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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
MIND YOUR MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
l.. Should a brides trousseau, like
her wedding gifts, be on display?
2. May one give a bride some
thing to wear as a wedding gift?
3. Is there any definite number
of tablecloths, sheets, towels, ETC.,
which a bride should take to her
new home?
4. If a brides father is not living
and her oldest brother is 10 or 20
years of age, should he or an uncle
give her in marriage?
5. Does anyone receive the guests
at a home wedding?
What would you do if
You are a woman being married
for a second time
(a) Stop wearing before y o r
second marriage the engagement
and wedding ring given you by
your first husband?
CD Continue to wear your rings
on your right hand if you wish?
Answers ,
/. No. Though she may show her
trousseau to a few close friends If
she wishes.
2. No. For a wedding gift, though
sent to the bride, must be some.
thing for the use or enjoyment OF
both the bride and groom.
3. No. That depends on the size
of her house. and on the size of
her pocketbook. She should have
enough linens with which to start
housekeeping.
4. The brother should.
5. The brides mother stands
the door of the room in which
the wedding is the take place, and
receives the guests as they arrive.
Best What Would You Do" So
luton-(a). 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22

w. H. GRANT

w. H. Grant, s., Ais Orange
street, died at 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon at a local hospital aftel
a brief illness.
He was a son of the late DAME
Lindsey Grant, of Onslow county
and a member of the First Bap
fist church.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Lula Everett Grant, two sons
Gordon Wade Brant, of Washing.
ton, D. c.; and L. Everett Grant,
of Rocky Mount; a daughter, Miss
Vivian Grant, of Wilmington; ano
two brothers, A. M. Grant and H.
B. Grant, of Sneads Ferry.
Funeral services will be held
Sunday at 2 p. m. from the late
residence after which the funeral
cortege will leave for the family
cemetery at Sneads Ferry where
graveside services will be held
with the Rev. Sanky Lee Blanton.
pastor of the First Baptist church,
and the Rev. L. c. Pinnix, pastor
of Salem Baptist church, official
ing.
Honorary pallbearers will be: A.
B. Yopp, A. R. Thomas, R. L.
Jenkins, L. E. Blanton, w. A. Whit
ney, DR.. j. D. Freeman, DR.. l.. D.
Bryan, A. P. Russ, and DR.. Rob
ert Fales. Active pallbearers will
be Lesley G.. Buss, Alton A. Len.
non, R. E. Jenkins, W. H. Kennedy
and Walter McEachern.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
BY e, C.. DANIEL

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-CR-
Prescribed as a remedy for weak.
|nesses that showed up in the Army:
summer maneuvers, the training o.
the National Guardsmen who begar
entering federal service this weel
will emphasize four essentials:
/. Physical toughening of the men
2. Intensive basic training of in
dividuals and units.
8. Discipline and teamwork.
4. Practical military exercises, ir
contrast to bookish theory.
/, Comments of eve high-rankine
generals who reviewed the August
maneuvers all emphasized and re-
emphasized weaknesses in those es
sentials. Longer training was theil
unanimous recommendation.
To illustrate the lack Of discipline
and experience, they cited such
boners as these:
Blue Army headquarters in up
state New York received a telephone
call from a Black army soldier
telling the location Of his divisions
trains. The soldier had got the
wrong number, and the trains were
captured.
A mile-long column of foot sold
iers marched down a Wisconsin road
plainly visible from a nearby pei k,
bills sfully unaware that hostile units
held the peak and would have been
in position, in actual warfare, to
blast them apart with artillery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
FRENCH JAP ROW
NEARING CRISIS
Continued from Page One)

nounced the situation had been
compromised" by fresh, undis-
closed demands caused by Japan's
desire to move troops through In.
do-China against the Chinese le.
gions of Generalissimo Chang Kai-
Chek.
"Indo-China authorities can only
stand firm by their governments
Instructions" a communique said.
These instructions, from the Pc.
tain regime at Vichy, called for an
agreement in principle on granting
of limited facilities to the Japanese.
Maj. Gen. Issaku Nishihara, chief
of the Japanese military mission,
was reported, however, to have in.
creased his demands Thursday to
include the right to occupy Hanoi
with 20, 900 Japanese troops, garri-
sol 5000 troops at Haiphong and
establish air bases in five Indo.
China centers, including Hanoi.
Flatly Rejected
Informed sources said Admiral
Jean Decoux, the governor-general,
flatly rejected these proposals and
that. Nishillara Threatened to begin
military occupation of the colony
tomorrow. Japanese vessels re.
moved all their nationals from Indo.
China, but Nishihara toned down
his demands, and the negotiations
were r%eopened.
CThe British-owned newspaper
China Mail at Hongkong said Jap~
nese warships had moved into Ton
kin bay, opposite Haiphong, "as a
persuasive gesture"
Chinese sources in Hongkong
said veteran Chinese forces were
massing to move into French Indo-
China at the first sign of force
from Japan.
shanghai reports said Japan, in
addition to wanting to thrust at
China's back door, was seeking
naval footholds in Indo-China which
would threaten the British naval
base at Singapore.
washington reports suggested
the United States had under con-
sideration an informal British offer
to permit American naval vessels
to use the Singapore base.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
ECYPT'S PREMIER
IS URGED TO ACT
CONTINUED from Page One)

with, and we should not be dis
heartened by the fact that the
enemy has advanced about 90
miles into our territory" .
He asserted it was 'incompati-
BILE with national dignity" to let
Britain shoulder the whole defense
burden.
Since Italian penetration OF
Egyptian soil, war sentiment
among Egyptians has increased,
although the invaders still are hun
dreds of miles from the fertile Nile
valley which is home to practically
the entire population of Egypt. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
ON LEAVE

Curtis Bryant and George F.
Bland, colored, mess attendants,
third class, are on leave of alb.
sence following the completion
of preliminary training at the
naval training station base at
Hampton Roads, Va, r. L. De-
loach, local recruiting officer,
reported yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22

ed in Dakota territory before North
Dakota and South Dakota became
states.
One of the most dramatic cpl.
sodes of her early sisterhood was a
conference with Chief Sitting Bull
at his camp 80 miles from Fort
Yates in December, 1890, the day
before he and his tribe were wiped
out by United States cavalrymen,
She and another sister drove to
the Indian chieftain's camp in a
blackboard to intercede for a peace.
able settlement of affairs between
the Indians and the government,
but their mission was in vain,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
GUARD TO LEAVE
FOR CAMPS TODAY
Continued From Page One)

Moultrie. The men will make the
trip by truck.
Company 1, 10th Infantry was
cheduled to leave at TAO a. m.
today by special train for Column
bia. S. c. and the nearby Fort
jackson.
Battery A, 252nd C. A. will leave
tomorrow for Fort Screven, at Sa.
vannah, Ga, and Company A, 105th
Medical regiment, will leave the
city Sunday Of next week.
Moving the men to camp comes
at the close of a period of prelimin-
ary training and recruiting to bring
the units to full strength.
Last night the men babe farewell
to New Hanover county at a ball
at Lumina pavilion, Wrightsville
Beach, where an evening OF en-
tertainment was provided for them
and for the general public without
charge. Frank H. Darby was
chairman of the committee in
charge OF arrangements.
David Sinclair, district solicitor,
spoke briefly to the guardsmen
and then, acting as master OF cere-
monies. presented ranking mill
tary officers.
Patrons and patronesses for the
ball were MIR. and Mrs. j. Walter
Williamson, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
MacRae, MI. and Mrs. Emmett H.
Bellamy, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B.
Parmele, Mr.. and Mrs. E.. K.
Bryan, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Browne
Ruffin, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew H.
Harriss, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Boy
den Sparkes, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis j. Poisson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
AVERAGE HIGHER

RALEIGH. Sept. I'll Up Price
averages on the middle flue-cured to.
bacco market this week were ICON.
siderably. higher" than during last
seasons first week, the U. S. Agri-
cultural marketing service and the
State Department of Agriculture re-
ported today.
Increases in most instances were
SO to 81 a hundred, with largest
gains occurring in fair to choice
qualities.
Prices on the Eastern North Caro-
lima Bright belt were unchanged to
lower, as compared with last
week the report said, Drops in most
cases ranged from Is cents to 81 a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
Clemmons Is Arrested
Or Probation Violation

James Clemmons, one of a gans
of six young men arrested here re-
Gently for participation in robberies
in four southeastern counties, who
was placed on probation last week
when he pleaded guilty to breaking,
entering, larceny and receiving
charges at .Elizabethtown was ar
rested last night for violation OF
probation.
Clemmons was arrested ON a
capias issued by the state probation
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
Army Stresses -Four Essentials
Discovered In War Cou.

One officer in Louisiana s..
that a road on which he boa 'uea
ordered to work was undesirsb,. ven
simply selected another of Slla
accord. S own
Radio messages were sen, n,,
being coded We're intercenta @,'nou.
used by the enemy 7u and
Front-line troops sometime.
without food because s1nnI;o Wen:
badly handled. We're
In spite of such occasioro,
ling, Lieut.. Gen. John I. nnn ouhs'
the Fourth Army said; "N' Of
1.-The American soldier
intelligent individual, a man an
uses his head and who has sai. VINO
fidence' self-reliance, and initi, vOf'
He needs only to be trained '',e'
told what to do and how to So 90
and to be furnished with tba H.
TO 90 1t with. Properly armed uOs
erly equipped, and properly ,r ptop,
and seasoned in the field, he -
peer OF any soldier in the world ne
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
HIT

Carrie Blaney, colored, re.
ported to police yesterday she
had been knocked down, bruised
and abraised when struck by
automobile at Fourth and Bla-
den street. The automobile,
she said. was operated by Willie
Anderson, sos Hanover street.
The woman termed the accident
unavoidable.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
WHITEVILLE

WHITEVILLE, Sept. PA total
Of 15,71S,54S pounds of tobacco has
been sold on the local market for
a total of $1,000, 537, an average of
S16.81 per hundredweight.
This compares with the first "a
sales of the 1889 season as follows;
total Of 22,942,074 for 1852, 533. an
average Of $15.48.
Observers believe only rs to 80
per cent Of the 1910 crop has been
marketed. The Whiteville market
will operate with two sets of BUYERS
beginning Monday, it was an
nounced by M. S. Smith, supervisor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
MRS. j. M. BEST

ROSEHILL, Sept. 2~1.-Funeral
services for Mrs. ]. M. Best OF the
Taylors' Bridge section of Samp.
o county were conducted Thurs.
day Afternoon at Trinity Methodist
church by the Rev. c. j. Andrews
of Warsaw, pastor of the deceased
assisted by the Rev. S. G. Harness
Of Rosehill. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
The deceased had been in declin-
ing health for a number of months.
She was a daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Rackley OF
Sampson county. Mrs. Best had
been very active in the religious
work of her community and had
served four years as Sunday school
superintendent.
Surviving ase two children, Hamp-
ton and Wayne Best; three STEP
children, John Best of Moltonville
Paul Best Of Clinton, and Miss
Eliza Best of Magnolia; four sis
tiers, Mrs. Ludie Alderman ano
Mrs. Kate Rogers, of Rosehill, Mrs.
Winnie Chestnut, of Miami, Florida,
and Miss Madge Rackley of the
Baptist hospital, Winston Salem,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
FOR FISH

Regular services are Conducted
by Buddhist priests in Toxic to
pray for the souls of fish eaten by
the people of the land. The Japa-
nese religion dictates tn t no iv-
ing thing is to be killed for food
and no flesh eaten, but ost Jap
anese eat fish daily.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
ELECTRICIANS

All first class electricians
available for transfer to nearby
sections of the state are asked
to contact the Wilmington EN-
pIoyment service division office
of the state unemployment com.
pensation commission. Maurice
H. Moore, manager, said yester-
day,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
Moses Bannister Burned
As Flames Demolish Car

Moses Bannister, negro, 1915
Green street, was slightly burned
when his car caught fire and burned
on the Princess street road last night
police reported.
City firemen arrived at the scene
too late to ave the automobile,
which vas demolished,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
OKLAHOMANS OBEY
THE GOLDEN RULE

GUYMoN, Okla. R-Fire l..
stroyed the farm home Of c. ue,
Long, killing his 8-year.old 's wi
and injuring Long. '0n
Several days later eight roi.,
bors arrived, driving tractors u.
one day they did all Of his r.. N
blowing. '', u
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
FORM

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-R-
The wage-hour division said TODAY
that henceforth every employer
against whom a charge of violating
the labor standards act was issueu
would be sent a form to fill out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
BY r ALLEN

It4<a, oSPl. a
-R-Marshal Rodolfo GRAHAM,
preparing for a new offensive fur.
ther into Egypt, sent advanced
mechanical Italian units ahead
from Sidi Barrani today and his
engineer corps sweated under Brit
ish bombing attacks to consolidate
the Fascist position at that coastal
base.
The job of establishing a more
solid entrenchment at Sid Barrani
apparel to have been given an
added urgency by the threat Of
continuing assaults on Italian
ships, supplies and airdromes by
the British air corps and fleet.
Fleet bombardments already had
wrought damage along the coastal
area between Sidi Barrani a n d
Salum.
A British communique tonight re.
ported new air bombing of the
Italian positions at Sidi Barranl
and Menastir in the western des.
ert, claiming considerable damage
to aircraft and motor transport.
An Italian raid on Mersa Mat.
rub, next likely Fascist objective
to the east, was acknowledged, but
damage was minimized.
This British activity, it was sale
here, gave the marshal the alter
natives of beginning his big push
quickly or leaving the bulk of his
war machine open to steady har'
assment.
Graziani, it was reported, is
bringing in more troops form the
vicinity of his original base in Bar
dia, Italian, Libya.
British quarters here repeated
their claim that, because of the
Royal Nays control of the Medi-
t%erranean, Aegean and Ionian seas,
he had no hope of getting fresh
supplies from Italy or the Dode-
canese islands, and they declared
that his position was reflected in
Italian broadcasts threatening to
dispatch warships to deal with the
British fleet.
To this the British thus an
swered:
Anywhere, Anytime
1--WE are ready to meet the Ital-
ian fleet anywhere, anytime"
The British defense continued to
be one of guerilla tactics. When
asked when the main British forces
would 60 into action, authorized
persons replied only:
1.-THE emmy has not yet reached
the point of our resistance"
Italian planes raided Alexandria
this morning, injuring nine Pc
sons, and were driven off by the
British fleets anti-aircraft & u n S
and coastal defenses.
In Rome today it was declared
that Italian planes heavily bombed
reinforced British troops massed
at Matruh, a British Egyptian base.
The official news agency Stefan
reported that fires were set in the
British camp and trenchworks and
that British rail communications
were damaged.
dong stretches Of track were re-
ported wrecked, and many rail.
road cars left aflame. Italian pilots
said every sort of war material
was flowing into Matruh.) l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
G.. G. caves

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 81
-R-George Clifford Eaves, 80,
former mayor of Marion, N. c.,
died today.
A native of Rutherford county, N.
c., Eaves later moved to Marion
where he served as mayor and as
state senator. He also served a
term as U. S. commissioner.
Eaves moved to Knoxville in
1905 and seven years later came to
Chattanooga.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
GREATER

BERLIN, Sept. 21.-P-Greater
Germany, with 100000 inhabi.
tants is second to Russia as the
most populous nation in Europe,
the government announced today.
This count, made in May, 1889, in
cluded the p%rotectorate of Bohe-
mia and Moravia,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
REVIVAL

A revival which has been in
progress at Myrtle Grove Ad-
vent Christian church will con-
tinue throughout the current
week, it was announced last
night. Services will be held at
the church today as follows:
Sunday school 10 a. M; serv-
ices at IL a. m. and 1880 p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
TO SPEAK

The Rev. Leroy T. Newland.
of Korea, will speak at the
Myrtle Grove Presbyterian
chapel this morning at the Sun
day school hour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
City Briefs
MEETING

The Cape Fear Council, No. "a,
Daughters of America, will meet
Monday at 8 p. m. at the JUNIOR
Order hall. All members urged
to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
ABERDEEN

ABERDEEN, Sept. 21.-R-The
Aberdeen tobacco market en-
the opening week of it's 1910 auctions
with sale of $4,000 pounds at prices
ranging up to s35 a hundred for
choice grades
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
ON TRIP

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hanson
and daughter, Miss Katherine
Hanson, will leave this morn
ing for Washington, D. c. Miss
Hanson will enter Marjorie
Webster school.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
CLASS TO MEET

The Lansford Bible class of
the First Baptist church will
hold its first meeting of the
fall Monday at s p. m. at the
home of Mrs. L. G. Jones, 1105
Chestnut street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
THEFT

Sheriff's officers last night
were Investigating a report a
station wagon belonging to Char.
lie Roberts of Wrightsville
Beach, had been stolen. Later,
they said, they received a report
a station wagon had been
wrecked at McCumbers station.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
FAIRMONT

FAIRMONI, Sept. 21.-Season
sales aggregate %, 683, 678 pounds,
for a total of So, $3.50, 1922 at an aver
age of $17.33 per hundred pounds.
There will be three complete sets
of buyers beginning Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
PATIENT

Friends of Jack Wilkins will
be sorry to know he is a patient
at the James Walker Memorial
hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
WITH MARINES

Thomas Linden PEBBLES. grand.
son of Mrs. Annie B. Linden OF
Wilmington, is now stationed at
Paris Island. S. c., with the u.
S. Marine Corps.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
NELSON A.. HOWARD

PASADENA, Cal, Sept. 21-R--
Nelson A. Howard, Sc, financier and
sportsman, n of the leading fig
ures responsible for bringing horse
racing back to California, died of a
heart ailment today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
T.. E.. BEST

CHAPEL HILL, Sept. 81. R-
Theodore Eugene Best, 81, a pioneer
In motor transportation in this sec.
ton and a Spanish-American war
veteran, died today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
VISITS

Mr.. Mary w. Burkheimer,
of Brunswick, Ga, is visiting
Mrs. r. w. Bowden, AIS Prin-
cess street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
MOTHER GERTRIJDE

SIOUX CITY, Ia. Sept. 21.-R
Mother Gertrude, 70, head of the
Order Of B%enedictine Nuns, died
here today. Mother Gertrude work.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
POWHATTAN W]OOLDRIDcE

LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 21.-P)
Powhattan Woodbridge, 81, attor.
ney, coal operator and widely.
known horseman and horse breed
err, died of heart disease today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
SOLE WHITE HOUSE BIRTH

Esther. daughter of Grover
Cleveland, was the or. child of a
President of the United States to
be born in the White H~lse. She
was born Sept. 9, 1893.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
EGGS
u AREN'T e

RUT AREN'T CHEAP
PUEBLO, Colo. R-The kitch.
en- staff at Colorado State Hos.
pital drew the logical conclusion
when some lusty cheeping began
to come from a crate Of eggs.
But, hastily unpacing the crate,
they found a cricket.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-22
r. j. EVEREST

SALISBURY, Sept. 2i-R-Ray-
mond j. Everest. 81, for the last
10 years district manager of the
Duke Power company here, died
yesterday. after an illness of a
week..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-02
Good Job Done

On the basis of what we know about it today we should say that our city budget makers are to be congratulated on fine job accomplished. Although the finished article is not yet before the public from discussions, heard before various city boards it is obvious that much has been accomplished in bringing about both a reduction in the existing tax rate, yet at the same time not sacrificing some of the public service to which we have be- come accustomed and some of the extra ordinary demands that must be met from time to time.
 The putting-together of budget that satisfies both the maker and the one to whom it applies is not an easy task It cannot be entrusted to persons totally unfamiliar with the operation of our city government. It is often struggle on the part of businessmen to accustom themselves to the intricacies of compiling figures for municipal budget. All of which makes us more aware of the fact that we owe lot to our city officials for the work they do in setting up list of potential expenditures for the coming year.
 On the basis of what Mayor Vincent Scully and his entire administration has accomplished during the past year we feel quite confident that the story will 3e even more pleasing in 1941. It should Ee remembered that the present budget was not drawn up by the Scully admin istration and we know there will be sizeable surplus So what expectations can't we hold for our financial condition one year from now?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-02
A Splendid Chance

One of the niost-discussed topics in Connecticut of recent years is removal of our courts from politics. This subject rises and falls with the tides. One day there is great enthusiasm for it; the next it's hardly mentioned. It's always bound to come to the fore, though, whenever there is change of administration such as is now just ahead of us here in Con- necticut. You're going to hear lot about it after Governor-elect Robert A. Hurley goes into office. And certainly it would be very fine thing for this new Demo- cratic governor if he could affect some such reform as this.
 But Governor Raymond E. Baldwin still can make his mark by doing just as much. Although he only has about one month left in office in this his first term the opportunity is his, if he so desires, to take one of our important courts out of politics. Perhaps the very fact that it is local court makes it all the more vital right here in Waterbury. We refer to the Compensation Court in the Fifth Congressional District of which the Hon. James M. Lynch is the incumbent com missioner.
 If memory serves us right there have only been two Compensation CommlS- sioners in this district since the work mems law was passed here in COnnecti- cut quarter of century ago. Com. Lynch is the second of these and in his tenure of office, brief though it has been, he has ably followed in the footsteps of the late Fred M. Williams. If there were any doubt about this we would only need refer the sceptic or the incredulous to those persons who have regular dealings with this important court. Their recom- mendations would be unanimously and enthusiastically favorable.
 So here is one of those rare opportuni- ties in which political party or an of- f1cial finds himself every so often A re- form is in long demand and the means to put it into effect is at hand. Reap pointment of Com. Lynch would be graceful retiring gesture on the part of Gov. Baldwin that well would force his successor to a similar high plane in mak- ing the numerous appointments to come.