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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Allen Claims He Was
Short-C Changed In This

s'to Allen is sure his arch-ene-
W. Jack Benny, was responsible
Waat happened to him one day
Vie Paramount studio dining
h, n't curing the filming Of Love
!. Nelghbor," starring the COM
;s s!S' Which opens Christmas eve
,'Tn,.lght at the Bailey theatre.
vi this day." said Allen, Il
salad with thousand-island
'lg' and when I get it, I find
s.a seven hundred islands
WI"
MI Eu OF this Allen charge, Benny
a4eq' Well, all 1 can say is
have heard rumors before
= mat fellow Allen can't count"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
NEW BAILEY THEATRE OPENS HERE MONDAY
CHRISTMAS EVE
film IS BILLED
lave Thy Neighbor' To Show
At City's New Bailey
Theatre

We'll. here it is at last! The pic
- you've been waiting for, the
,,++le Of the century between those
,.rding radio comedians, Jack Ben
~ and Fred Allen! Paramount cap
.,-ss them on film in a furious, fast
:, funny musical farce titled Love
Thy Neighbor." which is the feature
..+rsction at the new Bailey theatre
c,ristmas Eve night. Between the
.,rs that kept the audience in hys-
s.ics there yer songs you'll sing
.,,in and again and dances that
ware beautiful to watch.
And there's Mary Martin, that
..,rming and talented Broadway mu-
,i,,, comedy star. She sings the
,,s that she made famous and that
r,de her famous in turn, "My Heart
g.Ioncs To Daddy" as only Mary
MN sing it. It's the finale to a
,rsll picture in which she's accom-
,snied by the cast and the Merriel
,tbott dancers. And does She put
4 aver with a bang! And while
rsre Speaking of songs it might as
7l be told here that there are three
,,har numbers that are equally as
~nIorfrl. They are "Do You Know
rhr,D isn't That Just Like Love"
.ri dearest. Darest l." The Merry
Macs. tina famous radio quartette,
,a carry off honors in several num-
hers.
Eddie Rochester" Anderson,
lacks raspberry voiced valet on the
air is in the picture in all his glory.
His girl friend is Theresa Harris and
ttev make a swell team.
verree Teasdale, who isn't in
enough pictures to suit us since she
4cane Mrs. Adolph Menjou, upholds
he tradition of the House of Menjou
in a stunning array Of new dresses.
Virginia Dale. as the blonde and
ifsuteous show-girl, is enough to
stop any show.
But there's always Jack Benny and
Aed Allen in their battle Of quips
that keep the audience in stitches.
L all starts on New Years Eve.
Jack is preparing for a radio broad
cast. and on the way takes Rochester
10 meet his girl friend who is get
ting in on a cruise ship. Fred takes
bis sister, verree Teasdale, to meet
Nary Martin, returning on the same
bat. He meets Benny head or and
rduces the good old Maxwell to junk
which lands them in jail. Mary
lses her dress in an accident on
the pier and Jack gets arrested Tor
trying to get her another.
Benny hires the Merry Macs away
.om Allen to star in his new show.
Nary joins the show under an as
S1ned name. Fred goes to Miami
for a rest and Jack decides to open
bis show there. They meet again
and are thrown in Jail for another
trsTl. Peace almost comes to the
Two after a motorboat accident in
which both are knocked unconscious.
Mary makes Fred believe that Jack
aVed his life. They have dinner to-
either at Freds' apartment and Ro-
eaester, whom Fred has lured away
a0n Benny, appears. And the feud
starts all over again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
..DANCE DIET''

George Murphy goes on a dance
diet" when not dancing, as was
the case in his straight dramatic
role in Little Nellie Kelly" COM
ing to the Bailey theatre tomor-
row. To make up for the decrease
in exercise in a non-dancing role,
Murphy cuts his calories in half!
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Charles Winninger Sets
pe-Smashing Records

Two hundred and seventy good
Alsa clay pipes were smashed over
d period Of three weeks for scenes
u Little Nellie Kelly" starring
,uay Garland and showing at the
bailey theatre for an engagement
Of two days.
Fpe-smasher de luxe was
slsrleS Winninger, who portrays
|saays father, and later her grand
sqef' The script called for him
" break on an average of fifteen
PIPES a day.
Little Nellie Kelly" marks Miss
,s .lahd's first grown-up screen
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Picture
House Declared
One OfFinest

Parade. By MINIS ROTC Band To Precede
Dedication at l P. M. Mayor Tom Cooper
To Officiate At Box Office. Judy Garland
Star Of Opening Picture, "Little Nellie
Kelly"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
BEST SIGHT

Birds have the most highly devel-
oped vision in all animal or human
life. Able to see accurately at short
distances, they also are able to do so
from incredible heights, as in the
case of buzzards, hawks, and con-
doris.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
SPECIAL WINE

Kept in the cellars of an inn in
WarsaW, Poland, since 1906, 292
dust-covered and cobwebby bottles of
wine are to be drunk only in ceE-
brating the coronation of a king of
Poland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
HELP O TARS

The United States Lighthouse
Service maintains 1880 aids to ship
ping and navigation, including 81
%lightships, 527 attended lights, and
Is, 0 buoys. =
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

The navy, in late September, had
a total of 1872 aircraft and 1884 of
this number were classified as USE
full combat planes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
ABOUT BANANAS

maturity, punches of bananas
ron the tree with the indi-
n hngers" pointing upward,
Is Just the opposite Of the
40 1es usually are displayed in
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
CHANGE In NAVAL
PROGRAM PLANNED
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world conditions remained un-
changed at the end of that period,
ongress could authorize the navy
to go ahead with the rest of the
plan.
Whereas the original program
called for a rs. per cent expansion
of the navy, the new plan provides
for a 10 per cent increase. The
number of proposed new fighting
ships is cut from II to 81.
The committee, members said,
planned 20 leave intact in the ex-
pansion bill $4,000 tons Of navy
a~uxiliaries - supply ships and the
like - which the navy says
badly needed.
Admiral Harold r. Stark told the
committee he should like the orlgl-
nal bill to become law" but, if that
could not be, the two-year program
would be "a fine STEP" Stark said
the larger program would mean
economies and efficiency.
81 would again STRESS" he added,
'sthe different eject which an au-
thorized program presents to the
world at this time"
He did not elaborate on this but
some observers thought he meant
the big expansion would be a safe
guard against other nations en-
croaching upon this country's
rights.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
N. Y. TAX UPHELD
BY SUPREME COURT
Continued From Page One)

in that state and sells it to con.
sumers in New York through it's
own sales office in thai city.
The majority opinion, by Justice
Stone, held that a local tax was
an unconstitutional interference
with interstate commerce "only
when the tax operates to regulate
commerce -. to an extent which
impairs the authority conferred
upon congress-"
But" the opinion added, 1T was
not the purpose of the commerce
clause (of the constitution) to re-
lieve those engaged in interstate
commerce of their just share of
state tax burdens, merely because
an incidental or consequential eff
feet of the tax is an increase in the
cost of doing the business. Not all
state taxation is to be condemned
because, in some matter, it has an
effect upon commerce between the
states =.
The opinion noted that g very
large part, if not most of the mer'
chandise sold in New York city, is
shipped interstate to that market"
and that in this case the Goals
only relation to interstate COM
merce "arises from the fact that
Immediately preceding transfer Of
possession to the purchaser within
the state, which is the taxable
event, -. the merchandise has
been transported in interstate com.
merce and brought to its journeys
end"
Hughes, Joined by Justices Nc.
Reynolds and Roberts, contended
that from any point of view, the
tax now contested is laid upon in.
terstate sales" and said that "a
vice" of taxes on interstate com.
merce was that such taxes might
be imposed with equal right by
every state which the commerce
touches"
THE shipment, the %transship.
ment' and the delivery Of the coal
are but parts Of a unitary interstate
transaction" he argued. IF New
York can tax the delivery, Penn
sylvania can tax the shipment and
New Jersey the transshipment. And
the latter states, respectively, would
be as much entitled to tax the
gross receipts from the sales as
would New York"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
THOMAS TO TALK
At UNC TONIGHT
o.;,l;st Leader Will Discuss
nmerica's Role At Home
And Abroad

cuApEL HILL, Jan. 20.
americas Role at Home and
AUD, will be the theme of an
A As ! by Norman Thomas. So
S 'sIisr leader, when he speaks in
ca,, hall at the University of
M s.s-+b carolina tomorrow night at
o'clock. uiu no Nv
howard X. Beale of the his.
.orv DEPARTMENT.
w." rrenty.fiye minutes from $50
b, SIS o'clock-of Mr.. Thomas ad-
will be broadcast over the
c.,+bern network, it was announc-
+odav by Harry Cation, chair
" of the Carolina Political I'M
n ~ non-rartisan student organiza-
W., which is sponsoring his ap-
Dearance here
Ny Thomas will arrive in Chapel
nh tomorrow morning and will
sneak during chapel period from
,6qo IN II o'clock in Gerard hall.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30

approximately 100 for the past 10
days. Slightly more than 100 deaths
were charged to winter in other
sections during the same period.
Coming on the heels Of another
polar putsch that contributed to
more than $50 fatalities, this left
waning Januarv with a total of be.
tween $50 an 500 weather deaths.
In addition to it's lethal effects
and an appalling sum of human
misery, the blighting cold caused
tremendous crop losses. First,
rough and unofficial estimates were
that vegetable yields with a poten-
tial market value up to SIS, 900, 900
were destroyed in only two deep
south Florida counties, Dade and
Broward.
Texas citrus and truck growers,
Louisiana and Mississippi vegetable
and sugar cane growers, Alabama
and Florida tobacco farmers all felt
the freeze but the magnitude of the
disaster made dollars-and-cents re-
ports hard to get today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
MAYOR COOPER'S
LEAVE TO AFFECT
CITY GOVERNMENT
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CONTINUED From Page One)
of all public departments except fin
ance and public safety.
This arrangement is provided IN
the charter of the City Of Whining
ton.
There will be no great changes
in the manner of voting at a city
commission meeting. Then, as be.
fore, it will only be necessary for
the two remaining commissioners to
concur for an issue to be passed.
The charter requires that two
favorable votes be cast before a
question can be declared passed and
this provision will still hold true.
The only change will be that the
city's destinies are controlled by two
men casting two favorable votes
rather than three men casting two
favorable votes.
If any highly important and con-
%troversial issue is raised, it is prob.
able that the two commissioners
will, if possible, delay action until
Cooper returns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
HUNGARIAN PRESS
ASSAILS RUMANIA
Continued From Page Onel

empire after the World war. Circles
close to Csaky said he would state
Hungary's position in n uncertain
terms when he appears before the
mittee.
The Csaky pronouncement as
sumed greater Importance in that
it will come only four days before
an important meeting of the Balkan
entente-Rumania, Turkey, Greece
and Yugoslavia-at which Rumania
is hoping to gain guarantees of sup
port against all potential enemies,
including Hungary.
In Bucharest, the struggle for
Rumania's oil grew more intense
with the arrival by plane OF H5 Brit
ish and French agents and business
men and a group of German nego-
tiators by train.
These were added to the hundreds
of Britons, French and Germans
with whom Bucharest is swarming.
Most of the agents admit no Of
fetal connection with their govern
ments. Indeed, British officials in
London denied knowledge of a dele
cation being sent to Bucharest. The
negotiators, nevertheless, are active
participants in the trade a
Germany and the allies have been
engaged in a "tug-o-war" for several
dictatorship" under which the allies
fear that their companies in Ru-
mania may be forced to furnish oil
for Germany's military machine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
SOVIET PLANES
BOMB FINLAND
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were hospital attendants. Five other
patients managed to crawl to safety
as the explosions turned the build
ing into a blazing inferno.
Residents of Helsinki were driven
to cover four times by the approach
of Russian planes, but each time
the raiders were beaten off by Fin
nish pursuit planes and anti-aircraft
fire. One of the Russian crafts was
shot down on the outskirts of the
city and it's crew of three killed.
Fifteen bombers, accompanied by
pursuit planes, also we're driven off
in an attempt to raid Karja, 80 miles
northeast of Hanko.
Full details of casualties in today's
raids were not Immediately available
but it appeared certain they would
exceed the total toll for last week,
which a review of air activity listed
at "a killed and Sc wounded.
New Record
The review said the Russians had
set a new record in bombing hos.
pitals," asserting that eight, "clear-
ly marked with the international
emblem" had been bombed and ma.
chine-gunned last week.
One of the survivors in today's
hospital bombing, a wounded soldier
told war correspondents he was on
the second floor when the first ex-
plosion came.
"I lost consciousness, and I don't
remember how I got out" he said.
Two other survivors said they
hobbled out on crutches, but a
comrade near them was caught by
the swiftly spreading flames.
Unofficial sources said total Rus
sian casualties in the two battles
north of Lake Ladoga might exceed
several thousand.
The nightly Finnish communicate
said that 800 Russians had been kill
ed in fighting Immediately north OF
Lake Ladoga yesterday, where sew
eral enemy attacks were repulsed
and "a few enemy strong points cap.
tured."
The Firms declared that a Rus
sian column of 100 horses had been
destroyed in this sector and that lou
prisoners had been captured in ad-
dition to four tanks, four guns ana
large quantities of other war ma
terials.
Bitter fighting in a second battle
was reported in the vicinity. OF Ait
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
NORRIS INDICTED
FOR TWIN Staying
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pleaded guilty to a charge OF as
sault.
The only case called this morn
ing was that of Taylor Hargrove,
convicted last term of second'degree
murder, charged with embezzlement
of county tax funds. The charge was
Rol pressed, it appearing that the
defendant is o serving a term in
prison.
P. E. Sandlin, of Bug Hill, was
made foreman of the grand jury
as selection Of that body was com.
pleted shortly after noon.
Judge F~rizzelle charged the grand
jury at length regarding it's various
powers and duties, urging the body
to exercise it's powers to assure that
the protection and benefit Of the
law is made available to all citizens
of Columbus county.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
JAP FACTORIES HIT
BY FUEL SHORTAGE
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urgent" industries. namely the
production of war materials.
There was no time to warn fac.
tory operators. More than 5000, 900
workers took their places at ma
chimes as usual and then were told
to return to their homes.
The decision to suspend power
through Central Japan was taken
suddenly suddenly at midnight Tues.
day by the Osaka division Of the
communications ministry.
The volume Of electric power
throughout Japan has been reduced
several times and lighting in the
offices and homes in the biggest
metropolitan centers has been poor.
Electric clocks, even in the raih
way stations. have been stopped.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
NAILS CLAIM NINE
VESSELS DESTROYED
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This year the reichstag will
not convene. Unless some sud-
den surprise is sprung there j..
will not even be a radio broad.
cast by some top leader.

den surprise is sprung there
will not even be a radio broad
cast by some top leader.
Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph
Goebbels had been scheduled to
deliver the central radio address Of
this outstanding holiday tomorrow
night but German newspapers an.
nounced he was too much occu.
pied with official burdens. There
fore, it was announced, Cavalry
Captain Karl Ludwig Diehl, popu.
lar movie star, would read from
his private notes on the stirring
events of January, 1888, which
form.
School children who had hoped
for a holiday must report a. usual.
In a considerable number of Ber-
lin schools, however, teaching is
limited to assigning homework for
the next day because of the lack
of coal. In many schools teachers
will extol the significance of Jam
uary 80 to their pupils.
That some workers were taken
somewhat by surprise by not get
ting tomorrow off was indicated by
a curious advertisement three col.
umns wide and five inches deep
in today's Volkischer Beobachter,
organ of the national socialist
party. 1t read:
"Henschel Airplane Works Limit.
ed. Work begins in all shops Tues
day, January 80, at the usual hour"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
OBITUARIES

McCRAW-Funeral rites for Mrs.
Olivia E. McCraw, 81, who died
Sunday after an extended illness
will be held from the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Flanna-
gan, 1913 N. Twenty-Third street,
Tuesday morning at II o'clock by
DR.. J. Harry Whitmore. Interment
will follow in Oakdale. Honorary
palIbearers will be D. Duncan Nc
Eachern, DR.. B. L. Bass, DR..
Harlee Bellamy, DR.. Graham
Barefoot, Claude O'Shields, E. M.
Dewey, c. L. Williamson, G. G.
Beekman, Leo E. Sykes, j. s.
Davis, N. M. johnson, c. p.
Brown, Harry E. Payne, K. w.
Price. Active - George Walsak,
John Tienken, Donald King, W.
r. Lutes. William ]. Brown,
Charles K. Williams. Arrange
ments by Andrews mortuary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
WARMER WEATHER
PREDICTED TODAY
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continued from rage Une) d,
the first time in four days. The
weather bureau said it wouldn't be
SO cold tonight and the forecast for
tomorrow was for partly cloudier
and warmer weather.
AS the cold wave entered its
t nth day there were reports Of in.
creased demands for relief. We'll
fare officials reported that demands
on various agencies had been
heavy. Here at Charlotte welfare
officials said many WPA workers
had been hindered in their regular
jobs by snow ind ice, and sug-
gested efforts be made to employ
WPA workers on clearing streets.
A negro died at Greenville today
Of injuries he suffered when his
automobile skidded on an i~ce-coated
road and struck a tree, bringing to
eight the deaths directly attribu.
table to the cold wave in North
Carolina.
Sam T. Honeycutt, Jr., "a, of
Smithfield, drowned in a lake near
his home when the ice coating on
the water gave way under him.
H, was walking on the ice with two
companions, who got to shore
safely.
Prior to the weekend there had
been five other deaths attributable
to the cold. Probably there were
others in remote sections which
were not reported. A report was
received today. of a former slave,
reputed to be 112 years old, having
died of exposure a few days ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
GERMAN AIRMEN
ATTACK BRITISH,
LATVIAN SHIPS
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ship had been shot down near
Hartlepool and that all German
planes returned safely.)
German bombers cruised or the
coast from the River Tay in the
north to Kent in the south and
were reported to have bombed
merchantmen and l%ightships for
three hours until fighting planes
drove them off.
Mine Damages Ship
A Netherlands ship, 298-ton No
ra, was lowed ashore by a sal
wage tug, her stern blasted away
by a mine.
The ominous acceleration of
German air activity coupled with
a British announcement that three
neutral ships had been %torpedoed,
indicated, some sources said, the
start of a new German attempt to
sever Britain's sea lifelines.
First reports indicated at least
seven sailors had been killed in the
wholesale attack-the largest of the
war.
The seven were killed when the
Latvian steam Tautmila was bomb
ed in the North Sea. Ten bombs
were dropped. Fifteen other men
and the captains wife yer said
to have escaped injury.
The Tautmila was still afloat to-
night but burning. Her engines were
shattered.
Capt. Dreismann, who told of the
attack, said after several missiles
fell, n bomb dropped almost on
top" of a lifeboat that was being
lowered, killing several men snd
throwing others into the sea.
Another bomb "fell right on top
of the cook" he said.
Steamer Damaged
The British steamer G%ripfast, LOO
tons, reached a northeast port to-
night after being badly damaged in
an aerial attack. One Of her crew.
men was suffering from a bullet
wound in his leg. One of her life.
boats was missing.
The 4,867-ton Otterpool, one Of the
ships attacked, was subjected to ma
chine-gun fire when a German
Heinkel bomber dropped ten bombs
near her. Two crewmen were wound
ed when bullets raked the deck.
The captain said he lay on his back
and fired a rifle at the bomber from
the bridge. Three British fighters
then chased the bomber into the
clouds.
In most cases the raiders were re.
ported driven off. One authoritative
account said:
I'm spite of the severe weather
conditions and poor visibility Royal
force aircraft were able to engage
and drive off the enemy at many
points. One raider was reported to
have dropped seven bombs near the
steamer L1anwern 4,966 tons) in the
Tyneside are without securing G
hit"
Eleven merchant ships and tw:
lightships were reported to nave
been attacked. Most Of the raids
took place close to shore and several
air raid alarms were sounded along
the coast. One report said 10 Naz
planes were seen over the east coast
itself. Violent explosions were hear6
at sea off a north Yorkshire resort
Ships reported attacked, besides
the Llanwern, and Tautmila, were
British Officer, $500 tons; Stanburn
1881 tons; Otterpoo1, 4,S67 tons
Kmitsley, 2,272 tons, Wellpark, 4,64s
tons; Imperial Monarch, 1881 tons
Miriam, 1903 tons; Athel Monarch
and the Dan-Y-Bryn. The names Of
the two l~ightships were not available
In one instance, German plane
was said to have attacked q mer-
chant ship about a mile from the
coast, dropping six bombs which fell
harmlessly.
Air raid precautions were report
ed to have worked smoothly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30

tajoki, about SO miles northeast Of
Lake Ladoga, where the Russians
attempted to turn the left flank Of
the Finnish line.
The high command said the attack
had been thrown back and that the
enemy left more than $50 dead on
the field" ,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
A SENTENCE

DANZIG Jan. 20. R - A
death sentence against a Jew for
violating the Nurnberg laws was
proclaimed today by a special court
against Max Israel Cohn. He was
charged with having committed
continuous racial disgrace with
Ian Aryan woman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
WINTER

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 29.-LR-Acute
suffering, gave way to simple dis
comfort today while winter retreat
ed slowly from the south after this
century's most destructive invasion.
A few sub-zero readings-notably
a Up at Richmond, Va. marred
the Monday morning weather map
but warmer weather pushed steadily
in from the west, a week.old snow
coverlet melted slowly and Dixie
life moved quickly back toward a
normal tempo.
Testifying to the, ferocity OF the
cold was a southern list Of wealth
er.connected deaths that stood at
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30

World consumption of nickel the
first 10 months of 1899 totalled 2O6
million pounds, an increase over
both 1888 and 1887.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30

A new electric lamp, powerful as
a 1000 watt bulb, but only half
the size of a short lead pencil, has
been perfected in U. S. expert
mental laboratorie,.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
SENTENCED

BRAINERD, Mimi, Jan. 29-R
Floyd Devilbiss, 1~5-year-old farm
boy who confessed a struggle in
which his father was killed, was
sentenced in district court today to
five to twenty years in prison.