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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-06
SYNOPSIS

TEE CHARACTERS:
BENJ AMIN MERRIFIELD. aged capi-
taliSt. hires
GAYLE DIXON to make love to MS
grandson,
JEREMY TUCKER. a shy student OF
archaeology.
YESTERDAY: Gayle is made q member
of the Mortified household when she
IS the first to answer the unusual al
vertisement that is answered ny sew
eral hundred young women.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-05-06

An optimist is a fellow who hopes
some day to read this headline: "TaX
Collectors Go On Strike
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-11

Of the George M. Cohan hit: II
am, las, 4:30, tbs and 9:55 pm
Stage shows: /, 3:45, $50 and OILS
pm.
Metropolitan-"The Letter." Bette
Davis in the Somerset Vaughan
story: II am, los, 3:15. $40, 7:30
and $40 pm.
Columbia-''The Mark Of Zorro"
Tyrone Power, his mark: HIS am,
1:20, 3:25, $50, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Little-"The Bakers Wife," who
runs away and causes a crisis in this
bright French film: II am, ITO,
800, $50, TAO and $50 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts;
continuous from 10 am.
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Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
National-"Out West It's Differ
ent," satire on "arty" theater groups
with Claire Trevor: 2:30 and $50
pm.
Wardman Park-"D. G. Melody
original musical by the Repertory
Club: $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Keith's-"Trail of the Vigilantes,"
Franchot Tone invades the Wild
West: 1l:55 am, 1:55. 1855, SIS,
7:55 and 9:55 pm.
Palace-"Arise My Love-" romance
midst the crash of Europe: II am,
lao, 4:20, 7 ard $40 pm.
Earle-"One Night in the Trop-
ics," musical romance with Nancy
Kelly and Allan Jones: II am,
lao. 4:25, tbs and 10 pm. Stage
shows: 1880, 1885, $40 and 9:05
pm.
Capitol - Little Nelly Kelly"
Judy Garland in the screen version
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situations for the success OF his
films. my pictures are not naughty.
They are adult" Whatever they are,
I like EN- always, excepting
Angel" of course!
X X 4 X
Lynne Overman is legless Grip
pie in New York Town" I'm my
next, I'm a headless horseman!
says the actor. His legs are strapped
behind him. And he can stay in
that position for two or perhaps
three minutes only. A masseur is
on the set to rub his legs between
takes" Its the first time in my
life that I am glad the part is not
very long" says Overman.
AKIN Tamirof1, between whom
and Lynne there is no love lost, is
also in the picture. HE plays q
Russian emigrant for no good rea-
son I can think Of" says Overman
"How's the scene-stealing situ-
atioh?" I ask Lynne. Tamiroff is SO
adept at that sort Of thing that
not even a baby is safe.
Il fixed that with the first picture
we made together" says Overman
"At the end Of the first days shoot
ing-when Tamirof had done every
thing from scratching himself to
standing on his head-I took him
aside and had a few, but strong
words to him. I've had no trouble
with him since"
X X
The current game on the Road to
Rio" set is to stop Carmen Miranda
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-11

IcI CdIIy HIUSIO6I WIlII WdUI lCt
Chevalier) was in THE Cowboy and
he Lady" She was dunked in a
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Romance Of the Rio Grande,"
Cesar is going to show these fans
the truth. With the okay Of Direc-
tor Herbert I. Leeds, the camera
will photograph Cesar doing diff
cult stunts and will keep focused on
him until he gets close enough to
the camera to prove his identity.
In Romance Of the Rio Grande, /"
Cesar rides up and down steep
mountainsides; leaps from a boulder
to the ground Is feet below, climbs
an Uncovered wall to a balcony and
does running mounts and dismounts
from his horse.
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Bride Came c.. @. D.
Is Ca9ney's Next

James Cagney's next assignment
at Warner Bros. will be THE Bride
Came c. o. d." with William Gag
ney as associate producer under Hal
B. Wallis. Brothers Philip and
Julius Epstein wrote the screen
play from an original story by Ken
meth Earl and M. M. Musselman.
Cagney will play a pilot who runs a
short-hop line between Hollywood
and Las Vegas.
The actor is currently starring
with Olivia de Havilland and Rita
Hayworth in Warmers The Straw
berry Blond"
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Two on an Island
Scheduled for
Tomorrow Night

The King-Smith Studios pro-
duction Of Elmer Rice's Two on
an Island" opens, not tonight, as
previously announced, but tomorrow
night at the King-Smith Playhouse
in Rock Greek Park. The play
is scheduled for six evening per-
formances, not including Sunday,
running through next Wednesday
night.
1.-TWO on an Island" Is being
directed by Keinert Wolff. The cast
OF King-Smith players includes
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and ask her, "Say some dialogue
from the picture" Whereupon she
jabbers In some strange lingo
that is supposed to be American,
and then smiles at you and says,
"Okay?" The rest Of her vocabu-
larry Is "Ameesh"-for Don Ameche:
"Aleece"-for Alice Fay, and good
shot"-for anything and everything.
released BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
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His Own Stunt Man

Movie fans who believe that
doubles and stunt men do all the
difficult tricks for the stars are in
for shock. Cesar Romero does all
his own riding and stunt work in
the Cisco Kid series at Goth Gen.
tury-Fox, but he is irked because
fans keep writing to him and COM
plinenting his double.
So in his fifth Cisco Kid film.
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says, land that is the most impor-
tant part of comedy" Lubitsch
yields the secret of his comedy tao
tics. 81 make them play the part
with absolute seriousness and sin
cerity. It's the situation that has
to be funny" According to Lu-
bitsch, Jack Oakie is the best
comedian in Hollywood. What
couldn't I do with him." he
ecstasizes. He would like to bring
Maurice Chevalier back to this
country. (Chevalier scored his
success in Hollywood under the
Lubitsch bannerD But the last
heard of him he was i'll in Cannes"
Lubitsch concludes by assuring
me that he does not rely on risque
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pool by Gar y
Cooper. But even
this hilarious
happening di d
not make tn e
picture q COM
e d y-or a n y
thing else. But
Lubitsch assures
me that we will
be just as sur
prised at Merle's
new fair for
comedy as at
CARLOS.
"She (Merle)
has a fine sense
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-11

The U. s. 8. Lexington, an air
craft carrier, holds the unusual
record Of q run from San Pedro to
Honolulu at an average speed Of
30.06 knots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-11

Patricia Irwin, Jean Shugert, Ellen
Moore, Marion Norris. Allen An
drews, Gunnar Jagdmann and
Arthur de HUFF.
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The English king Ethelwulf was
succeeded by four of his sons in ro-
tation, the youngest being Alfred the
Great.
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Merle Oberon Laughs Now
For Ernst Lubitsch
Director Plans to Unearth Her
Sense of Humor as He Did
CARLOS in 'Ninotchka'
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.

picture nohka forfeited 100000 because Of the
foreign situation This information supplied Lubih
the set of his picture That Uncertain Feeling Lubitsch
trying do for Merle Oberon this picture what he did for Carlo
"Nnotchka' He is unearthing her sense of humor.
her early musical with Maurce*
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
Thompson And VESSEL
Wills Filed For Probate

The wills of John G. Thompson,
Of Columbus county, and Annie S.
VESSEL, of New Hanover county,
have been filed for probate, records
at the office of T. A. Henderson,
clerk of court, revealed yesterday.
The will of Thompson provides
that all real and personal property
be left to his widow, Ella V.
Thompson, and a bequest of 81 900
in insurance policies be made to
his three children.
Beneficiaries of the estate of An
ME S. VESSEL, which includes per
sonal property valued at $1,000,
were listed as follows:
John c. VESSEL. E. A. VESSEL,
A. D. VESSEL, L. w. VESSEL, l.. P.
VESSEL, Mabel II. VESSEL, Florence
w. Plum, J. c. VESSEL, Jr., Mar
garet w. Welsh, Henry C. Plum,
Jr., Conrad VESSEL, Jr., Engle-
hardt VESSEL, Jane VESSEL, James
Huntington VESSEL, j. C. VESSEL,
Ann Elizabeth VESSEL. Nancy Yves
sell, L. P. VESSEL, Jr., Augusta
Polvogt, and the st. Paul's Luth-
eran church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
PENNSYLVANIANS
URGE THIRD TERM
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ord as a 100 per cent supporter
of President Roosevelt and the New
Deal"
The resolution endorsing a third
term was put by State Chairman
David L. Lawrence, in a speech de-
scribing Roosevelt as tthe only man
in this nation who is fit and able
to carry on" the program he
started.
81 call upon this convention te
lead the way. Insist that President
Roosevelt become a candidate for
reelection. His work is not yet
done and he alone can do it."
The committee meeting, held bi
ennially to recommend candidates.
preceded a Jackson Day dinner ad'
dressed by Postmaster General
James A. Farley who told several
party leaders this week the prime
Pennsylvania objective should be a
harmonious and united front.
Farley's address tonight sounded
a call for unity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
STANLEY BLUNTLY
STATES WAR AIMS
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Europe, and suggested that 1--WE call
as u witnesses not people thous-
ands of miles away but people a lit
tie nearer the scene" for judgment
o. Hitler.
LET us go around Europe" Stan
ley said, 'and ask the small neutral
countries -. if they feel this con-
fdence in Hitler"
His voice sharp with sarcasm, the
war minister continued:
care we just a little inconsistent?
No, General Hertzog-just 1000 miles
near the facts.
Millions of different race, of diff
ferent language and of different
creed bear witness to the fact that
with this man (Hitler) leading and
with his nation allowing him to lead,
there will be no peace and there will
be no security for Britain or Europe
or for the world"
Hecklers Active
Stanley was interrupted several
times by hecklers, leaflets headed
War is in Vain" were showered
from the balcony.
Six men were elected from the
hall after a. fist fight involving one
heckler.
Asking what would have happen
ed to the heckler under the system
we are fighting" Stanley declared
HE would have gone out Of here
not into the streets but into a con
centration camp
Stanley said Hertzog had put the
blame for all our troubles upon the
Treaty of Versailles"
Conceding that the treaty had i'm
perfections Stanley went on:
DO you think that a victorious
Germany would give a defeated Brit
ain a Treaty of Versailles? Shorn O.
our empire, curt fleet and our trad
we would be a small, over-crowdee
island, it's recovery impossible anG
even it's survival in doubt"
In the present war, Stanley de
clared, Britain wants nothing O
Germany or the Germans"
Not Destruction
I'VE do not desire their destruc
tion," he said. 1--WE do not threaten
their prosperity, we do not want tt
make their land the desert they
have made of a quarter Of Europe
I'VE want them to be peaceful ant
happy member, of a peaceful am
happy Europe.
The prime object of the govern
ment, Stanley said, is "to give mill
tary aid to Jul gallant allies at the
) earliest possible moment to the
maximum extent and on a scale al
least commensurate with the effor'
} we made in the last war"
The second objective, he said, is
to "avoid the terrible mistakes o.
the last war, when thousands of mer
were hurled into battle with insult
licient training"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
Washington's Boyhood
Home Sold At Auction

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Feb.
3.-CP-Ferry Farm, where George
Washington spent his boyhood
years, was sold at public auction
today for 5000, the purchaser
assuming also s1S,0 600 in federal
land bank mortgages.
Miss May Belle COLBERT, daugh-
ter of the late J. B. Colbert, own
er of the property for many years,
offered the successful bid at the
sale, ordered by circuit court to
settle Colbert's estate.
Efforts to buy the farm, across
the Rappahannock river from Fred
ericksburg, as a shrine for Ameri-
can youth, were launched 10 years
ago by the George Washington
Foundation, Inc. A public sub
scription raised $4,000 of the $780,
600 asked by Colbert, but the de-
preston ended the attempt with
approximately sSS,O00 in principal
and interest still due colbert.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
100 Gallon Still Cut
In Pender By ATU-Men

A 100-gallon capacity copper SUBJ
marine still and about 600 gallons
of fermenting mash were seized by
Alcohol Tax Unit investigators Of
the treasury department here in a
raid conducted late Friday after.
noon.
ATU agents and Deputy Sheriff
H. A. Groom of Pender county con.
Quoted the raid about five miles
north of the Lanes Ferry bridge in
the Lanes Ferry section of Pender
county. The still had been in opera.
ton recently, ATU officers said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
OPPOSES lands

NEW YORK, Feb. 8. -R-
The International league went
on record today as opposed to
Commissioner K. M. Lands plan
for recognizing the farm sys-
tenn structure of organized base
ball.
THE league is of the opinion
that the suggestions made in
the Lands plan are not gener-
ally practical from the stand
point of higher classification mi
nor league clubs" said Presl-
dent Frank Shaughnessy.
while certain abuses in the
present farm system in opera
ton may exist, the league feels
that the remedy possibly can be
worked out within the present
successful structure of base
ball."
Representatives of the eight
clubs also considered the 1910
schedule but did not complete
their work so will meet again
tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
One Killed, Three Hurt
In Crash At Biscoe

HIGH POINT, Feb. 3.-CR-
Mrs, Howard Beamon, Is, of High
Point, was fatally injured and
three other persons seriously hurt
When the a in which they were
riding was struck by another auto
mobile at a crossroads %intersec-
ron in Biscoe last night.
officers of the sheriff's depart
meht at Troy who investigated the
accident said today that Dan Nc
Gall, Of Rockingham, was the driv-
ef OF the second car and that he
was being held in the county Jail
al Troy on charges of manslaught-
IT, driving drunk and reckless
driving.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shaw, also
u High Point, are in an Asheboro
NVspltal with serious head injuries,
and Billy Beamon, four-year-old
sOn Of Mrs. Beamon, is suffering
rum a fractured leg. They were
passengers in the Beamon car.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
N. C. FIRMS

NALElGH, Feb. 3.-1R)-Three
~ Ds received charters today from
aAao Eure, secretary of state. They
VIZ So8 Motor Sales company of
.anston, to buy and sell automo-
Haywood Real Estate and
0ilgage Investment corporation
ro anton to operate a general
No. estate and investment bust
and the Tractor and Equip
daaI company of Rocky Mount, to
.eal IN agricultural machinery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
farmers SONS
PREFER FARMING
rov Shows They Are Most
Likely To Pick Fathers
Occupation
HOWARD W. ~BLAKESLEE
BY oi.ted Press Science Editor

,cA \. Y, Feb. 3.-If you
former's son the chances
are d will follow your fathers
thai tion are greater than If the
eeo't Of a mar in some o'ner klno
Of work. findings Of a SIR.
ll cornell university by Prof.
7ey anderson, of the department
v sociology. The study is
Of IN $50 Cornell students COW
'a Isc three generations.
EN-, ra,ice as many farmer as non
lSm sons follow the fathers oc-
fsfi4 The other lines of work
'upa' largely law, medicine, bust
"sl' ownership and skilled mechan-
ical trades ora+ions arc s+,,d-
nbetber in farming or other
H ,su Of work, there is a tendency
lnlss decreasing transmission of
'oN fo+,er's occupation to the sons.
1 nn+ farmers' sons r more likely
Du .,IIov the family tradition even
" NO third generation, than are
Nv sons of non-farmers.
'T uhat might happen if no farm
Nod sons is interesting in the
"'.;s+ics For there is now little
:.ncv for the sons of non-farm-
"a switch to farming. Farming,
e.. is is largely self-perpetuating.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
RIMANIA'S ARMS
PACT FALLS FLAT
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4r,g,,e," to build up a new war
front against Germany.
In Berlin sources close to the
vezi government declared the
Reich sincerely hopes peace viii
bo preserved'' il the Balkans and
avowed Germany would keep its
hands off Belkan internal affairs.
Here in Belgrade it was recog-
nized generally that unless a near
miracle ,,.kes place, the old dream
of Balkan unity, which has come
1earer to realization in the past 20
years than ever before, again will
be frustrated.
While the Balkan pact will
commune. in theory at least, for
another six years, it Was admitted
openly that the four powers al
ready are heading in the follow
ing directions for shelter from
war:
The Lineups
Q-Yugoslavia - Toward close
cooperation : til Hungary and Bull
garia under Italy's leadership.
G-Greece-Traditional friend OF
Great Britain, toward even closer
cooperation with Turkey, the ally
Of Britain and France.
observation-disclosures close CO.
operation with Germany in the ex-
p"ectation If a Nazi guarantee tc
curo Hungarian and Russian terri
torial demands.
Rumania, only one Of the four
entente powers seriously threatened
at the moment, was reported NOV
ing clio r towards fulfillment OF
the Reich's demand for her oil,
wheat, and other raw materials.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
MANY KILLED AS
REDS BOMB CITIES
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Viipuri, main target of the Red
army's Mannerheim line drive, and
heavy damage was inflicted.
Sailajoki, Lovisa and Kotka also
were raided.
Thirty-six planes set aflame the
of Helsinki, while the mad music of
air raid sirens howled in the ears
of capital residents. Authorities
said the raids were fully as extern
sive as those of the previous day,
when 400 Russian planes were
counted over Finland.
Saturdays estimates of air raid
casualties brought to approximate
ly $50 the civilians known to have
died in the weeks bombings.
In Viipuri, Finland's second city
and the object of the Russian at.
tack, the boom of the Red army's
big guns could be heard almost
without pause tonight. They were
AAAAHS ooI ~ lllllCS " 11C oooCh, op-
parently in preparation for a third
offensive.
Gathering new strength behind
their forest-hidden isthmus posi-
lions, the Firms admitted the inces-
SAINT Smelling was very powerful"
at times, but asserted their own
guns were giving no quarter. The
high command announced the
enemy had suffered heavy losses
at Summa in day and night as
other fronts.
On the flank of the Mannerheim
line, north Of Lake Ladoga, the
Firms said, the Russians left 200
dead on the field.
On still another front, near
Kuhmo, in central Finland, the
Firms announced the destruction of
several supply columns, eleven
tanks and three guns.
An unidentified Red army strong
hold was captured in the fighting
northeast of Lake Ladoga, tonight's
Finnish communicate disclosed, with
more than 200 Russian dead and
70 prisoners taken, along with rs
tanks-some Of them already wreck
ed-three cannon and several ma.
chine guns.
$50 Dead Russians
On the solid ice about the islands
near the eastern shore of the lake
the Russians left $50 dead.
(In striking contrast, official re
ports from the Red army's Lenin'
grad military area described both
the Mannerheim line fighting ano
the long Lake Ladoga struggle as
merely partial clashes by several
companies of a purely local nature
accompanied by artillery firing q
short DURATION" The communique
described reports Of "big often
sives' by the Red army in this
sector as the work of "mercenary
agents of enemies of the U. S. S
R." 1t also described. as 'fabrica
TONS reports that Finnish planes
had raided the Kronstadt naval
base and other Soviet districts. II
said the Finnish %airforce, although
reported using Hp-to-date planes
from Britain, France, the United
States, Sweden and Italy, could not
even protect it's own headquarters
at various points (which were de
molished by Soviet aviation."l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04

savings, be turned over to the farm.
ers.
In that connection, one farm sen.
ator suggested that the farm meas.
ure be delayed until after the sen.
nate has acted on the ST. 800, 900, 600
national defense bill. He said that if
substantial savings could be effec..
ed on the latter measure, then the
chamber would be justified in max.
ing additions to the agriculture
measure.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
FARM BLOC SEEKS
TO RESTORE CUTS
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group wants to add at least $200, 000,-
900 for parity payments.
The house measure, providir s
money for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, was $66, 92S,435 under the
Presidents budget estimate and
$579, 339,231 below the funds avail
able for this fiscal year.
Despite pressure from farm lead
ers, the house stood by many cuts
suggested by it's appropriations COM
mittee. Before approving the bill
late. last night it added about $S9,-
900, 900 for sugar benefit payments
and for activities of the rural cleo
IRRIGATION administration.
Budget reductions effected by the
two chambers and their committees.
as the various appropriation meas
ures stand now, total S155, 900, 900.
Some farm senators are urging that
this money, plus part of any future
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
Marvin Davis Buys
Hotel Barber Shop

Announcement of the purchase of
the Cape Fear Barber shop by Mar
vim ]. Davis from Mrs. Mary 81.
Lewis was made yesterday.
Davis said extensive renovations
are contemplated in the near fu-
ture, and added that the establish
ment will be used as a barber shop
exclusively.
Mrs. Lewis said there was no IN
nouncement as to the future loca.
ton of the Cape Fear Taxi COM
pany at this time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
No Army "A Herd

LISBON, Feb. Up The
Paris correspondent of the Dia-
rio Lisbboa tonight quoted Ed.
Guard Herriot, president of the
French chamber of deputies, as
saying in an interview:
"The Russian army is no
army; it is a herd. Wheel I
visited Russia I almost believed
in its efficiency. But after its
defeats in Finland, 1 realize my
mistake"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
Britons n Years Old
To Be Called Up Soon

LONDON, Feb. 3.-LR-The au-
thoritative British Press associa-
ton said tonight that Britons "a
years old probably would be or
dered to register for military serv-
ice beginning in April, and would
be called up in May.
Young men from 20 to %, in
elusive, already have received their
orders. The 23-year-olds will regis.
ter on February II.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
''NOTHING"

MOSCOW, Feb. 4.-(Sunday)-
H0-The Leningrad headquarters of
the Russian army issued the fol-
lowing communique early today:
Feb. 3-Nothing of Importance
took place at the front. Soviet
aviation successfully bombed the
enemy's military detectives"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-04
Antl.Aircraft Conuoy
To Pass Through City

a convoy of an~ti-aircraft guns,
sun trallers and other army equip
4NeAt Will pass through Whining
wi, On February 10, it was learned
last night.
Inc equipment will be moving
Vn Fort Monroe, Va, on the way
10 Charleston, S. c.
It Will consist Of five gun trucks.
uliee gun trailers ard one recon-
aessance car, under the command
" tlfst 1t. P. H. Wollaston, U. S.