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Evening star., 1940-06-26
German

SCIJuOH
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June 26.-The tert OF
todav's communtQue by the high
command.
Nc special event in the west.
In the course Of the night, June
26. our lighting planes successfully
bombarded several airports and air.
plane factories In central England.
Reports now received revealed that
on June "a bomb raid was under
taken against an enemy transport of
1000 tons of Bayonnet which re-
suited in big fires and an explosion.
A German submarine southwest of
Ireland torpedoed the armed Britisi,
steamer Saranac, $4,000 registered
tons, and an additional two armed
enemy merchant ships.
Two Of three British Bristol Blen-
helm planes which yesterday at
tempted to raid Stavanger airport
at Sola were shot down by our
Echasers. A third disappeared With
out attacking.
British airplane bombs dropped
during the night, June 26, in North
ern and Western Germany hit no
military targets and caused little
damage. So far as could be estab-
lished. four persons were killed.
British
LONDON June rs R.-The
AT Ministry issued the Jollo,Dino
cotns,unigue today:
During yesterday offensive patrols
were f1own by our fighters over
enemy airdromes near the French
coast. One Of our patrols encoun-
tered a much larger formation of
enemy fighters and shot down three
OF them without sustaining any loss.
r. A. r. bombers made a day-
light attack yesterday on the enemy
occupied airdrome at Waalhaven,
near Rotterdam, and returned
| safely
Early this morning our bombers
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Keep Your Own "Score"

This blank tally sheet printed for the convenience of those who m
the radio the baHohs necessary
Evening star., 1940-06-26

The Sun and Moon.
Evening star., 1940-06-26
Report for Last "a Hours.
Record for Last "a Hours

(Furuished BY United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1940-06-26

congressional reason for opposino
Willkie is fading into air.
Stop Willkie Move Stalls.
Mr.. Willkie and Mr.. Hoover seem
TO be OF one mind about aiding the
Allies by every legal means and
the stop -Willkie movement has not
yet begun to move. The clutch is
not working. This hiatus indicates
q Woeful shortage of leadership.
Why political leadership of the
nrst order is lacking here no one
knows exactly. But perhaps the fact
that the Republicans have been
seven years away from the polit-
ical crib. with insignificant congress
sioQal minorities, accounts for it.
The rather measley executive
leadership which fumbles with this
situation is reflected in the low
grade intellectual leadership which
started last week by raging at Stim-
son and Knox and burst into a skv-
rocket constellation of stupidity as
evidenced by the national commit :
tees isolationist Weekly Republican
newspaper that flooded the conven-
ton yesterday. The giant brain
that ragged when Knox and Stjr,son
were appointed is scintillating in
this anything to beat Willkie
broadside from the national COM
mittee which the delegates found
under their bedroom doors yester-
day afternoon.
Released By the North American
Newspaper Alliance, rnc.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
WORTH TRYING

JAMES A. FARLEY is an acknowledged as.
presidency. Whatever he says in public, there.
fore, must be viewed from a political angle.
But, without endorsing his candidacy, it is
permissible to believe that what he had to
say recently at a testimonial dinner in New
York, to which $500 democrats accepted in.
yitations, showed great common sense and
sound judgment.
The simple solution of the nations economic
problem, said Mr.. FARLEY, could be found in
harmonious action by leaders in industry,
Let them %acquaint themselves with their
problems. If they do, and are frank with each
other, l am confident a workable plan that
will fit in with the liberal economy of the
present day can be formulated"
Granting that it is the politicians and
aspiring candidates speaking; granting that
he aimed his remarks at certain groups in
the hope of gaining support among their mem
bers, the fact is still unchanged that the
course he offers them may contain the cure
suffering.
Heaven knows we have made little progress
during recent i~nharmonious years. Nothing
can possibly be gained by perpetuating the
defeatist policies of the past. A complete
turn-about, as he suggests, holds at least q
possibility Of improvement. 1t is eminently
worth trying. Harmony is always helpful.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
SPRUCING UP

DOETS have told US, and our own experience
L confirms il, that the eye is the WINDOW
of the soul In the same manner, our homes
are the key to our lives.
As the eye reveals our inner life, so the
home reflects our temporal being.
A neat home, therefore, one in which
owner or dweller has obvious pride, betokens
a neat life within, a life always striving for
better expression through environment.
For this kind of home there is no need
for encouragement to clean up, or paint up,
or fix up. That is going on all the time. But
in other homes, where the vision is not so
clear or the incentive so great, the present
annual appeal to freshen up, for the en-
richment OF the lives within and the solid
satisfaction that comes from Improvement, de-
serves especial emphasis.
II circumstances forbid general repairs or
extensive buying, good results may be OBJ
tanned even from the shifting of furniture
for the more artistic arrangement. Certainly
and back yards. And for owners whose houses
need repairs, the FLA is ready to lend a
hand if the personal bank account is insult.
ficient for the job.
incidentally, wide cooperation in the move
ment is economically worth while to the
community at large, as every outlay for
paint, garden tools, seeds, furniture, draperies
and the dozen other articles needed to carry
the campaign to fulfillment means just so
much more business for local merchants.
1t is no secret that everybody profits, in
one way or another, from every increase in
the city's business volume.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
HULL AND MILITARY EXPERTS
Durham Herald

How true it is we do not know, but the re.
Sumner Welles made his tour Of Europe) Sec
rectary of state Hull consulted the best mill.
tary authorities around Washington on the
probabilities of a German strike toward Scan.
dinavia. They all answered, so the story goes,
with facts, and charts, no need to worry about
that. It would give the Allies what they want.
ed, dissipate HitlerIs striking power, do a lot
Of other things the same sort and impossible
anyhow because Of the terarin. Secretary Hull
said to have listened attentively and ended it
all by disagreeing.
Well, the Germans are in Norway and the
story Is a good one because it detracts some
of the experiences Of experts and boosts Mr..
Hull. probably the inspiration Of the story.
The point, if any, is that Hitler is not play
ing the game by the rules taught by the mill,
tary teachers and, thus far at least, is doing
right well going against the counsel of his
own and the other fellows experts.
That probably proves nothing of Importance,
certainly not that Hitler is allwise and his ad-
visers decidedly stupid.
1t suggests, though, that the head man on
one side of this war is a gambler before he
is anything else and is sticking to the gamblers
principle Of winning by doing what the oppon-
ent least expects when he least expects. And,
Of course, the treachery angle fits in with the
gamblers leaning to crookedness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
FIFTEEN U LATE

A train loses Is minutes and in an effort
to make up the time an engineer takes a
six per cent curve at nearly go miles an
hour. He should have reduced the speed to As
miles an hour. Result: 30 passengers die.
1t is of course impossible now to know the
contributory causes of the terrible wreck of
the New York Centrals Lake Shore limited,
but from information available this seems to
account for it.
The Lake Shore limited is among the coun.
try's finest and, until now, safest trains. 1t
was the boast of the New York Central man.
agement that every known hazard had been
eliminated and passengers might ride 1t as
safely as if rocking before a fireplace In
their own homes.
But 1t had not eliminated the human equa.
tion. The chance that an operative, seeking
to overcome some obstacle-in this case a
broken schedule-that the uniform service
might be maintained, was always present.
The irony of 1t is that great loss of life
should result from an engineers wish to
prevent irregularity in the service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
Chain Stores Modern
Methods Draw Praise

WASHINGTON, April %. .|
Chain grocery stores were CREDITED ny
witnesses today before a coh2F-s'
sional committee with initiating u"
frigeration and sanitary pacN!h-'
handling and displaying of goods "'
retail outlets.
For the first time since a mouse
ways and means subcommittee ot-
gan consideration three weeks ~
of the Patman bill to levy spee''-
taxes on chains. women appeared do
witnesses. One of them, Mrs. Gusy''
Ketterer, chairman of the PDllao'
phia consumers advisory couH-''
told the committee:
1.-THE consumers realize the t'''
tributions and benefits OF CII''"
stores to public welfare, KNOWN
that these stores pioneered III ~
frigeration ard sanitation Tor '"'
protection Of public health aIu
health qualities Of toou'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
TWO MEN KILLED
IN PLANE CRASH
Reserve Officer, Enlisted Man
Die When Craft Falls
At Athens, Ga.

ATHENS, Ga, April 22,-R-aG
air corps reserve officer and an army
enlisted man died today in the fam
ing wreckage of their plane which
crashed in a wooded area adjacent
to the Athens municipal airport.
The dead We're Major George A.
Wigs, an inspector for the civil
aeronautics authority, and Private
Hal B. Clinkscale of ThomasviLle,
Ca, who was attached to the air
corps unit at Gambler field, Atlanta
The men were on a routine train
ing flight from Atlanta to Macon
Ga, via Athens, and were preparing
to land here when the plane fell
After shearing off several tree tops,
the craft burst into flames and a
rescue crew was unable to aid me
filters.
Major Wigs vas a naive Of Wins
low, Ind, attending school at SUR
geon, Ind, and at Indiana State cell
lege. He was a World War veteran,
and spent eight years in the army
air corps, some time training as q
student and Transforming pilot
He Joined the aeronautics brancA
of the department of commerce III
1929, which later became the CIVIL
oorono,,ticc authority
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

ought to occupy the party above all other
matters. If the party is split over d pie''
Dental choice how can there be harmony oh
the ~governorship? 49,
The futility of it is emphasized oy 'ne
fact that the state primary Will come We'll
in advance of the party's national con'en'
ton. There is no need to confuse the ."o
now. There will be ample time AFTER Tue
urinary to take up and settle what the state
will, do about the presidential nominee.
That the HULL-RoosEvELT controversy nas
been allowed to come up shows d sau 1oeA
of party planning and leadership.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
AN r SPEECH

President RoosEvELT's address from Warm
Springs to young democrats was an adroit
appeal for a third term for the New Deal
while avoiding a hint that he would welcome
a. third term himself.
He asked that his party select a liberal
pair Of candidates, running on a liberal and
forward-looking platform. He asked the peo-
pie to support a government Of proven liberal
action" instead of taking a long chance
with a party historically founded on con-
servatism."
In light Of present methods employed by
political orators, it was a knock-down and
drag-out speech. But in no word did he hint
that he was the man to lead the party to
another victory or the standard bearer fol-
the party to gather round.
Thus the third-term issue is just where il
was when the wise men of Washington begar
to send up straws to see which way the DO
1itical wind slanted. The nation today know
no more of the Presidents personal view
on a third term than it did before.
And the nation, as a result, will go on max
ing up it's individual minds as merrily as i
has been doing these many months. Which
in view Of the troubled foreign situation ant
its complications for America, may be jus
as we'll. Certainly it is better for us to hav'
foreign powers deal with a president thai
with a candidate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
WHY NOT WILMINGTON
Fayetteville Observer

Two commodities, petroleum products and
fertilizer materials, constitute approximately
rs per cent of the more than two million tons
Of freight which move annually through the
port of Wilmington and the percentage, not
the volume, is a source Of considerable con,
Germ to the good people Of that city.
Pertinently The Wilmington Star points out
that the port Of Wilmington could handle just
as easily as petroleum and fertilizers, such
commodities as tobacco, cotton, textiles, paper
and furniture.
"They could be had in great volume for the
asking" declares The Star, "once warehouses
adapted to their needs were built"
Well, why not build them?
It the State of North Carolina built a whole
port for Morehead City we can see no very
good reason why it should not build one little
warehouse for Wilmington.
North Carolina needs to realize that ii
has at Wilmington a veritable gold mine il
It would only work it instead of spending
thousands of the taxpayers dollars trying tc
establish substitutes somewhere else.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
WPA IN A FIX

The situation in WPA funds is battling.
the WOODRUFF amendment, to stretch the
money now available out to the end OF the
fiscal year. This will require the discharge
of many workers.
Senator PEPPER of Florida claims a dozen
of his associates in the senate have Joined
him in an effort to get additional funds with
which to carry the present ~payrolls over to
the years end at the present level and so
obviate the necessity Of cutting down the en-
ployes. His crusade would seem futile. There
Is little possibility that congress will ap-
pfoprlate the money needed.
The WPA therefore appears to face a din
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
Hollywood Sights And Sounds
BY Robin Coons-

HOLLYWOOD, April %. "Star-
dust" ~Screenplay by Robert Ellis
and Helen Logan, from story by
Jesse Malo, Kenneth Earl and Ivan
Hahn. Directed by Walter Lang.
Principals: Linda Darnell, John
Payne, Roland Young, Charlotte
Greenwood, William Gargan, Mary
Beth Hughes, Mary Healy, Donald
Meek, Harry Green, Jessie Ralph.
"Stardust" is a bright and in
gratiating piece about the youthful
quest for fame in Hollywood, in par
ticular about a couple Of youngsters
played by Darnell and Payne. With
Mary Healy, the romantic leads are
discoveries of a studio talent
scout who brings them to Holly
wood for screen tests.
AS a picture of the processes sur
rounding such tests, talent scouting
in general and the idio-syncracies of
movieland, "Stardust' would hold
interest for all the screen-struck.
Adorned as it is with humor. with
good performances and amusing sit
uations and lines, the picture should
provide a pleasant time also for
those whose interest in FINLAND is
more impersonal.
"a Star is Born" hit of a few
seasons ago, explored the industry
with a more serious eye. "Stardust"
focuses it's beams on the comedy
angles, few of which e neglects.
Like Miss Darrell in real life, the
heroine is rejected temporarily, only
to click later. In the film, her re-
lection is the result Of favoritism by
a low casting director (Meek), and
her triumph ONE from the kindly
offices of the talent coach Green
woody and the talent scout (Young).
Gargan plays a Z~anuck-like pro-
Queer with vim, and young Payne,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
Star.News Program

Consolidated Ct~ty-County Government
under CouncilManoger Administration
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena tor Sports and Industrial
ShoUs.
Seaside Htghpay from WrightsvtHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Entension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, ~td'
er Turning Basin, NTH ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern oonN
south Of Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, Ota
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through s~ustatned-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
national Agency. supported BY one.
Countrywide tdr.
Shipyards and DrydocE.
Negro Health Center tor Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital facilities TOR whttes'
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse TOR Export Buyers.
Deuelopment of native grape 0roWlng
throuqhout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis sdndtortnm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
A FUTILE CONTROVERSY

The national contest for a presidential
nominee promises to overshadow the race
for governor in North Carolina, if present
indications are a true gauge.
Governor HoEY wants HULL, even after the
secretary of state says he doesn't want to
be wanted. Other good democrats want RoosE.
WELT again. Their boom for ROOSEVELT is kept
persistently before the voters.
It's a foolish fight and cannot affect the
national situation. But it shows how the
democratic house in North Carolina is divided
against itself. And such a division is a great
pity.
North Carolina has a big job on its hands
at home-the selection of a governor. That
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
Man bout

By George Tucker

NEW YORK, April 22.-The
highest paid woman in radio-if you
are interested in mundane infor-
mation-is Kate Smith Of Broad
way and Lake Placid, who conducts
an hours broadcast n evening
each week and a 15-minute chat
at noon five days every week.
IT is believed her current three
year contract calls for more than
s3, 200, 900.
This is the contract with the
famous "war'' clause. 1t is SO
drawn up that it can not be broken
unless the U. S. becomes engaged
in a. war Tor a period in excess of
five years.
If you go up to 1920 Broadway
and ride the elevator to the top
you will find a door with the word
"Kated' in black, square letters
on the door. Miss Smiths mana
ger and representative is Ted Col
Inns. Kate and Ted have incorpor.
ated. They own shows together,
they make investments together. 1t
is said there is no contract between
them.
They own part Of an island in
Lake Placid on which are five
buildings, two boat houses and a
number of speed boats. There Kate
Smith spends her summers, swim.
ming and aquaplaning.
On May 1, Kate Smith will be
81 years old. 1t was just nine years
ago, on her birthday, that she be-
gan her ~broadcasting career. Pre-.
vious to this she was merely a
lonesome girl, not very happy, sing.
ing in a Broadway show and work.
ing with comedians whose jokes
annoyed and distressed her. Collins
heard her sing and came around
her in making a number of record
ings for a photograph company.
Thus began their partnership.
In many ways Miss Smiths ca
reer borders on the phenomenal,
because she is the only woman in
the entire history of radio who is
given the sole sway over a full
hours entertainment. No h e r
woman ever reached as many PEG.
pie as she has, and no other woman
ever made as much money.
And yet, with all her success and
with all the material comforts her
earnings have brought her my
guess is that even now Kate Smiths
life is, well less than joyous. No
such a thing to me. 1 base this on
a scrutiny of magazines and pa
pers through the last eight or nine
years, and on years of listening to
Broadway conversations which, to
my knowledge, have included every
celebrity 1 ever heard of-except
Kate Smith.
Not once have I seen her in a
theater or a ~nightclub. Miss Smith
is not an easy person to see. But
once you are past the lions at the
door, she is a wholesome, hearty,
even gusty talker. Her voice booms
with enthusiasm, and she will dis
cuss fishing or basketball or any
thing else you may car to bring
up. Right now the thing that in
~terests her most is getting back to
that island in Lake Placid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

"scoffs at him during a campaign,
votes for him at election"
In his fight for the senate job, he
beat colorful, glad-handing Judge
Arthur Day for the nomination and,
in the election, bumped New Deal
blessed Robert j. Buckley off the
track. Taft's weapons: 6O0.odd
speeches, a reputation for integrity,
j. constantly colorless r%eiteration of
his theories of government, and
the assistance of Mrs. Taft.
Unlike many politicians, Senator
Taft writes all his own speeches,
mostly from notes stuffed Into his
pockets whenever an idea occurs
to him. In his campaigning. he
travels without a retinue, consults
no one about what he is going to
say, drives his press department.
frantic by failing to give them a
transcript of his speeches more
than an hour before they are made,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
Wilmington Insurance
Staff Wins Havana Trip

The Wilmington staff of the Life
and Casualty Insurance company
was victorious in a contest held by
the company to select delegates tc
a double convention and pleasure
trim to be held in Havana, Cuba, it
was announced yesterday.
Local employees of the company
are: G.. A. Smith, superintendent
who is now observing his oath year
with the company, y. c. Jackson, T.
NJ. Philip, L. M. Durant and X. H.
Benton. .
The boat for the convention Will
leave from Tampa, Fla, on May IL.
The winners were selected by viz
tue of a 10 per cent gain in business
over the figure for the 20 preceding
wears.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

cult decision. 1t must either discharge men,
estimated variously from 100000 to 600, 900,
to continue it's program on a curtailed scale
until the fiscal years closes, or keep its
present forces as long as the money lasts
and then fold up for the balance of the year,
WPA workers will be in a bad fix under
either policy. And unless Senator PEPPER has
discovered something new in the way Of
plucking appropriations out Of clear air, he
will not be able to better things.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
Improvement In N. {.
Hog Prices Reported

RALEIGH, April %. - O) - Hog
prices have improved substantially
during the last two weeks VIII
gains of 80 cents a 100 pounds OF
North Carolina markets, A. B. Har-
less of the state department OF agrl'
culture said today.
Closing tops today were S5.75 in
Rocky Mount and Kinston; Sc In
Richmond, Va, 500 in Florence,
S. c.; $6.25 in Chicago; and $50 in
Baltimore, Md.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23

tension n t O the
m i d die ear, the
mastoid proce S s.
or extend d o w n
the larry n anG
t ra c h e a to the
lungs a u S i n e
bron C h i t i s and
even pneumonia.
The SOC a lie &
&C O On O n cold.
may be C a u S e d
by a number OF
different org a n
isms or by a fill,
terable virus. The
symptoms are well
known. h + it is
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-23
TOP o. IHE

The Christian life is not q trtling matter.
1t is not something in which ne can indulge
our selfish UhimS Or impulses; not some
thing ne can play with, picking up and drop
ping at UiH as q Kitten plays With q ball. 1t
as O. serious business and 1T calls for all the
seriousness Of uhich ire are capable.
-PELL.