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Evening star., 1940-10-02

Edward A. MeIlhenny.e eryw here
reading Mr.. McIlhenny's books on
bird lore, applauding his gifts of land
for game refugees. beg him to SAY it
amt So" which he will do, of course,
If he hasn't already. He is active
and influential in virtually all ma
tional organizations having to do
with game conservation and his
Avery ISland-home base for his
family for 123 years-is a refuge.
testing and breeding ground. and
inter-continental landing field for
migratory birds. 1t also is the base
for his non-migratory tabasco sauce
factory which enhanced the family
fortunes and enabled him to become
Maecenas to the birds As the
Jungle Garden Of Eden, 1t Is one Of
the show places Of the country.
Now SO years old, the handsome
and hospitable Mr.. McIlhenny has
had, and no doubt is still having,
an adventurous life. Educated in
Illinois and New York State. he
spent two years at Lehigh Univer-
Slty and then Joined Peary's expe-
dition to the Arctic, as naturalist.
In 1896, he rescued los stranded
whalers, 80 miles southwest of Point
Barrow, Alaska. He found among
then one Jack Edwards, who was
particularly interesting and anus
ing and later was revealed as Jack
London. In 1897-99, he led his
own expedition into the Arctic and
later engaged in game-hunting ex-
petitions into the Far North
In 1928 he gave to the State 100
900 acres for a game preserve and
induced the gift of 166, 900 addi-
tional acres by the Rockefeller and
Russell Sage foundations. 1t was
in this connection that he had his
only trouble with the ornithologists.
He followed up the land roundup
with fanfare about the new hun
ters' paradise" in Louisiana, where
upon DR.. w. T. Hornady and other
bird lovers denounced his activi-
ties as a real-estate scheme. ito
divert winter tourist traffic from
Florida to Louisiana"
Evening star., 1940-10-02

Mexico City and socaed fue Of the Germans
expelled from the country in June An Fhmann Carlos Arnold
arrested in Buenos Aires August after Arnold had fed
authorities
italian aviation mission
the Argentine instructors
War College 1896
short the evidence considerable
Perhaps the striking
the sofes Latin America where the Nazis
political economic controlled
educational Airline
Parliament met in and deberated problem fully
stringent
passage
the Canal for comfort will be taken
Evening star., 1940-10-02

free elections which are uninf1u-
enced by governmental funds and
manipulated power. the dictators of
Europe will only smile at the dis
comf1ture of America. For after all
why should a dictator in Europe be
unhappy if his theory of govern
ment is ratified in another part of
the world which has been outwardly
processing scorn for the one-man
government idea?
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Evening star., 1940-10-02

presidency this year than man
who had three times carried the
pivotal State of New York and who
had proved himself to be an able
businessman and the able Gov
ernor Of the most populouS State IN
the Union? Why was it that Her.
bert Lehman was not even consid-
cred by the Democratic party this
year? Herr Hitler must be getting
a great deal of satisfaction out Of
the steady progress he has been
making already in America.
Until the people Of the United
States learn to repudiate every form
of totalitarianism and intolerance
no matter under what party label it
rears its head and learn to do 50 in
Evening star., 1940-10-02
British PIoy With Bear


invaded
after
last
has been discomfort with this policy of the British
British thought should be md the Germans
should not also be applied to Russia.
Halifax and the British foreign
diplomatic rela
might in the end
openly antagonic to the japanese The
dsodge
stated that their aim is the British colonies
including the naval base at
world
necessarily Empire S. together Similar
attitude
Soviet policy but
on aloneJoseph Stain And he Is far as
foreign diplomats mind they have not
al fathom
Evening star., 1940-10-02

lematical. TIL Frederic william VILE.
plan is sure to stimulate Nation
wide interest at time when senti-
ment is mounting in Britain's favor
1t has been notably increased by
recent events. The gallantry OF the
Royal Air Force, the holding up Of
Hitler's invasion program and Brit
aims unShatterable morale extort
lively admiration. The German
Italian-Japanese alliance is another
factor. But the development mostly
generating sympathy for Britain is
the growing realization that she is
Americas first line of defense. Yet
the credits scheme. with the accom-
panying proposal that the President
be authorized to acquire British
bases in the Pacific. undoubtedly
faces stern opposition from powerful
congressional groups representing
strong voting elements. Even with
administration support, 1t would be
rash TO assume that passage Of Sen
ator Kings bill is assured.
Britain's Financial Burdens.
Late London dispatches have fore
shadowed that before long Britain
will need from u.s. besides destroyers,
planes, tanks. guns and munitions.
more credits. too She is now spend
ing six times her revenues. Taxpay-
ers are called on for sacrifices second
only to those of the r. A. F. itself.
The government soon will be us
ing so per cent OF the national in
come on Britain's battle for survival,
as against 40 per cent spent now.
During the year to end next March.
tha British expect to budget for
SIC, ,668 ,000,00 OF which $4,000, ,000,-
600 will be war costs. The immedi-
ate problem is to reduce the amount
OF annual civilian consumption from
roughly s2o,240, ,O00,000 to $4,000
100000, a cut of about one third
compared with the pre-war level.
Britain had estimated resources of
So, 600, 900. 900 or $4,000 ,00O, 900 here
when war began. She is said in
some quarters to have enough left
to last another year, but must plan
far ahead.
Taxpayers Heavy Load.
British income tax burdens have
reached unprecedented heights. The
rate imposed in July works out at
1917 per cent, though the levy on
moderate incomes is not as heavy
as this, because individuals qualify
for various allowances. A single
man earning $1,000 a year pays II
per cent: a single man with $4,000 a
year, % per cent: married couple
with one child, making $4,000. % per
cent. A bachelor with $50, 1000 income
pays about 80 per cent, including
surtax Purchasing power of the
average family is heavily hit. Tea,
sugar and alcoholic beverages are
highly taxed. Increased postage
rates and taxes on beer, spirits, to-
Evening star., 1940-10-02
This Changing World
Germany May Attempt to Bully the Suspicious
Soviet Into Support Of japanese Agreement
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Germany apparently bullying tactics the Soviets
There general dissatisfaction Berlin
between
OF division OF spos and individual territorial
The compensation offered the they say
Britain
Persian gulf together with
Russian border price worth while for the little effective assistance
given axis powers by Russia.
Stain dissatisfied with the signed in Berlin last
mainly because invited meetings
which signing
Russia had kept Premier Mooon informed Of
rightly pobably-that
there
delegates painful to Russian
Hes Stake in Asia
The S. European Asatic republic 1t is equally inter-
Lenngrad
Siberia looked with
the Soviet Is determined its Aaic provinces
and well trained professional maintained there
nen the days Of the the Siberian the elite
of Russian
authorities who think
would object to the eventual trading of Siberia for other
Siberia whole Empire
suspicious resulted
mttng supporting
induce Kremln
favorable The
whether they will succeed prob
lemaical.
Evening star., 1940-10-02
The Capital Parade
Solidarity Of Western Hemisphere Nations
Regarded as More Vitul Than Ever
BY JOSEPH ALscP and ROBERT KINTNER

Perhaps the important product of
BerlnToko additional
situation Latin America Hemisphere solidarity
vital For the Japanese blockade
example
In counterblockade OF Japanese trade
Expecting these who
their
shoulders and abandon hope Fortunately possible
optimistic
All the evidence into the State
Evening star., 1940-10-02

tlCn" than the
defeat OF PreSi-
dent Roosevelt,
the New York
executive com =
pletely misread
the mind of the
dicta tors as re-
vealed by their
& p e e C h e S and
writings.
The one thing
Hitler and MUS
solini have re-
peatedly stressed
is that larg e
countries it h
fo,,r af ro;1l;o,.
Evening star., 1940-10-02

The Philippines government re-
ports over $4,000 tons Of sugar stored
in the country intended for shipment
abroad, but can find no buyers and
does not want it sold at home be-
cause that would reduce the present
high prices.
Evening star., 1940-10-02

known as the
jungle Garden
Of Eden, Is In
dicted by a Fed
eral grand jury
on charges Of
mail fraud in
connection with
the landscaping
Of the Louisiana
State University
C a m p US. Also
named in the in
dictment Is for
mer Gov. Rich
ard w. Leche.
Or nithologists
Evening star., 1940-10-02
Midway Citizens to Meet

The Midway Civic Association will
hold its first meeting Of the year at
8 pm. tomorrow at the Morgan
School, Eighteenth and California
streets NV. The Stevens School
Glee Club will sing.
Evening star., 1940-10-02

Johnson hCt EOQ
neutrality Ia "
on her b e h If
commands wide
spread popular
support. Wheth-
er ere are
enough votes in
Congress to en-
a C t necessary
legislation is q
horse of a diff
ferent color. Also
whether a n y
thing could be
d one b e I or e
election is prob
Evening star., 1940-10-02

along the same line, and in Costa
Rica foreigners must now obtain
permits of residence and can re-
main only on good behavior. Cuba
also has promulgated strong
statute against Nazi activity and
now Is busy enforcing it strongly.
Furthermore, where Nazi
agents have grown too bold. they
have been sent packing without
ceremony. Arthur Dietrich, press
attache of the German Legation in
Evening star., 1940-10-02
Washington Observations
Senator Kings Plan to Aid Britoin Wins
Favor, but Foees Stern Opposition

bacco and matches have yielded an
extra $234, 900 900. The July budget
added another $3.50 900 900 In taxes
on everyday articles and entertain
ment, including a "a per cent pur-
chase tax on luxuries.
No War Profits.
John Bull at stroke has taken
the profit out of war. Corporations
pay the full standard rate of 421a
per cent on earnings, plus either the
excess profits tax or the national
defense contribution of S per cent,
whichever produces the greater sum.
The excess profits tax rate is 100 per
cent. 1t falls on the excess of cur
rent profit over pre-war profit.
Firms and companies may select a
recent pre-war year as peacetime
standard and 90 on earning up to
that level. but not cent more. At a
time when young Britons are laying
down their lives for the empire and
the average family is undergoing i'm
measurable hardships to maintain
national morale the government has
decided no one shall make private
capital out Of the nations crisis.
Hemisphere Defense.
No phase of the far-flung plans
for hemisphere defense exceeds in
Importance the visits Latin Ameri-
can army chiefs are now making in
this country and their heart-to-
heart talks with our military lead
ers. 1t is, Of course, recognized here
that, in any large-scale fighting
operations for defense of the Amer
tcas, the burden would rest primarily
on Uncle Sans broad shoulders
We require nevertheless maximum
and carefully planned cooperation
from the military establishments of
the sister republics. This Is pledged
in general terms by the Act of
Havana, but conversations now to
take place between Latin American
army heads and Gen. Marshall and
his colleagues are expected to lead
to understandings looking to con-
crete. common emergency action.
- &+
The British Censorship.
American newspapers are glad to
learn that Douglas Williams, former
United States correspondent OF the
London Daily Telegraph. has re-
Gently been given a front-rank job
at the British Ministry of Informa-
ton, in special charge of American
press relations Long stationed in
New York and we'll known in Wash
ington, Mr. Williams will supervise
the dispatch and censorship of war
news sent to this country. He re-
turned to England a year ago, to
become a lieutenant of artillery.
Mr.. Williams began work last month
by speeding up the sort of war infor-
nation required by American corre-
spondents, who rejoice in the pros
pect of more, better and quicker
copy" and a minimum of red
tape. Britain's newly appointed
American press officer comes from
distinguished journalistic stock.
His father was a Reuters News
Agency man who won fame as
correspondent at the siege OF Paris
in the Franco-Prussian War.
Evening star., 1940-10-02
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Senator Kings proposal to re-
open our capital market to Great
Britain, scale down her present
IS 900 ,O00. 900 debt and suspend the
Evening star., 1940-10-02

HE opinions of the ,orers this page o,vn
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars effort to oue all sides OF questions OF interest to
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1940-10-02
Strict Argentine Regulations

On the other side the strict
broadcaStng OF German
restrain every kind of Naz subvve activity
The Msones raid unusually interesting both Illustration
now successful the German propaganda
Latin American and Of how firmly
with when the Latin American leaders
most OF the Argentine
country considerable
OF blackma physical gangserism economic
persuasion BY August this the organization proceeding
thai the local Argentine population and the territorial
onclals cowed
schools fourished everywhere Naz
political as we'll as the business life of the province.
Then units Argentine
with the situation The Nazi schools here elsewhere
the organization cleaned The entire combed
through Many persons arrested And the ecuay
puged Of NaN ant at least for the present
Nor the Msione incident by isolated
list of laws proposed enacted this
extremely
activities
July following with the extremely firm
Naz plot transform Uruguay
Evening star., 1940-10-02

And What
They Do
Edward MeIIhenny
Indicted in Louisiond,
Is Patron of Birds
BY LEMUEL r. PARTON.

There's fluttering in the dove.
cotes. Edward A. McIlhenny. genial
patron of birds and ornithologists.
ruler of q Louisiana island kingdom
Evening star., 1940-10-02

meaning what they said at the
Havana conference. Indeed, their
deeds speak for them. with respect
to the problem of Nazi interference
in their domestic affairs, far more
forcibly and clearly than our deeds
as yet speak for us.
For instance, the Argentine has
always been the most independent
among the Latin American nations,
and the least anxious to cooperate
politically with this country In
Evening star., 1940-10-02
Hitler Seen
Pleased by
Third Term
Precedent Follows
Fuehrers Own
Ideas, Writer Holds
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

When Gov. Lehman of New York
told the State Democratic Conven-
ton that nothing would give MesSrs.
Hitler and Mussolini more satisfac-
Evening star., 1940-10-02
Church Oyster Supper

An oyster supper, will be held
from S to 1880 pm. tomorrow at the
Four Corners Methodist Church,
-Four Corners, Md.
Evening star., 1940-10-02
AGOOD BEGINNING,


against United States trade German sympahe places
other symptoms dsaecion from the spirit
stories show only picture
Evening star., 1940-10-02
STRINGENT Honduras Decree

In Honduras stringent decree
few later Salvador has prohibited
all collection Of for foreign
forms
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-19
Pied Piper And Whittington's Cat
Needed In Ward Station Community

wiregrass, and out the rats poured,
scurrying away in all directions"
"True," Mrs. Taylor said, land
they will get into smokehouses,
climb around OF the rafters and
eat up the hams. And if they get
into your houses they look up the
most valuable things they can find.
and start gnawing."
1T is certainly So" Mrs. Louisa
Hinson replied, and then added:
"Over in the loft Of a neighbours
house the other night, just before
the old man let the cat in, the rats
got UP in the loft, and such run
ming and %squealing you never
heard. 1t was said that they sound
ed like they were playing 'Shu-li-
10, MY Darlingv"
This was simply too good to pass
up. Breaking out in uncomfortable
laughter we felt it our duty to
apologize, but in so doing we said
frankly that the program was sim
ply too good to pass up without
at least asking their permission to
print their rat stories in this col
umn. to which they good natured.
ly agreed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-19

And SO we turn away from the
rat story now to a snake story,
told us by Clarence Hinyard, of
the Carvers section Of Bladen coun.
ty. Mr.. Hinyard said that last
week, cold as the weather was,
Dick Love, of Armour, found and
killed a coachwhip reptile nearly
eight feet long, and stated that
the snake was nearly as thick as a
small heater pipe.
And while in the Hallsboro Sec
ton we visited Mr.. and Mrs. Vance
Pierce's home on the Elbow rad,
and Mr.: Pierce told us. while we
were talking about oddities, that
we scrap up for our column, that
he has a clock that has. been in
service forty years, which, OF
course, had us trying to think of
the tune of that clock song which
has all that "Tick! Took" stuff
il. it. But in trying to strike up
the tune we got choked on a bit
Of blow gum. and so we drove Off
singing something like, "I'm For
ever Blowing Bubbles"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-19
BY JOSEPH S. HUFHAM
lStar COrreSpQndentl

DELCO, Feb. 1S.-According to
Mrs. Docia Hinson, Mrs. B. B. Ty-
Ter and Mrs. Louisa Hinson, all of
the Ward Station community, both
the Pied Piper and Dick Whiting
toms cat are needed in that section
to rid the countryside of rats.
One day last week, / was al the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler, and
while quietly working on an cleo
trical instrument, 1 overheard Mrs.
Tyler and both Of the Hinson ladies
talking about how some rats had
been stealing and eating red pep
per.
That was news to me, so I asked
Mrs. Tyler if rats really would eat
red pepper, and she said they
would, some having eaten nearly
a peck that she had been saving
to put in sausage.
About this time Mrs. Louisa Hin
son spoke up and said: There are
too many rats around in this
country, anyhow. The other day
some Of the neighborhood folks
went out on a hill, beat upon some
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-19
Weevil Has Great
FOndneSS For MOlaSses
Drive To Place More
Cows On Farms Begun

DANBURY, Feb. 18-In all at
tempt to meet the present tObac-
CO situation, j. F. Brown, farm
agent of the State College Elk.
tension service, has begun a
campaign to place more COWS OH
Stokes county farms.
Pointing out in a letter to all
farmers of his county that the
income from five average milk
cows will more than equal the
money received from three acres
Of tobacco, Brown said a good
dairy program may be the best
answer to low tobacco prices.
At an average of Is cents a
pound, approximately the price
received for the 1889 tobacco
crop, a farmer growing 900
pounds to the acre would re-
ceive $135. For three acres he
would receives an income of $4O5.
On the other hand, five cows
averaging two and q half gal.
Ions of milk each per day for
300 days would produce $3.50 gal
Ions. If sold for an average of
16 IL cents a gallon, the milk
would gross $618.75. In addition,
so tons of manure and several
calves would be produced by
these COWS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-19
kf@AkNe of Interest to North Carolina Farmers So
One-V Variety Cotton
Communities Gaming
In Eastern Section

RALEIGH, Feb. 2.-One-va-
riety cotton communities are ra-
pidly gaining foothold in East
ern North Carolina, j. A. Shank
lin, cotton specialist of the State
college extension service, report.
ed today.
At the present time, the only
limiting factor toward a greater
expansion is the lack of founda-
ton seed stocks of Cocker lUU
and 200, the varieties apparently
best adapted to the section.
Shanklin explained that I'm
single.varfety communities, grow
ers agree among themselves to
plant good seed of only one va
riety. Because of the resulting
standard staple length at har-
vest time, farmers generally are
able to realize a premium on
their cotton.
Greater progress with these
varieties has been made in the
Piedmont counties than in the
East. For instance, A. S. Johns
ton, teacher of vocational agri-
culture in the OdelI community
of Cabarras county, told Shank
lin tnat every farmer In MS
school district has Joined the one.
variety association. Last year,
10 per cent of the cotton acre.
age in the community grew only
one variety.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-19
CONTROL OF WEED
PESTS IS URGED
Chemical Treatments Of Blue
Mold Fail To Kill The
Flea Beetles

RALEIGH, Feb. IS. - Chemical
treatments to control blue mold in
tobacco plant beds do a good job of
checking this fungus disease but a
poor one of killing flea beetles, J..
o. Rowell, entomologist of the State
college Extension Service, said to-
day.
Benzene and Observation-Disclosures
do kill some flea beetles, as grow
ers have observed, but not enough
to warrant ~suspending the use of
rotenone dusts or cryolite or arseni.
cal dusts for controlling these insect
pests.
Experiments were conducted in
North and South Carolina last year
in an effort to determine the effect
Of blue-mold treatment as a flea
beetle control.
Where light covers were used on
the plant beds, the effect of the
chemicals was slight. In beds COW
cred with heavy, close-woven "can-
vas," beetles were killed, or
made sluggish, but not near enough
for the control needed.
Rowell said there is need to poison
the flea beetles both before and
after the time when blue-mold treat
ments r required. These insects
are likely to be most destructive in
plant beds while the tobacco plants
are small and before mold appears.
The State college entomologist
also stressed the Importance of flea
beetle control in plant beds after
the main supply of plants have been
withdrawn and set in the field. This
is after mold treatments have ended,
but beds remain a serious source of
beetles that come out and fly to the
fields, injuring the plants two
weeks to a month after transplant
ing.
Plant beds should be kept busted
with derris and cube powder or cry
olite dusts until field requirements
have been made. Then they should
be cleaned up and surplus plants de-
stroyed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-19
BY GLADWIN HILL

NEW YORK, Feb. Is. - HD-
They say vaudeville is dead, but
the human race put on a pretty
good substitute last week
A Chicago politician campaigned
in a suit of armor A Har-
ward boy sent his girl a quart Of
milk for a Valentine And in
Buck Hills Falls, Pa, a dog sled
race was postponed on account Of
snow.
A Londoner suggested battling
the German troops by greeting
them with cups of tea And
some Joliet, ILL.,, newlyweds re-
turned to the library a badly dog
chewed copy of "How to Train
Your Dog"
A 73-year-old Burlington, VT.
woman started learning to ski i.
And a Bethlehem, Pa, lady in
sisted on paying 81 more taxes than
she owed.
To finance a new patrol wagon,
the police in Chihuahua, Tex, SIM
ply locked up 100 Of the leading
citizens and fined them as "sus-
picious characters" And when
a Scranton, Pa, florist, trapped
in his glass refrigerator, waved
frantically, every passerby for a
solid hour just waved politely back.
A Clark, Mo-, farmer found his
COW, missing for 10 days, under a
haystack . And Minneapolis
police. after looking two months
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-19
Berlin Citizens Seek
To Free City Of Snow

BERLIN. Feb. 18- Up Ger
many's capital engaged in M great
community effort today to shovel
and chop itself free of snow and ice.
Thousands of men, women and
children labored shoulder to shoul-
der with regular crews of street
cleaners in clearing away the snov r
piles heaped up by the most severe
winter in a century.
Every apartment house in Berlin
has "a tenant council" consisting
of the head of each family, and
these councils in thousands of cases
decreed that it was high time for a
general drive against the cluttered
streets. In a festival mood, the work
started.
An idea of what week after week
of heavy snow has done to the city
could be gained on fashionable I'm.
der Den Lenders promenades. 1t
is impossible to stand on one side
Of the thoroughfare and see cars
parked on the other SO high is tie
snow piled at the curbs.