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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16

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er Mills-down by the rail-"
"I've never lost with Comanche
yet" Slim said defensively. 81 only
wanted to give Knight Errant a
break"
"Slim, you're not playing fair" II
"Well, I want to do the right
thing"
"You can. I have a plan which
will help us ALL"
Slim looked up eagerly. Edith was
smiling.
Gwen Heather Mills 2"
eyes, even Heather"
Edith idly sampled her salad as
she was thinking of her plan. Even
though it was concession it must
be presented with nicely. And he
must feel no Tightening of her "con-
troll reins."
Heather wants you to help her,
Slim 2" Edith began. "She needs a
trainer badly to get Knight Errant
ready for the big race down south,
doesn't she?"
EYES,"
"Well, I have a plan that will help
us all. You can train both Conan
che and Knight Errant."
"Train horses from two different
stables for the same race? Why,
Edith, that just isn't done. It's a.
gainst the rules in the first place."
"But you haven't heard my plan.
Why not get Heather's consent to
let Knight Errant join our stable?"
"That's out of the question:" Slim
answered. "You don't know Heather.
She'd never part with that horse"
"She doesn't have to, Slim. Don't
you see? All we need is her consent
to nominate Knight Errant with CO.
manche, so the two can be run COUP
led as an entry in the Santa Anita.
In that way we can each retain sep
arate ownership and yet both work
together to a mutual advantage"
Slim was skeptical, and for the first
time suspicious, Of Edith.
"But I can't see how all this is
going to help Heather" Slim said
doggedly.
otis hundred thousand dollar race
Slim. If she consents to the deal,
half the winnings are hers"
Regardless of where Knight Err
rant should finish in the race?"
Regardless, Slim. But want the
loving cup that goes to the winner"
Slim was amused by the stress
Edith placed on the loving cup. Wo-
mans weakness for baubles, he
thought. The cup that went to the
winner had an intrinsic value of a.
bout twenty dollars.
"You can have the cup" he said,
jubilantly.
"What do you think of the plan?"
Edith asked after lengthy silence.
"Well, fifty thousand bucks isn't
hay" was Sims observation.
"Then you'll ask Heather to con-
sent? She'll do it for YOU, Slim
II don't see how Heather can lose,
Slim unused.
The next day Slim explained the
plan to Heather at a noon luncheon
in a busy restaurant. She waited
until he finished and when he did so,
her reaction was swift.
"Slim, I'm not even slightly inter-
ested."
"Why?"
Because it sounds like Edith's
idea. 1t is hers, isn't it,"
"You aren't interested in fifty
thousand dollars being handed you on
silver platter?" Slim pressed.
What's wrong with the plan?"
Nothing you and Edith. You
want the glory for yourselves. But
Knight Errant is going into the big
race on his own!"
Further argument was useless. The
more Slim tried to explain the ad-
vantage of Knight Errant and CO.
manche teaming up as an entry, the
more Heather's suspicious were arous
ed. She left the restaurant in an evil
dent huff.
Telling Edith wouldn't be easy,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16

weather, it will not be long before
Chincoteague will be connected with
the mainland by six of the most
strongly constructed bridges in the
State. Three of them will be coM~
pleted within the next few weeks.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-02-16
RnBGHT ERRAnT"
@SS9$e 81 jock mcDonoId S&S%@

jockey, in an undertone. But don't
draw it too fine, now, for I want Co.
manche to win"
The bugle called the Peninsula hand
leap field, to the track and as the
horses swung out for the parade
Edith Ashleigh watched, not Com
anache, but the stair passage for a
sight of Slim. It was his custom to
be with her when Comanche stretched
his strident limbs to unceasing vic
tory. What was delaying Slim to-
day?
In the gay holiday hubub she did
not see Slim and Heather together
down by the rail close to the judges
stand.
"They're off," bawled the announ-
Ger.
And Knight Errant dashed to the
front at once, in the teeth of a strong
wind, whipping down the San Bruno
Valley and up the backstretch.
Slim would never have permitted
Knight Grants jockey to take the
lead in the face of this gale and he
silently cursed the stupidity of Arti-
chokes, Knight Grants makeshift
trainer, for not warning the rider a.
gainst breaking wind for the other
horses.
Comanche was racing easily, his
jockey rating the horse cleverly in
knight Grants wake.
From the Ashleigh box, Edith's in
tent gaze never once left Comanche
lying back in second place in the early
part. But the torrid stretch run left
her breathless, for here was Knight
Errant making a stirring battle of
it with Comanche.
With a graceful movement she low
cred her glasses toward the judges
stand after Comanche flashed to the
wire in victory.
There she saw Slim and Heather
standing together by the rail, Heath
er in saucy tweed cap.
Heather was rejoicing in Knight
Grants latest display of courage.
"He made grand showing, didn't
he, Slim!" she enthused. "He was
beaten only a half-length."
"He could have been beaten half a
track" thought Slim. For he had
seen Dolan take Comanche under
double wraps and ease him to the wire
in absolute command of the situation
with Comanche "crying" for his head
Slim turned truant eye toward
the Ashleigh box. Edith was looking
at them. She beckoned impatiently
to him.
"Wait here for me. I'll be right
back" Slim told Heather.
He bounded up the stairs to Edith
Her welcoming look was smoldering
eff you can tear yourself away
she said cuttingly, "I'd like to gel
back to town."
Slim went back to Heather like &
scolded puppy.
"Gosh, I'm sorry. Edith has made
other plans. hoped you and could
celebrate together, tonight"
Heather had evidently cherished
the same idea. Disappointment shad-
owed her face. Her joy over Knight
Grants fine showing, without Slim
to share it, suddenly died.
ooh, well, some other time," she
tried to say airily. "Of course, you
must answer the Ashleigh royal COM
mand."
Slim drove Edith into San Fran
cisco where she suggested dining at
Solari's.
"Get table where we can be by
ourselves" Edith whispered as they
entered and premonition told Slim,
"Uh-oh, here it comes. I'm going on
the pan."
Edith determined to be direct. Her
look was dark and accusing. Slim
braced himself.
"Why did you tell Ted to have Co.
manche under wraps today?"
Slim grinned back at her ingenu-
ously. "How did you know?"
But Edith did not smile. II guess
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
Flames Leap High

A misunderstanding that
flames leap outward from the sur
face OF the sun at the rate of
10000 miles a minute, and some
times reach a h Ell 6 h t of 500, 900
miles. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
Take Tip From
Navy In Making
Use OF Leftovers
BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA Service Staff Writer

The commissary stewards of the
United States Navy r trained to
guard against malnutrition a n d
food waste. They select their foods
from those most abundant, and
therefore cheapest. in the market
each day. They plan their menus
around economy and the nutritiona]
requirements.
On the U. S. S. Seattle, receiv-
ing ship in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
the commissary steward plans this
type of daily menu for the husky
gobs: breakfast-oranges, corned
beef hash, catsup, griddle cakes,
canned syrup made of corn, cane
and maple sugars, butter, coffee,
and milk.
The midday dinner includes beef
soup made from leftover bones and
vegetables the navy can't afford
to waste valuable leftovers), roast
pork, canned apple sauce Canned
is cheaper than fresh at this season.
When cooking apples are cheaper,
the navy makes its own apple
sauce), mashed potatoes, snap
beans, raw vegetable salad made
of to1I2atoes, celery, lettuce and on
ion, bread and butter, marble cake,
coffee III milk.
Supper aboard the U. S. S.
Seattle would please any lusty
youngster, in the navy or at home.
Here's the menu: hamburger meat
loaf made from leftover beef, on.
ion gravy, boiled new potatoes,
raw vegetable salad, plain cake,
Jam, bread, tea or milk.
MARASCHINO PEAR JAM
I'll 6-ounce %glasses)
Three cups Il IL lbs.) crushed
pears, l cup 1-2 lb.) crushed fresh
pineapple, ga cup maraschino cher
ries, drained, 7 IL cups g l.
lbs.) sugar, l bottle commercial
pectin.
To prepare fruit, peel and cor,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
HEAT WAVE HITS
EASTERN STATES
Near 1O0-Mark Temperatures
Registered In Several
Large Cities

CHICAGO, July 20.-R-The
worst heat wave of the summer en-
quilted most of the Eastern half
of the United States today.
Twelve deaths were attributed di-
rectly to the sweltering siege while
nine persons who sought temporary
relief in cooling waters drowned.
Thousands of residents of states
between the Rocky Mountains and
the Atlantic Seaboard hurried tc
beaches and woodlands for the week
end when f~orecasters reported nc
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
Your Husband--Or Another
Woman Will Do 1t, Says Millett

hammers that in so much that he
never mentions that he thinks he
could write, if he just had a quiet
place to himself where he could
work at night.
Mrs. White is so absorbed in her
own doings that she never listens
with complete attention when her
husband talks about his interests.
He usully gives up trying to tell
her about things after she h a S
wandered off the subject a couple
of times, and has asked a question
he answered the sentence before,
HIS SCHEMES ARE
IMPORTANT TO HIM
What these women don't real
ize is that whether a husbands
hobby or ambition is important or
not in itself or ever likely to amount
to anything, it's very important to
him at the moment.
Such women should learn that
it is a very real part of him, that
he wants to talk about it and that
he wants to be encouraged. to be-
lieve it will amount to something.
And, most of all, they m u S t
learn that if he is not used to hav-
ing his schemes taken seriously at
home, he will think the first wom-
an who does take them seriously
really understands him. And may
be she does. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
MCKINNEY
ON BRIDGE
Both Opponents Make
Mistakes; Slam Is Easy
BY VIM. E. MCKINNEY
Avnerica,S Gard AuthOritv


In today's hand Miss Charlotte
Subway of Buffalo, N. Y, whom I
consider one of the outstanding wo-
men bridge players of the coun-
try, took advantage of a mistake
on the part of her opponent. Miss
Subway is planning to attend the
national championships at Asbury
Park, N. j., the week of Aug.
and I am sure that the experts
there will be quick to acknowledge
her game.
You will admit that Miss Sid
way had a difficult contract. I'm
d%oubtedly North should have open
ed a heart from the bidding, but a
club was the opening-slip No. !
on the part of the opponents. Miss
Subway proceeded to take advan.
tage of it by cashing the ace and
king of clubs and discarding a
heart.
She led a small spade from dunn.
my and the opponents made slip
No. 2. South, anxious to tell his
partner that he had control of the
heart suit, signaled with the heart
eight. Miss Subway Immediately led
a heart, North won with the queen
and returned a diamond.
Declarer hoped up with the ace
in dummy, ruffed a heart, played a
small spade to dummy's king and
led the third heart. Now the fourth
heart was established I'M dummy
for the discard of the losing dia.
mond, and six-odd was made. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
BY l T MILLETT

Go along with a man in all his
enthusiasms and all his schemes
and there's not much chance that
you will ever lose him to another
woman.
1t is a simple rule, but one that
lots of otherwise good wives
neglect to follow.
Mrs. Smith is one. She prides
herself on being practical, a n d
when Mr.. Smith says, You know
I'd kind of like to turn part of the
garage into a Workshop" M r S.
Smith says, What, you in a work
shop! You're about as handy as
Junior. Besides, you would just put
ter around for a few weeks, and
then never go near the place."
ALWAYS THE
WET BLANKET
Mrs. Jones is another type of
wet blanket. She is sure she knows
just what is best for Mr.. Jones,
and she tells him in plain words.
You didn't listen to me about
so-and-so," she always Yarns if
he wants to try thing new. land
look how thai turned out
Mrs. Brown doesn't ever give
her husband q chance to discuss
any of his minor ambitions. She
is certain he knows nothing but
how to sell real estate, and she
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
BY TED GILL

HOLLYWOOD, July 20.-R-This
ever-perplexing task of keeping
the movies pure And the pub
lie satisfied decidedly is no
boys job. 49,.
Even the best of censors are
stumped sometimes on just how far
pictures can go in matters of So
called in~discretions and other poss-
ible Objectionable angles. AND
yet not bring down upon n e I
heads the wrath of ceratin factions
of the public whose finer sensible
ties seem to bruise so easily. .
OF all the various assortments Of
oddities one encounters around this
odd capital of Greenland, some OF
the oldest. are found in the censors'
plush-bottom workshop. . There
it is revealed, quite oddly enough,
that sex ranks second to scenes Of
violence as Hollywood's No. l film
censorship problem.
Most directors film scenes of a
dead body only when it's absolute
ly necessary for sequence identifi'
cation. But ever so, almost al
ways censors will scissor it out. .
Firearm scenes are forbidden ir
some countries, including Japan.
kissing scenes also are taboo ir
Japan. But that's not because Of
any moral objections. Censors
say the Japanese just don't under
stand that a kiss conveys a feeling
of love. They laugh hilariously
and disrupt the show when such g
scene is shown.
In England, where steeplechasinG
is a favorite national sport, you
can't exhibit 4 film containing q
picture of a fallen horse. But
one showing a girl who may be 6
little destitute is okay. In one
picture, a man induced a woman
to divorce her husband and marry
him. But collusive divorce is
frowned upon in England, so al
reference to the divorce was de-
leted. But when she and the
man began common-law relations
the scene was permitted. :.
South America seems to enjoy
most anything but political pictur'
es, the censors report. . Ir
Peru, theaters owners strive tt
guard women's morals by posting
a mot for senoritas' sign when
ever a somewhat spicy film come:
! along. . The result, they report,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
Keeping Movies Pure And Public
Satisfied Proves No Boys Job

is a mass raid by the feminine
sex. . who crash the doors, if
Necessary, to get inside -.
Alfred Block, who puts the 'eye"
films produced by the MGM lot
and decided what can or cannot
be put into the finished strip says
one of the toughest things are
bedroom scenes They almost
invariably lead to complications. :.
. And, equally touchy, he says, is
just how far a girl can go in the
gentle, if delicate, art of undress-
ing before the camera.
Among his more pleasurab!e
moment, Block recalls, was
a scene in which he was framed,
tricked and otherwise duped. .. 1t
was for a Jean Harlow picture and
he was called upon to decided on
the amount of body exposure &.
In the midst of it all, he called a
halt but Jean kept right on
disrobing, while he waved his arms
frantically but vainly by the
time he realized it was nothing but
a gag, his face had turned several
shades of deep red 49,.
Block, by the way, is regarded
as somewhat of an authority on
what makes censors unhappy =. 5.
He can't tell producers just what
they a do, but he frequently sits
down and adjusts a scene properly
for a sometimes baffled producer
and they usually decided to
follow his advice, because there
usually is much explaining to be
done If scenes which he frowns
upon have to be cleaned up a bit
after the picture is released .
Nearly every censor, it seems,
cuts something out of a Marx
Brothers picture but almost
without exception they scissor diff
ferent lines of the dialogue . .
the whipping scene in David Cop
perfield" got the axe in the Scan.
dinavian countries, where it was
considered too cruel.
Ohio, the censors agree, is one
of the most difficult states to salts
fly there, for example, a pic
ture of someone hitting someone
else over the head with anything
is promptly banned and the
list grows upward from there
new censor boards, however, have
improved conditions in Pennsyl'
vania and Kansas, once consider
ed among the hardest to satisfy. . .
Chicago seems to be touchy
about death threats which
censors say may or may not be a
throwback to violent gang
outbreaks it's hard on the
wild western pictures, too, where
somebody is forever shouting lets
go get 'em." Chicago also
doesn't like reference to gangsters
as Chicagoans, the censors report
Incidentally, Block says continu-
ed pressure from what he des-
cribed as so-called social uplift or
CARNATIONS may be near-ruinous.
he thinks pictures r as clean
as they've ever been but
that too persistent efforts to re-
move scenes that a few individuals
think may be Objectionable is hurt
ing entertainment values. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21

about 2 lbs. fully ripe pears. Crush
thoroughly or grind. Peel / small
ripe pineapple. Chop very fine or
grind, using finest blade of food
chopper. Chop cherries. Measure
sugar and prepared fruit into large
kettle.
Mix well and quickly bring to
full rolling boil. Stir constantly be-
fore and during boiling. Remove
from fire and stir in pectin. Then
stir and skim alternately for just
5. minutes to cool slightly and pre-
vent floating fruit. Pour at once
into hot sterlized glasses and seal
when cool. 2
SUNDAYS MENU
BREAKFAST: Raspberries
and cream, dry corn cereal,
crisp bacon, hard rolls, mar
aschino pear jam, coffee, milk.
DINNER: Melon and m mt
cup, roast beef, rasin gravy.
yorkshire pudding, peas in
cream, raw tomatoes stuffed
with green peppers and celery,
French dressing, fresh peach
ice cream, sponge cake, coffee
milk.
SUPPER: Cottage c h e e,
fresh vegetable salad, hot bis
cults, stewed fresh cherries, sill
ced cake, tea, milk. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
Miss Smith Is
Complimented
At Party Here

Miss Matte L. Smith W h o S e
marriage to James L. Mcbride
will take place in August, was en-
tertained Monday, July Is, by Miss
Catherine Davis at her home on
Seventeenth street.
The living room and dining room
which were en- suite were docorat-
ed with quantities of summer flow
ers. The bridal motif was carried
out in the table decorations using
an elaborate tered cake and
candelabra.
The guests were entertained dur
ing the first part of the evening
with appropriate games. Later the
bride-e1ect was presented with a
treasure map" snd by following
The clues was LED to Treasure Is
land. The ''island' which was in
a hidden corner If the dining room
was complete with sand dunes and
lake, and under the tree and tropi-
cal moon was an old-fashioned pir-
ate's chest. The tiny pirates which
guarded the chest was found to be
lollipops and were given as favors
to the guests. The chest was filled
with gifts for the ~bride-elect.
Later in the evening the honoree
was presented with a brides al
bum in which the guests wrote
advice to the Bride. Refresh
ments were served and the brides
cake containing the traditional fav-
r was cut.
Miss Davis guests included the
honoree, Miss Matte l.. Smith,
Misses Hester Donnelly, Matte
carp, Dorothy Marshburn, Mary
Frances Nesbitt, Virginia Nesbitt,
Virginia Highsmith, Edna Brown,
Florence Davis, Virginia McIver,
Mesdames V. T. Sullivan, Eben
Lewis, Ralph Eaton, Jas. Hall, Jr.,
Robert Bennett, Geo. T. Arm
strong, Clyde West, G. B. Smith,
]. M. Davis and Mrs. Roger H.
Smith. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21

serves, parks and shore line.
New York City's maximum VA,
S9.6. 1t was accompanied by GA.
pressive humidity. Louisville report.
ed a maximum of 81.
Heat deaths included: South Da,
kota 2, New York state 2, Wiseon.
sin 2, Minnesota 1, Pennsylvania .,
Nebraska 1, New Jersey 1, Kansas l..
Drownings reported were: Mime.
sofa 8, Pennsylvania 8, Indiana .,
Maryland 1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21

general break in the sultry spell
was in sight.
Temperatures in the nineties were
common in many cities. Washing.
TONS 96.6 and Baltimore's sc estab-
lished new tops for the season.
Readings of IS in Des Moines and
Kansas City and 90 in Cleveland
provided samples of the abnormal
conditions in the Midwest.
Chicago's "a brought the largest
crowds of the summer to forest pre-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
LEADERS

CHARLOTTE, July 2o.-(PeEx-
ecutives of cotton textile manufac-
turing plants in the Charlotte area
will meet here Wednesday with DR..
Claudius T. Murchison of New York,
president of the Cotto-TextiIe Insti-
tute, to discuss domestic and foreign
marketing problems and possibilities
of developing new uses for cotton
products.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
Toxophilite Enthusiasts

Members of toxophilite societies
are interested in archery, since
the word comes from two Greek
words meaning a 'love of the
bow" A group of archery en-
thusiasts organized the Royal Tox-
ophilite Society in England, in
1871, still extant. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
HOEY AT CANTON

CANTON, July 2~0.-(P-Governor
Hoey, accompanied by his wife and
their daughter, Miss Isabel Hoey,
arrived here this afternoon to be
the weekend guests of his son, Clyde
r. Hoey, Jr., of Canton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
Valuable Sun Glasses

Probably the most expensive
sun glasses ever made are a $4,000
palS in New York City, which are
set with small diamonds around
the rims and two-carat square-cut
diamonds in the center. 3
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Prologue zaEore y 49,; !;
.sWho's teIIin' mel" he asked.

who's tellin' me?" he asked.
I'm telling you," Bruce replied.
"Only a drunken swine would talk
the way you're talking"
Belfort got to his feet with an
oath, but Bruce pushed him back
into his chair. Muttering to him
self, Belfort sprang up and lifted
the chair. Before he could swing it,
Bruce's hand had shot out and the
man staggered backwards and
stumbled to the floor. The other
men in the room rushed forward to
intervene, old Sandy among them.
Before they could prevent it, how
ever, Belfort was on his feet and
was rushing at Bruce.
stop this, now!" old Sandy or
dered.
But even as he spoke, Bruce
struck again and Belfort crumpled
to the floor.
Sandy flung his arms desperately
about Bruce. "Stop it, lad!" he
cried excitedly. stop it, or well
have the law on us!"
Bruce shook him coolly off. Bet
ter not step into this, Sandy" he
advised. 'Belfort has something to
say to me or one of us has to take
a licking, law or no law!"
Belfort had pulled himself togeth-
er with painful difficulty. Bruce
strobe over to him, but old Sandy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-01
Strange Facts
\ Unique Help Call I
! Cold Heart or Feet !
. Blind Camera Fans .

When a lone traveller or settler
in the vast uninhabited sections
of Australia is sick, lost or in any
kind of serious trouble, he IS per-
mitted to cut a telegraph wire, an
act that is Immediately recognized
as a call for help. Linemen
promptly ascertain, through cleo
trical instruments, where the cut
was made, often hundreds OF
miles away, and set out at once
with food, water and medical sup
plies.
Approximately I,500 of the mar
riage licenses issued in the United
States each week are never used.
Americas ten million dial tele-
phones do not have an exchange
whose name begins with %" as
this letter is omitted from the
automatic dial.
Buddha, the founder of one Of
the worlds great religions, is the
most sacred parsonage ever de-
picted in a statue wearing eye
glasses.
The New York Institute for the
Education of the Blind has cam
era club composed of blind per-
sons who have completed its
course in amateur photography
and learned how to take, develop
and print their own pictures with
out assistance.-Collier's.