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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29

ways suffering acutely when he is
tense?
Because, physhologically. the
Threshold for %perceiving p a i n
varies under different conditions.
A psychological threshold is like
a barricade. 1t it is easy for an
i preston to get from a persons
sensory field to his consciousness,
' say that the threshold is low.
If it is difficult for a sensory inn
preston to be recorded in con-
sc%iousness, we say that the thresh-
old is high.
Everyone must have experience
ed this swing in threshold. Is there
anyone who has not forgotten"
a headache or a stomachache when
a situation has become '"thrilling''?
Do men and women who can i'm
merse themselves in the hectic and
exciting world of affairs not forget
the aches and pains that distress
them at home?
1t is never wise for an individ-
ual to raise his threshold for pain
when he is tense and in need of
relaxation. It is not wise to drive
the body so much with excitement
that it becomes temporarily in
sensitive. When any part of the
body becomes sensitive from over
use it must be rested.
Athletes have learned the value
of resting external muscles when
they begin to tighten or cramp.
Doctors always prescribe rest or
specific relaxing medicines when
internal muscles become too tense.
The most common internal mus
cular symptoms of too much ten
sion are constipation and diarrhea.
Apparently the muscular walls OF
the stomach and of the intestines
become so irritable and tense that
they cramp down and inter
fere with the progress of food and
it's residues. Only when the irrita-
bility becomes extreme does one
have diarrhea. Both constipation
and diarrhea a result either from
nervousness or the tension of
fatigue, alo2e.
1t seems so foolish for. people to
dump lemon juice into the stomach
to increase acidity, or bicarbonate
of soda to counteract the regurgita-
ton of the natural acid because of
hyperactivity of the stomach wall,
when a good rest and a dose of
reality and taking oneself
less seriously would set matters
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Star-News Program

Consolidated City.Connty Government
under Council Manager Administrator
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
n Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from WrightsvtHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, pid-
er Turning Basin, pith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved Rtvey Road to Southport, Oto
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood ProdEc
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
m%otional Agency. supported BY one.
countrywide tag.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around tho
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF ndtive grape groaoin0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdndtoriun.
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tract, including enlistment Of a
hypnotic professor (AlbernD TO
york his will on her. There's the
big party at which Judy's test
which nobody has bothered to view
before, is unreeled. There's the
usual acclaim which sets every
thing right, and the finale is a pro-
duction number in which Judy
swings from the mountains to
Broadway.
Among the stock characters Of
such movies are the inarticulae
producer (Cawthorn) who uttgl
GoldWynisms; the mar camping
outside the directors Office; Til:
knoW-it-all movie columniSt Ford
who seems to pick up his items BY
standing around and insulting III
movie big-shots; the s%ecretat?
(Donnelly) who is as hard-bolai
as a good egg can &c. Mowbra!
plays the director Almost e1dC-y
as he played the director in Stand
H." and the rest of ''Scatterbran
similarly is faithful to the clichei
of Observation-Disclosures.
What makes it funny, them Al
these familiar things, plus Judy
Canova. Whether she is playing
mountain girl, singing while she
skates over a soapy floor on scrub
brushes, falling Economically iO'
Foy, hog-calling in an hypnot'
trance, or just thinking-the girls
Foy rates attention for his har
assed talent scout, and MowOray'
although standardized 0,
still is funny. Albernl all
Gilbert bolster the laugh ser
ton, and Lynn's pappy cone'
from the cartoon depal,
ment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
BIG NAVY PROGRAM
PUSHED BY RUSSIA
Nation Celebrates Navy Day,
Press Says Fleet Will Be
Second To None

MOSCOW, July o. Up Soviet
Russia celebrated national Navy
day with marine exercises and pa
rades in the Pacific, Baltic, Black
Sea, Caspian and Far-North areas
today while newspapers hammered
home assertions the Red Navy will
be second to none in the world.
Commissar of ship-building Ivan
Kossenko declared by 1912 Soviet
dockyards will win one of t h e
worlds first places in annual pro-
duction of tonnage" Last night Adj
miral Nikolai Kuznetzoff, commisar
OF navy, said Russia would add 1853
Warships to her fleet this year. He
urged that Russian sea-power be
stepped up to parity with the coun-
try's army and air strength.
Newspaper. editorials took tn e
line that the international situa-
ton calls for Strengthening the Red
army and navy, as well as tighten
ing their discipline.
Admiral Kuznetzoft in a speech
referred to former defense Com
missar Marshal Voroshiloff as "our
immediate superior" indicating
that Voroshiloff as vice-chairman
OF the Council of Commissars is
coordlnating and directing the var
ious phases of national defense.
kuznetzoff said the Red navy's
exercises and maneuvers this year
will be carried out without inter-
ruption through the winter.
The newspaper Trud, organ of
trade unions. today criticized the
recent legalization in Finland of
the fascist movement led by Gen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
Japan's Nuisance Value

Considering the friendly attitude of America
toward China's cause in her war with Japan,
the placing Of an embargo against shipments
Of oil and scrap metals to the Japanese would
be in order. In fact many Americans have in
sisted that by failing to embargo these COM
modities the United States has long been seri-
ously at fault. They hold that this country
should have converted passive friendship for
China into something more substantial, like
cutting off war supplies to China's enemy.
But no such embargo has been placed. In
stead President Roosevelt has signed an order
requiring licenses for these exports. Purchases
are not cut off, but the government is enabled
to keep close watch over shipments anywhere,
and has the power to stop them whenever it
considers that step advisable.
japan has not been singled out. The order
Is a general one, affecting all nations. Never
heless. the spokesman for the japanese for
eign office, by name Yakichiro Suma, de.
rlares in Tokyo that Japanese reaction to any
embargo Che runs ahead Of the hounds here)
Ny LIC otoINo oA COIIIQOOlLleS 10
Japan will be very great" Clearly, the'Tokyo
government is placing a chip on it's WI Shout.
der and daring us to knock it off.
The statement is in keeping with Japan's re-
cent attitude toward the United States. We be-.
ieved Japan, until the last month or so, was
merely unskilled in diplomacy and that its
plumbers were due more to ignorance than de-
sign. But since the recent episode when ia
pan demanded an apology for alleged mis-
treatment. by marines Of some plainclothes-
men it has been apparent that the sole purpose
Is to stir up trouble-probably at the behest OF
the European dictators.
What does Japan propose to do, if the United
States should finally place an embargo on ship
ments of oil and metals to Japan? Will she
declare war? We believe this hardly a likely
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29

eral Kurt Wallenius, who in ~.
was sentenced to prison Tor hs
PARTICIPATION in a revolt Oh 'p'
"Lapuans' or extreme rlghtlSl tF'
ment, and soon afterward releaSE'
Trud said:
THE Finnish court which Is v
verely Furnishing revolulOnS, -.
workers with astonishing speed =,
vestigated' the Lapuan case "
several years."
The Finnish m a S S e s, no"e'.,
Trud continued, understand lAd' ",
political hooliganism OF 'he
puans means playing win nv.
Dispatches from Kabul diScl"..
today a new trade agreemeH'
tween Russia and AfghanlStan W.
signed there last week after S''
weeks of negotiations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
Man bout

By George Tucker

NEW YORK, July 28.-We were
introduced the other night to a
Young woman who said she led a
dull life and for goodness sake she
wished something would happen to
change the humdrum tenor of her
days. Simply sitting with ennui,
she was, and she confessed that
she almost became bitter when she
read of other people finding color
and excitement in their lives.
There were many other people
present, for it was an after-theater
party, and during the ev ming she
let drop a reference to my first
husband" She looked about tWen-
ty-fve. Yes" she said, 'he was
a California business man and a
fine fellow, but somehow we could
not hit it off, and after the divorce
I went down into Mexico on a par
ty and fell in love with an Ari-
zonian who owned a big ranch
down there. Shortly after that we
got married, and a famous artist
was best man."
And are you still married to
this rancher?" we inquired of this
pretty prisoner of ennui.
NO. she replied. I'VE simply
didn't get along together, and after
the divorce l went down to Florida
on a vacation and here l am in
New York. l used to live here, but
that was before my parents took
me to China"
We didn't ask her anything
more. We were afraid she had
found Shanghai so dull that we
simply couldn't stand it.
For a number of years now the
beau ideal of detective novel titles
has been The Thin Man. There
is a title that has everything. 1t
has color. 1t has a zest. 1t is
something you love to roll around
on your tongue. Titles have be-
come so important, from a mer-
chandising point of view, that only
in rare instances do editors and
publishers give authors final say on
titles of their books. AS a matter
of fact, most writer's are poor Sc
lectors of titles.
We have a case in point right
here in New York-that of a long,
lanky, shadow-thin North Caro-
linian known to his intimates as
Andy Anderson.
Mr.. Anderson has written a
murder mystery, and it is soon to
come off the press. The working
title of this book was Murder
Mountain" because a mountain in
N. c. is the locale of the story. But
one day his publishers turned up
with a brand new title. I think
it is the best murder mystery title
I ever heard. See what you think.
It's Kill One, Kill Two"
Your old friend the Professor,
Kay Kyser, relays this story of
the two Jewish boys who were
lunching at a 46th street delica-
lessen.
"a fine pal you are, Jake"
Whats troubling you, Moe?"
Here we are having lunch to-
gether. We've had lunch together
every day for five years. And not
once, not once mind you, have you
asked me how business was.
Aren't you my friend! Dunt you
care?"
Moe" cried Jake. apologetical-
ly, Il just didn't think. Of course
I'm your friend. Tell me, how's
business?"
"Dunt ask" m d Jake.
throwing up his arms in despair. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
British Children And .
Women Go To Austrian

MANILA, July 28.-'R-A W. -.
ship took 585 British wofle. j
children, all recent reslaen" ~.
Hongkong, to Australia TO-DAY "! I!
the reported protests OF md4 =. n
the women who had asReo
returned to Hongkong. -,
The passengers were par lire,
contingent of women and cl aa1,,1
evacuated from the Brush ,,;:
to Manila early this month o'' mi.
of unsettled conditions IN u'
ent. ue,
Nearly 5000 other evacuee, .,.5
scheduled to be moved from IA All:
to Australia the first week
uSt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
MAY CUT ASsEssN,rNrs

WASHINGTON, July %. Up
The Federal Deposit Insurance cor-
poration said today that it believed
lne tine was at hand to consider
leuucing the rate of assessment
pald by banks. The present rate
IS one-twelfth of one per cent NJ
deposits. Leo T. CROWLEY nso.n
n,an OF the board, in a report on
me SIX months ended June 30. aid
the program for rehabilitating VOL
BANKS IN the system was aho,,t
eonpleted and that FDIC anita
was expected to reach $500 a ono
'elore the end of the year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
ASK FACILITIES

JERUSALEM, July zo'~ rs
Association of A m nons
asked the United States 40 Se !
ment of State today to Prov An!
same facilities for remoVlhs M
leans from the Near East a. ID
been provided for Amef''''
dents of Europe.
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thing increas-
ing p a in
creaSeS muscle
tension. while
everything in
creasing muscle
I e o in
creases pain.
Physiological
these two enc
mics of CON-
fort pain ami
muscle tension
or contracture
- a r e almost
Synony m o u S.
Why. then, is a
~0~C0~ VT 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
TAKE 1T EASY
Pains In Body
Sign OF Excess
Muscular Tension
BY DR.. L.
RATHBONE

Pain is a common accompani-
ment of too much tension in mus
cles. The more intense and sus-
tanned the tension, the greater the
[ scorrf 4 and vice versa. Every
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK

WASHINGTON, July 28.-Government clerks
and office workers in all the buildings not air.
conditioned are playing the numbers.
The number in most departments always is
81, but in the Department of Agriculture, where
Secretary Henry A. Wallace's boys have to be
scientific about it, it's "a.
The "a is just plain old degrees Fahrenheit.
The "a is an index figure described as "effec.
tive temperature" And when the gong or the
mercury hits those numbers, about Is, 900 or
80, 900 government and district clerks are sent
home, to the beaches, to parks, to air-cooled
movies or wherever they want to 60 to find
relief from the heat.
Now don't ask me the formula for reflective
temperature" It's something the doctors, the
heating and ventilating engineers, and the
psychologists have worked out and I'm not any
of those things. 1t has something to do with
temperature, humidity and air movements.
1t measures the punch in a heat wave. One
weather bureau official says it is simply an ar
bitrary index to human feelings about heat and
cold. Thomas H. Urdahl, consulting engineer,
calls it an index of comfort.
HUMIDIFRYENG
The point is that the Weather Bureau, public
health service and the Department of Agricul-
ture are agreed that index-figure "a is the point
beyond which people lose their effectiveness.
Which is somthing I'm going to take up with
somebody. The other day that point was
reached at 2 pm. and another day about 2:45.
Just because folks around here get ineffec-
tive around "a degrees, I don't want any of you
out in the Nebraska hills or down on the
Texas prairies to get any idea that we are
~sissies.
It's because of something they call humidity.
That is, in New York and Philadelphia and
Chicago, they call it humidity. Here they call
it a lot Of other things, none repeatable in a
family newspaper.
Washington summer weather is a cross be.
tween a Turkish bath and a heat wave on the
Sahara. The Turkish bath business is likely to
start about the time the mercury reaches the
middle 80's and from there on the combination
really hits a lick. By the time the thermome-
ter reaches the middle COS, heat prostrations
average 20 to 80 a day. A pal of mine who
feels the same way I do about it calls it
humidifrying.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29

move. But it is obvious that Japan's chief
purpose, next to harassing Great Britain. is to
exert all her nuisance value against this coun-
try, for what benefit the European dictators
may be able to make of it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-29

Under the new government, CO.
education has been banned in the
schools of Madrid
Evening star., 1940-06-14

Chicago Cash Market.
No cash wheat Corn, No l yellow, S.
81 q; No. ,. 65a4. Oats, mixed grain, 3cs.
sample grade. "a: No. 3 white 341a: No. J.
"a =. Soy beans. No. 3 yellow, Sn-SOI.
Barley. mailing. $3.50, nominal: feed 40
a. nominal; sample grade, 81: No. 3
mailing, 55.
Winnipeg Prices
WINNIPEG. June IA LP,.-Grain ranee
today: e0
Evening star., 1940-06-14

keep the sales volume at a lower
level than was anticipated for the
month of May. The first was the
cold, rainy weather during the ma
1or part OF the month, which af-
fected most of the chain store
groups.
Holiday on Thursday.
The second was the fact that Me
mortal Day this year came on a
Thursday. whereas in 1899 it fell on
Tuesday. Many of the chains re-
gard Thursday as one of their biggest
weekdays, owing to the fact that
many of their stores are kept open
in the evening The trend of hos
tilities abroad may have had some
slight effect on the sales volume last
month, but probably not as depress-
ing at the first two factors mem
toned above.
The Middle West had the best
showing for the month, with New
England and the Eastern Seaboard
tagging somewhat behind. The
metropolitan area around New York
had the poorest comparative volume.
The mail order division still con-
tinued to make the best monthly
showing percentagewise of all the
chain store groups, with a gain of
10 per cent above May, 1889.
Evening star., 1940-06-14
Stock Averages
60 Stock Range Since 1927:
BY VICTOR EUBANK,

a
NEW YORK, June 14.-The stock
market turned on bullish heat to-
day as an optimistic brand of home
business prospect more than coun-
teracted gloomier war news.
Steels led the rebound after
hesitant opening. Gains ran to 5
points or SO for favorites at the best.
There were occasional letdowns on
profit-taking and top marks were
shaded at the close in many cases.
Bidding was fast enough in the
forenoon to put the ticker behind for
brief interval. Dealings were rela-
lively Slow during the remainder Of
the proceedings Transfers were
around 100000 shares.
The fall Of Paris to the Nazis
failed to shock Wall Street to any
great extent. The German entry of
LIE Havre and claims of a number
OF Allied ship sinkings were taken
IN stride by speculative forces. The
main sustaining factor still was the
huge rearmament program and signs
VI iledNIei IoItlSn Duylng IN the
United States.
Stimulating was word from Lon
don that. due to the plight of
France, the British would go all
out to push the offensive and
would release funds allocated for
future years for the immediate ac-
QUESTION in America of anything
that could convey or fire explosives.
Prominent stocks in the push in
cluded United States Steel, Bethle-
hem, Chrysler, General Motors.
Westinghouse, Du Pont. Allied
Chemical, Loft, Great Northern,
Pressed Steel Car, Douglas Aircraft.
Montgomery Ward, Anaconda, Texas
Corp. and j. C. Penney.
Evening star., 1940-06-14
Chicago Grain
Bv the Associated Press

bS tne Associated Press.
CHICAGO. June l4.-Wheat prices
scored gains of as much as 2Io
cents and corn rose 35s cents TODAY
as brisk buying developed in the
trading pits here
Expanded market operations. re-
sultlng partly from removal of The
minimum levels on grain prices
which had been in effect for almost
four weeks, were witnessed. Trading
was at a brisk pace at times.
Much of the gain scored by wheat
and corn was retained until the
close despite frequent setbacks and
rather nervous price fuctuation,
after the early highs were estab-
llshed. Strength in securities and
prospects of additional Government
purchases of flour this week end ac-
counted for most of the buying en-
thuslaSm, offSetting the serious
character of news from Europe.
Wheat closed Ills cents higher
than yesterday. July, 1872: Septem-
Der. 8O-80ls; corn unchanged to 2as
higher, July. 6124: September, 6o5s-
6O@4; oats as-l1s lower. soy beans
5 lower and rye o. Ia lower.
Evening star., 1940-06-14
7. W. A. Traffic Sets
New Record in Nav
Special Dispatch to The Star,

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June l4-A total of
13540,47l revenue passenger miles,
nearly 100000 miles more than the
best previous month in the history
of Transcontinental and Western
Air, Inc, was flown during May to
establish an all-time record for the
airline, it was announced today by
V. P. Conroy, vice president in
charge of traffic and sales.
May was the 18th consecutive
month showing an increase over the
same period of the previous year,
Conroy said.
The total of 13,54O,471 revenue
passenger miles is 50.7 per cent
better than year ago when $685.
1872 passenger miles were flown. The
figures also are 16 per cent better
than those of the preceding month
OF April when 1l.680,549 miles were
flown, Conroy said.
Evening star., 1940-06-14

Futures closed 1919 hisher.
Old contract
Evening star., 1940-06-14
Chain Store Volumes
Hold Gain Over
1889 in May
Is Companies Report
~ Per Cent Rise
From Yeor Ago
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 14.-Chain
store sales last month maintained a
moderate increase over May, 1899,
according to the monthly compila-
ton released yesterday by the in
vestment firm of Childs, Jeffries g.
Thorndike, Inc.
The first Is chains to report had
an aggregate volume of $3.50 .655, ,785.
an increase of 1921 100 or IL per
cent over the same month a year
ago.
For the five months ending May
81, sales of these chains totaled ST.
244 ,497 ,666. which compared with
sales of s1,150,928,O ,O69 shows an in
crease of 500, ,569 ,597, or 81 per cent.
Contrast Is Favorable.
This showing is favorable when
contrasted with their sales for the
first five months of 1888, which were
1851, ,753 .889, and with. sales of ST.
108 .394766 for the same period in
1887.
Following is a compilation of the
sales of the Is chains for May and
for the five months arranged in
groups.
Evening star., 1940-06-14
Registrar Appointed
For Associated Issues

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June l4.-The Co.
lonial Trust Co. of New York has
been appointed registrar for the fol-
lowing issues of the Associated Gas
& Electric Corp: s25 ,237 $50 con-
vertible debentures, due 1878. 4, Az
5, and 5ia per cent series; $146,4 ,430,-
800 income debentures, due 1878, 3l2,
334, 4 and Az per cent series, and
So, ,594,98 per cent eightyear gold
bonds, due 1910, according to Arthur
S. Kleeman, president of the bank,
Evening star., 1940-06-14
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoclated Press.
NEW YORK, June 14.-Cotton fu-
lures rallied sharply today after a
lower opening as trade and specu-
lative buying was stimulated by the
strength in securities and a favor
able May consumption report. With
offerings limited to profit taking.
gains were maintained, and late
afternoon prices were l6 to 20 points
higher.
July (old) sold at 1915, October
9.28 and March 8.93.
Futures closed 1919 hisher.
Evening star., 1940-06-14
New York Bar Silver

NEW YORK. June IA (Py.-Bar
silver, IS, unchanged.<
Evening star., 1940-06-14
Gets S1,000,000 Order

KENT, Ohio, June IA {P.-Twin
Coach Co., manufacturers of motor
buses, has received a ST ,000, 600 order
from the Third Avenue Railway OF
New York eity.
Evening star., 1940-06-14
The condensed statement follows:

Gold certificates on hand and due from
U. S. Treasury. SS.564 04s,0O0.. Total re-
serves SS,674, 6960 900. Bills discounted:
Secured by U. S. Government obligations,
S57500O. Total bills discounted, $4,000.
Bills bought in open market. nil. In
Government securities, S743,407 600.
Total bills and securities. S746,157 900.
Reserve notes in actual circulation, ST.
346, 100000. Deposits; Members bank re-
serve account, 81 309,3I5.000. Total de-
posits, S7.9a5,114 600. Ratio of total re-
serves to deposit and Federal Reserve note
liabilities combined. 92.9 per cent.
Evening star., 1940-06-14

July 317s 3Oa4 31s. 221.
6S's; No: 3, 65h4; corn, No. = white, 317s;
No. ,. 3O7s.
Baltimore Quotations
BALTIMORE. June IA tP,-Wheat M
red winter. garlicky, spot, domestic, "a.
Evening star., 1940-06-14
MAY.
$50, ,655,7S5 9
,7O.374,655
FIVE MONTHS.

1.244,497, 1855 1,150,92s, ,O69
Two important factors tended to