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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31
APPRENTICESHIP
ENGAGEMENT IS
ANNOUNCED

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Dec.
30,-Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Robinson
Carpenter, of Gray Gables, George
street, announced at a cocktail party
at their, home Christmas afternoon
the engagement Of their daughter,
Miss Alice Robinson Carpenter, to
Thomas A. sharp Of Parlin and
Reidsville, N. c., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Merritt Sharp of Reds
vile.
Miss carpenter, a graduate of
the Anable school, is the grand
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Johnson Carpenter of this city. Her
mother is the former Elovine Tyr
rell Burruss, daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Flown Burruss
Of Wilmington, N. c., and Caroline
county, Va. On her maternal side
she is descended from Colonel John
Page, who gave the ground for the
Bruton Parish church, Williamsburg,
Va, and was speaker of the Vir-
ginia House of Burgesses, and from
Colonel Walter Chiles, member of
the House of Burgesses.
On her paternal side she is de-
scended from Colonel John Neil
son, who was in charge of the New
Jersey troops during the Revolu-
tionary War, the Blocker and Lis
penard families of New York, and
John Robinson, speaker of the Vir-
ginia House of Burgesses.
Mr.. Sharp graduated from the
University of North Carolina in 1887
and is a member of Phi Beta Kap-
pa, Tau Beta Pi and Phi Kappa
Sigma. He is now with the E. I.
DUPONT de Nemours company at Par
lin.
The wedding will take place in
the early spring.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
PARTY IS HELD BY
|MR. AND MRS. N

1VANHOE, Dec. 30.-Mr. a n G
Mrs. ]. F. Johnson, of Bladen
county, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary with their
children, grandchildren ana a hos
of friends on Christmas day, De.
cember Is.
Seven children, W. c. johnson,
of Tampa, Fla; L. G. Johnson oil
Watha, Mrs. R. F. Peterson, oil
Kelly; E. G. johnson, OF 1vanhoe;
N. K. johnson, of Ivanhoe; F. R.
johnson, of Murfreesboro; a n d
Mrs. H. j. Corbett, of Ivanhoe
and twenty-four grandchildren,
were present for the anniversary
celebration.
One of Mr.. Johnson's sisters
Mrs. M. E. McDuffie, 81, of Dub.
lin, and n brother, w. c. John.
son, 81, of Ivanhoe attended as
honorary guests.
Among the many other visitors
of the day were: Mrs. Jefferson
Xanthas and son, Nathan and Mrs
W. j. Ward, of Wilmington, Mr.
and Mrs. Johnnie Pope, of Atkin
son, Mrs. Hervie Nunnally and
Mrs. jamie Walker, of Currie
Mrs. Ethel Moore, of Goldsboro
Jim McDuffie, Of Louisville, Ky.
Mrs. Fannie Gillispie, of Dublin
James Gillispie, of Raleigh, Misses
Helen and Louise Peterson, O.
Washington, D.. c., Mr.. and Mrs
Roselle Howard, of Maxton, Roge,
Tatum, of Elizabethtown, M r S
Clyde johnson, of Delco, Mr.. ane
Mrs. James Royal, OF Salemburg
MI. and Mrs. Marion johnson ane
MIR. and Mrs. Bard Applewhite, o:
Delco, Mr.. and NJ r S. w. E
Reeves, Mrs. w. M. Corbett, Mrs
Katie Lyles, Mrs. Neil Beatty
MI. and Mrs. Lauren Beatty, O.
Ivanhoe, Mrs. R.. M. Peterson anc
Mrs. S. P. Johnson, of Kelly.
Mrs. johnson is II and Mr.. John,
son 30. They have lived the fifty
years of their married life in
Bladen county on Black River al
their present home.
Mrs. Johnson was the daugh.
ter of DR.. and Mrs. j. c. Henry
of Town Creek in Brunswick
county. Mr.. johnson was the sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. William johnson
of Elizabethtown in Bladen coun.
ty. They have living, eight chill.
dren, thirty-four grandchildren
and three great grandchildren.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31
DIAL 1911

land Young portrays the airplane
magnate, Roger FORBES. His wife
is played by Billie Burke and his
daughter by Lynne Carver. Reg.
inald Gardiner offers another gem
of comedy portrayal as a slightly
demented gentlemen with Illusions
of grandeur. Completing the cast
are Dan Daley, Jr. as Miss So
thern's brother, Donald HUE. JON
athan Hale, Quinn Big Boy Will
liams and Hans Conreid.
For added pleasure the Carolina
program includes a new Crime
Series feature, Soak the DID," a
grand new color cartoon novelty,
Ants in the Plants" and the lat.
est news. .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31

PERSONALS

mrs. y. Il. Hobbs and son, Norman
of Wannanish, have returned to their
homes after spending Christmas
here as the guests of Mrs. Hobbs
brother, Jasper Meshaw, and her
aunt, Mrs. H. E. Peterson.
Thomas R. Whitehead has return
ed to New Orleans after spending
several days in the city with his
mother, Mrs. q. w. Whitehead, at
her home on Orange street.
Mrs. Tarlton G.. Braxton, of God.
win, and James W. Mclean, medi-
cal student at the University at
Chapel Hill, spent the weekend with.
their grandmother, Mrs. Mary H.
Wick, at her home an Ann street.
DR.. and Mrs. e. C. Anderson, Mrs.
J. C. Anderson, and Mrs. j. l.. An.
derson r spending the holidays in
Miami and other Florida cities.
They will return to Wilmington on
January G..
DR.. and Mrs. r. M. Nelson and
children, of Asheville, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Lacy Hunt on Mar
ket street.
Miss Sara Newton, of Shelby, il
spending several days with Mrs. J
R. Thomas at her home in Country
Club Pines.
John Render, who has been visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Car,
Render, during the holidays left Sat
urday for Charleston, W. Va, to re-
sumo his studies in mechanical avia'
ton in a government training school
Mr.. and Mrs. Sammie Sandlin
have returned to the city latter Wis
iting friends in Washington, D. c.,
over the holidays.
Boy Fennell and Obel Malpass left
Sunday for Baltimore to return to
their work after spending the holi-
days at their homes here.
Mrs. William G. Broadfoot has as
her guest at her home in Forest
Hills, Miss Frances Warren, of Tren-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Dunn have re-
turned to the city from New Bern
Where they went to attend the Dunn
Tolson wedding Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Chadbourn
have arrived from Raleigh and are
visiting, relatives in the city this
week.
Mrs. George T. Macdonald left
yesterday for her home in Atlanta,
Ga, after spending the holidays here
as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. L. E.
Allen at their home on Princess
street.
Mrs. Alden E. Specs and Bonnie
Ruth Specs have arrived to be with
their husband and father, Lieut.. Al.
den E. Specs, executive officer to
Col. Albertis Montgomery, construc'
ton quartermaster of the Whining
ton Anti-Aircraft Firing center. The
specs will make their home at the
Wood on Wrightsville
Beach.
Mrs. James Latimer McLintock
of Charlotte, is the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. w. E. Lewis at theil
home in Country Club Pines.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31
"DULCY" WILL OPEN
AT CAROLINA TODAY

With Ann Sothern as it's star,
"Dulcy," heralded as setting a
new high in hilarity, opens today
at the Carolina Theatre for an en-
gagement of two days. The popu-
lar comedienne is supported by a
strong cast and the combination
of plot, situations and dialogue is
acclaimed sure-fire for one of the
merriest pictures in a blue moon.
"Dulcy' is the story of a modern
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31
Dunn-Tolson
eddingI Is
Solemniized

NEW BERN, Dec. 30.-The mar.
,iaee of Miss Genevieve Annis Toll
nm to Mark Stevenson Dunn, of
Now Bern and Raleigh, was sol
omnized here Saturday night in a
brilliant formal ceremony performed
nv the Rev. Leon Russell, pastor,
IN the presence Of many relatives
and friends at Centenary Methodist
church.
Ushers were Hubert H. Rand, of
Washington, D. c.; Walter R. Nc
Guire, of Asheville; James A. We'll
Inns. of Smithfield; and John o.
Dunn, of Wilmington. cousin of the
bride.
Mrs. John L~aughton, of Ramseur,
and Mrs. William E. Stanley, brides
maids. wore hyacinth blue satin and
carried cascade bouquets Of salmon
sweet peas and full-bloom Talisman
roses. Miss Theresa Ship and Miss
Elizabeth Taylor, bridesmaids. wore
mist rose satin and had cascade bou-
ouets of hyacinth blue sweet peas
and full-bloom Better Times roses.
As maid of honor, Miss Henrietta
Burnett, of Greenville, S. c.. was
dressed in ice pink satin. Her cas-
cade bouquet vas a rosy pink sweet
leas and full-bloom deep pink roses
All the brides attendants wore head
dresses similar to hers, a coronet of
satin leaves Of the same shade and
material az their dresses, with Shout
der-length wells down their backs.
The flower girl, little Miss Mar
garet Dunn, niece of the bridegroom,
wore pink net and carried a nose
gay of mixed sweet peas.
The bride was escorted by her IA
Their, former Mayor Hubert Glenn
folsom, by whom she was given in
matrimony. She was beautifully at
tired in ivory duchess satin, fashioned
with full skirt, tight basque waist,
~self-covered buttons, high collar,
long sleeves and large circular train.
From her coronet of pearls and seed
pearls was a f%ull-length veil. She
carried a cascade bouquet of orchids,
lilies of the valley ana sweet peas.
The bridegroom wa accompanied
by his brother, John G. Dunn, Jr.,
as best
Following the wedding, Mr.. and
Mrs. Tolson, parents of the bride,
entertained friends at a lovely re-
ception at their home.
The bridal couple left afterwards
FOR a wedding trip to New York and
other northern points.
Upon their return, they will be
at home at 1928 West Morgan street,
Raleigh.
The bride is an attractive and tai
ented member of New Bern's young
social set and has been extensively
entertained during the ~pre-nuptial
period. After graduating from New
Bern High school, she attended Duke
university, then was graduated from
Washington School for Secretaries in
Washington, D. C. At Duke she was
a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha
sorority.
Mr.. Dunn is a son of MI. and Mrs.
John Guion Dunn, of New Bern. Aft
er his graduation from the local
high school, he went to the Univer.
sity of North Carolina, where he was
graduated with degrees of A. B.,
LIB. He was a member of the Phi
Beta Kappa honorary scholastic
fraternity, Beta Theta Pi social
fraternity, and Phi Delta Phi legal
fraternity. For some time he prac-
ticed law here, but for the past six
months has been connected with the
legal department of the Unemploy-
ment Compensation commission of
North Carolina at Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31
MIND YOUR MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions, then che liking
against the authoritative answers
below:
l.. What is the fewest number of
c~andlesticks that may be used on
a dinner table?
2. May place cards be used at
a dinner for less than 10?
3. At a dinner party is it neces-
sary to have sailed nuts on the
table? .
4. May sailed nuts be placed in
individual dishes above each plate?
5. Should either the host or hos
tess do most of the talking when
they entertain?
What would you do if
1t is impossible for you to en-
terrain a hostess who entertained
a brief visit
(a) Send her a gift and write a
note saying you enjoyed the time
you spent with her?
b) Ask her to visit you "sonae
time?
Answers
1. Four candlesticks or two can-
elabra.
2. No.
8. No. Though it is correct.
4. Yes. Or in a pair of dishes,
one at each end of the table.
S. No. They should both see that
all the guests get a chance to talk.
Best What What Would You
Do" solution-(a).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31
COLONIAL DANES
WILL HOLD MEET

There will be a meeting of the
board of managers of the North
Carolina Society of Colonial Danes
of America at st. James parish
house on Friday morning at 1890
o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31
Embattled Spouses
on Guard

VA a"A
Hospitable hostesses or not, they
are going to protect the rights of
wives who are still back in Ohio,
keeping the home fires burning. 1t
will be a kind of fen. lie Vigilante
group-and woe be to the errant
husband.
Funny Uncle Sam let himself in
for that kind Of wife trouble. He
ought to know more about women
than that. Call their men in the
name of National Defense - and
they cooperate. Get into a war
and they believe their men should
fight.
But suggest making camp life
and a married man more compati-
BILE by getting him a date now and
then, and the wives rebel.
They seem far more afraid for
their husbands to m e e t blondes
than bombs. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31

1t has been proved that Of 81
paid for gasoline by a motorist,
an average of 80 cents represents
taxes and only &c cents represents
that part actually going for gaso-
line.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31

"CHRISTMAS IN JULY"
FEATURED AT ROYA

There's a treat in store for you
at the Royal theatre where Christ
mas in July" opened yesterday.
It's another uproarious comedy
written and directed by that mas
ter of comedy technique, Preston
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31

The Pan American Always sys-
tenn has been in operation 10 years.
1t has grown from a 90-mile air
line to a system of 67.10o route miles
serving So countries and colonies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31
Club Clock

T h e Carolina Beach Home
Demonstration club will meet
Thursday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock with Mrs. Floyd Fowler.
All members are invited.
The T. E. L class of Calvary
Baptist church will hold it's an
nual Christmas party this eve
ming in the classroom of the
church. All members are invited
to attend and bring their hus-
bands.
The Ladies' Concordia society
meeting scheduled for this
Wednesday has been postponed
until Wednesday, January S, at
which time the society's annual
birthday celebration will be held.
The Missionary society of
the Southside Baptist church
will e this afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock at the church.
The Sunbeams will meet at the
same hour.
The Georgia Barton class of
the Temple Baptist church will
meet Thursday evening at 8
o'clock with Mrs. Lenora Greene,
407 Wrightsville avenue.
A joint meeting of the Ameri-
can Legion auxiliary and the
: Wilmington Post will be held
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at
the Sorosis clubhouse on North
Third street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31
SOROSIS BUSINESS
MEET


North Carolina Sorosis will hold
its monthly business session Thurs
day afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
clubhouse, on North Third street. All
members are requested to be pres
ent as matters of great Importance
to the club will be discussed. Plans
for the series of lectures on Pan
American countries to be given here
by Vivian Whitfield during January,
sponsored by the club, will be dis
cussed. Also matters concerning the
registration of women in the county
in connection with the defense
will be discussed at this
time.
A meeting of the executive board
will be held at 3 o'clock the same
afternoon.
Birth Announced
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Gore an
the birth of a daughter,
on December 20 at t h e Marion
annex
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-31

Mrs. James Latimer McLintock
of Charlotte, is the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. w. E. Lewis at theil
home in Country Club Pines.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
Collectors Collect

The prerequisite Of satisfactory
collections is good collectors. So
Farmer" Eugene Casey OF Gath
ersburg selected a couple OF top
notch Baltimore collectors TO aid
the Maryland drive for the Frank
lin ID. Roosevelt Library at Hyde
Park. The collectors" are none
other than Collector OF Internal
Revenue II. NJ. Magruder and
Customs Collector Gilbert Daley.
who head up the voluntary work
among employees in the Offices Of
Internal Revenue at Baltimore.
But there is no pressure being
put on any employe. The matter
is left entirely up TO the individ-
ual, and Magruder refuses to per-
nit any collection OF funds With
in the Office. His only touch OF
sales pressure is the following:
You are advised that any and
all monies contributed toward this
fund are classified as a charitable
donation and will be deduct!hlc
from all Federal and State income
taxes"
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09

The reports of Celanese profits for the frs.
quarter of the year must come as a staggering
surprise to the workers who made them.
For the first quarter of this year the corpora
ton announces that its net profit of 81. 4lo Al 4
is the largest in its history. II follows upon the
yearly profits of 1889 which totalled almost
six and onehalf million dollars in spite of a
FIVE weeks soppage of work caused by the
management refusal to bargain with its work.
ers union representatives.
The profits for the first quarter of 1910 are
slightly less than double those of the profitable
first quarter of 1889 when $l.336.7l4 was
earnedi
Taking the Amcelle plant weekly pay
roll at an approximate $500, 900 per week
it means that for thirteen weeks the total
payroll would be $2,600,000. And their
PROFITS for this thirteen weeks falls just
short of the total payroll when it totals
$2,419,414M
Most of these profits were earned at the
Amcelle plant although the plant built by past
profits at Pearisburg. Va. is in production
we say tndt these pIoHtS arc cAoIpldHI
and beyond conscience.
These profits are obtained from the labor
of workers at Amcellc who are not obtaining
enough in wages in relation to the slice taken
in profits by the company
These figures are the best and unanswerable
argument which the Celanese workers unon
Local 1874 TWU of A, will present in its
coming contract for adequate and substantial
wage raises and it behooves every worker at
Amcelle and every business man in Allegany
County who is glad to grab for the Amcelle
workers pay check to realize now that these
wage raises are already far overdue and that
profit cuts are definitely in order.
The bum arguments that the profit takers
are 'reinvesting their profits in the business
are outmoded. The gang has been doing this
so long that it is now the turn of the Celanese
workers to be given some wages which they
can invest in good things for themselves and
their dependents. The Refreshments of the
profit takers are continually accruing to their
repeated enrichment.
The publication of the first quarter profits of
the Ceanese Corporation must be a clarion
call to the workers at Amcelle to rally behind
their union in demanding some prosperity for
themselves in the form of wage raises.
Intelligent workers know that only strong
union. such as Local 1874 Textile Workers
Union of America. can obtain such advances
for theml
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
Round the Free State

Eugene Casey. recently APP
pointed Special Assistant to the
Governor OF the Farm Credit
administration. is turning his
entire salary back TO the U. S.
Treasury. -. A group Of West
ern Maryland labor leaders
risited congressman Bill Byron
The other day and expressed
approval OF his roting on labor
matters. The Baltimore Sun
enormously reported Byron as
absent when the House roted on
the WGge-Hour Amendment.
The record Shows that he waS
paired against the amendment.
:. Keep an eye on De WeeSe
Carter. up and coming young
political leader IN Caroline
County Many Republicans
in Aliegany and Garrett coun-
tics. who ordinarily get paid
for their services around prim-
airy day. are going oucr 10 the
Democrats. Reason: Neither
Harry Rice nor Bill Broening
are spending any money
Harry Nice has the edge ouer
Byoenirg in Western Maryland.
though no one is much ercited
about the Republican race.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
Curran's Clairvoyant

Maybe it's because the cam.
paign tension is over. or maybe
it's because things have shown
eleventh'hour imrovement for
his candidate. but Willie Curran,
the Bruce lancer. has changed
from rather a grim Don Quixote
into a cheerful. cocksure bucca-
neer.
For one thing. tie final effort
to smear Bruce's campaign with
an investigation by the Senate
Campaign Funds Committee turn
ed into fiopperoo because 1t was
so evident that it was induced by
the Neutrality-suspicious. crowd.
And though the public didn't
know IL. the Senate investigators
and Curran not only got along
amiably. but they found that the
Bruce books showed a total ex.
penditure OF only about $4,000.
The dope is that the total ulti-
mate expenditures OF both Rad
cliffe and Bruce will about equal
what Tydings spent alone In his
1888 campaign against Davey
Lewis.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09

I,aIS.:55. Both sslvngis ~ iP;;as..casi.
are using free handout editorials
from the National Association Of
Manufacturers propaganda fac
tory.
They are too skillfully worded
and PLAUSIBLE to be home inspired.
This nice. understanding liter
ature can be had for the asking
by writing to NAM Offices in
Washington. II you want any
thing on the American Way" or
starving men on strike. opposing
collective bargaining. wrecking the
Wagner Act. falsity on the bene-
fits of the Social Security Act.
mutiliation of the wages and
hours act or damnation OF all
Roosevelt policies Just wire. write
or phone them. They. them or IT.
the NAM will supply you.
For years the NAM maintained
a powerful lobby in Washington
and still does. It fought the
eight hour day. industrial accident
compensation and every effort
which would improve the lot of
the worker. Methinks IL is a
grossly un-American body!
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
River Road

River Road
A few miles west OF Washington.
and zig-zagging parallel to the
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
Propaganda Mill

The morning Tweedledee and
the evening Tweedledum news
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
Maryland Merry-Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

against the employe-indenturc
system which calls for signing Of
labor contracts by employees.
Back of these plans Is grow
ing rumble in Western Mary
land against the political inertia
Of Maryland politicians who have
done nothing to challenge a labor
system which makes a mockery OF
the name Free State" 1t has re-
manned for New England Congress
sional and Senatorial bigwigs to
raise the howl. One thing is GER
tain, that II Tydings runs again
in 1914. he will hear a lot about
his part in promoting Bata labor
policies within the Free State"
In this growing storm. one man.
who ordinarily might be able to
take up the cudgels. finds his
hands tied. That man is Con-
gresham William d. Byron OF
Hagerstown. who feels anything
he might say would be discounted
because he owns the Hagerstown
Shoe 6; Logging Company. AS far
back as 1884, Byron found himself
very much on the spot when Jan
Bata. then in Czechoslayakia.
threatened to withdraw the pro-
jected shoe plant from Maryland
and build II in Pennsylvania. II
happened that Byron was then
chairman of the Maryland Roads
Commission to which Bata came
asking for the right of an under
pass beneath a Maryland high
way Byron felt that as COM
petitor OF Batas he must lean
over backward in his favor. so
after a series OF Atlantic
phone calls. the Commission APP
proved the plea.
While State Senator Mish's
proposed bliiz is simmering OH the
back of the stove. the Bata in
terests have been going into big
huddle over their problem OF
stream lining and Americanizing
their business and labor policies
in this country.
Fact is. Mish may never be
forced to unleash his attack for
1t is known that John Hoza.
American president of Bata Shoe
Company. with the approval OF
his directors. has ordered that en-
ployes at Belcamp. "Bata Village.
be given the option OF living in
Bata built houses at nominal rent.
or in houses of their own selec-
ton.
DR.. Bata. scion of Europe's old
est and most famous shoe family,
is now in Brazil inspecting a new
large plant at Rio. From there
me is headed for Argentina wnere
plans are being perfected for the
construction Of another plant.