1889.
Telephone users made more than
4O,O19,6O calls during the month,
which was an increase of 1873 per
cent over those made during January,
1889.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08

Sun visited Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Burbage, last week.
Miss Hazel Disharoon spent Thurs
day with Miss Irene Tull.
Mrs. Cora Godfrey spent Saturday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Gurnie Mezzick
in Fruitland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Dickerson en-
tertained at dinner party on Sun
day. Their guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
William Jnes and son, Vernon, Mrs.
Julian LIE Compile of Baltimore, Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Truitt, Mrs. George
Moore and Mr.. George Moore, Jr., of
Snow Hill and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Moore and daughter, Elaine of Spence
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ayres and
son, Mr.. Layton Ayres of Georgetown
visited relatives here on Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Timmons and Tommy
Brimer are on the sick list this week.
Mrs. James Douglas, of Philadel-
phia is spending a week with her sis
ter, Misses Henrietta and Madelyn
Bowen.
Ellen Bradford spent the weekend
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
Snow Hill News

MIR. and Mrs. Howard Rorgers were
guests of their daughter, Mrs. Will
liam Herzog and Mr.. Herzog in Bal
timore, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newall Stage enter
tanned number of relatives at dinner
on Sunday. Their guests were Mr.
and Mrs. j. F. Gordy, Mr.. and Mrs
Virgil Taylor and daughter, Miss Zil-
phia Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett
Taylor and daughter, Miss Betty Ann
Taylor, of Temperanceville, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Gordy and Mr.. Strayel
Gordy and family of Pocomoke.
Mrs. Daniel H. Bradford, Miss Ber-
ia Bradford, Mr.. and Mrs. Hargis
Bradford and daughter, Ellen were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Parsons
in Berlin, on Sunday.
Mrs. F. L. j. Lee, of Rockville Cen
ter, Long Island, is spending several
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Will
liam l.. Dennis and Mr.. Dennis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adron Knight were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Glad
ding at Mears, Va, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Kerbin
spent Friday in Baltimore.
Mrs. Joseph Stamford entertained
the st. Margaret's Guild on Wednes-
day evening.
Dickie Jones spent the weekend
with Lester D. Shockley in Indian
town.
Mrs. Elbridge Tilghman entertained
at a linen shower and bridge supper
in honor of Miss Lillian Tilghman
whose marriage to Mr.. Victor BUM
of New York, will take place this
spring.
Mrs. Henry Miller of Wilmington
is visiting relatives here.
Commander and Mrs. E. James Els
tess, of Norfolk, spent the weekend
with Miss Carolyn Hargis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Dickerson en-
tertained at a dinner party on Thurs
day. Their guests were Mr.. and Mrs
William o. Dickerson, Mr.. and Mrs
George Clayville and Mr.. and Mrs
Roscoe Dennis of Fruitland.
Messrs. Lester Shockley and Robert
T. Grant spent the weekend in Balti-
more.
Mrs. Charles Short and Miss Har,
riett Wilson of Georgetown, spent
Thursday with Miss Hattie Williams
and Mr.. Walter Williams. Mrs. An
ME Wilson and Joan Short who have
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
FASHION SHOWS AT
BENJAMIN'S INTERESTING

The five new shops just completed
at Benjamin's in Salisbury have been
officially opened. Of especial inter-
est during the opening festivities
were the afternoon and evening fash
ion shows. The models were chill
dren of three to seventeen years OF
age, all of them modelling fashions
stocked in the new departments.
The new departments present a
fairyland beauty in every detail. The
wood trims are of prima vera in blond
and mahogany finish, with the cradle
shop lightly touched off in delicate
shade of baby blue.
Competent authorities say these
new departments are the most mod
ern of any south of Philadelphia.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-03-08
TRENDS in USED
CAR BUYING ARE
NOW CHANCEABLE

Trends in used car buying, like
those in the new car field, change
from time to time. Authority for the
statement is Lynwood w. Duncan of
the firm of Duncan Brothers, Chevro-
let dealers, who announced that this
year had seen more mid-winter used
car sales than any other within his
recollection. He attributes the de-
mand for used cars to the fact that
owners who contemplate changing in
the Spring are doing so a few weeks
ahead of time to assure more COM
Portable Winter driving.
Cup until recent years." said Mr..
Duncan, Owners in this vicinity made
a practice of deferring car purchases,
either new or used, until Winter was
over, and more favorable driving con-
ditions came along. This was on the
theory that cold weather was ex-
tremely hard on a new car.
"As matter of fact, that condition
no longer exists. Modern automobiles
are equal to anything the weather
man can cook up. And by the same
token, recent model used cars don't
have to be pampered, either. When
our reconditioning department gets
through with them, they are in shape
to take their place beside the best,
ard deliver complete satisfaction re-
CARELESS of cold and SNOW"
The firms reconditioning, Mr.. Dun
can said, covers not only the mechan-
ical side of each car-engine, trans
mission, clutch and brakes, but tires,
tenders and upholstery. Every trade
in" he said, "goes through careful
examination, after which it is re-
paired and adjusted, each phase of
the job being checked off on special
tag as the work progresses. This tag,
bearing the inspectors check marks,
is the buyers assurance that it is
ready to go, and right