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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22
BEHIND THE SCENES
In WASHINGTON

Observation-Disclosures you COM
pare the money Uncle Sam has
been sending out to the states with
the money he has been getting
back from them you can begin to
see when all those deficits come
from.
Loans and grants made to and
in the states and territories since
the start of 1884, covering every
thing from farm benefits to relief,
highways, public works and old
age benefits total just a little more
than $40, 600, 600, 900
In the same period, internal re-
venue receipts from those states
and territories ran to just a little
less than $25, 600, 600, 900.
From only six states did the gov
eminent collect more in taxes than
it paid out in loans and grants. in
four states it distributed more
money than the total assessed val
ue of taxable porperty. OF the $42,-
900, 600, 900 it sent out, nearly II
were in the form of outrigh hit
grants. The rest, made up Of loans,
is Presumably, anyhow mostly
recoverable.
Federal housing authority offic-
ials are irked because a weekly
paper stated FILA is getting stuck
with too much property on insur-
ed mortgages that went sour. Cur.
rently, says FILA, it's losses
on foreclosures are averaging only
16-100 of n per cent. The insur
ance fund that covers losses is
building up nicely, and is figured
capable of standing losses running
as hgih as 10 per cent.
General opionion is that FILA is
plenty safe-unless another 1892
comes along. In '32, it is recalled,
private lenders got stuck with
coolies of real estate on which
they'd loaned up to so per cent.
FILA loans up to 80 and 80.
Although politicians don't see
how Wendell Willkie a actually
get any important delegate
t strength, the Willkie camp appar-
emily means business. At any rate,
Mr. Willkie is starting to organize
his own brain trust.
, After years of neglect, the gov
eminent is suddenly realizing Alas
ka is, or ought to be, highly i'm
:, portant in the nations defense sys.
tenn.
At this moment, the total U. S.
defense force in Alaska consists Of
260 infantrymen stationed at Chill
: coot Barracks, lear Skagway, and
t half a dozen naval planes at Sit.
ka. If anyone wants to worry about
: a Russian menace" strategists
: point out that Russia has been
! fortifying various spots within easy
l striking distance of Alaska, having
recently put a submarine base on
l Boring Island, which is only 260
l miles away.
: Any hostile force which seized
! Alaska, it is added, would be with
in fairly handy bombing range OF
: northwestern U. Sand, as Dele
t gate Anthony Dimond of Alasda
says, could with a few incendiary
; bombs take an awful bite out OF
our vast timber reserves in the
state of Washington.
The navy wv is building two
big air bases, at Sitka and Kodiak,
which will probably be ready by
fall.Army is putting up a 1000,
= 900 cold weather experimental air
,,station at Fairbanks, and is asking
1872, 600, 900 for a huge air base al
Anchorage. House of Representa-.
: tives killed this item, but the Sen.
, ate may restore it shortly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22
Medical Care
Rv LOGAN CLENDENING, M. D.

The controversy as to whether
coffee is beneficial or harmful can
no. be settled dogmatically. The
active ingredient of coffee, calf
cine, is a drug which is used II
medicine for definite purposes. Il
is a heart stimulant. 1t is usefu-
in shock and the depression follow
ing surgical operations.
It's fundamental action is prob
ably to increase the amount Of
blood put out by the heart, and II
is this increased blood flow alone
which, going through the BRAIN, IN
duces mental stimulation. CAFFEINE
does not harm the kidneys, al
though it is often thought by those
who do not study carefully that
the increased output of urine is
harmful. The increased output OF
urine is due simply to the increase
of blood flow through the kidneys
On the heart muscle, caffeine has
a very beneficial action because
it increases the nutrition of the
heart muscle. For this reason II
should be advocated as a regular
beverage in moderate quantities
for middle-age- people.
Muscular response to coffee has
gbeen measured. 1t was found IN
normal young men, whose reaction
to a given stimulus was measured
before and, that after drinking
coffee their reactions were two to
six per cent more rapid.
Naturally for any drug, it must
be said that if used immoder.
ately, the effect is Just what
&C Institutes immoderate intake is
a qu~' ton of temperament, People
L; not all made alike. Some have
stable nervous systems; some are
Of the thick-skined variety; others
are temperamental, unstable, with
n rves set on a hair trigger. Fol
the last class, coffee has no pro
per use.
1t ay be put down as axioma
tic that if Office makes you ner
V 5 it is not good for you.
Coffee should certainly not be
given to children below the age Q
10 ears and 1 would ever say Il
ye~ The. do not need the stimu
!, ON. The: hearts and brains are
young and i've an coffee woulc
induce a false need for stimula'
ton.
In High Blood Pressure
High blood pre- ,ure is no con
tra-indication of coffee, according
to Doctor Stieglitz. He believes
that patients with high blood pres
sure should be allowed coffee II
" : ornil-- if the are used te
it, although he forbid its use il
the afternoon or evening.
Occasionally n finds a person
'. 18th an irritable heart who get:
palpitation from the use of coffee
Here, again, common sense woule
co4tra-indicate its use.
Coffee can be decaffeiniZed. Tht
decaffeinize coffees contain ;
very small percentage OF caffelne
81 Ill as to be negligible. Fo:
people who are habituated to tn
taste and smell of a cup of coffee
these beverages can be recon
m iced.
QUF ions AMI ANSWERS
E. E.: Does sleeping on tn
stomach cause any intestinal all
ment? When I sleep otherwise,
get a hea ache"
Answer-No. No position TO
sleeping is any healthier than an.
other position. In days gone b.
people thought that it was danger
Gus not to sleep with the bod.
parallel to the Magnetic Pole, blu
that went out with Charles Dick
ems. You are unconscious of ex
actly what position you do assum'
at night. People think they slee]
in a certain position but observa
tons on slcepers have shown tina
they turn and assum PRACTICAL.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22
BY BILL PORTER

BY BILL PORTER
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
H~OLLYWOOD-Bill Powell and
Myrna 10y r back together in
Il Love You Again" Powell is
looking healthy and as debonair
as ever. But his health and his
elegance are going to take quite
a beating before the picture is fin.
ished.
When the story opens Powell is
a fuddy-duddy pottery salesman
who makes a hobby of taxidermy.
On a buying trip to New York he
is hit over the head by a gambler
and as a result loses his memory,
When he RECEIVERS he finds himself
among gamblers and confidence
men and becomes one of them.
He gets in a fight, is knocked
down again and receives a black
eye.
Then he meets Myrna 10y and
they fall in love. In n of their
love spats, Miss 10y Wops Powell
over the noggin with a plate full
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22
District Ciiuitan Meet
Closes At Myrtle Beach

MYRTLE BEACH, S. c., May q.
-LR-Arthur Knight of Chesterfield
was elected president of the Carolina
District of Civitan clubs yesterday
at a business session. The convention
will be held here again next year.
The convention adjourned last night
after a banquet and a ball.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22
TWAS ROOM

APPLETON, Wis. R-Winifred
Fowler of Minneapolis and Barbara
Boyce of Wawautosa, Wis, Law
renee college freshmen, live togeth-
er in the same room on the cam
pus which their mothers shared
when they attended the college.
The girls fathers we're graduated
from Lawrence, too.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22
Paul Ewing, 81, Dies
Following Auto Mishap

CHARLOTTE, May 21.-R-Paul
Ewing, 80, of Belmont died early
today at a hospital here of inju,
ries received Sunday when struck
by an automobile on Wilkinson boul-
evard near Cramerton. Sheriff C. O..
Robinson Of CASTOR county said no
charges had been brought against
William Winter Of Charlotte, who
he said was the driver of the car.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22
RAIL |GH
B RTE
Star-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By HENRY VERIL

hAhE1oAA VAoy IL DSoASolAo11 VI
the University of North Carolina's
radio studios will be held Sunday,
May rs, with the program to be
carried over a coast-to-coast net.
work. DR.. Ralph w. Mcdonald, who
has been responsible for the ire.
mendous growth in the university
radio setup is confident the event
will be quite a feather in the cap
of the Chapel Hill school, and a
big advertisement for the entire
state.
J. L. Fly, of Texas, chairman of
the Federal Communications com
mission, will make one of his very
%infrequent radio talks, as the prin-
cipal address of the dedication exer-
cises.
Controversy is still raging over
the democratic state platform pledg-
ing a continuation of the policy
of non-diversion" of highway funds.
In view of the states existing
provision for contingent diversion"
there r plenty to argue that there
is now no 'non-diversion policy" in
the state to continue.
Your reporter asked a prominent
state official from far western sec,
ton how Buncombe is likely to cast
it's vote come this Saturday and the
first gubernatorial primary.
IF Solomon with all his wisdom
were on earth again, he'd never be
able to tell how Buncombe is goins
to divide its vote on anything" came
back the answer.
A bright chap, asked who is go
ing to get in the second primary
replied The two men who get the
most votes" w%hereupon his ever
brighter, and more realistic, com
panion, said, That ought to be the
two men who get the most votes
counted"
Sometimes there is a difference.
Commercial banks of North Caro-
lima continue to show an amazing
growth in resources, setting a new
all-time high for the end of March
with SAIL, 112, 39S.OS as compared
with $356,135, 160.67 a year ago.
On the other hand there was 6
decrease in of industrial
banks, but there was a perfectly
good reason. Two of this type hao
been converted into commercial I'm
it's during the quarter. AS a result
there was a slight decrease in thell
resources-to s1S,299,3es,3 80 as com
pared with $40, 1867, S25.12 the previ
Gus year.
Grand total of resources of al
banks-state commercial, state in
dustrial and national tthe latter a:
of December 80, 1880 stood at $557,
565, 796. 40-which is a lot of money
even in these days of big figures
and lots of naughts.
Every home demonstration agen
in the state is to make highway
safety work a part of the program
under her direction this summer
Plans for this are being made by
the Highway Safety division AM
the Extension division of State col
lege.
The pre-announcement period o
the governors race was made 'of
ficiaP' when Julian Price was men
toned" The campaign itself ha'
now been given the brand of the
real article. One of the candidate:
is yelling long and Justify about thu
Highway commission people doins
political work on state time. 1t
the hardest of all hardy politica
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22
REWARDS OF PERSISTENCE

LAWRENCE, Kans. R)-Irving
Hill of Lawrence believes there is
something to the old n that goes,
eff at first you don't succeed"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22
Royal. Navy
BY MILTON
l Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Staff correspondent
LONDON-While the British
fleet has been whiting down Hit
ler's navy, British shipyards have
enhanced John Bulls sea strength
with five of the fastest, best ar
rnored and most powerful battle
ships which have ever taken the
water.
These are O undergoing their
trials and at some time in the near
future will probably be ready to
go.
These new ships are known as
the George V class. Great speed
has been manifested in their COM.
pletion. The keel of the George V
was laid Jan. l, 1887, and launch
ing took place May 3, 1889.
The keel of the Duke of York
was laid May 5, 1887, launching
was Sept. Is, 1889. The keels OF
the Jellico and Beatty were laid
the summer of 1887, launching was
Nov. II, 1889.
EVEN BIGGER
SHIPS ON WAY
These five ships differ from any
at present in the navy. They mount
10 14-inch guns in two quadruple
and n twin turret. They fire a
shell weighing 400 pounds, have
a very nigh rate of fire and their
range is superior to the 15-inch
guns formerly prevalent in the
bigger British ships.
In addition to these big guns,
each of these new ships will have
16 S Ia inch and many lighter guns,
to day nothing of very formidable
pompoms and other anti-aircraft
guns invented by the navy and
destined to give any Nazi bombers
a hot time.
The most advanced British
ideas on underwater defense
against %torpedoes, mines a n d
bombs have been employed in
these ships. In fact, these, toget
her with the belt and deck armor,
constitute 40 per cent of the weight
of these IS, 0000-ton ships. They are
among the speediest big vessels OF
war ever built. They are expected
to attain a bit more than 30 knots
or nearly IS miles per hour. Each
Of them will have three aircraft
and a complement of 1900 men.
Nor is that all. If this war goes
on, British naval yards have under
course of construction four mon
sters of 40, 900 tons each, which it
is predicted will be the shooting
est boats ever built.
And on top of that, delivery will
soon start of a whole flock of light
cruisers and destroyers, which had
been prepared for in pre-war pro-
grams.
MAHAN INFLUENCE
STILL IMPORTANT
All this is just another sample Of
the faith the British place in the
thesis of the great American naval
historian, Admiral A. T. Mahan,
who wrote the classic work on the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22
in HOLLYWOOD

Bill Porter is batting for Paul
Harrison while the NEA coiurnnist
vacations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22
MAHAN
STILL IMPORTANT

All this is just another sample of
the faith the British place in the
thesis of the great American naval
historian, Admiral A. T. Mahan,
who wrote the classic work on the
influence of sea power on history.
The island kingdom still places
its main reliance on its fighting
ships, both for scraps and for
blockade of an enemy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22

of scrambled eggs. He's again laid
out.
None of these kayoes restores
his memory, but along comes
Frank McHugh and punches Pow
eli in the nose. He falls again,
striking his head IN a door. He
regains his memory and with it
his stuffy personality.
Myrna 10y, who has fallen in
love with Powell the confidence
man and gambler, is so disguised
when she finds out he likes to
dust pottery and stuff owls that
she conks him over the head again
with one of his own vases as the
picture ends.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22

every posture in the course of the
night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22
SORE HANDS
SWELL SHOTS

That didn't end the blowing for
Oakie. He plowed all afternoon
and when the company wound up
for the day he displayed a couple
of blisters and burst out laugh
ing. Hey, Ed" he shouted to Ed
ward Cronjager, the camerman,
Take a closeup of Jacks hands.
It's just what we need to finish
the scene"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22
GOT ENGLISH DICTION
AND GANGSTER'S ROLE

Three years ago John Mcclure
walked out on a 20th-Fox contract
because they wanted him to
change his American speech for
more sophisticated English die
ton. So he went to New York and
appeared in knights of Songs" in
the role of a young Englishman.
Then he played George Bernard
Shaw as a young man. He did
ether English plays, finally ending
with the role of a smoothly in
Shadow and Substance. Nc.
CURE returned to Hollywood re-
Gently replete with Oxford accent
and tried again to get into pic
lures. He did, in the role of a mug
who talks out of the side of his
mouth in Street of Memories"
On the 20th-Fox back lot Jack
Oakie was learning to pillow a field.
AS a retired vaudevillian in
Young People, Oakie was sup
posed to be putting his hand to
the pillow for the first time.
"All you have to do is hang on
to these handles and say 'gee-up',
said the horse expert. But don't
should at the horse"
"Gee-up," said Oakie in a weak,
frightened voice. Nothing happen
ed. The horse still stood looking
at him.
''All right, We'll shoot it," said
Director Allan Dwan. "Action!"
Nervous, Oakie's voice stuck for
a moment and then came forth in
a yell, "GEE-UP!" The horse
jumped and Oakie, who had the
reins wrapped around his wrist,
was jerked off his feet and
sprawled on the plowed earth.
Cut" yells Dwan, That was
swell. It wasn't in the script, but
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-22

Controversy is still raging over
the democratic state platform pledg-
ing a continuation of the policy
of non-diversion" of highway funds.
In view of the states existing
provision for contingent diversion"
there r plenty to argue that there
is now no "non-diversion policy in
the state to continue.
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Clarifying Yourself
By ALICIA HART

an illusion of greater warmth IN
skin tones. He recommends pinkish-
beige powder for the sallow or yell
lowish-skinned woman.
What this expert would really like
to see her do is apply foundation
film, tint this with the rnereSt Sug-
gestion of cream rouge and then APP
ply powder. Being reasonably
practical soul, he does not really eX-
pect very many women to spend the
hours that would be required to
learn this rather complicated trick
So he'll settle for pinkish powder
and forget the all-over tinting with
rouge. But he won't settle for any
rule about matching powder to ma
tural skin tones.
AT LEAST 20 MINUTES
EVERY MORNING
II think the notion of buying
powder to match the skin is ridicu-
lous,' Robert de Long goes on. THAT
is, unless you have naturally pink
ish, positively glowing complexion.
IT your skin is grayiSh or yellow.
ish, by all means buy powder to
conceal the fact. If it's too pink,
which doesn't seem likely, then get
grayish-beige powder to tone down
the vivid color"
The authority thinks that the girl
with light eyes should play around
with dark eyeshadows until she has
learned to blend two or three shades
together to create an illusion Of
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word she utters, will be examined
through the magnifying glass of
criticism.
HER CONDUCT
Is CLOSELY WATCHED
The First Lady who enters the
White House as its mistress in 1941
must fit herself perfectly to the
mantle OF discretion. Like a pris-
oner on trial, anything she says may
be used against her.
We have a free press. No CEN
sor cuts out the sting of rash
statements by persons in public
life. BY the same token, the wife
of the President must indulge in
no reckless opinions, acts or aff1il-
iations. Whatever her temptation,
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PATTERN 2A5
SLIM BOLERO AND
SHIRTWAISTER

You'll wave goodbye to any mid
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For there's a simple, straightfor-
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PROTECTION OF MASK
OR SCREEN

At the peak Of the flu epidemic
during World War l some people
went about their everyday activi-
ties wearing masks. That is a worth
while precaution when any resptra-
tory infection is epidemic, provided
the mask is an efficient one. 1t
affords considerable protection a.
gainst infection, not only to the
wearer of the mask but also to
people with whom the wearer comes
in contact in the course Of work,
play or social activity when or II
the wearer happens to be coming
down with the cri. Remember, any
of the common respiratory infections
is most likely to be spread In the
earliest stage of the indisposition or
illness while the victim still tries
to keep up and about, under the de-
fusion that 1t Is "just a cold" This
applies with equal force to the
measles, meningitis, scarlet, flu, in
fantile paralysis, simple coryza or
what have you. And this Is the rea-
son why every well managed school
today excludes any pupil who comes
to school with any sign of an al
legged "cold." It applies also to any
teacher or other person who has the
temerity to come to school with a
Slight cold" Unfortunately for the
welfare of some backward commun-
tiles there are still schools where
teachers, in their misguided zeal to
maintain high attendance records,
exert their influence to discourage
rigid adherence to this. rule Of safe
ty, and such schools are generally
hotbeds Of infection for the chill
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-29
BY WINFRED RHOADES

The desire to face things square
ly, and the determination which
drives her on to conquer one diff
ficulty after another, are bringing
new vigor into Bertha DIS life.
Life has involved struggle for her
from the beginning. Five months
after the death of her father she
was born into the hardship and toll
that poverty entails. She can re-
member taking surreptitious sips Of
milk when sent to the store for the
pint or half-pint which was all her
mother could afford, so great was
her hunger for the needed food.
She always tired quickly. Some
times she would feel so irked with
life that she wished she might die.
Yet the will to stand up to life
and to be wen is carrying her for
ward with new access of strength.
Her cheerfulness is infectious. Her
talk is inspiring. Her bearing gives
courage to those who see her.
Dejerne, the eminent French psy-
chotherapist, emphasizes the point
that if the sufferer from so-called
nervous symptoms wishes to be well
he must bend all his will and ener-
gy to the purpose of getting well.
The principle applies also when
there is definite organic disease.
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QESTIONS q ANSWERS
Cooked Vegetables

Is 1t true that vegetables lose near.
" all their nutritive properties
when cooked2 If cooked In tightly
closed container and their juices
used do they retain much Of their
value in vital nutritiye material?
Should vegetables be eaten raw when
possible? (Mrs. H. J. IT,
Answer-C Cooking, even in tightly
closed vessels, destroys more or less
of the vitamins in vegetables. Dur
ing cooking considerable amounts Of
the water-soluble vitamins (B-com-
pletx and c. are dissolved in the
juice or cooking water and will be
lost unless this Is used as food.
Likewise considerable portions Of the
mineral salts in vegetables are dis
solved in the cooking water. One
or more raw vegetables should be
eaten every day, and 1t Is always
healthful to eat raw vegetables -
such as potato, turnip, onion, celery,
carrot, cabbage, green's, tomatoes,
pared or thoroughly washed.
Saccharin
Is saccharin injurious to the
health Of persons who have diabetes
or overweight, when used for sweet
ening instead Of sugar? (Mrs. g. NJ
Answer-Up to i've grains a day
will harm no one.
protected by John F. Ollie Coz