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The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

Fascist, anti-U.S. Camach9 ac-
cepts US. leadership In this
hemisphere and will follow ttie
foreign policy laid down atWash-
ington. So it was logical that
Washington should make his in
auguratiOn a great occasion Sent
South was Vice-PreSident-elect
Wallace Carried by Mr.. Wallace
were warm expressions of regard
from the President of the United
States himself. The intimatiOn IS
that Mexico and this country will
work more closely together than
ever-and that part of that work
will consist in Kidding the land of
AZetcS of the Communist and
Axis agents who have been work
ing their heads off trying to con-
vert Mexican people to their doc
trineS. who have bribed corrupt
Mexican officials. and who use
Mexico as a base for espionage
activities directed against the
United States.
From now on. expect TO see
more US activity of this sort in
other Latin American republics.
Hemisphere solidarity IS not just
pretty phrase-this govern
ment believes it must and will
be achieved 1t will be done in
part by making friends. 1t will
be done in part by helping the
psOrer countries economically. Il
will be done in part by throwing
our prestige and power on the
sides of those who are willing tC
follow our. lead. And, finally
some believe. if (. .Orst comes tC
worst and some of the republics
continue to play ball with the
Axis. there will be no alternative
left for us save military force
Chances are that will not be ne
cesSary-German and Italian in
fluence has undoubtedly beer
lessening all through Latin Amer
ica
Some reports say that Mr.. Wal
lace will soon make lengthy tour
of all Latin America. as a sort Oi
Ambassador and Plenipotentiary
Extraordinary. That would not
be surprising seemed to make
a good impression in Mexico. am
he is the eaSy-going. infOrma
type of American MexicanS like
Helping solidify this hemisphere
IS a far more important job thar
the strictly routine position o.
President of the Senate.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19
BY RUSSELL KAY

Had these men walked on the
shores of Galilee to hear the
words Of the Master, their quail
ties for leadership might have
been directed into channels as in
fluential as those of the Apostles.
: We should not lose sight OF the
fact that potential Hitlers and
MussOlinis walk the streets of
America today: the newsboy on
the corner, the plumbers helper.
the carpenter. the grocery clerk.
They are your responsibility and
mine, just as we are equally
theirs.
They may be black OF white.
Gentle or Jew. but regardless of
race or creed, they. like you. are
citizens of the world and the ma
ton.
Abuse them, belittle them.
cuISe them, and you set up IL
their heart a resentment that the
agitatCr can easily whip into Z
flame of hate By the practice of
injustice and intolerance you
can, with a word or a sneer or q
brutal act. poison their minds
and their souls.
On the other hand. with cher
~ smile, kind act, friendly
gesture or helping hand, you
can command their respect and
their love. inspire their faith and
loyalty. and in so doing strength
en- the citizenship of the nation.
and the world g-4- /
Peace and Happiness Is the /
goal of all mankind, even those
who carry arms today and pursue
the path Of destruction. They are
but the victims OF the inhUmanity
Of man to man down through the
ages: forces OF evil set IN motion
by the thOughtleSs. the incOnsid-
crate. the unjust and the intoler-
ant.
Let US, this Yuletide, look
deep into our own hearts and ask
ourselves TO what extent We have
profited by the Glorious Gift that
Divine Providence left the world
at Bethlehem Let US resolve TO
do unto others as We would
have them do unto US" and Love
our neighbor as ourselves.
And may Christmas bring you
Joy and Happiness
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19
For being a bio brother and hay

For being big brother and having lots
o. coin in his jeans Urcle Sam has to be sub
missive and be good neighbOr or sap, ac-
cOrding to the point of view. Canada for
bids the use of funds for travel in the United
States, but hopes to gain considerably by
the increased tourist trade with this coun-
try. And further to discourage trading
with this country she slaps on tax of 81 200
on 81 500 automobile. Nice reciprocity.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

Our system of capitalism is the result
of social evolution and marks the highest
pitch yet attained. We owe it respect, i'm
perfect as it is. as the prime condition of
building up better system. and improve
merit is being made right along Mere de-
nunciation. until better system is evolved,
IS mere destructive criticism.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

There are any number of Organiza-
tiOns that present the claims of various as
-oited needs throughout the world; there is
- e,cuse for anybody not finding some
thing that needs his help.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

Nitrate of silver is used to heal dam
gerous sores, but since we have so much
superfluous gold in the vaults of Fort
Knox. why not use nitrate of gold That's
what the newly rich woman suggested to
her physician when told he was going to
for her
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

II would be a tragedy for Democracy
and the people of the world for the United
States now to engage in a foreign war At
last one powerful nation should remain
sane in these tragic days.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19
KNOWS TIGHT CASE
WHEN He SEES ONE

TULSA. Okla Dec. TIE
defendant. said the accusation
on file. was voluntarily II a state
Of muddled and maudlin Iutuxi-
cation and Ine5rIated- boozr
drunk, saturated. drenched. bc-
sotted, befuddled and stupefled
thereby and SO completely under
the influence thereof as tO have
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

Water and Sewerage.
? More Hotels and Apartments
, Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
T. Airpnrts-Land and Sea.
) Consolidation Of County and City Gov
CTnmentS.
8 A Modern City Hospital
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

Key West. like other human enter
prise5. requires the unselfish service of In
dividualS to be a great success. What do
-"u do for others who live about you?
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

When a society reporter wrote that
the hostess was the cynOsure of all eyes"
she may have meant they were watching to
see which fork she would use first
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

The difference between ghoul and
..I .rcheolo@ist is about 5000 wears.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

Most arguments are the result of two
LItt-heade1 citizens trying to show how
much they know withost caring what the
other thinks or says.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

Introducing: Bessie. \. c.; Lottie,
La; Minnie KY, and Pauline, Kan.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

One law that hasn't worked: the Neu-
: jrality Law.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

A Colorado junk dealer near grade
crossing displays this sign Go ahead; take
charce; we'll buy the wrecked car"
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

MuSSOlini used to be the Big Noise of
Europe; lately he has become the big
silence.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

We know some little boys whose dad
dies are planning good time with toy train.
sets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Smoke Fouled Cities Hoping
St. Louis VIII Find Remedy

Simultaneous results in the anti
smoke campaign, but coal commu-
mites have threatened to boycott
the products of St. Louis merchants
who do $40, 900, 900 business in Illi-
nois annually.
Stimulation Of the production of
smokeless fuel by processing Hi
nois coal apparently will be n of
the recommendations Of the smoke
committee. A proposal has been
made that the city, through bond
issue, build and operate it's W pro-
cessing plants.
The Illinois legislature recognized
the gravity Of the situation last
year and appropriated $185,000 for
a study of methods Of processing
soft coal.
It has been estimated it would
cost not less than 5000, 900 to build
enough plants to supply 100000
tons of processed fuel annually.
Out of this, st. Louis hopes some
day to have clear skies and pure
air during it's winter months, but
a pessimistic citizen said, London
has had an unsolved smoke and
fog problem for 1900 years." AS far
back as 1901, King Edward I pro
hibited use of coal in London be-
cause of the "%unsavory vapors there
from"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
WAR HINDERS
WEATHER PURCHASING

1t sounds like a gag, but the
weather bureau really would have
been able to give the country bet
ter advance warning of that recent
cold wave if there hadn't been a
war in Europe.
That works out like this: The
war has raised hob with the bu-
reau's reporting service. Europea L
meteorological stations are no
longer sending reports on weather
conditions, and ships at sea have
stopped sending reports because
they're afraid submarines will spot
their position.
Most important Of all, Canadian
stations have stopped reporting.
This particular cold wave got
started up in Alaska; and it seems
atmospheric conditions in eastern
Canada and the Great Lakes region
were such that there wasn't any
thing to keep the wave from going
right down to the gulf. Weather
bureau had no dope from Canada
and hence couldn't forecast just
where the cold wave would go.
(They couldn't have stopped it, of
course, if they had seen it coming.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
By OSCAR KAHAN

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 15.-R-Smoke-
fouled cities, aroused by the eco
nomic waste and the threat to health
in their soot-filled atmosphere, are
looking to embattled st. Louis for
a solution.
There's nothing new in the smoke
that hides the sun here at least a
third of the days during the WIN
ter. Frontier St. Louis suffered III
years ago from smoke "in some in
stances so dense as to render II
necessary to use candles at mid
day."
What Is new is the city's deter
mination to end the acrid, irritat-
ing pals that turn it pitch-black
and cost it an estimated $4,000, 600
annually. A civic committee, pledg-
ed to '~action," has been studying
the problem and is about ready to
report.
No one, however, expects a plan
to end the evil Immediately.
st. Louis smoke, belching o
thousands Of chimneys, comes from
imperfect combustion Of some 81
600, 900 tons of Illinois soft coal used
here each year.
Barring this fuel has been sug-
gested as a means of getting in
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Labor Board Probers
Called Into Session

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-R-
The house committee investigating
the labor relations board was call
ed into an executive session today,
presumably to decide whether it
should recommend some Wagner
act amendments at once, before
completing its inquiry.
Even before the hour Of the meet
ing, some informed persons predict
ed the. group would recommend
within the next two weeks legisla-
ton abolishing the present labor
board and replacing it with a new
organization.
Public hearings of the committee
were recessed yesterday until Tues
day after J. Warren Madden. labor
board chairman, had disclosed that
his organization had an arrange.
ment with the Reconstruction FL
nance Corporation whereby the
board recommended that loan dis
bursements be withheld from COM
panies against which Wagner act
complaints had been issued.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
N. C. DEMOCRATS
] TO MEET MAY II
Date OF Convention In Ra.
leigh Changed After
Mail Poll

RALEIGH, Feb. ID e-R'
Gregg Cherry of Gastonia, state
democratic chairman, announced to
day that the state democratic con
yenti.n would De he'd here May II.
The committee agreed in a mai
poll to change the date from May
16s to May II because Memorial
auditorium here had another en-
gagement for May 16. The state
committee met 10 days ago and
set the meeting for May Is with
out finding out whether it could get
The auditorium.
Governor Hoey commented that
s6fne persons had been critical Of
the early date set for the meeting
which will put the convention EARL
eli than in many years. He said
that democrats of New Hampshire
would meet March -, Wisconsln's
April 2. Illinois April 9 and Massa'
chusetts' April 30 and that Tam
many had announced it's slate OF
delegates to be voted on, 80 ours
isn't so early considering others"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16

any communication Of any sort
sent anonymously. So in hopes Of
spiting the anonymous writer, here
is what he objected to OTIS a quote
from Leonard.)
ANYBODY who has studied the
sales tax as it applies to the retail.
ers and their customers of low in.
come knows it is morally wrong
and there are thousands Of us who
consider it legally wrong and not
only an injustice, but an actual
state disgrace in it's operation
against merchants, particularly
those Of Jul border communities
and those who become innocent
victims of the revenue depart.
ment's get-what-you-can.out-of-the
merchant racket"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16

Uranus, Jupiter,
David Selznick,
Venus and I don't
know what all.
The other day
at Paramount I
met the astrolo.
ger after a spec.
ial showing OF
THE sidewalks of
London" (made
in 1888 but only
now to be releas'
ed in this coun.
try). I thought
the picture excel
1en% opd Charles
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16

tic servants whose time is partly
occupied in caring for these rooms.
Membership dues in professional
societies are deductible. Physicians
and dentists who keep in their
waiting rooms current magazines
and newspapers for the benefit of
their patients may deduct tins item
as a business expense. The cost
of professional journals for the tax
PAYERS own use is also a deductible
item.
The cost of technical books is
r. OF a deductible item, being a CAPT
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16

and Smith to take the stand and
answer the charges that had been
made.
This isn't what was anticipated,
and it has people guessing. One
curious accompaniment is that
while most congressman seem to
feel the labor act will be amended,
hardly any are expecting any really
drastic changes to be approved.
F. D.. r. KNOWS
HIS SENATORS AND BORES
Charles w. Elliot director of Ma
tional Resources Planning board,
visited the White House recently
to explain how he was going to try
to sell a senate committee on the
boards usefulness.
The boards job is pretty COM
plicated, and the explanation was
pretty involved. Finally, FDR tap
ped him On the arm.
Listen, Charlie" he said. THE
committee wants it simpler. 1t will
be- like the very boring lady who
sits next to you at dinner parties
and says, Yes, I know, Mr.. Eliot
but what do you DO??'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16

tants, and expenses paid in n
operation and repair Of an auto
mobile, based upon the proportion,
of time it is used for professional
purposes.
Many physicians use their resi-
dences both as their offices and
their homes. In such instance the
physician may deduct as a business
expense the rental value of the
rooms occupied for office purposes
if he actually pays rent, and also
the cost Of light and heat furnished
these rooms. Also, he may deduct
a portion of the wages paid domes-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Behind The Scenes
In Washington

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-One
mystery right now is the
way the famous Smith committee
has dealt with the labor board. 1t has
been rough, but not nearly as rough
as everyone expected it to be.
Committee spent months assem-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Your IT, S.
Income Tax
DEDUCTIONS FOR
PROFESSIONAL EXPENSES

A professional man may deduct
all necessary expenses incurred in
the pursuit of his profession. These
include the cost of supplies used in
his practice, office rent, cost of
light. water, fuel, and telephone in
his office, the hire of office assls-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
FATHERS NEW MOVIE

A movie that will pick up where
'"The River" and "The Plow That
Broke the Plains left off has been
filmed and will go to the theaters
by spring. Photographed by Bob
Flaherty for Pare Lorenz's U. S.
Film Service, it is tentatively titled
"The Land" and deals with the
way soil erosion and mechanical
agriculture are driving people off
the land.
Department of Agriculture Off
Gals, who fathered the idea, are
excited about it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16

B R E FS
News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Rv HENRY AVERILL

RALEIGH, Feb. ID. M. Bailey,
young republican legislator from
Madison county for the last two
sessions Of the general assembly,
was here Wednesday to argue the
two "politicaI' cases. from his
county, Your reporter asked him:
'.Are you coming back to the 1871
assembly,"
"You know, I'd like to, but I'm
just a little opposed to third terms"
he cracked right back.
Aguing the Madison cases, G. V.
Roberts, Baley's partner, opened
his plea thus:
We're not governed by laws in
Madison county, we're governed by
commissions appointed for life,
with remainder over to their politi-
cal heirs"
He referred to the multitude of
local laws passed by various legis-
latures-laws frankly and openly
designed to put democrats in office
in an overwhelmingly republican
county.
. Your reporter went to the Rural
Identification Authority Tuesday,
and was Immediately inveigled into
a politica, discussion.
= /. Look here, I don't want a politi-
cal argument, I want a story about
rural Identification" he said.
$50 you're a Winchell, are you?
You want something shocking"
punned Engineer J. M. Granger.
-
Horton and Martin Are Sent to
Prison." screamed a headline in the
Concord Tribune-but reading of
The story quickly dispelled visions
Of candidates for governor and
lieutenant governor wearing stripes.
-
t. Reasons for the terrific fight
made against a North Carolina
wage and hour bill in the last gen.
Hal assembly become quite appar-
ant upon inspection of labor de-
partment statistics for January.
z This report shows that for 20
E.non-manufacturing" concerns re-
PORTING on wages and hours, the
average wage was 1874 cents per
hour (less than half the average
Wage in manufacturing industries),
While the average hours worked per
week reached sos against an aver
sge of 1862 in manufacturing indus
Tries.
= Included in the "non-manufactur-
fAg" group are hotels, public utili-
ties, etc. 1t "a the hotel group
which was particularly vigorous in
opposing any state wage-hour law.
r.. -
Your reporter has an anonymous
communication which inclosed a
reprint of an article in the States
vile Daily regarding a Paul Leon
ard outburst against the sales tax
The writer says: "Mr. Averill,
3Du ought not to print such. stuff.
@is is got out to hurt Mr.. Max
Mell. I tell you Mr.. Maxwell cannot
be beat. Fooey to Leonard"
Not having printed the stuff
IN the first place, your reporter
wouldn't now except for the fact
that he has no use whatsoever for
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
In Hollywood
By PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 15.-Vivlen
Leigh may not know it yet, but her
life and future have been the sub
jects of considerable a~stro-psychic
research by Hollywood's mead horo'
scoper, Mabel Walrath Smith. The
findings are encouraging, too: it
seems that the British star is IN
conjunction with Mercury and un'
der the b%eneficent influences OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16

bling documents
to- use as h
it's, and So far
has used only a
fraction of them.
Inste d Of calling
in everyone who
had a grudge
against the board
it confined itself
almost entirely to
board employees
and board rec
ords. Then it
swung around and
invited B o a r d
Members Madden
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
BIDS

CHARLOTTE-Bids will be opened
Feb. rs on construction of a negro
ward at the Mecklenburg county
tuberculosis sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16

CLARK, Mo.-Farmer r. l.. But
Ter missed his COW and called neigh
bors to help find her.
Ten days later, Butler struck a
pitchfork into a straw stack and
there she was still mooing, but
weak from lack of water and feed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16

PALS
BETHANY, Mo- Mrs. Harvey
Lewis found a rat i'll the bottom
of a barrel.
wait till I get the cat" said her
husband.
He tossed the cat into the bar.
rel, then went to dinner without
waiting to watch the kill.
After dinner he looked in the bar.
rel. The rat was snuggled content
edly beside the purring cat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
DIR. MURRAY

sALlsBuRY-Dr James J W.
ray of Lexington, Va vn, '''f'
principal speaker at ee The
of North Carolina Preshv+ 'sfe1ls
dents here tomorrow ana can Stu,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16

Laughton's performance his best.
Mrs. Smith, though, hadn't noticed
those things because she had been
so busy watching the co-star, Miss
Leigh.
In this increasingly practical age
the movie colony is a little shy
about acknowledging faith in the
mystic arts or claimed sciences. Yet
a lot of prominent people consult
aid praise Mabel Smith, a brisk and
amusing blond whose claim of 81
years is less credible than her wild
est forecasts. Non-professionally
she's a great favorite at parties, and
her skill at poker is sufficient to
convince almost any materialist
th,-t there's such a thing as occult
power.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
FLASHES
OLLIE
HAPPY ENDING

SAN FRANCISCO - Frank Odds
drifted apart from his fiancee 43
years ago.
Recently he retired frcn a utility
firm, = and the company's bulletin
carried a tribute to him. Mrs. Mar
tina .Besthorn, his old sweetheart,
by then a widow, read it and in.
vited Odds to visit her.
He did. They were married and
are going to Honolulu for their hon
eymoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Forecast Death
Of Doctors Wife

VI OONtOl = WHO
Some Hollywoodsmen, like George
Brent, say, "Smithy, you're a witch!
1 don't believe in astrology, but you
must get this stuff from some
where" Another who says that is
Eddie Mannix, Metro bigwig, who
was impressed by her predictions Of
a domestic split, a fire in his house,
and the outcome of an oil deal. A
third person is Charlie Chaplin.
The comedian was n Of about
80 people at a party who heard
Mrs. Smith give warning OF the
probable circumstances Of the death
Of the wife of DR.. Cecil Reynolds,
Chaplin's physician. It worked out
to the last tragic detail-tropics,
car trouble, aquatic demise-a n d
the apparently well-authenticated
case became a world sensation in
Sunday supplements and hocus-po-
Gus journals.
Mrs. Smith frequently gives out
with punches of predictions for
publication, and it is supposed to
be a matter of record that she &C.
curately forecast the beginning Of
the war, the Soviet-Nazi pact, the
deaths Of John Gilbert and the eld-
er Douglas Fairbanks, and innumer.
able other great and small events.
She says the man next inaugural
ed President Of the United States
will die in office. Also that Hitler,
between now and April 81, will be-
come very ill and will. lost his domi-
nance in Germany. Next year will
be a bad n for England; the
war will last five years. and we
will be drawn into it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Future Is Bright
For Scarlet" Leigh

L uCuFe lS DTl$IG
For Scarlet" Leigh
OF lesser moment: Ronald Cole.
mans last big year is 1910; Made.
leine Carroll is headed for a new
romance and last marriage; Cecil
DeMille is likely to be very i'll next
August or September. About vivien
Leigh:
She'll become a truly great star.
She must guard her eyesight and
should be careful about airplanes
and horses. Unexpectedly she will
recover some lost money or jew
elry. She'll win an Academy Award.
VIII make a lot Of money, and will
become an American citizen. In all,
she'll marry four times, and will
have another child. Within a couple
of years, probably in the summer
Of 1871, she will encounter and sur-
mount a serious difficulty.
Personally, I'll take all these pre-.
dictions with a few grains of star
dust. But for a laugh-or maybe for
a gasp Of astonishment-I think I'll
file 'em for a future check with
facts.