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Seattle Man Honored
 By Printing Craftsmen

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. g. The Inlernbti Association of Printing House Craftsmen has elect ed Frank McCafferty of Seattle as President, at the conclusion of it's annual convention. The printers chose Baltimore as the site of their 1941 convention.
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ATLIN HEARD FROM

The editor is in receipt of a communication from Clarence M Sands, leading merchant of our very good neighbor city of Atlin B. C., reung mis- statements in recent speech by Adolf Hitler
 MT Sands and all Canadians may be assured we don't believe anything Hitler says anyway
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SHIP OVERDUE;
 BELIEVED LOST

ABINGDON, Burma, Aug g. - The 7,700-ton British liner Kem- mendine is 2l days overdue here and it must be presumed the ves- sel is lost. This is an official con- munique issued by the Govern ment.
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have the augury of year of good fortune. Business should expand. Romances will be fortunate.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be ambitious and persis- tent. Intellectually they should be well endowed.
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it, because it has to be laid up in drydock.
 How serious have been British losses is shown by the fact that it's Navy started the war with 183 de- Btroyers and now has fewer than 100. All of which indicates the rapid success of the new Nazi strat- egy of starving Britain out.
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PIED PIPER TO BLAME

GOSS, Mo.-There's not child of school age residing in Goss. The town has population of 30 persons, exactly half of whom are more than 65 years of age.
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lantic. From Capetown at the tip end of Africa to Gibraltar at the mouth of the Mediterranean, they can control the coast of France, Belgium and Holland, and can dom mate the North Sea and the mouth of the Baltic.
 In other words, the British Isles constitute a sort of marine Maginot Line, and U. s. naval strategists figure that once that line is broken it will be impossible to stop an unfriendly fleet from steaming down into the waters of South America and the Caribbean.
 Thus, it would be far easier, and cheaper, to bolster the British with some destroyers and keep the Ger man. Italian navies bottled up, than face them along the thousands of miles of unfortified South Ameri- can coast line.
 BRITISH WAITED
 The situation, in the opinion of both Army and Navy strategists, is not dissimilar from the position of the British in regard to France. As long as Hitler was faced with a strong French army, Britain stood in no real danger. But once the Nazis broke through the Maginot Line, there was no bulWark to stop them from overrunning the rest of Europe.
 The situation has other possible 1 p oi ints of similarity. When the French were defending the Maginot Line, the British, worried over home defense. kept most of their air planes at home The French claim that, given more British air sup port, they might have held out.
 Likewise one school of American i strategy believes as did the British that D. s. destroyers should be kept at home to protect the. Western Hemisphere when Hitler finally breaks through the British marine Maginot Line. But the majority of higher-up strategists figure that by that time it will be too late.
 Meanwhile, however, there is nc way for the President to transfer these destroyers. unless Congress passes an act giving him that pow. CT. And the isolationist clique il Congress shows no disposition tt permit that-at least until after 2 tremendous fight. And by that time Hitler may be marching up Picca- dilly and preparing to turn his ac- ] tive attentin to U. s. shores.
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-12

decision. Draper was no longer
merely a hurry-up rider. He was
now am artist at coming from behind
as we'll.
And to himself, repenting his harsh
words with Draper, Slim wondered
what right he had to stand in the way
of the boys future success.
Dimples found Slim waiting for
him when he came out Of the jockey
room.
"You surely pulled that last one
out of the fire." Slim remarked.
They walked along in silence for a
moment.
"Kid, you had better take that Of
fer from Colonel Bradford" Slim said
quietly. you've earned it."
Draper looked up at Slim out of
loyal, grateful eyes. They had gone
long way together without hitch
after that day when Slim went to bat
for him with the judge over Diapers
questionable tactics with Charlie Bas-
sits Madam Foo Foo.
Suddenly Slim observed: 81 guess
that telegram from the Colonel that
Snapper and l phoneyed up on you
at Bay Meadows wasn't such fake
after all, how about it, Dimples?"
They both laughed.
"I'm not kidding myself, SLIM"
Draper went on. 81 owe it to you for
as far as I've got. Some day I'll
square things around. You might be
needing me some day."
"You never can tell" Slim agreed.
A stable boy of Matt Biddle's came
running up from behind and handed
Slim a note from the gentleman horse
man.
1t read:
"Can you see me in the lobby of
the Blackstone tonight at eight? It's
something important"
"Tell him I'll be there" Slim told
the boy.
Two hours later Slim and Matt had
their heads together between two
lobby chairs drawn up face to face.
"Slim, if you had to get out from
under with Draper in a hurry, by the
first of the month, could you do it,"
Matt asked.
draper and I severed connections
just few hours ago." Slim explain
ed. "He had a chance to ride for
Colonel Bradford, so l released him. y
"Good," Matt replied. "That SIM
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-12
CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL
RECEIVES A LEGACY

Under the will of Mrs. Virginia S.
Ricards, widow of P. Sidney Ricards,
a bequest of $4,000 has been left to
the Cambridge Maryland Hospital ac-
cording to a letter received by Mil
ford Nathan, president of the Hos
pital Board from the Safe Deposit &
Trust Company, Baltimore, executors
of the will.
Mrs. Ricards, former resident of
Cambridge, was the daughter of the
late John S. and Clarissa Lake Staple
forte. Her will left her estate in
trust for her sister, Miss Julia Staple
forte, with the direction that at her
death it be resolved into various lega-
cies and requests which she listed.
Miss Stapleforte died in September,
1899.
In addition to the bequest to the
Cambridge-Maryland Hospital, Mrs.
Ricards left the sum of $4,000 to the
Little Sisters of the Poor in Bal
timore, as memorial to her husband.
Several requests were made to rela-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-12
PRINCESS ANNE HUNTER
BAGS TAGGED DUCK

Herman Smith may not be the most
successful hunter in Princess Anne,
but at present he is the most curious,
as the result of solo ducking trip
on Friday, December 81.
Mr.. Smith was bunlSing in DR..
Wkaley's shack 10 miles south Of
Ocean City and was shooting from
blind nearby when he bagged eight
black ducks.
One of the ducks, from flock Of
IL, had a tin band around it's leg,
bearing the numbers 639-226. Mr..
Smith forwarded the tag to the Bio
logical Survey, Washington, d. c.,
and is awaiting a reply to clear the
mystery. Mr.. Smith said he believed
the duck was tagged in some north
ern spot, possibly Canada.
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plifies matters. I've got berth for
you as trainer of big stable. I've
recommended you. The stable is own
ed by Edith Clarke Asleigh."
A vision of the YEARLY glamorous
Mrs. Ashleigh intrigued Slim, but ac-
cepting her offer did not, in spite Of
the fact that he was in his uppers
again since losing Draper for his hole
card.
"I'm not interested" Slim said, def
initely.
"Slim, are you crazy?" Matt dashed
out.
Il don't like taking orders from a
woman" Slim rebelled, land, besides,
those bigwig stables are all alike.
You've got to bleed purple, not red,
to hobnob with Edith Ashleigh's
crowd, and that just isn't in my line"
at ought to come natural to you,
SLIM" argued Matt. "Your folks
were of the genuine Southern aris-
tocracy, l know"
"But they were different"
"At any rate, you've got Edith Ash
leigh all wrong" Matt continued.
"There's nothing bleed purple about
her. She's quite regular, if you ask
me; she really loves horseshoe in
particular. You'll be aces high in
Edith if you can win the Santa Anita
next winter with her Comanche."
"Comanche" Slim explained, look
ing interested for the first time.
Linking Comanche and Knight Err
rant suddenly in his mind almost jerk
ed Slim out of his comfortable lobby
chair.
He had remembered Knight Errant,
now sullen and resentful colt, being
led out morning after morning to run
his racing heart out as a workhorse
for Comanche!
Slim could stop that humiliation. 1t
would be the first condition of his ac-
ceptance. He would thrash that point
out to a definite conclusion W
Edith Clarke Ashleigh.
Slim remembered the v as
he had blurted out, almost as a
pledge, to Heather before leaving Cal
fornia-"I'll keep an eye on Knight
Errant."
He clapped hand down on the
carved arm of the Blackstone lobby
chair.
"I'll take the job, he told Matt.
81 told her you would be around
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-12

tives of her late husband, and also
mentioned in the will were Mrs. Rio
ards brother, the late Charles Lake,
three nieces and three nephews. To
each of these nieces and nephews,
Mrs. Clara LAX Dali, Cambridge, Mrs.
Annabelle Holland Barnett, Cam
bridge R. D., Mrs. Virginia Tubman
Webb, Vienna, Walter S. Holland, Jno
S. Holland and Victor Tubman, the
will left $1,000. It directed that
should Mrs. Ricards' brother, Charles
Lake, predecease her, the sum Of 3D.
900 which she had left him be divided
among relatives of Mr.. Ricards.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-12

to see her tonight" Matt explained,
and he wrote out Edith's Sheridan
Road address.
'And SLIM" Matt added. "Have
you dinner jacket? Good! Put it
on tonight. Edith Ashleigh appre-
ciates good looks-in horses and in
men. But keep your mind on the
horses"
To Be Continued
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-12
I1DBGR4T ERRAnT''
e@SSS%e 81 Jock Mcdonald @&SY9~


Moriarity, asked.
"They tell me he's leased Knight
Errant out to Edith Ashleigh as a
workhorse," Moriarity explained.
"Bassitt must have icewater in his
VEINS" was Sims comment.
What would Heather Mills say if
she knew about it? Slim knew she
would be furious even if she did not
fully understand the demoralizing eff
feet it was going to have on Knight
Errant.
Morning after morning Comanche
was permitted to nourish his equine
ego at Knight Grants expense. Slow
ly, Slim saw, it was grinding the
heart out of the colt.
From potential turf hero in his
own right, Bassitt was converting
Coronado's colt into a burned out
workhorse.
Soon Knight Errant was no longer
the mild hammered colt that had want
ed to shake hands with the assistant
starters when they tapped him on the
shoulder at the post. His ears droop-
ed when he stepped on the race track
and he became notorious sulker.
Meanwhile, Slim had been riding
high as Dimples Draper continued to
boot them home in front with amaz-
ing regularity.
But as Flo Kane had warned, it
wouldn't last forever and one morn
ing Slim came out to the track to
find himself detoured from Easy
street up a blind alley.
"Slim, I got a swell offer last
night" Draper told him.
"Well, kid, if the horse has got q
chance go ahead and ride him." Slim
replied casually.
"You don't get me, Slim. Colonel
Bradford offered me a contract as
first string rider for his crack Ken.
lucky stable last night"
"What are you talking about ?
| You re k1OOlnS.
cts on the square, Slim"
Slim, out of sleepy morning af'
ter" eyes, searched the boys face ant
knew Draper was in earnest.
"Well, what are you going to do
run out on me?"
"That's kind of funny way to pu
it, Slim. l didn't think you'd lool
at it that way"
"Why, you little"
Rat, Slim was going-to say, but h
choked it down and went on.
~ took you out of the gutter ant
made a top rider out of YOU" slim
snarled.
Draper WINGED.
What you say is all true, Slim
l want you to know l appreciate VIVA
you've done for me. Pm free to sigl
with the Colonel if l want to, Slim
but Pm not going to leave you lik
this, not unless you say the word
You made mo and I'll stick with you.
"You bet you WILL" Slim snapped
"And I'll have it in writing today.
Slim walked away from Draper
leaving the boy with his hopes O
winning the next Derby dashed.
After his Showdown" with Dim
plies Draper earlier in the day, slim
Maynard watched the boy ride an
other triple that afternoon at Ar
lington Park.
In winning the last race Draper
moved up from far back after appear
ing hopelessly beaten. He reached
contention by slipping through a mar
row opening along the rail as he hi
the stretch. The daring chance the
boy took caused Slim to finch fol
Diapers safety.
Then, with as strong whip ride as
Slim had ever watched, Dimples got
up in the last stride to win nose
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cl HOISS Couiu oScHl oO IdoSAiaohiS w
Slim. On either side of him, Flo Kane
and Matt Biddle exchanged glances.
"Why the kickup over a horse 2"
Flo was thinking in her blunt, honest
fashion. "Slfm could turn hand
springs over the mention of Knight
Errant when he'd shown less concern
over me if I'd broke my neck"
She sighed and watched Knight
Errant with new interest.
But characteristic of all his recent
races, Knight Errant showed intense
early speed from the start only to
wilt and run out of the money.
There's something unnatural a.
bout the way that colt runs" Biddle
remarked to Slim with the expert APP
praisal of a horse man who knows.
"He goes along smoothly enough at
first, but after three-quarters he
runs as if it were an effort. A colt
of his breeding shouldn't fold up that
way. Something's hurting him."
Slim, too, had noticed Knight Err
rants running style, but just at the
moment he was noting something else
Charlie Bassitt was staggering in
to the nearby box where sat Edith
Clarke Ashleigh.
Nothing can come Of it," Slim as
sured himself uneasily. "Bassitt can't
sell her a horse he doesn't own and
no matter what the woman offers,
Heather wouldn't part with Knight
Errant."
Quickly aware that Bassitt was no
engaging conservationalist, Edith
drove straight to the point. She wav-
ed an onyx cigarette holder, black as
her hair, as she talked.
Knight Grants blazing early speed
impressed her and if Bassitt had the
authority to sell her the colt would
he name his cash figure?
"But in all fairness" Edith ex-
planned in her cool, crisp way, ~
want you to know in advance my pur-
pose in wishing to buy him.
"My Comanche needs a speed horse
to work with in the mornings. He's
sluggish starter and needs pace1
like Knight Errant to hurry him a
long,"
Bassitt had heard much of Edit
Clarke Ashleigh, her millions and he
intense desire for racing winners, ant
knew she was prepared to spare NJ
expense toward that end. To sell he
the horse was out of the question, h
told her. He hadn't the authority o
the owner.
"But 1 can lease him out to you il
the mornings" he bargained. 90
course, l would demand the privileg
of racing him in the afternoons TO
myself"
Her sporting instinct aroused
Edith demurred at the suggestion.
"I'm afraid that would ruin you
COLT" she replied.
mo chance" assured Bassitt
"That colts made out of iron. d.
him good to run with good one lik'
: Comanche in the morning."
Edith knew better, but making Co
manche the ranking handicap star O.
the country was at the moment he
absorbing vanity, her dominating pas
sion.
"I'll leave the terms up to you,'
Bassitt persisted, knowing something
of how generous this Ashleigh wo
man was to her stable help. What.
ever she gave him would be clear
profit. He would just pocket the fee
and what Heather didn't know
wouldn't hurt her.
Slim, watching the morning works
next day, saw Knight Errant come
out on the track with the mammoth
Comanche, saw Knight Errant tie the
"big horse" in proverbial knots, only
to be pulled up near the finish of the
work to permit Comanche to pass him.
GWhat'c Raccitt I'm fo 1o0xxy 90 Cnan-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-12

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13

market, while United States wool
is selling for only half the price
that it did 20 years ago. 1t is true
that we do not raise coffee: but we
/ purchased from Latin America
last year more than we could con-
sumo and still they had coffee left
over 10 burn. Yes. they actually
burned it, Yet. Europe lacks all
OF these South American products.
Europe is a natural customer OF
/ South America. To attempt to
dam up this natural flow of trade
| is absolutely foolhardy.
What About Mexieo1
But why worry so much about
South America and say nothing
about Mexico? Mexico is at our
doorstep. Its politics are rotten
and criminal. II is confiscating
honest investments by United
States citizen in farms, mining
properties, and oil lands. Its peo-
pie are illegally stealing across
our borders and planting seeds OF
Communism among our own citi-
zens. Mexico is becoming a cancer
that is liable to eat the heart out
OF Latin America Why does our
government worry so much about
what is takins place in little Uru-
quay. several thousand miles away,
and give almost no attention to
Mexico which directly adjoins us?
My training has been in bust
ness and not IN international rela-
tions. II, however. had charge
Of our foreign relations, should
Immediately march into Mexico and
serve as Trustee" of that country
until the present European con
fict is over. Thereby. would
make sure that neither Germany
nor Japan could seize Mexico.
Then, | should buy" the Central
American countries between Next
co and the Panama Canal. MY
next-moYe- would be 10 negotiate
with Columbia and Venezuela so
as TO protect the Caribbean Sea.
In these deals. the United States
would probably get the short end
Of the stick The cost would be
great, but worth the price. AS to
the rest of South America south
OF Brazil. let nature take its
course commercially. But we
should insist upon developing nav
al and air bases which will make
impossible invasion OF South
America by any hostile nation.
What is Right and Wrong?
During this hysteria over de-
Tense, and believe in the de-
Tense programme must not for
get a fundamental fact, namely,
that the United States and the
British Empire are rich while the
nations OF Central Europe are poor.
| am willing to give my life to
save Great Britain: but in order
to have a durable peace both the
British Empire and the United
States must think more OF the 9TH
er fellow and less of themselves.
The world has reached stage
where there must be a redivision
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13

troit spent Sunday at the Thomas
buckingham home.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Thilo and
sons, Milan. spent Sunday at the
E. A. Dicone home.
Mrs. Margaret Goldstein. Mon.
treal, Can. and Louis Scripture,
Brighton. were Saturday afternoon
guests OF Mrs. Barlow Slmonds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Hawker,
Dearborn, visited. Mr.. and Mrs.
George fowler Sunday.
Mrs. Lynn Horton and daughter,
Dorothy left Saturday for Traverse
City for "a weeks vacation with
her sister. Mrs. Charles Lynds is
keeping house while she is away.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Cullen and
son. Detroit. were Sunday visitors
OF their parents Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bobicz. Sr.
Several women from here have
visited Mrs. Helen Dexter at Boyer
Hospital and found her resting
comfortably.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-13

and wish she was along?"
He smiled blissfully. There was
no embarrassment or guilt in the
smile. Quite patiently he was enjoy
ing himself and liking Nina, and
considered 1t all within his right.
Never mind" he said. II came
up here to do that very thing"
Linda gasped. Yes, that was
what Terry would do. He would
radio a gay. light-hearted greeting
and Caroline would slip 1t into her
blouse and wear 1t close to her
heart all day while she modelled
stockings.
1t would be better, Linda reject
ed, II she did not file her message.
II she did, Caroline might think
she had given the idea to Terry,
Life was a bowl Of cherries that
needed seeding. as an old song
said; life was a ball of worsted
grown tangled; life was swift and
sweet and glorious and dangerous
and sad and beautiful.
After lunch Ronald picked up his
horn and went into the lounge,
motioning to Linda. She sat down
at the piano. and together they
went into one old favorite after
another.
She did not know that there
were listeners until they came to
the end of a cycle. when Rob called
out, "Bravow
She looked up, startled, and a
feminine voice echoed Robs. Curled
in deep chair, wearing a golden
sweater as radiant as her hair,
Sarah was listening, too.
The theatrical producers daugh-
ter stretched herself lazily. like a
well-nourished cat, and her voice
drawled as she said. you win,
Ronnie. You play perfect duets"
Then she strolled from the room,
carelessly, slowly. as though shs
had no audience.
What did she mean?" Linda
asked Been telling -her-I- didn't
skip notes ?"
His face was serious, but he
smiled. Something Of the sort.
Now she believes me. Want to try
some more? ?"
There wasn't time, though. Tea
was being served on deck. But
when II was over. and the sunset
was spilling red banners into a
purple sea, Linda suddenly slipped
away. The golden spell Of the day
was going How or why, she didn't
know. She wanted TO be alone to
recapture 1t.
At the door OF her stateroom she
paused. There was a sweet, exotic
scent in the room, a scent she had
found once before-a scent that a
shop girl had said a glamorous ex-
deb used and which she had caught
on an actress.
Ito BE Continued)