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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
Example Of Alien Peril

The fact that the kidnaper Of little Marc
de Tristan was a German alien add interest
to a case which has stirred American news
readers for 48 hours as not even the
magnificent attack of British bombers on Ger
man-held channel and North sea ports has
done.
The ruthlessness of the abduction, the
cruelty of the kidnaper when he struck the
child's middle.aged nurse down, is well calcu-
lated to crystalize American sentiment
against the nation which has brought about
a great crisis in the world and threatens a
civilization which has sought to establish peace
on earth and good will among the earth's
peoples.
1t would be farfetched, probably, to as
sociate the kidnapping with fifth column activ-
tiles in this country. Most likely it was the
act of an unbalanced mind which sought
part of the wealth in this country by any
means, however unlawful. But it cannot fail
to center attention on the looseness Of our
immigration laws, by demonstrating the case
with which undesirable, even criminal aliens
may enter the United States and plot crimes
while enjoying the protection of our liberal
hospitality.
The fight Senator Robert R. Reynolds has
made for Tightening immigration laws has
not had the support that it deserves. With
this example Of what can happen at any
time as long as aliens may access to the
country with little difficulty, the congressional
attitude should undergo a sharp change. It
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
Quotations

-, we nav been playing overriding and bevond
NV tanser point in this country with a mere
!rustratlon of democracy. We have to msLe
democracy a reality.-H. G. Wells, British
1t is obvious that the United States is nroront
~ ana largely profiting. in accordance with
us profound commercial instinct. Giornale
ol'alla IN the destroyer bases swap.
Liberty is not a liked condition, but the con-
stant upsetting of oil dways and opening up OF
new conditions so that all kinds of people NAV
ind a new and better way of life.-Rev. Rob
ton.
A state is not efficient in which, for every
loo workers, there must be 40 policemen to
see that the 100 don't slack, and 20 storm
troopers to watch the policemen and a dozen
secret agents to watch the watchers.-Robert
z. Sherwood, playwright.
4, = = No.
l don't like to appear half-witted, but in
California where there is no summer, no
spring, no winter and no fall, l simply can't
remember, dates.-John Barrymore
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

by them. Judge Nelson, now on
furlough from the superior court
for the period of the campaign.
denied a current report that his
law firm had ever received as
much as $780, 600 a year from the
janitors. He said the amount was
a little more than $40, 900 a year.
Later I learned that Judge Mel.
son had admitted to two reliable
witnesses that his law firm got So
per head per quarter from the
j%anitors, of whom there we're said
to be 1000 to $500 in good standing.
So I telephoned to the honorable
judge who would be prosecutor.
with the power to deceive grand
juries and sabotage justice. and
asked him about the So per capita
per quarter.
And what do you think he said
now?
He admitted that the union had
collected the 50 per capita, that
part of it was turned over to his
legal firm, that his firm "at times"
got $30,0O0 a year from this source
and that the highest figure had
been $44, 600 OF $43, 900 in one year.
Moreover, his law firm, from
which he claims to be temporarily
divorced, still has the account of
the janitors' union. The So per
capita has been abolished, and the
legal expenses come out of the
unions general fund.
But the honorable judge, though
he still maintains a private office
IN the suite of the law firm, has SO
far detached himself from sordid
finance that he does not know how
much the janitors' union is paying
to his erstwhile partner in the next
room. I
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

Dear Sir:
OUR PRESIDENT
L stood for Landon
From way out west,
To elect him President :
Some thought would be best.
But a lady from Kansas
Though she loved her native son
Cautioned people to remember
The things that Roosevelt had done
When Hoover was in office
Twenty cents for Kansas wheat
Then along came Roosevelt
And put farmers on their feet.
When Hoover vas in office
The banks began to fail
Then Roosevelt was elected
There lies another tale.
He closed the doors of every bank
And changed some things around
Now its safe to bank your money
For the banks are safe and sound.
Then came the N. r. A..
Taking children out Of mills
Making jobs for men and women
Helping them to pay their bills.
Now here comes Willkie
And takes offence
He raps the plans
For national defense.
The d~estroyers for England
He says a secret pact
But the ablest Of counsel
Says a perfect legal act.
He criticises u President
In most every way
He would save the country
By stopping the w. P. A..
Yet out in Indiana
The people all say
No jobs for hungry people
Except on the W. P. A.
The way he fools some people
Surely is a sin
Why he is even supported
BY Kress Of the five and ten.
AS the spinning top
Does surely tilt
So weary Willkie
Will surely wilt.
r stands for Roosevelt
TheSman who has brought us throug'
By putting money in circulation
And providing work to do.
When you go to the polls in Novem
Der
No matter what your belief
Remember the cold and hungry
Still depending on government relief
It's true he has made mistakes
AS you o. I would have done
But he has fought a hard battle
And l believe has almost won.
P. J. COPPEDGE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

NO!
Dc we want to endoW any branch
or Individual in our government
with exceptional authority when
would parallel dictatorship?
NO.!
De we want to submit to super
taxation which can be used asalnSl
the will of the majority Of the peo'
pie?
NO!
Do we want rulers with power 10
make war, conscript citizens, SEIZE
property, crush opposition WIN
fines and prison sentences and SCI
their will above our law-as IN us
totalitarian states today?
Do we want America TO be any
thing but free and strong and lot
ward looking, offering her peopS
constant opportunity for decent Nv
ing, and national peace to give u.i'
living stability and permanehce'
NO.!
MR.. AND MRS. AMERICA We.
you and l and all of us, are VIC
people,! We are part of America :; !.
government and responsible " !"
as it is responsible to us. Ouf -.
sponsibility begins in our town DIV AN,
county elections and goes on 10 0 ~,
State and Federal elections ".
have the right to be heard we hd.s
the right to act. Only our wv,
apathy and carelessness can CIV
us bad government.
Will we forget that this go'v T4lr
ment is ours to make or spoil: WI.
we forget that in our own manu-.
lies our welfare and the welfare ~ =,
who shall come after ~.
And will we forget that the 'Hia.
to think to speak -. 10 '''
is NOW? ,r,s
The answer, Mr.. and M'
America, is ours to make.
It is NO!
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

!. MT to be forgotten that the man who
kidnapped and killed the Lindbergh baby was
also a German, and an unnaturalzed one
at that. in this country by subterfuge.
Senator Reynolds wants aliens registered
.nd undesirable ones sent home: It is not
unreasonable to believe that II MS program
had been adopted some years ago the de
Tristan kidnaper, by name Wilhelm Jakob
Muhlenbroich, would have had no opportunity
to commit his crime.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
p. J. COPPEDGE
CAROLINA BEACH

The disastrous Carolina Beach
fire aroused considerable interest
in this section of North Carolina.
Newspapers devoted an incredible
amount of space and particularly
emphasized the extensive destruc-
ton which will be in all probabili-
ty endanger the future of the re-
sort, unless a specific inexhausti-
BILE amount of publicity is radiated
over the state concentrating, with
out elaboration, on the expansion
of fire-fighting facilities and the
rapidity OF a thorough reconstruc-
ton program.
FLOYD w. COX, JR.
Wlnston-Salem, N. c.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-Notes from the
CCC the reference herein to Omen is not my
intention; the boys of the Civilian Conservation
Corp refer to themselves that ways.
Powers, Ore.-From an unpretentious men,
Der OF the local CCC company to an army air
corps lieutenant in less than two years is the
record of former Enrollee Robert w. Fish.
Fish progressed from average enrollee' to
powder man Tin charge of blasting on the
Rogue river project, to camp photographer,
to camp newspaper editor, to Ohio State Uni
versity freshman working his way through,
to graduate of the Army air cores base train
ing school at G]enview, ILL.,, and the advanced
schools at Randolph and Kelly Fields in Texas.
He's now with the Goth Commandment SQUAD
ron at March Field, Calf.
Minersville, Calif.-An epidemic of Indian
hair-do's followed the camp showing here of
the movie, Geronimo" The favorite was the
"scalp-lock." consisting of a shaved head ex-
cept for a waving patch OF hair at the TOP Of
the noggin. Instead of scalping the fadists.
Company Commander Stambaugh did 4 re-
verse Indian on the old Redskin torture meth.
Cd. Those whose hair has grown out can now
emerge from barracks.
bluffton, 1nd.-Junior Leader Stanley
onp was awarded a shiny new double.
"AAAAaAS Ak CuOpplQR contest at
the camp here. Teamed with Keith Bostwick.
ne also won the saving contest.
Westfield, Mass.-After city firenoen had
put OUT the same forest fire three times in
TWO days, Omen, armed with camp fire.. pht.
ing equipment, gave the blaze the once-over.
P. S. It's still out.
boulder City, Nev.-Our No. l nominee for
ene little man who had a busy day: Estel
shorty Fout. Sitting on a float. about 500
1eet off-shore in the choppy blue waters Of
Lake mead, a few miles above Boulder Dam.
onorty heard the help-help cry of cramp.strick.
Gu nooert pullman of Los Angeles. Shorty
rescued Bullnan, using break-holds and =
ehest-cross carry he had been taught at camn
"a Re" minutes later, Shorty rescued Miss Vida
"h,'e' Is years old, Santa Monica. Calf. and
an hour later Miss Helen Meow Of Okl.honna
IVY ONa. Lifeguard Paul Gustlin gave g.
mar fout high praise for his days work.
NIL creek, Calif.-Among the wild vic.
l'orS TO the camp here are a flock IT he.r.
VINO walk through never around) the canon
u ue garbage pits. Just before dark the -.
men clmb into trees to watch the even;ns
parade. 80 Tar not a bear has been hueoed
MEADE, kas.-C-men here are CUNNING for
me nit-and-run driver who killed sMinn;e.+he.
Moocner," the camps pet doe who was o.
tame sne would enter the mess hall At ma.1
Iilnes looking for her hand-out. The camn
poe's are working on an epic elogv to Min,
;ne nto winch the further tragic note is be-
Ing introduced that an autopsy disclosed MI
"e was ABOUT to present the camn herd ,,;+h
a new addition. p Neio WIN
Ou.ns' Minn.-Jim Companion. nitcb;r, =,
tesnn ds."a 1or the local camps baseball
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
SEED ORDER

RALEIGH, Sept. 23.-R-D. S.
Coftrane, assistant to the commits.
sioner of agriculture, today order
ed that all seed distributed by
5. F. Ware and Co. Of Goldsboro
be withdrawn from sale, and as
serted that this drastic action is
necessary for the protection of
North Carolina farmers from mis-.
branded and mis1abeled Seed" 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
Young Naval Altman
Is Killed In Crash

SAN CLEMENTE, Cal, Sept. %
-lRlA 26-year-old naval fier, w.
T. HUDSON, of Colchester, ILL.,, was
killed today as his plane plunged
into the ocean during target prac-
tice.
HUDSON was decapitated and one
arm and one leg were cut off. His
body. to which was attached
partly opened parachute, was re-
covered as his plane sank
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

boys of Wilmington who lack the privileges OF
ths;r fellows in more fortunately situated fam
lies. it is a mere bagatele.
The dollars you put into the Brigade are
among your best investments. When the So
~,icitors call upon you, Mr.. and Mrs. Winning
tonian. do not pinch your purse strings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
The Editors
BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse any article appearing in
this department. They represent the
views Of the individual readers. Cor.
communications m q st 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.
%iectionable. Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-0ounty Government
under Council Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports n industrial
shoHs.
Seaside Highuay from Wrtghtsviue
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, ctd'
sr Turning Basin. Uith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, Ola
Orton Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produe
lion through sustained-yield methods
.hrouqhout Southeastern North Carolina
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
mottonal Agency. supported by one
countrywide "a
%Shippards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Sonthcdstern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for Dhites,
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development o, native grape 0ro.otn0
throughout Southeastern North Caroline.
Modern tuberculosis Sdndtortnns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

CHICAGO, Sept. 23.-We here
resume presentation of tn evi.
dence concerning the Hon. Oscar
F. Nelson, judge of the superior
court, no less, who is a candidate
for county prosecutor of the one
community which, worse than any
other in the land, is infested by
racketeers, particularly in the field
of labor organization. Judge Mel.
son is himself a labor skate OF
mercenary unioneer, as will be
shown. He is a republican, which
means, in the gang politics of Chi.
cago, that he is a member of an
organization which is a parasite on
the corrupt Democratic party or
mob. He runs with labor racket
GERS.
In 1924 Judge Nelson, not YET
elevated to the bench, went to
Springfield, ILL.,, as a member of a
delegation of unioneers represent
ing the Chicago federation of labor
to intercede with Gov. Len Small,
an all = around disgrace to the
American system of government,
on behalf of ten labor racketeers
who had been convicted of extor-
ton. These ten we're officials of
the Flat Janitors' union, an organi-
cation which began with honest in
tent and became a violent, lawless
band of terror. 1t had been guilty
of vandalism and extortion.
Collection
BY Judge Nelson's ownsWord the
business agent of the union had OBJ
tanned authority to collect from en-
ployers the difference between the
wages they were deemed to have
paid their janitors and the actual
union scale and divide it among
themselves. The union scale was
81 per month on each SIS due on
the leases of occupied apartments.
Some apartments represented
enormous investments, including
graft to racketeers in the building
trades during construction, and the
rate of one-fifteenth of the gross
rentals in many cases was out
rageous for the skills and duties
involved. In smaller buildings the
rate was fair.
But it will be noted that the
money so collected, or extorted,
from the owners was not to be
turned over to the union for the
nsne1lt OF the victimized members.
II a the special legitimized graft
OF the business agents who put
through the resolution. Moreover,
tnese agents were the judges as
10 whether the janitors had been
klcklng back a portion of their pay.
II was a raw graft collected by
terrorism, and the supreme court
OF Illinois upheld the convictions
on the appeals which we're taken
on points OF law, the evidence be-
ing SO convincing that there was
no further argument.
nevertheless, Oscar Nelson went
70 springfield to join in the appeal
70 the crooked governor, Small,
VINO pardoned all ten convicts be-
-o'e ene could be taken to prison.
Nelson Moves In
Later Judge Nelson moved in as
uns and temporarily as presi-
uent OF the flat j~anitors, and you
may De interested to hear how this
er4nn ioate Tor the office Of prose-
eu'or monkeyed with the truth in
me course of my conversations
ml1n MN regarding his revenues
o that employment.
IN a long interview I asked him
!" STATE the facts and be Judged !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
TOP o. THE

We older children grope our Udy
From dark behind to dark before,
And onlv Uhen our hands Ue lay,
Dear God, in thine, the night Is ddy,
And there is darkness nevernaore.
From 9Th Secret of a Quiet Mind"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

The United States cannot p'
compared to any other country
past or present; it is sometnlns
new in the world, writes stuai'
Chase in the next article OF 'm'
series on "Our Country
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

NSe1HU1y q IeIISIUuS Worship anu ITeeuUH Ut
the press.
Do we want to give up freedom of speech?
NO.!
Do we want to give up freedom of assembly?
NO!
Do we want to give up freedom of religious worship?
NO!
Do we want to give up freedom of the press?
NO!
Besides these basic freedoms we have our long
established form of government, which has three
branches, executive, legislative and judicial, acting as
cneck and balance to extreme power in any one.
. do we want to give up a government which com.
pines executive, legislative and judicial powers, work
ing together comparatively?
NO!
We have a two-party system, which ensures each c
express MS Will by ballot as to the persons who shall
10 we want to give up this two-party system, gual
sonar participation in our government?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
OUR COUNTRY
We Must Learn To Say NO
To Some Questions About
|America-Sophie Kerr

Thirteenth of "a articles on "OWr Country uwtten ercwire1u for
NEA Service and The Wilmington Star by the nations most famous
authors.
By SOPHIE KERR
Author of big. Hearted Herbert" "Theres Only One" "Fue to
Look At" etc.
MR. AND MRS. AMERICA, to make up Jul minds about what we want
in this country, W must also make up u minds about what W dom
want. To discard is the first step in selection. Therefore let us ask our.
selves some plain questions.
We have four basic freedoms here. freedom of speech. freedom of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

Canal boats are the hohles
more than IS, 900 persons IN N
land.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24

do wa'lns, minn.-Jim Companion, pitching a.
te.neaoer for the local camps baseball
tes s't H. oeleated the Effie and Side Lake ca1nns
20 . ae suo'dlstrict championship. He tanned
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-24
Fair Enough
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

The Star wishes its readers to
know that views and opinions
expressed in this article are
those of the author and may not
always harmonic with its posi-
tion.-The Editor.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
!. R. A. Long Compoigned
For Funds in America

NEW YORK, Jan. (R.-The
Irish Republican Army and its affil-
iates have long and openly cam
paigned for funds in the United
States.
Sean Russell self-termed COM
mander in chief of the I. r. A.,
spent last summer and fall on a
speaking tour which resulted in the
collection of thousands of dollars.
Mr. Russell was on a fund-raising
tour last June when he was arrested
at Detroit and held while the King
and Queen of England visited Wind
sor. Ontario, just across the border.
After his release the fiery, stern
faced little man continued his tour
and later slipped back into Ireland
as Scotland Yard operatives searched
for him
Speaking in New York last June
Is, he exhorted an audience OF 5000
members of Clan Ma Gael to lend
their financial and moral support.
He told of a -wisp"
series of bombings in England and
said they would continue until the
British removed their soldiers from
Northern Ireland.
Later, he told associates that his
outlawed group welcomed England's S
war with Germany because it weak
ened England and the I. R. A. would
be able to strike more effective
blows.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Man in Iron Lung Here
Broadcasts on Network

A room at Gallinger Hospital was
turned into a radio studio last night
so that William Cook, 29-year-old
infantile paralysis victim, could
voice his thanks to the doctors,
nurses and friends who have placed
him on the road to recovery.
The former bus driver, who was
stricken several weeks ago, spoke
from an iron lung" to a Nation
wide radio audience. He said he
was grateful for the medical care
he has received and voiced New
Year wish that this country con-
tinue to offer service to its unfortu-
nate citizens"
To Mr.. Cooks thanks, his young
wife added hers and related the
story of the frantic search for an
iron lung when her husband was
stricken. She told how kind-hearted
neighbors have been helping her
and her two small children at their
home, 1929 Bay street Sc.
The story was broadcast on the
Columbia Broadcasting Systems
I'VE the People program.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Price Sterilization
Rule Adopted byS. &c.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Securities and Exchange Com
mission adopted yesterday rule
governing transactions to stabilize
security prices in certain situations.
The commission commented that
its action concerned only limited
phase of the stabilization problem
because thus far it had been un-
able to find a program considered
workable by both the securities ex-
changes and the over-the-counter
dealers.
The new rule, becoming effective
February Is, requires that notice Of
stabilizing operations be given to
the S. E. c., to exchanges on which
transactions will take place, and to
purchasers. 1t also fixes maxi
mum price" which is described as
1O2 per cent of the first purchase
made in the open market after no
tice of stabilizing has been given.
The commission said it believed
that eventually it could develop a
program covering stabilization
which would be satisfactory to all
branches of the industry.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Oldest Inhabitants
ToAttend Funeral
Of J. Eliot Wright
Services to Be Held
Tomorrow at Home
On Columbia Rood

Members of the Association OF
Oldest Inhabitants plan to attend
the funeral of J. Eliot Wright, we'll
known official of the association, at
2 pm. tomorrow at his home, 1854
Columbia road NV.
Official notice has been issued by
the association calling on members
to attend. 1t was signed by the
officers, Theodore W. Noyes, presi-
dent. and John B. Dickman, ST., re-
cording secretary treasurer, who re-
Gently succeeded Mr. Wright. Mr..
Wright was honored by being elect
ed assistant secretary-t treasurer,
after he had resigned at the Decem-
ber meeting because of Ill health,
and a resolution of appreciation for
his services had been adopted.
The association remembered Mr..
Wright at its New Year meeting,
held at the Old Union Engine House,
when it sent to him a telegram voic-
ing good wishes and the associa-
tion's regret at his absence.
He had been a member OF the
association for SO years, recording
secretary for 10 years and treasurer
for 10 years. Mr.. Wright, native
of the Capital, came from family
long resident in the District. His
father, Benjamin c. Wright, who
was first vice president of the Asso-
citation of Oldest Inhabitants, was
born in Alexandria, at that time
a part of the District.
other members of the family who
belonged to the association included
his brother, the late Herbert S.
Wright, and two great-uncles, Rob-
ert H. Wright, marshal of Bladens-
burg. and James Wright. librarian
of the State Department. Several
other members of branches of the
Wright family have since belonged
to the association.
Officiating at the funeral tomor-
row will be the Rev. Walter E. Price,
pastor of Northminster Presbyterian
Church, of which Mr.. Wright was
a member.
Burial will be in Glenwood Gene
terry.
Mr.. Wright is survived by two sis
ters, Mrs. Horace A. Graham Of
Chevy Chase, Md, and Mrs. Jesse
CARL of Northport, Long Island;
six children, Mrs. A. M. Wiggles-
worth, Oteen, N. c.: Mrs. Charles
l.. Ferry, Miss Edith A. Wright, DR..
Herbert Wright of Catholic Univer-
sity, J. Eliot Wright, jr., and Miss
Suzanne Wright; seven grandsons
and one grauddaughter.