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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
BY GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK., Feb. 27-When old
man Henderson's time had come he
reared up and fell against the little
black oil stove, and it turned over,
and flames ran along the edges of
the rug and caught at the curtains
and the door of the old farm house
that was standing even before Moody
led his Tories through the ox-roads
of Sussex county on his Revolution
ary raids.
Then old Henderson staggered
back and fell in sort of kneeling
crouch against the wall, and that S
the way they found him, with holes
Ismouldering in his gray flannel shirt
and his heavy drab work pants.
But Henderson never knew this
He never knew that he turned over
the stove or that the place he loved
was being touched by the flame
That's what the coroner said any
way.
| mention this with gratitude be-
cause old Henderson was a friend
of mine, and during the last halt
dozen years when I have gone off on
those summer or winter excursions il
has been as much in anticipation OF
seeing him as in the sport itself. He
used to put the boat into the water
for us, and hide the oars Ill the deep
grass where we knew where to find
them, and he would greet us with a
quick. bright hello in a way nc
one else could say it. When we made
a good catch he was boy in his
excitement. and when our luck was
bad he would shake his head in a
stunned sort of way and murmur
half to himself. CANT understand
it."
Old Henderson was in his seventies,
and he vas stopped and bent, and l
never saw him stand up straight.
But he was strong and tidy, and he
worked hard all his life, and the
country folk said he had the best
shaped feet they had ever seen. They
were models for plaster. He got the
stoop working deep underground in
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Day Of Prayer
members

Today has been set aside by many women
millions of women throughout the world
for prayer. In thousands of churches, not
only in this country which still enjoys the
blessings Of peace, but also in the countries
where wars are being fought, hours are to
be given over to devotion and suppGcation
for succor and guidance. Wilmington will
World Day of Prayer.
This annual observance is sponsored by the
National Conference of Church Women with
the Foreign Missionary Conference and the
Council of Women for Home Missions at its
side. The custom is for one of these groups
in an allotted country to prepare special
prayer, not only for this particular day but
for every day of the current year. This year
the prayer was sent out by the church women
of Shanghai, China. One need not be church
woman, or church man, for that matter, to
recognize its solemn import. 1t says:
Father of all mankind, throughout this
day, and every day, help me to remember
that very real portion of Thy Kingdom
has been placed in my keeping. Therefore
teach me to love thee:
With all my mind-that I may think
Thy thoughts after Thee, from dawn to
dark, making beautiful n d significant
each decision Of my daily living; help
me to remove all prejudice and small
mndedness, Lord
With all my heart-that l may love
those whom Thou lowest, feeling for even
the most unlovable and difficult of Thy
children Thine own everlasting mercy:
With all my soul-that may seek fresh
ways in which we can all be one in Jesus
Christ our Lord, praing for Thy divine
power, to surge through my commonplace
routine from morning till night
With all my strength-that l may work
the works of Him who sent me while
| it is day, seeking to channel through every
act Thy devotion to the needs of both
my neighbor and myself. Remind me
from moment to moment that this is not
| optional but the last command Of Jesus
Christ Lord. Quicken me and use
me this day, for Thy names sake. Amen.
| Some great military leader is credited with
saying that God is on the side of the mos
artillery. If that were irrevocably so, ther
Gods own word is false. 1t is more reason
able to believe that the prayers of the right
eous availeth much.
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The Editors
Letter Box

The editor does not necessarily
endorse any article appearing in
this department. They represent the
views of the individual readers. Cor
respondents are warned that all
communications must contain the
correct name and address for our
records. though the latter may be
signed as the writer sees fit. The
Star-News reserves the right to alter
any text that for any reason is OBJ
jectionable. Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
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Indifferent to developments in her security
zone.' Finally, a spokesman at Athens has
announced that Greece will continue to fight
until the Italians are out of Albania.
So we have picture showing the Germans
moving constantly close to outright occupa-
ton of Bulgaria and, on the other hand, Brit
ain exering her influence to hold her lines
in Turkey and Greece 1t is hard to see how
an open clash can be postponed much longer
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RENTS
To the Star:

To the Star:
To the mayor and city board:
This is to say that I own some
houses here, and not one cent have
l gone up on rents. l was offered
by lady in Wilmington yesterday
that if l would let her have one
of my houses that l was renting,
she would give me S. per month
more than l am getting. My an
sWer to her was l could not do
that. have no idea of going up
on any rents before October l, and
taxes and insurance would have
to cost me more than costing at
present to make any change, be-
lieve me.
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TO dangerous extremes the major
ity's intolerance. i7'oi-
Inc right of men to Voice and
vote their conscience in So serio,,s
matter as this one should not e he
questloned-should, indeed. be re- a.
spected. But those who speak
against surglng emotion in a Demo.
cracy Should not threaten derno
cracy with the rousing of the f,,ries
WHICH hllbuster might mean
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
Lewis Is Giuen New If,
A. c. L. Position III

Robert E. Lewis, an emptii' ppai'rc,
the Atlantic Coast Line No No. b
company for the past ~ YET aht asst
been made soliciting frelgn. o,,rcs
at Wilmington. it was d'" Genet
yesterday b. R. ], posS, nth tb
freight traffic manager .,ev, get
approval of ]. B. BraH'''''
eral traffic manager has bed
Since Oct. 3, 1921 Lewis u 1Gi GfireigS
employed in the yards al''
office of the Coast Line
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Wilmington, N. C.
FAVORS PRESENT BOARD

To the Star:
On March g. 1941. all property
owners OF legally qualified residents
of the Town of Wrightsville Beach
are asked to ballot for a mayor and
four members of the board of alder
men. Now as one of the principal
property owners of the Town of
WriShtsville Beach, | feel that it
would be for the best interest of all
concerned to re-elect the present
mayor and aldermen.
c. d. MAFFITT
Wilmington, N. c.,
Feb. 27, 1941.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
JERVIS BAY LOSSES

LONDON, Feb. 27.-(R-The ad-
miralty disclosed today that 14O
o11lcers and men went down with
the auxiliary cruiser Jervis Bay,
sunk Nov. 5, 1910, while trying to
save a convoy from a German
surface raider. of superior fir e
power. In the action, an additional
oo officers and men were killed
or fatally wounded. and eight suf-
fered lesser wounds
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28
TOP O. THE MORNING

"Oh Thou that nearest prayer, unto Thee
shall all flesh con1e."-Psalm 65;2.
"Mine house shall be called q house Of pray
er for all people."-Isaiah 65;7.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28

A well-coached football team will win at
any time against II men each following his
own idea about what to do next.-Charles E.
Beury, at Temple University Founders Day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-28

When child walks through the door and
enters school, his color, race, and religious
beliefs remain within his own heart.-Newbold
Morris. president New York City Council
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minutes. Then top each half orange
with marshmallow and continue
baking until marshmallow is puffy
and golden brown. Remove from
oven and serve at once
Baked Tomatoes and Shrimp.
fresh medium-sized tomatoes
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons diced green pepper
2 tablespoons minced onion
No | can shrimp-diCed
Hollow out tomatoes. Melt but.
ter in frying pan and add diced
green pepper. onion, and shrimp
Brown mixture very lightly and fill
tomato shells Sprinkle with but
tered cracker crumbs and bake IN
tll tomatoes are tender.
Stuffed Baked Onions.
large onions
cup soft bread crumbs
a teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
I slices bacon, minced and cooked
ButterCd bread crumbs
Remove the outer skin of the on
ions and cut In half horizontally.
Cook IN boiling sailed water, uncov-
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|RR PATTERNS R.
lilly SEWING CIRCLE U|N

carefree and hoydenish as she
could wish, playing on the sands
or the greensward or her own
backyard. When she adds the bo-
Zero, she's as demurely dressed for
a visit to grandma as you could
wish. The eye-protecting bonnet,
Of course, goes beautifully with
either or both. Thus, by repeat
ing this one pattern time and
again, you can outfit your small
daughter for spring and summer
fun.
This little outfit looks adorable
in red-checked bingham, lowered
percale, plain or striped seersuck-
er and buttercup yellow cham
bray, outlined with bright ricrac
braid to match or contrast.
Pattern No. 1873 is designed for sizes
2. 3. 4. and years. Size requires
27s yards OF 35-irch material without nap
and yards ~ ricrac. Send order to:
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TIPS 70
Gardeners
GARDENING AS HOBBY

GARDENING as a hobby can
- be made to pay excellent div
idends. AS an example, a Mis-
souri, woman reports she made a
net profit of $500 from her two
thirds-acre garden in a single sea-
son. Figured at market prices,
food used fresh was $3.50; food
canned, $50; and food stored, ST..
Seed and sets cost her only $40.
There are two major requisites
to obtaining garden profits of this
kind. They are, willingness to
work and the use of quality seed.
It is important also to devote
considerable space to multiple pur-
pose crops like beets, onions, and
tomatoes-crops that can be used
in a variety of ways.
Here, briefly, are the uses Of
principal multi-purpose crops; On
ions - green, as relish; mature
bulbs fried, stewed, or as season
ing; bulbs for pickle, and relish
making; tops for seasoning; bulbs
for storage. Tomatoes - fresh
fruits for slicing or stewing, for
immediate table use; for canning,
or for making tomato juice, or to-
mato catsup; green tomatoes for
frying, or for use in pickle rel
ishes, or in pie filler Cike mince
meat; yellow fruits for preserves,
juice, or immediate table use.
Cabbage-fresh in slaw, OF sal
ad; cooked for table use; canned
as kraut, or stored. Beets-tops
for green's; roots cooked fresh,
canned, picked, or stored.
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cred, until onions are almost ten
der Approximately 20 minutes).
Take care to preserve shape of
onions while cooking. Drain, and
arrange cut side up in a buttered
baking dish. Remove the center of
each onion and chop fine Mix with
the soft bread crumbs, salt and pep
per, and bacon. Fill onion halves
and top with the buttered bread
crumbs. Cover bottom of the bak-
ing dish with water and bake in a
moderate oven $3.50 degrees) until
onions are tender and bread crumbs
have Drowned, approximately IA
hour.
CaulifioWer la Parmesan.
l head cauliflower, cooked
3 tablespoons grated cheese
cup white sauce
u cup buttered bread crumbs
Place cauliflower in creased cas-
serole. Pour white sauce over cauli-
flower. and sprinkle with cheese and
bread crumbs. Bake in moderate
oven (375 degrees F.) 80 minutes,
or until crumbs are delicately
Drowned. Serves 6.
Spinach Nut Ring.
(Serves g.
3 cups cooked spinach
eggs (beaten)
" cup bread crumbs
"a cup nut meats (cut fine)
"a cup bacon fat
u teaspoon salt
u teaspoon pepper
Chop the spinach and add the
beaten eggs and other ingredients
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SPEAKING OF LENTEN
VEGETABLES

Yes, speaking of Lenten vegeta-
bles reminds us that the Lenten sea-
son has again returned-that season
when Lent challenges us as good
cooks to produce something new and
Notwithstanding which will en-
tice the appetite of the family
something that will perchance be-
come so great family favorite that
1t will remain must" on our rec
ipe list all through the year
Such is the list of new ideas for
cooking vegetables as contained
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Want to Learn Some New
Household Tricks?

or course you do-and it's the
simple easy way Of doing things
as ferreted out by millions of
homemakers that have been COM
piled in this book, Household
Hint" "a book that literally ev-
cry homemaker should own.
To get your copy, to learn the
household tricks that for some
reason or other you just haven't
thought of before-send 10 cents
in coin to Eleanor Howe, 9l9
North Michigan Avenue, Chicago,
Illinois ask for the booklet
Household Hints"
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ideas for serving them. Note the
canned peas as shown in the photo
graph above. Look good enough for
any company dish, do they not, yet
all that was done to dress them I'D
was simply to surround them with
onions and carrots and the carrots
we're garnished with tiny sprigs of
fresh parsley.
Thus it is that everyday foods
foods full of nourishment and of
food value become new favorites.
Please from time to time, try each
one of these recipes-you'n like all
of them, / know.
If you've strange guests coming
for dinner and don't know what
vegetables they like, cover your
confusion by letting them choose
their own from this attractive ar
rangement of canned peas, onions
and carrots.
French Fried Onions.
Use Spanish or large Bermuda
onions. Peel and cut in slices "a
inch thick. Separate slices into
rings, soak in milk for a few min
utes. Drain and roll in flour. Fry
in deep fat, which has been heated
to $50 degrees F. hot enough to
brown cube of bread in l minute.
When onions are golden brown, re-
move from fat and drain on alb
sorbent paper. Serve very hot with
broiled steak
Vegetable Rice Ring.
l cup rice
2 cups peas
II cup tomato PURGE
l teaspoon celery salt
"a teaspoon curry powder
II teaspoon paprika
"a cup butter
Cook the rice in boiling sailed wa
ter until tender and drain. Place in
ring mold and dry slightly in oven.
Heat peas. Remove rice ring from
mold and heap peas in the center.
Cover with sauce made of the to-
mato PURGE, seasonings and melted
butter. Serve very hot.
Orange Sweet Potato Baskets.
Cut large navel oranges in half
and scoop out centers. Cube the
+ \
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IN this column to-
day. Not only will
you like these
new ideas for
cooking vegcta-
bles - but also
equally as much
l think you will
like some of the
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Real Necessities

Necessity hath no law. Feigned
necessities, imaginary necessities,
are the greatest cozenage men can
put upon the Providence of God,
and make pretences to break
known rules by.-Cromwell
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I1elBiltS lNey TuSIeO out ana Qe-
manded more pictures as good as
that one, but 1.-THE Cowboy and the
Lady" sent them weeping to their
corners because it was so bad.
Anyway, Miss Oberon jumped at
the chance to play a modern, witty
young wife in "That Uncertain Feel
ing" opposite Melvyn Douglas, be-
cause she felt that it had something
very special for her-a chance to be
just herself. It's Lubitsch picture.
Martha Scott won a horse in a
rattle the other day-it cost her all
Of dollar, and it's called Red EN-
Der. Then the producer of "They
Dare Not Love-" in which she is
co-starred with George Brent, saw
the horse and announced that ii was
exactly what he needed for william
Holden to ride in Texas" which
he is also producing. So Red EN-
Der was signed up, and will earn
SIS a day when he works.
If, when you see Margaret Hayes
face on the screen, it looks familiar,
it will be because you've seen it
before. She was a model for New
York artists and photographers, and
a well known one, before she went
to Hollywood, and her name in those
days was Dana Dale. She has the
second leading feminine role in
"The Night of January 18TH" sup
porting Ellen Drew and Robert
Preston, and look for her in "Sky-
lark" with Claudette Colbert.
4
Rio Rita has had quite a career
during the last two years as 4 band
leader, singer and dancer; she's APP
peared on Broadway and at theaters
throughout the United States. Para
mount signed her up to appear as
the tropical rival Of Dorothy La
mour in "Aloma of the South Seas"
and promptly changed her name
to Rita Shaw! It was a case of
necessity, though. Metros Just
bought the screen rights to the
musical, "Rio Rita" from RKO and
will give us new version Of 1t.
It's simple enough to make for
tune these days. First, you write
a play that's a success on Broadway /;
second, you sell it to the movies.
Recently Paramount paid $285, 900
for Lady in the Dark" in which
Gertrude Lawrence gives a superb
performance-Irene Dunno is prob
ably the only motion picture actress
who could handle it. Columbia liked
my Sister Eileen" an amusing
play, well enough to buy it for
$225, 900.
William Holden's dispute with
Paramount was settled very salts
factorily: he got a new, seven-year
optional contract, at double his
former salary You'll see him be-
fore long starring in Columbia
Texas"
ODDS ND ENDS George Tobias
sets neto record BY playing in four
Warner Bros films at The same time
AbbOu and Costello hare signed up ~
make four more comedies for Universal
Heros acquired quite a mendgerie
200 deer and ~ bears Tor "The
Yearling" Basil Rofhbone, star OF
The Mad Doctor" is collecting discard.
ed surgical instruments from doctors and
surgical supply houses sends them To
England, uhere there's shortage
Somebody's started rumor that Metro
tOiH co,tm Creta Carlo and Mckee
Rooney, Which seems too (oniasic eUen
Ior HOLLYWOOD, ,oheTe practically anything
can happen
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Before the Facts

Sit down before every fact as a
little child. Be prepared to give
up every preconceived notion, fol-
low humbly wherever and to what
ever abysses Nature leads, or you
shall learn nothing.-T. H. Huxley.
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hot mashed sw Sot
potatoes. Fill the
orange shells and
bake in a moder-
ate oven $3.50 de-
gre e 81 for a p.
proXim ately 10
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nNE little, two little, three little
~ fashions-all in one easy pat
tern (No. 1313-B) that even mex
misunderstanding mothers can
make with more fun than effort.
This design includes a sleeveless
pinafore, a brief trife of bolero
and a sunbonnet, all as cute as a
baby in bathtub! In the faring
pinafore alone your tot can be as
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STAGE ESCREENtS RADIO
By VIRGINIA VALE

CReieased by western Newspaper UnionJ
Z RNEST LUBITSCH recently
IL signed a contract with goth
Century Fox that promises us
something special in the way of
movies. He will choose and di-
rect his own stories. Sowe'llhave
the celebrated Lubitsch touch
applied to tales that he feels are
particularly suitable. He has one
more picture TO do for United Artists
before he starts out on his new con-
tract.
Merle Oberon says that she knows
it's silly, but she can't help being
affected by tho roles she plays. For
instance, after day of Wuthering
Heights" she'd go home and cry
herself to sleep, because she was so
depressed.
I'm The Cowboy and the Lady
l was somewhat of a spoiled brat
and / had to watch myself to keep
from being as demanding off the
screen as l was on" Miss Oberon
continued.
With good many innocent by
ISLANDERS the effect was just the re-
verse. After they saw 'Wuthering
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stock be good, there springs up for
time a succession of splendid
men; and then comes a period of
barrenness.-
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WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

consolidated Features-WNU Scrviccl
NJ EW YORK-Field Marshal AL
eXander Papagos, chief of staff
of the Greek army, is a professional
soldier, singularly free from any
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In the order CIV
en-. Turn into
a creased ring
mold and bake in
a moderately hot
oven (375 degrees
F.) about 80 min
utes, or until it is
firm Tltrr, n,,A
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platter.
SavOry Glazed Carrots.
Cook until onions are tender:
2 tablespoons onion, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
Flour carrots and Saute with on
ions and butter for 10 minutes:
8 or 10 whole carrots, scraped Is to
6 inches long)
2 tablespoons flour
" teaspoon salt
Then pour on:
/ can consomme, diluted with
y cup water
Cover tightly and cook until car
rots are tender. Sprinkle with
chopped parsley just before serving.
Corn Souffie.
4 tablespoons butter
9 tablespoons -four
! teaspoon salt
cups milk
2 cups canned corn
tablespoon chopped pimientos
! tablespoon finely chopped onion
2 tablespoons chopped celery
4 egg yolks
egg whites. beaten
Melt butter and add -four, salt
and milk. Cook until very thick
sauce forms. Stir constantly. Add
corn, seasonings and egg yolks and
beat three minutes Fold in egg
whites Pour into buttcred baking
dish, set in pan Of hot water and
bake 40 minutes in moderate oven
1850 degrees F.
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speed OF 600 miles an hour,
they're processing pilots through de-
preston chambers like the sand
Topsy- TurUy Ace hogs; Milo
Oriented Self on record hold
Bottom Up Chair s r ioi UPSIDE a
is rare laboratory material for the
army air corps, whamming a LOO
horsepower Lockheed plane through
power dives which might finish him
II he hadn't had a half hour in a
decomposition chamber. 1t pre-
vents paralysis.
MIR. Burcham, test pilot for
the Lockheed corporation, con-
ditioned himself for his hazard
GUS career by mailing a chair up
side down on the beam Of his
kitchen, and spending a lot of
his time sitting head downward
as he coached arteries, nerves
and vision for a topsy-turvy life.
That was in 1893 when he decid-
ed to make try for the upside
down flying record.
His record flight of hours, min
utes and % seconds was just like
an afternoon of pleasant lounging in
the old kitchen chair. He had been
a sand-lot flier on Long Island be-
fore going to California, to get new
orientation on an also topsy-turvy
world. He is thirty-seven.
NJ ELSON D. ROCKEFELLER S
friendly overtures to South
America hit a hot maxixe rhythm
and a mezzo-voce moaning. Holly
Hollywood Aiding S %oGa .. relays lay
In CdrtelizatiOn of iii in bril-
u. SIS. America n llans 'eG rar.
men Miranda, the Latin lallapalooza
who has been hopping up the good
neighbor spirit in these parts for
nearly two years The new film,
That Night in Rio" opening here,
with Senorita Miranda singing
'Chica, Chica, Boom, Chic" looks
like a better attention-gctter than
anything the Export-Import bank
might work up in the way of hemi.
sphere cartelization. All this was
premeditated, as Hollywood is def
initely in on Mr. Rockefeller's new
up and down Hux of trade and cul
ture The beautiful Brazilian chan.
teuse was born in Portugal and was
taken to Brazil by her parents al
the age Of two.
Her real name is Maria do Carmo
da Cunha, her stage name having
been taken from her mothers maid.
en- name. Still in her early TWEEN.
ties, she has made nine concert
tours of Brazil and other South
American countries, and her more
than 300 recordings top all sales in
the Western hemisphere. When she
made her debut here in Streets oil
Paris" in June, 1899, North and
South America began to realize they
had much in common. Her Sam
ba" rhythm seems to be indigenous
TO both continents and ought TO help
to keep good neighbors in step.