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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25

Grapewin, Henry Wilcoxon, Eliza
beth Patterson, Russell Hicks,
Christian Rub, Ian Wolfe, Regin-
aid Sheffield, Pedro de Cordoban.
For some reason the dead on
the screen lately have been hav-
ing a tough time breaking away
from mortal surroundings. This
story in its silent version preceded
by years the recent Topper
comedies, the rambling Beyond
Tomorrow" and the most excel
ent of them all, "Rebecca."
The new "Earthbound' finds
Baxter as the shade of a muir
dered man whose sudden passing
left such a mess of human affairs
behind that he stuck around to
straighten things out before ap-
plying for his wings. It's his prob
lem to persuade his murderess
(Bari) to confess and save h e r
husband Wilcoxon) who has TAX
en- the blame. With the aid of a
mysterious old gentleman Grape
VIM who alone is able to converse
with the ghost, and after some
powerful straining to "b r e a k
through" the barrier restraining
him from the living, the hero at
tains his end.
"Earthbound' is off the routine
track, a curious and often power
full piece, and not too somber.
"Private Affairs" Nancy Kelly,
Hugh Herbert, Roland Young,
Robert Cummings.
Although he in lone 0 fthe Bos-
ton Bullertons" Gas this Walton
Green story was called original
|ly), Roland Young is quite happy
as a Wall Street brokerage con-
Germs board boy" until his
grown-up daughter from B o S o n.
seeks his help in romance. There
upon Roland, aided by an ex-taxi
driver pal Herbert) must bestir
himself, and a generally diverting
farce comedy is the result. Young
and Herbert, of course, carry the
major burden in laugh-getting. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
Hollywood Sight. And Sounds
Robin Coons'

HOLLYWOOD-June "a - The
Ghost-Breakers." Screenplay by
Paul Dickey and Charles W. God
dard. Directed by George Mar
shall. Principals: Bob Hopper
Paulette Goddard, Richard Carl
son, Paul Lukas, Willie Best, Ped
70 de Cordoba, Virginia Brissac,
Noble johnson, Anthony Quinn,
Tom Dugan, Paul Fix, Lloyd Cor
rigan.
Here's a picture for that eve
ming when you can't stand it any
more-war talk, worry, or what
ever has you down - and you
want to get away from things for
a scare-and-laugh spree.
If you found The Cat and the
Canary diverting, this n is of
the same pattern, only more SO.
CIT you didn't care for the first
Hope GODDARD mystery come
dy, then stay home and mope)
AS in their first film, the COM
edy talents of Hope, once less ap-
preciated than at present, are al
lowed to sparkle in a setting that
includes the able and decorative
presence of shapely Paulette, once
again the heiress to a haunted
house. The haunted precinct this
time is a Cuban castle COM
plete with sliding panels and
doors, secret halls, fluttering bats,
and a potent pipe organ. Under
taking to clear the place of its as
sorted ghosts. Hope is equipped
with a valet (Best) who is not
fond of ghosts, which like much
of the material here's no great
departure from formula.
However, they've thrown in a
zombie (Johnson) and other terri
flying effects, and larded the
whole framework with comedy.
"Earthbound." Screenplay by
John Howard Lawson and Samuel
G. Engel. Directed by Irving Pich-
ell. Principals: Warner B a e r,
Andrea Leeds, Lynn Bari. Charley
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
Star.News Program

Consolidated Ctty-County Government
under CouncilManager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena TOR Sports and Industrial
ShoUs.
Seaside Highway from Wri0htsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF city Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear Riuer channel, aotd-
err Turning Basin, with ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south of Wilmington.
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
motional Agency. supported BY one,
countrywide tar.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health center tor Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for 11hites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF nctive grape 0roa1ing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sandtortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
H TASK AHEAD

For the present, the survival of civilization
as we know and love it, depends upon Great
Britain's stand against the Nazis. With France
conquered and impotent to help, HITLER is
turning his attention to the British Isles, intent
upon further conquests. If the British are able
the world, civilization will go about the task of
restoring devastated countries in Europe and
helping Germany back to a reasonable attitude
toward her neighbors. But if the British fail,
and go under as so many nations have done
since last September, the one remaining out
post of civilization will be in the Western
Hemisphere. And leadership in the Americas
rests upon the United States, the greatest,
wealthiest, most progressive Of American ma.
tions.
The duty, therefore, of the United States, is
to be prepared for victory when the enemy
comes-not only to our own shores, but to
any shores in the hemisphere. This can be done
only by arming to the teeth. No matter what it
COSTS no matter how many politicians cry out
against expense, or quarrel with methods EN-.
ployed, that job must be completed.
That is why it is unfortunate that political
parties should be conducting campaigns for ma
tlonal p%referment at this time. II there ever
was a day in the history of the nation when
politics should be in adjournment, because Of a
great emergency, this is that day. If we must
proceed with the political conflict, it behooves
all leaders of both parties to hold fast to their
sanity, to abandon the wild announcements al
ready creeping into the campaign, and let the
world know that our national thought, the
thoughts OF all groups and factions, is con,
centrated solely on efense-eficient complete
impregnable defense.
1t must be remembered that every public
word uttered in the forthcoming campaign will
De seized upon in totalitarian capitals and any
word OF bitterness against the administration
played up as indicating that Americans are
divided among themselves and so preparing for
easy conquest from abroad.
We Americans know differently. We know
that we have been conducting campaigns on q
hnock-down and dragout schedule for many
many years, without affecting our nationa.
unity In emergency. But other peoples, especial
ly the governments of totalitarian peoples
can't understand this. They will find in every
bitter word spoken an excuse for believing
that the United States is just another crumb
ling democracy.
1t is important that we set an example ii
moderation, to prove to HITLER and his fellow
d~ictators that one people can rule by populal
consent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
Professor, Preachers Rated
Top Bets In Marriage Market

CLEVELAND, June "a -R-Col-
lege professors, preachers and
chemical engineers are top bets in
the marriage market.
The odds favoring marital hap
pfness for these professions are 20
to l, says sociologist Ernest w.
Burgess of the University of Chi
cago. At the other extreme - l t.
~ - he placed travelling sales
men, musicians and laborers.
DR.. Burgess data, presented to-
day to the American Home Econ
cmlcs Association, were obtained
IN a nlne-year study of 500 Illinois
families. He found Education and
the existence Of stable incomes"
determining factors in welded
bliss.
Happiness of parents often de-
cldes the outcome Of their child.
sehS marriages, the sociologist
sag. Another factor is a ..common
at1ltude' toward children. With
NOSE couples rated highest who
aesiSe babies but foregoe narent-
ried life. 'ears OF mar
burgess also found tina
from large families make
rae pest husbands and wives He
.seoInrnended engagement ~ two
RACES b, r more TOR sound mar
found quit on COMPROMISING" but
DOM ro romantic opponents" sell.
ing aSay school attendance dur.
adolescence is a
h laetor and church weddinss ava. .ra
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
The Editors
BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse any article appearing in
this department. They represent the
views Of the individual readers.
Correspondents are warned that all
communications contain the
correct name and address for our
records. though the letter may be
sipned az the writer sees fit. The
Star-News reserves the right to alter
any text that for any eason Is OBJ
jectionable, Letters on controver-
sial subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
Jews In Rumania Lose
Right To Hold OffleS

BUCHAREST, June 24-it'-N
mania's 1,000,0 600 Jews aulo"' a.
" lose the right to hold puoDV IN.
flee. to serve as heads of pIlFs's ~
dustries and in professional 1 pisS.
izations under a new decree pu0ll'D'
ed today. --u;nst.
When King Carols ne" Naz.r ,a,.
termed totalitarian party was g.
ed last week a royal decree vas an, ~
sued limiting ali such posts u P snr.
members. Today's decree went 5t G,.
Their a.ad forbids all Jews rom ,ar.
ing the party, although otheL n' .n,s.
tiles will be admitted IN sPec'"
gories.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
DEES SENTENCED
in Staying CASE
Columbus Negro Pleads Guilty
To Manslaughter, Given
Is To Is Months

WHITEVILLE, June "a - Clar.
ence Dees, a negro Of the Oakdale
section, pleaded guilty TO a charge
of manslc lighter in connection with
the knife death OF Fred Ward, an
other negro, two months ago, IN
Columbus county superior court
this afternoon.
Judge John J.. Burney, Of VII
mington, sentenced him to nom
IS to 10 months on the road
Mrs. Beulah Watkins, Fred Wal
ker and Marie Walker were con-
victed this afternoon Of maln'''H'
ing a common nuisance, Sent y
was not Immediately passed
Beaman Strickland, Cerro GoFdo
youth, pleaded guilty to a cnafSs
of assault with a deadly weapon
in connection with his striking d
fl ur-year-old child, Charlie HONEY
cult, a month ago, with an su'O'
mobile.
The accident resulted in the cnLa
losing a leg and Strickland wa
ordered to pay the costs ana MAN, "
restitution to the child's fanny Ill
the amount of $500.
Sixteen cases were disposed o.
at this mornings session.
Three of the cases involved Wv,
lations of the liquor law l"O'.
convicted on such counts WEI nv
Donald j. Nicely, colored, anu p p,'
Watkins, white, convicted OIL wv
counts. ,d n
Gilcheath Webb was cohVltIeu y
arson when he was conVle'eU = =.
burning a barn. 0
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
Use SCREAM BOMBS

NEW YORK, June -,
British are using SCREEN p,5,ish
in air raids on GERMANY .f,ht
broadcasting announcer s''d ,0, yBt.
in an announcement heard fam.
germany has been using D,F 1s on
Gus scream bombs IN 'he'i .ho an.
French civilian towns salo u his
ounce who added, we arc
same type of bombs Wlliel ,,idat.
now using with the same 'n," cer
ing effect on the morale OIL ,"' sajd.
man people," the announce
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
TAX BOOST

OTTAWA, June II |R1-Dfastlc
increases in income taxes reach
inc virtually every wage Garner,
taxes ranging up to 80 per cent on
automobiles and several new le-
v;es we're disclosed today in the
wartime budget put before tn e
House of Commons by Canadian
finance Minister J. l.. Ralston.
1ncone rates increased so sharply
that a married man with no de-
nendents paying $36 OF a salary of
q q under present rates will now
pay $195.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
Robbery In Lumberton ~,
To Be Probed By S0l

RALEIGH, June "a F. SPS e
ial agent Jane F. Bfads .aSsv 70
the SBI left for AbefoeeIl resi-.
investigate the ROBBERY o. , d in.
dence there. Tomorrow ne WIZ n
vestigate a similar robbery 4
Lumberton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25

By of periodic safety in.
.snections in cities in the United
states, it has been determined that
approximately a third Of the vehicles
on the road have defects In their
|braking systems
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
TOP o. THE MORNING

Out Of the night the morning star-the sun,
For every hour OF pain that We hare had
Euen for hese-Lord hezp us to be glad.
Grace NoH CroUeH.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-25
THANKS
Mr.. r. B. Page,

Dear Sir:
I am instructed to express to you
and your paper, our sincere thanks
and appreciation for the fine pub
licity given the Odd Fellows concert
class last week, when they appeared
in Wilmington. The attendance was
good, end we feel that you did your
part to make it SO.
GLENN MARLOWE, Secretary.
Cape Fear Lodge No. 2 I. O. o. F.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-19
Jobs Filled In Illinois Show
Cain Over q Year Ago

Chicago 0LNS).-Jobs filled by the
Illinois State Employment Service
during July show an increase of ap-
proximately 26 per cent over the num-
ber filled in the same month Of 1889,
Director of Labor Martin P. Durkin
reported.
There was. however, a drop of about
~ per cent from the number of jobs
filled in June of this year. This de-
cline is Seasonal" Durkin said, since
July is usually one Of the dull months
Of the year from the standpoint of
job placements. A total of 1866 jobs
was filled in July. This compares with
9,446 in July, 1889, and with 13,476
in June, 1910.
"Most of the jobs filled were in
private industry" Director Durkin
said. "The increase over last year
was largely due to greater demand
for skilled men, especially in the
metal trades. There is constantly
improving demand for men in these
trades"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-19
ENGINEERS EXPEL
CARL r. DAUBENMIRE

Stationary Engineers Local Union
No. 605, Dayton, Ohio, Of the Inter
national Union of Operating En-
gineers, at their last regular meeting
held Thursday, September S, 1910, at
the Labor Temple, voted unanimously
to concur in and sustain the action
taken in July by Local Union No. 80
of Columbus, Ohio, of the Internat-
onal Union of Operating Engineers,
who tried Carl r. Daubenmire for vio-
lating the Laws Of the Union and
found him guilty by a three fourths
majority vote and fined him 100000
and recommended he be expelled from
the international Union on July 10.
The recent action taken by Local
Union No. COS at Dayton, in which
Local Union Daubenmire held a card,
was taken after mature deliberation
and careful investigation as they
wanted to be absolutely sure they
were doing the right thing in order
ing the General Secretary to drop his
name from the records of the Inter-
national Union.
Under the laws of the International
Union, member must be tried in the
jurisdiction of the Local where the
violations alleged occurred and then
after a fair and impartial trial at
which the defendant is usually repre-
sented by his own counsel, if he is
found guilty of the charges, decision
is rendered by the Chairman and the
offending members Local is then noti-
fed and they are asked to cooperate
by enforcing the action taken by Sis
ter local.
Daubenmire's offense evidently was
serious enough in the eyes Of the men,
bers of these two local Unions to
warrant the action taken on July 10.
Daubenmire has been Chief Exam
iner in Ohio for the past seven or
eight years.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-19
Building Trades Sign Up
Contra Costa Concerns

Richmond, Calif.-Only A. F. L..
building trades men will be employed
by members of the Contra Costa Con-
tractors Association according to terms
of a contract signed between the con-
tractors organization and the Contra
Costa Building and Construction
Trades Council, it was announced by
Albin l.. Peterson, secretary-treas
urer of the AFL Council.
"The agreement" Peterson said, "is
a continuous one and can be reopened
for negotiations on wages, hours and
working conditions thirty days prior
to any year ending July L."
Besides the closed AFL shop, the
agreement includes provisions for pay
ment of prevailing union wage scales,
no stoppage of work due to jurisdic-
tional disputes, observance Of union
hours and working conditions, an ar
bitration set-up to settle any disputes
which may arise that are not covered
by the agreement.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-19
JULY JOB PLACEMENTS
AT RECORD FIGURE

Washington, D. C. (ILNS).-Despite
the normal July decline in placements,
100000 jobs in private industry were
filled by the state-operated employ
ment Offices during the month, Fed
eral Security Administrator Paul V.
McNutt announces. The number was
the largest July total in the history
Of the United States Employment Ser
vice.
At the same time, he said, out-of-
work benefits paid to unemployed
workers by the states increased 4 per
cent over June payments. The July
total of s55, 100000 represented a new
high, although there is evidence of in
creasing employment in certain de-
fense and related industries He point
ed out that this trend had been antici-
pated, and explained it as due to sew
eral factors-among them, the normal
seasonal falling off in some lines of
employment, the greater number Of
working days in the month, and the
initiation of new beneft-years in a
number Of states.
The Social Security Boards report
on employment-service activities for
July showed, according to McNutt,
that more private placements were
made by public employment Offices
than in any previous July; this total
was, however, 10 per cent below that
for June. Due chiefly to the reduced
demand for agricultural labor, there
was also a decline, the first in 5
months, in the number Of supplemental
placements-those in which the en-
ployment office takes some, but not
all, Of the steps to complete place
ment
For the first Z months of 1910, the
public employment Offices completed
more than 100000 placements in
private employment, a gain Of nearly
27 per cent over the corresponding
period Of 1889. Only 5 states filled
fewer private jobs during January
July of this year than in the same
months last year.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-19
A. F. L. Insurance Agents
Sign Up Equitable Co.

Washington, D. C.-The Equitable
Life Insurance Company Of the Dis
trict of Columbia and the Industrial
and Ordinary Insurance Agents Union
No. 21354 signed an agreement COW
ering the insurance agents employed
by the company in the District Of Co
lumbia, following an NLRB election
won by the union several months ago.
Substantial improvements in working
conditions obtained by the contract in
clude increases in compensation, va
cation with pay, five-day week, and
arbitration Of disputes or grievances.
A special provision requires that
agents now members of the union or
those who become members during
the life of the contract must remain
in good standing with the union, whose
membership now includes about 95 per
cent Of the agents in the District Of
Columbia.
The negotiations were carried on
by A. f. of l.. representatives Frank
Weikel, George l.. Russ, and Ralph
L. Boyer, together with Frank Shee-
han, commissioner of Cancellation of
the Department of Labor. Mr. Weikel
in commenting on the agreement said:
1--WE consider this one of our finest
insurance agents agreements. I'M
proved working conditions have re-
suited through true collective bar
gaining. A very fine spirit existed
between the Board of Directors Of the
Equitable Life Insurance Company and
of our union representatives at all
times during the negotiations"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-19
AFL Blocks Cut In
Workers Wages
Congress Attempts to Break
Down Ship Workers Coins
By Wdr Cry

Washington, D. C-Prompt action
by the Legislative Bureau Of the
American Federation of Labor squelch-
ed new attempt in Congress to break
down labor standards under cover of
national defense.
The latest attack on labor's gains
was made in bill introduced by Con-
gresham Schuyler Otis Bland, Vir-
ginia Democrat.
Bland's measure sought to suspend
the eight-hour day.4at all shipyards
doing work on vessels for the U. S.
Maritime Commission and allow un-
limited extra hours of work without
overtime rates of pay.
Furthermore, it would have given
the commission blanket power to alter
existing contracts for the construc-
ton of vessels-thus making it pos
sible, labor officials feared, for the
government to wreck agreements be-
tween unions and private shipbuild-
ing companies.
William C. flushing, chairman Of
the AFL Legislative Bureau, led the
fight against the bill at hearings be-
fore the Merchant Marine Committee
of the House. Despite the fact that
Bland is chairman of this committee,
Hushing's fight brought quick results.
The committee yielded to the union
demands, and instructed representa-
tives of the Maritime Commission,
and the shipbuilders, who were pres
ent, to get together and redraft the
bill along the lines demanded by labor
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-19
Presidents Aid Is
Asked For SURVEY
Of Fire Services
A. F. L. Points Out Important
Defense Role Played By
Fire Fighters

Washington, D. CAS- a national
defense measure, the International As
sociation of Fire Fighters urged
President Roosevelt to order an i'm
mediate survey of the adequacy Of
fire services throughout the nation.
The AFL union pointed out the i'm
portant defense role played by fire de-
partments of European cities that have
have been attacked with ineendiary
bombs.
In letter to the President, George
j. Richardson, secretary-treasurer of
the Fire Fighters, said:
"In modern warfare the fire serv-
ice to the citizens of the country even
more vitally important than that per-
formed during normal times, and in
order that the fire service may be
properly trained and equipped to per-
form this service with the greatest
possible degree of skill and efficiency,
it is imperative that there should be
made available to those responsible
for the nations defense the most COM
plete information and the most COM
prehensive knowledge Of the fire SER
vice that it is possible to secure.
"It is our belief that for the pur-
pose Of accomplishing this purpose a
national committee for the fire sery-
ice is necessary. Such a committee
would have as it's function an eX-
haustive study of the methods of fire
defense under conditions of modern
warfare, to the end that the methods
and practices which, as a result Of
experiences in other countries, have
been proven to be the most efficient
and practical may be recommended
and put into operation in the United
States"
Richardson also informed the Pres
ident that the union is preparing to
adopt resolution endorsing the ma
tional defense program at it's 18th
convention, which opens in Des Moines,
Iowa, on Sept. 16.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-09-19
SHALL FREEDOM DIE?
lall freedom perish from the cart

Shall freedom perish from the earth,
Shall liberty be tombed,
Shall Christendom beneath the crush
Of pagan zeal be doomed?
Tonight, tonight, the clouds of war
Hang low along the Channel shore.
Tonight from Belgium's ravaged coast
Are heard the foemans threat and
boast,
And isleward through the night fog
runs
The thunder of combating guns.
Upon the tossing Channel main
The Kingdoms sea dogs growl again;
From Scotland's brow to Hastings
square
Her falcons perched to take the air;
Her legions poised to meet the blow
Of flame and death by ruthless foe,
And DER her bristling battlements,
Waving defantly,
The Union Jack proclaims anew
For God and liberty.
Tonight Old England's heart is brave,
Steadfast her faith, her spirit grave,
Firm her resolve, her arm strong
To avenge hell-spawned wrong.
From hearthstones and her altars rise
The prayers that God may clear her
skies,
And liberty, now placed in pawn,
Be crowned with an immortal dawn.
The torch of freedoms steady beam
Her empire lights with fercer CLEAN,
And from those far-f1ung, furied shores
The four winds sweep up to her doors,
And on their wings is borne the cry,
Hold fast; for freedom must not die"
DANIEL B. STRALEY,
Chicago, III.