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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
The Thrust Into Greece

Italy's bombing of Athens and the advance
of Italian troops across the frontier of Greece
is pretty clear indication that the Axis powers,
to new exploits by the accord
with unoccupied France, are about to attack
Britain from new, bases with the object of
closing the Mediterranean and cutting that
life line'' of the British Empire. If the forth
coming conference, at which it is said Hitler,
Mussolini, Petain and Franco will sit down
together, brings Spain into the Axis column
there is little reason to doubt that Hitler's
new campaign will be directed toward closing
the Mediterranean at both ends. This, prob
ably, is why he has called Franco into con-
ference. Gibraltar is an indispensable pawn
in a game of this sort, and Gibraltar can
be approached best through Spain.
With the Mediterranean closed, it seems
probable that Axis bases will be established
in Africa from which to prey on British COM
merce rerouted via the Cape of Good Hope
and so strengthen the chance of making eff
fective an Axis blockade, at long range to
be sure and on one side only, of the British
Isles.
If this is the strategy now being developed,
the spread of the war into Greece is, in it.
self, a minor move. It is only in its implica-
tons that invasion of that country assumes
major Importance. Turkey has already said
that any threat to the Dardanelles would be
opposed by 2,ooo,o 900 bayonets." This action
by Italy is a definite threat to the Dardanelles.
Turkey therefore is placed in a position where
she must make good her boast or confess
weakness. And as the threat is directed as
much toward Russia as toward Turkey, Josef
Stalin's decision is equally important. The ef-
fectiveness of the new Axis drive will depend
on the attitude of. both Turkey and Russia.
Greece alone cannot hope long to stave of
surrender, especially as Italy will have sup.
port from the Germans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Make It A FOur-Laner

The effort to have the highway to wrights-
vile widened before another summers vaca-
ton traffic clogs it again is bravely launched
and early enough to permit the projects I'm
dertaking, provided always the state highway
authorities can be brought to see its impor-
lance. ,.y.
Wrightsville and Wilmington as so closely
allied at all times and their interests so inter.
locking that adequate widening would have
year-round value. It is not only in the sum.
mer that automobiles spin over it in great
numbers. One need only traverse it on q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
II ON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3d. Finley Peter
DUNES Mr.. Dooley was speaking over his
bar to Hennessey. "Soon," said Mr.. Dooley.
1.-The election will be over and after that Doc
ley goes back to his beer pumps and Hen
nessey goes back to his Stag pile and the old
flag'n continue to wave over us all"
Apparently Mr.. Dunno knew his history as
well as he knew his Irish Americans. There
have been 81 national elections. With the ex-
ception of the first none has been unanimous.
Invariably election campaigns have been
marked with bitterness. Some have been mud
dy. Some even have been bloody. Ripe eggs
and over-ripe vegetables have been thrown
many times.
But only twice in the history of the United
States have election battles resulted in post
election hangovers and from one of these the
sick nation emerged healthier and happier
than it had been for decades.
Every four years Johnny @. Democrat and
Richard R. Republican strip to the waist and
20 at it tooth and nail with no holds barred.
Seeking below the belt is common. Every
four years-except in two instances-they've
dragged their aching bodies out of bed the
morning after election to get back to the unit
ed task of seeing that America carries on.
One of those two instances, of course, was
the Civil war when the boys got mixed up in
the slavery question and had to call on Joe
l MIN w 81 ~ oA 1S ANN
settle the fight once and for all.
The other was the exception that proves
the rule: the great Hayes-Tilden dispute in
1876. Then a presidential election hung in
doubt nearly four months while charges and
counter-charge blistered the walls of Con-
gress, the paving stones of the cities and the
fields of the farms. By a carpetbag count in
Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina, Ru-
therford B. Hayes had stolen the election,
the Democrats screamed. BY threat and in
timidation of the Negro voters in those same
states, Samuel J. Tilden had stolen the cleo
ton, shouted the Republicans. With a Demo
cratic House of Representatives and a Re-
publican Senate, the deadlock remained un-
broken until almost the day Of inauguration.
The threat of civil war appeared again.
Then as quickly as the clouds gathered,
they were dispelled. Hayes, who on the face
of things had only 1874 electoral votes to Til
denis 1885,, and about SOC, 900 fewer popular
votes, was. declared elected President Of the
United States. Within a few weeks the troops
were Withdrawn from the three states in ques-
ton and their state governments given back
to the Democrats. Following one OF their bit
terest battles. in history, the boys had met
the acid test. Joe Public's will be done.
10Th CENTURY SCRAPS
There had been bitter election fights before
The rise and reign of Thomas Jefferson-o1
Andrew Jackson, at the beginning of whose
second administrator a famous tariff compro
mise scotched secession of South Carolina-o
Abraham, Lincoln, who went into office with
a million fewer popular votes than the tota
cast for his opponents.
There have been campaign wars since thu
! time when mud flew freely and bruises
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29

first opened. 80. As the trend
seems to be toward dynamite re-
freshments that will jar the day.
lights out of you-the Zombie, for
instance-the Waikiki has come up
with its own sweet sleep-producer
-. Its name: the Micky-Hula.
Monty Proser, who seems bent
on acquiring n night club after
another, now has taken over the
Cotton Club. His Partner in
this venture is George White, the
producer. . .Lanny Ross recent
ly took part in one of those one
shot antelope hunts that they have
in Wyoming. =. You are allowed
only n shot. -. If you miss,
that's just too bad. :. .Lanny
''Klondyke Harry Ross bag for
the day was n 94-pound buck.
-. He'll use the hide as a rug
on his $50 acre farm near Mill
brook, N. Y. Farmer Ross
wants you to know he has 80 cows,
two sows, a flock Of chickens and
ducks on his place. -.
Friends in Pueto Rico, where
ar important opera festival has
just been held, forward this note:
II believe the most unpopular ten
or in Puerto Rico is Nino Martini,
who insisted that the aircondition-
ing system at the University of
Puerto Rico be turned off Mon
day night, when he wa singing
the leading role in La Boheme.
Two thousand people, nj o of
them in evening clothes, sweltsred
throughout the performance"
We think John Buckmaster, Brit
ish mimic, is about the best in
town-the best, at least, that we
have seen. This young fellow
who is the star of the Persian
ROOMS new revue gets his laughs
by reading a simple dinner menu
in the manner that such personal
tiles as H. ". Kaltenborn, the news
analyst, Fitzpatrick, the travelog
narrator, and a tobacco auctioneer
would read it. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Hollywood
Sights And Sounds
BY ROBIN COONs

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. g. - You
may think she's a success. You
may see her on the stage, in a
little while, taking bows with Elsa
Maxwell and her party of person
ally-appearing stars and starlets.
She'll be lovely and she'll have
four or five wonderful eve
ming gowns to bow in, and may
be you'll think isn't she the lucky
one!"
Well, Marjorie Weaver, thinks
she's the lucky one, too, but she
doesn't think she's a success. What
she does think, though, is that she
is finally on her way to being one.
You know about Marjorie, Of
course. This is her fourth year in
Hollywood. It's been that 10 6
since her Kappa Kappa Gamma
roommate at the University of In
diana, Judi Parks, sent her pic
ture in to a contest and Marjorie
won it. It's been that long since
Marjorie, with Judi, came to
town and started working in pic
tures-many pictures.
=
Most of that time she's had a
contract. Mostly she's p a e d
leads. Few of these have been in
big pictures, but she's seldom been
Idle. You may have found her in a
Charlie Chan, as you'll find her
soon in something called Michael
Shayne, Detective" Occasionally,
you've seen her in a biggie, like
Soung Mr.. Lincoln" Periodical
~, you'll find her worrying about
aer option, and relieved when it's
taken up-as it always has been
to date.
But she hasn't set the Holly
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
T
To The Star:

To The STAR:
There are many tragedies at
tending our water situation in Will
mington and while it is to be very
much regretted that this condition
is mounting in cost to many Of our
industries and to specifv = e names
of those penalized would simply
mean to cover space which is not
necessary by any means; yet there
j. another element which brings
on one of the most sorry situa-
tons imaginable. This I will speci-
fly.
Sunday afternoon many children
were playing at Greenfield Lake
and at times they would naturally
want water. Each n who visited
the public drinking fountain; after
taking a sip of the water supplied
by the city would turn away with
a frown because that child knew
such water was not drinkable.
Just a few years ago the city de-
cided to buy Greenfield lake for
the purpose of providin g play
grounds for the children Of Will
mington and the deal went through
At that time there was an ever
flowing spring located between the
now main highway and the lake.
Later on the spring was found to
have water value for drinking pur-
poses which attracted thousands OF
people and for sometime citizens
and visitors alike (and I am one
of the c~itizens) went to this well
daily for the purpose of providing
water for the home.
Suddenly the flow of water was
Plugged" and the next thing we
find is that the flow of water has
been moved to the west side of
the highway and a private con-
Germ is actually IS selling this
water" to the citizens who bought
and paid for it.
I am not blaming the concern
who leased the spring for com
mercial purposes and to sell the
water for that was simply a bust
ness deal. l do not only bl: me, but
1 have a contempt for anyone who
would, because of his or her Of
fetal position resort to barter in
such a manner.
One gentleman h a S suggested
that my position arises because
of personalities. That's NOT TRUE,
because I do not indulge in per-
sonal grudges. I simply dislike to
be hijacked into paying for some
thing I am not getting and that
is just what 1 am doing. I neither
enjoy seeing little children of my
community being penalized under
the pretense of income" which
is negligible.
How about investigating this
Greenfield water situation Mr.. Ed
itor. 1t should be an open book.
Respectfully
RAYMOND D. CHRISTIAN
Wilmington, N. c.
Oct, q, 1910. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Man About
Manhattan
BY GEORGE C X

NEW YORK, Oct. 28.-The city
lights, neon and otherwise, bleared
and shimmered in the midtown
rain. Cabs skidded across the
wet pavements, crowds jostled as
unconcernedly as if there YER no
rain at all. A delivery truck
drawn by a big nercheron horse
got caught in the traffic, and cops,
their whistles blaring, moved out
to untangle him.
1t seemed as good a night as
any for a rounF of the town. Rainy
night al be a downright comfort
at times. ... They fan away the
dry, cracking heat of political ar
guments. Whittier away. .
Why, to Glenn Miles opening at
the Pennsylvania, of course . Or
chestra leaders take busmen's holi-
days when another band leader
has a big opening. Scattered
about the room you see Gray Cor
don and Harry Link, the song pub
Usher. You see Bobby Byrne
and Al Kavelin, Eddie DeLange,
Benny Goodman, and Abe Lyman
band leaders all. You see
Yvette, the little southern singer
with the apple blossoms of Nor
mandie voice. You see Diana
Shore and Judy Starr. Nine
teen = year : old Peggy Dunnaway
o. Charlotte, N. c.. is here, too.
She is a model now, and she
is also Hal Kemp's niece. That
pretty girl over to the left is Doro-
thy Snyder of San Antonio, Tex.
Her dad is Frank Snyder,
coach of the N. Y. Giants.
One of the silent hackers of the
new Hawaiian night spot, the Club
Waikiki, is Ray Kinney. This
club will have Andy Iona when il
opens. 1t was Iona, composer
and arranger, who played the Lex.
ington's Hawaiian Room when il
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29

marred the body polite. Within
our own time there was the three
way Roosevelt-W ilson-Taft battle
of 1912-the sometimes almost VIC
ious Hoover-Smith contest of 1929.
Sitting on sidelines here in Wash
ington, the impartial political gray
boards several times have wagged
their heads and dubbed the 1910
campaign one of the tougher
scraps. Through this focal point
passes all the charges, flows all the
mud and smear of every presiden-
tial campaign.
And if you stay away from the
boys in the thick of the fray and
ask the graybeards, they'll tell
YOU Mr.. Dooley was right. If you
don't believe it, they say, just look
in the history books.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29

woods ablaze - yet. Maybe she
will soon, maybe she never will.
She's a typical young beauty in
the Hollywood parade, SO l is
hear what she has to say of her
chances:
For the first time in my life
I've begun to feel confidence and
ease in front of the camera, and
that's why I think I'm on the way
to something better. It's taken me
this long to get accustomed to the
work and really to like it. At first
when they gave me a part and I
stood on a set, 1 could feel the per-
SEPARATION dripping over my make
up, and my hands would get cold,
and clammy and I thought I'd die.
II used to marvel at Jane Bry-
an, who must have been born to
act. Jane would take parts and
read them, all by herself - she
would burn up with eagerness to
act them. She played Katharine
Cornell and Helen Hayes roles,
just for herself, and she never
doubted that she could. And she
could. You know how wonderful
ly she did in pictures. I never had
that. I was afraid and uneasy.
But I'm not now. I'm feeling the
excitement and I can't wait to
get On the set"
So I'm hopeful about Marjorie
because I remember another girl
some years back who had a con-
tract and didn't seem to C e.
Around the Roach studio they
said she was so d~isinterested that
she didn't care whether S C h o o ]
kept or not, and nobody shed any
tears when she left.
mo future" they said.
And there wasn't much indica-
ton of a future awhile later when
she turned up as a Goodwin Grip
one of the line, blonde and
brittle and very pretty. But this
girl met a fellow named Chaplin
who liked her, and the girl began
to love acting, and you know her
now as Paulette Goddard. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Fair Enough
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

The Star wishes its readers
to know that views and opin-
ions expressed in this article
r those of the author and
may not always harmonic
with its position.-The Editor.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.-Sidney
Hillman is president of the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers of
America and a member of. the
national defense advisory commits
sion as the representative of la
Dor. Membership in Hillman's I'M
ion is compulsory in the closed
shops. This union is a member
of the C:I.O., and Hillman is a
vice president of that organiza-
ton.
With this brief preamble I now
cite an act Of presumption and
coercion so arrogant and PERM
cious that Hnlman's dismissal
from any government post having
to do with the national defense
should follow as the night the day.
Sends Out Letter
On the fourth of this month Mr..
Hillman sent out to union mem
bers in New York a circular let.
ter signed by Jacob S. Potofsky,
the general secretary-treasurer,
the like of which if circulated by
any large-scale employer of labor
would bring the fly-cops swarm
ing up the fire escapes with writs
and leg irons from the labor re-
lations board. By the standards
which that board has established
for the protection of workers
against coercion by employers:
this is a fragrant offense by a
member or, if you will a sub
member of the national govern
ment.
Dear Member" the document
says, "You cannot vote for Presi.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Safety Awheel

Six auto-bike accidents in 10 days in Will
mington have brought a warning from Lieut.
j. H. Davis, chief of the traffic squad to
motorists and bicyclists alike, urging the for
mer to remember that young children are by
nature care-free and inclined to be thought
less, and the latter to learn and obey IL rules
Of safety.
These rules, which were published in Sum-
days Star, have been widely publicized at
schools, the Y.M.C.A., and other places where
children cengregate. 1t would be wellsi if teach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
The Editors
BOX

The editor does not necessarily
endorse n article appearing IN
this department. They represent the
views Of the individual readers. Cor
respondents are W that all
communications m U 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
n text that for any reason is OBJ.
iecfionable. Letters on controversial
subjects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
HARRISON Resigns As
Columbus Tax Collector

WH1TEv1LLE, Oct. % ": ~, r..
HARRISON, of Whiteville, mas ~ e.
dered his resignation to lie ,ers
lumbus board Of commlSsi 'ntv.
as tax collector for the co'u'
effective Nov. 80. safd,
The resignation. Harreison III.
resulted from the necessity u nc.
ties on his several farms, .No
cessor has been appointed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under Council Manager administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Seaside Highway from WrightsvdHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel. Uid'
er Turning Basin, Uith snip lanes INTO
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
orion Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Produc'
ton through sustained-yield methods
th,ouohout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
motional Agency, supported by one
countrywide tar.
%Shipyards and Drydock.
Neqro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for Whites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF natine grape growang
thyouohout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdndtorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
TOP o. THE MORNING

.:IT'S for SINNERS.' A Scottish saint, "Rdb,
LT' Duncan Wds minister of q Perthshire par
ish. On one Communion Sunday, he Observed
q arom,an, troubled By lack of "assuramce," pass
ing the cup untasted. He stepped doVn, TOOK
the Gun, and handed it back to her, saying in
his broad Doric: TAX it aooman, TAX 1t; it's
for sinners"
From "BRITISH WEEKLY"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-29
dent Roosevelt unless you regis
ter during registration week.
:RA Service, ins

~ -NSN
ter. during registration week.
IA Roosevelt supporter who i!
eligible to vote and doesn't regis
ter might just as well be support
ing Willkie," it continues.
And, finally, Mr.. Hillman's mes
sage declares, 1--WE are modified
in a crusade to re-elect our great
President, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Let's pitch into this job in the
true amalgamated spirit. And let
there be no slackers in our midst
The facsimile signature is that
of Mr.. Potofsky, but Mr.. Hill.
mans name is printed on the let
ter-head, so there need be no ques'
ton that the sentiments are those
of the leader himself. MIR. Potot'
sky acknowledges its authenticity
There is here revealed an as
sumption that because a man Or
woman is, perforce, a member Of
Hillman's union that individuals
choice of a candidate may be dc
tated by the union, "7hlch is 10
say by Sidney Hillman Of the ma
tional defense advisor commlS'
sion. The union not only tells him
where and when he may WoEA
and how much of his earnings
he may keep for himself but re,
lieves him of the responsibility o.
deciding which man he prefers lE
president of the United States Inc
only reference to Wendell Wllkle'
who happens to be an America
and the nominee of a regui'E
American political party, is d COZ
temptuous back-of-the-hand S"!F
which suggests that a vote Tor llN'
would be an act of treachery'
Remember Outcome
Remember what the OUTCOME
of this election will mean to YOU
wages and hours, your living stan,
dards and, most important you,
civil and industrial rights "'
circular says. ~,
Not to be naive about IT, , s1
is a way of i%nsinuating that WE,
kie would reduce wages, s'FeN'
the hours, depress living S' 'a5
dards and impair the civil dn.
industrial rights of the meiilu vto
of Sidney Hillman's union, % IN,
would be quick to protest II usa
eral Motors or any other firm en- IT.
ploying an equal number OF "o i,,
ers were to distribute a Sl"i"'
document. he
no slackers in our midst loilon
ing all that goes before, is a pla" !,
crude act of intimidation, ~ III;
must be kept in mind thaI t 4%s
union has more: power man '"
er -loyer over the indlVloua,, n
Any intelligent interpreta'ion n,
the text must show that a Vo'e sr
Willkie will be regarded as dh asi;
of slackerism, and on TINS a oa
it may be assumed that a sp' tne
in meeting in opposition u r,
Crusade" would be treason Ci1biect
be sure, the individual STUNT tfe
may still vote for Wlllkle III bI
privacy of the polling ooo'n S,.cs
slackerism, undetected, IS heir,
erism still and obviously a 1r;iltie
Gus offense. If a vote for WIN" iln[t
is as bad as that, oftendf.3 sI0I h,
be discovered and punlshcG NJ
meal appropriate to the emu nno, ID
better still, Mr. HillmaA s,ct
propose methods to make
treachery impossible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-11
RABBI GLAzER
HERE TONIGHT
New York Social Welfare
Leader Jewish Federated
Appeal Workers Guest

Rabbi 3. Benedict Glazer, rabbi
Of Temple Emanuel in New York
city and leader in social welfare
and communal activities, will adj
dress a meeting of officers and
workers of the Jewish Federated APP
peal at the Hebrew Institute at $3.50
this evening.
Rabbi Glazer is chairman of the
Metropolitan Conference of Re-
ligious School Teachers of New York
city, member of the board of di-
rectorS Of the Emanuel Brother
hood Settlement House and member
of the Board of Governors of the
College of Jewish Studies In New
York.
He is an active worker in all phas-
eS of communal effort. He is a mem
Der of the Greater New York Com
mittee of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregationals, member
of the Central Conference of Ameri-
can RabbiS, the Association of Re-
form Rabbis in New York city and
the New York Board of Jewish Min
listers. He is the co-author of 1.-THE
Jew and His Religion"
Reports will be made by the COM
mittees as the result of their solicit
tations for the campaign which is
now being conducted. The meeting
will be open to all.