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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
The Salvation Army

"A glance at what the Salvation Army has
done in Wilmington, in advance OF its forth
coming appeal for financial support, ought To
convince anyone that this organization IL
"orlhy OF the comnunity's libcrality.
Religious activities are revealed in the FOL-
loving figures: Open air meetings conducted
l"4; Indoor meetings held 1856; Meetings for
young people 2o4; Prison meetings held So; To.
tai meetings held 1886; Total attendance at all
meetingg 1925; Visits made to homcs e34
war Cry's sold 10000; and War cry's distri-
nuted in county prison 1923.
NO less impressive is the showing in welfare
work. Note the following Number
OF Translcnts assisted LIS; Number of lodz.
lngs given 2,231; Meals given 1893: Women
ana children assisted 1873; Families given
emergency relief 40; Garments given l.437.
PAIRS Of shoes given 1877; Christmas dinners
given $50, Baskets given 200; and Children re.
ceiving Christmas toys I'll.
Reaching many needy individuals and fan.
lies which are not eligible for aid from other
sources. the Salvation Army meets an ex.
ceptional need In this, as In all, communities
IL Is right to believe that when It's camnoipn
starts on October 20. the generous people Of
wilmington will dip into their reserves to see
that Its efficient, helpful work is not handi.
capped by lack OF the wherewithal to carry on.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
Address Important

7. I'll n. oe L.s u1.lI d-zt. boards are
:. ssza.ca All .ezlstrat.o1 tor military GER
,rcs -cey VIZ. Cc.o5er ls vii be here be-
te-s 1e realize l. Because Gsrs are 80 many
-G 10 IL Eg.=1 sa6 suca It.-e understanding
=. -l.es so-e-Lz ne drsH, i. Is appropriate
% no.e z: less. c.e II 1s requirements *aica
nigh. czuze 1.1ca trouble tor many drsf.ses-
-.ts r1-e !s c,oce1ed with Ire addresses Of
.es.st-aats.
TIE s~e,ec..Te service hoard has issoed q
xzrl.s 10 81 rea;strsntz frat thsy must
exercise TIE uprost care IN giving their ad-
c-ezsez Uaen reg.5er1g. When a drattse has
: aoce, tat sd6resz must 90 On the form.
yor n.s purpse Home" is tie place where
re yez.e..znt Ives WIEN regis.er-as. The rsa-
son for ta;s is that res!st,snts may receive
III no..cez Win the leas. possible delay.
Many persoas are employed In cities distant
from Gsir tsnily's place Of residence. il
II cls ssificstion, CT 10 appear Tor ply
seal examination, Or 70 report Tor Induction
the service we're gent 70 the family home.
Inc torwardias would involve loEs Of time
perhaps create confusion.
Il is 70 be remembered that registrantg
are under federal control as soon as their
names are listed, subject 10 the same rigid
discipline az enlisted soldiers. Any failure u
an order would NECESSARILY involve q
strict accounting if not actual punishment. Il
is necezEary therefore, that regiEtrants BE-
in quick Communication with their draft board,
and the easiest way to do this is 70 have
the address Of his employment on the records.
In the last draft many men we're listed as
'dodgerz' Only because they had overlooked
vice provision II is To be hoped that
none will be in line for censure this time for
the same reason.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
Beating The Censors

Because the German censors have little I'm.
Outstanding Of Anglo-American humor, appar.
ent compliments for the Nazis both In occu-
pied lands and in German prison camps are
being interpreted contrariwise by recipients OF
the letters containing them.
One expression, Tell it to Sweeney" which
has always connoted disbelief, has been put to
good use in u letter from Norway 70 friends in
Montreal. Said the letter: All is serene. In
fact, everything Is much better than it was
before the invasion. We have plenty of good
food. plenty of everything. Be sure to tell my
Cousin Sweeney" How the German censor
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
Rail Bonds In Demand

Last weeks offering Of q 81, 333, 900 railroad
refunding isgue attracted additional attention
70 the state Of the railroad bond market. Both
in point Of volume and in price advances, the
recent dealings in this sector have been i'm
pressive.
Action is all the more surprising, and pleas
ING, because railroad bonds, once the very
backbone of the domestic corporate bond list,
have been 60 long in relative disfavor. On
Friday no less than seven rail Issues traded
in volume Of more than 100 bonds each, the
largest being the turnover Of 312 B. & o. con-
v%ertiblcs. Others in the heavy demand IN
cluded D. & H. refundings, New York Central
refunding 4 l-2s, Pennsylvania general 4 l.2s
Of 1865 and 4 1-2s Of 1869 and Western Mary
land ~. 1t is evident from the companies In.
cludcd in this list, az well az those in a much
longer list Of rail bonds breaking into new
nigh ground TOR the year, that the current
of the railroad industry in general as on in
dividual company prospects.
There has been some talk recently OF some
second grade rails being far behind the general
market. Recognition that 1910 il likely To
prove the best rail earnings year in a decade
and that even better things may be in siybt
Tor 1871 gives some point To the move in rail
obligations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
Hollywood
Sights And Sounds
BY ROBIN COONS

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. eff they
ever pass around a gold-plated
doorstep for the "best-all-around'
director in town my nominee is
going to be Sam Wood.
A couple of years ago a fellow
and I argued about Wood. The fell
low said: Wood? He hasn't any
thing. Just a guy who can make a
good picture if he's got a good
script and a good producer. Yeah,
l know he made Goodbye, MIR
Chips How could anyone miss on
that?"
Well, after Chips" Sam made
Our Town." a picture not to be
forgotten soon. And then he
skipped over to something entirely
different, Rangers of Fortune"
swashbuckling sagebrush comedy.
He gave it distinction as enter
tainment, gave Fred MacMurray,
Gilbert Roland and Albert Decker
a boost, launched the career of lit
tie Betty Brewer. When a director
tackles three films as different as
this trio, and does a s%uperlative
job of each, l still say he's got
something.
Sans been at it more than %
years now, and variety is nothing
new for him. He's done frank no.
KUN, he's done comedy Including
the Marx brothers,, he's conquer
ed in artistic" fields as well.
So you needn't worry about what
he'll do to Kitty Foyle."
The Christopher Morley best sell
ing novel is in work. now, WITH
Ginger Rogers as Kitty and Dennis
Morgan as Wyn STAFFORD. And
Sam knows he has a problem: He
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07

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nyza zhz. eaose cSs1z wo-ds implied.
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.s oez. tai I've sve- eaten he '-o.s-
cz,t Tu ree -e brad E-1Ls CT te cs.soCs
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nd neEse.L Tel II m friends how
vel an b1z g=z.1 Tel ny pals IN tas
army. Tel ee@ Z re Ezvy. AooTs al. tel
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07

has to photograph the mind of a
girl"
Morley told his story with Kit
tvs thoughts, her view of tn e
events in her life from adolescence
to maturity. The technique is fine
on the printed page, if done by a
writer who knows what he's dolns,
but transferring that tc the screen
is something else again.
Sam Wood is a stickler for re-
tanning the flavor" of a book en-
trusted to him.
"A good book" he says, has a
definite flavor. It's a crime against
audiences to lose that flavor II
the course of making the picture.
When the flavor's lost, it's usually
because people fall bacl- on stocb
patterns and formulas, and ther
you see a great book transformed
into an ordinary picture"
Wood is a stickler for perfection
in each scene. The first, second
third takes may seem perfect
to the observer. but to a good d.
rector the same takes may haVs
flaws. He'll go on taking the scene
until the flaws are out. Wood calls
it keeping the flavor"
We're dealing in human
moods" he dexplains, land that
delicate stuff to handle. If it's mol
exactly right it's not convinclns
and if it isn't convincing it's NJ
good. If you accept a scene with
bugs in it. the willingness to ac'
cept it may mean the difference
between a mediocre picture and q
good one. You can't add up intans!'
bles, as you can numbers, and de-
pend on a correct answer. A scene
has to have the right feel
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
Star-News Program

C~onsol1a.e1 C4,yCoun.y Government
anAey Councfl- Mqnage, Admtntstraton.
PuIho PM Teymlnals.
PERFECTED Truck and Berry Pressro4n9
mn Ma1kettng Fqctlttes.
Ayena fW Eporn and 1ndustrtal
GhoUs.
Esastde Htghuay tram Wrtghtsvtle
Eeqch To End Head Ishnd.
Extenston Of GUY L4mtt,.
c1-Foot Cape Fe1y R11e7 channel. u4d
U Turning Eaatn. NTH shtp lanes into
industrial st,es alrmg Eastern bank
south o1 Wilmington.
O1ton Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Produo-
hon through sustatned- yaeld methods
throughout Eouthe1ste1n North Carolina
United Industrtal and Reso1t Pro
m%ottonal Agency. supported by one
Countrywide tar.
Ehtpyayds and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Eoutheastern
North Carolina, Developed around the
Community Hosp1tal.
Adequate hospital 1act1tAes to1 whttes.
Juntor High EchooL
Tobacco Warehouse TOR Ezport Buyers.
Development Of nattre grape 0roudng
throughout southeastern Novth Carolina.
Modern Tubeyculosts EanatG7lum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
Home OF Lindbergh OFF
Brittany Coast Taken
Over By German Troops

BERLIN. Oct. 6.-R-The home
OF Col. Charles A. Lindbergh on
Iliec island off the French Brit
tany coast is occupied by German
troops, and the Lindberghs' dining
room is now a guardroom, a Ger
man soldier disclosed :oday.
The :oldier said his comrades
found a picture Of Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering on a
small table in the come. Of the
room. The photograph in,
scribed: ITO Colonel Lindbergh in
friendly remembrance of a visit
to Berlin in 1885," and was signed
Hermann Goering."
The island was described by the
soldier as "a lonely post reach
able only at ebbtide and surround
ed by rocks and the sea
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
Man About
Manhattan
Ry GEORGE TICKER
BY GEORGE TUCKER

SAN JUAN, P. R. Young Puer-
to Rican bloods squirting their girls
to the movies this week have a
treat in store. They're seeing
10 Que FL Viento Sc Llevo,,n
which in the U. S. means Gone
With the Wind. . L can't gei
over the way the big liners dock
themselves in the San Juan mar
Dor. . The treacherous currents
and cross-tides of New York would
be suicidal without a bevy Of low
lying foghorn-voiced tugs.
Ships here dock in the exact
spot where the old Spanish gal
Icons formerly came to rest un-
der the protection of El Morro's
guns.
That stately old gentleman in
the baggy linen and the panama
hat strolling leisurely across Con-
dado drive is don -'anuel Con
zales, reputed one of the wealth.
lest men on the Island. They say
he owns at least a quarter of the
real estate here. He first came to
Puerto Rico on a cattle boat, gain
ing his start by selling beef dur
ing the American occupation in
1898.
Those song writer's who pine for
the swallows of Capistrano should
figure out a tune to fit the crabs
on Mona Island, 40 miles off the
west coast of Puerto Rico. Every
year, without fail, on July 20 they
come out of their caves and wad-
die down to the beach. From dawn
until dusk they amble about ex-
changing their old shells for new
ones. Then they waddle back. This
phenomenon of nature occurs as
regularly as Christmas. No one is
able to explain why.
All the ancient records of the
Spanish governors, kept in dusty
archives since the early 10th cen
fury, are being translated into
English by the w. P. A. This should
be a bonanza for historians and
authors of historical novels.
Here's an odd thing about crime
in Puerto Rico. Convictions on
counts of first degree murder are
almost unknown. Manslaughter.
sure, but almost nobody can re-
member when the death penalty
was imposed for murder. Explana.
ton: Puerto Ricans are emotion
ally very excitable. If they kill
you, they do it in sudden anger.
There is very seldom any evidence
Of generalization. /
Something to make note of is
the holiday excitement at the docks
each Monday when the incoming
liners from New York arrive.
Puerto Ricans greeting their loved
ones are a spectacle not easily
Scenes of farewell on
Thursday, when the ships depart,
are poignant in the extreme. J
have seldom witnessed such mass
displays Of grief. Fathers literally
nave to tear mothers from the
arms OF sons and daughters who
are sailing for their education in
the United States.
from a souvenir point of view,
n OF the Islands best buys is
n handmade throw rugs, fash.
Toned from string and old sugar
They sell for a dollar eacn
ana come in bright blue, red and
white. In the New York stores
they retail at $4.95.
interesting is the story of vir
glllo Raben, who is freight sole;
tor o a steamship line in Sar
Juan. During his off moments
sings opera. . You can f;n5
ms recordings under Victor
"-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07

Ne" World were just that - colonies; and should be
delighted TO take orders from the Mother Country.
1t didn't take the king and his ministers long to
find out, even at this early stage OF American history,
that Americans don't like to take orders. And the
kings successors realized that the Americans were
right, and so they had a social revolution of their own
and made their country every bit as democratic az
their late colonies were.
But most of the other countries in the Old World
weren't as clever. Feudalism was still the order, so
those who were being oppressed turned to the west.
They crossed the ocean by sail and by steam and they
came to America where opportunity and the right
to work existed, and We're recognized. And America
grew founded on a belief in freedom.
Now Americans are, without doubt, the most gen
erous and idealistic people in the world. We hear of
an earthquake, a famine, a flood somewhere, and i'm
mediately We jump to the rescue. 1t isn't because we're
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
New British Cabinet

IL IS no secret that Hitler has been wishing
Tor a different British government. He wants
one willing to listen to reason" one that
WI" give up the struggle he says is hopeless.
one that will make peace on his terms.
This revamped Churchill cabinet is no
nearer his specifications than the one that
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07

So darn wealthy; JUS al We PRIDE OURSELVES OF bemg unanItaEa
70 that Why backs get up when We see what is happening abrcit
we firmly believe that such suffering is needless, We firmly believe that
W e have baslcaIy the right form Of government. We firmly believe i,
and we'll just as firmly defend our belief
There's a revolution going On in Europe - a negative one - and tie
outcome will near either a reversal to feudaism Or a continuance of our
way Of life. America is for the status quo of democratic principles.
That is the American Ease. These are the tenets by which we live.
THESE are the props that w refuse to have pulled out from under US
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1910
TOP u THE M rNING

M Lord In ncar.
/ ClnnOt zee Hin tQce,
Bnt rent mn NOYk mn nun
Ami HMM that He is neaY
Jh70ugh euery night mn day.
He gutdea mn MDughts,
Amd hcN1s me When / DYay
Nm LoYd Ia mcaY.
ELIZABETH EHIELL
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
Quotations

II my countrymen are determined to win
freedom, l am confident freedom will touch
our feet within = short time.-Mohandas K.
Gandhi, Of Indlar
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07

The first y. S. naval radio station
was located at Navesink NJ
and was built in 1909
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07

Sale of sporting arm and am
munition in the United States Is
the largest of any country n the
WORLD
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07

Katharine Brush Sums Up
The American Case, Based
On A Belief In Freedom

Last 81 q articles on Our Country terit-sn ezcI25ivsly +r
NEA Service and The WiImingt on Morning star b. :is nations
most famous authors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-07
By KATHARINE BRUSH
Author of Young Man OF Manhattan" Other Women" This Is
on Me" etc,

m Ne, eC.
Not $ very long ago. q few people in this country Of ours decide TO
have a reEsluli5n. For one thing, they were fed up with some things that
a denented old man al the head Of some lazy ard setimcortarr ministers
wanted to 90 to their pocketoooEs, and they were also sore al the way HI
a going about it. The policy followed Was that the IS colonies in the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-04
:: SOCIETY =:
Mr. And Mrs. A. B. Curry Celebrate
Their Golden Wedding Anniversary

Fifty years of married life
were fittingly recalled and cele-
brated by Mr.. and Mrs. A. B.
Curry, 321 Peacon Lane, Monday
afternoon. A golden wedding an
niversary party had been ar
ranged and carried out to sue
cessful elimination by their chill
dren and in-laWS.
Pleasant memories and almost
forgotten incidents of their past
lives were reviewed by the old
folks, who are products of a
hardy generation that is fast
ceasing to exist in Key West.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curry are the
parents of eight living children.
All were present at the mo-
mentous occasion Monday, except
one, Archie Curry, who is now
residing in New Jersey.
Merrymaking was INDUCED in
by the descendants, including
their children's children. All
wished them many happy re-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-04

turns on the anniversary and ex-
pressed a hope that there will be
many more in the future.
Delicious refreshments were
served.
The guests of honor were pre-
sented, with a beautiful and use
full gift by their children.
Present were: c. P. Curry, son,
and Mrs. Curry; H. D. Bush and
Mrs. Bush, daughter; Mrs. ]. B.
Albury. daughter; J. G. Sweeting
and Mrs. Sweeting, daughter; A.
Delgado and Mrs. Delgado,
daughter; Robert E. and Charles
B. Curry, sons; sister of Mr..
Curry and maid of honor at their
wedding, Mrs. Harriet Levin, and
the following grandchildren,
Glorina Emma, Rose Elizabeth,
Esther Margaret and Brenda
Joyce Curry, John Kenneth and
Charles Percy Curry. Jr., Gail
Elinor and Roger Wayne Sweet
ing, and Bradford Albury.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-04
MAN DEFEATS NATURE,
YELLOWSTONE CLAIMS
(By Associated Pressl

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL
PARK, Sept. 4.-Getting geysers
to perform is matter of bal
ancing water.
Daisy geyser, which should
erupt every 30 to los minutes,
recently failed to spout.
Naturalist George Marler was
called. He discovered that Bril-
liant pool, near Daisy, was over
flowing.
He constructed a small dixie
around Brilliant, raised the level
two inches and soon Daisy shot
a spout high into the air.
Marler concluded that water
in underground channels that
connect the pool and geyser
probably had become ''unbal-
anced", but all that was needed
TO restore order was the added
pressure from the extra two
inches of water.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-04

f4E Gd404G 0G4N4~ W4&4G4
tice bombing attacks. Secret tests
by the American air service, for
instance, have convinced authori-
ties that thermite bombing is cap
able of destroying any big city,
and a single big raid might be
enough. Maybe two hundred
planes, or less.
A city can be levelled by fire,
because the present war and pre-
! viouS wars have demonstrated
that air raids cannot be stopped.
There is no defense againt big
squadro1s of airplanes. Some of
them are bound to reach their
detectives, no matter what the
defending force does.
Will Bring Retaliation
The first great raid with Their
mite, of course, will bring retalia-
tion-with thermite. That's the
question mark of the coming air
war. Nobody knows what will
happen after it starts.
Will the people of either Eng
land or Germany rise up, over
throw the government, force a
peace at any price to prevent
further destruction?
Both MesSrs. Hitler and
Churchill would like to know the
answer to that one. They'd give
their right arms for it, for then
they'd know whether to start an
. "all-out" air war.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-04
A HEAP O. LIVIN'
(By Associated Press)

ANACONDA, Mont, Sept. A.
The ages of the three sisters and
two brothers of the Spencer fam
lily add up to 1872 years and 10
months.
The average age of the five
Spencer children" is 1876 years.
Youngest is Mary Spencer of
Oberlin, Ohio, 20. Oldest is Mrs.
Iva Hudson of Liberty Center,
Ohio, 86.
The others are Milton Spencer
of Anaconda; Christina Spencer
of Liberty Center, and E. H.
Spencer of Ashland. Ohio.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-04
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VISITORS ENJOYED
FISHING LABOR DAY

A party of visitors and
Key Westers Monday went
out aboard a local charter
boat and returned TO port in
the afternoon loaded down
with a large catch of the
many varieties found in the
surrounding waters.
The anglers fished the
Gulf Stream. landing several
good sized barracudas, NUT
tonfish. Yellowtails. snappers
and other varieties.
In the party were DR.. and
Mrs. Hello Cobo and Dr.. w.
F. Cross and family. all of
Miami: DR.. cobo's brother
in-law of Atlanta Ga: John
Cobo of Key West and . num-
Der of other local relatives.
The out-of-towners iourn-
eyed TO this city 10 spend La
Dor Day with relatives and
friends here. All report hav-
ing a wonderful time On the
outing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-04
GREAT LOVE FOR ONE
ANOTHER, NO DOUBT
6By Associated Press)

TULSA. Okla. Sept. g.
The registrar questioning an
s5-Year-old woman who
wanted a birth certificate for
her 65-Year-old SON. discover
cred a situation that should
set a record for neighborli-
ness.
The registrar suggested the
woman obtain the signature
of a non-relative who knew
of the birth. and who knows
the SON.
That's easy. said she.
My next door neighbor iv-
ed next door 10 me when he
was a sittin' baby in Mis-
souri, and she's lived next
door 10 me here for 80 years.
In fact during the last SO
years we haven't lived more
than a stones throw apart.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-04
TEXAS ORDINATION
A FAMILY AFFAIR
By Associated Press)

HOUSTON, Tex, Sept. A
Three generations of one family
father, son and two grand
sons-participated in a unique
ordination ceremony here.
The ministerial candidate was
H. F. Anders, Jr.. ordained in
Zion Lutheran church. His father
was in charge of the ceremony,
with his grandfather, the Rev.
Thee Anders, assisting.
Young Anders' brother, the
Rev. Willard Anders, preached
the sermon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-04
Miamiians Left
For Homes

Mr.. and Mrs. H D. Bush, ac-
companied by Mrs. ]. B. Albury
and son, Bradford, left Monday
night for their homes in Miami
after a brief period in Key West.
The Miamians journeyed to
this city over last weekend to
join in the celebration of MIR. and
Mrs. A. B. Curry's golden wed
ding anniversary, an account of
which appears elsewhere on this
page.