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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
ROOSEVELT WILL SETTLE IT

THE Charlotte Observer for Saturday con
L tanned an able article by JESSE S. COT
rRE11, of the Observers Washington staff, in
which it is claimed that FARLEY's entry into
the presidential race has killed any chance
President ROOSEVELT may have had for a third
term.
The writer based his view on the reaction
to E8NEsr K. L1NDLEY's dissertation concern
ing the RoosEvELT-FARLEY split-up and the
Presidents long delay in denying the inter-
view L1NDLEY claimed he had had with some
one close to the White House. But at oest'
his conclusions are speculatlons ana lack
foundation in known facts.
The nation is still at sea on Mr.. RoosE-
vELT's decision as to seeking a third term,
and will remain at sea until the President
himself declares his position. Whether Mr..
FARLEY will have a fair chance to receive the
democratic nomination is a matter In which
one mans guess is as good as another>s.
There is but one aspect of the whole situa-
ton which is perfectly clear. 1t is that the
democratic convention in Chicago will nomi-
nate the candidate upon whom President
is still the party's leader. Furthermore, he is
quite the ~craftiest manipulation of political
affairs in the country. No faction or coali.
ton of factions can hope to unseat him as
final arbiter in democratic disputes and So
lection Of candidates.
The next democratic standard bearer will
be the man Mr.. ROOSEVELT approves, even it
it should be himself.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
A CLEMENCEAU NEEDED

In what is perhaps the most crucial period
of its existence since the revolution, France
finds itself with two wars on its hands. 1t
must not only fight the Germans but the
indictments at home as well.
The new government headed by PAUL REY-
MAUD has a majority OF one IN the parlla-
ment. If it fails to win at least some OF the
III members who refused to vote when conf
dence in the ministry was before them, RE1-
Maud will either have to resign, as DALAD1ER
did, or administer the affairs Of the nation
under an almost insurmountable handicap,
heckled at every turn by an opposition, chief
ly communistic, strong enough to make its
presence felt.
The French people will have to choose be-
tween two wars or one. They cannot hope to
prosecute their foreign war successfully with
a civil war on their hands at the same time.
Apparently, it is not a question of the man
who heads the government so much as what
he will stand for.
DALAD1ER did the spade work for the pres
emit rebellion when he suppressed the COM
munists after the signing of the Russo-Ger-
man economic treaty. French communists
have been unruly ever since, and obviously
are determined to regain official recognition
or do what they can to overthrow socialist
government in their country at whatever
price that may impose.
Frances burden is doubly hard in conse-
quence. 1t is to be hoped the crisis will pro-
duce its own CIEMENCEAU. Without him,
France has dark and stormy years ahead.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
Editorial Comments
From Other AnqIes
TWILIGHT OF SILVER BUYING
New York Herald Tribune

The action of the senate banking and cur.
rency committee Wednesday in voting. by IA
to 4, in favor of abrogating the powers granted
the President in the silverpurchase act of
1884 represents a welcome step in the direction
OF monetary sanity. In the form in which it
was adopted the measure appears to leave
certain loopholes open for future acquisitions
OF foreign silver; but if, as now appears likely,
the senate and house ratify the action by the
senate committee, it seems highly improbable
that the administration would be unwise enough
to violate the spirit of that action by taking
advantage of such openings.
The terms of the silver-purchase act provide
that the treasury shall buy silver in the world
market until either () it shall have raised
the price to $1.29 an ounce, or (2) the coun-
trys monetary stocks of silver shall have
reached a level where they equal one-third the
gold stocks. Aside from the Presidents vague
declaration at the time it was introduced that
the act would give silver g, more important
place In our monetary SYSTEM" no one ever, so
far as this newspaper knows, offered any sound
monetary explanation for this almost ludi-
crously fantastic piece 8. legislation. Not only
has 1t no basis in monetary theory, but in
practice it has proved ridiculously unavoidable.
At the end of five and one-half years of
operation, in which the treasury has purchased
more than 2,200,0 900, 900 ounces Of totally un.
needed silver bullion, the world price of that
metal today is less than IS cents an ounce and
the ratio of the nations silver stocks to it's gold
stocks is actually lower than it was when the
act was passed! A more positive charge against
the measure, from a monetary standpoint, is
that it has introduced into our currency sys-
tenn a very substantial volume of silver GER
tlf1cates, which are, to put it conservatively, a
form of quasi-fiat money.
Unable longer to defend the silver purchase
act as a monetary device, it's friends have lat:
terly argued in favor of it's retention as an in
strument of foreign trade policy. Typical of
this line of reasoning was the testimony of the
secretary of the treasury before the senate
banking and currency committee on Tuesday.
A decline in the world silver price, declared
Mr.. Morgenthau, such as might result from
abandonment of this subsidy to foreign pro-
ducers of silver, would cause these countries
to curtail their purchases here at the very
time that We are seeking to improve our for
eign trade and our foreign relations" Argu-
ments such as these scarcely warrant extern
sive reply.
It is sufficient to observe, perhaps, that
there can be little serious loss involved in
the sacrifice of foreign trade" which has to
be maintained by the exchange of valuable
American goods for useless foreign silver, or
in FORGETTING good will" whose perpetuation,
as Senator Townsend has accurately, if some
what %brutally, put it, depends upon bribery
or blafkmail."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
MAKE THE ABLE WORK

Let it be understood at the start that VIZ
would not have any deserving person lack for
clothing, shelter or food. Relief thus extended,
and restricted carefully to those who cannot
work or cannot find work after conscientious
effort, is samarianism Of the most
able kind.
But relief for men who accept it as a due
and make no attempt to secure employment
OF any sort as long as they may share the
bounty of a kindly administration, should be
stopped. despite any hardship the stoppage
might impose on the undeserving.
Spring and summer bring seasonal employ
ment for many on farms. There are cotton
and tobacco crops to tend; table vegetables
that must be nursed from seed to double.
boiler. To continue relief for persons who
could be gainfully employed on farms, but
who prefer idleness because to work would
cut them off relief rolls, is to encourage lazi.
ness and add to the economic burden OF
thrifty tax payers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
PROGRESSIVE M

Wide-awake rural residents of Duplin,
Wayne and Lenoir counties are tired of kero.
sene lamps, and have made the fact known by
organizing themselves into a tri-county cleo
trical membership corporation which will pre-.
sent their claim for electric service in the
form of a request for a $500, 900 loan from
the Rural Identification Administration.
This federal agency requires three subscrib.
ers to the mile in advance of a loan. The tri-
county organization already has four. This
should remove any obstacle to the loan. It
also indicates that the farmer folk of the
three counties are hustlers and ready to do
their share in getting a service which will
benefit them in their homes and in their
work.
The meeting at which the temporary or.
ganization was formed was attended by a
representative of the federal bureau and
county agents of the three counties. The Dupin
Times-Herazd, reporting the meeting, says that
all of the distinguished visitors paid high
tribute to leadership sponsoring the project
No praise would be too high for the progress.
~ive spirit they reaveled in bringing the I'm.
dertaking SO far along the road to accom-.
plishment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
BY MORGAN NJ. BEATTY
Az Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, March 24-While
Observation-Disclosures swaps seer is
with Adolf Hitler, Mussolini-the.
Empire-Builder still has his eyes on
Mediterranean empire.
American experts on world poll.
tics tell you to remember that in the
weeks ahead.
Whichever way Mussolini seems
to turn at the moment, no one
doubts that his course will point in
the long run toward coveted Corfu,
Dalmatia, Malta, Tunisia, the Anglo.
Egyptian Sudan, Djibouti, and the
Suez canal.
And except for Dalmatia and Cor.
fu, and their strategic bearing on
control of the Balkans, the Allies
have a firm grip on most Of the
stepping stones to Mussolini's Medi-
terranean empire. The Allies have
most of what II Duce wants 49, not
Herr Hitler.
The Allies also have the military
drop on Italy. Close the Suez canal
and Gibraltar, and Italy might soo
be starved.
What If Hitler's Winning The War?
But this does not mean that Mus.
solini should rush to the side of t .
Allies. That would be exactly the
thing NOT to do, from his point of
view.
Like the girl who goads her best
beau into a proposal by flirting with
his hated rival, Mussolini must con-
tinue to keep company with his axis
partner Of the north, if he is to per-
suade the Allies to come to him ulti'
mately with open arms.
Besides, what if the Allies sho
make a blunder. and find themselves
losing the war. All the more reason
to stand in we'll with Hitler. The
German dictator would then be in
a position to give Mussolini what
he wants.
No. Mussolini should be deliber.
ate, unhurried. Mussolini is deliber.
ate, unhurried.
Mussolini might be tempted to act
as Hitler's peace broker. In that
case, what about that Mediterranean
empire?
Would the Allies give Mussolini
what he wants as a commission for
acting as peace broker? Hardly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
HOPE FOR CHANGE

Because skirts end near feminine knees,
cotton sales are down a million bales yearly.
Because girls prefer to be slim and curveless,
corn-meal consumption has dropped to 81
pounds per capita annually from the old IT.
pound average.
That's how hard styles hit the farmers.
What's to be done about it, no male knows.
But the farmers are hoping.
They are just as appreciative Of a well
turned leg as the tired business man, and
admire svelt forms as much; but who can
blame them if they nurse a desire for longer
raiment and rounder torsos, as a means Of
creating better markets for their ~favorite
crops?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government.
under Council Manager administration.
j.. Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports md Industrial
Shous.
Seaside Highway from WrightsvfHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
s5-foot Cape Fear Rtrer channel. Wtd'
er Turning Basin. uith ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, wa
orion Plantation.
Developm emit OF Pulp Wood Prodnc'
tion through sustatned-yteh methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial and Resort Pro
mottondl Agency, supported BY one.
countrywide tar.
ghipyayds and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for whttes.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Developm ent OF ndttve grape 0ro1c4n0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdnatortuns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
What It Means:
Mussolini's Meeting With Hitler

one of those nations, let alone all
three.
So a patchwork ARRANGEMENT in
the Balkans might interest Mus,
solini on a temporary basis, but not
in the long run.
Far better for Mussolini to try 10
get a route to commerce around the
Suez, through Tunisia and tie
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and 4 fair
share of the stock in the Suez canal,
Until the last whistle blows, Mus.
solini will be dreaming Of empire,
just as every important Italian has
dreamed.
And Mussolini knows that a
straight line is not necessarily the
shortest distance between presen.
day Italy, bottled up in the Mediter.
ranean, and a future Italy, master
of the Mediterranean.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
FLAMES DESTROY
robson CHURCH
Abandoned School Building
On Rowland Highway Also
LeveIed By Fire

LUMBERTON, March N,-lhs
Back Swami Baptist church ana al
abandoned school building on th'
Rowland highway neal here were
destroyed today by a fire that slaI.'
ed on the roof of the church M
injuries were reported.
Both were leyeled, Only the Pu,
pit, a piano and a small amount u
other furniture was saved. -,
The church building, eonstFuc.Vu
in 1886. was the second to mouse '4'
Back Swamp church, which recel''
ly observed its Tooth anniversary
No insurance was carried on e'u.
er building, it was underslooa' =
valued at about $1,000 NO t'",
mate as to the value OF the ''A00'
building could be obtained
With the exception OF a lone "r'
err pump, no equipment was &'aI.
able for fighting the fire and 0,@&
soon swept the flames ou' y
control.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
He Could Get Along With Russia
For A While

Then there's that Balkan night.
mare. For a while Mussolini could
even afford to string along with
Russia and Germany in a partitie-.
of Balkan influence. But if com.
mon doesn't tell Mussolini he'd
be playing a losing game there in
the long run, history should give him
the clue.
History will tell him that Italy,
Germany, and Russia have always
been rivals for Balkan supremacy
Their interests are not identical. The
Balkans supply raw materials for in
dustrial nations. Russia, Germany,
and Italy r all industrial nations,
needing raw materials.
And there are not enough raw
materials in the Balkans to supnlv
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
Three County Managers
Appointed By Maxwell

RALEIGH, March 24.-LP-A. J.
Maxwell announced today the ap-
pointments of three county mana
gers for his campaign for the demo-
cratic gubernatorial nomination.
They were T. J. Mcpherson for Lee
county, Clarence Benson for Nash,
and DR.. st. Elmo McCacter for Pam.
leo.
The candidate plans to speak to.
morrow before the Rowland Lions
club in Rowland, Wednesday in Le-
noir before the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, and Friday in Graham
before the Alamance county Young
Democrats.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
German Border Guards
Are Killed Near Bresi

PRAGUE, March "a R Two
German border guards were shot and
Killed yesterday near the south Bo.
nem1an town of Bresi, allegedly by
a Czech student, an official an.
nouncement said today.
Police of the protectorate of 30.
hemla and Moravia are hard on the
trail OF the student, the announce.
ment said. An agent of the Gestapo.
the German secret police. was
wounded in a shooting scrape while
trying to close in on the suspect,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
MINISTER III,

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Mar.
24.-P-Doctors attending New
Zealand's 6S-year-old prime minis
ter, Michael ]. Savage, who has been
ill for many months, said he an.
peared much weaker tonight and
expressed grave nce over his
condition. Savage underwent an alb.
dominal operation last August.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
Man bout

By George tucker

NEW YORK, March "a. - Have
vo,, ever stood in front of a restau-
rant window and watched a pretty
girl flip ~flapjacks? Well, don de-
ceiva Yourself. 1t wasn't the flap
lacks hat interested you, it was the
girl.
Over on Seventh avenue, how.
ever, it's different. The girl in this
case isn't a girl, but two fellows,
and they aren't Tipping flapjacks,
but frying chicken.
They stand in a window before
five great watts of boiling grease and
they fry more than 1000 chickens
every week. It's n of the best
free shows on Broadway. It's the
b It crowd-gatherer between And
street and Carnegie Hall, and it
goes on every day in the week,
from noon till after midnight.
The black-haired one is Mike
Fraykor, a Czech, who says he can
tell whether people prefer dark
meat or white by merely observing
their facial expressions through the
window. The dark meat cravers,
he says, are more honest in their
reactions-they drool a little if they
are hungry. White meat lovers are
more fastidious and mask their hum
ger pangs in public.
Mikes pal and co-worker is a
yellow.haired young man from
Pennsylvania whose name is Frank
Malley. Unlike the soda-jerker who
finds ice cream repellent, he can't
get enough chicken. Eats it three
times a day and usually leaves the
restaurant around midnight with a
chicken sandwich in his hand.
"vThese late snacks help me sleep
better" he explains.
A modest estimate is that $4,000
people pass that window every day.
A lot of them stop, and some Of
them go inside. The fee: SIS cents,
including slaw, French fried, and
hot biscuits.
Maybe you remember Chick
Webb. He's dead. And maybe you
know where Tuxedo Junction is
that's a steel mill district in Bir-
mingham, Ala.
Now forget that for a moment
and consider this: the Savoy is a
noted dance hall in Harlem. Or.
chestras play continuously there.
When one band signs off it swings
into an unidentified eight bars of
melody. The new band picks that
up and from there swings into it's
own signature. To make this pick
up, the bands have to come togeth.
err in split-second fashion.
One night Erskine Hawkins was
on. Chick Webb was to follow.
But Chick was a joker. He loved
to play pranks. Chick kept Hawk.
ms waiting four minutes, and that
Hawkins dangling in mid-air
with just eight bars of anonymous
tune that ended nowhere But
he kept playing, pretty good.
After they finally got off the e.
started to work with it.
They didn't have a title. But Hawk.
had a valet who came from the
steel mills of Birmingham. There
was a place where the trolley ears
crossed the tracks and we used to
run there from the mills and put on
our fancy clothes to go courtin',"
this valet explained. I'VE called it
Tuxedo Junction"
Hawkins solemnly said, Thanks,
pal, you've written a song"
That was the title he gave 1t,
and he made a record of it. Three
weeks ago Glenn Miller recorded it
in a sort of low-down blues style.
This record sold 10000 copies the
first week.
A railroad crossing and a valet,
Harlem dance hall and a practical
joke. Such is the stuff of which
hit songs are made.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
Armed Police Patrol
Streets In CaunDore

AWNPORE, India, March a.
N2-Armed police patrolled the
streets tonight to prevent a recur-
renee of rioting which broke yester.
oay "hen Hindus, celebrating a holy
Iestlval, lighted a bonfire near 2
Moslem mosque. An all.night chr.
re" was imposed and assemblages
OF more than five persons were pro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
TOP o. THE

II said to a man aoho stood at the gate OF
the year, 'Giue me q light that I tread safely
in the unknowm,' and he replied, Go out into
the darkness and put your hand into the
hand OF God. That shall be to you better thdn
q ziuht and safer than a knoWn aody.'
MAY that Almighty hand guide and uphold
us ALL" - Closing words of KING GEORGES
Christmas broadcast, 1889.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25
SESSION PROLONGED

TOKYO, March 24.-(P-Because
VI numerous bills still pending, the
current session of the diet (parlia.
ment) Will be prolonged by two DAYS.
ao3ourning Tuesday, the official Ga.
zette announced TODAY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25

Regardless of what the speed INN
is, adjust your speed to eXlstlns w."
ditions,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-25

Peace is no good for Finland.-Paavo Nurmi.
FINNISH distance runner. touring tina u, s.
Milford chronicle., 1940-02-23
ADAMS ROADS

Miss Virginia HOrsey and friend
Of Wilmington, were recent guests
of her mother and grandparents.
Mrs. Edna Adams will entertain
the BlOOmery Aid at her home on
Wednesday afternoon, February 2S.
A birthday party was given Vir-
ginia Lee Robinson on Tuesday af-
ternoOn in celebration OF her fifth
birthday. The guests who attended
the affair were Gloria Mae Johnson.
Betty Lee Cannon. Roger Lee Ad-
ans. David Alfred Collins, Ralph
Harmon. Bobby Fountain. Mrs. c. l..
Harmon. of Greenwood; Mrs. Jennie
Cannon. Mrs. Esther Johnson. Mrs.
Edna Adams, Mrs. Marguerite FOun-
tain, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Adams, Mrs.
Earl Collins. and Howard Hignutt
Valentine cOlOrs covered the table.
with Valentine candies and a beau
tiful Valentine cake as the center
piece.
Mrs. c. L. Harmon and son Ralph
spent Tuesday with Mrs. Marian Rob
inson and Mrs Blanche Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurman Fountain
spent Wednesday with Mrs. FOun
tain's mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Martin, Sr.. of
Dublin Hill, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Thurman Fountain on Tuesday.
Milford chronicle., 1940-02-23
GLENDALE
Community News

Commuhlty News
Mrs. Margaret Jones and daugh.
tier. Barbara. were guests Of Mrs
Kitchens. OF Lewes. during the week.
end.
Mrs. vesta M. Mills, OF Milford
was a recent caller OF Misses Allie
and Mia Macklin
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester ShOckley and
son Tommy. OF Philadelphia. were
weekend guests OF Mrs. Laura j.
Shockiey.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Jones, Jr.. and
son, Wilson. were Sunday callers OF
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Jones, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence f. Warren
and son were guests OF MIR. and Mrs.
Charles Warren on Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A. Warren at
tended a turkey dinner at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs Henry Warren of
Lincoln on Sunday. Twenty-three
other guests were present as II was
In honor Of Henry Warren's birth
day
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey r. Smith
were guests Of Mr. and Mrs. K. Har-
per OF Fredericksburg. Md, on Sum
day.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. John B. Derrickson were Mr.
and Mrs. J. r. Tyndall and Mr.. and
Mrs Chas. Baynum of Lewes.
Mrs. +. w. Ireland, Miss Bessie
M. Warren and Miss Anna Sheppard
visited friends in Salisbury on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Jester. Jr.. en-
tertained guests to dinner on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. David EllingswOrth
and daughter, Betty, were recent
guests OF Mr. and Mrs. George Jester
of near Georgetown.
Mrs. E. T. Wilson spent the week
end in Philadelphia.
ElleRdale Methodist Church
Rev. Oren B. Rice, Pastor
Sunday, February rs
Sunday school at 10 a. m. in charge
of /. Webster Warren. superintendent
of the school.
Preaching by pastor at IL a. m.
EpwOrth League at Z p. m.
Preaching by pastor at 7:45 p. m.
The juniors and primary scholars
will meet at the same hour in the
lecture room OF the church under the
leadership OF Miss Rachel COverdaIe.
superintendent Of the primary de-
partment
MeCOlIey's Methodist Chapel
Rev. Oren b. Rice, Pastor
Sunday, February 25
Junior choir will meet at 1:15 p. m.
Sunday school at 1880 p. m. in
charge of Harvey Z. Penuel. super
Afternoon worship with sermon by
the pastor at $3.50 p. IN.
Faith Methodist Church
Rev. Robert Mailer, Pastor
Sunday. February 25
Sunday school at p. m.
Preaching at p. m.
Prayer service at p. M
Evening service at 1880 o'clock.
Everyone is welcome to worship
with us.
Ladies' Aid wiz Meet
The Ellendale Ladies' Aid Society
will be entertained at the home Of
Mrs Davis C. Draper. on Main street.
Thursday evening. February 30. A
cordial invitation is extended to all