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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20
Mrs. Burleson Given
Permission To Teach

COLUMBIA, S. c., June 19-R-
Mrs. May Walker Burleson, who
shot the woman who succeeded
her in marriage to Col. Richard
C. Burleson of the U. S. Army, is
going to teach illiterates in the
State Women's prison.
The 51-year-old artist, former
suffragette leader and member OF
a Galveston, Tex, family, asked
John M. Glenn, p~enitentiary SUI
perintendent, for permission to
teach outside of her shirt factory
hours. Glenn said he told her she
could start at once.
Mrs. Burleson, who commended
during her trial last month that
she was temporarily insane when
she shot the second Mrs. Burleson,
is serving a 12-year sentence. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20
B.E.F. WITHDRAWN
FROM FRENCH SOIL
large Quantities OF Guns
And Stores Are Also
Brought Home

1noN. June 19.-R-Military
Las said today that the British
eslr s force had been with
baps from France and would now
dla.a itself naturally to zone task
home defense. "
1.-Two ~se +. E. F. brought back large
.titiesu of guns and stores, a
eommentator said.
c0 n,-over before" he continued
so many troops been in Eng
ua and never before have we had
laDu u,snv who have had fighting ex'
'.iance under modern condition s.
Divine Minister Churchill yester
~ mt at 100000 the number OF
a 'alaiers under arms in Britain.
VT" The troops from France were said
certain in the knowledge that
"" ore better men than the Ger
'lsy when they meet them under
Da terms" military circles said
sV rho British army no longer has
: task of filling several roles
~, can now concentrate on special
aI N.;os and devices for meeting the
..,..der, they said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20

ing to fight more now than be-
fore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20
NAZI Mine SINKS
SHIP IN PACIFIC
Big Canadian Australian
Liner Goes Down Off
New Zealand

AUCKLAND, N. T., June 19.-R
Prime Minister Peter Fraser told
parliament today that an enemy
mine had sunk the Canadian-Aus.
tralian liner Niagara, which went
down yesterday 20 miles off the
New Zealand coast. This was the
first official indication that Ger
man mines had been sown IN "a
cific waters.
AS Fraser spoke, rescue ships
and planes we're aiding the Jag
passenger and 203 crewmen OF
the vessel who took to their boats
following the explosion which sunk
the 13,415 ton liner. All were de-
clared safe and proceeding here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20
BEHIND THE SCENES
in WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON,-If a sweeping
German victory should lead tn e
United States to take over the Bri-
fish and French islands in t e
Caribbean, the nation would 6 e t
a great strategic asset-and, for
the time being, a definite econom-
ic liability.
Born to be rich, these islands
today are poor. Almost solely ag-
ricultural, they suffer from tn e
woes of farmers everywhere-over-
production. For years to come they
are going to need substantial sums
for relief and reconstruction, and
they can't furnish those sums
themselves.
Furthermore, the product they
raise the most of is one with which
the United States already has an
expensive surplus-production pro-
blem.
Chief crop of these islands is
sugar. The. Commerce Depart
ment's 1888 yearbook shows that
West Indies sugar production cur
rently runs around $50, 900 tons.
For years the United States has
had to divide it's domestic sugar
market with the utmost care, with
various quotas parcelled out Q
mainland cane growers, mainland
sugar beet growers, Hawaiian and
Puerto Rican producers, and S Q
on.
Making a change of as little as
j. shrdlu shrdlu shdlu qayayayyy
so, 900 tons in any one of these
quotas means a long, bitter, lob
by-ridden fight in Congress-; to
bring in a brand-new set of pro-
ducers able to turn out $50, 900 tons
a year would scramble the whole
process beyond recognition.
AS a matter of fact, 100000 tons
isn't capacity for the islands.
Their production expanded i'm
mensely in the early '30s; a Brit
ish government report not long
ago stated that the islands could
not prosper until they were able
to add at least 12o, 600 tons to their
market.
Economic distress in the islands
was so severe that the British
Colonial Office sent out a special
commission to investigate two
years ago. This commission report
ed that although the British gov
eminent has spent around IL, 900,
600 pounds on the islands during
the past decade, it should plan tt
spend at least a million pounds
a year for the next 20 years or
health, education, slum clearance
land resettlement, and so on, ane
should figure also on putting hal
a million more into overhead ad
ministrative costs.
Island revenues r low, the re
port said, many of the colonie:
are in debt, and few are able tt
maintain adequate social services
French and British Caribbean
possessions have a total population
of around 1880, 900. Largest Bri
fish island is Jamaica; with Trl
nidad, it is considered one of thu
most important from a strategic
standpoint. France holds Guade
loupe and Martinique; the Dutch
have six small islands, the mos
important being Curacao, Bonaire
and Aruba, where there are ex
tensive oil refinerieS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20

every afternoon. Sleep is a habit.
The more you get, the more you
need"
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
H.E.C: What do frequent yawn-
ing spells accompanied by belch-
ing indicator"
Answer: They indicate that you
ought to take some milk of magne-
STA and go to sleep. That is a
seriour answe There is no dis
ease which has these symptoms. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20

Governor Clyde Hoey has told
news men how much North Caro-
lina's debt will be reduced during
his administration. That's some
$26, 662, 900.
Another interesting figure on the
Hoey regime Though it wouldn't
be very Important would be an
estimate of the number of words
he has spoken in the hundreds of
addresses he's made since he be-
came Governor.
He told your reporter that it's
almost certain he has averaged
speaking publicly a quarter hour
every day of his term; though OF
course there have been days on
which he did not speak at all.
Giving him an average of 100
words a minute, which is being
conservative, that would be 1,500
words a day for four years, or
1,461 days; making a grand total
of 2,191, 500 words, or enough to fill
several large volumes if reduced
to type. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20
In HOLLYWOOD
NEA Service Staff Corresponde,

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD,-Even in these
times, when movie-makers r
holding their heads and uttering
pitiful little cries, there still are
lots of people who would like to
become producers.
One of these is Douglas Fair
banks, Jr., a young man who al
ready has plenty of financial Sc
curity and who could go right on
being unworried and famous as
a screen actor.
May be he likes the taste of as
print forgot to ask him that.
Otherwise, all I could learn about
his motive is that he thinks it
would be fun to boss picture pro-
duction. Also, he won't have to
worry much about his male star,
who will be Douglas Fairbanks,
Jr.
He recently formed an alliance
with Ben Hecht, and they'll do at
least one film for Columbia. He
also is committed to co-produce
and star in a movie about the life
of O. Henry. Nothing is certain
after that except that if the world
hasn't come to an end he intends
to keep on making pictures some
where.
In England a few years ago Fair
banks was very nearly cured of
any executive ambition. II was
instrumental in forming a COM
pany over there" he said. But
by the time it was ready to oper-
ate I found myself holding the
short end. I was so deeply involved
then that I went ahead and made
three pictures, but it was more
than I could stand-especially with
the publicity constantly calling it
my company.
$50 I told 'em that, contract or
no contract, I wasn't going to take
the rap for such bad product. I
walked out, and that's the last
I've heard of it."
Remembering the previous flick
er flops of Hecht and Charles Mac
Arthur (their first effort, "Once in
a Blue Moon" did fair business
in a few spots when billed as 1.-The
Worst Picture Ever Made") I won.
dered aloud about Fairbanks con-
fidence in his new associate. He
said that, although he had been a
closer friend of Macarthur, he be.
lieved that Hecht is the more con-
scientious workman; also that
Hecht doesn't want to go especially
arty with the new picture.
HE wrote the story and will be
co-producer and director" Fair.
banks said. Actually, I know a
lot less about it than I should. We
get together once in a while, begin
a conference, drift onto the war.
and agree that it's silly for us tc
try to think about fiction.
Generally, though, the things
about the Manhattan Bagdad-s
little sordid, full of twisted people.
and with me as a smiling, tough,
East Side Rupert of Hensau."
I asked about biographies a boz
office material, and Fairbanks sale
he believes they're no good as title
attractions. His second picture, in
stead of being tagged ''The Life O.
o. Henry" will be called "Ameri
can Vagabond."
These roles are illustrative O.
what Fairbanks thinks he ought
to play-romantic, adventurous
stuff, but not the swashbuckling
chandelier-swinging business tina
his father did. Lots of the studios
want him to remake some of the
elder Doug's epics. But I can't
he said. "I'd be so self-conscious
I'd just look silly"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20
Number Of N. c. Farms
Has Decreased Greatly

pnFIGH, June 19-(R-S o m e
ras+ern North Carolina counties
Loo lost as many as q per cent
nav "a 4boir farm units since the farm
o.,mt of 1885, preliminary agricul-
. .vrsl census figures indicated to-
u1 Census Manager A. E. Hughes
aid fine decline was caused by
s srr control, improved farm ma
e csiperv and the passing of the
share copper"
BEAUFORT county declined from
sEa in 1885 to 3,257 this year;
Iones county, from 1,499 to 1,512;
and pamlico, from LOTT to 845.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20

In 1917 George Eliasson was an
un-naturalized alien living in Blue
field, West Virginia; but when the
United States entered the World
War he was one of the very first
volunteers. He fought in France
and after the war became a full
Pledged American citizen.
Now he runs a restaurant here
in Raleigh-a ''diner" just across
the street from the Sir Walter; but
he's as belligerent as ever:
"We ought to 60 in two years
ago, we ought to 60 in year ago.
we ought to go in now. Pm want.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20
News Shorts
Carolina

(By The Associated Press)
REOPENED
MANTEO-The three-mile Wright
Memorial bridge was opened again
this week after being damaged last
February by a terrific gale.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20
Medical Care
By LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D

II have a great deal OF SYM
pathy for you," said my old friend.
DR.. Adrian Gibbs, to a patient the
other day. personal sympathy.
There was a time in my life for a
while when I couldn't sleep and l
honestly do not believe that physl-
cal pain is any more torture than
lying awake hour after hour In the
darkness and the stiffness with a
perfectly blank mind.
people tell you to get up and
read a while and not think about
it, but you've already read all day
and all evening before going to
bed trying to get yourself sleepy.
You can't turn on the radio-the
cause of common humanity for the
rest of the household would pre-
vent that.
"And the worst of it was with
me that I needed the rest-I was
working hard and you would have
thought that the amount of effort
I made would exhaust me enough
to put me to sleep.
"But there is no rhyme or rea-
son to insomnia. You take a fel-
low who hasn't got a thing to do
too lazy to get a job-isn't in
terested in work anyway and
and he sleep like der alta Bar
barossa-all night for eight or nine
hours and maps in the daytime
too.
Gave Up Powders
IT took to sleeping powders: but
I gave up. We have some very ct.
ticient sleeping medicines now -
the various barbiturates - tn e
things whose names end in al.
They're much better than the old
ones. And I think they're pretty
harmless, although there are warn
ings against them-for anybody
with any sense they don't form
a habit. I took them for a while
and they got me back into the
practice of sleep. Then I found
when I was going to bed that ]
would take one just in case. AND
that's when they began to show
their faults-they kept you awake
too much! That is the real trouble
with the modern sleeping tablets
st forgot to take mine one night
and I had the most delicious
nights rest I had had for a year
so I stopped them, bang off, ane
never felt any need for them Of
withdrawal symptoms. The trouble
is they keep you wide awake fol
an hour or two, then they put yor
to sleep with a bang, and ther
you wake up in about four or si'
hours-and I mean, you wake w
with a bang. Without them vol
add about two hours of nice doing
that is probably the best part O
the nights rest.
Wakeful Technique
"With you and your insomni;
though I am going to tell y
something. I put a kind of detec
tive on your insomnia when I hat
you in the hospital making thos'
insomnia you go to sleep on tn
job. You really sleep about fou:
hours solid and two hours ftful
night and they's enough for any
one. I read an article by a lad.
insomanaic the other day on 'Th'
technique of lying awake She al
lowed as how it was an inesca
pable adventure to be allowed t.
lie awake and we should make tn
most out of it by trying to remem
Der cities that begin with A.
"Well, you're not very good a
that technique. Look at you! Yo'
can't be suffering much from you:
insomnia. You are as fat ant
smooth as a pink little piglet. You.
eyes are as bright, and you ar
mentally alert.
"Insomnia is wakefu1ness p 1u
worry. Quit complaining abou
your insomnia. And take a nal
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20

Governor Clyde R. Hoey has had
no communication from Commits
sioner of Revenue Allen J. Max
well, ill from a paralytic stroke,
or from any member of the Max
well family, indicating whether the
Commissioner will or will not be
able ever to return to his duties or,
if so, when.
Maxwell continues on the ''leave
Of absence withour pay status he
requested in order to make the
primary campaign for Governor;
and it seems quite likely he'll re-
main just that way indefinitely.
Of course the Governor could
act on the general impression that
Maxwell will never be able to go
back to his post, and clear the
way for quick appointment of a
successor; but this is not likely.
Ordinarily budget discussions, in
which the Commissioner has been
wont to take a leading part, do
not begin before October, and there
seems no reason to give the ailing
official any sort of ''bum's rush.
in order to name somebody to the
place.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20
1FGJON AUXILIARY

HIGH POINT - Plans have been
~,onrleteG for the Goth annual con-
vprtion of the American Legion auxi-
fsrv, North Carolina department,
Sunday through Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20

CAIRO, June 19-R-An ''entire-
ly successful dive-bombing attack
or an Italian submarine in the
Mediterranean vas reported today
by the British Royal air force.
An R.A.F. communique said two
British fighters sighted the SUBJ
marine while on patrol yesterday
and signalled to their base.
A Blenheim bomber was sent OUT
and dived on the submarine while
the fighting planes machine-g u n
ned the Coming tower. Subsequent
reports from naval craft said the
attack was entirely successful
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-20
ITALIAN U-B0AT
SUNK BY BOMBER
British Also Claim Win In
Clash With Tanks In
Western Desert

f-AIROBI, Kenya Colony, Africa,
June 19.-&R-A raid on the Ital-
ian Somaliland frontier by troops
of the King Georges African
Rifles, supported by the Southern
Rhodesian contingent and the
Royal Air Force, was reported to-
day in a military communique.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-30

Just look at this big, beautiful baby
doll! What little mother wouldn't
adore her! She's . lovable, 25-inch
baby with mamma" voice, sleeping
eyes with lashes and an open mouth
showing her two pearly teeth! And
she's QUILTED with q dress, slip. rubber
panties, socks and shoes in addition to
the coat and bonnet
Xann,tTu9 Oepk.-Fourth Floor.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-18
History Section
Enjoys Gala
yuIe Party

Despite Mondays rain, the Ten
Thousand clubs History section had
a delightful Christmas party that
afternoon, meeting at the Dan Scott
ranch at Meloland.
Brilliant Yuletide decorations made
a festive setting and the houses
cOlorful decorations. seemed all the
more pleasant because Of the dari.
day outsNe
Rudolph Miller gave the program,
The Strangest Christmas a fas-
cinating account of his own eXpar~
fences during the World War, on
Christmas of 1916.
Each member present contributed
something of her own Christmas ex-
periences or some appropriate story
as her share in the program.
In keeping with the Christmas
theme the hostesses for the after
noon served tempting plum pud-
dingS to their guests, these host
eSses being Mrs. Scott, Mrs. w. A.
Vie, and Mrs. w. A. SWerdfeger.
Other members present were: Mes
danes A. r. Tagg, j. S. McDougle,
Alex McRae, w. S. Kong, Sem Ba-
con, j. A. Straub, P. M. Mercer, E.
l.. Allen and G. S. Conner.
Mrs McRae presided at the busi-
ness meeting in the absence OF
MIS-. II. q. Jones, chairman.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-18
Festivities For
{. C.y.O. Start

First event in the holiday season
for the members of the C. Y. o.
of st. Mary's Catholic church was
the Christmas party Tuesday night
in the church social hall where
colorful decorations provided fes-
tive setting for the occasion.
The evening was devoted to the
singing of Christmas carols and to
dancing after which Santa distrib-
uted the many gaily wrapped gifts
and refreshments were served.
Gertrude Kathriner, Violet Niboli
Estella Mae Blaschko Louis Ander-
holt, Ben Adamek, Joe Kamonda
were the committee responsible for
this pleasant evening. Other men,
bers present were: the Misses Mary
Wiess, Pauline Niboi Ida Kathrin-
er, Sarafina Ambort, Rena Niboli
Elrose Maquar, Mary Maggie, Ma
mie Maggie, Mary Fiore, Mesrs
Tony DeVita, Albert Martinez, Eric
Ambort, Otto Eberli, Joe Sexton
Tony Colace, Lee Carroll, Bob Par.
son, Charlie Palomino, and the
Rev. Fir. w. A. Clavin.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-18
Wilson School Holds Annual
Christmas Program Thursday

"A Little Shepherds Trust will
be presented as this years Christ
mas observance by Wilson school
students at 7:30 O'Clock Thursday
night in the school auditorium.
This play, written by Eva l..
Hughes, has been adapted by the
students to meet their requirements.
A story teller will narrate the events
and as a section of the story is
told, pantomime with musical
background will be presented.
Every department in the school
is cooperating and from the time
the guests, parents and friends of
the pupils approach the school to
the time they leave, they will be
surrounded by Christmas activities
in which all the students have par
ticipated in one way or another
The entrance will be lighted and
on the porch, will be a traditional
creche. the work of the shop STU
dents. which will set the stage for
the program that is to come.
AS the visitors go through the
halls to the auditorium they will
hear in the distance the beloved
Christmas carols sung by the STU
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-18
Drama Workshop
Members Make
Debut Tuesdav

Amateurs for the greater part
took over Drama Workshops pro-
gram Tuesday night, seven members
of this Ten Thousand club section
making their debuts before the
group in two well-acted and di-
rected plays.
For nearly every member of the
cast and for one of the directors
as well, it was their first work
with the group, and they did re-
markably nice jobs in acting and
In directing. Phil Remington SUBJ
stituted in one part and Harlow
Alabaster, directed one play, these
two being experienced actors and
directors.
The first play, Stories, Stories
Everywhere was played by Mr.. and
Mrs. Russ Richmond, Russell Yea
ger and Ben Landeck with Mrs
Yeager as the director; and the 9TH
er, "A Good Axe" was directed by
harlow AlabaSter with Pearl Belz-
man and John Kearney, and Mrs
Remington, in the roles.
After the plays were presented the
group had its business meeting with
Mrs. w. G. Outlook, president, pre-
siding. Committees were appointed
10 consider the questions of pro-
ouclng play for the Junior Ter
Thousand club and for the type OF
crltiqde to be used at the section
meetings.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-18

AS their part in the Christmas
observance in Ell Centre, the minis
ters of the various city churches
are cooperating with the State
Street Christian church in a series
of beautiful devotional services to
be held each night during this week
before Christmas at that church.
Tuesday the Rev. Mr.. Edwin L..
Carter had charge of the opening
service in which he brought a de-
votional essage, Approaching
Christmas. Fayola Roach, Virginia
Reed and Mary Richardson partic-
ipated with appropriate readings and
the new electric chimes system in
the church belfry was dedicated by
the minister, a system over which
the services inside the church will
be heard outside in the street.
Wednesday night DR.. w. A. Nc
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-18
Musica Program
Presented d For
D. A. R. Group

Christmas music formed the pro-
gram for the De ANA chapter,
D. A. r., at its meeting Saturday
afternoon at the Clarence Walker
home, Westmorland.
Mrs. Malcolm Macurda of FL
Centro introduced Helen Siegel and
Lenora Costello who sang as duets
a number Of Christmas carols, Miss
Siegel also singing a solo and Mrs.
Macurda playing their accompani-
mentS.
Marie Bostwick of Brawley pre-
sented members of the Brawley high
school girls glee club who accom-
panied the following as they sang
traditional Christmas songs: Betty
Horner, Mary Louise Conner, Rober-
ia Fawcett, Geraldine Farrar, Bar
bara Plemons, Emalyn Michel, Jean
Henderson, Virginia Walker, Mabel
Fly, Eunice Jack, Martha Williams
Ludie Grayson, Mary Francis Walk
er. Holiday Refreshments were serv-
ed by the cohostesses, Mrs. j. W.
Michel and Mrs. Louise Lewis. Uni
que and appropriate decorations
were used for the house and tea
table.
During the business meeting Mrs
Ralph Congreve read for Mrs Hol-
mes Ramsdell, who was prevented
by illness from being present, a
paper on Americanism; Mrs. Roy
Thompson gave one on school re-
lations, and Mrs. H. j. Ingram
reported on the Book Shelf and on
creditable patriotic motion pictures
Those present were: Mesdames
Sem Bacon, o. M. ChriStoffersen
Malcolm Macurda of Ell Centre, Mrs
c. B. Mccullough of Calipatria; Mes
danes H. G. Baughman, Ralph Con-
greve, H. j. Ingram, l.. C. Lewis,
E. G. Luckey, j. w. Mitchell, Roq
Thompson, w. J. Vogel, c. R. Walk
er, Miss Edith Michel.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-18
Churches OF Interest to Women Society
CALENDAR
Clubs
Society
Wednesday

wednesday
8 ct 4, 8, 469 Len Rey
Christmas pageant, 1870, First Bap.
tist church
City Council, 1880, city hall
Butchers union, 1880, Labor temple
Eagles, 8, $50 Broadway
Scout Troop 10, 1880, Scout hut
Women's Emergency corps, I, Road
district No. 2
Thursday
Rotary club, Barbara Worth
10000 club, 1890, club house
Mckinley PIT. A., 2:3O, school
Junior club tea, 3-5, Howard Ven-
Gill home, HOltville
Wilson P.-T.A., 1880, school
Christmas progrtm, 1880, wilson
school.
Junior eiab dance, 8, Calexico club
house
Dams Entire, 1880, 10000 club
20-30 club, !, California hotel
Barbara Worth Rebekahs, 7:3O, 644
Olive
Night school, 10, high school
Townsend club No. 2, 1880, court
house
Scout Troop II, 1880, Scout hut
RAM. No. 100, 1880. Masonic temple
Building trades council, 1880, Ma
sonic temple
B.P.O.E. No. 325, 7, Ellis hall