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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
EFFICIENCY FIRST
Raleigh News and Observer

The latest move of President Roosevelt and
Secretary of War Stimson shows that both are
determined to place efficiency above all other
considerations IN their efforts to transform the
outmoded American Army into a modern. eff
fective fundamentally for national defense.
AT the request of Secretary Stimson, Presi-
dent Roosevelt has accepted the resignation of
Assistant Secretary Louis johnson and has
named Judge Robert L. Patterson of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
for the post of assistant secretary. Judge Pat.
terson had a brilliant war record, was appoint
ed to the Federal bench by President Hoover in
1880, and made such a good record as a dis.
trict judge that he was promoted to the Circuit
Court bench by President Roosevelt in 1899.
Judge Patterson is showing his own patriotism
by resigning a lifetime position on the bench in
order to serve as Assistant Secretary of War.
1t is well known that President Roosevelt
has a high regard for Louis johnson. 1t is evil
dent that the President has lost none of that re.
gard, as he has already announced that he will
ask Mr.. johnson to remain in the government
service, and it is expected that he will become
one of the six administrative assistants to the
President himself. Doubtless the President
would have been pleased to see MIR. johnson
continue in his former post. But Mr.. Stirnson
has acted for what he considered the best in
terests of the service, and the President has
very properly given his secretary of war a free
rein in naming his assistants. That Secretary
Stimson is not actuated by partisan motives is
shown by the fact that the first man he called
to his assistance was Benedict Crowell of
Cleveland, a Democrat, who was Assistant Sec
rotary of War under Woodrow Wilson.
There has been too much partizanship dis.
played already in connection with the national
defense program. Those intent upon partizan-
ship will do well to find other issues to advance.
The fact that Judge Patterson is a Republican
is Of secondary importance. The only thing
that counts is fitness for the post.
The President and Secretary Stimson have
set an example in dealing with the national de-
tense problem which should be followed by all
other citizens. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27

that it could not be done; quite as silly as it
was for France to believe that because she
had a defense line i~mpregnable from the front
she was secure against attack. We don't know
how Hitler could make our gold worthless.
But we need to take warning, from the words
his economics minister uttered in his Berlin
interview. Should he succeed in his ambitions
~ r,,,e all E,,rone. we will have need to exer-
else our powers of ingenuity to the 1uu to cir
cunvent a world trade conquest by the Nazis.
This is the proper time to tune up for the job.
England and even Russia may halt him in his
triumphal march, and his financial and trade
dream will 60 down with his armies. But it can
do no harm to be prepared in advance, in
case they both succumb.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
Reynolds Rebellious

Senator Robert r. Reynolds reaction to tn,
ousting Of Louis Johnson as assistant secre
tary of war and the nomination of Judge Rob
ert c. Patterson, a republican federal judge
at the request Of the new secrtary of war
Henry L. Stimson, is surprising.
In a Washington dispatch to the Charlotte
Observer from Jesse S. CottreIl, that news
papers Washington correspondent, the Nortf
Carolina senator is quoted as saying:
have been voting for Republicans nam
ed by Mr.. Roosevelt the last several years,
and especially those for his cabinet, on
the assumption that every President should
enjoy the prerogative of selecting his own
cabinet, but in this instance, I surely want
to know why a good Democrat like Louis
Johnson, a former commander of the
American Legion, has been displaced, and
a Republican put in the job on request OF
a Republican secretary of war. When l
have any business at the war department.,
I have always gone to Louis johnson. He
is one of the best posted men in the war
department, and it viii require a year or
two for a new man to learn the job. II
le duIlLllSLTduOn proposed 10 name he
publicans to all these jobs, 1 think it worth
while that 1 get business for some of the
Republicans in my state.
AS Senator Reynolds is a member of the
military committee, his attitude carrie:
weight. There was every reason to assume
that Judge Patterson's confirmation would bt
strongly opposed, not only because of MI
Tob-e1r,- ~ ~ --J -u--.-J nc -. L..
for political effect as well. But it was no
foreseen that so sturdy an administration fol
lower would question Mr.. Roosevelts decision
to comply with the wish of his new war mini
ster for a new and untried first aide.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
Jobs Back For COnscripts

The public mind has been concerned, ever
since the discussion of a s%elective draft be-
gan, with the unemployment of d~raftees after
the training period. 1t was right, many con-
tended, for the young men Of America to give
up their positions for a time, in the interest of
national defense. Nc patriot eligible for mill
tary or naval service would be true to his
country or his instincts, if he rebelled at the
call to arms, whether to prepare for war or
actually participate in it. But what it to be-
come of him, when the training is ended, if
his former employer refuses to put him back
on his old job? To leave him at loose ends,
clearly, would be unjust.
The senate military committee, considering
the compulsory service bill, has settled the
matter with an amendment to the measure
requiring employers to reinstate their employ
es at the end of their training period. The
amendment covers only firms coming under
jurisdiction of the Wagner labor relations act,
engaged in interstate commercials far as
the committee could legally go-but adds that
it is the Sense of congress- that all con-
scripts should be rehired by employers. If any
employers refuse to comply with the rule thus
set up they may be brought before a court for
prosecution, with all the odds against them.
Surely there can be no complaint at this
protective provision for the men and boys who
give up their more lucrative positions to under
60 military training at the low salaries paid
to soldiers in the effort to make the United
States capable of defending its shores against
an enemy. They are entitled to this considera-
ton.
If any employer refuses compliance with the
rule he will deserve the worst that the courts
can mete out to him.. This is a time of grea,
stress for the United States, in which every
individual, and particularly employers, has a
sacrifcial part. Business firms will be FORUM
ate indeed if the emergency places no heavier
burden on them than the employment of men
who go into training to defend them and their
business in a possible military crisis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
G. M. A. Props Youths
For Service Schools

Georgia Military Academy, one o.
the South's distinguished military
schools, is entering it's 41st year o.
unbroken service to the young men
of the country. During this pero''
North Carolina boys have PLAYED d"
important part in the life OF lDs
institution and many Of its alumni
are prominently identified WIN
North Cardinals state and pfl'aV'
affairs.
Besides having a most Thorough
course preparing for colleges am
universities, Georgia Military Ac'''
envy has successfully prepared man
boys for the Service schools line
curse is separate from the reS"',
curriculum and is thoroughly d'
ministered. The group preparlNs ~
West Point and Annapolis HIVES a.
a building set APART for them 9"'
their teachers are constantly ava"
able to render needed assl5tal'e'
Every student in G. NJ y, Is ,I ~
quired to pursue a course on nS
To study" and this feature ol
school harmonizes nicely WIN
course in the manners of a 6en'F
man." Of course, the military W.,
is under regular army Officers
tailed by the U, S.. War dePai''" Nj.
and full credit is given foi
work.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
Looking Ahead

Hitler's belief that the campaign against
England will be a short one is not shared by
the British. This is indicated by the arrange
ments just completed for large deliveries Of
warplanes by American plants. which are ex-
pected to turn out 5000 a month on London
orders early in 1941.
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau has
made the announcement that Great Britain is
to spout a steady stream Of money into this
country to finance its purchases and that
American factories now capable of producing
1900 military planes a month, with the in
dustry working a little less than so per cent OF
capacity, will, when plant expansions are COM
pleted and a capacity load carried, produce
fully 5000 monthly.
1t will be noted that the program centers on
deliveries next. year, and thereafter. Despite
the fact that Hitler is sending wave after
wave Of bombers across the channel daily to
bomb English manufacturing and shipping CEN
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
Many Persons Complain Of fatigue
Which Is Not Real, But Seems So

but not himself; the lawyer OF doc
tor who carries other mems bur-
dens; the housekeeper or teacher
who has to give SO much time to
little children; or any person who
thinks that around himself the work
of the world revolves.
Easily fatigued people, on the
other hand, will have heard them
selves called 'neurasthenic" by
their physicians as wei las heir
friends. These individuals may
be actually weak physically, or
they may wish to avoid work or
responsibility.
In every case that might be
called "neurasthenic" it is neces.
sary to look for typical signs OF
physical exhaustion, but at the
same time to seek possible psyche.
logic reasons for the individuals
trying to avoid work by Stimulating
symptoms of fatigue.
If people are actually weak, they
should place themselves in the care
of a good physician and take part
daily in physical activities which
are graduated to increase muscu-
lar strength slowly but surely. 1t
people use sensations of fatigue as
a device to avoid work or gain
sympathy, they should be treated
alphabetically, but should be
shown how dishonest they are and
how inconsiderate of others.
Whenever a person finds he is
becoming sensitive or is beginning
to show signs which his friends or
advisers call "neurasthenic,' he
should begin to plan for a vacation.
That vacation should be for mild
diversion and true relaxation, not
for excitement and escape. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
10 Scouts Registered
For Worlds Fair Trip

Nineteen Boy Scouts of the CAPE
Fear area council have registered
for the trip to the New York Worlds
Fair scheduled August Is to q,
David l.. Lilies. scout executive, said
yesterday .
They include: Robert Bostian. Jas.
per Needham, Ned Herring, Burt
Myers, and L. w. Fonvielle, of troop
10, Wilmington; James W. Hayes,
Jap Casey, James Pearsall, and
John R. Armstrong, of troop g.,
Rocky Point; James Gillespie, Of
troop 4, Fort Bragg.
Alex Biggs, Tom Hunter, Steve
Nimocks, Jimmy Daughtry. and Nor.
wood Niche, of troop 2, Fayetteville;
Frank Gault and Howard Singletarr,
of troop 81, Whiteville; Joe Brown
Proctor, of troop SO, Whiteville; and
Albert Cross, of troop II, Elizabeth
town.
Leaders for the tour will include:
scoutmaster, the Rev. James L. Good.
man, Of troop so, Wagram; and as
sistant scoutmaster, w. 7. Rainey,
Jr., of troop 2, Fayetteville; and L.
j. Poisson, Jr., of troop 10, Whining
ton.
Lilies said applications for the four
will be received until 1 O'Clock this
afternoon at the Boy Scout head
quarters, in the Southern buildin-
and if mailed before midnight to.
night,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
FOamite Needed

The grand jury is properly exercised over
ly stocked with foamite, a preparation for
fighting gasoline fires successfully. Its recon-
.mendation that large stores of the material
be purchased by the proper authorities" and
emergency should be recognized as more than
a rhetorical flourish. They should be brought
promptly. No acceptable excuse can be offer
ed for failure to do so.
operators along routes used by gasoline trucks
have stores of foamite on hand, and would
rush it to any danger point, it is still incum-
bent upon the fire department to have it's own
material capable of smothering a gasoline
flame.
Such supplies as now exist at gas stations
doubtless would prove helpful, but the fire de-
partment is the authorized agency for it's use
and the fremen the only trained force in the
city for combating flames. To depend in larger
measure on private stocks is to invite dis
aster if a truck transporting gasoline through
the city, especially through the business dis
trict. should be wrecked and it's load be ignited.
The city's duty is obvious. 1t will meet it's
obligation for safety from fire only by provid-
ing the fire department with the means OF
extinguishing a gasoline fire whenever a n d
wherever it may start.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27

never to know when they r
desperately in need of rest.
Both groups r actually ill
those who tire too easily as well
as those who drive their bodies
to extreme exertion when it is un-
necessary to do so. The first group
exhibits lack of energy, the latter
group exhibits lack of sense.
The person who needs most to
learn the art of relaxing is the one
who does not experience acute SEN
sations of fatigue. Often that per-
son has such deep concentration,
so much eagerness to achieve, that
he disregards the vehicle through
which his ends are accomplished
himself. He is the leader in indus
try, who manages men and things
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
Star-News Program

Consolidated ~O1ty.County Government
under CounctlManager Administration
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected TRUCK and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
ghoWs.
Seaside HighUay from Wr1ghtsvtHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF city Limits.
sS5-Eoot Cape Fear River channel, aud'
err Turning Basin, With ship lanes INTO
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Pared River Road to Southport, Vto
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produe-
ton through sustdined-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency. supported BY M
countrywide tas.
Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed o tho
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for ,ehites.
Junior High School
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF nattvs grape gTo1tng
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tute7culoss EdndtortAm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
Hollywood Sights And Sounds
.By Robin Coons-

and a variety in pictures would
let exhibitors find new audiences.
If we're getting an audience OF
IS, DOC, 900 a week now, we could
get IS, 900, 900 and that would mean
prosperity. Let's have escopist pic
lures by all means, but let's not
be foolish enough to make nothing
but escapist films.
You say that the public has
turned thumbs down on most of
the so-called anti-Nazi pictures
You'll except The Mortal Storm
l say that most Of these pictures
were received coldly because their
producers plunged in to the sub
ject with insufficient background
and study. They didn't bother or
know how to make the pictures
entertaining. They wouldn't dream
of making an animal picture with
out calling in animal experts, but
some of them went into these pic
lures without the necessary prepar-
ation-hence they missed. :"
The public. says Wanger, sis
far more attentive to current
events than it ever was before. l
remember a gag in a Ziegfeld show
ten or twelve years ago a b o
Czecholsovakia. 1t was a gag for
the reason that nobody knew
Czecholsovakia except as a funny
name. What a difference today!
THE trend for next year? Most
I believe, is that next
year will see the ostrich supplant.
ed by the American Eagle once
more. We a look for a boom in
musicals, but we can expect a
reasonable number of films that
face realities. I don't mean propa-
ganda flms-but pictures which
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
LAUNCHING SLATEn

BALTIMORE, July 26. -R-Tbe
S. S. James Lykes, a freiphter 80
s,o75 tons lightweight, will be launch.
ed at the. Sparrows Point shinva ri
of the Bethlehem Steel company to.
morrow-six months after its hoo,
was laid. The freighter is the first
of five vessels of it's type under con.
struction at sparrow's Point for the
account of the United States mari
time commission and for operation
by the Lykes Brothers Steamship
company, of Houston, Texas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
d.

FRANKLIN ID. ROOSEVELT
Dear Sir:
The good that is done by Roosevelt,
Throughout all America is felt.
His CHEEKY smile is often seen
By many, on and off the screen.
His loyalty to America in her time
of need;
With her people and Gods aid, he's
sure to succeed.
When death bids him part,
He'll be remembered, as a true
American. in every heart.
KATHLEEN CAMACHE,
Is year old MINIS.
Sophomore
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27

a physical and
nervous break
down. The diff
ference between
these individuals
is in their abil-
ity to perceive
fatigue.
Some individ-
uals have an
noying sensa-
tons of fatigue
long before one
would t h i n k
they could be
tired, h i l e
O t h e r S e
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
SIEGE ENDED

JIBUTI, French Somaliland .1,,1,,
26.-R-The state of siege which
has existed here since Italy's en-.
try into the war ended today. A
French committee has been form.
ed to meet with an Italian com.
mittee at Diredawa to discuss
armistice conditions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
TAKE IT EASY
BY DR.. L.


Some people think they are fati-
gued when they r not, and others
never think they are in need OF
rest even then the yare in the most
serious stage of tension preceding
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27

are cognizant of the unnes If
which we live, with charac'e,'
fected by these times. hi
l think Wanger not only has .
dander up, but that he'll DO SUI, yo,
thing about it. He's the man o,s.
who made "Gaorlel
the White House" and "blocNl oj
and a couple of others lna'
the wheels of controversy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
SHIPS CONCENTRATED

LONDON, July 26. -Lf' ,.,,
Moscow radio said tonight ma =.
sian warships in the Caspian -,
had been concentrated in 'He d.
port of Baku in preparation !"
naval parade" Monday. LaE7e
maneuvers just have been 01 =,
ed, the radio added, by SoVIe' =,
forces on the Amur river N b'
Siberia .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27

TOP o. III MORNING
h first step toWdrd doing good Is to be
good.
PLUMMER
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27

HOLLYWOOD, July 26.-I think
Walter Wanger has his dander up.
He's sitting in his Office, and he's
talking about tn. current trend to-
ward ''escapist" entertainment
people hocking to musicals, exhibit
tors advertising newsreels minus
war scenes customers avoiding
serious films dealing with current
world tragedies.
And he's talking impersonally,
not as a producer, because his
own current movie pets are ad-
venture yarns. They have war
backgrounds, both Foreign Cor
respondent" and 1.-The Long Voy-
age Home" but he says he fears
nothing on that score
This is his argument:
cts understandable, the de.
mand for out-and-out escapist en-
tertainment at a time like this,
but let's have a sense of proper
ton. Nobody wants to make the
theater into a schoolroom or a
fountain of propaganda. On the
other hand, I think the psychol-
ogy of American is demanding to
know more of what's going on In
the world, and we have a right to
see facts reflected dramatically in
our screen material. If the public
isn't interested, why does so large
a part of it keep its ear glued to
the radio?"
II eeel," he goes on, that pic
should offer a varied pro-
gram since, just like the stage,
they could thrive on variety.
From the talk you hear, you'd
judge that Hollywood plans to
make all its pictures for children.
hollywood needs a varied audience
La gaceta., 1940-06-17
DIMITIO Ell GABINETE REYNAUD
Petain ell Primer Ministro
Sc busca una paz con honor

BurdeoS, Francia, JUNO IT,
Ell gabinete Reynaud, que desea
ba continuar la guerra, Sc vic O.
bligado a dimitir aver y ell pre-
Sidente LeBrun confio la presi-
dencia del consejo al viejo ma
riscal Henri Petain, exembaja-
dor de Espaha, con Maxine
Weygand de ministro de defen-
sa.
Petain declare en- la manana
de hoy que Francia capitularia
y que 81 buscaria, dentro de las
CIRCUMSTANCES, una paz con ho-
nor. FL primer miniStro lie ha o.
frecido un armisticio a Alema-
MIA utiliZando los buenos Oficios
del general Franco, ell DICTATOR
eSpanol, que la semana paSada
condecor6 a Joachim Won Rib
bentrop, ell ministro de estado a
lem&n.
La bandera de la "svastEa'
ondea hoy en- Austria, ChecoeslO
vaquia, nolonia, Belgica, No
ruega, HOlanda y Francia,
mientras Russia sigue pasando
tropas hacia Lituania y estable-
ciendolas en- la frontera con Ale
mania.
Winston Churchill, ell primer
ministro ingtes, trat6 de impe-
dir la renuncia de Reynaud, pc
no no pudo lograrlo.
AL principle sc habl6 de Pierre
Laval, semifascista, como pri-
mer ministro, pero despues sc
anunci6 que la presidencia la
habia acceptable Petain.
La gaceta., 1940-06-17
ESPAEA EXPLICA LA OCU-
PACI0N DE TANGER
DemoStacioneS de regocijo de
los falangistas

Madrid, JUNO 17.-Los ia.
langistas Sc regocijan hoy con
la capitalization de Franeia y
con ell hecho de que los inter.
mediarios 10 sean Ell :~mbajador
EN- Paris, Sr. Leqperica, Y e.
general Franco.
Espana insiste hoy en- que
la neutalidad de Tanger Sc ha
LA garantizada por sus tropa.
y que la ocupaci6n solo tienC
caracter provisional. Las tro.
pas marroquies fueron emplea-
das en- IA opeaci6n.
A pesa de esa promesa de
c>ptra dad los peri6dicos fa-
lang.Stas insisten en- decir:
Targer va nos pertenece. Dos
divis,ones de tropas e~Spanolas
.t2rvir'eron en- la operation"
Los falangiStas celebraron
aver demostaciones y los ma
nifestantes gritaban "iFran-
co, Franco. Gibraltar para Es-
pana!
La gaceta., 1940-06-17

Una conferencia Sc vertical
ra, en- un lugar no determine
Go, entire Hitter y Mussolini, con
el fin de discutir los problemas
de territories, colonias Y ell com
pleto desarme de Francia.
Inglaterra expresa hoy la es-
peranza de que la escuadra fran
.cesa siga combatiendo unida q
la suya.
Aviones i~talianos bombardea
ron aver a Malta, C6rcega y la
Tunicia.
Los alemanes Sc apoderaron
en- la mahana de hoy de Orleans.
Ell banco de Londres suspen-
di6 la cotizaci6n del franco fran
ces, a los 80 dia SIDE. haber las
tropas alemanas iniciado su
monstruosa ofensiva.
BESIDE Londres avisaron aver
ell arresto, como posibles traid1-
res, de dos altos funcionsrios re
lacionados con la compra de ma
terial de guerra.
En- los Gltimos dias de la
guerra la aviaci6n alemana eau
q enormes perdidas entire la POI
blaci6n civil de Francia, AFRO
iando contra ella miles de tone
ladas de bombas.
Inglaterra reiter6 81 deter
minaci6n de continuar la guerra
,ontr alos nazis, aunque Sc lie ha
dejado sola.
La actitud de Stain, acumu-
tropas en- Lituania, signi-
flea que aprecia tambien peli-
gro para Russia en- la victoria
de los totalitarios.