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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
British Woman Says Mothers
Must Think Beyond The War

but she likes to think beyond that,
to the time when the people of the
world will learn to understand
each other.
Her reason for believing that this
understanding could best start
wit hmothers is this: 1T Just
seems to me that the mothers of
all lands, because they are closer
to the home and to the family
(Which are very much the same
everyWhere), and because h y
have a common bond, are more
capable of understanding each 9TH
er than r statesmen.
Il am convinced that interna-
tional-mindedness cannot be i'm
posed from above, that it must
grow from below-grow in h e
minds of the ordinary people,"
Children Become "Ambassadors''
Mrs. Struther, for all her belief
that women must foster this inter-
national understanding and toler-
ance if it is ever to flourish, thinks
the time for that is in the future.
For now she says, THE war must
60 on-and England must win"
Jan Struther says her own two
small children have behaved like
angels ever since they have been
in America. That is because she
told them before they landed that
their behavior might have a bear
ing on how many homes Ameri-
cans will offer to other British
children. They feel as responsible
now as ambassadors. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
Lumberton

LUMBERTON, Aug. 49, Mrs.
Stephen Mcintyre II was elected
president of the Readers club at
the annual election of officers held
Tuesday morning at the home of
the retiring president, Mrs. j. w.
Priddy, Jr. Elected to serve with
her: Mrs. Malcolm Seawell, vice
president; Mrs. H. P. Allen, sec
rotary; Mrs. j. A. Seay, treasurer;
Mrs. W. c. Hammond Jr., custo-
dian of the scrapbook. Mrs. George
Allen was reelected librarian. The
new officers will take over t h e
reins at the September meeting.
Mrs. j. W. Spruill, who was elect
ed to membership at the organiza-
ton of the club attended the meet
ing and was welcomed into the
club by the president. Club study
for the new year will the The State
of North Carolina. A list of topics
and leaders was read. Coffee and
cinnamon toast were served.
Miss Adeline Webb, of Roanoke,
Va, who is visiting Mrs. ]. B
Rountree Jr. ahd been extensively
entertained. Monday afternoon her
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
BY RUTH

Women may some day get so
dlsgusted with the way men run
the world that they will pitch in
and do a better job of it them
selves.
That day-if it ever comes-is
far in the future. But Jan Struth-
er, the English writer, is convinced
that if the people of the world are
ever to become international-mind-
ed, the feeling will have to start
with the mothers of the world.
Jan Struther is the creator of
one of London's most popular char
acters-the sophisticated, aware
Mrs. Miniver. Mrs. Miniver was
introduced to Londoners through
newspaper sketches and Ameri-
cans recently met her in the pages
OF a book called simply Mrs. Min
iver."
Though the war has scattered
Jan Struther's own family cher
husband is in the British army,
her sturdy" sixteen-year-old son
working on the land and she has
brought the two younger children
to America for safekeeping) Mrs.
Struther can think beyond the war
and even beyond the wars end.
Winning War Is Main Goal
She knows that the important
thing now is for England to win
this WARRIOR the good of the next
generation of German boys and
girls, as well as for our own"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
SCHOOL GIRLS WILL LIKE TT

School girls will love to wear
this pretty frock back to school on
the opening day-and it's so very
becoming to all of them! Flared
at the skirt, wide at the shoulders.
design No. 1858 fills them out, at
the age when they shoot up like
beanpoles. And the high-cut prin-
cess skirt scoops in gratifyingly
at the waistline.
this pretty frock m akes up
charmingly in a combination of
plaid and plain fabrics, as pic
tured, but it's very smart in one
color, too. The two versions look
So different that you'll really get
two fashions out of this one pat
tern. Bingham, linen, percale and
chambray are pretty for this. Make
it up, later on, in wool crepe or
challis.
Pattern No. 1868 is designed foor
sizes g., 8, 10, IL and IA years.
Size 8 requires 7-8 yard of 35-inch
material for short sleeved waist
portion, 1 "a yards for skirt.
For a pattern of this attractive
model send 15c in coin, your
name, address, style, number and
size to Wilmington Morning Star,
Today's Pattern Service, 106 7th
Ave-, New York, N. Y.
: You'll get the thrill of a new
season when you turn the colorful
pages of our new Fall Fashion
Book, brimming over with lovely
styles. Fashions for afternoon and
every day! Fashions for your
schoolgirl daughter! Fashions for
everybody from size l to 50, easy
to make, new as tomorrow morn
ing, and, of course, all inexpen-
sive!
Pattern, 15c Pattern Book, 15c.
One Pattern and Pattern Book or
dered together, Csc. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
N. F. Costin Entertains
At Home Wednesday
Evening

Mrs, N. F. Costin entertained at
her home in Winter Park Wednes-
day evening honoring Miss Doris
Barnes, bride-elect of September.
The home was attractlvely deco
rated with summer flowers in a
color motif of green and white.
The hostess presented the homo
rec with a lovely corsage of Tails
man roses. AT the conclusion of
the evening, the bride-elect was
showered with many lovely gifts
by the guests, followed by a deli
cious ice course served by Mrs.
.Costin.
Guests Were: Miss Doris Barnes,
honoree, Misses Ethel Ulmer and
Shelia Mae Costin and Mesdames
R. H. Davis, GARNER L. Davis, O..
L. Rhodes, W. R. Pape, R. Chad
wick, Lydie Sabel, j. T. Jordan,
John Taylor, Alice Holt, W. M.
Todd, j. W. Costin, C. A. Ulmer.
and Walter L. Barnes. 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17

ed to the strains of Lohengrin's
Wedding march, and Schubert's
'Serenade" was softly played dur
ing the ceremony.
The bride was ~attractively attir-
ed in a navy blue ensemble, with
touches of white, and she wore a
shoulder corsage of brides roses
and valley lilies.
Immediately after the ceremony,
the bride and groom left for a
motor trip through Western North
Carolina.
Mrs. Tatum is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Fred Moore, OF
Ivahoe, and has held a position
with the local office of the Farm
Security Administration. Mr.. Ia
tum is a graduate of Campbell col
lege and Wake Forest college. He
attended the Baptist Seminary at
Fort Worth, Texas, for one and a
half years, and is a young minister
in the Baptist church. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
PERSONALS

City Patrolman r. H. Williams has
returned to his home, 116 Church
street, following an operation at
James Walker Memorial hospital.
Mrs. T. Carlyle Waller and Mrs.
F. B. Lewis, explored the famous
Endless Caverns, at New Market,
Va. while on a motor trip through
the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia,
recently.
Friends of little Shirley Hall,
daughter of Mrs. Frances Hall, OF
Ivanhoe, will be glad to know she
is recovering rapidly after a ton
sill operation.
Ben Willingham, of Richmond, Va,
who is connected with DUPONT COM
pany, left Thursday after spending
his vacation with his mother, Mrs.
Mary G. Willingham. While here,
Mr.. Willingham stayed at Wrights-
vile Beach.
Mrs. Mary G.. Willingham left
yesterday for Nashville, Tenn, to
visit her two young grandsons, Bob,
Jr., and Mike. She will later spend
sometime at McFadden's Health
Resort at Danville, N. Y, and visit
friends in New York City and At
lantic City. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17

G. W. Rowe was winner Of high
score prize and c%onsPlation fell to
Mrs. D. w. Biggs. Mrs. Horace e.
Stacy was the only visitor. A des.
sert course was served on arrival
and favors were presented b
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
CORRECTION

In the advertisement for the
Home Service Stores appearing in
the Thursday News and Friday
Star the price of Strietman's DAT
O-Dil Cookies, 2 packages 15c and
Caraja coffee, pound 15c was in
correctly stated. The prices of
both these items should have read
19c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-17
Saturday Hours
9 A. M. to 3 P. M.
DIAL 1911

erlake and Max Weinstein. Miss
Webb was given a gift.
The Trekkers' club was feted
Tuesday afternoon when Mrs. John
C. Fuller entertained hem at a
bridge party at her home. Mrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

portant tasks.
Ito execute its part in the
national defense program SO eff
GENTLY and patriotically that there
will be no doubt in the minds of
the people as to industry's whole
hearted cooperation IN the interest
of the general welfare.
2-To interpret it's role so well
that democratic forces will be
strengthened and detractors of Am
erican democracy confounded.
He recalled President RooSeveltS IS
recent statement that the national
defense advisory commission, "'All
of American industry and American
labor are doing magnificent and
unselfish work. The defense pro-
gress today proves it,"
In our defe n e publicity We
should give praise where praise is
due-to government, to labor, to
anyone-for cooperating in the job
T. We should give that praise
without stint, (for) the partnership
of capital and labor in defense has
become more important than ever"
Chester said
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Anti-Appeaser in
Lead as Possible
Lothian Successor
AnhOny Eden Declares
He's Not Candidate
For L. S. Ambassador

LONDON, Dec. 13. (UP)-
Lord Cranborne, dominions
secretary, was mentioned
most prominently today to
succeed the late Marques OF
Lothian as ambassador to the United
States.
1t was understood close friends of
Lord Lothian have urged designa-
ton of Cranborne and the sugges-
ton has been submitted to Prime
Minister Winston Churchill
The choice of successor for Lord
Lothian was of utmost Importance,
coming at time when Great Brit
ain urgently needs an ambassador
who can both increase and speed
up aid from the United States.
Lord Cranborne was highly favor
ed by the American colony here as
an anti-appeaSer and man of out
standing character and intelligence.
His wife also was regarded as an
exceptionally sensible woman
Intimates of War Secretary An
thony Eden, also prominently men,
toned as a possible successor to
Lord Lothian, informed the United
Press he was not a candidate for
the post. It was believed also that
Churchill would prefer to keep him
in the war office.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
WiIIkie Writes
Appreciation to
/. Y. Organization

Russell Yeager, Democrat whose
insistance upon part in the Wen
dell l.. Willkie presidential CAM
paign launched the Young Willkie
Volunteers upon tempestuous po-
litical career, Friday received 6
personal note of appreciation from
the defeated Republican candidate
The note said:
Dear Mr.. Yeager-
I wish to send you this briei
note of appreciation for the work
you did during the campaign. As
one of the leaders in the great
volunteer effort you have every right
to be proud of the part which you
and your associates played. 1 hope
that you will continue your in
terest in public affairs and youl
fight for the principles in which
you and I believe.
Because it is not feasible fol
me to write a letter to everybody
who worked in your organization
much as I would wish to do sol
hope you will convey to your as
sociates my deep appreciation fol
the work they did.
Sincerely yours.
Wendell l.. Willkie
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

Rural school boards decide the
length of the vacations at the in
dividual schools, basing their de-
cisions on the number of days need
ed to complete the required term
They make no official report of
vacation periods to County School
Superintendent E. =. Hiteman.
School officials were unanimous
in the opinion that it is better for
the pupils to attend classes during
the winter months as much as pos
sible instead of letting school con-
tinue into the hot weather in the
spring.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Mexico TimbefIand
Fraud Charged in
Grand Jury Action
Indictment Declares
Wealthy Men Bilked
By Stock Statesmen

CHICAGO, Dec. 13. (UP)
A federal grand jury to.
day indicted nine men on {
charge of having defraudeo
scores of investors-includ-
ing some of the nations prominent
business leaders-of more than ST.
100000 through sale of stock in g
corporation for developing MeXl-
can timberland.
The 26-count indictment charged
the defendants with having used
the mails in a scheme to defraue
in violation of federal securities
acts. through the sale OF stock If
the Resources Corporation, Interna-
tional. 1t additionally charged frauo
in sales of interests in international
syndicate.
Victims of the scheme included
Stanley S. Kresge of Kresge Stores;
John j. Wolverton, president OF the
Malleable Steel Range Manufacture
ing Co., South Bend, Ind; E. J
Gittins, Racine, Wis, former chair
man of the board of J. 1. Case Co.
and George F. ArgetSinger, former
New York state senator
Indicted were Arnold Joerns. so
w. l.. Kellogg, &C, George 3. How
ard, 45, Leonard Cowan, and Ray
Soldwell, all of Chicago; William
D. Durland, New Orleans; Franklin
Hofheins, Buffalo, Bruce L. Hoover
San Antonio and Mexico City, and
John J. Jennings, Detroit
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Rifles Returned
To Picnic Party

An international incident tn t
might have been was closed Friday
through the efforts of the U. S.
consulate in MeXicah and the CO.
operation of Mexican officialdom.
H. E. Taylor of FL Centre. one of
25 who were arrested Sunday after
straying onto Mexican soil near
Mt. Signai, reported that the Mexi-
can government had returned nine
rifles confiscated from his outing
party.
Taylor gave full credit for the
transfer to Walter n. Schoellkopf,
n, OF tss consulate.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

Ell Centre schools will close next
Friday, open for Dec. 30 and 81,
close for New Years day, and open
Jan. 2 for the remainder of the
winter schedule. This same sehed-
ule will be followed by Calexico,
Imperial, Calipatria, Westmorland
and Brawley schools
Holtville high school pupils will
have the longest vacation of any
pupils in the valley. Their school
will close next Friday and they
will not have to return to classes
until Jan. 6. Holtville grammar
school pupils will enjoy vacation
AHM next FridaY until Jaa. {.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Jackpot Grows

For the second time-no win
ner!
The three Christmas Lighting
telephone calls from the Eel Cen
trO chamber of commerce Thurs
day night failed to find a winner
for the accumulated So award
and as a result there will be a
So prize for the Friday night
calls.
The three called Thursday
night who reported no Christmas
lights up were r.. ii. Wells, 81S
Euclid, Bill Tackett, 1884 Olive
and c. B. Herring, TAB He'll.
Each evening the chamber
calls three numbers, chosen at
random. Whichever one reports
lights up wins 81, but if none
do, the dollar carries over until
the next night, doubling tn e
award.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Page Says Western Power
Vital to Nations Defense

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. CUP)-
Commissioner of Reclamation John
C. Page declared today that gov
ernment hydro-electric projects in
the west can be geared to the
preparedness program by produc-
ing strategic minerals.
Page said in his annual report
that power production, normally
secondary to the bureaus other
work, assumed a major role as
the country strengthened defenses.' .
I'm the event of a prolonged en-
ergency," he said, with continued
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

Saturday night of this week. One
Of those dollars will help toward
your Christmas shopping, so put up
your display at once and qualify.
The lighting displays don't have to
be elaborate, but make them show
the Christmas spirit.
To be sure that no display is
overlooked in the judging for the
Saturday night prizes, telephone in
to the Post-Press your name and
address and report that your lights
are up. That will guarantee that
your display will be inspected. and
your name will be carried in the
Continued on Page 8; Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13


ously low temperatures in the event
clouds lift.
Growers Of citrus and tender veg
etables were warned by Jacobs that
conditions will remain extremely
critical for the next several days
because an extremely cold air mass
overlies most Of the state. Special
bulletins will be prepared. Jacobs
said in the event of change
Temperatures in northern Cali
fornia hit new seasonal lows Fri
day and freakish winds caused some
damage in Oakland and Berkeley
Three windows were broken in the
Oakland city hall.
Coolest spot in California was
Soda Springs in the High Sierras.
which reported a minimum of six
degrees.
With temperatures touching a
minimum of 20 degrees in the Fres-
no district, citrus growers in the
San joaquin Valley operated wind
machines and smudge pots to pro-
tect orchards.
An icy freeze gripRed parts of
northern Arizona after three days
of almost continuous rain and snow
fall had poured torrents of water
into important irrigation reservoirs
of the state.
Snow and sleet were reported in
the Flagstaff area, capping high
ways with ice that made traffic
Continued on Page 8, Col. q
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

new hints appeared that Adolf Hit
Ter might be planning a move to
offset reverses at the Fascist enc
of the Axis
In Egypt even the italians admit
ted that the whirlwind offensive of
Gen. Archibald Wayell was rolling
toward Sollum on the Libyan from
tier, which London described as a
bottleneck approached by only one
good road, within easy range Of
British warships.
Greeks announced the capture of
Porto Palermo ana pushed their
spearhead within 35 miles of Valona,
Albania's second port, where freight
erS were reported standing by to
evacuate italian troops if neces-
Sary.
A Nazi spokesman in Berlin
strongly denied suggestions that Hit
Ter had arranged to confer with
Fascist Premier Benito MusSolini or
that Mussolini was going to visit
Berlin, but there has been increas-
ing speculation elsewhere on a Ger
man move to bolster Axis prestige.
Some responsible reports have sug-
gested that a deal yet might be
made with the French cabinet at
Vichy, IN view of the French desire
to move to Versailles and to secure
the release of French war prison.
ers.
A meeting of German and French
representatives in Paris was sug-
gested in this connection. A Berlin
broadcast reported by, Columbia
Broadcasting System this morning
said Hitler and Foreign Minister
Joachim Won Ribbentrop had left
for an unknown destination.
A war communique issued at Cairo
said that thousands of additional
Italian prisoners had been taken
in the British drive through the
western Egyptian desert toward
Libya, making total of at least
$4,000 prisoners, including five Ital-
ian generals. The offensive seemed
to be pushing close to the Libyan
frontier, but both sides reported
hard fighting. and desert storms
that seemed likely to halt or delay
the British.
An official Greek report said
that Porto Palermo, on the Adria-
tic coast of Albania, had been cap
tured from the Italians, and other
reports told OF Greek advances to
within two miles of the Italian base
at Tepelini and italian withdraw
ais from Chimara. An Italian coun-
ter-attack was reported repulsed at
Gramsi on the Moskopolis front.
Exchange Telegraph (British) dis
patches from Athens reported that
an italian regiment in Albania had
Continued on Page 8, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Unwritten Story
Ranks Among First
Te!, in u. s. News
Third Term Election
Voted First Among
Best Stories of Year

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (UP)
"A news story that has not
been written-Soviet Russia's
role in world events-was in
cluded today for the first
time in the annual United Press
selection of the 10 big news stories
Of the year.
The Enigma of Russia" is 10th
on the u. P. list for 1910. The third
term election of President Roose-
velt is the number one news event
OF the year, the battle of Britain
second, and the fall of France third.
This is the first time that some
thing which has not been reported
has ever received enough votes to
qualify among the first TO- Earl J.
Continued on Page 8, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
StreetCar Lean
Iniures Woman

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13. CUP)
Mrs. Hermine Brunwald 48, was
injured critically today when she
leaped from a runaway municipal
railway streetcar as it careeneG
down Geary street hill.
The car, jammed with morning
rush-hour passengers, ran out OF
control for five blocks when the
brakes failed to hold, narrowly
missing pedestrians and automo-
biles.
Mrs. Brunwald pried open the
front gate of the car and jumped
when a collision with an automobile
seemed imminent, members of the
crew told police.
She suffered a skull fracture and
internal injuries.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

Victim Of U.b0at

NEW YORK, Dec. 13. (UP)-The
maritime association Of the port
of New York said today that the
Norwegian-American line had re-
ported that its flagship, the 18,600-
ton liner Oslofjord, had been sunk
by enemy action" in the North At
lantic.
The report contained no infor-
nation as to the position of the
ship when it sank.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Detective Finds
Plenty Of Dead

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13. CUP)--
Detective Paul Stevens, SEM out to
investigate a call about a dead
body at 803 East Macy street, found
plenty of dead bodies there-it
was the Cudahy Packing plant.
Thinking dark thoughts about
people who confuse Friday the 18th
with April Fools day, he drove
back to the police station. stepped
from his car--and found a crisp,
new So bill on the pavement.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
Private Enterprise First Line Of
Defense for Democracy, American
Manufacturers Told at Convention

NEW YORK, Dec. 13. (UP)-In-
dustry's defense Of private enter
prise is the defense of democratic
freedom in America, and the story
must be told to the people, Colby
M. Chester, chairman of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
public relations committee. told the
NAM convention today.
Addressing some 1000 industrial
lists and manufacturers at the clos
ing day of the MANS 45th annual
congress of American industry, the
General Foods corporation chair
man said industry faced two i'm
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

!. Well, there isn't anything the
matter with Ell Centre because the
lights are going up all the time
and sponsors of the Christmas light
ing movement hoped that soon the
whole city would blaze with CHEEKY
colored lights.
However, homeowners had better
hurry to get in on the five ST checks
that will be distributed by the Post
Press for the best displays up by
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

disruption of ocean transport, the
United States must look to the
west as its principal source of sup
ply for most of the strategic min
erals which are now largely i'm
ported for national defense and
general industrial use, principally
from countries now at war.
known deposits of varying ex-
tent and grade of the principal
strategic materials, the development
of which would require large blocks
of power for processing, are To-
Gated within transmission range or
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

economical transportation distance
of Grand Coulee dam, Shasta dam
and Boulder dam"
During the year, he reported.
Boulder dam almost doubled it
power output and It's gross power
income totaled S5,360,0O0
When the bureaus construction
program is completed. water Will
be conserved for about 100000
acres of land in farming and In
dustrial communities lin dire need
of additional supply he pointed
out.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13

dam. Authoritative sources, however.
emphasized that the proposed sta
tioning of a military police unit
there is not connected with these
reports. They pointed out that the
unit is not to be formed until next
summer.
The reports of a sabotage plot
originated after interior department
agents issued orders to restrict pri-
vate boats near the dam.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-13
MICHIGAN GIRL WILL
RULE ROSE TOURNAMENT

PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 13. (UP)-
Pretty Sally Stanton, II, native of
Ann Arbor, Mich, will see her first
Tournament of Roses parade as its
queen. She was chosen to lead the
l94l pageant of America in Flow
ers" on New Years morning pre-
ceding the Rose Bowl football