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ant she takes care ol lem just
as they would be looked after in
their good Chicago homes.
Each girl is assigned a weight
beyond which she must not go on
pain Of a fine. Weigh-in day is
Thursday. The girls c~n eat all
they please and what they please
during the week, but come Thurs
day they must be on lie scales at
the prescribed weight. When any
girl protests about a >enalty for a
mere three or four pounds, Miss
Abbott hands the rebel a four
pound sack of sugar and COM
mands, Nov let me see you do
an aerial carrying this sack" Gan
'aeriaI' is a terpsichorean stunt,
like a handspring dom without
touching hands to floor. You must
try it some time, heb, heh!)
Many of the girls have been in
the Abbott school in Chicago since
childhood, There's Jean Guest,
WHO '/dS IOuT WHEN -Slle 6IlIOlleQ,
and Valerie Thon, who was seven.
Aside from the salaries they earn,
they get travel. Miss Abbott has
taken trcu>es to Europe and South
America and had them in several
Broadway plays.
She herself used to be a kinder
garten teacher, with a suppressed
desire for the dance. Her parents
thought no decent girl went on the
stage. By the time Miss Abbott
declared her independence she
thought it was too late for her to
dance professionally so she did the
next best thing-took up dance in
%struction.
She still dances, though not all
the acrobatic, aerial, ballet and
ballroom steps her pupils under
take.
But l can still do a split" she
chuckles, land at Al that's pretty
2oon'" n !
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fellows was hot about something.
At first it was hard for Bill to get
the drift of it but when he did he
jumped up quick enough. Some
mean-looking strangers had land
ed. an airplane on the flat meadow
that's part of the Wilson farm. The
foreigners had got out of their
plane and begun to act nasty. and
pretty soon Bill could tell that
they meant business. The radio
pretty soon Bill could tell that
they meant business. The radio
man said they had killed off most
of the state police that had showed
up, and the governor was calling
the militia.
Bill didn't hesitate after that.
Jim Anderson and that nice wife of
MS lived up on the Wilson farm.
So did the Wyatt Fenitys and their
two bright kids. Bill went out to
tne Woodshed and took down his
shotgun. When he c a back
through the house he opened the
pantry cupboard, found a couple of
boxes OF shells, and stuffed them
IN his pants pockets. Then he
went out the back door and started
across the fields toward the Wilson
farm.
A lot of folks made fun of Bill
next day. They laughed at him
having been taken in by a play.
actor pretending to be a news.
broadcaster. But Bill Dock has
been n of my heroes ever since
That October night. 1 couple his
name in my memory with that of
Jonathan Harrington and for a
good reason.
jonathan was also asleep one
night when he heard an excited
voice on the air. It said a thousand
foreign soldiers we're marching
down the road to town, and Jona-
got up and took his musket
and walked out to the village green
where he found John Parker. Bob
Monroe, Sam Hadley, Ike Muzzy
and more of his neighbors. A fe
hours later Jonathan (who was
much younger then than Bill Dock
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-11
Hollywood Sights And Sounds

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 10. - The
girls in the blue flannel shorts and
neat striped sweaters were going
through a dance number.
A dance number is what their
mentor, Miss Merriel Abbott,
called it. 1t looked to me like a
routine designed for slightly mad
persons who wish to knock them
selves out spectacularly. The girls,
nine of 'em, were doing a conga
affair embellished by splits and
'aerias" and other c%ontortions
and when they landed resounding-
ly on the floor, all together, it
hurt. Me, not them. They just
bounced up and kept on dancing.
You've seen them before. these
Merriel Abbott Dancers, in h e
Jack Benny movies. You'll see
them again in the Benny-Fred AL
len piece, Love Thy Neighbour"
wherein this conga number will be
one of their specialties.
The Abbott Dancers don't have
to dance. They're taught dancing
by a woman who doesn't have to
teach dancing, either. They dance,
and Miss Abbott teaches dancing,
because the whole she-bang Just
plain likes dancing.
MY girls-I mean most of them
could live at home very com.
fortably without working" says
Miss Abbott, a nice-looking matron-
ly type with steel-gray hair. MY
husband is a successful orthopedic
surgeon in Chicago. So there's
really no reason for our working
except that we all love it. I've
thought of giving it up, but I can't
Like it too much"
@
Miss Abbott is the touring .fos-
ter-mother" of all the girls. whose
ages range from IS to 81. She
knows every boy who dates" each
81. She knows where they're &C.
ing and what time they'll be in.
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COUNTRY
Old Bill Dock---And Why,
Like Jonathan Harrinqton,
HesAHero ToCarlCarmer

Second OF "a articles on sour co NntTy," aritten exclusively for
NEA Service and The Wilmington Morning Star by the nations most
famous authors.
BY CARL GARNER
Author of deep South" "Stars Fell on Alabama" "The Hudson" ETC.
"Tbe Wilson Farm at Growers Mill was mistaken for the Will
muth farm Of the play. Two OF the three tenant families on
the farm were at home when the false alarm spread. MIR. and
Mrs. James Anderson switched over to Orson Wenes pro-
gram and heard the bulletins On what was happening right
in tkeir own back yard Mr.. and Mrs. Wyatt FenIy and
their two children, who also live on the farm, were in bed
asleep William Dock, 76-year-old resident of Growers Mill,
heard it and got out his shot gun"
From the New York Herald. Tribune for Oct. 8, 1881.
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Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under Council Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected TrucE and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highgay from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear Riper channel, .oid,
En- Turning Basin, 1oith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south of Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc.
ton through sustained yield method.
throughout Southeastern North Carolina
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency. supported By one
countrywide tas.
~Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital facilities for ,ohites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape groapino
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sanatortunh.
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was on the night he set out Tor me
Wilson farm craWled back nome
across the grass with a bullet IN
his belly. He reached his steps
and died just as his wife came oi
of the door.
Now the point that I'd like 10
make is that none of Jonathan hal,
rington's companions OF the falel-
morning on Lexington vlllaY
green ever attested that Jona'nsl
had said to the man VINO I'D.
walked him: 'Mr. Revere, TINS y
obvious propaganda on the pafI VI
imperialistic moneygrubberS wap
would sacrifice my life on me d.
tar of self interest
And as for Bill Dock there is 10
record of his having said, when d..
started out to help Jim Anders4
on the Wilson farm, that jim 5 s
cestors had established a grew,
empire that was no better tnan =
should be, and therefore Jim eO .~
fend for himself. We know ny4
what Bill did that he said nola.' '
to himself. Perhaps the man ns
ing Bill had was that the KIM "
life he lived-work that ne llkeu =
the sun and talk by night pew,
the stove, trading ideas on rlll, HUM,
the government with jim Aho sl.r.
and Wyatt Fenity was e an"Ii
gered by men who, if they .vT
would tell him what ne s INV.
work at and what he shoulunt
and who wouldn't let MIN sp'"
his mind any more. Inn.
I'm not saying that Bill anu ..;hls
athan did the wisest thing poS Tssv
under the circumstances l's.t
had no experts to tell them I ns,t
to do, and so they just did he .,a',ld
they could. Perhaps they " tSsy
have acted more wisely h hmi.
nad considered sending beef or Dm,
lets to help their neighbors e''sbt
thmselfes. That question ooSi IN
to be left to men OF experience
such things. .ld m
But Bill Dock told the "oit Nairi.
that autumn evening that lhe Ines.
If Jonathan Harrington sun ri
In an age of the queStlonul65 Hack
most accepted values BIN .,aS,es
proved there are certain d
hat are not questioned by ntsD N
good will-the values OF nosn
and a free oenlo i
life.
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Guard To Mobilize

Adjutant General j. Van B. Nets order mo-
olilzlng the North Carolina National Guard at
its home stations on September 16, prepara-
tory to encamping for a years training. brings
to Wilmington the first direct effect of the ma.
tlonal defense program. At the same time it
sors a variety of emotions, according to the
individual RELATIONSHIP to the order.
Among the men Sui on1oned to service. it is
1alr TO DeheVe that the reaction is a feeling OF
honor. No militiaman who has worn his mill.
tary uniform and shouldered his gun in times
OF unquestioned peace can fail to thrill at the
thought that he is to perform valuable service
'When the nations peace is threatened. Par
ents naturally, will feel the honor, too, but it
will be tinged with foreboding. They may take
comfort in the thought that by yielding up
their sons now they are doing their bit to keen
war from our shores, for it is in preparedness
Tor war that our national hope of avoidance of
war lies. Nevertheless, the handkerchiefs they
wave at their departing SOM will not be devoid
of tears.
The business community Of Wilmington will
be proud to send the boys on their way to
camp with an earnest God-speed. It is pener.
ally understood that employers are to save the
positions their g~uard-employes leave for them
when they return. There should be no excep.
ton to this rule. Surely the boy who willingly
goes into training to be ready to preserve his
employers business from a foreign foe is en-
titled to his employers favor, at least to the
extent of having his job back when the emery
ency passes. If Wilmington business houses
declare a moratorium on g~uardsmen's debts.
contracted in honorable transactions, they will
further fulfill their obvious duty. Clubs have
already relieved their guardsmen members of
obligations for dues and other assessments,
Private business should do no less.
With the National Guard gone, the American
Legion and other veteran organizations must
take over as a home guard. The job can be
the better done if all able-bodied veterans are
mustered in. The Legion is in the midst of a
membership campaign, that it may be fitted
to meat its obligations with par performance.
If the non-member' veterans have a proper
sense Of their duty, they will see that the VIII
mington posts roster is 100 per cent complete
the day the National Guard entrains for camp.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-11
Man About
Manhattan
Bv George Tucker

NEW YORK Sept. 81 When
Andy Anderson got ready to write
that murder novel Of his, Kill
One. Kill Two" he went lack to
the Blue Ridge section Of his boy
hood North Carolina for a back
drop. In the book there is a noun
tain on which, at various times,
mysterious lights appear. There is
a legend among the Indians
who inhabit the region that these
lights mean death. When they ap-
pear, someone is certain to die.
We asked Andy if there really
is such a mountain in North Caro-
lima.
Eyes, SIR" he replied, lin the
Linville section, Asheville.
Only, we call it Brown noun
tain. I've heard about the Brown
mountain lights all my life"
Ibid you ever see them, Andy?
Don't lie now"
NO." he admitted, II never did.
But I know plenty of people who
have. The government even has
Investigated them. And a number
of scientists in the south have
made studies of them. They're
some sort of phenomena, but they
don't really mean that somebody
is going to die. Sometimes there's
lust one light; and sometimes
they come in clusters. It's a very
funny thing"
Funny isn't the word for it. If
you know any mystery writers,
you'll know what I mean by
that. Take Andy, for instance.
Here is a tall (well over six feet).
extraordinarily thin young mar
with prematurely grey hair. He
speaks with a softly flowing North
Carolina drawl. He has knocked
about the south, middle west, and
the metropolitan district as a
newspaperman for twenty years.
This is his first book.
Il wrote most of it in an apart.
ment on 14th street between 5th
avenue and Union Square, and if
you don't think that is a peculiar
environment for a murder mys.
terry you don't know what it means
to hear Communist brawls,
shills screaming insults at taxi
drivers, and %shoestring statesmen
squabbling with the cops. It's
Coney Island and Helps Kitchen
wrapped around Sugar Hill, with
a blob of the Bowery thrown in.
Finally 1 went out to Jackson
Heights and finished the thing in
comparative peace. But nobody
wanted it. One night we ran out
of tally sheets during a hot bridge
game and I kicked over the man.
uscript, looking for some extra
paper. Sitting in the game was a
literary agent. He said, What is
that thing?" Which was a super
lative question, as anybody who
has ever seen a manuscript can
tell one a mile. The upshot of this
was he took the manuscript.
Twenty-four hours later it had
been submitted, and accepted"
We also asked Andy if he, him
self, was a mystery novel
fan. II eat 'em up" he admitted.
I've read a thousand of the
things. They get you. All great
men read mystery stories-Win-
ston Churchill, President Roose-
welt, Henry Ford. D.. Don't your"
We told him that, strange as it
may seem, we eve had read an
out-and-out modern mystery nov
ell, but that, come midnight, we
were a cinch to get started on the
right track, as a copy, neatly au-
tographed, of Kill One, Kill Two
was even then under our arm and
we were all set to get going. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-11
WILL OPEN BRIDGE

WINSTON-SALEM, Sept. 10.-R
"A new temporary bridge over
the Yadkin River between Winston
Salem and Mocksville, erected to
replace one washed out in the
flood last month, will be opened
to traffic at noon tomorrow, state
highway officials announced to-
day. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-11

vest-time and the
beginning of win
ter. Bill ate his
supper and rest
ed easy by the
radio. He was
listening to some
music when he
doZed off. When
you're rs it's
easy to fall
asleep.
Bill couldn't
have slept very
long before an
excited e
walked him. One
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-11

According to reports, the i Eu en-.
Ministry of Transport r,s io dp.
forces a rule that no lodu, oe
Guiding war materials n ,sso y
carried by road for more
mil~A
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-11

Fighting among oursels de-.
one proof that we are nV coin.
generate, writes Jonh mi,
heck in the next article OF "'
series on "Our Country.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-11

Old BIZ DOCK had had a pretty.
hard day for late fall.
There's a lot to do at Growers
Mill in middle Jersey between har-
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TOP o. THE MORNING

EUery noble work Is at first impossible.
CARLYLE
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"E.lp.0NAGE AGENT"
(fpEplNG SUNDAY AT
COLISEUM THEATRE

Espionage Agent" the new War
ter 4-.cs. picture starring Joel Nc
Crta ard Brenda Marshall, which
eeas. at the Coliseum Theatre Sun
lay, is 9 powerful and sensational
irana CT the unknown guardians
II Amenca's peace during historys
NEST dangerous days. .,.,
With almoses magical prescienee
fhe new picture, WHICH was finished
'ustl before the outbreak Of the war
N Europe f9resaw the very situa-
tion which exists today, and it WV
IDLY depicts the danger tc the ma
ticl which can be present even
while the United States remains
NEUTRAL in a warning world.
1t recalls the terribly destructive
campaign CT sabotage waged in this
country even before thn vTnite5
States went into the World War of
1sl4l918, and it warns the nation
that steps should be taken to make
the government capable OF coping
with the forces which may be, and
probably are, engaged today in
planning again the same sort of in
dustrial destruction throughout the
nation.
Playing for the last times tonight
is the double bill THE Man Who
Dared and Crashing Thru"
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AUXILIARY CITY
HALL SUGGESTED
TO C0UNCILMEN
Harold Foss Submits Plan
for Equipment, Library
Building Here

A proposal for construction of an
auxiliary City Hall on the vacant lot
at the rear of the present building
was submitted at last nights City
Council meeting by Harold Foss,
architect, who on his own volition
drew plans for the $18,500 structure
The building would be used TO
house Street Department equipment
on the ground floor and to provide
library on the second floor.
Councilmen took under advise
ment a suggestion by Foss that they
apply for a WPA grant to construct
the building.
A petition from 10 taxpayers on
West Tenth Street asking a wooden
sidewalk from E Street to the bridge
was read.
The Council took note of letter
from the American Legion Post
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Lew AYRE5 INrEfIi
DR.. KILDARE"
DRAMA SUNDAY
Lionel Barrymore Featur
ed in New Film al
Capitol Theatre

"The Secret of DR. Kildare.
with Lew Ayres and Lionel Barry
more, flashes on the screen at
rapid pace at the Capitol Theatre,
starting Sunday. The scientific de-
tective romance in which Ayres, as
Dr. Kildare, employs detective
work to solve the weird terror Of
a beautiful heiress, guided by Lio-
mel Barrymore as the veteran DR.
Gillespie, is the third in the popu-
lar series.
Ayres is convincing and often
gripping, Barrymore is as usual,
compelling, and in several Sc
quences, such as the craps" game,
reveals new flair for comedy
Helen Gilberts fragile beauty fits
the role of the mystery patient"
and LARAMIE Day is again the
young Doctors nurse-sweatheart
Harold S. Bucquet directed with
deft skill.
Principals include Lionel Anvil,
Nat Pendleton, Sara Haden, Sam
uel S. Kinds, Emma Dunn, Walter
kingsford, Grant Mitchell Anna
Kruger and Robert Kent.
Medical marvels of today includ-
ing the latest in scientific appa-
ratus and Sulfapyradine, medicines
new miracle drug" are used as
inciGhntals to the main mystery
plot. Effective photography by Al
Gilks and clever musical score
by Edward Ward embellish the
fast-moving detective tale.
Ending tonight is the double bill
The Lone Wolf Strikes" and
Should Husbands Work."
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Thanksgiving ;.
November II
In Territory

Alaska will observe Thanksgiving
on November 21-the date pro-
claimed by President Roosevelt
no matter what your calendar may
say. it was announced today by
tke office Of Gov. Ernest Gruen-
ing
Almost all States are this year
observing the earlier Thanksgiv-
ing. Many calendars. however
chew November 20 to be the holi-
day
I he President advanced the date
from the traditional last Thurs
day in November at the request OF
hus ness men who, caid an earlier
Thanksgiving would give them
Letter ana longer Christmas sales
season.
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WEDDING BELLS
RING, FAIRBANKS

Three weddings recently took
place at Fairbanks.
At a candlelight ceremony, Miss
Dorothy Heath, graduate of the
Fairbanks High School and recent
member of the office staff of the
Northern Commercial Company
and Jennings Robert Johnson, air.
pane meclanic with the Fairbanks
Aircraft Company, were married by
the Rev. II. Roland Armstrong, OF
The Presbyterian Church at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. w Heath
Hedwig Hildegt rd Wachull and
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Robert charles dinner, we're also

Robert Charles Dinner, were also
married by the Rev. Armstrong
IN the manse Of the Presbyterian
Church. The bridegroom is engaged
N the trucking business at Fair
banks. ~
In ST. Matt hews Episcopal
Church, Edith Anna Jeppsson and
Arthur j. Erickson were united in
marriage by the Rev. Elsom FL
bridge.
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PERCY'S CAFE
X II "
At pERCY'S CAFE
Breakfast Dinner or Light
Llinches
ssDEEI0lot)s FOOD
. FOUNTAIN 9EnvICE
. hEfnEBl1k El138

ed ready you = this " there and
burn up" re-
Edgar did typical impressive walked
words that effect which had best not
carried here. fffs feFs iYt.esSsse sra sAaSz
In musicyce leaders nocking to roosts
Hollywood Kay for You'll Find Out" and
Arie Shaw Chorus" with Astaie Paulette
Roger ilamour for Sale with Anita
Louise of touring forever be
Soten Charles Buddy Rogers has movie
prospect bonnie Baker, dropped
talk their musical, sYOnre the One" And
nothing Of Astaire who Second Chorus leads
apdancng Albert Dekke who is to play
leading You're Nse Aa
this late date still rhapsodi2e
qualities during early New York
WITT "A marvellous Never asked for
she did. always paid her
the nail When had money!" Isn't there somewhere
in that tip Tor the Barrymore he
made The Great Profne?"
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Starting at $50 o'clock, the affair

Starting at $3.50 o'clock. the affair
featured dancing. entertainment and
refreshments. During the evening
Miss Lenore Kaufman sang sew
eral selections and clarinet solo
was given by Gilbert Monroe. APP
proximately eighty students attend
cd the festivities.
Miss Phyllis Poulin, class advisor,
and Lee Lucas, class president, were
in charge of arrangements. Enter
tainment was arranged by Jim
Glasse and Miss Betty Kemmer
headed the refreshment committee.
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THREE RURAL
SCHOOLS OPEN
IN TERRITORY
Myers Chuck, Larsen Bay,
KataIIa Added-TotaI
Becomes s.

Three new Territorial schools OPP
ened this semester, making the total
now SO rural schools and Is city
schools, Territorial Commissioner of
Education Anthony E. Karnes, an
nounced today.
The new rural schools are at
Myers Chuck, Larsen Bay Oyak)
and Katalla The Katalla school
was reopened this fall after being
closed for three years.
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Hollywood Slghb And Sourd5


HOLLYWOOD, CAL, Sept 28.I suspected it before.
but Edgar Kennedy really burning Slowly. usual, but
surely.
Edgar sitting the sideines of The Quarterback
burning lonely unnoticed briance and he talking
Nobody could the burn All the ordinary
nedy plain that above it,
the growing badness which as familiar as the face
You know, Edgar began when do that burn I'm really
burning get sick of their making do it."
DESIRE hope escape gesture
which made him famous that apping himself the brow and
wpng evaporation, hcavies burn
differently They
they moustachios Edgar, here
toupee.
Wei how'd the SLOW burn stuff start Pagiacc?
way: He'd looking movie jobs asking
asking offices all he'd heard Nothing to-
day" He that he burned He slapped
his brow wiped his face slowly shook with helpless
the said do that picture and well
something srre!'
1t did get him something, job Keystone Kop and
chance SLOW burn from that time
hat point IN Edgars a SET
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League
Has Skating Party

Thirty-three members Of the Ep-
worth League gathered for a skating
PARTY last night at the Douglas
rink and later enjoyed refreshments
in the social rooms of the Methodist
Church in Juneau. Misses Hazel
Fields and Gloria White were most
eSses.
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ALIENS REGISTERING

About so aliens residing in the
Fairbanks district have already
registered at the Post Office More
than half of the registrants are
men. No children have yet regis
tered.
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SENIOR CLASS
MIXER EVENT
LAST NIGHT

In compliment to the freshmen
class, seniors of the Juneau High
School were hosts last night with a
mixer in the gymnasium of the Jul
neau Grade School.