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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
THE SUNDAY STAR-NEWS. WILMINGTON N. C.
REV. AND MRS. FRYAR
CELEBRATE
ANNIVERSARY

The Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Fryar
celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary on July 5, at the home
of their son, j. H. Fryar on South
Second street. The home w S
beautifully decorated with summer
flowers carrying out the color
scheme of yellow and white.
The guests were greeted at the
door by Miss Marian Fryar, grand
daughter OF the honor guests, and
shown to the gift room where the
many beautiful and useful gifts
were displayed.
A brief service was led by the
Rev. G. W. SHEPPARD, giving a
short history of the family. Short
talks were made by R. P. Nc
|Clammy, and j. B. Taylor. Duets
were sung by Mr. and Mrs. P. T.
Batson and Rev. Mr.. Sheppard and
Mrs. SHEPPARD. This service was
closed by prayers given by Rev.
James H. Lee and the Rev. j. b.
Williams.
The guests were invited later in
to the dining room. In the center
of the table was a beautiful we'd
ding cake with decoration of mini
ature bride and bridegroom. A
delicious ice course was served
with the cake. Those assisting in
serving were Mrs. B. G. White.
Mrs. j. H. Fryar, Mrs. N. p.
Simon, Miss Olive Todd, and Miss
Marian Fryar.
Around seventy-five guests were
present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21

In type designing, the modern
trend has been toward streamlin-
ing, simplicity, and more white
space.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
IT'S A LOT OF BALONEY

STREATOR, IH.-lR-A. traffic
law offender, indignant over a fine
OF S. and costs, told Police Magis-
trate F. P. Goebel he'd 60 to Jail
rather than pay up.
He was sentenced to serve II
days, and for his first meal in jail
received the usual meal, bologna,
bread and coffee. The jailer found
the offenders food untouched.
What's the matter?" he asked.
II don't like bologna. Let me out
of here. I'll pay the fine
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21

SIOUX FALLS, S. D.-R-Frec
Kozak, whose word is as good as
the next fsherman's, placed twt
shiny minnows on his lines ane
sat down to wait. Two hours wen
without a nibble and he dragged ir
his lines, discouraged.
Both minnows had hooked {
bright new artificial lure, appar
emily lost by another fisherman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21
Saturday Hours
9 A. M. to 3 P. NJ.
DIAL 1911
Home Club Meets

The members of the East vii
mington Home Demonstration cmh
were delightfully."- entertainos
Thursday afternoon at the home ~
Mrs. M. R. Barnes on the MARKS.
Street road. A short business sas
sion was followed by an hour #
recreation. A delicious ice conrsa
was served by the hostess. ,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21

Fayetteville; Miss Elouise McCullen,
of Lumberton; George McGill. Jim
McGill, Of Wallace; Miss Gertrude
Johnson, of Kerr; Miss Make Dozer,
of Durham; Miss Catherine Johnson,
of Kerr; Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. Ingram,
and children, OF Greensboro; Tommie
Hayes, Joe Sharpe, of Durham: H.
M. Allen. Banks Hatty, S. A. Basin
ger, of Concord; Charlie Backson, w.
r. Dozer, Miss Rachel Baskom, Mr..
and Mrs. z. O. Baskom, of Durham;
and Miss Fannie B. Holmes, of Flor
ence, s. C.
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Miss Sarah Louise Carter,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Otis C. Carter, of Anderson,
W. Va, whose engagement
has been announced to the
Rev. William John Bryant
Livingston, of Wilmington
and Lewisburg, w. Va, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Liv-
ingston, of Wilmington
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21

Prior to investion of the prac
tical Bauer-Koenig rotary Dress
all printing presses were operato3
on the screw" system by man,
power.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-21

Two to 300 cups of tea day
are sampled by London's only wo-
man tea faster. None of the tea
is drunk; it is only slipped for the
taste.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
Body OF Man Found
In Ashes Of Dwelling

ROCK HILL, S. c., March 25.-
R-The body of a man tentatively
identified as Leroy Balm, Is, Of Fort
Mill, was found today in the ashes
of a small house two miles west OF
Fort Mill.
"A negro passerby discovered the
body. Coroner M. j. Adkins said
personal effects led to the conclu-
sion that it was Balm. He said no
tracks were seen in snow about the
place, appa. emily indicating absence
of foul play. No inquest was order
ed.
Balm lived at Fort Mill with his
son. Ed Balm. Adkins said the Ed
er Balm occasionally would go to the
cabin, however, for brief periods.
He. said the house apparently had
caught fire while Balm was asleep.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
Highlights

,.,,. Naurois' "The Art of Liv-
.,s (Harpers: $3.50 is a book
=. he read in one great lusty gulf,
Il may be taken in countless
.,,isfying bites. In his customary
yys1v and pointed style, Maurois
rrites a series Of essays on the
,4 of loving, marriage, the art
4 friendship, thinking, working,
4 growing old, of happiness. The
rsde is immensely Stimulating.
int a few of the satisfying bites,
-,e nibbles, are excepted here:
n. average value of conversation
ri he enormously improved by
A .nstant use of the four simple
5ri. II do not know. 80"
N ones reading, great writers
I The past must be given the most
rrtiop. Let us not sub
rygs ourselves in a sea of insig-
Infant books; masterpieces are
traiy 50 numerous that we can
,ry.r know them all. 80. In lit
nature as in love, we are aston
lied at what is chosen by others.
s us cling to what suits us: we
N the best judges Of that.
Is there an art Of not firing
;ape? The great secret is to
l5W them to be natural. An I'm.
1.ural attitude is difficult to
-antain without a loss of attrac-
tai, Wise lovers strive to pre-
zHe their companions natural
%NnsItles. -.
The choice of a career must not
b left to chance. what sore Of
b am l fitted for? What are my
stlral abilities ?'-the beginner
,Ht ask himself these questions.
is useless to insist upon the i'm
Rsible, If you have a fearless
~, make him an aviator rather
Ian the head of an Office. But
aes the choice is made, let there
y no regrets unless a serious &C.
Asat occurs.
GfoTlng old is no more than "a
10 aaOit which a busy man has
lt time to form.
i
" is a bad thing for a family to
lsp 100 much to itself; fresh cur
'aS should flow into it as into a
=! vide open to the sea.
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California Anti-Third
Termers Launch Drive

LOS ANGELES, March 25.-CP-
The name of Lieut.-Gov. Ellis E.
Patterson, who bolted a Roosevelt
third-term Harmony" ticket, heads
a new slate of aspiring delegates
to the democratic national nven
ton.
Although Patterson technically
thus becomes a candidate for pres
ident, sponsors said the slate is one
pledged to principles, not person
alities'' and that the individual whose
platform adheres closest to their own
would receive support. California law
| requires that delegates be pledged
to some individual.
Already in the field are the Roose-
welt group, headed by Gov. gilbert
L. Olson and ex-U. S. Senator VIII
liam Gibbs McAdoo; another pledged
10 Vice-President John N. Garner
and a Ham and Eggs ticket head
ed by Willis Allen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
Canadian Voters Will
Cast Ballots Tuesday

OTTAWA, Ont, March 25-P-
Canada's eight-week election cam.
paign entered. its final day today
with both the liberal government
and the conservative opposition
urging the dominion's $500, 900
voters to forget partisan politics
when they choose tomorrow the ad.
ministration that will carry on the
war.
In al appeal to the electorate,
broadcast from Ottawa over the
week end, Prime Minister W. L.
Mackenzie King asked return OF
his government to office to demon
strate to the world the dominion's
wartime unity.
King, who makes his final cam.
paign speech here tonight, said that
the campaign methods Of the con.
servatives, seeking to destroy the
and reputation Of their
opponents" had removed every pos.
sibility Of a nation government head.
ed by DR.. R. J. Manion, the conserv'
alive leader.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
Irony Of War
BY MILTON BRONNER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

LONDON, March Is. - By a
strange irony of fate, Great. Brit
ain in her endeavor to prevent
goods, mone::' or German men from
reaching Maitland, finds herself up
against the United States, Japan
and Italy, all of whom were her
allies or associates in the last worl..
war.
The same irony this time finds
the United States a neutral .anx-
ious to remain neutral, while japan
and Italy are neutrals Joined by
an anti-C omintern pact with Ger
many.
There is further irony in the fact
the three great n%eutrals, when as
ISOLATED with Britain in the last
war, approved of the things they
are now kicking about.
u. S. USED EMBARGO
IN CIVIL WAR
The United States has never lik-
ed interference with her sea-born !,
traffic. particularly when in neu-
trail vessels, bound for neutral
ports.
The last world war at once pre-
sented problems Of dispute. The
American government found itself
busy writing notes Of protest to
both sides in the war. Information
al law countenanced trade in mu-
nitions provided they were sold to
all corners.
theoretically Germany had as
much acces to American mum.
tions as Britain and France. Ac-
tually it was not so because OF
allied command of the seas.
To German insistence that
therefore, America should place ar
embargo on munitions sales, the
American COVE nment replied thai
it could not change the rules tt
the advantage of one belligcren1
and disadvantage Of another while
a war was in progress.
The American government then
asked both sides to respect the
1907 Declaration Of London, which
laid down rules of blockade and
c%ontraband, but which Britain had
not ratified. Germany acceded be-
cause the document favored her
Britain and France declined, or
the ground that Germany had al
ready broken many rules.
To later protests from America
Premier Asquith said, Let the
neutrals complain about Jul block
ade and other measures taken as
much as they may, the fact re-
mains that no neutral national has
ever lost his life as a result Of it.
At that time 209 Americans had
lost their lives, due to German
submarines.
In April, 1917, America came in.
to the war against Germany. Amer
lean d~estroyers Immediately helped
the allies tighten the blockade.
In the last war the allies took
to examining malls from America
shipped to destinations in Europe
The Hague convention of 1907 de-
clared inviolate postal correspon.
dence found at sea. In a note Of
May "a, 1916, almost a year before
America entered the World war
the government recognized the
right to seize stocks, bonds, securi-
ties, and money shipped in letters
REVIVE ARGUMENT
OF WORLD WAR
During the current war, America
has protested about the search OF
mail, especially on the American
Clipper airplane service. The Brit
ish reply not only recalled Amer
ica's acquiescence in the last war,
but echoed Asqaith's words, point
ed out that no lives have been lost
by British action.
Japan adopted a far more bel
ligerent attitude than the United
States. The Japanese kick centered
on the incident when a British man
Of war took Fl German seamen off
the steamer Asama Maru.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
Valera's Peace Plea
Brings /. r. A. Rebuff

DUBLIN, March 25-R-A sharp
rebuff to Prime Minuister canon de
Valera's urging that Irish unity
come peacably was seen today in
Belfast reports that the Irish repub-
lican army there vas ready flor
armed Intervention on both sides of
the border"
The prime minister, who advocates
the inclusion of northern Ireland
CUlster) into ireland (Erie) by
legislative action, broadcast his anti
violence message yesterday, 24th
anniversary of the Easter REBELLION.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
Goldsboro Negro Held
!: In Highway Fatalities

GOLDSBORO, March 25.-lR-
City Policeman Harry Morris said
today that H. B. Parks, negro, was
being held in connection with an ac-
cident late Saturday night which
brought death to Mccoy Sullivan. "a,
and Gordon Fendt, SO, of Goldsboro.
. Morris said Sullivan and Fendt
We're changing a tire on their a
when another struck them.
He said the driver of the negroes
car was being sought.
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they tie in together very lntlmat
KENNEDY FEARS
u. S. GOLD J~EOPARDIZED

they tie in together very intimately.
KENNEDY FEARS
U. S. GOLD JEOPARDIZED
Somewhere around the first of
the year, according to a reliable
report, Ambassador Kennedy gave
President Roosevelt a gloomy pic
ture of the Allies prospects. Both
England and France, he is under
stood to have said, were feeling the
strain of the war on their economic
life-and would be bankrupt inside
of two years if the war went on.
Contrary to a rather general i'm
preston, Kennedy is no Anglophile,
but is 100 per cent for keeping
America out of the a But, he is
reported to have told the President,
economic collapse of England and
France would create = worldwide
economic chaos and, incidentally,
would make Americas store of gold
worthless.
This, it is understood, is what
persuaded the President to send
| Welles on his trip to Europe.
PEACE HAS BECOME
PRIME OBJECTIVE
Welles' confidential reports to the
President and the state department
are, OF course, kept strictly secret.
The understanding, however, is that
in the main they have been hope
full. One story, for instance, is that
the code for Favorable" has ap-
peared in a number of his dispatch
es, while the word for "~unfavor-
able has appeared but once.
In any case, a vital point to re-
member is that there has been d
profound shift in the administra-
tons attitude since the war be-
gan.
In October. when the neutrality
fight was on. President Rooseve't's
view was that Hitler must be stop
ped, and that-by measures short
of Wharf.-The United States u
see that England AMI France were
not beaten.
Today, he puts the Importance Of
,eace ahead of AliieA victory. -here
is still a division of opinion IN the
state department; note, however,
that both Kennedy and Welles are
in the peace first" wing.
| SEEK TO REMOVE
| CAUSES OF WAR
Lastly, there is the matter OF thls
governments conversations with
neutrals-both direct from wash
ington, and via Myron Taylor and
the Pope.
These conversations have dealt
not merely with the conclusion OF
peace but with the remova OF wars
causes. And the prospect today is
nothing less than this-that II the
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CLAIM
new VICTORIES
&. Advances Are Halted
' +, Southern China,
Inner Mongolia

.,,,eKoNe. March 25.-R-
HON. reported successes today "n
tinsse as far separated as
'af n China and Inner Mon
%; It b IN the far north
sa'' Wuyuan, in western So.
Nsa' ,ov said Chinese troops had
nan' w. 1apanese advance in the
s'Ppsu province and had seize6
yons ouantity of Japanese War
/, lafsg including several field
o'ts TEL ! and I military trucks.
isS 1onapese retreat eastward was
have been impeded by guer'
80 des+ruction of bridges across
s,sht;ns was reported also near
,,,nsn.Hopeh province border
80 the Chinese said they were
'' ss,s q three-pronged japanese
Ta
tacS .o,+bern province of
,r,ngsi, recently the main war
'14s have shifted south Of Ling
aNw the center Of fighting was
s nbere Chinese said a "Jara-
.or nant is surrounded" They
s.,rs1v had reported stopping a
'S.so thrust northeast from
%lngsdan' u a.n,s .u.no,
=, about 500 Japanese had been
'u,a mr. injured when two troop
'.J,s collided March % at Such
..n junction of the L"nghai and
..,,sin. vukow railroads.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26

present mediation efforts should
succeed and there should be a peace
conference, it would either be o.
companied or Immediately followed
by a world conference for disarma-
ment and the reduction Of trade
barriers, with the United State;
taking the lead.
That would tie in with Secretary
Hull's unending campaign for freer
world trade. 1t would also jibe with
an often-forgotten fact-that Presi-
dent Roosevelt, in his peace offer
to Hitler last April, went on record
with an offer to call just such a
conference and to take an active
part in it.
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lywood eventual
ly, but first they
will become plays
and Cantor will
produce t h e m.
P d u C in g is
about the only
thing he hasn't
done in his 80
years Of show
business, so he's
excited about this
chance to try It
along with ex.
pounding his no.
lions of politicsl
and social re.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
FLASHES
OLLIE
by The Associated Press

FRENCH LICK, Ind.-Chipmunks
delayed the start of the French Lick
Springs hotels Easter egg hunt.
They stole the eggs hidden for
the kids, and attendants had to put
out more.
Hours later the little animals were
found chattering over bright-covered
eggshells.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
Igor Strauinsky WEEDS
Vera de B. Sudeinkine

BOSTON, March 25.-R-The
noted Russian composer, Igor stra-
whisky, 81. and Vera de Bossett
Sudeinkine, a countrywoman whom
he met 20 years ago, were honey
incoming here today. The couple re-
married in, Bedford two weeks ago.
Stravinsky will be the Boston SYM
phony orchestra guest conductor this
week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
WASHED OUT

KANSAS CITY-Mrs. j.. D. Black
heard the splash Of rain, but it
wasn't raining.
She traced the sound to the Ar
thur Barton home next door. The
Bartons were away.
Mrs. Black peered through a win
dow and called police.
Patrolman Joseph Little rolled up
his pant-legs and crawled through
a basement window into six inches
of water. He lodged landslides OF
plaster and soggy wallpaper up.
stairs and on the second floor found
a pipe that had frozen and burst.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26

is darker than is
generally suppos-
ed.
2-The chance
for a is bet.
ter than is gener
ally supposed.
No definite pre-
dictions can be
made, of course,
since the whole
picture is subject
to change over
night. AS of to-
day, h o W e yer
those facts are
-4~I, -l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
Behind The Scenes
In Washington

WASTING TON, March 25.-Bot!1
the European war and Sumner
Welles' peace mission look vastly
different behind the scenes than
they do from a distance. These acts
stand out:
1.-The outlook for Allied victory
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
PEACEFUL

PEACEF UL
PORTLAND, ORE. j. Hague,
liquor administrator, reported to the
state liquor commission "the polio
ing problem is getting easier every
year" at Portland Pacific Coast
league ball games.
eff the crowds keep getting small
er it'll be a cinch," he said.
Portland finished in the cellar last
year.
The commission denied an appli-
cation for a permit to sell bottled
beer in the stands.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26

The new 1910 Waco model e.
has maximum sea level speed OF
1856 miles an hour with the Jacobs
L-6 engine. The ship has an overall
wing span of "a feet 9 inches. The
plane will carry four to five pas
senge
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
Nome Building Coop
Formed At Chapel Hill

VHAPEL HILL, March 25.-tR-
E'sFal University of North Caro-
l. service employees have launch
cooperative housing plan on a
@S OF exchange of labor.
@'penters, masons, plumbers and
"F Torkmen will build each
-"S homes. By this plan they
tE 70 be able to obtain their
~ass at low cost.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26

form. One of the shows, he says,
will kid the pants off the commu-
nists. The other, which is his chief
enthusiasm, is a cholocate-covered
pill compounded for u national
ills. ,
For years, Cantor's method Of
preaching has been to tie wise
cracks on the tail of dogma. This
time, though, he'll strike off into
fantasy and do his talking thre ugh
an all-negro cast. Just as THE
Green Pastures" represented a
southern-negro conception of heav-
en-, so this untitled play is intend
ed to show a negro idea Of politics.
LIKES NEGROES.
CALM PHILOSOPHY
1--WE always admired colored peo.
pies calm philosophy he said. Its
like the negro who was explaining
why people Of his rae almost never
commit suicide: "A white man gets
to thinkin' about his troubles, al
he keeps on thinkin' an worryin'
until he gets so jumpy he Jumps out
OF a window. The colored man has
troubles, too, but he gets tired
thinkin' about EN- an goes to sleep,
an when he wakes up he's forgot
all about EN-
$50 I hope this play will help
people to think in simpler tern J
about big problems that are being
complicated by our filters and long
winded arguments"
Here is as much as he told me
about the story: Aftec a short pro-
log, the whole thing is q dream Sc
quence-a negro's dream Of how
things might be if all the people
in Washington were negroes. At a
cabinet meeting, the President be-
gins to extoi the delights of a bar
becue joint near the capitol. The
secretary Of the navy interrupts
say, "Mistuh President, we need
three new ~battleships mighty bad"
The chief executive says, cit EN-"
and goes on talking about the spare
ribs.
is Ids Eys--D H.. etao etao etao
When a senator begins a filibus-
ter against an important bill, he is
handed a Mickey Finn and the
comes to a vote with little
delay. From the Black ,Hous :,
where the President lives, a ma
tional bingo game is conducted by
radio every Thursday night. Since
almost everybody likes to gamble,
millions of people send in a dollar
every week. The winner gets ST.
900, 900 and the government keeps
the budget balanced with the huge
profits.
WOULD LIKE TO GET
ROCHESTER, FOR ROLE
Cantor hopes to get Ethel Waters
for the role of First Lady of the
Black House. He wanted Jack Ben
ny's Rochester for president, but
can't get him. Rehearsals are sur
posed to start about May Is, Can
tor and John B. Hymer and Paul
Green can work out the final
by then. Roark Bradford
isn't connected with the venture,
but Green is the author of I'm Abra.
hams Bosom" which won a Pulit.
ger Prize.
The other play Cantor expects to
produce is called For the Rich
They Sing" and is a rowdy satire
on the ideas and activities Of COM
munists and parlor pinks in this
countr7. Two writer's on a Can1c
radio program last year., Lester
White and Bud Pearson. brought, it
to the comedian the other evening
and he bought it after n reading.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26

NORTH WILKEsBORO-Town-
ship meetings will be held today, to.
morrow and Wednesday to give
Wilkes county farmers an oppor-
tunity to sign for the 1910 farm pro.
gram
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
HELPING HAND

PITTSBURGH - Fight Promoter
Jake Mintz put up 81, 900 bail for
a youth charged with attempting to
rob him.
mo hard feelings" he explained.
II promised his mother I wdulo get
him out of jail for Easter"
Then, as an afterthought: Besides,
the kid might turn out to be a good
light heavyweight"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26

Wy BATH
~ sI+AlN-Raymond Smith, night
~Allan for the Chatham Manu-
!, lung company, got an .cy bath
~ other i'll effects as his au D
NJ p,%'s tumbled into the waters Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-26
In Hollywood
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, March 25. - MI.
Eddie Cantor, the comedian who
does so much serious talking about
Americs.nism and democracy, is
heading for Broadway with a coupe
Of new scripts in his pocket and the
old ze;. in his heart.
The scripts may get back to Hol.