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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13

Two major air lines have sent out
their talent scouts" on tours of the
United States to locate new air host
esses to fill the places of those who
resigned during the last year to
marry, and to fill positions created
by increasing fight schedules. The
lines are United Air lines, which is
seeking 100 new hostesses. and
Transcontinental & Western Air.
which wants so. Both air lines re-
quire their hostesses to be regis
tered nurses, between q and Is
years old. Neither air line will en-
ploy air hostesses who are more
than five feet five inches tail. Unit
eds weight maximum Is 40 pounds.
while TWA hostesses may be five
pounds heavier. Physical examina-
tons with high standards are re-
quired.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
American Fashion Trend

Due to American resentment
against some recent Paris styles,
clothiers are now making consumer
opinion surveys before issuing new
lines of fashions. One of the first
completed revealed that 87.5 per
cent Of men prefer rubber heels to
leather. Since heretofore only 60
per cent of mems new shoes have
been equipped with rubber heels, q
change in shoe styles is forecast. as
rubber heels now cost the manu-
facturer about 40 per cent less than
leather and give longer wear.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
California Restaurant Trade

More people in Los Angeles "eat
out" than in any other city in the
United States with the exception Of
New York. according to Bina Wood.
instructor in restaurant manage
ment at the University of Califor-
MIA and restaurant owner. More
Los Angeles residents eat dinners
in restaurants than New Workers do.
but the New Workers. score when
it comes to lunching out" she said.
New York has more restaurants
than Los Angeles because Of its
more transitory population" Ac-
cording to Miss Woods statistics.
the restaurant industry in California
now has the third largest payroll
in the state.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13

An unusual but interesting man.
ner Of treating woodwork is to apply
q 'stencil design in combination with
staining. The stencil design is first
applied to the wood with varnish,
clear lacquer or sffeliac. Next, the
stain u applied, which, Of course,
does not penetrate the coated stencil
ing. The surplus. stain IS then re-
moved with q soft cloth. If the wood
isto be Anished IN natural color, the
stencil design is done in japan or
solor varnisli before the surface il
filed or vanished.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
New Style Prospecting

A new kind of prospecting was re-
vealed in Knoxville, Tenn, after two
men explained to police why they
were lifting manhole covers. Police
found the pair opening sewer out
lets, supposedly inspecting the sew
ers for the city. However, when
taken to court, the pseudo inspec-
tors admitted they worked for them
selves and not the city. The men
salvaged articles dropped down the
holes to supplement income from &C.
casional work on WPA projects. AS
evidence, the men showed a pocket
tui Of coins. odd bits Of jeweiry and
street car tokens. After hearing the
explanation the Judge freed the men.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Americas Biggest Baby!

Joe Randazza Jr. Of Gloucester,
Mass. who weighs $50 pounds al
though he is only eight years old.
thinks his z0-month-old brother Sam
may take from him the title Amer
ica's biggest baby" Sam now
weighs 50 pounds-only 10 pounds
less than Joe weighed at that age
but, his parents say he is growing
fatter every day. Joe reached q top
weight Of 185 in 1888. but lost pound
age while critically i'll Of pneumo-
mia. However, he still needs crutches
to get around.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Minister Joins Colors,
Wife Takes Over Pulpit

IPSWICH, ENGLAND.-The con-
gregation of Jacket Street Consre-
gational church, Ipswich, were not
deprived of their Sunday sermon
because the pastor had coined up."
His wife substituted for him and
completely stole the picture"
Mrs. o. D. Wiles, the parsons
wife, did not stop for lengthy words.
She told simply and graphically. to
some 300 fascinated listeners-m6st-
ly women-the story Of the Prodi-
gal Son, and turned it to account ~
encouraging mothers to wait conf.
IDENTIFY for the return Of their sosrs
and husbands from the present
crisis.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13

Among the noisiest places in which
70 use a telephone are the public
phone booths on New York city sub
way platforms. Science, however.
hopes soon to make them virtually
noiseless. The new experimental
booths have no doors and will, DO
lined with sound-absorbent materi-
ais, including rock wool and perfo-
rated metal. In theory, the rosf OF
underground trains entering these
inches will be trapped and held 81
lent.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13

Forged iron hardware. rejecting
the true spirit Of the period. is be-
ing offered the owner Of the modest
home at prices far below that which
prevailed for forged IRON pieces
made to order. Not only on the
front entrance. but throughout the
entire home. wrought iron hinges.
door pulls. iatches. = and, other, ,fx,
lures add accuracy and necessary
detail to the period style.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Lavender Of Mint Family

Lavender (Lavandula vera) II q
hardy perennial herbaceous shrub
belonging to the mint family, val
ued for its fragrant flowers, which
retain their odor for a long time
if carefully gathered and dried, II
has gfayish leaves. narrow and en-
tire and in summer bears inter
rupted spikes Of white or BLUSH
whorls. II is a native Of southern
Europe. Lavender is Of easy cub
tivation in any rich. light, well
drained soil.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Woman Taxi Driver
Calls Job ENJOYABLE

SHELBY, OHIO.-Maintaininr
day-and-night taxi schedules In
enjoyable work" to Mrs. G. L..
Miller. one Of the country's few
woman cab drivers.
Mrs. Miller's cab service be-
gan year>ago when she decided
she wanted a new home. Her
husband gave up his factory Job
to build it, and she opened a ca>
company. :.
Now Mrs. Miller, who has q
ive-year-old son. finds It easy to.
keep up q 50O-mile weekly driv-
ing average.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Cedar Plaster

A cedar plaster is now being man
ufactured for moth-proofng closets
and storage chests. Any usual wall
surface. can receive the cedar plas-
ter provided sufficient bond Is avail
able. The plaster Is said to cover
about two square feet per pound
when mixed with water. The finish
when dry Is q . pleasing natural
red color and 10 said to be fireproof
and sanitary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16

hear the latest news from Wash
ington on the Bethlehem situation"
Result-there actually began to
be a Bethlehem situation. The C..
|. o. was very weak in the Bethle-
hem plants when the campaign be-
gan. 1t kept getting stronger as
the interest of Bethlehem workers
was aroused. And since Bethlehem
was somewhat vulnerable anyway,
the Bethlehem situation" finally
became a strike situation.
LEWIS VS..
HILLMAN
All of which put Hillman in a
spot. What began as a more or
less serious effort to present him
with a 'situatin" that would test
his readiness to do something for
labor developed into a threat of a
strike in the plants Of one Of the
most important f~abricators of de-
tense materials in the nation.
The ruling about army and
navy contracts dovetails into all
this perfectly. 1t enables Hillman
to meet any criticism from labor
by pointing to the biggest victory
labor has yet gained in the whole
defense program. 1t probably
means a settlement of the difficult
ties at Bethlehem. And it could be
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
City Managers Chief
To Talk At Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, Oct. 15.-CP-The
principal speaker on today's pro
gram Of the oath annual convention
of the North Carolina League of
Municipalities was Clarence E. Rid.
ley, Of Chicago, director of the In.
ternational Association of City Man.
ayers.
He vas on the program for an
afternoon address on the subject:
What Does the Public Think of its
3 ~officiaIs?"
Governor Hoey and j. NJ. Brough.
ton, democratic nominee for COVER
nor, are expected here tonight tc
speak at the leagues annual banquet
>. The league heard Carl H. Chatters
$of Chicago, Prof. Henry Brands, Jr.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
ID. :. AND SOVIET
TALKS ADVANCED
Definite Progress M a d e
Toward More Friendly
Relationships
BY @ LEHRBAS

WASHINGTON, Oct. Is. -R-
Definite progress toward more
friendly relations between the United
States and Soviet Russia which
NAV play an important role in far.
reaching political questions of the
future - is being made in almost
daily discussions between Constan'
tine Oumansky, the Soviet ambassa'
dor, and state department officials
Authoritative sources disclosed to.
day that during their recently re-
umed conversations, Sumner Welles,
und%ersecretary Of state, and Ambas-
sador Oumansky reached agreement
on several basic principles involved
which have provided a formula for
settlement of some of the irritating
questions which have created ten
sion between the two nations.
The Soviet ambassador, it was
learned, is now discussing settlement
of specific questions with chiefs and
experts Of interested government di.
visions, and as quickly as they are
disposed of the Welles-Oumansky
conversations will be resumed, pre-.
sumably along broader lines.
Informed officials emphasized that
the Welles-O umansky talks have
not involved discussions Of the ru'
mored Japanese-Russian non-aggres-
sion pact, American interests in the
Far East, or other subjects of po-
litical character.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16

an important factor in internal C..
l. o. politics.
C.. /. O.'s annual convention is
due Nov. 10. The smoldering ri
valry between the divergent wings
headed by Hillman and John L..
Lewis is extremely likely to come
to a showdown. Hillman gained a
strategic advantage W h FDR
made him a defense commissioner.
He lost some of it when complaints
about his role began to percolate
in labor circles. He regained all
of that and more by producing this
latest announcement - for which,
incidentlly, he had to fight a very
long and often heated battle inside
the defense commission. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16

The engineering Investigations
look toward an early understanding
to carry out power development
phases Of the long-standing but pre-.
vviously unsuccessful proposal for
a deep waterway linking the Great
Lakes with the sea. In some quar-
tiers it was believed that a new
treaty might be drafted during the
winter, possibly to be submitted to
the senate at its next session.
A previous treaty vas rejected by
the senate in 1894, with opponents
charging that it would benefit Can
ada more than the United States
and that Atlantic and Mississippi
ports would suffer by the diversion
Of traffic to the St. Lawrence sea-
Way.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
F. D. R. TO MAKE
POLITICAL TALKS
Half Hour Breakfasts To
Be Delivered On Oct.
e And Oct. 30

WASHINGTON. Oct. 15.@R-
that President Roosevelt would
make two outright political
speeches of a half hour each on DC.
tober 23. and October 80.
Stephen T. Early, press secretary,
said the democratic national com.
mittee had arranged for both ad,
dresses and that they probably
would be made from the White
House. ,
The first, on October %, will be
from $50 to 10 p. m. (E. S. T.) on
the occasion of observance of Nation
al Youth Day.
The second will be from 1890 to
II p. m. Early said the subject Of
this address had not been selected.
Both speeches will be broadcast
nationally.
some such device as Metros east
ern exploiters dreamed up several
l believe. Setting out to prove
blends are more amorous and emo
tloIldlly responsive IMAM DrunetS,
they made a machine covered with
wires and dials which looked like
something out of Major Hoople's
attic. Then they hired a man to
serve as "scientist' and called in
a flock of light and dark-thaired
chorus girls.
Members of the press kissed the
cuties while the professor read the
dials and compiled data which, of
course, showed much stronger re-
actions from the blends.
No one knew or cared, then,
that all but two of the blends were
bleached brune.S and that three
Of the brunets were dyed blends.
Everybody had a fine time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
S.. Canada Join
In Power Survey

WASHINGTON, Oct. Is. Up
U. S.-Canadian collaboration for to-
tai defense was advanced today by
an agreement for immediate engi-
neering investigations on a major
h~ydro-electric project in the st Law
renee river basin which would as
sure adequate power supplies
throughout that strategic area
The State department, announcing
the agreement last night, said that
the United States also had assented
Professionally to giving the province
of Ontario immediate use of addi-
tional waters at Niagara Fails. The
existing Ontario hydro-electric plants
will use these waters to develop a
needed increase of power for Ca
madam defense industries.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
=STETTIN'S SHIP
YARDS ATTACKED
RAF Claims Last Nights
Raids On Germany Were
Very Effective
By The Associated Press

LONDON, Oct. .15.-Stettin, sea
port for Berlin and one of the chic.
shipbuilding centers in Germany
was subjected to a particularly Ell
fective'' bombing by the Raj las
night, the air ministry reported to
day.
Stettin lies on the River Oder neal
the point where it flows into a
branch of the Baltic Sea. 1t has ex'
tensive oil plants which furnished
targets for the wide-ranging British
planes.
For nearly an hour and a quarter,
the ministry said, the Raj bombers
swept back and forth over Berlin and
its suburbs, seeking out military OBJ
jectives and hurting high explosives
at them.
LIE Havre, on the French coast,
was also bombed. Fires and eXplo-
sions resulted, the ministry asserted.
Weather conditions were unfavor-
liable and some Of the British planes
swere unable to reach their first OBJ
Electives, the ministry said, so some
moved on to the great ports of Ham
burg and EmdeE in Germany and
Den Helder in Holland, where they
unloaded bombs on the docks, while
others attacked railway communica-
-tions at Goettingen, Lingen and Han
( over, besides several factories and
/, airdromes at those points.
( The ministry acknowledged hat
four planes were missing after these
operations and i'll daylight patrols
yesterday.
The long attack on Berlin started
about 2 a.. m. today e p. m, EST,
!: Monday.
(Berlin reported there had been
two alarms, one apparently before
midnight.)
Through all of the 500 mile flight
from England the fliers had scared
ragainst a clear sky lighted by a full
October hunters moon
(which clearly defined the cities and
towns and countryside below them.
. A slight haze lay over Berlin, the
ministry said, when the first of the
traders roared past the outer ring of
-anti-aircraft guns and searchlights.
moving so high they were mere dots
Ito the gunners below.
: They quickly picked out the large
"a $50 gas works and drop-
rped a stick of heavy caliber bombs.
+: The glares of fires Redeemed the dis
tant earth, the ministry said.
: Other raiders reported they picked
out the Temrelhof railway yards
near. the great Tempelhof airport,
and laid patterns of bombs across
tracks and buildings.
: Other sections of the raiding party
concentrated their attack on mill
tary objectives in the center of the
city. They dropped tons Of high *
pIosive bombs and numerous small
fire bombs.
Once, the air ministry said, the
attack was SO intense that explo-
sions and fires could be seen stimuli
~tareously in several parts of the
city.
The ministry said one direct hit OF
a heavy bomb was scored on railway
sidings near the Lehrter station, not
so far from the Branbenburg gate
in Berlin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
In Hollywood
BY PAUL
EA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD-While chewing
the ragout of veal with some pub
Lefty gents at one Of the studio
restaurants, l asked a little &C
cusingly whether their craft is be
ginning to take on dignity or scrup
les or maybe some newborn eau
ton. During the past two or three
years there have been deplorably
few bold or ingenious ballyhoo
stunts, and it seems to me thai
all forms of show business need q
little circus-type press-agentry to
pep them up.
No matter that publicity anc
journalism are natural enemies, OF
that good reporters always will try
to expose or ignore fabricated
events and faxed stories. Some O.
the stunts turn into legitimate
news, and some are merely anus
ing. But they all add to the color
and engaging fantasy of this cellu'
loid dream world. If you want te
see what happens to entertainment
when it gets stiff-necked, look al
the Metropolitan Opera and the
size Of its deficit.
STARS ARE
NOW ARTISTES
Well, the press agents stoutly de-
MED they have lost their fine flair
for invention, but they generally
admitted their business is less fur
these days. They said that al
though Hollywood still likes to
think of itself as a sort of gay
asylum, its individuals all want to
be regarded as sensible citizens
and serious artiStes. AS for the
cinema itself, executives Z are
strong for s%uppressing technical
news in order to preserve 1.-THE
public's Illusions" This means
that they want you to believe that
the hero really booted the villain
into the crater Of a real volcano.
Worst of all, the boys told me, is
that players themselves no longer
will cooperate in making news.
When Bebe Daniels was a top star,
she approved a suggestion that she
get herself arrested and jailed for
speeding-an adventure which
would tie in nicely with the title of
a picture she had just finished.
Miss Daniels drove down to Santa
Ana, where there was a VIGOROUSLY
tough judge, played tag with a
speed cop, and spent 10 days in
the pokey.
And then there wa Reginald
who didn't mind getting
lost at sea coincidentaly with the
release of one of his nautical epics.
He hid out in his yacht down near
for three days, at which
time the U. S. Coast Guard began
a search. Warned of this, Denny
hastily put out into the ocean, en-
ccuntered a furious storm a d
came doggone near being really
lost.
THERE ARE
BLONDS AND BLONDS
One of the things that set me to
thinking about the decline of initia-
tive in publicity was the true story
The other day about Joan Blondell
and some other tow-head legally
forming an organization c allied
Blends, Inc. The purpose of this
non-profit corporation reems to be
to combat the notion that blends
are dumb, althugh the stunt it.
self looks like prima facie evil
dence of goodness.
Miss Blondel's press agent
would have had moro fin with
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
Hong Kong
BY T EDISON
Editor, NEA Service

Half a million Chinese refugees,
fleeing from the Japs, have crowd
ed into the British city of Victoria
on Hong Kong Island, and t e
British-controled Kowloon peninsu-
la just to the north.
These refugees have swelled the
population of the city past h e
1000, 900 mark. They sleep on the
covered sidewalks, in doorways,
any place they can find shelter in
the Chinese sections, and they exist
on a food ration of 46 cents a
week-17 cents for rice, 5 cents
for vegetables, oil, fish, pork, and
wood, 2 cents for bean curd and
tea. They die, from hunger and
despair and disease, one recent
weeks health report showing ia
deaths from T. B., dysentery, ty-
phoid and cholera alone.
The flood of refugees has now
been stopped, but the plight of
unknowns is no less acute than the
plight Of the British themselves
in this, their last outpost in Chi
ma, though the desperate situations
come from entirely different
causes. Whereas the Chinese de-
spair from overcrowding, the Brit
ish may suffer from lack of num-
berS and lack of resources for an
adequate defense.
Major General A. E. Grassett,
commanding the British forces in
China, will tell you his orders are
to hold Hong Kong, and he will
hold it to the last man.
The harbor has been mined,
heavily. There are coast defense
guns and anti-aircraft batteries in
the hills. Every man up to SIS.
who a be spared, has been con-
scripted. Men over SIS have been
held in reserve for home defense.
Portuguese and Chinese have like
wise been modified.
Nearly all British women to the
number of 1000 have been evacuat-
ed.
Barbed wire and machine gun
emplacements line the shores at
every possible landing place. Up
the peninsula, across the three
ridges which form natural defense
lines, strong positions have been
prepared.
But the British need every man
and every ship in England, and
airplane landing fields on the pre-
cipitous rocky slopes of Hong Kong
are out of the question. Hong Kong,
once on a par with Singapore as
a base for offensive operations
against all corners, is now def
nitely on the defensive, and if the
last British outpost in China car
be held, it will be a miracle great
err than Dunkirk.
JAPANESE
HARD BY
Thirty miles to the north, in
China proper, is the Japanese
army of occupation in China. 1t
has been strengthening its posi-
tons and communications for
months. Eighty miles away is
Canton, with an air base that will
hold hundreds of planes. The
minute she thinks that Britain is
defeated, Japan a be expected
to strike at Hong Kong. Appease-
ment-British evacuation of con-
cessions at Tientsin and Shanghai,
have held the Japs off thus far, an
it is not conceivable that they will
move to open hostilites as long
as the British have a change Of
coming out on top. When that
chance is gone, kiss Hong Kong
goodby.
In normal times, Hong Kong
would be celebrating it's Tooth an
niversary al a British possession.
And it is a possession which must
not be overlooked in consid ,ring
it's strategical importance. China
coded rights to the rugged island,
10 miles long and three miles wide,
ION which is the city Of Victoria,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16

to take office next year; DR. Fra,
Kirk of Salisbury, secretary.
Guy Masten of Winston-salsn w.,
president, and DR.. j. P Res..
Concord editor. DR.. c. D. Wheel.
OF Salisbury was named 10 Tho
cutlve committee and Dr.. S. c. nrs
can of Monroe was elected a mart.'
OF the house of delegates II ~
North Carolina society.
On today's program was irs..r
ton of officers, including d. A =
Bumgardner of Charlotte as nr.,,
dent. N'S'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
Dental Society Will
Meet In Twin Cit,

CHARLOTTE, Oct. 15.-R-Th
Second district North Carolina Den.
tai Society will hold its next conven.
ton in Winston-Salem.
It selected the Twin City last night
at it's convention here. A date was
not announced.
The society elected DR.. C. A. Bark.
ley of Winston-Salem president-elect
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16

=
j. M. Broughton was on the pro.
gram for an address here today at
the formal opening of the second
annual Southern States fair.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16

ASHEVILLE - Approximately O..
900 teachers are expected to attend
the 18th annual convention of the
Western District Teachers associa-
tion here Friday and Saturday. w.
l.. Latham, superintendent of Swain
county schools, is president.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
MAIN CAUSE

Man has been the cause. Direct.
or indirectly, almost without W.
ception, whenever a form Of p,iI ~
life has become extinct in Man..
America. '|N
Evening star., 1940-02-15

Not q sample cake but our full
size regular 19c Angel Food. We believe
youu agree that 1t is one Of the light
est, most delightful Angel Food cakes
you've ever tasted.