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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
Virginia Marital
Test Law Effective

Va, July 15.-lR-
Virginia., a Gretna Green for the
populous east since Maryland
slowed down the tying of mar.
riage knots, expects Cupid to seek
other areas for his rush tactics at.
ter July 81.
The Old Dominion hasn't de-.
creed a waiting period to stop
hurry-up marriages, but a 1910 act
requiring a pre-marital test for
syphilis, and effective August /,
will prevent a quick rush to the
altar. This wasn't the principal
purpose of the act, but a big de.
crease in marriages of non-rest
dents is expected.
With many eastern states re.
quiring waiting periods for love.
smitten couples, marriages in Viz.
ginia last year leaped to a record
50, 717, nearly 20 1000 more than in
1898.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
British AT Moyale
Forced To Withdraw

N, July 15.-PeEx-
change Telegraph, British news
agency, reported from Nairobi,
Kenya colony, today that the be.
leaguered British garrison at Moyale
had withdrawn.
Moyale is a British frontier out
post on the border between British
Kenya and italian Ethiopia in East
Africa.
The agency said a British com.
munique issued at Nairobi had re-
ported:
"Our garrison in British Moyale
which had been surrounded for the
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last five days withdrew last night
cident."
Advices from Nairobi earlier had
quoted a communique saying that
r. A. F. filters had bombed Italian
Movale,- "setting fires to buildings
around the village and making the
enemy run from the ridge west of
British Moyale."
The British troops which had re-
sisted Italian siege since last Wed
nesday we're reported by well : in
formed sources here to be the Kings
African Rifles, a famed corps of
native troops differed by English
men,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
TROUBLE ON e

PEORIA, Ill.-Hundreds of Peoria
youngsters, backed up by angry par
ents, have caused many of the city's
lawmakers to question the wisdom
of a new traffic ordinance which
prohibits children under 9 years old
from riding bicycles.
Police Chief Keo Kamins, his Of
flee crowded with protesting parents
and children, threw up his hands in
resignation and said: Never in re-
cent years has an ordinance created
such connection"
Many of the complaints said they
presented bikes to their offsprings
as presents last Christmas, before
the restriction was suggested.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
HISTORIC SITES
WILL Be MARKED
Number OF Little Known
Points Oh Interest Are
Permanently Marked

RALEIGH, July 15.-A number
of little-known facts in North Caro-
lima history are brought to light
in the Inscriptions for ten new his
torical markers, released today by
DR.. C. c. Crittenden, Secretary of
the North Carolina Historical COM
mission. The inscriptions have been
approved by a group of leading
historians from Wake Forest col
lege, Duke University, the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, State col
lege, and Davidson college.
1t is not generally known that the
British occupied North Carolina soil
during the War of 1872, and yet
such was the case. One marker,
which will be placed in Swan Quar-
ter, Hyde County, will bear the
following inscription BRITISH IN
VASION: A British force under Ad-
miral Cockburn occupied Ports
mouth and Ocracoke, July 1916,
1918. Sc. 80 miles across Pamlico
Sound.
A very interesting fact now
brought to light is that General
Grant spent several days in Ra-
leigh in April, 1865, comforting with
Sherman on the terms of surren-
der to be offered for Johnston's
Confederate army (the terms were
signed at the Bennett House near
the present city of Durham on APP
ril >26, 1862 TIL inscription for
this marker is as follows: GEN.
ERAL GRANT: In the governors
palace April 24-27, 1865, Grant con-
ferred with Sherman and approved
new terms for surrender of john
ston's Confederate army.
A significant marker will be
placed in the town of Waynesville.
Haywood County, bearing the fol-
lowing inscription: MARTINS
SURRENDER: Gen. James G.
Martin surrendered the army OF
western Norgh Carolina, the last
Confederate force in the state, in
Waynesville, May 6, 1865.
The other inscriptions m as fol-
lows:
PATRICK FERGUSON camped
in this vicinity with his Tory force,
Oct. As, 1870, two days before its
destruction at the battle of Kings
Mountain, 5 miles Sc. cleveland
County,
JAMES MOORE: Commander
of Wrigs in Moore's Creek cam
paign, 1776, brigadier general
North Carolina troops at Charles
ton. Died TIT. His home was 8
miles S. E. (Rocky Point, Fender
County,
CAMP POLK: World War tank
camp, 1000 acres in area. estab.
lished Sept. 1918, named for Will
liam Polk, colonel in the Revolu-
ton, was located here. (Raleigh,
Wake County,
ALFRED MOORE: Associate
Justice United States Supreme
Court, 1890 1904, officer in the Rev.
olution, state attorney general,
judge. Home was 10 ga miles S.
brunswick County,
LITTLETON COLLEGE: Char.
tered in 1888 as Central Institute
and in 1877 as Littleton Female
College. Burned 1919. Was located
here. I.ittleton, Warren County,
WASHINGTON'S SOUTHERN
TOUR: President Washington visit
ed in the Stanly home, n block
N. w., on April 20-21, 1871. (New
Bern. Craven County,
RICHMOND PEARSON: c. i e
Justice, North Carolina Supreme
Court, 1858-78, conducted a famous
law school at Richmond Hill, his
home, which stands 5 miles N. W.
Cast Bend, Yadkin County,
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F. R. AND FARLEY
CONFER BY PHONE
President Asks How Things
Are Going, Gets
Answer, 'Okay'

WASHINGTON, July 15.-P-
President Roosevelt talked by tele-
phone with James A. Farley IN
Chicago today, to wish the demo-
cratic national chairman a success
full convention and to ask now
things are going"
Stephen Early, presidential sec
rotary, describing the conversation
to reporters, asserted that Farley
informed Mr.. Roosevelt things
were going "okay."
Mr.. Roosevelt made use of a
newly-installed telephone circuit
linking the White House with n
cage and talked with Farley while
the latter was on the platform In
the convention hall.
Early disclosed the telephone
connection in talking with reporters
at the start of a history-maklng
week in which political leaders be-
lieved President Roosevelt would
accept denomination by the demo-
cratic party and thus challenge the
tradition against any man serving
three terms in the White House.
The democratic national commit
tie is paying for the wire, Early
declared, adding that if the Presl-
dent or anyone in the White House
used it. he would get an operator
in the convention city, as the wire
was not connected directly with
anyone's room.
Secretary of State Hull had a
luncheon appointment with n
chief executive and smilingly Ear
ly told reporters that probably no
n would believe him when he
said the two were going to discuss
only the Pan American conference
starting in Havana July 20.
Hull has been mentioned ire
quently as a vice-presidential pros
pect. under Mr.. Roosevelt.
Early was asked how Mr.. Roose-
welt was keeping in touch with
developments in Chicago and with
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins,
who is regarded in some uarters
as the Presidents representative
at the convention.
Early's reply was that his state
ment on installation of the tele-
phone circuit answered that ques-
ton, even though the line did not
terminate in a Chicago hotel room.
Still publicly silent as to whether
he would run, the President return
ed to the capital late yesterday after
a weekend cruise on the Potomac
river with his longtime political
counsellor, Justice Samuel I. Rosen-
man of New York.
Justice Rosenman was with Mr..
Roosevelt constantly during the DEM
ocratic convention which first nomi-
mated him for the presidency in 1882,
and his inclusion among the week
end presidential guests stirred spec
ulation that the chief executive
might be giving thought to an &C.
ceptance speech. There was no word
from any member of the party to
confirm this, however.
Newsmen expect to have a final
opportunity to question the Presl-
dent about his attitude toward a
third term at his press conference
on Tuesday, before the Chicago con-
yention dominates the candidate.
Most analysts believe, however, that
he will maintain his public silence
on the question until after the IN
vention has actually given him h
nomination.
In political quarters his accept
ance was taken for granted gener-
ally, but a few cautious politicians
hedged their predictions with the
observation that Mr.. Roosevelt loves
a surprise.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
Lady Strabolgi Wins
Diporce In London

LONDON, July 15.-F-Lady Do
ris Mary Strabolgi was granted a
divorce today from Lord Strabolgi,
labor leader in the house of lords,
on grounds of his asserted miscon-
duct with a Mrs. Hamilton. No de-
tense was offered. They were mar
ried in 1918 and have four children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
BEDTIME STORY

neutrality-suspicious. pieces of
fire apparatus and two squad cars
raced through heavy downtown traf-
fic to a building from which a pass
erby had seen smoke pouring.
When firemen CROPPED their way
into a smoke-filled second-story room
they found Edward Dackensmith, a
ledger, asleep on a sofa and the
blackened remains of a hamburger
on a lighted gas plate.
He said he had been preparing a
bedtime snack.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
Canadian Mouie-G oers
Ia Swell War Chea

TORONTO, July 15.-(P)-A halt
million Canadians are expected to
go to the movies tonight to boost
the dominion's "buy a stamp and
lick Hitler" campaign. Each must
buy two 25-cent war savings stamps
to gain admission but VII retain
them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
In Hollywood

Hollywood.-All over the lot: 1
have a notion that the big boss
of Paramount once sent an order
to the coast to make lots of top
ical pictures. And that through sec
retarial error or mis-readlng, 1t
came out tropical
Anyway, they're still building
new jungles and refurbishing old
South Sea islands on the lot. AL
the parrots in Hollywood with Hays
Office-approved vocabularies seem
to have taken up residence at the
studio, and there are middle-aged
monkeys around the place which
don't remember any other home.
Even slick Fredric March has
been established on n of these
sets. He's the recluse Of Joseph
Conrad's Victory" and his COM
panion in synthetic loneliness is
Betty Field. She's wearing a sa-
rong, too
It's not surprising that Dorothy
Lamour is back in another equa-
torial epic called Moon Over Bur-
ma" What's news is that she
DOESN'T wear a sarong this
time, and that she'll try snake
charming. Having charmed almost
panthers, seals, elephants, alliga-
tors and Robert Preston-she's
about to work with a King Cobra.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
S. {. Auto Registration
Shows Gain Of 1873

COLUMBIA, S. c., July 15.-P)-
The state highway department re-
ported today that there were 313 ,043
motor vehicles registered in the
state June 80 for a gain of ~ 9
since the same date a year ago.
Private automobiles totaled 261,-
337 and trucks totaled 44,409.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
POWDER PUFF
WESTERNS

Guitars and romance have soft
ened westerns alarmingly, but moth
ing has so affected the morale OF
sage brush actors as the discovery
that trusty six-guns r shooting
talcum powder these days.
This humiliating development
was worked out by Producer
Harry Sherman and his prop man
for the Cherokee Strip" company.
The explosion of ordinary black
powder in blank cartridges doesn't
photograph well, looks like a cloud
of SCOT. A WHISKY gray curl
of smoke, as described in the pulp
magazines, was what they wanted.
They got it by dropping a pinch
of talcum between. the paper wad'
dings of the shells. Any day now,
they may add a little perfume so
that the villain won't gag on the
acrid fumes.
SOY BEANS
The Tugboat Annie company has
been working with real vessels late
ly, the story problem beng no"
to refloat a freighter. which is sup
posed to have gone On a sandbar.
Two tugs have been hired for An
ME and her rival, Captain u
Wrinkle, and a large Danish motor
ship plays the stricken cargo snip.
The Danish captain is IN a vie
humor and is being treated Like a
temperamental star. His snip Is
idle in the harbor as a result OF
Germany's conquest, and the hold
is full of thousands Of tons OF soy
beans which have got a little damp
and are beginning to swell. The
swelling is springing the freight
er's plates, thus admitting more
water to produce more swelling.
|. . One of these days it's going
to crack open and sink, and not
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
WELL HIDDEN,

The walking stick insect repre-
sents one Of Natures greatest
works of c~amoufage. A bird can
alight squarely beside one of these
curious, elongated insects, and be
unaware of its presence 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16

More children were killed by au-
tomobiles last year than were kill
ed by scarlet fever, diphtheria,
measles and whooping cough com
bined. 4
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District Rotary Group
Holds Annual Sessions

CHARLOTTE, July 15.@LR-
The annual 18TH district assembly
of Rotary clubs was held here to-
day.
Elbrldge W. Palmer of Kings
port, Tenn, former International
director, was the principal speak
er at the morning session. Ed K.
Willis of Concord, district COVER
nor, presided.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
RALEIGH
BRIEFS
BY HENRY AVERILL

RALEIGH, July 15.-Slnce start
of the Wage-Hour Divisions check
up on the lumber industry, 423 en-
ployees in North Carolina h a v
received So, 1874 in restitution pay
ments from II companies found to
have been violating the law.
Authority is Fred J. Coke, Jr.,
senior inspector of the regional Of
fee of the division, who has charge
of the Federal inspectors assigned
to the lumber investigation in the
region.
Several hundred other employees
have received pay increases as a
result of assurances given the IN
spectors that there will be in future
be full compliance with the law.
First meeting to be held in the
old Supreme court chamber was
that of the State Rural Electrifica-
ton Authority.
w. NJ. Sherard, a board member,
leaned back in a chair, lit up a big
cigar and proclaimed:
I'll bet I'm the first person to
smoke in here and get away with
it."
The REA office has been moved
to the suite formerly occupied by
the Attorney General. There seems
to be just about the proper space
for the agency to function without
crowding. Established in 1895, the
Authority was for a long, long time
penned up in tight quarters on the
fifth floor of the Revenue building.
At one time when the State ABC
board was organized and set up on
that same floor, the REA w a S
damned into one room.
I'VE were SO crowded that he
had to sit in my lap for a year.
cracked Mrs. Lima Flowers, senior
stenographer pointing to Engineer
j. M. Granger.
Program for the 9th Annual
Farm and Home Week at State
College, July 20 to August 2, covers
"a pages, with a wide variety of
activities listed for both men and
women.
Officers for the event are H. c..
Ferebee of Camden, president;
W. L. Lyerly of Woodleaf, first
vice-president; T. B. Upchurch, Jr.
of Raeford, second vice-president;
Dan M. Paul of State College, Sec
retary-treasurer; and Frank H.
Jeter of State College, publicity dir
ector.
Officers of the Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs which
will have charge of the ladies pro-
gram are Mrs. Dudley Bagley of
Moyock, president; Mrs. A n n i e
Goodwin of Goodwin, first vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. Porter Paisley of Soda
liza, second vice-president; Mrs.
w. P. Dorsey of Rutherfordton,
third vice-president; Mrs. c a
Slagle of Franklin, recording Sec
rotary; Mrs. A. W. Pierce of Pike
Vile, treasurer.
Every day of the Home and
Farm week will be well filled for
those participating. Here's tn e
daily schedule as listed in the pro-
gram: 6:16 Rising Whistle; 6:45,
Breakfast at the College Cafteria:
7:30-8:00. Pictures at the Y. M. c.
A.; 800 9:30, Program for m e r
and women, Pullen H a l l.:
9:30-10:00. Intermission. 1000.
1900, Separate meetings for men
and women; 1900 to 200 p. M,
Dinner, College Cafeteria; 200,
500, Tours and special meetings;
$50, Supper, College Cafeteria
6:30-10:00, Evening program a
Riddick Field 'Pullen Hall in cas-
Of rain.).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
Flashes
Of Life
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES-A bandit took 81
from Francis Vetry, young aircraft
factory worker, without trouble.
Then the gunman demanded a wrist
watch on which was engraved Go
orado Golden Gloves Heavyweight
Champion" and the fun began.
One punch-and the boxer went
down and his watch away.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16

even Annie Brennan can do any,
thing about it.
WHO'S WHO
Gregory Ratoff, usually a direc-
tor, is just an actor these days in
The Great Profile He plays John
Barrymore's manager, and there
is a scene in which a minor char.
acter rushes into his office, yanks
him around in his chair and threat
ems to punch his face. Director
Walter Lang shot the scene sew
eral times and finally grew impa-
tent. Look he said, you're
mad! Grab him and really Jerk
him around. Make his teth rattle"
"You better get somebody else"
said the bit player. To-day MIR.
Ratoff is an actor, and it's all
right. But tomorrow he is a di-
rector and I may want to work
for him!". 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16

A total of 28,467 drivers licenses
had ben revoked by the North
Carolina Highway Safety Division
through June 80. 1910. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
FRIEND INDEED

BOISE, Idaho-Friendship doesn't
always cas- in political battles.
William Galloway of Boise, dem
ocratic candidate for state repre-
sentative from Ada county, wanted
to go fishing. But it was nearing
the deadline for filing his petition.
His opponent, Incumbent Repub-
lican Hamer Bulge filed the papers
for him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16
English Rector Giuen
Term For Ringing Bell

LONDON, July 15.-P1-The Rev.
r. G. C. Graham, rector of Old Boz
ingbroke. was sentenced today to
four weeks Imprisonment for ring
ing church bells for Sunday service
June Is in violation of a defense
order that they be rung only to warn
of invasion.
Despite the rector's protest he was
ignorant of the order, the judge held
the ringing was Intentional and
deliberate"
Thre out of every four bicyclists
injured last year were violating
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16

First in your mind, perhaps tn,
telephone in dustry's principal
contribution to the South is QUICK
dependable communication.
But Southern Bell is also lm'
portant as a citizen, as an en-.
ployer Of people. as a payer "
taxes, as a purchaser OF mate
rails. In 1899 alone, operating
expenses amounted TO approx
mately ffty-6ve million dollar
not including additional millions
used for new construction.
To build, operate and MAINTAIN
this system requires more 'nsn
twenty-one thousand skilled WORK
ers whose annual payroll is sP'
proximately thirty million dollaf''
These telephone men and ~0m,
en- contribute to the business anu
social welfare Of their commum
ties, and of the South. They anu
their families compose a group
of perhaps eighty thousand p'e
pie who are dependent on
business for their livelihood.
As a taxpayer, the south'n
Bell does much toward the sup
port of the local. state ana
tiona] governments. Total w
last year exceeded nine
three-quarters million dollars
nearly twenty.seven thousand DOL
lars a day.
The Southern Bell ComPan1
a Southern industry in the iule
sense and its activities form a
stantial contribution to the grown
and prosperity Of the South
J. R. THOMAS, Mgr
BELL TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMBINE
tNcuRPnRATEn
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-16

A Vacation Paradise
Located on highest point Of Lookout
Mountain, overlooking Chattanooga
and seven mountain ranges. Cool
nights-pleasant days. All sports,
including outdoor swimming pool,
golf, riding, tennis. Rates moderate.
Address
S. JOHN LITTLEGREEN,
MANAGER. a%uOtnrt Mountain Hotel
thrtf""" ""NoSSee
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even Annie Brennan can do any.
thing about it.
Evening star., 1940-06-16

Washington and Mr.. Robert Faheney
of Hyattsville, Md.
For her going-away costume the
bride wore a navy blue sheer dress
trimmed with white and white &C
cessories. After a wedding trip to
Atlantic City and New York Mr.. and
Mrs. Worsham will make their home
at AIT EvartS street NE.
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Miss Lucille Sanders
Bride of G.. w. Frame.


The wedding of Miss Lucille Mae
Sanders, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Marvin Sanders of near Vienna,
Va, to Mr.. George William Frame
of this city, is of interest both in
Washington and nearby Virginia.
The Andrew Chapel Methodist
Church at Vienna was the scene of
the wedding, which took place June
9 at o'clock. The Rev. R. Carl
Maxwell performed the ceremony
and the wedding music was provided
by Mrs. Willard Oliver, organist, and
Miss Alvena Hey. soloist.
The church was decorated with
palms and white peonies and white
candles were on the altar and in
seven branched candelabra in the
Evening star., 1940-06-16
Miss Audrey Schaeffer
Married in Riverdale.

The wedding of Miss Audrey Car
olyn Schaeffer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter D. Schaeffer of Hale
thorpe, Md, to Mr.. Samuel Lyle
Worsham, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. j.
Worsham of this city, took place last
evening at 7:45 o'clock in the River
dale Presbyterian Church. The Rev.
w. Keith Custis performed the cere-
mony and organ music was played
by Mrs. A. NJ Blaisdell. Palms and
spring flowers were used to decorate
the church for the ceremony.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and wore a gown of
white marquisette. The dress had a
full skirt, fitted waistline and wide
lace insertions in the long, full
sleeves and the bodice. Her finger
tip veil of tulle was held by coronet
of seed pearls and she carried a
shower bouquet of white roses and
lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Francis G.. Little was her
sisters matron of honor and wore a
pale yellow marquisette dress with a
draped bodice and full skirt and
short puffed sleeves. Her matching
shoulder-length veil was held in
place by spray of flowers and her
bouquet was of talisman roses.
Mr.. Little, the brides brother-in-
law, was best man and the ushers
were Mr.. Joshua Stakeholder of
Evening star., 1940-06-16

veil which extended to the end Of
the train on her dress and was held
by coronet of white gardenias and
lilies of the valley. Her bouquet
was also of white gardenias and
lilies of the valley.
Miss Agnes Dowd, the maid OF
honor, was in blue net trimmed in
peach ribbons, with a matching net
hat, and the other bridesmaid, Miss
Susan Ficklin, wore peach net trim
med with blue ribbon, and match
ing hat. Both carried nosegay bou-
quets of garden flowers.
Little Virginia Lee Appich, the
flower girl, was dressed in yellow
net trimmed in blue ribbons and
carried a basket of rose petals, which
she scattered before the bride. Will
liam Appich, the young ring bearer,
was dressed in white suit and car
ried the ring on white satin pill
low
Mr.. Melvin w. Tallant of WASH
ington was best man and the ushers
were Mr.. Carl J. M. Haardt. Mr..
Angus T. Minnis, Mr.. Richard r.
Smith and Mr.. Patrick F. Carter,
all of this city. -
A reception was held at the home
of the bride Immediately after the
ceremony. Among the out-of-town
guests were the brides cousins. Mr..
and Mrs. E. N. Byrd of Atlanta.
When the couple left for an ex-
tended wedding tour through Cam
ada the bride wore powder blue
ensemble with dark blue accessories
and a corsage of white orchids and
lilies of the valley. On their re-
turn from their wedding trip Mr..
and Mrs. Echols will reside at 633
G street S.W.
The bride is graduate of I'M
maculate Conception Academy. A
former dental assistant, she is now
employed as receptionist in the In
terror Building of the P. w. A.
The bridegroom, a graduate of Sara
sofa Fla) High School. is former
student of Georgia Institute of
Technology.