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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
NEW LEGION

Wilmington's American Legion post is as
sured of competent leadership under WILBUR
R. DosHER, whom it has elected commander.
Mr.. DosHER's sound judgment and aggressive
less have long been a Wilmington asset and
now that he is in the top post of the legion
it too will have reason to be thankful he could
find TIM among his many civic and official
duties to take on the burden of it's affairs.
Already there is indication of the spirit
which will dominate the legion here during his
commandership, in the announcement that his
legionaire becomes an active member of an
Americanism committee. Under present cir.
cumstances there is no more important task
for legionnaires. This is a day for dividing the
goats and the sheep, lest a dangerous fifth
column" form in our midst. Such a committee
of the whole as Mr.. DosHER proposes will be a
powerful weapon for its prevention or, If start
ed, its eradication.
1t is understood that the legion will be brok-
en- up into subcommittee under command of
experienced military officers, men who have
had actual experience under fire, whose cool
thinking and sure decisions will both prevent
any tendency toward snap-judgment and
create a true understanding of personal re.
sponsibility in the trying period ahead, in
which we know that if the Nazi menace draws
nearer to our shores there will be definite eft.
fort to infltrate our civic life and our indus.
tries with fifth column recruits waiting only a
signal from Berlin to sell us out, if it can be
done, as Poland, as Norway, Denmark and Hol
land were sold down the river"
These leaders will have the task of uniting
the legion membership and, hopefully, the
citizenry too, in an alert organization always
on the job to ~forestall any fifth column activi
ties and to suppress any inclination to over
step the bounds Of propriety and safe conduct
in that campaign.
The legion is to be congratulated upon its
choice of a new commander.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Nav 24-Thanksgiving Day
story: The poultry industry wants to talk turkey
cold turkey-to the Federal Surplus Commod-
tiles Corporation.
There are, it seems, some so, 200, 900 pounds of
turkey on ice in the Pacific Northwest that the
industry would be delighted to have distributed
to the poor-at a reasonable sum per pound.
But the FSCC, although it has 40.odd purchas-
able surplus products on it's buying list, isn't
the least bit interested.
The reason: These cold storage turkeys weigh
IS to % pounds. Basic requirements would be an
oven and a roasting pan of that size; then all
the filings for ~stuffing. side dishes and cram
berry sauce.
The FsCC may say Let them eat cake but
it'll never stoop to suggesting that they should
eat turkey.
Bad News for Capital Newsmen: There's a
move on foot to keep congress continually in
session until the 77th session in January. The
situation in Europe, and the feeling that con-
gress should be forever on guard against "any
contingency" without the delay of assembling
is responsible.
If congress should act to stay on deck, it would
be the first time in the memory of the Oldest
inhabitant that it has done Sc during an election
year. Back in 1888, the 50th congress stuck I'M
til October goth, three weeks before election.
Even in 1880, when the nation was cracking up
for Civil war, congress adjourned June rs, and
in 1854, on July 4.
But congress has-as usual-fOund a method,
During national conventions and state elections,
it can leave a special staff on duty, with the
gentlemen's understanding that no business will
be transacted until all the boys get back from
the ballot battles. This is what is. being sug-
gested in the cloakrooms for 1910.
Il
May Day Story-a little late, If you pick up
your radio telephone (dont ask me who has
'em) and hear some one screaming "May-day,"
get in touch with the FBI, Secret Service, Coast
Guard, "Mayday," according to one of my fed
eral communications commission informants,
means sos in anybodys language.
The distress call, 'Mayday", was adopted
as long ago as 1927 for all radioteephony.
1t has nothing whatever to do with May 1
and those labor parades. The word is a slight
corruption of the French "M'aider," mean
ing help me-" and was officially written
into international regulations in 1888. The
FEC warns that misuse of "Mayday" can
get you as much as $4,000 fine and a couple
of years in the hoosegow.
Trivia: A smartly dressed woman appeared
at the Federal Aeronautics authority offices tt
as ask where she could buy a %"airplane skele
ton." IT have the engine she explained
"all I want is the skeleton and some gasoline
The FEC has received for it's files an
nouncement, in a newspaper clipping, that
"W9CHD has become the bride OF
W2MSC." It's a society column item ABOUT
the n~uptials of a couple of radio amateurs
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
VOTE TODAY

How you vote or who for is your own affair
your right and privilege. This is not to ad-
wise you how to vote, but to urge that you
vote.
Your name on the registration books doesn't
mean a thing unless you use the opportunity
1t offers to have your say about the officials who
will serve you in public Office.
If you don't vote your registration is a use.
less gesture. The ballot is the citizens peace
time weapon for good government. The weap.
on is in your hands today. Use it as your
judgment and your conscience advise and
guide you. But use it.
1t is important that voters seek to avoid con
gestion at the polls, and even more important
that they familiarize themselves with the bal
lot before stamping it. The ballot is plain. II
you can read you will have no difficulty in
voting intelligently and easily.
So, voter, do your part as a good either
today. Exercise the suffrage your laws anl
your government have provided for you.
Vote as you think right-but vote.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
JUST A FEW DIMES

Wilmington's Red Cross chapter has been
asked to raise $4,000 for war refugee relief.
This was some time ago. By quiet effort here
tofore expended the contributions have been
so small it has become apparent that more
aggressive means be employed to achieve the
goal.
At a special meeting in the office of Mrs.
IDA B. SPE1DEN, executive secretary, on Thurs
day it was decided to conduct a special CAM
paign to consist of a dime solicitation, civic
club cooperation and social events to the end
that the city raise its quota in this humanitar-
ian project.
1t would be unfair to greet this campaign
with the view that we have need at home for
all our dimes and that we have no share in
Europe's sufferings. To be sure, we need our
dimes, but we would be unforgivably mean if
we refused to sacrifice a few for the relief of
the five million refugees fleeing before the
Nazi terror in Belgium and France. They were
peaceloving, hard-working citizens, doing moth
ing to provoke war. Now, they are victims of
H1TLER's greed. Their homes, their farms, their
businesses destroyed, they are wanderers on
the face OF the earth with no place of succor
ahead. And they are our fellow mortals. They
need our help.
It's not much that is asked. Just a few
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
American Liner Departs
To Return u. S. Refugees

NEW YORK, May 24-CP-With
searchlights trained on her Amer.
lean flags, the United States liner
President Roosevelt steamed toward
Ireland tonight on her second voyage
since the outbreak of the war to
bring back Americans seeking the
safety of their homeland.
Even as she started on her res
cue" mission, many Americans flee
ing the wal zone were stalled in
Italy because of postponement in the
sailing of Italian liners . While this
was seen as one of many indications
that Italy was preparing to enter
the war, Italian line officials in New
York said it was due probably to
traffic reasons" and stated that
their Conte Di Savoia was expected
to sail from here as scheduled to-
morrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
Hollywood Sights And Sounds
By Robin Coons-

~HOLLYWOOD-This is getting
monotonous. It's a pattern. Pris-
ella Lane is the latest to fit it.
Priscilla Lane, a success in pictur-
lures after a start as an orchestra
singer, has finally "arrived. "She
has turned down a role and been
suspended
This admits her to the large
company of other Warner "arri-
walls" headed by Bette Davis and
including James Cagney. Pat o.
Brien, Jane Bryan, Dick Powell,
Kay Francis, George Brent, Olivia
De Havilland, ETC., some of whom
are ex-Warnerites by now.
Miss De Havilland, after Gone
With the Wind" Immediately re-
jected her next proffered role and
took suspension. Difficulties settled,
she returned to work in Episode"
Although at peace and active,
Olivia was deemed by gentlemen
of the company to be playing a
grande dame act with them. Their
vengeance was swift and effective:
Olivia, who abhors camera cranes,
was induced to take a ride on one.
When the sitting-end of the crane
was high off the floor, Olivia was
left alone. The gentlemen suddenly
found business off the stage, and
walked out. Miss De Havilland,
was rescued some time later.
But this too is getting monoto-
nous. This too fits a pattern. The
gentlemen of the sets always have
means of coping with difficult"
players. Most effective, but less
picturesque than enforced crane
sitting, is silence. You simply ig-
more 'em, and they come around.
Still photographers, especially,
have found this system efficacious.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
POPPY DAY

Sharing interest with the primary election,
Poppy Day today is important because it gives
the people who are we'll and earning their
livelihood an opportunity to do something
for the large body of World war veterans
whose service left them incapacitated for
=; gainful employment.
The peoples offered on the streets, which
; are annually made by the invalid veterans,
are in truth a symbol of the battle now in
progress in Flanders, where WEYGAND is max.
ing heroic effort to cut the Nazi armies in two
and save not only France and England, but in
the last analysis America too. It is 20-odd years
since the last campaign in Flanders, but war
has lost none of its horror Since then. On
, the contrary, the battle now under way there
is more terrible, the carnage greater, and even
the stakes higher than when Germany last
tried for world supremacy.
These little peoples link today with a long
gone yesterday, and show perhaps as nothing
else could the sacrifice in economic usefulness
OF that yesterdays victims,-these men who
must continue in invalidism as long as life
lasts. The little that we can do for them
through the purchase of their peoples should
be willingly done.
The buying of peoples today should be a rite.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
Weiss, Others Lose
Appeals To Tribunal

NEW ORLEANS, May 24-O'-
Seymour Weiss, New Orleans n
New York hotel man and aide of the
late Huoy P. Long, and three others
today lost their appeal in the U. 5.
fifth circuit court of appeals from
convictions growing out OF the
double sale of hotel furniture to
Louisiana State university.
Weiss and Monte Hart, New Or
leans electrical contractor, were
given sentences of 80 months and
fines of $4,000 each, while Louis LIE
Sage and j. Emory Adams were SEN
fenced to a year and a day and fined
$1,000 each.
DR.. James Monroe Smith, a fifth
defendant who also was sentenced to
80 months and fined $4,000, did not
figure in today's appeal. Smith,
former president of the state univer'
sity, is serving an 8 to "a years sen
tenoe in the state penitentiary ano
will finish his federal term at the
expiration of the state sentence.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
sLoVE, coURTSHIP
AND MARRIAGE
After The Wedding
A Little Jealousy
Goes A Long Way
BY ERNEST r. AND GLADYS H.
GROVES
Noted Authorities on Marriage

1NOIcu hutLlOIAttS Ou wharfage
"Of course the man I am going
to marry is jealous" boasted one
engaged girl. Il wouldn't have
him if he wasn't"
A year later, as Mrs. j., she was
singing another song. bill won't
even let me have my girl friends
at the house, without throwing a
fit. he's so jealous. He doesn't
want me to think of anybody or
anything but him. I am fed up with
having to walk on eggshells, for
fear of hurting a husband who acts
like a 2-year-old. What can I do"
There is not much one can do to
cure a grown person of unreason-
able jealousy. If the jealous one
wants to be cured, he or she can
get help from a psychiatrist. This
is not likely to happen, for the
warped person will seldom admit
to being unreasonably jealous,
much less try to get over it.
Before marriage is the time to
recognize extreme jealousy in the
prospective mate, and to weigh the
chances of a happy married life
with such a one. A small amount
of jealousy is common in the early
stages of courtship, due to the I'M
certainty that is mixed with the in
tense emotional attachment. When
the two are sure of each other,
jealousy should vanish.
If it does not, one must suspect
that the Jealous person will get no
better, but rather worse, e r
marriage. The explanation prob
ably lies in a childhood made I'M
happy by a lack or an uncertainty
of affection. With an insure
foundation for the development OF
his love life, the jealous person
cannot accept ordinary proof of af-
lection, but is always afraid OF be-
ing cheated.
After the engagement n nat
urally tries to avoid giving cause
for jealousy. If, in spite OF this, it
occurs frequently, blazes intensely,
or lasts a long time, one may as
sumo that one is dealing with
chronic jealousy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25

Even difficult people like TO
have their pictures taken. 49,.
Grammar cycle: THE Sentence
George Brent, Virginia Bruce,
Richard Barthelmess, is now in
production; upcoming is The Let.
teri Bette Davis.
Blessed-event department: Flo,
rian, the horsey beauty, is about
to become a papa; the mother is
a mare owned by Robert Young,
the mating arranged as a gift to
Young by F~lorian's owner, Win
field R. Sheehan who produced
"Florian.". e.
Mischa Auer's enthusiasm for
cameras has gone to new Lengths,
Mischa designed a camera STUDIO
and dark rooms and instructed his
architect to build a house around
Sidelight on labor in Hollywood
Three technicians had jobs at War
ner's. One was released because
of insufficient work. The other two
went to the boss, asked that the
third be kept on, agreed to make
up the difference from their own
pay checks. All three are working
today, at one-third cuts. :. -,
Everybody who has ever trled
to rope in a movie actor for a
p e r appearance at cluU'
school, or church knows it is no
picnic, the demand being constant
and the supply being busy a
policeman undertook to proVlo7
movie talent for a scout plcnic'
and achieved the following remark
able results: James Stewart, MAJ,
P%endleton, Tom Neal, John CafloA
and alan Curtis showed up, pI@
Jane Withers, who is a Girl oC'i,
herself. The cop just aShe2
them to come.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
RULINGS ON VOTE
LAWS ANNOUNCED
Are Handed Down BY Al'"'
ney-G General Mcmillan on
Eve Of Primary

RALEIGH, May 24.-l'-A ~"
series of election law rulings W."
announced by Attorney Genera
Harry Mcmillan today, on 'H'
of the democratic and repuO
primary elections. He held 'H"'
The only persons eligible to ,,s
lister after the close of BOOKS
IL are persons becoming
old after that date. -.
A near relative may assist t., ~
many illiterate voters and
under the grandfather ciauSs az
physically disabled voters d ,r3
such = nerson also could assist OIL, ,
other voter who is not
fe, Townsbip constable, justice % %
the peace and cotton-welsns,i Ind
township offices, as d~istlns ,i5@rs.
from county offices and can ~ nd
for such township offices ar - e.
required to file statements nsrjc.
penses with the clerks Of sUp'
court. nj th
An assistant supervisor ,i.io1
WPA farm to market roads y, W., al.
would come under the Ha' 'anYs.
and nu1'e could not run for cons. .haa,.
No registered voter may af'
party affiliation for a pfl,ilas
the registration period CIV no csS
Absentee votes may NO. N
in a special liquor vail
person may register ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
Star-News Program

Consolidated 0tty-county Government
under ConncilM Manager Administrators
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
n Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Ehows.
Seaside Highpay from Wrightsoine
Beech to Bold Head Island.
Extension OF city Limits.
S5.Foot Cope Fear Riper channel, Dtd'
er Turning Basin, Nith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Poved River Road to Southport, via
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prod4o'
tlon through sus~tatnedyteld methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
motional Agency. supported BY one,
countrywide tdz.
Ehtpydrds and Drydock.
NEGRO Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina. developed aro1nd the
Community Hospttal.
adequate hospital facilities for 0hites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF ndtivs grape 0roto1n0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Aodern I%Hberculosis sanatortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
RELEASED

ATLANTA, May "a Up - An
elderly man who police said had a
heavy German accent and was
taken into custody on a telephone
tip was released today. He was held
for investigation after officers found
in his room at a boarding u
suspicious materials, including maps
of highways, railroads, sketches OF
downtown buildings, natural gas
lines and an outline of the Savannah
harbor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
1900 Will Be Dropped
From N. C.. WPA Rolls

RALEIGH, May "a Up State
WPA administrator C. c. McGinnis
said today 4,600 persons would be
dropped from the North Carolina re-
lief rolls during June. The cut, or
dered by Washington as a seasonal
reduction, will be from 10000 to 3d.
70n
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
CRUISERS BOMBED

BERLIN, May 24-tREThe Ger
man radio announced tonight that
two British cruisers had been
bombed by German air raiders in
the Narvik, Norway, region and
must be considered total ~losses.'
The announcement also said that
a ~battleship and another vessel
had been struck by bombs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25

Advance information of the ROAD
IS obtained by means of a scrolleo
road map that is synchronized
through a speedometer attachment
The map travels an inch a mile n
points out hazards points of interest
n gives distances,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25

You'd think the FEC had a
sense Of humor, but it hasn't The
notice was turned over to the
mar i'll charge of amateur sta
ton mergers"
Martin Dies, the Texas represen-
tative in charge of all those invest.
igations about un-American activi.
ties, has been accused of publicity
seeking. If true, he sure overlooked
a bet in the congressional directory.
His biography there says: Martin
Dies democrat, of Orange, Tex;
was elected to the 72nd and each
succeeding congress" Some drst-
termers got more space merely by
getting name, politics and home
town
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
SURROUNDED

LONDON, May a. Up Allied
forces in Norway have surrounded
800 Germans at Jernvattnet, five
miles north of Rombaksfjord, Elk
change Telegraph, British news
agency, reported tonight in a dis
patch from Stockholm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25
NEW CONSTRUCTION

RALEIGH, May 24-R-Building
construction in North Cardinals p
principal cities totaled $2,028,2 95 last
month, compared with s2,33S, 555 in
March and $2.854,799 in April, 1899.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25

dimes, Just attendance at such parties as tho
special committee appointed for the purpose
arranaes. Surely we cannot fail to participate in
the campaign without suffering a t"lnge OF
conscience.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25

TOP % THE MORNING
A little thing is q little thing, but 1aithfnI
ness in q little thing is q great thing.
DR.. Hudson Tailor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-25

NEXT: Jilt or Be Tilted.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

sideration Of Vice President Garner
for the presidential nomination,
Senator Sheppard said that during
the last 81 years-Garner's term OF
service in Congress and as Vice
President-"John Garner wrote into
the political history Of our country
q record Of public service which
signalized him as presidential ma
terial.
when the Democratic National
Convention was held In 1892 Garner
was strongly urged for the presi-
dency-a tribute to his achieve
ments in the public interest. When
a deadlock seemed imminent, he re-
leased his supporters in order to
make possible the nomination, of
Franklin D. Roosevelt-an evidence
Of his ability to work unselfishly
with his colleagues and associates.
During his seven years as Vice
President he has lifted that position
from place of virtual insignificance
to one of influence and power Sec
ond only to the presidency.
mo member of Congress has a
record more liberal than that of
John Garner. He was the author
Evening star., 1940-03-24

Of the first bill to provide for 4
graduated income tax, and thus In
troduced the theory Of taxation in
proportion to ability to pay. He was
the author Of the first bill to provide
. public works program ss q method
Of overcoming the depression.
His bill instttuting the first public
works projects included the taxes to
pay for those projects, because he
has always believed that 4 govern
ment should hive within its means.
Praises Consistency.
II there is one description that
1its John Nance Garner more closely
than any other II lies in the con-
sistency with which he has adhered
throughout his political life to the
principles Of q practical liberalism.
This liberalism has chartered a true
progressive course. unswerved by
momentary temptations toward the
right or the left.
Senator Sheppard said that Mr..
Garner Is well versed in foreign az
fairs. He served on the House For
eign Affairs Committee and during
the World War President Wilson
often went to him as q confidential
adviser on matters pertaining to the
enactment Of war legislation"
"Those Of us in the ranks Of Con-
gress who have striven to enact
the liberal program know how much
the wise counsel and courageous
leadership Of Mr.. Garner has been
responsible for the success achieved.
There have been times, OF course,
when Gamers influence was that
Of restraint, but his occasional ad-
vice to make haste slowly was the
result Of his devotion TO liberal OBJ
jectives, and of his desire to avoid
any error that might imperil them.
with his Unborn straightforward
ness and fearless candor he has an
nounced his candidacy without
Evening star., 1940-03-24

termers have been inclined to dis
count 1t in the past. Now that they
may be confronted with an actual
break with Farley. they seem to be
revising their ideas.
It looks Is though one Of two
things may happen in the near
future. Either strong efforts will be
made to bring about q closer under
standing and renewed harmony be-
tween the White House and Mr..
Farley, or there will be q break and
an effort to put forward for the
presidential nomination Attorney
General Jackson-another New
Yorker.
Resentment, on the part Of Mr..
Farley's friends because the Presi-
dent failed to repudiate for two
weeks reports that the Chief Execu-
tive had told a member of Congress
Mr.. Farley was not available for
the Democratic national ticket on
account Of his membership in the
Catholic church has not been wiped
out, 1t was said, by the Presidents
recent denial Of the reports.
In his plea for favorable con-