davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1940-12-14

or any one. I loan it to them. In
come tax people keep asking me
Where's. the money you received
from renting that house?'"
Blond Virginia Grey looks at
blonder Marion Martin and says
"She does nothing-just sits there
and steals every scene" Tin Fools
Rush In"-where brunettes fear I'd
tread?.
The Spencer Tracys plan a visit
to South America when and II
Spencer has a month free from pic
ture assignments.
Barbara Stanwyck turns sales
woman between shots on Lady
Eve"
ANY one want to buy houseP
she asks. For the ridiculous price
of $4,000 you can now have Bar
baras valley home, including the
championship tennis court Mr.. Tay-
lor bought for her birthday the year
before they married. Mickey Rooney
removes his overcoat outside the
ater-and battalion of studio
officials rush to put it back on
Mickey. The flu germ is too active
at this moment for money-makers
of the Rooney caGber to take a
chance. Cary Grants stand-in
is the best dressed man of his pro-
feSSion. He gets all of Carys used
clothes.
Robert Donat's small son accosts
his neighbor, Charles Vido, and
asks, Dye know who my father
is?' Charles pretends ignorance
and the boy launches into a cata-
logue of his pops achievements that
would do credit to press agent.
Donat's wife and family are here
for the duration Jimmy Stewart
is being rushed through his pic
lures so that when he gets the ex-
Evening star., 1940-12-14

placing the ma
jor e m p h a S | S
upon aviation.
Most talked of,
locally at least,
of pictures which
fall into the avi-
alton category Is
Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayors Flight
c o m m a n d, :"
" h | c h will be
h e mispherically
premiered at the
Capitol Theater
Tuesday n i g h t.
1t pictures the
drama in the life
Evening star., 1940-12-14

kid too much. 3"
E d m u n d
Goulding reads
a local column
that has him
renting his Palm
Springs house to
Greta Garbo.
Will you do
me a favor?" he
asks. If I can" "
says this report
er, cautiously.
Just put in
your column that
I never rent my
P a m Springs
ho,Ico m Gorbo
Evening star., 1940-12-14


of a graduate of the Naval Air
School at Pensacola and his subse-
quent adventures as a member of a
famous fighting squadron
Paramount is pointing with pride
to its aviation epic, Il Wanted
Wings" which has an Army aviation
background. 1t tells the story Of
not one, but three chaps who do
their training at Randolph Field,
then are assigned to duty at Kelly
Field.
Warmers $4,000 Flyers" treats OF
the subject from still another angle
that of the Governments training
program for college flyers.
While constituting the major ven-
lures in aviation drama with a
military background, those three are
by no means the whole of the
movies concern with the subject
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Returns to Films

Jane Wyatt, following the close
Of her New York play, Quiet,
Please" returns to the film city to
take the lead opposite Dennis Nor
gan in Warner Bros farce, "She
STAYED Kissed"
Evening star., 1940-12-14
Revue to Be Given

The Friendship House Harlequins
Will present a musical revue,
"Americana," at o'clock tonight
at the house, GIG D street S.E.
Proceeds will be used for athletic
equipment.
Evening star., 1940-12-14
He Just Loans That House,
Edmund Goulding Says
And He's Tired of Explaining Why
There's No Rent Money When
Tax Collectors Ask
By SHEILAH GRAHAM,
HOLLYWOOD.


will Hughes
turns into fact The last time talked with Howard he
emphacay chief
his erstwhe fondne Olivia
Evening star., 1940-12-14
War May Be What He Said,
But Defense Is Okay
National Preparedness Provides
Material for Many Pictures;
Aviation Dominates
BY JAY CARMODY.

War which h the box office also is the Hollywood index
It wouldn't touch subject with 00foot po Hollywood
equivalent of 10-foot pole
National defense however that's something different;
that
has
l lria
Evening star., 1940-12-14

ment. And indie
of Holly
intelligence, it is
Evening star., 1940-12-14

Dave Rose. An older man." says
Judy, lis more understanding than
a young man, who usually wants to
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
REALTY TRANSFERS

The following realty transfers
were recorded in the offices of
Adrian B. Rhodes, registrar of
deeds. during the past week:
j. 8. Brown to Kelvin V. Asbury
lot 40, part lot Al, block 80, Sunset
Park
l.. M. Sanderson to Morris c.
Barfield, lot Is, block 6, Whining
ton Beach.
Morris c. Barfield to D. C. North,
lot ID, block g., Wilmington Beach.
Mary j. Holden to Wilmington
Coca-Cola Bottlings Works, part
lots 3, 4 and 5, block 173.
Robert C. Pyle to II. NJ. Pyle,
lots 80 and 81, Arcadia.
Mallie H. Comartie to Eula M.
Barnes, part lots l and 2, block
1913.
Eula M. Barnes to Aaron Gold.
berg, part lots l and 2, block 1873.
F. Willetts to Mabel L. Wilson
part lot II, block 7, and lot y
block 7, Carolina Heights.
John Franklin Johnson to Gus
Johnson, part lot 8, block 255.
Lucian Clifton to Vassilos Saffo,
part lots 4 and 5, block 205.
Frederick Willetts to John S. Nc
Eachern part lot II, block I.
William. Sheehan to c. B. Korne-
gay, lot 4, block 179.
C.. B. Kornegay to Third Street
Holdin7 Co.. Inc, lot 4, block 179
Carolina Insurance company to
Thomas H. Wright, 81 Country Gu!
Pines.
W. E. VESSEL 10 C. W. Spencer
lots l, 2 and 3, block Al.
Julia Fryer to W. B. Williams
Jr.. lot 5, block 226.
Central Investment Corporation
to Edward B. Ward, lots 4 and 5
block 1855.
Edward 3. Ward to A. B. Blake
lots 4 and 5, block 165.
Leona c. James to K. B. Marsh
all part lots l and 2, block 3; par
lot /, block So: part lots 5 and 6
block d.
Marie K1ander to George L
Bell, part lot 3, block 200.
Louis 0, Fonvielle to Ruth r
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03

Loving, part lots /, 2 a-5 . Ill.,,
16l. ",ocs
Nicholas H, Gieschen :, 7~s.,.,
H. Gieschen, lot %, bloc. Jpn
Woodus Kellum 10
Schnibben, lot /, bloc!: ~ ~
Martin G; sehniooe2 : Hem,
B. NoWlin lot /, bloc.
H.; C. Calder to Mrs. P Cg,s.
Roudolph H. Giescae2 :. s.,r,
NJ. Solomon, lot %, bloc. c..y
Ina Place. so
Harry NJ. Solomon Il 7,,,.
H. Gieschen, lot % bloc. ~
lima Place. 0'
Hezikiah Williams TO F!,s-,.v
Blanchard, one acre q. C..~
Road.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
DEATHS
w, III. SIR.

Funeral services for Will m
Henry Darden, Sr., II, retired street
car conductor, who died at 5 o'clock
Thursday afternoon at his home, 504
Ann street, after a short illness.
were held at $3.50 o'clock yesterday
afternoon from the late residence.
The Rev. J. F. Herbert, assisted by
the Rev. James R. Lee, conducted
the services. Burial followed in
Bellevue cemetery.
Active p~allbearers were: John Rid
dick, T. J. Baird. r. e. Owens, r.
L. Benson, W. E. Davis, and T. c.
Rhodes.
Honorary ~pallbearers were: A. B.
Love, DR.. Robert NJ. Fales, DR.. w
Houston Moore, E. ". Hall, w. B
Savage, W. H. Henry, Noah Hacur
and Woodus Kellum.
Mr.. Darden had 33 years Of active
service with the Tide Water Power
company. He was a charter member
of the Jeff Davis council of the
Junior Order, United American Me
|chanics, and a charter member alse
of the local Amalgamated association
of Railway and Coach employees O.
America.
MI. Darden is survived by hi!
widow, four daughters, Mrs. j. j
vereen, Mrs. J. D. James, Mrs. R
H. Davis, and Mrs. C W. Bloome
and two sons, Adolph and William
H Darden, Jr.; n brother, Johr
G. Darden; and one sister, Mrs
Charles Hicks; twenty grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
HER CAREER
NOW LITERATURE

ROCK HILL, S. C. -R- Polly
Califf, Winthrop College freshman
hit the jackpot at the postoffice.
OF 40 letters she received one
day, she knew only two Of her
correspondents. Then she recalled
a friend at the Citadel had threat
ened to instruct the freshmen to
write to her.
The contents of the letters, Pol
ly explained, were largely requests
for pictures. One young fellow de-
scribed himself as big in the mid
die and little at both ends" 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
T. w. THOMPSON

PARTITION. Nov. 2. T. W,
Thompson, 65, retired cotton buyer
and truck farmer, died in a Lum'
berton sanatorium today after near
ly a year of i'll health. Funeral rites
will be conducted Sunday at 3 p. m.
from Parkton Baptist church, OF
which he was a member, with burial
in the town cemetery.
Surviving are four sons, Sgt.
Henry Thompson of Langley Field,
Va, Corporal Ray Thompson of
Camp Jackson, S. c., Private Earl
Thompson of Fort Bragg, Theodore
Thompson, Jr., of High Point; one
daughter, Miss Martha Rose Thomp-
o of McColl, S. c.; three brothers,
W. l.. and George E. Thompson of
Lumberton, route 2, J. S. Thompson
of Lynchburg, Va, and two sisters,
Miss Anna Thompson of Lumberton,
Mrs. ]. E. Stephens of Evergreen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
HE'LL BET A BUCK
ON THIS TALE

HELENA, Mont. p t. n,
OF Andy Vargas deer hu1.. I'M
reads like this:
6 a. Theft Helena.
7:2O a. m.-Returned WI. I'm.
point buck.
Andy makes no claim l. lane
but he thinks his hunting eyya,
dltion may have been the s.cv,,
est one in Montana this b,g-gs~.e
season. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
RAISES FAMILY
ON THE FLY

STAUNTON, Va. -tR- George
W. Sullivan, garage owner, has
discovered a bird raising a stream
lined family.
One of the mechanics found the
birds nest with four eggs tucked
away in the chassis of a car Since
the car owner used his automo-
bile daily, Sullivan was wonder.
ing how the bird found time to
build the nest and lay the eggs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
FATE
ON LITTLE THINGS

Va. p =,
wing Thomas, Jr., wound u
private in the Canada ~.
Watch regiment instead = - =
mechanic with the C~ar5s A.
Force, all because Of ru.-.- IN,
of dishes. "
He wrote his mother :.
went to Canada 18th TIE .ss. -,
becoming an air force u.e-.,
The call failed to come. al =
turned to dish washing fo- : I've,
llhood. After six weeks. re Va,
all washed up and enl:s.es y =
the Black Watch. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
ECZEMA

A simple way to quick relief from
" itchy Eczema, pimples, angry red
blotches and other skin irritations
due to external causes is by applv-
ing Peterson's Ointment to the az
fected parts. Relieves itching promnt-
~. Makes the skin look better, feel
better. Petersons Ointment also
soothing for tired, itchy feet and
cracks between toes. 35c, all drug
gists. Money back if not delighted
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
JOHN JULIUS WEEKS

John Julius Weeks, 81, died in
Dosher Memorial hospital, South.
port, yesterday morning at $3.50
o'clock after an illness of three
weeks.
He is survived by two sons, Ar.
thur B. Weeks, of Southport, and
Ennis Earl Weeks, of Quantico,
Va, four stepdaughters, Mrs. A
A. Corsi, Of Providence, R. l.,
Mrs. John Floyd, Mrs. Glenn Pig
gott, and Miss Sarah Creech, all
of Southport, a brother, Harry F.
Weeks, of Southport, and a sister,
Mrs. Viola Guthrie, of Arlington,
Va.
Funeral services will be held to.
day at $3.50 p. m. from the resi-
dence in Southport by Russell Har-
rison, the Rev. C. N. Phillips and
the Rev. A. Brown. Interment will
be in the old Southport cemetery.
Pallbearers will be active-John
Erickson, Harry Aldridge, Mon
roe Barnhill, Harold St. George,
Charles Swan, Jr., Alix Lind Carl
ton Price and R. L. Thompson;
honorary Harry Boberson, Les
ter Davis, Hoyle Dosher, Clarence
Spencer, George Galloway and
Boss Leonard.
His first wife was Angie M.
Breasure, of Shelbyville, Del, who
died June %, 1917.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
EYEFUL FOR sPORTsMEN

SANDIEGO, Calf. -IR- When
that girls fish and game patrol
takes to the forest, it certainly
will be more colorful than the
corps of regular game wardens.
The young sportswomen have.
adopted a uniform consisting of
red Jacket, blue cap and skirt and
white shoes. Object is to enjoy
life in the woods and assist in the
preservation of the wild life. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
PROJECT NO. 1 TOOMER'S
CREEK IMPROVEMENTS:

L 4.11 NJ
Our survey was probably tt e
first ever made Of this Creek. Il
is nothing more than a cutoff
in the Cape Fear River. It's total
length is $500 feet or slightly over
l IL miles, as travelled by its
meanders. It's width ranges from
so to 80 feet, average fully so feet,
except the extreme upper 400 feet
which rangs from 20 to 30 feet in
width. The average depth will ex-
coed 10 feet. The mouth or lower
outlet Of the Creek is 3 3-4 miles
by river above Wilmington, the up
per mouth or intake of the Creek is
6 IA miles above Wilmington, by
the river.
The pumping equipment for your
present water supply is located
about 800 feet, up said Toomer's
Creek, from its lower mouth. A
dam has been constructed between
the pumping plant and the said
lower mouth to prevent water en-
tering the Creek from the over
and thereof during salt water pc
RODS. This requires, as you see,
the water to travel by river prac-
tically three miles further up the
Cape Fear before it normally en-
tiers the Creek, by way Of its upper
mouth.
However, that situation does not
prevail in very high tides. The
area On each side of Toomer's
Creek comprises old rice fields and
marsh lands. The elevation of this
marsh land is in general two feet
above low water. Tides during
certain periods Of the year reach
a much higher STANCE than two
feet, sometimes four feet and
above. 1t is, of course, these high
tides that bring the sat water, if
or when the rainfall up state has
beer low and the river thereby
very low. Under this circumstance
the river water instead of entering
the Creek at the upper mouth only,
drives across the rice field from
either side, through old rice field
bitches in part, and reaches your
water supply in that way.
II it is desired to improve Toom-
er's Creek supply and await results,
L suggest the following: Construct
continuous dikes on both sides Of
the Creek to connect and tie in
borl myth shrdl emf emf cmfw
with a dam near each mouth of
the Creek. This dixie and two dams
would be the major new construc-
ton. We think these bikes should
be at least six feet above the pres
ent marsh level after substance,
That only material free of grass
roots or other heavy roots should
be used in its construction, except
possibly the two of the bikes. Top
width of bikes three feet, side
slopes l IL TO l. To prevent worms
boring The bikes and admitting salt
water we would recommend a con-
tnluous line Of tongue and groove
boards, probably l IL inch in
thickness, to be placed in the cen
ter OF the bikes. Top Of boards
not to be nearer the top Of the
dlkes than ID inches, they would
then be ~eternally wet and ever en-
during. The dams should be con-
structed Of two line Of wakefield
sheet piling, with proper round
piles and Whalings, a fill made be-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
USE AIR MAIL,
MR.. POSTMASTER?

ROANOKE, Va. -R- A resi-.
dent of Altoona, Pa, troubled be.
cause a young robin had not yet
learned to fly well before migra-
ton, wrote Postmaster John W.
Wright for advice.
A trip South, with all expenses
paid, was the answer. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
NEVER FROZEN

Hot Sulphur Spring Creek II
Banff, Alberta, Canada. never Ia.
been frozen since its discovery II
1888, although it is a mile above
sea level and nearby lakes tyeazI
solidly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
~MoRRfsoN J. BURNS

Morrison j. Burns, 81, died in the
Marine hospital in Baltimore yes
terday morning according to a re-
port received here. Funeral serv-
ices were held this morning in
Baltimore.
Eldest son of the late Sheriff ].
A. Burns and Mrs. Burn, of Fayet-
teville, Burns was a World war
veteran and had been i'll for some
time.
He is survived by his wife, Athe-
liza Jones Burns, Of Baltimore; two
sisters, Miss Fanny Burn, o.
Fayetteville, and Mrs. j. N. Muir.
ray, of Sunset Park, three nieces
and three nephews, Of Wilmington,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
World
Bulletins
CANAL ZONE

BALBOA, Canal Zone, Nov.
2.-(APeAt least three Unit
ed States %destroyers sped out
of Balboa harbor into the Pa
cific late tonight after sudden
~ calling some sailors to the
boats from shore leave.
DISARMED
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-(AP)-
The West 47th street police
station reported tonight that an
elderly man had been arrested
and disarmed Of a pistol in
Madison Square Garden during
the closing rally of Wendell l..
Wllllsie, republican presidential
nominee.
CAROL
MADRID, Nov. 2.-(AP)-For.
mer King Carol of Rumania.
marooned for weeks in SeviIIe'
prepared tonight to leave for
Madrid tomorrow to plead with
Foreign Minister Ramon Ser.
rano suner for permission to
continue his voyage to Portu.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03

tory leading to their location. with
estimates on two routes leading to
Strawberry Bluff. All estimates
are included in this report, the
map is attached hereto.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03

ADVERTISER TENT
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03


ments were made. In short the
dyking and damming of Toomers
Creek was an experiment. This
experiment proved satisfactory un-
til October 3, 1910, when salt water
reached the upper mouth of Toom-
ers Creek at low tide. This con-
dltion, having now arisen and in
dicating that the experiment is
not sufficient over a period OF
many years, the City Commission
ers are now seeking the most prac-
tlcical, economical, and expedlent
remedy for permanent guarantee
against future water contamlna-
ton not only from high salt con-
tent but from bacteria and colora-
ton also. AS unfortunate as our
present situation is, the fact is
that the Toomers Creek expert
ment, in addition to serving salts
factorily dor seven years with
greatly improved water at less
cost for publication than obtain
able at the old Hilton intake, has
proved that m intake located any,
where below Kings Bluss would
have been a mistake under the
present abnormal salt content Of
the water.
The likelihood is that had the in
take been placed at Strawberry
River, he present emergency
would not have been obviated. The
present occurrence has proved be-
yond any question the value of the
Toomers Creek intake and expend-
lures thereof. The only remain
ing thing to be done, in the light
OF these results, is to seek another
source of supply. 1t is then, per-
haps, proper at this time to ac-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-21
Willkie In.
San Francisco
For Address

San Francisco, Sept. 21.-(AP)-
Wendell L. Willkie, who rode the
rods" into this city 80 years ago as a
youthful harvest hand returned today
to climax his campaign for the states
electoral votes with speech on for
eign affairs.
Before his address tonight in the
civic auditorium, however, he had
a heavy day of speech making. More
than dozen impromptu talks were
on his schedule.
The Republican presidential NOM
inee arrived last night after receiving
cheers and some heckling in talks
through the Sacramento and San
Joaquin valleys.
WILKES final speech Friday be-
fore a trainside audience at Sacra-
mento brought a declaration that
friends had been saying WENDELL
you should pull your punches"
81 don't know how to fight that
way" Willllie added. IF this ad-
ministration thinks it can get away
with the record of the road to bank
ruptcy, with the road of unemploy-
ment with the Capitalization of pow
er in Washington that it has attempt
ed to accomplish and not have me
tell the American people about, 1t is
mistaken"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-21
ConnanderOf
Fort Bragg Is
Lost In Plane

Fayetteville, Sept. 21.-(AP)-An
airplane in which Brigadier General
Francis w. Honeycutt, commander
of Fort Bragg, near here, was pas
aengcr has been missing SINCE 1884 p.
m. (EST), last night when it was
reported over Savannah, Ga, en-
route to Jacksonville, Fla.
Lieutenant Colonel Earl c. EWart,
public relations officer at Fort
Bragg, said great concern was felt
over General Honeycutt's disappear
ance. y.
A squadron of five planes left here
today at 6:l5 d. m. to search the ter
ritory between Savannah and jack
sonvillc but reported finding no trace
of the missing observation plane,
which carried, besides General Hon
eycutt, Captain George F. Kehoe, the
pilot, an Corporal Robert j.
Scnnitz.
Adverse weather prevented the
searching planes from taking off earl
Ter. They were Joined by Coast
Guard planes from Jacksonville and
Savannah, Colonel Ewart said.
General Honeycutt left Fort Bragg
at 6:1O last night and was due in
Jacksonville at $3.50 p. m.
General Honeycutt came to Fort
Bragg from Washington last Friday.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-21
British And
Nazii Fiers
Trade Blows
Italians Report De.
structive Mass Air
Raid on M a t ru h ,
Egypt; Bulgarian For.
mally T ak e S Over
Coded Territory.
(By The Associated Press.)

Nazi air raiders, opening their
third week Of mass attack on the
British capital, sWarmcd across the
English channel in mist and rain to-
day but reports from Britain indicat-
ed they met with little success.
London had one brief alarm as
formation of German planes swept
over the city. Anti-aircraft guns
opened up and the planes retired.
Along the Kentish coast reporters
said British ground guns turned the
raiders back.
The Italians reported destructive
mass air raid on Matruh, Egypt,
where British were bringing up sup
plies for a stand against Italy's le-
gions preparing at Sidi Barrani for
further eastward advance toward
Alexandria.
Britons credited stormy weather
and a stout defense with taking the
edge off the 14th consecutive dusk
to-daWn German bomb attack on
London, but looked for quick re-
neWal of fiercer air war as daybreak
disclosed fast clearing skies.
But even the night of clouds and
storm failed to halt the raiders on
either side
Nazi bombs Numbered down at in
tervals during the night on central
and southern London. Tightening
British censorship held up mention
of the exact time and length of the
attacks.
The British said, however, that
casualties appeared fewer than on
previous nights and watchers along
England's southeast coast took grim
satisfaction in the red glow of fires
their own filters started in German
held ports on the French side of the
channel.
The Germans termed their attacks
on and near London "successfur' de-
spite weather which, they said, gave
them more trouble than the British
defense. The German news agency
DNB, said the British also tried a
strong air attack aimed at Berlin but
the raiders were turned back.
Bulgaria formally took over south
CONTINUED on Page Four,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-21
Home Guard Plan Meets
Opposition In Senate

Chairman Sheppard, Democrat,
Texas, said that John L. Lewis, CLIO
leader, had protested to the COM
mittee against what Lewis called
independent State armies"
Lewis, Sheppard said, urged that
additional units be set up within the
framework of the National Guard
and that their use be subjected to
present Guard regulations.
AS approved by the War Depart
ment and the House military COM
mittee, the legislation before the
committee would permit the secre-
tary of war to furnish arms and
equipment for the home guards but
control of the troops would rest SOLE
ly with the states.
Sheppard said the War Depart
ment had been asked tc Graf; tent
tive alternative measures.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-21

Say Utilities
In Campaign

Washington, Sept. 81. - (AP)-
Nineteen House members appealed
today to President Roosevelt to use
every existing authority in law to
balk what they said was an effort
to elect men to Congress who will
vote for the interest of the private
utility corporations"
In a letter to the Chief Executive,
the Congressman, all but two of
whom are Democrats, asserted it was
"a matter of common belief among
persons conversant with public af-
fairs that privately owned public
utility corporations throughout the
nation, particularly those engaged in
the electric power business, are con-
tributing through indirect and care
fully concealed channels very large
sums OF money to influence the out
come of political campaigns, to effect
the election of candidates for public
office"