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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
NEW "CRACKPOT' SLOGAN

California's ham-and-eggers who cried SO
loudly for $3.50 every Thursday" have changed
their slogan. They want 1920 now."
We have laughed Justify over the antics Of
these and other "crack-pots,' but there is
something pathetic not only in having so
many aging persons, who ought to know bet
ter, put their trust in candidates for
public office who promise pennies from Heay.
en-, but because so many have been in actual
want. Their cry for something for nothing is
indeed a crackpot idea, but it indicates some.
thing lacking in our civilization.
Perhaps one of the lacks is inability to get
unemployed persons and unemployed capital
together on friendly terms. Banks are over.
flowing with money which is not being sought
by business because of a fear recovery. at
last launched, may slip back into bomb-shel.
tiers and leave it stranded.
II this idle capital were at work, it might
provide work for idle thousands, and with
the idle again employed the question of what
is to become of the old folks would answer
itself without pensions.
'"Twenty dollars now" is not a laughing
matter, however comical it seems on the
surface.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
CHURCHES IN CONVENTION

CONVOCATION of the North Carolina Coun'
- Gil of Churches, at Greensboro, is a not
able event, in that it draws together represen
tative leaders from many denominations and
religious sects who have a common goal. II
marks another step toward solidifying reli
gious thought, without regard to creed and
doctrine.
This step is important. If civilization is tc
survive the present era of war and create a
brotherhood of nations it must have a spirit
ual awakening. 1t must have the guidance OF
a force outside itself. Totalitarianism cannot
do it. There is reason to doubt that democ'
racy can do it. Nor can culture, unassisted
And creeds alone are impotent. Religion
might. At least it is civilizations last resort
The church in it's various branches has
to discover the way it can best get it's vision
before the peoples of the world, not for its
own glory, but for the benefit to civilization
submission to spiritual guidance can bring
This broadening viewpoint of the church has
no place for denominationalism. Protestant
Catholic, Jew are on a common plane.
That is what stands cut so prominently IN
religious organizational gatherings now. 1t IS
what gives the present assembly of the states
council of churches, and all similar conyoca'
lions, especial significance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18

may keep their word, if it suits them' out they
know also that no consideration OF law,
treaties, decency or humanity would prevent
it's being broken in a moment if that seemed
expedient. No one dares to trust the Nazl IN
~tentions, and the 'fear epidemic IS Simply
practical politics. But it is an odd achievement
for the Nazis to boast of.
Perhaps there is nothing in the scare this
time. Weather conditions would seem to be
adverse. and if the Germans were at the Dot
tom of the excitement perhaps 1t was only as
a means of putting pressure on the low coun-
tries to be less acquiescent under the BRUSH
blockade. or of giving pause to the Scandinav-
ian ~neutrals,. who are now talking very boldly
to Moscow. But the fear is there, ana there
it will remain. Because of it the Dutch and
Belgians have already rendered a true oEtz-
kriee on the Polish model mpossible-that
calls for air attack before mo5ilizatlon-but as
long as the road through Holland and Belgium
continues to offer the Germans the maximum
pronise of military gains for the blood expend-
ed. fear and rumor will continue to rule Dutch
and Belsian policy. That is the kind of Europe
which Hitler has created.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18

Mistakes have been made, but, on the whole,
we have served the nation honestly ana Well
Secretary of Agriculture Henry wallace.
Finland has again experienced to the 1uLest
that agreements mean nothing at all TO the
rulers Of Russia.-President Kyostl halho Oh
Finland.
Who doesn't want peace? I want peace.
Every colleague of mine in the government
wants peace. 1 know the prime minister wants
peace. L believe Hitler wants peace.-or join
Anderson, British home secretary
r fool the department of justice has a better
organization than Mr.. Dies can ever expect TO
obtain -Renresentative Adolph j.. SABBATH I'd
lid.
Is if POSSIBLY true that the retention OF
democracy would have proved a greater HILL
ace than the adoption of dictatorship because
both the people who were prlVlleseo TO Vole
and the representatives whom they elected
were no longer capable OF achlevlng the oo-
iectives Of peace, prosperity and national nap
piness?-The Rev. Charles u. Coughllh.
II
Democracy will be saved if, as a people, we
are wise enough to know that II we do not
respect others faiths, the day will come when
other men will not respect our faiths.-Atty:
Gen. Frank Murphy.
To the glory which was Gernany's, Jews have
made Glorious contribution. In the shame which
is GermanytJ they have no part.-Judge Irving
Lehman, AeW York court Of appeals. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
DOUGHTON TO RESIGN

Representative DoUGHToN's announcement
that he will retire to private life after his
deep regret, not only in Washington where
his distinguished career has kept him in the
Carolina, which will have to ponder long and
well on his successor.
The Ninth congressional district will find
difficulty in sending his equal to the house.
He set a goal that will prove the mettle OF
any man who wins the right to his seat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Hollywood
Sights And Sounds
Robbin Coons.

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 17.-"His Girl
Friday" Screenplay by Charles Lede-
rer from THE Front Page" by Ben
Hecht and Charles Macarthur. Di-
rected by Howard Hawks. Principals:
Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph
Bellamy, Gene Lockhardt, Helen
Mack.
This hard-boiled comedy has the
speed of teletype and the roar of a
giant printing press, and it's the
brightest fun-film of the year - a
statement that may well hold true
at the end of 1910.
They've done things to Hildy John
son, the Posts crack reporter, and
they've altered the face and form if
not the spirit of tough old Walter
Burns, the managing editor who had
ink instead of blood and who'd have
hanged his mother" for a scoop.
Hildy's a girl this time - and
what a girl as Rosalind Russell
plays her, smart and shrewd and
knowing, with a mile = a = second
flow of repartee, playing a mans
game, asking no quarter and giving
less!
And Burns, smart and unprinci-
pied as ever. is Cary Grant - try
ing with all his c%raftiness to win
ex-Wlfe Hfldy back to him and his
hectic life, away from the sane, calm
future she plans with umbrella-tot-
ing, stodgy Bruce, the insurance
man (Bellamy).
The whole thing is done so fresh
ly, with such modern slants. and at
such a dizzy pace, that it strikes a
new high for comic melodrama It's
odd, of course, that with all the writ
ing of scoops and the telephoning of
exclusives" on the biggest story
of the year." the Post never seems
to get an edition OF the street where
the rival reporter can read it h,,t
that's a minor detail with NO hear
Ing Bruce to his strong-arm lieuten-
ing whatever on the hilarity.
One fresh line is Grants describ.
ant: 49,. guy looks like that movie
actor, what's-his-name? Yeah, Ralnb
Bethany"
"The Shop Around The Corner"
screenplay by Samson Raphaelson
from play by Nikolaus Laszlo. Di-
rected by Ernst Lubitsch. PRINCIPALS.
Margaret SULLIVAN, James Stewart
Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut.
Felix Bressart.
It's a store in Budapest, and the
people who work there, and the Mr..
Big who owns it. There's the chief
clerk (Stewart) and the girl who talks
herself into a job (Sullavan) and the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18

way they quarrel, each unsuspecting
that the other is the dream-lover OF
a romance-by-mail. There's the meek
family man Bellamy) who trembles
at Mr.. Big's approach. There is job.
fear, and petty stooging, and Mr.
Big's troubles, and almost before you
know it the people in that shop are
old friends of your, their fortunes
are your fortunes.
If your heart has a cold cookie,
thisll warm it. Rich in ~inimitable
Lubitsch comedy and humanness,
1.-THE Shop Around The Corner is
the director OF "Ninotchka'' in ten.
der vein yet still cracking with sur
prises. One surprise: Frank Nor
gan, as the boss, getting away from
that annoying stock character of his.
"a Child Is. Born" Geraldine
Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, Gale
Page.
Goings-on in the most undiscip-
lined maternity ward in cinema his
tory since Life Begins 1888 of
winch this a re-make. Miss Page is
a charmingly efficient head nurse,
out never seems to be around when
IIe patients start cutting up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
To Cure The Flu

W~ASHINGTON-If a doctor
is not available, the Public
Health Service suggests the fol-
lowing precautions as a basis
for home treatment of a flu
patient:
|. Go to bed at the first sign Of
illness and stay there for sew
eral days after your fever is
gone, since relapse is fire.
quent.
2. Drink water freely, stay on a
liquid diet during the first few
days and go on soft feed about
the fourth day. Then grad
ually return to normal diet.
3. Dc not use cathartics; enemas
are better than laxatives.
4. Do not suppress coughs, but
place all nasal and bronchial
secretions in ~disposable It's
sues.
S. You may take a warm bath
at the onset of attack to re-
lieve back, head and limb
pains, but a warm bed and
warm drink afterward are
essential Excessive sweating
is dangerous.
6. Do not use medicines unless
prescribed by a physician.
Good nursing and rest in bed
are the best methods of staving
off complications. Patients gen.
orally should be isolated; old
people especially should be guard
ed against all possible sources of
Infection.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18

for the first week of 1910 number
ed some 10000 as compared with a
five-year, median for the correspond
ing week of 2,423 cases. For more
than a month cases have been in
creasing at an accelerated pace.
Peak Comes Later
Public health officials say there
is no cause yet for national alarm.
In the 1932-1933 epidemic 73, 900
new cases we're reported in the first
week of 1888 and in the 1929 out
break 100000 cases in the cores
ponding week.
They point out, however, that
"the situation calls for close watch
ing" since the peak of flu prevalence
does not come usually until the mid
February to mid-Aarch period.
Most cases are believed to be COM
paratively mild but health authori-
ties war; that all cases should be
regarded as potentially serious. That
is mainly because of the danger OF
complications such as pneumonia
and streptrcoccic infections.
Medical science has found no spec
ific remedy Or preventive for influ-
enza and it's first cousin, the COM
mon cold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Man bout
Manhattan
By George tucker

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Almost
every producer on Broadway must
at one time or another have had
his hands on a blue-bound manu-
script that began in a Spanish no.
tel. was hidden under mattresses,
and came, finally, in Ernest Hem
|ingway's brief case, cro the At
lantic to Key West, Florida, and
then to Manhattan.
It is a play called 1.-THE Fifth
Column" It is a play about the
Spanish war, from the Loyalist
point of view. This is Heming.
ways view.
I first head about the play from
Hemingway himself who told a WV
id tale of writing it, scene by
scene, under the rain of Frances
guns. He would write at night in
his ill-furnished, drafty little hotel
room, and then hide it under the
blankets during the day when he
went out to carry out his chores
as a front line correspondent.
One could wish that Heming-
way had been just a little more
detached in his sympathies. His
voice rises just a little shrill at
times. But it is easier, T suppose,
to remain detached when you are
5000 miles away than when you
can hear the throb of the bombers
and the boom of the cannon.
u y 4
One day a year or more ago /
was in the Shubert office, talking
to one of the many of those amaz-
ing brothers and uncles and cou.
sins-I can keep them
straight-who have written their
family name so deeply in Broadway
history. We were talking about play
agents and the presentation of
manuscripts, and Mr.. Shubert said,
"Well, here's one by a pretty good
author"
He picked up a blue-bound
manuscript. It was Hemingway's
new play.
Are you going to produce it?"
I asked him.
"Well," he answered slowly, 81
don't know. I haven't decided.
Something warns me against it
and yet I'm afraid to reject it. I
might be letting a hit get away
from me-"
But the Shuberts didn't take it.
A few months later I saw this
same manuscript on John Col
denis desk. And later 1 saw it in
Gilbert Miller's office.
Then, a few weeks ago, the The
atre Guild announced that Hem
ingway's play would be produced
late in January. 1t came to the
Guild by devious ways. The route
this play has Travelled is more
like the zig-zag of a tanker trying
to elude a sub than the authorize
producer procedure.
of Hemingway's better short
stories, in book form, if you wish.
What depth and breadth and life
it will take on after it comes to
the footlights L would never guess.
Hemingway is a peculiar writer.
1t may be that he is a better nov
elist than a playwright, just as, in
my opinion, he is a better short
story writer than a novelist.
But even he must have fetched
a sigh when the papers were sign
ed, and the restless, lonely wan
derings of THE Fifth Column fin
ally came to an end.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Farmland Admits He
Killed Three Members
Of New York Family

READING, Pa, Jan. IL Up -
James Fink, 22-year old farmland,
admitted today, State Polio
Sergeant Edward c. Sickel said, that
he shot and killed three members
of a Masonville, N. Y, farm family
and burned their home to conceal
the crime.
Serg. Sickel said Fink, arrested
here with a companion today, told
him he became enraged at Frank
Teed's jibes Sunday and killed iced,
6S, his wife, Helen, Sc, and their
daughter, Ruth, 25.
Then, Fink said, he set fire to / a
Teed home and fled in the Teed car.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18


Flu is a suave falier. Even f''
clans cannot always diagnose l@'
vidual cases, influenza or grippe
its early stages frequently being j
distinguishable from q cold !
many people the only difference
one of severity.
Various v%accines. scrums ].
pared medicines and even a-f'a''
beverages have been urged as Id.
enza preventives. The Pubic Hea'
Service says there is no o'loe"
that any of them may ward oil u
Infection, and some may be w
nitely harmful.
Man is the carrier of in1,uerzl, :
the fact that infected persons Fe!lla.
for a time in contact with tile J'
lie plays a large part in lIlt5 I''
and widespread distribution in "
denies .
Persons who try to keep oH ,.F
feet and "stick it ont c5'a.''.
the greatest number 10 the o.''
rolls because they are WaIaIh&
houses of infection and tTriJ'''
succumb due to u~nWarranLeo ''''
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Aid For Small Business
Asked By Senator Mead

WASHINGTON, Jan. IL R -
Senator Mead (D-NY) appealed in
= radio address tonight for federal
lending legislation to rescue sinai,
business from a 'hand-to-mouth
existence"
with national industrial prosper.
ity predicted for 194O,' Mead de.
clared. Small business is not in a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Nations Flu Chart CIimbinq Hioh
Cases May Be Mild
But Doctors Warn
Of Complications
By ALEXANDER r. GEORGE
ZAP Feature Service)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE &c.
men, who help guard the nations
health are watching a sharply
climbing curve on the chart at head
quarters of the Public Health Ser
vice.
1t tells them that Public Enemy
Flu is on the loose-that this win
ters' wave Of the. mysterious chill
fever-ache malady is four times big
ger than the average.
New cases of influenza reported
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Automobile Injuries
Fatal To John Fost'

BEAUFORT, Jan. II l' -.
Foster of Ocracoke, left hel" '0
for Bourne, Mass, to a-@oAALa
home the body of his brother 0V', =,
B. Foster, Al, who died MaA'aF Il
a Buzzards Bay hospital after os'''
struck by an automobile SUNDAY u,
John Foster was quart1i. =.
aboard the U. S. Engineerlne "s fl.
ment's dredge w. L. Mar-ha-l' T.,
body will be brought to O--
Island for burial.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18

position to participate in the cjIIeD'
upward economic swing. The DUE.
nessman's inventories are low ~.
surplus funds are negligIhIei ".'
machinery is antiquated, he mega
long-term capital and credit.
He proposed that credit be s'r
piled by expanding the leao.,
powers of the federal reserve
tenn to make possible a~d'a9eeIl'-1'
of credit through local banks
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
PULLMAN DINlDEND

CHICAGO, Jan. Ii .r
tors of Pullman, Inc, TO-DAY u,
a dividend of % cents a snare
able March Is to Stock 't q
Feb. %. A similar oI'4oeN'
paid Dec. Is, 1889. Il
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
TOP O. THE MORNING

with every damn comes NeW hope"
ont Of the scatbard Of the night
By Gods han drd1Cn,
Flashes His shining SWORD of light,
And 10, the darn!
FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN in THE ETUDE'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
LEAVES RESUMED

LONDON, Jan. II. - Up - Home
leaves for the British forces in
france, which had been suspended
since Sunday, we've resumed today to
"a limited extent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18

What the government is trying to show is
that in this democratic country, with the as.
sent of the people, we can make and carry
out all the plans which are necessary to win
viqtory.-Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Of England. "
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18
Star-News Program

1. Shipyards.
2. Increase OF Port Facilities.
5. Adequate Hospital Facilities.
j. Annexation OF Suburbs.
S. DEVELOPMENT OF Fort CdsWeH as
Health Resort.
6. Promotion OF Canning INDUSTRY.
7. City Expansion Commission.
8. Junior College.
ACHIEVEMENTS WE HAVE
FAVORED
Stun Clearance.
Free bridge across the Cape Fear
river over High1cdy 90.
Free ceuseUay to Wrtghtsuille Beach.
Recreation Centers.
Municipal Auditorium.
Preservation OF Old City and THAI
ian Hall.
Civic Centre.
Organized industrial services TOR VIII
mington.
Adequate school facilities TOR Viii
mington and NeW Hanover county.
.afftc signals on streets OF Whining
ton.
Thirtytoot channel from Wilmington
to Southport bar.
Construction OF third lock AMI dam
betueen Wilmington and FaysttevtM
on the upper Cape FeW river.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-18

Mistakes have been made, but, on the Whole
we have served the nation honestly and we'll
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace.
Evening star., 1940-10-31
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

While Robert Boyle was a young
man, much fighting took place be-
tween Puritans and Cavaliers. That
was in the time of Oliver Cromwell.
Boyle did not care to join either
army. His interest was in science:
he wanted to learn new facts about
the world of nature.
While studying in England he
found other men who had their
main interest in science. They met
tigether now and then and talked
about problems of many kinds.
The meetings of the little group
OF thinkers later led to the starting
of the Royal Society. That society
has lived to the present day and
contains the leading scientists of
Great Britain.
Here are some of the questions
the members of the society talked
about in early meetings;
What are comets? Are comets
different from new stars? How can
we explain the shape of the planet
Saturn? What is the weight of the
air?"
The answers to those questions
are rather well known today, but In
Boyle's time there was not nearly so
much knowledge. Only by tests ano
debates could the truth be brought
out, and the answers came slowly.
Evening star., 1940-10-31

suits, and the hand should produce
a game if your partner has a few
filters and high card or two.
Score 100 per cent for three no
trump, 10 per cent for pass.
Question No. 592.
Today you are Howard Schenkens S
partner and, with both sides vul-
nerable, you hold:
AQ86
0J7
OK 10 86
IQ987
The bidding:
Schenken Jacoby You Maier
~ Pass {?
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
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Boyle Helped Stort Society

Boyle and friend named Hooke
built a machine for this purpose,
and it worked very well.
With the machine Boyle was able
to take almost all the air out OF q
glass jar. In that way he produced
q vacuum"
Boyle could not obtain a perfect
vacuum, but he came near enough to
it to learn some interesting facts.
What would happen to q butter
fly if it were placed III jar from
which the air had been taken?" he
wondered.
To find the answer he put a but
terf1y in the jar. 1t died.
Mice were tested In p vacuum, and
they also died-except one, which
got out alive and scanspered across
the floor. "Ill let YOU go!" ex-
claimed Boyle. "You have gone
through enough DANCE for one little
mouse"
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Don't Take
My Word for Ii
BY FRANK COLBY.
A Few Questions

Question-A roto picture showed
a girl "jitter-bug" leaping into the
air with her legs widespread. The
caption said: Girl dancer with
legs akimbo." Eight?-N. D.
Answer-A good trick even If it
Evening star., 1940-10-31

cannot be done. Akimbo means
with the hands on the hips and
the elbows turned outward"
Question-Should ration be pro-
nounced "RASH-un" or RAY
shun"?-G. L.
Answer-First choice is RAY
shun." Second choice is RASH
un"
Question-What is the origin Of
to take the cake"?-R. o. r.
Answer - Soldiers of ancient
Greece who went through the
night watch without falling asleep
were awarded the cake of roasted
wheat and honey"
Question--Is "contraption" cor
rect word TO use?
Answer-Contraption, a purely
fictitious word. is dialectal and
illiterate corruption Of contrivance.
Do not use it.
Question-Is native Of China
"Chinaman"?
Answer-the term "Chinaman" Is
not good form. A native of China
is properly Chinese.
Question-What is the origin of
the word kidnap?-J. o. L.
Answer-The word Is from kid
Child, and nab or nap (to seize +.
The word is not new. 1t was first
used in Colonial days to designate
the act of abducting workers for
enforced labor in America.
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