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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20
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Bv George tucker

old film last night. -. Dldnt
plan on seeing it at all. +. Just
happened to be passing, and went
49,. It was 1.-THE Man VINO
Laughs" It must have been Is
wears old, or maybe older 1t
must have been filmed by candle
light, that's how dim it seemed. 1t
couldn't have had the benefit OF the
glib kleigs that they use today ...
Well. you pay Is cents and go in,
and if you want to keep your hat
on, and smoke your pipe, and put
YOUR feet on the back OF the seat
in front OF. you, that's all right. =.
Nobody minds Everybody's
strictly on his w in this place
One man sat on an aisle seat
and ate a sack of bananas. :.
This picture had Conrad Veidt
and Blond Mary Philbin with her
tousled curls, shoulder long. Re-
member Veidt? Today he is west,
playing the general in the picture
called Escape" I don't know
where Mary Philbin is Mar
ried, probably, and living the life
of a housewife. She isn't in pic
lures.
If YOU want to understand how
time flies, and realize how old you
are, 60 to one of these old silent
films, and observe the kids .
When the organ plays Ave
Maria just as the hero hams 1t
all over the screen, the kids howl
The sub-titles r funny too,
to the kids 80. The actors all
over-act And the kids guffaw
But somehow those subtitles
and all than ham acting in broad,
almost burlesque gestures seemed
suddenly important and worth
while to me 1t seemed, in a
sort of nostalgia, sentimental way.
to represent an earlier milestone
of our growth and our progress -.
They are funny today, but so is
your grandma's hustle and h a t.
Actually, we owe them much. Like
the mountaineer tune and cigar
store Indian, they are a part OF a
past that has made Jul country
what it is.
Later, we had a note from Carol
Bruce She is pretty much the
apple of this towns eye right now
-. She's the new girl with Victor
Moore and Bill Gaxton in "Louisi-
ana Purchase"
The other day she had dinner
with an out-of-town friend . . j..
This fellow drove up to the back
stage door and parked his car
49,. There was an idler on the side
walk, and her host said to him,
Would you mind watching this Ear
Just a minute? I'll be right back"
"I1l be glad to-" said the man.
So he ducked inside, and a few
minutes later out he came with
Carol Bruce on his ARM.
That's the guy watching my
car" he said. Il guess I better
ii, him a quarter"
Carol took one look - and
whooped. That man isn't unem-
ployed. That's Victor Moore, the
star Of the show!"
If you ever want to decorate your
bar or play room with some of the
old 1890 gadgets that were vows
when your grand-dad was a spiffy
young fellow, there are plenty OF
fine old junk shops on 9Th Avenue
that will be pleased to see you. l
have in mind some of those tear
jerking and moral-pointing pictures
that used to be SO popular.
One that gets a great laugh today
and never fails to draw a crowd is
the double view of the two men
who went into business. One man
is sitting in his office, dirty, un-
shaver, in despair. The caption
says, Il sold on Credit" The other
side shows an arrogant, self-satis-
fed citizen with his safe bullying
with coin, and he says Il sold For
Cash Only" 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
COSTLY "APPEASEMENT" IN ASIA
New York Herald Tribune

secretary OF State HuuS statement
to the effect that the United States is dis
tinctly interested in seeing the Burma Road
kept open places his government on the oppo.
site side of the fence from the British in this
matter of vital importance in the Far East.A
the same time, it puts the United States once
more on record in opposition to Japan's policy
of expansion in eastern Asia. AS such it has
already drawn the irate comment of the JAP
anese press.
That there was no justification for closing
this route to south China, and that the Japa.
nese were going far beyond their rights in de-
manding that it be closed has already been
made plain in these columns. We pointed out
the importance of the State Department max
ing plain to Japan just where it stands in this
matter. But the fact that the departments
statement comedies with defnitive action by
the British serves to remind the world of an
earlier occasion when Great Britain and the
United States took different views about Far
Eastern affairs-the Manchurian incident of
1912. At that time the American govern.
ment sought to induce the British government
to join it in opposing Japanese aggression in
China l made this proposal in the belief that
joint opposition at the time would have held
Japan in check. 1t is certain that Great Brit
aims failure to cooperate is largely response
BILE for Japan's continued aggressiveness since
that date, and was one of the factors leading
to the progressively increased aggressiveness
Of Germany and Italy as WELL
Great Britain at the time was imbued with
the thought of appeasement. Furthermore, the
country at the moment was sorely distressed
by the financial crisis which attended going off
the gold standard. Whatever the causes, the
fact remains that Britain's leniency was in
terpreted by the japanese as weakness, and
from that time on, Japan has rarely h~esitated
to press for a further advantage each time a
concession has been made to it.
That, as much as anything, is what warrants
pessimism about this latest bit of British ap-
peasement. The British concession, reputedly.
knows the East believes that when that time is
up, Japan will permit the return of the status
quo. Quie the contrary-Japan is sure to ask
for m~ore-knowing that Great Britain is al
most certain to yield.
Americas protest paves the way for a fresh
outburst of anti-American propaganda in the
Japanese press. Al the same time it offers
this same press the chance, by way of contrast
to praise Great Britain's "reasonableness.'
The fact that the Department of State stands
once more upon sound grounds is likely tt
make Japanese resentment all the more bitter
Unfortunately this particular protest is fol
the record only. There is nothing specific thai
the United States can do about it, except to re
alize ruefully that if Great Britain had no fol
lowed the policy of appeasement in Manchuris
eight years ago Japan would not today be
humiliating the British Empire by forcing it tt
do it's bidding, even when this is clearly agains
the best interests of the British Empire.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20
Nazi Airmen Shoot Down
Fifteen British Planes

BERLIN, July 19- GAP va
Radio - German airmen s"u.
down fifteen British pursuit planes
this afternoon in the English cha
mel without sucering losses ""e
selves, it was officially annoul'l0
tonight by the German WlreieS"
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desnite Britain's difficult task Of defending it.
self against the totalitarian axis.
It is obvious that, for all winston Churcn1us
brave words, the spirit OF appeasement mas
not been wholly crushed in the British Isles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20
TOP o. THE MORNING

Discip1eship begins in the place Uhere zoe
are humble enough to distrNst our oUn Wisdom
und take Christ's 1ray.
McELROY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20

The telephone company uses more film than
a movie producing company. The total monthly
calls OF every subscriber are Photographed,
and the bills made out from the pictured rec
ord.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20

Under Henry VIII of England bowling was
outlawe6, and it was forbidden for any person
'.for his or her gain, lucre, or living, to keep.
have, hold, occupy, exercise or maintain any
common house, alley or place of bowling"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20

Hollywood is noted for its many yes-men, but
Mussolini, Zadok Dumbkopf suggests, should
be credited with being the worlds foremost
.Ja-man
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20

Cockroaches ordinarily live in dark places
They will live in the light, however, if you give
them rel Gated electric shocks in the darkness
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20

The war in Europe is blamed for causing
transforms here. And Grandpappy jenkins
says he's mighty grateful that it's water were
R~etting-not bombs
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20

A NeW York stage comedy, Keep Off the
Grass" closed after a brief run. The custom
ers mus have misread the sign and thought it
was, Keep Out of the Theater."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20

Still in the wreck of the Fannie & Jennie,
Confederate blockade runner lying off the
beach at Wrightsville, N. c., is a gold and
ieweled sword sent to Gen. Robert E. Lee by
British sympathizers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20

The first circuses in America were very care
full to overcome religious prejudice which ex-
listed against them. The words show and
"circus'1' were eliminated, and they were ad-
vertised as Great Moral and Educational Elk
hibits,'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20

Another Nazi air raid on Scotland. We're
waiting patiently for the inevitable German
communique which will proudly announce that
one of the Nazi flyers has bagged the Loeb
Ness sea serpent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20

Salmon is a saltwater fish, but it travels up
freshwater rivers to lay its eggs, because at
spawning time the females weight is so in
creased that she has difficulty in remaining un-
der the surface of salt water because OF its
buoyancy.
Evening star., 1940-03-31

time automatically removed his
name from the list Of suspects.
And that left only two names on
the list in Anna's desk outside the
janitor himself whom Gail had never
really considered a possibility.
In the living room that night she
retailed the conversation to her
mother who received it stoically.
Maybe there's more to his story
than you think" Anna insisted.
AFTER all some one inside the store
did 1t. And it wasn't your father" ."
Never Falters.
Annals determination never fal-
tered. Her bitterness was like a
whip. Gail sighed, 1--WE never seen
Evening star., 1940-03-31
U.S.. Notifies Air Firms
OF Priority Policy

Assistant Secretary of War Louis
Johnson yesterday formally notified
airplane manufacturers of tie Gov
ernment's new policy of permitting
them to accept foreign orders and
defer delivery Of planes ordered on
contract by this country.
In letter to ITS plane manufac-
turers, Mr.. johnson said:
IF manufacturers take advantage
Of foreign orders, then prior to re-
lease for sale abroad manufacture
ers shall agree to accept changed
orders on existing War Department
contracts. The Government must
be fully protected and any author
lied delays must not interfere with
delivery of equipment for units i'm
mediately necessary for our de-
tense needs"s
Negotiations by foreign purchas-
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Six Medieval Plays
Will Be Presented

Six medieval plays, depicting the
Easter theme, will be presented at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow at Washington
Cathedral by group of singers
composed of members of the faculty
and student body of the University
Of North Carolina.
A general introduction to the
plays, the origin of which dates
from the 10th to the 14th centuries,
will be given by Don Anselm
Hughes, prior of Nashdom Abbey,
England. The group of plays will
include two from France and one
each from Switzerland, England,
Sicily and Germany. Their text has
been edited by DR.. Carl Young of
Yale University.
Evening star., 1940-03-31

between you and me there is Ger
tain person who acts mighty mys-
terious. My own private theory is
she snitched them keys from Mr..
Trenton's pocket during the day
some time and then put them back
That emerald was taken before he
ever left the store.
Then she threw the blame on
him by putting it in his pocket later
and fastened those blond hairs in
his buttonhole to draw the suspicion
away from herself. Since her own
hair is as black as night and I guess
now you know who I mean"
Gail realized he was referring to
the bookkeeper whose aloof man.
ner had evidently included every
one in the store.
But what would she have against
-" Just in time she changed the
words my father into Robert
Trenton?" -,.-
Saw Her.
shes crazy about Tobias Went
worth" the janitor insisted. Il
told you before 1 see her kissing
him j.. . Well it was right after the
robbery tnat Mr.. Reid gave Went
worth the job.
He had been working in another
store and III bet it was Helen Stiles
told him to apply for it. That was
the reason for the whole thing"
Gail said quickly, But I under
stood that Mr.. Wentworth had been
working here before that"
mo. Ma am. Just since the rob-
berry five years ago.
1t sounded too fantastic to be true
but no more so than that her own
father should have been convicted.
The fact that Tobias Wentworth had
not been working in the Store at the
Evening star., 1940-03-31

ers must have the full approval Of
the War Department. This was de-
cided following a general confer
ence between the Assistant Secre-
tary's Office, Army Air Corps heads
and technical authorities at Wright
Field.
Mr.. johnson also announced that
the White House has approved ap-
Evening star., 1940-03-31

pointment of Col. James H. Burns
as haison ofIicer between the War
Department and the Interdepart-
mental Co-ordinating Committee.
Negotiations between the War
Department and plane manufac-
turers, Mr.. johnson revealed, will
be handled by the chief Of Air Corps,
Gen. Henry H. Arnold, under the
general supervision Of Col. Burns.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Glacier National Park
Lecture Wednesday

A lecture on Glacier National Park
will be presented Wednesday night,
beginning ats o'clock, by Edmund
H. Whitlock, traveller and lee
turer, in the Departmental Audito-
rum, Constitution avenue between
Twelfth and Fourteenth streets NV
The talk will be illustrated with
colored slides and followed by a mo-
ton picture in color. There is no
admission charge.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
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~ <MVIDA HURST

When she was Is. Gail Meadows
Trenton saw her father unjustly Inn
prisoned on jewel theft charge.
Gail, now 90. and known as Gail
Meadows. promised her mother. Anna,
pot to marry until she cleared her
fathers name. She declines Bill Nor
gan,'s proposal of marriage and he in
christopher Reid. son Of the man who who
sent her father to prison. Gail OBJ
tains Job in, the Reid jewelrry store
and suspects all the employees who have
worked there for more than five years
The brunette bookkeeper. Helen stiles,
is too. aloof. and blond Hazel Stone,
too friendly Calls spinster Aunt Belle
reprimands her for associatine with
Chris, and leaves insulted when Gail
answers her pertinently. -, The sirl
promises her mother she will not date
asks Gail to marry HIM. she tells him
at her mothers request she cannot
EVEN ns. see hm Ma4nsn ssan 10 Anna and qa All
takes Gail riding and says she's in
love with Chris. Gail admits she likes
hnr nlnvav'e
Evening star., 1940-03-31

the slightest flicker of interest be-
tween Helen Stiles and the manager.
But if even if there were, 1 don't
see how that would prove anything" j"
Her mother said nothing but Gail
knew she would never admit defeat
until the name of Robert Trenton
had been cleared.
(To Be Continued.)
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ST. Pairick's
Mission Opens

st. Patrick's church was filled
to capacity at all masses Sunday
morning as well a. at the evening
services, when the Rev. Dominic
Callahan, c. T. OF Los Angeles,
widely noted Passionist mission
AIRY, delivered the opening SER
mons OF a weeks spiritual mission.
At the IL O'Clock high mass. the
impressive ceremony of bringing
the mission cross into the church
was carried out and the huge cross,
erected beside the pulpit. will re-
main a striking feature OF the
services all week.
On Monday night the visiting
speaker will talk on Human
Failures" Tuesdays subject Is
Dangers OF the Day" Wednesday,
The End and Beginning OF Life"
Thursday. Gods Pity for Sinners"
Friday, THE Riddle of Human
Pain Solved by the Cross" sstur-
day, The Mother of Sorrows"
Sunday, "A Lesson Learned"
Evening services begin at 7:45.
Morning masses are at $50 and
s:15, and each mass Is followed by
a short talk.
Children Of the parish win have
their own mission with sermons
adapted to the needs and problems
of younger folk. Father Callahan
will speak To the boys and girls
at 8 p. m. Thursday and Friday
and the children will receive holy
communion at SIS mass Saturday
morning.
st. Patrick's church liz located at
No. 18th and ] SITS. and the Rt.
Rev Msgr. VIM. J. Noonan Is
pastor.
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derived from the Latin-puppis-
which simply is the word for stern.
However, when the ancient
Romans first used puppis, they
meant the place where the steer
ing-oar was attached; later the
term was broadened to mean the
entire after part of the ship.
Then as ship design was deve-
Hoped and vessels became larger
and more complex. decks were
added to the simple open boats
OF antiquity. 1t was perfectly
natural. therefore, to name that
deck covering the stern the poop
deck.
Effective Description
And by the same token, in
ancient days or next week, when
vessel "poops herself''-one of
the most fearsome and often dis
astrous accidents which can befall
a ship at seat simply is the
terse and unequivocal way Of say
ing that necessarily big wave
has overtaken the ship from
astern and broken crashing onto
the poop-deck and thence smashed
thunderingly forward the length
of the ship, virtually smothering it
in a huge and angry crush of
water.
In the same vein, another mis-
understood sea-going word is
taffrail.
Common application nowadays,
and for many generations, is to
designate the rail (call 1t fence.
II you wanD which defines the
stern-edge of the main deck. From
that, of course. we get patent
taffrail log" (which we'll arbi-
trarily call the ships speedometer)
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Ruth Hanna McC ormick SimIns
To Speak In Tacoma Monday
Former congrssswomon VIII Deliver
Address In Moccubss Holl for Dewey

Ths drive fsf delegates pi>dFTa
"a snppnrt Thomas Y Dewey. N<u
Yorks rsskst enstlnx district a.
ternsy. for n KspuhllsNn pFess-
Dental neminsslsn. IN to- state ~.
publican convention hers May =.
begins u earnest today wlth ~
visit - Ars Rafh Hanna Nicer
saiek s.mms 10 Tzkems.
Mrs. simms. eo-man4ksF " TIE
Dewey campaign. left reftlkna
Monday morning fer : Hour 81
southwest wsshsngian thet oil
bring hsr u Taeems fnr = confer.
sncs ar . pahlle meeting Aeadzy
Night
After visiting csnsralls. Abr.
deem ard Olympus, Mrs. simms =
dus here ~ ,. m. fer . ecnfse
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Wheaton Cles
Club Due Here

wh<@san snlls3e's M<n's szze<
club - wh<sIea. m. I'll 80
hers IN ne Flfss csv<n.nt sharrn.
80 Ton ard -. a inso q =.
Sunday. May 4 a wss saaeune>a
Monday.
Other concerts viii - Eisen n
a. tsaals. Dallas. i.o& AnxeieN
San Frsnrlsca. a<stti.. vsnceuves.
y G.. Nlnnip<x. Ma. sad n6lnas-
spelss
rruf. ~ william Ne<slan. -
iirsctaF. hes ben memb<F -
the whssten eeli<xvs eons<fvs.
tory II mssxia <znas fa1f.
asssssas 4sss.sa4ts - ~
To MEET THURSDAY
A meeting 81 IL Tstams se>1ei
board ~sii ~ h<IN st Ia D =
Thursday n he Central schcei
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Goat Owners 10
Form Club Saturday

Goat ownsrs q Pierce county m
isresssd In forming . county goat
club are invited 10 attend : fsfss
meeting 70 be hsid II ! e'eisek
nsst Saturday sftsrroun 1T n C
Rishsrd.s rest fsrm ~ vie
Heights. n nax s7t
Arrows directing the wsy 70 TIE
meeting slli he posted slanT the
Rad from Andres markst a. Fsfs
square.
There 10 M goat club IN this
county ~ present. sponsors say.
but Il u planned ts have enc ne~
that viii hs affiliated with the
state Goat association.
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z Tacomans Chosen

Two Tacoma girls at the Uni
versity Of Washington have been
chosen spring pledges to Totem
club. upper class activity honorary.
They are Virginia Hamilton and
Miriam Geiger. Selection Is made
on the basis Of high grade aver
ages, varied activities and junior
standing. Formal pledging was
held Friday afternoon.
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Tacoman al U. W.
To Take Up Flying

Frederick d. Campbell. Tacoma
student at tho University of WASH
lngton, was one Of 10 men selected
from the university campus for
training a. flying cadets In the
United states army, They were
chosen from ~ applicants who
underwent rigid tests last week by
the travelling flying cadet exam
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It seems family ridiculous to see


and hear those
pers ons who
wrestle might
with their con-
sciences an d
tonsils before
they can force
( h c m selves TO
refer to that
p ion of a
vessel which Is
properly called
the poop.
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Slanp Cl.b WI
Net . Iues1ey

1h> sensi-pnnpai me1sInx a ~
T>eens 1lxszp eIso IN - - a
f'ta p =. uzes1>r h ~ rH<em1
H<eFstAFt4i s<Aea1 n - h1n1111I
Arts huii3lnx. Asas y. nr1e1 ~
ruysIlsp wtjl enhGtat ~ sel1cp1lnn
= fe<stgn slnmpe - rseeet -
v~ior>e vi&Irass WI - usInrr1o
~ atfenA
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because IL Is usually mounted on
the vessels back fence.
Misinterpretatiea
However. the modern word taft
rail and the original Dutch word
tafeneel. are two different things
though they both referred to
something on the stern OF a ship,
The Dutchmen - great sailors,
and responsible for inventing much
of present day seafaring were re-
ferring to the deliberately carved,
gilded and painted panels which
embelished the sterns Of all proper
old windships which deserved the
name gslleon. caravel. etc.
Tafereel was first-cousin TO the
Dutch words for table and tablet,
and panel Ia sort Of q tablet.
and the panels invariably included
decoratively carved and painted
ratings. and bye and bye We &c,
taffrails made out of pipe and
steel plates so on.
Unfinished Business
And the other day We were be-
musing the fact that starboard
was derived from steer-board be-
cause the old-time steering-oar
was always mounted on the right
side of a ship.
So now well finish the job land
answer the question which has
been popped to us many times
sincel by busting off the geneology
OF the terms twin, port.
Well, when mariners had COM
pleted their shortcut OF steer
board and corrupted IL into COM
mon usage as starbosrd. they ap-
piled their logic TO the ships
other side at the same time.
A Long Story
Because the big, long, heavy
steering oar was on the right side.
it was always necessary to berth
the ship with It's right side next
the wharf Therefore. the right
side was the loading side. or load
board, or shorter yet because
sailors always do things the SIM
plest and best way. larboard.
But larboard and starboard
sound too much alike, II was dis
covered as soon as some mate
tried to explain which side he was
talking about during a gale o.
wind.
The larboard was the side
where the port lay" Then later
square loading ports were built
into the left hand side OF ships
for handling cargo off the wharf
The logic of such things In
evitably resulted in naming tn,
left side the port side. Simple ?
Viewpoints
Bob Bourbon is an ex-commo-
dore of T. Y. C.-and power
boat devotee.
We were watching the bedrag-
gled, rain-soaked, shivering gang
returning from Sundays sailboat
race.
We'll, I dunno" opines Br'er
Bob. Maybe those guys are real,
he-men, rough. tough salty sea
men to be able to take that kind
of weather. On the other hand.
though, the expression Don't know
enough to get in out of the rain
seems to fit pretty good. too"
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Frequently We have occasion TO
Smile secretly-when we get far
enough from the waterfront 10
mingle with the christians-at one
sea-going term (for which there
Is no proper substituteD which
invariably elicits polite breath
Catching and considerable eyebrow
raising.
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nation board
D. JIMMY HArlo

Campbell win train II . civil
flying school In California next
fall. and. after receiving = COM
mission - second lieutenant IN the
army air corps may continue on
active duty for from one 10 seven
years.