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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27

If Rosalnd Russell has her way the world pre- miere of COlumbias This Thing Called Love will be staged in this city, The actress cO-starred with MeIvyn Douglas in this new comedy, will seek to impress Col umbia officials with the desrability of arranging the new films first showing in her home town when she n- vades New York next week her way back to Holly wood Roz has been visiting her mother here since last Saturday In her picture she defends bizarre styles In w0mens hats, claiming 1t is sure method for the plalnest of women to attract attention
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27
UNIVERSE IN A ROOM

A planetarium is circular room over which is suspended stainless steel dome, serving as screen upon which, by means of an intricate protector, it is possible to show in a realistic manner every star or other object in the sky that is visible to the naked eye.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27
DEFINED

The word parasite" Is taken from the Greek which means "e0t- Ing alongside of." and originally waB applied to any person who ate nt anothcr's tahleli repaylng the hest with flalteFy,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27
BY JOHN T. FLYNN

-
 the indces, activity the highest point 
 This rise however not entirely reliable Business activity the highest it 1929 unfortunately of the business ndces that show this ane record happen
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27
DEFENSE SPENDING a JUST STARTING

In the industries most directly re- lated to the war efforts of Europe and America the immense energy developed is striking. Not only is the activity great as it was in 1936- but there exists now what did not exist then, huge backlog. There
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27

Scotland expects its shipments Of whlsIEey to America to continue ct pFo~Wax volume.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27

most vigorously stimulated by the war.
 This. however is merely by way of warning. The rise in business activity has been very great, And, as matters stand, it is only in the first stages of its real rise.
 A few factors will suffice to show this.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27
REVIEWS FORECASTS Defense Expenditures Rise Steadily To Produce Boom
Some Indices Show Business
 Activity At Record High Only First Stage Is Reached

articles reviewing forecasng probable 1941.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27

business activity rising steadily te a boom.
 NEXT: Taxes and borrowing cloud business skies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27

Good Night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27

Per Cent Increase
 Over Last Year
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-27

Industrial Production
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
3R. SCARBOROUGH
II TO PREACH HERE
,,,t;st Minister To Deliver
''p Sermon Series March
II To "a

scarborough, one OF the
. Dir T. :. more prominent IT, Baptist sa"1st
natloa ars. president of the South
ninls'siS pantist Theological semin-
T@es'sln Of the Southern Baptist
HE a n+ion, will deliver a series OF
c'nVsn at wilmington churches
sFlle4 the week of March II through
y. sermons, and the advance
hs uo+ions therefor, will form a
pTs a'a BAPTIST evangelical meeting
nn DIT all churches of that denomina-
stu New Hanover county parti-
dpsting' ers+ lecture will he
sta sunday school sessions at the
=, H.. ~' Presbyterian church on the
tn ssing Of March II. A schedule for
n0N .aIl;s at other churches in the
DIS hos been compiled by local Bap-
tst leaders.
~ If cottage prayer sessions will
s Is' held. The leaders and locations
W Monday meetings will be as fol-
ll Mrs, Lila Head, 212 Red Cross,
p.' NJ. Mrs. Leonard F. Gore, 1922
9,st,s Avenue, s p. m. Miss Mary
w Leonard, II South Seventh
Da y, Mrs. A. G. Smith, S04 Dock,
n, Mrs. W Page, Sunset Park,
snm. Mrs. j. l. Lassiter, 1910 Nun,
snm Mrs. j. 7. Best, 1416 Dock, 8
e. R. Garrett, Highwood Park,
r,M D. M Mrs. Eugene Savage,
wrightsboro, 1880 p. m. Mrs. =. H.
cnrranous, Wrightsboro, 1870 p. m.
vrs Earl Bowen, seagate, 1880 p.
=, Mrs, L. H. Vollers, Winter Park,
1880 p, m.
Tuesday's schedule will be: Mrs.
T. !. Jordan, 1911 Grace, s p. NJ.
vrs Leslie Bass, 206 South 18th, 8
m. Mrs. Robert Scott, 101 North
;b D, m. Miss Valeia Williams,
Nj North 4th, s p. m. Catherine
Kennedy Home, 903 Princess, 8 p. m.
urs A. E, McKeithan, Winter Park,
-m D, MFRS. W. J. Horn, Seagate,
|;n m. (Note.) L. T. Page, AZ Hud-
an. 7,3O p. m. Mrs. H. L. Pittman,
Vdghtsboro, 1870 p. m. Mrs. H. C.
rpom. Wrightsboro, 7:30 p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03

of saving over expenditure which
each generation accomplishes. Thus,
the addition which are made to
the nations fund of private, volun-
tary savings this year r signifi-
cant in the entire economic system.
The most important question
which the man saving money in
1910 faces is how much return the
general financial policy of the COM
Ing years will permit his savings
to earn. The recent years. down.
ward pressure on interest rates
from public officials has cut heavi-
ly into what people had come to
consider the normal income from a
dollar saved. The obvious greater
interest of government in the Dor
rover than the lender, who is in
reality the saver, has tended to
penalize the man who puts off the
use Of his money and favor the
one who spends money before he
earns it.
The wisdom of such policy is de-
cidedly questionable when we see
what part thrift plays in u ma
tional progress. Accommodations of
savings in private trustee institu-
tons totalled S51, 200, 900, 900 a year
ago and represented about a sixth
of the estimated total national
wealth. This was divided among
some 100, DOC, 900 men, women and
children and accomplished the most
equitable distribution of wealth
which a free nation has ever ex-
p%erienced.
This is a healthy situation which
thoughtful business leaders and
public spirited citizens should not
permit to deteriorate. The country
was built by thrifty, self-sacrificing
persons. It's thrift was encouraged
by the payment of adequate re-
turn on the saved dollar. A much
needed safeguard for our economic
system is some interested and en-
thusiastic defense Of the saver and
his rights to be adequately COM
pensated for extending credit. I'm
less this vigilance is exercised in
behalf of the saver 1871, ~ and
'43 may not see billions Of dollars
put aside voluntarily by the citizens.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
County AAA Committees Barred
From Politics By Hatch Act

WASHINGTON, March Q up -
The Agriculture department has
notified its 100000 farmer members
of local AAA committees-many of
whom are party leaders-that they
must not take active part in forth
coming presidential, state, congress
sional and local campaigns.
The farmer committeeman are
subject to the Hatch Act designed
to prevent "pernicious" political ac-
tivity on the part Of federal en-
ployees.
Aides of Secretary Wallac, who
has endorsed President Roosevelt
for a third term, said a ruling by
the departments solicitor, Mastin
G.. White, holding the AAA commit
teemen liable under the Hatch law,
was Significant"
They said Thousands" of the COM
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
ADVERTISEMENT
Explains Cause Of
Stomach Ulcer Pains

In simple laguage, the cause of
most acid stomach ulcer pains is
the passage of food through the
stomach, irritating the exposed
nerve on the sensitive surfaces,
thus frequently causing burning,
tearing or dull aching pains. Udga
Tablets contain bismuth, which med
ical science has found coats and
protects the sensitive parts, also
other valuable ingredients in a bal
anced formula. They have been
praised by thousands. Try a 25c box
of Udga for relief of ulcer and stom.
ach pains, indigestion, gas pains, for
heartburn, burning sensation, bloat
and other conditions caused by ex-
cess acid. Udga Tablets are safe to
use and must help or your money
refunded. cat Saunders and good
drug stores eyervwhere."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Meat Packers Report
Much Better Earnings
BY GEORGE A. EASTWOOD,
President Armour and Company

fFeSlueHC Armour anu
The years results in the meat
packing field encourage belief that
the corner the nation has been try
ing to turn for the last decade is
now behind us.
Caution counsels against pro-
claiming that the road ahead is
straight and clear; it can't be with
a war raging in Europe, but with
present known factors in mind the
road appears to be smoother and
better marked than it has been for
several years past.
The packers fiscal year ended in
October. Results already published
for some companies and preliminary
figures and estimates from others
indicate that the past year showed
considerable improvement over the
previous one. Profits, substantial,
even if not entirely satisfactory,
were the rule in 1889 whereas many
packing companies sustained losses
in 1888.
The Improvement was due first,
to increased production of meats
rejecting abundant feed crops on
the farms, and second, increased
consumption rejecting more wide
spread employment and better con-
sumner buying power. There was a
10 per cent increase in the number
of hogs marketed during 1889 and
despite a slight decrease in cattle,
the total meat supply was up about
7 per cent. Meats moved through
the markets readily, with the US
ual and normal fluctuations that
are inheren. in a business as sensi-
tive to supply and demand as is
the meat BUSINESS. The average
price of all meats for the year was
lower than for the preceding year
but with a stronger tendency in
the closing months that left the
level about IN a par with the pre-
vious years average.
Inventories have been kept at I'M
usually low levels which is for
tunate in view of the prospect of a
20 per cent increase in hog receipts
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
lump-Sum Benefits
Explained By Jeffreys

Lump.sum benefits can be paid in
southeastern North Carolina to GER
lain persons if an insured worker
dies leaving no dependents who at
the time of his death are entitled
10 monthly benefits, George w. JET.
freys, manager of the Wilmington
office Of the Social Security board,
said Yesterday.
Those who may claim such lump
sum payments are: the widow who
is not entitled to monthly benefits,
Or the widower; if there is no widow
Or widower, then any child or child
rem regardless of age; if there is
no widow or widower or child, then
the parents; and if there is no such
relative. then the person who pays
The burial expenses.
The total amount of the lump
sum payment to surviving relatives
mentioned above is six times the
primary benefit earned by the work.
er up to the time of his death, JEFF
freys said.
For example, if the monthly bene-
lit would have been $50, the lump
sum death payment would be six
times $50, or $3.50. Further informa.
ton may be secured at the local Of
ice Of the Social Security board on
the first floor of the customhouse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Halians To Present Howard;s>
The Late Christopher Bean

whose feet seem to be on the ground
is Abby, the housekeeper.
Abby was played with brilliant
success by Pauline Lord when the
play opened on Broadway at the
Ford Opera house in New York in
1882.
Once the movies got hold of it,
they made it into a part for Marie
Dressler. But the Abby of the play
is a rather young person, a treas
ure as servants go, and a whole
some soul who was the only one
in the Haggett family to appreci'
ate the struggling, dying painter.
1.-THE Late Christopher Bean" will
come as a charming story after the
excellent work of the acting group
in "The 18th Chair" which was pre-.
scented February "a at the high
school.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03

The ITALIAN association will pre-
sent 1.-THE Late Christopher Beam
by Sidney Howard, the last of March
or the first of April, L. W. Pres
ton, president, has announced.
Director Howard Canister reports
that he has the hilarious comedy
''just about casted." Rehearsals will
start up during the week, he said.
1.-THE Late Christopher Bean" vas
a painter who died in poverty, a
charity patient of a small town
Yankee doctor. He left behind a
number of paintings which the doc
tor and his family consider "whacky"
and useless, but suddenly acquire a
fabulous value.
Collectors, art critics and cut
throat dealers descend upon the be-
wildered doctors family to a hila-
rious extent. The only character
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03

mitteemen were local party leaders.
Many we're said to be members of
party committees.
The administration has counted
these farmers as the backbone of
the rural support for the Wallace
crop control programs. However,
under the departments ruling, they
apparently would not be in a posi-
ton to comply with a recent Wal
lace plea that friends" of the farm
programs work for the election OF
congressman who likewise were
friendly.
Approximately 10000 other en-
ployees of the department, both IN
Washington and in the field, also
have been instructed to stay cut OF
active politics.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Americans Will Save
3 Billions Next Year
BY MORTON OFF
Executive Vice President United
States Savings and Loan League

Executive e-ffeSldenC UnlCeu
States Savings and Loan League
At least So 5000, O00, 900 will be put
aside by the American people in
1910 to use at some future time
rather than for current needs and
indulgences. Sharing in the care of
these saved up dollars will be the
savings, building and loans %associa-
tons, the life insurance companies,
the savings and commercial banks,
a few installment savings concerns,
the United States government
through it's postal savings and
small denomination bonds, and in
q few cases the family sugar jar
or the mattress. All Of this money
will be saved voluntarily, exclusive
of any collective operations, such
as the Social Security, to provide
for the future of our citizens.
In spite of all modernistic the
cries about saving and spending,
the fact still remains that capital
expansion and increased standards
of living depend on such margins
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03

the process of perfection for over
10 years.
A scientist can far more produc.
lively devote his energy to i'm
proving, undermining, and ironing
the kinks out of known devices, al
ready in use, than sitting back try
ing to dream something revolution
nary up out of thin air.
When there are virtually no rec
ords of Individual murders being
committed by germs, is it likely
that a nation would suddenly be
able to try to annihilate another
nation with germs?
Those may Re some of the fac
tors behind the fact that, to the
avid follower of interplanetary fic-
ton, with it's manifold mystery
weapons, the val must have been
a great disappointment to date.
The only surprisingly effective
implement it has brought forth so
far is-the ski.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
REALTY TRANSFERS

Real property co~nveyances re.
corded during the past week at the
office of Adrian B. Rhodes, register
Of deeds, follow:
Security Life and Trust company
to Frederick Willetts, part of lots
5, 6, and 6 IL, block las, city.
Frederick Willetts to Edgar z.
Blanton, part of lots 5, 6, and 6 IL,
block 145, city.
Floyd w. Cox, sr., to George H.
Hutaff, lot 25 Of Mrs. E. 1. Bear
subdivision, Wrightsville Beach.
Mira.Mar company to George H.
Hutaff, E. l.. Bear property at
Wrightsville Beach.
H. Elizabeth King to j. A. Groom,
lot Is, block s, and lot 16A, block
SA, northern section, Carolina
Beach.
Viola NJ. Jones to Ernest r. May
han, lot 20, Manhattan.
G.. Dudley Humphrey to Carrie
Gardner, so acre tract in Federal
Point township.
Mary A. Sutton to ]. NJ. Baton,
lots 4 and 10, block A, Highwood
Park.
Clayton G. Bellamy to Max War.
shauer, lot 1, block los, city.
r. C.. Clontz to r. S. Rogers, lots
8 and 4, block c, Carolina Beach.
r. S. Rogers to James H. Clark.
lots 8 and 4, block c, Carolina
Beach.
George H. Rogers to w. E. Jen-
kins, lots 20, II, and %, E. Bag.
ley place in Harnett township.
Katherine r. Reynolds to Fanny
Russell, lots 1 and 2, block ATS,
city.
Home Owners Loan corporation
to M. b. Ward, Jr., property in
Harnett township.
Thomas E. Cooper to J. r. Batche.
lor, lots 3. 4, and 8, block A, Win.
ter Park Heights.
South Atlantic Investment corpo-
ration to c. F. H. Corporation, lot
1, block 1872, city.
y = IL 11llllolA W "A. e. SQL11peip
lot 2, block 3S, Sunset Park.
J. P. Council, Inc, to A. e. Cum.
Der, lot II, block 8, Sunset Park.
Thomas Mcdonald to Mary B.
Weathers, tract at Wrightsviile
Sound in Harnett township.
John Hall to trustees of Harnett
Council No. 565 of J. o. U. A. M.
lot 1865 Of Suburban Land company
property in Harnett township.
Earl W. Brown to trustees Of
Harnett Council No. SOS Of J. o. U.
A. NJ, lot 166 of Suburban Land
company property in Harnett town.
ship.
E. Norfleet to Annie T. Rogers,
lot 5, block 256, city.
Lille Fulton to Sam Hicks, lot
2, block z23, city.
L. T. Landen to Richard Hall,
lots S and 6, block 96, city.
A. S. Trundle, Jr., to K. W.
Price, lot 4S, section B, Forest
Hills.
4. Peay to DR.. S. r. Jordan, lots
II and Is, block 95, Carolina Beach.
H. F. Wilder to T. C. Hauser, lot
8, block 292, city.
Thomas 3. Cooper to Mrs. Alice
L. Calder, lot 8, block E, Seaforth.
I. S. burlington to K. M. Cor
bett, lot /, block 20, Carolina Place.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
BY HILL

NEW YORK, March 2. - R -
The mystery weapon" with the
war in its sixth month, is still a
mystery.
Rumors Of amazing machines of
destruction have buzzed through
the principal nations eve since
the hostilities started, but all OF
them have yet to reveal an in
vention that would surprise you
enough to knock your hat off.
The good old-fashioned gun is
still the prime implement of war
fare.
The nearest thing to a mystery
weapon to date has appeared-on
.paper-not in warning Europe, but
in the peaceful United States-the
aerial torpedo.
This is a radio-controlled pilot
less airplane, loaded with explosives.
Several versions of it are under
study by the army.
But the idea is at least Is years
old. The obstacle has always been
the question Of radio interference.
If the man next door, or the ma
ton next door, can scramble your
radio program with static-which
you know he can-he can probably
mess up your radio torpedo con-
troll signals, and maybe even turn
the gadget around and hoist you
by your w petard.
Inventor Charles F. Kettering
worked on the problem as far back
as the World war.
Inventor Lester Barlow claims to
have solved the problem, and to
be able to bomb Chicago so times
a minute from Washington, but
the war department has not yet
acknowledged that it has been con-
WINGED.
Meanwhile, U. A. Sanabria, a
Chicago electrical engineer is work
ing on an aerial torpedo controlled
by television-that is, with an eye
like a t%elevision camera in the nose
of the torpedo by which observers
at the control point could tell when
1.-THE torpedo was soaring over some
thing worth bombing.
About the only novel equipment
the war has actually produced are
the big limp sausage balloons, teth-
cred a couple of miles in the air
which are supposed to make OBJ
servations hard for air raiders
and act, especially when supple
mented with dangling chains ane
nets. as aerial traffic obstacles.
But their effectiveness has YET
Ito be tested, and there's always
the question whether they won
hammer defensive aviators as mucf
as the enemy. 49,.
A variation Of the idea, which
the French army Is supposed u
have up it's sleeve, is the shell
which unfurls' a parachute four OF
five miles up-like a super-Ianc9
fourth of July rocket-with lons
steel wires dangling down to en-
tangle planes or, on contact, Sc
off a hanging explosive. But TINS
idea too dates back to the Worlo
war. ,
The most notable advances III
martial equipment disclosed SO 1al
have been improvements on Worlo
war devices.
The Germans r supposed oe
have perfected a mine mat ~
actuated even by sound, and the
U. S. Navy recently claimed u
have developed a listening devlce
THAT will detect a submarine at IN
miles. That is quite an advance ir
the technique Of submarine oe'e1l.
ing, when you consider that At III.
start of the World a they LIZ.
for a while to train seals Ior 'h'
work.
The granddaddy of all "myster'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Federal Deficit Runs
Ahead Of Last Years

WASHINGTON, March Q Up -
Inc treasury reported today that it
went into the red $2,646, 227, 1913 in
'He flrst eight months of the cur
ienl fiscal year. At the end of Feb
iudly a year ago, it was only $2,232,-
!S,5s6 behind income.
1lVea an extra day because Of
leap year, receipts for the eight
loalh period reached s3,502, 609, PA
when Was still $3.50, 600, 900 behind
receipts at the same time a year
w. Spending totaled s6,148, 837 1913,
.Vlnpared with 1886, 053, 916 in the
Nls. eight months of last year.
Inc gross debt stood at $42, 1885,
"s'lsV' A year ago it was $685.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Subs Other
Causes Or
Finnish Skis Only New Weapon
To Be Produced So Far In War

weapons" is, Of course, the death
Ray" machine, which can accom-
plish almost anything at any dis
lance, depending on which bar.
tender you listen to.
No nation has produced one yet.
The best that scientists have been
able to do, with extraordinary elec-
trio rays in laboratory experiments,
is to kill small animals and stop
motors at a few feet, and at that
distance a baseball bat would be
just as effective.
Otto Mohr, an elderly Oakland,
Cal, inventor, has produced equip
ment, sufficiently reasonable for
army officers to study, which he
says will explode gasoline and am.
munition within a radius Of two
miles-but with no way of CONTROL.
ing the direction in which it oper-
ates.
Despite the elementary state of
the death-ray business, however,
people apparently like to read about
it. The legend that somebody had
one flourished in Europe during the
World war and the Spanish Civil
war, and is still going strong, re-
plete with details about t h e in
ventor Except his name and ad.
dress), the machine Except where
it was) and it's accomplishments lex.
Icept the names of any eyewitness
esq.
Just last fall a radio drama in
volving the death ray operating IN
South Carolina got a lot of people
down there excited.
The death ray is hardly more
Ifanciful, though, than some of the
thousands Of ideas which have been
submitted to army officials. People
have suggested to the wal depart
ment training seagulls to trace sub
marines and loading shells with rat
tlesnakes.
The British army has been advls'
ed to build giant magnets to throw
off the enemy's compasses, n tc
have advancing troops push huge
steel spheres ahead Of them as a
shield.
And one woman reported that Hit
ler's mystery weapon" was glass
globes Of locusts, intended to cal
up England's crops.
Along with the death ray the
whole mystery weapon" situation
can be traced to imagination rathel
than the laboratory.
It may be venturing near the
.dunce.stool of the men VINO prov
ed" that no airplane could ever fly
Int there are fundamental reasons
for doubling that any war Will eVe'
bring forth a real mystery weapon
"Most Revolutionary" inventions
although they seem to come out OF
thin air, are simply ~perfections O
existing machines or effective real
cations of long-existent ideas.
The Wright brothers flying ma
chine astonished the world less
than so a ago, but you car
find designs remarkably similal
among notes Leonardo Da Vino
made centuries ago. The gun that
amazed people by firing IS miles
off to Paris in the World war was
simply an Improvement on the mus
ket the Pilgrim fathers shot tur
keys with.
The most notable advances in
fighting equipment-like submarines
airplanes and machine guns - all
were widely publicized long before
they were first used effectively in
warfare: It was years before Maxim
could get anybody to listen to his
ideas about the machine gun; SUBJ
marine pioneers were hooted out
|of England and France as crack
pots; the new high-speed Garan6
rifle, just accepted by the U. S
Army, has been almost publicly ir
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
FLASHES
OFLLFE
(By The Associated Press

Observation-Disclosures A. Benn,
AZ, escaped a workholse sentence by
pledging in court he would quit
drinking.
Then:
Gould I have one shot?" lie ask
ed the judge. Il feel kinda sick"
"No!" Barked the judge.