Neville tells how his brother Victor, foreseeing the war in 1939, borrowed about $1,500,000 to fill Barbados warehouses with duty-free ships' stores; when no ships came and the government and rival merchants refused to let him sell the goods locally with duty paid, he had his lawyers define a ship so as to include a rowboat, advertised the duty-free goods to anyone owning a boat, and sold the lot in forty-eight hours, paying off the bank and making a fortune for the Goddards.
Date (happened)
1939
unresolved
- 1939
- between 1939 and 1945
Place
Persons
Told
- 25 November 1965
Sources
Source
- The Unrighteous Steward: Memory ¶11 (Well, he didn’t like that, so he said, “Nevertheless, I’ll give you my final word, Goddard. No is the answer. You bought it for ships and for ships it remains!” Then my brother said to him, “Is that your real final word?” “Yes, Goddard.” He said, “Well, …)
- The Potter's House ¶39 (So he took an ad, a huge big ad, the following day, and he itemized all the merchandise: “To anyone who has a thing that floats, and he is confident he can make an island, can come and buy this merchandise tax-free. Bring it only in cash, no checks, brin…)