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Evening star., 1940-05-22
BY EVE CURIE.

BY EVE CURIE.
PARIS, May 20 (by wireless) -.
am not going to give Americans
military news from France. Yo,
probably have more news than
have. For 10 days France has beer
in the horror of invasion and o1
war, and the struggle between tht
formidable army of the invaders ane
the army of the allies is now at it.
climax.
Not more than three weeks age
I was in America reading with you
all the news about another invasion
that of Norway. Three weeks ago
three weeks back. three invasions o1
neutral countries back-HoIland
Belgium and Luxembourg. @
I remember the headlines in the
newspapers and the comments on
the radio. I remember our emotion
the emotion of everybody on the
streets Of New York and the indig-
nation of many-even of those who
thought, not without reason, after
all, that Norway was far away on
the other side of the wide Atlantic
and that this was only one more
European war.
Since then three more countries
have been invaded. and France has
been heavily attacked The French
have to fight, on their own land
against the most powerfully, the
most scientifically organized army
in the world, an army created and
trained for methodical destruction
Not Indignant Anymore.
Many things have been said and
printed about how awful it is to 20
and fight a war in a foreign land
But fighting war in your own
land is not any better. In the midst
OF the struggle, of the fatigue, OF
the thunderstorm, of motorized
units, tanks, planes, cannon, ma
chine guns, every French soldier
has to think at that very min
ute his house, his farm may be
bombed and destroyed, and that his
wife or child may be in greater dan
ger. in greater pain, than he him
self.
In Holland. Belgium and France
today, just as in Poland or Norway
yesterday, every time soldier es-
capes the bombs of a Nazi plane, he
may think that the plane is going
further, that the bombs it carries
are being kept back to destroy and
kill somebody else, somebody this
soldiers knows and loves, in French
town or village.
This is how modern war goes.
know that many people in America
are moved by these things and feel
indignant about them.
Well, you see, here in Paris, in
France, all over France, we are not
indignant any more and we are
hardly moved We cannot afford
emotions. We are too busy. Also, we
have behind us a long and rather
disappointing experience of years OF
emotion, Indignation and wiShful
thinking.
Decisive Struggle Begins.
All civilized nations, including
France, have been at one time in
dignant about the seizure of Austria
Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, Finland
Denmark, Norway, and now Hol-
land, Belgium and Luxembourg. Very
uselessly indignant, indeed. The
conclusion, as written from the very
beginning, was unavoidable. In the
end the French would have to face
the decisive struggle, to face it, take
it and win 1t.
An now the struggle has begun,
Our soldiers have nothing more to
do except fight the best they can,
to be the strongest. And we all
the women, the civilians - have
nothing more to do than to work,
to help, to wait, to be silent, to be
quiet, during these lovely days Of
Evening star., 1940-05-22

The tollo,Uing article is by Mile.
EDe Curie. daughter and biog-
rapher of Nine. Marie Curie, dis
coperer OF radiun. Mile. Curte re-
turned to France by Clipper on
May I, after 10-Week lecture
tour in the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13

Maurice H. Moore, manager of the
Wilmington office of the North
Carolina State Employment service,
was informed yesterday by Charles
G. Powell, chairman of the NOSES,
that teachers are not protected by
the state unemployment compensa-
ton law and will not be eligible for
unemployment benefits during the
three or four months of school vaca.
lions in the summer.
Teachers are state employees and
as such are classed with all other
employees of the federal, state, coun-
ty, municipal, or other government
al agencies, as we'll as agricultural
or domestic workers and a few
smaller classes of workers who are
specifically exempted from provis-
ions of the law.
Even if they were included, they
would not be eligible for benefits
during the summer vacation months
because of an amendment to the
state law, adopted in 1889, which
provides for "seasonal' employ
ment, and specifies that seasonal
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
IS CLEARED
OF CLARK'S DEATH
Jury Finds Physician Came
To Death As Result Of
Unavoidable Accident

CHARLTON, March IL - A cor
oner's jury conducting an inquest
into the death of DR.. Eugene S.
Clark, 81, prominent Clarkton ply
slclan, who was instantly Killed
here last night when he was struck
by an automobile, ruled this after
noon that the accident was "un-
avoidable," Coroner T. l.. Sutton, OF
Bladen county, reported.
Sam Brown, young Clarkton white
man, the driver of the car which
struck DR.. Clark, was ~exonerated
in connection with the death.
DR.. Clark was struck just as he
stepped from his automobile and
started across the street to the
Clarkton High school, where a
musical show vas in progress. Wit
nesses testified that he walked in
front of the approaching car and
was hit about the left front head
light of the Brown automobile.
DR.. Clark was a member of the
towns most prominent family and
had been a practicing physician here
since 1915. He attended Davidson
college, was a member of the Pres
byterian church, and had been treas
urer of the Bladen County Medical
society for the past nine years.
Funeral services will be held We'd
nesday morning at II o'clock from
the Presbyterian church and buria.
will follow in the town cemetery.
DR.. Clark is survived by the fol
lowing: His wife; six sons, Eugene
Fielding, Frank, Douglas, Patterson
George L., and Marion, all Of Clark
ton; n brother, DR.. D. D. Clark
Of Clarkton; four sisters, Mrs. R. L
Partlow, of Spartanburg S. c., Mrs
D. D. King, of Lumberton, and Mis-
ses Amanda and Alice Clark, o
Charlton
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
GREATER RAILWAY
TRAFFIC IS SEEN
Maxwell Says Carriers Will
Find 1t Necessary To
Make improvements

WINSTON-SALEM, March u.
R-Gubernatorial Candidate A. ].
Maxwell predicted tonight that "the
time is not far distant when our
principal railroad lines will find it
necessary to make important addi-
tional capital expenditures to ham
die traffic volume that will come
to them in the years ahead"
Addressing the Better Service
club, an organization of officers
and employees of the Norfolk and
Western Railway company, he said
that mo matter how much we spend
on highways, we cannot parallel any
more railroad lines, because all of
them are already paralleled."
Further public road expansion, he
said, should penetrate more deeply
into rural areas with lines feeding
main highways and rail routes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
BR0UCHT0N URGES
SCHOOL PROGRESS
Candidate Says There Must
Be No Backward Step In
Education Program

ROBERSONVILLE, March u.
R-"There must be no backward
step in the program Of public edu-
cation" ]. M. Broughton, guberna-
torial candidate, said here tonight
at a district meeting of the Junior
Order.
Calling on the Junior Order and
other fraternal organizations to join
parents, teachers and others in
furthering education, Broughton
said schools and welfare institu-
lions had made great progress
during Governor Hoey's admins
tration.
He referred to free textbooks, bet
ter transportation facilities, and
rev probation laws as a record of
humane advancement" in the state.
The Junior Order, he added, has
had wide influence" in promoting
education in North Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Long Hunt For Toney
Ended In Tampa, Fla.

Federal government authorities
here said yesterday that a long hunt
for James f. Toney, of Wilmington,
wanted on a charge brought by the
U. S. Government, has ended in
Tampa, Fla.
Toney was indicted here several
years ago by a jury in the Viii
mington district federal court on
charges of conspiracy to violate the
federal government internal revenue
liquor laws.
Toney-was ~apprehended this week
in Tampa, Fla, on charges prefer.
red by federal government author
tiles here, and plans have been
launched to have him returned here
to stand trial.
U. S. Commissioner Porter HUFF
ham said yesterday that Toney had
posted a $500 cash appearance bond
for trial at the spring term Of the
federal district court in Wilmington
which open on April %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
John Blackman Autry
Funeral Services Held

Funeral services for John Black
man Autry, rs, of A~utryville, who
died at 1890 o'clock Sunday night
while en- route from his home to a
Fayetteville hospital, were held at
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon from
the late residence.
Mr.. Autry is survived by his
wife; one son, ]. M. Autry, Of vii
mington; and three daughters
Miss Vida Autry, of Autryville,
Mrs. Everett Frink and Mrs. Earl
Mobley, of Wilmington; a step
daughter, Mrs. o. Lawson, Of Win.
ston-Salem; n brother and one
sister; and eight grandchildren.
Mr.. Autry, a prominent farmer in
his community, suffered a heart at
tack a short time before his death.
He was a member of the Methodist
church and was affiliated with the
Woodmen of the World.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Motion Picture Shown
At Engineers Outing

A motion picture depicting the
current activities of the U. S.
army engineers corps in the Will
mington district was shown at an
oyster roast staged Monday night by
the personnel of the office at Miss
jamie Kirkham's place on-the-sound.
Approximately 20 members of the
Wilmington district army engineers
office attended the general get-to-
gether affair. Lieut.. Col. George W.
lGillette, was the principal speaker
lat the gathering.
The film displayed current acttvi-
ties of the engineer corps here and
showed in technicolor projects in
progress on the New and Cape
Fear rivers, and the inland water
way, views of various industries,
and points of beauty and historical
interest in Eastern North Carolina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
HORTON PROPOSES
RETIREMENT PLAN
He Promises To Recommend
Teachers Pensions To
Legislature

DURHAM, March 12.@LP-Lieut.
Gov. w. P. Horton told the Durham
Classroom Teachers association to-
night that if he was nominated and
elected governor, he would recon-.
mend to the next general assembly
the adoption of a retirement plan
for North Carolina teachers.
The candidate said the $4,000, 900
increase in school appropriations
during Governor Hoey's administra.
ton vas a great accomplishment"
and Indicates his (Hoey's) wiling
ness and desire to expand the edu.
c%ational proSram as rapidly as reve.
nues will permit"
Of the $26. 100000 appropriated
for schools in tie current fiscal
year, Horton said, teachers salaries
consume over 81 per cent, and tin,
same ratio will prevail next year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Swift Will Address
Robson Grange Meet

LUMBERTON, March 12.-Vance
Swift, of Raleigh. state director OF
the Farm Security administration,
will address the quarterly meeting
of the Robson Pomona Grange on
the evening of March 90 at Barker
Ten Mile, according to arrangements
just announced by Mrs. Joseph Page,
Pomona lecturer.
Swift is scheduled to speak on the
literary program at 1880, which Will
be followed by administration of the
9TH degree by the Marietta-Oak Dale
Grange degree team.
An afternoon business session OF
the county farm fraternal organlza'
ton will be held at 4:3O o'clock and
a picnic supper at 6 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
T REJECTED

NEW YORK, March -. Up
The board of elections today reject
ed petitions designating City Coun-
Gilman Alfred e. Smith, Jr., as a
Garner-pledged delegate to the demo.
cratic national convention. The Pc
titions were rejected after two
youths testified they had been EN-.
ployeG to obtain signatures and that
they had unwittingly violated the
law by signing voters names them
selves.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Cooper Seeks Permit
To Operate His Sound
Truck In Twin Cit,

WINSTON-SALEM, March 12.-
Mayor Tom Cooper, of Wilmington,
today filed application with the
W:nston-Salem police force to oper'
ate a sound truck on the Twin CT y
streets during his gubernatorial cam
paign.
Cooper has announced that he will
stump the state by sound truck car
rying his campaign for the demo
cratic nomination before the people
in all sections of North Carolina.
The application called for the op.
Grafton of a sound truck in Winston.
Salem on or before April IS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
States Oldest Citizen
May Haze Been Victim
OF Recent Cold Weather

RALEIGH, March 12.-P-North
Cardinals Oldest resident may have
been a victim of the cold wave late
in January.
A death certificate filed today at
the vital statistics division of the
state health board said Mary
Parks, ~112-year-old negro woman,
was found frozen to death at Roar
ing River, Wilkes county, January
rs. Her birth year was given as
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
i0HE H. JUNl0US
SENTENCED HERE
:. Convicted Of Charges OF
T. CARVING Concealed Wea-
pom And Assault

If charges of carrying
0n o.a1ed weapon and assault with
q @l weapon, John H. Junlous
q oe'r, to eight months ON
,ns roads in recorders court Ses'ef-
day. .ou- two months on a
Jul. If carrying a concealed wea-
chaIse six months on a charge OF
pom %+N With a deadly weapon for
as o at J. H. Malone on March
1V. r+ robertson, Of $50 Green
NJ! nOt received six months on the
s'lee'' On = charge of larceny and
T oaus He was convicted of the
receN" - . radio, valued at $685.,
tnei' tbe Sears Roebuck and COM
fTOpi store at S07 North Front street.
pau! Monroe, of TIC North Sixth
hs. drew two months on the roads
sli'. W. roes of assault and disorder
" w. sentence Of Elwood Skipper,
mated Of violation of the liquor
l eprs was amended to read 80 days
IaSs' county farm instead of two
a. monrhs on the roads.
ng T5e trial of Annie Murray, charg-
,.b assault with a deadly wea-
Ell Nth the intent to kill, was
p pun until March 10. She is
Aaropd with hitting Robert Murray
cl'- .ba head with a piece of iron
~, inf1icting serious injuries.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Thirteen Complete First
Aid Study Course Here

rbirreen persons successfully
,,a,r,ered the standard first aid
s.,,rse for persons connected with
tbs Works Projects Administration
the Wilmington section and
.,,,csr bv G. J.. Studdert, project
srnaryisor. from January 20 to
rotr,arv %. Mrs. Ida B. Speiden,
,vscrfive secretary, Wilmington
charter Of the American Red Cross
rrorred Yesterday.
They included: Lindsey B. Bar
I'M. Hollie D. Carlisle, Daniel w.
r;roway. James L.. Golf, Kon-
c,rtv Gralak, William H. Hare.
.sr Y. Hill, James c. Jordan,
rvr +. KeaI, Leonard L. Pinyan,
n Bureau Sanders, William F.
,rens. and John F. Thompson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Increase In Income
Tax Revenue Reported

RALEIGH, March 12.-CP-State
income tax collections this month
through today totaled $3,155,S24.S7.
compared with S2,496,503.42 for the
same period in March, 1889.
The levy is due Friday.
Returns for so far this fiscal
year are $5,o37, o70.29, against S4,-
AL, 252.O9 through March II, 1899.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Robert Romeo Speaks
At Rotary Luncheon

The social security law and its
operation were explained by Robert
r. Romeo at the weekly luncheon
meeting of the Wilmington Rotary
club at the Cape Fear hotel yester-
day.
Romeo was introduced by w. l.
Mcintyre.
Guests of the club were the Rev.
F. A. Turner, rector of the Episco.
pal Church Of the Good Shepherd.
Tracy Walker, of Clinton, A. J.
Ersted, of San Francisco, CAL, E.
A. Sullivan, of Richmond, H. K.
Won Maltitz, O. Boiling, of Min
neapolis, and c. S. Sutton, of
Greensboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Teachers Are Not Protected By
n. c. Jobless Compensation Law

workers are not eligible for benefits
after the season for their type of
work ends, but may draw benefits
if otherwise eligible, if unemploy.
ed during the season.
Teachers are protected by the
Workmen's Compensation law and
may draw benefits as the result of
the loss Of time from accidents
arising out of and in the course of
their work, Moore was advised by
Chairman Powell. who added that
teachers may be brought under the
unemployment compensation law in
the future, through the action Of
the general assembly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Williston Band Plays
At High School Here

The Williston Industrial school
band entertained the student body
of New Hanover High school yester-
day in a concert of march music
and several popular numbers.
Students of New Hanover High
enjoyed Williston's Interpretation
of "In the Mood" and other music
with emphasis on swing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Big Livestock Program
Planned In Columbus

WHITEVILLE, March II. - A
eroup of Columbus farmers and bust
ness men, along with several mem
hers of the Whiteville Merchants
association, were in Rocky Mount
on Monday for the purpose of pur.
chasing several pure-bred Hereford
bulls as a starter for the expansive
livestock program planned in the
county for the future. The program
is sponsored by the Merchants asso'
citation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
committee approved a bill to
provide an automatic congress
sional reapportionment in 1912.
with alien residents excluded
from the basis of calculation.
PROBE NJ

A senate committee recon-
mended an investigation of wire
tapping, reporting that police
agencies were violating "the
most fundamental civil rights"
and that Investigations had been
conducted for industrial and pc.
litical ends.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
REQUISlTIONED

PORTLAND. Me, March 12.-R
Officials Of the F. ]. O'Hara and
Sons. Inc. operators of a fleet Of
fshin- vessels. announced today the
L. S. navy had requisitioned four
trav.ers for u~ndisclosed purposes.
The uawlers include the Villanova,
one Of the most modern craft of its
kind III he North Atlantic.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
APPLICATION CONSIDERED

utilities commission, following a
hearing today, took under advise
ment the application of the Carolina.
Virginia Lines of L~eaksVille for a
franchise to extend its bus line from
Leaksville to Greensboro by way Of
Madison and Stoneville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs.. Joanna Brown

WHITEVILLE, March 12.-Fun-
eral services were conducted yester-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
China Grove Baptist church for Mrs.
Joanna Brown. wife of Oscar Brown,
who died at her home in the Pages
Mill section Of the county Sunday
after a brief illness. Surviving are
her husband and several children,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
URGE EXTENSION

Three democratic senators
opposed to the administration
urged that the political r%estric-
tions of the Hatch act be eX-
tended to the President and his
cabinet,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
The Day In Washington
(By The Associated Press)

The house passed a bill au-
thorizing a $655,OO0,OOO expan-
sion of the navy in the next
two years to provide Fl new
combat ships, % auxiliaries and
1,O1i planes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
Atkinson Man Accepts
Job With Census Bureau

Charles Simpson, of Atkinson; left
Tuesday for Washington, D. C. where
he has accepted a position with the
U. S. Census bureau.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
CENSUS

The senate commerce commit.
tee voted 8 to I in favor of a
resolution opposing questions
dealing with personal income in
the census. The house census
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-13
EXTRADITED

William Dudley Policy, Silver
Shirt leader, was ordered extra
dited to North Carolina in con-
nection with a five-year- old
criminal case but obtained a
stay.
Evening star., 1940-04-14

yellow and one in dusty pink. The smile had
been successful enough to deceive her mother.
but Audrey couldn't hold on to it. Quite sud-
denly she burst into tears.
The tears went into that category where
were shelved all the other strange and in
comprehensive facts about Audrey. They
might have remained in that category for
ever had not Audrey continued to evince the
same alarming apathy about her college
wardrobe and, in fact, her whole college ca
reer. Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds spent hours,
after they had retired each night, in putting
two and two together. Some of their surmises
were wide of the mark - at one time, indeed,
Mr. Reynolds wondered if Audrey might not
be the victim of some mysterious malady,
subtle and enervating, as yet unknown to
medical science.
Bur all such fanciful theories faded away
when Mr.. Reynolds stumbled, by accident,
on Gene Waltons change of plan.
Il ran into Genes father this afternoon"
he announced, at the dinner table. He tells
me the boy has decided to 60 to Timmons.
''Yes," Audrey said, composedly. He has.
May have some more of the scalloped po-
tatoes, Mother? My, they're delicious!'
Funny you didn't say anything about il"
Mr.. Reynolds went on. Must have hit you
kind of hard, didn't it,"
NO." Audrey said. "As matter of fact l
don't care what he does. don't care in the
least, one way or the other. Mother, you put
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