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Evening star., 1941-01-19
Service Orders
ARMY.

Edmonds Mai Gen. James {. from Camp
Beauregard La TO Camp Lee, Va.
SIGNAL CoRPS
Crawford. Col. David Mel. from Gov
ernors Island N. Y. to Birmingham.
Pigg Nal Albert NJ. from Cambridge.
Mass 10 Fort Monmouth. N. j
Fontaine. Second 1t Eugene v. from
Fort Moutrie s. c. TO Puerto Rican
Department
wriehr Second II. Malon O. from Fort
Moultrre s, C, to Puerto Rlcan De-
partment.
FIELD ARTILLERY
Paine. Col. George H from Fort Brage
N C., 10 Camp LIVINGSTON. La.
MEDICAL CORPS
Mckinney. Col. Garfield c. from Wash
ington, D. c.. to Camp Josenh 7. Robin
ENGINEERS.
Fowler. Col. Raymond F from Fort Ben
nlnR. Ga. 10 Birmingham, Ala
styer, Il. Col Wilhelm D., from Fort Nc
lntosh, Tex. 70 Washing ton. D. c.
McInosh Tex nG6z 10 Fof Leonard fT9m wpod dod
INSPECTOR GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
Dousherty: Ii. Col Joseph S. from At
lanta Ga. to BIRMINGHAM. Ala
ORDNANCE
Marsh; L, Col RAYMOND. from Fort Ben
Haskell Maj. Robert K from Joliet, Ill.
70 Washington, D c
INFANTRY.
calIen. It.. Col Nathaniel E. from
Panama Canal Department to Airing
ton Cantonment Va
N. J. TO Riverside Caif
AW5T ob,o L. 70 Co. o., Lexis w from Cleveland
Caum MAJ Norman C. from San Fran
cisco Calf, 20 Lisbon. Portugal.
y:., CAVALRY.
Lm9Sfkfr T0f MIX l. Col ysT Th9mas ya from De-
York, N y % Fort Rilsx, Kans
shephsrd o6 /" csp Fsp StsSsni chsTes oEe from Fort
M00reS or,RrrRM,STrRy Yai x NsT y0rc, CoRFs , Y
inc. Fla. to Kansas City Mo. '''N '''''
hefsh2m 10 Ma e5mn Trfns os G &. from Washington
Field Calf. to Baltimore. Md
Be,ssr Capt; GeoreG 4. from Baltimore,
Barker, Cant. Clarence D, from Washing
ton. D. G to San Francisco Calf.
Led6etter Capt. John j.. jr., from Fort
Dickman. First 1t Dorian H. from Detroit
Mich, to Madison. Ind
Gr,fnn First 7i Il Ralph j. from chanute
Kielv., First It, Ralph J.. from Detroit.
Mich 10 Madison. Ind
Hudsin F'rSt It. La%TenGs NJ from Ta Wash
Hoppert First Ii Darwin f. from Fort
Lincoln N. D. to Fort BENJAMIN Harri-
ADIUTAVT GENERALS DEPARTMENT.
Warden Mai Crawford c. 3 from Balt-
more. ND - We ehirot"n. D. c.
AIR CORPS
Mason Capt Gerry l. from Fort Riley,
Kans. 10 Puerto Ricsn Department.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Head of Denison u.
TuIks to Alumni Here

DR.. Kenneth l. Brown, president
of Denison University, Granville
Ohio. was principal speaker yester-
day at a luncheon of the Denisor
Alumni Club of Washington at the
Dodge Hotel Approximately 70
persons attended.
DR.. Brown discussed his expe.
riences and impressions since becom.
ing president of Denison six month:
ago. He said he was particularly
impressed by the universitys atten.
ton to individual students. The in.
stitution hopes to begin work soor
on a physical education center anc
fine arts building, he said.
H. Richards Leslie, treasurer o1
the club, presided.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
W. P. A. Musicians Plan
Concert Tuesday Niqht

The music section of the District
Works Progress Administration will
give q concert at 8 o'clock Tuesday
night in the North Interior Depart
ment Building, Paul Edwards. ad-
ministrator, announced yesterday.
Vocal and instrumental selections
will be given by teachers who con-
duct the units music classes
throughout the city. They include
Gladys Gomez, pianist; Les Will
liams. baritone, and James Rodgers,
accOTpn2niCt
Evening star., 1941-01-19
City News in Brief
TODAY.

Hike, Wanderbirds Hiking Club,
to Dalecarlia, D. c. Leave National
Theater, 9 am.
Luncheon, Alabama Society of
Washington, Willard Hotel 1890
pm.
Meeting and buffet supper, Order
of the Alhambra, Alcantara Cara
van, Willard Hotel, pm
Dinner, Federal Welders Assocla-
ton, Lafayette Hotel, pm. -
Dance, Epsilon Lambda Phi Fra
ternity, Willard Hotel, 10 pm.
TOMORROW.
Meeting. Washington Industrial
Union Council, 532 Seventeenth
street NV, pm
Dance, Texas State Society. Ward
man Park Hotel. $50 pm.
Inaugural ball West Virginia
State Society. Willard Hotel.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Clarence Albright Wins
Comero Club Prizes

Clarence Albright, of TIC Upshur
street, NV, was awarded first and
second prizes in contest of the
Revenue Camera Club judged by
DR.. David r. Craig.
C. D. German of 1926 Thirty
fifth street. NV, won third and
fourth awards and Ray D. Brown
1902 Janneys lane, Alexandria, re-
ceived honorable mention.
The contest was held Friday night
| in the Mount Pleasant Branch
! Library.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
To Be Guest SoIoist

opera "Porgy and BeSS' and cur
rently playing in the Broadway pro-
duction Cabin in the Sky" will
be guest soloist at Plymouth Con-
gregational Church, Seventeenth
and P streets NV, Sunday, Janu-
uarv 26.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Musical Leads Awarded

Regina Lohr and Paul Blaine will
play the leads in the new play mo.
1873" new musical by Robert
Thomas. to be presented by the
Friendship House Harleouins soon.
In the supporting roles will be Alice
NeWheiSer, Anna Mary Patten,
Dorothy Green. Edward Lincoln,
ClOVd Ham and others.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Nurse Units to Convene

The District Graduate Nurses As
sociation and the League of Nursing
| Education will hold a joint annual
convention at the Willard Hotel on
January 27 and %. Mental hygiene
will be among the topics discussed
in a symposium.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Duncan MocVichie, 83,
Mining Engineer, Dies
b. TIE Associated Press

Bl tFt ASSOClated PresS.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 18-
Duncan MacVichie, 83. Salt Lake
City mining engineer and railroad
builder. died today.
The American Institute of Mining
and Metallurgical Engineers recent
ly awarded Mr.. MacVichie its Le-
gion OF Honor gold medal for sc
years OF membership.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Alphu Chi Rho Dinner

Otto F. Sieder of Lafayette Col
lege, past national president of
Alpha Chi Rho, will be principal
speaker at a dinner of Washing
ton members of the fraternity at the
Cosmos Club Tuesday at pm.
Evening star., 1941-01-19

Her engagement to Mr..
Charles Craig Lynn, jr., OF
Manassas, Va, is announced
By her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ha1UeS Thornton DaUieS. The
1Oedding lOiH take place March
d
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-15
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
HoIlond's Tulips Are
Victims of Invasion

THE tulips Of the Netherlands,
= world famous for almost four
centuries, are being crushed by
German invasion. The bulbs which
have been Hollands pride are GO
ing into Nazi ersatz food substi.
tutes and livestock fodder.
Tulips are pictured on the Meth
erlands' semi-postal stamp above,
the 1910 For Children" issue.
This series was released . few
days before the Lowlsnds were
invaded. JlII
There's little room in Hitler's
new order" for flowers, Neither.
lands tulip growers report. Tulip
bulbs are precessed 70 make .
coffee substitute. with real coffee
costing $3.50 . pound. Hyacinths
have become cattle feed; narcissss
bulbs yield starch. An ersatz dour
Is beng made from various other
bulbs.
Before the invasion. Nethers
lands tulip acreaSes were rodunn1
about 30 pr cent b 1nDGn0
preparations.
The tulip b not . native Of Hol-
land. The i1rst bulbs were brought
from Persia IN he 18th century.
Dutch growers have developed
nearly 5000 varieties. Export g
bulls he's been = major item q
trade with United el1te1.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-15
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

ed four spades and was doubled.
North and South should cash q
spade, two hearts, q diamond and
Q club, thus setting the contract
500. When the score came in
showing East-West losing only
four tricks, we reasoned that
South must have refused to play
the ace of diamonds when East
led the tenspot. But we were in
formed later thst the ace Of dia-
monds made. w hat happened
was that the defenders won only
one heart trick!
South opened the ace of clubs.
Seeing the diamonds over him b,
dummy, he ran for heart tricks,
Leading the three-spot.
North was an inexperienced
player who felt II correct to hold
up an ace whenever he could. He
therefore played the eight when
dummy played low. He took the
king Of trumps with the ace,
however, and returned the three
Of diamonds, for reasons known
only TO himself.
South won and returned the
suit expecting North to ruff.
Dummy played the jack. and
North had to follow suit. East
discarded . heart.
Another spade lead took out
the last trump. Then . club ruff
put west In to cash the diamond
king for another heart discard
Declarer thus lost only one trick
n each suit.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-15
SLICKER WATCHES
HIS WEIGHT

"Have q sardine? No?
A lot Of people even CONNER
cial fishermen, think we eat our
weight In fish every day. but
seven pounds of mackerePs
enough for me. Shad's no good
TOO fiat to sulpjn q hurry. The
boss says the biggest eater he
ever owned wanted 80 pounds
a day; he sold that guy to q ZOO
In q hurry.
"Of course. movie life seems a
little dull after you've travelled
as much as I have. London,
Paris, Prague, even through the
Andes where they'd never seen
seals before. Our troupe was
booked to play a command per-
Torrance for the king of Spain,
after he caught our act In Ma
drid. But when the boss went
out to the palace, he told the
king he'd have to call off the
whole thing. The lake was full
of fish and he figured he never
would be able to get Us out.
"Yet sometimes ] think I'd
like to buy a little place at the
beach and get married. Be kind
of nice to have somebody wait
ing for you every night, with
your pipe and flippers.
Come over some noon and
we'll tear a herring together.
Bolger and ! have q scene you'll
like, with some good, salty dia-
log. And that one where Anna
Neagle puts her arms around my
neck! You know any good gar
RleS?"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-15

BY WIN. Z. McKENNY
Americas Gard Authority

In analysing last years World
Bridge Olympic hands, ] dis
covered an interesting situation
In hand No. Is Ordinarily we
figured that North would get in
to q six club contract, which he
could make by establishing . dia-
mond trick on which to discard
q losing heart.
He does this by leading the
three of diamonds, refusing the
finesse, and then coming back
with q small diamond toward the
nine. Now the opponents cannot
prevent the establishing Of q
second diamond trick.
In q game In Venezuela, how
ever, and East West pair ventur-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-15
> HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

did Winston, ST., 60 into the per-
forming seal business. 1t pros
pered so well that he retired
some Is years ago gave it to his
son.
The sons most talented seal is
Slicker. Sunny" is his 10th
picture, but his biggest hit was
In Spawn Of the North" Com
peting with Akin Tamiroff, one
Of the most interruptions scene
stealers in the business, the aqua
tic actor easily waddled off with
the honors. In half an hour,
Tamiroff was pleading, Let ME
play the seal. It's q lot better
role than I've got"
But think I'll enjoy this pic
ture more" said Slicker. "For
one thing, Miss Neagle appreci-
ates me - she's q sea-captain's
daughter, you know. Here-feel
my fiipper-like ice. Well, you
know. Cold hands, a warm
heart
"Of course, my boss says I'm
the most affectionate seal he ever
knew, but I wish he'd quit telling
about how ] used to 60 over to
Dorothy Lamour and lay my
head in her lap. I don't harbor
any eel-will, but she didn't need
to tell everybody / smelled like
fish. Wait till she plays scene
with q star who likes tuna sand
witches for lunch.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-15

ne Nss Order in Europe looks y = like the
Nsw uisprder.
yss never hear straight tam = : zooksd
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-15
. Hiehliehts From.
The Latest Books q

African magic, mixed races
and Hitlerism are combined, In
Sarah Gertrude Mullins intrigue
ing novel, 1.-THE Dark Gods"
(Harper: $2.50), an unusual
story focusing the 1899 spot.
light on darkest Africa. It 10 q
curious melange, perhaps, but
the result is an interest-holding
yarn.
The story begins with the ma
tive witch doctor brewing trou-
BILE, and connecting q potion to
permit an older brother to steal
the,rank of chief from q younger
heir. Two bucks without hair
- humans - are necessary sac
rifices.
A White missionary comes 70
the tribe, hoping to forget thas
his grandfather married native.
in his zeal to spread the doctrine
of equality, and left his children
the heritage Of being neither
white nor black. II II this young
Englishman who kindles n the
Imagination Of . young leader
the hope that the power OF 2
black empire may b restored,
that q new "Prester john may
come to lead his people.
And Il IL Q German who clev-
erly assumes control Of . ma
tive plot and native ambitions
to direct them 70 the aid Of Hit
ler's cause and recovery OF Ger
many's lost African colonies.
Her carefully laid background
complete, the author rushes into
me 1855 climax Of the story, the
attempt Of the leader to seize
control. the murder Of two hu-
mans and the outbreak Of war.
Here's . story you won't put
down until the last page.
There were some "OakieS'
who. unlike the Grapes Of
Wrath" folk. stayed ut home
"a 1ou0ht dust and drouth.
Alloo Lent Covert details their
s1kueeIas IN The Months OF
Rain" (Kinssy: 41.S0).
Ma Covert knows her peo-
ple - knows their hearts and
thelr language. Her book can
not b called crest. But u doee
take tl,e reader into Ire kiam1ehi
Mountains 70 inset real peopls.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-15

/: ond ~ = "a ]''1s, !. 81 ~
n ~. hsss, = SsGv ntiaiou q
more, Int ~ ~ e1hot ileuulusa.
and a ~ II ~ ~ = pen1nlisI
~ mlllion 4or trailor 49,
,poEtabla cltieb that oon 90 -
FOR construction crsvk1 - ~
placed WHEN moeG pornane1lt
housins becoqes aveile1lQ.
The Bic fight % dsssss heua-
Ing comes over this one. isplslb =
whether 10 make these new 666d.
ects largely Of pfa-fabrlce4ed
knock-down houses of = purely
emergency nature. or to malee
them permanent towns q III
best slum clearance type. Yoiill
have TO wait for . decision a
thiS policy, but the chances AZ
It will be : comptomise.
TUGWRLL
REM8A6DEDED
The department 81 Aeticul.
ture gets one, plum out of the-
defense housing bid, throush,
an appropriation % add . thos3e-
and family dwellings TO- Oeoap-+
belt, Nd, (Tugwelltown 70 you'll
to house Washington's '-waT
workers.
All this Is q direct grant hous-
ing, paid for by the govern
ment, but on the other side q
the pictureiis the complex, houS-
ing structure under the Federal
Loan Agency to encourage mi
vate building by hons ownerS,
insure loans, discount InortSagcs
and help private capital finance
big multi-family Developments.
Resources for this type OF phi.
vste building, through RFC md
its $40 million Defense HoAnae
Corporation and Federal Hous-
ing administration, with It's 800
million capital, make probable
the building Of some 600, 900
structures Of all types by private
capital this year, a. against 54S,-
600 In 1889.
Eighty-five percent Of FHA's
loans since last july have been
in defense industry areas. where
building construction II running
from 30 to 200 percent above the
previous year.
Add all this private construc-
ton to emergency defense hous-
ing and you will come close to
the 10-year average for build,
ing in the 1905. which was
100000 units. It's . long way.
though from the peak ysar q
1920, when the figure wsS e37,.
900 structures Of M types.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-15

Look out that those who take the trouble
= 0attsr you don't just take you.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-15
, So THEY SAY

We put In the place Of to-
days world q, new civilization,
different from, any that we have
hitherto known, but based upon
those values which democracy
has discovered and proved to be
good.
Russell Davenport, editor
and erstwhile Willkie hacker.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-15

= wAsHINGToN.-n thsrs 4
strength IN numbesu. IL Il
separate. government aS6neiel
now having . finger In the de-
Tense program pie shpuld b
able. to pull out The nscsssary
plums to get armed forces and
war industry workers properly
shattered. Il there y only con-
fusion In numberA the answer
will be otherwise. A. defense
housing might easily become .
q bottleneck, it's well to take
Q look at the situation.
Prime plum-puller-outer ID
Charles r. Palmer. Atlanta real
estate man. who holds the POSI-
tion Of defense housing co-ordin-
ator. II you have wondered
what these co-ordinators do In
the defense organization setup
you'll see that the answer ID
plenty.
Palmer doesn't administer one
cent Of the half billion dollars
available for defense housing.
but he Is responsible for making
the housing program and then
co-ordinating the work Of IA
other governmental agencies, all
with q share Of the Job.
1857 MILLION OR MORE
FOR DEFENSE HOUSING
Just recently. the President
pulled this housing co-ordinat-
ing Job out of the Knudsen- Hill
man o. p. M. defense organiza-
ton, gave Palmer real authority.
responsible only to the o. e. M.
Office Of Emergency Manage
ment-which Is the holding
company" headed by one of the
: White House administrative as
sistants, and this means that
the housing program will tske
orders from only Mr.. Roosevelt,
himself.
Defense housing can be any
thing from a trailer to city OF
prefabricated houses, or q big
slum clearance project set up
near some defense industry fac
tory, army post or navy yard.
Biggest hunk of money for de-
tense housing Is appropriated
under the Lanham act. Origin
ally given $3.50 million, Congress
Is now In the throes of doubling
this appropriation. All of 1t will
be administered by F. w. A. -
the Federal Works Agency un-
der John M. Carmody, who is
given authority to- decide which
Of his agencies will tackle each
project.
Main department Of r. w. A.
which is u. s. H. Admitted
States Housing Authority. Since
1887 it has been the slum clear
ance agency and now turns to
the job of building small homes
for the families of enlisted men,
not officers, and other emergen-
cy housing near army posts and
factories with defense contracts,
u. s. H. A. also dug up $32
million of its own to throw into
this kitty. WPA has SIS million
it can spend on sewers and
streets in these new boom towns,
and the Public Roads admins
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-15

mark, Norway, and Poland by the Ger
mans? II these we're equitobIy distrib-
uted there would be less hunger in the
occupied areas and German railways
would be somewhat less free to trons-
port troops and munitions into the Bal
kons and elsewhere.
Under present conditions, the Brit
ish hold that arrival of food supplies
in any part Of the occupied oreo en-.
couroges the German technique Of ex-
ploitotion. II it is possible to work out
relief plans in specific areas under con-
ditions which will genuinely relieve
distress without relieving the German
war machine Of its foir responsibilities,
such plans will surely be welcomed.
However, the conviction Of millions
Of Americans will continue to be thot
the surest way to bring relief to the
oppressed is to help roll back the war
machine which obviously is the pri-
mary cause OF their Characterization
Science Monitor.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-15

d ~ world. DURING the post 80 yeors,
liiewr, coilouses on its conscience.
4 NJ az no longer shocked at things
i ~ would have Mortified our grond-
n ssrx r. would take a book tond q
6 hooE. tool to explore all the REQ
'S ANur, like any couse thot makes
beIleve that the end justities the
II ~ breaks down norolitY. So does
II juiion. And the world hos had
! X nv 81. both since 1911.
oA1ops notion hos no morals,
El posjy speaking. But its leoders hove,
I'll s,ould have, and whot they do untor-
lfe4ntely must pass at any given time
III morals OF their people. Usuo!ly
~ sinofols Of the people, individually,
q hAtter thon notionol morals. or
5Sfe Souldn't be any organized society
Striking Of helpless freight ships,
nbino cf defenseIess civilians, won,-
s0nd little children - all these we
((lyo Ebeen fought to occept. But there
3 jI6gsi phose Of current inrnorolity that
Y,ody seems to notice at all. That is
4 IN nroN1nu practice Of moking mans
1;Ilccent fomiIy suffer for what he has
- -. ~ uSino the tnreot Of such repris-
nm @ q club over him. We think OF kid
$40 as the lowest form Of crime be-
de suffering OF q victim is porod-
Sd 6ofore his loved ones to compel them
sf6 Newt ~ the will OF the kidnoPer. Nor
QJtly con sink no lower.
vet II has become established proc
sIjj,ob III Europe. Russio hos the dubious
lScsspr of hoviuo ,pioneered the field. No
NV viii ever know how many innocent
,ujo have been slain because relotives
lEosed the regime. How many have
3Sn held in line by fear OF whot might
bpon % their innocent dear ones? Ia
rnoN the Same techniques have
- applied, with d long arm that
tSurhes across the Atlantic. How many
{51rmuns and ltolions in America,
6rlh and South, have been coerced in
~ support OF the oxis because OF
ni5eois and fear Of what may happen
~ their Telotives ia the old country it
my do not foil in line?
sSx INV VI iNOIWOy " - OIWlOOtSSSO WV
Nh property Of families Of oil men who
6iSd Ia British in their raid on the
oten Islands, or who went owoy with
llar1 will be burned. "Reprisols"
)oss He Noxi newspaper in Norway,
u MT Folk. Let the innocent be pun
od Tor the "sins" Of the guilty."
Remember when Grover Cleveland
iodoll lodged the droft in the World
GEond fled to Europe? II it was even
ncested that his aging mother be
pped into joil or robbed Of her prop
4 fe(Xs ntit NJ returned. we didn't hear Of
% q thing is repellont to Ameri-
Il j& would hove porolleled what
6t jU Europe today.
Z u IN lGndefs arise who have better
3 49, - 4fSdn kidnnpers. how shall Eu-
~ 5l lsoce? M
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-15
BY PAUL HARRISON
HOLLYWOOD. - There

HOLLYWOOD. - There's q
sea-lion named Slicker, reputed-
ly able to do anything except
ginrummy, who Is earning $500 a
day as m actor. That's more than
any trained chimpanzee, rat,
horse or q good many actors ever
make. So Invent over to RKO TO
see Slicker and get hiS opinions
on halibut and Hollywood.
whats this I've been herring
about you?" I asked. Are you
really the highest paid animal
actor In movies, or Is the studio
Just handing me . line?"
Its the Gods TRUTH" said
Slicker, in a croupy bass. This
job In Sunny Is netting my boss
200 fish q day. He's got six other
seals, but they aren't worth skin
ming.
Eyes, I'll admit this Is a whale
of a role. But LIES no bed of
oysters. / have to break up ro-
nance between Anna Neagle and
John Carol, dance with Benny
Rubin, carry on q long converse
ton with Ray Bolger, and play a
tune on the tally-ho horns.
Which do you think the fans
would like-'Asleep In the Deep
or BY the Beautiful Sea?'.
"Of course, / have divers 9TH
er accomplishments, but I won't
get a chance to show them. In
my talk with Bolger they're even
using a voice-double for me, and
he can't bark below middle G.
But every time ] open my mouth,
somebody losses q mackerel into
It,"
TAKES MONTHS
TO TRAIN EN-
Slicker's owner is H. w. Win
ston who scouts for. tall n {
around lower California waters.
The first seal in the family was
one given to his father by q
sailor.
Not until the Panic Of 1900
wiped out his grocery business