davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
MORE ABOUT LETTUCE

For such a little thing, lettuce is making a
pretty loud noise.
Nearby growers want a local market. They
complain that they must plow much of their
product into the ground unsold because lettuce
from California is given preference by green
grocers. That seems a just complaint, especially
as the local product is as sheer, chic and shape
ly as the western article.
But mere complaint by the growers is not
likely to change the situation. Not, at least,
while the price Of the two remains so close.
A housewife, noting the Stars appeal Of Fri
day for a buyers crusade, cites the one-cent diff
ference as an obstacle to large sales of the
home product. She says that California Iceberg
may be bought for nine cents a head and that
New Hanover county Boston brings eight cents.
This raises a serious question. If our truck
growers are compelled to abandon much Of
their crop, and at the same time must dispose
of what they sell at low prices, how does it
happen that California lettuce is but a cent a
head more costly than the local product, despite
it's three thousand mile trip? transportation is
expensive, especially in refrigerated freight
cars, in which lettuce must travel.
1t looks very much as If the farmers here
abouts are getting a raw deal. That's about the
only way to account for a product produced
here and the same product produced in Cali
fornia selling at retail with only a cent diff
ference in price.
It's an intriguing subject for our economists.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
STREET LIGHTING

What does Wilmington propose to do about
street lighting in residential sections? The
question is asked by many as often as night
comes on, but no answer is forthcoming.
Perhaps it is the intention to rely on head
lights Of passing automobiles. This has been
the custom in the past, and as we are firm be.
levers in precedent and cling to tradition, 1t
is altogether probable that it will be the custom
in the future.
! But if it is, it will be wrong on many counts,
among which may be mentioned the public vel
fare. Not only is crime encouraged by the alb
sence of lights along residence streets, but the
physical well-being of pedestrians is jeopardized
as we'll.
When it is too dark to step from street ia
curb without danger of falling, when Irregular.
ties in sidewalks imperil persons afoot, it seems
to be time for something more than casual and
impersonal inquiry among neighbors as to when
lights are to be installed.
There should be strong, united demand FOL
lights at frequent intervals, and there should
be no let up in the campaign for them unit
they are placed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
Congressman Whelchel
Awaits Jury's Verdict

GAINESVILLE, Ga, May 5.-LR
Representative B. Frank Wheel
chel D-Ga), visibly fatigued after
a week-long trial, awaited a federal
court verdict today on government
charges that he sold postal jobs.
The case, in which two indictments
are involved, was turned over to a
jury of mountain farmers and small.
town business men at six o'clock Sat.
urday night.
The jury foreman, L. w. Eber-
hart, Informed U. S. District Judge
E. Marvin Underwood shortly before
midnight that decision had beer
reached "in n case" Judge Under
wood then ordered deliberations sus.
pended until Monday, but arranged
to be available for a verdict at any
time after midnight tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06

false. We are as happy as two
people can be. W. adore each 9TH
err. Well, if you insist, it's true
but we're still good friends. We
are parting because we love each
other too much to inflict each 9TH
er's presence on each other. I will
never marry again. I think mar
riage and a career are impossible,
and I'm sure there is no reason
why two intelligent people in the
same profession can't get along.
One actor in the family is enough,
II always say. I loathe gossip-but
have you heard what they're say
ing about 80?
I am a herman, and I take off
my shirt at every opportunity.
am an Intellectual, and I keep my
shirt on. Brains at long last are
coming into their own on the
screen. Audiences want subtle.
ties, not Drawn. When 1 hex my
muscles the femmes faint in the
aisles.
l am a lug, and a gentleman,
and a scholar, and a fool for luck.
l worked my way up from the
bottom, and I played all the tank
towns, and then again I was
handsome and debonair, and they
S aid neutrality-suspicious.
and I believed them. I am a great
artist, and I live my roles, and I
am just a mugg trying to get
along.
l strive to please, and I live for
you and by your leave.
am a composite Hollywood
actor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06

ia hard to know whether to believe MUssollNi
or the handwriting that he has had written on
the wall.
OF course it may be that all Mussol1N1 nao
in mind was blowing up a storm to make innings
q little easier for HITLER, and thereby 1ngrau-
ate himself in that quarter, and at the same
time remind the Allies that he Is SILL at the
table and still hungry. Perhaps he was just
playing his own game, though with somewhat
stronger cards.
Americans have another puzzle, nearer nome
to concern them. They must ask whether this
conversation in Rome and the interview ar
ranged at Washington between the President
and the Italian ambassador mean that Mr.
ROOSEVELT is again active in behalf OF peace
The facts are not clear, but the best guess sNems
to be that the initiative in both cases came
from this side of the ocean. We have been told
what MussoL1N1 said to Mr.. PHILLIPS. We have
vet to be told what the President said to his
Italian counterpart in this country.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under Council Manager administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highpay from WrightsOi1e
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel. tctd-
er Turning Basin, aoith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Pared River Road to Southport. via
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prod1c-
ton through su~stained-yie1d methods
throughout Southeastern North Caroline.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency. supported BY one.
countrywide taz.
Shipyards and DrydocE.
Negro Health Center TOR 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 0roDtng
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdndtorinm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
Hollywood Sights And Sounds
BY Robin Coons-

HOLLYWOOD, May 5.-I want a
ro1 I can get my teeth in.
I miss a live audience, but
think movies are a teddibly in
te-esting medium. No art, of
course, but money is nice, too. My
public in the thitter is my real
public. I must go back to the
thi+ter some day-if only I can find
a vehicle. I think talkies are here
to stay.
I am a very handsome fellow,
and ofttimes my face I prefer to
consider merely interesting" I
am Adonis and Narcissus, and 1
am a mugg. My versatility is I'M
bou- I'd. 1 leap from role to role
like a goofy gazelle, and I am
hopelessly typed" I think my
private life is my own, and I will
not murder my mother for pub
licity-what else can you suggest?
I am a good guy, and a "regu-
lar" and I al, a heel. I am well
heeled, and I don't know where
my next meal is coming from. I
live in Beverly Hills, and Brent
wood, and Bel-Air, and Encino, and
Pacific Palisades, and I have a
modest little bungalow of eighteen
rooms, 10 baths, a swimming pool
and 10 servants. I also live in a
ballroom, bath down the hall, off
Hollywood boulevard, a n d some
times I spend the night with
friends, if I have any friends.
I have a yacht, an airplane, race
horses-and a pawn ticket on my
wife's phoney diamond brooch.
have had one wife, two wives,
three wives, four wives - and
have loved them dearly. I also
have M wife whom I have loved
dearl.. enough to have no others.
I have married in Yuma, in Las
Vegas, in Beverly Hills, in Santa
Barbara and in haste. I have also
not married at all, as well as ir
church. I have ever married ir
Hollywood. You have no idea how
irksome alimony can become.
The rumors of a crack in my
! current wedlock are absolutely
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
JOB DICTIONARY
ISSUED BY U. S.
New Labor Department Book
Lists 17,452 Types
Of Occupations

WASHINGTON, May 5.-R-Th
labor department issued today, after
five years Of research, a dictionary
Of jobs, listing 17,452 types Of occu.
pations embracing such tasks as cat
skinner, screen ape and strip-tease
artist.
U. S. employment service research.
ers compiled the monumental volume
with the help of $500 individual EN-
ployers and business establishments
plus the aid of labor unions, trade
associations and professional socie'
ties.
The compilation, covering most Of
the known jobs in farms, factories,
mines, homes and business houses,
follows the precedent established by
the British ministry of labor which
issued a job dictionary in 1927.
In a preface to the vollrSe, Secre'
tary Of Labor Perkins calls the die
tionary of occupational titles a work
unique" and points out its useful
ness as a guide to the federal en-
ployment service.
The books sets out the general
specifications for each job and the
type Of industry in which they may
be found.
OF the strip-tease artist, it says
she may also dance and sins"
A screen ape screens coal in a
mine. and a cat skinner operates a
tractor.
There are of course many sucn
prosaic job titles as bookkeeper, bak'
er and candlestick-maker, but along.
side of them are a wide variety o.
little known occupational titles,
There is the "stale-bread man
who checks the number of bread re-
turns.
4IlGI0 IS a
fer who works in the meat pacKlns
industry. The "car.whacker' is h0'
the reckless driver you might s@S
pect, but one who lines freight cai'
with heavy paper to protect lunl0''
from dust.
The variety also include snake anu
elephant tanners, social secretary
da jerker and soft-mud molder'
Some of the titles sound like HUE
der and robbery were on the LOOSE,
head brainer, head chisler, head hoN'
er and hot-car man. .
In alphabetical order are is.,a
Judge, juggler and juice faster Inv
researchers even found a mud-cleS"
ing-machine operator.
The side-splitter is not the lun..
man you might think he is. lie w.
his side-splitting in a slausAI1"'
plant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06

field, or simply, perhaps, in a
want of means due to past neglect
which nothing can now cure?
The public can call only for EN-
ergy," and energy without knowl-
edge can be the most dangerous OF
all commodities. The "old gang
has pre-empted all the offices for
years; the young men, if they ex.
list, have had no chance to prove
themselves. Mr.. Chamberlain NAV
retain his power. But if he is to
save Britain with it, he will have
to find himself or his subordinates
fresh resources both of vigor and
o. foresight. In war, one cannot al.
ways be too late.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Mother's Day gift
memo: Give her a book, a ponderous, 924-
page report of a congressional committee.
1t sounds a bit silly, but mothers with sons
of military age will love it. They can take a
sight of comfort where they'd least expect it
from the gold-braided boss man of the U. S.
army.
The good news is buried deep in an obscure
paragraph of the p~ound-and-a-haf book. Turn
to page five of the volume titled:
Military Establishment, Appropriation
Bill For 1941
Plunge right in to the fine print at the ton Of
the page:
Last year the report of your committee
contained the following statement:
""The 75-millimeter gun is being supplanted
in foreign armies with the 105-millimeter weap.
on, which has greater range and fires a heav
Ter missile. Our ordnance department is de.
veloping such a gun, and undoubtedly soor
will be ready to go into production. If that is
to be the field weapon of the future, the com
mittee questions the wisdom of spending large
sums on the old 75's'"
Lookit This, Nom!
To which Gen. George c. Marshall, U. S
army chief of staff-open your eyes, Nom
here's your preSent-replied:
Concrete Notifications and masonry villages
of European battledelds may dictate a neec
for a weapon firing a heavier projectile thar
does the 75-mm. gun, but our forces woulc
rarely be confronted with such targets in this
hemisphere"
Those five lines of print mean just this: YOU
can take a deep breath of relief. The wises
professional military men in these United
States doubt that they'll be drafting your boy
to fight in Europe anytime soon.
That's the army's best judgment. They're
deadly serious, these big brass hats in the
staff command. Theirs is the tremendous jot
Of protecting this country, its thousands Of
miles of coast line, its vital industrial centers
its 100, 600, 600 people. It's enough to make any
soldier serious, and they give it their best
thought.
The 75's Suit Us DIX.
But, boiled down, their best thought chrystal
Lies into this portentous set of facts: Cd The
75-millimeter gun is adequate for the u. S.
army's needs, because ca only the concrete
emplacements and masonry structures Of Eu
rope dictate the need for heavier artillery; SC
obviously 90 the army isn't figuring on any
expedition to Europe.
They're experimenting with the bigger gun,
sure. They keep up with the times. They've
got to-. But they still say the 75s will do.
Read another phrase from Gen. MARSHALL
| report again, for more comfort: -. but our
forces would rarely be confronted with such
targets in this hemisphere" Repeat it: g.. in
this hemisphere"
Open the atlas, now. Nary a bit of Europe is
in this hemisphere, is it? Doesn't look as If the
army had any trips across water in mind for
Johnny, does it?
Write your congressman for page five of the
report. You won't be crazy if you have it franz
ed or sleep with it under your pillow. Nothing
very literary about those five lines, but they're
mighty important.
So have a swell time come Mothers day
Mom-you just had a present, compliments Of
Gen. George c. Marshall, chief of staff, U.S.A
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
ASKS SUPPORT

CHuNGKING, May 5-LP-T. F.
Islang. director of the Political de.
partment of the executive Yuan
administrative council of the Chi.
1ese government), appealed for in
.ernatlonal support of the Chinese
ooiiar today in a broadcast to Great
britain and the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06

groceries. Ihere
food a ! e in
color.
Science has not
come to the point
where it thinks
the color of a cab
bage has anything
to do with wheth.
err you are blond
or brunei, but sci.
ence is sure it has
a lot to do with
o complexion
your teeth, 70 u
muscles and t h {
S t e of YOU
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
Man bout

Rv GEORGE Tucker

NEW YORK, May 5.-Buddy De-
sylvia and Irving Berlin, two show
men of a kind, were cornered in
the pit of the old empty French
Casino. The idea was to learn why
Victor Moore, Bill Gaxton, Zorina,
Irene Bordini and a host of boys
and girls were running around on
the empty stage and trudging up
stairs to the mezz, where some
body was lazily pounding a piano.
"a new show" said DeSylva. "a
musical comedy" said Berlin. "a
sort of political satire on Louisi-
ana" added DeSylva. I'VE call
it," said Berlin, "Louisiana Pur-
chase"
So that was it, Louisiana Pur-
chase. And Vic Moore was a Sen
ator from New England who went
south to investigate alleged scan
dals down there.
"Please understand" said Ber-
lin, ''this is all in fun. Just inno-
cent fun. Remember OF Thee I
Sing?' That was a satire or the
White House, on the incoming and
the outgoing Presidents. That was
eight years ago. This is a satire
on a state. But it's comedy. Mu-
steal comedy. Nobody points a
moral. Nobody wants to reform
anybody. We just turf the crank,
and hop on, and let 'er CO."
Your correspondent inquired
whether these gentlemen thought
anyone would take offense to any
thing in the show.
"Well," said DeSylva, our first
scene is a lawyers office. The law
yer dictates a letter to irving and
me. He tells us there's a way out.
He says we mustn't name a real
state, or a real city, or real people,
but that we must write about a
fctional state"
That's right" broke in Irving
Berlin, $50 we built u first mu-
steal number around this idea, and
VIC call it our Explanation to the
Audience" We carefully point out,
in song. that:
1.-THE politicians we've in
vestigated
Could come from Maine, or
Kansas or Montana;
So we've laid our story in a
mystical state,
A mythical state we call Loui-
siana."
Because" Berlin went on,
there isn't really a state named
Louisiana. Not really. It's one of
those fictional Balkan Kingdom
ideas. And then we had to make
up a name for a city, too, and we
incorporated it in the song like
this:
1--we laid our scenes
In New Orleans,
A city we've invented so that
there would be no fuss,
If there is such a place, it's
certainly news to u.s."
which," broke in Mr.. DeSylva,
certainly explains the case. It's
just like a foreword in a novel,
saying any similarity between the
characters in the book and in real
life is purely coincidental and a
big surprise to us. We coined the
words louisiana and New Or
leans and 1 think we're going to
have a lot of fun"
So there it is. Louisiana Pur-
chase" a new musical comedy, is
a ictional story laid in the myth
cal city of New Orleans in the en-
tirely ictional state of Louisiana.
Irene Bordini takes the role of the
owner of a famous restaurant. 70
rina will play a bankrupt countess
who just has to get hold of $500.
Vic Moore is the non-drinking, nom
smoking, non-hand-holding senator
who investigates conditions. Sud-
denly a guy named Westbrook Peg
Ter shows up. He is fictional too.
What happens from there on is the
secret of the Messrs. Berlin and
DeSylva, and will be until opening
night, which will be sometime in
May.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
Large Royal Air Force
Casualty List Issued

LONDON, May 5.-R-Ihe iM W.,
al Air Forces largest casual'E
of the war today added 10 ha'''
to it's toll of dead and mlss4hs' u
It named 20 killed in actloA' ADD
killed in active service, p who o.rs ~.
in active service and 81 WIN
missing. .,,,,s
The new - brought the ~" "a
since the on break of war 10 rjs
killed in action, % dead oil md
suffered in action, 11S mlsslns IL,
believed kiIlec, 436 killed IN az .sr,.
service, 212 who died on aclr' A.
ice and II who were wounded On
tive service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
TEN KILLED

ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 5.-R-
Ten wedding guests were reported
killed and 20 injured today when an
explosion wrecked the brides home
near here. Additional victims were
feared to be trapped under the
debris.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06

The %colorful diet is the diet con.
tributing most to general g oo
health and bodybuilding. 1t includes
these foods:
1. Green, leafy vegetables such as
kale, green cabbage, lettuce, chard,
mustard and dandelion greens, spin
ach. Their chief contribution is iron
and vitamin A.
2. Yellow vegetables and fruits
such as carrots, squash, sweet pota-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
SPY SENTENCED

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 5.-CR
Arthur Kathner, who said he was
born in st. Louis, has been sentenc.
ed by the Brabant provincial mill.
tary court to Is years Imprisonment
on a charge Of spying for Germany
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
TOP o. THE MORNING

Men Enow they need q message from the
other Wor1d.-DB. JAMES STALKER.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06
BY ALICE HI, SMITH
Nutritionist, Cleveland Health
Council

How colorful is your diet?
That's a question you'd better look
into the next time you order your
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-06

The spire of only one L cab
cathedral. that at Chlche''''
be seen from the sea
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-24
TWIN BILL FOR
BASEBALL FANS
CONCHS TO PLAY CCC AND
BLUE SOx AT TRUMBO
TOMORROW

Second of a series of exhibition
baseball games to be played be-
lore the 1910 season gets under
way will take place tomorrow
afternoon at Trumbo Field with
the Key West Concns hooking up
in ooubleneader with the CCC
cub and the Blue Sox.
Main object of these games is
to get the boys IN shape tor the
forthcoming Flrate series and the
troyoutS offered by the TT. Laud
erdale team.
First game will probably start
at 1870 o clock, with the secono
taking place just fifteen minutes
after the termination of the cur
taln-ralser.
CCC camp boys are said to
have a strong lineup to put up
against the Conchs and it may
De likely that either the Blue
Sox or Uncle Sans boys will sue
coed in whipping Hamlin's crew,
who are stiff from laying off.
the boys have not tossed ball
snice Tampa series last Deem
Der.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-24
.CODOY APPEARS
ON PERSONAL TOUR
.cAPITALIzING ON GoOD
FIGHT PUT UP AGAINST
CHAMPION LOUIS
lsneclnl to- The CltIzenl

NEW YORK, Feb. pam out
growth of the popularity attain
ed by Arturo Godoy in his IS
round title bout with Heavy
weight Champion Joe Louis re-
Gently is the personal appearance
tour that began this week in Los
Angeles. Godoy presents a mono
logue of his fight with Louis and
dances a tango and rhumba with
his wife, both of whom are re-
portedly excellent dancers. His
first appearance was last Thurs
day. Godoy has also received Of
Efers to make movie shorts.
Joe Louis has been my ace in
the hole for five years. He's the
main reason why I've had such
success promoting boxing. I real
| Iy got started as a promoter just
about the time that Louis first
gained national recognition. l had
promoted a couple of shows that
crossed over $4,000 before l tied
up with Louis, but after ! had
signed Joe, the dollars began to
roll in. Thus spoke Mike Jacobs,
promoter, in Miami last week
concerning his rise in the boxing
game. Jacobs said he was lucky
to sign Louis and through that
transaction he has been raking in
$2,000,000 annually. The Brown
Bombers first fight under aus
pices of Jacobs was his tussle
with Primo Camera, whom he
defeated.
L. D. Burhans, Michigan State
College boxing coach, arguing
that fighting teaches athletes to
keep their eyes open, declares:
E"One of the first things a boy
learns in boxing is to keep his
eyes open. If he shuts them,
the chances are he will get hit.
The lesson he learns can be put
to great use in other sports.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-24
Jupiter Basketball Team
Plays COnchs Tonight

David meets Goliath tonight in
the High School Gymnasium.
Jupiter High School, with it's
48 pupils, plays David to Key
Vests 715-pupil High. The locals
are. hopingktOliurn the legend
around and have Goliath emerge
the winner. The size of the
school doesn't seem to count, for
these little roosters from Jupiter
have been taking on all corners
on the east coast and have been
giving a good account of them
selves, too. They figure that no
school can put more than five
mon on the court against them at
any one time. Key West boys
are in for a tough scrap and if
they have made the mistake of
Understanding their opponents,
they may have more than they
wish to handle.
For the locals, this game is the
beginning of three-game series
to determine whether the team
should be sent to the district
tournament March 8. Jupiter is
taken on tonight, Riverside Tues
day night and Andrew Jackson
Friday night-all on the local
court e. ~ e..
On the teams showing in these
games, Coach Offutt will base
his decision as to the tournament