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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08

ket for many of our firms, and they are bound
to feel the loss of this trade.
For the people of this country generally,
however, the blow is softened by knowledge
of two facts. One is the strictly practical con-
sideration that the dollars which Canada saves
by these restrictions will be spent in America
any way for war equipment instead of COM
modities in peacetime trade. A different set
of manufacturers will receive the orders but
the volume of trade will probably be larger
than before.
The other consideration is that Canada has
made this move with extreme reluctance and
only because it is essential to its war effort.
The purchase of war materials has created a
tremendous demand upon Canadian resources.
The only way in which the government at Of
tawa can meet this demand is to ask the peo-
pie to tighten their belts and forego normal
purchases of peacetime goods. We in the
United States can readily sympathize with
the Canadians and accept with friendly under
standing the measures they have been forced
to adopt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
Mayflower Descendants
Name Mrs. P. W. Delano

ASHEVILLE, Dec. 7.-R-Her-
bert D. Miles of Asheville, was
elected governor of the North Caro-
lima Society of Mayflower Descen-
dants at the annual business meet
ing of the society here today.
Mr.. Miles succeeds Mrs. ]. Eugene
Kelley of Charlotte, who has served
as governor for the past four years..
Approximately so members of the
society and 40 guests attended the
annual dinner meeting of the So
ciety. Col. F. R. Stoddard, New York
city attorney and governor general
OF the General Society of Mayflowcr
Descendants, was the principal
speaker.
Mrs. Thos. j. Byerly of Winston.
Salem, deputy governor; B. S. Col
burn, Jr., of Asheville, secretary.
treasurer; James G.. K. Mcclure of
Asheville, elder; Kingsland Van
Wrinkle of Asheville, COUNSELLOR; and
B. S. Colburn of Asheville, historian.
The board of assistants is COM
posed of Mrs. Curtis Bynum of Abe
vile, DR.. Wallace E. Caldwell of
Chapel Hill, Mrs. Kelley, William
N. tt att of Durham; Raph B. Colt
of Greensboro, M. r. Dunnagan of
Raleigh; Mrs. P. w. Delano of Will
mington, and Mrs. Edward A. Darr
of Winston-Salem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
HOOVER TO HEAD
ANTl-BL0CKADERS
Continued from Page One)

land, Belgium and central Poland
"a tragic problem of the loss OF
lives of millions of children, OF
women and of men, and the after
math of a stunted and diseased
generation"
The committee said its purpose
was to act as a clearing house Tor
expression through which the Ger
man and British governments
could agree with a neutral organl-
cation in a plan whereby domestic
food supplies of the five countries
"can be protected from the occu-
pying armies and supplemental
supplies "can be imported through
the German and British blockades
and protected"
The opposing group of women
asserted that "the sooner Great
Britain is victorious, the sooner
will these small nations be freed
from their miseries."
Back British Stand
eff at any time the British gov
eminent should find it possible in
the successful prosecution of the
war to permit limited supplies of
medicine and milk for children to
pass through the blockade" their
statement said, 1--WE will urge the
United States government to CO.
operate but we oppose the applica-
ton of any pressure whatsoever
upon the British people or their
government which will jeopardize
the outcome of the struggle"
Meanwhile, the Foreign Policy
association heard a debate on the
question: docs Europe face fam
ine?"
Robert Sherwood, playwright, as
sailed any food plan which would
require Britain to relax her block
ade, asserting that it's resultant ef-
feet upon ill-fed peoples vas no
worse than the wholesale bomb
ing of civilians"
Clarence E. Pickett, executive
secretary of the American Friends
Service committee (Quaker), re-
piled that the blockade was a two
edged sword" with which Britain
would "cut her own throat" if
there resulted 'starvation and d.
sease" which 'honors no frontier"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
Indirectly Aiding Britain

Russia remains the Interrogation point OF
Europe. There can be no doubt that the un-
certainty of Stalin's position is weighing heav-
ily upon Hitler and is responsible to some ex-
tent for Nazi military inactivity.
Stain has made Hitler pause and ponder
and after weeks of idleness for his armies ne
is still in a quandary what to do next. TO be
sire. Nazi sea raiders, submarines and war
planes have been active during this period,
but with the exception of the transfer OF large
land forces to Rumania, where anarchy IS
more than a threat, the German armies have
stacked arms and are at rest.
Why? No man can say with certainty, out
there is reason to believe that Russia is large
|]y responsible. We may be sure that ii Molo'
toff had been more amendable to Hltler's pro"
gram, had committed Russia to more than
reciprocal non-aggression, the Nazl armies
would have been on the move for the rescue OF
italy, might even have invaded Bulgaria and
Turkey and attempted to set up a new route
to Egypt for an African offensive.
The view that Hitler has failed to win Rus
sia's active support for his new order and has
consequently been checked in his operations,
is supported by an editorial in the publication
'Critica Fascista" at Rome, edited by Gui-
seppe Bottai, the Italian minister of educa-
ton, in which it is admitted that Russia's only
collaboration with the Axis is in material
supply. Continuing, the editorial says:
While Russia is by no means an indif-
ferent spectator of the war against Great
Britain, the Kremlin maintains an attitude
of cautious neutrality. A partial accept
ance by Soviet Russia of the theory OF
subdividing vital spaces in Europe and
Asia is possible. It is more difficult, how
ever, to involve the Russians in an Of
fensive action which might draw them
into the field against any of the belliger-
ents.
These considerations explain Moscow's
refusal of the British proposals of Sir
Stafford Grips and also the fact that
Russo-German relations remain substan-
tally unchanged even after Molotoffs visit
to Berlin.
Then, says the writer, with evident purpose
to fit a past experience to possible future
transactions:
At some point in time and space the
interests of Russia and the Axis may con-
verge more actively. Then more definite
relationships and clearer border lines will
be necessary. The Polish case, which
ended in a Russo-German partition, is an
example.
But, showing that this is only wishful think
ing and that the Axis has failed to pierce the
a~loofness of the Kremlin, the article con-
cludes: The whole question of the geographic
cal and political relationships between the
Axis and the Soviet Union in Euro-Asia re-
mains open"
So Herr Hitler ponders his next military
move and the Greeks continue their pursuit
Of fleeing italian forces in Albania, partly
because Stain will not give up his role as a
question mark. By indirect reasoning, it is
possible to picture Russia doing more for
Britain in her present mood than for Germany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
A Trade Shift

Canada's decision to place stringent ~restric-
tons on non-essential imports makes us realize
once more how badly the war is wrecking
Secretary Hulrs trade policy. 1t is only a
short time since the trade treaty with Canada,
one of the most important on the list, was
signed after lengthy negotiations. Today that
agreement is a dead letter, with nearly all the
rest, and so they will remain until the world
returns to peaceful ways again.
A long list of American manufacturers and
producers will suffer from the ban on their
goods. Canada has long been a lucrative mar.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
Bruce Cations
In W%ashington'
Star-News Washington Correspondent

Star-News Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON - You don't realize how ire
mendous the governments preparedness cam
paign really is until you compare expenses
now with those run up during the first World
war.
Then you discover that the United States to-
day is actually spending money as fast as it
spent it during the first year of it's war effort
% years ago.
For the 12-month period which began last
July 1 and ends on June 80, 1871, the govern
ment will spend a little more than $12,0 5,-
900, 900. This doesn't include the cost of the
draft, which will run the total considerably
higher.
First full fiscal year of the last war effort
began July l, 1917, and ended June 80, 1918. In
that period, the U. S. government laid out a
total of $12, 697, 600, ALPHABETICALLY the same
as this years expenditures when the draft
costs are figured in.
NO GUESSES
ON NEXT YEAR
Noteworthy is the fact that spending before
the 1917 war year had been insignificant,
compared with the spending that has preceded
the current arms campaign. In the year ending
June 80, 1917, for instance, the total spending
was ST, 977, 900, 900; the year before that it was
1874, 900, 900 and the year before that, $3.50, 000'
600. On the other hand, in the fiscal year that
elueu last JUNE oU tne government spent So,-
1913, 600, 900. In the year before that it had
spent &c. 6O, 600, 900; in the year before that the
total was 1881, 900, 600.
BRITISH IT'LL HOLD
AMERICAN SECURITIES
Despite its eagerness to help the British, the
administration seems to be settling into the
position that there's no sense talking about
killing the johnson act (Which bars loans tc
Britain) until the British have fully modified
all their resources to buy goods in the U. S.
That means the British have got to think
about selling their security holdings in the new
world. No one knows exactly what these come
to; current guess is that British investments in
the United States amount to better than 81,
$50, 600, 600, with probably an equal sum in
vested in Canada and somewhere between,
81, 00O, 900, 900 and $4,000, 900, 900 in Mexico and
South America.
It's easier to say that these holdings must
be liquidated than to figure out how it can be
done smoothly. Some administration experts
point out that those South American holdings
would almost certainly have to be sold in the
United States since the Latins couldn't get
hold of the necessary foreign exchange. Amer
lean investors would have to be persuaded
somehow that the investments would be good
buys-which might be a little difficult.
Probably $50, 600, 900 is in South American
government bonds, ~which-except for Argen.
tina-aren't considered too solid. Mexican and
Bolivian appropriation acts don't encourage
u. S. investors much. Exchange restrictions
which often keep investors from taking out
their profits are another depressant.
Beyond that, the British basket contains.
some important items. About 40 per cent of the
total is invested in Argentina, largely in rail
ways. public utilities and meat packing houses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under Coumci1-Mdnager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial ShoUS.
Seaside Highway from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension of City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear RiUer channel, pid-
err Turning Basin, 11ith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
of Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
Orton Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Production
through sustained-yield methods through
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Promo
tiona1 Agency, supported By one county,
auide tao.
%Shipyards and Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital ,ilities for Whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development of native grape groWing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
F. D. R. PROMISES
AID TO GREEKS
Continued from Page Ono,

sized that his country had
given wide latitude in ssIoo zen
whatever the United States
available in the category Of naa
weapons OF supplies. "de
The United States presumab,.
in a position to provide Cr IS
With some warplanes and = IirslI
ed amount of surplus army WHY
pons without seriously interfa rSa'
with American defense renn;Is
ments and the flow of wa 91'te'
pons of all kinds 10 Great Bri, "ta'
Under its policy of assiStina ' W.
British by all means ''shorf uIs
war" the United States bss o.
ready given the British arnT d''
pick of surplus rifles and oh uIs
weapons, provided the BritiS,
navy with so destroyers. and ar.r
ed Britain a $3.50 share If "ii''
planes production. VOC
Has Many Rifles
The Army is understood still
possess approximately 2on mo 70
Lee-Enfield rifles and nearlv ''V W.
same number of Springfield ria "s
which are gradually being '' 3D.
placed by semi : automafIc re- ts'
rands. Greece might be ab,o I'd
l~Iti1izo cor,o &c viz 10
rifles. pluS
o o5her war weapons might in.
clude field guns, mortars, and m M
enlne guns of a type adapted l''a IT.
the mountain warfare the Greag "
nave waged against the FssciSt
leglons which attempted to inS,s'
the Grecian peninsula. but tb sus
was no official hint of just what
.ne army general staff considers
surplus among those weanons
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
Calcutta Monk Seen
As Zoo Ship Sails

A monkey was reported run.
nlng around the neighborhood at
Front and Church streets yester.
day morning, but c. d. Maffitt.
agent for the steamer Black
condor, last night said he had
not been informed of any nor.
Keys escaping from the ship.
Maffitt said he had received
reports that two of the monkeys
were loose for a while in the
warehouse at the Clyde line
"harves, but they were later
captured and shipped by express
to New York.
The Black Condor, which ar
rived here Friday from Calcutta,
India, with a load of 500 mon.
Keys. cleared and sailed yester.
day for Savannah. The monkeys,
with the exception of two run.
nlng loose in the warehouse.
were transferred to specially
heated kennel buses and taken
TO the Municipal zoo in New
York.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
Reapportionment

One glance at the changes that will occur in
1910 census is enough to justify a prediction
that this time there will be little difficulty
over reapportionment in the House of Repre-
sentatives. 1t appears highly unlikely that
the struggle that followed the 1920 census will
be repeated.
After 1920, it will be remembered, congress
delayed and delayed in carrying out its con,
stitutional duty to apportion the membership
Of the house in accordance with population.
Representatives from states that would have
lost seats, putting their heads together, man
aged to stave off all efforts to reshuffIe the
seats until 1929.
Now, however, there is a law. 1t provides
for automatic reapportionment in accordance
with d definite formula, of the 435 seats in the
house. Unless those who would prefer the ole
arrangement can drum up a majority tt
amend the law, they must submit. And a re-
bellion is next to impossible, because those
states benefiting from the change will joir
forces to prevent any such attack from sue
ceeding.
But even if this were not the case it appears
that reapportionment will go through quickl,
this time. The Democratic party, which is ir
power, will stand to gain more than it will
lose. A rough calculation indicates that there
will be six more seats in normally Democrat,
territory and six less in normally Republican
territory, when the 1912 election comes round
Such calculations do not always work out il
actual practice. But they do often enough tt
warrant the administration putting it's influ
ence against any changes that would hurt tn,
operation of the present law. With the stu
alton what it is, and with North Carolln;
destined to gain one of the new seats in tn.
house, it is incumbent upon the state to de
ermine without unnecessary loss of time hov
the additional representative is to be chosen
whether as from the state. at large or through
the creation of a new congressional district
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
TOP O. THE MORNING

o happy home, Where each one serUes The
to11ly,
Whatever his appointed work may be,
Til eU'ry common task seems great and holy
When it is done, 0 Lord, as unto Thee.
0 happy home, Nhere thou art not forgotten
When joy is ouertloaUing, ful and free,
0 happy home, 1here eU'ry aooumded spirit
Is brought, Physician, Comforter to Thee!
SARAH L. FINDLATER.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
FRENCH FARMERS
ARE RECIMENTED
Continued from Page One)

conditions; and will deal also with
hygiene, living conditions, wo-
mems labor, vocational training of
youth and questions relating to
general discipline"
The council of ministers of the
Vichy government announced to-
night that General Charles de
Gaulle, the 'Free French" leader,
and several of mis- supporters will
be deprived of French nationality.
Besides de Gaulle, those men
toned we're General Georges Cat
roux, former commander of the
10Th army corps in Algeria, whom
de Gaulle has named as head of
the Free French" movement for
the Red Sea area; Col. Eduard
Rene Marie de Larminat, former
chief of staff of the French near
eastern Amies, lately active in
equatorial Africa, and General lie
Gentilhomme, former commander
of allied forces in Somaliland.
De Gaulle was sentenced to
death in Absentia by a French
court, last August.
Another decree removed from Of
flee Governor Generals Richard
Brunot of the Cameroons and Jules
Coppet of French West Africa. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
The Editors
BOX

The editor does Got necessarily
endorse n article appearing IN
v;asys n the individual readers. Cor
rasnopdents are r d that all
com mnnications m U contain the
correct name and address for u
records. though the latter may be
signed as the writer sees fit The
Stsr.News reserves the right to alter
INV tex that for any reason Is CD.
;e%ct,onoble. Letters on controversial
snhiects will not be published.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
Jesse Jones, Negro,
Struck By Auto Here

Jesse Jones, negro, was taken to
Community hospital this morning at
11:45 o'clock for treatment after he
was struck by an automobile at
Seventh and Wooster streets.
Attaches there were not able to
say Immediately how badly he was
injured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
Two Killed, Four Hurt
As Automobiles Crash

BENNETTsv1LLE, S. c., Dec. z
-R-Mahone Wood of Clio and
Mrs. Inez Sutton of Laurinburg, N.
c., were killed and four persons
were hurt in a head-on automobile
accident three miles north of here
early tonight. .
The injured are Lacey Wood of
Clio, Arthur Mcleod of Benefits
vile and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rye
of L%aurinburg.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
World
Bulletins
SHOW CLOSES

CHICAGO, Dec. 7-LR-The
41st International Live Stock
exposition came to a close to-
night as exhibitors headed for
their farm homes with $l,250,
900 in their wallets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
COORDINATION

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-(AP)
Representative Woodrum d.
Va) said today he had found
sentiment among members of
the house appropriations COM
mittee for delaying passage of
appropriations measures for 60
or 80 days in the next session
OF congress to coordinate new
tax and regular and defense
spending legislation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
SAFETY MOVIE

COLUMBUS, o., Dec. 7.-R
Mine public schools in Ohio
and West Virginia have pro.
duced motion pictures illustrat-
ing the safest way to ride a BIZ
cycle, cross a street and board a
bus.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
AIR MAIL

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-(APe
American Export Lines an.
nounced today that the tenn
porary stoppage of some Euro
pean mails to this country
would end as the result of a
contract signed with the Portu-
guese government.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
FORD PLANT

DETROIT, Dec. 7.-(AP)e
The Ford Motor company an
nOunced today that work on its
$21,OOO,OO airplane engine
plant was proceeding on a a.
hour-a-day schedule, with three
eight-hour shifts at work every
day except Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
BARTON

WASHINGTON, Dec. Z Up
"A total of $479,937 was spent
on their campaigns by IS cen
didates for IS senate seats at
stake in the recent election.
A survey of reports filed with
Edwin S. Halsey, secretary Of
the senate, shows the largest
expenditure was that of Rep.
Bruce Barton, New York re-
publican, whose unsuccessful
campaign against Democratic
Senior James M. Mead cost
$36,667. Mead reported he
spent $30,1O4.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
PRAISE

WASHINGTON, Dec. = up
An army of approximately
sc, 800 civilian volunteers who,
without pay, are helping to
make the nations draft ma
chinery work, won the praises
today of national officials of
the selective service system.
They are the doctors, law
yers and businessmen serving
on local draft boards and in
other capacities in connection
with the task of picking out
$1,000 men by next June for
a years training in the army.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
BUILDING
WASHINGTON, Dec. r

WARRINGTON, Dec. = up
The commerce department
said today that preliminary
estimates indicated 1910 build
ing construction would total
S 8 1926, 600, 900, an increase of 2
IL per cent over 1889 and the
largest since 1890.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
DIES IN FIRE

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 7-PNPaul
Edwards, IS, a farmer, burned to
death today in a fire that DESTROY
ed the home of his parents near
the village of Croft.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
BEAR WALK

OTTAWA, Dec. 7.-(AP)e
The newest drill term to ap-
pear in the Canadian army is
the bear Walk"-a movement
being taught members of the
ski unit assembled in Ottawa
for a special course ending
Dec. Fl.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
RECORD

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7-(R
"A record in the number and
value of contracts let for con-
struction of naval shore IA
cilities- unsurpassed even in.
the World war years - was
established during the past
fiscal year, the bureau of yards
and docks reported today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
AVERAGE

WASHINGTON, Dec. y up
The average person had
$64.30 in cash on November 80
-S1.63 more than a month
earlier and $7.43 more than a
year ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08

Mauna Loa on the island of
Hawaii has poured out more lava
In the last century than any other
volcano.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
EXECUTED

BERLIN, Dec. 7-R-Alex-
ander damon, 66, a Hungar-
ian citizen convicted of having
for four years made journeys
into Germany in the spy serv-
ice of other, unstated lands,
was executed today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08

Hon. Jake F. Newell,
Renuhlican State Chairman,
Charlotte, N. G.
Evening star., 1940-07-25
OR YOUR MONEY BACK

Buy a large rib roast and cook with
1t an extra number of potatoes.
Serve hot tonight, tomorrow simply
slice the cold rcast, hash brown the
potatoes-and presto! dinner is
ready. Or for grand roast beef sand
Wiches, simply heat the cold slices
with gravy in frying pan. Put
slices on hot bread and cover with
gravy.
Evening star., 1940-07-25

An all-hydrogenated, all-vegetable
shortening packed in sealed con-
tainers. Pre-creamed to facilitate
its use in the home. Because of its
high smoking point it is ideal for
deep-fat frying.
Evening star., 1940-11-21

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Bladder, C4 gpe't DIV WAY tenn CTu
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