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Evening star., 1940-04-28

II whipped cream of it along the bows.
d Here we are" Wade said finally.
|frShould be able to catch plenty of
Ihuhem anywhere around here"
Es MIR. George Parker stood on the
habin and looked around him. Lets
E,Eircle Bit" he said. Il want to find a
E;rpot that looks just right"
7 1T all looks alike" Wade said.
Y" Behind him the squat man said,
'"You heard him, pal. He wants to cir
1a:.le around"
er They swung out in half mile arc.
koarker was still standing on the cabin
te.op, shading his eyes with his hand.
abruptly he said. lover this way"
n Its a boat" Martha said. She
LIQUID see it against the waters rim.
"A fishing boat" Wade said. Small
ines famed out from between his eyes
as he squinted. Il can't tell who ~
ed Lets go have look" Parker said.
IN The boat rose higher on the waters
Min and took shape. 1t was headed
vaoward them and little north. II
awion't know that boat" Wade said.
n ''Never saw it before Amt fishing"
: "Ahw Parker's voice had a new cold
Nuuaiity. It's the one. Go over along
Side" He had never turned to look at
yWade. He began to wave at somebody
aSn the other boat and they waved in
:tanswer.
cl "You heard him, pal," Schwartz
esaid. Pull over alongside that boat.
hThey got something we want"
>, ''What?" Wade said. They've
Evening star., 1940-04-28
MIDNIGHT KEY
Continued from poss five

got" He stopped. Martha was still
staring toward the other boat, but
with the dying of Wade's voice she
felt a sudden tension so sharp it
seemed to jerk at her eye muscles. She
turned and looked aft.
Wade was standing at the wheel, his
back half turned to her. His mouth
hung open in astonishment. In the
stern Schwartz was sitting stolidly.
He had an automatic in his hand,
pointed at Wade. He said. Under
stand, pal? Alongside that other boat"
There were three men in the other
boat, short dark men, Cubans prob
ably. One of them called, in English,
THE Coast Guard is OUT
1--WE saw them," Parker said. Bet
ter hurry and get the stuff on board"
The man who had spoken looked at
Martha and Wade, and Parker laughed.
They are friends of the Coast Guard
. lieutenant; so there's no chance he'll
suspect us. See?"
The Cuban's teeth flashed in what
may have been intended as smile.
What about them when you get
Evening star., 1940-04-28
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

ashore?" he inquired with meaning
Leave that to me-" Parker said.
There was not much of a swell, but
it was difficult to keep the boats within
a few feet of each other without letting
them bang together. Wade stayed at
the wheel, holding it steady, and
Schwartz sat back of him, gun resting
on his knee. A dozen square, heavy
packages had been brought out of the
other boats cabin. Now they were
passed across to Parker, one at time,
slowed in Wade's cabin and covered
over with fishing tackle.
"Is this all?' Parker asked.
"All." The Cuban waved and his
boat picked up speed. swinging of
toward the south.
The muscles in Martha's throat
were tight. What - what was in
those packages?"
Opium He said it quietly, his
gray eyes upon her, his lips pulled
back in faint smile. about eighty
thousand dollars worth. The wars
made it hard to get; cut down on ship
ments from other countries and the
price is going up." For moment he
kept looking at her. Then he turned to
Wade, Come on. Let's fish,"
You mean now?"
Evening star., 1940-04-28

''Sure. All of us except MIR. Schwartz.
Mr.. Schwartz doesn't like to fish. He's
going to just sit and hold the gun"
1t was fantasy, Martha thought.
A burlesque of something she had
heard or read about. Her hands, her
Evening star., 1940-04-28

whole body was 50 numb that some
times she would not realize there was
a fish on her line until the weight of it
had almost taken the rod from her
grip. At first her mind was numb also,
(Confisved on poss 15)
Evening star., 1940-04-28

QUESTION 70 NiSS DoVRkEs
With busy social life and demanding
career like yours, Miss Bourne, how do you
keep your complexion so vibrant and
fresh looking?
ANSWER, Its a matter of regular skin care
with Ponds grand Creams. To keep my
skin clear and glowing. cleanse it thoroughly
with Ponds Cold Cream night and morning.
And, of course, before fresh make up"
QUESTION 70 MASS sovahE.
Aren't the sudden changes from California
sun to New York weather hard on your skin?
AsswtRs mo, because my powder base
Ponds Vanishing Cream-also serves as
a marvellous protection against sun and wind
and weather. l always use it before make up!''
Evening star., 1940-04-28

Whitney Bovsns's luxurious
New York apartment IL the
meeting place "f 4'c;cty and tho
arts. She spends great deal II
time in HOLLY y~"~l where rhc
follows = career in the movirs.
(At rigl,t) Miss Bourne arriving
Ex premiere at Carthay Circk
Theatre.
Evening star., 1940-04-28
But BOTH GIVE
THEIR SKIN THIS SAME
THOROUGH CARE

QUESTION 70 AAlSS AaillER,
When girl works all day, Bette, is it hard
for her to find time to take good care of
her skin?
ANSWER. Mot if she follows my system.
It's quick. thorough-and economical! just
use the Ponds Creams First Ponds Cold
Cream to get my skin really clean-help give
it the>clear, glowy' look that like. And then
I never fail to smooth on Ponds Vanishing
Cream for powder foundaton-it seems to
make makeup so much more attractive"
QUESTION 10 Aiss aallGR,
When you're outdoors for hours at time,
don't you worry about sun and wind rough
ening your skin?
ANswsas "No-why should I? Ponds
Vanishing Cream smooths away little skin
roughnesses in only one application. usually
spread on light film of Vanishing Cream
before 60 outdoors, too. Just for protection"
ss,sp Foe
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
:JAYCEE SIGNS

The signs erected by the junior
Chamber of Commerce extend a
welcome to all newcomers a q
tourists who come to Wilmington.
II fills this need because there is
no word of welcome to strangers
as they approach the city. The
sign also carries a note of safety
in the phrase Drive with sConsld'
Grafton" which means drive with
consideration for yourself as well
as others. By following this advice
the accident rate that is SO hlgn
due to carelessness will be cut to
q minimum. If drivers would take
as much pains with their driving
as they do with their pursuit Of
pleasures there would be many
less accidents. W. should make
it a point to try to be the best
driver on the road from a stand
point of safety.
Instead of saying SLOW Down
After SundoWn-and See Town.
B. P. Curtis suggested the ditty
1T Would Be a Pity to Be Killed
in Our City," because we, like all
other loyal citizens object to have
Wilmington called a town.
L. C. LeGWIN, JR.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
Gold Flow Slower

The decline in gold imports last week to
$36, 549, 900 from the average level of more
than 500, 900, 900 which has prevailed in recent
weeks contains a hint that the period of spec
tacularly large gold imports may be over.
This is not to say that the gold stock of the
United States will not continue to rise for
some time at a rapid rate. But it is possible
that nearly all of the European gold reserves
which can be moved to this country have al,
ready been moved. In that case the chief ad-
ditions to the gold stock will come from re-
leases from the earmarked stock, which now
amounts to 81, ga, 600, 900, and from imports OF
gold newly mined in South Africa, Canada
and Australia.
In the first year of the war 1926, 500, 900 ar.
rived in this country from Canada and 81,
1854, 800, 900 from Great Britain. Not all of this
was for British account. Some of it was gold
belonging to other countries whose place Of
storage was merely being shifted from London
to New York. However, the great bulk OF the
metal was unquestionably British owned ano
hence must be considered to constitute the
larger part of the gold reserve of Britain when
the war broke out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08

rooms are the same, the stairways wind up
ward as before-but it is not the same.
So our love for our country today has a
shark it did not have before. 1t is a creative
nassion. not a sentimental memory.
Tn such a frame of mind it will be the keener
Measure to read the "a articles under the
common title "Our Country that will be pre-
sented by The Star, with the first appearing
on Monday morning. The writer's, whose
names are ornaments to American letters,
have spent their lives in keenly and sympa-
thetically looking at life in their United States.
We believe they have done a great national
service in writing this series of articles. Love
of country is one of the more attractive hui
man traits. They have chosen to deepen and
broaden it.
America is a splendid homeland. Here, on
a continent favored by nature and by time
one is almost tempted to say, favored by
God-dwell millions of free men and women.
We are justly proud of our past, justly hopeful
of a future that shall be even finer and better.
Whole-heartedly we join with these "a out
standing American writers in a moment of
thoughtful dedication to Our Country.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
For Safe Driving

The Lions club is to be commended for TAX
ing the initiative in a movement to have the
WPA safe driving school reestablished in Will
mington.
1t has been difficult to understand why an
agency so vital to the cause of public safety
should have been closed. Throughout its ex-
istence many hundreds of persons learned to
operate motor cars within the law, and it is
believable that WiImington's traffic situation
is infinitely better today as a result of this
training than if the school had not functioned.
Wilmington needs the driving school. Will
mington's people at large and, we believe,
'Wilmington's police force, will welcome it's
reopening. 1t is to be hoped that Mrs. Gladys
B. Proctor, WPA projects supervisor in this
district will find a way to resume a project
which produced such good results in the past.
The WPA exists for the public benefit. Sure
ly a safe driving school meets that specifica-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
Port Recognition

Recognition of Wilmington's port importance
is given by the Fayetteville Observer in com
menting on the proposal to lease the More
head City terminal to private enterprise. Thu
Star welcomes the Observers support of it.
contention that Wilmington should be t h
focal point of port development ant
operations. Says the Observer
Current mystery to us is why the State
of North Carolina now should be trying
to lease the great Morehead City termina
to a private steamship company. Judging
from all that was promised of the terminal
that would be just like leasing the United
States Mint.
Without any reflection at all on More
head City and in full recognition of its
many fine recreational and commercial
assets, the fact remains that Wilmington
is North Cardinals ocean port and that
if the State of North Carolina is intent
on spending money to improve its ocean
port facilities Wilmington is the place to
spend the money.
There may be exceptions to the rule
that it takes a big river to make a sue
cessful ocean port but we can't see that
North Carolina is that exception.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
PRAYER FOR PEACE
SERVICES PLANNED
CONTINUED From Page One)

(C~Ontlnued From rage One)
ity Methodist church. The service
will last 80 minutes.
President Roosevelt's proclama'
ton read:
1.-THE American heritage of indi.
vidual freedom and of government
deriving its power from the con
sent OF the governed has from the
time of the fathers of our republic
been proudly transmitted to each
succeeding generation, and to us
of this generation has fallen the
task of preserving it and trans
hitting it to the future. We are
now engaged in a mighty effort tc
fortify that heritage.
Mindful of our duties in the
family of nations, we have endeav-
ored to prevent the outbreak and
the spread of war, and we have
raised our voices against interna-
tional injustice. AS Americans and
as lovers of freedom we are hum
bly, sympathetic with those who
are facing tribulation In l a n d S
across the seas.
when every succeeding day
brings sad news of suffering and
disaster abroad, we are especially
conscious of the divine power and
of I'LL dependence upon. Gods mer-
ciful guidance. With this conscious
ness in our hearts it is seemly
that we should, at a time like this,
pray to Almighty God for his bless
ing OF u country and for the es-
Enlistment of a just and perma-
nent peace among all the nations
of the world.
Nov, therefore, T. Franklin D.
Roosevelt. President of the United
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
BY PAUL

man. Lately he has amused him
self at parties around Hollywood
by seeming to be a Nazi agent.
Other evening he was turned
loose on a British officer who is
here to buy planes. Barnett has
a Carnegie Tech education and
has been a flyer himself, so ne
can ask some searching questions
about aviation. He also pretended
to get drunk and make some con
versational slips which he'd clum'
silly try to cover up.
Pretty soon the Englishman got
to a telephone and called Carl
Squire, vice president of Lock.
heed Aircraft, with the breath
less news he had discovered a spy,
Squire appeared half an h o
later and for once was not very
glad to see his friend Vince Bar
nett. The plane-maker was dog
tired and had got out of bed tc
rush to the party.
The ribber knows a lot of high
army officials, and IN of them
introduced him Gas a Captain Vor
Ogenstrahm) to a couple of Cur
tiss-Wright technicians who hao
been developing a 16-cylinder, in
line engine. 1t was all a great
secret at the time, so the in
ventors nearly tainted when Won
Ogenstrahm'' began chatting about
an engine he had perfected AND
went on to describe their engine
to the last essential detail.
In Washington, Gen. Henry Ar
mold persuaded Barnett to +
Gen. Malin Craig when the latter
was chief of staff. Barnett's ap-
proach was a fantastic and heav'
lily accented demand that a group
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
Love of Country

Today we are all thinking about our country.
Gone are the days when we took < it for grant
ed, and never gave a conscious thought to the
homeland that gave us birth, or which we have
adopted as our own.
We have always loved it-loved the New
England hills, the midWestern flatlands and
prairies, the palmettoed south, the rugged
Rockies, and the fertile Pacific empire. But
we have loved it as home, as the accustomed
land where we have lived our lives.
Today people are realizing that this is not
enough. Nine countries in Europe parade be-
fore our eyes. Their people may look on the
old familiar hills and valleys, the well-beloveo
city streets. But it is not the same. They
are no longer masters in their own house.
They are like families who have owned a beau
tiful home which has been taken from them
by a new owner who allowed them to live on
in thunder the new owners conditions. The
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
Editorial Comments
From Other Anqles
WHERE is THE COURAGE OF CONGRESS?
Charlotte Observer

Congress continues to kick the military pre-
paredness issue around as if it were nothing
more nor less than a political football.
1t is the House now that is trifling with this
serious and important question.
The amendments to the CONSUMPTION bill, Of
fered by Representative Hamilton Fish and
narrow adopted, postponing the date of en-
forcement of this measure while further ex-
periments in filling up the army with volun-
teers are made, will strike the American pub
lie as a clear enterprise in opportunism.
Is Congressman Fish, and colleages who
followed him into this temporary defeat of
the Administrators defense program, honest
ly expecting that within the two months pc
riod, while the bill is suspended from opera
ton, sufficient recruits will volunteer to meet
the demand, or
Is Congressman Fish and his obstructionist
group merely trying to postpone the enforce
ment of the CONSUMPTION law until after the
national election?
1t seems to us that these questions all but
answer themselves.
The flicker of hope that shines out of this
miserable dilly-dallying with this tremendous
ly vital matter consists in the probability that
the Administration may yet muster sufficient
forces in the House, when the threat of a roll
call is held over the heads OF these recalcitrant
Congressman, to bring about a reconsider
alton that will reverse the intent of the Fish
amendment and put the CONSUMPTION bill into
force at once.
President Roosevelt had the political cour-
age to come out flat footedly for this measure,
taking the chance of whatever adverse public
sentiment might accrue to his own campaign
for reelection.
Members of Congress, who may be as deep
ly impressed as the President with the neces-
sity for this measure, but who want to wait
until they are reelected before passing it.
add nothing to the stature of their own politi-
cal integrity by such an exhibition of expedi-
ency and opportunism. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under CounciLManager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension of City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Wid-
err Turning Basin, With ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south of Wilmington.
Paved Riuer Road to Southport, via
Orton Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustdined-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial and Resort Pro-
motional Agency, supported By one
countrywide tdr.
%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.
Development OF ndtive grape groUing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
IN HOLLYWO

of Sioux citizens of Long Beach
Calf, whom he represented, be
allowed to practice flying military
planes. In a couple of minutes
there was an awful row, with the
visitor screaming about red tape
and politics. To General Craig's
insistence that there was no poll
tics in the army, Barnett demand
ed, Then how did you get your
job?"
AS if that weren't bad enough
he then took 10 $100 bills from
his pocket and suggested that
maybe if he dropped them on the
floor as he went out he might find
an air corps commission awaiting
him in Long Beach. General
Craig probably was the angrles'
man who ever wore stars.
AND PUNCH
FOR DESSERT
You'd think Barnett would al
ways be lodging punches, and
he has ducked a few. Posing as
a new Metro producer during a
party at Joan Crawford's house
he insulted Clark Gable until the
star launched a swing that mlgn.
have had Barnett spinning yet-l
it had connected.
Only man who ever really nj!
him, he declares, was old ROAD
Amundsen at an Aero Club On
ner in Pittsburgh in 1924 En-
gagged to harpoon him, barne'
made some remarks reflectlng OIL
his skill and integrity as an e%'
plorer. Amundsen rose, graVeIy
apologized to the guests Tor Whas
was about to happen, and lneii
smacked the ribber colder ul0A
an igloo.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
Holt WOOD - Vincent Bar

HOLLYWOOD. - Vincent Bar.
nett, the ribber, is working in his
151st motion picture as a bar.
tender. He has a few good scenes
and he isn't complaining. But there
are many of Us who wonder why
an actor who is clever enough
face-to-face-to fool and infuriate
statesmen, industrialists, star, and
all manner of other celebritie
doesn't have better roles in
lickers.
Although he's only 81 and ap-
parently has lost none of his agility
in flinging insults, Barnett's rib
bling career seems about over.
This is because almost everyone
knows him.
Engaged to brighten up the ban
quet of the last convention of dis
trict attorneys, he went first to
a studio makeup expert and was
fitted out with an elaborate dis
guise including a toupee. The min
ute he entered the banquet room
there was a chorused murmur OF
'Look-there's Vince Barnett"
He had a hard time finding a
victim.
If you don't remember, this &C.
tor is a son of Luke Barnett, who
for 40 years has made a handsome
living by playing jokes on famous
people. At 81, he's still doing it,
living in Pittsburgh and travelling
all over the east. Mostly he works
at banquets as an awkward, stupid,
insolent waiter.
NAZI SPY ROLE
FOOLS BRITON
Vince has done that, too, but he
prefers appearing as some visit
ing foreign notable, usually a Ger
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
PARACUAY'S CHIEF
EXECUTIVE KILLED
montinued From Page one

the representative regime last feu'
ruary 10, assumed dictatoflal pG"
ers and drafted a new constl'u'lo'
for the avowed purpose OF plg,
tecting and purifying democracy
in Paraguay. 49,.
An official announcement VI
death, signed by Interior Nl,i' 40
Alexandra Marin Igleslas' 0l" -"
nation: in.
with most profound grlel
form the nation that In an an ths
accident today his excellency n.
president of the republic ana g gel
eral of the army, Jose FeL% tboir
garribia, and his wife loS'
lives. oo,bIic
of one of it's greatest sons di't bonor
necessary that people dong io' rp.
to our glorious chief Shoulu his
double their purpose and follow noa md
luminous tracks toward eo /
and the national welfare
hyde PARK, N. Y, Sept Iigbt
President Roosevelt said tomas r5as
through a secretary that ne deatb
shocked and saddened by 'lS para.
of President Estigarribia OF Love
quay and his wife in an @lp
crash. -.soorribia
The President knew Estlga+ry's
well while he was MS 'o
minister to the United ola'e''
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
The Editors
BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse any article appearing IN
this department, Ihey repdeseh f INC
respondents are W tna' a.
communications m u 81 ohtain tne
oorract name and address for our
rocords. though the latter may be
s;rned as the writer sees fit. The
SStorsNews reserves the right to alter
onv e X that for any reason is DO.
;~oofionabIe. Letters on controversial
Subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08

States of America, do hereby set
aside Sunday, September 9th, 1910,
as a day of prayer; and I urge the
people of the United States, of all
creeds and denominations, to pray
on that day, in their churches or
at their homes, on the high seas or
wherever they may be, beseeching
the Ruler of the universe to bless
our republic, to make us reverent-
ly grateful for our heritage and
firm in its defense, and to grant to
this land and to the troubled world
a righteous, enduring peace" /
HYDE PARK, N. Y, Sept. 7.-B
President Roosevelt will attend serv-
ices tomorrow at st. James Episco-
pal church on a day which he set
aside for prayers by all Ameri-
cans that God grant to this land
and to the troubled world a right
eous, enduring peace"
The Rev. Frank r. Wilson, rector
OF the tiny, ivy-clad church of which
Mr.. Roosevelt is senior warden, said
n peace theme would be carried
through the morning lessons,
psalms and sermon.
The President arrived this morn.
ing to spend several days at his
country home.