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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
Hollywood Siqhts And Sounds
81 Robin Coons.

nored our SiameSe cat. Even our
Eastern lilac bush failed to i'm
press them. But Kayak II, Challe-
don, Eight Thirty and War Admir-
al made them fairly vibrate.
NY wife knows a lot about cows,
having been raised on a farm, but
all she can do with a horse is
ride it. I can't even do that, hav-
ing wasted my life in show bust
ness. All I know about horses !
learned years ago when I played
the hind legs of a comedy horse.
What I needed, the family said,
was a horse. Horses were the
measure of Importance in the mo
ton picture industry-the better
the horse the greater the impor-
tance. Names were cited. What
better way of achieving fame
I was impressed. I was discuss
ing contract with Metro-G oldwyn-
Mayer at the time, and was wide
open for some good publicity. 1
weakened.
The kids went into a frenzy of
elation. They neutrality-suspicious.
and got up at 3 a. m. to go out to
the track. 1 had to lecture them
severely to keep them from TAX
ing advantage of an unfortunate
David Harum who owned an enor-
NOUS feed bill and was about to
commit suicide. Next morning we
went out to see a horse workout.
I felt like a fool. A discouraged
looking animal lounged past us,
the kids snapped their stopwatches
and shouted, There he goes!" l
don't know where he went. We
waited around until breakfast time,
but the horse didn't show up. May
be someone bought him on the
backstretch.
Then the unexpected happened.
The studio came through with the
contract and I didn't have to buy
a horse. The kids were pretty bit
ter about it, but l salved their
feelings by paying their railroad
fare back to New York. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
MCONKEY
For A Good Fight

President Roosevelt's address defeating the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park con-
tanned solemn warnings to the people of the
United States to steel themselves for unpre.
their heritage Of natural resources and of ma
tional liberty.
Because of the airplane, Europe is nearer
today than was the other side of the mountains
when pioneers threaded their way across the
range on tenuous trails, he said. And Europe's
threat, he added, is greater than any created
by Indians for those same pioneers. We must
be ready to deal with this threat as efficient
ly as early settlers dealt with theirs.
There must be large armed forces, ample
experimentation for war. And the people, who
have grown soft through years of security.
must harden their sinews, reinforce their spir-
it, Tor trials we cannot accurately appraise in
advance. In mentioning the need for bases he
made a significant Interpolation.
II think" he said, they will be estab-
lished." The remark, not in his prepared text.
was, in fact, a prophecy. Yesterday he an
nounced the United States had completed ar
engagements for delivery of so destroyers to
Britain in exchange for military bases in her
Western Hemisphere possessions.
The President viewed our situation as seri-
ous-even grave-but gave no nearer, nor any
reader of his address, reason to fear that the
United States will not be equal to its task.
He issued a warning, however, against an
enemy at home which no true American will
ignore. That enemy" he said, rs the mean
and petty spirit that mocks at ideals, sneers
at sacrifice and pretends that the American
people can live by bread alone" This enemy
is. indeed, one which must be conquered, and
its conquest must be shared by every person
In the land who honestly wants the American
way of life preserved.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

he a spy, we wondered. Or was it
simply Hitchcock up to his old
tricks. Probably it was Hitchcock
up to his old tricks. But the after.
noon passed, and the evening
came, and midnight waned, anG
we couldn't get the situation out
Of u mind. It was like Mark
Twain's Punch, Brothers, punch
with care . . :"
Breakfast didn't taste very good
next morning. Neither did lunch.
About 2 o'clock we telphoned the
United Artists to find out whether,
by chance, another preview might
be in the wind.
Sure is" said Lynn Farnol, lin
half an hour" Ten minutes later,
hatless and almost GREATNESS, we
arrived.
What about that preview?" We
wanted to know. Farnol had gone
out.
"It's been cancelled" the man
said. Won't be held until next
week."
Well, what would you have done?
We started talking. We explained
all, including our tasteless din
ners and our sleepless nights. The
man said, Pardon me" and went
out, and in a few minutes later
he was back again. If it's the
last two reels you want to see
We'll run EN- for you," he ex.
planned.
We know this sounds silly, but
seeing those two reels. took all the
fatigue and WEAKNESS out of our
frame; 1t made everything all
right-even the hero. who came
out all right in the end. And when
the last foot had been shown we
got up and walked out of there a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
Star-News Program

Consolidated City.County Government
under CouncilManager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports mt Industrial
ShoUs.
Seaside HighUay from WrightsviUe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension of city Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Wid-
er Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south of Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, pia
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustdined-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency, supported by one
Countrywide tao.
~Shipyards and Drydock.
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 nGtive grape gro1Ding
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis SanatoriNm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
The Editors
LETTER BOX

The editor does not necessarily
.,d n any article appearing in
this denartment. They represent the
views Of the individual readers. Cor,
s~nsmondents are warned that all
esn~,nmnications m u s contain the
eorract name and address for our
rocords. though the latter may be
s;oued AZ the writer e ut. The
ss.4ersNeWs reserves the right to alter
INV text that for any reason 10 90.
;aat;anahle. Letters on controversial!
rrhiects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
TOP o. II MORNING

Since the manifestation of the Spirit comes
to him aoho does Gods will, the continual mani
f~estation of the Spirit can come only to him
Who continually does Gods will 80. For con-
s%ecrati0n is rather threshold, than the climdr
Of the Spirits ~tuzlness. 1t is not so much a
star, which once tired, will torever Mumine
our lives 1ith its radiance, as it is a gateway,
achich needs to be constantly kept open, ii the
light aDhdch' came in at its unbarring is to con-
tinue.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
YDC WILL MEET
HERE ON FRIDAY

The Young Democrats club of
New Hanover county will hold its
annual meeting in the recorders
courtroom of the courthouse at 8
o'clock Friday night, j. H. Fergu-
son, president, announced yester-
day.
Officers for the ensuing year
and delegates and alternates to the
state YDC convention to be held in
raleigh, September 1914 will be
elected at the meeting.
Other matters of importance are
also to be discussed, he said. as
ne urged all members to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-If you see a cou-
pie Of gents measuring the width of a state
highway, taking grade elevations, punching
~soil-test rods into shoulders and measuring the
sag in old bridges, you'll know that the high
way is a part of the 80, 00O-mile network of
strategic military roads.
You probably won't see any such gents, be-
cause most Of the state highway departments
already have the information. In the next few
weeks they will be pouring it into the Public
Roads administration here for tabulation and
assembly into a report to the Army and the
National Defense commission.
Out of that report, with recommendations
from the President and action from Congress,
our strategic military highway network may
be improved and repaired. But don't let any
body tell you that at the moment there is any
wholesale plan to make superhighways out Of
every wagon track-or even any national de.
Tense plans to super" highways that aren't
already ''supered."
MUST SUPPORT TANKS
About the only military roads that will be
built Immediately are those which lead from
the main arteries or cities to new military
and naval establishments. In mileage, these
roads probably will be negligible. It is likely
they Will be built with an eye to modern me.
chanical warfare-wide and strong enough to
accommodate the heavy tanks and new heavy
gun carriages.
The 80.0OO-mile network was worked out by
the Army and the Public Roads administra.
ton. It spiderwebs over every state, with
east-west and north-south arteries tying to.
gether the borders and giving clear outlets
from industrial centers to military canton.
ments and naval supply bases.
BRIDGE BOOM LIKELY
Much of it, according to preliminary sur.
veys. would be satisfactory for military use
even now. The principal difficulties are gaps
OF poor road that link some of the better h;qh.
ways and about 1000 bridges that are far from
adequate for passage of new, heavier mill.
tary equipment.
It looks to this unexper eye as if the brid 90
building business is in for a boom. If there are
1000 wobbly bridges that need reinforcing mr.
replacement, that means a heap of new snans
even if some of them are no more than glor;'
fled culverts.
NOT ALL AT NOE
What effect the survey and subseonen+ .
concentrations will have on the countrv,s h;,h.
way system cannot be predicted now AT e.,
can skip the idea that we are going II h.va
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
Man bout
Manhattan
By George Tucker

NEW YORK-Sept. ga story
has been going around town abou,
two mysterious Russians who ap'
peared at a small neighborhoo6
theater recently and discovered
with dismay that the last showing
of Greta Carlo in the Russian
drama, "Ninotchka," was just
ever. They explained to the man
ager that they were starting back
to Russia that very night and
were very DESTROYS of seeing the
film-so desirious that they ended
up by paying $85 to run the film
off again right there on the spot,
just for them.
We went around tor severa!
days thinking what improbable
people those Russians were until
by one Of those funny little twists
Of coincidence, we found o~urselve,
in an almost identical situation,
About a week ago we attended
the preview Of a new picture. W.
went over to see the picture be-
cause it was Foreign Correspon.
dent" by Alfred Hitchcock, anc
we think hitchcock is one of the
best cinema directors in the
world.
One of Hitchcock's fortes, is
suspense. How he strings it out is
his business, strictly. It's a gift.
It's the sort of stuff that ties YOU
up into gnawing knots of curl.
osity. Well, half way through the
film one of the central characters
is dramatically unmasked az 6
spy. Just as this happened we no.
ticed that the clock on the wal
said four o'clock (have you got 9
song to 60 with that?) and as We
had an appointment for that hour
that couldn't be broken, we
grabbed u bonnet and got on,
OF there.
Had we realized the conse.
quences of this action we would
have said fooey about appoint.
ments. AL the way across town,
and all through the appointment,
which was with an aviator jus,
back from China and which
should have been interesting, we
kept thinking about that spy. Was
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
Step Up, Gentlemen

Wilmington's American Legion hopes to en-.
roll 500 additional veterans during the present
membership campaign. That hope should be
realized.
The Star has taken occasion several times
since the drive was first announced by Com
mander Wilbur R. Dosher to encourage veter'
ans to ally themselves with the organization
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
Are You Superstitious
. ABOUT
CROPS?
BY RUTH FARRAR
NEA Special Correspondent

There r more dos and don'ts
about the planting and care Of
crops than there are in all the
etiquet books ever written.
A whole madhouse of supersti.
tons, folk traditions, and ~astrolo.
gical onens defines the proper
ways and propitlous days for plant.
ing everything from garden peas
to fruit trec-.
Here are a few of the rules from
the tremendous collection of DR..
B. A.. Cartwright of the Univer.
sity of Oklahoma, Wl.o has spent
more than 80 years collecting pop.
ular american superstitions:
If cucumber seeds are planted
by 4 woman, the vines will never
amount to much. If cucumbers
are planted in the morning, they
will bloom themselves to death"
Drive an old-fas hioned hand.
made nail into an apple tree to
make it produce better.
If one laughs while planting the
corn, the grains on the cob will
be Irregular and too far apart.
A farmer must not have his
hair cut often durir the grow
ing season. His crops will ma
ture too slowly if he does.
Pepper will produce better if
the planter is angry when the
seeds are dropped into the ground.
A white Christmas insures a
good fruit crop.
If beans are planted in the aft
ernoon, the plants will drop then
blooms.
If you set tobacco plants o9
Sunday, the grub worms will at
tack them.
Gourds will produce better II
planted by a person of low IN
telligence.
Save the last ear of your last
sheaf of corn to insure a gooa
crop for the next year,
Crops that bear fruit above inc
ground should be planted IN IN
light of the moon if they are 10
produce we'll. All plants that pro,
duce 'ru..t below the ground shoula
be planted in the dark of the moon
If you wish watermelons to 90
well, you must plant them Wheh
the apple trees r in full bloom
"" her it be we. or dry, lul'
nips should be planted the 1oui
of July.
Corn does best if planted wheh
the v,hippoorwill begins calling ]"
the spring.
II you hang a yarn string owe.
bean plants, frost cannot nun
them.
When angleworms are ha
near the surface of the soil ule''
is no immediate danger Of frost
If potatoes are not dug IN 's
light of the moon, they Will rot
Wees will die and rot spfUu
up again if you cut them IN 1 1s,
dark of the moon between 'he
and 20tt of Angus. -.
PIar.l COTTON when the sign Is "
the twins nd there will DE WV
bolls of cotton i. place OF one
When the full moon comes
Sund y, i'll July, heavy crops
insured for that year.
In some sections of east l at
nessee, fruit farm rs believe "a
rock tied to the branches
forks of a fruit tree when
not been bearing will bring s00'
heavy yield of fruit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

in the near future O 1000 miles of
highways that will match the 1900
mile f%our-lane, earth-divided auto.
bahnen to Germany.
We already have more autobah.
men here than that and Well prob
ably have still more but it would
take years to super-highway the
whole network and make adequate
feeders out of all the horse and
buggy roads that lead into it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

new man. That was when we
started sympathizing with Rus
SLAMS.
III you e Foreign Correspon-
dent see it through. Leaving al
halfway mark isn't worth
it
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
Art Museum Exhibit
Will Open Sept. !

The fall season for the Whining
ton Museum of Art will open with
an exhibition of water colors of the
New England coast on Thursday,
Sept. 5, instead of Wednesday as
previously announced.
The second floor gallery of the
museum will reopen Friday, Sep
tember Z, with an exhibition of re.
production prints by Albrect Durer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04

In three and one-half years Nr
327 jobs for unskilled workers Ne eni
found by public local emploS
offices in North Carolina
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-04
NOT ALL. AT ONCE

What effect the survey and subsequent rec-
concentrations will have on the countrv,s h;,h
way system cannot be predicted now AT e.,
can skip the idea that we are going to have
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-17

The obove picture is Of the Commerce st level of Over
ond's Furniture store the mon enfronce of which IS Of
1889 Broodwoy The unusually Jorge window dspIoy space
OF the store cleorb shown Overland recently completely
remodeed this section of his store at approximate cost
with lighting fixtures odded much the effectiveness of
this populor furniture store
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-17
Voters Approve Calling Up
OF Guardsmen for Training

ien 20 pr cent? - undecided o.
without 81 apinion.
ne rais - vsfY much n Inc
with national sentiment aifeady
expressed IN tus iasus ~ eanseFtpa
ton. 81 e furnishes saflIlaaai
evidence - the pahliss Efsat -
sire fer preparedness. Institute
polls haxs found ths voters fso
= one lss per esnU IN fsvar q
ths principle hack ~ he Burke.
Wadswnfth mli = peacstime draft
n abls tsnsiird Ynunx men Every
state In ~ unlan Fated faF con-
scrlptian IN thr Institutes at sur
10y reported . wess aEo.
the calling ~ the Maternal
Quart witch wuutd mean ~ al.
altion ~ anywhere frnm isa 900
n 200 90 q ths regular army
finds M serious opposition IN any
~ the mA1or population kraura
F ny a vais II - Per cent a. more.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-17

Deputy Prosecutor Hugo Metz-
Ter aided her in presenting the
case. Offenbacher acted as his
own counsel.
The defendant said his wife,
whom he married in China while
he was a member of the famous
Can Do" regiment. was anxious
to get back to the Orient. He said
she wanted to get him 'out OF the
way so she could prove she
lacked support and be deported.
In Court Previously
Metzler pointed out that Often
bacher twice had been before the
court on the same charge, once In
January OF 1899, when he drew a
suspended sentence. and again last
April, when he was released on
promise of good behavior.
Offenbacher's intimation that his
wife inflicted the injuries upon
herself to have him jailed failed
TO convince the Jury.
Metzler asked that he be given
a six-months' term. The jury de-
cided Offenbacher can do 90 days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-17
Complete Section Of 0verland's
Furniture Store Is Remodeled

Conforming with the policy Of
Commerce st. merchants in pre-
senting an attractive interior and
exterior to prospective buyers. T.
o. Overland. manager of Over
lands Furniture store, 1899 Broad
way. remodeled and redecorated
the Commerce street level OF his
store.
Removal of a partition lends the
appearance of a much larger floor
space used In the display of Cole
man oil heaters. together with
the latest designs in electric and
wood ranges and living-room, din
ing-room and bedroom furnishings.
Easy washing machines also are
handled by this union concern
which features friendly. easy
credit terms.
Job Of remodeling was done at
an approximate cost of $1,000.
according to Overland. and in
cluded laying of a concrete floor,
new walls and ceilings, and light
ing fixtures. Exterior of the store
il painted in yellow, forming a
background for borders of black
tile glass.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-17
Man in Hurry for His Trial
Soon Gets Term Of so DAYS
Former Soldier. Accused Of Betting
His Wife. Is Convicted by Jury of Six

At p. m. Thursday, 2e-yesr-old
Guy Offenbacher arrived In court
to face trial on third degree as
sault charges.
At 2:24 the court was set to go.
But offenbacher arose and de-
manded that Judge Blanche Funk
Miller explain the why" of the
24-minute delay.
The court spent another three
minutes explaining that he was
getting the most prompt action
possible.
At Ais p. m, offenbacher dis
covered he had no reason for being
in a hurry. The jury Of two men
and four women convicted him and
handed him a 90-day Jail term for
beating his wife.
Arrested Saturday
He had been in Jail since last
Saturday. The night before. ac-
cording to his wife. Eugenia. he
had beaten her on the face and
shoulders with his fists. She
signed a complaint for his arrest.
Mrs. Offenbacher took the
stand against her husband. bearing
their 11-month-old daughter in her
arms. to testify that the stork was
due again any day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-17

EDMONTON. Alta Royal Can
adlsa mounted police followed =
taan. nile tai - tsllisss horses
q st thslF nan.
Corporal y Stacey testified
that jain rAsihss dipped IN. tsils
- anrs thsn 100 horses fur ~
swisehsrs IN fsas aeaut 500 n
insa and ahuas 100 thls wear.
A swifshsr IL made ~ hsnas
~ quantity ~ hnrs- hair ths
longer ne esfter = a wooden
hanziiH
nawiiuk - sentenced n servs
FIVE years IN rfison ~ cruelty n
animals ard another 10 years fer
larceny
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-17
Arm 10 Teeth, "
Says Legion Chief

ABERDEEN. Wash. - National
Commander Raymond J Kelly
Thursday told Washington Amer
lean Legionnsires, In convention
here. America has no alternative
hut 10 arm 10 the teeth"
we must arm 10 such a point
that America can defend itself, :"
he said The American Legion
wants peace. but IT doe. not be
neve in supine pacifism
Kelly told the 500 Legiannaires
and auxiliary members America IL
committed 10 defense Of the west
ern hemisphere. and must b. pre-
pared To fight for that commit
ment.
"oceans.s ne said. are no
longer assets. hut liabilities
They are two great areas
against which defen<e~ must
be set mp.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-17
~ m. GEORGE esIIrr
Director. American Institute %
ruhlle opinlaa

PRINCETON. y. q TIE bill
paszsf BY both the senate ana
the nouss safhaFisinE President
Roosevelt - ean the National
Guard Tor enc years intensive
training Il approved ~ an over
whelming majority 81 American
voters IN a national survey
In fact ths proportion fsvorinK
the measure i among ths highest
ever registered In Al American
Institute poll When voters IN ths
cross section survey W.fr asked
"no YOU think the National Guard
shoaid h. called out for enc ycaf
II military training ths results
were.
faxaring Calling euard AAft
Opposed sss.s.t.tsssts Is
Fewer than one person In every
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-17
Workman Killed When
Crushed By Loq

ALBANY-Aiexander Bert Al
bers, 30, Of Sweet Home, was
killed Thursday at Mcdowell Creek
Logging company operation near
there. A report to Coroner T. c.
Fisher said Albers was crushed
between the loading platform and
a peak log. which was being shift
e1 on a truck. He IL survived by
hx wife and five Sons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-17

we have been in business since
1900" Overland said, land IL al
ways has been our policy to keep
step with the advancing strides
of business"
Adequate window space in which
to display the first grade house.
hold equipment which he stocks is
maintained by Overland. He has
rs feet along the main front Of
his store, and an additional rs feet
in the warehouse adjoining. maxi
ing a total Of $50 feet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-17
Couple Make Traffic
Error at Some Time

TOLEDO = Patrolmen Richard
Graham and William Debien were
writing out a ticket for Mrs.
Marion Frost for failing to make
a boulevard stop when another car
crossed the intersection without
stopping. The driver was Mrs.
Frost's husband, Louis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-17

u i approved n an geographical
seetlnns. IN al sEs groups. and
from top n nattom ~ nc income
seAls on fss lasuss have the cora
ma people EVER been - unified