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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under CouncilManager Administrations
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports n Industrial!
Shows.
Seaside Highuay from WrightsuiHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, D1d'
er Turning Basin, a1ith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Pared River Road to Southport, tta
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood ProdHc'
ton through sustained-yie7d methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
UNIFIED Industrial and Resort Pro-
motional Agency, supported BY one.
countrywide tdT.
%Shipyards and Drydock.
Neqro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for Whites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development of native grape groDin9
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
Book Highlights

is fighting a secret war
"a sabotage WARMTH the lar
gest and most efficient secret
service in the world, says Ber'
nard Newman in his fastmoving,
sensational book, secrets of the
German Spy System (McBride:
$2.75). Newman, former member
of the British Intelligence, says
an army of Nazi spies crippled
Czechoslovakia before Munich. re
lates here the conversation Of a
Polish diplomat who revealed the
Poles went down under the Ger
man blitzkrieg because of sabo'
tage behind the lines:
Imagine the military situation
the Germans invade Poland"
(The diplomat is s%peaking.) "Here
on the frontier we have a battalion
of Polish soldiers, calamity defend
ing their line against the attacking
enemy. They are holding out, al
though the mechanical odds against
them are numerous. Suddenly from
their rear m a burst of firing
guns in action. There is
nothing so unnerving to a soldier
an attack in the rear.
You will recall that at no time
was there a continuous front along
the frontier, but rather a series of
attachments, with areas between
covered by patrols. So, on hear
ing the firing behind them, the
battalion naturally assumes
that it has been outf1anked, that
German force has made it's way
through the sparsely %patrolled
country to the north or south.
Consequently, the battalion COM
mander gives the only possible order
to retire. Only when he has taken
up his new position does he find
out that there is no question of
any organized attack from the
rear; the machine-gun fire was
supplied by local Germans with
weapons Which have been smuggled
into Poland in anticipation of this
moment.
L am not exaggerating when
I say this happened not once, but
a hundred times, and it was this
series OF attacks in the rear-or
sometimes not attacks, but only
felsheu attacks-which led to the
commencement of the Polish re.
treat"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
SCHOOL GARDEN
CONTEST PRAISED
Winner Of Second Prize IL
Years Ago Writes Let
ter To Publisher

Carl Render, director Of the Star.
News School Garden Contest, yes
terday made public the following
letter from Martin Ahrens, winner
eleven years ago of the SO second
prize:
Dear Mr.. Render:
I enjoyed reading the editorial
Best Recreation" in Wednesdays
"Star" as it made me think of
how much I enjoyed working in my
school garden, eleven years ago,
when I was a student in Cornelius
Harnett School, and was so proud
and happy when 1 won the second
prize of $500 that year.
School garden recreation not only
gives a boy or girl spendid outdoor
exercise but it is SO interesting to
go into the garden every day and
watch for the first signs of the
coming up OF the seeds one has
planted and then watching the
paints grow until they are ready
for the table.
Not only did I enjoy working in
my garden after school, but it has
created in me a desire to always
have a garden.
I recall, with much pleasure the
first time you visited Cornelius Har-
nett School 10 years ago and made
your first talk to our school, which
the beginning of the Star-News
School Garden Contest, which has
meant so much to thousands of
boys and girls in Wilmington.
I am writing you this letter be-
cause L too feel and know from ex-
perience, that boys and girls work
ing their school gardens are get
ting the BEST RECREATION that
can be had.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
TOP o. THE MORNING

There avas Bethlehem with the manger;
there ras Naaerath 1rith the carpenters
shop; and there Uas the Di1derness, Nth the
deuiTs termination. There qUds the lonely
pathway; and there aGds G~ethsemane; there
aUas the judgment hall;; and there Uds the
purple robe and the croaUn OF thornS. And
there aUas the sad road outside the city; and
there we're the nails, and the cross, and the
darkness, and the death. All that aUas in
c1uded in Pduls thought uhen he said: "Who
loued me and gaze Himself for me-"
W. H. Adds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
State To Get Town
Aftec Filming
Safe Driving Campaign
Opens Here On Thursday

Plans for a two-day safety drive
against the "screwdrivers" a n d
"screwjays", to be conducted Thurs.
day and Friday of next week, were
announced yesterday by Chief Of Pc,
lice Joseph C. Rourk.
Screwdrivers, says Chief Rourk
are the ill-mannered motorists who
operate their cars with an utter dis.
regard for the rights of others. They
have been responsible for at least Is
per cent of the traffic accidents in
Wilmington during the past few
years, and are to blame for a SINH.
larly large part of the traffic con.
sestion or Front street, Market
street and other heavily travelled
arteries.
Their cousins, the screwjays, are
the thoughtless jaywalkers, respon.
sible for another ten per cent of
traffic deaths and accidents. Togethl.
er the screwdrivers and screwjays
cause one traffic accident out of
SSC1S I1Iee, 1Llel fOulk Says, m
one-third of the traffic congestion
on Wilmington's streets.
Is Second Campaign
Wilmington motorists will recall
that the police department conduct
ed a similar two-day war on screw.
drivers early last spring. According
to Chief Rourk, the war was a great
success and there was a noticeable
decrease in the amount of bad mo
orlng manners displayed on Will
mlngton's streets for S o N e time
thereafter.
However, the time has come"
ne says, "to remind Jul motoring
flends again about their manners.
Ana this time we're going to talk to
the pedestrians, too"
A brand new puppet show, similar
10 that which appeared in front of
the post office on Front street last
APRIL but much larger a n d with
several more puppet actors on the
stage, is being loaned to the police
department by the local Shell deal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
BY PAUL HARRISON

in it is an adobe reproduction of old
Tucson, which vas the only walled
town il the United States in 1859.
Hundreds of workmen, mostly Mexi-
cans, duS and dried the adobe on the
site, and besides the wall they have
tossed up 80 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
stores, stables, churches and houses.
When Columbia has finished with it,
the town will be turned over to the
State Of Arizona as a historical
monument-with a proviso for re-
turn engagements. A few of t h e
buildings have only three walls, to
permit interior shooting, but 80 per
cent of the picture will be filmed
outdoors.
The company had to build it's own
road to the set, sink three wells and
dig a river. Old Tucson was built on
a small river, SO the picture had to
have one. Engineers dug a trench
725 feet long, Is feet wide and eight
feet deep. This had to be lined and
waterproofed to prevent loss by
seepage.
Spring storms in desert country
send floods down the stream beds,
and the picture requires such a
torrent. So engineers built a 10000
gallon reservoir at the upper end of
their river and a 10000 gallon catch
basin at the lower end. A big centri,
fugal pump takes the water at the
bottom and forces it back to the up
per reservoir through a pipe laid =.
the bed of the stream. That's why
thu river flows in two directions 1T
once
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21

ers during the two-day safety cam.
paign. The new show, to be present.
ed on a special stage built into a
large, ~gaily-colored truck, will again
take its stand in front of the post
office this year.
The puppets put on several clever
vaudeville acts to show exactly what
schewdriving is and how it can be
avoided. Shows will be presented lie.
gularly every half hour between 0
a. m. and 6 p. m.
Safety Squad Car
AT the same time, a streamlined
safety squad car, equipped f O r
sound, will patrol Wilmington's
heavily travelled streets, pointing
out traffic boners and other exam
pies Of screwdriving for the world
at large to hear, and complimenting
those motorists who demonstrate
good driving manners.
The safety squad car will partici-
pate in several skits on downtown
streets, where a trained screwdriver
and a particularly screwy screwjay
Will go through their PAGES to show
exactly what should not be done.
Chief Rourk has also imported a
safety meter whcih will be set up
IN a special booth near tie pupp<t
snow location. The safety meter is
a very unusual mechanical tevice
winch enables the motorist to find
out for himself exactly how long it
taxes him to apply the brakes on
ms car in case of sld1ea danger
ahead.
wilmington motorists are invited
20 take this braking reaction test.
of a drivers license is
an mat is reqired, and as many
drivers will be accommodated IS
possible during the two days.
The war on screwdrivers a n d
screWJays will be conducted by the
poiice department in cooperation
win Mayor Thomas E. Cooper and
other city officials.
Inc campaign to be conducted as
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
Driuer Dies As Car
Stalls On Crossing

CALLAHAN, Fla, April 20-CP,
-Adolphus L. Braddock, So, was
killed near here today when a
Seaboard Airline railroad engine
smashed his stalled car over against
him as he fled from the impending
crash.
D. B. Hisginbotham, Nassau
county chief deputy sheriff, said
an eyewitness told him he saw
Braddock's car stall on the track,
Braddock, a candidate for a local
political office, started to run, but
the collision came before he was
clear of the automobile.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21

anyway had it not been for the job they in.
stalled there.
Along the Ohio river, channel widening would
be terribly expensive. The best bet is a system
Of levees and reservoirs for the tributary
streams.
On the Missippi they are using all four meth.
DDS, with a few new wrinkles besides.
The Mississippi has a vast levee system, fol-
instance. 1t also has huge spillways-New Or
leans say the engineers, is flood proof" because OF
the Atchafalaya and Morganza s~pillways above
the city. They're experimenting with a series
Of cut-offs, to speed the flow and get high-wate1
down stream faster, In many places in the
valley there arc marginal bottom lands which
can be flooded without doing much damage, anG
the levee and spillway systems are designed tc
let these areas take the excess water.
California Has Tough Job
Big part of the job is finding out what q
rivers maximum flood would be. Engineers
have calculated the maximum is due to hit
only once in every 500 years, but efficient con,
troll must be based on this load. Today they be.
lieve they can figure out with reasonable &C
curacy the maximum flood on any of the ma.
TONS big river systems.
Controlling CALIFORNIA; rivers is a tough Job
Trouble is mountain streams can rise to flood
stages almost overnight and without warning.
Many food-washed communities help by set.
ting up their own projects. is that
this is expensive, usually does a job for only
a small area. Interesting sidelight on recent
floods: W~illiamsport, Pa, was flooded the night
before citizens were to vote on floating a local
bond issue for flood control.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21

methods-levees, storage res
ervoirs, channel improve
ments and fioodway diver
sions. Uusually the cheapest
type is installed-providing it
does the job.
At flood-famous Johnstown,
Pa, for example, the engi-
neers found that widening the
river bed and lining it with
concrete was the cheapest way
of cutting down damage.
When the Juniata river rose,
youngstown was visited by
flood-deterring colder weather.
Army engineers believe the
town would have been soaked
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21

about s%1,500,OO0.
1t was to have
been done l a S t
year, but Ruggles
frightened t h e
company out of a
years dividends
with his plans to
move a mountain,
build a permanent
town and install
4 river where no
water n a S been
S i n C e paleoZoic
times. With a Eu-
rOpean war get
ting under a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21

such ambitious projects seemed a
little unwise at the time.
But Ruggles persisted and got the
money and has been spending it like
eVerybody's business. He h a S his
town, hi props, and-most wonder
full of all "a river that flows in two
directions at once.
State To Get Town
Afte- Filming
The entire picture will be made
about 20 miles from Tucson, Ariz.,
which was the original locale of Cla-
renee Buddington Kelland's story.
The set is about a mile square, and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
Bruce Cations
In Washington'


WASHINGTON, April 20-While flood waters
flowed over six eastern states and sections of
California, army engineers have been keeping
fingers crossed.
1t might have been worse, say the engineers,
except for the extensive flood control program
authorized by the 1886 Congress. Damaging
floods have already been checked along many
streams and the program is going ahead. Right
now, lat projects are under construction or in
the money-appropriated-for stage. These range
from the $50, 600, 900 Dennison reservoir. in Tex:
as, to scattered SIS, 900 jobs way back in the
hills.
The army uses four types of flood control
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
MI
New York Herald Tribune

When Winston Churchill declared that the
Nazi invasion of Norway was as great a stra-
tegic blunder as that by Napoleon
when he invaded SPAIN" the comparison, at
least, was accurate, whether the prophecy
proves to be or not. The invasion of 1903
sprang from motives not unlike those behind
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
Floyd Cox To Take
Post In Twin City

Floyd Cox, Jr., resigned ycs'sF.
day as secretary-treasurer ana
member of the Board OF Directors
OF the Wrightsville Bea h Board o.
Trade. He was a primr TOver IN
the organization of the ade h'aF
and has held these pos ions since
its organization.
The resignation resulted, 1t vas
explained, when Cox cceptet q
position in Winston-Salem where
ne Will establish his home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, April 2O.-They're
finally going to film "Arizona". At
least, Wesley Ruggles is, with the
aid of Jean Arthur. Bill Holden, Co
lumbia Studios and a budget of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21
The Editors
BOX

The editor does not n~ecessari-
w endorse any article appear.
in this department. They repre-
sent the views of the individual
readers. Correspondents a r g
warned that all communications
must contain the correct name
and dress for u records,
though the latter may be signed
as the writer sees fit. The Star.
News reserves the right to alter
anv text that for any reason Is
Objectionable. Letters on con-
reversal subjects will not be
published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21

Glass is a concept too small to unite men
for social emancipation. Nationality is too
small. Race is too small. The ideal must be
large enough to include all men.-Bishop G.
Bromley Oman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-21

part of a nationwide share-the-roaa
campaign sponsored by a major Oh
company, will be opened ofticla.E
Thursday morning with the presen'
tation of q new safe driving emblem
to Mayor Cooper.
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Mrs. w. B.. Uland were, in Naches
Sunday to. visit the Dimnick's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. U. Dinamick,
and attend the birthday dinner for
Mrs. N. U. Dimick and r. Y. Rob
ertson of selah. The group were all
neighbors in Illinois several years
ago. --tt - -. ,-n.,:
Mrs. Argus Hughes left Wednes-
day for Spokane and there was
joined by her sister, Mrs. G. j.
Hutchinson and daughter, Rose
mary, continuing to Diamond Lake,
where they will spend two weeks.
Miss Eta Russell is assisting in
the Hughes store.
MIR. and Mrs. Walter Culp drove
to Chinook Pass Sunday where they
met Seattle relatives and spent the
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Henson, Roy
ir. and A. L. Henson returned Fri
day from Seattle. Mrs. Minnie E.
Reid, mother of Mrs. Roy Henson,
returned with them for few days
visit. She left Wednesday for her
home in Seattle.
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ing used and it is expected to take
two or three days, to complete the
work. -
!, Mrs. Rolf Anderson returned on
Tuesday from a weeks visit in Ia
coma with her sister, Mrs. Oscar
Norling. Mrs. Anderson also visit
ed Mrs. Nels Molinder, former Ben
ton City resident i'm Seattle.
Mrs. Mae Wallace of Los Angeles
came Tuesday to; spend two weeks
with her mother, Mrs. Otto Luehres
and her brother, Archie Fleming!
MIR. and Mrs. George Morton are
spending this week in Seattle and
other coast points.
Mrs. Ed JACOBSEN and daughter,
Lillian, returned Thursday from
Ellensburg, where they visited rela-
tives few days.
Allene Smith of Kiona left Sum
day for Yakima to spend the week
at the home of here aunt, Mrs. Roy
ArmacoSt and with her grandpar-
ents, MIR. and Mrs. j. j. Smith.
I. M. Hartman and Oscar Hanson
were in Prosser Monday evening to
attend a meeting to form a 'Winkie
For President" Club.
The w. c. r. u. met Tuesday with
Miss Mary Wolford at Kiona.
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Mother and Daughter
- Return From Hospital

FINLEY-Mrs. Tom Garrett and
infant, daughter. Joan, returned on
Saturday evening from the Pasco
hospital and are at the home Of
Mrs. Carratt's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Lea. Mrs Carratt's sister,
Miss Bonnie Lea, who is a nurse at
hospital in Spokane, is visiting
her parents this week also.
Mrs. L. Cresswell of Toppenish
visited with Mrs. Eudora johnson
last week. Mrs. johnson has been
i'll.
Mrs. Harry Beathe returned to
her home Sunday, after spending
the past week with relatives in Wes-
ton and on Weston mountain.
Miss Iris Hughes, a beauty oper-
ator in Spokane, is visiting her mo-
ther and Mrs. Irene Hughes and
family this week.
Mrs. c. Hurst of Puyallup visit
ed Monday and Tuesday with her
daughter and family, MIR. and Mrs.
r. Wilson.
George Reidell of Walla Walla
was an overnight guest of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed R1nguette on
Tuesday. MIR. Ringuette, who has
been quite i'll, is able to be up part
time now.
MIR. and Mrs. Al Hedstrom and
son of Walla Walla visited Satur-
day at the Harold Witham home.
MIR. and Mrs. j. II. O-Hair were
dinner guests Sunday of their son
and family, MIR. and Mrs. Ed o.
Hair.
Mrs. Dan Kuh and sons, Kenneth,
Dan and Joe spent last week visit
ing relatives in Toppenish, Yaki-
ma, Seattle and on to Bothel, where
they visited Dorothy Kuh, who has
been in Bothel the past few months.
Mrs. Roy johnson and daughter,
Ruth Ann, of Kennewick visited
Ernest Johnsons Monday.
Mrs. Winifred Beall visited in
WalIa Walla Tuesday.
Tom Day of Washtucna visited
Saturday at the George Foster
home.
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Multitudes of Mackerel

Scientists who have made scien-
tific collections on the spawning
grounds have calculated there may
be as many as 500, 900, 900 mackerel
eggs floating on single square mile
of surface at one time. The prin-
cipal spawning grounds of this fish
are about $4,000 square miles. In
that area there are often as many
as 100 trillion eggs. Prolific as it is.
the mackerel has very little chance
of living to a ripe old age. In 1882,
from the time the eggs were
spawned until the end of the larval
life, or about II weeks, the NOR
tally amounted to SO 1895 per cent.
That means that for every million
eggs spawned, only four young
mackerel were alive at the end OF II
weeks. Under the unusual conditions
of 1882, a baby mackerel has an
average life expectancy of about ~
seconds, as a life insurance com.
pany might reckon it.
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Girl Undergoes Major ..
Operation i'm Seattle

BENTON CTTY-Mrs. Mike En-
glehart and daughter, Getty, left on
Thursday for Seattle, where Betty
underwent an operation for mas
told at the Orthopedic hospital. Mrs.
Engelhart is visiting relatives while
Betty is III the hospital. They plan
to be away two weeks. Mrs. Engel-
hart,s mother, Mrs. David Dicn, re-
turned to her home at Boomers
Ferry after a several weeks stay
here.
Robert A. Mathews entered the
Pasco hospital Thursday for medi-
cal treatment. He was given a
blood TRANSMISSION that evening, his
son. Tommy, being the donor. He
returned home Wednesday after
noon.
Frank Grover returned Friday
from Portland, where he was a med
ical patient two weeks in ST. Vim
cents hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dvorak and
their house guests, MIR and Mrs. 4.
L. Schofield and daughter, Linda
Ann of East Point Ga left Saturday
for Seattle to spend few days at
the Donald Dvorak home.
The Wide Hollow baseball team,
Mount Adams League Champions,
defeated the Benton City team IA
to 4 in non-conference game here
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Lyons and
two children and Mrs Lyons grand
mother, Mrs. Blakley, all of Fred
mia, Kansas were Saturday night
guests of Lyons sister, Mrs. Allen
Harmon and family. They left on
Sunday for Wenatchee to visit Mrs.
Lyons parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Everitt of
North Bend, Oregon came Thurs
day to visit Mrs. Everitt's nephew,
Kenneth Whan. H.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Montgomery
and family left Wednesday for a
week in Seattle, Everett and Nord
land. |
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Cook left on
Monday for their home at Earlham,
Iowa after months visit here with |
Cooks daughter, Mrs. w E. Fill |
more and his son, S. L. Cook in
Kiona.
p. A. Peterson and his mother, |
Mrs. John Peterson, were Yakima
visitors Tuesday. Mrs. Peterson
visited Mrs. L. r. Giles, patient at |
the st. Elizabeth hospital.
Lawrence Palmer of Outlook, for
mer Benton City resident, was a
business visitor here Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Dimmlck and
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Oregon Family Visits
Relatives This Week

FINLEY - MIR. and Mrs. G. c.
Armstrong and children, Lester,
Donald and Shirley of Salem, Ore
gon, visited Monday and Tuesday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest johnson
and Sunday MIR. and Mrs. johnson
and the Armstrong; attended din
ner at the Harlan Kelly home in
Prescott. Mrs. Armstrong and
Mrs. johnson are sisters.
LIE Roy LIE Rue, who is employ
ed in RitzVille, spent the. weekend
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L..
LIE Rue.
Mrs. Fred F'alque returned Sun
day from The .Dalles, Oregon
where she visited with her daugh-
ter and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Kinchloe the past week.
Mrs. Ed Schuster and son of
Portland visited last week with
Mrs. Schuster's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Kuh.
Frank Bens has rented the
Schwartzscopf place and expects to
move in soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Livingston
of Pasco visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Ringuette at the Finley store
Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. Ben Schwartzscopf,
who have bought the w. 0. Meals
home, are moving in this week.
Mrs. Barth of Walla Walla, Mrs.
SchWartzscopf's mother, is here this
week helping the Schwartzscopfs
get settled in their new home.