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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
,uilt on Metros back lot. Without

built on Metros back lot. Without
preliminary title or credits, h e
first few seconds of the picture
seemed to promise only a dull COM
mercial short about the oil indus
try. Long Beach fans who hap
pened to be present during a sur
prise showing, Strengthened in as
constituent when a barber yanked
a steaming towel from the rugged
pan of an oil worker who looked
like Spencer Tracy. They yipped
with excited comprehension when
Clark Gable entered, and a mo
ment later cheered at the sight Of
Misses Colbert and Lamar.
I have no idea how much money
the picture cost, except that 81, 500,
600 is the smallest figure men
toned. People close to the pro
duction say that two million dol
lars is a conservative estimate
The highly paid director, Jack Con
way, INDUCED by the highly paie
producer. Sam Zimbalist, did a per
fectionist's job in the profligate
fashion which only rich Metro car
| afford.
1t cost so much, and is acknowl
eyed to be such an exceptional
feature, that M-G-M now is try
ing it out in five representative
cities with the idea of offering i
everywhere at advanced prices.
WHY UNIFORM
ADMISSIONS?
Boom Town. will be we'll worth
the extra tariff. l see no reason
why all pictures should be Offered
at uniform prices any more thar
that a Kaufman-Hart stage h j
should be presented Minsky-Moror
admissions. But I do believe there
is a business moral to be drawn
by Hollywood between the fantas
tically expensive, star-studded ep
ic and the unconventional, 1925, OOt
Great McGinty."
The latter will be cherished long
err in the memory of the fans, viii
earn a vastly greater profit, will
bring inestimable prestige to wor
thy players, and will be chalket
up Z; a commercial and artisti'
triumph.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
Poorer And Wiser =
Says F. r. OF Himself

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. s.-GR
President Roosevelt's thumbnail
financial and intellectual accounting
of his last - years in public office
is that he is a poorer but wiser
man.
Asked today about Republican
Candidate Wendell Wilkes propo.
sal that high government officials
and their relatives be required to
file a detailed listing Of their per.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON

Observation-Disclosures the Dem
ocrats' new chairman for their ma
tional committee. replaces the ir-
,replaceable Jim Farley, it will not
be possible to say just how far the
amateur politician" management
which put over the third term idea
will be continued in the campaign.
Meanwhile, it ought to be no.
ticed that Mr.. R%oosevelt's anna
teurs have done fairly we'll by
themselves despite the fact that
they have made a lot of the pro.
fessionals pretty sore.
The lineup of the Democratic
party today is unusual, in that eff.
fective control lies pretty much in
the hands of men like Harry Hop
kins and the brain-trusters. Boss
Mayors Kelly and Hague are use
full, of course, and such Senate
veterans as Barley and Byrnes
are in there pitching all the time.
But the big decisions are all being
handed down through Hopkins ano
his crowd. And for all their mex.
parience and lack of tact, the Hop.
kins group is getting exactly what
it wants and making political vet.
Grams like Paul McNutt, Sam Ray.
burn, Carter Glass, Bennett Clark,
and Speaker Bankhead take it and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
STREET GIVES FIGHTER
HIS NAME FOR RING

NEWARK, N. J. R-Tommy Ad-
ans, light heavyweight who re-
Gently Joined the professional
ranks after winning the New Jer.
sey amateur title, is really Thomas
Dotegowski. Tommy picked h S
ring label from the name of his
street. He lives at 3 Adams street
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
IN HOLLYWOOD
BY PAUL HARRISON
.EA Service Staff CorreSnon

- SSRV4AOSA1
~HOLLYWOOD.-The whole town
is talking about The Great Nc
Ginty," a robust, punch-packed,
sure-fire comedy hit about politics
in a big city. Loud, tough, senti-
mental, sad, and mostly funny in
agreeable proportions, it is t h e
neatest job of straightaway enter
tainment that has come from the
film factories in a year.
It was made at less than aver
age cost, and in less than average
time. The Great McGinty" has
no great names in its cast, and
it is the first picture ever directed
by Preston Sturges, who also wrote
the story. Brian Donlevy, in the
top role, had been playing stereo-
typed heavies for years and had
about despaired of ever getting
such a part as this. England's Muir
iel Angelus, who has the feminine
lead, vas heartbroken at being dis
missed by Paramount shortly be-
fore the preview the other night.
She feels better now. Every studio
in town is bidding for her.
The story probably was the
cheapest ever purchased. W h e n
Sturges, long an ace screen writer,
was given a dictatorship by Para
mount, he asked to be allowed to
film this original comedy. Execu-
tives said no-that they had an
other story they liked | tier and
could get cheaper.
Not cheaper" said S Surge S.
You a have the McGinty story
for nothing if I direct it." So the
deal was made, with Sturges get.
ting a check for $40 to make il
legal.
BOOM PICTURE
OF BOOM TOWN
Biggest picture soon to hit the
screen is Boom Town." a Wes'
Texas oil yarn. This movie also
is swell entertainment.
Boom Town. has been fash
Toned by routine processes, and i
stands for everything in the pre-
tentious Hollywood tradition. It.
loaded with stars-Claudette Col
bert, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy
and Hedy Lamar, in that finan
cial order. The sets are realistic
including a town and oil derrick
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
STACY TO TALK

FOREST CITY-H. E. Stacy Of
Lumberton, president Of the North
Carolina Association of Boards Of
Education, will speak before the
Rutherford county club Aug. 80.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
CAROLINA NEWS SHORTS
(By the Associated Press)

ROCKINGHAM-William E. Eut-
sler Of Whiteville, graduated from
Wake Forest college last spring,
has been named Rockingham High
school coach, succeeding Tom Bur>
nette, who resigned to take a simi-
lar post in Martinsville, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
Navy Buys Cigarettes
From Reynolds Firm

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-LR-
The Navy department has awarded
a $10,171.78 contract for cigarettes to
the R. J..Reynolds Tobacco company,
Winston.Salem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
KIWANIANS

FOREST CITY-The Forest City
Kiwanis club has nominated Charles
c. Erwin for lieutenant governor Of
kiwanis District No. l.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
NEGRO FIREMEN

TABORO-The 50th annual ses-
sion Of the North Carolina Colored
Firemen's association will be held
here Aug. 20.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
tn TALK

CONCORD-J. NJ. Broughton Of
Raleigh. democratic gubernatorial
nominee, will speak before the Con-
cord Junior Chamber Of Commerce
August 20.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
RALEIGH
BRIEFS
Star-NeWS Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
LYNN NISBET

RALEIGH, Aug. 9.-The annual
Negro Day" at the Lost Colony
theater, Manteo, is scheduled for
today. The program is headed by
Miss Nell Hunter, native of Dur
ham, and a famed Negro soprano,
who has trained a choir to join in
Negro spirituals. Other prominent
Negroes appearing on the program
include DR.. James E. Shepherd of
Durham and DR.. H. L. Trigg of
Elizabeth City. Negro Day" was
inaugurated at the theater in 1888.
The new class of lawyers will be
better looking than present prac-
TONERS, according to Miss Mary
Graham Groom. Miss Groom OPP
crates the Capitol information serv-
ice, with her desk in the rotunda OF
the capitol, and the would-be law
yers have been taking the bar ex-
animation in the hall of the house
of representatives this week. They
pass and repass the desk several
times daily, so Miss Groom is in
position to know what she is talk
ing about. They're intelligent
looking, too," she said.
The employment service reports
a man at Burlington who took a
vow some time ago that he would
neither shave nor have his hair
cut until he got a job. AT present
his beard is about two inches long.
The employment service offered no
comment, but the average employ
er might advise the gentleman that
a clean shave would improve his
chances for a job.
Importance of North Carolina in
national defense is indicated by the
published statement that this state
has 200 major industries which will
contribute to the navy rearmament
program.
The home of Mrs. Rida Hollowen
at Mays Head is becoming famous
as museum of shipwreck relics, &C
cording to the State News Bureau.
For years Mrs. Hol1owell and other
of her family have
combed the beaches along the
graveyard of the Atlantic" and
she has a very fine collection OF
salvage, including items of value
to the historian as well as to the
casual visitor.
From the other end of the state
the Bureau reports that Hiwassee
dam, in Cherokee county, is the
overflow dam in the world.
And at Crutchfield a new bridge,
nearing completion, spans a river,
a railroad and a village all in one
sweep.
Several Raleigh sportsmen are
considering a formal protest
against construction of the pro-
posed causeway across Lake Mat
The road would faclli-
tate through travel in that area,
but the sportsmen complain that it
will destroy much of the natural
beauty of the lake and defeat it's
purpose as a wild life refuge-be-
spelling some mighty good
fishing.
There r 294 historical markers
in all sections of North Carolina to
scenes of historic events
in the life of the state. A new guide
book is ready for distribution by
the historical commission showing
the location and the Inscriptions on
each of these markers.
Add to store of information, more
or less valueless ITO the ordinary
citizen: The shortia galacifolia, a
ily-like flower, is found only in
North Carolina. IL
Navy Buys Cigarettes
From Reynolds Firm
WASHINGTON, Aug. s.-R-
The Navy department has awarded
n e1n 171 10 ,op@,,, ~ co. ....kL.- /.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
FIFTH COLUMN

MONROE - General Charles P.
Summerall, former U. S. Army chief
Of staff, told a Lions club banquet
here last night that the most i'm
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
DIRECTOR

RUTHERFORD-Dr. Allen J. Jer.
vey, Jr., Of Tryon. has become exc.
cutive director of the Rutherford.
Polk district health department,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10
NO COMPROMISE
ANYWHERE

AS d 1ndILer OF IdcC, the new
Dealers rather surprise themselves
by the extent of their success. A
Roosevelt-Wallace ticket, a new ma
tional chairman to be named by
the New Deal, complete defeat for
the Garnerites and the Wheelerites.
no compromise anywhere along the
line-this simply is more than the
New Dealers themselves had count.
ed on.
AS a result, the attempt to ra.
tionalize the. Chicago program is
only now being made.
One explanation beginning to ap.
pear is that whether the party wins
or loses in November is actually
less important than the fact that
the 1888 purge" has now been
completed. According to this the
DRY, the way has finally been paved
for making the Democratic party
in effect, if not in name, a real
farmer-labor party.
The farmer part of it comes in
with the triumph of Secretary
Wallace-who, incidentally, didn't
himself know the President had
picked him IS a running mate un-
til about IL hours before the NOM
ination. The labor part of course
comes in with Roosevelt himself.
Most of the important c. I. O. lead
ers are in line, and John L. Lewis
himself is apparently preparing to
swing into the column once more,
despite his harsh words a few
months ago.
CAN SPLIT
BE HEALED?
However, the fact remains that
the beginnings of a bad party split
were made at Chicago. Healing
that split stands as the big item on
the party's immediate program.
Garner is probably gone for good,
though much of his following can
probably be wooed back into the
fold il suitable harmonizing meas
ures are taken. The much-talked-
Of bolt of "Willkie Democrats" so
far hasn't taken away any impor-
tant Democrats, but it is likely to
before long unless something is
done. And it is here that the New
Dealers are going to have to take
counsel with the more experienced
party | e d the men like
Byrnes, Bankhead, Barley, Harri-
son, and Wagner-if the party is to
avoid real trouble.
Otherwise the present tentative
Inner circle" analysis of what
at Chicago is likely to be
all too true: that the New Dealers
up at triumph inside the party
above a triumph at the polls. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10

The United States holds go per
cent of the worlds total stock Of
gold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10

Add to store of information, more
or less valueless ITO the ordinary
citizen: The shortia galacifolia, a
ily-like flower, is found only in
North Carolina. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-10

Importance of North Carolina in
national defense is indicated by the
published statement that this state
has 200 major industries which will
contribute to the navy rearmament
program.
Evening star., 1940-05-12
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

very sorry for him. All ball players
take their share of riding. You just
keep quiet and pretty soon they cut
it out. that's all. But he had to keep
garing at them. And it didn't help
his game any - he wound up with
three errors in the box score. The
Robins won the ball game, IL to Z.
only because the Giants just couldn't
locate a pitcher that afternoon.
I'd thought the riding would stop
as soon as Mowbray pasted couple
of homers. But it didn't. In the next
three days he hit two homers, but the
riding kept up. And he wasn't taking
it any better. saw Jug talking ear
nestly to him after every game and l
was pretty sure he was trying to make
Mowhray laugh it off. the only thing
you can do. But Mowbray wasn't
laughing it off.
All this pleased Kitty, of course.
She'd sit in her usual spot behind our
dugout and beam when the crowd
picked on Mowbray. l expected to
hear her hand me lot of "I-told-you-
so's," but she only did it once. Then
she said. Il knew Mowbray wouldn't
do when the chips we're down. He's
hothead and hotheads wreck pennants
every time"
1t was the following week, during a
game with the Dodgers, that Now
bray finally blew up. The third base
crowd had been giving him one Of their
toughest ridings and once l thought
I'd seen him start toward those third
base boxes. as though he were going to
climb through them to the hecklers.
Evening star., 1940-05-12
BASE ON BRAINS
Continued from poss five

But he stopped and then l wasn't
sure. thought maybe Id imagined it.
But hadn't. Because in the sixth
inning he went in for bunt that was
Just too good. The runner mad 1t
beaten by a mile and the score was all
knotted up, so he should have played
it safe and held onto it. But he didn't.
He made a desperate heave to first
and it went into the dirt and past the
first baseman. The runner kept right
on going down, to second.
The third-base crowd really cut
loose. Some of them stood up on their
seats to scream at him. One guy
climbed down into a front box and
roared:
"You big bum! We want Madigan!
Send this bum back to Scranton"
IHAr was too much for Mowbray.
His glove sailed high into the air and
he charged toward that third-base
box where the guy stood. But before
he got there, the third-base umpire
intercepted him. The ump caught
him by the arm and Mowbray tried
to shake him off but he couldn't.
They grappled. And then Mowbray
let one fly and the ump went down.
Alowbray charged on. But he didn't
reach the box.
Because the ump got up fast and
nailed him again. and then the Robins
who had streamed out of the dug
out - reached him. 1t took four of
them to drag him off the field and all
the time the ump was following.
rubbing his jaw and shouting:
Evening star., 1940-05-12

When they hauled him past the
bench, jug didn't even speak to him.
He turned to me and SAID, Take
third. Madlgan."
did and we won that ball game in
the twelfth, 3 to 2. The scoreboard
showed that the Cards had dropped
one to the Cubs. So we were exactly
one game out of first place.
When / came out from under the
shower and walked over to the locker.
l saw Mowbray standing there, wait
ing for me. l knew what was coming.
Half the team was still in the room,
dressing, but none of them guessed
what was up. He said. IL wasn't
kidding. Madigan. when said you
hired that heckling."
II know you weren't kidding"
said.
so we'll even things up. You've
put me out of the running. Now I'll
put you out. Then we'll be even all
around"
He swung. He swung awful hard but
he forgot that move faster than he
does. was under it, and stung him
with jab and then he came boring in.
He clipped me once in the ear, a hard
one that made bells ring and saw
second one coming right at my eyes.
But it never reached.
Because three Robins had him by
that time, and one of them was Jug
Slavin. Jug said. You're through.
N1owbray Not just for two weeks -
for good. Maybe some other team
will want you. but doubt it. You
can't keep a big-league job if you
can't keep your head. The lucky
thing is, this happened before the real
heat was on US.
After they got Mowbray out Of
there, l started to dress and then
walked over to jug. l looked at him.
"You don't really think hired that
mob behind third base to heckle him,
do you. MIR. Slavin?'
81 know you didn't, Madigan.
Thanks" said. turned to 60 but
he tapped me on the shoulder.
Would you like to know why I'm
so sure OF it," he said.
"Yes."
Because / hired them myself"
Imean, l stood there buttoning my
shirt and blinking. and then suddenly
l got it, guess my jaw dropped then.
said, But why ="
"If you can't figure out why did
it, before those Cards put the real
heat on us, we'll - ask your wife. 1t
was her idea"
"KiNyo" My jaw dropped foot
that time.
liz NODDED. IL don't know where
you got hold of a wife like that. Madi-
gan. She's been bending my ear on
every road trip we've taken all year.
She knows more baseball than do -
but don't tell her l said So
dressed so fast that forgot to
put the tie on. Kitty was waiting, as
usual. by the ticket Office. said.
kitty, Jug said that he i mean.
that you
She kissed me. THE way it was."
she said, Il hated to see the Robins
blow a perfectly good pennant on
account of hothead on third base.
So when you suggested that put a
bomb under MIR. Slavin, decided to
do it. had been giving him advice on
how to run the team all year. anyway.
and he stopped being surprised at the
things would tell him, long ago."
you've got more nerve than -
1T was funny, Johnny. I'd seen
from the start that he'd worried
about Mowbray. lot. He saw Now
bray couldn't take it. He was afraid
of Mowbray in the pennant stretch.
but he was afraid to test him out.
showed him it was really the best
thing for the team - to find out
before it was too late"
"And he honestly hired that bunch
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-10-11

Highway from the coast into In- terior Alaska over the old Dalton Traii-a road which would become the main route of an arterial high way system for Alaska-is proposed in a pamphlet published by Terri torial Highway Engineer William A. Hesse.
 The highway would leave tide- water at Haines and, following the earliest route ever used by white men in travelling from the coast to the Interior, cross the British Co., lumbia boundary at Mile 40 the divide at the head of the Chilkat watershed at Mile 59, the B.C.-Yu- kon Territory boundary at Mile 75, proceed by way of Dezadeash and Kluane Lakes, Burwash Landing, Donjek and White Rivers to enter Alaska again at Mile 300. Then by way of Chisana the highwey would reach the Richardson Highway at Gakona.
 The distance from Haines to Fair banks would be 735 miles, of which 366 miles have yet to be built. The rest is already in use, though it is proposed it should be improved to carry heavy travel.
 One feature of the proposed arter- ial highway system is an interna- tional deal by which Canada would give the United States a 99-year lease on the right-of-Way through the 260 miles in British Columbia and Yukon Territory in exchange for this country's giving Canada free port facilities at the Skagway terminus of the White Pass and Yu- kon Route, or giving Canada free use of the new highway to reach It's rich western area.
 Another section of the arterial highway would connect the Richard son Highway with Anchorage. The entire system, connecting Anchor age, Fairbanks and Southeast Alas ka, would require only 501 miles of new construction. Estimated cost of the project would be $5,000,000.
 The Alaska trunk highway sys- tenn contemplate one central stem and a series of main branches toe taling 2,107 miles in length. Of this, 1,044 now exist as low standard roads.
 The ultimate system would link
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-10-11
the Territory. with few exceptions
 ALASKA sPRUGE

Increased use for sitka spruce in airplane manufacturing points to a possible great development of Alas ka's leading lumber industry in the opinion of Thomas A. Morgan, man ager Of the Columbia Lumber Com pany, with mills in Juneau and Sit ka.
 If choice and seiectiye logging Is allowed in the spruce forests in Southeast Alaska, this numbering can be operated at a much greater adventage. Morgan said. So great IS the demand for the superior sitka spruce that at the present time s125 to $500 per thousand board feet Is being offered for the lumber The slower, denser growth of this spruce results in a superior wood for the demands of the airplane industry
 At the present time only 10 to Is per cent. some as low as five per cent, of the spruce log is good for the airplane wood members desired. If seleetiye logging is allowed by the Forest Service, by which means only certain trees are cut, as high as 25
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-10-11

Ito 30. per cent of the spruce cut will be good for sale.
 Side cuts of spruce can be used for much construction throughout Alaska, declared the lumberman. Thousands of feet of this spruce lays in lumber yards in several cities of Southeastern Alaska. Sale Of this lumber by all mills would do a greut deal to develop the industry. Efforts are being made to have the Army make use of the spruce in the pres ent defense program instead Of ship ping all lumber in from the Outside
 Spruce mills are now in operation at Wrangell, Ketehikan and Juneau and the mill at Sittka which burned is being rebuilt and will be in oper- atioD in the spring
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-10-11
BALLMGT0E BOOTH
 IS DEAD AT 82

BLUE POINT, N. Y. Oct. 11-BaI- lington Booth. 82. president of the Volunteers of America and brother of General Evangeline Booth, re- tired head of the Salvation Army. died Sunday. Booth was the son of General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-10-11
ALASKA DRAFT

Registration of men in Alaska un- der the SelectiYe Service Act will be deferred until after January 1, and when the first draft is made for compulsory military training it is expected approximately 200 men will be selected from the territory, according to word from Delegate Anthony J. Dimond
 The Delegate asserts that present plans provide for the training of Alaskan draftees in military posts in the Territory. with few excep- tions.
 There will probably be no reg istration or draft in Alaska until af- ter January l." Delegate Dimond de- clares. "In providing for registra- tion in the states. the President ex- pressly states that registration and draft in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico would be provided for later.
 "The plan is to have the regis tration conducted at the voting pre- cincts or at other convenient places so that all may register without diff fieulty, but it is probable that the entire operation will be under the supervision of the Governor and the plan will follow the registration and draft of the World War, which worked out well.
 The present plan eontemplates the call of approximately 200 men in Alaska in the first draft and for men training at military posts In
The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-10-11

Haines, Whitehorse, Mccarthy, Val deg, Wasilla, Anchorage, Seward, Homer, Mt. Mckinley National Park, Fairbanks, Livengood. Circle, Eagle and Dawson, so that 1t would be possible to drive from any of these places to all the others.
 Hesse proposes that a start be made as soon as weather permits in the spring, pushing the work by force account rather than going through the delay of calling for bids and awarding contracts. a process which takes a year.