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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
|WPA SAYS DEFENSE|
WON'T AID SOUTH
Bigger Plantations, Shift to
Wage Labor to Bring
Unemployment

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.- Up -
The Work Projects administration
said today that the national de-
tense program probably would not
improve the economic condition of
the rural south.
Corrington Gill, assistant WPA
commissioner, said this conclusion
resulted from a WPA stud, 1.-THE
Plantation South, 1934-37," just
made public.
Recent increases in the size of
southern plantations, a shift to
wage labor at the expense of ten
ants, and farm mechanization,
have resulted, Gill said, in wide
spread unemployment and under
employment. The cotton and tobac-
CO planters do not expect this Sit
uation to be offset by the national
defense program, it was added.
1.-The problems of rural living in
the SOUTH" Gill added, "all reflect
the economic situation and empha-
size the need for broad programs
of economic and social reconstruc-
ton. Increasing attention to these
problems and substantial agree
ment as to things which need to
be done make it safe to predict
that over a period of time major
achievements will result"
The study showed that in t h e
1934-37 period plantations in
creased in size by six per cent to
an average of LOLA acres, and that
the average cultivated area per
plantation increased IA per cent to
ATT acres. The number of resident
worker families tenants) per 1000
crop-acres decreased from 81 to
"a, or eight per cent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
Flu Epidemic Here
Believed On Wane

The peak of the flu epidemic
in the New Hanover schools has
decidedly passed H. M. Ro-
land, superintendent of schools,
said yesterday as he quoted fig
ures on the number of children
absent from school in the last
three school days.
On Friday 1850 children were
absent, 952 missed school Mon
day, and only 878 were out of
classes today.
Roland cited the number of flu
cases as about half the absen-
tees. Out of 40 investigated
cases, 40 children had flu, we
are very fortunate in New Han
over county that Il epidemic
has been this Short" he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
R0TARIANS HEAR
C0TTSCHALL TALK

The Rev. A. w. Gottschall of
Washington, D. c., told the Rotary
club yesterday of the formation and
activities of the National Con-
ference of Christians and Jews
and its effort to combat religious
prejudices and misunderstanding.
Gottschan is in Wilmington t.
address a mass meeting at the
New Hanover High school auditor.
ium at $3.50 o'clock tonight as a
part of the national observance of
the unity movement. He will also
be guest of honor at a dinner
given by the Wilmington round
table OF the national organization.
His brief address today dealt
chiefly with the detectives of the
conference and the right of all
men to worship in their W way,
with the good will and confidence
OF others whose theology differs.
President Elvie White announced
that tickets for the Presidents
Ball, which is sponsored by the
C1vltan club, might be bought at
the door as Rotarians left.
Roger Moore, past president,
presented three new members. j.,
W. Jackson, the Rev. A. 4. Park
and Lacey King, to the club.
Visitors were: L. R. Vowel, e.
c. Rochelle, Emil Bernstecker.
Tom Kemp, Robert Gavin, R. O.
Carlisle, Percy Crown, E. A. Ster-
ling, j. W. Hayes, Jr., and Irwin
B. Tucker.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
Industrial Student
Hurt in Explosion

LEBANON. Pa, Jan. 21.-RA
Richard Kennedy, 1e-year-old LIE.
banon high school senior, was ser.
iously injured today by the exp1o.
sion of a one-pound anti-tank shell
during industrial arts class. He
was pounding the cartridge. schoo,
officials said they did not know
where he obtained it.
The boys left hand was 50 bad.
ly shattered it was necessary to
ampTtate it. Hospital attendants
stated the youth may lose his right
eye and that he also may be sui
fering from a fractured skull.
Another student working nearby,
suffered scalp decorations and
bruises. d
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
CONNECTS CAUGHT
BY BL00DHOUNDS
-Four Long Term B Grade
Prisoners Escaped Earlier
Near Wadesboro

RALEIGH, Jan. 21.- Up - Foul
long-term B-grade convicts who es
capped early today from the Arson
county prison camp near Wadesboro
were tracked down by bloodhounds
and recaptured late in the after
noon, Penal Superintendent Oscar
Pitts reported tonight.
Pitts said meagre accounts he had
received indicated that one of the
four covered a guard or foreman
with a pistol and that there was an
exchange of shots before the pris-
ner disappeared.
The superintendent said he die
not think any of the prisoners was
wounded and that the prison official
there escaped injury.
The four men had not left Arson
county. They were discovered under
a brush pile.
The penal division listed them as:
James Ebert, alias James Everett,
Is; bud Travis, so, Baxter Hunsuck-
27, and Kelly Jones, 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
5,8l2 Selectees Given
Permanent Assignments

FORT DIX, N. j., Jan. 21.-R)-
Fort Dix has received s,541 men un-
der the selective service act and
given 5,812 permanent assignments,
Captain Loren B. Thompson, execu
tive officer of the reception center,
said today.
The 44th division, in training here,
has received $500 men and will get
900 more before reaching the man
power authorized by the war de.
parment.
Others assigned include Fort Ben.
ming, Ca, 270; and Fort Bragg, Fay
etteville, N. c., $50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
TO ATTEND
COMMITTEE MEET
ties Seeking Larger Share
0{ States Highway
Revenues

,,re that the city OF VIII
oiscloSu would receive $4,000 a
ns!o : its share of state gasoline
ar .s as under provisions Of a
: ,,fieinalities League bill pending 9
lnlrip General Assembly W a S
!, a,T here yesterday, as James -.
'd z1o liT,' commissioner of public
Nv, war; prepared to leave Tor IA
'rhs where here the leagues legisla-
gu committee will confer today
+ i a joint House-senate -, Finance nrae
y n.s a considering the pro-
led gas revenue revision as;aara
|h% sa ra tff d in its present form
,nn,,1icipalities Of North Caro-
na5ltlp receive $1,000 900 a
|. from the states gasoline re-
At the present, the NUM-
@S1;+;as are receiving S3uu'uoo d
{. Of which amount the city OF
l,,naton is apportioned ap-
$1,000.
,rovisions of the proposed leg
,+ion would divide the s3,ooo,'
a11o+ted the cities on a basis
n@onIlation and miles of state
|bwavs within incorporated city
its Whereas the present gas
division permits state FUNDS
'bo used solely on designated
te highways within city limits
legislation to be discussed in
CAPITAL city tomorrow would
init cities. with state highway
Iartment approval, to use a per
tage of their share on feeder"
Lets leading into designated
feeting with the leagues COM
Zee and the House-Senate
lance group will be a special
|slative committee of county
bmissioners, Wade said. The
kmington public works commits
Ter is expected to return to-
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
Commissioner Wade
Returns From Chicago

How cities and towns can best
cooperate with the National De-
tense program was the principal
topic of discussion occupying the
executive committee of the American
municipalities association in Chicago
last week, James E. L. Wade, Will
mlngton commissioner Of public
works said yesterday upon his re-
turn from the conference.
Wade, a member of the seven
mar executive committee, said that
the strain of the gigantic defense
program was being felt in virtually
all large and small cities of the
nation. The executive committee Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
4 LANE HIGHWAY
TO CAMP URGED
County And State Officials
Hold Conference; Nothing
Definitely Decided

Officials from New Hanover, Pen
der and Onslow counties, represen-
tatives of the state highway and
public works commission, and Off
GERS OF the U. S. Army in charge
of Camp Davis attended a meeting
in the recently-completed admins
tration building at Camp Davis
yesterday to discuss highway
needs created by the camp and the
possibilities of caring for them.
e. V. Webb, state highway COM
missioner, from Kinston, was the
only member of the commission
present, due to the illness of A. F.
Powell, of Whiteville, who is suf-
fering from undulant fever.
Webb agreed there is need for
additional highway facilities in the
section from Jacksonville to Will
mington and appeared hopeful a
four-lane highway might be built
from Jacksonville to Wilmington if
a special ALLEGATION of funds is
made by the state and federal gov
ernments to meet the emergency
which erection of the camp, to
house 10000 men, will bring.
eff they give us the money we
know what to do with it," he said.
Webb seemed particularly hope
full, however, that state highway
No. SO, from Jacksonville to Bur-
gaw, can be paved at a cost of
about 100000 and be used as a
means of diverting tourist traffic
around Holly Ridge and Camp
Davis.
To make the present highway
from Jacksonville to Wilmington
a four lane highway, he estimated,
would cost about 81, 900, 900. That,
he pointed out, is as much money
as is allocated annually to his high
way district and the district of
which Powell is commissioner. Use
of all of that money on one road,
he pointed out, is out of the ques-
ton.
Addison Hewlett, chairman of the
New Hanover county board of
commissioners presided over the
meeting. Those attending were
George Trask, New Hanover coun-
ty commissioner, Bill Spruill, divi-
sion engineer for the state high
way commission, of Kinston, J.. H.
of Onslow county; T. T.
division state highway engi-
from Fayetteville; Bruce B.
Cameron of Wilmington; w. Vance
chief highway engineer; e.
V. Webb, c. David Jones, sheriff
of New Hanover county; Harry
Gardner, New Hanover county com.
missioner; Jack Brown, sheriff of
Pender county; Frank Morton,
sheriff of Onslow county; w. Louis
Fisher, Wilmington commissioner of
and president of the Ocean
Highway association; Lieut.. Col.
Samuel L. McCroskey, executive
officer of Camp Davis; c. F. Davis
and ]. T. Wells, of the Pender
county board of commissioners; and
R. V. Riberstein, district engineer
for the state highway commission,
BurgaW.
Baise pointed out that even if
funds were available and work
could be commenced at once, it
take until next fall to com
plete the work of widening high
way II from Jacksonville to Will
nington to four lanes,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
Salesman's Clothing
Stolen From Auto

Clothing valued at $272 was re-
ported stolen yesterday from the
parked automobile of a Durham
travelling salesman in downtown
Wilmington.
The salesman, j. A. Snipes, told
police that his automobile, parked
in front of a hotel on Front street,
was entered, probably before day
light, and an assortment of mems
and women's clothing stolen. In
Guided in the loot, according to po-
lice reports, were is mems suits
and overcoats valued at s1S2, and
35 plain women's dresses worth $50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
TELEPHONES IN HADES?
WELL, ALMOST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. R-You can
get telephone service almost any
place these days.
The latest innovation here is an
extension line which asbestos-Clad
firemen carry to the very center of
a blaze and then use to direct fell
low fire-fighters. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22

the association discussed closer co.
operation between local boards and
the national board as one means Of
facilitating the national defense pro.
gram.
The commissioner will make a de.
tailed report of the meeting at the
next regular meeting of the Viii.
mington Defense Council.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
Gottschau to Speak
At Kiwanis Meeting

DR.. A. w. Gottschall, regional
secretary for the southern area of
the National Conference of Jews and
Christians, will be the principal
speaker at the weekly luncheon ses-
club today at the Cape Fear hotel,
the Rev. Walter B. Freed, secre-
tary and treasurer, announced yes
terday.
Directors and committee chairmen
of the club will hold their first
meeting of the new year at 8 o'clock
tonight at the home of J.. w. Grise
in Forest Hills. A full attendance
is urged a
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
d Age Policy Pays
up 10 $50 a Month!
peded Protection, Ages 65 to IS,
Costs Only 1 Cent a Day

he Postal Life & Casualty In
hnce Co.. ITO Postal Life Ruild-
| Kansas City, Mo-, has a new
6dent policy for men and women
ages IS to s..
pays up to $500 if killed, up
|s5O a month for disability, up
ISIS a month for hospital care
other benefits that so many
er people have wanted.
Ind the cost is only 1 cent a
a year.
'ostal pays claims promptly;
Re than one-quarter million peo-
have bought Postal policies.
IS special policy for older people
proving especially attractive. No
dical examination-no agents will
lend NO MONEY NOW. Just
tie US your name, address and
name, address and rela-
lship of your beneficiary-and
will send a policy for 10 days
ZEE INSPECTION. No obliga-
}. This offer limited, so write
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
Associated Charities
To Meet Thursday Night

The annual meeting of the As
ISOLATED Charities will be held at 8
o'clock Thursday evening, January
evening, January %, at the Cham
Der of Commerce, Trust building,
Front and Market streets.
Mrs. L. o. Ellis, executive secre-
tary, said all who have contributed
as much as 81 or rendered service
to the agency are invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22
Etheridge's Illness
Brings Meeting Delay

RALEIGH, Jan. 21.-CP-A meet
ing of the joint legislative commit
tee on conservation and development
was postponed indefinitely when R..
Bruce Etheridge, state conservation
director, was unable to attend today
because of illness. He was to report
to the committee on his departments
activities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22

GLEN GARDNER, N. H., Jan.
2l.-lR-Mrs. Rose B. Pill, IS,
member of the jury which convict.
ed Bruno Richard Hauptmann in
the Lindbergh baby kidnap-mur-
der. died yesterday in Glen Me.
mortal hospital. She was the third
Hauptmann juror to die. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22

First of all, get plenty of rest, good sound sleep. Eat
simple but nourishing food-vegetables and fresh
fruits if available. Drink plenty of water and keep
elimination regular. Take some exercise every day
preferably outdoors in clean, fresh air. Then let
trustworthy Vicks help you.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22

STUFFED CELERY
Thin cream cheese with a little
cream until it is soft and fluffy,
but will hold its shape. Add
chopped walnuts and stuff into
crisp, tender celery stalks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22

NOW with epidemic colds spreading their misery
be careful, be as careful as you can. Do everything
possible to help safeguard your family against the
"bitzkreg'. There are certain time-tested precau-
tons you can take that may save you and yours a
great deal of sickness, worry and expense.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-22

When a cold gets by all
precautions and causes
muscular soreness or
tightness, spells of cough
ing or irritation in the
p p bronchial tubes,
relieve such misery the
improved Vicks a y
with a 3-minute VapoRub
Massage.
MASSAGE VanoRuh for
Evening star., 1941-04-13

Just reach for your phone leave the U.s. Your furs
and Winter coats will be safely stored in fumgoted vaults
soe from fire, theft and that Of debb moth! You may
love this weather do the moths but your furs don't
Give them the they deserve.
TO-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-04
Take Time Out TO Give Thought
To Your Voice and Speech

al or. at best. alightly harsh. 1hs
remedy lee In learning To hold
the tip of the tongue against the
lower teeth instead Of tightly
against the roof Of the mouth.
To relax your Jaw. do this en-
sroise once or twice several tmes
q day:
Locsenlag Your Jaw
Let your head fall backward ~
far a. possible. relaxing Jaw
and opening mouth. Now bring
head to an upright position. elos-
ing mouth slowly. Open mouth
slightly and swing lower Jaw
back and forth. Close IL slowly
and not too tightly. Upper and
lower teeth should touch. Of
course. but it's a mistake to hold
them crushed together. A tense
jaw makes hard lines around the
mouth A. well as ruins voice
tones.
Remember that reading aloud 4.
one NJ the quickest cures ~ had
pronunciation and unfsmllisrity
with words. which makes CONVEX
sation difficult Speech experts
agree that the person who will
read aloud for fifteen minutes
every day will. rather quickly. no,
only improve his vocabulary but
his enunoistion and voice tones.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-04
By EMILY POST

The smart woman takes time
out from serious shopping for new
spring clothes and a new couture
10 give some thought TO her voice
and speech. She knows that
harsh. raspins voice tones can
spoil the effect OF even the smart
est costume. that no hsir-do. how
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ii would be TO say. But can't be
slender" or 81 haven't time to get
my hair done every week. .
Everyone has time TO do some OF
the simple exercises that make
for softer more pleasantly mod
ulated voice.
A jaw and tongue that are
tense will cause speech TO be mas
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-04

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Personal
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-04

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-04

until about two weeks before he
re-enlisted. Then he went off
20 another girl. scarcely seeing
YOU at all until the night before
he left, when he came 20 your
house upon your invitation. say
ing he had taken the other girl
out only because he thought IL
would make u easier for YOU TO
forget him.
II has been some time now
since YOU heard from him and
You ask II YOU should continue
with sour end Of the CORES
pondence. II YOU really love
him and believe he IL sincere In
his feelings for You, you might
keep on writing him for a while
longer. Your letter. 10 him. OF
his to you. might have gotten
lost In the mall. you know. It's
not always easy To correspond
with ships nj sea-
However. his demand that YOU
20 with no one until he returns
ia q years time seems a bit I'M
reasonable since he confesses
quite openly that he VIII he go
ing with other girls.
Then too, he may not h. back
in q year. What then:
Only II you are very much In
love with him and very sure of
him, would II be wise TO isolate
yourself from the rest OF the
boys and girls Of your age.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-04
TEST ANSWERS

Below are the answers Ia test
questions printed on the editorial
page:
/. The British empire.
2. Ethel Barrymore.
g. Evergreen tree.
4. Helen Hunt Jackson.
s. Washington, Oregon and
California.
g. What hath God wrought"
7. Mrs. Elizabeth DillinE.
4. Professional boxing
o. April. June. September and
November
10 To church.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-04
Keeping Up Of Morale Important
Factor in National Defense
Women VIII Always Be Needed in Community LIE
Even Il Some May Have 70 Tste Over Mems Jobs
Rv CYNTHIA GREY

doesn't need 10 learn how shoot gun. do = bit
~ Welding change tire to become important TO the
national defense program. There's really much
u than that For instance there's unlimited for
persons to Just hold their present place in the community
and keep things going normally
l. isn't very gamorous task. certainly. but il is \
Necessary We can't all fix oarburetors timers and
things-there aren't enough TO go around. But
work hard at Strengthening the morale of
and cities In fact better suited for this
sort of thing than they for what pointed de
tense work"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-04

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