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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
Bruce Cations
In Washington
The Star-News' Washington
CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON. - There will be a healthy
fight, either in this Congress or the next, when
the attempt is made to repeal or modify the
Johnson act so as to permit U. S. loans to
Great Britain.
Senator Hiram Johnson of California, bitter
end isolationist since 1920 and author of the
act which bars loans to foreign nations which
are in default on their debt payments, is per-
fectly clear on this point.
'I'm going to fight any such proposal, even
if I have to fight all alone" says johnson.
''There'n be at least one vote to keep the John
son act, no matter what anybody else does"
johnson has no idea what sort of strategy
the aid-the-British group will attempt, and he
isn't greatly interested. He doesn't believe
that the general public will support the attempt
to knock the act down, but he refuses to guess
how the Senate will finally vote.
I'm too old a man in this business to count
any votes until they're cast" he says.
NYE WOULD
WELCOME FIGHT
Another isolationist leader, Senator Gerald
Nye of North Dakota, is inclined to welcome a
showdown fight over the johnson act.
1T may work out that we can hang the
whole fight for genuine neutrality on this one
issue" he says. You see, the administration
can hedge on most of the neutrality laws.
There are too many ways to get around them
-tne destroyer deal, Tor instance. But there's
no way to get around the johnson act. It's too
clear cut. You either obey it or you don't.
$50 they'll have to fight it out. I expect
they'll go for straight-out repeal, instead of
for amendments of any kind. 1 think the pub
lie is going to be pretty much aroused by it,
and I think we can beat them on it."
The isolationists have not yet got to the point
OF planning their strategy in the fight. Nye ex-
poets johnson to lead the fight, and both men
expect that Senator Claude Pepper of Florida
will carry the banner for the repealers.
WHITE COMMITTEE
PROCEEDS CAUTIOUSLY
Meanwhile, the administration group is not
yet certain just what it does want. The William
Allen White committee has been cautiously
sounding out House and Senate sentiment on
the proposition, but has not yet launched a
regular campaign.
1t may be significant that one of the COM
mittee's most recent publications-a pamphlet
entitled Battle of America by Livingston
Hartley-suggests revision of the Neutrality
act so as to allow both British purchases on a
credit basis and transportation to Britain of
the purchased goods in American vessels. It
adds: 1--WE may have to become a non-bellig-
erent instead of a neutral. We may have to do
things unthought of now to help Britain VIM
One suggestion now being discussed in Con-
gress is that instead of amending the johnson
act, Congress simply go ahead and cancel the
British debt to this country-which would auto
matlcally restore British eligibility to govern
ment loans, although the Neutrality act itself,
unless amended, would still prohibit the sale
OF British bonds in America or any loans or
extension OF credit by private citizens. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
Hidden Assets

During the last few days the world has been
offered two significant illustrations of the dit
ficulties which the new conquerors of Europe
face in maintaining their grip and consolidat-
ing their new order. These are the active help
which the Albanians have been giving the
Greek forces and the landslides which have
been disrupting German communications in
Norway.
This is one of the basic weaknesses of Hit
ler's new order. 1t is not likely, as some hope,
t o reach the point of open and organized revolt
just now on the part of the conquered peoples.
Men without arms cannot hope to cope with
an army equipped with modern instruments of
destruction. But this resistance remains as a
latent asset OF the democratic cause as long
as nations like Britain and Greece keep up
the fight.
The Albanlans, of course, were disarmed
like other conquered peoples. AS long as the
Italians were firmly in control of their country
they were helpless. But the first advance of
Greek forces into their country has revived
the spark of Albanian resistance. The helm
they have been giving the Greeks both in the
field and behind the Italian lines is undoubted-
ly responsible in part for the Reorganization
of the Fascist campaign.
In the mountain Businesses of Norway. where
it is difficult for an army of occupation to
exercise complete control, resistance of anoth-
err kind has broken out. The landslides are
believed to have been engineered by Nor
wegian saboteurs with small quantities of dy-
Mantle. For the present they cannot do much
but harass and distract the Germans but at
any rate active opposition is clearly still alive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
TOP o. THE MORNING

The high and holy God admits no trimmer
or timeserUer into the ranks of His real fol.
lo1rerS. The stern demand is, son Which side ?
For or against? Stand up and be counted"
"WhosoeUer shall confess me before men, him
will I confess None other.
Moses met the issue and made the soul de-
cision aUithout q quiver or q quaver. as NE
read the grdndly decisive Uords: "By faith
Moses =. refused to be called the SON of
Phdraoh's daughter; choosing rather to suf-
fer d%tfliction with the people of God, than to
enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
"OBSERVER'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
IN HOlLYW
NEA Service, Inc

Delaying pin was of light material,
and the fire bucket was a break
away, although I wouldn't have
been crowned with it for $50. Stunt
men don't pull punches, but they
know how to roll with the punches
when they're on the receiving end.
STUNT MEN
LIKE MIKE
They have a lot of respect for
Curtiz, who knows how tol add trim
mings to a fight scene. In a bal
cony fall, for example, a pair of
struggling stunters ordinarily will
crash through a rail and land on
a concealed pile of mats. But Mike
never plans it so simply. His fight
ers will topple to the edge of a
table, crash a chair and land on
the floor.
In spite of the savagery of some
of his shots, the hard-boiled Hun
garian is regarded as an especially
considerate director because he
plans action carefully and usually
gets it the first time.
His insistence that all the men
be examined for injuries was due
to an incident of a few days be-
fore. Alexander Knox, a young &C
tor, working in the first scene of
his first picture, severely sprained
an ankle but was afraid he'd be
laid off if he said anything about
it. Half an hour later he tainted
from the pain. Curtiz gave him
hell, but the kids still in the pic
ture-sitting down. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
Many Donations Made
To Home Far AGED

Recent donations to the Catherine
Kennedy Home include: First Pres.
byterian church, two large meat
loaves, potato souffle, cakes, toma.
toes, and potatoes; Mrs. C. q. Me-
Culloch, n bushel sweet potatoes.
two. quarts pear preserves; a friend,
8 loaves of bread; New Hanover
High school, 100 cans and packages
OF food; D. J. Herrin, one cord of
long leaf pine wood.
intermediate department of Trim.
lty Methodist church, bag of fruits
and nuts; primary department of
Trinity Methodist church. trav of
fruit; ladies of Trinity church, can
dy Tor each person; circle of First
Baptist church, two bags of
Mrs. Rucker, two cakes: Mrs. Low
rimore, circle 8, Temple Baptist
church, fruit and cakes for all.
T. and F. Motor company, 3 large
boXes OF bread and rolls; Needlework
guild, 70 pieces of linen; a friend.
a bushel of broccoli; a friend. 6
of coffee, 4 cans of peaches,
n 4 cans of Carnation milk: Circle
5 Grace Methodist church, large
turkey for Thanksgiving dinner; Mrs.
r. L. White, one and a half gallons
of ice cream
Ideal and Sunshine laundries, laun-
dry; star-News, Wilmington Star
and News; Independent and Plate
Ice companies, ice; DR.. George A.
Griffiths, dishes, and Miss Meta Le-
Grand, MAGAZINES.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
A LITERAL
FIGHT TALK
Book Highlights

The pride that every Texan has
in his state, in its history. its size
and it's greatness can now be
shared by all who read Laura
Krey's magificent novel of t h e
birth of the Lone Star state, "On
the Long Tide" (Houghton Mifflin:
$2.75). This is a story of the ad.
venturous Americans who pushed
west from the Mississippi into
Mexico's province, fought for lib
erty and established their own
republic.
The author of And Tell of
Time" surpasses her earliest work
with this splendid new historical
novel. Although her story encom-
passes a third of a century, intro
duces numerous historical charac-
tiers, touches major events from
the battle Of New Orleans to the
fall of the Alamo, there is never a
letdown. Nor does she allow his
tory to overshadow romantic in.
terest, or personal characteriza-
ton.
The story is that of Jeffrey Fen
tress, son of a Virginian who roved
westward. After serving under
Jackson in the Indian CAMPAIGNS
and at New Orleans, Jeffery fol-
lows a rainbow westward into
Texas.
He falls in with James Longs
Inflated scheme to establish an in.
dependent republic, later adonts
Stephen F. Austin's more con.
servative program, when the
Mexicans whom Long had co,,ntad
on for help r found lackino in
the zeal for liberty which fired the
Americans. N0
Fentress builds his home and
his fortune in Texas, marries tho
daughter of one Of his Meyions
friends, seems headed for a conn
Portable existence. Bit nj 80
long. y
Indian troubles and the da,+h
of his wife follow in swift s,,coaa
sion. And constantly there is tho
mounting tide of American onno-
sition to Mexican dominat;o oppo-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
Maybe a Nazi Trick

Whoever was responsible for the wholesale
political assassinations in Rumania, and what
ever the explanation offered to account for
them, it cannot well be denied that this was a
planned purge. Carried out with merciless eff
~ficiency, it has removed most of the chief fig
ures of the old regime, and the subsequent
uprising has driven young King Mihai from
the country, has caused the massing of Ru-
manian and German troops in Bucharest and
resulted in much bloodshed.
True the Antonescu government has offici-
ally ''disapproved'' of the killings and has en-
ployed gunfire to intimidate opposing factions.
1t is even reported that General Antonescu
will resign if these lawless Iron Guardists do
not heed his plea for obedience. The German
authorities are said to be angry at the failure
of the Antonescu government to maintain or
der and it is limited that Nazi troops will take
a hand if this state of anarchy continues. 1t
is even possible that German soldiers are al
ready in action.
But the fact remains that most if not all of
the men who were shot down in cold blood at
the start of the purge were not only involved
in the Codreanu affair, which is given as the
excuse for the slaughter, but were supporters
of King Carol until his abdication. Moreover,
they were in prison.
Also, this reign of terror comes at a time
when Bulgaria has been under pressure to
join the Axis. 1t is not beyond the Nazi men
tality to conceive the idea that an example of
this kind, in nearby Rumania, might have a
salutary effect on Bulgarian statesmen, or at
least provide an example for extremist ele-
ments in that country.
Possibly this was a case of spontaneous
combustion. Possibly undisciplined Iron Guard
lists were alone responsible. But assassination
and the purge are legitimate weapons under
Adolf Hitler's new order.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
HERE AND There

English Ministry of Economic Warfare saws
the enthusiasm of Italian people for war is
not remarkable" And that's not remarkable
either.
The job of getting the United States ade-
quately defended is a job of the greatest
magnitude ever given the industrial leaders
OF any country in the worlds history. -
Alfred P. Sloane.
You're going some place if you get on the
right track-and don't just sit there.
In the judgment of DR.. Walter c. Alvarez,
Mayo Clinic, the radio lis playing h. with
the nerves." Shake!
Unfortunately, there is too much soft living
at Harvard; the students are fat and lazy
from too much to eat and drink. Prof. Pitt
rim A. Sorokin, head of Harvard's sociology
department.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD.-Mike Curtiz is a
happy man these days. With a
flower in the lapel of his snazzy
sports jacket, he strides the deck
of the schooner Ghost and directs
a new filming of Jack London's
"Sea Wolf" There are At fights in
it.
"Now," says Mike, you will
see some action!"
Not all the fights are gang
brawls; some are brief but violent
encounters such as the first one
they did, in which John Garfield
knocked Ralf Harolde stem-wind-
ing and then drew a knife as he
faced a waterfront saloon crowd.
1t was a pretty good beginning, at
that, because Harolde bounced in
to a bystander who was almost
kayo'd by the impact. Garfield
also cleared for possible further
action by pushing some men back
over a table.
A LITERAL
FIGHT TALK
Today the company was working
on the ship, and Curtiz really be-
gan to enjoy himself. After making
a few shots of Wolf Larsen cd
ward G.. Robinson), practicing a
bit of vocal brutality on the crew,
the director got ready for a real
fight. To his gang of stunt men he
gave instructions which sounded
like a pep talk by the coach of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
BY PAUL HARRISON

Mayhem College just before the
big game with Carnage Academy.
Boys" he said, you don't love
each other a bit. Now when you
see Sailor Vincent double his fist
up, that is the signal to commence.
You, Charlie-you hit Sailor with
the Delaying pin, and I want you
should hit him on the shoulder and
not the head. 1t is made of wood
the pin, I mean, is made of
wood and it might break.
"You, Buck-you come up from
behind Charlie and start to choke
him, or anyway hold him while
Louis breaks the wooden bucket
over his head. If he doesn't go
down, trip him, because he has got
to 60 down. Then the rest of you
pile in and make it a free-for-
everybody.
'There are two things only you
must watch: First, you have got to
make it natural; otherwise we do
it all again. And second, you got
to let Doc MacWilliams look you
over right afterWard. I don't want
you going around with a broken
bone and not know it. Does every
thing understand everybody? All
right, we try it,"
So they tried it and it went fine.
The members of Mikes 'wrecking
crew. which is what they call his
group of about 10 key stunt men,
really know their business. Their
stuff looks real because, in most
cases, it is real. Of course the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-Co4nty Government
under Council-Manager 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 Rtver channel, wtd-
err Turning Basin, NTH snip lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved Rtver Road to Southport, pt0
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc.
ton through sustain ed-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motiona1 Agency, supported BY one
countrywide tas.
%Shipydrds 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 ndtine grape groUing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis sanatortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
Is Southeastern N. E..
Lads Join Navy Here

Thirteen young men from Soua'
eastern North Carolina were &C.
cepted as first enlistments as aP-
prentice seamen in the U. S. Nav?
at the local sub-station during NO
vember, R. L. Deloach, local re-
cruiting officer, reported ye0lef'
day.
They included: Goley c. Nc
Dowell, of route one, Bolivia
Evander B. Turner, of Armour
Milton Tyndall. Of route two, wa,
saw; Livingston f. Butler, OF foo'
one, Bladenboro; Marvin A, BIVeD,
bark, of route one, BurgaW; janis
D. Hammond, of Cerro Gordo.
James C. Holdford, OF TIA Rooe'
rick avenue, and Jack 4. bfypI9
of 1920 Castle street, city; DAVIS l.
Williamson and Jay D. WllhanlSVI'
of route two, Chadboufn, Eoa'
E. Jacobs and Carmel E. ha'
of Nakina; and Henry 7. PadTItn'
of 2O7 South Front street e.''
Deloach said all were lI'.'
ferred to the naval traHins
ton base at Hampton ROADS va,
where they are being give"
tensive training before be!AE
signed to active duty with Fai'O'
ships of TIE U. S. fleet
Six nav; ecruits are no" n0.
on leave, ne said, following us
completion of their pfeLl'I"o
training. They are: Walton K oal~
son, of route one, Council; hey ns,
E. Gore, of route four, "i-'V'
James T. Gilbert, of Bolivia. W..
F. Arnold, of Southport C"3. ,r.
E. Hughes, Of route one .tsli'
Marvin N. Garter, Of I3hG'"
The Carolinas district vi '''
naval recruiting sef\IO'.
the local sub-statoi
part, has just been as'isls'
quota of 1895 first enl1s.Alt'I.
apprentice steamer for D'1
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
Medical Care
BY LOGAN CLENDEN1yc

DR.. Joseph F. Montspra D.
coined a new term Pro- has
Stomach. He considers Ibs o"ay
be the condition of the sto,o oi%1 10
the people who live on BrosSmso Of
Broadway, he hastens to ads
really a state of mind rather IS
a definite place. 1t means u.aa
who live fast and tough +; p'o pr
modern age. I should tbirG we
there would be a lot of ''Rroa~'at
Kidneys and Broadway jiyar. ~ y
too. AYERS,
The Broadway Stomach, &c
derstand it, is one which ~l'
Jected to commuters co,, S"0'
ton, following the morrfr1 ,.'!o'
known as breakfast: wboro sup
hurry, hurry of high nressn NE
craftsmanship is the prrlnJo Assure
lunch; where the blare Of Tsz7 70
the accompaniment of djnnrr Is
Broadway Stomach is 4 Sfon,.
with the filters - j~itters brnraLt
about by the high tension If ' 81
as it is lived in the year 1q.a lle
Stomach Pretty Tough
There is undoubtedly d good do.,
to this, although | personaIIy 4 fo
that the stomach is a pretty to,,a I
old party and will do a good Jasi
more for us than We give if cr ~.o'
for. l have been hearing some tsT".
lately about how terrible il is
cram two or three kinds of fooS
into the stomach and | am nc+ e CIV"
thatI don't think this comes rnd..
the heading of scare the +ar Y Az,
OF EN- form of propaganda y,
which we have had too much ~
the past. I do agree, however,
that worry, haste and fretfulnos.
should be dismissed from tbe G,n
lngroom and l a subscribe T.,
some of Doctor Montalue's NAV,
inns, particularly the FOLLOWING.
Throughout the day, eat small
light meals. Have your Iarnest
meal at the end of the dav Whom
free of business worries.
Don't eat when you are verv
tired. Take a short rest rigbt bc.
fore dinner.
"Try to take some nourishmprt
in the middle of the forenoon and
some in the middle of the after.
noon. In the forenoon, a glass Of
milk is suggested; in the after.
noon, a cup of tea.
Avoid Soft Foods
Avoid eating soft foods that 70.
quire no chewing. If you do take
them, eat some toast at the Sam
time so that you will have 10 do
some chewing.
occasionally skip a meal or. if
possible, fast an entire day.
MAKE your meals a pleasant
occasion. Park your troubles at
the office.
Don't fall for diet fads. They
are often unscientific and may not
be suited to your particular
needs"
The book broadway Stomach"
by DR.. Joseph F. Montague, is
published by Simon and SchusteT.
Questions and Answers
H. c. P: "What fruits and vege.
tables have no sugar in them. Or,
which contain the least sugar.
Answer: I know of no fruits that
do not contain sugar and no vege.
tables that do not contain starch.
CThe distinction between fruits and
vegetables is difficult of definition
"a tomato is strictly a fruit a.
though we ordinarily call it a Vege.
table, The fruits which contain
the least sugar are grapefruit %
per cent?, oranges 90 per cent,
peaches Go per cent?, pineapple
Go per cent? and watermelon lO
per cent?. Vegetables with the
lowest starch Is per cent? are let
tuce, spinach, string beans, aspar'
agus, cucumbers, tomatoes, egg
plant, cabbage, broccoli, vegetable
marrow.
13 Southeastern N {
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
Third Mintz Brother Ends Term
AS Brunswick Register Of Deeds

SOUTHPORT, Nov. 80. - When
Harry Lee Mintz, Jr., leaves the
office of register Of deeds of Bruins
wick county tomorrow, he will
have completed a rather unusual
period Of service, started 10 years
ago by his brother, the late J..
Hamilton Mintz, and in turn by R.
I. Mintz, older brother of Harry
Lee.
Each OF the three Mintz boys, at
the time he was indicted into Of
flee, Was the youngest register of
deeds in North Carolina. Until he
leaves office Monday, Harry Lee
will still hold that distinction. He
is now % years of age and did not
offer for the office this year as it
was his desire to return to the
University of North Carolina on
January l to complete his studies
At the age of 26, ] Hamilton
Mintz was nominated and elected
register of deeds in 1880. He served
two months and 10 days before his
death occurred of pneumonia, ear
ly in February, 1881
His brother, R. I. Mintz, then a
successful civil engineer with the
Westinghouse Electric company,
and Is years old, was appointed
to succeed him and took office
February %, 1881. He served out
the balance of his brothers unex-
pred term and "a reelected for
two tWo-year terms and one four
year term.
While serving out the four-year
term, he resigned on September
l6, 1899 to enter the practice of
law. Harry Lee, then % years old,
left his studies at the university,
was appointed in his stead for the
remaining one year, two months
and two weeks of the term.
All three of the bows are sons of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lee Mintz,
ST., of Shallotte. 1t may also be
rather much of a distinction that
this couple should have had three
sons to hold the Office of register
of deeds of Brunswick.
The office will be taken over
Monday by w. S. Wells, who was
elected to the office November g.. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01
ROBBERY SCARE

sAKINAS, Cal, Nov. 50L s..o.
A reported plot to steal N'e .a4.y
900 payroll at Fort ora '0o md
brought out as many guns ,.ala
guards as if an invader
threatening. Nothing hapPeIi'N'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01

tlde that was to reach its height
when the Alamo fell.
Inc story of the birth of Texas
- great l history and greater in
me novel Miss Krey, a native of
the state, has written
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01

The State Department Teceh.I'
firmed the sale for export Oh 'V m
Douglas DC-2 transport ii"I''
Great Britain for 100000
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-01

WASHINGTON. - There will be a healthy
fight, either in this Congress or the next, when
the attempt is made to repeal or modify the
johnson act so as to permit U. S.. loans to
Imperial Valley press., 1940-01-10
I.V. Jackson Day
Speaker Endorses
Third Term Drive

Endorsement of President Roose-
velt for a third term and also of
Governor Culbert L. Olson's pro-
-for-use program was made
by Dr. Arthur Briggs of Los An
geles who delivered the Jackson
cay address at the dinner sponsored
by the Young Democrats of Imner-
ial Valley Tuesday night at the Cal
ifornia hotel.
The speaker is a member of the
Los Angeles city council former dean
Of law for Metropolitan University
and an authority on Andrew Jack
son. He discussed the career of An
drew Jackson and emphasized the
contributions he made to the AM
erican form of government.
Musical numbers, arranged by
Stan Atkin. music supervisor at
Central included piano solos by
Mary Louise Sigmon. vocal num-
bers by Colleen Summers, and a
violin solo by Atkin.
Charles Provence of Brawley,
president Of the Young Democrats,
presided. introducing distinguished
guests. Eighty-seven valley Demo-
Gratis attended.