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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
HITLER AND SPEECH-MAKING
SPEECH-MAKING
Durham Herald

1t is interesting, perhaps not significant, that
Hitler emerged from his hideout Wednesday
to make a rip-snorting speech that had not
been given the usual build-up in advance
notices. He said nothing new, Of course-has.
mt for some years-and introduced no new
technique. No new threats were hurled. He
just repeated old ones.
What makes the development mildly inter.
esting is that more often than not Hitler
has left off speech-making when he was NOV
ing ahead against all opposition and concen-
trated on speeches in moments of setbacks
and hesitancy.
Viewed from that angle, it could be that
Hitler took to the platform Wednesday not so
much because he has carefully formulated
plans to bring about the utter collapse of
Britain he promised but more to explain to his
people why Britain isn't already under the
Nazi flag and assure them that everything is
all right.
Support of that theory, which Britons might
do well not to swallow too quickly, is found
in the vague reference in the Hitler speech
to Germany's capacity to continue the war
for one, two, or more years. He made that
statement, of course, in boasting of Germany's
staying power, but heretofore he has told his
people and the world that the doom of Britain
is sealed and peace under Hitler will be Eu-
ropes this Fall. And though he said it as a
boast, it may be revealing that Hitler can
imagine the war continuing into next year.
All speculations aside, it is a matter of
record that speeches, whether by Hitler or
his rivals, have had little to do with the trend
Of events in Europe lately. His recitations of
accomplishments after they were accom-
plished have up till now been nearer to the
record than his forecasts.
So without p%resuming to call the turn or re-
veal Hitler's motive, we rather suspect Hitler
took to the platform on Wednesday because
Goering's planes have failed to score as heavi--
ly and as quickly as the Hitler schedule
called for them to. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
NAZI AIR ATTACKS
CAUSE CASUALTIES
IN LONDON SECTION
Continued from Page One)

Just a few hours earlier, Par.
Lament had broken off its session
for three-quarters Of an hour at
the start of an afternoon raid in
which strong formations of raid
ers struck at airdromes on both
sides of the Thames Estuary. The
air ministry said they were driven
back, but acknowledged that an
industrial installation on tn e
river was bombed and that some
damage resulted.
The Nazis' attack tonight
brought simultaneous clusters of
searchlight beams in several areas,
and thus it appeared that they had
come in from a number of direc-
tons at once.
Heavy bomb rumbles from the
distance-formed a deep bass I'M
dertone to the sharper notes of the
anti-aircraft artillery.
Once a great glow sprang up,
lighting buildings in sharp silhou-
cites. Some observers thought it
was an oil fire. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
CCC MEMBER HELD
IN HALL Staying
COrOner's Jury Finds M a n
Came To Death At Hands
Of Richard Hill, Negro

BURGAW, Sept. 5.-A coroner's
jury conducting an inquest into
the fatal shooting last night of
Joseph Hall, negro, ruled this aft
ernoon that he came to his death
from pistol shot wounds at the
hands of Richard Hill, negro.
Hill, a CCC camp enrollee of the
Maple Hill camp, was ordered held
for investigation by the grand
jury at the October term of Pen
der county superior court.
The jury also recommended that
William L. Bowman, William Nc
Kinley Ellis and Charlie Williams,
negro CCC enrollees, be held as
material witnesses. Cornor M.
O. Pope also ordered that Queenie
Lamb, Sarah and Roberta Hand
and Berrice Ardery, all negroes,
be held in Jail as material wit
nesses in the case.
Hall was shot in Lovers Lane,
about a mile east of Burgaw, about
1890 o'clock last night. Hill was
arrested this morning at 4 o'clock.
Sheriff Jack Brown said that
the shooting grew out of an argu-
ment between the two negroes. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Tin Smelter Decision
Is Anticipated Soon

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-RH
Defense commission officials today
expected an early decision, per.
haps in three weeks, on establish.
ment of a tin smelter in the United
States to free this country from
complete dependence on far-east-
ern tin supplies.
Seeking an operator who can as
sure both an effective smelter and
a satisfactory tin ore supply, the
commission has been comforting
with all firms interested in build
ing and operating to refine Boliv-
ian ore.
Among those considered, a COM
mission expert said, are Phelps
Dodge corporation, American Met
al company, American Smelling
and Refining company, National
Lead company and Bolivian inter-
ests controlling tin mines. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Rumania In A Fix

With Hungarian armed forces moving into
the Carpathians as the first step in actual &C.
cupation of the coded portion of Pennsylvania,
King Carol of Rumania makes Antonesqu
premier and surrenders virtually all regal
powers, in the hope of restoring some SEM
blance of peace in his shattered kingdom and
placating the Axis on the one hand and Rus
STA on the other. The outcome of the realign-
ment at Bucharest is not easily f%oreseen, but
il is very probable that Rumania will become
the theater of new campaigns in Europe's
war before winter.
It would be possible to see Carol in a better
light if he had not made such a TODD over
Antonescu's demand that his mistress, Magda
Lupescu, be banished. The essential weakness
of the man is manifest in his willingness to
abdicate and leave the country with her.
With his country already on the altar and the
sacrificial knife raised, he places his para
mour's companionship above his peoples op-
position to her presence. So poorly equipped
to rule himself, it is no wonder that he has
shown little aptitude to rule Rumania.
This latest development in the little country
from which Hitler has been receiving such
heavy deliveries of gasoline and other sup
plies is far from composing the difficulties in
the Balkans which have grown more trouble
some in recent weeks. Stain will welcome
Hungarian troops in the Carpathians no more
smilingly than he sees Nazi soldiers moving
into Rumania. Both constitute a threat against
the Ukraine, where Russia's chief grain sup.
plies originate. The Russian dictator will not
live up to his reputation if he allows both
occupations to go unchallenged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
MAUCHON RESIGNS
AS COLLEGE HEAD
sunerintendent Of Cherokee
Indian Normal Submits
Resignation To Erwin
PEMBROKE, Sept. 5.-Superir

PEMBROKE, Sept. 5.-Superin-
tendent G. G. Maughon of Chero-
kee Indian Normal college, an
nounced today his resignation from
that position, which he has held
for several years.
The resignation was submitted
Tuesday to Clyde A. Erwin, state
superintendent of public instruc-
ton. who stated in reply:
cat no time during a similar
period has the institution made as
much progress as during your ad-
ministration. I regret, therefore,
exceedingly to lose your services
Supt. Maughon's resignation was
submitted five days after his home
on the college campus was spatter-
ed with five bursts of gunshot, be
lieved to have been fired from an
automobile.
The shotgun blasts, were general
~ believed to have been an express
sion of resentment over Mr.
Maughon's reappointment by the
state department of public instruc'
ton after the school trustees de
clined to re-elect him.
The Cherokee Indian Norma.
school, formerly a two year institu
ton, has experienced steady ply
steal grown under Supt. Maughon'
administration, and last spring
graduated its first four years col
lege class.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
SIS SEEK HOMES IN
HOUSING PROJECTS
Continued from Page One)

morning, has also been organized at
New Brooklyn Homes.
Emory said that Of the SO ten.
ants now in the project only one
has been delinquent in his rent and
this was because he was sick for
more than a week.
He said that SO of the applicants
for homes at Nesbitt have been ten.
tatively approved for occupancy by
the tenant selection office. However,
the first occupancy is not expected
to take place before another month,
he said.
The Authority yesterday received
and approved a bid from Chapman
and Cutler, bonding attorneys of Chi
cago, to handle the sale of approx
mately $4,000 in bonds, the Au-
thority's share, to other than the
USHA.
Emory and Attorney William B..
Campbell were also delegated to ne.
gotiate with some local bank to act
as trustee Of the bonds and to report
back to the board at it's next meet
ing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1910
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-Coumty Government
under Council Manager administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from Wrightsui1e
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension of City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Wid-
err Turning Basin, with ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south of Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, Via
orion Plantation.
Development of Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained.yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro.
motional Agency, supported by one
countrywide tar
%Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for a0hites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Erport Buyers.
Development of native grape groWing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-Answering the
mail orders:
H. ]. IT,, Albany, ~Minn.-Claude R. Wickard
the new secretary of agriculture, is definitely
not a fireside farmer. Graduating from Pur.
due university in 1915, he hied right back tc
the 380-acre Carroll county, Indiana, farm
that has been in his family for 100 years, anc
started Immediately experimenting with some
theories he had picked up in college-but i
was dirt farming, not office-chair stuff. He
did some real pioneering in soil rehabilita-
ton work and once was selected by a farm
magazine as master farmer of Indiana"
Right now, the 47-year-old secretary gets
his biggest kick in life out of getting back tc
the farm and helping the hired hands harvest
a crop. He has a husky, solid frame and a
healthy grin that runs off in wrinkles at the
corner of his eyes. He is sometimes referred to
as "a swell dresser" but he looks plenty at
ease in old wrinkled trousers, a pair of wealth
er-beaten brogans, and an open-collared shirt.
He did do a bit of dabbling in politics out in
Indiana, getting himself elected to the state
senate in 1892 but resigned a little more than
a year later to come to Washington in a COM
paratively minor capacity in the old Agricul-
refer to himself as an Andrew Jackson Dem
ocrat." His father and his grandfather both
were christened Andrew jackson Wickard.
In Washington, the Wickards (there are two
daughters, but one will be in school this win
ter and the other working in Indianapolis)
practically keep open house for the many
friends who drift through here from the Mid
die West. But whenever there's a holiday you
find the secretary of agriculture back in Car
roll county pitching hay or feeding the hogs.
Incidentally, he is one of the first cabinet
members here to come up through the ranks OF
his department.
X. D., Bristol, Va.-The Army and Navy are
being so cagey these days, it is almost i'm
possible to get any information out of either,
but 1 believe the Army plans to call up about
5000 reserve officers for extended duty. These
men will not be called up all at once, how
ever. They will be infiltrated into the training
program as expansion demands. 1t might even
be months before they get around to the re-
serve officer friend you mention and the 1act
that another acquaintance of yours has been
called is hardly any indication that the former
has any special pull.
W. E. D., Fort Worth, ex.-Thank for
your enlightening letter on Gov: 'Pass-the-
biscuits-pappy'' W. Lee O'Daniel. l hope the
good people of Texas continue to enjoy that
''blackout Of higher ta'>~"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
TESTS SCHEDULED
AT WILLARD FETE
Series Of Agricultural Dem.
Onstrations Will Be Con-
Quoted BY Coltrane

WILLARD, Sept. 5.-A series of
agricultural demonstrations, con-
Quoted by D. S. Coltrane, assistant
to the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture at Raleigh, will be given on
the morning program of the an
nual field day and picnic at the
Coastal Plain agricultural station
here on September II.
The demonstrations will be sta
ge between 10 and 1890 O'Clock.
At 10 a. m. there will be d bee
management demonstration by R,
R. Rich, Fender county agricul-
tural agent. A little later E. W..
FAIRIES, dairy research specialist,
will show how to throw a dairy
COW with a rope. DR.. P. H. Har-
vey, plant breeding specialist of
the Agronomy division, N. C. EX-
pertinent station, will give a dem,
onstration entitled Control of Pol
lination of Corn Used in the Pro.
duction of Hybrid Corn. Following
this C. o. Bollinger, poultryman,
at the Coastal Plain station, vii
give a caponizing demonstration.
In addition there will be two
marketing demonstrations; one re-
lating to the grading of eggs by
r. B. Keyy, associate marketing
specialist, and n relating to the
grading of tobacco by W. P.
Hedrick, tobacco marketing spe-
cialist. If there is sufficient de-
mand some of these demonstra-
at least, may be repeated
as a part of the afternoon pro
gram.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
RECORDERS COURT
COLLECTS $l,397.6O
Total Comes From $780, IS In Fines,
5000 In Costs And $26.70
In Jail Fees

The revenue derived from the
New Hanover recorders court
from fines, costs and fees during
the month of August totaled ST.
1877. so, c. L. (Tinkey) Myers, dep
uty clerk of court in charge of re-
corder's court, reported yesterday.
Of this amount $685. 5 was in
fines, $606.85 in costs and $26.7 70 in
Jail fees.
Disbursements of this amount
was as follows: Emergency pen
sion $3.50, state $780,, police
pension $23.40. turnkey $11. 80.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
y ESLI1ndt6d IlSureS.
SALES COMMENT

CHADBOURN - Better grade of
ferings appeared slightly stronger in
price here yesterday, Garland War
rem, sales supervisor, said. How
ever, a preponderance of low quality
leaf held the general average down.
CLARKTON-Poor quality tobacco
continued to constitute the majority
of the leaf offered for auction here
yesterday, E. C. Clark, sales super
visor, reported. All warehouse floors
Wero cleared.
FAIR BLUFF - The price range
OF better quality grades continued
about the same here, with common
tobaccos making up most of the Of
ferings.
FAIRMONT-Some grades sold as
high as As cents a pound here yes
terday and there were some indivi-
dual high averages, C. B. Stafford,
supervisor of sales, said. Tips, COM
non and medium weed continued t,
flood sales, however. Official sale
figures for Fairmont gave for the sea-
son 12,910,170 pounds sold, for ST.
477,543.90, or an average of $500
since the market opened.
LUMBERTON - Heavy leaf and
dark tips predominated the offerings
yesterday. Better grades of leaf and
all smoking tobaccos held their own
and appeared much in demand. Sales
were concluded at 4 o'clock, J. G..
Fulton, market supervisor, said.
TABOR CITY - Common grades
made up the most of the weed Of
fered here yesterday and kept the
market average down.
WHITEVILLE - Prices here yes
terday remained at about the same
level as has been the case for the
past two weeks. Inferior grades con-
tinue to dominate the poundage. Sew
eral farmers made averages of 30 to
"a cents a pound while the highest
price paid yesterday was Sal per hun.
dred.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
An Important Victory

Because of the importance of the Rumanian
situation, and all that it involves, one piece Of
primary news was generally relegated to a
minor place in yesterdays newspapers.
It concerned the sinking by a British sub.
marine of a German transport with the loss
of almost all of it's 1000 Nazi soldiers. The
brief dispatch, originating in Stockholm, says
the transport was bound for Norway and was
sent down in the Kattegat by a single tor.
pedo while under convoy of two armed traw-
lers and a destroyer.
Its destruction and the loss of its troops is
important. Not even Hitler with his great re-
serves of manpower can fail to feel the eff.
fects of this submarine victory. But of equaI
importance is the revelation that Hitler oh.
viously is training Nazi soldiers in Norway for
service against Britain, as has been hinted
before without proof. There has been word,
from time to time, that Nazi parachutists were
undergoing training in Norway, that infantry
was mobilizing and maneuvering there, pre-
p~aratory to the long forecast attempt at in
vasion of the British Isles. This episode in
the Kattigat appears to confirm these frag.
mentary reports.
1t also indicates that Britain is not unmind
full of the threat and is alert to circumvent it.
The successful attack on the transport OBJ.
viously fits in with the British strategy to
harass the enemy at home and so weaken its
attack and lessen the job of defense. With
the British navy thus cooperating with the
Royal Air Force in offensive operations Brit
ain places herself in a better position to hold
her own in the vital Battle of Britain
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
COP Advisory Group
Will Hold Meet TODAY

CHARLOTTE, Sept. 5.-R)
Chairman A. l.. Ferree's state re-
publican advisory committee will
meet tomorrow in Hickory where
western leaders will plan strategy
for increasing the party vote in
North Carolina n the Forthcoming
election. State Chairman Jake F.
Newell of Charlotte will attend.
Saturday the committee Will
meet with eastern leaders at RAJ
leigh for the same purpose. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
289 F~INGERPRINTED
HERE DURING AUGUST
Superintendent Fales Reports 10
City And County Commits
SiOners On Months WORK

A total of 289 persons were TN
gerprinted by the New Hanover
Bureau of Identification during the
month of August, Harry E. Fales'
superintendent, reported yesterday
to city and county commissioner
There were 244 persons finger
printed and photographed with d
record being filed here and wl'n
the FBI in Washington. There were
five persons fingerprinted for Inc
civil Identification bureau.
the persons were fingerprlnlea
for military purposes and 20 clVA
applicants for radio communlca'
ton division were fingerprlnteo,
There were ten cases called to th'
attention of the local bureau for III,
vestiGation during the month
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Revenue Office To Be
Closed Until Sept. ID

The local office of the federal ue
partment of internal revenue,
Gated on the second floor oil '"S
postoffice building, starting o""'
will be closed through Seplel'
Der Is, said Raymond d. Chrlslii""'
deputy collector of internal revenue
who will be away from the city U"
business.
= All persons having urgent t"N
matters to be disposed of dulIis
that time, Christman said, are ASH
ed to communicate directly WIN ~,
office of the collector of inleil"N
revenue in Greensboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
CANADA SEEKS TO
BUY WAR SUPPLIES
Continued From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
of July celebration" he replied
with a smile.
La Guardia indicated the United
States might establish two defense
bases on Newfoundland under the
British-American destroyer-nava]
and air base trade.
When you look at the whole
picture you get into the plural"
he said in reply to a query whether
there would be one or two bases,
in the British dominion.
La Guardia said he had n o t
heard of a report that Canada
might be seeking a loan from this
government, but he volunteered
that Canada already has outstand-
ing a non-interest bearing 10 a n
from Canadian industries. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
CHURCHILL TAUNTS
GERMAN FUEHRER
Continued from Page One)

ance rendered to n another by two
friendly nations"
mo doubt" he added, Herr Hit
Ter will not like this transference of
destroyers. I have no doubt he will,
pay the United States out if he ever
gets the chance. That is whv T arm
very glad that the armed air and
naval frontiers of the United States
have been advanced along q wide arc
into the Atlantic ocean and that The
will enable them to take danger nv
the throat while it is sill
of miles away from their homeland.
AS for the battle of Britain
Churchill listed LOTS dead. a slipb+1v
larger number seriously wounded and
800 houses smashed as the foil of
air damage in August, "a real fight
ing month";"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Mrs. Seely Acquires
Battery Park Hotel

ASHEVILLE, Sept. 5.-R-Mrs.
Fred L. Seely of Asheville, be, came
owner today of the 5000, 900 Bat
terry Park hotel Is part settlement
OF income of the Grove estate that
mas been pending several years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
TOP o. THE MORNING

The church is not a collection of good peo-
pze' necessari1y-stW less of people who think
they are good. 1t is a body of people who feel
their sintu1ness and because of this conviction
haze throan themselves on the zoue and mercy
Dt God.
REV. ROBT. WILLIAMS
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-06
Tobacco Market Reports

Sales supervisors or other officials O the North Carolina markets
of the Border Belt reported the following figures for yesterdays to-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-10
WHY WOULD A Man.
The Job Is A Man-KilIer
seek PRESIDENCY?
BY RAY PEACOCK
AP Feature Service Writer


The mere fact that there's only
one living ex-President should be
enough to scare anybody off.
AID even if it weren't, a most
casual peek at the life span of
our Presidents, particularly since
Buchanan'S time, would indicate
that their days are numbered.
From George Washington down
through Calvin Coolidge, Presi-
dents have lived for an average
of ID years after they were in
augurated.
On the surface. that might
make their life span seem quite
long. because their average
age when taking office was
about SIS. However. the life
expectancy of any man at SIS
is about IL years. or some four
years more than the Presi-
dents lived after that age.
The job is a man-killer. Three
Presidents = Lincoln, Garfield
and McKinley-were aSSaSSinat-
ed. Harrison, Taylor and Hard
ing died in office.
Average Was 57lz
Not a very cheerful prospect?
1t becomes less so as time goes
on Our earlier Presidents were
older on the average at inaugu-
ration than those who came
later. vet lived longer after TAX
ing office
Up to 1860. the average age
of Presidents when thew took
office was about STA. and they
lived an average of is years
thereafter. Since then. down
through Coolidge. their average
age at Inauguration was only
81. yet they lived an average
of onlv Io1z wears thereafter.
The latter period. however. in
cludes all three assassinations.
Only two Presidents since the
war between the states. measur-
ed from the dates they took Of
flee. exceeded their then life ex-
pectations. They were Cleveland
and Taft. There were nine Presi-
dents before the Civil war who
had done so, including six of the
first eight. They were John
Adams, Jefferson. Jackson, Van
Buren,, Tyler, Fillmore and
Buchanan.
One Cheering Thought
The conclusions. obviously, d.
not apply to isolated individuals,
but are good only as averages of
groups. Out of them comes one
cheering thought for defeated
presidential candidates.
Apparently they live longer be-
yond election years than do the
victorSl