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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
GERMANY CLAIMS
PROGRESS IN PUSH
Continued on Page Three)

France has greatly weakened her
Wanted Maginot line to bolster
toe Somme-Aisne front.
Germany's oil reserve, increased
from a six-month supply at the
outbreak of war to enough to last
eight months, is only nov being
touched.
Italy's plunge into war hinges on
destruction of French air f o r C e,
then distraction of poilus by a siege
OF Paris so France would not have
strength to spare for a counter
blow at Italian overseas posses
sions.
Meanwhile confidence grew that
the conquest of Paris is but a mat
ter of days.
Nazi newspapers stressed that
France now fights alone-with the
German punch toward LIE Havre
intended to separate finally the
French and British fighting forces.
Then would come what the press
has termed settlement with Eng
land"
The papers have carried accounts
Of "jitters" in Paris-street guards
and barricades.
One newspaper said France
fights without the possibility of
strategic tactical utilization of the
Maginot line. Weygand has
thrown all available troops and
materials into the Somme-Aisne
defenses to oppose the German at
tack as long as possible"
1t added:
His preparations on these his
toric rivers can hardly hold off the
Germans with countless new di-
visions after the Germans already
have broken through the line on a
front 100 kilometers (62 miles,
wide"
High army sources disclosed,
however. that Frances swiftly-de-
vjsed defense system made the
going hard and gave the reich's
blitzkrieg machine a real prob
lem"
Heavy artillery fire and an in
genious use of natural obstacles
to make every gulley a trench,
every clump of trees a fort, Wer
combined in Frances stubborn de-
tense of every inch of the home
land soil.
The French, it was admitted,
ere not caught mapping by the
drive south. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
MARSHALL SOUNDS
PREPAREDNESSCAL
Continued From Page One)

(NOut1uucQ FROM rage OuCJ
nights meeting, introducing the
speakers.
A resolution was offered extend
ing congratulations to President
Roosevelt on his move of ''order-
ing the return to the manufacture
ers for credit such airplanes as can
be spared by our military estab-
lishments, thus enabling those
manufacturers to hasten delivery oil
planes to Allied governments.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
w. D. Macmillan, at the open
ing of the meeting, said the ma
tional committee has already ask
ed for funds. A voluntary contri-
button was received at the close
of the meeting for this purpose.
He announced also that the loca.
committees workings are in no way
il. conflict with the work of the
American Red Cross.
The Rev. Sankey Lee Blanton
pastor of the First Baptist church
and last speaker on the program,
appealed for a Sympathetic under
standing of the roblems of the
German people.
"Those of you have heard me
talk BEFORE" he said, know that
I have consistently made this ap-
peal"
Not Isolated
Blanton said it now appears that
the United States is making the
last stand for democracy in the
world, and said Americans can no
longer hide under the illusion that
they are isolated.
whether or not Hitler attacks
this country, a victorious MAJ
army in Europe means that this
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
FRANCE
FRENCH WITHDRAW
ADVANCE UNITS ON
THE SOMME FRONT
Continued From Page One)

= \SOlICllluCu IlUll - oA-y
ting down many more German
tanks than the 400 already de-
clared to have been smashed In
traps. The dive bombers, so &C.
tive in the German successes IN
the north, were fewer, too, today.
French Use Planes
The French used cannon-carry'
ing airplanes to pound the tanks
from above.
In this third day of the battle OF
France, as Weygand has chosen
to call it, the Reichswehr used for
ty divisions of infantry to fold back
the TANKS of the French and try
to take the Weygand line from the
rear.
Tonight Weygand's center re
manned intact.
The Germans used two panze1
divisions, or 1000 tanks, in the
Peronne sector alone yesterday in
trying to break into the Disc val.
ley which leads south to Paris.
They failed to open a breach in
the French line of support points,
however.
For the 29th successive day Of
the campaign on the western front
and the third day of this battle
the weather favored Hitler. 1t was
clear and hot and there was nc
sign tonight of a break.
The Germans yer estimated tc
have another 1000 tanks in re-
serves, with their total force orr
ginally 1000 waiting to drive
through any gap in the French
lines.
But with Weygand himself at the
front, the French troops were car
ying out orders to stick to supper
posts to the end, raining artillery
and anti-tank gun fire on the tank:
from all sides, while planes bomb
ed and shelled them from above
Writing COMMUNICATES
Besides directing the battle il
person, Weygand, n of the forty
immortals OF the French academy
and historian of the French army
is writing the two daily communl
CUES himself.
His order for the first day of bat
tie, telling his men to look onl,
forward" and hold tight to thu
soil of France" was published to
day. Last nights communique, il
superb prose, Wanted the morale
of his troops.
He has adapted his army, once
hailed as the best in the old world
to defend against Germany's new
mechanical warfare, and he ha!
shown that the reichswehr's rusl
can be checked.
Back of his deep Somme-Aisne
line, itself a quagmire of staggered
support points to trap and smash
the German tanks, Weygand ha:
soWn the 50-mile deep area clea1
to the Seine with anti-tank defense
nsts.
The roads are barricaded ant
there are strong support point!
armed both with anti-tank guns
and machine-guns.
Any mechanical units which ge'
through the front lines thus will
run almost a continuous gantlet O.
hot defensive fire all the way tc
Paris. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
NAMED

JACKSONVILLE, June miss
Minnie B. Thompson has b e e n
named temporary secretary of the
newly-formed Jacksonville Merch-
ants association. She will serve un-
til Miss Dorothy Farnell, full-time
secretary, regains her health. 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
YOUTHS DETAINED

NEW ORLEANS, June 7.-GP-
Police today detained six youths
three of them seamen, for paint
ing signs on the sidewalk reading;
.13O, 900 Americans died in last
war. No more Flanders fields for
American boys. Defend America,
not Europe"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
CALDWELL SPEAKS
TO FARM TEACHERS
Continued From. Page One)

farm. Continued farm tenanancy
is a deplorable situation and yet
we continue to increase the num-
Der by adding 100000 each year,
said the Grange leader. This rate
of tenancy will decrease only when
a dollars worth of farm products
can be exchanged for a dollars
worth of farm products can be ex-
changed for a dollars worth OF
merchandise.
Caldwell further challenged the
teachers of agriculture to 6 v e
their assistance in influencing the
farm people to support the organ
izations that will lead them toward
independence and economic secur-
|ity as against the canger of cen
tralized power. He stated that ga
per cent of the farm implements,
Is per cent of the fertilizer, 80 per
cent of the dressed poultry, q per
cent of the prepared sausage, and
"a per cent of the cheese making
are each in the hands of four cor
operations at the present time. 1--WE
must know the needs Of agriculture
in order to give the maximum as
sistance through the existing farm
organizations, he stated in ON
clusion.
julie B. Warren, secretary of the
N.C.E.A. next on. the program to
COW that fhic c{ofn Sc CO 1o~rn1Vy
agricultural that we must place
our future emphasis on rural edu-
cation rather than urban educa-
ton, and in this way improve the
whole condition of our people and
promote rural leadership. Warren
assured the teachers of agriculture
that the North Carolina Education
association stands behind their ra-
pidly growing program of voca-
tiona1 education.
Future Farmers of America was
the order for business during the
morning when the annual budget
for this student fraternal organi-
cation was presented by r. ]. Peel
er, state executive secretary. Peel
err requested the teachers to dis
cuss the proposed budget with
their students before the state ON
vention scheduled for July 18th.
The following new members
were voted into the Ten Year club,
an organization fostered by teach
ers of ten years or more service
in the profession: D. G. Allison of
Black Mountain; E. P. Bass Of
Fair Bluff, G.. C. Bowden, of
Summerfield; B. J. Brady, of Long
Creek-Grady; A. G. Billiard, o f
Bethel Hill; H. A. Dining, of
Granite Quarry; E. T. Frisbie, of
Mills River; A. S. Johnson, of O.
dele; B. E. Keisler, of V alley
Springs; J. B. Leitchfield, of Jack
son; C. S. Long, of Newport; I. A.
Mclean, of Bethel; Frank Nc
Crary, of Colerain; C. B. Miller,
of Belhaven; T. H. Mills, of Wei
come; J. F. Lowell, of Cliffside;
K. E. Stokes, of Severn; H. l..
Davis, of Dana; E. L. Dillingham;,
OF BarnardSVllle; q. x. Savage, OF
Roseboro; H. E. Singletary, of Or
rum; W. R. Sutton, of Angler; A.
L. Vann, of Rich Square; and E.
K. Veach, of Scotland Neck. The
keys, furnished by the Barrett
company, were presented by the
president, George P. Blum.
State Supervisor Roy H. Thomas
was in charge of the program dur
ing the day and congratulated the
men on their splendid attendance
and cooperation.
This morning the men will divide
into their five respective district
sroup and will hold meetings under
the directions of their district super
visors before singing the swan song
of the conference at noon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
FLIES TO COMMAND

NEW YORK, June 7.-R-Rear
Admiral David Nc D. LIE Breton
headed for Lisbon, Portugal, aboard
the Atlantic clipper today to as
sumo command of a U. S. naval
squadron now stationed at that
neutral port.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
Effects Of Income Tax Boosts
Representation LevyG Group

proposed today by the house tax subcommHtee to raise fnnds er ne
iona defense are shown in these omparisons.
Salary or
Net Income proson+ ru
Married man with wife and child poso iA
$500 No.
a. 0O None None
s14 0o 1882
s2 400 va $1,0SO "a
Sino1e nerso, u.,. ,S,o35.4O $14,92744
Q, NJ "e peisoh "Hnou dependents:
$4,000 seaoo S242O
S12 800 sooW $3.50
So, 800 ~ $l,O876S
Corporations. %''4o4o $14,9344S
$1,000 ~ COX
$4,000 80 $7425O
$22 900 $ $2475
100000 $4114
$1,000 $4,000 600 ono
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-15

Dr.. Clcndcning will answer
questions Of genera. interest
only, and then only through
EMs column.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-15
By LOGAN CLENDENING, NJ. D..

THE FIRST and most important
element in the fight against cancer
is the progress and Improvement in
technical methods OF care The sec
ond great weapon is research. The
third is education Of the public AS
the first two claim new victories,
which they are every year doing,
education becomes more and more
important, because the cure Of can
GER is essentially the Individuals re-
sponSibility.
1t is a personal problem. It cam
not be checked or controlled by pub
lie health vigilance. It does not de-
pend upon any cnvironmcntal fac
ter, such as the purity Of wat-r, or
uncontaminated food, or quarantine
of affected individuals, which are
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-15
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

A. B.: "Would you please tell me
whether there is any merit in plac-
ing cloth wrung out of cold water
about the neck of child suffering
Il soft chest cold to relieve par
oxysms of coughing?" .T,a
Answer-Yes. The cold compress
IS recognized as u very valuable
method Of relief in chest infections
ard paroIy ms of coughing.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-15

: 80 - using -Hl B.ackWood
( nr-nriUn. and started the bid
....g with l-Spade, your partner
,ponci.Z with 3-Spades. what
&c You 10 .%ith each OF the above
hands?
With either Of the first two.
you have not enough above a
minimum. opening b:a to consider
in.IIlng siam. 50 merely bid
Spades. If ne invites slam with
st,.e Blackwood +-No Trun!?S. YOU
81 course !nust give the cOnren-
..onal answers. 5-ClubS. showing
nc aces; 5-DiamonGs. one: s.
Hearts. two: 5-Spades. three;
5-No Trumps. four If ne follows
your reply with 5-No Trumps. you
show TO kings with 6-Clubs. one
with 6-DiamoaGS. two with s.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-15

UitS, "i'" I'C!' SI.y through
i; s column.
f4E.- =
Iehapons IN other diseases and are
Epdar the management Of the public
health departments.
p4@ ste@'eS' e'e'i'cA! IN the good
l!Ehts tn"S We y, are having IN cancer
4 iE NAT Is e"'cu courageous lear.
uaseouS 1v@E consists III the
{ o@ermlhatlon 20 mac out about sus-
PNeus symptoms early, the nerve
up lace the fac,S and the Willingness
70 submit u treatment that will
hmlnate the Danger.
b., How It Is UcIned
lancer 11 cG,t ", , 5 nG,peI by educa-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-15
courageous Fear
in Fighting Cancer
The WatChwOro

cious time when real treatment
could be employed.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-15

EDITORS NOTE: DIR. Clcndening has
~ r"u pamphlets which cnn be obtained by
r"'.'' IL. Each pamphlet sells for 10 cents.
F.. amy one pamphlet desired. send III
''nts in coin. and sclf-addrcsscd envelope
niatnp"d with IL thrcc-ccnt stamp, TO Dr.
loan ClrndcninY. in care of this paper.
The pamphlets nrc: Three Weeks Reduc-
ing Diet, "lndigeition md Constipation
Reducing and Gaining. Infant Feed.
ing Instructions for the Treatment OF
Diabetes Feminine Hygiene" and The
Care Of the Hair und Skin.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-15


The WatchwOrd
Early diagnosis, early consultas
ton about suspicious matters, IS the
watchword of successful treatment.
1t is here, particularly, that the m"
dividual must be willing to aid.
The commonest forms Of curab!e
cancer can be easily recognized by
the person who has them. These are
cancer of the skin and of the breast.
In early stages skin cancer has
been proved to be durable in 80 per
cent of cases (when taken early)'
When taken late, it is durable IN
only 80 per cent of cases. Cancer OF
the breast is c.rable early in Is per
cent OF cases and in only 20 per cent
of cases when allowed 20 drift.
Consult your doctor at once about
any sore on the mouth, lip or tongue
that does not heal up in 10 days or
two weeks; about persistent white
areas on the tongue, especially IN
the case of smokers; any lump, lack
Of symmetry, persistent soreness OF
the breast or colored discharge from
the nipple; any irregular bleeding at
any time of life; any lump or sore on
the skin that does not heal in ten
days or two weeks; any mole, or
wart, or wen on the skin which de-
velops tenderness, changes in its
texture or begins to grow, and par
ticularly in elderly people of sandy
complexion, about any persistent
dry, scaly spots on the hands or face
which bleed when they are picked
and do not heal readily, but persls-
tcntly form scabs.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-15
r,,oou.s PURPOSE

aIyiAL siam conventions
81 - many believe. pri-
s-Iy . help you bid slams
.d.a g, T The cards. They are
,,lca yaluaple Us saving you from
sd u. slams which cannot be
made. Ina: IS especially true OF
lie S.al nWood convention devised
loy E..sley BIac:iwood. OF CiAcin-
rat. NAe.. used properly. it pro-
I>ec.s you from plenty Of unmak-
I'm slam. II anrsed It can cost
vrl Jlenty Of points.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-15
BARCLAY on BRIDGE

Hearts. three with o-Spades' 1oui
with 6-No Trunlps.
With No. 8, after your partners
spade jump. bid 4-No Trurlps. II
his answer shows three aces. ask
about kings with 5-No Trumps.
II he shows two aces. bid o.
Spades if you feel confident. and
SIGN off at 5-Spades if you don't.
Ii he shows only one. sign OFT at
5-Spades. With No. 4. if he shows
one ace. sign off at 5-Spades; If
two. bid 6-Spades; if three. bid
mo Trunps.
Don't use the Blackwood on
hands like Nos. 5 or 6. With No. 5
hint at slam with 5-Spades. put
ting it up to him to do as he
wishes. With No. 6. hint at slam
with an ace-showing cue bid
of 4-Clubs. If he bids 5-Diamonds.
as a shower Of that ace, bid s.
Spades: if 4-Hearts. sign off at
4-Spades; if 4-Spades. pass.
Tomorrow's Problem
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If West leads the spade 6
against South's 3-No Trumps,
North ducking. how can East
figure out his correct play to the
trick?
Evening star., 1940-01-31
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for Hen
ry," with Edward Everett Horton:
2:3o and $3.50 pm.
Keith's-"Abe Lincoln in Illinois" /"
screen version of the Robert Sher-
wood play: II am, ITO, 800, $50
and 8:45 pm.
Palace-"Gone With the Wind
mammoth screen version of the
novel: 9:45 am, 2:45 and 8 pm.
Earle "The Fighting 69th, "
through the World War with gun
and Cagney: II am, 1875, 4:20,
7:05 and 9:55 pm. Stage shows:
1885, 3:20, 6:10 and 8:55 pm.
Capitol-"Balalaika," Cossack gay
ETY. and Iona Massey: 10:45 am,
80, 400, 7:05 and 9:55 pm. Stage
shows: 12:40, $3.50, 6:15 and 9:05
pm.
Columbia &c Judge Hardy and
Son." more of Andy Hardy's trou-
bles: 11:35 am, lao, $40, 5:45,
7:45 and Gas pm.
Metropolitan British 1ntelli-
gence," melodrama of espionage:
11:40 am, lao, 3:45, $50, 7:50 and
9:55 pm.
Little-"Dr. Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde, /"
the academy award film version:
1880 an, lao, 3:45, 5:45, 7:50 and
9:55 pm. Carmen" with Charlie
Chaplin: II am, los, $40, $40,
tbs and 9:20 pm.
Trans-Lux-Newsa and shorts; con-
! tinuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1940-01-31
Mervyn LIE Roy Made Happy
Bv 'Wizard of o. Returns
Glad to Be Back to Directing, Too,
AS He Guides Vivien Leigh
In Waterloo Bridge
BY SHEnAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD,

Robert Taylor wearing phony mustache for his hore in Water
loo Bridge Vivien oder
But merely him better looking Taylor Leigh
railway
station Bombs dropping outside Viien
together
Evening star., 1940-01-31


is expected to clean a cool two mil
lion in profit. No wonder Mervyn
is happy!
Back to Mr.. Taylor. He, too, is
happy. This is the first good pic
ture I've had in a year." he tells
me, adding, I'm lucky to have
Vivien Leigh with me. She's the
biggest bet in Hollywood People
will come to see her who'd never
dream of wanting to see me-" Say,
Bob, there's such a thing as being
too modest. I inquire after Mrs.
Taylor and ask Bob to tell her how
much like her. How about me?
Dye like me?" he demands. "Yes."
"I'll tell her that, too," says Bob.
It's strictly platonic, Barbara!
Lillian Russell had four husbands,
but Alice Faye will only have two
in the movie of that title (real life
is sometimes too strong for the
moviesD. :. L arrive on the Lii
liam Russell" set just in time to see
Don Ameche kiss Miss Faye. The
scene is an elaborate, rather frou-
frou, bedroom. According to the
record Don is playing Miss Russelps
favorite husband. But this must
be near the end of the marriage be-
cause their kiss was extremely tepid.
Alice looks cute in wasp-waisted,
black velvet gown, her hair piled
high in a pompadour-the hair IS
partly her own, partly phony. I'D
be flattered if you said I looked like
Miss Russell" says Alice, who is
another modest movieite. Il wish
I were as popular as she was"
Alice continues. I'm those days star
actresses were really worshipped-
from a distance" (Not like today,
when the fans want to tear the
clothes of their favorite movie
stars.)
In the days of Lillian Russell
there was also no income tax. Com
pare these figures. Miss Russell at
the peak of her career earned $780,
900 year. There was no income tax
to pay no 10 per cent to an agent.
Miss Faye earned $4,000 in 1898.
OF this about $4,000 went for State
and Federal taxes plus $8,700 to her
agent and another S per cent to a
business manager. Why, it's hardly
worth while being a modern star!
Or Is it2
Another bedroom scene on the set
of His Tavorite Wife" with Cary
Grant Tin leopard-skin dressing
gown? and Gail Patrick Gin a satin
and feather ditto). Did say one
bedroom scene? The stage is posi-
lively Uttered with bedroom sets
of all types-twin beds and double
beds of every conceivable luxury.
But all is not well in the bedroom
set.
Cary has married Miss Patrick,
believing that his first wife, Irene
Dunno, Is dead. Immediately after
the ceremony with Gail he discovers
Irene is very much alive, and the
entire action of the movie deals
with Miss Patrick's attempt to be
wife In more than name and
Cary's determination to the con-
trary. (This is the reason for all
the aforementioned setso Cary
Evening star., 1940-01-31
Marion Venable
Directs Ballet

Since December, 1898, Marion Dur
brow Venable has been ballet mis-
tress of the Columbia Light Opera
Co. For Victor Herbert's "The Red
Mill" which will be presented Feb
ruary Is and is there have been
prepared some special waltz, ballet,
tap and modern dancing numbers
The speciality numbers will be IF
You Love But Me" and TN Old New
York"
The ballet girls taking part are:
Dolly Sebuetter, Mary Jane Scende-
ner, Fern Alburquist, Cyntheia Gal
lagher, Gerry Griffis, Rose Mary
Green, Frances Miller, Helen Fay
Smith.
"The Red Mill" will be presented
at the Roosevelt High School Feb
ruary Is and 16.
Evening star., 1940-01-31
Spies Lurk
In New Film
At the Met
Margaret Lindsay.
Star of British
Intelligence
BY HARRY MACARTHUR.

01AAASA~> SS0~SAAAv
The script writers, directors and
actors who collaborated on this pic
ture called British Intelligence"
which opened at the Metropolitan
yesterday, certainly followed the
popular conception Of the British
method. They muddled through.
They stayed in there pitching and
stuck to the very end. Whether or
not you can do the same depends
upon your capacity for enjoyment
Of melodramas Of espionage in
which every one seems to be en-
gagged in counter espionage and
counter counter espionage.
AS matter of fact British In
telligence" is not bad picture, at
least not>so terrible it will drive you
screaming and berserk into the
streets. It is just not a very good
picture. It Is concerned with the
efforts Of q country named Ger
many to find out during the last
war what is going on in British
official circles and with the efforts
Of the British to find out what the
German agents are finding out.
Boris Karlof Is German spy
disguised as French butler dis
guised as a British spy. Margaret
Evening star., 1940-01-31

OF CIlIlkS, very 1Tcdk CIIlIlSS, W.
Miss Manchester, for example,
loves the country, and not with one
Of these remote, platonic loves that
makes such cozy conversation before
q comfortable fireplace. On the
contrary, she wants to go out and
pet the country, breathe it deeply.
The fact that the country happens
to be inches deep in snow only
makes it that much more attrac-
tive.
Handiest country this department
knew when called upon to produce
some proved to be Margery Hen
bricks Normandy Farm. That
wasn't plain country but the fancy
kind with pigs, animals for which
Miss Manchester admits a deep
affinity. The fact that the pigs
were as inaccessible as a Finnish
objective to the Russian Army made
them only that much more attrac-
tive. No snowy waste could be un-
conquerable to Mr.. Laughton's wind
blown English wife when, at the
end Of it, lay pigs.
Hardly dressed for cross country
work, Miss Manchester improvised
exquisitely. Of came her high-heel
shoes and on went a pair of Miss
Hendricks galoshes. Of came her
hat and down, up and backward
came her auburn curls. Miss Lam
chester was ready then and the devil
take any one in the expedition who
was not. Northward she headed
through the almost knee-deep snow
with a zest which amounted to
downright abandon. For weeks,
well at least a couple of hours, Miss
Manchester played antelope across
the snow-swept wastes, scratched
the backs of Miss Hendricks pigs,
tried to think of the religion which
some one once told her about in