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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
Star-News Program

Consolidated Ctty-County Government
under CouncilM anager administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena TOR Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from WrtghtsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF CITY Limits.
s5.toot Cape Fear River channel. utd-
er Turning Basin, u4h ship lanes INTO
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south of Wilmington.
Paved Rtver Road to Southport, vo
Orton Plantation.
Developm emit OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustatned-yseld methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial n Resort Pro
motional Agency. supported BY me-.
countrywide toe.
%shipyards and DrydocE.
Negro Health Center TOR Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
ADEQUATE hospital facilities for sohites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Developm ent OF natioe grape 0roVtng
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Ednatortnn1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
Long-D Distance Phone y,
Charges Will Be ["

WASHINGTON, Narch H. lana
The price of long-distance leIeP
calls is coming down. oor,.
The federal commuhlcavio,. the
mission announced today '.'l o.,nh
American Telephone ana Te.es,' 4,
company had agreed to fe'a oIls Of
rates, commencing May l. u" ,aiesjon
APO miles or more. The coIln ano an.
estimated a saving of S0''0V'
nually to the public. .he con.
Decision to reduce rates f1rsnces
mission said, followed "coni5 negOu.
and negotiations WhleA
ated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
SWEDEN, NORWAY
PUSH PACT PLANS
Hambro Goes To Stockholm
To Discuss Political Back
ground Of Alliance

March Is ! -
Sweden and Norway moved swiftly
ahead today in their consideration
of a defensive alliance with Fia.apl
and concrete cooperation III tie l2.
building of their stricken LITTLE
neighbor.
C. J. Hambro, president Of the
Norwegian Storting Q~arl2u.5a',
reached Stockholm during tie cay
and informed quarters said he
would discuss the politica. sack
ground of the proposed tgi,po"e'
alliance.
Plans for swedish and Norwegian
assistance to Finland in her g!=1a'
tic rehabilitation task were dt'
vanced with the unofficial an
nouncement that Sweden W9id
lend a large number Of motor Discs
to help in the large-scale movement
of the Finnish population from
areas ceded to Russia and from III
terror towns.
Stockholm commentators praiIlr
ed the organization of a large scan
dmavian Labor corps to hep III
the reconstruction. Finland M4'
terial losses during the Wal |s.'
estimated by the Stockholm ne'@
paper Nya Dagligt AlIehanda at =
900. 0OO. 900 kronor (about }590VV.'
0O0.)
In Oslo, Norwegian Foreign Mn
lister Halvdar Koht said Nor"ay =
far had pledged only its wil'lnsA'''
to discuss the possibility OF a ae-'A'
sive alliance but that it mlsnt 'S
come advisable to give the scH'A'
earnest consideration"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
Man bout
Manhattan
BY George Tucker

NEW YORK, March 15-1t is in
teresting to watch John Barrymore
play to street crowds while pretend
ing to be unaware of their existence
AS you know. the day of the real
matinee idol in New York has long
since past. We haven't had one
since Leslie Howard was a young
man just over from London, in the
old Berkeley Square days, SO te
speak. But now and then some actor
takes the fancy, and when his pre-
sence is noised about a considerable
crowd gathers.
This year it's Barrymore again
just as it vas in the days of his
Greek.coin youth, and on any fair
matinee day you will see a couple
Of hundred people on the curb at
that iron-gated alley next to the
Belasco theater on 44th street. The
crowd knows that if 1t stands there
long enough it will see Barrymore
in street clothes.
This usually happens about 2:15
in the afternoon. A long black car
rolls up to the curb. Elaine Barrie,
his wife, a black.headed girl who is
nicer looking than her pictures, gets
out first and bolts up the alley, but
no n pays any attention to her.
Then John and his ,,anager get
out. He has a homburg at a sort
Of detected angle on his classic
brow. He has on a heavy, belted,
below-the-knees overcoat. His pants
could stand a pressing, but as he
only earns slightly less than $4,000
a week, the crowd doesn't hold this
against The Profile.
On these occasions Barrymore is
very gay and jovial. From his man
ner you would think that he and his
manager were all alone on a desert
ed street. But he suddenly thinks
Of something very funny to say. SO
he throws his arm around his man.
ayers shoulder and as they move
into the alley Barrymore makes ges.
lures with his free hand while con-
fiding some piece of intimate Cos
sip in a loud stage voice to his
friend. This pretense is maintained
until the stage door shuts them
from view and then Barrymore. for
all I knows, slumps down into a.
chair to rest.
Reason Well, that's the actor of
it. That's just a wee bit of stage
alley Hamlet that takes place every
matinee day in New York.
Exact whereabouts ~ Towel,
Thomas, office in Rockefeller Cen.
ter must be a deep secret u oonoes
in every day and gets on the eleva,
tors-and disappears. The elevator
boys are no help either. Ask them
where Thomas is and +hev Jaw.
VINO me? I dunno from nuthin."
They don't, neither.
we oon't know how # f. else.
"nere, around this neighbor.
hood the cut-rate dr,,a s+o.aa aran,+
any cheaper than the pharmaeys.
Iune 1or tube, the toothpastes and
shaving creams all have the same
price. Us, we use 4s.cert "e cr ss'
What do You use? '
rubber ean win bets by arguing that
aooer and wax aren't Tsed in
monograph records. Thew as sea AZ
ounce Of either in any reco ,rd GU
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
The Editors
BOX

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" endorse any article appear.
in this department. They repre-
sem e views of the individual
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warne that all communications
must contain the correct name
and address for our records,
though the ! Ger 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 or con.
troversial subjects will not be
published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
OTAT

Communism is war on earnings ana on saw
ings, as well as war on excellence M every
form, It's weapons are envy, hatred and malice.
DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler, president CO.
lumbia university.
We do not yet have full agricultural justice,
but we are much closer to 1t tnan we "ouie
have been without "
Agriculture Henry A. Wallace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
Hollywood
Hghts lind Sounds
Nv Robin Cooas.

NoAAA "oOb, NdICu Ut rec
hand portrait of Warner Baxter talk.
ing to himself:
This thing is getting me down.
I'm a ghost. I've been a ghost since
we finished the first 80 pages OF
this "Earthbound' script. I'm a
ghost that's always talking to peo-
pie who don't hear me The way this
Lucien Andriot has fixed things l
talk to people I don't see. Lucien's
fixed us movie ghosts. We used to
be photographed as transparent re-
Elections on plate glass Or through
double exposure. Now Lucien takes
us off the set entirely. The live peo-
pie get the breaks. They get 20 use
the sets. We ghosts live in a black
world apart. The camera reaches out
and puts US in the set, transparent,
on the screen-but here l am, now,
shunted aside.
I have to act as if I'm on the set
where I'll be in the picture, and ]
have to talk to other people in the
set-but I'm acting in front Of a
black backdrop, and I'm saying lines
to people I'm not looking at. I'm
talking into space. I can see what
they're doing because Lucien, my
friend, has put up a mirror. Ever try
acting a scene talking to people who
aren't there?
I suppose it's a great idea, Lu-
cien's. He has a prism that reaches
out and picks up me, the ghost, and
sets me down again on the celluloid
right beside the live pepole. Uses
one camera-the tricks in the
lenses. A great idea, but it's getting
me down.
I've become so accustomed to
ghost-talk that l can carry on a con-
%versation without looking at the per-
son I'm talking to. I'm looking away
from you, see, but we can talk right
on. It's a CHASTITY habit I've picked
UP. I go home at night and I kiss
my wife over here, see, when she's
standing over there.
A ghost? Time was, last year,
when I was so i'll I thought l was
a ghost. That's when ] talked about
retiring from pictures. Feel fine
now, so I mean to keep on working.
No more long-term contract, though.
I'll do just two pictures a year-one
for Uncle Sam, one for me. I'm Co
ing this one for Uncle Sam. Baxter
was a top money-earner in 1898, as
you may have read in the papers. So
he gets sick in the spring of '39, and
can't work-and he's got to do some
thing to- pay tax on that top money.
Sold all his stocks and bonds, aid
this picture will pay up the rest.
Not conplaining-I W it.
Quit" After 27 years in the lusi.
ness, I couldn't quit. But this mic.
ture winds up my contract. I want
to have something to a about NV
pictures after this. This script Is
fine-picture ought to be good. But
so, I think I've been around
long enough O deserve the courtesv
OF being consulted. Maybe I wouldn't
change anything, but I'd like to he
Why, even the hat 1 wear has
be okayed by Zanuck.
mink I'll practice my magic
aleat noooy, magic. A lot of people
think it's childish, but you've got to
something to take your mind
Off your work,
on' excuse me. Got to go into r,y
again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
SUGGESTS ACTION

SIS
The American Federation of
Labor suggested concerted &C.
ton by business, labor and con-
sumner groups to boost the ma
tional income to SIC, 600, 600, 900
by expanding production and n
ating 100000 jobs for idle
workers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16

1t is more than ever important for farmers
to have a government in Washington that is
looking out for their interests-not Just by ut.
terlng g%littering generalities, but by specific
policies and concrete action.-President Roose-
welt,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
TOBEY

TOBEY
President Roosevelt, without
mentioning names, accused Sen
ator Tobey R-NH of melting
the people to violate the laws by
refusing to answer census ques-
tions concerning income. Tobey
charged the President with using
Hitlerian tactics.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
NOT PERMANENT

Great Britain advised Ameri-
car business that her restric.
lions on imports of American
products were in no way intend
ed to divert British purchasing to
other markets permanently.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
TOP o. THE MORNING

The pathway OF desire is dlWays dangerous
that of duty dlWdyS safe.
REV. M. E. MELVIN, d..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
Capitals Day
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press
The senate debated the Hatch
"anti-politics' bill throughout tho
day in an effort to reach a final
vote, but finally recessed until
Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16
ENTERS PRIMARY

Vice President Garner entered
Oregon's democratic presidential
primary but passed up the race
in Ohio.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-16

the market today. The stuff is
mostly resin and shellac, wadded
into a biscuit and then spread out.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-15
French Senate
In Second Day
.OfWarDebate

Paris, March l5.-(AP)-As the
French senate gathered for sec
ond day OF secret debate on the al
lied war stretegy, former Premier
Leon Blum's newspaper lie Popu-
laire described the atmosphere IN
Paris as "a political crisis whose
consequences cannot be 2uaged'
Amid this feeling Of ten ion and
general press criticism which Tor
three hourr Yesterday bad PromIer
Deladier explaining to the senators
the French-British conduct of the
war, it appeared likely that the SEN
,,le wouiu reach vote tonight on
tho whole question of allied effec-
tiVencsS.
The debate covers French reac-
ton to the Russian-FinniSh peace,
regarded as diplomatic victory for
Germany.
The insistent demand of the press
is that the allies "find a battlefield
and make war" against Germany.
"In other words, says LIE Temps,
"abandon the present war OF siege
nOI CIV"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-15
Murder Trial
Pleas Made
Four Men Charged
With Clifton Snider
Murder Enter Nolo
Contendere Pleas

Beaufort, March l5.-(AP)-Sup-
erior Court Judge Luther Hamilton
ordered court to resume at 2:30 p.
m. today for pronouncing judgment
in the trial of four men on charges
growing out of the Staying last No
vcmber of Clifton Snider Of Winston
Salem.
The four-Kcnncth Chance, Need
ham Garner, J. B. Hudson, and R.
E. King-pleaded mono contendrc at
the conclusion Oh state testimony.
Most of the morning was spent in
testimony by the defendants.
The nolo contendere plea was Of
rered after the defendants had
pleaded not guilty at the start Of the
trial yesterday.
States witnesses testified con-
corning confessions which they said
were obtained from the men.
Hudson, King, and Garner toSh-
';~A 'Hday they had made no con-
fcsSion.
Defense testimony and argument
sought to show that the mon were
'.....',. - milo FROM a." not where
Snidcr was found and that he pre-
sumably was shot by someone else
and that one Of the group had fired
a gun at gIimmcr Of light that they
thought the eye of deer.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-15
Senate Clears Way For
Final Vote On Hatch Bill

restriction itself.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, Okla
homa, attacked the constitutionalty
Of the bill.
Another conGresEio controversy
that over inclusion of personal in
come questions in the census, had
the attention of President Roosevelt
today.
Although a cold prevented him
from holding his usual Friday morn
ing press conference, the Chief Exc
cutive sent word through his secre-
tary that he considered one senator
critical OF census procedure to be
advocating violation of the law. Sen
ator Tobey, Republican, New Hamp-
shire, has led the fight against the
income questions.
Senator Clark, Democrat, Idaho
introduced resolution to break off
diplomatic relations til Russia in
protest over the SovIet's successful
invasion Of Finland.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-15
British Trade
Restrictions
Temporary

Washington, March l5.-(AP)-,
Great Britain declared today that her
restrictions on imports Of certain
American products were solely war
measures and mot in any way in
tended to cause permanent diver
sion of trade"
The assertion was contained in d
formal statement Of Ambassador
Lord Lothian, issued by tho ErItisif
Embassy.
Secretary Hull at his pres CON-
ference a little later said that h" Va;
glad to be able TO say that discus
sions were continuing with repre-
sentatives of the British and French
governments to safeguard American
commercial interests.
Hull explained that total Ameri-
can exports to Great Britain despite
the restrictions on certain products
had greatly increased since wal
started.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-15
Yankee Club
On Market
Baseball's L e ading
Team Hawked in Wall
Street With $4,000
900 Price Tag

New York, March 15.-(AP)-
The New York Yankees, owned by
the heirs of Col. Jacob Rupert,
have been hawked in Wall Street
for some time with a S4,00C,000 price
tag, we'll informed financial circles
told the Associated Press today.
So far. however, these sources
said. the best offer has been S2,000,-
900 with financierS admitting they
might be willing to go trifle
higher for baseball's leading team.
1t was not indicated whether the
s2,00O.OOO was the price for just the
Yankees or the entire farm system
which some have evaluated as high
as S10.000,000 to Sl5,000,000.
Madison Square Garden Corp,
for one, is said to be interested in
the purchase of the club but has
made no definite offer s;2ce the
price is considered too high.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-15
Teachers In
Session Today

Raleigh, March l5--(AP)-- Tho'r-
ands of North Carolina school teach
ers discussed their problems at d.
visionaI meetings today after DR..
Dora V. Smith Of the University OF
Minnesota spoke on the part books
and libraries play in new education
programs. -,
About 1899 persons attended the
general session but il appeared that
there must have been 5000 or more
in the city.
Az a meeting of the urban educa-
ton group Dr.. Ralph Mcdonald OF
the University of North Carolina said
that city schools facilities in the
state were the worst in the nation
and urged a crusade to secure local
tax supplements for schools.
The rural education association
elected district vice-presidentS for
the first time They included: North
eastern district, Supt. D. II. Connolly
of Pitt county.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-15
Big Store Is
Implicated

New York, March l5.--(Ar)--
George Dietrich, brother Of the late
Philip Musica who as F. Donald
Coster headed the s87 900, SEQ whole
sale drug firm Of McKesson &. Rob-
bins, Inc, testified in federal court
today that R. H. Macy and Co. virtu-
ally was used in 1926 as a middle
man" between Giradd and Co. and
bootleggers.
Girard & Co. was tho concern
which Coster-M usica headed after
he left New York City under in
dictment. for subornation of per-
jury. The Girard company the gov
eminent has charged with diverting
products with a high alcoholic con-
tent.
Dietrich testified at the trial Of
five men indicted for mail fraud
and conspiracy.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-15
FmieDestroys
One Section
Of Building
Several Seriously In
iured Persons Not Ex-
pected to Live; Fire at
Cutlery Apartment
Discovered At About
2 a. m.

Charlotte, March l5.-(AP)- Fire
that destroyed section of the &C.
unit CUTLERY apartment here early
today brought death to seven per-
sons, four of them women, and m
iuries to seven others.
Several of the injured were not
expected to live.
The dead:
Mrs. Hazelle E. Martin.
Edward Martin, 2l-year old son
of Mrs. Martin.
Miss RJwena Dickinson, rs, daugh-
tor If Dr. E. T. Dickinson, of Wilson,
N. C.
Miss Lucy Walton, 43, native of
Morganton.
Mrs. Eta M. Eley, 80, native Of
Norfolk, Va.
H. Russell Eley, formerly of Nor
folk, Va, husband of Mrs. Eta M.
Eley.
Tommy Charity, l5-year old high
school student.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-15
BritainMeets
Three-Power
Trade
New Weapons A e
Brought Into Econo-
mic front Line AS Re-
ports Circulate Of Ger
manhattan Russian
Economic Bloc

London, March l3.--(APj--Grca!
Britain brought three new weapons
into her economic front line Today
TO meet the threat of German
Russ ian-ItaIian bloc aimed at cap
turing her trade.
t., euurt W.. intended 10 fortify
the British position in the econo-
mic struggle by increasing her re-
serves of foreign exchange for pur-
cnaoe o. war supplies, mobil!zing
the resources Of British and French
overseas emnircs, and driving Ger
man securities from Briti&h money
markets.
These measures conceded with re-
ports in Belgrade that Foreign Min
lister Joachim Won Ribbentrop OF
Germany had suggested to Italy for
nation OF a GernIan-1talian-Rus-
sian economic bloc with call small
states between these powers"
AS reported in Belgrade Won Rib
bentrop's proposal to the Italian gov
eminent would put Europe's small
Baltic, central and son eastern
states in the economic orbit of the
three totalitarian powers with whom
some already do most of their trad
ing.
Meanwhile, the London Daily
Mail said today that Prime Minister
Chamberlain would disclose secret
assurances made two months ago
to Norway and Sweden of allied sup
port if in giving help to Finland
they became involved in war with
Russia or Germany.
The newspaper said Chamberlain
would make the disclosure Tuesday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-15
Negro Gassed
At State Pen

Raleigh, March l5.-(AP)-Rob-
ert Williams, 20-year-old Negro,
sentenced in Cumberland county,
was gassed at state prison today for
the rape Of a white woman about
three times his age.
Williams, also known as Robert
McNair, had admitted his guilt. He
had done odd jobs around the home
of the woman he attacked, Mrs. w.
w. Billiard, and had no previous
criminal record, witnesses said.
The Negro entered the death
chamber at 1901, gas was started
at 1902 l-2, and he was pronounced
dead Is minutes later.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-15
Long Distance
Rates Reduced

Washington, March l5.-(AP)-
The federal communications commits
sion announced today that the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company had agreed to reduce long
distance telephone rates about S.
100000 annually.
The reduction will apply on calls
of 420 miles or more with sliding
scale Of increasing reductions rol
longer calls.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-15

Washington, March l5.--(AP)--
The Senate cleared the way today for
final passage OF legislation broaden
ing the Hatch anti-politics law by
refusing to return the legislation TO
committee for further study.
Senator Hatch, Democrat, New
Mexico, said that if the bill had been
recommitted ii would have been
dead for this session" The rccomit-
tai proposal was offered by Senator
Lucas. Democrat, Illinois.
1t was rejected 50 to 81.
Supporters of the broadening legis-
lation had won major test short
time before when the Senate ap-
proved Al to 80 key section for
bidding political activity by state
workers paid partly from federal
funds.
Previous efforts to modify the pro-
vision to permit voluntary" poll
teal activity had0failed. Today's was
the first direct Senate vote on the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-15
Finnish Army Begins
Retreat From Areas
Coded To Russians
Ahead of Soldiers,
100000 Dispossessed
Civilians Hurry From
ritory AS r e d
Army Marks Time
waiting Retreat.

90 ... March l5.-(AP)-The
49,. my logged through the
.... ..ay III tunGreal retreat be-
... lis withdrawal from the
...-. . 80 stubbornly defended in
.-.. -. ore half months of war,
.. ...,. nOW are coded 10 Soviet
,.... e tic soldiers there hur-
... $50 dISpOSSeSSed civilians.
e.. g.. yi'Si by automobile, wagon
-. r ~ on foot, herding their
......N before them and carrying
.., nat were the salvage of
h.. ~. property.
-..-. 10000 bring TO about +60,-
. rMber who must find new
i"lF-nNjilinp persons al
OH. &c refugees. but 10000 ~
..s from battered territories
.... inland retains and to which
..- . ae able to return.
i. r. ..e Red army held its posi-
.- .arNing time until Finnish
-..e fallen back the required
~ IN one day the Finnish
.....a. started at 10 a. m. along
-...e front in the southeast
.... = ;rom the Gulf of Finland
e.. G->tan frontier northeast OF
... ..1tgu.
~.. lire karelian iSthmuS and
-orth of Lake Ladoga must
. .a.ed by March Is.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-15
Sixteen Pay Fees To
State Board of Elec-
tons For Entry in May
rs Primary; Tomor-
row Is Last Day For
Filing.

Raleigh, March IS. (AP)-
Sixteen men filed today to enter the
May % primaries.
Dan TompkinS of Sylvia, a vete-
ran Democratic legislator, was more
or less surprise entry for lieuten-
ant-governor. He was known to
have been considering the race but
political circles here had been
doubtful he would file.
George NJ. Pritchard, Asheville,
Republican, became the third in his
party to file for the governorShip.
Six Democrats have filed for gov
ernOr and a seventh, Mayor Thomas
Cooper Of Wilmington. was in Ra-
leigh supposedly for the purpose of
filing.
Two republicans filed for the Of
flee of nt-governor-J. For
rest Witten Of Salisbury and H, B.
Leavitt of Asheville. J. NJ. Van
Hoy, Charlotte Republican, filed for
state auditor.
3. c. Russell of Wilmington, a
Republican, filed for commissioner
of labor.
Insurance Commissioner Dan c,
Boney naid his fec this morning. He
IS unopposed.
John w. Carfey Of Greensboro en-
cred the 9Th district Democratic
.nngre. Sional contest.
Waiter Murphy filed for the Dem
rcratic nomination for secretary OF
state.
John /. Phelps Of CrcdWclI filed
for the Republican nomination as
Insurance. commissioner.
Five Republican congressional
candidates. filed: Ezra Parker of
Benson in the 4th, Fred R. Keith of
st. Pauls, It'll; F. d. +. Harding, of
Yadkin%ile, 9th; Ernest M: Morgan
Of Charlotte, 10th; and Robert Frank
jarrett Of DillSborO, 18th. Earl f.
Donnahoc Of ASheville, Democratic
hacker Of the Townsend pension
plan, qualified for the congressional
race in the 18th.