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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
POLITICAL FIDDLING WHILE
ROME BURNS
Charlotte Observer

"Head-in-the-sand craftsmanship is what The
New York Herald Tribune calls American lead
ership in Congress in respect to giving greater
assistance to the Allies through modification of
the neutrality act.
It's an apt term, at this stage, although the
later action Of Congress may nullify the char
acterization.
At the moment there is no measure pending
in the upper branch of the National Legislature
looking to the amendment of the Johnson act
which forbids the granting of credit to the Allies.
But somebody whispered in the Senate the
other day the possibility of changing the law re-
latlng to the present embargo against extension
OF credit, and the wolves began to howl.
senator Hiram Johnson, father of the present
rigid non-credit neutrality laws, jumped up
Justify when the matter was mentioned in order
to say that
If We want to get into this war,
the way to do it is by making loans
to those already in"
when the conversation got around to Senator
wheeler, who wants to run for the Presidency
out AFRAID Of the shadow of Roosevelt. he said
that ~
They cont need our money" and
let it go at that.
But Senator Minton came nearer nut+inr bis
'onsue on the real core of the question when he
said that he would be glad to helm renea1 tho
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17

ment engaged by the separate armies. Endur.
ance, too, is a factor.
It is conceded the Nazis are best prepared
to win a quick decision. That is the whole OBJ.
ject of blitzkreig. If HITLER, as he hopes, can
scare the Allies sufficiently and quickly he
might win out. But this is not a part of the
Allied program. France and Britain are pre-.
pared for a long war, a steady drain imposed
upon the enemy, a constant Tightening of the
blockade with its demoralizing effect upon the
German people, in the reasonable belief that
HITLER, the whole Nazi nation, cannot hope to
survive prolonged conflict. Theirs is the stra.
tegy of endurance, not of lightning stroke.
The question, Of course, is whether they
have the power to prolong the war until the
enemy has wasted so much strength and is so
low in supplies both for army and civilians
that he must give up, or whether HITLER, with
his genius for surprise will be able to circum.
vent the Allies best planning and gain a major
victory. The outcome of the war will depend
upon the answer to this question, not upon
the present advantage of the Nazis along the
Mouse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
ENDURANCE, THE TEST

The momentum which a HITLER blitzkreig
gains at the start has carried German troops
to new advanced positions in the battle now
forming along the new battle line in Belgium
and France.
This was inevitable, but it is not fatal. The
French and British forces, slowe to concen-
trate not only because the Germans took the
lead but because they also moved on orders
the import of which the Allies knew only
vaguely had first to know where to assemble
and secondly what was required of them to
stem the Nazi tide. But it must not be assum.
ed from this that the tide cannot be turned
back once the full power of the Allies is
brought into play.
There is more than a first advantage to he
considered in weighing the chances If oitho,
side in a war of this magnitude. Battles arc
won or lost not only by the numbers and e,rin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
Hollywood Sights And Sounds
By Robin Coons.

HOLLYWOOD, May 16.-
The Doctor Takes a Wife"
Screenplay by George Seaton,
Ken Englund from story by AL
cen Leslie. Directed by Alex
ander Hall. Principals: Loretta
Young, Ray Milland, Reginald
Gardiner, Gail Patrick, Ed
mund Gwenn, Frank Sully
Gordon Jones, Georges Met
AKA, Charles Halton.
There's a bachelor girl whose
glorifcation of her state in a tome
entitled "Spinsters Aren't Spinach"
is a hot-cakes seller. There's a
young doctor who would like to get
married but can't on his pittance
an instructor. The two meet,
quarrelsomely, when the girl in
vites herself into his car for a
ride from a mountain resort
into New York.
Through happenstance, they ar
rive at her apartment with a
Just Married. sign on the car.
With the quarrelling proceeding to
add to the effect, in no time at all
reporters are knocking at the door.
The boy, to collect damages for in
jury to Chester, his anatomical
head, has taken it out in
Scotch and passed out in her bed
room. That's why, to save the
publisher-boy friend who
would be ruined if the author of
''Spinsters Aren't Spinach didn't
Immediately write a sequel called
Marriage Amt Measles" they
have to pretend to be really mar
ried until she can finish the book,
and So
Well, it goes on like this, and all
the complications that can ensue
in a situation like this do their best
ensuing. There's his lowering pa
pc, and his career, and his out
ragged, baby-talking fancee Gail
Patrick, trying something new for
herr and the couples neighbors,
and the visiting doctors, and it
ACIDS up to a good, bright, amusing
piece of entertainment. Part farce,
part screwball comedy, frequently
thin in situation, the picture pro-
vides Miss Young and Milland with
better lines than they've had re-
Gently, and suggests that both
could profit by equally good treat
rnent in future. Next best role is
Gardeners as the publisher.
eff I Had My Way" Screen
NAV by William COnselman
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SIMPSON BELIEVES
CRISIS AT HAND
FOR ALLIED ARMY
Continued From Page One)


front. Despite Franco-British agree
ments to fight it out with Germany
under a unified supreme command,
differences in equipment, staff and
supply systems of the two armies
still exist. They enhance INNER
asurably the hazards of faulty staff
work, of confusion and misunder-
standings at the junction point.
1t was at the junction of the
Franco-British armies in France
during the World war that Ger
many struck her last great Of
fensive blow. It's failure to cut
them apart at Mondiddier and
Amiens in the 1918 spring offensive
appointed the way to Germany's
collapse and equalization IN No
Vember of that year.
The nazi high command has
taken a leaf from the book OF Ger
many's old masters in smashing
rom Namur at the Franco-Brltlsh
junction in Belgium. Yet it is only
a leaf. The German strategic con-
ceptlon of 1910, unfolding from
oedan to the Scheldt hour by hour,
IS a more vast and ambitious
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scheme than the world hds
before known. ,..,
The nazis, in pressing the os,'.
on a 3OO-mile front, are pu' sIs +.
terrific strain on their supp. !,,
manpower and equipment. J.. D co...
the World war, neither Slae ~. W. i.
long endure the cost OIL a''0''
far more restricted fronts
Allied strategy counts heavily .
that factor to bog down the Va ~ d.
thrust. If they can bea' s u,
hours or days the major c. 9aDi Al:
that imperial them in the oe S",e u
Namur areas, they can nor' Id
stabilize the vast semi-circQ- s-,, i.
from Namur northwest"'aTo an h.
Brussels and Antwerp W
Dutch flank in north Zee-a'
Heavy German-Dutca tts9 til &. +
iceland is reported, VIII" r ~,
come uncertain. A new oo Us l.:
thrust at the Allied lett l.a,,c .
Sea flank of vital conseq0e"''
England, is taking shape i.
Broad estuaries cutting de 95.g:
the Zealand province Of NJ
appear to bar direct Gest'' ian32
chanized attack. Reported +. l' gs.e
of heavy German 1oIoes aam al
lem to occupy Amste[q tlard j.
Utrecht in surrendered Hon bssa
dicate that a sea route mas init;
opened, however. to bring up IL: s
for a massive German a.
tween Antwerp and Ihe ST.
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self if you wish, especially in learn
ing to like other people, but don't
put on airs that are not yours-nor
hide those that n your own. The
person most lacking in personality
is the n who doesn't dare to be
himself.
You may already have SO many
boy friends or girl friends that it
is hard to pick out the one and
only. Or perhaps you have one
special friend after another, with no
thought of sticking to any one. This
is fine if you are still young-say,
around 20. Learning to know people
is good training for courtship that
gets you somewhere.
The risk in this is that you may
think o are seriously in love with
the first OF the second Or third of
these passing friends, and thought
less dash into marriage. Don't do it.
That is a quick way to try to smash
your marriage hopes.
But if you have come to the age
when marriage looks good to you for
its OWN sake, and not just as an ex-
use for seeing more of John, or
Mary, there is another side to the
matter.
Don't waste your time, then, on
anybody you wouldn't think of mar
rying. study the man or woman you
like, and see if there is something
there you will find important in the
next 10 and 20 years of living to-
gether.
Explore the possibilities of the
person you are thinking of marrying,
and test his character.
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present laws, but feels that such
can not be done by Congress in an
election year.
All! That's it! Politics!
In other words, if Senator Min
tons idea generally holds in the
Senate, that body would like to do
more in order to help the Allies take
better car of themselves against
the Nazis but for the fact that this
is the year of national voting and
they are afraid that the expediences
of politics would prevent the legis-
lature of the American government
from doing what it conceivably be.
lieves is the right thing to dc.
That's worse, if true, than for the
Senators merely to stick their heads
in the sand and thus delude them
selves into feeling that, since they
have their eyes buried, there is no
danger to be seen.
In that case, it is lack of intelli.
gent perception of the peril that lies
in the path of America in the event
the Germans win the war.
II, however, the Senators feel it
to be their duty to give this propos.
ed new assistance to the Allies, but
are afraid of it as a political issue
that might recoil to their individual
harm, perhaps their defeat, then if is
nothing less than cowardice for
them to turn against such an admit.
ted responsibility merely for the sake
OF political opportunism and ex-
%pediency.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
Star-News Program

Consolidated oity-County Government
under Council-Mdnager Admtntstrd1so"'
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
ond Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and lndastrfd'
shous.
Seaside Highway from WrfghtsctHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, N4d-
e- Turning Basin. with ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, oio
Orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prodao-
ton through sastained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency. supported BY ONT,
countrywide taz.
shipvords and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospita! facilities for aehites.
JUNIOR High School,
Tobacco Warehouse TOR Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape growing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis sanatorium.
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and James V. Kern. Directed
by David Butler. Principals:
Bling Crosby, Gloria Jean,
Charles Winninger, Ell Brend.
ell, Allyn Joslyn, Claire Dodd,
Moroni Olsen, Mana Bryant,
Donald Woods, Blanche Ring,
Eddie Leonard, Trixie Frigan.
"a, Julian Eltinge, Grace La.
Rue, Paul Gordon, 8 Hits and
a Miss.
There's an ingratiating air ota'
formality about this musical tea.
ing of throaty Bing and lyric G.
ria in a tale that seldom asks tQH
taken seriously.
There's not much new in the
yarn itself-the orphaned child tah
Ell in tow by her late fathers be&
pals. They bring her to her rai'
tives in the big city, where They're
turned down.; but another set 3,
relatives, poor in purse but rich d
heart, opens up gladly. The bC3
(Bing and BrendeD are about %
leave her there, but the SWede gei
convivial with a fellow eX-llnne
sotan and buys a dying restauran'
so there's the business Of revlTl3
the trade (via an old-timers re,
vue) and stalling off the outrage
unwilling "angel' until the show )
a click.
Still, Butler and crew have -'
jected fresh angles into the te-L1!
Ring is a surer actor than he uSel
to be, and he puts comedy into n'
tune-deliveries. Gloria is a none!
with a voice that is clear as a ne-
Brendel, making something o.
comeback, provides treque-
laughs. Joslyn and Dodd, as @'
snooty relatives, are amusing VIZ
ringer and Bryant, as the g ~,
ones. are appropriately hear'y' ~,
tunes-'"Time to Be a Mlilonalt
April Played the Fiddle anu u,
title numper-have hit p0'e''
alities. III.
In the final sequences the Wv
timers-LaRue, Friganza, hlI n.,
appear briefly, and MISS . .,%
and Leonard do the numDeis ~
made famous and vice VelSa
the old days, while Gordon oOsJ n,
stint on his high-Wheeled o!Ns' d,
nally, to cap the informan'les, l.
pictures meanies turn mo suy Nv,
by request, and everybody 5 I Sa1,-
Most audiences should be A'''
about it, too.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
VETO OF HARB0R
MEASURE LOOMS
Aides 10 Roosevelt Tell
SOlOns Chances Are Three
To One For Veto

WASHINGTON, May 16.- Up "A
presidential veto was said today to
be in prospect for the $110, 000, 900
rivers and harbors improvement au-
%thorization bill passed by congress
and now at the White House.
1t was learned that aides of the
President told congressional leaders
the chances were at least three to
one the measure would be vetoed.
Mr.. Roosevelt, it was said, objects to
the measure on the grounds that too
many projects already have been au-
thorized for which NJ money has
been appropriated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
Man bout
Manhattan
By George Tucker

NEW YORK, May 16.-There are
some interesting points to consider
in connection with Noel Coward's
visit to this country at this time.
The man who wrote 'Cavalcade,'
"Private Lives" and Tonight a,
$3.50" did not cross the Atlantic
just for the ride.
The points to consider concern
his present post with the British
propaganda ministry in France,
and the fact that he is rich and has
stable holdings and investments in
this country.
For Is years Mr.. Coward has
been writing books and plays,
and most of them have made mon
ey. OF the million he is reputed to
have earned, at least half of it was
earned in this country. 1t has been
a matter of pride with him thai
none of this money has been taken
out of the country.
Now England is at wal and must
look to the United States, through
"cash' legislation, for a consider
able portion of her war materials.
There will come a time when Al
lied credits in this country will be
exhausted. Coward's holdings, like
the widows mite, when added to
the incomes of Laughton, Olivier,
Brook, Leigh, Howard and innum-
cradle other popular and high-sal.
aried British actors and authors in
this country, r certain to be en-.
listed in British credits. This is not
a new move. 1t has been going on
since the first days of the war.
What arrangements his own gov
eminent has made with him, and
with his popular countrymen over
here, is a guess.
1t will be remembered that last
September Charles Boyer, the
French Apollo, hurried back to
France to join his regiment when
wal was declared. Within a few
weeks the man who has caused the
hearts of thousands of American
women to flutter was in uniform,
He was detailed to some prosaic
chore that had something to do
with counting army mules. This
seemed rather absurd. The French
government wisely considered that
Boyer would serve his country bet
ter if his salary, a big one, were
piling up credits in American dol
lars in this country. Therefore,
Boyer hurried back to the U. S.,
more of a heart-lutterer than ever.
He had been in the army. He had
satisfied all questions as to h i S
physical courage.
Noel Coward, it seems logical to
conclude, is here in a similar cap
acity. He brought along two new
plays. These were turned over to
his friend and manager, MIR. John
c. Wilson. After a few days in
Manhattan, he hurried on to Holly.
wood, where he has many friends
and business interests. He will not
remain long in this country-only a
matter of a few weeks. Then he
will return to his post in the prop
uganda ministry in Paris.
What is this post? When he bob
bed up in his old haunts on Broad
way all of the boys bombarded him
with questions. Had he been
yet? -. What sort of work
was he doing?
Coward may have confided the
nature of his duties to his init
mates, but to his public he has re-
NAMED pleasantly vague. He has,
however, made it unmistakeable
that war has turned his life inside
out, like a hastily removed sock.
How? well, I have to be up,
bathed, dressed, fed and at my
desk by 9 am"
Plainly, if war has done this to
Noel Coward, Sherman was right,
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ry the wrong
person. Or you
may give your
marriage a bad
start.
If you are
getting left out,
do something
about it at once.
Find out how
to get a%cquaint-
ed with boys or
girls you can
like and who
may like you.
In this country
we court and
m a some
body we know
and like.
Be yourself.
Tastes are va
ried, and there
is sure to be
someone w h o
will like you,
if only he or
she can know
you as you are
Improve your.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-17
glove, C0URTSHIP
AND MARRIAGE
Fun
But lis Also An
Important Matter
BY ERNEST r. AND GLADYS H,
GROVES
Noted Authorities on Marriage
Relations

Counting is more than a lot of
fun. It is a serious matter. If
YOU don't go about it right, you
NAV never marry. You may mar
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As a wartime restriction, the
windows of the European trans
port planes have been fitted so
that the passengers cannot look
out.
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TOP % THE MORNING
Refined sensibility is promoted BY true re-
1igion.
PINnln,ef.
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NEXT: Courtship Code
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eff I Had My Way" Screen
play by william Conselman
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-02

not i'll advise you.
Now for the local friends of
yours in Omaha, Nebraska.
C. C. Galloway, Acting Editor
of the Omaha Guide who has Civ
en- his life's blood in the struggle
for the best interest of the Ne
gro, who attended the Republican
and Democratic national conven-
tions, who presented to both, the
Omaha Guides 7 Point Program,
and who had a conference with
Mr.. Willkie in Philadelphia, Pa,
and in Washington, d. c., in the
interest of the Negro about the
Omaha Guides 7 Point Program,
is convinced that Mr.. Willkie will
carry out the Republican platform
to the letter. Mr.. Willkie told Mr..
Galloway that if he was elected
President of the United States, he
would see to it that the Negro
gets the ballot in the South as
we'll as in the North. He also
stated that discrimination in the
Federal government would be
wiped out at the strike of n pen.
Mr.. Willkie is, in my opinion, a
man that can be depended upon to
do what he says.
Mr.. John Adams, DR., the Re
publican national chairman says
the Negro can depend upon Mr.,
l Willkie to carry out the Omaha
Guides 7 Point Program; anC
that in his opinion it was covered
in his Chicago speech. 81 have
never ill advised through the
columns of the Omaha Guide.
seriously believe that | know from
where | speak in this presidential
campaign. l spent 6 weeks in the
East this summer with the leading
American citizens studing apall
ing conditions of this nation anC
II am saying to my friends WHIT
know my loyalty to my people
vote for Wendell L. Willkie TO.
President of the United States
Remember l said to the Republi
can resolution committee in Phil
adelphia, Penn, that if they woulc
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-02

first time in the history of Amer
lea that any major party has
msntioned practically what it
would do in the interest of the
Negro race. l claim this is a step
forward, for we as Negroes Fan
not lose by rallying to the Repub-
lican Party in this campaign.
Therefore, | say to the Negro
of the city of Omaha, Douglas
County, State of Nebraska, and
the Nation, vote for Wendell L.
Willkie. Mr.. T. P. Mahammit saws
vote for Wendell l.. Willkie. Rev.
I. A. Sears, pastor of st. John
AME church says vote for Wen
dell L. Willkie. Senator John
Adams says vote for Wendell L.
Willkie. Guy Wiley says vote for
Wendell L. Willkie. Jim Banks
says vote for Wendell L. Willkie.
Milton Johnson says vote for
Wendell L. Willkie. Charles Cole
man says vote for Wendell l..
Wlllkle. Rev. John Adams, pre-
siding elder over Nebraska con-
terence says vote for Wendell l..
WIllkie. Mrs. Matte B. Gooden
says vote for Wendell L. Willkie.
MIR. Preston heterogeneous. owner
of the North Side Transfer. saws
vote for Wendell l.. Willkie. Rms
sell Lewis proprietor of the Lew
Is Service Station, says vote for
Wendell l.. Willkie. Ed Killings
worth, of Killingsworth g. Price
Barber Shop, says vote for Wen
dell l.. Willkie, Joe Louis, world
famous prizefighter, says vote fer
Wendell L. Willkie. Mr.. George
Watson says vote for Wendell /
Wlllkie. Mrs. Hiram Greenfield
says vote for Wendell L. Willkie
Mrs. L. P. Mahammit says vote
for Wendell L. Willkie. Rev. and
Mrs. G. D. Hancock says vote
Tor Wendell L. Willkie.
The Omaha guide., 1940-11-02

alton for the Advancement Of Col
ored People, who is a writer of
national fame and an undisputed
champion for the Negro rights in
America, says the Negro should
vote for Wendell L. Willkie.
Bishop J. A. Gregg, of Chicago,
Illinois, we'll known in Omaha and
remembered as an outstanding
fearless, Christian writer; who re-
fused the presidency of Howard
University because of his Chris
tian duty to his people; and who
is we'll known to the voters of
Omaha, says the Negro should
vote for Wendell L. Willkie.
Attorney C. H. Galloway of
Kansas City, Mo-, noted for his
shrewdness in the Federal courts
and for his strenuous fight in the
interest of the Negro, says the
Negro should vote for Wendell l..
Willkie.
Bishop Noah Williams who held
a conference in Colorado Springs
with the Republican nominee in
the interest of the Negro, and
who has had world wide expert
ence in racial affairs, says the
Negro should vote for Wendell l..
Willkie.
John. L. Lewis, President of the
CLIO, is a proven loyal fighter in
the labor movement from coast
TO coast, in the interest Of all
workers. A Phillip Randolph said
TO C. C. Galloway when he was
visiting in Omaha, that there was
no doubt as to John L. Lewis's
sincerity in the interest of the
Negro workers for the past II
years. There is no discrimination
against the Negro in any CIC
union. John l.. Lewis says the
Negro should vote for Wendell L
Willkie, and that if his opponen.
is elected he (Lewis) will resign
his present position
The above nationally known
leaders who have worked in tn,
interest of the Negro, some fol
the past 30 years, surely would