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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
JEFFREYS SPEAKS
AT KIWANIS meet
Lumberton Club Told 0i
Revised Program For
Social Security

LUMBERTON, April 3.-The re-
vised program of old-age and SUP
vivors insurance in ~Southeastea
North Carolina was explained By
George w. .Jeffreys, manager d
the Wilmington office of the socia
Security board, in a talk before The
luncheon meeting of the Lumberta
Kiwanis club here last night.
In discussing the subject "FfE
steps in security for the people
Jeffreys said the revised program
not only provides benefits for tn
individual wage Garner but also eg
tends protection to his family.
Under the new program, the WIZ
of a retired worker is entitled TO I
supplementary benefit when shs
reaches age IS, he said, and TIE
payment to her will equla one-hai
of her husbands benefits.
A dependent child under Ii, o.
under Is if attending school, is also
entitled to a separate benefit eQua'
to one-half of the fathers annuitE
"As amended" Jeffreys said, tha
act now recognizes the obligatidl
Of the federal government to care
for the widow and dependent chill
dren of a worker during a period
when this family unit, its breadwin'
ner gone, cannot provide for Itself
"Of most interest, perhaps, is thu
consideration of the family Unit
rather than the individual, as thu
social security basis. Other far
reaching changes and anew ap
proach to social security are indl'
Gated in the amendments adopted by
Congress about seven months ago
he said.
Jeffreys also discussed at length
such phases of the social securty
program in Southeastern NortA
Carolina as a%nnuities, survivors
benefits, lump-sum payments, Older
workers cases, importance of ar
count numbers, requesting state
ment of accounts, and financln:
provisions of the act.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
Mayor Hoan Defeated
By Youthful Attorney

MILWAUKEE,, April 8 Up =
Daniel W. Hoan. mayor OF wv
Waukee for "a years, today conee1'
ed defeat in his race for re-elecfigD
against youthful Carl F. Zeldle'
former assistant city attorney.
Leldler is in; I hope he does .
good job" Hoan said as his or
ponent's lead mounted in the city,
non-partisan election.
With 800 Of the city's 455 pre-,
clncts reported, Zeidler had roIT
up a total vote of 99,24S, asains'
S7,759 for Hoan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
REA LOANS ARE
REPAID RAPIDLY
Tide Water Power Co. Has
Paid $18,717 On
Principal.

WASHINGTON, April s. Up -
|congress received figures today
tending to indicate that rural cleo
IRRIGATION loans made to North
Carolina ~cooperatives were being
repaid and interest installments
met.
The statistics were inserted in the
Congressional Record, official pub
LEGATION of congressional debate, by
Senator Mcclellan (D-Tenn>, In
answer to a question raised by SEN
ator Taft, Ohio candidate for the
republican presidential nomination.
Taft had said he had seen little
evidence R.E.A., loans were "real-
ly good loans"
According to the figure Mcclellan
said he obtained from the R.E.A.,
ten North Carolina rural electrical
ton projects had made stable in
terest payments as of February 20,
and V of these had made pay
ments on principal.
Interest payments were as fol
lows:
Wilson County Electric Member
ship corporation, $9,066; Tide Wa
ter Power Co., $9,O19; Pitt and
Greene County Electric Member
ship corporation, $1,565; Johnston
County Electric Membership cor
poration, 1926; Edgecombe-Martin
County Electric Membership cor
poration, Sits; Caldwell Mutual
corporation, $10,027; Rutherford
Rural Electric Mutual association
$3.50; Ocracoke Power and Light
Co., $685.; Pamlico Ice and Light
Co., $545, and City of Greenville,
$3.50.
The following payments on prin'
cipal had been made:
Wilson County corporation,
SO, 63S; Tide Water Co., $18,717;
Johnston County corporation, S.
600; Edgecombe-Martin County cor
poration, $2,O57; Caldwell corpora.
ton, sS,315; Rutherford association,
s241, and Ocracoke company, 49,
O9S.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
Star-News Program

Consolidated Ctty-County Government,
under CouncilM anager administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial!
Shows.
Seaside Highway from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Ertension OF City Limits.
35.foot Cape Feor River channel. Itd-
er Turning Basin, rith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, V1d
Orton Plantation.
Developme emit OF Pulp Wood Produc
ton through sustained-yteld methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial and Resort Pro
mouonol Agency, supported BY one.
countrywide taz.
Shipyards and DrydocE.
NEGRO Health Center TOR Southeastern
North Carolina, deOeloped around the
Community Hospital.
ADEQUATE hospital facilities. for phites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Developm emit of ndtive grape 0ro11tn0
throuohout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdnatortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
ILLINOIS VOTES
NEXT ON F. DR.
Third Termers' Victory |,
Wisconsin Seen As
STRAW In Wind
Nv WILLIAM L. BEALE Jr

WASHINGTON, April 8 Up ,
A top-heavy popular expression ia,
President Roosevelt in Wisconsin,
presidential primary struck a VI,
tai blow today at the anti,thtn
term movement personified in III.
democratic party by Vice-Presider
Garner.
If a. public frown from the CHI,
executive still is lacking, a big ma,
Gin of Roosevelt sentiment in m,
inois next Tuesday wou'l conss,
tute an inviting bid for democrat,
everywhere to catch a ride on ,
third-term band-wagon steadfy
gathering momentum.
For republicans, Wisconsin ",
tiers supplied the first midweste,
test of a midwestern candidate ",
a, New Yorker. The result was ,
to 1 vote for Thomas E. Dewsr
over Senator Arthur Vandenberg a
Michigan.
Factors requiring consideration +,
any analysis of this contest wer.
the political unorthodoxy Of TIA
home of LaFollette Progressivisn
Vandenberg's refusal to make a DEL,
sonal campaign in his neighbo,
state, and by contrast Dewey's own
vigorous tour for votes.
But the New Workers. victory in
state wide balloting over a prom,
inent senator from neXt-door Mich,
igan led some capital politicians tn
speculate on whether eventual can
ture of the republican presidenth
nomination would not hinge ps,
marily on the outcome Of "sto7
Dewey" efforts.
Here again a primary next week
should help clarity Nandenbers
Dewey alignment in the midwes.
The two will compete for Ne5
raska's IA delegates Tuesday, A
Roosevelt democratic Slate is In
opposed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
. RIGHT OR WRONG ABOUT PEOPLE
Where Have The Old Maids
Gone!

who were born as the result OF
the flood of marriages after the
first World war in 1920, when
Johnnie came marching home from
overseas and cantonment.
Again, some rs years after l945'
there should be a corresponding
neak in marriage rates. Ministers
and justices Of the peace can iook
forward to better business IN 1870
and again around 1870.
A disturbing side of this picture
is that the divorce rate is growing
even faster than the marriage rate.
To-day there are nearly IL divorces
flor every 100 marriages., but the
rate of increase of divorces ap'
pears to be slowing down at last
The growing marriage rate is a
healthy sign for the country put
we may well ponder over the sig
nificance of the climbing divorce
rate which may indicate a weak
spot in our moral fiber. Several
states have passed laws aimed to
prevent hasty marriages which
might result in divorce, but the
underlying cause may be more
serious than merely marrying In
haste and repenting in leisure. Is
it that we need, not better laws,
but better characters?
(Copyrigh, 1910, NEA Service, Inc.)
Matt What E,O0dS WIFI WARD
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
THE WISCONSIN STRAW

Wlsconsin's primary offers the unusual
spectacle of a man not a candidate leading
an avowed a%spirant three to one.
Ii this is a good example Of Americas
mood, the third-term precedent Is doomed.
Vice President GARNER early let 1t be known
he wants to be President. Mr.. ROOSEVELT has
steadfastly refused to state his position. Yet
Wisconsin democratic voters, shooting in the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04

responding period of last year.: Will
mington, Hickory, Henderson and
Charlotte.
Wlnston-salem reported March
building ahead of February a n d
January.
fostal receipts, which often ebb
and flow in response to business
conolt'ohs' were running ahead of
1889 IN these cities: Raleigh, Con-
cord, Winston-salem, Charlotte,
Spray, Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Hic.
kory and Reidsville.
Bank u.bts, another business ba.
rometer, were reported at a high
,eVel IN these towns: Charlotte, Dur
man, Greensboro. and Burlington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04

other words girls
have had increas'
ingly b e t t e +
chances Of get
ling married. Lear
years have had
nothing to do with
this.
People are also
getting married
younger t n a n
they did only a
few years ago,
even at that, not
as young as they
; lsed to in grand.
fathers time.
One reason for
FEVER old maids
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04

and for marrying younger is the
fact that more married women
Iare working now than ever before
in history. This year there are a
million or SO more working wives
than there were 20 years ago.
Around 1916, there will be a
peak in marriages in this country,
due to the large numbers of young
people who will be of the right
ages then. These are the children
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
BY DONALD A. LAIRD,
Oh n Coi

The U. S. is getting to be n
of the m~arryingest countries IN
the world. Steadily, ever since 1884,
there has been a lower percentage
of old maids in the population. In
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
RAL E II
B E rs
Star-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
BY n AVERILL


RALEIGH, April 3.-The News
and Views Of Jacksonville, in On
slow where they have such fine
country hams, last week ran a pic
ture of Willis Smith on its front
page, with this under it:
willis Smith, Raleigh attorney
who everybody thought would want
to run for governor, decided not to
run and in so doing the people of
tie state lost the privilege of voting
TO- an able man.
"Mr. Smith is well known in On
slow. He has a camp at Swansboro
and occasionally comes down for a
short stay here.
I'VE succeeded in getting a mat so
thai we can see what a man who
isn't a candidate looks like"
So far as known none of the &C
tive candidates for nomination as
governor of North Carolina holds
membership in any travelling mems
organization, but any Of them could
qualify. points out Lynn Nisbett
press chief fc- A. j. Maxwell, in a
release to weeklies giving the Max
we'll itinerary for a week.
Probably first of the gubernator.
ia candidates to take to the air in
a literal sense, J.. M. Broughtor
flew from Winston-Salem to Rocky
Mount On his way to Elizabeth City
where he spoke last night.
The fact that he couldn't make
the rest of the trip by plane was
likely responsible for his vigorous
advocacy of granting a franchise for
an air line from Norfolk, Virginia
to Knoxville, Tenn, a line which
would remedy "the sluggish mai
service across the length of North
Carolina" Broughton said.
Note on Military Etiquette: Some
thirty ambulances and trucks of the
18th Medical Regiment passed
through Raleigh en- route to Fort
Bragg Tuesday. AS they rolled by
the capitol and turned into Fayet.
teville street, two very good look
ing young ladies stood on the side
walk and watched the motor parade
go by.
From at least three.fourths of the
vehicles soldiers shouted greetings
to the young ladies.
Courteous to strangers, those pill
rollers.
Found, The prototype of Pima
fore's characters with cousins
whom he reckons by the DOZENS"
He's'a political worker in Gran.
vile county. r. G Stem, Jr., Gran
vile manager for Maxwell, says his
county will go for the commission.
er of revenue very largely because
of this chips activities.
He has 60 first cousins and
every one of them is for MAXWELL u
said stem.
Getting back to travelling and the
governors race, Broughton says he
has already driven 10000 miles by
automobile in this campaign.
Gasoline tax collections ought te
pick up remarkably as a result OF
the canvassing for votes, if all the
other candidates come anywhere
near keeping up with the Raleigh
lawyers pare,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
POLITICAL RACE

BOSTON, Detective Frederick
Williams wonders If this could be
"a political augury.
During a bookia raid he answered
a ringing telephone and a mans
voice inquired: "How did Third
Term make out?"
Williams said he didn't know the
horse was running.
"Oh, get WISE" the caller snap.
ped. "You know I bet S. on Presi-
Dental in the fifth race at Bowie"
Williams looked it up, and sure
enough, Presidential won.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
TOP O. THE

In building your home, serving your COM
1nunitu. makinq your lite and Likelihood, take
no untair advantage, give no undue enlphd-
sis. shoD no selfish temper, speak no thought
less acord.-From THE UPPER ROOM
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
REA LINES

KINSTON-Farm extension serv.
ice officials predicted today Lenoir
county would be we'll supplied with
rural electric lines within a few
MONTHS The Electric Membership
corporation in Jones and Onslow
counties and the Wayne-Duplin-Le-
noir corporation have ANNOUNCES
plans to construct additional lines
in the county,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
IN THE BAG

IN THE BAG
LOS ANGELES--The case against
James d. Bland was in the bag.
He attempted to rob a cafe by
pretending he had a pistol in his
pocket. A waitress gave him SIS.
then pushed him.
He fell backwards into a laundry
bag, held by the cook, who quickly
LED the top and called police.
Bland pleaded guilty to second
degree robbery and was put on pro-
baton for five
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04

dark-without knowing his mind-pile up an
overwhelming majority for the President. II
straws do actually count, this ought to snow
which way the wind blows.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
CO-SUPERVISORs

ROABORO-Misses Alice NeHI1''
and Helen Wilson have become CIV
supervisors Of the Community hg.
pltal here, succeeding Mrs. Bell.'
II. Gates, who resigned to mo's "
Durham. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04

OLLIE
(By The Associated Press)

lby IHt ASSUCIdleu ITtSSI
DOVER, O.-Farmer Moses Lin
ger inserted his advertisement in
a newspaper: ITO person who took
lock from my garage, the combin-
alton is 1851"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-04
STONE WALLS

STUNE WALLS
SALEM, Ore.-These three no.
boes will be more careful next time
they go to sleep in a box car to
find out where it is going.
They woke up to find their car
had been switched inside the walls
of the Oregon ~penitentiary.
Police got them out.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
- 49,
.JIIl.Q19
C521s55zz:.1133.l ~

A 40-year-old steamship
venerable enough to qualify
as a schoolship for some of
the older Puget Sound mari
time personages-is a visitor
to our seaport this week.
She's some vessel.
Name OF said steamboat IL the
Morning Star. Today she's
proper mess. but once upon a time
she was a fine and adventurous
lady of the waterways.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

for a mere hand
full Of facts. There are undoubt-
edly a number we've missed.)
II appears the Morning Star was
built In Essex. Mass, In 1900
When 1t was she came to Puget |
Sound we're not sure. Il couldn't |
have been long after her launching,
however, To hear some of the old
timers hereabouts tell OF their ]
greenhorn days aboard her.
Whenever 1t was she came to
these waters. 1t was before the dig
ging of the Panama canal and the
vessel necessarily made the trek
around old Cape stiff.
The Morning Star, like most
steamboats, of the times, was fit
ted to carry freight on her main
deck and had passenger accommo-
dations above. She Is about 40
feet long, and screw steamer.
We are told that the Morning
Stars first chores around Puget
Sound were as missionary ship"
for what church and her exact
niche in theological society seems
to have been forgotten.
Next episode in her history we
could discover was her arrival in
Tahiti. Among those faraway isles
she was also missionary vessel of
some sort, though we don't know
for how long or why.
Afterward she came to Puget
Sound Tor maybe that was her first
appearance hereabouts.)
At any rate. sometime during
her early days on local waters she
was reputedly attacked with bow
and arrows belonging to Indians
native to this area. Nobody can
remember details, alas.
For long time the Morning
Star was the valued property of
the Puget Sound Navigation Co. of
Seattle. Until somewhere along in
the 1920's she carried passengers
between Puget Sound ports, and
later devoted her service exclusive
ly to freight.
Some years ago she WAS decom-
missioned from active service. She
found her way to a shipyards on
Seattle's Lake Union. There she
rotted away until she finally sank
at her moorings.
The shipyards made a gift of the
Morning Star to the Foss company
of this city. The only stipulation
was to take her away.
Powerful pumps were rugged and
the dilapidated old ship was raised.
With the cooperation of further
pumping and tugboat, the Morn
Ing Star was brought to the Foss
shipyard here for thorough inspee-
ton.
The vessels superstructure-
from the pilothouse To the water
line-looks hopeless. Weather and
water have taken a heavy toll.
Her wooden hull appears to have
been well-fashioned. II still bears
semblance to shipshapeliness. Foss
will perhaps be able to salvage
some use from that part-possibls
as a floating moorage or break
water or something along that line
And that's the history of the
Morning Star as we've pieced II
together from snatches of yarns
we've heard lately.
II
This department made a whop
ping error. We have been properl,
chastised--so lay off,
In our colossal ignorance (oh. Sc
you'd noticed, had your We sale
that "seethed turbot" was allie,
samee venison. And is our fac,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

ANY day nov you nay hear Of
our serving "seethed correspond
ents and the ingredients viii con-
sist Of the guy who wrote 10 Us
about that banquet and said N
black and white. etc He done Us
wrons1.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

served with butter sauce and per-
hans a hIt o. vine added
Actually. 4 tuThot lpsetta maxi-
ma Is a member o he founder
family. Is covered with 3 kind Of
prieklss and gets IL name from the
old Swedish word tornbut. which Is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

red Tsk. Tsk.
How should we know that n
England which vas the locale o.
our recent paragraphinE under DIS
cussionl and IN New Zealand and
California - 70 people IN those
places "seethed turbots i q halhut
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

literally translated 70 thorn-butt.
= turbot = not the same as
halibut Except 70 californians1
The true turbot Is plentiful N the
North Sea. where L runs So : %
pounds
AND IT IS NOT XENIsOS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

INCREASE SHOWN
DID JOHN |. SULLIVAN FIGHT
WITH STOMACH ULCER PAINS!

The famous heavyweight champion was
nassu ss q Norsciuus ester- Could ns
have eaten aud fought - he did X he
suffered efter-eatfnE palms, Don't neg
lscf stomach NJ ulcer palms. iadiRsstlen
gas pains heartburn. burning sensation
bat and efhsr conditions caused ~
excess acid. Try sc box - DdKS TAI
lsts They rust hein er money refunded
A. drug stores even here aoN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

ington State College Alumni ssso-
citation will be awarded for the
first time Saturday 10 the winner
Of the annual football game be
tween Washington and Oregon
State colleges.
Director OF Athletics Percy
Locey Of Oregon State said the
proposal had been approved by adj
ministrations of both colleges. The
nature of the trophy itself has not
been revealed.
Locey said the winning team will
keep the trophy until II is defeated
and in case OF tie the team hay-
ing possession will retain II.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09

Devoid now OF
builders plate
engine b o lers
and most OF her
n e c e sssry fit.
tings, a precise
a c c o uniting OF
the ships career
Is virtually I'm
possible some
what va que
en- eralities
must suffice
I'VE sleutheli
as best we could
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Tacomans Trophy
Will Be Awarded

CORVALLIS. Ore. a perma-
nent trophy provided BY the Taco
ma, Wash. chapter Of the Wash
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-09
Core Of the News
NO DELIVERY MONDAY

NO DELIVERY MONDAY
Monday being Armistice day and
a holiday, retail lumber yards in
Tacoma will not make deliveries.
always better butter at Cow
Butter Store" ladv.l
LOSS REGISTERED
Among the thousands of Wash
ingtons young men who registered
for war duty on Oct. Is were 1858
CCC enrolees in the 40 camps about
the state, the social security de-
partment reported today. Included
among them were ga who were
residents of Washington and the
rest were from other states.
Avoid hasty healing with
woUNDEX-No Septo adv.
INCREASE SHOWN
Contrary TO the trend in previous
wears. traffic on the coast-to-coast
and Pacific coast routes of United
Air Lines for the month OF October
/, showed an increase over that regis
tered in September. according to
figures released today by r. W.
Ireland. general traffic manager.
Hospital flowers Hinz Florist.
adv
Evening star., 1940-06-14
Army Orders Another Attuche
To Watch South America

The Army today ordered another
military attache to South America,
presumably to augment its watch
on Nazi fifth column" activities on
that continent.
1t. Col. John A. Weeks. cavalry,
was ordered to duty as military at
tache at Montevideo, Uruguay,
where Maj. Mark A. Devine, jr., will
relinquish his post to concentrate
on developments in Argentina and
Paraguay.
The War Department also ordered
Capt. Lester D. Flory Coast Artillery
Corps, to duty with the United
State military mission to Brazil. He
has been student at the Army War
College here.
Today's Army orders also revealed
that Col. Raymond E. Lee will fly
by Pan-American Clipper to. Lisbon,
Portugal, instead of sailing on the
steamship Manhattan, en- route to
the United States Embassy in Lon
don. to take charge of the dozen
military observers now operating In
that belligerent country. He sue
ceeds Brig. Gen. Sherman A. Miles,
who was returned to Washington to
head Ga, the Military Intelligence
Section Of the War Department
+ The Army at Dresent haskmore
Evening star., 1940-06-14
Army 10 Increase
Training 10 Turn Out
1000 Pilots a Year
$500 Bombordiers ond
Novieotors Also Will Be
Provided in Program

A program to train annually 1000
pilots and $500 bombardiers and
navigators for the Army Air Force
was announced today by Secretary
of War Woodring.
Primary training will be held at
the present civilian flying schools
which Immediately will be expanded
to meet the increased needs. Secre-
tary Woodring said. Basic, ad-
vanced and specialized training will
be conducted at Randolph, Maxwell
and Moffett Fields. In this connec-
tion. Mr.. Woodring said, the Air
Corps Tactical School at Maxwell
Field will be discontinued the end
of this month.
IS Weeks Of Training.
The emergency program would be
shortened one month and would in
clude 10 weeks primary training in
civilian flying schools, 10 weeks of
basic training, 10 weeks advanced
training and S weeks of intensive
combat operations.
The nine civilian schools now in
operation will be continued and ex-
panded Ito the fullest possible ca
pacity," Mr.. Woodrink said. They
will also have branches to handle
the fledgling students. BY November
1t is expected 1892 students will
enter these schools at monthly in
tervals.
A school for pursuit instructors
will be established In December at
Maxwell Field. The field also will
(See PILOTS, Page A-8.)