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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
FARM INCOME AND SOIL
Durham Herald

One of the most pitiful and tragic things
about the poverty-stricken farmer is that each
year in the effort to make every inch of
ground count he is forced to abuse the soil. AS
a result, it's fertility is lessened each year, and
after a time it may have become poor, bar
rem ground.
Agriculturists have demonstrated that crops
must be rotated or else the soil becomes sterile
over a period, Also, certain portions of the
land each year should be allowed to lie fal1ow.
But poor farmers who depend on cotton or
tobacco for cash incomes must use every inch
of soil for those crops.
And to let land lie fallow reduces production
for the year. In the long run this and crop
rotation will produce more profits, but poor
farmers cannot afford to wait for the long run.
They must use every available inch Of ground
year in and year out. Living is in the present,
and they cannot afford to wait for the future.
The regional conference on the 1910 farm
program, meeting in Columbia, S. c., recently,
heard I. w. Duggan, agricultural department
official, say:
For $50 years the soil of the South has been
over-cropped and seriously damaged by ero-
sion. Farmers have not Intentionally per-
mitted their soil to be depleted. They have
been forced to over-crop, they have had to de-
pend on a single cash crop, such as cotton or
tobacco, because their ~pitifully small cash in
comes have forced them to forego everything
else in the desperate effort to make a dollar.
Mr.. Duggan further said, and very pertinent
ly, that the income of the farm determines
whether or not conservation measures can be
applied to that farm with effective results.
Here is the crux of the problem OF SOIL con-
servation, it seems to us. 1t requires money
to develop soil, and to halt erosion. Those who
can afford to treat the soil well finds that 1t
brings them increased returns in the future.
Those who can't afford it, who must drain
every bit of good from the soil each year, find
their income gradually lessening.
1t is a vicious problem which the poor
farmer has. He cannot afford to sacrifice any
part Of a years income, and because OF this,
what little income he has continues to grow
less each year.
This is one of the main reasons that the
government today is SO concerned with IN
creasing the income of the nations farmers
comes poorer, and the nation as a whole VIII
have for itself a vastly more difficult proolen
to be faced in the future.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
SHARK FISHING

CLARK fishing along the Carolina coast
- has advanced so far as a new industry
as to attract the attention Of and warrant
With Morehead City as central point for
deliveries, the coastal waters are ylelolng
a constantly increasing number OF THIS
elasmobranch fish which is elusive, rapaclous
and skittish, but once subdued makes high
grade leather and soup.
The bulletin of the bureau which empha-
sizes the southwark trek of the industry is
somewhat belated, however. Inc business
of catching sharks and converting them into
footwear and belts is not new in the South.
For some years it has been underway in
Florida, notably off Longboat key, which lies
in Sarasota and Manatee counties and is
otherwise distinguished by the incompleted
hosiery, to have been known as the Ritz
Carlton. which the late JOHN RINGING OF
circus and art museum fame left as a monu,
ment to the boom.
The practice there is to sink some choice
hunk of meat offshore with a buoy at the
surface end of the line. When the shark
has done a marathon and is a bit weary
the fishers HE them to the buoy, fasten the
line to their boat and haul the fish to shore.
There it is skinned, it's hide tanned and
when properly cured the leather is sent to
factories for manufacture into a great va
riety of useful things.
This is not a v~icarious undertaking. but
we'll established and fairly prosperous. Some
DAYS the haul will be thirty sharks. Other
days, of course, are leaner. But year in and
year out the yield is substantial and those
engaged in the business make more than
wages.
Now that the business is we'll established
on the Carolina coast it is right to believe
that it will be developed into another help
full asset.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
COORDINATION

Coordination of rail and highway transpor-
tation has long been a ~favorite suggestion of
those seeking to aid in solving carrier prob
lens, a major element being the contention
that high terminal costs Of the railroads can
be- reduced to some extent.
Eighteen railroads controlling Fruit Grow
ers Express now have taken what appears to
be an extremely important step toward such
coordination in getting a share in rights to
a container that can be easily transferred
While the use Of such containers on a prac'
teal basis so far has been limited largely to
milk traffic, those who have been watching
developments believe that a wide range OF
commodities may be moved in similar fash
ion.
Fruit Growers Express is concerned prin
cipally with the fresh fruit and vegetable
trade from the South to consuming centers in
costs, it is hoped that the new medium will
aid the railroads in obtaining considerable
portions of the business now moving over the
highways.
Another way the railroads may hope to alb
sorb more of the freight now handled by
trucks from the South is to more nearly
meet the rates offered shippers by truck
operators. The old fight against parity freight
rates for the South is at the bottom of many
troubles the rail carriers have to face.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
A GREAT SHIP

Arrival of a 16,030-ton tanker sets a new
mark for Wilmington's port. Never before
has such a large ship nosed it's way up the
river to be made fast at any Wilmington
wharf.
The Walter Jennings, which came in on
Sunday, is the length of two city blocks,
brings 100000 gallons of gasoline, and is
a sight for all and sundry whose hearts
thrill with satisfaction whenever anything
transpires which illustrates the capabilities
of the port to attain a high place in seaborne
commerce.
With a cargo four times the average OF
tankers putting into Wilmington, the ar
rival Of the Walter Jennings also indicates
the increasing Importance of the city as a
distributing center for petroleum products
The operators would not have sent SO
large a cargo if the market was not ready
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
NORWAY MAY PUT
BRITAIN ON TRIAL
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the fact that the Altmark was
armed and had broadcast H.
legally did not justify the Brit.
ish disregard Of Norway's rights
as g neutral power.
Koht asserted that Lord Hall
fax, British foreign secretary,
said there had been a "techni.
cal "'infringement'" of the Nor
wegian maritime area by the
British "but that he (Halifax)
was of the opinion that this
was of little value compared
with the fact that the Altmark
had between 800 and 400 prison.
ers on board under conditions
which were not even worthy OF
a dog"
ut enlarges," he continued,
that the British government is
of the opinion that it can neglect
ordinary international law ...
The government cannot believe
that the British government 49,.
will acknowledge that it is in
open conflict with the principles
which it has itself so many times
proclaimed"
Meanwhile, the Altmark re-
manned hard aground in peaceful
Gjessingfiord, ding her
wounded and waiting for Nor.
ways decision whether to intern
or free her. Seven German
sailors are known dead as a re-
suit of the fight with the Brit
ish boarders from the destroyer
Cossack.
Koht's statement that the Alt
mark was armed with anti-ai
craft guns answered much spec
ulation on whether the prison
ship was armed. Britain in her
protest to Norway and demand
for internment of the Altmark
said she was armed, but Ger
many had denied that she carried
guns.
The foreign minister said Nor
way did not know there were
prisoners on board the Altmark.
To the British minister's protest
that this should have been a rea-
o for Norway to stop the ship,
koht said:
"To this the answer was that
the ship in any case had all
rights to navigate through Nor.
wegian territory. There is no
international rule at all forbid
ding war power to transport
prisoners through a neutral area,
insofar as navigation itself is
not Illegal"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
OPPOSE
ACCENT PAY RATE
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the most intense competition from
motor carriers"
Because motor carrier opera
lions r so heavily subsidized in
one way or another" he added,
there is no such thing as Compel
tive equality or fairness of op-
portunity.
The federal barge lines, he said
were a miserable failure as an
experiment. Instead Of being
abandoned however, he said, there
is a great probability they will
be extended.
There is hardly any commodity
the southeastern railways are
called upon to transport" his
statement said, (which is not now
highly competitive, regardless of
distance, with motor carriers, or
motor carriers in combination with
water carriers"
Previous railroad witnesses pre-
dicted increasing unemployment
and more mechanization if the 40
cent base rate were established
The carriers advocated that no
higher minimum be established for
the industry than the 80 cents now
in effect for all industry.
Under the act, the committee can
recommend the establishment of
the highest minimum up to 40 cents
which will not substantially curtail
employment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-Coumty Government,
Mnder CounciLM Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
ShoWs.
Seaside Highavay from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension of City Limits.
S5-foot Cape Fear River channel. Wid-
err Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, viG
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained-y!e1d methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
m%otiona1 Agency, supported By one,
countrywide tao.
Shipyards and DrydocE.
Neqro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for aDhites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Deve1opm emit OF native grape groa1ing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdnatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
H EPISODE

Rescue of some 300 British captives aboard
the German ship Altmark by a British cruis-
er in a Norway ford brings a flood of pro-.
tests.
Norway protests it was a violation of neu.
trail territorial waters. Germany protests
it was a swinish thing to do and threatens
reprisals. Britain protests it was a pretty
good nights work, and tactily dares the reich
to do its worst.
Whatever the ultimate outcome, whether
it will quicken the war pace or be written
down as just one Of those things which was
lucky for one side and not in itself particu.
larly disastrous for the other, cannot be
foretold. But that it was a daring COUP,
daringly carried out, and a tonic to the
morale Of the British, is beyond question.
AS for Norway's protest, Great Britain
may we'll take the position that the search
of the Altmark reported by Norwegian an.
thorities could not have been thorough or it
would have revealed the presence of British
prisoners, and is therefore of little worth.
Germany's threats are in keeping with the
Nazi philosophy. Her protests against Great
AC~ CSAH@~AS ~StA0A Au 4t6 dQUVdl 10 IuC
sanctity Of international law, and of national
rights, in view of it's violation of Poland, dis.
play the customary warped viewpoint of the
German military leadership.
England may well argue that the ends Jus.
titled the means, and that in wartime rules,
courtesies and tender regard for the sensi.
bilities of the enemy are hardly to be weigh.
ed against q definite advantage. If the Alt
mark incident finally leads to the bottling
up of supplies from Russia which are said
to have been reaching Germany by way of
Norway's coastal waters, the victory in the
dead end ford will be of infinitely greater
value to Great Britain than the rescue Of
300 prisoners taken by the Graf Spec from
British ships, important as that rescue was
The British admiralty undoubtedly had its
eye on the future when it ordered it's cruiser
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
A. C.. L. IS EXPECTED
TO APPEAL RULING
IN WAGE-HOUR CASE
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eventually involve a million dollars.
UNFOLDING the constitutionalitv Of
the law, Judge I. M. Meekins ruled
that the railroad had made deduc-
tons from the section workers pay
ostensibly to pay for housing and
other items which he termed de
vices" to avoid payment Of the sta.
tutory minimum wage.
The five plaintiffs were awarded
$1,079.20 to cover back wages thew
claimed, an equal sum in liauidated
damages and attorneys fees. Their
suit was heard by Judge Meekins at
Raleigh last November.
r. Lacy Mcbride, attorney for the
workmen, said 5000 employees of the
road in Virginia, the Carolinas, Geor.
gia and Florida would be affected bv
the decision. He estimated that thew
would recover approximately 81. 900.
600 If today's ruling should be an.
piled to all Of them.
Judge Meekins held that all the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
WARNING ISSUED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. - WI
Col. Philip B. Fleming, newly GO.
firmed wage-hour administrator
sued a warning to employers 'O0a
to put their houses in order
avoid employee suits for imp"
wages under the minimum pay STAN
ards of the wage-hour law. j.
In his first statement after 0l
cially taking over the title OF adll,
istrator, Col. Fleming called a''''
ton to a federal court decision q
Fayetteville, N. c., awarding a J0l'
ment to five maintenance enpl"'.
of the Atlantic Coast Line ha'I''
for back pay and damages. 49,.
II am calling attention 10 'n-,.
he said, Gin the hope that the ii~ ID,
agement of establishments -. '"
have not yet put their houses III "
der under the act, will do so oVi'.
situations like this accunula''
serious proportions" 81,
The Fayetteville suit, Flehlln5 "
showed that some employees VI
railroad were charged eXcessi'eN
tai for converted box cars, man.
which were in fact non-exlstei.,
an attempt to show a legal i''
wage rate on the books. T.,
The administrator pointed OUT n ~
the act provides for employS ~. s~
for unpaid minimum wages ol ~,
time compensation, plus an
amount for liquidated damages ~
Earlier in the day the SENATE ' ID
firmed Fleming's appointment a. h,
ministrator. Since last IAN ~ mi
administered the act by reii'''e d
troll as an Adviser BECAUSE ,os
army officer, he had to get ~.
permission from congress 10
civilian post.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
QUOTATIONS

The American people want a responsible,
stable leadership which will point the way to-
ward clearing up the fostering sore OF unein'
plovment. business stagnation, starvation in
come for farmers and the threatening specter
of national bankruptcy from continued federal
deficits.-John D. M. Hamilton, chairman, ma
tional G.. o. P. committee.
The whole world knows our attitude toward
Nazi Germany. Why should there be any doubt
about our attitude toward Soviet Russia ?-The
Rev. DR.. Joseph F. Thorning, sociology pro-
fessor, Mount st. Mary's college. MARYLAND.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20

plaintiffs had been improperly chars.
ed for ice used in their drinking Wa
ter and for transportation on rail.
way motor cars to places where they
actually worked.
Some of them had been assignsi
box cars, his order set forth, and
had been charged rent for these &C.
commodations.
One plaintiff, Judge Meekins found
was charged for a box car between
two railroad tracks, eight miles from
his work, and that the box car Tack.
ed toilet facilities, water facilities
window panes and a chimney vent
for a stove"
Speaking of housing accommoda'
tons, the judges order held that
the defendant did not in fact furnish
the plaintiffs with livable housing ia
cilities but on the contrary inter-
tionally employed the device Of foIN
ing them to accept houses 50 thai
defendant could claim that the COT
of such houses, highly inflated, could
be added to the wages paid, and thus
escape having to increase plaintiffs
wages to the amount required by tS
fair labor standards act"
The decision held also that TIM
company had deducted from ''
plaintiffs wages sums for rallrOs'
retirement and social security taS'
in excess of the legal maximum
The act itself, the court ruled, y
a valid regulation of interstate COM
merce," and is not in violation OF uN
due process clause of the lh~
amendment to the constitution, as "'
company had contended.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
TOP o. H

It I hare strength I Que the service OF the
strong:
II melody l haze, I QUE the Wor1d a song.
IT I can stand auhen all around my post are
falling,
II I can run NTH speed When needy hearts
are calling,
And it mig torch can light the dark OF any
night
Then, I must pay the debt I Que with LIN.
ing light.
EXCHANGE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
Hollywood
Sights lind Sounds
Rabbin Cooas-

OAA 'OOD3 wv ~
going on here? Are we seeing
things? Has time done a back-flip
and are we watching a re.make of
elizabeth and Essex"
No, dope. This is THE Sea Hawk"
This is the same palace of Queen
Elizabeth, but that's a different
Queen Bess and that lady-in-waiting,
the dark-haired beauty with the
lutte, the slim girl in pearl brocade,
isn't Olivia De Havilland.
This Queen Bess is Flora Robson,
not Bette Davis. This is quite all
right, as Miss Robson was Queen
Bess on stage and in pictures (see
Fire Over England') before our
Bette's remarkable Bess came to
technicolor life. Miss Robson was a
superlative Queen Bess.
But when Queen Bess's lady-in-
waiting isn't Olivia De Havilland,
and Enrol Flynn's leading lady in
a swashbuckling drama isn't Olivia
De Havilland, things r not accord
ing to Hoyle. There's a reason -
Olivia was suspended for turning
down Saturdays Children"
Who's this new girl then? You
wouldn't recognize her, but that's
Brenda Marshall. Remember Bren-
da? The long haired girl in "Espion-
age Agent?" No, you wouldn't
know her these days
There's Brenda now, for they've
finished the scene. She's a charm
er, with a will about her. A will?
Well, a will, for one thing, not to be
Olivia De Havilland.
When she went into the role here,
the makeup department probably
through habit put Olivia's lips on
Brenda, and started curling her
black hair in an Olivia couture. Why
not? It was a Flynn romance, and
in Flynn romances the leading lady
has to be Olivia. Brenda took a
look in the mirror and wiped off
Olivia's lips and ran her fingers
through Olivia's curls.
II look like a floozy in curls," she
said, or words to that effect. "Td
like my own lips, please - and a
straight hair-do."
The latter request had it's COM
plications. After "Espionage Agent"
Brenda had taken steps. That long
wavy bob of hers doomed as a threat
Ia threat Of "typing." Brenda didn't
! wait to be a stereotyped glamour
gal. She wanted to be different. She
got a hair-cut-short. To put it up
for 'The Sea Hawk the hairdresser
had to use a switch. You'd
know it, though. 1t looks as if it
"just growed" there. Neat.
Brenda is a Texas girl (San An
tonio) although she was born in
Manila while her father was doing
a government job there. She decided
to become an actress when she was
in high school, and studied dramatcs
at Texas State College for Women,
and under Madame Maria Ouspen-
skaya in New York. Next she work.
ed in summer theaters for two years
then hit Broadway in one play be-
tore she began screen-testing.
n looks like a Latin type, but
ner real name is Ards Anderson,
ana her folks are Danish and Ger
man oy descent. She hasn't. told
Mlcnael Curtiz, the director, about
.n1al yet. When she was testing for
me Sea Hawk" Mike was en-
thuiastic.
1nose Nordic types said Mike,
uney are so cold-no warmth. We
reeo warmth for this part. You
.Latins have it,.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20

So esteemed was the en-
baking in ancient Rome tha' n
peror Trajan established an ',onc
elusive college for bakers ,,ots
none could quit until graz n
These bakers were eligible
conAe senators on graduat'0@
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
MAN KILLED

KINSTON, Feb. 19.-lP-" l' d
Sarling, 25-year-old restaufaI Nj
ploye, was killed in an au.0 I
truck collision here late toua!' h
was thrown off the truck ar ,,,r
head hit a fire hydrant. Leu inrp
ton, %, in the car, was
though not seriously.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20
BIDS ASKED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 49,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (P -
The maritime commission ANNOUNCE
ed today that it had invited bids
for the purchase of three govern
m%ent-owned freighters-the Pipe
stone County, 5000 tons; the West
Imboden, 1924 tons; and the AL
gic. 8,727 tons. The ships have
heen under charter to the United
States Lines but the commission
said their routes had been discon-
timed for the present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20

for it, The fact that conditions were right
for this gasoline-12O,O0 barrels OF it-of-
fers indisputable evidence that port develop
ment is q primary need.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20

+o move in and take the Altmark, in addl-
ton to it's humanitarian impulse to save us
seamen underdecks thereon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-20

The Rock of Gibraltar is com.
posed of chalk, and breaks easily.
Evening star., 1940-06-03
Mr.. Us Research Shows
Criticism Is Not Deadly
Talented Players Always Survive 1t;
The Guild Looks Back on Year;
Gene Ford Writes Song
Ry LAY CARMQDY.

When he is not playing rousy bad badmnon
let OF bowling ball before carries him
Carlisle on-of the Warner Bros ideas in prety
polished The developed
laid before the miscellaneous
the hope they will be printed atng
ha ] knnu
Evening star., 1940-06-03
Varied Activities
Keep Jane BUSY

If Jane Wyman were asked to
shoe horse the chances are she
could. James list of activities seems
to include just about everything
else.
She is successful author, having
written two stories under a pen
name for leading magazine. Now
she is working on a book-length
novel. Jane, formerly model, de-
signs her own wardrobe. She is an
excellent pen-and-ink and char
coal artist.
The Warner Bros. star has writ
ten articles on her travels in Ha-
waii, Panama, Canada, Mexico and
Cuba. She is a fine judge of antique
jewelry and is constantly adding to
her large collection. She plays an
expert game of golf. her favorite
recreation. When she finds time,
she goes sailing with her husband,
Ronald Reagan. She is tourna-
ment tennis player and is one of
the best feminine badminton play
ers in town. She is one of the most
successful hostesses in Hollywood.
Jane nearly chose interior deco
rating for a career before she en-
tered movies She's still active in
that work. Jane will do all the in
teriors when she and Ronald move
into their new home.
On the Episode" set where she
is working, she is called Dynamite"
by her co-workers because of her
unf1agging energy.
With all her interests, she has
managed to systematic her activi-
ties so that she gets eight hours of
sleep a night. Her friends wonder
how she ever found time to make 10
pictures last year.
Evening star., 1940-06-03

were being shot on location. Some
how everybody forgot to introduce
them. I took over the job myself.
When we made the trip again next
day I noticed through my rear-view
mirror they were holding hands and
not paying any attention to the
swell scenery.
1T wasn't many weeks before
they were married" Here the driver
sighed and shrugged And then it
was only eight months before they
were divorced"
1t was Green who raced to the
emergency hospital with the bleed
ing James Cagney that exciting
night on the location of "Torrid
Zone" when Ann Sheridan acci-
IDENTIFY shot him fright up close) In
the f1eshy part of the hand with a
gun that wasn't loaded-except with
blanks. Drivers often are pressed
into emergencies to act as extras
before the camera. And most of
them carry guild cards.
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