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Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-19
Bruce Cation
In Washington
- Msysy krsss

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-One
of the queerest yarns in modern
politics is the explanation why this
presidential campaign isn't shaping
up the way it was doped last June.
The simple fact is that President
Roosevelt swiped the big isNle
which the Republicans were getting
ready to use against him and made
it his oWn-the issue of defense
preparedness.
He was able TO swipe it because
the Republicans and anti third
term Democrats joined to make him
a gift which he didn't in the least
want and tried his best not to
take-an extra-long session of con-
gress.
If congress had adjourned early
in June, as the president publicly
urged it to do, the bulk of the pre-
sent defense program would be
non-existent and the Republican
campaign would be based on the
charge that the New Deal had neg
lected the nations defenses in an
hour of crisis.
That was the thing the COP
plans were based on last June. 1t
was reflected in inner-council stra-
tegy in public speeches, and in
events at the Republican conven-
tlon-Where it was an important
factor in the nomination of Wen.-
dell Willkie.
Then things went haywire and
the president took the defense is
sue away from everybody.
DRAFT BILL NO
WHITE HOUSE BABY
Take the draft bill as an eX-
ample. That bill was introduced
by Congressman Jim WadSworth
New York Republican, and Sena-
tor Burke of Nebraska, perhaps the
most ti-Roosevelt of all senate
Democrats. 1t was introduced in
mid-June and for a time went al
most unnoticed. 1t wasn't the War
Departments bill: only a fortnight
house committee an army of 375,-
600 men would be enough for any
new world eventuality. And it was
mt a White House bill, either, be-
cause efforts had been made to get
White House backing for it with
out success.
In fact, presidential support for
the draft bill came by very slow
degrees. Barely week before
Wadsworth introduced the bill in
the house, presidential spokes-
man was reiterating the White
House view that congress might as
well adjourn. Not until well along
in August was the White House
giving the bill qualified measure
of support.
REPUBLICANS TRYING
TO FIGURE IT OUT
The huge $5,OOO,OOO 900 defense
bill carrying funds for the two
ocean navy would never have been
passed if congress had adjourned
in June; the bill authorizing con-
struction of the rev ships was not
even drafted until June, after Ad-
miral Stark testified before a closed
hearing of the House Naval Affairs
committee.
The excess profits tax bill was
not even being discussed in June.
and neither was the bill legalizing
mobilization of the national guard.
The added half billion of the Ex-
port-Import bank to make hemi-
sphere defense loans to South Am
erica didn't get to the senate until
early September.
What the Republicans are trying
TO figure out Is just where and
how this defense issue got away
from them
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-19
Barbs

Engineers say dew is big reason
why auto paints fade. What's due
on the car itself is of more inter-
est to the finance companies.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-19

Folks need time to catch up with
the government. Just when they
start realizing how much a million
dollars is, they start working on
the billions.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-19
Famous Sayings

Among the attributes of God although they are all
equal mercy shines with more briancy than
justice.-Cervantes.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-19

The tardy and wayward London
er at least has an excuse for wife
these days. Sorry, dear. Another
of those air raids y'knoW.'
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-19

The huddle is limited to 25 Sec
onds this season, but the grand
stand quarterbacks still have until
Monday morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-19

demand for the dignity of a human
living, our sanctificatiors of toler-
ance, humanitarianism, and the
right to live and let live.
Out there, you Willy-nilly poll
ticians, pecking up your grains OF
gain, you Democrats, Republicans,
pushing each other about, you in
terventionalists, isolationists, New
Dealers, rich men, poor men, beggar
men. doctors, lawyers, merchants,
chiefs, there is one thing that mat
ters above all in this great emer-
gency of our national life. America
Concentrate on it, Save it and
thereby save yourselves, your chill
dren and the greatest treasure that
any nation can claim for its own
a democratic way of living.
Stand at your windows, you rich
men, poor men, beggar men, doc
tors, lawyers, merchants, chiefs
Pool your interests. Pool your
strength. Pool your energies. Focus
upon that spot of national proto-
plasm.
Lying out there, stretching from
coast to coast and from north to
south is a scene that must be con-
served within the jig saw frame
work of democracy.
1t is the case for America!
Upon your ability to subordinate
all isues to that, lies our future.
I stand at my window and my
Thanksgiving goes up for the pri-
vilege of citizenship in this de-
mocracy.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-19

America has imported too many
ideas from Europe, says Robert p.
Tristram Coffin, who advises us
to try being Americans, in the
next article of this series on
"Our Country"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-19

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Thoughts for the Day

give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good for his
mercy endureth for ever.-Psalm 1911.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-19
GOOD OLD GOLDEN
RULE DAYS

School days are here again.
Remember the old chant that has been
used so often it evokes mostly smiles
these days:
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-04-26

Bruce and Michael Ward, Shirley
Baylis, Doris Mae Trader, Peggy
Lou Trader, Bobbie Brown, Charles
Pilchard, Jean Baylis, Elaine Brown,
Mrs. Clinton Brown, Mrs. c. G. Pill
chard, Mrs. Norman Trader, of Stock
ton, Md, Catherine Williams, Larry
Hastings, Phyllis Dix, Jacqueline Pet
tit, Don Hallett Doughty, Billie Jones,
Virginia Lee Jones, Sarah Ann Mas
on, Shirley Chapman, Bobbie Mar
shall, Esther Marshall, Howard Mar
shall, Betty Jean Sharpley, Blanche
Wage, Jimmie Wage, Ronald Mat
thews, Dewey Blades, Paige and By
ard Cherrix, Dickie Mason, Margaret
Doughty, Beatrice Brimer, Rose Marie
Taylor, Skippy Sharpley, Joyce Pruitt,
George Lee Dooling, Helen Pilchard,
Mrs. John Edgar Doughty, Mrs.
Rhodes Hastings, Mrs. George Mar
riner, Mrs. Pauline Ward, Mrs. Elton
Jones, Mrs. Milton Petit, Mrs. Mil
ton Williams, Mrs. Willie Dix, Mrs
S. B. Merritt, Mrs. Linwood Dough
ty, Mrs. leila Dooling, Mrs. Clar-
ence Merritt, Mrs. Walter Merritt, OF
town and Kay Mitchell of Melbourne
Md.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-04-26

France are to be found in these cities
with the result that the smaller cities
and rural areas averaged only PSI
telephones per 100 population. In
Germany, similarly, the telephone
development of communities with less
than $4,000 people amounted to only
300 telephones per 1904 population
and in Great Britain to only 4.73. In
the United States, however there were
11.22 telephones for every 100 people
living in these smaller communities.
In fact, the average telephone develop
ment of the small towns and rural
areas in the United States exceeds
that found in such important foreign
cities as Amsterdam, Budapest, Ham
burg, Rome and Toxic.
In brief, the telephone facilities at
the disposal of the American public
are far more extensive than those
found abroad, reaching a far greater
proportion of the population in each
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-04-26

roughly to one-third of the world
totals.
During 1888, the worlds telephones
and wire mileage increased by 1885,
27S instruments and nearly 100000
miles, respectively.
Over one-half of the worlds tele-
phones are automatically operated, in
GLIDING more than 100000 "dial"
telephones in this country.
About two-fifths of the worlds tele
phones are operated by governmental
agencies, while three-fifths are oper-
ated by private companies, the largest
private system being in the United
States. The largest governmentally
owned and operated telephone system
is that of Germany, which had only
4,146,4S9 telephones, or roughly one
fifth of the number in the United
States. The total number of tele-
phones in the five largest countries
which are mainly served by privately
owned and operated systems( namely,
United States, Canada, Italy, Dem
mark and Argentina) corresponds to
11.38 telephones for each 100 of their
combined population, or four times
the combined telephone development
of 2.S1 telephones per 100 population
Of the five largest countries( namely,
Germany, Great Britain, France, ia
pan and Russia) whose telephone sys-
TENS are operated by their respective
governments.
No city in the world had as many
telephones as New York City. On
January 1, 1889, New York City had
1,632,348 telephones, equivalent to
22.2* per cent of its 7,333,OOO popula
ton. This exceeds the number of
telephones in all of France and a.
mounts, in fact, to more than three
times the number of telephones on
the continent of Asia where one-half
the worlds population lives.
Abroad, the availability of tele-
phone facilities is particularly limited
in the case of the less densely popu-
lated areas. Thus, only one-fourth of
the French people live in cities with
more than $4,000 population, but over
one-half of all the telephones in
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-04-26

lation to population is particularly
striking when compared with the sit
uation in large European capitals.
Paris, for example, had 1919 tele-
phones, corresponding to 1871 per 100
population. Greater London actually
contains some 100000 people and
1,183,942 telephones, which is equiva-
lent to 1916 telephones per 100 people
or only about one-half the telephone
density of New York City.
The statistics further show that al
though there are sixteen times as
many people outside the United States
as within it, this country still has
nearly one-half Of the worlds total of
Al ,090,347 telephones. Outside the
United States, on the average, only
every Tooth person has a telephone,
while within the United States there
is about one telephone for every six
people-15.4 telephones for every 100
of the population.
There is more telephone wire in the
United States than in all the rest of
the world put together. In this coun-
try there is nearly 1000 feet of wire
for every man, woman and child,
whereas there is an average of only
slightly over 200 feet of telephone
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-04-26
UNITED STATES
BIG MARGIN IN
The TELEPHONES

Washington, D. c., with 239,668
telephones and San Francisco, Cal,
with 282,O08 continue to lead all large
cities of the world in telephone de-
velopment, according to recent Stats
tics published by the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company. The
figures show that Washington had
40.14 telephones per 100 population
and San Francisco 1888.
Such a number of telephones in re-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-04-26

wire per capita in the rest of the
world.
In the United States, the average
per capita use of the telephone a
mounts TO 223 calls per year; else
where in the world the average yearly
per capita use is only about 10 calls.
At the present time, more than 1000
telephone calls are completed in this
country per second, or more than o.
100000 calls per day.
At the beginning of 1889, the latest
date for which it has been possible
to gather comprehensive authentic in
formation, the number Of telephones
in the world (41,O90,347) were con-
nected to 174,548,OOO miles Of wire,
corresponding to 1.91 telephones and
81 miles of telephone wire for every
100 of the worlds population of slight
ly more than two billion people. The
United States alone accounted for ap-
proximately one-half of these facili.
ties, viz, 19,953,263 telephones and
81, 850,O00 miles of telephone wire
Europe, with a 1-2 times as many PEG.
pie as this country had only 1906.
459, telephones and 59,O33,O0O miles
of telephone wire, corresponding
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-04-26
FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
DELAWARE SHAD SEASON
WORST IN IT'S HISTORY

The first shad caught in the Della
ware River proper this season was
taken off Delaware City last week
by Capt Philip Armstrong, and the
first haul of the year Melted James
Tobin and James Smith one.
Only two boats will fish from New
Castle, Delaware this year and half
a dozen from Delaware City and Port
Penn. In former years more than 100
boats from these three river towns
sought the gourmet's delight. It is
feared that the continued adverse
weather conditions will ruin the run"
this year and indications point to the
worst season in the rivers history.
1t is already the latest.
Veteran fishermen in the Canal
town pointed out that if any fish do
come up the river the run" will be
a short one and will last only couple
of weeks. Normally the season should
extend from mid March to the middle
Of May, although the season does not
close until June 10. If the fish do
come up the river in any number the
fishermen fear lump run" which
will "glut" the market and send the
price tumbling down.
Local fishermen do not know
whether they will fish for sturgeon or
not this year. In former years stur-
geon fishing was a profitable indus
try and engaged in by almost the en-
tire fleet toward the close of shad
season.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-04-26
GreenbackviIIe

Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Fleming and
daughters, Frances and Evelyn, Of
Snow Hill, Md, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Il. Pilchard.
Messrs. Clifton Pruitt and Michael
Vignovich, Of Fort Monroe, Va, spent
the weekend with the formers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Pruitt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Taylor, of
Oxford, Md, spent the weekend with
Mrs. Taylor's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Sharpley. Mrs. Sharpley re-
turned home with them for an extend
ed visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan Bowden and
son, Kirby of Chincoteague, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Mat
thews.
Mrs. Jacob Banks and children, of
Yeadon, Pa, spent a few days re-
Gently with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Alonza Ward.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Chapman, OF
Snow Hill, Md, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Timmons and son, of Berlin, Md,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. S.
P. Lang.
Mrs. Livinia Smith and daughter,
Elsie Louise and Mr.. William Hoose,
of Lansdowne, Pa, spent the week.
end with Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Pruitt.
Miss Elva Dryden and Mrs. Ella
Paradis spent the weekend with Mrs.
Ella Dryden at Pocomoke City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Taylor and son,
Leon, of Salisbury, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Matthews.
Mrs. George Mason is spending
some time with her mother, Mrs. Jas.
Tull at Pocomoke City.
Ann Collins entertained at birth
day dinner on April in honor of her
fifth birthday. The guests included
Joyce Pruitt, Betty Collins, Norma
Ellis, Phyllis Crowley, Jacqueline Pet
-. tit.
A. l.. Gray, Missionary from India,
will speak at the Greenbackville
Methodist Church, on Wednesday,
May LIST at P. M.
While taking up oysters in Egypt
oyster ground in Chincoteague bay
Mr.. Martin Ards caught King crab
whose measurements were 81 inches
long and IA inches wide.
Friends of Thomas Wimbrow, old
est son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas VIM
brow, Sr., will regret to learn that
he was carried to a hospital in Balti-
more, Md, on Tuesday.
A delightful party was given on
Friday, April 10th at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond Pilchard, near
town, in honor of their grandson, Da-
vid Merritt's fourth birthday. The
home was decorated in green and yell
low crepe paper and potted and cut
flowers. Those present were: Betty
Brown, Patsy Morse, Dickie, Bobbie,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-04-26

Butter for sandwiches spreads bet
ter when softened, creamed, or melted
and is more easily applied with
spatula than with knife. It may
be spread on the end of the loaf be-
fore each piece is sliced. If q great
quantity Of sandwiches are to be pre-
pared, melted butter, spread with q
small pastry brush, is the quickest
method.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-04-26

community, whether large or small.
A greater and more complete network
Of long distance lines and cables pro-
vides rapid and dependable intercity
voice communication within the coun-
try, and overseas radiotelephone cir
cults brings nearly every important
point in the civilized world within
reach of the American telephone.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-04-12

a MEXICAN farm products pur-
"A chased by the brewing indus.
try since beers relegalization in
1888 have reached q total Of Is bill
lion pounds. enough to fill freight
train extending from Los Angeles
to Detroit.
p More than three million acres of
farm land must be cultivated each
year to raise the billions of pounds
OF barley, corn, rice and hops for
which brewers pay approximately
$100,00o.000 annually. .
In 1889 alone nearly four billion
pounds Of these products were used
to make the 55.191.l03 barrels of
beer, which the United States Bu-
reau Of Internal Revenue reports
were produced last year.
These are among the develop
ments recorded by the United
Brewers Industrial Foundation in
its annual survey of the brewing
industry. q
The past year also witnessed
rapid expansion Of the industry's
program of active cooperation with
local law enforcement officials to
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-04-12

ders. Sometimes 7 have 10 re-
mind a patronage SENHLN tr
take that hint.
What Does He Mean.
"My association with mules
leads me to think that the out
standing characteristic 50 often
attributed to them, called Stub
bornness' is no more than com
mon, level-headed mule sense,
backed by strong conviction. 1t
seems to me that we nigh .
more of that homcly virtue to
our advantage right now in the
solution of our rational prob
lens" .
Farley concluded with q spirit
ed eulogy of New Deal Senator
Kenneth McKeller, of Tennessee.
What relationship he had to
the Democratic Chair
man did not say, but ne told Of
the liable craftsmanship Of Sen.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-04-12

eliminate anti social conditions
wherever they may surround the
sale OF beer. The number Of states
in which industry committees dedi-
Gated to this purpose are In opera
tion increased from one to nine.
Similar programs are to be in
stalled In additional states during
the coming year.
Direct taxes collected on the 1889
sale Of beer totaled SAIL. 506.7S0 and
averaged $3.50 per barrel ON the
52.76S.S18 barrels withdrawn Tor
sale. This revenue is aar-markcd
for Did age pensions. educational
institutions. public health. lids 20
agriculture and other special pur.
poses IN many states and munich.
palities. The remainder. Including
the Federal Governments share of
1867. 642.JS3. Is allocated 10 general
expense funds.
The 1889 payments bring the To-
tai tax revenue collected ny Ted.
e:al, State and local agencies since
beers relegalization 10 approx
mately TWO and III 'or 5iilior
dollars.
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1fcko,ia'', and how the latter
worked at ali hours OF the day
AMI some hours OF the night" to
&c. Columbia "onc Of the finest,
ono of the most modern, beauti-
i'll structures among our family
Of American government build
ings."
Whether jim Farley intenas to
eek the Presidency as the
"Amcrican mule candidate" or
whether III the present confused
muddlcd and acrimonious state
Of affairs within the Demo-.
crate party he could think of
N"thng safe to talk about but
mules is ocn of the mysteries
roW disturbing the political
writers of the nation. But it was
one of the strangest speeches
over made by an American poli.
tician.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE TIMES
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continuously. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon
vanilla over top and fold in with
TWO or three strokes. Sift flour
and sugar mixture over egg miZ-
ture and fold in with as few
strokes as possible. (Too many
strokes cut down volume of cake
and tougher it, Pour batter into
INCREASED angel food pan and bake
in a slow oven (2750 FL for 80
then increase heat to
$3.50 F. and continue baking 30
minutes longer. Remove from oven
and invert pan for 1 hour or until
cold. Be sure pan has been thor
oughly -Hshad in hot soap suds.
rlnsed m hot otter and dried each
time before using. Frost cake with
a white frosting. Using a pastry
tube, make festoons of frostinr
around the sides CT the cake and
conceal a low vase in the center
hole. Fill this vase with a lovely
of white or delicately col
ored flowers that will extend over
the top Of the CAKE. .
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-04-12
West Virginia Man TO Aid
McNutt For President Bid

on which arc painted pictures Of NJ
hic"utt and statements regarding
him. ''e
Presently State Senator and Ma
tlonal Committeeman for the Young
Democrats in West Virginia. Beacon
IS 20 past president of the Younp
Den crafts of West Virginia. He has
an extremely wide acquaintance
among young Democrats from all
parts of the country and expects.
during his tour, to renew his friend
ship with host of young Democrats
i am heart and soul in the Paul
'. mcNutt For President move
ment.' Beacon said al have mot
the man on a number of occasions
ana have made a thorough study of
his political principles. They are Of
the type that anyone would be proud
TO es2ousc if he had any thought
toward liberalism in democracy.
lie Is man Of driving force and
energy at the age of as. He il
physically as well as mentally euuip-
ped fer the crushing burdens that
fall to the lot Of = President of the
United States. tie is one of the
sbl"st speakers in the United States
today, both ind iors, Outdoors and
over the radio. He could be depend-
ed on to make m active. AGGRESSIVE
camDaign in all parts os the coun-
try"
Beacon said the keynote Of his
trip will be party harmony. "For in
stance" he said, eve are not going
to try to grab DELEGATES in states
which will have fayoritc sons to Of
fer. We will simply ak considcra-
ton Of our man rs q second choice.
"Our whole campaign, Of course,
IS predicated on the assumption that
President Roosevelt viii not be a
candidatS fo- . third term. Admin
istrator McNuu has said repeatedly
that If the President runs, he will
get out of the race"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-04-12
Wedding Cakes for Bridal Table

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