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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Mrs. Currener Elfrink
Funeral Services Held

Funeral services for Mrs. Curren-
ner ]. Elfrink, IS, who died at her
home at Audubon Saturday morning
at $50 o'clock after an illness of
several months, were held from the
home at Audubon yesterday after.
noon at 8 o'clock.
The Rev. Raleigh NJ. Engle, as
sisted by the Rev. A. ]. Howell, con.
Quoted the services. Interment fol.
lowed in Oakdale cemetery.
Active pallbearers: A. B. Blake,
W. NJ. Hill, John Donnelly. Elmer
Key and John Lamb.
Honorary: L. H. Vollers, J. W.
Scott, A. E. Mcclellan, DR.. w. c.
Mebane, Jr., r. J. Riddle, J. A. Nc
Dougall, C. F. Morton and r. H.
Orrell, Black Bryant.
Mrs. Elfrink is survived by two
sons, ]. r. Elfrink, of New York
city, and J. T.. Elfrink, of Fort
Pearce, Fla; four daughters, Mrs
R. H. Grove, Of Charlotte, Miss
Stella Mae Elfrink, of Washington
D. c., Miss Alberta and Miss Mar
garet Elfrink, of Wilmington: one
sister, Mrs. J. F. Hart, of Whining
ton; two brothers, J. I. Burriss, O.
Wilmington, and J.. E. Burriss, Of
Fort Worth, Texas; and five grand
children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
JANUARY WEATHER
new RECORD
Month, With Mean Of 29.7
Degrees, Is Coolest In
History Of State

RALEIGH, Feb. IL Up The
weather in North Carolina last
month was the coolest on record
and records have been kept for the
last "a years.
H. E. Kichline, weatherman here,
said the states az :.age mean tenn
perature, computed from readings
at Il stations, was 29.7 degrees,
lis below normal.
The temperature was below nor
NAL every day except January IA
and II. The highest readings were
66 degrees at Wilmington and Mon
roe January IA and at Southern
Pines January II; the lowest Off
cial reading was Is belov: zero at
Cullowhee January rs.
The highest monthly mean was
37.6 at Beaufort: the lowest was
14.3 at Mount Mitchell.
The year 1899, Kichline said. was
the warmest since 1888. Temrera'
lures for the state as a whole av'
eraged ~ degrees above normal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
BETTER BUSINESS
CLUB WILL MEET
Robert Romeo Will Be Prin-
cipal Speaker At Session
Here Tonight

Robert Romeo, Wilmington insur-
ance man, will be the principal
speaker at a meeting of the Will
mington Better Business club in the
Tide Water assembly hall tonight at
8 o'clock.
Herbert W. Slack, president, will
preside over the session.
The lecture by Mr.. Romeo is one
Of a series planned by the club, which
hopes to present some local person
outstanding in a particular field
each week.
Following the lecture tonight, the
meeting will be thrown open for an
open forum discussion, at which
time & question box will be provided
for the convenience Of those inter.
ested in obtaining specific infcrma.
ton agout New Hanover county.
The club is open to all business
men, executives, foremen, depart
ment heads, owners and managers
of business and those interested en-
ployes who wish to improve them.
selves and boost Wilmington. The
public is invited to attend the meet.
ings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Reu. Royal And Deacons
Resign At High Point

HIGH POINT, Feb. 11.-R-The
Rev. C. N. Royal, pastor of the
Green Street Baptist church and
the entire board of deacons resigned
today. The designations were &C.
cepted at a called meeting without
dissent.
Royal offered his resignation at a
session which followed regular
church services this morning. The
boards resignation had been offered
last Wednesday at a congregational
meeting.
The called session this afternoon
had been arranged for at last
Wednesdays meeting to act on the
resignation Of the board and of the
pastor.
The church is High Points sec.
ond largest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
ANTI Gossip Campaign
Is Pushed By Britain

LONDON, Feb. 11.-Q9-Because
valuable information has leaked out
to Germany, Scotland Yard is coop
Grating with the secret service di-
vision of the war office in a deter
mined anti-gossip drive against
women spies.
The British reported today that a
few Of the $4,000 German-born wo.
men in Britain have been arrested
under wartime defense regulations
and others are being watched in be-
lief some may be enemy agents.
Naval, military and air command.
ing officers have been instructed to
hold anti-gossip parades emphasizing
the dangers of talking to unknown
women, mostly in the London area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Cora Lee Kye

Funeral rites for Mrs. Cora Lee
Kye, IS, wife Of Sergeant Lee Kse,
of Winnabow, were held from the
New Hope Presbyterian church yes
terday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Rev. J. s. Crowley and the
Rev. +. r. Potts, of Southport con.
Quoted the services. Interment fol-
lowed in the church cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Willis
futile, Byron Shields, Russell Beck,
Gilmore Potter, John William Savage
and Herbert Potter.
Honorary: G. L. Skipper, Gilbert
T. Reid, Jonathan Reid, C. H. libel.
in, M. B. Robbins, George R. Foulke,
S. A. Potter, DR.. Duncan McEach-
ern, w. C. Savage, Isaac Gore, A. P.
Henry, ]. L. Henry, J. B. Potter, ".
r. Johnson, Edwin Taylor, Jr., Ed
Maultsby, Mercer Cox, w. A. Kopp,
R. H. Maultsby and J. C. Potter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Barrymore Is Not Ill,
Just Wants To Rest

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-R-John
Barrymore isn't ill; he merely went
to the hospital and cancelled six per-
formances of his Broadway show
my Dear Children" to get some
rest.
At least, that's what his manager
said today.
Il can't make people understand
that he's not sick because he stays
in the hospital his manager, Capt.
Pierce Power-Waters, explained. TITS
just to keep him away from people.
When he's in a hotel, people always
are sneaking up at all times Of the
day and night to see him and he
can't get any rest"
Barrymore was said to be suffer-
ing from vitamin deficiency when
he entered Mount Sinai hospital
Wednesday and called off the show
until tomorrow night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Roosevelt Is Urged To
Call Peace Conference

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12- Up -
President Roosevelt was urged by
Rep. Reed (R-NY) today to call a
peace conference" of his cabinet
members to end what he termed an
economic war" between Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace and Secre.
tary of State Hull.
In a statement distributed by the
republican national committee, Reed
asserted that Wallace was attacking
the farm surplus problem through
the Surplus Commodities corpora
ton while Hull was "piling up the
surplus" by "encouraging" imports
Of farm products under reduced
duties Of the trade agreements pro-
gram.
The Surplus Commodities corpora.
ton, he added, had spent $50, Q00,-
900 on surplus products for distrihu.
ton to the needy at a time when
1872, 900, 900 worth Of the same pro-
ducts was coming in from abroad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
FARLEY, LANDON
PRAISE LINCOLN
Is Termed 'First-C Class POliti-
cal Leader And Practi.
cal Politician

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. 11.-R
Abraham Lincoln was praised TO-
night as a first rate political lead
er by both Postmaster Genera
James A. Farley, national demo
cratic chairman, and ALI M. Lam
don, 1886 republican presidential
candidate.
Speaking from the same plat
form at a banquet here, where
Lincoln lived for many years be-
fore becoming president, Farley
termed the Great Emancipator "a
first-class political leader" and
Landon called him "a practical poll
itician" and "a man who is re-
membered, not only for victories
won, but for humanity served"
Being a f~irst-class political lead
err" the postmaster general said,
Lincoln had the wisdom to call
in and consult all sorts and kinds
Of men. Again with fine political
instinct, he frequently allowed his
visitors to believe that they were
really initiating the policy Of the
country"
Farley said it seemed possible
that if Lincoln had taken office
Immediately Upon his election in
November, 1860, instead of having
to wait until March Of 1861, the
Civil war might have been avoid
ed"
The reason I think So" he
added, sis that passions were run
ming high in 1860, and the only
chance of avoiding the Civil war
lay in bringing together, by po-
litical methods, the moderates Of
both the North and Of the South.
But during the months between
election and Inauguration, a presi-
dent-elect cannot do very much to
kuide political movements"
Farley described democracy as "a
vast cooperative scheme" and term
ed extremism a "crime" and a
"blunder."
ELSEWHERE, we see a world tear
ing itself to pieces as group fights
group, doctrine clashes with doc
trine, and nations war upon ma
lions. Nevertheless, the United
States has steadily preserved the
ideal of good will, Of moderation,
Of justice"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
STAMP PLAN
May Be OPERATED
New System Is Expected To
Re Established In Meek
lenburg County

RALEIGH, Feb. IL Up The
food stamp plan of the Federal
Surplus Commodities corporation
probably will be operated in Neck
lenburg county. officials of the
WPA, the FSCC and the state board
Of charities and public welfare de.
cided at a conference here today.
DeWayne Kraeger, representative
of the FSCC, and A. E. Langston,
director of surplus commodities dis.
tribution in North Carolina, will &c
to Charlotte tomorrow to discuss
the plan with Mecklenburg officials.
Attending the conference here
were Kraeger, Langston, Mrs. W.
T. Bost, state welfare officer. C. C.
McGinnis, WPA state administrat.
or; Miss Chloris Kellum, associate
director of the WPA employment
division; and Mrs. May E. Camp
bell, director of women's and pro-
fessional projects for the WPA.
Mrs. Bost said Mecklenburg coun.
ty was given quite serious con.
sideration" as a site for the opera.
ton of the stamp plan, which has
not yet been tried in this state.
Under the plan, WPA workers
would be allowed to receive a por-
ton of their pay in stamps, which
could be exchanged for groceries
and surplus commodities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Green Is Criticized
By Red Trade Pape,

MOSCOW, Feb. 11.-B-Trud, Of
ficial organ of the Russian Trade
Unions, today criticized William
Green for aiding Finland in it's war
against the Soviet Union.
The president of the American
Federation Of Labor, said the publ
cation, was a fierce enemy Of the
U. S. S. r. and a financial hireling
of the reactionary Bourgeoisie, who
are helping CORNER President Her
BERT Hoover to organize aid for Fin
land, who is drawing the United
States into a secondary imperialis-
tic war"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Funeral Services Are
Held For Mrs. w. H. Lea

HAMPSTEAD, Feb. 11.-Funera,
rites for Mrs. w. H. Lea, Of Hamp-
stead, who died in the James Walker
Memorial hospital in Wilmington
saturday morning at Z o'clock after
a long illness, were held from Cyprus
Lake Presbyterian church this after
noon at 3 o'clock.
She Is srvived by the following
Five children, Misses Beulah Mae
n Jacqueline Lea, Gilbert Cornell,
Joseph Bryan and William Henry
Lea Jr.; n brother, Thomas Hol
den; and three nieces and nephews,
Mrs. w. H. Clover, Mrs. l.. c. vii.
Hams and c. D. Brahmer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
Father Coughlin Plans
To Answer Critics Soon

DETROIT, Feb. 11.-H9-The Rev.
Charles E. Coughlin said through an
announcer on his regular Sunday
broadcast today he would answer his
critics in a book to be published this
week.
DR.. Coughlin did not explain his
failure to broadcast as usual last
Sunday, an incident which, the an
nouncer said, was "regrettable' in
that "a multitude of rumors began
to circulate"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
TRAIN WRECKED

LAFAYETTE, Va, Feb. 11.-R-
Thirty loaded coal cars of a Virgin
ian railway freight train piled up
along the tracks and into Roanoke
river near here this morning. Off
Gals said it was one of the costliest
wrecks in the history of the line. The
train crew escaped injury. Workers
estimated that it would be three or
four days before the wreckage could
be removed and repairs made to the
track.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
@

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11.-tR-A
sharp brief earthquake was felt to-
day in southwestern Los Angeles and
suburban Inglewood, Compton, San
ia Monica and Redondo Beach. No
damage was reported. The shock
at 1924 a. m. (2:24 p. M. EST, .ap-
parently resulted from a slight move
ment of the Inglewood geological
fault.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
MONEY RECEIVED

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ii Up -
DR.. Edmund A. Welsh, chairman Of
the Washington unit said today that
more than $1,000, 900 in one dollar
contributions had been received by
the Finnish relief fund. Calling this
"a magnificent response from the
man in the street." Walsh said it
had induced leading industrialists
and bankers to promise to duplicate
this amount.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
SUICIDE

NEW YORK, Feb. Ii Up DIR.
James Coin, So, a refugee from Ger
many, where he once was a skin
specialist and on the staff of Fred
erick Wilhelm university, was found
hanged in his Riverside Drive apart
ment today. After questioning Mrs.
Cohn, detectives said he committed
suicide because Of his inability to
pass the state medical examination
due to language difficulties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
SHIP v

LISBON, Feb. 11.-R-The COOS.
ton British freighter Oregon, pre-
%viously reported disabled by a mine
or torpedo, was towed into the Ia
gus river today, minus her propeller
which she had lost Feb. 8 in heavy
weather rather than through war &C.
ton. The Danish salvage tugs
Valkyrien and GER had the disabled
vessel in tow. Three Of the Valky-
rien's crew were killed and another
injured when heavy seas snapped a
haWser.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
FIVE KILLED

ROME, Feb. 11.-(R-Five persons
were killed and "a injured today
when two coaches of the Rome-Genoa
express turned over in a derailment
near Pisga. King Vittorio Emanuele
and Queen Elena drove from their
nearby villa to visit the injured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
MARRY

ELKTON, Md, Feb. Ii Up -
Bert Lair, A, stage and screen
comedian, and Mildred Schroeder,
26, former show girl of GA E. 6Oth
ST. New York city were married in
a hotel lobby today by the Rev. ].
Warren Atkinson, rector Of Trinity
Episcopal church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12

shaken by the virtual susns,
trade with the Reich. Il
Added importance was
to this development a''aeae.
key, while occupying a .ss lrs
eren1 status, has mutual assis,..s
pacts with Britain and Franz. 'a'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
ELECTED

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. IL Up -
Closing their annual meeting, the
South Atlantic Association of Obste-
tricians and G~ynecologists elected
DR.. Rudolph A. Bartholomew of At.
Ca, president for 1941.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
EXPECTING CHILD

CAIRO, Feb. 11.-R-Queen Fari.
da of Egypt is expecting another
child at the end of March. A daugh.
ter, Princess Ferial, was born Nov.
II, 1888. The Queen, a commoner,
and King Farouk we're married Jan.
20 of that year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
DISAPPEARS

HoNGKONG, Feb. 11.-R-The
Central (Chinese) news agency today
exported Wang Hai-Chang, erstwhile
follower Of the pro-Japanese leader
wang Ching-Wei, had disappeared
the high seas from the Neither
lands liner Tjitjalengka.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12
RESIGNS

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. II. - R-
Harold L. Plummer of Madison, Wis,
assistant national adjutant Of the
American Legion since 1882 and for
mer national vice-commander, re-
signed today to join an Indianapolis
law firm. His successor has not
been appointed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-12

When AJolf Hitler was a boy he
was captain" of a wooden-sword.
ed, paper-helmeted army of youths
which paraded the streets.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
Scrambled Eggs
With Rice

A pleasing change from the
usual scrambled eggs with
bacon, is scrambled eggs with
rice. A simple, yet very pleas
ing combination and one that
will give that breakfast the
much needed variety. Serve
with it for example, a chilled
grapefruit, some cinnamon
toast and coffee or cocoa or
milk as you choose.
SCRAMBLED EGGS and
RICE
2 cups hot cooked rice
" teaspoon salt
8 eggs
n teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon fat
Beat the eggs. Add the hot
rice and seasonings. Mix well.
Heat the fat in a heavy frying
pan. Add the rice and egg
mixture. Fry until dry, stir
with a bread spatula or pam
cake turner to prevent burning.
Serve hot for breakfast-or if
preferred as a luncheon dish,
a cup of leftover meat or
vegetable may be added to the
mixture before cooking.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
If Possible, Don't Miss
This Grand Clam Pie

It must be that we are particu-
larly hungry today, because as we
sit discussing the various dishes
we've tried over a period of a
month they all sound just too good
to miss and it seems that we should
put every single one down on
paper for others = well. we prob
ably will before many more weeks
have passed, but right now here is
just one OF dozens that we can
think are very, very good, and If
there is any possible way you can
get clans don't fail to try it =
if you like CLAIMS at all.
CLAM PIE
dozen CLANS
3 medium onions, sliced
2 medium potatoes. cut in "a
inch slices
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups rich milk or thin cream
Salt and pepper
l tablespoon minced parsley
large crackers
Scrub the clans thoroughly.
Place in a saucepan. adding one
cup of hot water. Simmer until
the shells open slightly. Remove
the clans from shells. reserving
the water in which the clans were
steamed. Chop CLAIMS fine. Strain
liquor and cook sliced onion and
potatoes in this broth until ten
der, but not broken. Melt 2 table
spoons butter, stir in flour. Add
milk gradually, stirring until thick
ened. Add clans. potatoes, onions
and liquid in which they were
cooked. Season, simmer 2 minutes,
pour into a well-buttered glass
baking dish and sprinkle with pars-
ley. Split crackers and soak in
cold milk until softened. Arrange
over clam mixture. Dot with re-
manning tablespoon of butter,
sprinkle with paprika and bake in
a moderately hot oven (425' FL
until the crackers are lightly
Drowned. Serves six.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
Five Story Pancakes
s large pancakes

5 large pancakes
Butter
u pound cooked sausage meat
8 tablespoons maple butter
8 tablespoons chopped cooked
bacon
8 tablespoons apple jelly
Spread each cake with butter.
Cover first pancake with sausage
patties. Cover with second pam
cake. Spread with maple butter
made by Dreaming together but
ter and maple sugar or syrup.
Cover third pancake with bacon
and the fourth with apple jelly.
Top with fifth cake. Place in a
hot oven for a few minutes. When
serving cut in pie shaped wedges
and serve very hot, or make
cakes and serve one five-story
cake per person.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26

goods on large-scale, low-priced
basis can be obtained only through
advertising and nationwide sales.
The touch of progress goes be-
yond new equipment. Ii has created
new soaps that cut dirt but save
hands. Ithas filed the pantry shelves
with new foods packed with magi.
Cal, health-giving vitamins.
Advertising has taught the Ameri.
Can woman about these advance.
ments taught her how to buv
better merchandise for less money
80. how to enhance her beauty with
Preparations that once only queens
could have afforded.
Today, the weary and work-worn
woman at 40 is disappearing from
America. In her place is the young
woman of 5O.. young at so be.
Cause the American Way of prog
ress has preserved her youth.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
A Sandwich Assortment
For "Off Feed Days

AS taste changes. one will find
that she can never have too many
little sandwich recipes on hand
Some days one kind just won't
sound good, she must therefore
have others ready to be made.
Caviar Sandwiches: To Il pound
Of Russian or domestic caviar add
2 tablespoons lemon juice, a little
paprika and 8 tablespoons of olive
Oil. Stir until creamy. Spread on
thin slices Of bread.
Shrimp and Chicken Liver Sand
Niches: Take a cup each. cooked
shrimp and chicken livers, " Ber-
muda onion and green pepper,
seeds removed, put through meat
grinder, season with salt and
noisten with catsup or riayonnaise
and spread between thin slices OF
buttered bread.
Sweetbread Sandwiches: Chop
cold boiled sweetbreads. Mix with
mayonnaise, chopped celery and
nut meats. Spread between slices
of bread.
Avocado Sandwiches: Mash the
meat of a ripe avocado with fork.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper and
spread thinly between thin slices
of wheat or rye bread.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26
Meet Young Woman of FIFTY!

A good-looking woman so years
old is not unusual today. And
whether they realize il or not, these
young women of so owe their
youthfulness to advertising.
Idle talk, you sayl Not At all!
Statistics show that the life span of
women has been extended IL years
In the last three decades. This pro.
longed youth is, to large measure,
due to labof-saving devices devei-
Oped BY American Industry.
eYou merely have to look about
the modern American home to see
how the burden of household labor
has been shifted from mothers 70
motors. Vacuum cleaners, stokers.
oil burners and electric-powered
kitchen equipment are but few of
the wife savers.
Research to discover new equip
ment and machinery to manufacture
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-12-26

good healthy people. The fact that
they require little cooking makes
them a favorite with many women
and their fine flavor makes them
favorite with the men as well as
the women.
There are many towns that don't
sell oysters in the shell but they
come freshly shucked from near
by town, this of course. makes it
impossible to serve this dish.
Here is one very good way to
make baked oysters: Wash. scrub
with a brush four or five fresh
unshelled oysters for each service.
Arrange the oysters in dripping
pan, deep shell downwards, and
bake in hot oven until the shells
separate. Do not bake too long,
or the oysters will become tough.
It may be necessary to open some
Of them when done. Remove to a
hot serving dish, and pour on each
oyster a teaspoon of the following
mixture: Cream two tablespoons
of butter. add few grains of salt,
a dash of paprika or drop Of
tabasco sauce and two-thirds q
teaspoon of lemon juice.
This makes nice thing to serve
for party when people are drop
ping in every now and then as a
few or many can be prepared at
once. They must be served inn
mediately though.