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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
British Barrage Balloons
Are Blown Into Denmark

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 18.-R-
rwenty-four British barrage bal
looms driven by the wind disrupted
Swedish railway and electric pow
er service last night and damag-
ed homes in Denmark.
Balloons were seen this morn
ing in the district north Of Stock
holm on the east Swerish coast,
some 900 miles from London.
The Swedish air corps and anti
aircraft guns and home guard
units were used to shoot the bal
looms down.
Presumably yesterdays gale
along the English Channel had
loosed great numbers of the bags.
Many electric trains in Sweden
were delayed as a result of dam
age by the trailing cables.
The Central Swedish radio sta
TONS antennae at Motala W a s
smashed. stopping the morning
broadcast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
nv LOUIS p.

BERLIN, Sept. 18.-REForeign
Iinister Joachim Won Ribbentrop
eft for Rome today to confer with
premier Mussolini and Foreign
Minister Count Ciano and German
sources indicated that the ex-
change of so United States de-
stroyers for air and naval bases
on British possessions in the At
lantic probably would be among
the subjects discussed.
Won Ribbentrop is expected to
reach Rome tomorrow.
Spain and Egypt-Both o. ex-
IRENE importance in the present
conduct of the war-were expected
to be the prime subjects OF the
conversations.
But one German source indicat-
ed that the Rome-Berlin axis pow
ers were concerned over the de-
stroyer transaction.
Spain, it was indicated, wishes
to play a more active part in the
affairs of the Rome-Berlin axis
but is militarily unable, and eco
nomically in a poor way. Yet her
geographical position, plus hel
natural resources, are such that
she is a desirable axis partner
From a usually reliable source
it was learned that the Rome con
ference is likely to result in giving
legal expression to Spain's adher'
ence. This may be in the form o:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19

the 10 years the house belongs to
him. Meanwhile, the family has
enough land to raise garden truck,
keep chickens, and support a COW
and a few pigs. These support il
during the slack season; it gets its
cash income by hiring out as farm
labor during the brief periods
when the region needs a large
supply of casual workers.
BAD FEELING
GONE
That's only part of the program,
of course. It is now taking
care Of approximately 1900 fam.
lilies. A number of other fam.
lilies have been put on full-sized
farms, with loans to enable them
to make a start. A couple OF
"labo camps" on the California.
migrant model are about to be put
into operation.
Interesting about the whole bus.
mess are two points: first, the
problem of supplying southeast
Missouri with its necessary sea.
sonal labor supply without forcing
a few thousand families into wan.
dering pauperism is apparently
being solved; and seconH. the bad
feeling Of the early days is van
ishing and landlords, tenants, state
officials, and the federal govern
ment have worked oft among
them a program which is enlist
ing the cooperation of everybody
involved. 9
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
Raul Leonard Joins
Demos WILL,

SALISBURY, Sept. 1s.-rp
Leonard of statesville, seoro S'0'
the North Carolina Fair -. Of
c'atlon' announced todav 49,. a'so'
would identify himself r,t he
Democrats-For- Willkie now tn,
He denounced what he asnt'
the waste of billions Of Termed
tax money yet uncollectad9 S0.iafs q
called planned economy" ,s Un So
said, should have gone int nI''n, he
aratlons for national defensa Prep
curity." and s..
Leonard urged Independent.
and said he would supnort voting
because 1T appears to me f. wlllkis
way to salvation from cort We The
of the conditions I have haau
cussing." 0een ds.
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well people dizzy. so they are not
advised.
L. b. A.-"Please advise me
what foods to eat in a bad case of
anemia? I am so years old"
Answer-Liver, half a pound a
day, if the anemia is of the Addi-
sonian type (ask your doctor to
find out about this), spinach and
eggs for iron.
C. R. will you please tell me
a list of places in the United States
with climate most favorable 10
patti is suffering from sinus in
lection? My son six years old is
afflicted"
Answer-The dry, warm desert
climates of New Mexico, Arizona,
ETC., are usually recommended.
Six-years old, however, is very
young for true sinus infection. Are
you sure a post nasal obstruc-
ion, as from infected adenoids. is
not the real cause?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
Council Of Churches
Plans Many Activities

TOWNSVILLE, Sept. 1s.-R-
The budget Of the North Carolina
Council Of Churches included provi-
sions today for a host of undertake
ings which the council deemed
worthwhile.
Among them were rehabilitation
of discharged prisoners, radio min
istry, weekday religious education
Christian life assemblies in various
parts Of the state, race relations
student workers conference, temper
ance, and an interdenominationa
and interracial conference to be
held by college students in Green's
boro this December.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
LONDON SUBWAY
IS REPORTED HIT
Nazis Say Entire Blocks In
Eastern District Oh
Capital Wiped Out
Nv The Associated Press

BERLN, Sept. 1S.-The German
high command reported today geared
up attacks in the battle Of Londor
which Nazi airmen said had wipet
o,,t entire blocks in some eastern
districts of the British capital an
apparently smashed through to thu
city's subway system.
Daylight reconnaissance showed
yawning. smoking crater which was
believed to be the result of a ire
mendous direct hit on an under
ground railway, according to DNB'
official news agency.
nondon uses underground railway
stations for bomb shelters.)
AI.Caliber B0mbardment
The high command announced an
au.caliber bombardment, within the
-past "a. hours Of day and night &C
@tion, of the West India, London n
!. Victoria docks. water and gas works,
railway stations and Croydon air.
sdrome. among "war-essential objec.
=tives."
- CThe Bow railway station and the
-Thurston road junction were bombed
last night and a number of British
planes destroyed at Tilburg and
Gravesend, according to the Ger
man radio.)
The British were said to have lost
nine planes yesterday against the
!, Germans four.
German coastal batteries hit sew
eral ships during a 10-minute attack
on a west-bound British convoy IN
the English Channel Monday, In
formed sources said today.
The ships, ranging up to 15,0oo
tons. these sources said, fled to the
harbors of Dover, Deal and Folke'
stone.
New extensive fires resulted ev-
ervwhere," said the daily military
communique.
Airports and war-essential ob1ec'
tives we're bombed on the south.
east coast and Liverpool was at
tackled repeatedly day and night
the high command reported. An
airplane plant at Liverpool-Speke
suffered heavy blows"
The Nazi raiders also reached into
Scotland with an attack on Glas-
cow harbor. A %5,O00-ton British
steamer was reported heavily DAM
aged north Of Ireland.
Germany Hit
British planes broke through to
bomb northern and western Ger
many, the high command acknowl-
edged, insisting that residential
quarters and settlements were hit.
Authorized German sources said
London's Tilburg docks were "a veri-
table hell of flames" Airmen OF OBJ
servation assignments said that at
places in East London "entire blocks
which yesterday still existed had
vanished" according to DNB.
Despite the pounding, a German
scout reported extraordinarily live
ly" shipping on the Thame which
was interrupted here as an indica-
ton that London was making every
effort to save as much material as
possible from burning warehouses.
The reconnaissance pilot said he
flew I'D the Thames at low altitude
and saw numerous fireboats trying
to quench blazes in granaries and
other storehouses.
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Balloon to impugn the honor and
loyalty and courage of a large
group of men and women who in
a popular sense r more repre-
sentative of their country than all
its ambassadors and ministers and
consuls.
The disgruntled Loncon pro.
Queer figures that his former col
leagues ought to be over there
laboring for the preservation of
England's cinema industry and
trying to harness the films to our
great national effort" Maybe so.
On the other hand, he could
learn by reading box office Stats
tics that now, more than ever, the
war-weary English people want
American-made pictures. They
want escapist entertainment, not
propaganda. Even H~ollywood's
best and bitterest anti-Nazi efforts
are less enthusiastically received
than "Rebecca," and Grapes Of
Wrath" and Gone With the
Wind" ,
A man who considered himself
Balloons friend until a few days
ago tells me the producer
spends his nights in a civilian
,anti-aircraft corps. I have no in
formation about his professional
activities. I do know that Balloon
got the well-known brush-of1
from Hollywood in the our of a
brief association with Metro. He
was replaced as M-G-M'S execu-
tive producer in London by Vic.
tor Saville, now in Hollywood,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
Washington
BY u CATION
The News Washington
CorreSnOndent

WASH1NGTON-The problem
growing out of the famous hunger
march. of landless sharecroppers
and tenants in southeast Missouri
a year and a half ago is in a fail
way to being solved, at last
solved because all hands involved
sat down and discussed thei1
troubles in a democratic American
manner.
This hunger march was a rising
of several hundred farm families
who had nothing to do and nc
place to 60. 1t raised a lot of angry
passions, scared the landlords and
business people of the neighbor.
hood, drew the eager attention Of
the Communists, and looked like
a ready source of trouble for many
years to come.
Today the thing is being worked
out. The Farm Security Admins.
tration has had a lot to do with
it, and so has Gov. Lloyd Grow
Stark's Missouri administration;
SO, too, have the landlords and
the homeless troopers directly in
volved.
FSA ARRANGES
FARM LEASES
Last winter Governor Stark
named a committee representing
all of those groups to figure
out a solution. This committee
drew up a program aimed to put
the landless folk on their own feet,
so they could both be self.
supporting and could furnish the
seasonal farm labor which the
'boot-heel" area Of southeastern
Missouri annually needs to get out
its cotton.
Most interesting part of the pro-
gram-because it shows the CO.
operation which was obtained from
everybody concerned-is probably
the part which deals with the
effort to stabilize the farm labor
supply. Here is the way that is
being handled:
For a given family, the Farm
Security Administration people &c
to a cotton-farm landlord and ask
for a 10-year lease on a small
tract of ground-maybe three
acres, maybe five, sometimes as
much as 10. Getting the lease, the
FSA locates the family on the land
and loans it enough money for a
house. By contracting for the
homes in quantity and cutting out
all the frills, it is able to construct
decent four-room homes for about
$3.50 apiece.
The family pays off this FSA
loan over 10 years-at a rate of
about $50 a year. The landlord
gets no rent, but at the end OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
MANY never :.
SUSPECT CAUSE
OF BACkACHES
This Old Treatment Often
Brings Happy Relief

Many sufferers S relieve nagging backache
Of their trouble may be tired kidneys.
the excess acids and waste out Of the bloods'
They Wk help d mosd people p pass about 8 pints a day
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kidneys or bladder. your
Don't wait! Ask your druggist for Do.n.,
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Is miles Of kidney tubes flush out no;.ane eme
waste from your blood. Get Dean's ffilIs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
Time Bomb Falls
Near u. S. Embo,,,


LONDON, Sept. 1s.-4a-,
time bomb fell in the neisbbo,
hood of the United States .a'
bassy last night. 1t still wss ell, na
exploded after daybreak TODAY a,'
the embassy staff reported
All persons in the buIIa,r,
took refuge on the first tlaas
curing the night. One mam wv
Of the staff said: I'VE cert,,n,,.
had a hell of a night ths',
were popping all around u,n
ADVERTISEMENTS -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19

England imports thousands Of,
pin-ball machines from America
every year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-19
In Hollywood
BY PAUL HARRISON

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
~HOLLYWOOD-I'm glad I'm moi
a British actor in Hollywood. Or a
British director or writer, either.
All those people have been called
"deserters," "slackers" and war
profiteers'' by Michael Balloon, a
film producer in London, and
they're going to suffer from his
indiscriminate smearing.
Personally and professionally,
they are pretty sick about it. They
know movie fans don't like slack
ers, and they already have seen
two or three careers damaged by
casual local gossip. They realize
there is no way to refute com.
pletely the bitter charge publicly
launched by a prominent country
man.
FIVE HAVE
ALREADY GONE
The trouble is patriotism is moi
a commodity you can wrap ur
in khaki or a shroud, or something
that can be weighed in gold.
suppose that of all the scores o.
Britishers in Hollywood there mus
be some who r doggoned
glad in their hearts to be 600(
miles away from the fireworks.
also know about a couple of hot
heads who'd rather be fighting
than acting, but who have beer
dissuaded up to now. Five wht
have gone away-in spite of theil
own best judgment, I believe
are David Niven, Patric Knowles
Colin Tapley, Robert Coote anc
Richard Greene.
However, here is a fact which
II wish could be known and &C
copied elsewhere as firmly as it il
realized by most of Hollywood
the British colony is convinced
is best serving its country by re
naming here, creating entertain
ment, earning big salaries, making
donations, raising money through
benefits, and helping to solidifJ
U. S.-British unity. Right or wrong
these people are sincere.
And apparently their own gov
eminent believes they are right,
In his brief, restrained answer tc
Balloons denunciation, Alan Now
bray said, I'VE are doing what we
a while awaiting an answer If
our collective offer of service"
The Empire government has moi
indicated any notion that its ma
tionals in Hollywood should go tc
England to make movies or bear
arms.
CENSORS
NUMBERED
In connection with that, it seems
to me one of the stupidest
biunders of English censorship was
made in permitting Michael
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Women Flying Students
Learn Easier Then Men

A blue-eyed slip Of a girl, who
teaches flying to six-foot engineers
at Rensselaer, Polytechnic institute
in Troy, N. Y, believes it's safer to
teach women students.
'They are more willing to do as
they are told" according to Miss
Barbara Kibbee, 25-year-old, u.s.
pound Civil Aeronautics authority
flight instructor.
Despite their fear of the air, Miss
Kbbee said, average women ''know
they know nothing about flying, or
mechanics, or engineering OF phys
ics," and are consequently easy to
teach.
ION the other hand" she contin-
ued, 81 find that some men think
they know how things should be
done and sometimes are not as
ready to follow instructions. This is
particularly true of middle-aged
men, who have been successful in
business and who as executives
have become accustomed to giving
rather than taking orders"
Miss Kibbee, one OF the few wom-
en- fight instructors in the country,
was already a licensed commercial
pilot and instructor before her APP
pointment to Rensselaer's pilot
training program.
81 haven't found that my sex
handicaps me as an instructor" she
said. Some men at first question
the idea of being taught to fly by a
slender little woman, but after the
first fight all this changes. If they
see she knows her business and
has as much nerve as they have,
that's all there is to it."
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But her mood was too joyous to per-
NIT her to bear grudge. She
played a few preliminary chords,
then sang again. The sultry negroid
minors of 1.-THE St. Louis Blues"
moaned anonymously in the high
ceilinged New England room, from
the old square piano where another
Deborah Houghton had sat at twi-
light playing gentler tunes, her
thoughts with her husband at sea.
Through Debby's singing, she
heard door open and glanced UP
expectantly, hoping that John had
come. His mother entered the room
Debby's voice was silenced. Her
hands dropped from the keyboard
into her lap. She glanced quickly
at Gay, then to her mother walking
toward the piano.
"John hasn't come YETI" Ann
Houghton asked with a glance at
Gay.
''Not yet, Mrs. Houghton."
81 hope nothing has happened"
Her brow cleared. "Mr. Sewall
asked me to say goodnight to you.
He had only just time enough to
make the train. Debby seems to
have amused you adequately"
ooh, very much" Gay said quick
ly. 'She sings remarkably well. "
cts an agreeable accomplish
ment, though I can't always recon-
mend her choice of songs" Johns
mother smiled and went to sit in
the wing-chair beside the hearth.
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Her hands reached instinctively to-
ward the knitting bag on the arm
of the chair. Debby had been cor
rect in her prediction, Gay thought.
Ann Houghton looked subtly fiat
tered and pleased. There was a
faint color in her cheeks. The dress
of knitted silk she wore, dull amber
in shade, was becoming. ''Mr. Sc
wall was delighted with the material
gave him." she went on. II let
him take your great-grandfather's
diary. If anything happens to it"
II should imagine that Mr.. Sewall
is trustworthy" Sarah said.
''Of course, but with things that
could not be replaced" She took
the length of knitting from the bag
and her needles flashed in the fire.
light.
Mother" Debby rose from the
piano bench, stood, her hands ner-
vously clasped, irresolutely.
eyes, Debby?" Ann Houghton
raised her eyes.
"Mother!" Debby plunged across
the room to the arm of her mothers
chair.
what is so important? Careful,
dear. You'll make me drop q
stitch"
"Mother!" Debby burst out in a
breathless tumble of words. 'Moth-
er, Gay has invited me to 60 back
to New York with her. May
please? ! want to awfully."
Ann Houghton's faint smile fad
ed. Her eyes turned to Gay who
came forward across the room.
std like to take her with me.
Mrs. Houghton," she said.
That's impossible. No, dear. It's
very kind of Gay to suggest it. but
it's quite impossible"
''Why is it?" Debby's color deep
ened. Gay saw her hands knot into
fists as Johns hands did when his
fighting instinct was aroused.
"Well, there are your courses for
one thing" Ann Houghton said even
ly. "You were very eager to take
them. You can't very well stop"
"But Mother" Debby interrupted,
Gay says I can 60 to a business
school or have a tutor"
s'We couldn't afford that, Debby."
''But / should like to do it for
Gay began, then stopped short,
checked by the expression which
had settled over Ann Houghton's
face. .s1,s
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Tea Towels Motif

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L. ID IA "A r I NJ 0 r E

VIM SEkV1CE We
mo, my DEAR" she said, still
evenly, holding her of, Gay thought,
by the reasonable friendliness Of her
tone. "That's very generous Of you,
but think Debby is better off at
home"
But Mother, why?"
"We needn't go into that, Debby."
"Yes, we will" Debby slipped off
the arm of her mothers chair, stood
with her hands clenched into fists,
her head defiantly lifted. cts be-
cause you're afraid to let one of us
get out of your sight for fear well
have an idea you didn't put into our
heads"
"Debby!" Sarah cried in soft pro-
test.
cts true. You know it is. You
want to do everything for us so that
people will say what a wonderful
Mother you are. You are. You
have been, but / want to 60 some
where and see something. Oh
Mother, I am sorry!" Debby
dropped down on the arm of the
chair again. "But can't you see"
II see that my judgment is cor
rect" Ann Houghton's eyes re-
manned fixed upon the needles. "You
are far too emotional to be trusted
away from home"
"I'm not. I'm not really. It's
only you who makes me that way.
Gay wants me to 60 with her. Oh
Mother, can't I? never wanted
anything so much"
you're acting like a child, De-
borah." Color burned deeper in Ann
Houghton's cheeks. Her voice con-
tinued to pronounce words evenly
with maintained control but Gay saw
that her hands clasped over the knit
ting in her lap trembled. 81 thought
you had outgrown tantrums. You're
being inconsiderate as well as I'M
pardonably rude. This can't be very
pleasant for Gay"
ooh, I guess Gay knows. I guess
she's seen. You know there's no
reason, Mother, except that you're
afraid, except that you disap-
prove"
eDebby, hush! Come with mel"
Sarah crossed the room, laid her
hand on her sisters arm. Her face
was white. Her eyes, wide and star
tied, met Gays in fleeting apology,
then turned away. "You don't know
what you're saying"
IT do know!'' Debby wrenched
away from Sarah's hand. She stood
facing her mother, frightened but
defiant. "This is why / wouldn't
go to college. I wouldn't let you
make sacrifices to send me. You
wanted to so that you could keep me
tied here, grateful to you, not able
to do anything that l wanted. You
did that with Sarah and John. Sarah
wanted to 60 abroad with Mrs.
Trumbull. You knew she did and
that it would have been wonderful
for her. But she had to teach here
in the high school to repay you for
the sacrifices you'd made. You don't
want john
Deborah, 60 to your room. When
John comes, I'll ask him to give you
sedative. You're i'll. You aren't
yourself"
81 am myself" Debby's voice
rose Historically. "I've been want
ing to tell you" Defiance suddenly
crumpled. Debby's head dropped.
Her lips quivered forlornly, like a
child's. "Oh, what's the use." She
gave strangled sob and turned
toward the door.
ITO BE CONTINUED)
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RECIPE FOR POETIC

GREATNESS
Work hard and study and get writ
ers' cramp;
Some day in whiskers you'll be on
a stamp. Grace S. Stevens.
ADD SMILES
As neutral as waiter delivering
the dinner check.
As neutral as someone else's face
powder on your husbands lapel.
As neutral as newsreel.
As neutral as political caucus.
.ss,es -Gene King.
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FIRE-HATING MAYOR
81 hate fires. In spite of what
you have heard, really hate to 60
to them" Mayor Fiorello LaGuar-
dia of New York in the magazine
("Look."
Oh, keep my helmet near my desk,
And keep one near my bed
A fire may break out and it's
The sort of thing I dread.
My boots, oh, see that they are near
Wherever I may be;
hate to 60 to every blaze
How it depresses me!
That siren on my private car
Please see that it's in shape, 1
For I must speed to fires though
/ wish could escape. @
Whenever something's burning let
Me know without delay, r
For must rush straight to it though
I'd rather stay away.
NOT A LEG
The DuPonts have abandoned the
claim to exclusive rights to nylon
hosiery. Recent antitrust decisions
convinced them that they hadn't
leg to stand on.
Three drinks make a man a dan
gerous auto driver, an instrument
has demonstrated. That's an under
statement. Nine out of ten auto
drivers are dangerous, wet, dry or
medium.