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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-06
SPEAKS
AT ROTARY MEET
Club Praises DR.. Moore For
Greenfield Park Beauti-
ficatiOn Program

The need for men Of intelligence
and solidity to do their duty by ser--
ing on juries was emphasized in an
address by Jack @. LeGrand, state
legislator and Wilmington attorney,
at the luncheon meeting Of the Will
mington Rotary club yesterday at
the Cape Fear hotel.
At the conclusion Of his address
LeGrand, who spoke under the
auspices Of the Junior Bar confer
ence of the American Bar associa'
ton, was introduced by John c.
VESSEL, Jr.
He pointed to jury trial as the
cornerstone of democracy through
which personal freedom and prop
erty rights are secured and said
that unless intelligent men can be
had for jury duty, this cornerstone
is imperilled.
A juror, he pointed out, is the
only officer Of a court who is actual
~ Tree, 1lOL Utl1lS DOulu Ny I1S
ballot box and not possibly being
controlled by any organized major
'ity.
At the conclusion of his address
Roger Moore, a member of the
club, arose to comment that the
greatest criticism which business
men have concerning the jury sys-
TEN and the courts today is that,
when summoned to serve, they can
never get on a jury. THE lawyers
don't want such men because they
can think for themselves and will
not be swayed by the arguments
and articles of lawyers" he said.
The club paid tribute to DR.. Hous'
ton Moore, chairman Of the Green
field Park Identification committee,
which is rapidly making a portion
Of lakeside drive an eye'fllling aza.
lea garden.
Harry McGirt was welcomed as
a new member of the club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-06
ADVERTISEMENT
IS EPILEPSY INHERlTED?
WHAT CAUSES IT.

A booklet containing the opinions Of fam
os doctors On this interesting subject will
Be sent FREE. while they last. to any reader
writing to ire Educational Division. 535
Fifth Ave.. New York. N. Y. Dspt. M-921
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-06
REGULATIONS For n. C.. Officers
Pension Fund Adopted By Board

mast service. Members joining aft
err January 1 will receive no bene-
fits for past service.
No peace officer will be eligible
for retirement benefits until five
wears from the date he joins the
fund, and any who withdraw Will
be refunded their payments in full.
The retirement feature begins
~operation next July l.
George Ross Pou, state auditor
and chairman of the funds board.
said approximately $500 officers
were eligible-including city police,
sheriffs, deputies, state highway
patrolmen, township c%onstables,
prison camp supervisors, guards and
stewards, and members of the state
bureau of investigation.
The fund already has about $780,
600, accumulated from the so cents
it receives from the 81 which has
been added to costs in each criminal
conviction. The other SO cents goes
to the SBI.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-06

RALEIGH, March 5.-R-Mem
bers of the Law Enforcement Off
GERS Benefit and Retirement fund
will be eligible to retire after 20
wears of service and will receive
benefits based on a percentage Of
their total pay, the board of COM
missioners for the fund decided to-
day.
The commissioners said it would
be impossible now to determine
what percentage would be paid pen
sioners but that after a year or IL
months Of operation, the board
would report the amount of bene-
fits.
The board also adopted other
regulations for the fund, including
provisions that:
Each member will pay three per
cent Of his wages beginning next
July /.
Members joining before January
1 may pay back dues from July 1
and will be eligible for benefits for
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-06
British Prisoners Taken
In Raid On West Front

WITH THE BRITISH ExPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE IN FRANCE,
March S. Up - British prisoners
were captured in a German raid
on a British front line outpost. a
British general headquarters COM
munique said today.
The communique said the raid
took place this morning against
a post in the British front line and
the enemy succeeded in capturing
some prisoners.
1.-THE post was recaptured and
the enemy retired, leaving one
dead. Two British soldiers were
killed and one wounded"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-06
WHICH JAIL?

MIAMI, Fla, March 5.-(R-
A live rat, suspended from an
improvised parachute, floated
down to q tenth story ledge of
the courthouse.
Attached to the confused rO-
dent was a penciled note saying:
"This Jail is full of rats!'
Okay so far. But the ingenious
complainer failed to say which
Jail he was in. The city Jail is
located on the 10th and 18th
floors, the county Jail On the
goth to gath. Officials in each
Jail insisted their premises were
rat-free but limited darkly about
conditions in the other.
A suggestion that the rat be
released and followed home came
too late. He had been liquidated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-06
Priesthood Examinations
Urged Here By Elliot

DR.. A. H. Elliot, city-county health
officer, yesterday requested that
parents Of children who plan to enter
the public schools for the first time
next fall take them to the general
dental and physical examinations
in the pre-school clinics which OPEN
ed this week.
The first Of the March and April
%pre-school clinics was held yester-
day at the Cornelius Harnett school.
The next clinic will be held at 2
o'clock Friday afternoon at the
Hemenway school.
Parents, children, the dentist,
physician, nurse, and health board
representative are asked to meet
promptly at the designated hour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-06
First Aid Course Is
Started At High School

A standard first aid course for
boys was started Monday at the
New Hanover High school under
the direction of Roland J. Divine.
Forty-seven boys r enrolled for
the course which will require %
days Of classes daily from Monday
through Friday or 20 hours Of &C.
tual instruction. When the class for
boys is concluded, a first aid course
for girls will be started.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-06

en-. T.. E. Moore, ]. C. Rourk, L. E.
Skies, L. A. league, R. H: Williams,
w K. Rhodes, C. H. Casteen, l..
B. Rourk, E. J. Hale, G. c. VIM,
T. l.. Jackson, B. J. Dillon, H. B.
Hewett and J. C. Long, Jr.
This brings to 21 the number Of
men on the force who hold these
permits.
Ten other officers will take the
examination in the near future, it
was announced.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-06
Schedule Of Home Club
Meetings Is Announced

Miss Ann Mason, home demon.
stration agent, announced yesterday
a schedule of home demonstration
club meetings in New Hanover
county this week.
Today, South Wilmington, at 3
o'clock at the clubhouse; and
Castle Hayne at 8 o'clock at the
clubhouse; Thursday, Carolina
Beach at ESQ o'clock; and Friday,
South Wilmington All club at 3:45
o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-06
Radiotelephone Permits
Received By Officers

Sixteen members Of the city police
department yesterday received re-
etricted radiolelephone permits from
the Federal Communications CON-
mission, permitting them to operate
any portable-mobile radio station.
Those passing the examination
we're: E. F. Bradshaw, ]. H. Good
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-06
EXPANSION

GREENSBORO, March 5.-R-
Contracts for the expansion of their
plant at Vinton, Va, providing for
an additional 10000 feet of floor
space were announced today by Of.
ficials of the Burlington Mills Cor
poration with main offices here.
Construction work, which is expect.
ed to be completed within about a
two months period, will be done by
D. F. Parrot, Of Roanoke, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-06

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a muscle. You insure yourself
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- the MoneI tank is entirely
Evening star., 1940-08-02

A tempting assort-
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Evening star., 1940-08-02

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keeps other food odors out.
A real food-saver and
a hot weather necessity.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
16-Inch Sturdy Black

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Evening star., 1940-08-02

A GREAT BIG VALUE in a
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long handle is detachable,
so the brush with canvas
back strap can be used
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Evening star., 1940-12-10

Ten months ago Virginia Lewis,
Philadelphia colored girl, was work.
ing as a nursemaid. She had done
housework and whatever other jobs
she could get.
Yesterday she sang at the White
House.
Back of this brief, amazing transi-
tion, which Virginia herself still is
too dazed to realize, quite, is the
story of a glorious voice and its dis
covery by those who not only appre-
ciated it, but were able to do some
thing about it.
Virginia had sung few times in
public, but never had dreamed OF a
career as a singer until she came to
the notice of Samuel R. Rosenbaum,
president of Philauelphias famous
Robin Hood Dell summer concerts
and vice president of the Philadel-
phia Orchestra Association. Mr..
Rosenbaum was one of the first to
recognize the phenomenal vocal
gifts of Marian Anderson-16 years
ago when this now famed colored
contralto was unknown.
Singers Old Friends.
It was at the home of Miss Ellen
Winsor, socially prominent Phila-
delphia music patron, that Mr.. Ro-
senbaum first heard Miss Anderson.
And it was at Miss Winsor's home,
only last June, that he heard Vir-
ginia Lewis. Somebody had told
Miss Winsor about a new colored
singer. Virginia had known Marian
Anderson since girlhood. They had
lived in the same neighborhood.
Mr.. Rosenbaum was so impressed
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Two Enemy Merchantmen
Sunk, Germans Announce

BERLIN, Dec. 10 (P).-The high
command credited German SUBJ
marine today with sinking two
armed British merchantmen totaling
14,5OO tons and reported that Nazi
surface warship, operating over
seas had increased its toll of Brit
ish and Allied shipping to more than
100000 tons.
The announcement did not speci-
~ where the newest sinkings took
place and identified the surface
raider as "a warship of whose activ-
ity partial account already has
been given"
A skirmish between a German
submarine and the 1,337-ton Cana
dian destroyer Saguenay in the At
lantic, in which the destroyer was
torpedoed, was reported by DNB,
Official German news agency. 1t
said the Saguenay had to be toWed
to port for repairs which would re-
ouire several months.
Canadian naval service head
quarters at Ottawa acknowledged
the Saguenay had been torpedoed
and had put into port for repairs
with 81 of her crew missing and
18 woundedD
The successes scored by the sub
marine in the communique brought
to 5000 tons the total amount of
shipping space accounted for by
this craft, the high command said.
Unfavorable weather, the COM
munique declared, restricted Ger
man aerial activity yesterday largely
to armed reconnaissance flights"
British air raiders were said to
have dropped number Of explo-
sive and incendiary bombs over oc-
cupied regions and Northern Ger
many in the night, but damage was
described as immaterial.
The Germans acknowledged the
loss of three planes in the mon
ster" air raid on London Sunday
night.
Previously British air raiders were
said by informed sources to have
attempted to fly over Germany in
the night, but were quickly re-
pulsed.
Evening star., 1940-12-10

Orchestra at the outdoor concert on
July /. She shared solo honors with
Oscar Levant, the pianist, on an all
Gershwin program. Miss Lewis sang
numbers from "Porgy and Bess."
She won tumultuous acclaim, the
echoes Of which reached Mrs.
Roosevelt. In due course came the
invitation to sing at White House
musicale.
Ready When Chance Came.
But this modest, soft-spoken girl
was ready for the chance when it
came. even though it astonished her
rs much as anybody. She was a
graduate Of the Overlook High
School in Philadelphia and she had
studied the violin and piano dill
Evening star., 1940-12-10

plenty Of hard study still. Two
wealthy Philadelphians are under
writing her musical future.
She does not plan to sing in pub
lie again for a whole year. Mean
while, as her voice is being devel.
oped by Nine. Elizabeth Schumann,
New York teacher, Virginia is study
ing French, Italian and German
at the University of Pennsylvania.
when I finish I hope to tour
in concerts" she said. -
She does not care much for con-
temporary songs. She cherishes the
classics. But her loves are the
spirituals.
They're from my own people,
she explained.
Evening star., 1940-12-10

Nuns, noted Polish pianist, was the
other soloist on the program.
Afterward there was a reception
at Howard University and then Miss
Lewis returned to the home of DR..
Virginia Alexander, Howard's dean
OF women, before hurrying back to
Philadelphia.
1t was all pretty much like . good
dream, Virginia pointed out.
L was very nervous at the White
Ho0se," she added, "but tried not
to show 1t. And everybody was so
nice to me. Mrs. Roosevelt thanked
me and predicted fine career for
me-"
Ahead Of Virginia, now 26. lies
Evening star., 1940-12-10

gently. She loved good music
she slipped in somewhere to hear
the Philadelphia Orchestra when
ever she could-but she had planned
to be teacher. She had never
studied voice until recently.
There was a musical atmosphere
in her home. The family used to
sing some of the spirituals she sang
before White House audience yes
terday afternoon. She was or
phaned at an early age and brought
up by a sister and two brothers.
The family was in straitened cir
cumstances and she did all sorts
Of odd jobs while she struggled for
an education.
Finally, last February, she got q
Evening star., 1940-12-10

job teaching on q w. p. A. project.
1t was William L. King, Marian An
derson's accompanist for is years,
who urged her to develop her voice.
He was her accompanist at the
White House. He coached her him.
self for the recital she eventually
gave at the home Of Miss Winsor.
500 ut White House Hear Her.
Before q discriminating and
warmly appreciative audience Of
500 at the White House, Virginia
Lewis sang a group of italian, Ger
man and Norwegian songs. The
composers were Handel, 8. Donaudy,
Schubert and Grieg. Then she
sang some spirituals. Mieczyslaw
Evening star., 1940-12-10
Bremen Plane Plant
And Base al Lorient
Raided, London Says
British Are Pleased
But Puzzled by New
luII in Nuzi Attacks
By the Associated Press.


LONDON. Dec 10-A Bremen
airplane factory, the Nazi naval base
at Lorient, France and the docks OF
Boulogne were heavily bombed by
the Royal Air Force last night, the
Air Ministry announced today
A British bomber shot down a
German fighting plane, the ministry
said. 1t acknowledged that one
British plane was missing
Fires, started by the R. A. F. along
the coast of France, could be seen
from the Kent coast today still
burning fiercely.
The midchannel haze and a drizzle
passed by midmorning. and the sun,
breaking through the clouds, re-
vealed the fires, from which columns
Of black and white smoke were rising.
The fires were worst in and around
Calais. Scores of persons f1ocked to
the Kent seashore when word spread
that the "R. A. F. had left some
visiting cards across the Channel"
But haze and low clouds obscured
the distant coast.
Lull in Nazi Air Attacks.
Britons were pleased but puzzled
today by new lull in the Nazi air
siege as more than "a hours passed
without alarms or reports of bomb
ings.
Throughout the night and through
the early-morning rush hour, roof
top spoilers watched the sky over
London for planes which failed to
attempt any follow-up of the r.
hour pounding given London Sum-
day night.
Many persons went to shelters
Just in case. Others stayed up late,
waiting, before deciding to chance
a night of rest at their homes.
The weather was not unfavorable
to raiding, although the bright
moonlight of the early night gave
way later to clouds and light mist.
Speculate on Lull.
The authoritative British Press
Association speculated that the lull
might have been caused by the
r. A. F.'s blows at Germany and
German air bases, or by a Ger
man strategy of massing the Luft-
waite for a heavy blow later, but
added:
The now constant guessing as to
why the Luftwaffe fails to raid
night after night still is without an
authentic answer"
A government communique de-
clared:
AN enemy bomber was shot down
into the North Sea yesterday after
noon by our fighters. Apart from
a reconnaissance flight near the
South Coast (of England, there
was no activity during the night"
Evening star., 1940-12-10

with this new voice. dramatic
soprano-that he arranged at once
an addition before Alexander Small
lens, conductor of the Robin Hood
Dell concerts. Mr.. Smallens did not
hesitate. He signed her to appear
as soloist before the Philadelphia
Evening star., 1940-12-10

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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03
Lansing To Meet
Damascus Friday
In Season Opener

The Lansing high school foot
ball team will play Damascus at
Damascus tomorrow afternoon in
a season opener.
Coach Morphis states that his
team is now in fairly good condi-
ton, but declares that since most
of his players this year are new
men that he doesn't expect to
lick the strong Virginia eleven.
OF the entire squad, there are
only seven letter men on the
team. "This means that we do not
hope to have a strong team this
fall" he said.
The starting lineup will pro-
baby be: line-Howard Patton,
Walter Eldreth, Fred Howell, Ro-
bert Faw, Walter Ashley, Paul
Barker, Ralph Gambill; back
field-Wade Blevins, Truitt Ell
Ter, Claude Howell and Horace
Stike.
Lansing meets Glade Springs
Va, on Friday, October II at
Glade Springs. October 10 is an
open date.
Other scheduled games are;
Oct. Is, Mountain City at Noun
tain City; Nov. l, Hillsville al
Lansing; Nov. 8, Galax at Galax
Nov. IS, open; Nov. %, Elkin al
Lansing.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03

In the world of sports today all
eyes are focused on the World
Series which began in Cincinnati
yesterday with the Detroit Tigers
defeating the Reds by the score
of Z to 2. The betting odds on
the series are z to 5 in favor OF
the Tigers who won the Ameri-
can league championship over the
Cleveland Indians by the slim
margin of two games. The New
York Yankees finished in third
place.
But the Yanks' star center
fielder, Joe DiMaggio, was
crowned the batting leader of the
American league with $50
mark-3O points below his aver
age for last season. Debs Grams,
of the Pittsburgh Pirates, is ELI
gible for the National league title
with a 1868 percentage.
The Cincinnati Reds, although
crippled by injuries to Jimmy
Wilson, the playing coach, out
fielder, jim Ripple and possibly
others, plan to. continue their
winning by the aid of base-steal-
ing by Werber and Frey, hits by
Frank Mccormick, pitching of
Derringer, Beggs, Thompson and
Turner, catching of Ernie Lom-
bardi, and spirits, brains and
backing Of the fans, which has
brought them from cellar team
of a few years past to a winning
combination in the National
league for the past two years.
Football Results and Forecasts
Wake Forest, the dark-horse OF
the South, last Saturday pulled
an upset over the Carolina Tar
Heels by the score of 12-O-the
first Deacon victory over the Tar
Heels in Is years. With mighty
running attack, the powerful
Wake Forest team used every
break to an advantage and now
looms as favorite over thurman
at Wake Forest Saturday.
The Duke Blue Devils, show
ing all the power that the critics
accorded them in preseason
writings, defeated a stubborn,
fighting v. M. I. team $50 in an
opening game last Saturday.
Duke used three teams with Yves
McAfee spearheading the scoring
attacks. And now Duke is rated
the No. / team in the nation, but
not for long-we predict.
With surprising score OF $40,
State College was an easy victor
over Davidson in winning her
second Southern Conference
game. The State team this year
is the dream Raleigh fans have
talked about for the past several
seasons and many are predicting
victory over Carolina and Duke.
This weekend it's home-com-
ing over at A. S. T. c. Saturday
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03
Ahe County Schools To Play Fewer Basketball Games This
A County Wide
Tourney Will Be
Held This Year
Action Taken sat Meeting of
Principals and Coaches.
Other Plans Made.

In keeping with a rather gen.
eral criticism that the high
schools of AsIle county have been
playing too much basketball"
the principals and coaches met
Monday afternoon in Supt:J. B.
Hash's office and unanimously
voted for each school to play on
.Iy 8 scheduled appalachian High
School Association. conference
games this year, instead of 16, as
has been the practice during the
past two or three years.
To put a curb. on extensive
basketball playing, the county
board of education recently pas
:sed a resolution, requiring that
all schedules be approved by the
board
BY reducing the scheduled as
-sociation games in half, it is be
--lieved that only one game will
he played each week. OF course
each school has the privilege OF
playing sany other games provid-
ed those games do not interpere
with classroom activities, Supt.
Hash said.
1T was further agreed that the
winners of the'regular association
schedule would he the only teams
eligible to participate in the as
.sociation tournament at A. S. I.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03
The
WORLD
By JOHN ANDERSON

with the Mountaineers playing
host to Elon's experienced squad.
RED" Watkins and his team will
be afforded their major test of the
season before at lest 1000 fans,
many of them from Ashe and AL
leghany.
Picking the Winners
It will be the policy of the col
umn to pick the winners each
week, but remember, if you
please, our guess is no better
than your own F.. Possibly net
as good.
Detroit over Cincinnati (four
out Of six games)
A. S. T. c. over Elon
Carolina over Davidson
Tennessee over Duke
Clemson over State
Alabama over Mercer
Cornell over Colgate
Georgia Tech over Howard
Minnesota over Nebraska
Fordham overfW. Va.
Georgia over S. Carolina
Tulane over Alabama Tech
Texas Christian over Arkansas
Richmond over V. P. I.
VIM. & Mary over High Point
Lenoir- Rhyme over Roanoke
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03
Fast Boxing Bouts Witnessed
By A Good Crowd At Lansing

fights was taken we'll in hand by
a potential classy fighter, T.
Grayson, when he won an un-
disputed decision over red-head-
ed Johnnie Baker, from North
Wilkesboro. This incidentally was
Grayson's third win this fall in
as many tries.
Never -a-dull-moment Garnet
Clark, after gaining weight since
the last fight, stepped up to the
16O-lb class to take on Markus
Stulman, veteran of many ring
wars, including tournaments of
all kinds. Clark's style was i'm
preSsive, but not as much so as
in his last encounter a month
ago when he delivered the old
Sunday punch to floor Triplett,
of North Wilkesboro three times
in as many rounds, but he did
win clean decision by fighting
strategically the length of the
three sessions.
The other three fights included:
Jimmy Grayson, decision over
Bud Dula, Lansing; "Slick" Pen
nington lost on a TKO to Reg
gle. Powers, of Lansing in the
third round; "Speedie" Broadus,
North Wilkesboro TKO'd Roy
Long, West Jefferson in the third.
This was a scrap between colored
boys and created quite a sensa-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-10-03

Commissioner of Agriculture w.
Kerr Scott.
balanced Prosperity in the
South, 1940-5O" will be the
theme of the Fair this year. Pre-
miums will be limited to Tar
Heel exhibitors.
The 1910 exposition will again
be presented as estate Institu-
ton" this year, having been TAX
en- over by the State Department
of Agriculture three years ago.