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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
MRS. SALLIE j. LOVE

Mrs. Sallie J. Love, widow of
George F. Love, died at her home
at 3OS North Fifth street yesterday
after a lengthy illness.
Funeral services will be held from
the late residence this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock, with DR.. c. H. Storey
officiating.
Active pallbearers will be: J.. A
Mum, Jr., Charles l.. Mum, E. T
Marshburn, H. P. Garvie, H. G. Viii
lis and T. D. Hall.
Mrs. Love was born in Whining
ton, the daughter of the late Sylves
tia and Lucy Mcfarland Petteway
| She was a lifelong member of the
Presbyterian church. Surviving are
one daughter, Miss Alice Love, an(
one nephew, R. B. Hodges, of Will
mington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
TOOLS TAKEN

Sam Cook, of Forest City, re-
ported to police last night that
he had caught a ride with a
man to Holly Ridge and had
carried his chest of carpenters
tools along with him. When he
got there the man drove Off
with his tools, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
SIGN CONTRACT

NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-R-Em-
ployers and union leaders of New
York City's largest industry, dress
manufacturing, today signed d
three-year contract which provided
for the creation of an deficiency
department" in which workers
may advise either bosses on what
they consider mistakes of man.
agement. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
PLANES CRASH

PENSACOLA, Fla, Feb. 18.-tRi
Two naval training planes col
lided 1,500 feet above Bayou
Grande near here today and one
of the student filters was drowned
after he and the pilot of the other
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
MRS. A. M. WEST

LUMBERTON, Feb. 18-Funeral
services for Mrs. A. M. West, So,
of Lumberton, route five, who sue.
cumbed to a head ailment yes
terday, were held this afternoon
from her home with interment
following in the West Cemetery.
She is survived by her husband,
four sons, Otis West of Lumber
ton, Wilbur West of Wilmin gton.
Elwood and ]. W. West of route
five; one sister, Mrs. Enoch Britt
of route five and several broth
erS, :
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
BOSTIC

William Bostic, alias "Pop-
eye," was sentenced in record
er's court yesterday to serve four
months on the roads upon his
conviction of assault upon a
young negro girl here last
summer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
DETAINED

HAVANA, Feb. 18.-tR-Samuel
Guryinsky, a Russian shoemaker,
was detained today by police at
Guantanamo pending investigation
of charges that he attempted to
spread totalitarian propaganda
among sailors from the nearby
United States naval base. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
WILL GIVE RECITAL

j. NJ. Panetti, noted organIst
of the Andrews Music company,
of Charlotte, will give an organ
recital at the Chestnut Street
Presbyterian church tonight, at
8 D. m. The public is cordially
invited to be present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
CLOTHES STOLEN

]. R.. Cavenaugh and w. d.
Garris, who room at 1908 North
Third street, reported to police
last night that another roomer
at the house had left and car
ried away a pair of pants, a
pair of shoes and a shirt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
SERVICES CONTINUE

Revival services continue to be
held at the P%entecostal Holiness
church at Second and Parsley
streets. The Rev. MIR. Frazier
preached last night on "The Vir-
tues of the Bridesaints." The
public is invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
:u1NIOR f. CROSS

The Junior Red Cross commit
tee, of which Mrs. Alfred Stern
berger is chairman, will meet at
3 o'clock this afternoon to decide
OH the disposition Of the service
fund, Mrs. Ida B. Speiden, eXecu-
tiva secretary, Wilmington chap.
ter of the American Red Cross,
announced Yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
SUIT FILED

Johann H. H. Voss, of White
Plains, N. Y, has filed suit
against the West Construction
company, of Kinston, in New
Hanover superior court seeking
recovery of $4,000 damages for
injuries allegedIy sustained in a
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
City Briefs
AT HOSPITAL

Friends of Mrs. D. b. Sellers
will regret to learn that she is
seriously ill at Bullock hospital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
AUTO ACCIDENT

Automobiles operated by A.
w. Joye, ia North Eighth
Street, and C. w. Devere, 512
North Fourth street, we're in
voIved in a collision at Second
and Grace streets yesterday
with damages to both cars re-
sulting, police reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19

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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19

car-truck smash on highway II
between Wilmington and Jack.
sonville on January 70, 1910,
records at the Office of L. A.
Henderson, clerk of court, dis
closed yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
Obituaries
MRS. LOTTE M. CREECH

Mrs. Lottie M. Creech, 40, who
died at her home at go South
Fourth street Sunday morning, will
be buried at the Oak Grove cemetery
this morning at 10 o'clock.
Active pallbearers will be: D. C.
Whitfield, D. M. Mcintosh, E. J. Nc
Intire, F. E. Livingston, Cooley
Phillips and Willie Benson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
CARS COLLIDE

Cars driven by Thomas w.
Covington, of Fayetteville, and
Bonnie Buie, of SIG Church
street, collided at Sixth and
Dock streets last night with
slight damages to both ma
chimes resulting, police report
ed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
FOULK TO LEAVE

George F. Foulk,.o of Winnabow,
plans to leave Friday for Pulas-
XII, Va, where he has accepted a
temporary position with the
Hercules Powder company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
AID SOCIETY

The Ladies' Aid Society OF
81. Mathews Lutheran church
will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at
the home of Mrs. Louise Dixon,
1909 Princess street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
IRIS j. c N

LUMBERTON. Feb. 1S.-Mrs. ].
Mack Johnson, II, of Lumber Bridge,
died at her home this morning fol-
lowing an illness of five weeks.
Funeral services will be held from
Lumber Bridge Baptist church to-
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock with
interment following in the old GENE,
terry.
Surviving are two sons. S. K. John
son of Lumberton and DR.. M. l..
Johnson of Whiteville; three dauell-
ters. Mrs. J. A. Currie of Lumber
Bridge. Mrs. w. T. Sloan Of Column
bia, and Mrs. w. G. Castor Ct Cas-
tonia; two sisters, Mrs. Eva Allen
Of Tar Heel and Mrs. Eta Lee Goats
of Buies Creek. and two brothers.
j. NJ. PLOTT
LUMBERTON. Feb. 1S. - ]. NJ
Plot, 80, Of St. PauIs, Route one
died last night Of a heart attack
following influenza.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow from Ten Mile Baptis1
| church with burial to follow in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are his wife and nine
children, Mrs. Flora Burrus of New
ton, G. A. Plott of Lumberton, NJ
ses Blanche. Carrie and Vivian Plot
of Brooklyn, N. Y, Mrs. Ralph
Green of Battle Creek, Mich. Conrad
and Pryor Plott of Battle Creek,
and Mrs. Margaret Baxley of neac
st. Pauls.
A brother, r. E. Plott of Eufola,
and a sister, Mrs. Glen Drumwright
Of Eufola, also survive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
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almost instantly-inside and outside.
Csc. Double supply Of Penetro, 35c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19
Windsor Negro Sentenced
To Die for Staying Gray

WINDSOR, Feb. 18.-(R-A jury
from Halifax County convicted
George Peele, Windsor negro, of
first degree murder today and
Judge R. Hunt Parker sentenced
him to die in the states gas cham
Der on March 81. The defendant
noted appeal.
The jurors, sitting in the BERTHE
County courthouse less than so
wards from the spot where E. w.
Gray. an aged s%torekeeper, was
fatally attacked January 81, re-
turned their verdict after so min
utes elaboration. S
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-19

Annually, the United States ex-
pends S1oo, 900, 900 for mean
descent lamps, and 81, 600, 900, 900
for the power to burn them. 4
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-07
Contentio
Over Ships
Continued from Page Ono)

OF what, if anything, to do with these
>hips-diplomatjc relations between
the Soviet and Tho United State
were on a more cordial basis than in
many years.
Since the United StateS still recog-
nlzeS LatVia, Tijuana and Estonia
as independent republics, however,
1t has refused to turn over to Soviet
Russia those Baltic nations ships
which sought haven in United States
ports.
Russia is badly in need of mer-
chant shipping and wants the vessels
but none Of the negotiations here
or in Moscow have yet established
a basis for an acceptable solution
of the problem.
Despite the impasse on the ships.
generally improved relations were
said to have resulted from talks
between Sumner Welles, undersec-
rotary of State, and the Soviet am
bassador, These conversations have
been aimed at clearing up outstand-
ing commercial and economic ques-
tons which have irritated normal
relations between the two nations.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-07
BARDEN SWORN IL

Washington, Jan. 7.-(AP)-Thir-
teen members of the House who
We're absent Friday when the new
Congress opened, were sworn in be-
latedly yesterday. Among them was
Representative Barden, Democrat,
North Carolina.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-07

The man who is bound by no law
human or divine, eases to be a man
and becomes a monster.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-13
By PAUL HARRISON


HOLLYWOOD - Love has
come at last to Ray Milland. It's
coming by the bale, in pastel
envelopes and written on ruled
notebook pages that begin: I'm
in algebra class and thinking
only of you" Almost overnight,
the married, 36-year-old actor
has become the Ideal Lover Of
high school and junior college
maidens all over the country.
At the rate of about 1000 letters
q week, the sub-debs are say
ing, ~ think you're wonderful"
Milland thinks they're won
derful, too, be ause not so very
long ago his fan mail was so
light that he was able to read
and answer every note person
ally. OF course, he always has
been moderately popular as
Hollywood's busiest leading man
he made eight pictures in
1897.
Not until he played the reck-
less, feckless, flippant. romantic
aviator in "Arise My Love" did
the Teen Age start going for
him in q big way. Since that
age also goes to the movies in
droves, Paramount has lost no
time in casting him in "Skylark"
in a similar romantic role.
Discounting their commercial,
box-office value, the letters are
unusual In that they don't de-
mand anything-don't ask him
to send money, or fur coats, or
even his discarded hats. And q
large percentage of fan mail,
stars say, il of the gimme" var
iety. The most that Milland ad-
mirers want Is a photograph,
signed Just Ray"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-13
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

North-South winners were Mr..
and Mrs. J. M. Learmonth, Mar
acaibo, Venezuela, and the East
West winners were Mrs. A. c.
Bryant and Mrs. c. H. Drury Of
Ketchikan, Alaska.
One of the contestants in a
game in Australia wrote me
about a peculiar result on hand
No. 1. The committee prescribed
the bidding on this hand, which
North was to play at four spades,
with the king of clubs opening by
East. North can make four
spades, even though he plays the
ace of clubs to the first trick. But
our friend in Australia wrote
that at his table they overlooked
the prescribed bidding, and a. q
result, he. with the South cards,
arrived at six no trump con-
tract. q
The jack of diamonds was
opened ana won with the ace,
and ave spade tricks were cash
ed. East let 60 two clubs and then
discarded the queen Of diamonds,
saving hearts because South had
bid the suit. On the fifth spade
South discarded his third heart.
He then led Q small club from
dummy, East played the queen
and South won with the ace.
South played the nine Of dia-
monds, West covered with the
ten and North won.
Now dummy led the jack Of
clubs and East correctly let II
win, then stepped up on the third
round Of CLUBS; but declarer'a
eight of diamonds was now On
eotIy for cashins the 1eufth ehIh
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-13
, SO THEY SAY

The American way of life Is
not something to be saved, but
to be amended.
--Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen,
Catholic University.
We talk with our employees
personally.
Henry Ford.
No new order can be intro
duced by people who spit upon
religion.
Sir Gerald Campbell, Bri-
fish Minister at Washington.
Though she is still weak, ia
pan will become a major pow
er il she acquires the Dutch East
Indies.
DIR. William M. McGovern,
Northwestern University.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-13

WRITING in Banking, Albert w. AZ
WOOD. the we'll known economist, offers
tl,1 notion some worthwhile advice.
s,people are constantly osking how we
con keep on borrowing money indet'n-
itchy. and no one hos on answer. A more
imrnediote and pressing problem IS how
tie absolutely necessary borrowing
which must be effected in the next few
wears, can be corried through solely.
81 The whole fseoI problem not only
must Be worked out but con be worked
out IL resolute couroee is devoted to the
tosk..
Even Substantial amount OF IT,
noncioi suffering in the next few yeors
Mould Be better than catastrophe 'oter
IA. Commenting on next yeors colos-
sal budget, Representative Wig9les-
worth. Of MASSACHUSETTS,. remarked
HAT when you jump off q monument
He sensation is fine as long as you keep
como. The one fotoI course at present
would be O type Of political expediency
which oiwoys tokes the cosy woy."
Political expediency has largely de-
termined our fiscal policy for good
snony yeors. Certainly, considerable
proportion OF the SIS. OOO. 600, 900
sdebt. most Of which wos rolled up in
Speoce time, could have been ovoided.
And while there is no use ia csyino over
spilled milk, we should have leorned the
ssuicidol folly Of too much politics in
finonce.
Priy6te cupitol should be encouroe-
edt6pmyid snuch as possible Of the
sdefensey non1 or industrial expansion.
7hot w6ufd yove the toxpoyers 81 todoy
sund xomorroW billions ond help preserve
sout free enterprise system.
We're going to hove to come down
to earth financially. soon. Government
no less than Industry ond the individ-
uol, must reolize thot the sooner we get
down to coses, and toke the hord woy
insteod 81 The ruinous cosy way, the
better Of veil Be.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-13
DOLLARS VOLUNTEER. TOO

Happy he.whose income tax return
I figures out NO tox" So you might
think. especially otter an evening Of
struggle with the fieure&ond the check
book.
But not all people whose tax come
Cslfthot way are hoppy about it. So
snAony such people are sending checks
souyN1py, just to help the defense pro-
sQrom, that the government hos had to
sset W. . spsciol procedure for handling
fhsm. Most OF them include little note
soyino tnot they're fully aware thot
they don't owe any tax, but they want
ITO help onywoy. so here's check.
This kind Of voluntary payment re-
lotes only distontIy to the troditionoI
conscience fund" maintained by the
Treasury, which is made up Of money
paid BY people who somehow escaped
poying in the past. Conscience may en-
ter into these new payments, but not
iron any feeling of guilt. These poy-
meFlts ore being mode simply because
se wont to help. to toke port in the
\ legsss drive, but would not be paying
s1ino under q strict interpretation
e III tox low So they have poid any
4 R0tfiotisn is not decd when men Of
q Sr own free viii open their purses in
M tsounef.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-13
is HE THE
PERFECT MAN?

However, he did get a plain
tive request from a Brooklyn
girl who wanted him to do
something about my best girl
friend. She is so wacky about
you that she won't 60 out on
dates-just sits and stares at
your picture. So I have to turn
down lot of double dates be-
cause / don't have a chum to
bring along. The other evening
she made me stand outside in
practically a blizzard while she
showed me how beautiful your
name looked written in the
snow. When I told her she was
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-13
. HiehIiehts From
The Latest Books .

II you're looking for good "es-
cape" reading here ere Z few
titles that you should remember.
Not,one of them Is . great novel,
but each provides q pleasant eve
nins's entertainment-a hreside
adventure or few good laughs.
1.-THE Countess 70 Boot" by
Jack Iams Morrow: $2). A gay
love story Of the countess, who
possessed good-lookins legs and
a title, an advertising artist and
a girl electrical engineer. Not
much plot, but packed with
laughs.
"Ghosts on the Range To-
night" by Caddo Cameron Carl
ton House: $2). Do you ever get
hungry for q good, quick-shoot-
ing western that carries some
ring Of truth? Then you'll en-
joy the adventures Of two I'M
dercover Texas Rangers track.
ing down one Of the Old Vests
most cold-blooded and most TX.
able killers.
Royal William" BY Doris
Leslie macmillan: $500. The
love affairs Of william ~, who
would rather b sailor than
a king. For reader who Ike
their history adnniniytered -
painlessly as possible.
THE Man With No tAce, ~
Margaret Armstrong RANDOM
House: 81. There's no mystery
about the identity Of the killer
in this one. Suspense Is main
tanned In efforts 70 prevent more
murders. M =
'1hs Broken vAse," by Rsx
Stout (rarrar and Rinehart: ~.
Tecuunssh FOX gets the call. On Z
case Concerning q young violin
ist anA Chlnes9 vases that turn
up naf1u1Ho e broken.
,"lslahd q IA lGanchu," BY
Sax 0ohmor Doubleday, Doran:
81. TIT old Chinese wizard
tran6eers operations 10 The Garth
ben and Nayland Smith comes
alone>tU 6oeoat him again.
"Uncharted Romance" BY
Mary Howard Doubleday. Dor
q: 3D. vlmin116 Toodeeo ~
$50 $1,000 = @nenalty Wln
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-13
YOU'RE NOT IMMUNE

No American, no motter what his Job
'or place in life, can be immune from
the economic forces ct pIoy within the
notion.
A good example Of thot is found in
on announcement from Ieodino life
insurance company TO the effect thot
it hos become necessary to make re-
ductions in dividend payments to pol
icyhoIders. Three reasons for this step
ore given: The continued sharp decline
in interest rates; the policy Of obsorb-
ing investment losses and asset reod-
ejustments so for os feasible from on
nuol earnings; the uncertainty OF the
times. which hos necessarily resulted in
q general reduction Of dividends OF oil
kinds.
The so, 600, 900 people who own life
insurance policies should reoljze that
s~svy economic Development no mot
tee how for away il sessns, hos'o direct
bporino on them.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-13
= BEL HIND THE SCEk YES
M WASHlfl GTON :

n.ons bu1lnoes. b q BIT retleent
obout GIVING information son
the prlvute offoIn OF itf'%ost
customer. 1hotfs an vi0lJt TUi'
espsct that any one oQviTfls
ment o0eney would know hon.
imoW Telephones ell ootefvt-s
nsnt ooencies use, would b
expecting too much. since
soch department pays lts owns
bills. but q good round sesei-
mate IS thot thsre ore s60se !
than 50, 900 numbers. There
ore ssvsn pooes OF U. S. Cow.
eminent listinos in the dlrse.
tory, but those cover only tie
main exchonoe numbers, Of
which th1re ore obout 500.
\ It's the technique Of Wash.
inoton telephone conversions
that oets you, Ceiling sons-
one UP to make on oppoint-
ment OF osk q question Isn't
just q motter Of ordering the
groceries. You hove to give
out" as they say. put your
whole personality ond soul intoi
II. ond register every otthbutet
Of sex-oppeol you possess, b
you herman or she-womon.
WATCH WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING
OF course YOU never get the
hot shot you're otter. first coll. .
The help weeds out the JOB
seekers and the people with
petitions. The trick Is to oct
to know the ools who pick Up
the telsphons first. It's won.
derful Row fost your call con
be put through II you're
known.
Then the bodinooe. As PED
pie in different Departments
may not see each other for
weeks at q time. q lingo Of
smoll toIk ard pIeosontriss
and trodeIosts hos been creot-
ed which eurdles you cold. ond
no woofin', Eventually you oct
used to II and can pick up,your
cue, like O good ham from Eost
Lynne stepping out onto the
stoee in the middle Of Act u,
Homlet.
There's q whole noze OF
privote wires and privote tele-
phone numbers, and these &C.
Count for many Of the Two,
three and four telephones you
see on some desks. 70
You have TO watch what you
soy to some Of these govern
rent people, too. Thsy have
their secretaries listen In ord
take shorthand notes Of the
conversations. They have to
wotch whdt they soy. too
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-13
BY WIN. &. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

I am wondering whether this
years World Bridge Olympic,
which will be held April IL, will
produce at least one pair of for
eign winners. This will be the
10th annual World Bridge Olym-
pic, and nearly. every year either
the North-South or East-West
winners have represented q
country other than the United
States.
Generally the United States
bridge players are considered SUI
perior to those Of foreign coun-
tries, but in this kind of con-
test, which calls for careful an
alysis. foreign players have been
very successful. Last year the
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-13
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Swiss Novelist Enters
Stomps' Hall Of Fame

pRETTY girls and famous men
= have illustrated Switxsrland's
annual "For Youth" semi-postals
since 1883. The 1910 series adds
three more beauties, including the
one shown above. The girls are
dressed In traditional costumes of
the districts Of Thurgau, Solothurn
and Tug.
Cottfried Keller, a landscape
painters apprentice who became
2 famous novelist, 10 the famous
Swiss honored In the set. Keller,
pictured on the stamp below, was
born In Zurich In 1919. Abandon
Ing his art studies In Munich, he
returned to Switzerland. obtained
. pension which permitted him %
enroll In Heidelberg.
His novels were written Ia Ger
man, gained him q high place
among German writers. Keller'a
poetry ranks with that Of the
greatest German poets Of the 18th
century.