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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
Hollywood Sights And Sounds
Robin Coons-

might be a little better than the
script from which it was shot, oa'
not much. On the other hand, a
picture can be a lot worse tnah
the script from which it was shot,
but I've never seen this mentlonea
in a review.
The writer of a successful screen
play-particularly if it's an oflgi
nal screen play-feels that ne ),
entitled to at least as much creol'
from both critics and public as
the writer of a successful Sldse
play. That he doesn't get tex
cepting, perhaps, in the trao'
press-goes without saying, ~
fact, many critics in different paln
of the country don't bother even "
list the writer or writers aiiioNs
the other credits.
I noticed this particularly III
Chicago. This is no less rlo1culI ",
than if a Robert Sherwood pay
were advertised, eliminating
reference to Sherwood and nlena
.ioning only the director and "re
star. There are screen Wrl'els
with just as distinguished recqiu.
in their field as Sherwood flo~
ard Lindsay, Elmer Rice or any
stage dramatist you care 10 hle"
ton.
The screen writer has no iass
that he is responsible Tor uls
whole success of a ~successlul pt ~,
ture-but certainly he Woulo nhs
to receive his just share oil 'iiT
credit
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09

The term simply means as far as
the commission is concerned, ev-
erything's OK.
Bid-in and negotiated contracts
The Army and Navy prefer to
execute bid-in contracts. They ad-
vertise what they want, interested
companies bid, and the lowest re-
sponsible bidder gets the contract.
That assures the government the
most for it's money.
But often, especially now, the
defense services ri pressed for
time, or few commercial compa-
MES are equipped to make what
they need. Gunpowder is such an
item. So interested companies are
asked to send negotiators to Wash
ington, and the contract is nego-
tiated quickly over the table, and
awarded. There are very few of
these.
Contract authorization
That means Congress has auth
orized the Army or Navy to make
contracts for future delivery of,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
Wrightsu;lle Board
Will Hold Reception

The Wrightsville Beach Board Of
Trade has announced that a re-
cention will be held al the Ocean
Terrace hotel next Saturday night
and that both beach residents and
citizens of Wilmington are invited.
The occasion will mark the off.
,;a1 close of the 1910 season and
the committee in charge desires
that everyone who can be present
and engage in the celebration. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
Man About
Manhattan
ev George Tucker

NEW YORK, Sept. S.-The class
u,;,, come to order for its first quiz
of the fall term.
@: Who is Ellery Queen, the
mystery writer?
A. Ellery Queen isn't a fellow.
Has two Jewish boys who pro.
d,,ce radio shows in addition to
writing murder mysteries. Prevl'
ously they wrote Under the nam"
of Barnaby Ross.
O.: In London No. 10 Downing
street is the address OF the prime
minister. but what is it In New
York?
A.. No. 10 Downing street in New
York is a parking lot. It's down
in the Village and it'll cost you q
quarter if you want to park youl
hack there.
@. What usually happens to
Landowner who fail?
A.: Well, Arch Selwyn once
owned a laundry in Puerto Rico.
After it failed he returned to New
York and became a famous Broad.
way producer.
@: Have you ever heard the
names of Therma, Marvel, a n G
Ursell?
A: Maybe you have to come
from Utah to hear names like that
They are the sisters Of pretty Lor'
raine Day, the little Mormon CIR
who went to Hollywood and got q
break but who wasn't too blase tc
stare when the Hollywood promot'
ers brought her on a build-up visi'
to New York. my mother JUS
makes up names like that" ex
plains Lorraine. But if you think
they're unusual, wait'n l tell YOU
about my uncle, whose name vii
kill you. It's Snellen Ichabod.'
@: If you can name a song iden
titled with some form of sport tina
has become a real American elias
sic. teacher will reverse the pro
cedure and give you the apple.
A: How about Take Me Ou'
to the Ball Came? That's a rea
American classic that will live a:
long as baseball is played.
@: Well, how about naming
couple of streets that have beer
immortalized by jazz?
A: That's easy-Bea1e street il
Memphis ("Beale Street Blues').
and Rampant street in New Or
leans ('Rampart Street Parade")
@: Where is Tin Pan Alley?
A: It isn't anywhere. It's a leg
endary street that doesn't actual
ly exist and never has. When song
writer's in the old days banged
their tinny pianos in search of mel
odies, they sometimes made an
awful fuss. From this far-fetched
source the name of Tin Pan Alley
has grown into a mythical high.
road of hit tune composers. Tin
Pan Alley is where you find it. IL
is wherever songs are born.
4: Finally, how about a few Of
the inconsistencies that help make
New York what it IS?
G: Well, there are no banks on
Bark street, the I'm avenue street
car runs on Broa+way and tn.
Broadway trolley runs on 7th ave-
nue.; Abe Lyman is the only orch
estra leader in town who began
life as a taxi driver, and the NORTH.
river is west of Manhattan. Fur.
thermore, there r no brooms
sold on Broom street, and Perish
ing Square isn't a square but mere
ly an intersection in And street. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
BY MORGAN M. BEATTY
AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.-Nation-
al defense headlines reflect the
fact that the program is running
head-on into the bottleneck nobody
saw-the contract bottleneck.
Industrial, transportation a
raw material bottlenecks were
largely f%oreseen, thanks to u
World war experience.
The maze of postwar and post
depression laws are largely re-
sponsible for the contract bottle
neck. Some of these are intended
to protect public monies, others to
protect workers, and still others to
step up taxes on excess profits.
But regardless of the cause, they
have bred into our defense pro-
gram terms highly confusing to
the layman-such as IBID in con-
tracts" negotiated contracts"
letters of Intention" contracts
awarded" contracts authorized"
and so on.
Here's a glossary explaining
these terms
Letter OF Intention
It usually works like this: the
Army wants to order, say, 200
tanks costing more than $500, 900.
When an order calls for spending
more than a half million, the Ma
tional Defense Advisory Commits
sion steps in to keep it out of in
dustrial bottlenecks.
The commission tells the Army
where it is possible to buy the
tanks, and the Army goes ahead
with the intricate business of ar
ranging a contract for the tanks.
Meanwhile, Congress is working
on legislation that may increase
taxes on the tank builder, or
change the rate of profit for SUBJ
contractors.
Therefore,, neither the contrac-
tors nor the sub-contractors are
willing to set a final price on the
job.
So the contract is arranged right
down to the point where it is ready
to sign, but the price is left out.
And the Army gives the prospec-
tive contractor a letter of inten-
ton to 60 ahead with the work as
soon as Congress passes the laws
it is working on, and provided a
satisfactory price agreement can
be reached. Officers usually re-
gard these contracts as almost cer-
tain of execution. They speak OF
them as ''in the works."
Contract awarded
When you read a statement from
the War Department that SUCH
and-such contracts h ave been
awarded, you can put it down that
everything is sealed, signed, and
all but delivered. Congress has
appropriated the money, the Army
or Navy has agreed to pay it over,
and the contractor has agreed to
deliver the order on a specified
date.
Contract cleared
This is a term used exclusively
by the National Defense Advisory
commission. The commission it.
self has no power to sign contracts
or spend money. But it does have
the right and duty to advise the
contracting government agency in
making contracts. When it h a S
given its advice, the commission
announces it has cleared the con-
tract. Thus billions in contracts
may be cleared, without final
award from the Army or Navy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under Council MANAGER Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Prescribing
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highuay from WrightsviAe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF city Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, pid-
er Turning Basin, pith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south of Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc.
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro.
motional Agency, supported By n
countrywide tar.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center TOR Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape groping
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
NEW LIBRARY SERVICE
PROVIDED IN ONSLOw
Books May Be Secured rar
WPA Office In ~JacksOnVllle "
Three-MOnth Period

JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 0.-ln ou
dition to Bookmobile service III oa
slow county for The ensuing u -.
months, the WPA and board OF eu
ucation are offering free llOl %Ir.
service to local t~ownspeople on
ing that period. Books may
secured at the WPA office. Mar
Kathleen Simmons is acting ilofa'
ian
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09

There is no reason why we should contem
plate war as inevitable unless we ask for il
Senator Vandenberg, Michigan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09

Before shedding tears for the hungry Of war
torn Europe, we should shed a few for the
5000, 900 undernourished children in the ma
TONS schools.-Milo Perkins, president FEEDER
al Surplus Commodities Corporation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09

ia rather have CONSUMPTION and not need
1t, than not to have CONSUMPTION and need it.
Senator Millard Tydings. Maryland
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09
NOTATION

In our lifetime Germany will never recover
from these victories.-Roy Helton in Harper's
Magazine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09

1t give NAV a fair old turn, it did.-Elderly
Briton, describing the effect of a German
bomb.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-09

BY RICHARD MACAULEY
Voung magazine and screen
writer who takes a poke at
movie critics - meaning no
harm, we hope, to our Robin
Coons who's on vacation.)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Clubs
Society
CaIexico P.-T.A.
Gives Informal
Reception

CALEXICO, Sept. 28.-Thursday
evening the Calexico P.-T.A. gave
an informal reception for teachers
and their friends. About one hun
dred and fifty gathered for the
occasion at Hoffman school.
The hostesses for the evening
were: Mrs. Leslie Dove, president,
assisted by members of her execu-
tive committee including: Mesdames
Porter Brown, Travis Smith, Ed
ward Kitow, j. w. Lawson, Ray
Simmons, Jewel Watson, Allen
Mains, Leo Watts, Duncan Brown,
J. NJ Ostrey, Victor Erickson and
Miss Marian Trenary. Mrs. A. ".
Vierhus, president twenty-ninth dis
trict, was also in the receiving line.
Greetings were extended by Mrs.
Dove and Mrs. Marcus Bates of the
board of education to the new teach
ers introduced by j. w. Lawson.
The De ANA Serenaders in color
full costumes participated in the
musical program. Ben De Dici was
heard in solo Interpretation of the
poem Rosa, Tilla McCampbell was
his accompanist. Margaret owens
with her violin contributed "Bour-
ree' by Handel and ITO Spring by
Greig. She was accompanied by
Mrs. j. w. Lawson.
Mrs. Lloyd Loudon gave two piano
numbers.
Delicious refreshments were serv-
ed by Mrs. Henry Forcher and COM
mittee.
Mrs. Rose Brown, retiring presi-
dent, was presented with a past
presidents pin by j. w. Lawson.
1t was announced the member
ship drive conducted by Mrs. Ray
Simmons and her committee would
begin next Monday. Attractive prizes
will be given the room getting the
highest number of members.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Department Has
Evening Party

intermediate department of the
First Baptist church Sunday school
opened the fall activities by having
a party Thursday night in the
church social hall.
Department members present
were: Barbara Parker, Betty Riggs,
Ruth Parker, Norma Sharp, Joy
Epperson, Gloria Jones, Jonelle
Withrow, Billie Forshey, Anna Ruth
Thomas, Venit1 Woodard, Nancy
Curren, Dorothy Lovelace Angelina
Childers, Marjorie Watson, Tommie
McChristy, Jimmy Smith, Jack Mil
ner Leslie Horton, Daryl Horton,
Teagle Womack, Harold Romans,
Billie Rowlinson, Melbourne Brans-
ford, Robert Knudsen, Miss Opal
Creed, the Rev. Mr.. Harold E. Doty
and Mrs. Doty.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Mrs. CLARK McEuen
Guest Speaker

Mrs. Clark McEuen. leglsiaVion
chairman for the Southern District,
California Federation of Womens
clubs. will be guest speaker at the
meeting of the executive board, I'M
perial County Federation OF Wom-
ems clubs, to be held in the Ten
Thousand club house, Ell Centro,
Oct. 4.
Mrs. McEuen will discuss the
measures to appear on the Novem-
ber ballot and her talk is being
much anticipated not only because
she possesses a sound knowledge OF
the subject but also because she
presents that subject in an inter-
esting manner. Her keen wit and
dry salty humour make her COM
ments not only International but
also entertaining.
Members of the Ten Thousand
club will serve luncheon at noon.
Mrs. George King of Brawley
is president of the county fedora
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Annual Homecoming Dinner
|nauourates Q. .E.S. Year

a rummage sale with Mrs. Herbert
Holt in charge assisted by Mrs.
Philip Hodgkin.
Mrs. C. r. Kirkpatrick. worthy
matron, was pleasantly surprised
by a birthday party held In the
social rooms after the meeting.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick's anniversary Is
during the summer, bit she found
her chapter members had not for
gotten her. A beautiful cake, made
by Mrs. c. H. H. Small, and deco
rated in Mrs. Kirkpatrick's colors,
orange and blue, was presented 70
her by Mrs. George Bucklin. asso-
ciate matron. Officers gave tneir
matron additional pieces for her
silver set.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Fall Fiesta at
Mitchell Ranch
Well Attended

Pretty booths, decorated in an
Oriental theme, and many lights
gave the F.. H. Mitchell ranch on
West Main street real carnival
appearance Friday night when the
Presbyterian church school spon-
sored its Fall Fiesta, designed to
serve as reunion for members and
friends after the summer months
and to give an impetus to school
activities.
Patrons purchased all sorts of
delicacies for their suppers at the
various booths and had the fun of
roasting weiners over the Goals in
the huge outdoor fireplace.
For entertainment, wishing WELL
a fortune teller, and many side
show booths were provided, while
the youngsters found several ponies
waiting for them so they had all
the pony rides they desired.
The fiesta was we'll patronized and
in addition to providing fun for
everyone, added a nice sum to the
school treasury.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
Gold Star Mothers
To Be Honored

Gold star mothers of Ell Centre
those who lost their sons during the
last World War, will be honored at
the Methodist church service Sum
day morning, at which members OF
Boyce Aten post, American Legion,
and Boyce Aten unit, American Le-
gion Auxiliary, are also to be special
guests.
Sunday is set aside as day when,
throughout the nation, these gold
star mothers will be honored. Ell
Centro has three gold star mothers,
but only two will be present: Mrs.
Anna Greed and Mrs. Fannie Will
son. Mrs. A. K Swami, the third.
will not return to the valley until
Oct g.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
korthend Church
Opens; Endeavor
Elects Officers
WESTMORLAND MOTHS


Lester Sund, the WeStmorland Com
munity church and Sunday school,
began their services Sunday. The
Christian Endeavor class met Sum-
day night and held their election
of officers. The officers for the fol-
lowing year are: Donna Ostrander,
president; Virginia Walker secre-
tary Betty Joe Williams, treasurer;
Mary Frances Walker, pianist.
The Westmorland grammar school
opened Monday, with the following
teaching staff.
Superintendent. James Monroe;
eighth grade, Daniel Mahoney; Miss
Rosemarie zinkand will have charge
of the seventh and part of the sixth
grades. The fifth grade and part
of the sixth will be taught by Es-
ther Irwin. The fourth grade and
one half of the third grade will be
conducted by Mrs. Anita Grimes.
The other half of the third grade
and the second grade will have
Mrs. Claude HowenStein as their
teacher.
Villette Stehlin will be the first
grade teacher. All of the teachers
with the exception of Miss zinkand
were here last year.
The WeStmorland American Leg
ion and Auxiliary opened their fall
activities with turkey dinner
Monday night. Sixty members and
guests were seated to enjoy the deli
cious food prepared by the Auxiliary.
Commander John Hansen intro
duced the distinguished guests. R.
P. Ostrander, county council COM
mander, gave brief outline of the
Armistice day celebration, which
will be held in Westmorland this
year. Several numbers were played
on the accordion by Florence Decker.
Moving pictures of last years Arm
iStice day parade were shown by
Clarence Johnson. The guests in
cluded ten members of the Julian
post and auxiliary; Mr.. and Mrs.
Andy Preble and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Murphy of Imperial, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Johnson, Mr.. Vernon
Decker and daughter.
Mr.. Ben Martin has returned from
trip to Georgia. where he spent
three weeks visiting relatives. Sun
day, in honor of Mr.. Martin. his
Wife entertained at dinner. Guests
included Mr.. and Mrs. John Martin
and son Harley; Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
riSon Martin and son, of Calipatria.
and Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E. Maloney
and family.
The ROW. Sub-Debs enjoyed a
bicycle outing to the sand hills west
OF Westmorland, Saturday after
noon. They enjoyed a picnic supper
IN the evening. Julia Luekey of
Brawley and Dorothy Monroe were
the guests Of the Sub-Debs. Mrs.
Daniel Mahoney accompanied the
group.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29
News Notes
From Me|o|dnd
MELOLAND NOTES

PROOF positive that Ell CentrO's
census returns reached their desti-
nation comes from Preston Goar,
former Central j. c. student now
in the census department, Washing
ton, d. c., who writes he recently
received number of Ell Centro
sheets in his days allotment-quite
coincidence since 5000 men are
employed in the department. Young
Goar is at present taking a two
weeks course at Georgetown uni
versity, being among eight high
men selected to receive special train
ing.
MI and Mrs. Harvey Corfman
and family are spending a weeks
vacation in San Francisco and
plan to see the fair.
Mrs. Lloyd Craig was called to
Ell Segundo Friday by the illness
OF her sister, Mrs. R. B. Floyd.
Evelyn McGrew invited few
friends in Wednesday evening to
help her celebrate her birthday. A
pretty birthday cake. bearing II
candles, and punch were served and
the evening spent relating vacation
experiences. Present were Allene
Roberts, Muriel Meyer, HelenBish-
op, Catherine Coray and the hos
tess.
Isaac Mcbride recently returned
home after spending several months
in the veterans hospital at Saw
telle, where he underwent two op-
erations. Mcbride was especially an
Xious to come home and see his
two weeks old daughter, Elizabeth
Ann.
Sunday afternoon visitors at the
Charles Forsberg home we're Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Forsberg and son.
MI, and Mrs. Arthur Farley are
home again after a pleasant vaca-
tion at Laguna Beach, Los Angeles
and San Diego.
Election of officers at school Fri
day resulted in Harold Maddox be-
ing elected president, Florence Ia
mura vice-president, Brijida Lara,
secretary and Patsy Hampton and
Richard Ramirez, librarians.
Betty Forsberg was a guest of
Genevieve Moody Monday. Miss
Forsberg remained home this Sc
mester to give more time to her
music and is getting in five hours
practice a day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lev Mcintosh are
spending a few days with Mrs. Hen
ry HavekorSt while their son. Thane.
recovers from a tonsilectomy. Nc
Intosh has leased the Tommy Moon
house near Seal Heights and will
enter Thane at Acacia school.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29

after which reception for init
mate friends and relatives of the
two families took place at the w.
w. McEuen home on West Main,
Mr.. and Mrs. McEuer are the
bridegroom uncle and aunt.
Mrs. Langley, mother of the bride,
was gowned in blue crepe chiffon
with which she wore a matching
turban and corSage of pink roses.
Mrs Hatch, the bridegroom's moth
er, also wore blue, a lace gown and
harmonizing turban and a corsage
of gardenias. Miss Barbara Hatch
was charming in a shirtmaker
type frock, white crepe de chine
blouse and long black taffeta skirt.
Her corsage of yellow roses was in
contrast to her frock. Mrs. Nc
Euen selected a powder blue frock
gown with which she wore navy
accessories.
Pretty Flowers
Graceful, trailing sprays of Mexi-
can rose decorated the McEuen
home, their lovely pink and green
making perfect background for
the reception.
Lighted by silver tapers in tall
silver candlesticks, the table was
beautifully appointed, the punch
bowl and the many-tiered, hand
some brides cake, which Mrs.
Hatch cut, contributing their share
to the charm of the scene. Miss
Barbara Hatch presided at the
punch bowl An unusual feature
was the bridegroom's cake, baked
by his mother for his wedding. Some
so guests were present for the re-
ception.
After the reception Mr.. and Mrs.
Hatch left on a short wedding trip,
Mrs. Hatch wearing a chic travel
ling suit in beige and black. The
dress had beige skirt, black jer-
sey blouse and matching black jer-
sey bolero jacket. Her hat was a
turban of black jersey and acces-
sorieS were black suede.
To Live in City
After Oct 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Hatch
will be at home to their friends at
652 Adams avenue. Ell Centre.
The bride is popular teacher in
the Calexico> elementary school sye-
tenn and will continue her teachinc
this year. She is graduate of U.
G. l.. A.
MI Hatch attended Central high
school and junior college, PLAYING
a prominent part in school activities,
including football. He is connected
with the state highway department.
The marriage, uniting as it does
two we'll known families, is of con-
siderable interest to Imperial VAL
ley.
Out of town guests at the we'd
ding were: Mr.. and Mrs. B. K.
Swartz. Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Beal,
Mr.. and Mrs Clark Hatch, Miss
Constance Pierce of Los Angeles;
Mr.. and Mrs E. E. Hopper and
Miss Charlotte Hopper of Ajo. Ari-
zona; Mr.. and Mrs R. N. Langley of
Pasadena; Mr.. and Mrs. S. o. Buck,
Mrs c. D. McFarland and Mrs. A.
B. Elder of San Diego; Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Brown of Highland; Mr.
and Mrs. c. M. Barron of Escondido
and Miss Mildred Virney of Stock
ton
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-29

Eastern Stars of Ell Centre cele-
brated their return to the valley
and the resumption of chapter ac-
tivities in the annual homecoming
reunion conducted Friday night in
the Masonic tempe, meeting that
also was significant as it was the
first meeting held in the temple
since the earthquake last spring.
Masons, Eastern Stars and their
families gathered for a tempting
pot luck supper for which Mrs.
Charles Correll, chairman, and her
committee were responsible. The ex-
changing of vacation experiences
constituted the main part OF the
program. Some 70 were in attend
ance.
After the dinner Signal chapter
No. 276, o. E. S. had its business
session, devoted largely to plans for
grand chapter, for installation and
also for raising money to carry on
special activities.
Grand chapter starts Oct. IA in
Sacramento and this year all the
associate matrons of the county are
going as a group as are all the
matrons. Mrs. Ralph Reynolds, dep
uty grand matron, and Mrs. U. L.
Martin, advisor for the associate
matrons, will also attend. The val
ley delegation will join the San
Diego group and the two delegations
have chartered a car to take them
to Los Angeles. Signal chapter will
have its election in November and
the installation at later date.
Oct. 26 was set as the date for