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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
HOW to EAT to BEAT the HEAT
Your Vitamins Are Just AS Close
AS The Corner Grocery Store

One serving of egg, meat
meat substitute daily.
These foods, plus the food nor
mally consumed to meet your bod
lily needs, will furnish, according
to our present knowledge of vita
Minis, all the A, Bl, c, riboflavir
and nicotine acid necessary foa
the normal person. The adult re,
quirement for Vitamin D is I'm.
known. The child must secure his
Vitamin D either from exposure tc
sunlight and-or Vitamin D concen.
trate, such as fish liver oil.
But the pills." some persons
ask. tits so easy to get my vita.
minis in pills and then I don't have
to worry any more" The answer
to that is that you have to worry
more because foods contain, in ad'
dition to vitamins, minerals, pro
tein, and energy, all of which the
body must have.
Moreover, it is more economi
cal to have them in your food
If you can afford concentrates yol
can afford a good diet and if you
can afford a good diet you don
need concentrates.
If you buy right you can lug
home enough vitamins to keep the
whole family healthy.
That's pretty important e S {
first hot days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
STOP THE

Commissioner WADE has evidence that trout
have been shot in Greenfield lake, that plants
In Greenfield park have been stolen, and, to can
the climax, has in his possession a gig recoy.
cred at the lake %spillway. He asks public as.
lstance in stopping these forms of vandalism.
and points out that Greenfield park, with its
magnificent lake, is for public enjoyment. nat
public DETACHMENT.
Surely, all forms of vandalism there should
stop. 1t is not enough to put the job up to the
police. Every law-abiding citizen has a re-.
sponslblllty to. see that the public's property.
10 the last fish in the lake, the last tree or
hover in the park, is preserved.
And every law-abiding citizen has the legal
right to intervene when vandals are at work
Inc common law extends the police right to
every citizen. Here is one time when every
citizen should exercise his authority as a
police officer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
Editorial Comments
O Other AnoIes
GET READY FOR MORE OF IT
Durham Herald

Some of the bad news the Allies and their
sympathizers will have to hear and face these
next few months is at hand. Ahead is more and
worse of the same kind and source.
The commander of the Dutch army has &C.
knoWledged the defeat, virtual collapse, of his
forces. German forces have slashed the country
into three pieces and are fast occupying all
strategic points.
If not the decisive, a major battle RACES across
Belgium and France and though reports are
fragmentary, the substance of all Of them is
that the Germans are forging ahead and the
Allies are retreating. That, of course, adds up to
sensational German victories and say Allied de-
feats. German communicates speak of spectacul.
ar advances and Allied communicates speak of
ster Allied morale.
No one knows, but no one would be surprised
if Mussolini pitched his tent with Hitler any
day, and that, much loose talk to the contrary,
would probably put the Allies in a still more
precarious position. Certainly it would not boil
ster Allie dmorale.
Most Americans, of course, share the sadness
of the Allies and, as every rational student of
human behavior foresaw, Americans who were
COLupldCenL a lew months DdCk are HOW more
than a little angry with Hitler. That trend, too,
is likely to increase as the stream of bad news
continues.
That doesn't mean, of course, that the fight.
ing is all one way or that the Germans have
won or are certain to win the war. 1t simply
means that German strategy and tactics con-
sldered and the fighting capacity of the Allies
faced Tor the next few weeks German advances
ana Allied retreats are in the cards. It means,
1oo' and don't forget it, that the Allies are in de.
spefate straits, are fighting with their backs to
II Wall and can, yea may, lose.
All . US try, naturally, to draw some conclu-
sion from the weller of Conflicting reports we
eau ANA many of us, understandable, lean
~ conclusions toward our wishes. Allied COM
Anoniques help us in that respect. German CONS
D. help us to look on ths pessimistic side.
.- Ns u IS simply telling the truth to saw that
p tnat they tell us that slaughter of the
1-on1a ~, magnitude is going on, and the side we
,.os. TO see move forward is moving back.
49, leports now reaching us tell little about
the fortunes Of war. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
Hollywood Sights And Sounds
Robin Coons-

HOLLYWOOD, May 12-Thece's
no telling about this Wallace
Berry, the most thoroughly scrub
bed guy in town.
He has been washed up more
times than any top-ranking star
in pictures, and yet here he is
today, going along at a good clip.
He never changes from the gruff,
lovable, cussed old cuss, and why
should he? There never has been
and talk of "a new Wally Berry,
and if there were the folks would
probably stay away.
They've stayed away from Berry
pictures before. Take that last one.
The Man from Dakota" Not sc
hot, and not doing so well with
the folks. But here he is again
in Twenty Mule Team" a rootin'.
tootin' number, and out at the
studio they think everything is go.
ing to be all right again.
That's the way it's beer with
Wally, time and time again. He
was Through when pictures first
began to talk, and pretty soor
he wasn't Through" any more but
buster than a one-man band. He
got a lift into the 1O-best stal
gang, and his movies with Marie
DRESSER raked in tons of heavy
sugar. There was one time we
al knew, positively and for sure.
that he couldn't go on. That was
when viva Villa looked like Me.
tro's most expensive, most colossal
flop-before they remade most OF
it and bagged a super-hit.
When you think of it, the Berry
type of stardom is the safest. It's
easier to take a slight tumble if
you've tumbled before, and it's
easier to climb again when no.
body expects the climb and you're
aided by the psychological factor
of surprise.
Speaking of safety in stardom,
II there is such a thing in such a
mercu.ial eminence, the evidence
points to characters" (of which
Berry is one) as the tops.
The character men, stars or fea-
tured players, r the boys who
work and work and work. Adolphe
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
CARELESS

While Chief RoURK is cautioning cyclists tc
have bells on tneir machines at all times and
lights at night, he would lessen the hazard
of accident between bicycles and automobiles
II he warned young riders to discontinue their
habit of pedaling three abreast in the streets.
1t is not an infreQuent thing to see groups of
school children extending three deep from the
curb and riding none too close at that.
1t is an accepted and commonsense rule that
slow traffic stick to the left, leaving the right
OF the roadway to faster moving vehicles. By
this means there is less peril of accident nv
either rear-on collision or by sideswipe. Cycl-
lists would improve their own situation and
that of motorists paralleling them if they re-
membered this rule and put it in constant
practice. If this were the custom, and not the
exception, they would not spread out toward
the center of roadways and imperil both them
selves and motorists.
Granting that children, by reason of their
immaturity, enjoy exceptional privileges and
should be guarded by adults in all perilous
situations, it is still a fact that by disregard
ing common driving courtesy they create IN
necessary hazards and should be restrained il,
the interest of safety.
Parents have a duty here, no less than the
chief of police. A little discipline at home
would help. And discipline is a matter of train.
ing as much as of punishment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16

Menjou apparently has a lifetime
job-and he's the same Adolphe
who, like Berry has been well
washed up on many occasions. He
works around, is frequently star.
red, and never has time on his
hands. Frank Morgan, turning
from bumbling comedy to more
serious dramatic stuff lately, is
insuring a new life for his career.
Thomas Mitchell-he's ''in" and
apparently for keeps. Walter Bren.
nan, who never got the girl in all
his years in pictures, always wins
by a whisker or two. Akin Tam.
iroff, Lynne Overman, Reginald
Owen, Eugene Palette, Donald
Meek, Gene Lockhart, Lewis Stone,
George "Gabby" Hayes, Joseph
Schildkraut, Edward Arnold, Rol.
and Young-What would movies be
without them?
If I were in pictures (and could.
MT be Walt Disney, I'd choose
to be n of those boys. They not
only draw starring checks q mean
most of them, but they get none
of the bitter pills of stardom. Stars
get blamed for bad pictures, but
the character men get credit-and
rightly-for salvaging bad ones,
for contributing vastly to hit ones.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
To BOBBY JEWELL

TO BOBBY JEWELL
From out of childhood's garden
God chose the choicest flower
He plucked Bobby from our midst
today
And dark for US are the hours.
Just six short years was he lent
to us
A brave little soldier was he
Patience and fortitude were the les
He taught to you and me.
A smile he had for everyone
Also a CHEEKY word
No matter how evere the pain
Never a complaint you heard.
Although our hearts are bowed IN
grief
We thank God, he is in His care
For in Paradise he is at rest
And no more pain will he have te
bear.
His kindergarten Teacher.
Wilmington, N. c.,
May 10, 1910.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
Star-News Program

Consolidated oity-County Government
under CouncilMandger Adm'nas"o''o"
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry PreseTo'"v
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports ana lno"S'''a'
Shows.
Seaside Hiqhuay from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
s5-Foot Cane Fear River channel, ptd'
er Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes mo
industrial sites along Eastern oanS
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport. sta
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prodne-
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
motional Agency. supported BY one,
countrywide tdG.
Ehipyards and Drydock.
Neoro Health Center TOR Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for wh1tes'
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape groDtn9
t]hroughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
B ALICE H. SMITH
Nutritionist, Cleveland Health

The vitamins have sort of sneak.
ed up on the country. A lot OF
people still don't know about them
where to look for them, at least.
Vitamin therapy, for that matter,
is still in its infancy.
But enough is known about vita
minis to keep the average person
pretty healthy. And you don't need
to look very hard for them eigher.
Vitamins are always on stock at
your closest grocery.
A glance at the daily quota OF
essential vitamins will show you
that. If you want to be sure you
get them all, include the following
foods in your regular diet:
The equivalent of one pint OF
milk daily (adult), one and one.
half pints to two pints for child
rem.
One serving of green leafy or
yellow vegetables daily.
One serving potato daily.
One serving citrus fruit or to.
mato daily.
At least one other serving OF
fruit or vegetable daily.
One or more servings of whole
grain cereal daily.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
WAR A NEARER

THE occupation of Holland by the NaA'S'
1 with the threat to Britain that conquest
hrin es. centers American thought more tn"n
ever on national defense.
The President frankly says it is not OIL par
ticular consequence now how money LOT II 10
aised. stronger defenses are needed ana must
be provided. The machinery Tor raising lie
fund can he set I'D in a variety of ways, but
what the machinery is, in the final analysis IS
a minor consideration. Mr.. Roosevelt" never
spoke truer words.
For the present, with the war two thousands
mi,es awav. there may still be placid souls
among us who see no danger. but, IN very
sooth, it is nearer our shores IMAM W Cali
contemplate in comfort.
The Nazi peril, through the surrender OIL
The Netherlands, is only a half hour py ali
from London. A Nazi spokesman has said that
we NAV look for attack on England next. 1t is
altogether probable that while the land battle
is in progress-the greatest in history, most
observers believe-a great battle will be
launched by air and sea against Great Britain.
And because of their superiority in the air,
the Nazis will have great advantage, with
strong probability of success.
Should England fall, and it would be folly
of the deepest sort to believe that it cannot
fall, the British possessions would fall too.
And we must not forget that Great Britain
possesses territory right at our doors. Not only
Canada is British territory. There are the
Bahamas too, and they are but little further
from our shore than is Holland from England.
They would make a magnificent air and navy
base for HITLER.
No wonder the President takes off his coat
and goes to bat for defense. He told reporters
at his Tuesday conference, and told them cor,
rectly, that whether the money comes by Dor.
rowing, raising the national debt limit or by
taxation is a minor matter; it must be forth
coming, and promptly.
This appears a proper time to levy a direct
defense tax, as a means of bringing hom to
ton. A correspondent recently proposed a de-
Tense stamp, to be used on all mail matter in
addition to the regular postage. There is much
to recommend the suggestion. 1t would no i'm
pose a great burden on anyone and it would
produce a great deal of money. Even the ire
mendous total of ten billion, cited by the STAR
correspondent, could quickly be financed by
this means.
But, as the President says, the means is OF
secondary Importance. Defense is the principal
thing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
CHILDREN'S CHORUS

Durham is sending a children's choir to
augusta. Georgia, for a church concert, to be
followed by another in an Augusta school.
After hearing the chorus at Legion Field
during the recent May Festival the question
asks itself: Why should not Wilmington send
Its school choir away for concerts too?
Should such a trip be promoted the benefits
would accrue to Wilmington no less than to
the participating children. Surely, Durham
has no more tc ,ffer, so far as a trained chill
Gren's choir is concerned, than Wilmington
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
The Editors
BOX

The editor does not n~ecessari'
" endorse any article appear.
in this department. They repre-
sent the views Of the individual
readers. Correspondents a r
warned that all communications
must contain the correct name
and ~1dress for u records,
though the latter may be signed
as the writer sees fit. The Star.
News reserves the right to alter
any text that for any reason Is
Objectionable. Letters on con.
reversal subjects will not be
published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16

The Hohenzollerns are worried. They have
not heard recently from the head of the
family, II, former kaiser and exile
at Doom since the World war. AS the fight
ing in the Nazi- Dutch campaign, which ended
so quickly, reached Utrecht, close to the kai-
ser's retreat, his safety is feared for. Wouldn't
it be ironic if he had sought refuge in Eng
land?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
NAZI ARMY GETS
FIRST REAL TEST
BY ALEXANDER r. GEORGE
AP Feature Service Military
Writer

WASHINGTON. - The NazS
whirlWind invasion of the low covn'
tries is the prelude to an attempt
ed knockout punch at Great Brit
ain.
At last the long-delayed IBID tt
quick victory and perhaps the
dreaded total war; is under way,
If the Germans can establish and
maintain a stronghold on the Dutch
coast they will have a pistol point
ed at the heart of England. Huge,
sprawling London is only 45 MIN
utes bombing time from Inc
Hague.
Meanwhile the Nazi military ma
chine is to get its first major ties;
against big league military oppos'
tion-large units of the tuned Up
french army.
They Planned 1t So
The Germans are using ''
cream of their army. Seventy d.
visions, upwards of 80O,OOO 1rol'
line soldiers are moving thr0ugl
the Netherlands and in parts O.
Belgium. Every detail of their ope!'
ations certainly was worked '0
with traditional German mlItaE!
tnroughness. ,,
have been Germany's "preterfeo
The Netherlands and Belgium
routes of attack on Britain anu
France since long before worn
war days. The Nazis know prac~'
cally every foot of the terrain
Strategic railways and hlgh"a's
can rapidly pour troops mo ~'
low countries. q,
On the other side, the tlcD',
high command has worked lo'
years to perfect plans OF cool,.. I
ing a German invasion Via D''
GUM or Holland.
When the war started last o'g'
TENDER, the French began e%IeA.,
ing and strengthening the Nag.'',
line along the Belgian border, 1Ds'
wall probably is not as 'lmpIsns
ble'' as the sections directly facing
Germany. A "break through ).
the weaker section may be a pa'
of the Germans grand offehs.'H
providing their drive through Dr.
GUM is not permanently StdNe''
A Matter OF Time -.
Allied Generalissmo Came.
should be able TO put trehcn o~4
British forces in Belgium stfoa, y.
enough to give the invaders a H.,
of World-War proportions anu +,
keep large bodies Of troops
France. 4
Before the lightning invasion T.,
the low countries military o0Ss.,
ers wondered why the GerH.@ a..
raade so little use of their VaIl. ~,
air force. Perhaps they were 0s sa,.
ing it up for 'the one big 0''-
Slve." ,.ra
The Germans probably Will ID. N
a preponderance in air SL os he
for the lowlands struggle. VI
other hand their gasoline Supp W..
may not be adequate tor
longed "all out war. u
The Germans as usual seem 1r.,.. h
have the jump but if the D4 or a
and French can take II de-
few months without sutleflns h
feat, the tide can slowly '"1 1org.
other vav inst as it did IN wv
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
Man bout
Manhattan
By George Tucker

NEW YORK, May. 15-Obeserva-
ton: Most of us seldom think to
avail ourselves of opportunities un-
til it is too late. Until a few months
ago it was possible for practically
anyone to go all through the big
naval yards here, to see how the
big battleships operated, and, IN
some instances, even to get aboard
submarines.
But most New Workers, used to
having such things in their back
yards, never gave much thought
to it. But now the broadcast of
ships being blasted out of the
water, and coastal ports being
bombarded at long range by big
sea guns, has generated a desire
to have a close look at such naval
items as airplane carriers, SUBJ
marines and destroyers. Too late:
the bars are down. The chance
has gone glimmering in the wind.
You have to be intimately con-
nected with the government, or the
army or navy to get within smell
ing distance of the navy yards
now.
Problem: Weary, and with his
eyes red from too much reading,
Lanny Ross plopped down in his
favorite restaurant and told of a
three-day search for a missing
song. eve looked through 27,OO
pieces of music" he ex-
planned, land didn't find it."
What music? Well, on his
broadcasts Lanny h as promised
to sing requests. In his mail the
other morning came a letter from
a woman whose sister ran away
from home. She was distressed.
Knowing that her sister always ad-
mired Lanny, she wrote in to ask
if the singer wouldn't sing a cert
ain song, in the hopes that her
sister would hear it, and return
home. She didn't know the name
of the song, or the music, but she
quoted the lyrics. Lanny, with a
couple of aides, spent the next few
days ransacking the musical ar
chives of New York. 1t just wasn't
to any avail. However, Lanny went
on the air and recited the lyric.
Then" he said, st did the next
best thing. I sang Home Sweet
Home" Whether the missing
young woman was turned in-and
went home-hasn't been ascer-
tanned.
Over at the Museum of Modern
Art, in 53rd street, is a most sig
ula collection of film. 1t is a
collection of 48 different motion
picture the complete celluliod
biography of Douglas Fairbanks
career. Not long ago Doug died,
but before he did he presented this
record of his life work to the muse
UNI. 1t begins, back in 1915, with
a film called 1.-THE Lamb" That
was the first motion picture Doug
ever made. And when + made it
h. never went back to the stage
again. His last film was Mr.. Rob-
inson Crusoe," made in 1882.
If you went to the trouble to
string all these films together you
would have a running, if garbled
story 2,70o. 900 feet in length.
Last wee'- the Museum announc.
ed it would show all these pictures
to the public. And after New York
has seen them, they will be dis
tributed throughout the country to
high schools and clubs, free. 1t
seems to me this is {. particularly
happy event.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
IN CARS

I'm CARS
MOUNT VERNON, Wash.-(AP)
Late for work, Bernis Yenter
decided he would dress while driv.
ing to his office.
He got his shirt and socks on
successfully but when he tried
to pull on his shoes he lost con
troll of the car.
1t ran into a field, overturned
and was demolished. Vents, un-
hurt, promised state patrolmen he
wouldn't use a car for a dress
ing room again."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
IN ACCIDENTS

IN ACCIDENTS
HELENA, Mont. apt was
standing on a corner, a door came
along and knocked me cold
That's a Butte mans story of
how he got a black eye-and he's
sticking to it.
He was on the curb, waiting to
cross an intersection, when a car
came along. A door flew open and
the handle struck him and knock
ed him into a sign-post.
A doctor, who vouches for the
story, was called to revive hlm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16

But perhaps Durham better understands the
value of exploitation.
Wilmington mas good reason to be proud
of it's school singers. 1t would be a hne ges-
ture Of appreciation to give them a chance
to display their talent in another city.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
MUSEUM

School children operate the
largest amateur museum in the
world. Located in Washington,
N. c., it is known as the Bughouse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
THE ONLY WAY

Not one of the ordinary tests
used by laymen to detect poisonous
mushrooms is absolutely safe. The
only sure method is to know the
Various species by sight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
FIRES

AT FIRES ..ss
KEEP, Kans. (APo-T ,&.gnI as
strange spectacle the VIII, rrsss3
fire ladies made as they tra7,.
the Furnishings from the O-I PEI:
home of A. W. SundgfeH, ts
here. Out they came carr! nh c5esr.
heating stove, a fire blazing
lily in it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16

TOP % THE MORNING
Wealth heaped on Uealth nor truth nor safe
ty bugs,
The danaers gather as the treasures rise.
Johnson-In an Old Book.
La gaceta., 1940-12-19

yer como la Rep1blica era entire
gada al verdugo por ell notorio
Pacto de No Intervention, que
asegur6 la victoria de Franco
V de sus aliados fascistas.
Todos los lideres de Ia Espa-
ma republican, eran intimamen-
te conocidos Y claramente apre-
ciados por ella. I'm buen ejen-
plo de su profunda perception
de los caracteres de los hombres
Que gobernaban a ESpana du-
rante la gran crisis, puede apre-
ciarse en- este esquema, tama-
no de un dedal, hecho del ahora
difunto Don Manuel Azana:
Els un hOmbre extraordina-
riamente inteligente y general
mente NAL comprendido, que Sc
cree es fuerte, pero en- realidad
solo es un caracter debil que Sc
supone es cruel y duro, pero que
en- verdad es de coraz6n suave.'
"Es ell mejor orador, sin excluir
a ninguno, que yo he dido, pero
no un orador para las masas, 81
no un fine hombre de estado,
mas no para tiempos de crisis.
Posee una mente en- la cual la 10
gica Sc lorna Destructive por
medic de su deslumbrante clari-
dad".
"Yo debo tener libertad" esta
impregnado de Ia clase de cora
je animante, de todo corazon,
que brilla en- la obScuridad de
tinta de una Europa temporal
mente obscurecida y en- la cual
ell valiente pals de la Sra. Palen
cia atraviesa uno de sus momen-
tos mas tragicos, con todas las
manchas negras que es possible
imaginar.
Los criticos convienen en- que
Ell libro es facil de leer, informa-
two e inspirador,