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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
WIDOWS OF VETS
TO GET PENSIONS
Leaders In Veterans Organi'
cation Explain Possible
Benefits

Nearly 300, 900 wives of World
war veterans. under certain con.
ditions, are eligible to receive wi.
dows' pensions from the federal
government when their husbands
die, J. B. McEntee, commander
of Cape Fear post No. 2573, Vet.
Grams of Foreign Wars of the Unit.
ed States, has been advised by Joe
D. Chittendon, of Washington, D.
c., director of the v. F. w. nation.
al service bureau.
ALI veterans who believe they
may be entitled to government
pensions for their dependents are
asked to get in touch with Nor
wood S. Westbrook, post service
officer, at $40 Chestnut street, or
the regional office of the veterans
administration in Charlotte.
Pensions will be granted to wi.
dows and orphans of veterans,
honorably discharged after 80 OF
more days of service, who at the
time of death, were suffering from
any actual service-connected-disa
bility, even though less than 10 per
cent, McEntee said.
The wives of these men would
be eligible to receive widows pen
sions providing their husbands ,
take the trouble to obtain govern
ment recognition of their disabili-
ties, he said. 1--WE urge every
World war veteran who is disabled
in any degree as a result of his
war service to act promptly for
the protection of his wife and chill
dren," McEntee said. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
Under ConnctLManager Administration.
Public Port Terminate.
Perfected TRUCK and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
ShoDs.
Seaside Highaoay from WriohtsviMe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF CITY Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, soid-
or Turning Basin. wtth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport. vta
orion Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood ProdAc-
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina
United Industrial and Resort Pro.
motional Agency, supported BY one
countrywide ta1.
Ehipyayds and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina. developed around the
Community Hospital
Adequate hospital facilities for whttes.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for rapport Buyers.
Development OF natire grape grouping
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sandtortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
HERE PLAN
ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
So, $50 To Be Asked In Sub
scriptions During Week
Of Oct. IA

The annual drive for funds Win
which to carry on the Boy Scout
program in the Wilmington district
of the Cape Fear area council will
get under way with a meeting OF
workers at 6 o'clock Monday eve
ming in the New Hanover High
school. .
District campaign goal this year
is $2,750, which represents Viii
mington's portion of the $,4O8 bud
get of the council.
Funds raised r used for office
maintenance, scouting activities,
such as camporees, field meets,
district rallies, camping, civic
service awards, leadership train
ing, field service such as troop
and pack organization.
Promotion of senior scouting, sea
scouting, re-registration, institu--
ional. service, district supervisor
and service, literature and pro-
gram expansion, courts OF honor,
and salaries of a trained executive
staff.
The campaign personnel follows:
Col. William v. ochs. general
chairman; Nice. B. Wilson and
Louie E. Woodbury., vice chair,
men; Garland F. Palmer, initial
gift chairman; Louie e. Wood
bury, Pomeroy Nichols, Nice. B,
Wilson, c. Van Leuven, J. c. Roe,
and Robert Strange.
Team No. /, G.. F. Moose, cap
tain; j. K. Steele, John c. VESSEL,
Jr., Alan A.. Marshall, and Drs'
c. Marks; team No. 2, T. H. Hall
captain; Raymond Crow, Lloye
W. Moore, L. N. Fisher, and Sher'
wood D. Dudley.
Team No. 3, Ben Sutherland,
captain; Wilbur D.. Jones, Joe Fox,
Henry E. Boyd, Jr., and Kirk Wa
~gonseller; team No. 4, H. c. Cald'
err, captain; E. L. Matthews, W,
z. Corbett, and j.. D. Loughlin;
team No. 5, Robert Dannenbaum,
captain; Claude O'Shields, Louis
Harrison, Thomas B. White, anc
Rodney Breeze; team No. G, Frank
Hacker, captain; and four mem
bers of the Rotary club.
Team No. z, w. E.. jenkins, cap
tain; N. M. johnson, W. L. Dixon,
W. H. Clemmons, and M. L. Rocks;
team No. 8, Leo E. Sykes, cap
tain; H.. D. Baird, R. c. Mercer,
J. H. Tilman, and j. R. Arm
strong; team No. 9, F. P. O'Crow'
ley, captain; w. T. Benton, D. A,
Lockfaw, E. W. Mango, and jim
mic Moore; and team No. 10,
George L. Morton, Haskell Rhett,
H. W. Wrinkle, and J. E. L. Wade.
F. P. O'Crowley, drive captain
last night announced members OF
his team as follows: w. T. Benton,
M. Eugene Billiard, Leon P. Har'
rell, and T. Costello.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
Book Highlights

Not all the "Okies" of the Grea'
American Drouth went to Califor'
mia. Some of them stayed al home
to battle hunger and privation, 10
try to get government help.
1t is the story of these Ozark
drouth victims that Fred RotheF
nell tells in 1.-THE Ghostland. d
Gippincott: $3.50. Not particular
ly pretty, the story carries COLI
viction.
The Fultons we're on relief III
Brooklyn when they got the chance
to move to the Ozarks. Pop fu'
ton was Ozark born. The home
place" would be his again. Inc
earth would yield a living for us
girls and Ned, his jobless oH.
But the hills were dry, parIen,
The neighbors were starving. Inc
village storekeeper could grant Nv
more credit. Crops withered' ln'
stock died.
1t was a constant struggle ="
keep alive. Ned finally turned ~
hunting deer-does or BUCKS Dt
season or QUITO eat. The reng+
agencies promised-and promise.
That was all. You couldn't t"
promises.
Rothermell carries his story Ua
along to a vigorous climax IN as
sit-down demand of the 1arh
for help, and the riot that enS0 tbs
But neither, the sit-doWn nor
riot accomplished anything. ,ls
"The Ghostland' tells a SHIFT
story of ordinary people, cau Nar
in a crisis that they could nelair,
overcome nor understand. The Az
thor spent most of 1887 taIklhs
Ozark folks who had gone thf0"7
the drouth. 90
Rothermell adds an unusual l nO
in the mute girl who loves N ~.
A romance in sign language 10
ferent. But she is not the H .nr.
inc. Wilhelmina Fulton, gay I'M
ageous, loyal, is the outs'ai
character in the novel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
Medical Care
By LOGAN CLENDENING. MD

- AsAS
The subject of the vitamins was
a natural to capture the imagina-
ton of the public. The name itself
belongs to the jazz age-vitamins!
That means vitality, pep, energy
put more of them in the food
and you get more oomph. Then
there is the fear instilled that you
don't get enough of these vitamins
in your diet and so the result is
everybody wants them in concen.
trated form.
I have recently reviewed all the
latest work done on the vitamins
and should like to abstract it brief.
ly in the articles of the next two
weeks. These articles will answer
the innumerable requests in my
mail for information. on the vita
minis.
I want to take up first the ques.
ton of how an average person gets
enough vitamins. I quote as my
text a letter I have just received
from a manufacturer: THE O Id
contention that an average Ameri-
can diet was defense enough
against vitamin deficiencies has by
now been pretty well riddled. Mod.
ern foods as we eat them do not
deliver the vitamin values t h e y
were supposed to-"
Ballyhoo
certainly do not agree with this
statement and in fact am of the
opinion that the whole subject OF
vitamins has been used to brighten
and propaganda the public into
believing that they need more vita
minis than they are getting in their
diet, and they bewilderedly search
about for some way to overcome
this difficulty.
AS a matter of fact, the human
diseases due to vitamin deficiency
are very rare and infrequently
seen even in large clinics. The
clear cut diseases due to such de-
ficiency - beri-beri, polyneuritis,
pellagra, night-blindness, scurvy,
ETC., obtrude themselves on a ply
sician's attention only now a nd
again. 1t is true that ricketts, would
be a common disease if special
care-the use of cod liver oil
were not taken in childhood to pre-
vent it. But most vitamin def
ciencies r manufactured in the
publicity department IF drug and
food manufacturers In a i ar &c
clinic a thousand consecutive pa
tents were examined carefully
with this in mind and not a single
instance of vitamin deficiency was
found.
We now have exact chemical me
thods of identifying most of the
vitamins as we'll as standards of
measuring them. In a survey of
American dietaries and using these
methods to ssess the vitamin con-
tent, the following was found:
Strawberries and Cream
The requirements of Vitamin A
are 5000 units a day: an American
dietary for a family spending $500
a head a week for f-od contains
5000 units a day. There is no prac-
teal danger of Vitamin B shortage
except where an unduly large num-
Der of calories are taken in the
form of artificially refined foods"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13

could be a party to a conflict between French
mon. It is harder still to see him in the serv-
ice of Frances conqueror.
put It is not impossible that through force
Of circumstances he cannot control "eysano
might be compelled to lead a totahtarlan
french force against a democratic French
force commanded by DeGaulle, before hos
+;,ities in the Dark Continent are ended.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13
DAVIDSON Alumni Club
To Meet Here Monday

The recently-organized Davidson
Alumni club Of Southeastern North
Carolina will meet at the Y M. C.
A. building Monday night at 8,
O'CLOCK, 1t was announced yester-
day. -
Election of officers and the dis
cusslon OF plans for promoting the
Davldson-Citadel football here Sat-
urday, November 30, will feature
the meeting. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13

Quoted from Sherman, leading
American authority.)
Try as hard as l may" writes
DR.. Thurman B. Rice, Health Com
missioner of Indiana, Il can't think
of a diet that has mare vitamins
IN it than strawberries and
cream" -
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-13

The Philippines have 80, 762, 376
acres of commercial forests ana
1926, 1872 acres of non-commercia,
forests. 4
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
French Complete Work
On Observatory in Alps

Work has been completed on the
new French National observatory,
located in Provence, which is de.
clared to be the largest in Europe
and second in size only to Mount
Wilson observatory in California.
For more than a decade, a com.
mittee Of French astronomers and
physicists had been seeking an ap.
propriate site to build this observa-
tory Forcalquier was chosen be-
cause Of its altitude. because Of the
unusual clarity Of the atmosphere
and because Of the excellent wealth.
er which the region enjoys virtually
every day Of the year
The French scientists who super.
viSed its construction say, it will be
the most favored observatory in
the world" because $50 observation
nights will be available every year.
Three years were required to build
the new observatory. Its equipment
is as modern as science and money
can make it. Its 80-inch rejecting
telescope is the largest In Europe
and ranks third in size in the world.
The observatory cost $4,000, 900.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Where American Education Falls Down

all education should be to make people think clearly
insofar the color problem concerned
fallen the job Certainly for all
observes little clear thinking
of educated Negroes
egregaOnists small proportion fighting end
that profitable them They make
their living largely IN a segregated environment.
education has fallen down the job in
think clearly the sOcaed question
educated white scarcely preudced against
Negroes All the white people who write
school them live
them opportunities what called
educated people say they college graduates
The seeds fortified and flourish
schooling and public accommodation fourshes and
ostra is the law and custom of the land.
we'll the extension of schooling to include
opportunity keep with educa
ion the may we'll become
believe that through the Of
The Promised Land 1t is
labor unions hundred powerful cooperative
instruments power would Negro deeatm
Negroes than hundred universities
big as Fisk and Howard
Where single instance of gaining power
education? that recall
groups winning economic and political
Rome but who did the
The powerful America not the Masters OF
Arts Philosophy the of merchandise and
julius Rosenwa nothing of colleges except to hand them size
badged pedagogical mendcants
position the sh Italians and Jews in the United
hoarness from their
largely built up by education They hire the
themGO Schuyler in the Pittsburgh Courier
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Bees Travel Far for Nectar

Curious to learn where the honey
bees, wild and domesticated, in the
area Of Dinosaur National Monu-
ment, Colo. obtained nectar for
their winter supply Of honey. the
acting custodian made a field trip,
notebook and pocket lens in hand.
No sources Of nectar seemed to ex-
list. The landscape, characteristical-
ly desert and arid at all seasons,
under autumn's influence showed
only dry and withered plants and
rafting seed pods. Through the
sparse cover could be seen the Vari-
colored clays and bright hues Of the
soil. Yet in all directions bees were
lowering.
The custodian produced his lens
and knelt upon the ground. Then
the secret was revealed. Beneath
his feet no less than seven different
species of plants were coming into
full flower. The blossoms were so
minute. however. that they could be
seen only through q high-powered
pocket magnifier.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Poetic Thoughts
By Morris Gibbs, Sr.

by MOTIFS OlDDS, Dr.
Think as men Act of acknowledgement
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02

Any information concerning this
column or the facts stated therein,
write this paper or 1912 Elliot
Ave-, Minneapolis, MINI.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Mauer Is Liability to LabOr-P Progressive
Ticket

of the Convention last week.
civil rights for
and the of such legislation commend
able the approval of all of
Unfortunately however the its backing to John
candidate the council who refuses obey
of Mr. Maue
which Negroes be served because
of their
promptly difficult the addition of Mr.
would Progressive bring
rights Obviously Mr. Mauer
help them because he himself does not take
seriously enough to observe it.
that cannot afford to lose custom
serving when of his trade is white Aside
that this would the
business also ask the
would be able give fair
community where the
jority of white.
very margin which victory the LaborPro
election ST. Paul 1t might be well
bear this mind 1t is hard
branded when their linked with
practices of what they supposed to
stand for PAUL Recorder
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02

Thisa and Thata: Had letter
from Mildred Bolden, former Saint
Paulite, now Of 1017 Garnett Place,
Evanston, Illinois. She writes that
she has had very eventful career
since making her home in Evan
ston. She also says that she is
lonesome for st. Paul and is sub
scribing for this paper for news
from home. Getting a letter from
Mildred brings me away back to
Mckinley school days in the early
'20's Quincell Green of N. st.
Adams is motoring around in a
snappy little coupe Beverly
Galloway certainly picked herself
out a fine Mama. When she ar
rived in this new world she
weighed 5A pounds, now only
eleven weeks later she tips the
scales at 11k pounds. Normal
babies double their weight in about
five or six months, but that Bev-
erly Galloway is different
what Women Are Doing in the
Peace Movement" will be the sub
ject of discussion Tuesday, Febru-
airy Is, when Mrs. B. F. Edwards,
244 w. Central avenue, entertains
the Adelphai Club at its semi
monthly business meeting =.
George Shannon, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Shannon, 500 Carroll
avenue, celebrated his fourteenth
birthday Friday, January &c =.
Mrs. Theodore F. Allen, sos Carroll
avenue, celebrated her CD birth
day, Saturday, January 10. (She
was in bed enjoying a cold) -.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
WigingtOn Extends Thanks;
Tells of Ice Palace

Editor: am just human enough
to feel very pleased that your pa
per, in its issue of January &c, has
spoken so kindly and appreciatively
of the Ice Palace at Como Park
this year. We, who are so vitality
concerned with the production of
an ice palace each year in connec-
ton with the st. Paul Winter Car
nival are burdened with many I'M
usual difficulties.
We are each year confronted
with the fact that it is a prime
necessity and requirement that the
central feature of the carnival is
the ice palace and that it must be
not only spectacular but also true
in architectural design, graceful
and structurally safe and sound.
The correlation between the
building itself, it's illumination and
its immediate surroundings is al
ways a big problem and requires
months of study. In addition to
these matters, we realize that the
eyes of not only our Twin City
neighbors but of all America are
coming here to view our efforts.
Therefore, Mr.. Newman, you can
see why we are happy when some
person of authority or some agency
of responsibility gives US a nice
and interesting pat of appreciation.
l want to, and do. heartily thank
you for your news item and partic-
ularly for your editorial. My i'm
mediate superior officer, Mr.. Chas.
A. Bassford, our City Architect,
who is officially responsible for all
work emanating from the Bureau
of Public Buildings in St. Paul,
delegated me in my capacity as
chief designing architect to take
complete charge of the matter of
the Ice Palace as to design, meet
ings with the Carnival Commit
tee of the S. P. A., methods of con-
struction, kind and costs of mate
rails and inspection supervision of
the structure during it's erection.
The problems of illumination
were worked out in collaboration
with a special Lighting Committee
composed of electrical experts of
the Northern States Power Co., and
others, all subject to the sugges-
tons, corrections and approval of
our office. We think that this 1910
Ice Palace is unquestionably the
most beautiful we have ever seen,
and trust you will pardon us for
this Outspoken pride.
Very sincerely yours,
Clarence w. Wigington.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Dangers of Wild West
Recalled by Old Letter

The thin line between life and
death. which men. who lived by the
gun, trod in the wild west days. is
wildly portrayed, and rather poign.
antly too, in letter which has just
come to light in Deadwood, S. D.
The letter was written by wild
Bill Hickok to his wife. Agnes. and
is now on display in the historical
museum in Deadwood. Hickok Is
remembered as the deadliest man
In the West with a As, who threw
fear into the hearts Of all evil doors,
and who came to his own end by be-
ing shot in the back by one Jack
Mccall, while he was sitting in a
poker game.
Wild Bills letter Is as follows:
July II, 1876.
''Deadwood, Black Hills, Dacota:
My Own Darling Wife, Agnes-I
have but few moments left before
this letter starts. never was as
well in my life, but you would laugh
to see me now, just got in from
Prospecting. Win 60 away again
tomorrow. Will write In the morn
ing. but God nowse when It win
start My friend viii take this to
Cheyenne If he lives. | don't ex.
pect to hear from you. but 1t is all
the same I no my Agnes and only
live to love her. Never mind Pet,
we viii have a home yet, then
we win be so happy. I am almost
shure / win do well hear. The man
is huring me. Good by Dear wife
Love to Emma.
J. B. Hickok.
wild Bill"
The letter. It is said. was never
delivered and is also said to have
been the last one Bill wrote. The
uncertainty Of life at that time is
found in the words of Bill. My
friend will take this to Cheyenne if
he lives" Also in the line, will
write In the morning, but God nowse
when it will start"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Answered

You ask me have l ever loved
before
Strange elegy. Why must you care
Or shed one precious tear
If the dim past holds one or two
or more;
Or who they were, or when they
were, or where.
You are my journeys end, my
evening star;
And if, while on your way
To me, you've loved and loved
again,
And that has made you as you
are
IT'S well, i love you as you are
to-day.
"A. V. H.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02

Sterling Club Auxiliary: The
Sterling Club Auxiliary held it's
monthly meeting Tuesday, January
80, at the Clubhouse, with the
president, Mrs. NJ. X. Mcknight,
presiding.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02

Usher Board: The Usher Board
of Zion Baptist Church met Tues
day, January 80, at the home of
Mrs. G. H. Peters, 900 Bryant Ave.
No. Fourteen were present.
Ill: Mrs. Emma Gates, 1929
Fourth Ave. &c., confined at her
home since last Friday, is recov-
ering slowly.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02
Listen to
This"
BY Hobart T. Mitchell


jected to the use of colored soldiers
during the Civil War, declaring
They would not fight" History
tells US a different story.)
~ Congressman John E. Rankin of
Mississippi stated in a speech We'd
nesday. January 10, 1910, that,
The white people Of the South are
not enemies of the Negro. They
are the best friends he (the NegrO)
ever had"
The sale of lottery tickets were
forbidden to be sold to colored peo-
pie in an eastern part of the United
States in 1856.
Hercules, the slave of John Har-
ris, founder of Harrisburg, Penn
sylvania, was set free because he
saved his master from being killed
by Indians.
Stepin Fetchit, that slow motion
movie star, might have his car tied
up for various reasons, his fights
may be numerous, his tactics that
of a ruffian, all to his discredit; but
to his credit and to the dismay of
some of his associates, Fetchit is a
very devout church goer-attends
the Catholic Church two or three
times each week.
Baltimore Sun, January Is, 1853,
mention is made of a marriage IL
cense for Negroes; also an applica-
ton by a cOlOred woman for a d.
vOrce.
New Orleans, October 6, 184S-
Ten free men of color organized
themselves in a private corpora
ton named the African Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Roland Hayes, concert artist,
owns the masters house and the
whole plantation on which his
mother was born a slave.
Professor Friedrich Ratzel, in
his History of Mankind" on page
9. vol. /, states, There is only one
species of man; the variations are
numerous, but do not go deep"
Philadelphia, 1840-All the wait
ers at the hotels are black and all
the chambermaids are brown.
In 1847, we find Negroes listed
as hair dressers, in one eastern city
there were 156 Negro males so
listed.
James FOrten, Negro, sail-maker,
1882, was reputed to be worth over
one hundred thousand. dollars.
1881, Negroes were stoned and
dubbed from Independence Square,
Philadelphia, because, as they said,
Negroes had nothing to do with the
Fourth of July.
Negroes in the United States in
1886 owned some 10000, 900 acres
of land or 81 900 square miles.
The average Negro nOn-relief
farm operator family in Missis-
sippi who spends $3.50 for all foods
eats $40 worth of pork a year and
only SO worth of other meats.
An ex-senator of the United
States, a cOlOred man, Blanche X.
Bruce of Mississippi, was hOnOred
by having created for him the Office
of Register of the Treasury.
Any information concerning this
column or the facts stated therein,
write this paper or 1912 Elliot
Ave-, Minneapolis, MINI.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-02-02

We never know how much good we've done,
Surprises come from sources never dreamed of
But wisdom directs the course to be run
And unsettled labor is rewarded from above
Your highest service should be this prayer
To depend entirely on Him, who gave
His Son as our example and beware
OF false prophets who can not save.