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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-23

Try a "Bc" the next time 4 headache is
pounding away. When used as directed. we
think you'll agree that "Bc" works fast and
relieves In 4 hurry. Also relieves neuralgia.
muscular aches and functional periodic
pains. Consult 4 physician when pains
psssiss o. sscur frequently. loe. 2sc sisss.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-23
Medical Care
BY LOGAN CLENDEN1Nc M ,

BY LOGAN CLENDENING, M. d.
IN our American climate the in
vention of the refrigerator was in
evltable. 1t seems astonishing that
u grandfathers endured existence
IN our summers without them. But
they went without screens, electric
fans, soft shirts, summer clothing,
OF any kind, to say nothing of
automobiles and air conditioning
units.
The automatic refrigerator
makes for a drier atmosphere be-
cause as the air circulates inside
1t absorbs moisture and deposits
1t l the coils. Liquids should oe
covered in the electric type refrig-
orator and cheese, boiled ham and
other foods which dry out easily
should be wrapped in wax paper.
Berries keep better if placed I'M
washed on a flat tray without COW
erlng. Meats should not be washed
before being refrigerated. A good
refrigerator not only keeps food
preserved with a low bacterial
count, but also removes odors.
First aid test for vacationists.
ANSWERS later in next weeks ar
~ticles):
Suppose you enter a filling sta
ton OF restaurant and find a man
lying on the floor too weak to move
with white clammy skin and feeble
pulse and breathing. Will you give
him a stimulant? Cover him with
a blanket? Use artificial respira-
ton? Put ice on his head? or
what?
If you are the first person to ar
rive at the scene of an automobile
wreck, and find the driver thrown
from the car and unable to move
on account of pain in the back
what injury will you suspect? And
what will you do for the patient?
If a child comes to you rubbing
his eye and says the wind blew
something in it, will you tell him
to rub towards the nose or away
from it? Rub the other eye?
If you get a cut or bruise what
treatment will you give? Where
are the two places on the body
where boils are most dangerous?
Vacation Diet for Underweights
With a balanced, full diet, ade-
quate in respect to vitamins, pro-
tein and minerals, studies on a
group of underweights over a pc
riod of eleven weeks showed an
average weight gain of 2 pounds
per week. The underweight who is
trying to gain should slow up on
all firing exercises and learn to
relax, sleep more at night, ride
rather than walk and eat more
food. The groups of foods to en-
phasize are % meats, milk and
eggs, ca fruits and vegetables,
some %uncooked, (3) fats, cream,
butter, salad dressings, gravies.,
~ sweets, desserts, candies, and
cake.
Sample Diet
BREAKFAST: Fruit, cereal with
cream; lamb chop with b a C o n,
toast and butter, coffee with
cream.
Lunch: Bottle of beer, omelette,
bread and butter, salad with
French dressing, cheese and crack
ers, glass of milk.
Dinner: Cream soup, fish gar
nished with parsley, potatoes, lima
beans, bread and butter, ice cream
with chocolate sauce, coffee with
cream and sugar. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-23
RUBBER, ON OFFENSIVE
AND DEFENSIVE

susanna Foster, my faVorlte un-
inhibited brat, and Allan Jones,
have been having a feud. 1t has
been fostered, SO to speak, by her
persistence in popping him in a
sensitive area with rubber bands
the noted tenor being especially
vulnerable these days because the
has. been wearing a skin-tight or
Faust costume for There's Magic
in Music" Mr.. Jones pointed out
to Miss Foster that eventually they
would reach a page in the script
where he would turn her owe his
knee and spank her. This pun
ishment, he kept assuring her.,
would be very thorough. She put
on a sponge-rubber hustle for the
occasion. After one swat he then
called to the director: I can't play
the scene this way; it isn't reals
tic. Miss Foster is padded
ROCKY ROAD
TO HOLLYWOOD
Lynn Bari, back from a location
trip and her stint with the kit
Carson" company, has paled and
peeled and is working in Charter
Pilot" But she's still talking about
the expedition-of the heat and the
sand, and of the wind that blew
words from her mouth SO fast that
not even the leading man could
tell whether she was saying Il
love your or please pass the
frijoles."
1--WE went to Monument Valley,
in Arizona," the actress said.
""The first morning we got to
ocation we found it was mostly
rocks. Big rocks, little rocks, but
millions of rocks. Pretty soon the
first studio truck arrived. o
know what was in it? Rocks
rocks made of paper-mache and
plaster by the prop department in
Hollywood. They wanted to be sure
we'd have just exactly the right
shape and size"
Virginia Weidler plays a hell
child in philadelphia Story" All
through the picture she turks
around, innocently coaxing a yo-
20 top.
It's not only on the screen that
Miss Weidler will prove a nui-
sance to Katharine Hepburn, Cary
Grant and Jimmy Stewart. She's
worrying them on the set, too.
Other day, between shots, Grant
warned them about it. He said:
Katie, you're jumping around and
making faces, and Jimmy's on his
heels with his hands in his pock-
cts, and I'm always Strengthening
tie with a lot of extra motions,
and we think we're stealing the
scenes. But you know who's really
getting away with the scenes, don't
you? Weidler! Before we're
through, I'll bet she has n e o
on that COMPOUNDED yo-yo." 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-23
In Hollywood
BY PAUL r
EA Service Staff Correspondent

ANA|AA oVUA Wv
H~OLLYWOOD-Au over the lot:
Half in appreciation and half for
fun, Director Mitchell Lessen has
had flowers delivered to Claudette
Colbert each morning on the set
of arise, My Love" He says he
wants to sustain her happy mood.
Just now, though, her m o o d
seems to to pretty much in the
hands, or arms, of Ray Milland.
The two players have been doing
love scenes. At the end of a day,
Lessen directed them in a linger-
ing kiss. ''W'n pick it up to-
morrow" he said. And Ray
how about you sending Miss Col
bert the flowers? You're having
al the fun"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-23
NOT EITHER

WINCHESTER, Va. R-Nepe OF
this solunar theory or fish calen-
dar stuff for Lee Dick. He wants
to KNOW when the fish will bite.
Dick stocked a pool at his home
with bass. When he bangles choice
morsels, sans hooks, and they bite,
he goes fishing. If they ignore
the offering, he postpones his trip.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-23
GOLD STAR FOR SILVER

MEMPHIS, Tenn. R-Mary's
little lamb has nothing on young
Jack Yarbrough's dog, Silver. Sill
yer regularly accompanies his
master to Sunday school, curling
up under a chair while services
proceed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-23
LEN
NOT STOLEN?

Good example of how a legal
gun aimed at n target m a y
bring down unexpected game may
be found in an effort to amend
the "stolen property act of 1884"
This has passed the Senate, is now
in the House.
Bill seeks to close U. S. markets
to ay property taken by a foreign
government 'by force, by law, or
der, or any other act" OF course
it is aimed at Mexico, which ex-
propriated American oil proper
ties.
Standard Oil, which failed to
settle its claims against Mexico,
complains bitterly against Sinclair
interests, which did. Standard says
Mexican oil coming in to settle
the Sinclair claim is depressing
the U. S. market.
But the British government is
now buying war material. For
money, it is using proceeds OF
stocks and bonds "requisitioned'
from it's nationals. Now Treasury
officials anxiously study the bill,
wondering whether this British
money isn't "stolen' just as much
as Mexican oil. It might put a
terrible crimp in British purchases
if so interpreted. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-23

BRIEFS
Sir Walter Hotel
Star-News Bureau,
HENRY AVERIL

.,r1cH Aug. 22.-Thls years
RAL has been filled with all
'"rts Of paradoxes' ou GIN
lnsl In July a number OF all
day. records for high tempera-
tme wore set, yet the month was
tl les on the whole. The en-
su o'no shows a deficiency in
tire i.ation and yet August
pEe sc.qht the worst floods to hit the
brous since the Civil war.
.uow are things in your sec
,11" your Raleigh reporter
t lsod pete" Murphy.
as .Wet" quickly rejoined the vet
no1itical sage from Rowan.
elan mean with water this time
"h wv always wet with liquor" he
fastened to add.
r,o,,oh he can by no means be
'ased among the more ardent
eiss'I dealers, "Pete" plans to take
NJ" st1Jmp for the Democratic tick
uas +his fail. He hasn'. decided on
e.. campaign theme this time;
hit is mulling over an Idea from
the 1928 joustings'
" relates an experience of the
enitb VS.. Hoover race, to illus
.aa+e One old voter was strongly
'la1ined to vote against Smith. be-
po~se he was a Catholic, b u I
. .ssnaed Immediately when Muir
nhv explained, But Hoover is an
pltr,,istjc unitarian"
.ru be damned if I'll vote for
mo of them things replied the
voter, they're worse than tn e
Catholics,
Tbis time Pete says that Willkie
:, unitarian" by training a n d
background, but he has doubts that
W. is at all "altruistic."
Largest city without a highway
death during July was Durham.
LARGEST county with a clean sheet
was Wake, including Raleigh.
The government is demanding
quantity production in its defense
program. This corner suggests
that it call on whoever is making
all the Virginia Dare m a r k e r S
found from Roanoke Island to
Georgia.
Then there's the chap who. wrote
letter to the editor on the mat
fer Of Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh and his allegedly Fifth
Column speeches:
I've seen suggestions that Lind
bergh should return his medal to
the Reich" he wrote. Il main
tain that for purely economical
reasons we should keep the medal
and return Lindbergh."
The state department of agri-
culture is still seeking to carry its
share of the constitutional man
date that the general assembly
shall enact laws for the adequate
protection and encouragement of
sheep husbandry': by calling at
tention to the fact that this indus
try stands sorely in need of "en-
couragement," or something.
A late release calls attention to
the fact that the quantity of wool
10 be shorn in the United States
in 1910 is estimated to be 1888, &c.,
900 %pounds-the largest on record;
in 1910 is estimated to be 1888, &c.,
while North Carolina has shorn
only $4,000 pounds or five per
cent less than last year, even
though the weight per fleece aver,
aged 4.0 pounds compared with
IS pounds in 1889. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-23

One year from tonight we will
see each star in exactly the same
position that we see it tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-23

An otolith is a growth known as
an "ear stone" found in the ears
Of fishes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-23
In Washington

WASHINGTON. = The excess
profits bill now whirling through
the congressional mill will be a
compromise. Question C e n t e r S
largely around what a be fairly
called excess profit due to war
conditions.
The Treasury felt the base
should be a fixed profit on invest
ed capital, all profits above that
to be taxed. That would have suit
ed steel manufacturers, for in
stance, who have a long way to GO
before showing any very striking
profit on invested capital. (By
the way, the mere question OF
what is invested capital?" is not
always as easy as it sounds.)
Tax experts in Congress held
out for using average profits for
the past three years as a base.
Auto manufacturers liked that, be-
cause their profits since 1887 have
been pretty good, and any war
time increase above those levels
might not be very great.
Now the compromise, in the fl
nal draft of the bill: Individual
manufacturers to choose e r
base, thus giving everybody a
break. If profits are less than
$4,000 a year, the law won't apply
at all. If a manufacturer has
made not more than 7 per cent on
invested capital since 1897, he
would be allowed 7 per cent next
year before running into the ex-
cess profits tax. But if he has
made more than 10 per cent on
invested capital in the past four
years, profits in excess of 10 per
cent hereafter would fall under
the tax.
The tax will run from Is per
cent to 40 per cent. On the first
10 per cent above his base, the
manufacturer will kick back Is
per cent, and SO on up. The amor
tization" problem seems sure to
be solved like this: corporations
which expand their plants to han
die defense orders can write off
20 per cent of the cost against
their income tax each year for
five years. If the emergency lasts
say three years, it might be made
80 1-3 per cent a year for three
years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-23
FRIEND
AT COURT

When ambassador to Belgium
John Cudahy arrives in Washing
ton to explain why he spoke out
about possible famine conditions
in Europe, he will, have a relative
by-marriage at court. Jane Ickes,
handsome red-haired wife of the
Secretary of the Interior, is Cuda-
hy's niece. Her mother was a
sister of Cudahy, a member OF
the same wealthy Chicago meat
packing family. g
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-09
2O.YEARS AGO. TIT HE EMPIRE
, AUGUST g, 1920

 F AUGUST 1920
 J. local whole left the Murriee Southeast Alaska
 daughter and Mrs H Behold at the Dawes Hospital.
 A son was born the Hospital Greenba who visiting here the guest of given at the Simpson residence. bride MT Louis L. Harding apartment of the bride Her father ociated at the service Graves children leave on the Northwestern visit in the, south
 Mrs the Princess Alice after visit relatives in the States
 Moeer operator Gastineau Mining Company power plant Inlet the city for few days.
 Miss Lulu the Northwestern for visit n 
 WEATHER: Highest 54, lowest 8 cloudy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-09
ALASKA THE FORTRESS

With Alaska National Guard formed day and Alaska sector of the Navy created the next with a contract for a naval arbaSe at Dutch Harbor awarded before work is much more than started similar bases at Stka and Kodiak, with $50 Army and CCC men being moved to Alaska to begin work Air Corps field at Metakatla, with after of Congressman coming to inspect progress the Army bases at Anchorage and Fairbanks and to look the sites for still other bases, with the defense of Alaska being pub licized in national magazines with the Chief of the United States Air Corps flying to Alaska to have a look at work which viewed just few weeks earlier by the Commander of the Fourth Army on secret bomber flight, with troops coming north regularly on Army transports and with appro- prations for Alaska defense works being authorized almost every day in Congress the total national defense picture in the Territory at the present time is too large for anybody to clearly.
 From the dim outlines of the situation emerges one important fact The nation has awakened to the strategic importance of Alaska There eager at last for the story which Alaskans have been trying to tell for years that Delegate Dimond has been reiterating in Congress session after session.
 Alaska the Achilles heel of North America. It is becoming the nations strong fortress in the north For further details, your daily newspaper
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-09
There Are Still Allies
Cleveland Plain Dealer)


 There still Allies" fighting against Hitler ism in Europe The attempt to picture the conflict as one solely between England and Germany is in correct England, as the largest remaining active opponent of the Third Reich, naturally bears the brunt of the conflict and takes the leading place. But the war is one of all the on-Germanic peoples of the continent and the free nations of the British Commonwealth associated with England against Ger many.
 This point is brought home by the recognition accorded the provisional government of CzechoSlo- vakia by England Headed by Eduard Benes as President and Jan MaSaryk only last week in Cleve- land as Foreign Minister, it joins the Allies along with the Dutch the Polish and the French govern ments in exile
 This alliance is not just paper federation. The war efforts of Canada Australia New Zealand and India as well the colonies are well known. The new Czech government has had army in the field from the beginning of the conflict when it was only a national committee Its air force and many of its troops have been evacuated from France to England to continue the struggle. The same is true of the Poles
 Today free Frenchmen rally around the French National Committee headed by Gen Charles de Gaule It has than division of troops in the French Legion Many French warShips actively cooperate with the British, and part of the French air force escaped to England when the Petain gov- ernment surrendered The committee is recognized by London as the government of France. Free Frenchmen everywhere and Frenchmen under the dictatoria rule of vichy at home realize that only through this government in exile, cooperating with the other Allies France be freed
 There are still Allies fighting The effective resistance of of them may be small, but they represent the people of Europe who have felt the iron heel of Hitlersm and look to them for escape.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-09
U. S. DESTROYER STRENGTH

This situation has led to the ques- ton now being gravely discussed in the State, War and Navy Depart ments, whether the United States would be serving its own best in- terests by selling 50 to 100 of its World War deStroyers to Great Bri- tain.
 The United States now has more destroyers than any other two na- vies put together-a total of 238 Of these, 123 were built during oi immediately after the World War but have been kept in excellent con- dition. Their engines have beer packed in grease, and every two ol three years half of them were placed on sea duty, while the other hal, were laid up Thus they continue to be valuable fighting ships to- day.
 Inside the Navy Department, man! of the higher-upS believe it would be wise policy for the United. State to let Great Britain have 50 or l0' of these old destroyers. They lool at it not from sentimental view point, because the U. s. Navy, if any thing, is British. But from th' hard boiled question of Wester Hemisphere defense, Navy chiefs H. gure that our best defense is to make sure the British do not fall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-09

most of the enemy planes off the coast and shoot ing down satisfactory percentage of them Thel own losses are quite small
 It would be perous to reason from this small scale war in the air and assert that German raids by many hundreds of planes would be correspondngH ineffective. Britains air force is smaller than Ger many's and the number of bases from which fighter ships can take off for defense work is very limited It would seem therefore that Britain cannot hope to maintain quite so gratifying record as the di- mensons of the air increase.
 Yet the success British airmen have had over the Channel and the eastern coast lends some en- couragement the longer prospect It indicates that Great Britain has an extremely wel-organized and well-manned aerial defense And it indicates also that in the air as land and on the water, there is an inherent net advantage in the defense.
 Meanwhile British bombers have been engaged in offensive operations daily for many weeks. Thelr claims must be somewhat discounted for armen tend to over-estimate the damage their lombard ments work Yet it certainly is true that the British bomber command can reach objectives far inside Germany and lombard them with impunity Ger manys aerial defense not only is not as good as Hermann Goerng boasted year ago. but is not nearly as good the English
 Only coming weeks will tell how adequate Brit aims air defenses will be when the whole might Of coast But the record up to now is highly encourage ing recreating the prospect that Britain may stand off attacks for some months Doing this the British will find great many factors commencing to work to their advantage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-09
ALASKA CANS
 28 PERCENT
 OF U.S. FISH
Territory's Pdek Last Year Is Valued al S36,-
 811,000

Four hundred fishery products and byproducts canning establishments in the United States canned pro- ducts worth $130, 0,423 ,O00 in 1889, ac- cording to an announcement of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
 This amount represents an in crease of $16, ,4O1 ,0O0 or IA per cent. over the previous year. Canned fish products packed during the year were valued at $96, 6,459,000 and by products $33 965, ,000
 The pack is equal to 19,428000 standard cases. This is seven per- cent increase over the year before.
 Putting up the largest share of the pack was California, whose fish cries canned products worth $45,- 331 ,000 Alaska was second with $36,811 ,000 worth of canned fish. The California pack was 35 percent of the national total and the Alaska pack is 28 percent. Some 72 per cent of all U. s. fish is canned on the Pacific Coast Salmon account for 43 percent of the pack by value
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-09
HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not compel"
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10


 Good and bad planetary aspects are discerned for today. The morn ing is adverse to business and the wise will seek outdoor recreation. The later hours are promising to those who must plan for impor- tant movements in trade or war.
 Heart and Home: Women who plan for the coming autumn will benefit by economizing. The house. hold budget should be carefully reduced, for there must be cauti- ous management of money in q world of economic chaos. Educa- tional institutions will find it nec- essary to curtail many usual ex- penses as attendance shrinks in colleges and universities. This is time when every mature mem Der of the family should assume a part of the financial burdens.
 Business Affairs: Activity will be great in all the cities of the United States which is to continue to prosper. Taxes will be burdensome and laws governing trade will be stringent. Luxuries will be enjoyed while they are possessed, but they will not be purchased so freely as in the past. The cost of clothing will rise. Tremendous drains on the financial resources of the nation will be necessary as relief needs of war victims in Europe and Asia are recognized.
 National Issues UnSelfish devo- tion to the nation is imperative as the innocent in Europe suffer for the crimes of the guilty who have destroyed life and property. The seerS declare that through this period of transition the United States will prove itself nation more wonderful than any of tue past.
 International Affairs: This month has been designated as most inn portant for Italy, because crisis in which the king and MuSSolini are involved will be reached. Some change in the theology of the na- tion is indicated. The stars pres age sudden shifts in sentiment re- garding Hitler and Stalin as am bitions centering in the Mediter- ranean cause army movements and cryptic diplomacy.
 Persons whose birthdate it is
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-09
INDECISIVE AIR WAR

Pending the expected unfolding of vast on- slaught, Germany is sending from twoscore up to 100 planes against the British coast or against Channel shipping each day. While the war continues at this tempo the British able to give exceedingly good account of themselves
 Any figures supplied from either side subject to considerable But it is plain, nevertheless, that British Spitfires and Hurricanes are keeping
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-09
Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS Do After she had sat Cor her guests" After she had seated her guests
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Pronounce integral as in in unstressed accent first syllable
 NIsspeled: Reconnoter; two ms
 essential founded and it yours Let vocabulary Tody word permitted; unlawful Their illicit love was by society"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-09
IT. S. MAGINOT LINE

For if you study naval strategy
 you will see how carefully the Brit ish Navy has picked its bases, and how true was that famous boast "Britannia Rules the Waves What the British did, years ago, was to secure all the outlets into the At
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-08-09
VIUDLKN LIluULIIL ROBERTA LEE

the walking out of the of a theatre, or building?
 often better the man to pecede, path his companion his wife when speaking to a servant as my Lee?
 
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