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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
. ALL ABOUT BABIES
Here's What To Do When
Common Colds Hit Children

tonsils and abundance of adenoids
with sore Threats and tonsillitis which
may interfere with their nutrition
and growth. Enlarged tonsils in
themselves without other signs of
disease are not an indication that
they should be removed. The de-
cision on his should be left to a
competent ear, nose and throat spe-
cialist.
When a common cold hits the
child he should be kept away from
other Individuals and preferably put
to bed. His temperature should be
taken and i. above normal a doctor
should see the child to make a
thorough examination and prescribe
treatment.
Children should be protected in
every possible way from common
colds.' Children who have been eX-
posed to any of the communicable
diseases should be watched carefully
during the incubation period. Pre-
vention of the communicable dis
eases will reduce the number of
"colds.' Children should be kept
away from other children and adults
with coughs or discharging noses.
If the mother or nurse acquires a
cold, she should protect her nose
and mouth with a gauze mask. IN
and friends be allowed to kiss babies
on the face.
NEXT: Fight goes forward
or,ipef Il l. 4 l. n w., .,,,JJ,or
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
SIGHT RETURNS

PITTSFIELD, Mass, April 22.-
R-sight returned today to blind
Francis Soutier, "a, as suddenly as
the darkness which enveloped his
life six years ago. Soutier, who be-
came totally blind overnight through
paralysis of his optic nerve, was
working at his newsstand today
when suddenly he found himself able
to distinguish between darkness and
light.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

not generally recognized that these
symptoms may be the beginning of
any one of a number of the acute
communicable diseases such as mea.
sles, diphtheria. whooping cough,
and influenza.
Symptoms similar to those of a
common cold may be brought on by
allergic attacks due to sen%sitiveness
of the child to certain foods, dusts,
plants, animals or animal sera.
= X
Children with enlarged, diseased
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
BY RICHARD ARTHUR BOLT,
NJ. D., DIR. p. II.
Secretary, Nj aternal and Child
Health Section of American
Public Health Association

Infections of the upper air pas
sages are the most frequent cause of
sickness during childhood. Acute
inflammations of the nose and
throat may become serious by ex-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

Lee Garmes. this one is pho'y
graphically impressive ana ONE
wise it's as slow, involved ana '"'
a piece of supernatural cheese
you could hope to avoid.
Three old men befriend q Ho'"s
couple, and they stick around a,'.
dying in a plane crash to see ti.,
the children's tangled love a-t''
gets Strengthened out.
The banal situation (sucoeSs lu'"'
the boys head from the one tI"'
girl) is helped neither by the w..
some dialogues of the Watc''"
ghosts" nor by the generaiE
cellent performances.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
PLANS TO MARRY

ROME, April 22.-LP-Brlah wa
lace, son of the late Edgar Nal.a-.'
English writer of mystery s;orl','
today arranged to marry an al''''.
can girl in Rome after what the GU,
pie described as a five-montns pa.
with officialdom over wartime
strictions. The bride-to-be IS WYE.
line Van Dyke Jones of Co-ul''',
O., daughter of the late fIeo't'.'
Eben Jones, an insurance eNecu",,.
The wedding is to take place D''
Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

as a handsome, conceited football
player who is forever breaking his
nose before tests, delivers easy-to-
take comedy. Darnell, playing her
age, is more impressive-and luscious
than ever. Greenwood's return to
films is welcome, especially when
she sings, and Mary Healy delivers a
couple of blues tunes p%unchily.
* y y
"Florian." Robert Young, Helen
Gilbert, Trina Baronova, Reginald
Owen, FIorian.
When those Lippizans wv h e
horses of the old Austrian imperial
stables) are or the screen, "Florian"
is a marvellous picture-a thing of
beauty and grace. Florian himself
(he's the horsey hero) is worth the
tedium involved in following a trite
yarn of courtly intrigue and romance
the devoted groom hopelessly N
iove-with the pretty duchess who
must marry the nobleman who has
an affair with the ballerina.
After the war (No. y, horse and
girl and boy are separated. Boy
crosses the ocean in search of his
morse, finally saves him in the IA
mlllar nick from the glue factory.
AL this point, the girl shows up,
rather startlingly, if you have for
gotten there ever was a girl, which
gives you an idea what Florian was
up against in his first starring pic
lure. For sorry dialogue, for phoney
plot and for the most beautiful horse
sequences ever filmed, "Florian' is
a stand-out.
Beyond Tomorrow" Harry Ca
rev. Z. Aubrey Smith, Charles Win
Maria Ouspenskaya, Helen
vlhson, Richard Carlson, Jean
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

Beyond Tomorrow" Harry Ca
reS' Z. Aubrey Smith, Charles Win
nlhser Maria Ouspenskaya. Helen
elhson' Richard Carlson, Jean
Parker.
PRODUCED by a fine cameraman,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

NEXT: Fight goes forward
against diphtheria, smallpox
ScOurges.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

In the personal conduct of his campaign,
Taft has changed his technique not a whit
from his tyro days. In Cincinnati he started
out as a doorbell-ringing precinct worker, in
spite Of his family name and silver-spoon back.
ground. He's been ringing the bell ever since
AS one commentator pointed out, the electorate
Evening star., 1940-09-24
Bill for Three New Buildings
Goes to Senate From House

the block bounded by Fourth and
Fifth streets and G and H streets
NV, Just north of the Pension Of
fee. present headquarters of the
General Accounting ONCE.
The estimated cost of the land
and the new building is $9,850, 900.
Its exterior will be of brick-and-
stone construction. The front por-
ton of the building will be finished
for ofices and the rear portion and
basement will be unfinished and
used for filing purposes.
The two other buildings will be
smaller, of the three-story concrete
type similar to the Navy and Num-
tions Buildings on Constitution ave-
nue.. Each of these two buildings,
it is estimated, will cost $500, 900.
No location is designated for
either of these two buildings, but
the bill provides the sites may be
in or near the District OF Colum-
bia." The National Capital Park
and Planning Commission has rec
commended that one Of the buildings
bs erected In Arlington County. Va.
Evening star., 1940-09-24

The tropical disturbance is now moving
northweStward over Louisiana with dimln-
ished intensity Alexandria. 1.006.S MILL
bars t29-13 inchesl. and broad trough OF
low pressure extends from Texas northeast
ward TO the Lake region. Northern New
York and Northern New England. Harbor
Beach. Mich. 1907 millibars t29.61
inches), and Alpine, Tex, OO7.S millibars
t29. IS inches. Pressure remains low over
most of Alaska and it is relatively low over
the Pacific States and Southern Arizona.
Kodiak Alaska, 99l.5 millibars ta9.2S
inches. and Blythe. Calf, OO1.5 milli
bars c9.75 inches,. An area of high
pressure of great magnitude is spree ding
southwark and eastward over the Rocky
Mountain region, the Plains States. Mime
sofa and the Lake Superior region; and
pressure remains high of the Atlantic
Coast, Fort Peck. Mont. 1875 millibsrs
t30.29 inches}, and a ship about 600 miles
east-southeast of Nantucket. Mass 02l q
millibars i30.15 inchesl. Rain has fallen
almost generally from the Rocky Mountain
region eastward to the Lake region: the
Ohio Valley. Western Tennessee and the
East Gulf States. The rainfall was heavy
in Louisiana Southern Arkansas and eS-
treme Eastern Texas. Alexandria. La. re-
porting the greatest amount 3.S4 inches.
The weather has become warmer from Illi-
nois and Southern Michigan eastward TO
the Atlantic Coast. but much cooler weather
is now overspreadine the Dakotas, Mime
sofa and Wisconsin.
Evening star., 1940-09-24
Officials Here Privately Pleased
AT British Fight to Seize Dokor
Afreon Base Could Become sprineboord
To oAmericos, and Might Be VtoI to Britoin

Oficial Washington made no at
tempt today to conceal private sat-
isfaction over the possibility that the
British will seize Dakar, the stra-
tegic French West African base
which may become Europe's spring.
board to South America.
The importance of the improved,
fortified port, in the opinion of ex-
perts, can scarcely be exaggerated.
Naval forces based on the bulging
shoulder of Africa would command
ocean and air routes of great impor-
tance and even greater potentiah-
ties.
The excellent harbor on Cape
Verde lies roughly about half way
along an almost direct line between
Spain, Portugal and the Mediter-
ranean outlet at Gibraltar and the
easternmost point of Brazil.
Dakar undoubtedly will be a key
point if an economic war develops
for South Americas trade, espe-
cially if the totalitarian powers gain
control of Gibraltar. German and
Italian ships and airplanes would
find facilities there for a midway
fueling stop en- route to or from
Brazil and Southern South America.
Close to Brazil.
The best harbor on the West
African coast and the closest to the
Americas, it is not more than 1900
miles from the port of Pernambuco,
Brazil, and the Brazilian air base
of Natal. from which regular trans
Atlantic airmail schedules were
flown by the Germans and Italians
before the wars outbreak The
French have developed the port
both as naval and air base. It is
defended by three forts on promon-
tories Just north and south of the
harbor entrance.
Dakar also commands the British
sea route to her South African colo
nies. Should the Suez Canal and
the Mediterranean be closed to
English shipping. steamers bringing
tin and rubber from the East Indies
and troops from Australia and New
Zealand would be routed around
Cape Verde after circling the Horn
Dakal has at least five modern
docks equipped to serve large steam
ers with drafts up to 80 feet. as well
as a drydock which can accommo-
date 660foot ship The wide
piers have rail facilities. modern
loading machinery and ample ware
houses designed for the products of
French West Africa. The terrain.
it was said. is suitable for the quick
expansion of airport facilities.
Harbor's Protection.
The harbor is protected by two
breakwaterS and the narrow en-
trance was closed by submarine nets
at the beginning of the war. This
net was at first designed to keep out
German submarines.
After the collapse of France, how
ever, and the British French naval
engagement off Africa. the net be-
came a barrier to the English.
Returning travellers told of the be-
Wilderment of French officials at
Dakar when an English launch, in
some unexplained manner, slipped
inside the net under cover Of dark
Evening star., 1940-09-24
ARMY Recruits Here
Lead Country TO-
Fitness
Only II Per Cent Of
Applicants Rejected
During Lost Month

Enlistments in the local Army re-
cruiting station already have sur
passed the total for last month and
the applicants lead the Nation in
physical fitness, it was revealed
today.
Only II per cent Of the applicants
so far this month have been re-
jected because of physical disabili-
ties, as compared with national
total of about 33l, per cent. Yes
terday II men were accepted. with
not a single rejection, marking the
seventh day for September in which
no men were refused for physical
reasons.
Men of High Caliber.
In addition. the majority of men
who have been recruited here have
had high school or college educa-
ton. and every one of the II yes
terdav was so qualified, according
to Capt R NJ. Peak. assistant re-
cruiting officer at the local station,
631 Pennsylvania avenue NV.
VIC dlC SCNlLilS Oil AAhAS
group of men" Capt Peak declared.
They come from good families and
are clean-cut looking. Their educa-
tional and physical qualifications
are unusual"
He reported that 109 have been
accepted thus far in September out
of 1872 applications. This is already
ahead of the total of 103 men who
were recruited In August and
eclipses the SO figure for July and 78
for June
Only three men have been turned
down because of total lack of educa-
ton this month Thirty-eight men
have been rejected because they
were married and 452 colored men
have been refused enlistment be-
cause there are no vacancies for
them.
400 Inquiries in Month.
The increased enlistment and in
terest-there have been almost l 400
inquiries at the station this month
Evening star., 1940-09-24

ness and dumped depth charges
alongside the battleship Richelieu.
pride Of the French Navy. The war;
ship was grounded and disabled
without loss OF life. In late July,
travellers said, the huge battleship
had been refloated and manned, al
though 1t still was disabled.
AS early as 1919 Dakar was count
ed as 4 trump card in the expected
rivalry Of European countries with
the United States for the trade of
South America. In the summer OF
1899 the French were busily improv-
ing facilities there with the aid Of
the British. according to reports
reaching Washington.
Became . Dead Port"
The seaport has a population of
about 10000, some 5000 of whom
are Europeans. mostly French. 1t
is the capital of the huge territory
Of French West Africa and was the
principal trade outlet for the colony
before the British blockade.
The harbor basin and docks were
alive with shipping last winter when
Zoo Director William M. Mann
called there en- route to Liberia to
collect animals for the local zoo. A
British aircraft carrier was moored
in the harbor. along with cruiser
and several French warships Ships
moving up and down the coast were
efn IN, IN rofrAI 20 b
discharge cargo.
Upon DR.. Manns return through
Dakar the last OF July it was
dead port" The British were main
tanning blockade of the coast
Forty or fifty French and Scan
dinavian ships lay at anchor or
beside the piers. A few days pre-
viously a Polish ship had run the
blockade and escaped. No passengers
were allowed ashore from the neutral
American vessel.
Food Running Low.
Food stocks were running low in
the port, IL was said There was no
coffee, milk or butter, the travellers
were told. and shops were running
out of other necessities.
There was no activity in the air
as on the previous visit, and the
travellers saw only one French mil
itary vessel in addition to the Grip
pied Richelieu-a small submarine.
There were rumors that German
technicians were en- route to improve
the defenSes, particularly airport
facilities. These, however. could not
be confirmed.
DR.. Mann asked a French official
he met on the boat If Dakar was
French, British or German The
official sighed and shrugged his
shoulders.
We don't know" he said. {" &.
we're waiting for the governor gen.
eral to tell us!"
That. however. was in late July.
Meanwhile. in Washington neither
State Department nor Navy ofi-
cials would comment on the poten-
tiahties to this hemisphere of Brit
ish occupation of Dakar.
Nevertheless. the State Depart
ment was sufficiently interested to
send a consular agent to the port
recently. No report, it was said,
has been received from the agent.
Evening star., 1940-09-24

lis explained partially because of
the fact that many men want to
beat the draft" this way.
Some men feel they will have
more choice in their type of service
il they enlist, it is explained, and
many who have recently enlisted
here have requested stations outside
Of the continental limits of the
United States.
Others, according to Capt Peak,
merely explain they want to get in
the Army" and have no set ideas as
to the branch of service they desire
The high physical average being
set here is partly the result of i'm
proved education, Capt. Peak as
serted. He said that a man who has
been through high school undoubt-
edly has developed himself physical
ly through sports ahead of other
youths who did not go so far with
their schooling.
Evening star., 1940-09-24
Billion in Contracts
Let by Army in 8 Days,
President Announces
$206, ,e03 1878 Is Spent
For Ammunition; 3,02z
Planes Cost 155 Million
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt announced
today that the War Department
within eight days had placed 81 000..
8l0,889 in orders for vital defense
equipment, from airplanes to gas
masks.
The contracts were awarded under
a IS 900 900 900 Defense Appropria-
ton Act signed by Mr.. Roosevelt
September g. He released memo
randum from Secretary of War
Stimson detailing orders placed un-
der the act as of September IT,
The bulk of the appropriation
was earmarked for the Navy, which
contracted for some 200 warships
the day the act was signed
The biggest item for the Army
was 6,903 878 for ammunition,
followed closely by s206.6l5 900 for
Ordnance Department facilities"
which were not further identified.
1922 Planes Bought.
Six contracts for 3.022 airplanes
aggregated sl55 ,579.47O and four
contracts for 6785 engines came to
another STA 398.142 In addition,
the Ordnance Department ordered
s14.242 300 worth of radial air cooled
engines.
Other large items included sl22.-
334 ,934 for small arms and miscel-
laneous items. s75,758245 for tanks
and S53.9l3, ,440 for clothing and
equipage.
The announcement on the orders
for weapons and equipment fol-
lowed a Presidential executive order
making effective rules and regula-
tions for conscription Of some OF
the men who will use them.
The Chief Executive signed the
order yesterday at his HYDE Park.
N. Y, home where he had spent
the week end.
Mr.. Roosevelt will dedicate Grav-
ely Point Airport tomorrow and
Thursday lay the cornerstone of
Register Of Deeds building. White
House officials said he would make
addresses of three to five minutes
at each event. and that radio net
works could carry them if they
wished They said the chains had
not been asked to do So
Contracts Listed.
In his memorandum on contracts,
Secretary Stimson broke the figures
down this way:
Air Corps: Planes. sl55.579,470.
Engines, s74,398142, total, 1929 ,977,-
6l2.
Corps of Engineers: Searchlight
equipment, sl6,762 200 pontoon
bridge materials. s2,l82850; optical
instruments. 1881 .625; assault boats
s98, 300; miscellaneous, sl86. .502. To-
tai. s19.56l977.
Ordnance Department: Facilities,
s2O6 6,6l5 900; half track vehicles, ST.
27l .103: tanks, s75,756.245; radial
air-cooled engines. sl4242 300; ar
tillery materials. s24.5039l5: small
arms and miscellaneous. 1922, ,334,-
934; ammunition, s206 ,903,87s. To-
tai. s657 .629 ,375.
Quartermaster Corps Clothing
and equipage. s53,9l3440; general
supplies, IS ,349 POS; motor vehicles,
500 o91 ,397; construction, s4,032, 1888.
Total, SS5. 1856 .425.
Chemical warfare service signal
corps. etc, all classes (radio, gas
masks, etc., $3.50 900.
Evening star., 1940-09-24
By JAMES E. CHINN.

The Senate had before it for
consideration today another House
approved appropriation bill provid-
irg additional funds for national
defense and variety Of other items,
including construction of three new
Federal Office buildings to relieve the
Governments acute housing situa-
ton in Washington.
The bill, which calls for appro-
priations totaling s267 ,733, ,728, was
rushed through the House yesterday
in about four hours. Its jor
items are designed to pay the cost
of training 100000 defense workers,
and initiating program to give
the country 1000 civil and military
airports.
The three new buildings, to b
occupied by Government workers,
are estimated to cost $l6,250, ,000
The largest will be six.story struc-
ture to house scattered bureaus Of
the General Accounting Once. It
Is planned to locate this structure tn
Evening star., 1940-09-24
Cox Urges Resolution
Backing Destroyer Deal

Representative Cox, Democrat, of
Georgia plans to make Commute
speech in the House this afternoon
in support o. concurrent reso-
luton, introduced earlier. which
approves the recent exchange of
overage United States destroyers to
Great Britain for naval ana air
bases on British possessions il the
Western Hemisphere.
The purpose of the resolution, MI
Cox said, is to call to the attention
OF the executive department the
fact that Congress, and particularly
the Senate. has vital interest in
foreign commitments and that the
first official information Congress
had about the deal was in a COM
munication from President Roose
welt.
The resolution also is intended to
show. through Congress, that the
American people are behind the
agreement, and to put Republicans
on record with respec. to the de-
stroyer transfer, Representative Cox
indicated
Evening star., 1940-09-24
Elliott Roosevelt Gets
ArmyC Captaincy
As Specialist
No Hard and Fost Rules
Set Up for Eligibility,
War Department Says

Because of Elliott Roosevelt's
standing in civil life and in his
speciality of radio and aeronautics,
where he rates high" the second
son of the President yesterday was
commissioned captain in the Army
Reserve Corps
Mr. Roosevelt came into the Army
as a specialist There are $50 such
men in the Reserve Corps, each Of
whom has passed the acid test in
his particular line of work
The test for eligibility-as we'll as
ranks not set by any hard and
fast rules, according TO a War De-
partment spokesman.
Each man is judged as an indi-
vidual. A separate decision is
reached on each by a board of Off
GERS at the War Department.
Judgment is reached on the basis
of mental, moral, physical and pro-
fessional qualifications, which vary
with the individual as he varies in
civil life"
Heads Radio Network.
Exactly what might be required of
another man, not the Presidents
son. in order to be considered
specialist and what rank he might
expect cannot be determined off,
hand. said the War Department
spokesman.
The contents of applications re-
main confidential
Young Mr.. Roosevelt's record,
however. as reviewed in Who's Who
in America. shows that he was for
a year vice president of the Aero
nautical Chamber of Commerce In
the four-year period from 1929 to
1888 he held jobs with three diff
ferent advertising agencies. For
two years thereafter he was avia-
ton editor for newspaper chain,
Then he became interested in radio
and has been president of the Texas
State Network, Inc. since 1888 and
general manager of eight radio
stations.
To Serve at Wright Field.
His special talents, which earned
him the commission. according to
the War Department spokesman,
will be put to use in the Air Corps
procurement center at Wright Field,
Ohio.
Before Capt. Roosevelt can attain
any higher rank, the War Depart
ment said. he must serve the regu-
lation number of years in his grade
After taking the military oath at
the War Department before a bat
terry of movie cameras yesterday
the new captain told reporters:
Il felt that in view of the fact
Evening star., 1940-09-24
Weather Report
diminished hy the

FURNISHED Weather Bureau)
Columbia-Showers and
moderate shifting
northery
Maryland-showe tonight;
night.
tonight and tomorrow probably becoming heavy in
portion somewhat portion tonight cooler
much cooler tomorrow night
tonight and tomorrow cooler
Evening star., 1940-09-24
Hale Holden, II, Dies;
Noted Railroad Leader
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Sept 24.-Hale Hol-
den, II, a leading railroad execu-
tive, died last night after 12-day
illness complicated by heart all
ments.
He entered railroading in 1907 as
counsel to the Chicago. Burlington
& Quincy Railroad. became its pres
ident in 1914 and served at the same
time as president of the Colorado &
Southern.
During the World War Mr.. Hol-
den became one of five members of
the Railroad War Board, which
unified roads into single conti-
mental system.
In 1929 he became chairman of
the Executive Committee of the
Southern Pacific at a salary of
$150,000 a year. He retired last
year.
Mr.. Holden was born at Kansas
City. Mo-. and was educated at
Williams College and Harvard.