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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13

wherein the faNner's full cash income "oulo
20 to purchases which will raise MS stanoa,o
of living rather than to supplies wn'ch shouio
come from his own acres. The raising Oh 1--WE.
stock. ct cetera, is essentially a matter OF
utilizing idle acres and idle men VINO nave sol
that way through red ction of the cash crops
Understandable at the outset, these crops nave
already been substantially reduced IN ooth
price and volume. 1t is in this sphere OF re-
duction that farm employment must nave SUI
fered heavily. While some remedial steps nave
been taken, it is recalled that sharp criticism
of restrictive agriculture has centered IN the
impositions which it placed upon the very ten
ant class for whom the extension WORKERS no"
express concern. How many tenants or farm
laborers lost out in the shuttle, how many pro-
cessing. workers felt similar economic and So
cial effects and how extensively farm benefits
and payments did or did not trickle down to
these lower strata, we do not know, but there
must have been dislocations and deficiencies
aplenty. And they occurred quite rapidly, al
most overnight, too.
Any program to be balanced must operate
effectively in just this field: and our thought
has been that the united effort under DISCUS
sion would.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
GASOLINE TAXES

Misuse of revenues from gasoline taxes has
been so widespread that a protest is warrant.
ed. This is not to say that these revenues
have been misused through defaulcation, nee.
essarily, but legislatures and governors have
found SO many ways to apply them outside
Of the original purpose that the result has
been about the same.
A very timely protest comes from CAPUs
m. WAYN1cK Of High Point, editor and for.
mer highway commission chairman, who ad.
dressed the county petroleum industries com
mittee at Winston-Salem.
He urged that gasoline tax revenues be
employed only for highway patrol mainte
nance, for construction and maintenance OF
highways and for the states advertising &C
count. 1t is to be hoped that his is not al
lowed to become a wee, small voice crying
in the Wilderness. 1t deserves to become the
1usty rallying cry of the users Of gasoline In
automobiles and trucks who have 80 otter
been forced to shoulder unjust tax burdens
and who carry the heaviest tax load, in pro
portion to their investment, Of any grou1
in the nation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
CHECKING CRIME
The Salisbury Post

Only IL years ago, about the only way head
quarters had Of getting in touch with the cop
on the beat was to flash a light or, ring a bell
that summoned the officer to the nearest pa
troll box.
But in 1928, Detroit installed the first mu-
nlclpally operated police radio station. BY
snort wave transmission, instructions could be
sent out directly to officers cruising in patrol
cars. Today. short wave communication among
police is in operation in 900 American cities
and % states.
To link law enforcement officers together in
tnls manner is to spread a dragnet around an
area almost Immediately after a crime is re-
ported. Criminals have found it tougher to ply
their trade since short wave radio has heen an.
listed on the side of the law. AS the elements
OF scientific crime detection and criminal ap
prehension continue to pile up against him, the
feion is learning a new meaning for the old
axiom, Crime does not pay"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
PLEDGE WITH CAUTION
Greensboro News

A pledge with a caution was that which
North Carolina State college extension service
workers gave at their Raleigh conference
Tuesday to support Of a program of Balanced
prosperity in the south" during the next de.
cade. The caution came in a warning against
too rapid transition from so-called 'cash-crep-
ping" to livestock farming lest such a change,
made too fast, create a social problem in that
scores Oh tenants would be dismissed from cot
ton and tobacco farms"
That, it seems to the Daily News. is a prop
er recognition Of social responsibilities and OBJ.
legations, an evaluation in which human fac
tors are considered along with material. But
1t is rather tardy about putting in it's appear.
ance.
AS we understand the program to which ref
erence Is mace it would aim at balance rather
than at the OVERRIDING Of any one phase. It
stresses first Of all the live-at-home aspect
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
G, O. p.
Durham Morning Herald

Unofficial reports have it that the Raleigh
Jackson day dinner yielded something like
$4,000 to apply on old and new democratic
expenses, exclusive Of the operating COSTS"
That is a stable amount, approximates the
announced quota for this state, and sponsors
of the project do and should feel pleased.
More interesting, to us surprising, though is
the later news that North Cardinals republic
can national committeeman, Charlie Jonas, has
collected 81, 500 from North Carolina republic
cans and sent it along to National Chairman
Hamilton to apply on the G. o F. national
deficit.
There are, to start with, fewer republicans
than democrats in this state, and when it
comes to political officeholders-well, the re.
publicans just aren't in it. What's more, it has
been several years since republicans in these
parts collected political dollars with which
to pay party obligations and the outlook is
not so good at the moment, certainly not on
the state front.
So if the democrats rate cheers for raising
$4,000 for their national treasury, for raising
81, 500 the republicans rate cheers plus a din
ner above the calibre of the one rendered the
democrats who contributed the $4,000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
AN OLD STAIN CUSTOM

Yesterdays headlines announced a shakeup
in the Soviet armies. The Films have been
doing just that for six weeks.
But the headlines referred to changes,
made and pending, in the command of Rus
sian troops and supply departments. STAIN
has reverted to the old custom of removing
officers he believes guilty of failure, in which
he is justified, for the Red armies have lack.
ed intelligent leadership thus far.
But in the aftermath of removal are exc
c~utions, and in this STAIN is showing the
same sort of dumbness which robbed his
armies of their best leadership and has left
them at the mercies of more skilled generals
on the other side.
1t is characteristic Of the Kremlir regime
that the men who were sent into Finland
without knowing what they would encounter
and even without new maps, should find a
firing squad to greet them upon their recall
It is the only way STAIN knows how to deal
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
M'MANUS IS FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER
Is Scheduled To Be Executed
February % For Killing
Jennings Mullis

CONCORD, Jan. 12- Up A SUI
perior court jury convic ed Homer
McManus, rs, today Of first.degree
murder in connection with the death
of Jennings Mullis August 6, 1887.
Judge F. Donald Phillips set Feb.
ruary 23 as the execution date.
McManus was arrested last fall in
Texas, where he had lived since the
morning he said he awoke and found
Mullis dead.
II can't remember what happen.
ed" the defendant told the jury. 81
think I went upstairs with Mullis,
and we took some drinks, and
think we went to bed. When I woke
up next morning, I found Mullis
head vas bloody. I didn't know
what to do, so I wrapped his body
up in some blankets and hid it un-
der a bench in the ROOM"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
By PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Taft of
Ohio has advanced far enough along as a
presidential candidate that he can call a press
conference and expect a good attendance, a
dozen or more reporters.
He doesn't conduct his conferences with
the booming vivacity Of President Roosevelt
but gadzooks, who does? Taft Is a trifle on
the shy side. He shimmies about on his chair
at times and laughs in a half-apologetic fash
ion as he talks.
Maybe he is like his presidential father in
some respects but he has no belly laugh. That
may or may not qualify him in your eyes as
a republican presidential prospect, depending
on whether you like people with belly laughs.
Phrase Maker
In his campaigning about the country he has
devised a phrase or two which probably will
pepper the speeches he will be making during
policies and excessive character Of the regula-
tory policies Of the new deal" The "regula.
tory policies" he said, apply to such things as
agriculture and the constant wage-hour and
social security reports and inspections.
The latter ought to get the vote of the Jun
Tor Chamber of because Just recent.
ly it distributed a blast against the excessive
number of reports business men have to SUBJ
NIT to the government.
Taft is for adequate national Defense" a
phrase virtually copyrighted by the American
Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Taft, like the veterans organizations, didn't
want to go into details about it.
However, the two billion dollar national de-
tense program coming up before the present
session, ought to be closely scrutinized" to
see whether more national defense could not
be had for less money.
Taft doesn't seem to be any more of a flag
waver than the average presidential candidate.
He said he favored enough tariff to meet the
higher costs of American production. If he had
wanted to flag-wave a bit he might have rub
a-dub-dubbed about protecting the American
workman from low cost alien labor
Wishful Thinking
His office is about the average senate Of
flee. He reserves one room for himself and
fills the other three with clerks, desks, filing
cabinets and chairs for callers. In sharp con.
trast to President Roosevelt, he has no CAD
gets on his desk.
He has no pictures of himself on display
but has one of his father, thanked by a flag, on
the Fireplace mantel.
Framed on the wall is a front page Of the
old New York Herald dated Nov. 4, 1908. It
carries a five column head saying:
"Taft sweeps the nation. Bryan and Taft
neck and neck in this city,"
Son Robert would like to see those first
four words in headlines next November. Also
he would like to receive the message printed
at the bottom Of the page. 1t said: my
heartiest congratulations upon your splendid
victory" 1t was signed by Charles Evans
Hughes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
LABOR INSPECTORS
ASSIGNED in N. c.
New Force Will Start Enforce.
ment Of Federal Wage
Hour Law Monday

RALEIGH, Jan. 12.-R-Work-
ing from headquarters at Greenville,
Fayetteville, Raleigh, Greensboro
Salisbury, Charlotte and Asheville.
a new force of state labor inspectors
will start enforcement of the fed.
eral wage-hour law Monday.
Labor Commissioner Forrest IT
Shuford announced assignment oil
the inspectors to territories this aft
moor
The state labor department will
enforce the act under the first CO.
operative agreement signed by the
federal wage-hour administration.
Shuford emphasized that the in.
spectors would be working for the
state, and not the federal govern
ment, and said that method of en-.
forcement was chosen by the depart.
ment because it believed North Caro-.
linians wanted the wage-hour act
enforced quickly, fairly and honest
ly, upon all alike, and that the best
way to accomplish this is through
your own state department of labor"
Cooperation of employers in metic-
ulous observance of even the most
minor points of the law was asked
by Shuford. He urged employees t.
report any violations of the law
but asked that they not bog us
down with imagined violations"
Shuford announced that the in
spectors would be assigned as fol.
lows:
District me-: J. R. Bulla n Her.
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QUOTATIONS

All relationships are bad, whether nazi, fas'
cist or communicative Herbert Lehman Of
New York.
Chamberlain had to choose. He had to bal
ance the issue between politicians and fighters
and he decided for the ENTHUSIASTICALLY
Baxter, British member of parliament.
Peace and the new order it will establish
will make possible the voluntary repatriation
of a certain number of refugees and the In.
evitable departure of those who have usurped
their homes.-Count Rene Doynel de Saint
Quentin, French ambassador to the United
States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Man bout
Manhattan
= By George Tucker

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Harry's is
a bar somewhere in New York
There is nothing to distinguish it
from hundreds of other bars
throughout the city. 1t is neither
better nor worse than any Of the
others. Highballs cost 40c. Sand
wiches cost Csc. The coffee is poor
There is an electric nickel-slot
phonograph which plays records.
The taste in ballads here runs te
cowboy laments. The tablecovers
and the napkins are blue and rec
checked. Nobody ever gets hurt lr
Harry's bar. Nothing ever hap
pens there, as the doctor in Grand
Hotel would say.
Several days ago a man came In
about 2 p. M, and had a couple Of
beers, He kept looking at his watch
Pretty soon a friend Joined him
and they had another beer. After
about ten minutes the friend said,
"This next n is on me-"
It'll only take a minute - here
two BEERS"
So they had their beers, and the
man got up and went away. He
had to 60 somewhere and meet his
kid.
I haven't the faintest idea who
he is. But I would recognize him
if I ever saw him again. He hao
a half-moon scar on his left cheek
and one of the fingers was miss
ing from his left hand.
Next morning in the tabloids the
picture IF a strangely familiar face
kept staring out Of page three. He
held the limp figure Of a child II
his arms. 1t was his kid" She hat
run out against the light, and e
truck got her.
In his new book, "a Smatterins
of Ignorance" Oscar Levant de-
votes a chapter to Harpo MARI
which is titled, Memories Of
Mute" In it Levant relates his ex
periences with Harpo and how HI
once gave the comic a ticket to
Gershwin concert after Harpo hae
attempted vainly to crash the sta
dunn. Harpo at once extended {
warm invitation to Levant to visit
him in Hollywood. When Oscar
finally decided to accept, Harpc
wired him that he had no room
Levant went anyway, but he an6
Harpo went for months without
speaking.
Not far from his office is a dis
play of old silver, some Of it from
the middle centuries. One item ii
particular that impresses is an an
cient teapot with a handle made
rom a stays antler. 1t came from
Sherwood forest. No one knows
the full history of the relic, but it
was in use a couple Of centuries
before the Revolutionary war. An
interesting paper could be written
on all the people whose finger.
prints have been momentarily re
corded on that beaten old silver!
I just happened to think. I
didn't get a single necktie for
Christmas.
Eggnog should be made we'll in
advance of serving - but then
wonder. I had an eggnog party re
Gently and IS people came. But
didn't have a chance to get at it
early. In fact, I got in around six
o'clock in the morning and started
in. After working hard 60 all day
and all night, try beating five
dozen eggs until they stand. The
people were to start arriving by
ten o'clock. I just got through in
time. There wasn't a single COM
plant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13

bert Lee Holden, Jr., with headQJaf'
tiers at Greenville, covering Beaufort
BERTHE, Camden, Carteret, ChowaN
Craven, Currituck, Dare, Edgeconbe
Gates, Green, Halifax, HertfoTd'
Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash
northampton, Pamlico, PasquotanN
Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washing
ton and Wilson counties.
District two: H. C. Ernst ana
Rodney Knowles, with headquarters
at Fayetteville, covering BIaden'
Brunswick, Columbus, CumberIan0'
Duplin. Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Mont
gomery, Moore, New Hanover, oEs'
low, Fender, Richmond, Robes0n'
Sampson Scotland and Wayne coDh
ties.
District three: w. D. HolonlaH
and Miss Iona Glidewell, headqua'
tiers in Raleigh, and inspecting !"
Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Gran
vile, Johnston, Orange, Person
Vance, Wake and Warren counties
District four: Frank Crane anu
M. Graham Miller, headquarters a'
Greensboro, and inspecting in Ai@'
nance, Caswell, Forsyth, Guili0ia'
Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and f"u'
kin counties. .
District five: W. G. Watson anu
s.. G. Harrington, at SallsouI'
working in Alexander, Cala"Oo'
Davidson, Davie, Iredell, Randolph
Rowan and Wilkes counties. :.
District six: Glenn Penland an
Thomas B. Tyson, at Char0''
working in Arson, Cabarrus' crew
land, Castor, Lincoln, MecklehON''
'tanly and Union counties.
District seven: G. w. King a~'
Zeno Wall, Jr., at AshevllIe' IL,
specting in Allegheny, Ashe, A'st"
Burke, Buncombe, Caldwell, me.
kee, Clay, Graham, Haywood az
derson, Jackson, Macon, MadIs'a
Mcdowell, Mitchell, Polk, Run"
ford Swain, Pennsylvania, Wata0''
and Yancey counties. ..a
Shuford said the inspectors WV"
start Systematic inspections lH~
dition to investigating comPi" "A
and that violations of the Ia" "VI
not be allowed to continue, e!
On account of ignorance, cal'.
ness or evasion, but prompt court
.nce will be required. We shaN M.
wait for someone to make a c'D
plant"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Travellers Aid Society
Plans To Meet Tuesda,

The annual meeting of the Travel
ers Aid Society will be held in the
offices of the chamber Of commerce
Tuesday afternoon at 5 O'Clock.
Officers for 1910 will be elected
and plans made for this year.
Present officers are: George
Rountree, Jr., president; Mrs. Her.
bert Bluethenthal, v~ice-president:
Harry Solomon, treasurer; Mrs. 70.
G. Stellings, recording-secretarv.
Miss Julia E. Yopp, executive secre-
tary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
T YSSR NEWS 10. w TE!;?
(By the AP Feature Service)

1. The man at the right was
named to the supreme court to
succeed the late Justice But
Ter. True or false?
2. What was the biggest sim
gle expense item recommended
by President Roosevelt in his
budget for the next fiscal year?
3. The United States has just
established diplomatic relations
with what nation?
4. Which of these paid S1O0
for his dinner January g.: %
Tommy Manville, (2) Jim Far.
ley, (3) Tom Girdler?
5. What European leader OBJ.
served that, mo nation in the
world is so vulnerable from
the air as the British island'?
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any correspondent I know of, will
probably accuse me of using his COL
umr for propaganda. But I am SIRE
OF n thing-that he will agree with
me that the creative workers of Hol-
yWood desire no higher title than
that of Honest Workman. Further.
more, they work hard enough to de
serve 1t. Believe me, our swimming
pools are not gold-plated. Most of
us don't even have one.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Thought From the Press

We would suggest that all presidential as
pirants get southern gals for front office greet
ers. These mid-western types. such as the one
in Taft's office, doubtless get all the letters
filed away without losing any, but it takes a
South Carolina or Kentucky chatterbox to
make you happy about waiting an hour for an
appointment,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. II. - Holly
wood is a city built upon legend. 1t
deals with legends, and it's citizens,
to the best Of their abilities, live
legends.
However, there is one legend which
has gained currency and authority
to the point where it directly affects
me, and thanks to the courtesy of
Robin Coons, I am going to do my
level best to d%isprove it. This is
the legend of Hollywood stars, di-
%rectors and writer's rolling about the
countryside in $4,000 limousines;
supporting a mountain home, a city
palace, and a beach cottage of %
rooms.
1t is not enough to simply say
that such a picture is false. The
only way hat the legend can be
shattered is to relate the routine
of n man. Since I am the only
man whose routine I know init
mately, I must beg you not to con
slider me egotistical if I use myself
as a case history representing hun
dreds of others.
l I'M a writer. You have prob.
ably never heard of me, not because
L don't work, not because I don't
produce a good many pictures, but
because you are not interested in
reading titles and the studios are
not interested in publicizing writer's.
AS a writer I must face the fact
that I will have a professional ca
reer in pictures lasting about IL
years. Four of those years have
already been spent. Hence I have
six years to go. I earn u salary
mally times that of a good worker
in most other instances. Since my
career is of such short duration, I
must necessarily be recompensed by
a much higher salary than the man
who lives next door to me who can
work a lifetime.
In order to carr this salary I am
awakened at seven a. m. by my
secretary and a cup of coffee. I die.
tate steadily until 9:15. Then a
quick shower, no breakfast, and
arrive at the studio at 10. Officially
my hours are from 10 to 5. Actual
ly l am at the studio many nights
until II and there have been a few
times when I spent the night there,
getting perhaps an hours sleep
before a Z o'clock rising. In a year
1 produce an average of six mo-
ton picture scripts, three original
motion picture stories, two maya
zine stories and one full-length novel.
The last novel, which you probably
didn't read, was Johnny Got His
Gun"
Don't get the impression that I
am complaining. I like my work
and as long as there's a job for me
l shall be in no other kind of work.
But I do seriously resent-along with
hundreds of other writer's, directors
and actors-being classed as a So
cial orchid, dining on nightingales'
tongues and slipping ambrosia at the
~Trocadero with SO beautiful chorus
girls until 3 o'clock every morning.
BY the time the industry has found
a fresher, younger talent to sup
plant my own, I hope to have enough
money to support myself, my wife
and my daughter in a modest style.
l must get that money in the next
six years.
b Coons, who knows more
J about Hollywood and it's ways than
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
ideal COED"

NEW BRITAIN, Conn.,, Jan.
l2-R-Almost any girl at the
connecticut Teachers college.
can be an ideal coed" in the
OPINION of the four faculty men,
Ders who were asked by the
school paper to give a word pic.
ture OF the perfect woman stu
dent.
she must be, they said:
l. A hearty eater,
Possessed of an I. @. of ITO
or better.
D. Taller than she is wide.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13

with them. If they can't perform the TASKS
he assigns them to-away with them. Deatn
is the only alternative to failure
This slaughtering of men he accuses OF
unfaithfulness vastly decreases the odos
against the Firms, as anyone but STAIN
would know. II he wants to win the war for
the Films, Finland won't complain.
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MA Service. he

6. What did the Dies com.
mittee report about John L.
Lewis and the Overwhelming
majority" of CLIO members?
!. What romantic news was
made by the girl at the left?
8. Who is Britain's new war
minister?
9. Rumania's King Carol said
his nation would fight "as
one living WALL" if what hap.
pened?
10. U. S. reciprocal trade ne
gotiations with what important
nation have broken down?
Each question counts 10; a
score of 60 is fair, 80 good.
(Answers on Classified Page)
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TOP o. THE

1t is OF the Lords mercies that zoe are not
consumed, because His compositions tail not.
They are neW every morning, great is His
tdithfMlness. LAMENTATIONS 3:2l, az
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Star-News Program

I. Shipydrds.
2, Increase of Port Facilities.
5, Adequate Hospital Facilities.
J. Annexation OF Suburbs.
5. DEVELOPMENT of Fort Caswe1l as
Health Resort.
6. Promotion of Coming Industry.
7. city Expansion Commission.
8. Junior College.
ACHIEVEMENTS WE HAVE
FAVORED
slum Clearance.
Free bridge across the Cape Fear
river over Highpdy 30.
FREQ couseway to Wrtghtsville Beach.
Recreation Centers.
Municipal Auditorium.
Preservation OF Old CITY md Thai
ian HaH.
Ctvtc Centre.
Organized industrial services for WI
mington.
Adequate school facilities for VIII
mtnoton and Ne1D Hdnover county.
1ruftic signals on streets OF Whining
ton.
Thirty.toot channel from Wilmington
to Southport bar.
Construction OF third lock and dam
between Wilmington n Fayetteville
on the upper Cape Fear rtver.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-13
Hollywood
Sights And Sounds
.bx Robin Cooas
BY DALTON TRUMBO

BY DALTON TRUMBO
(The scree Writer-"A Man to
Remember" give Came Back"
bill of Divorcement," etc.
takes up the cudgels in defense
of something - for mentioning
Robin Coons(.