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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-This is a continued
effort to answer a few of the many questions
which young nen are asking about the regu-
lations under which they may be called for
military training.
It should be membered that answers to
specific questions about classification, except
those cases defined in the law-such as minis
tiers, students for the ministry, ex-service men
etc.-are merely my guesses as to how rulings
of the local boards and appeal boards will be
made.
These guesses are based on a long series of
conferences with selective service officials,
but every registrant is an individual case and
the only way that you can be certain of fair
treatment is to put your problems in detail up
to your local board or to your appeal board
if appeal is necessary.
@. What are the classifcations
A. Class 1 is composed of those men who
are Immediately available. 1t is estimated
there will be 5,500,0 600 in this class-or about
one-third of the total registrants. These are
men who are physically, mentally and NOR
ally fit for service, without dependents whose
mode of living would be disrupted if they were
called into s~ervice-and not holding jobs vital
to the public interest. There are four groups
in Class 1: (a) men Immediately available for
unlimited service CO. men available for linn
tied service (c) member of the land or naval
forces of the United States Cd students fit
for general military service but not available
until close of school year and (e) students
fit for limited military service but not avail
able until close of school year.
Class 2 will be composed Of those men de-
ferred because the public interest is b e S t
served by their staying in present jobs.
Glass 3 will be those men deferred because
of dependents.
Glass 4 will be those deferred by law Cmin-
listers, etc.,; those physically disabled; those
deferred for mental or moral reasons; non
declared aliens; men who have completed mil
itary service and conscientious DIRECTORS avail
able only for civilian work of national i'm
portance.
@. How long after registration before the
number will be drawn?
A.. Between five and ten days.
@. If I hold the first number drawn in my
district, does that mean 1 will be the first
man called into service?
A. Not at all. If your order number is THAT
is if you hold the registration number which
is the first called in your distrlct-lt merely
means that you will be one of the first to re-
ceive a questionnaire. You might hold order
No. l and be a hopeless invalid with an au-
tomato deferment to Class 4.
@. How long after the numbers are drawn
before the missionaries are sent out, and
when do they have to be returned?
A. The missionaries will be mailed by the
local boards within a few days after the draw
ings. but only to the first so men on the lists.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
In The Near East

Unless all signs fail, the Balkans are about
to become the scene of the next dramatic
stroke of the European conflict. Ever since the
Bremen conference between the Axis dicta-
tors, this area, where the first World war be-
gan, has been the scene of feverisn and men
acing activity. German troops and tanks have
been pouring down the Danube into Rumania
on barges. German planes are circling over
the Rumanian capital where British diplomats
are packing up to leave. Italy has massed
troops on the Greek and Yugoslav borders
and Bulgaria on her frontiers with Turkey and
with Greece. German submarines are re-
portedly operating in the Black sea.
What this portends is still the secret of Ber-
lin and Rome- Up to now Nazi policy has been
to maintain peace in the Balkans, to quell
squabbles with an iron hand, and to keep the
region producing war materials for Germany
But now, quite plainly, something more seri-
GUS is afoot.
For the key one naturally looks to the Krem-
lin at Moscow, silent and mysterious as ever.
For if the Nazi military machine strikes to.
WdLo NS @SN "ooe3 StOAy AAAAS oOPCluS III
what Stain does. 1t is conceivable, but hard.
1y probable, that he might let Yugoslavia fall
to Axis arms without a move; it is almost
unthinkable that he would let Hitler seize the
D~ardenelles without moving or, at the least
supplying Turkey with the means to fight
Fer this is Russia's vital outlet to the Medi.
terranean; she will be weakened almost ir
- .L1 11oyuo 81 - e.11 go
of a rival power. So we find Stain mounting
long-range guns where the Danube and the
Prut rivers join, concentrating a large flee
of fast naval craft along both rivers, and
moving troops in great number to the new
frontier of Rumania in the territory ne re
Gently acquired. Nor is this the only evidence
that Stain will take no chances. The whole
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
Better Landlord Tenant
Dealings To Be Talked

Better relationship between the
landlord and tenant will be dis
cussed at a meeting to be held at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning at
the county farm agents office in
Supply under the sponsorship of
the extension service and the Farm
Security administration.
w. M. CHM, county supervisor,
yesterday said the FSA has pre-
pared a flexible farm lease, which
may be adopted by any tenant or
sharecropping system, and if prop
erly used will be of considerable
help to the land, landlord, and ten.
ant.
The lease, as we'll as the general
problems in tenancy, will be ex-
planned at the Supply meeting, CHM
said. All landlords and tenants,
whether or not they r dealing
with the FSA, are invited to at
tend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
WILLKIE IS HIT
BY RIPE TOMATO
Republican Candidate Struck
While Returning To Troy
Station After Talk

ROME, N. Y, Oct. 14.-LR-Wen-
dleel L. Willkie was struck by a ripe
tomato this afternoon as he was
driving back to the Rome railroad
station after making a speech.
1t was dropped into his open car
from a bridge, and struck him in
the lap. Willkie tossed the tomato
outside and brushed off his suit with
his handkerchief.
Willkie laughed about the incident
as he boarded his train for Syracuse
A state policeman riding In the
procession ran up an ambankment
to the bridge, collared a teen-age boy
and turned him over to the Rome
police.
The tomato which hit Willkie was
the second thrown from the bridge.
The first hit in front of a police
car riding in advance of the parade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
u. S., Canada To Study
H%ydro-Electric PROJECT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-lH-l,
United States and Canada ia"
agreed to start immediate ens'H'I
ing investigations on a maJoI
dro-electric project in the 81
renee river in what the state aei@ .,
ment described tonight as a pan
assure adequate power supp
for defense industries.
The move looks toward cary
clusion of an understanding De''
the two countries to carry OUT p
er development phases of tne
standing proposal for a deep With
way linking the Great Lanes
the sea. ,t
The entire waterway-poWef pic 80,
was embodied in a treaty when
defeated in the United States ~.,o.
in 1884. President Roosevelt u' .;o,,
ed recently that neso" or,y
were being carried on, invoI'ihs 4ens
power development as a
measure.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
Detachment OF Fleet
Returning To Hawai-

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Oct. 14.-lP
A detachment of the United
States fleet which has been in Cali
fornia waters for two weeks for
overhaul and vacation started back
toward Hawaii today.
Other fleet units, however, the
navy announcement said, will de.
part later in the week for navy
yards" There was no amplifica.
ton.
-Four d%estroyers left San Diego
harbor early today and a dozen other
warships apparently were prepared
to follow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
Carpenters Restoring -,
Estate In Brunswick

SOUTHPORT, Oct. 14.-Carpen'
tiers began work Monday reS'o''
ing the beautiful old RoOll'
Nest, home of Edwin Dial Torgel.
sen, novelist a d short S'oiy
writer who died some four yeas
ago. The house and grounds oa
the Cape Fear river, two mlle'
above Southport, was purchased
short time ago by A. p. Stack, d.
sistant manager of the John Hal'
cock Mutual Life Insurance coA'
pany of Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stack have oeep
spending the past few days hele.
Although they will continue lAel
residence in Boston, for the pre-,
sent, they plan to spend a sfea'
deal of time here and to take ny
permanent residence here soH'
time in the future.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
Star-News Program

Consolidated C~ity-Connty Government
under Council Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from WrightsUlHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension of City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Dad'
err Turning Basin, With snip lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bdnE
south of Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
Ortom Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained-yield methods
thyouqhout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
m%otiona1 Agency, supported BY n
countrywide tar.
Shipyards and DrydocE.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for Whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development of native grape groWing
throughout Southeastern North Cdronna.
Modern Tuberculosis SdnGtorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
TOP o. THE MORNING

As aDe devezop, ice find ourselves discording
some ideas and standards and moving to meW
ones. Sometimes the discarding is gradudl
and almost umperceiUed; sometimes it is sud
den.
This is a sound rule to to1oaU: Discard the
thinqs that haze become too smaN for you but
not the things that seem too big or too hard
for you. Discard the outgroWn; hold fast to
phat keeps you striking.
From "FORWARD'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
Man About
Manhattan
Rv GEORGE TUCKER

DIV UEONOG
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Qulck
now : and no kuessing winch IS
stronger, heredity or environment!
We don't know, and maybe
this won't get us anywhere, but
during a visit with Bette Davis
the other day we saw a jug OF
cider and a box of big red apples
OF her table. . Even ten years
in Hollywood couldn't get New
England out of her.
Here is the sad story OF Cap
tain Eugene LaBarre of the N. Y.
Police department. The captain al
so is conductor of the World Fair
and New York police bands. After
rehearsing 10 hours with his band
for the big Police show at Madison
Square Garden, he strolled across
the Fair grounds and got into his
car, which was parked on the side
of the road. Hitched to the wind
shield-wiper was a police ticket
for overparking.
Another traffic offender of the
week was Doris Dudley, the blond
actress, who was due to 60 on
the air for a meet MI. Meek
broadcast and had only a few min
utes to get there. When the cop
finally herded her car into the
curb he got off his motorcycle,
took off his gloves, strolled over
and said bluntly whats your
name" She told him. Instantly he
frightened.
aren't you really going to eat
me alive?" asked Doris incredu-
lousy.
mot this time" he replied, my
sister is your cook"
This started out to be a column
about Bette Davis but it seems to
have trailed off into anecdotes.
We're apologizing and skipping
right back to Miss Davis pronto,
the reason being that she impress
es us as being a very determined
person. The way she shakes hands
is impressive. She really shakes
your hand. The way she moves
through a crowd is also impress
sive. When you see her start from
one side of a room for the o her
you know she's going to get there.
She isn't a young woman who is
easily dissuadeG.
An example of this innate con-
fidence in her convictions, which
sometimes runs counter to the con-
v%ictions of her employers, is to
be found in a play that she bought
a couple of years ago. Miss Davis
read the play, liked it, and saw
great possibilities in it for herself.
either as a stage presentation or
a motion picture.
But her studio, Warner Bros,
didn't share her enthusiasm. 1t at
tempted to dissuade her. Finally
the studio agreed to permit it's pro-
duction on Broadway with some
other actress with this provision:
If it clicked as a stage play, Bette
could then portray it on the e
1t didn't click. 1t opened on
Broadway under the title of THE
Woman Brown" and proved an
abrupt failure. AS I recall, it ran
about a week. That seemed cur
tains for the idea as a film, but
Bette still thinks otherwise. She
thinks it would make a superla-
tive movie, or ever a play. And
maybe she's right-if she played
the leading role. The quality of
performance that went into "Of
Human Bondage" could put Just
about anything over.
This eastern vacation, now in its
sixth week for Miss Davis, has
been one of frequent committing
between her farm at Franconia,
N. H., and Broadway. Her escort
to all the new shows and the nigh,
clubs has been her good friend
and ex-husband. 4
n M
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
A Leader Passes

1t is given to few men to hold as high a re-
gard among his fellows as was enjoyed by the
Rev. John Benners Gibble who was for many
years rector of the Church of the Good Shep-
herd here, and who, after his retirement, con-
tinued to exert a fine influence in the com.
munity. His death at the home of his sister
in Brooklyn, N. Y, impresses Wilmingtonians
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
REDS BARRED

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. H.
R-The state board of election SUI
pervisors barred the communist
party from the November 5 ballot
in Tennessee today because, the
board said, 1T is the aim and
purpose of the communist party
to overthrow the government OF
the United States by force or VIC.
lence." 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
Hollywood
Sights And Sounds
BY ROBIN O

I1OLL WooD, Wv. -
gent who has gone so far so fast,
Orson Welles knows how to take
his time. Lured to the set Of cit
izen Kane" by the promise that
Orson would demonstrate a dance,
I never saw the demonstration be-
cause Orson didn't get around to
it that day, nor 1 fear the next.
This was a great personal dis
appointment, for it would have
been a pleasure to witness the
boy wonders struggles in the one
art, probably, which is not among
his talents.
However, there were compensa-
tons. Orson was at work, though
not at full productive capacity.
He was producing and directir<
and getting ready to act, but he
was not writing. AT full steam, un-
der his contract, he should have
been doing all four.
y X
The scene is an impromptu ban
quet in the editorial. rooms of
Citizen Kane's newspaper, cele-
brating the sheets colossal circu-
lation rise. Publisher Kane's as
sociates are gathered round a fes-
tive, moist and ribald board.
But Publisher Kane, minus his
frock coat, is behind the camera,
and his place is taken by the Wells
stand-in, John Huettner.
The time is 1893, ant there's
talk of war with Spain. At a whis-
tie from Wells Cor Huettner) there
marches in a surprise, the chorus
and negro band from a musical
show down the street. The bard
comes in first, quickstepping and
pompous, led by one stout Sene-
gambian with clashing cymbals in
a swelter of sweat and gold braid.
They're playing Hot Time in the
Old Town Tonight" Immediately,
to cheers, the girls march in-cute
tricks with Gibson Girl coiffures,
spangled and hippy shorts, and
pink stocking-tights.
After five rehearsals of the en-
tertainers' entrance, Orson stalks
into the center of the floor. It's a
question of timing. Orson asks the
bandsmen to shed their hot coats
and hats and take it easy. Thsn
they rehearse with only the band
leader and n of the chorines-
four times more. Then it's again
and again-and again with the
whole outfit.
Midway, the last time, Orson
comes out with stop, stop-the
girls are fine but the BAND
STINKS ME UP!" So there's more
of the same. Orson decides Citi-
zen Kane should breab through
the marching line of the band to
usher in the girls. He picks his
spot for the break-through, goes
through a rehearsal once himself,
then before it's finished he calls
I BANNED it up. YOU al watch
and tell me what I did wrong"
Then he watches himself, with
Stand-in John Huettner doing the
break : through. He confers with
the sound man and with Gregg
roland, the head lenser, and with
hlmselt-and calls for quiet, which
e hasn't been much of.
Bailey Fessler, the sound mixer.
ana one OF my favorite cynics on
movie matters, assures me- thare
is a lot of sense to it.au
M results says Bailey ,un-
cyhlcally, will show the trouble
wants" .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15
DIsMIssEs CHARGE

TRENTON, N. j., Oct. 14.-R-
Chief Justice Thomas j. Brogan
of the New Jersey Sur~ame court,
in a ruling today involving the
burning of 1886 and 1887 Hudson
county poll books, dismissed the
charge that Jersey city clerk Jo-
seph D.. Colford violated the cleo
ton law by failure to save the
books at least five years. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-15

A full days fog, it has been
estimate, costs the city of Lon
don more than 81, OO0, 900 in nor
NAL times
Smyrna times., 1940-01-04
DIR. LOST SEEKS
SAME POSITION
Applies For Former Health
Post With Stipulation Con-
cerning Complaint System
BOARD TO CONSIDER

State Board of Health members
will consider the offer submitted by
A. c. Jost of Dover, former execu-
tive secretary of the department
who resigned July 10, to return to
that post. DR.. Stanley Worden of
Dover, president of the board, said
that DR.. Jost's application will be
given the same consideration as
have others. He said he had not
been in touch with other board
members as yet. The board meet
ing will be called in the near fu-
ture. DR.. Worden added, possibly
not before the return of one mem
ber who will be out of the state for
another week. DR.. Jost submitted
a conditional application for his
former position to members Of the
board. The conditional clause, CON
sidered minor by DR.. Worden, stip-
ulated that his request for the post
Smyrna times., 1940-01-04

depended upon agreement by the
board to receive complaints
through regular channels and not
to encourage complaints to them
selves personally. DR.. Worden de-
clined to discuss the offer until he
had an opportunity to talk to other
members of the board. At pres
ent, he said, no Delawarean quail
flied for the position, which pays
$4,000 annually, has been willing to
accept it. DR.. E. F. Smith, Smyr-
ma, former health officer of Kent
County, has been acting as execu-
tive secretary since DR.. Jost's re-
signation. DR.. Jost's letter of ap-
plication reads: Subject to the
conditions herein later stated. this
letter may be considered as my ap-
plication for the position of execu-
tive secretary of the State Board
of Health. A statement of my
qualifications I believe to be unnec-
essary. 1 will accept the position
under the conditions of my former
employment with the understand
ing that board members shall not
encourage reception of complaints
made to themselves directly con-
corning administration and man
agement but shall receive such
complaints only through regular Of
fetal channels"
Smyrna times., 1940-01-04

'These Ii nents were not
made to deceive anyone. They
were originally made as models
from those of the Cremonese and a
ticket put inside to indicate they
were copies of the maker. In the
course of time people think they
were the original instrument. There
are only about 40 Stradivari instru-
ments left and we know where all
of them are. The chances of anoth-
er turning up are exceedingly slim. y
Smyrna times., 1940-01-04
FINNISH RELIEF

Harvey c. Jones, president
of the First National Bank,
accepted on Tuesday Of this
week the local chairmanship
Of the Finnish Relief Fund,
Inc, and is prepared to receive
your contributions to help this
fine cause. Besides the de-
mands made upon the Red
Cross by the current crisis in
Finland's affairs, there is an
additional relief problem Gre
ated by the forced movement
of hundreds of thousands Of
non-combatants, women, and
children, under conditions Of
arctic cold. No matter what
the outcome of the war, the
Finnish people will need as
sistance from outside their
own country. Americans are
responding to this need for
help because Of our sympathy
for this truly democratic ma
ton, and our appreciation Of
Finland's uprightness and
punctuality in paying their
debts to us. Your contribu-
ton will be used, not for mu-
nitions, but for food and
clothing and shelter for an in
nocent people whose country
has been the victim Of savage,
unprovoked attack, whose
very right to exist is being
heroically defended with
every available resource. You
can help. Not at the front
line Of activity, but behind the
scenes. Without your contri-
button the work Of relief will
lag; with your contribution,
no matter how small, the work
will go forward. See Mr..
Jones today, or call him on the
telephone, and tell him how
much you will give to the Fin
nish Relief Fund. Do it now.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-04
G. O. P. HIGHWAY
BOARD UPHELD
William ID. Denney Given Post
oContinued from Page one)

William ID. Denney Given Post
The Republican commission
named former-Gov. William d.
Denney as state motor vehicle COM
missioner. He will assume his
duties Monday, succeeding Wilbur
d. Wilds of Kenton, a Democrat.
Mr.. Wilds was only recently ap-
pointed to the Office after the resig-
nation of Zack w. Wells. Ernest
Muncy of Dover, named as secre-
tary at the Republican boards or
ganization meeting Immediately af-
ter the passage of the law, was
designated to continue in that ca
pacity, and w. w. Mack was re-
tanned as chief engineer.
Chauncey P. Holcomb, secretary
of the Democratic board, surrend-
cred the keys to the Office and
safe. He later commented that
"the court has thrown out the
Democratic board; it now passes
out Of the picture" He agreed to
turn over to his successor all the
papers of the office. At the meet
ing of the department board were:
Mr.. DUPONT, G. d. Abbott, Ralph
w. Emerson, and Donald p. Ross,
Republicans. and J. Gordon Smith,
Democrat. Charles w. Cullen, who
was president of the old group,
and A. Frank Fader, Democrats,
did not attend. Gov. Richard c.
McMullen is eliminated as an ex-
officio member. While the court
action was pending, the two boards
cooperated under an emicable
agreement so that the highway
system would not suffer and the
state would lose no federal-aid
funds.
One of the detectives of the new