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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-27
MAIL MARRIAGE
IS RECOGNIZED

WASHINGTON, July 26 ~
Marriage by mail is okay with
the army and the wife may col
iec1 the allowances of her soldier
husband if the state in which the
contract is made recognizes it as
valid.
This ruling, in the case of Jo-
sephine M. Serraino of GLIB Church
Lane, Upper Darby, Pa, and Capt.
JOSEPH Vaccaro, Jr.. of 712 Moore
St, Philadelphia, serving with the
cir corps overseas, was made by
the comptroller general.
The Pennsylvania couple on De-
cember 8, 1943, by means OF a
document mailed back and forth
Tor signatures, expressed their de-
sire ito enter into the bonds of
matrimoay and become man and
wife"
The paper stated that whereas,
il is impossible Tor them at this
time to procure . marriage license
end be married by a civil or re-
ligous ceremony they do here
by mutually covenant, promise and
agree thai they are now and hence.
TO- tn wiVNe husband and wife. >
Assistant Comptroller General
Frank L. Yates. after citing many
legal opinions on the subject, dat
ing back to World War l, conclud-
ed in a recent letter to the war
department that:
Accordingly, ii will be consider
ed that by their voluntary agree
r. ent Josephine M. Serraine and
Joseph Vaccaro, Jr., entered into
valid marriage contract and arc
husband and wife. Hence" he add
&c. payment on the voucher re-
turned herewith is authorized If
otherwise correct"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-27
Maximum Rent Change
Authorized By OPA

George w. Jeffrey, area OPA
rent director, today was author
lied by Price Administrator Ches-
ter Bowles to make adjustment OF
maximum rents of New Hanover
landlords under one condition, in
accordance with the first change
to bring rent regulations in line
with the Sterilization Extention
Act of 1914.
By today's provisions, Jeffrey
may adjust the maximum rent of
housing or hotel accommodations
to the level prevailing for COM
parable housing accommodations,
where it can be shown Cd that
the peculiar circumstances sur
rounding the making of a rental
agreement were unusual and such
as 10 interfere with normal bar
gaining conditions, and y as a
result the rent was substantially
lower or higher than comparable
rents in the area on the maxi
mum rent date.
Jeffrey said action has not yet
been completed to provide for the
second type of case which h e
Sterilization Extension Act direct
ed OPA to provide. Adjustment of
maximum rents was ordered by
tie act in classes of cases where
Substantial hardship has resulted
since the maximum rent date from
a substantial ana unavoidable in
crease in property taxes or oper-
a1lng costs"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-27
|US0 CLUB TO HOLD
| STATE FESTIVITIES

A new and unique type of en-
tertainment has been arranged by
the Fifth and Orange USO club,
it was announced yesterday by
Miss Shawbaker director of &C.
tlvities at the club. A special series
If parties will be held each Wed
resday night and di ferent state
will play host each week.
North Carolina will lead off with
openeing night. August 2, in the
club garden at $50 pm. Officials
Of the state are expected to attend
aid officials of the city will be on
hand to be host to all out-of-state
guests who atterd. The party is
rot restricted to QUITO state guests
alone. 1t is open to civilian and
military population alike.
Wilbur Dosher will act as master
of ceremonies and will introduce
outstanding personalities present.
Entertainment will be by profess
slo1al and amateur performers,
most of whom will be North Caro-
lenians.
AS out-of-state guests arrive they
will be given a number, aanounc-
ed Miss Shawbaker, and at the
end of the party number will be
called. The holder of the lucky
number will be given a long dis
lance telephone call to his home
STATE.
Speakers will deliver short ad-
dresses about North Carolina and
after the entertainment is conclud.
ed, Salute to Volunteers who
have worked at the club will be
observed. Contests and prizes will
help round out the evenings en-
tertainment.
This is an original and pro.
gressive idea on the part of the
Fifth and Orange club and they
wish to extend a cordial Invitation
to local residents, tourists, and
servicemen", said Miss Shaw
baker.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-27
Nations Ice Cream Supply
To Be Further Cut Aug. |

WASHINGTON, July 26. -(P)-
Ice cream production will be cut
still further Aug. l.
The War Food Administration
announced today that manufactur-
ers will be limited to IS per cent
of the milk solids used in the cor
responding months of 1912. During
the past three months, quotas were
IS per cent.
This reduction reflects a season
al decline in the output of milk.
Ice cream made after Aug. also
will be less rich than that made
during May, June and July. Maxi
mum milk solids content of frozen
dairy foods will be % per cent
compared with "a during the May
July period.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-27

Burma has been a separate unit
of the British Empire since April
l, 1887.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-27

the second last car of the IL car
New Haven railroad train.
None of the occupants of the
sefS8 last car was reported in
jul q,
The four most painfully injured
were taken to Sturdy Memorial
hospital in Attleboro where their
names were not placed on the dan
ger list.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-27
THREE PRISONERS
FLEE In CHATHAM

RALEIGH, July 26-R-Three
long-term white convicts escaped
from a Chatham county prison
camp road gang today after over
towering a guau. taking his shot
gun and communicating an auto
mobile which passed the scene
lust as the break occurred.
Penal Director Oscar Pitts list
ed the three as:
Walter Otto Jones, %, sentenced
in Guilford county in March, 1912,
10 from seven to 10 years for
breaking, entering and larceny;
Quincy LIE York, 81, sentenced
in Mecklenburg in April, 1914, to
from two to three years for lar
ceuy and receiving; and David
Stephenson, 25, sentenced in Har-
nett in May, 1913, to from to 30
years on several counts of house
breaking and larceny
Pitts said the three caught guard
j. w. Hillard lnaWares. took his
shotgun and then moved up the
highway several hundred yards be-
tore hating an automobile driven
by j. R. Elkin of Collision. They
forced Elkin out of the car and
escaped.
Kyle Matthews, director of the
prison camps for the penal divi-
sion said the three escaped prison
ers could be dangerous. He said
the car in which the three were last
seen was 1912 ford, fourdoor
sedan, with license numbers 507-
S47
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-27

Lyle T. Hammond, Waltham,
Mass, is shown being guided down
street by his "seeing eye" dog,
Sandra. The dog has been award
ed the coveted Army-Navy "E"
for her war production job which
is to guide her master to his war
job at a defense plant.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-27

The pyramids Of Egypt stretch
for 60 miles along the west bank
of the Nile.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-27

Bolivia and Mexico lead in the
world output of anthony, import
ant in the manufa cture of storage
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-27
Truman Says His Wife
Is On Senate Payroll
As $500 Year CLERK

. KANSAS CITY, July 20 (R -
Sen. Harry S. Truman of Missouri
Democratic nominee for vice presi-
dent, said today that at is no Sc
cret" that his wife is on the senate
payroll as a clerk in his office at
81, 500 a year.
She's a clerk in my office and
does much of my clerical work, -
he said. 81 need her there and
that's the reason I've got her there.
never make report or deliver
a speech without her editing it.
There's nothing secret about
it,
His comment followed published
reports that Mrs. Truman was on
the payroll as a 81, 800 a year clerk
in his office.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-27
Twelve Persons Hurt
In Express Train Wreck

MANSFIELD, Mass, July &c.
R-Four persons were injured ser
iously enough for disqualification
today and about eight others were
hurt slightly when the last two
cars of a New York to Boston
express left the rails in West Mans
field.
The last car which landed on its
side, swung enough to also derail
The sub., 1944-05-25
Painters Extra
 Money Changed by War Labor Board

The Union and the Company jointly requested the Shipbuilding Commission of the War Labor Board to approve payment to painters for spray gun painting and for certain BitumaStic, Her mastic, or Barrier Coating at the date of $1O0 a day.
 In it's other decisions for other shipyard cases, the Shipbulding Commission decided that, while men did do spray gun painting, they should get He per hour ex- tra. It applied the same principle to this plant. and has directed a change i'm the contract so that the rate payment for the painting op- eration described above is to be He per hour extra and not $1.00 a day. Workers in this department have calculated that, on the pres ent schedule, there will be very little difference in their total weekly income.
 The Shipbuilding Commission in the decision on the contract case did not make any specific ruling on the retroactivity of the painters extra compensation. The decision In the dispute case has not yet been received in writing. It is understood that the dispute case decision will provide that the painters extra money will be retroactive to December 9, 1943 only, because the Company has no records to go back any further.
The sub., 1944-05-25

Ward plant. Ain't 1t the truth, though-united we stand, divided we fall once big business suc- ceeds in knocking down one un~ ion, it's a go-ahead signal to other big businesses all over the country. And the same thing applies on . smaller scale here which ts why 1t is our business when a guy gets dirty deal . it might be you the next time, so protect his rights now by giving the un- ion some support.
 .sm.e.u.
 Something about mysteries aI- ways appealed to us, so here we go. If you score 100G5-you get around (what're you doing, trail ing uS?) 50@6 .. mind your own business, don't you? 0% .. . we'll get you a copy of How To Win Friends and Influence People, cheap.
 The ways electrician who sex she never gets into trouble
 The guy who wears his Sunday clothes to work, even
 The helper who gets along SO we'll with her boss
 The gal with so'thn accent who tells people she comes from GuilfOrd
 The Swoonatra of our dept used to sing on WTIC ..
 The blonde bomber with . fighter escort
 The irresistible" outside ma chiniSt Romeo who times the com- ing of his latest flame ..
 The modest fisherman who never brags about his catch
 The staunch Republican who's putting his money on the Demo- cratS .. 'the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" ..
 The wet dock painter who's hav- ing a pipe organ put in all future pump rooms So'se he can accom- pany himself when he gives forth with Sally in our Alley" or Tn My Merry Oldsombile"
The sub., 1944-05-25
Change Made In Absentee
 Bonus System

The Union and the Management have spent a great deal of time in consideration of changes in the absenteeism features of the n- centive System. As originally created, the system penalizes every employee 10 per cent for each day lost. This meant that, if an em- -ployee was absent for 10 days, he would get no bonus at all.
 The Union pointed out numer- Ous injustices which have re- suited, and the Company has al- ready made proposal to change penalties for absenteeism. The Un- ion is not yet satisfied that the changes are all they should be. Under the change proposed by the Company. every worker covered by the Incentive System will be
The sub., 1944-05-25

sure to get a bonus if one has been earned by the plant in a particular month. The plant pays to the employees 2IS or 66 2IS% of the savings in man hours in building boats. The Company Is willing that every worker shall receive a bonus at rate equal to not less than 50 per cent of the man hour savings regardless of by industrial accidents, the men should not be penalized. The Com pany produced figures showing that only a very small percentage of lost time is caused by industrial accidents, and proved to the Union that the Payroll Department could not possibly handle the bonus figures if f-there are to be excep- tions in figuring bonus deductions for lost time.
The sub., 1944-05-25

an overhead hail to hang on to that short people can't reach any, how seems we recall a car with seats in 1t that takes officials to and from when we have a double launching why can't we who are responsible for the boats being built have at least benches and lights put in the car? Sos we could sit down after work ing all night. and wouldn't trip over a bucket of white paint or 8 box of welding rods.
 .s.m.s.u.
 According to Al, the boys on the ways are all behaving themselves, but the girls aren't. That's just 8 mans opinion, so take 1t for what it's worth. Personally, we think the girls do wonderfully. consid- ering what they have to put up with.
 .,s.m.S
 Amazing how kind and consid- crate some of the men are to the women around here. What with making coffee for them, opening doors for them, and our blonde hanger-maker even has someone on the bus who saves seat for her and protects her from the wolves. White of him, we think.
 s. m 0 u.
 When are we ever going to get a union meeting in the morning that we can go to?
 .gm. u.
 Bud Lyons sez that Iunchtime worning whistle is so his wet dock welderS won't break their legs in their rush to get back to work when the 8:3O whistle blows
 Seriously. though. we think the E. B. would get lot more cooper ation on the 1unchtime warning whistle if they instituted quit ting time warning whistle too and maybe we can figure that g. 8:30 Is our lunchtime and we don: like spending five minutes of i getting from boat to shop and five minutes at the end of 1t to go tt work.
 $. m @ .u. Rowland Bishops letter in th' last Sub deserves a lot of com mendation-the one about tht case of Unsavory Avery. (did yol notice his name is s. l.. AVERY?l and his battle with the govern ment because of his refusal tC cooperate with the legally recog- nized union as his Montgomery
The sub., 1944-05-25

we V6 uGdFu OULLSI SupCINLoOIoN make remarks about the ineffici- ency of female workers as com pared to men. We think that a persons abilities depend on the individual, not his sex, except as regards heavy physical labor. Sure, there are girls that are un- reliable workers, but there are men that you cant depend on ,, either. We think the old "wo- mans place Is in the home" is way out of date (there are 17,0OO,- 900 American women in industry how far would our armies get without supplies they provideO and that girls should be given an equal chance with the men. After all, one of the principles of un- ionism Is equal pay for equal work-if the employers can scare workers by holding the threat of lower-paid women employees over their heads, 1t affects mems wages too.
 This poses another problem: what about after the war? says everyone when talk gets around to women workers. One writer said, "All present signs indicate that when the first Axis surrender whistle toots, the employment manager will take one look at his ranks of efficient women workers and pull the welcome mat out from under their safety shoes" But it ain't necessarily so. According to newspaper estimates, it would take 1O,0OO,O0O workers 10 years to rebuild the area devastated by the Germans in Russia alone. Europe and China present the same picture. And they all have to get supplies from someplace :. why not here? People in Am erica are still too inclined to think of their own world bounded by oceans the only contact they have with other places is through news and letters from Australia and Sicily. There's a necessity to broaden our thinking in other fields, get a picture of the world of work after the war. and where we fit In. And i've" includes our women, too.
 .S.m.o.u.
 Will whoever it 4s that has something on Slim of the tempor- ary lights, Wet Dock, and is threat ening him with publication in the Sub, either tell us SO we can print it or else stop kidding him along? The ominous note in his voice when he sez. ."Pat. if you put any, thing ins about me, watch out" ]" and we don't even know what he's trying 30 hard to hide!
 .S.m.o.u.
 Hope you all heard our own Edie Dorr over WNLC on Satur- day, May { she sang like a thrush in 6 thicket on a spring morning.
 .G.m.e
 Impressions of the Main Yard by one who had never been there before much, much dirtier, more crowded together, much con- vinced of it's own superiority, and somehow-can't describe 1t very well-but when you walk through by the ways. with the welding flashing lighting up the huge structure. chipping guns beating a rhythm all their own. the cranes swinging down with torpedo tubes and huge chrOme-ye1IOw hunks of metal. truck honking you out of the way it gives you 8 funny feeling as though this is real these are the people that in the long run are the ones that matter the ones who get things done, not the takers or the head line hunters.
 And oh yes {. not to forget the ''cattle car" the Toonerville trolley the dirty. dark box car that jogs us along .. with only
The sub., 1944-05-25
SV' Electricians Mites
By Pat Herbert

There was minor fracas in this department recently during an argument about learner getting raise, the supervisor implying that he didn't think woman would be good enough for mechanics rating And
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-10
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.

Behind movie headlines:
Funny, the trend In movie titles.
For time might" gets the big
play, then it's love" and so on.
Nowadays names appear to be get
ting the big play. This Is season
when names make movie titles as
well as news. Take look at the
record.
Paulette Goddard has just fin
ished Kitty" for Paramount,
Warner Bros jamie" is in many
theaters over the land, and Fox's
Wilson" Is an advanced-price at
traction in several of the larger
cities.
"Mr Skeffington" was Bette Davis
most recent picture. Mrs. Park
ington," with Greer Carson, was
MGM's answer out Culvert City way.
John Dillinger" has been an
nounced by one of the fastest of the
qulckie producers, and at Paramount
Lillian GiSh is Miss Susie Slagle in
picture of that name.
Mark Twain" was released earlier
in the name" cycle. Alan Ladd's
present picture is SALTY O'Rourke."
In Hollywood It's taken as an in
dlcation that the boys are running
out OF adjectives and adverbs-
perish the thought when they
have to resort to plain. old-fash-
Toned names for movie titles.
X X y II
Mike Mazurki, who is feet 6 and
huge in proportion when he steps
into his wrestling toys, gets padded
shoulders on his suits and lifts on
his shoes for the role he plays in
RKO's Farewell. My Lovely" He
was ordered to top the authors de-
scription: mot quite 7 feet tall and
not quite as wide as a truck"
Y X \ X
Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby had
a great week of it together in
France. While Bing sang, Fred
danced, sometimes with thousands
looking on, sometimes for a small
night patrol with fiashlight
Illuminating Fred's flashing feet.
Their only bath was out Of he'll
met. Their softest bed was a bale
OF hay found in a house just aban-
doned by the ferries. They were
constantly embarrassed, they re-
ported, by German prisoners salut.-
ing them and asking for autographs
And through. every letter both, have
written to friends In Hollywood are
repeated references to the fortitude
Of the Yank troops and the sacrifices
they are making, ..s..5
| e,..@, r y rxs
Lucille Ball was an unknown
when she was cast in the Katharine
Hepburn starring picture, stage
Door," at RKO about seven years
ago. If her name was among the
credits. it had to be found with a
microscope. Today all is different.
Lucille and Katharine have roles of
equal Importance opposite Spencer
Tracy in Without Love-" at MGM.
Capt. Lee Tracy, just out of Army
intelligence work when he returned
10 films via RKO's Betrayal From
the East was allowed to write
in several script scenes for him.
self. Idea was, he'd been doing
exactly the sort of counterspy work
he does in the picture-and, of
course, knew better than any one on
the studio lot how the job is con-
Quoted
Walter Slezak, about to become a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-10

What do Americans think Of Elisa-
beth Bergner7"
These are but 4 few specimens Of
the curiosity OF the great actors
mind, of the numberless questions to
which he must find the answers on
this, his FIRST professional visit to
Eastern America.
His Hollywood experience, when
that comes into the talk, has been
Q happy one.
He admires his Hollywood asso-
ciates, even the least of them.
The naturalism which he finds
characteristic OF most came to him
as no particular test when he played
his first part in this country.
I'VE began to adopt that style for
certain plays and parts back around
1900" he says.
With more than a half century of
great theater to his distinction, Mr..
Basserman and his wife are the fans
Of many Hollywood performers they
have met, or seen in pictures.
Spencer Tracy, Paul NUM-, Ingrid
Bergman, Gary Cooper, Lionel
Barrymore and many others come
into their admiring talk of their
cinema associates.
They will be back among them
after "Embezzled Heaven" for they
regard the climate as ideal and mo-
ton picture work congenial, indeed.
And, 30 years after they had in
tended to come here in repertory,
they will have played in the Ameri-
can theater. One war kept them In
Germany, the next one forced
them out, but voluntarily after they
had scorned the honors Herr Hitler
sought to bestoW upon them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-10

your offspring YETI" McCarey In,
quired.
IT It's boy, we're going to call
him Leo" Slezak replied.
McCarey beamed so proudly that
Slezak didn't have the heartsto in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-10

lowers. He once did a Henry, re-.
cabs him as gusty character. full
OF high drama and low comedy who
cannot help delighting audiences.
It is part Of Mr.. Basserman's
youngness that he asks his luncheon
companions more questions than
they put to him.
I'm not as intimate with the
American theater's history as /
should be-" he confesses. What was
John Barrymore like? / only saw
him in pictures. when he was play
ing satiIes Of himself. Why did the
great German directors, Reinhardt
and others, fail to equal their work
IN Europe when they came to this
country? Isn't 1t odd, or is it, that
women directors now seem to be
having the greatest success with
shakespeare" Was not Oscar Karl
weiss performance in Jacobowsky
and the Colonel something to see?