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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Advice, like gold,
is where you find it, which leads to the con-
clusion that if the United States went to its
leading thinkers on Oriental policy it would
find itself becalmed amid winds blowing in
all directions.
lists from leading universities while they dis
cussed what the country ought to know and
ought to do about the Japanese-Chinese war:
DR.. 7. A. Bison of the Foreign Policy asso-
citation endowed study organization) advocated
the United States:
1. Keep supply lines open to China; extend
to her further loans and credits.
2. Withdraw economic aid to japan by i'm
posing higher tariffs. rigid shipping regulations
and an embargo.
3. Establish a free China, with japanese
troops and troops of other nations withdrawn,
ending extra-territoriality as well.
4. Provide economic security for Japan by
assuring her concessions on her trade both
in China and in the United States.
S. Provide financial help for both Japan and
China while they change from a war to a
peace economy.
The Tough Viewpoint
Albert E. Hindmarsh Of Harvard held that
Elm their present desperation, the Japanese
force. The military group will control Japan
until a combination of defeat and extreme
civilian privation combine to unseat them"
With few exceptions all thought Japan
would continue to crowd England out of China
as long as England was busy in Europe, ano
that England could do little except stall fol
time until she had Strengthened out her af-
fairs with Germany.
English in the Running
From a former member of the League OF
Nations secretariat came a warning not tc
pass England off too lightly. Fl. Duncan Hall
a loose-collared scholar with an Oxford accent
cautioned the studious assembly that Britain
considers the whole Orient, with special refer
ence to her own and the Dutch holdings, as
one strategic area.
"a japanese attack on any part of this
would be Immediately taken up as a cause OF
war;" he said. "By 1914, Britain hopes to have
in being a second British navy. The British
program is to maintain the navy on a two
hemisphere strength.
'In the near future she can detach several
capital ships in event of action in the Orient
and not to be forgotten is the importance OF
a few cruisers acting against the long supply
line Japan would have to maintain in any &C
ton against the Dutch and British Indies"
In contrast with those favoring the hard
handed view, Senator Thomas of Utah, a long
time student of Oriental affairs, now a mem
Der of the senate foreign relations committee
suggested that Japan would calm herself in
time when the great mass countries surround
ing her-China, Russia, the United States-im'
pressed her with their dislike of what she is
doing. He advised against a policy which might
mislead Japan into a panicky belief that the
three were against her.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
WIDENING THIRD STREET

Third street is Wilmington's main traffic
"port of entry" Many highways entering the
city converge on it and pour into it a steady
stream Of automobiles. and trucks. In. addi-
ton it carries a heavy load of local traffic.
So heavy is the combined burden that at
regular periods when the movement of motor
vehicles is greatest, especially in the late aft.
ernoon and early evening, progress is slowed
to a minimum.
Laid out long before the traffic became a
major problem, it was believed wide enough
to serve all requirements for years to come
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
TOP o. THE MORNING

IT His hand in qoisdom closes every avenNe
there is
TO the service you mould render, dont forget
the aUork is His.
Do not fret and lose your patience, IT He BIDS
y0N sit and aOdit;
In Els oa0n kind, loving manner, He wil
ope another gate.
II He shuts gov up to silence and to folding
OF the hands,
1t mag be, that in His furnace, He is burn
ing Oft yomr bands;
And a1hen all your gold is molten in His cru
chile of flame,
He will lead you into service that WU g1or
ity His name.
CALENDAR
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
LaGuardia Says Plans
Virtually Completed
To Show Dionre Quil

NEW YORK, Jan. IL R
Mayor Laguardia said tonight
understood that arrangements
been virtually completed for shQ
ing the Dionne quintuplets at
New York Worlds Fair in the Il
season opening in May.
He said he had learned this fri
Board Chairman Harvey D. Oils
and that there remain only a f
procedural matters to straight
out" He believed that DR.. All
Roy Dafoe would accompany TIT
from Callander, Ont.
The mayor indicated the city
cooperating with the fair for
quintuplet exhibit, which v
sought unsuccessfully as an a,y
ton last year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
Man bout
Manhattan
BY George tucker

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-New
York has a way of %honoring the
nations heroes by naming build
ings and bridges after them. This
is a gracious and a laudatory
thing, and yet I wonder if the
city doesn't r in naming it's edi'
fees after men when an examina-
ton Of the surrounding terrain
would suggest more appropriate
names.
I have in mind particularly the
George Washington bridge and the
Lincoln tunnel. The George Wash
|ington bridge is a magnificent ex-
panse of concrete and steel and il
spans the Hudson in a great hang
ing highway that may be seer for
many miles.
But much as we love George
Washington, the Palisades Bridge
would be a better name. The Pail
sades are among the nations most
beautiful landmarks. They rise in
sheer rocky eminence for miles
along the Hudson. They are the
scenes of many incidents of his,
toric Importance. On them Alex
ander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
had their ~senseless, tragic duel
Washington's spies used to lie on
them and study the activities OF
the British, who then held Man.
haitian. Once the Indians built
their campfires on the spot where
the Weehawken ferry has it's slips.
The Lincoln tunnel crosses the
river from about 3Sth street on the
Manhattan side and burrows to
New Jersey some distance on the
under side" of the ferries.
W. all honor and respect the
memory of Lincoln, but there is nc
earthly reason why this tunnel
should be named after him. He
never lived there. He wasn't a New
Yorker. He vas as far from being
an "easterner'' as any man co,ld
be. A far better name would be the
Manhattan tunnel or the Wee
haWken tunnel, or even simplv the
Hudson tunnel. These names mean
something, locally, and have a To-
cal significance. Lincoln does not,
Filth avenue, where manv Of
the most expensive shops are sit
uated, isn't very subtle about its
defenders-the detectives who rom
its byways and keep an eve neeled
for snatchers. Most of the dio1,s
looking like characters out Of a
grade-B melodrama, congregate he
tween Sind and 59th streets Az
have gray hair, all wear +,rn
down felt brims, and all are &C
transparent as if they wore n,ao-
ards on their backs. ~
The mistake these officers ma ,,e
is standing in one place ever1
day and talking to the same neon1s
Most Of these detectives arc ~
cops who have been promoted
They are fond of talk with eaoh
other, too, and it is a fairly com.
mon occurrence to find three or
four of them passing small talk in
a friendly manner on the street.
In all the long, brilliant. seven
year history of the Music Hall. the
last day of 1889 was the biggest
single day it has had. The attrac-
ton: "The Hunchback of Notre
lDame." The previous record was
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
The Editors
BOX

The Editor does not n~ecessari-
" endorse any article appear
ing in this department. They
represent the views of the in
diyidual readers. Correspondents
are warned that all commune
cations must contain the correct
name and address for u rec
ords, though the letter may be
signed as the writer sees fit.
The Star-News reserves the
right to alter any text that for
any reason is Objectionable.
Letters on controversial sub
iects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
OrreN Urges Residents
OF County To List Tax

All residents of New Hano
county were requested by John
Orrell, county auditor, YESTERDAY
list their taxes Immediately if i
have not done so.
Listings have been tagging t
far, he said, and only q small
centage of those eligible have $
their tax lister,
Those persons not listing BET
February l., Orrell said. will be S
ject to a penalty of 10 per cent
property tax and will be subject
indictment for poll and peTSoI
property listings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
lntracoastat Waterway
Light Is Reconstruct

w. G.. Wallace, Of Charleston
c., acting superintendent OF .
lighthouse district, reported !gS'
day that the Cape Fear-LittIe ~
light 81 in the in%tracoastal WaJe'"
was rebuilt January 8, d2nt y',
from it's former position ana =
feet from the center Of Inc ul''
channel at low water mark.
Beacon No. SO was rebuilt Oh .
same date nine yards from Il7 .
mer position and 10 feet tfom
center line of the dredgca en-"
at about low water mark, "@
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12

The comment of the man VINO
made this picture, in reply to many
well-wishers on the night OF its open
ing here, should be significant to a
great many moviegoers. Said Hal
Roach, a former truck driver, by the
way:
"I believe the story is just as eff
~fective without the profanity of the
book and the play"
And it is. 1t again proves that
life can be "mirrored' without filth
and vulgarity and profanity, a set
of devices used by some of the lazy
modern writer's. And, further, that
movie fellows like Solow and Mile
stone are about SO per cent more
ingenious than fellows like, say,
S%teinbeck.
AS the title suggests, this is a
story Of Illustration. Lennie is frus-
trated and 80 are George and Can
dy and Mae. But audiences won't
be, because this is so vigorous and
its characterizations so real that they
will sit on the edges of their seats,
trying to find words SO poor Lennie
can express himself. hoping for
George, crying with Candy and,
probably, feeling sorry for Mae.
1t is direct and to the point, this
picture, one of the few which never
deviates from it's objective. 1t sets
a course toward tragedy and defeat
in the opening 10 feet and there is
no extraneous action which is not
entirely pertinent to the inevitable
disappointments of most of its hap
less characters.
In speaking of the cast, one doesn't
know exactly where to begin. Young
CLANCY, as Ii nnie, was only a name,
overshadowed by his late fathers su-
perior talents, until now. He has
become somebody by virtue of this
performance. Meredith, perhaps the
sole member of the cast who mug
ged'' land he should know better)
was ideally cast as the big guys
keeper.
Miss Fields Mae is Steinbeck's
Mae, or better. Bohnen, giving the
same performance in a less weI-bal-
anced film, would have walked off
with all the honors. The others
also are excellent.
1t is the kind of picture that i'm
presses Hollywood. 1t certainly
will get some consideration when
the Academy awards are discussed.
THE SIDEWALKS OF LON
DON" By Clarence Dane. Direct
ed by Tim Whelan. Cast includes
Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh. Rex
Harrison, Larry Adler, Tyrone Guth-
RE.
This is a fascinating bit of movi-
ana, mainly because it contains Wv.
len Leigh before she was Scarlet
O'Hara and Charles Laughton, rest
ing some on his laurels before plung-
Ing into the arduous and often alb.
surd melo-dramatics Of 1.-THE Hunch.
back of Notre Dame"
Imagine Scarlet as Liberty, a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
PROTECTION

Admiral Harold r. Stark, chief
Of naval operations, told a house
committee the proposed $780,
100000 fleet expansion would
provide some degree of protec.
ton against any probable enemy
coalition but might not guaran-
tee defense of the Monroe Doc
trine,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
NELSON TO SPEAK

RALEIGH, Jan. Ii Up Dean
Thomas Nelson of the N. c. State
College Textile school, will be the
principal speaker at a dinner in
Charlotte tomorrow night, arranged
by textile alumni of that section.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
EDISON CONFIRMED

The senate confirmed the
nomination of Charles Edison as
secretary Of the navy. A senate
judiciary subcommittee recon.
mended confirmation of the
nomination of Attorney General
Frank Murphy as an associate
justice of the supreme court.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
Star-News Program

1. Shipydrds.
2. Increase OF Port Facilities.
5. Adequate Hospital Fdc'ht'es.
i. Annexation OF Suburbs.
5. DEVELOPMENT OF Fort CasWeH as
Health Resort.
6. Promotion OF Canning Industry.
7. City Expansion Commission.
s. Junior College.
ACHIEVEMENTS WE HAVE
FAVORED
Stun Clearance.
Free bridge across The Cape Fear
river over HighUdy 90.
Free ccuseway to WrightsVille Beach
Recreation Centers.
Municipal Auditorium.
Preservation OF Ola City and THAI
ian Hall.
Civic Centre.
Organized industrial serOices for VIII
mingtom.
Adequate school facilities for VIII
minoton and Ne1u HdnoveT county.
Traffic signals on streets OF Whining
ton.
Thirty-toot channel from Wilmington
to Southport bar.
Construction OF third lock n dam
between Wilmington and FayettevtM
on the upper Cape Fear river.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
Auto Licenses Cases
Are Mol Pressed 7a

The cases of % persons
with operating automobile "-eA
proper state licenses "ll1
crossed in recorders cou4. -
day.
All the defendants arrest"
to January 5 were not prose- ~,
The lone exception was
Finley, white man, Of Sp5iL.l'
village. He was taxed With the C.
which were RENTED with INV
ception of the state ana ."
emergency pension funas' ,
The only other cases c2Dsg -,
sisted of one vagrancy chass'
one drunk.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
TO DEMAND FUNDS

American Farm Bureau Fed.
Grafton officials told President
Roosevelt they would demand a
$607, 00O, 900 appropriation for
''parity" payments on cotton,
corn, wheat, tobacco and rice
and $500, O0O, 900 for dairy and
other products.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
CREW RESCUED

LONDON, Jan. 11-R-The II.
man crew of the British ship Leon
ard Pearce, 1,571 tons, was rescued
by a pilot boat after the ship sank
following a collision with another
vessel early today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
Capitals Day
(By The Associated Press)

Secretary Hull urged congress
to continue the administrations
power to make reciprocal trade
treaties and opposed demands
that the treaties be subjected to
senate ratification.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12

held by the Astaire- Rogers combi-
nation in (1936) Follow the
Fleet" This was such a big occa-
sion that I asked Mr.. w. G. Van
Schmus to release the exact fig
ures to me, but he hesitated for a
moment, and then shook his head.
I'm afraid" he said, "it would
sound too much like boasting. and
7 wouldn't Want to do that"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12

pyrotechnic little wall 'l -
town, who became q @Ic~S -,
comedy star. Imagine ~
Red Gap as a ragged bus''- -,
singer who helped her Oil
and returned to bUmdoI1. .
could, but there are monl'"'
picture when it's not $u."
trying.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
Hollywood
Sights lind Sounds
.bv Robin Coo,s
BY BBA HEAVY
Batting Tor Robin Coons-
OH vacation.)

OH VacatlOn.)
HOLLYWOOD-"Of Mice and
Men," Screenplay by Eugene
SolOw from the novel by John
Steinbeck. Directed by Lewis
Milestone. Cast: Lon CLANCY,
Jr., Burgess Meredith, Betty
Field, Roman BOhnen, Bob
Steele, Charles Bickford, Gran
vile Bates, Oscar O'Shea, Leigh
Whipper.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12

In all the long, brilliant, seven
year history of the Music Hall. the
last day of 1899 was the biggest
single day it has had. The attrac-
ton: "The Hunchback of Notre
Dame." The previous record was
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-12
B. P. W. Club Has
Christmas Party

The annual Christmas party Of the
Business and Professional Wum"n'&
club was held at the home Of Mrs.
Ada S. Parker. on Chestnut street,
Tuesday evening with fifty members
present The home was beautiful
with its decorations, and everything
was very festive.
Miss Oliver presided and Miss
Turner, who WAS appointed secretary
for the remainder of the year, also
served. Mrs. Il. 3. Green gave Il
financial statement on the Roosevelt
lecture, which showed net amount
of over 5000, which is very gratifying
TO the club. She also announced that
Miss Carrie Draper sold the most
tickets and rs finance chairman was
responsible for Mrs. RooScvcltS COM
ing.
Immediately following, M ISIS
Draper was presented miniature
loving cup for her efforts. by Mrs.
Edith O'Lary. The date, No\ cmbcr
10. 1910, and her initials are ON the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-12
Dr1wry News
BY MRS. BARKER WATKINS.

Mrs. Dorset Nichols and SON. Ster-
ling, and Edison Williams spent the
past weekend at NorIna with Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Williams.
Mrs. Mary Hayes, of Raleigh, spent
several days THIS week with her
granddaughter, Mrs. Barker Wat
klnS.
DorcSt Nichols has returned to
HopcWelI, Va. after spending several
JJIs with his family in DrcWry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon pL>CMall and
Nil. and Ms. Jack Williams. OF Nor
lima. visited in the hom" OF MIR. and
Mrs N. l.. Williams Sunday.
Mrs. Ben Oakley and sister, Miss
Annie Nelson, spent Tuesday in Dur
ham.
Mrs. DorcSt Nichols and Miss
Louise Williams visited MIR. and Mrs
Jack p Williams in Oxford recently.
Miss Annie Nelson spent Sunday
in Durham with Miss Virginia john
son.
Mrs. Alice WulStnn, Of Bu ling
ton, is spending some tim" with Mr..
and Mrs Felix RancS, at their home
in DrcWry.
Mr.. and Mrs. LudiC Hicks, of Hen
derSon visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Uyklcy "Wednesday night.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-12

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-12
Miss Robertson H0n0rgd
By ShOWer Wednesday,

Miss Magdalenc Robertson. whose
marriage to Louis Mcdlin Of Norfolk.
Va, will take place in late Dccrm-
Der. was hOnored at Il shower last
evening when Misses Rosa Lee and
Ruby Day entertained at their iumc
ON Lehman street.
The house was beautifully dGcorat-
ed in keeping with the Christmas
season with Il lighted Christmas
tree and holly and ponSc,tias being
used.
Bingo was played. and program
of popular music and Christmas
carols was rendered by Mrs. Ger
trude Page Webster. Miss Bertha
Williamson rendered several selec-
lions with her Hawaiian guitar.
Misses Frances allen and Elizabeth
Savage delightfully."- entertained th2
guests with their representations and
special singing.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-12

Mrs. Sallie Wilkinson. served Gus
tard, Christmas cookies. cocoanut
snoWballs, and attractive favurS.
Guests for the evening were Miss
jamie Conn and Misses Knight and
Faulkner. chosen as junior business
women from the Senior class at Hen
derson high school. 5 martial music
was played. exciting Christmas
packages were passed from hand L.
nand, and when the music stopped.
each had Il remembrance in her
hand.
The membership of the club is
reaching a new peak. Arrangement
were made 10 finance another ap-
plicant al Business college. After
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-12

Little Misses Barbara Wilder and
Mildred Cox entered the living room
pulling large decorated red wagon
bearing many lovely and useful gifts
fu!' the bridc-clect. The brides book
was presided over by Miss Mae T.
Newman.
Delicious refreshments Of fruit
salad, Cake, candies and nuts were
served
Those present for the evening
were: Misses MagdaIenc Robertson,
Gilda Gray Robertson. Flora Rober-
son. Frances Allen, Mae r. Newman,
Bertha Williamson. Edith WoodlieG,
Hazel WUodlicf; Mrs. Gertrude Page
Webster, Mrs. A. w Newman, Mrs.
Ethel Allen. Mrs. Lois Wilder. Mrs
Matte Cox, Miss Ruby Day, Miss
Rosa Day, Miss Daisy Day, Miss Bar
bara Ana Wilder. Miss Mildred Cox,
Mrs. Il. w. Day.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-12

cup. She also presented Mrs. Green
Il small gift for her handling of the
publicity.
Christmas carols were led by Miss
Elizabeth FoN. with Mrs. Parker as
accompanist. Mrs L. B. Watkins
gave delightful reading of The
OthC? Wise Man.. Led by Mis-
Luuisc Nelson, games were enjoyed
The sucia! committee. headed BY
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-12

Mrs. Harrison Williams, whose
name is found regularly on the an
nual best dressed" lists, is credited
with having been the most attrac-
lively govned woman at the open
inc of III. opera season in New
York. She seems very calm about it.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-12-12

Christmas. the club will settle down
10 lis serious program. business
Women in Il Democracy.
Evening star., 1940-02-13
Mrs. Schenefeld
Talks to Women
Democrats

Discussing the three outstanding
political PHILOSOPHERS of the day
Democracy, Communism and Fas-
cism-Mrs. Hale Schenefield of the
graduate school of American Uni
versity warned yesterday that the
liberal denucrA3ic tradition of this
country is not tmpregnable from
within. She spoke before the
Women's National Democratic Club
at its weekly lusacheon at the club
house. N*
"The main danger to the demo-
cratic tradition in our country" she
declared, 'is that we shall lose our
sympathy, forget, In short, how the
other half lives; neglect our youth
problem, smugly deny the existence
Of conditions that disturb our COM
placency, and drift into repression
of any contrary ideas by those who
may disagree"
Earlier she had described the
democratic tradition as coinciding
closely with the Christian emphasis
on the sacredness of human person.
ality-the worth Of every individual
The other two, Fascism and Com
munism-"if, indeed, they are not
one she said, have not been at all
concerned with the individual as
such, but with the state as the "be-
all and end-au of existence"
Mrs. Schenefield, who is known in
university circles as DR.. Norma Bird,
was introduced by Mrs. Claude
Porter
The program yesterday was one OF
q series scheduld this week at the
club. Senator Bennett Champ Clark
will discuss the subject of reciprocal
trade treaties before the Thursday
dinner, while Mrs. Florence Kerr, as
sistant commissioner of the Work
Projects Administration, will speak
at the information meeting of the
public speaking class Thursday
morning.
Mrs. D. Tucker Brown, club presi-
dent, will preside.