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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01

,n h.w over a ,aan to Finland, which most
Of us favor making. because son,eneas I'm
Russia would take offense ana thas "ouiu ps
terrible: we hesitate to do this, rush 70 DO tna{
~ wander aheut something else, because we
aren't certain how this or that natlon "oula
react, .-.
Well, the indictment lacks little OF fitting,
Backed I'D by a bill of particulars We thlnH
it would fit as nicely as the average gloVe'
But, as is often said in the case OF WASTE
extravaganza and duplication, cehtus,or ~ 49,
eign policy, especially during INTERNATIONAL
crises, is part Of the price OF aemocr&ey.
Tn theory, the President and the secretary
of state, formulate and execute the toreieA
policy Of this country. in pFaetce tAey AaVe 70
reckon with congressional opinion ana puoie
opinion, particularly the former. ana VINO ~
the audience can imagine a President and
secretary of state formulating a policy accept
able to 435 representatives, Sc senators and the
thousands of others who claim the right to say
what should not be done or said ahout foreign
affairs?
The foreign policy Of this country is sur
rounded with confusion today, it was last year,
Il will, he next year and the, year after, it we
remain q free democracy. Sometimes we nave
less and sometimes We have more. We nave
less when the President and secretary OF state
determine a course, proceed along IT ana TAKE
the lead in defending it against all ATTACKS
We have most when the President and secre'
tary of state, more or less undecided them
selves, hem and haw in an attempt to tint
out the trend of public opinion and measure
their chances of carrying their point wheI
they state it.
So we would suggest that one OF the hes1
ways to lessen confusion surrounding our for
eien policy is for all of us in the ranks to &C.
cept and act upon the hard fact that the only
way to conduct foreign affairs la to delegate
the lob to someone and trust him to do i
faithfully.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
TWO VIEWS OF NAVY BUILDING

Navy Secretary ED1soN's appeal for the full
building program, on the score that anything
less. will jeopardize United States interests,
liberties and wealth, echoes the opinion of
minds trained to weigh naval strength on
world scales.
The opposition Of Representative v1NsoN,
chairman of the house navy committee, based
on his belief that the proposed lowered ap.
preparation will give the navy all that it can
build in two years, is motivated by the hue
and cry for economy in an election year,
when many members must make a showing
for their constituencies.
Between the two widely separated view
points is the fact that the world is topsy'
turvy with anything likely to happen any
time. and with plans under way which con
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
Secretary Perkins Says
She Is Not Politician

BAYONNE, N. J.. Jan. 31.-R-
Secretary of Labor Perkins reply
to the remark of John L. Lewis
that she was "woozy in the head
is only that she lis not a politician"
Asked for comment on the CLIO
chieftain's recent remark, Miss
Perkins said last night:
These r political times and
people r. apt to say anything, I
am not a politician. I am inter.
ested only in the welfare Of the
working man."
Secretary Perkins came here to
address the Bayonne Teachers asso.
citation in Bayonne High school,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
WADE TO REPORT
AT LIONS MEET
Induction Ceremonies For
Three New Members Will
Be Conducted Today

Donald L. Sewell, president of the
Lions club, reported yesterday that
a committee report IN the "On To
Havana" movement will be heard at
the luncheon meeting of the club at
the Cape Fear hotel today.
Lion James E.. L. Wade, commit
tee chairman, will present a report
on the ION To Havana" movement
being worked out in cooperation
with Neil Hester, of Raleigh, the
district governor and the Chicago
headquarters office of Lions Inter-
national.
The local club last summer inau'
: Lrated plans for the chartering of
a boat out of the Port Of Whining
ton to take, delegations of Lions
from North Carolina and nearby
states to the annual international
convention in Havana, Cuba.
Lion William B. Campbell will
discuss the detectives of Lions In
ternational, Liberty, Intelligence,
Our Nations Safety" in conducting
induction ceremonies for the fol-
lowing three new members:
J. r. Benson, city clerk and trea.
surer: r. M. Patrick, Jr., assistant
manager of Toms Drug company;
and Harry D. Griffin. manager OF
Thorn Mean shoe company.
The club will also consider sug.
gestions made by District Governor
Hester at last weeks luncheon ses-
sion for the promotion of com.
m nifty service projects of Lionism
during the winter a d spring
months in Southeastern North Caro-
lima.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
FINAL SERVICES
HELD FOR MOORE
Rites For Retired Officer Con.
Quoted From Seuthside
Baptist Church

Funeral services for Lieutenant j
J.. Moore, 50, retired member Of thu
Wilmington police department vhs
died suddenly Monday at the home
of his daughter in Asheboro, wer'
held from the Southside Baptis
church yesterday afternoon at
o'clock.
The Rev. J. o. Walton, pastor O
the church, conducted the services
Interment followed in Bellevue
cemetery. .
Active pallbearers were neph
ews Of the deceased.
Honorary pallbearers were; Az
sistant Chief Charles H. Casteen
Lieutenants j. Fl. Davis, ]. F. JE
dan, and o v. ThomI son, Sergeant!
s. M. Wilson, w. K. Rhodes, aN
W. D. Thompson.
PTiVateS j.. A. ANDERSON E. :
Bradshaw, J. S. Bryan. E. 1. COOK
Coy Etheridge, Tate Faircloth, j. d
Goodin, E. j. Hale, Hubert yes
H. B. Hewett, T.. B. Hughes L
farrell, W. H. Kermon, W. W
Lewis, Shelby Russ, j.. R. Sellers !.
A. league, W. r. Zebelin, H. d
| Williams, and E. B. Murray
Officers that served with MIN Op
now retired: L%ieutonants D. :
| Coleman, T. D. Sanford, and W.
Hansley, Sergeant NJ. c, MUM
ex.chief, N. j. Williams, anu IN,
ates T. M. Hall. S. w. Ketchun' D
W. Jacobs, R. w. Hodges, Ed raw
C. V. Newton, and S. II. tullOU
and Sergeant w. c. Moore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
Man bout
Manhattan
ey George tucker

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-You like
stories? Jewish stories? Imagine
Ezra Stone giving this in dialect;
Cohen and Lapidus meet each
other on the train for Chicago,
and not having seen each other
since high school, they are effu'
sive.
"How are you. Cohen?" cries La
pidus. Where you going"
me. I'm going to Chicago"
$50 am l."
"And what business are you in?'
I'm the cloak and suit line, Co
hen. And your"
1.-THE same thing"
"say, Cohen, do you remember
the swell parties we used to have
at Rose Lipschitz's house in Brook
Lynn"
boy, those were the days"
"You said it."
They talk for awhile, reminiscine
about old times, but somehow
Cohen isn't satisfied with this set
UP and he begins to think to him
self:
"This guy Lapidus is a cute tel
low. He tells me he's going tt
Chicago, but why should he tell me
the truth? He's in the same bust
ness. I'll bet he's going to Cleve
land. Why should he go to Cleve
land? He must be going to SET
Rutger Bros. They probably ART
going to give a big order Of dresses
and he's trying to set the whole
thing.
No, that can't be it. He's a pref
ty prosperous manufacturer: HI
wouldn't go to see Rutgers him
self. He'd send a salesman. Mayb'
he's going to Miller Bros? No
they amt buying anything thii
season, their buyer just left N. Y
Then it must be Lipschitz and Son
|. But then, again. he wouldn'
Igo himself; he'd send a salesman
|. Say, wait a minute. =. Tha
old man Lipschitz Is Rose Lip
|schitz's father, the girl he used t,
20 with in Brooklyn. I'll bet he'
still nuts about Rose. I'll bet he'
going there to get engaged to b,
married to Rosie.
With a SLY smile he turns to hi!
friend.
Congratulations, Lapidus."
GLOW did you know" CRIES Ian
pie, amazed.
'It was OBVIOUS" says cohe,
with a pleased depreciating shrue
Then there is another story Of
girl refugees mother who hadn'
heard just haw important FIT
lavenue Is The girl had bee,
lover here some months, doing vel
and she wrote her mother back i
1.-THE old country how happy sh
was. The people are 30 mic
and kind over here, Mama, an
I've got a new dress and a fin
job in a store on Fifth avenue
she wrote.
"That is fine, my little dauet
ter" her Mama wrote. "Alread
you are on Fifth avenue, and
you work hard and tend to bus
ness pretty soon maybe you ca,
work up to where you have a 10
on FIRST avenue"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
Eighteen Are Arrested
Bv ATU Men In January

The Alcoholic Tax Unit agents OF
the U, S, Treasury department al.
rested 10 men on violations of the
LIQUOR laws in southeastern North
Carolina during January.
ATU agents reported the seizure
of four stills having a total capacity
of EOS gallons, four automobiles
valued at $500, 1875 gallons OF
mash, and 1S1 gallons of non.tax'
paid liquor.
January activities Of ATU agents
were carried out in the following
| counties: New Hanover, Bruins
wick, Pender, Bladen, Columbus
Onslow, and Duplin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
Mrs. Orson Weues To
File Suit For N''"

RENO, New, Jan. S1.- a., u
Anna Stafford Welles VIII tN nrsp
vorce suit tomorrow agaliS, octs
Welles, radio dramatlst az Il vi
Her attorney, Albert Hllllai' mn,
today the case would pc 0'S pJ
cruelty charge and a CUM"
not expected. Nee. \
The couple was married
1884 in Woodstock. III
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
The Editors
BOX

III. Nditer dosa net nsasasart,
" sndorae any artiels spR E
inx in this department. They
represent the views Of the ~
dividuai readers. correapsadsnts
are warned that all communal.
cation. must eontain. the correct
name ana address for eur reg.
ords, though the letter may %
signed al the writer sees Ut.
The star-Newa reserves the
riaht to alter any text that tor
anv reason II Questionable
Letters on controversial cub
1ecta will not ba published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
AMERICAS FOREIGN POLICY
Durham Herald

The Washington Star voices the widely sup
ported complaint that utter confusion surrounds
the foreign policy of this country and that
one of the big reasons Is that those in charge
OF it are trying too hard not to d~isplease some
foreign country and are not taking into con-
sideration what is right and what will best
service this, their country.
Thus, opines The Star, we recoil from spend
ing a million or so in developing harbor facili-
ties on the island of Guam because some think
Japan wouldn't like us to do that; we hem
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
Hollywood
Sights 4nd Sounds
Nv Robin Cooes

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 81. - Eddie
Cantor and girls-they've stuck to-
gether through the years in his
screen works as we'll as in his
jokes about his daughters.
Eddie Cantor has girls-forty of
'em-in his new picture, first in
two and a half years. The title Is
Forty Little Mothers" and there
in lies the difference.
The girls in the previous Cantor
musical specacles were dancing
girls. These, now, r schoolgirls
and the picture isn't musical al.
though Eddie sings a couple OF
songs. It's straight, human-inter-
est comedy. No choruses. no big
production" numbers, no half-mil-
|lion.dollar sets. Just Cantor, play.
ing q character who isn't Cantor
and the forty schoolgirls. and a
baby.
It's a story Eddie likes. He saw
1T first. on a visit to New York
with his wife Ida, when they
dropped into a movie house. "Forty
Little Mothers" a French film. was
playing. Eddie fell in love with it.
asked M-G-M to buy it for him.
His long film inactivity the rap
idly-grieving Eddie explains this
way: II could've made a picture
every six months all this time II l
hadn't been particular about the
picture. But when a man has a
family. he likes to have the family
speak to him after the preview."
Those who don't remember all
the grief over the Hedy LAMAR
Spencer Tracy picture, II Take
This Woman" won't get the
|chuckle a Pasadena sneak preview
audience had over this mishap. The
picture was made, shelved. and a
year later remade virtually in its
entirety. The preview showing was
preceded by a neWsreel Of the
Rose Bowl football game. The reel
was cut short with a Southern
California touchdown, and II Take
This Woman" flashed on. The
Il ,wsreel announcer, however, stay.
ed on the sound track with: Sand
they're going to try to make this
one goodr'
Try this formula for Romance
with Peace. It's Virginia Dale's.
Virginia has a date with George
Vogt, automobile agency man, twice
"a week. Let her tell it: George
likes the fights, so he buys a ticket
to them. I go to a movie, because
I don't like fights very much, and
II guess I'm Hollywood's biggest
paying fan for movies. It's the
same on the night of the wrestling
shows; George goes there. and ]
see another movie. Then we meet
%afterward, and eat supper together,
and neither of US Is ever bored"
You can kid all you like about
Hollywood's bum guesses and faux
pas in story material, but you have
to take the hat off to its technical
prowess.
Typical of their sangfroid was
this incident outside the Warner
construction shops, where in recent
weeks have been building life-size
reproductions of the sailing ships
FALCON and Madre de Dios for use
II Enrol Flynn's "The Sea Hawk
knowing that these boats will be
used on the new sea- stage and
therefore must be hauled through
the shop doors, a bystander glanc.
ed up at the tall masts and whistl
ed: What about clearance" he
asked.
A carpenter looked up. gruntec
and shrugged: clearance, huh;
Wen, there's a sixteenth of ar
inch clearance there-what NOR
do you WANT"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01

The owner of a new car in 1918
could expect to get 1880 miles of
service out of his car. A 1910 model
will operate up to 10000 miles if
the driver wishes to drive it that
long
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-01
TOP o. THE MORNING

The Uhole uniUerse is a whispering gallery,
IN aDhich God is sending out His Wireless
messages in every direction, but only he tDho
keeps his soul attuned to the diUine coll re-
ceives the messages. ONWARD"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-01-18

berland.
Darwin Metheny, driving the truck
of Mr.. WEIGH, was in collision with a
car from Washington at point on
Cheat Mountain one day last week.
Considerable damage to the machine
resulted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Swartzentru-
Der and children and Misses Nina Bar
nard, Fawn Friend and Emma Gather
inc Calls were guests at the home of
/ S. W. Slabach recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Schlossnagle, of
Hoyes, announce the birth of a daugh-
ter, Darlene Ann.
Miss Nell Alexander, Accident, was
a guest on Wednesday evening of Mr..
and Mrs. Paul WEIGH.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Wotring, of
East Liverpool, o., and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Taylor, of Loeb Lynn, spent Sun
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Schlossnagle.
S. w. Slabach, Edgel Kitzmiller, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Sisk and William Full
mer were entertained at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. August Killius in Loeb
Lynn recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Schlossnagle
and Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Swartzen
truber were recent guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Spoerlein.
Miss Laura Alice Friend spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Friend.
During the storm from the east on
Sunday morning considerable damage
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-01-18
Long or Short?
Long or short dresses ?"

"Long or short dresses ?"
That question over the telephone
and the answers from it are going to
drive me and probably lot of other
men to appear at party some time in
red fiannels. And imagine the embar-
rassment of one or two of the men who
forget to ask what to wear and appear
in ordinary business suits!
The custom among the women, how
every, has me groggy From the min
ute someone calls up and invites one
to a party, the question of whether or
not the dress is to be long or short, for
NAL or knee length, sleeves or no
sleeves, is not settled until one-half
hour before time for the men to shave
and get bath-and then just try to
get any personal attention from the
other side of the household as to where
your shirt is and that pair Of socks
that doesn't have any holes in them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-01-18
GORTNER

Miss Leila Mosser, who has been en-
ployed at the W. E. Spoerlein store,
left recently for Earl Mosser's at
Hauser.
Roy Lee accompanied Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Beckman to German on Thurs
day where they attended the funeral
of the late George Moreland.
A number of persons of this COM
munity attended the funeral of the
late Simon Yoder near Grantsville on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Petersheim and
Miss Ida Schroyer, of Ohio, spent last
Saturday night as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Petersheim, returning to
Ohio on Sunday, accompanied by Miss
Susie Petersheim.
Mrs. Ernest Gortner is again
patient at Memorial Hospital, in Cum
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-01-18
ACCIDENT
Services In Local Churches

st. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
Due to weather conditions on Sun
day, January IA, the Communion SER
vice has been postponed until Sunday,
January %.
On the coming Sunday there will be
divine worship at $3.50 and Sunday
school at 1890 A. M. Luther League,
1880 P. NJ.
Church of the Brethren-Sunday
school, $3.50; divine worship, 1920.
Zion Evangelical Lutheran-Sunday
school, $3.50; worship service, 1920.
Personals
W. W. Dewitt and family, Hoyes,
visited Mrs. Allie Speicher on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Weitzell
and Mrs. Hubert Wood visited in Cum
berland Saturday.
Mr., and Mrs. Ross Speicher were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Glotfelty
at McHenry Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Speicher and
Miss Kathryn Speicher were visitors
in Cumberland, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. King and Mr..
and Mrs. Orus King attended the
funeral of Mrs. D. A. Kings sister,
Mrs. Charles Matlick, at Marques,
W. Va, on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Zehner, Grants
vile, visited Mrs. w. A. Speicher on
Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Schlossnagle. of
Hoyes, announced the birth of daugh-
ter on January II.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller and Mr..
and Mrs, Ross Speicher were dinner
guests of Rev. and Mrs. A. D. Scro-
gum on Sunday
Harold Duckworth, Marvin Schloss-
magic, Leah and Mason Coddington,
Lawrence Enlow and Claude Bishoff
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-01-18

The custom may or may not be pecu-
liar here. In some cities the hour the
party begins determines just what the
women shall wear, and thus lot of
telephone calls could be eliminated if
that custom were established here.
For authority on such subject, I
fall back on my trusty book, Good
Morals and Gentle Manners" pub
lished in 1878, and from which was
CLEANED a few paragraphs which ap-
peared in this column two or three
months ago.
Under the general theme of "dress"
we find the following sentences and
paragraphs, which may solve the prob
lem-and again maybe not:
''The dress is one of the prominent
indications of character.
"There are two primary ideas con-
nected with dress. The first is the pres
ervation of health; the second, the pre-
vention of immodest exposure.
"Good taste and morality require
that women adorn themselves in mod
est apparel with shame-facedness and
sobriety, which means that no manner
of dress shall be used which suggests
ideas of indelicacy.
at may be question whether lady
may appear in gentleman's presence
with no covering upon her neck and
shoulders and no sleeves at ALL"
#**
There must have been the same diff
ficulty back in 1873 as there is today,
as there is no paragraph on party
dresses. There is a paragraph each for
the home, street, church and school,
but none for parties.
For street dress the balmoral skirts
and heavy walking boots were recon-
mended. No truly modest woman can
consent to become the gazing stock of
a crowd of vulgar men. Take heed,
men! But that wouldn't do at party.
Well, that still doesn't take care of
the situation. Pm no nearer the solu-
ton than when l began.
Mrs. Minnie Zilch was snapped en-
route to party the other day, and
perhaps her attire will suggest what
is right and what is wrong.
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S right and what is wrong.

Seventeen denied plot to overthrow
the United States Government. Many
scoffed at the idea as preposterous, but
the FBI pointed out the arrests were
to stop several contemplated
that had been ordered to
test out their strength.
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Two Reasons For It

My suggestions about sidewalk
cleaning to business men brought q
retort from one of them, and haven't
learned yet which class he is in. Maybe
he isn't in either class-maybe he
cleans his walk.
Anyway, he gave two reasons for
not clearing sidewalks of snow: "The
merchant may be too busy, or he may
be too lazy" he pointed out.
l have always heard it said of print
ing offices, and I guess it is just as
true of stores, that the dirtiest offices
were where the people were the least
busy.
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left early Monday morning to attend
the Penn State Farm Show at Harris
burg, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harland Weitzell, of
Frostburg, visited Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. Weitzell on Sunday.
Miss Nell Alexander spent the week
end in Cumberland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Richter and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Kahl and son
were visiting in Grantsville on Mon
day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-01-18

Last week the Cumberland papers
carried items about people there with
the same name as people living in Oak
land, which may have created surprise
unless the truth were known.
One persons funeral was being held
and couple announced the birth of
son. But it all happened in Cumber-
land, and not here, although the Oak
land middle-aged couple had time
convincing their friends at a party
they attended that there had been no
addition to their family.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-01-18

Special revival services are being
conducted at the Union Holiness Tab
ernacle, Third street, Oakland, by Rev.
Warren E. Posey, of Columbus, O.,
with Rev. and Mrs. Billie Smith, of
Cambridge, O., assisting.
Services are held every night at 80
preceded by instrumental music. Sun
day afternoons: Sunday school at 200
and preaching at 800 o'clock.
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was done to the home of Roy Lee
A 6 p
FOOD STORE
OAKLAND, MD.

MEAT and FISH DEPTS.