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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10
$%25,O0O,OOO IVA Fund
Request Is Approved

WASHINGTON, July 9-CP-
The Senate Finance committee
approved late today a re-
quest of the national defense aa'
visory commission for a S25,OOo'
600 appropriation for the Tenres'
see Valley Authority designed "
speed up production Of ALUMINIUM
for warplanes.
The senate appropriations cofn,
mittee disapproved the reques'
when it was submitted origlnalN
but Edward R. Stettinius and WIZ
liam S. Knudsen, members OF INC
defense commission, appeared oe'
fore the house subcommittee /"
day and urged its approval,
Specifically, the appropriate
would be used to increase tns
TWAS power generating capaclF
to enable it to meet what was
described as a repidly growing
demand for power from plants i,
the IVA area engaged in natloN''
defense manufacturing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10
HEALTH LEADERS
CHOSEN IN N. E..
King And Queen Will Be
Selected At All Short
Course On July 22-26
NLA e.

RALEIGH, July 9-P)-Boy and
girl health champions have already
been chosen in four of the five North
Carolina All club districts, Miss
Frances MacGregor, assistant state
All club leader, said today.
The state king and queen of health
will be selected at the annual All
Short Course to be held on July 2
26 at N. C. State college.
District champions already picked
are: Archie White of Craven count?
and Irma Jarvis of Carteret county,
Southeastern district; Stewart GloveI
of Wilson county and Sara Elliott Of
Hartford county, Northeastern dis
trict; Vernon Duncan of Chatham
county and Ruth Hoyle of Vanc'
county, Northwestern district; an(
j. w. Knight of Davie county ant
Mary Frances Grier of Mecklenbur9
county, southwestern district. lht
Western district will chose its health
king and queen this week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10

the gadgets to put machine-picked
men and women into government
roles.
In preparation for this, ESQ, 900
cards are being sent out, under
the direction of William P. Leh-
man, asking for information about
education, experience, etc. This
survey covers all governmental
employees except field workers of
the postal service.
When this data is in it will be
transferred to punch cards and
filed. Then, when the business of
filling a particular spot comes up,
the cards will be poured into the
machine and, at the rate of 400 a
minute, the machine will scan
likely prospects and select the
likeliest.
The new system will cost about
$500, 600 a year, but A.. c. Ed
wards, statistics director at the
commission, says it would pe
cheap at a whole lot more than
that.
1t will reduce the number of ex-
aminations for new jobbs, cut to
a few hours the time necessary to
fill a vacancy, and provide an ef-
fective system for promotions.
So don't go kicking any ma
chimes around -. Some day one
may determine what lob set
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10
Hollywood SIGHTS And Sounds
By Robin Coons-

~HOLLYWOOD-July 9-Ideals -
in the movies-are born in peculiar
ways.
I give you Towne and B a k e r,
the producing pair who even now
are preparing a third in their ser
les of good, stock, standard, sweet.
wholesome (and the rest of the
adjectival catalogue, if you wish
yarns for filming.
Messrs. Towne and Baker, hav-
ing made movies Of Swiss Fam
lily Robinson" and Tom Browns
School Days." are going to give
Louisa M. Alcott's Little Men, a
new whirl at the cameras. This is
funny only because, of all the writ
ing gentry in town, these two in
their pre-producing days were most
likely to get pointed notes FIR o m
Joe Breen, the self-censor man, to
the effect that "you can't do that"
Baker (who gets a chance o
talk at length only when the louder
lunged Towne is out of town. free
ly expresses their delight in what
must be Mr.. Breen's suspicious as
constituent that so far, in Towne-
Bakers new scripts, there has
been nothing in the least shady.
Messrs. Towne and Baker, b
virtue of their screen subjects, are
championing the cause of screen
purity-and this is how it all came
about:
"As WRITER'S" Baker relates,
I'VE never got to see our stories
on the screen as we'd written them.
We decided to produce our own.
We hit on the name-'The Plays
the Thing Productions This was
an expedient alibi for not being
able to afford Gables and Lom-
bards as stars. We would forget
the stars, and stress the play.
There we hit another snag. TIE
new plays on Broadway cost too
much, and we couldn't modestly
turn to plays by Towne and Bak-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10

err. We still hadn't decided what
to do, and Gene was in New York
to tell the RKO convention about
the pictures we would make. He
went around to the public library
for ideas. They told him the most
widely read book of all time was
the Bible, but DeMille had Dor
rowed that already. Then they gave
him other longtime best sellers
the books we've filmed and a r e
filming. So Gene took a look in
side Swiss Family and saw a pic
ture of the boat, and he said that's
a movie and it's good enough for
me. Besides, the movie rights
were free. So he went to the con-
vention and announced the pic
lures, and then he read the books
and then he turned white"
That's why the boys have had
to re-vamp the classics" which
had stories of a sort but not ex-
actly the sort that make a movie
move. They are doing m a n y
things to Little Men"-Miss Al
colt herself in the book admitted
she had no plot-and not the least
of these alterations is to good old
Buttercup, the COW, who will
play in support of Kay Francis,
Jimmy Lydon, Jack Oakie and
the rest.
Buttercup offered opportunity for
a stroke of genius in the exploita-
ton line. For at the New YORK
Worlds Fair was there not Elsie,
the beautiful Jersey who symbol
ICES a national advertised bbrand
milk?
Elsie, whose pretty face is re-
of some current femin-
star I can't quite place, is max
ing her film debut for arts sake
IF, that is" as willy Graham
Baker hastens to add, I'VE can't
work out a deal for the milk COM
oany to pay us!" 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
THE TIME
N. Y. Herald Tribune

In an interview published over the week
end, A. w. Robertson, chairman Of the board OF
the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing
company, did his share to dispel the illusion,
still apparently widely held, that the task of re.
arming the United States is merely a question
of a few months time and the appropriation OF
a few billions of dollars.
Westinghouse produced a large volume OF
munitions in the last war, so it is far from in.
experienced in the business. Moreover, it has
made a careful survey of its W facilities and
potentialities for a return to wartime produc.
ton. It is probably fair to say that this con.
pany represents a better-than-average exam
pie of preparedness and adaptability. Yet, in
discussing some Of the items for whose produc-
ton his plant is particularly suited, Mr.. Rob.
ertson concludes that it would take from four
to twenty-four months to '.get under way in
the manufacture of gun mounts depending up
on the type and quantity, six to twenty-four
months in the case of shells, twelve to fifteen
months for fuse timers for shells, six to eight
months for radio equipment for military use,
and eight to twelve months for generators and
motors for aircraft auxiliary power.
But such items as shells and gun mounts do
not constitute the real bottleneck. As Vermont
c. Register, in an excellent current series of
articles in THE Wall Street Journal" points
out, our basic needs are "airplanes, armor
plate and big guns" and we are presently
equipped to produce only the first of the three.
And, even today, little progress has been made
toward the goal announced by the President of
80, 900 planes a. year."
The picture of our equipment with respect to
armor and big guns is much more SOLDERING.
While most large steel plants can be trans
formed into armor-producing plants the proc
ess takes much time, planning and coordin-
alton, and many skilled workers. Moreover,
even when the plant and the men have been &C.
quired, there is an inhexible element Of ime
to be considered that is not present in the pro-
duction of shells or planes. The process of
manufacturing cemented armor plate for a
battleship, for example, requires, according to
Mr.. Register, from four to six months, while
production of the largest guns requires about
a year. Such speeding up" as is possible can
not come through the elimination or telescop-
ing of these time-consuming processes, hence
it must come almost entirely through plant ex-
pansion and conversion.
These are cold, hard facts which cannot be
ignored. They must be taken into account, not
bnly by those who are charged with the technl-
cal task of rearming the country, but by those
who are charged with the broader task OF de-
Gliding how, when and under what circum-
stances the defense program to winch the ma
ton has now unitedly dedicated itself can pc
employed to the nations greatest ultimate al
vantage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10

amount as cannot be sold to the
investing public. Second, to finance
the expansion requirements of
private industry. Bankers m a Y
also contribute effectively to the
defense program by standing for
and promoting sound public and
private financial methods"
DR.. Moulton pointed out hat in
the World War the several allied
governments IBID frantically
against each other for the limited
supplies which the United States
could furnish; and the different
branches of the American services
IN due course did the same thing.
similarly, as the result of labor
shortages in war lines there was
an enormous increase in w e
rates, which served to raise cost
OF production and thus to accele-
the advance in commodity
prices.
"Such processes are certain to
be greatly restrained in the pre-
sent emergency. The greatest dan
ger lies in the wage stipulation" d
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10
Star.News Program

Consolidated City.County Government
under Council Manager Administrations
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected TRUCK and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
arena for Sports and Industrial
Shoes.
Seaside Highsoay from WrightsOiHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, DID
er Turning Basin, toith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport. ptd
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prodno-
ton through sustdined-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
motional Agency. supported by one,
countrywide tdz.
S%hipyords and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for 1hites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape 0rosodn0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Edndtortnm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10
DEFENSE PROGRAM
WPA JOBS LISTED
Continued from Page 0ne)

appointed by the county conllh',
sioners some time ago. Prellml'''.i
work on the present project Mas
ready started and the laying oil Luz
ways and the installation OF lahoi"7
lights will be started o
Wilmington and Wilson are aiiono
the rs cities in the state which ia.
had new armories built recently Va "a,
both are seeking an additional oulg
ing to house other national suo'
units in their locality.
Nothing definite as regards a,
proval or disapproval has o',,
learned as yet regarding e'he' ..
the Wilmington projects, h J' ~,
dan, area supervisor, said last " .hs
he did not know exactly WHAT
status of the projects is. i.
Other towns and cities now
ing new armories are: Roanoke n%a
Warrenton, Dunn, Wilson A ~.
VILE, Smithfield and one othei ~
to be announced until an di'
site is under option. al
Other cities seeking further n.
for airport work are: CIiai
Winston-Salem, and Greensboro
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10
MoultonS Moves To Balance
Budget Should Not Be Dropped

CHAPEL HILL, July 9-RA
Americas defense program should
be financed, just as far as posi-.
BILE. from taxation and from the
sale of government securities to
an investing public, DR.. Harold G.
Moulton, of Washington, president
of the Brookings institution, fam
GUS survey and research organi-
cation, told the North Carolina
Bankers conference in an address
tonight at the University of North
Carolina.
The rearmament program, he
said, docs not mean that all ef-
orts to stabilize the government S
financial position should be redou-
bled. Unless we can achieve fiscal
stability in the not distant future
one of the basic foundations of the
entire economic structure will be
undermined. It is possible to re-
store financial stability.
1--WE need not undergo a price
1nf1atlon comparable to that OF the
World War period-if we adopt
and adhere to wise financial po-
licies. Expenditures should be cur
tailed. It is essential that the price
policies followed in connection
with the government purchases be
sound, and i tbs alsoessential that
increases in wage rates be re-
strained" .
DR.. Moulton said banking policy
in connection with the defense pro-
gram involves two principal re-
quirements. "First, to participate
to the extent necessary in the sale
OF government securities-absorb.
ng out of bank funds only such
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The world is at war
and cataclysmic things are happening . . ano
perhaps that is why you haven't heard tna'
the government is going in for machlne-chos
en- men.
Before you know it, you'll be saying, How
did MIR. Zilch get where he is In government
circles?." And the answer will be, "A machine
put him there"
Over in the civil service commission, they
are Installing, as fast as they can, bank after
bank of machines into which you drop a card
and the card comes out telling you exactly
what kin of a job a man should have.
Or let's put it another way: You need an Al
accountant. You toss a handful Of cards into
the machine and out come the cards of one
or two or a dozen Al accountants
For Goodness Sake
The national defense program has made
this possible, but it wasn't the prime cause.
For a long time, personnel officials have real
lied that the government hasn't been getting
the most it could out of the hundreds of thou
sands of persons it hires, simply because there
has been no way of classifying them and Sc
|lecting for each job the man or woman whose
education, background and experience best
suit him for the spot.
There are expert stenographers who are
filing clerks, architects serving on the capitol
police force, lawyers doing publicity, and
chemists writing reports on the shifting farm
population.
This situation has come about simply be.
cause whenever there was an opening in any
department there was a properly and poIti.
cally recommended person for the job, and he
or she got it-regardless of the fact that he or
she might speak French where nc French
was needed, or wiring secrets out Of a slide
rule whereas what was most important was
the kind of hand he or she wrote.
The personnel division of the civil service
commission has known about this for years
and has been eager to do something about
it, but just try something lke that on your
congressman and see how far YOU get. The
defense program made funds available to the
commission for just this business Of getting
the right people for the right jobs deficiency
suddenly comes Of age) and, presto, the ma
chimes were in.
Survey Under Way
Already, a staff of so is at work on the
project, and come August, there will be about
700 persons all from civil service. thuunbing
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10
Wage Schedule
Committee Meets TODAY

RALEIGH, July 9 - M - The
salary schedule committee Of the
state school commission will meet
tomorrow to study ALLEGATION of $780,
900 in teacher pay increases.
Lloyd Griffin, secretary of the
commission, said that the committee
would seriously consider using
part Of the fund to narrow the diff
between salaries paid white
and negro teachers.
The full commission will meet on
Thursday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10
MULE is

One of the main parks in Rome
contains a statue to a mule. in
honor OF the services of such ami.
mails given to Italian troops en-
gaging in Alpine warfare during
the World War.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10

could not be content to sit on the sidelines and
see others do all the work OF defense.
Sheriff Jones will find an army Of willing
workers among Wilmington's older people
whenever he calls for volunteers for the thou.
sand and one odd jobs involved in invasion,
sabotage, fire or other disaster" all or any of
which might arise if America is compelled to
20 to war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10

In the Atlantic Ocean, off the
coast of North Carolina. channel
pass travel in such huge schools
that the water often is. blood red
with their coppery hue
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10
Bund Objects

The German-American bun chief objects to
the registration Of aliens on the score that it
would hurt inc enrolment. Does he expect
the United States to maintain a recruiting Of
fee for him.?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-10
TOP O. THE MORNING

I hear the voice Of One who cal1eth
Calleth sweet and clear,
For men to reap for Him a harvest white.
o soul of mine, rise up and answer Him
Before the night, the long night, falleth,
And the day be gone, the day be gone.
From DAY BY Day"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-12

ed in Constitution Hall. He remind
ed the cheering unionists that their
membership had swollen under the
New Deal from 10000 to 100000.
Earlier the convention had endorsed
third term.
Wendell l.. Willkie, Republican
presidential candidate, makes his
official campaign debut tomorrow
night in Chicago. Mr.. Roosevelts
address to the teamsters somewhat
clarified the issue of compulsory in
dustrial coordination which had
! arisen between them.
First denouncing. the industrial
coordination amendment adopted by
the senate as an attempt to SOW
ietize'' the United States and de-
manding that the president state
his views, Mr.. Willkie explained
that he would favor legislation to
compel industry to cooperate in ma
tional defense "by rule and regula-
tion instead of by the arbitrary ac-
ton of ore man."
Mr.. Roosevelt, after determined
silence, now has endorsed compul-
sorry coordination of industry, with
provision for adequate compensa-
ton, as a proposal to which no
reasonable person could object. He
said he did not believe there would
be much necessity for such meas
ures. House and senate CONSUMPTION
bill conferees agreed last night on
a compromise version of industrial
coordination.
Capital, labor, industry and agri-
culture are cooperating Loyalty in
national defense. the president re-
ported-the nation awake to the
perils which threaten. But he warn
ed against those whose actions, if
not their words. show them to be
the enemies of labor and he pro-
missed that the administration in
this emergency would not back
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-12
Hearst Acres May
Be Guard Base

WASHINGTON, Sept. IL CUP) =
Rep. John z. Anderson. r., Calf.
said today that the War Department
is considering the purchase of 1884,
900 acres of ranchland in south
ern Monterey county, California
from Newspaper Publisher William
Randolph Hearst as an army train
ing base. a#.
Anderson said that Hearst had
offered to sell the property for
S2,0O0,000. If purchased, the land
probably would be used as a train
ing area for national guardsmen
ordered into active service, the con-
gresham said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-12

down from it's social objectives, in
Guiding the 40 hour week and over
time penalties. -
There are some," he said, "who
would not only stop now the pro-
gress we are making in social and
labor legislation, but would even
repeal what has been enacted during
the past seven years-on the plea
than an adequate national defense
requires the repeal. They would
seek unlimited hours of labor
lower Observation-Disclosures Of those
safeguards -
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-12
Roosevelt Promises Labor
Security, High Pensions

WASHINGTON, Sept. IL. (UP)-
President Roosevelt's bid for labor
votes was based today on plans for
early expansion Of social security
benefits, including higher old age
pensions, and such compulsory CO.
ordination of industry as may be
necessary for national defense.
Mr.. Roosevelt Officially opened
ms third term campaign for the
presidency last night before the
convention of the International
brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauf-
1ers, Stablemen and Helpers assembl-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-12

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Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-12
$50 Automatic
r Phone
64.54

Beautiful modern radio and automatic
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-12

and propellers and blades costing
$57, 100000.
A sl50,000,000 housing program
for defense industrial workers was
ready for senate consideration. The
house sent the bill over late yes
terday on a voice vote.
Congress already has provided
$1OO, ,OOO,0 900 for housing of the ex-
panded5 armed forces in the sup
Elemental defense bill.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-12
Army Pushes Construction Of Planes

WASHINGTON, Sept. IL CUP)-
The army cut official red tape to-
day, to place a $1,251 900, 900 pro-
gram for l4,394 airplanes in the
hands of 81 manufacturers.
Through emergency "speed-up'
letters the war department advised
aircraft makers, including Ford Mo-
tor company, that they were down
for contracts involving thousands
Of planes, engines and propellers
and to proceed to get the tools
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-12
Constitution
Exams Scheduled

Imperial couaty tearhers will take
examinations on the Constitution at
9 am. Oct in the office of
School Superintendent E. L. Hite-
man, he announced Thursday
Those who have not passed the
examination, he said, must do so
in order to meet state requirements.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-12

and materials needed for the pro-
ject.
Official orders will be executed
later in the regular, time-consum-
irg fashion, but, by that time tools
and equipment, one of the most
important phases of production, will
be ready.
The tool up" authorizations con-
templated construction of 14,394
airplanes, costing $817 900, 600; 49,
282 engines costing $377, ,OOO, 600
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-12

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Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-12
SOCIAL WELFARE
WORKERS HERE

The Misses Frances Wallace and
Honora Costigan, representing the
state department of social welfare,
arrived in Ell Centre Thursday for
a conference with County Welfare
staff.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-12
WAR DEPARrMENT AWARDS
INDUSTRIAL CONTRACT -

WASHINGTON, Sept. II. (UP)-
The War Department today award
ed a $l17,60O contract to Aircraft
Industries Corp, Glendale, Calf
for instructing 1892 members of the
regular army in sheet metal fabri-
cation.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-12
DECREE AWARDED

DECREE AWARDED
An interlocutory divorce decree
was granted Vera Lorraine Ballan-
lyme Wednesday in her suit against
John Ballantyne. She accused him
OF extreme mental cuelty.