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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

e. How can Javello Water be prepared at home?
 A. Dissolve pound Of washing soda 'sodium carbonatel in 1 quart Of boiling water. Cool. and add one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
Caroline Chatfield
Sqw To-day
@a. a.S.A.s.A . . R4A onA

Spunk Necessary to Success of the Handicapped as
 We'll as the Unhandicapped DEAR CHATFIELD:
 kind and cOndate A had left auto- cuches the life Be- swell time girl typst support myself and mother Tor m thankful, after which sit at home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
ToMORROW's MENU

BREAKFAST: Concord grapes. rolled oats. dark brown sugar. top milk, coffee, milk.
 LUNCHEON: Black bean soup, cooked vegetable salad with mock Hollandaise. peanut fruit cookies. tea. milk.
 DfNNER' Celery. fried ham steaks. sweet potatoes, creamcd green cabbage, green salad with grated carrot, orange taploca cream, coffee. milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
DEAR MISS CHATFIELD:

do love good time but it seems am destined to be an old maid double dates but the boys come she's to have dates and she's got to of can't be- Won't help handicap and how to be less miserable
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

Charles II, ng isn2land. onoo nip. DSNeBe< coffee sliolses ailf Gfn0nneea iham co eenIefs oi 6edltlon,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
WE, THE WOMEN So, The WIVES Are Strange People, Eh?

Recently Ruth Mllett wrote amusing column the premise strange people, Husbands who read been going around looking snug ever slnce might return to normal after reading the article below.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
BY RUTH MILLETT

MILLETT Husbands, strange people. husabnd who thinks his wife lucky and doesn't know it.
 husband is convinced he read the while talks him. still not miss anything import
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
WOMAN,S REALM
Young Star Gets a "Lift" c

You have to be pre-wrinlIe age to get away with a purse shaped like an automobile. Happily, screen star Jane Withers is very pre-wrinkle. She totes her novel bag of red veIvet-cordurOy. Her baseball cap" is red vel
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
FORTUNE IN VERSE

The death of EDWIN MARKHAM, at 81, causes
more than a mild shock in literary circles
not so much that he was in any sense {
great poet, but because he accumulated {
large fortune-he said it was $3.50, OOO-fron
a single poem, "The Man With the Hoe.'
Poets of more lasting fame could do moth
ing like this. SHAKESPEARE and MILTON were
more notable for poverty than riches. And
many a modern writer who had his little hour
of popularity, if not fame, could not get with.
in half this total to leave his heirs.
If MARKHAM survives, as he probably will
through the medium of anthologies, he will
share the fate, for example, of GRAY, whose
sole claim on fame rests upon his "Elegy In
q Country Churchyard." Like GRAY, MARKHAM
wrote many other verses, but none was re.
markable except in meter and rhyme, which
the thought he tried to express. But because
he said something worthwhile in his one fine
poem, and said it we'll, editors were glad to
accept his contributions for the value of
his name on their magazine covers as a de-
coy for purchasers. The word MARKHAM
thus employed, increased sales. In conse.
quence, he was never subjected to the sings
and arrows of outrageous fortune, financially,
but always knew where his next meal was
coming from-a better fate than that of many
a greater poet.
Riches seldom accompany visitations Of the
muses.. Perhaps MARKHAM will be better
known in later years as the man who &C
tually made money out of poetry than for
any great value in his poetry. ELLA WHEELER
Wilcox and AMY LOWELL now enjoy a like
reputation, although it was the accumulated
works of their poems which gave them for
tunes, not, as with MARKHAM, a single poem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
FUND O

Having failed to gain advantages they feel
themselves properly entitled to from the agri
cultural administration at WASHINGTON, and
understanding that money talks louder than
words. New Hanover county farmers plan tc
assess themselves ten cents an acre to create
Z fund for prosecuting their claims.
It will be used to maintain an agent q,
send a delegation before the farm powers al
the capital to see that the cause they hold
dearest Is not lost sight of or neglected. II
there is any surplus, it will be prorated
among contributors.
It is not solacing to know that any grour
can hope for success in essential undertake.
ings only by the expenditure of money!
especially farm groups who can ill afford such
expenditures; but If it must be done this way
New Hanover farmers are justified in adopt,
ing the method. Whether ethical or not, it is
still money that makes the mare go, and she
must keep going or our farmers will have
to give up.
Fortunately the assessment is not heavy. II
will not impose a staggering burden on any
individual. II 1t gets results, it will be money
well invested. If it fails, it will have to be
credited to experience.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09

true they did not constitute a restraint of
trade and hence not a criminal suit under the
antitrust laws, but civil action by the ag-
gr1eved parties was the proper procedure. We
applauded his decision at the time and still
favor it both as law and sound social policy.
For if our statutes aimed at the restraint of
trade are not to discriminate between trade
and the learned professions, then the efforts
of the latter to create and enforce standards
of admission and service must sooner or later
be abandoned.
This is not to say that the charges of high
handed behavior against the A. M. A. and its
officers and a~ffiliates should be dismissed. The
public demands, and has a right to know,
whether they are true, and, if so, whether
they can be justified as a means Of preventing
malpractice or were provoked by a prejudice
against "socialized' medicine. But the test
should be one which does not destroy the legal
distinction between trade and profession, and
thus subject all discipline in support of pro-
fessional codes to antitrust ~criteria. At least,
it seems plain that, just as in the case of
labor unions, there should be great care to dis
eliminate between restraints exercised by pro-
fessional associations in behalf Of their legit-
innate detectives and others which may be I'M
reasonable or outrageous.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
AN IMPERATIVE DISTINCTION
New York Herald.Tribune

Inc United States Circuit Court of Appeals
1of the District of Columbia has ~nimou
decided that the practice Of medicine is a
trace within the meaning Of the Sherman
ANTITRUST law. 1t has thus reversed the ruling
OF Judge James M. Proctor in the Federal
district Court, which held that medicine came
unoer the heading Of a learned profession and
was mus not subject to the antitrust statute.
the case involved is that brought by the
department of Justice against the American
Medical Association and certain allied defend.
anus charging them with obstructing, through
various methods Of boycott, an experiment in
group practice for the benefit Of employees of
the Home Owners Loan Corporation. These
employees, 1t will be remembered, formed an
ASSOCIATION to cooperate in providing medical
care for themselves and their DEFENDANTS on
a prepayment basis. The government contends
That, prompted by officers Of the American
Medical Association, local medical bodies caused
hospitals to be closed to the co-operative's
staff, forced their members to resign from the
staff or expelled them, forbade specialists to
consult with those who remained, and SO on.
10 all Of which the defendants replied in sub.
stance that whatever discipline had been
adopted was in pursuance of their right and
duty to maintain the standards and ethics Of
their profession.
Judge Proctor did not attempt to pass on
the facts presented. He merely said that If
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
AN ALPHABETICAL STALEMATE

N1ILMINGTON'S paving project, which in
w wolves an outlay of about a half million
dollars and employment for needy workers
over a period of months, has reached an
alphabetical stalemate. Because the voters en-
dorsed a bond issue for street improvement
with aid from the PWA, instead of the WPA.
the undertaking faces delays, and in the mean
time, is costing the city good money for
services not needed until work actually be-
gins.
AS things now stand, it will be necessary
to wait, after one section of the work is com
pleted, while bonds are sold to pay for it.
Then another section may be done, the pro-
cess continuing until the end. The situation
arose, it appears, when the federal govern
ment put the screws to PWA, about the time
ballots we're printed for the city election. Had
the ballots provided for WPA assistance, by
remarking, the difficulty might have been
but that is no consolation, and Of
fers no relief now. What is needed is a dash
Of which will place at the city's
disposal sufficient funds to keep the work
moving without halt until completed.
Just how this is to be done is not appar-
ent, but the city administration, which has
pulled out of many another tight place, will not
now. With able assistance from the bond
attorneys who preside over Wilmington's
destiny in the world of finance, it is not
improbable the next word from the city hall
will reveal a solution has been found.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, March s.-Uncle Sam l!
conducting a treasure hunt-the most thorough
in the country's history.
It's a scientific search for seven minerals
essential in the making of war weapons. They
are: Manganese, tin, nickel, chromium, lungs
ten, anthony and mercury.
The Army and Navy Munitions Board lists
all seven as "strategic minerals"-that Is, il
this country went to war, all would have to be
obtained, in whole or in part, from sources
outside the United States.
A four year investigation Of ore deposits is
being made by experts of the Geological Sur
vey and the Bureau Of Mines. Ore samples are
being analysed in government laboratories, and
the Bureau Of Mines is doing research on
metal lurgical methods.
There have been no startling discoveries
since the work got under way last fall. How.
ever, Bureau Of Mines engineers say there is
hope that potential resources Of three metals
chromium, tungsten and antimony-will be
found adequate for wartime needs. The outlook
isn't so bright, however, for manganese or tin.
Most Of the excavation work thus far has been
in the west and southwest.
What We Have-And Haven't
Here's the situation on the seven sought.for
metals:
MISUNDERSTANDING the most critical
mineral deficiency. Little Z. S. ore is Of a
type suitable for making ferro-manganese, the
alloy used in steel manufacture. Needed for
airplanes, other weapons and precision machin-
cry. Chief hope is future development OF meth.
DDS to improve the considerable quantity OF
low grade manganese ores.
TIN-Second most serious mineral shortage
problem. Domestic production less than Ito
Of per cent of consumption. Some native I'm
developed resources. Most of our supply comes
from Asia. Used in gun metals, soldiers, bear
ings, and for protective coating on steel Tin"
can.
CKEL~Ha any domestic resources but
Canada has about 80 per cent Of world sup
ply. Essential in toughening steel and manu-
facture OF armor plate. Nickel steel used in
large caliber rifles, marine %shafting, autos and
bridge construction.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT production insignificant
but considerable undeveloped chromite ore
which could be used in emergency, provided
methods are worked out in advance. Essential
for rust-resistant steels. Used in armor plate,
projectiles, high-speed cutting tools.
TUNGSTEN-Domestic production, about half
Of nations could be stepped up
in an emergency. Ores widespread in U. S. but
commercial production confined to II western
states. Essential in certain tool steels and in
candescent lamps. Our biggest imports from
China and British Malaga.
ANTIMONY-Most Of our supplies come from
a Texas smelter which treats Mexican ores. U.
S. resources in this country very limited, but
proximity to Mexico helps our strategic posi-
ton. Used in bullets and shrapnel, and alloyed
with lead for storage batteries.
MERCURY-U. s. imports about half Of its
required supplies. Self-sufficiency might be at
stimulation Of high prices. Used for decorating
high explosives. Several substitutes, but for
military use mercury is considered safest and
most reliable.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
VESSEL SPEAKS
TO EXCHANCITES
Attorney Explains Importance
Of Office OF Clerk Of
Superior Court

John c. VESSEL, Jr., attorney, told
members Of the Wilmington Ex-
change club at their weekly luncheon
meeting at the Cape Fear hotel yes
terday that the office of the clerk
of superior court is one of the most
important in any governmental
setup.
VESSEL spoke under the auspices
Of the junior bar conference of the
American Bar association which is
sponsoring a series Of public infor.
nation programs locally,
The judicial, recording, and adj
ministrative duties of the Office by
VESSEL, who urged a better public
understanding of all offices Of the
city, county, state, and nation.
Charles S. Lowrimore, president
Of the club, presided; the Rev. e, F.
Keever gave the invocation: George
Mcfarland was introduced as II q
guest of ]. M. Snow; Exchanrites
M. I. MCGOWAN Dr. Guy Pigford.
and Johnny Weinberg reported on
bowling team activities,
President Lowrimore announced
that the Rev: c. D. Barclift, pastor
of the Fifth Avenue Methodist
church, had been appointed to ren.
resent the club on the board ~ ~.
r~ectors of the Brigade Rovr c,,,h
and that Bernard s. Solomon had
been elected second ~vice.president
and a member of the club,s ho.rd ~.
control.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
MACON? NO THANKS

The British attempt to meet one war emer.
gency by making a bacon-like product Of
mutton and calling it macon has not met with
popular approval. The public probably would
rather get along without bacon or anything
Of the sort than use the strange substitute.
Another economic measure-the use OF
Turkish tobacco instead Of American-is said
to be meeting similar popular resistance.
The British, like many Of the rest of us,
find 1t easier to make great sacrifices than
little ones.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
GOVERNMENT
RETURNS TO Hall
Offices OF Cooper, Fisher Anu
Wade Moved Back 10
Renovated Structure

The Woolvin building, which I'd,
served as the temporary city i'A
while the city hall building was "
ing renovated, was practlcaly
serted last night except for the w
lice headquarters and the liOlal.
all other city departments ha'lD'
moved into their new quarters
The offices of Mayor Thomas T.
Cooper, Commissioner of Finance
Louis Fisher and Commissioner
Public Works James E. L. Waus
were moved into the new ouApiDs
yesterday along with the eaN
water departments.
Moving, however, did not SVEN
halt work in the least as city Gu
ployes kept up with t~ransac'iou5
without even a change Of pace a-s
late yesterday afternoon the 9's'.
in the old building, recently feho'a
ed from top to bottom, "as a ,a%a
thing Of the same picture as VI iY
just prior to starring the repair p"
ject.
The police department VIII n0I w
gin it's move until Monday HUI"
ing.
All was activity in the reho'8 ~.
building yesterday as worKmsn rrs.
stalled telephones, placed 1utl"
files, book cases and other
needed in the various oflces'
The building was officially op 2:hsa
Thursday afternoon and nlgn. city
an open house" was held, WIN n,,r
employees on hand to gulde 'N'
lie through the building. ,,oy.
Probably the biggest jon o. wade
Ing is that of the library ador.
said yesterday that will not De +ost,
unit! sometime mex set
the date not having been
yet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
Star-News Program

Consolidated C1ty.County Government.
under CouncilM Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected TRUCK and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
ShoWs.
Seaside Highway from Wrightsvil1e
Beach to Bold Head Island.
Extension OF CITY Limits.
S5.foot Cape Fear River channel. Eld-
er Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport: vid
orion Plantation.
Developm emit OF Pulp Wood Prodnc.
Hon through sustained-y yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
mottonaz Agency, supported BY one,
countrywide tar.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Developm emit OF ndtive grape 0ro114n0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdnatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
Holton Named President
Of Cape Fear ARTILLERY

The Cape Fear Artillery held its
annual business meeting Thursday
night at which time James E. Holton.
Jr.. was elected president Of the or
ganization.
Other officers elected included
vice-president. Kenneth M. Corbett
secretary, Herbert W. Hewlett
treasurer, Edgar H. Divine; mem
bers of the board of directors
James E. Holton, Jr., Kenneth M
Corbett, Herbert W. Hewlett, Philip
B. Platt, and Edward r. Blake.
George T. Newton, Jr.. was plac'
ed on the list of reserve members.
The group decided to h o its
monthly meetings in form of a sup.
per session.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
TRUCK RETARDED
BY COLD WEATHER
Hairless Reports Lettuce In
Wilmington Area Is
almost Set

RALEIGH, March g. Up I'm.
favorable weather during the last
half of February retarded the de.
velopment Of growing truck crops
and delayed the planting Of sprins
vegetables, A. B. Hairless of the
State Department Of Agriculture
said today.
Early crops, such as beets. lettuce
and spinach were DELAYED two
weeks or more in North Carolina. he
said.
The early cabbage cron in the
state has not outgrown damages
freezes, he added, and produc.
ton may be cut Is to 20 per cent.
lettuce in the Wilmington area, 10
almost set" and If all available
plants are used the acreage will he
ABOUT equal to that Of last ve.r.
potato planting has been completed
IN most sections; STRAWBERRIES arc
IN an excellent condition, and eood
yields are expected.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
Clarkton Rural Route
Mail Carrier Retires

CHARLTON, March 8 Alex 8
Register, rural mail oorr;.n ~
Clarkton route two, retired from
service Marcn l. after having served
as rural carrier here since July /,
1908. -
He was the first rural carrier on
Clarkton, Route One. ana w. 1.+on
transferred to Route I've &c. vs. t
Meares mas been Temporarily an.
pointed TO serve the route unit,
further arrangements are made.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
QUOTATIONS

In this war at sea, Hitler and his Nazis have
quite definitely exceeded the worst villainies
which imperial Germany committed in the last
war.-Winston Churchill, first lord of British
admiralty.
While 1t might have been true at one time
that college fraternities were an expensive
luxury, this no longer holds true today.-Hur'
ford e. Stone, acting dean of undergraduates
University of California at Los Angeles.
To prepare young people more effectively
for the life which lies ahead, education for self.
realization, for civic participation, for voca'
tional efficiency calls for even more generous
financing of pubic education than heretofore
it has had.-Federal Security Administrato1
Paul V. McNutt.
these brave people Of Finland for protecting
their homes and their families.-Mayor Fiorelle
La Guardia of New York.
They tell us that we have exhausted our
frontier. The horizontal ones, yes-but not the
vertical. Let us expand in this way, the
spiritual rather than the material.-Bennett G
Knudson, president, Kiwanis International.
With only a few minor exceptions, the poll
cies which have been followed (by the admin
istration) have been such as to discourage tne
development and fruition Of new business en-
terprises based upon the invention and intro
duction Of new products or services.-Dr. kar
T. Compton, president, Massachusetts, lnstl
tute Of Technology.
In war, it is necessary that all Of us work
together, and the responsibility Of direction Tails
on the government, imperfect though u may
be, that is set up by the people themselVes'-
Finance Minister j. L, Ralston Of Canada.
It is tearing their (the Republicans heart'
strings loose to see the main source OF tnel1
campaign revenue lost. When they can nc
longer bestow special favors IN the way 81
out Of the special privilege groups.-Representa'
tive Robert L. Doughton (Dem. N. CD
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09

6. Indignant member Of
women's clubs in Collingswood,
N. j.. said they would rather
go to Jail than do what?
I. When the State Depart.
ment published World war docu.
ments it was revealed that Gen.
eral Pershing had urged what
course be taken toward Ger
many, just before the Armistice!
8. Who is the soldier at left
and in what war is he now plan
ming to participate?
8. Who will hold the Repub'
lican party's money bags during
the presidential campaign?
10. Where did a c%loudburst do
500, 900 worth of damage in ten
minutes?
Each question counts 10; s
score of 60 is fair, so good.
ANSWERS on Classified Page)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
SIBELIUS TAKES A HAND

Some enterprising reporter has discovered
that whenever Russian bombers pass over
Helsinki. JEAN s1BELIUs, the. Finnish com.
poser, PUSHES forth from his nearby retreat
''and tries to bring them down single-handed
with his old hunting rifle" This kind of
boyish valor is what one would expect from
the creator of Finlandia, despite his 70 years,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-09
OUGHT TO HELP

In discussing loan authorizations through
the Export-Import bank to sorely-pressed ma.
tions, JESSE JONES reveals that Finland plans
to buy rye, oats, lard, cotton, soy bean oil,
tractors, trucks, wool, telephone wire and
soap with the twenty million dollars falling
to her share. That ought to help her turn
back the Russians.