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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08

Unanimously, they cheered for
snoods' going out Of STYLE.
These commentators asked to be
nameless. Last time, that as actors,
they voiced opinions on feminine
headgear, they got kicks from fans,
millinery manufacturers, and their
own wives.
Hollywood actresses, though, think
the new hats are lovely. And sane,
Bette Davis has bought nearly every
model that was shown her for fash
ion pictures. ...
One pet is a tall turban of mus
tard-gold crepe, its crown swirl Of
folds, curled like fancy pat Of
butter, with a yard and a half of
brown net yelling trim. Another she
likes is a position hat of starched
white pique, stitched in navy, with
a back wing-bow of blue groSgrain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08

use three to five tablespoons Of
powder in q pail Of warm water.
Wash with one cloth and wipe with
another, changing for clean water
and clean cloths often enough to
prevent streaks. Use an up and down
stroke and be sure that each one
overlaps the last and leaves no
streakes.
Q. At q wedding breakfast, who
enters the dining room first?
A. The bride and groom go first,
followed by the brides mother and
the groom's father: the grOcnl's
mother and the brides father. The
bridesmaids and ushers follow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08
QUESTIONS O. ANSWERS
Asthma

Thanks for your suggestion. Have
been using potassium chloride, TAX
ing a soluble tablet dissolved In
water as you advised, and have d.
rived much relief. Have Been SUBJ
ject to asthma for some time.
(E. A. b
Ans.-I have a monograph Ere
Lief for Allergy," which gives in
structions for the use Of potassium
chloride for asthma and several
other conditions Of allergic origin.
For copy send / Ia cent-stmaped
envelope bearing your address.
Fifteen Year Cure
Fifteen years ago you told me
about some stuff to put on my face
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08
HE GOT AROUND

Victor Jory, signed by Harry
Sherman to portray the featured
role in Paramount'S Zane Grey pic
ture, "The Light Of Western Stars,
had threaten stock experience In q
dozen icities, including New York
Denver, salt Lake City, Indian.
apoluis, Cincinnati, Chicago, st
Louis and Cleveland, before he be-
gan his career in motion pictures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08
ANNE's FIRST VOTE

Anne Shirley, who recently eon-
pleted starring role with Carole
Lombard and Brian Aferne In
vigil in the Night" will be 81 years
old on April 18th, and will cast her
first vote for a presidential candi-
date in November. She refuses to
divulge her politics, however, and
declares I'll won't even tell her hlIs-
band, John Payne, how she intends
to mark her ballot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08

0ebAS SSAANS "SA@s -
she has a reliable
nurse, or someone
as dependable as
herself, to take
her place during
her absence, that
is different. The
working m o t h er
has to leave her
C h II dren W / tn
S o m e ne a n d
there are m a n y
W o m e n working
now.
However, there
is more to being
with young chill
dren than mere
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08

would have getting her to discuss
any topic calmly, quietly, and al
length. She doesn't want to ex-
change ideas-she wants only one
thing from conversational impress
the other person.
If she has gone in for the femi-
nine role, and prides herself on It,
she will be sweet as pie socially
But 1t is the kind Of sweetness that
Is dished out as generously to those
she secretly despises as to the per-
sons who have been friends to her.
UNHAPPY, BUT
CLINGS TOO JOB
She isn't really happy in her role.
At least she doesn't look happy, and
she is forever talking about get
ting away from it ALL" But she
wouldn't give up her place for any
thing on earth.
Usually there is an unhappy ro-
nance in her life. Somewhere she
let the ambition and drive that
have made her success mess up
her romance.
She is always looking for rea-
son behind the simpuest acts of
kindness. Few persons, she believes,
go out Of their way to be nice for
no good reason.
She hasn't poise, for her perch
on the top Of the heap is too pre-
carious.
Poor woman, she is a SUCCESS.
And it IS UP to her to stay one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08

has reached the
top in her bust
ness or profess
sion:
Constant think
ing about herself
and the best way
to put h ers eli
across has made
her a little CLASSY
eyed on any other
subject. Talk tc
her about you OF
anything else, and
her m in d wan
derS.
You would have
as much chance
waltzing with a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08
TOMORROW'S MENU

BREAKFAST: Grapefruit and
grape Juice, parsley onelet, bran
mullins, marmalade, coffee,
milk.
LUNCHEON: Dreamed cod
fish and potatoes, buttered toast.
celery and radishes, canned
peaches, vanilla cookies, tea,
milk. &
DINNER: Shrimp and mush-
rooms in ramekins, cornsticks,
fresh vegetable salad, steamed
gooseberry pudding, foamy
sauce, coffee, milk. g9F
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08
Screen Actors Razz New Spring Hats,
But Actresses Say They're Lovely
MEN ALLCHEER
SNOOD'S EXIT
BY LUCIE NEVILLE

NEA Sesrive STAN Correspondent
Hollywood.-When the new spring
hats first appeared, we took some
around the movie sets to get actor
reactions. Here's what they said
about the bonnetS:
well, suppose these things must
be hats, because women wear them
on their heads"
Priscilla Lane just told me that
hats are beautiful this year, so I
guess they are. At least, these are
little, and like hats that don't COW
er too much Of a pretty face"
"Humph! Looks like a pagoda. I
thought you said hats were sane
this spring-you mean as sane as
women's millinery goes?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08
OFF TO SEE -ABE"

Mary Howard, Gene Lockhart and
Director John Cromwell have left
Hollywood for parts north, south
and east to attend the premieres Of
RKO Radios "Abe Lincoln In
Illinois" Lockhart goes to Toronto,
Cromwell to washington, D. c., and
Miss Howard both to Washington
and to the southern states premiere
at Harrogate, Tenn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08

Priscilla Lane, who is getting as
clothes conscious as sister Rosemary,
was captivated by a powder-blue
straw, yelled in cerise and trimmed
with two very real-looking pink
roses at the side Of its high crown.
MODE Is
WELL-VEILED
In spite of the dour male COM
ments on hats, the 1910 spring
models are less bizarre. Snoods have
gone back to their proper place as
glorified hairnets; minus hats, they
are quite a high-school fad now
replacing bandannas.
Military styles don't seem to have
caught on in Movietown. The AL
gerian draperies that protected star
necks from winter winds are out of
fashion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08
WE, THE WOMEN
Sour Notes
In the Song
OF Success
BY RUTH MILLETT

A successful woman is often q
sorry lot. Only by her clothes and
her conversation could you tell that
she is a SUCCESS
This is all too often the impress
sion one gets of the woman who
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08
-- RAISING A FAMILY ----
Don't Let The Child Be A
Observation-Disclosures Change

been those who attended to their
homes creditably and yet found time
for diversion. It is good for children
to know that mother is not only
mother, but a person with rights as
well as themselves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08

by
have specific cooking problems send letter requesting
information Betty
Please enclose
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08

Betty Croker has many delicious mealess main dish recipes in
her files that be big help in planning enten Just
send your request with stamped self addressed envelope
Betty Croker of this newspaper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08

let.
Pleasing to most men, including
Hollywood actors, are the wells seen
on nine out of ten hats. Crisp sheers,
coarse horsehairs and fine soft nets
swathe everything, in clouds of navy,
cerise, purple and robin's-egg blue.
Bright red, another masculine ia
vorite, is a top color in the straws,
and typically spring shades such as
lavender, pink and powder blue are
being worn with the first spring
coats of gray beige.
"Fsollow me, young man" stream
ers futter down the backs Of wide
brimmed sailors, or are Topped up
and caught inside the crown.
Foolish, but exactly right for the
frilly- bosomed Gibson Girl blouses,
are the white straw skull-caps with
'front.' tilted pancakes of ruffled
white straw, pique or startched lace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON

Should mother stay on the job
every minute?
A. Yes?
b. No?
C. Only be absent from necessity?
When the children are little,
mother should not be too far away
for very long at a time. The watch
full eye is necessary to keep them
a,aI wall TT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08

Hoo To Keep Well

ss.IG .y.ss
ehen1a
On 81 feetvee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08

physical welfare. Mother and child
draw satisfaction and richness from
each other. Besides, the child's early
years are the ones most responsible
for his later disposition and be-
havior. Many an otherwise excellent
caretaker is not able to cope with
the training of the young boy or
girl. OF course, on the other hand,
mother herself may lack the ability
to bring out the best. So this is no
criticism of those worthy people
who find themselves with other
peoples children to bring up.
The matter I want to talk about
to day concerns the Brightness" of
mater familias to have some diver
sion outside her domestic routine.
Does she rate it? Naturally the
watchful neighbors whisper about
the club fiend who never stays
home. Again, many people believe
that woman is traitor to her fam
lily if she SO much as steps out for
an airing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08
Caroline
Chatfield
Says Today
Male or Female, the
and InfantiIe.

Male or Female the Nagger Is SefRighteOus, Stupid
and InfantiIe.
DEAR MRS CHATFTELD:
would nagging husband know lazy
one eight Office while his wife works
Yet cannot look after the children half
day Saturday cooking the weekend
complains the meals and hows the bis
cults aren't exactly like mother used to make
His wife is patient slaves kind word
ont things the house
He takes her out not
praises for this; saying that
his wife he ISL would
nagng mate weren't for the children
but big What do you think Of him?
SISTER-IN-LAW
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08
SHE'S OWN
WORST ENEMY

But what about the children? Do
they ever become tyrants?
To be honest, there is no Tyranny
like that of the young child. He
puts his own comfort and pleasure
before that of his mother just be-
cause 1t Is nature. He wants momnly
and he wants her all the time.
Now I come to mother herself.
Actually she is her own worst enemy.
She has two allies in this: one her
motherly conscience, the other the
fear Of neglecting her children. So
she won't accept the bridge invita-
ton because Jimmy would be so
upset If she were not at home after
school to answer his Hello, Nom.
you there?" She can see his disap-
pointed face, picture his loneliness.
why, I wouldn't miss seeing Jimmy
for anything under the sum-" she
explains.
Be careful, mother. Small tyran-
MES grow into big ones. am 100
per cent with you about being on
the job and greeting the eager little
faces after school or any other time.
But stop and think. You need little
diversion. It is good for you to go
out occasionally, if occasion permits
and all is well at home.
MY answer Is ':B" with, of course,
some qualifications. To be away too
much files the link. To be present
all the time may rust 1t. Some Of
the best mothers I've known have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-08
nRAR MRS CHATFIMD:

ANSWER
job Of rearing him. that his wife
continuing spoil him. that would be
walk down the law to him
family probation with promise
improve Unfortunately this isn't practical
a sster-inaw.
that prOverb HE that meddeth with strife be-
longing aketh
medder likely bitten.
meddng withhold
their problem they
inexcabe the impression prevails that
petty points
selfrghteous
stupid relationships nagger
He's busy trying to make the other fellow to his STAN
his shortcomings
would experience
the method invariably
lather
Of o cursing a
Whether wife receiving naggng
don't know Of but three to meet 1t lick it,
hardened heart the silence.
CAROLINE CHATFIEID.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-08
REYNOLDS OPPOSES
LOAN TO FINLAND
Senator Favors Firms But
Believes Others Would
Seek Financial Aid

WASHINGTON, Feb. r Up -
Senator Reynolds (D-NC) declared
today that if the United States made
a loan to Finland, there will be 10
end to the sending of the American
taxpayers money to Europe"
Reynolds said in a statement he
had information that the other
Scandinavian countries - Norway,
Sweden and Denmark-had applied
for similar financial aid.
SIT is therefore reasonable to be-
lieve that Latvia, Lithuan;a and
Estonia will probably be the next
ones to apply" he added.
Reynolds said that While virtual
ly all the sentiment in America, in
Guiding his own, favored the Firms,
he could not permit my sentiments
to run away with my better judg-
ment."
eff, as some say, in aiding the
Firms we are fighting communism
in Finland, then I say to those who
hold this view that I would be glad
Continued on Page Two, Col. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-08
Housing Body
Signs Power,
Gas Contracts
Rates Reported 'Substan-
TALLY Lower Than Regu-
lar Ones Oh Tide Water
ARE ANNOUNCED
Will Be Submitted To State
Utilities Commission For
Final Approval

Contracts on gas and electric
service for both white and negro
housing projects were signed with
the Tide Water Power company at
the monthly meeting of the Housing
Authority of the City Of Wilmington
in it's offices yesterday afternoon.
Rates on both gas and electricity
agreed upon by the Authority are
substantially lower" than regular
rates charges by the power COM
pany, officials said.
Meter System
H. r. Emory, executive manager
of the Housing Authority, said that
under the proposal, the service will
be purchased through two meters,
one for gas and another for cleo
tricity, which will be set up at each
project, and in that way each family
can be supplied at a lower late.
The Authority, however, will set
up individual meters for each family
and will check each meter regularly.
Each family will probably be al
lotted a definite amount of gas and
electricity and if its runs over that
amount it will be charged according
to the rates for it, he said.
Under the contracts the maximum
cost per family should be about $1.6O
to $3.50 per month for electricity
which will be used both for lightin,'
and refrigeration, and about $1.O5
per month for gas for each family.
The first block of electricity, or
about 80 kilowatt hours, will be 2.3
cents a kilowatts, the next block
will be two cents and all over that
one and a half cents.
The gas rates will start at 80
cents for the first block, or per 1000
cubic feet. All above the first block
will be 60 cents.
The proposed rates, agreed upon
by the Tide Water Power company
and the Housing Authority, will be
submitted to the state utilities COM
mission for final approval before be-
ing placed into effect, MI. Emory
said.
The agreement upon the contracts
constituted the principal business
enacted at the meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-08
Defense Witnesses Heard
In CASTOR Norris Trial

ing, and ran to the highway in time
to see Norris standing at the body
of Mcpherson, but turned her head
to keep from seeing the shot.
Widows of the two dead mer
were offered by the state today
Mrs. Mcpherson told Of a threat
which she heard Norris make
against her husband sometime be-
fore the shooting, when Norris was
moving off the farm of Mcpherson.
She said that the defendant told her
he was going to kill her husband.
and that when she relayed the
threat to her husband, he said. 81
don't believe there's any harm in
CASTOR"
Mrs. Burroughs merely testified
that her husband and Mcpherson
Continued on Page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-08
wv BOO
Chief, Speaks
Here Tonight
National Commander In =
Chief To Arrive At 8:15
O'Clock This Morning
RECEPTION IS PLANNED
Rev. Edwin Shearer, Past
National Chaplain, Will.
Also Talk At Meet

Otis N. Brown, of Greensboro, Ma
tional Commander-in-C Chief of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States, will arrive in Whining
ton this morning at 8:15 o'clock and
will address a mass meeting, sponsor
ed by the Wilmington post of the
v. F. W. in the superior courtroom
at the courthouse tonight.
He will be greeted this morning by
city and county officials, post and
auxiliary members and a police es.
cort. Following a conference with
post and auxiliary members, he will
be the guest of honor at a luncheon
at 1 o'clock.
Public Invited
The mass meeting to which the
public is invited is scheduled to get
under Way tonight at 1870 o'clock
Norwood S. Westbrook, district COM
mander, will preside at the meet
ing.
Mr.. Brown, one Of the younges1
men ever to head the V. F. W., was
unanimously elected Commander-in'
Chief at the 40th annual encamp.
ment in Boston last September. HI
is 40 years of age and heads the Cole
FChevron Order for the year 1939-4O
A veteran of more than two years
overseas service, Mr.. Brown enlisted
in the regular army on June rs, 1871
at the age Of Fl. He was assigned
to the infantry at Fort Thomas, Ky.
and was shortly transferred to For
Benjamin Harrison, Ind, where hi
became a member of Evacuation
Hospital No. 2, the first unit of it:
kind ever to be formed in the Ameri-
can army. He sailed for France or
September 8, 1917 with other mem
bers of the medical unit. He return
ed to the United States where he was
h%onorably discharged from the army
on October 81, 1919 at Camp Dix
N. J.
Mr.. Brown was Junior Vice-Com
mander-in-C Chief in 1898, and Sen
ior Vice-Commander-in-C Chief in 1888
80. He has also served as Com
mander of the Department of North
Carolina.
Born at Pinnacle, N. c., on Sep
TENDER IS, 1895, Mr., Brown is CHIEF
clerk to the general manager of the
CONTINUED on Page Two, Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-08
ireland Protests Execution OF Two
IRA Members By British Government

But the hours that followed the
hangings of James Richards, 20
and Peter Barnes, 80, condemned
for killing five persons in an
Irish freedom" bomb blast at
Coventry last August rs, were
quiet.
The new strain which the exc
cutions put upon relations between
Great Britain and Ireland (Eirej
were quickly reflected in a sombre
message ito all true Irishmen''
mittee, calling upon them to work
together to end this aggression"
Continued on Page TWP Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-08
fund IS PROVIDED
FOR RADIO BEACON
Establishment OF Signal Al
Entrance To Cape Fear
River Approved

Senator Josiah w. Bailey inform
eo Louis T. Moore, manager of the
enanlber Of commerce, by wire yes
eerday that the establishment of a
ladlo beacon at the entrance to the
cape Fear river has been approved
ana funds allotted for the work by
the senate.
establishment of a radio beacon
et the mouth Of the river has been
sought for some time by the Will
hilngton-Cape Fear Pilots associa'
.ion' the Southport civic club, now
'ne Brunswick county chamber OF
'ollinefce, and the local trade body
Inc project has been in the pro
'ess OF appeal for the past six
nionlhs' The local trade body to
Jay wired Senator Bailey and Con
eiessfnan ]. Bayard Clark, thank
Ntontmued on Page Two. Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-08
Finn Military
Prison Raided
Planes
Prisoners Taken To
Air Raid Shelters And
Saved By Firms
HOSPITALS DAMAGED
Soviets Apparently Intend
To Wear Down Foes By
Sheer Manpower
BY THOMAS f. HAWKINS

HELSINKI, Feb. T. up Soviet
Russia's air fleet, in a four-hour raid
aimed at cracking Finnish morale,
today bombed a prison full of Rus.
sian prisoners of war while her
armies of the isthmus pounded again
at the Mannerheim line, reckless or
losses which Finnish military observe
ers placed at $1,000 dead and wound
ed in the past week.
The Russian prisoners were saved
by the Firms, who herded them into
bomb-proof cellars.
For more than four hours ten
Russian planes punished the prison
Finland with bombs and incendiary
explosives. Two hospitals n q
teachers college were damaged, three
large houses were destroyed, and 20
others were set afire. Two Firms
were killed and many others injured.
Turku Also Raided
This and another raid on Turku,
Finland's third largest and Oldest
city, were carried out while the Red
army on the Karelian isthmus gave
evidence it was intent upon wearing
down the Firms by sheer manpower
and mechanical weight, regardless
of what the costs might be.
In the Arctic meanwhile the main
Russian forces were reported falling
back from Markajarvi toward Salla,
some 35 miles from the frontier.
Reliable sources said light detach'
ments of Soviet soldiers attacked the
Firms at Markajarvi, on the cross.
Finland highway 20 miles southwest
of Salla, to cover the retreat. Heavy
Russian field pieces already had been
Withdrawn from that front.
The Helsinki civil guard tonight
in a special bulletin warned civilians
to watch for spies and saboteurs
dropping from Russian planes. The
bulletin asked that the military be
Continued on Page Two, Col. Al
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-08
Wilmington's Iron Lung
Campaign Goal Is $1,85O

iron lung" a model of which is
now on display in the lobby of the
postoffice, may also be used in the
treatment of gas poisoning, electric
shock, alcoholic coma, drug poison
ing, drowning, temporary resplra
tory failure due to injuries to the
spinal cord and in certain cases Of
tuberculosis and pneumonia.
The infant r%espirator is usee
successfully in initiating proper
lung functioning in newborn babies
Calls for donations have beer
made by the Civitan club and paper
cups have been placed at various
places in the city for contributions
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-08

WH1TEVILLE, Feb. 6.-The Sec
ond day Of the Castor Norris trial
here today saw the completion OF
evidence for the prosecution, n
presentation Of an array of wit
nesses for the defense. Norris is
being tried for his life in the slay'
ing on December S of Garland Bur-
roughs and Frank Mcpherson, IN
the Lebanon section of the county.
Today brought the first evidence
Of the third. shot which was fired
at the scene of the shooting. when
Leo Duncan said, after Mcpherson
had fallen, he saw Norris take MS
gun and fire directly into the heao
of the prone figure. His evidence
was largely corroborated in this re-
gard by another witness, Mrs. mar
tine Ward, who testified h
the first shots from the back OF ner
home, near the scene Of the shoot
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-08
TWELVE BOUTSSTAGED
Wilmington, Raleigh, Bel
mont Abbey Win Open
Division Honors

Sixteen Golden Gloves cham
pions were crowned at New Han
over high school last night after
one of the fastest nights of fight
ing fistic fans here have ever seen,
There were twelve fights staged
in all, and from first to last they
were speedy, slambangaroo affairs
Surprise of the night vas the
speed of the heavyweight and light
heavyweight bouts in the open d.
vision.
Another crowd which filled every
inch of the gymnasium watched
the colorful fights, cheering wildly
as the boys mixed it up with a
will.
The champions:
Open Division
112 lb. Jimmy Swan, Wilmington;
11S Id. George Franquez, Belmont
Abbey; 148 Id. Henry Gilliken, Will
mington; ISL ID. Zane Winters, Ra-
leigh; 176 lb. Fred Barnhill, Will
mington; heavyweight, Tiny Tay'
lor, Wilmington.
D. Novice Division
112 lb. Donald Ray Lane, Bur
gaw; 11S h., Tyson, Rivenbark
CCC; 1926 Id. r. C. Ellis, Whining
ton; 1876 lb. Jimmy .Casteen, Will
mington; 148 lb. Bill Clark, Char
lotte; 161 ID. Bill Kanos, Lumber
ton; lightheavyweight, Geral'
Continued on Page Seven: Col, 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-08

prisal by bomb-the I. R: AS
method of attack against "op-
preston"
Every available officer of Scot
land Yards skilled special branch
spent tonight on duty; government
buildings in London's Westminster
were guarded closely; police on
extra details roved districts where
I. r. A. sympathizers were likely
to c~ongregate; sentries guarded
bridges, railway stations.
The employees of a number OF
firms in ireland, notably at Cork,
quit work and went to churches to
offer prayers for the. souls OF the
.executed men,