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APARTMENTS UkFURkisHEp,

1915 SPRING PL NV. (36l5 18th ST.
r KIT path; near cars, buses: large
lawn: Frigdaire newly decorated; $50.
TAX. PIX, D. C.-5 R, B.. FIREPL., GAR,
newly dec 30 Underwood Ss ed'o sH aI tsaSp 4oa7lJ
BOND APT, 1880 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE
n.w.-2 rooms, kitchen and bath, double
exposure. Frigidaire, elevators
PARK oRD, 5o3-sEMI-D -DETAC HE'D
eiec eGgse fuTn aTsf adts rooms kit BATH heat gas
5los 2nd, ST. NV ROOMS, X. d.
nette bath, screened porch: Ant. ?: heat
Iurnished; elec. refg. $50. WALTER NJ
BAuMAN. ! Thomas Circle MA. 6o2n.
a29 81 = s sl.; E-14 -, ROOMS, KITCHEN BATH,
$40 month. Call ia. $3.50 u.
1924 D ST. NE.-ENTIRE end FLOOR: .
rooms, kitchen. private bath, heat, light,
gas, refriserator; S45. q.
22s 3, INGRAsHAM ST. NV ROOMS,
A''cheh bath heat gas cleo; $40 month.
l;ts5.n lHe5 LAMONT mon. ST: N.W.LoNE, ROOM:
aot.. conV. to everything; reas. CO 1858
IND-VENTu.ATFD BLDG
Copley Courts. 1914 18th St nw-We
rooms double vns room qslft aprs arse ktcRen
furnished dinette, bath; $3.50.
. rooms, connecting bath, French doors.
$3.50 and .S6050.
All outside rooms Rentals include re-
Irlgeration' electricity, gas, switchboard
1905 NICHOLS AVE Sc.
,,o5 sEANNsoSS j ! g NJ T. 'itH iGsHs oaa.o0
OPP FINER! MFR1Dtna ian S1Rk.7R ST Nwss55o soo IN
gas elee. refg incl in rent. CO. 0oo552J 0o5o"J.
2920 ONTARIO RD NV.
2-bedrm. apt nr 18th and Col I'd.
s4z.5o-s5o. Res mgr Adams $40 5sosi .0uSe
Nsx,y zoos 10 TO ao44 ST NV
neat anc anitor Service per u,o e,e' s4 si5h 81
A. GRINDLEy asa N = AVE
1920 CHAPLIN ST. NV.
rooms, kitehen keIi snd AND bsth bsth $500 400
,-oz zsHANNoN i i & IUcHs Co. CO,
1928 RESERVOIR RID NV. APT .
rms kitchen. bath; gas heat: S4O5
,.rS Randolph pl NV. Apt. 3--3 rooms
sitehen' sDo 1n bath gas heat, refrieeration,
1924 Vermont Ave Me 5000
14das GIRARD ST. NV.
4-Story Fireproof Bldg.
One room, dinettn kitchen, bath. 1arpe
dressing closet with Murphy bed So so.
LINkINS CO. 1922 H st. NV
100 F ST NE. NEW BLDG -. ROOMS
kltchen; nth gpe refrieerator
LINKINS CO, 1922 H ST NV.
9o6 EVARTS ST. NE R., BATH.
o, elec.; h:-w.h S3f;.5O
o@s sth st. n.e.-2 r. k, bath: ref, '''''
1915 PIX. I'd. n.w.-3 r., k. bath; o''''
1854 Conn. ave. n.w-4r r., k, bath; ''o
,-n1 Eet- ~, $3.50
rel. - 1000
IoJo M st. NV r, k. bath e5 90
4aat 1st st. NV r.. k. bath:
,,nH. ref. ana. 1000
,rsf o., . $500
233l 4oth ST. I. k, bath: ref. 5000
e,- THOMAS P. BROWN,
615 4th st. S.W. Natl. 1872.
1880 9TH ST. 3rd FL.
aIs5 Mr PIEAsAST sSsi S5fe' ST wv: s1sn No . %
3 rms, g bedrms;l. bath. refg. S52 so
: rms "A ktt.. bah 6alb ST NV No. 2'sao 20
sl2 OTIS PL. NV. No. 3.
3 rms kit. bath. porch. Arcola $3.50
rms sli lEit lStb batb ST. poleh nE At Arc1ls 5a
7aa 1eth St. NV. ~ NA. oa5a.
1923 LUZON AVE. NV.
LUzoN-,-MoDERN BUILDING
Carpeted halls Resident Manager !
rm.. din, kit. bath, S4950. Gas and
elec. included
SHANNON Il LUcHs CO..
1908 H ST. NV MA, a345
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TAYLOR, 4O27 18th st. NV.
2 rms.' kit, bath; free refg; $50 so.
WHITEcRoFT APT,
1901 LONGFELLoW ST. NV.
rms, kit, bath, refg.. $50.
ATHERTON, 2112 F ST. NV.
rm' foyer kit. bath. refs.. S34.
KENYON, 1872 Kenyon st. NV.
3 rms, kit. bath, refs, $50.
ATLANTIC, 1905 10th st. NV.
l rm. kit, bath, refs, $3.50.
MULLIN, 32s R. I. Ave. NE.
rms. kit, bath. free refg., $40.
1905 Hampden Lane, Bethesda.
2 rms, lit, bath refg., S525O
4523 Avondale ST., Bethesda.
rms. kit. bath, refg., porch, sos.
UNHEATED-DUPLEX.
1911 SIMMS PL,. NE
rms, kit, bath. porch, $3.50.
1863 cHILDREss ST. NE
z rms, kit, bath, porch, S3s.o0.
2o1l 18th ST. Be.
2 rms, kit. BATH porch, $3.50.
1922 v ST. Sc.
rms, kit, bath, refs., porch. $40.
164a V ST. Sc.
rms. kkYss klss 0eas' oN PRsarsas. Prem $3.50.
FRANCIS A. BLUNDON CO.,
Y O.
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252O L ST. NV.

? rooms, kitchen and bath; refriger-
pis3. ni,an is5s ipS'Sded in rent. res: nsI Il
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DIRECTORY OF UNFURNTSEIED APARTMENTS
A45--DOWNTOWN.

$45--DOWNT1OWN.
Very low rental for large corner
apartment within q short walk Of
many Govt depts. Foyer, living
room. two bedrooms, kitchen and
bath--large rooms with high CELL
tlgs; very comfortable In summer.
This IL good value; inspect 1t!
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424O 3oth ST. NV

. rooms. hall. kitchen and bath,
refrtgeration included in rent; 3 ex-
posures. Convenient to stores and
transportation Sl7 S0
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ATTRACTIVE APTS. HIGH-CLASS NEIGH
borhoods: some furnished Car available on
appt. MRS. GREEN Shepherd 512s.
1712 PA. AVE. N.W--MODERN NEWLY
at S50,: rent, S65. For further particu-
lars see MR.. STAUB Sunday.
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TALK O. THE TOWN!
Modern Downtown Apis.
SPECIAL LOW RATES

Frenroof bldg. 24-hour switchboard
elevator service; free refg.; large, corne,
ant, living rm.. hedrm,, kit bath. foyer
500, Huge iiv rm, kit, bath, S37. Furn
at slight extra charge TOURAINE l63(
R st. NV. Dupont R60O
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GEORGETOWN

.3U2O DENT Pc.
3 rooms, kitchen. bath. S42.b0. Natl. 1921:
$41. 41.5O-BrOokland-$41.50. so.
1920 10th st. n.e.-All outside rooms,
Apt. 2S-2 large rooms large kitchen and
dinette. tiled bath and shower; refrigera-
ton free See ianitnr
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DUPLEX APARTMENT,
5615 1st ST NV
rms, kit, bath. gas heat $4,000
GEORGE I. BORGER,
643 Ind. Ave- NV. Ma O350.
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NORTHBROQK

NORTEBROQk.
1926 18th St.sN.W.
We have available a very desirable cor
ner apt Large kit living room. bedroom
and bath. French doors with balcony. "a
hr. switchboard and elevator service. Resi-
dent Manager. Columbia 1880
sol 18th ST NE
3 rms. kit, bath. elec. refg., heat,
janitor service S45. Fine condition.
5311 Sth ST. NV
2 rooms, kitchen and bath S42 so
Refrigeration Included.
SHANNON 81 LUCHS CO..
1905 H St. NV MA. 2345
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1910 12th 81. NV

/ room. kitchen, dinette and tiled
bath; Murphy bed. In modern
hreproof bldg. Near Mass. Ave.
Walking distance downtown,
.-... $500
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Bethesda
4710 ed0emooy Ian,

Ant. 1922 rooms. kitchen. d.
nette and bath. Convenient to stores
and transportation. Open Satur-
day and Sunday --------S55.OO
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APARTMENTS WANTED.
APARTMENTS FUR. OR UkFUR.

WANTED, SMALL APARTMENT, VICINITY
Northwest. Dupont Circle, or large unfur-
pished room. Box 11-H, Star. I0s
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-14
FOOLISH LOVE
BELL syndicate-wNU Service.

Frantic parents tell Kathleen Nor.
ris that their l7-yedr-old daughter is
n1ddly in lore With a UortIiIess man
of IS. They come to her for adrice,
asking Ullat they can do to bring their
daughter to her senses before it is too
late. Miss Norris regrets to admit
there is no sure cure, because the
potOer OF girls first lore orercomes
all sense Of reason.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-14

good student still
makes the better
football player, and
in the great major
ity of cases the foot
ball player has to
be a better student
than the college av-
erage to keep on
playing football.
There are excep-
tions, of course. I
am now speaking of
the leading average
per cent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-14

w ITH all the busy gossip of pay
w and PROSECUTING in college foot
ball that now rides in the autumn
air, you'd get the general idea from
many sources that good students
and good football players belong to
two different leagues.
This happens to be entirely in
correct. On a general average the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-14

Miss Jean Pound and Miss Mary
Ella Taylor will be the speakers at
special missionary services in the
Union Holiness Tabernacle, Third
street, Oakland, on Thursday and Fri
day nights, November IA and Is, at
7:30 o'clock
Regular services: Saturday evening
over public address system at Z;
prayer and praise service at 1880.
Sunday: Sunday school at 2 o'clock;
preaching at o'clock by Rev. ]. E.
Johnson, and at 1880 by Rev. T. H.
Hawkins of McHenry. Prayer meeting
Tuesday evening at 1880.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-14
By KATHLEEN NORRIS

IN " W. 81 ~ 49, - 80
MI when they're seven
L V L teen. But fortunately
the boys to whom they lose
their hearts are about seven
teen, too. Quite unable to face
the responsibilities of home and
bills and family. Neither boys
nor girls take these affairs too
seriously, and presently their
school days are over, and they
are dancing and working and
going to movies and planning
more seriously, as they leave
the teens behind them.
When the girl is seventeen,
however, and the man ten
years older, the situation is
not so simple. She is an inno-
cent, giddy, curious young
thing who is merely in love
with love; he is more calcu-
lating, ready to settle down, and
more than ready to take adj
vantage of her inexperience. 1t is
a safe rule that when a young girl
wants to marry man some years
older, one who has no job, who has
already had one unfortunate mari
tai experience, and whom her fam
lily dislikes, she is heading for a
wreck.
Stubborn Seventeen.
Yet girls can be stubborn, at II;
they do this over and over again,
and from one girls bitter expert
ence and costly mistakes no other
girl seems able to learn.
Witness Joan, whose mothers let
ter lies on my desk this morning.
"Our girl has been raised on your
advice, printed in the Sunday pa
per-" writes the mother, from Knox
vile. "For years I've quoted you,
and twice I've written you direct.
Joan was our only child until she
was 10, then son came to share
honors. We've always treated her
reasonably; she's had her share of
household duties, alternate Sundays
we have had open house for her
friends. 1t has been as normal and
sweet a childhood as any girl in
the land could have.
He's IS and No Good.
"What could we have done that
we didn't do, to save her from what
has happened now? To make the
story short, man came to town
three months ago, and was suddenly
included in all the plans of Joan's
little set. Nobody seems to know
quite how or why. He is about IS,
slightly bald, small, fair, laxative,
and thoroughly no good. He has had
two jobs in this time, held neither
one. He has never explained, even
to Joan, what the trouble was be-
tween his wife and himself, or what
were the circumstances of their di-
vorce.
Joan is madly in love with him,
she will be of age on December
3, and they plan to be married that
day. She won't listen and she won't
talk; she merely laughs and looks
bored, and is off with him for hours
of giggling and condolences, telling
him, suppose, just what old-fash-
toned idiots her father and mother
are.
Joan's Mind Set.
envy husband insisted on a talk
with him; he said he could not pin
this Roy Jones down to anything.
Roy kept saying that his one thought
was Joan's happiness, and that he
loved her. We talked to Joan; no
use. She is like a girl under
spell. Can't you-won't you help us
bring her back to sanity? Is there
a cure?"
No, there's no sure cure. When
the bewitchment of so-called first
love falls upon girls young heart,
words mean nothing to her, home
ties mean nothing, common sense
the little she ever had!-is gone,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-14

Maryland's most famous tree, the
giant Wye Oak at Oak Mills, Talbot
county, has been entered in a national
competition to discover the largest
trees of each species in the U. S.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-14


Memorial hospital, Cumberland, Mon
day morning as a surgical patient.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Mckenzie
returned from visiting Mrs. Betty
Smouse and James McDermott, Du-
quesne, Pa.
William Legeer, Baltimore, was a
visitor.
Rev and Mrs. D. R. Carder and
family returned to Arbovale, w. Va.
after visiting in this community few
days.
Clyde Miller was in Baltimore over
the weekend
Mrs. Fred Livengood returned Sat-
urday from visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Livengood, Alexandria, Va, accom-
panied by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Tay-
lor, of Alexandria, who also visited
her mother, Mrs. Marshall Beachy,
while here.
Mrs. R. E. Sliger, Frostburg, was
a guest of Miss Ruth Stanton last
week.
Mrs. Howard Kahl returned Sun
day to Dover, Del, accompanied by
MI. Kahl, after spending ten days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man Patton.
Miss Venia M. Kellar, state home
demonstration, College Park, and Miss
Maude A. Bean, Allegany county
home demonstration agent, were in
this community Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Stanton, Au-
rora, w. Va, and Mr. and Mrs. Mar
kle Stanton, Westernport. were
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. U.
Stanton.
Mrs. Ollie Loechel visited Mrs. Ar
thur Shirer, Somerfield, Pa, Sunday,
accompanied by Mrs. c. C. Beachy and
Mr.. and Mrs. Casper Loechel.
Miss Grace Hanft went to Balti-
more accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Blair Bucket.
Mrs. S. E. Lobach, Waynesboro,
Pa, was weekend guest of Mrs.
Fred Livengood.
Mrs. Norman Patton with her
daughter, Mrs. Kahl, spent Thursday
with the formers sister, Mrs. Harry
Pope, Meyersdale.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. U. Edwards and
Miss Mary Smily Butt spent Sunday
in Oakland where Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
wards visited her brother, Henry
Meyers.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Williams, Ar
lington, Va, visited Mrs. B. T. Kelle.
last week.
Rev. M. B. Miller returned from
Greenwood, Del, accompanied by D.
L. Swartzentruber and daughter, of
Gortner, and C. c. Wisseman.
Clifton Broadwater, Barton, visited
his sister, Mrs. Sylvan burst.
Mrs. G. A. Lininger, Waterloo, Ia,
has returned home after visiting rel
atives here.
Mrs. F. j. Getty is home from Ale
gany hospital, Cumberland.
Mrs. Warren Dill and daughters
Anna and Ruth and son Owen, Jer-
ONE, Pa, and Ray Henninger, Davids-
vile, Pa, were guests of Mrs. Dill's
mother, Mrs. Anna j. Warwick.
A schedule of visits to Grantsville
by representative of the Maryland
State Employment Service, effective
until December 81, is announced as
follows: Wednesday, November 20;
Thursdays, December and 10.
Natal Note
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Miller an
nounce the birth of a daughter, born
Friday evening at their home here.
Mrs. Miller is the former Miss Mar
garet Layman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-14

and she is moving in a dream for
the time being.
Her father and mother are heart
broken because all their years Of
love and confidence seem lost. She
herself will look back aghast at
what she is doing in few years.
She will look at the Joan of today in
the same puzzled despair that her
parents are feeling now.
Nature Against Parents.
But Nature is exerting her strong
est poisons, her strongest witcheries,
at the moment, and no one of us is
as strong as Mother Nature. Every
fiber of Joan's being is crying out
for this mans mastery, and unless
she wakes up in time-and she may
she is going to break her heart;
perhaps wreck a child's life.
Caroline Brown did what Joan is
planning to do, II years ago. Her
letter arrived in the same mail as
did that of Joan's mother. This is
part of it.
II ran away with man of 81,
when l was just 49," writes Caro-
line. First Don rented an unfur-
nished shack for 81 month, and we
went to chain store and bought two
bags of groceries, and to the five
and dime for plates and pans. We
had no bed, no blankets, no mirror
or soap or towels. l pretended that
l thought all this was fun. We had
less than $11, but his talk was al
ways big and I had believed it.
Four Years of Poverty.
"We lived in that shack four
years, and my two daughters were
born there. l could have gone to
the free ward of the hospital, but it
was miles away across town, and
we had no car. After my fathers
death my mother joined us and paid
me 81 a week. Often it was all
had. Mother got $40 month; she
couldn't do more than she did.
"Those were years of such suffer-
ing as l hope few women in America
know. Never enough to eat; every
scrap of bacon fat and potato skin
saved. Never enough diapers or
blankets, or fresh curtains or coal
A broken stove propped on blocks;
broken windows mended with tape
Four babies, strong beautiful Da-
bies if they'd had a chance, but al
ways with colds and chapped HANDS
and prickly heat. And l did IT.
did it!
Convincing Talker.
don drank, gambled, quarrelled,
whipped my children. But he could
put up story that investigators be-
Ieved, as l had believed it, ana |
got no promise Of release or relel.
In our state you don't get divorces
easily.
81 went out to days work, leaving
Ma with the children. My employer
sent me to SeCretdrldl SCIlool,
bless her. Four years ago | was
made assistant superintendent IN lle
school; last month superintendent
My oldest girl is pupil here 'lle
second will shortly enter. Ana now
Don, who deserted us eight years
ago, has come back, and wants ~
be taken back into the family wants
to be accepted, respected by MS SUI
and daughters. Wants me to sup
port him while he looks up pros
poets. - .,.t
Well, that's all of the letter 'ha.
will interest Joan. But want lel
to read it. l ask her then 10 pls?
for guidance, and ask hersell sel,
ously why-when every other Woin
an who ever took this pain ls5
failed, she thinks she can succeeu'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-14

Mrs. Merle d. Frantz was taken to
Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, on
Baldwin, Long Island, spent a brief
vacation visiting the latter's sister,
Mrs. Charles Harris.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Henneigh and
daughter spent the weekend at Pal
myra, Pa, with Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis
ODER.
Monday and operated upon for APP
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-14

'The best team l ever had at
Dartmouth" Jess Hawley writes
me, twas practically all Phi Beta
Kappa. This 1924 team was quite
unusual. They were certainly not
noted for their man power, but they
went through the season unbeaten.
That year / could put team on the
field, no man playing out of position,
no man under second-string, and
every one Phi Beta Kappa rating.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-14

"Give Us This Day Our Daily
Bread" was the topic at C. E. Sunday
night in the Reformed church. The
society will present return program
before the Maple Grove B. Y. P. D.
Sunday evening.
Doris Resi- was chosen president of
the Maple Grove church of the Breth-
rem young peoples department. Other
officers elected were Alvin Bowser,
vice-president; Norma Resi-, secre-
tary and Cecil Beachy, treasurer. Fen
ton Platter as adult adviser.
Services in local churches for Sun
day will be: Catholic, mass, 10 a. M;
Lutheran, Sunday school, 9:45 a. M,
worship, II a. M; Methodist, church
school, 10 a. M, Epworth League, 6:45
p. M, and Reformed, Sabbath school,
$3.50 a. m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-14
FRIENDSVILLE
Church Aid Meetings

The Ladies' Aid of the Church of
the Brethren of Accident, met at the
home of Mrs. Charley Miller in this
place on Thursday night. A large
number of members was present. Re-
freshments were served by the hos
tess.
Mrs. L. X. Wagner, wife of the pas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-11-14

pendicitis. -
Rev. R. L. Greynolds is pa''e~'
at the Reeves Hospital, Westernp 81,
where he is receiving treatment =
lowing an infection of his lS'''
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
SOUND REASONING

IT WAS peculiarly appropriate that Otis N.
I BROWN, national commander of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, should dwell on Sc
curity in his address before the wilmington
unit of the organization. So little of the world
today enjoys security, it is fitting that our
minds be turned to it's consideration on all
occasions of public assembly; and no occas'
ion is better adapted for contemplating meas
ures for perpetuating 1t in our country than
when former soldiers, who know its worth
and who have seen the consequences OF Its
loss, are gathered to hear their national pro-
gram explained.
Three detectives have been set by the VFW,
Mr.. BROWN told his listeners: Security for
veterans, security for the United States, and
security for the citizens of the United States.
Security for veterans, he declared, lies In
caring for crippled and invalid ex-servlce
men who cannot earn a living for them
selves or their dependents. The organization
which he heads opposes pensions for able
bodied veterans, but believes that federal
provision should be made for the infirm that
they be spared the humiliation of becoming
subjects of private charity.
Security for the United States, and for
its citizens, lies in avoidance of alliances
which could lead us into war, and in uproot-
ing communism, Nazism and fascism which
have gained a foothold-too firm a foothold
here.
This is sound doctrine, worthy Of accep'
lance of every American whether in or out.
side WV ranks. The more widely it is pro-
claimed the better will we, as a nation and
as individuals, understand our responsibilities
in these sorely troubled times.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10

if. when or as British needs or purposes decree.
It has likewise been established that the British
companies have at least two years supply OF
the American product in England; and, if or as
more Turkish tobacco Is worked into the blend,
the consumption Of this amount will be ex-
tended accordingly.
But. to turn to the more hopeful side, 1t IS
revealed that the agreement between London
and Istanbul provides for importation OF about
20. OOC, 900 pounds of Turkish tobacco annually
for the next 20 years. That will represent, 1t
is true, about 10 times the amount OF the FUR
kish product which the British formerly used.
But at that it is only a negligible amount OF
the crop which they normally purchased from
America. Against the 2o,oo0,ooo pounds now to
he taken from Turkey, Great Britain has been
purchasing 215, 200, 900 pounds of American
tobacco a year.
The Turkish importation, unless the British
tobacco taste is completely changed and the
figure now agreed upon for a long term OF
years is unexpectedly increased, thus remains
hut a drop in the bucket as affecting Amerl-
can purchases. There may indeed be serious
dislocation, in so far as our growers are con
eerned, for the period necessary to deplete the
British supply Of their product on hand; out
the British market is to very large extent still
there, awaiting utilization as varying condl'
tions and exigencies determine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-10
SHADING THE U

Moscow dispatches announce capture by
the Russians of thirteen forts along the
Mannerheim line. Simultaneous dispatches
from Helsinki say: For the seventh day
Finnish defenders today Thursday beat
back Russian soldiers, a quarter of a million
strong, attacking at four main points along
a 500-mile icebound front in the biggest Of
fensive Of the war;"
1t is hard to choose between such contra
dictoryo reports, but the fact that the Firms.
who are truthful people, have nothing to
say about the fall of forts in the Manner.
helm chain leads to the supposition that Mos
cow may have exaggerated its advantages to
bolster faith in it's military might, at home
and in friendly capitals, particularly Berlin.
STAIN and the military machine he has
built up are not known for integrity or
truthfulness. On the other hand, Finland has
steadily erred on the side of modesty in all
official communiques, and it has taken eve.
witness stories Of accredited correspondents
to reveal the magnitude of its defensive and
offensive operations.
Between the two accounts cited above. It
is not unreasonable to think that both sides
have shaded the truth, the one to magnify
gains and the other to minimize successes.