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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

the Metis. Meanwhile, April has
heard at Batoche of an ambush plan
ned for the Mounted. She sends
Louvette to warn Ronnle and the
Mounted.
Louvette, however, is only inter-
ested in Ronnie. She tricks him to
a cabin, where he is set upon by In
dams, his arms bound. The Mount
ed, unwarned, ride into an ambush,
with thousands of the Nett and Cor
beau, blazing away with the Calling,
to wipe out the Mounted entirely.
The Mounted's brave stand, the
vindication of Ronnie's honor by
Dusty, the capture of Corbeau and
tn eother leaders of the Nets, and
the winning of April, bring the pic
ture to its conclusion.
Notable in this picture are the fine
performances Of Miss Carroll and
Cooper, and of Paulette Goddard,
who is outstanding as Louvette. Ad-
vano- word has it that she's a claw
ing terror of an Indian girl, and Won
derful in her love scenas with Rob-
ert Preston. And, naturally, the work
Of the players shows the DeMille
touch, a surety of movement as the
camera captures magnificent back
grounds, exciting Workmanship -
all the color, action and romance
to be expected in a picture Of this
scope.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

Cecil B. DeMille, master PRODUCER
Director, has assembled the greatest
cast of stars ever to appear in any
Of his productions for his new pic
ture for Paramount, North West
Mounted Police" which will nave us
first loca. showing on Wednesday,
January first, New Years Day, at
the new Bailey theatre, with GARY
Cooper and Madeleine Carroll IN the
top starring roles.
An epic-sized tale OF blazlng aho
indomitable courage, DeMllle mas
seen fit to place such starring play
ers as Paulette Goddard, preston
Foster, Robert Preston, Akin Iaml-
ruff, Lynne Overman, George Ban
croft. Lon Clancy, Jr., and waiter
Hampden in important roles, round
ing out a top cast which ranks with
m ever seen in n motion picture.
Moreover, because of n back-
Grounds and the importance of the
story. he has filmed the picture en-
tirelv in Technicolor, the first time
DeMille has ever made a complete
picture in the medium.
The import Of the story can only
be Judged from the fact that it has
its basis in a real revolt against the
Canadian government back in 1885
by a tribe of people known as the
Metis, made up Of half-breed voy-
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North West Mounted
Is Historical Picture

Cecil B. DeMille's "North. West
Mounted Police" a stirring motion
picture story Of the gallantry and
bravery with which a small force of
the Mounted faced thousands Of MUIR
dersome half-breeds in what amount
ed to Canada's Civil War, will have
it's local premiere soon at the Bailey
theatre, starring Gary Cooper and
Madeleine Carroll, and featuring a
host of other stars including Paul
cite Goddard, Preston Foster, Robert
Preston, Akin Tamiroff, Lynne Over
man, George Bancroft, Lon CLANCY,
Jr., Walter Hampden and thousands
Of others. Filmed in Technicolor -
it is the first picture in which De-
Mile has employed color throughout
|-"North West Mounted Police
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
George Murphy Has Role
In Little Nellie Kelly

George Murphy, who plays Judy
Garland's father in her first solo
starring picture, Little Nellie Kel-
ly," at the Bailery Theatre to-
morrow was born in New Haven,
July 4th, o of Mike Murphy,
famous trainer of college athletes.
He was educated at Yale. He mar
ried Juliette johnson and the two
formed a dancing team, appearing
in many Broadway shows, includ-
ing Good News" Roberta" and
kid Millions" He made f.s screen
debut in kid Millions" followed
by Jealousy" CPL Love You Al
ways" woman Trap" top of
the Town." "Brodeway Melody of
1885," Hold That Co-Ed," Dane
ing Co-Ed'' and broadway Melody
of 1940." He is now under contract
to Metro-G oldWyn-Mayer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

the narrative a few days later at
Fort Carlton, the Mounted's operat-
ing center. First, Dusty Rivers
Cooper a Texas Ranger, arrives on
the scene, and states that he has a
warrant for a murderer who has fled
to Canada. Then April rides into
the Fort one morning, driving a
wagon. In it are two Mounted Po-
licemen-one MORALLY wounded, the
other dead. It doesn't take long to
establish that they were killed "
Corbeau, the man Dusty is after.
And, at this point, it becomes evil
dent that Dusty has romantic no.
tons about April, too.
In a series of swiftly moving
events, Brett, Dusty and McDuff
(Overman) a specially sworn in
Constable, move to prevent Corbeau
from persuading the Cree Indians to
join the Metis. Corbeau has a strong
arguments Calling gun, but Dusty
dares Corbeau to tackle him with
each man free to draw-and Ccrbeau
backs down. The result of the dick
ering is that the chief promises to
make war If Corbeau will bring him
the red coats of the Mounted before
three suns have set.
The MOunties Ambushed
With the small force of fifty
Mounted at Fort Carlton still
threatened dangerously, Inspector
Cabot (Montagu Love- decides to go
after large stores Of abandoned am
munition at Duck Lake. Suspecting
an ambush, he sends Ronnie and an
other Mounted Policeman to a desert.
ed cabin half way there to watch for
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WRONG NUMBER.

Fred Allen wanted to tai.
rochester about a f~orthcorr,sso'
scene between them in pln
mounts Love Thy Neigbba ana I,
which opens Christmas eve 'oI'
night at the Bailey theatre ING
which he is co-starred WIZ IN
Benny and Mary Martin, Fio uav6
ne dialed Benny's DRESSING 'a.4y
Who is this?" demanded AVN
Benny replied: |The Creates naa
edlan on air or screen" N'''l'
Wrong number" said au..
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traces tho effects Of the b~a,f.hreeds,

traces the effects Of the half.breeds'
rebellion on the lives Of many peo-
pie, including the courageous Mount
ed Police, and a Texas Ranger who
is out to capture nj of the leaders
Of the rebellion. And woven into
the main story fabric are the tales
Of two loves-that Of a Mounted Pc.
liceman and the Texas Ranger for a
fearless nurse, and Of a Mounted
Policeman for a beautiful Indian girl
who fights for her man like a wild
cat,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
A CONSUMERS

The north Atlantic states maine,
Vermont, New Hampshire, Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey, Rhod Islaned, Dlaware,
Maryland, and Pennsy1vania) pro-
uce only one-twenty-fifth of the ma
tons meat, yet consume one-third.
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EXPENSIVE

The most costly scientific r,,,,
cation in proportion to its size '1oIl'
the report of the Wilkes eynedi. vas
to the Antarctic, issued by the u q
Government. The whole boot 49,
was published and only ESQ sets v VET
printed, at a cost of s279, 1S1.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
NAZI PLOWSHARES
ARE HELPING SWORDS

BERLIN-GP-To REINFORCE the
sword with the plowshare. Germans
are establishing dozens of model farm
villages along the Westwall. A dense
population will strengthen the boun-
Diary, the Germans reason.
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DISCOVERED ACCIDENTALLY

Just 80 years ago., the scientific
world first suspected the existence
Of the okapi. Sir Harry Johnston
found natives of the Semliki forest,
in Africa, wearing curiously marked
skins, and eventually traced them %
their source.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

A .60.caliber machine gun operat-
ed by a gunner lying prone in the tail
turret Of the arny's latest medium
bomber, is reported to guard effec-
lively what was formerly called the
most vulnerable part of a plane.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

China is the leading tea producing
country in the world, with India,
Ceylon, Java and Japan following in
respective order.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
ENTHUSIASTS

During 1889, 20, 1000, 900 Americans
paid $50, 900, 900 to e professional,
semi-professional, amateur, and col
lepe baseball exhibitions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

Hurricanes are officially designet-
ed as winds with a velocity of more
than rs miles per hour.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-01-11

novice to run. The skier still in the
sitzmark stage will do well to stick to
the milder slope.
If Old Man Winter is good to Gar
rett county this year New Germany,
just 100 miles from Baltimore, promis-
es to be busy spot. Mr.. Martin does
not volunteer to predict the weather,
but in his eight years of forest service
work there he remembers snowdrifts
so deep the telephone poles were in
visible, and temperature that occas-
ionally hung around SO below zero.
at is so cold and dry up here, he
adds, chat one heavy snow lasts a
long time. We often have fine snow
even when Cumberland streets are
bare.
Marylanders, if last weeks doings
are any gauge, have caught the ski
fever, and the hills of little New Ger
many from now on are all ready to
doctor them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-01-11
THE PROBLEM OF
FORGIVENESS

LESSON TEXT-Matthew 18:21-35.
GOLDEN TEXT-And forgive us our
debts, as we forgive our debtors.-Matthew
6:12
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-01-11
Angry Words

Seest thou a man that is hasty in
his words? There is more hope OF
D fool than of him.-Proyerbs 20, 20.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-01-11
Lesson for January IA

lected and copyrighted by international
Council OF Religious Education used b.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-01-11

Services in local churches for Sun
day, January ID, will be: Catholic
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-23
THEY HAVE THEIR VALUE

IF YOU are opposed 10 vul-
nerable player who refuses to be
shut out by a high pre-enptive
bid in a suit, you can sometimes
lure him into presenting you
generous gift by tempting his
weakness. II yoW aand contains
pretty good defensive or high-card
values, enough to justify . bid of
one, pre-enlptirg will seldom pay
you. 1t usually will crowd your
own side and do more damage to
your side than to your opponents.
But when you face one of those
fellows who always acts over a
pre-empt. OLD Man Psychology is
on the lob.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-08-23
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
THE Authority Authorities"
"The Authority on Authorities"

this poor chap. He simply just
can't let a successful pre-empt go
by and perhaps beat his side out
of game. since that would show up
his theory.
West led the heart J. which
South ruffed with the spade 2.
He then led his two high spades
and switched to a club. West split
his honors and the A won. South
next led to the diamond A and
offered a second club. West roared
in with the K. cashed his two high
spades and led a heart, so that
East took the rest of the tricks.
setting the contract FIVE.
East could have made his heart
game by ruffing third diamond
and fnessing trumps, but what is
a mere game as against gift Of
1,400 points?
Evening star., 1940-02-11
Sound Advice

Mrs. Roosevelt's testimony before
the members of the House District
Committee, in which she gave her
opinions of the Districts welfare and
correctional agencies, was admirable
for its Unconditional restraint and its
sound common sense. She refused to
be led by her courteous questioners
into territory with which she was
unfamiliar, she. spoke sincerely and
to the point on matters with which
she was personally familiar and she
showed an intelligent appreciation
of District problems.
The following question and answer
is commended to readers, long IA
miliar with the processes of investi-
cations by experts:
Mr.. D'Alesandro Mrs. Roose-
welt, don't you think that gen.
eral survey should be made of the
public welfare institutions of the
District of Columbia by unbiased
investigators?
Mrs. Roosevelt think the first
thing to do is to see If we cannot
do something about these institu-
Evening star., 1940-02-11

them outside the pale Of any old-age
benefit under q national program.
Debate on the Ramspeck bill indi-
Gated the belief Of some House mem
bers that the Apportionment Act is
not being enforced. Civil Service
Commission figures show otherwise.
Apportioned positions have increased
here since February 20, 1888, from
thirty-four thousand to fifty thou
sand, using round figures. At the
same time, apportioned employment
Of District residents has dropped
from eleven thousand to nine thou
sand. and there also has been a fall
ing of in the neighboring States.
Employees are chosen from over-quota
States only when the jobs are turned
down by those from States that are
under quota. #.....
The measure otherwise is excellent,
providing as it does not only for the
extension of civil service to some
thing more than 250,000 persons at
the option of the President, but also
bringing field employees within the
Classification Act with a consequent
upward revision of pay.
There are reports that the Senate
will change the Objectionable fea-
ture, and certainly it should be elimi-
mated, for such an unfair restriction
has no place in merit legislation.
Evening star., 1940-02-11

already established, through such land
and the construction Of a railroad over
this yielding and often overflowed ground.
Outside Of the engineering difficulties,
which, of course. could be overcome with
money and skill, is the fact that a rail-
road would not be paying scheme. With
the through line so firmly fixed it could
not be passenger carrier to any extent,
and its reliance must be on the freight
trafic. mainly, of course, confined to coal.
Now a railroad cannot exist as q mere
carrier of coal. It must have other
sources Of revenue and the swallowing
of this road by some Of the larger roads
would be matter Of very short time.
It is an absurdity to talk about the claim
that the canal could not be run on .
paying basis. I know personally where
thousands Of dollars have been spent ON
the canal In taking out thoroughly good
locks and putting In new ones simply be-
cause an election was coming on and the
men were needed to vote In that particu-
lar locality. Run the canal - . business
enterprise and 1t would pay"
Evening star., 1940-02-11
tions and then get these people
who can do something to make
q survey.

tions and then get these people
who can do something to make
a survey.
Excellent! One of the best methods
under the sun of delaying action on
anything is to call in group OF ex-
perts to make a survey. BY the time
the survey has been made and the
experts paid, public interest has
Jagged, the results Of the survey
gather dust and in the end, too often,
wind up somewhere on a dusty shelf.
AS Mrs. Roosevelt suggests, the
first thing to do Is to determine
what can be done. Determine, for
instance, how much money is avail
able, where it can come from, how
much the appropriations authorities
are willing to make available for the
purpose With that In mind, get the
people who can do something" to
make survey if they desire, but
leave the survey to the people who
can do something" and furnish them,
first of all, with the means with
which to do It.
Evening star., 1940-02-11

God" has been obscured by conceits Of
power and the assumed capacity Of man
to create his own world according to his
own standards.
But ever and again great awakenings
have come. Mighty revivals Of faith
have swept over continents, as before the
blazing image Of God the works Of man
have shriveled into nothingness. 1t Is
the survival of mans soul, the triumph
Of his better nature that has had fresh
and powerful manifestation. Have I'VE
arrived at another recurring period when
such revival is to be made evident? In
Hugo's great work, LES Miserables," he
speaks of the battle of Waterloo as "a
change in the front Of the universe" Are
we to see a change in the front Of the
universe? Certainly no one can observe
the signs so evident in the world today
and be unmindful of what they must
presage. Jesus Christ said: when ye
shall hear of wars and r,lmors of wars. be
ye not troubled" and then He warned
His disciples to take heed to the things
that were vital to their well-being.
To those who believe in the God who
directs the concerns Of men and ma
tions who believe that behind all the
events and happenings of life resides a
supreme and sovereign power, there must
come the sense of deepened trust and
dependence upon His purposes and q
greater obedience to His will. Life must
60 on, and out of all the distresses and
disasters must come a new, and let us
believe, better world. Even the wrath
of man shall turn to His praise. Our
world needs supremely the sublime hero
ism and determination Of Him who even
on a cross triumphed over His enemies.
The blazing image of God" must be
freshly revealed and all the proud con-
ceits and vain ambitions of man yield to
His supremacy. A quickened religious
faith, a renewed covenant with God, a
high resolve to return to wholesome,
clean, consistent ways of living, these are
more indispensable to security and peace
than massed military strength or the
works of man that "shrivel into nothing
ness" when the forces Of evil are un-
leashed.
Evening star., 1940-02-11
An Unfair Provision

The apportionment amendment
written into the Ramspeck bill by
the House presents an impossible
problem in administration and
threatens injustice to thousands of
Federal employees. It opens no new
employment opportunity, and where
it directly benefits one worker it
will be at the expense of corre-
spending discrimination against an
other.
Two principal results flow from the
provision. 1t would bar the acquisi-
ton of civil service status by any
person from a State whose employ
ment quota has been filled in the
apportioned service here, so long as
any other State Cor Territory is
under quota. 1t also would "freeze"
in their present employment status
all those affected by this restriction.
Because of the World War influx,
when civilian manpower was at
premium, the District of Columbia,
Maryland and Virginia were brought
far over quota, and, consequently,
employees from this area would be
hardest hit. Caught with them,
however, according to the Civil Serv-
ice Commission. are Montana, Ver-
mont, Kansas, Rhode Island, Utah,
the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa and
Nebraska. Because of the vagaries
of employment, however, the appor-
tionment status of many States
shifts backward and forward, so that
one might be under quota today and
over quota tomorrow. Obviously,
that sets up an administrative puz-
zle, for it would be necessary to know
the exact apportionment condition
of every State on the day that en-
ployes were being brought under civil
service to determine who should be
excluded. Further, continuous fluc-
tuations in employment make it i'm
possible ever to get perfect appor-
tionment.
The inequities under the provision
are obvious. In addition to with
holding civil service status from the
affected class, 1t also bars their
transfer or promotion to any of the
positions that are covered in. In
practice that would mean that an
employe qualified in every respect for
promotion would have to give way to
one of lesser ability because of the
handicap of residence. Nothing
could do more to destroy morale.
Another potential hardship lies in
the fact that those persons not
brought under civil service will con-
tinue to be deprived Of the benefits
of the Retirement Act. Because OF
their Federal employment they are
barred also from social security, and
this new restriction definitely holds
Evening star., 1940-02-11
1.-THE BLAZING IMAGE OF GOD"
By the Right ReU James E. Freeman D. d. LII. D. D. c. L.,
Bishop OF WASHINGTON

"The works Of man shrivel into noth-
ingness before the blazing image Of God,"
thus brilliant secular writer expresses
his conviction, as he faces world in
which the arrogance Of might is set over
against the noble ideals Of right. He sees
as he looks out upon the world at the
beginning Of New Year, new and
mighty conflict between pagan and ma
terialistic concepts Of life and the vision
Of its true meaning as revealed to men
by Jesus Christ. 1t is not new conflict,
it has been raging through the long
centuries. Now and again 1t becomes
more acute and more emholdened. Long
ago. James Russell Lowell in glowing
verse described this conflict:
Though the cause of evil prosper.
Yet It's truth alone is strong;
Though her portion be the scafIold.
And upon the throne be wrong.
Yet that scafIold sways the future,
And, behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above His own"
Again and again it has been demon
strated that true greatness of character
is disclosed when the conflict with evil is
strongest and mos: intense. Even quail
ties of character that are latent and in
operative are aroused and made to act,
once a critical situation calls them into
service. There is something in man that
will act and act with power, when an
attack is made upon the vital things that
have to do with his truest and noblest
interests.
The finest examples Of heroism the
page OF history records are to be found
in those periods where an attack was
made upon hfe's most precious concerns.
It may be that this is the law of life:
that courage and endurance come to the
fore only when the things most cherished
are threatened or invaded. 1t is cer-
tainly true of most Of us, that what we
have Of virtue has its finest demonstra-
ton when 1t is aroused by violent and
contending forces. Our age has witnessed
much of materialism and 1t may be that
things secular have laid too strong a
claim upon us. The blazing image of
Evening star., 1940-02-11
A Discriminatory Tax

7. Corporation Counsel Elwood Seals
clarifying ruling on those affected by
the District income tax contradicts
some curbstone opinions to the effect
that voting residence in the States
would exempt many Government
workers, despite their "domicile''
within the District. Mr.. Seal holds
that this is not the case. Voting
residence elsewhere, he holds, has
nothing to do with it. There will
doubtless be a court test of the mat
ter before it is definitely decided, but
from the standpoint of fairness, at
any rate, Mr.. Seal is on sound ground.
On the other hand, his interpreta-
tion emphasizes the laws unfairness
in its gross determinations. Those
plainly exempt from the tax under
the law, Mr.. Seal points out, are Gov
ernment officials sent to Washing
ton for definite" period, such as
the President and members of Con-
gress, cabinet officers and others ap-
pointed for fixed term and officers
of the military services assigned here
for tour Of duty.
All such persons fall in the rela-
lively high brackets Of income, are
temporary residents Of Washington
and benefit from the municipality
unsupported services, and, in the
case of many of them, their def
mite" terms of service stretch out for
many years. The statutory term Of
the controller general, for instance,
is fifteen years. But these are spe-
cifically exempt from payment of an
income tax levied for support of the
municipality, while tens of thousands
Of others, whose income is in the
lower brackets, whose stay here is
determined by the vicissitudes Of
politics and not the statutes, are
liable to the tax. Are the secretaries
of congressman, for instance, subject
to the tax-or the secretaries and
other assistants of cabinet officers,
brought here by their employers and
holding Office at their employers
pleasure? szAsx
The discriminatory features of the
local income tax make it highly un-
fair, and the thousands of border
line cases, which cannot be clarified
by a single ruling, will make its ad-
ministration confused and difficult.