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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
ASSOCIATIONS GOOD WORK

The rivers and harbors bill recently passed
by congress provides for important improve
ments in North Cardinals waterway situation
far in excess of the deepening and widening of
established channels.
Among them are development of channels
connecting Oregon inlet with Manteo, and con-
Meeting Avon, Rodanthe, Hatteras, and Ocra-
coke, through which much commerce can be
conveyed to the seaboard ports for transship-
ment. Another provision is for a refuge at
Ocracoke, where coastal vessels may find sane
tuary in stormy weather. The bill further paves
the way for inland surveys looking to drainage,
sanitation and malaria control. These projects,
in conjunction with authorized port improve
ments at Wilmington and Beaufort, cannot fail
to help build up port trade which formerly
went, and is now going, to Norfolk and Charles
ton.
While the states congressional delegation
and all members of the two commerce commit
tees worked devotedly for the rivers and har-
bors bill, credit for the measures passage must
also be given the North Carolina Waterways
Association, which did yeoman service in build
ing up sentiment, both at home and in the ma.
tional capital, for the bill. They are directly
responsible for much of the support which as
sured its approval.
North Carolinians owe this organization a
debt of gratitude for it's consistent effort in be-
half of waterway development. But this is not
all. We owe it another debt, one which involves
financial support. In the last analysis, the as
ISOLATION is the Waterman on the states com
merce tower, commissioned to signal every
varying puff in the winds Of trade. Every North
Carolina city with an interest in seaborne com
merce stands to benefit from this watchfulness
Without their money backing, its service will
be under a handicap which will react to their
own hurt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
Hollywood Sights And Sounds
Robin Coons-

HOLLYWOOD, May /. - I don't
like to complain, but it seems to this
corner Hollywood's new suits are
pretty tame affairs compared with
Yesterdays.
They just don't have the color"
any more, and I don't mean the
Messrs. Menjou, Crosby, Raft and
Slapsie Make Rosenbloom have Civ
en- up racetrack checks. I'm talk
ing about legal suits.
Look at this Paramount VS.. Don
Ameche thing. No "style," no IAN
gles," just dollar-and-cents lifting.
Ameche turns down a picture at
Paramount after Ameche's Goth Cen
tury bosses have loaned him for it.
Ameche just won't have any part
of, or in, THE Night of January
18TH" Thereupon, the studios plans
for the picture collapse like a phony
plot, with the director Mitchell Leis-
en- and the co-star Barbara STAN
wyck baking at the consequent de-
lay and seeking other fields. Para
mount says it's cost a pretty penny
tabout $170,000 to prepare for the pic.
ture with Ameche in it, and it's ask.
ing that much in chilly cash from
Ameche in recompense. Twentieth
Century, meanwhile, has suspended
Ameche in a spirit of cooperation,
but lifted the ban when it needed
him for -Four Sons"
Don hasn't had anything to say
about all this, and maybe the court
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
NAILS ONE UP IN NORWAY

The news from Norway is not encouraging
to friends of the Allies. If latest dispatches &C
curately reflect the situation, the Nazis have
possession of the territory between Oslo and
Trondheim, and the rail communications serv-
ing this rich section Of mid-Norway. The AL
lies have failed to apply pincers anywhere along
the line, but have been forced back both to the
north and the south of Trondheim and are do
ing what they can to reassemble their strength
for continued and more potent effort.
This pincer movement by which the British
fusion has failed, apparently, because the AL
lied expeditionary forces were not only too
small but lacked adequate equipment to defeat
their more mechanical and better equipped
foe. The Allied expeditionary forces at Namsos
and Andalsnes had as their main objective the
capture of Trondehim. The Namsos forces, lack
ing guns, tanks and airplanes, pushed down
toward Levanger, while the Anda!snes force
was rushed up toward Trondheim. Both move.
nents now are broken up. and ended if not in
actual rout, at least in definite checks to the
Allied strategy.
1t is not easy to understand why the Allies
depended on a land expedition to reduce Trond-
helm when it was more vulnerable from the
water. Because of the city's Importance, its
capture by the British navy, which has proved
Its superiority to the German, should have
been undertaken earlier. Failure of a naval
demonstration there, before the Nazi land forces
had time to strengthen their defenses, as we'll as
at Levanger and at Steinkjer, is as difficult to
explain as the failure of the British squadron
to take Narvik when it had cleared that mort
of enemy craft. A fighting cruise up the Trond-
helm ford before the Germans could mine its
waters would have given the Allies great adj
vantage in mid-Norway, and probably have pre-
vented the present loss of men, of territory.
and of morale.
The Scandinavian campaign, however, may
be a different affair in London than in Ameri-
ca, and our view may fail to take in the Allied
long-range plans. At the same time, it is i'm
possible not to believe that an early advantage,
similar to that of the Germans, would have
been of inestimable value to the Allied cause,
both from the military and the diplomatic view.
point. Because they have not gained it, the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
SENATOR SIMMONS

Senator SIMMONS, whose death at Sc was an
nounced yesterday at New Bern, served his
state and nation we'll during many trying years,
thirty Of which he occupied with distinction a
seat in the upper branch of congress.
Always a vigorous fighter, he took conspic-
uous part in the proceedings Of that body and
the activities of the democratic party in it's
state and national organizations until his re-
tirement in 1880.
With Senator UNDERWOOD of Alabama he
framed the tariff law bearing the Alabamian's
name, engineered the appropriation which put
the rural mail delivery on it's feet, was associ-
ated with Senator BANKHEAD, also of Alabama,
in the development of the nations highways
under federal sponsorship, and had a com.
handing hand in building up inland water
ways. For these contributions to American
progress his lame will go down in history with
outstanding credit.
Not always in harmony with the decisions
of the party management, he paved the way
for Senator BAILEY's succession to his sena'
torial post two years later when he opposed
the nomination of Al SMITH for the presidency
on the anti-prohibition issue. He had employed
the full force of his influence against SMITH
and refused to vote for him, albeit he told his
friends he would not support the republican
candidate. BAILEY won the nomination for the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02

Where, at the moment, is there
room for significant debate?
The one practical issue may line
in the degree and kind of aid to be
furnished; beyond that the .ques-
ton is merely one of tendencies
of how much to fear a Hitler vic
tory, of how much to risk to avoid
shedding American blood, OF
whether policy should be holder or
more timid. On these questions,
this newspaper, like Col. Knox,
does not sympathize with the iso-
lationist view. But all these mat
tiers, though useful in forming the
American attitude, are secondary.
They do not go to the heart of pol
icy, nor will any decision upon
them much affect the results to
which that basic policy, upon
which America is already general
ly agreed, must lead under anv
given set of coming events. One
reason why the debate on the war
is not very significant is that there
is so little that is really Significant
to be debated. The war nrohleno!
will not be answered by debate. II
will DC answered by the impact of
events upon an attitude aIresS.
clearly defined. 's
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
ALL ABOUT BABIES
Health Can't Be Handed
Child On Silver Platter

healthy children cannot be over
estimated.
We may not be able to do much.
If anything, about our heredity, but
we can provide ore adequately for
the on-coming generation. In this
connection, too much cannot be said
in urging proper prenatal care for
the expectant mothers. An adequate,
balanced diet, freedom from disease
and defects, plenty of fresh air and
sunlight, rest and recreation and a
mind free from fears and worry not
only help to promote a healthy
pregnancy, but put the mother in a
better position to nurse her baby
and care for its daily needs.
Health habits really begin at
birth. The regularity with which
the baby is fed, his daily routine of
bathing, sleeping and association
with his parents lay the foundations
for more e~xacting health habits later
in childhood. Psychologists tell us
that habits good and bad are large
ly formed in the %pre-school years.
Next to a good nourishing diet
and health habits we must placed
recreation in the form of play and
lots of sleep for the growing child.
Children should play and rest in the
open air as much as possible. They
should gradually be exposed to the
sun, with protection of the eyes. In
the northern and eastern parts of
the United States there is very little
sunshine in the winter months.
Children should be given cod liver
oil daily in these parts to make up
for the deficiency of ultra violet
rays.
A healthy child is free from de-
bilitating diseases and defects. The
child should therefore be protected
against those diseases for which we
have immuaizing measures such as
smallpox, diphtheria, etc. He should
be under the supervision of a ply
sician who will give periodic exam
nations and correct any remediable
defects which may appear.
(The End)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02

room. if the suit gets that far, will
splash on some Color" but i. still
won't be like the old days.
Those were the times. They called
names and invented sobriquets.
There was Jetta Goudal, in that col.
orful alteration with the Great One
&C. B. DeMille) over Jetta's temper
ament." C. B. said the foreign &C.
tress was SO all-fire demphatic about
things there was practically no work
ing with her, and Jetta brought in
the matter of Temperament" as a
valuable, integral asset in an ar
lists equipment. C. B. triumphantly
labeled her a continental cocktail
of emotions" and sat back confident
ly-only to hear the judge agree with
Jetta and hand her the palm of vic
tory.
The last really good" suit we had
was Warner Bros. VS.. Bette Davis.
over in England that was, and
sparks flew when the studio took to
court the matter of Bette's contract
and Bette's desire to skip it. Bette
lost, but not before opposing counsel
nad opportunity to call her a
naughty young lady who wants
more money" and the defense had
fung In vivid pictures of Bette as
a warner slave serving a life
sentence" under contract.
Inc Warner-Cagney fuss was a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
w, P. Horton Addresses
Whiteuiue Civic Club
~4EuA

WHITEVILLE, May 1. - Few
things are so valuable in an indi
vidual as his or her ability to work
successfully with Others" Lieuten'
ant Governor Wilkins P. Horton, Of
Pittsboro, said tonight in an address
before the Whiteville Civilian club
here.
The same ability may be effective
ly exerted by organizations such as
civic clubs, Mr.. Horton, democratic
candidate for governor, maintained.
you and other civic-minded people
throughout North Carolina" he con.
tinued, "are greatly assisting in maxi
ing state government attain the full
est possible measure of effectiveness.
I suggest that you continue to utii'
re the ability to work with others
and to get others to work with you,
as it will UNNECESSARILY advance the
best interests of your community
and larger areas in which you op-
crate"
Attention was called to "a fine op.
portunity to discover and capitalize
on natural resources and other as
sets which will be of great value III
the further development of our COM
monwealth."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02

natural and acquired.
The community in which the child
lives may make certain provisions
to promote health and prevent dis
ease which will bring into balance
those forces which make for normal
growth and development, but the in
dividual must learn to do many
things for himself.
In dealing with the child we must
consider his mental and spiritual
development, as well as his physical
health. The healthy child is usually
a happy child. What are some of
the conditions which make tor a
happy, wholesome life?
In the first place there is "old
m a heredity." Oliver Wendell
Holmes once said that if we could
choose our ancestors we could have
a better and healthier race. That
being impossible, we must encourage
the present generation of young
people to make better choices in
their mates. The Importance of a
healthy, vigorous stock to produce
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
Man bout
Manhattan
By George tucker

NEW YORK, May 1.-sardi's is a
famous restaurant in West 44th
street where theatrical people and
writer's frequently gather. The 9TH
,er night after the opening of Morn
Ahg Star" this scene took place:
Two men came in and sat near a
table where a lone diner slipped a
bowl of onion soup.
One of these men was Martin
Gable, co-backer of the comedy, Life
With Father" and also producer
of various radio shows, including
Medicine Show" Cables compan-
ion was unknown to us, but they
must have been discussing person
alities, for this man suddenly IN.
quired: who would you rather be
than anyone else on Broadway"
Gable thought that over for a
moment. Finally he said, paul
Num-"
Across the way the lone diner
touched his napkin to his lips, got
up, and moved across to where they
were sitting. He bowed low. Il
thank you," MUM said, 'but for the
life of me I can't understand why"
Gable almost fell out of his
chair.
In our opinion the new south seas
supper club, The Hurricane, doesn't
quite come off. This is the spot
that has gone Samoan-Tahitian:Ha-
waiian at considerable expense, but
beneath the grass skirts there is still
a little too much of Broadway. 1t
is a lavish room, and one that its
hackers have high hopes of. May
be these hopes will be justified.
TO us it seemed as if a lot of nice
little Broadway chorus girls were
merely playing charades for the
evening. 1t isn't their fault. We
liked the music-both the rhumba
and the Hawaiian, the latter by Ed
die Bush. But when we &c to see
hula dancing we like for the hula
10 be hula!
Take it from Ezra Stone, the
horses have changed. After sam
| ping the pari-mutuels at Jamaica,
Stone came wagging his head back to
Broadway-with this cockeyed yarn
Two horses, it seems, were graz
ing in a pasture when an impudent
little filly scampered past.
Horse No. 1-"What's she got tc
be stuck up about?"
Horse No. 2-"Plenty. Her ole
man happens to be Man o. War. He
just gave her $50 bales of hay
and mister, that amt money"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under Counci1Manager Administrations
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing, Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Righpoy from WrightsviHs
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear Riuer channel, totd-
er Turning Basin. with ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern dnk
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, Ota
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prod1o'
ton through sustdined-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency. supported By one.
countrywide tau.
Shipydrds and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina. developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF ndtive grape 1Touing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdndtorinm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
PROJECTS

Mr. r. B. Page,
Wilmington, N. G.
Dear Mr.. Page:
Your message gives me a great
deal of satisfaction. I am grateful
for your, congratulations.
AS you know, I had sought from
the beginning to eliminate the
Tombigbee Projects from the bill
because it seemed to me to put
the whole bill in Jeopardy. The
senate did the work Of elimination.
We got the bill through not
w%ithstanding the majority leader,
MI. Barley, was against it on one
hand, and the economy bloc was
against it on the other. We got
forty votes and the Record shows
there were twelve others commit
ted to it. I know where I can get
two more, who voted against it,
if necessary. This will give rs fiji
ty-four votes in the senate when
the matter comes back from the
conference. The c%onferees have
been appointed and will meet next
Thursday, but we will not settle
the matter that day as there will
be some contentious.
I see 10 reason why the Presi-
dent should veto this bill, but l
reached the point where I feel that
1 must go ahead notwithstanding
intimations of a veto.
You NAV count mon me- To press
this matter to a conclusion so long
as I. am in the senate. I consider
the Wilmington harbor and devel-
opment and the deepening of the
Cape Fear channel as of the ut
most Importance to the entire state.
With all good wishes,
Very truly yours,
JOSIAH w. BAILEY.
Washington, D., c..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
Southport Project Bids
Will Be Opened MayN

Bids on the work of dredging q
yacht basin at Southport and a con-
Meeting channel to the intracoasta
waterway will DO received at the as
trict engineers office here un'4
noon on May 81. 1910, it was an
nounced yesterday.
The proposals will be puollC!
opened at that time.
The work will consist of dredging
approximately 179,400 cubic yards o.
material.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
The Editors
| ETTER BOX

The editor does not necessari-
ly endorse any article appear.
in this department. They repre-
sent the views Of the individual
readers. Correspondents a r .
warned that all communications
must contain the correct name
and -zdress for our records,
though the latter may be signed
as the writer sees fit. The Star.
News reserves the right to alter
any text that for any reason Is
Objectionable. Letters on cor.
reversal subjects will not be
published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
British Minesweeper
Is Destroyed By Mine

LONDON, May l - LR - The
admiralty announced tonight that
the British minesweeper Dunoon
had been sunk by a mine.
An admiralty communicate SAID;
The secretary of the admiralty
regrets to announce that MS
Majesty's minesweeper Dunoon
(Lieut. Commander H. A. Barclay
has been sunk by a mine.
Three officers and "a ratings are
missing and it is feared that they
are lost. The next Of kin have been
informed"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02

must be main.
tanned by con.
s t a n adjust
ments between
t h e individual
and h j s sur
r%oundings. His
ability to make
t h e S e depends
upon h i S he
redity, his in.
telligence, h i S
t a j n | n g in
health habits,
h i S resistance
t O ~unfavorable
conditions a n d
h i S immunity,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02

senate by 1000 votes, despite the fact that
SIMMONS had asked another term from his
constituency.
But the record, constructive throughout
three decades, had been written. North Caro-
lima will long remember Senator SIMMONS
service and rank him among the states most
honored stewards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02

humdinger, too. Plenty of natIle en-
ing all around, with a dFali~ M
Observation-Disclosures victory
Jimmy when he discovered tne %,
ners, at one theater, We're blillne If
O'Brien over Cagney, in Violation
the Cagney contract. mp
No, I haven't much hope loi ~
Ameche-P Paramount business ,.,iI
body's going to call Don a 'co'"
Of emotions" or a spoiled an #
or anything smacky like tha. ALE
looks like a crassly commercial
lar-and-cents scrap.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
German Convoys Are
Attacked By Airplanss

LONDON, May l. Up -GerrnaD
conveys were attacked by planes !"
the Kattegat tonight, the S~tocNhOiA
radio announced.
The broadcast said observers W
the Swedish west coast sa" y.
ship set afire. They aeli2'eo ="
sank.
Escorting warships opened nee'
anti aircraft fire.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02

Allies must now contemplate the possloli"' -
Italy joining Germany as the most-llkely VIII
ner,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
TOP 0, THE MORNING

Just q little WOrd OF cheer;
Just q smile in passing BY;
But q storm-StUept soul looks up,
Sees q rdinboW in the sky!
ALMA WRIGHT DRIsCoLL
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-02
By RICHARD ARTHUR BOLT,
Nj. D., DIR. p. III.
Secretary, Maternal and Chill

Health is a delicate balance be-
tween many conflicting forces. A
healthy balance of body and mind
Evening star., 1940-10-11
Electric Batteries
Seen Used by Ancients

That the Ancients had electric
batteries Is held probable by DR..
Koenig, director of the Irak Mu-
scum at Bagdad. Recently he un-
earthed q quaint device extremely
like an electric dry battery. Similar
devices were found near Ctesiphon
and at Tel Omar and Seleukia.
Experts believe that batteries may
have been used by silversmiths to
electroplate their wares so as to
make them look like silver.
Evening star., 1940-10-11
STAR WASHINGTON, D. G, FRIDAY OCTOBER H.

Guire. Special Assistant Attorney
General of the United States, will
be the principal speaker.
Alfred A. McGarraghy, state dep
uty, will place a wreath at the base
of the Columbus statue, Union Sta
ton Plaza, at 3 pm. for the orders
500 900 members. The Rev. Aloysius
E. Fuller, s. j., state chaplain, will
deliver the invocation and the
Knights of Columbus Band. under
direction Of Edward S. McGrath,
will play.
Mr.. McGarraghy is to speak over
Station WRC at 2:15 pm. and Past
Evening star., 1940-10-11
Christine Mcdonald,
II, Wins D. {. Title
OF Miss Energy
To Enter National
Contest-Miss America
Appears at Food Show

Blond and beautiful Miss Chris
tine Mcdonald. II, Of 1900 F street
NV. last night was chosen Miss
Energy" at the food show being
held In Riverside Stadium under
auspices of the Independent Food
Distributors of the District Of Co.
lumbia.
A crown was placed on her head
by Miss Frances Marie Burke. Miss
America of 1940," who made her
first appearance at the shows mat
inee yesterday afternoon and was
on hand to sing and appear before
a crowd estimated at more than
5000. Miss America" appeared
both in evening dress and in bath
ing suit.
Goes to National Contest.
As Miss Energy" Miss McDon-
aid is to represent Washington in
a contest for Miss Energy of the
United States" at the national con-
vention of the American Bakers
Association in Chicago to start to-
morrow. The committee OF judges
considered both health and beauty
in making their choice among 20
contestants.
Five young women, each OF whom
represents one of the large store
groups taking part in the show
and who are to compete for the
title of queen of the show" to-
morrow night, also were on the
stage with Miss Burke and Miss
Mcdonald.
Children to Compete.
A baby show for 2, 3, 4, and year
olds was to be held at the matt
nee today. The winner of today's
show will compete with winners OF
two previous baby shows for the
title of grand baby of the show"
at tomorroW's matinee.
At tonight's show an electric sew
Evening star., 1940-10-11

ing machine is to be given out In
addition to other awards to be
made. A milk drinking contest will
be held.
Tomorrow night an automobile
will be awarded. An orchestra will
be on hand to provide music.
A radio last night was awarded
to H. L. Davis, 1348 Harvard street
NV. An electric clock also was
among other awards made. Miss
Burke will be at each matinee and
night show through tomorrow.
Evening star., 1940-10-11

State Deputy Thomas r. Carlin over
Station VOL at Sis pm.
The Most Rev. Joseph M. Corri-
gan, rector of Catholic University;
the Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary,
S. j., president of Georgetown UNI
versity, and DR.. Don Hector David
Castro, Minister of El Salvador, will
be guests of honor at the banquet.
Leo A. Rover, former United States
District Attorney, will introduce Mr..
Mcclure.