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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10

hats and bow our heads in memory of
those brave men who fought last May
losing fight in Flanders. For that was
fight to save us from servitude or worse.
Let us recall again those immortal
words of FLANDERS Fields:
I'VE are the dead, short time ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow.
Loved and were loved and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe.
To you from failing hands we throw the
torch,
Be yours to hold 1t high.
If We break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep though peoples
grow in Flanders Fields"
September %. L. A. PALMER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Resents Criticism of Social
Security Statuary.

security Statuary.
To the Editor Of The Star:
This is to those stif-necked cranks
who are so blinded by their apparent
hate of relationships" that they have
been criticizing the statues which are
to be used in the Social Security Build
ing.
1t seems that one has a sickle. That
makes it Communistic. The other has
snake. That makes the whole thing
Fascistic! No more than these rem
nants Of medievaliSm do I pretend to be
. judge Of art, yet what sort of statuary
would they have adjoining the building
wherein the social security of the
American working people is recorded
and determined? Must anything that
looks like q farmer or worker be Com
munistic? What would they propose
to put in an institution of this sort?
A man in tuxedo and stuffed shirt,
and a bejeweled female in Partisan
evening gown? Social security was
meant for the people who have to work
all their lives for living, and need
some means of sustenance when they
become too feeble to command the re-
spect and employment of our indus
trialists. AS such. this building should
be decorated in the medium under
standable by and representative of the
American working people.
Critics Of art which portrays the real
and commonplace just because it is real
and commonplace have a detrimental
philosophy for these United States. They
hate the common and laboring men, who
are the backbone of our country. II
they had the courage to admit it, they
do not care too much for real democ-
racy. They would cover the sore spots
of the land with false glitter, they would
try to shame the genuine, the truth
full.
expect to see them anyday now
asking to take of the red flags from
construction projects; asking farmers
and workers please not to wear overalls
or use scythes to cut their grain or
hammers to drive their nails; asking
artists to please refrain from any
portrayals Of ordinary people who work
to Nve-it's too much like bloody rev.
olution! ELIZABETH DOUGLAS.
9eptember ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
lion-Heurted

Important as Is Mr.. Churchill's
announcement that Britain will re-
open the Burma road, vital artery Of
China's communications with the
outside world, the Prime Minister'S
renewed appeal to his people for
maintenance of morale is no less
noteworthy. The moving terms in
which he called for 1t are typical
OF the candor which has character
lied his public utterances since he
took office five months ago. In his
initial address as Mr. Chamberlain
successor, he said he had nothing to
offer but blood, toll, tears and
sweat" but that victory at all
costs" and never to surrender"
were his unyielding determination.
Since then Hitler's Luftwaffe blitz-
krieg has rained ruthless destruction
on London and almost every other
corner Of Britain. Even while the
Prime Minister spoke on Tuesday
the heavens reverberated with the
crash OF enemy bombs and the
roar Of defending anti-aircraft
guns in one Of the heaviest raids
the battered metropolis has so far
endured. Yet they could not still
the fervor of the message which
the nations leader was intoning from
his place in Parliament, a message
reflective Of the policy which Mr..
Churchill has adopted-of speaking
only the unadulterated truth, how
ever unpalatable, in dealing with his
countrymen in the hour OF their
peril. He is convinced, in our own
idiom, that they can take it." He
did not shrink from revealing that
afraid casualties, since the war
broke out, amounted to about $500
killed and 10000 injured, up to last
Saturday. This weeks victims must
have added appreciably to those de-
pressing totals.
Eschewing the diffusion of unwar-
ranted hopes that the worst Is over,
MIR. Churchill said:
Long. dark months Of trial and
trlbulation lie before us. Not only
great dangers, but many more
miSfortunes, many shortcomings.
many mistakes, many disappoint-
mentS, will surely be our lot Death
and sorrow will be the companions
OF our journey, hardship our gar
ment, constancy and valor our
only shield. We must be reunited,
we must be inflexible. Our quail
tiles and deeds must burn and
glow through the gloom of Eu-
rope until they become the verita-
BILE beacons of its salvation.
To similar appeals in earlier days
that were dark for Britain, sha did
not fail to respond with courage that
has added new luster to the Anglo
Saxon name and challenged the ad-
miration of freemen everywhere.
That Britons will remain lion
hearted in the soul-trying times
which, their fortnight Prime Min
lister foreshadows, still lie ahead, is
not to be doubted One is con-
strained to cherish unshatterable
faith that under such captaincy Brit
aims subjugation is unthinkable.
What a salutary thing for 50 gallant
a people that at such a moment in
their history there Is Winston
Churchill at the helm, undaunted in
the face Of either the tragic truth or
a merciless foe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Now Is the Time

If they have not been reached
already, decisions of vital Importance
to our country must be made within
the next seven days. These concern
our policy toward the intensifcation
Of the Far Eastern crisis which will
coincide with or shortly follow Great
Britain's reopening of the Burma
road on October II.
The Secretary Of State entered
formal dissent when Britain agreed
to close the road for a period. How
shall we express our approval when
the road is reopened?
There seems to The Star to be only
one creditable and wise answer And
that Is to indicate with studied
clarity to Japan that we are backing
Great Britain to the limit, both in
her heroic defense of her homeland
and Of her Pacific empire; that we
intend to remain and to enforce our
important and legitimate rights in
the East and that we are through
for all time with appeasement and
formal notes of protest.
How this determination is to be
expressed rests, of course, with the
President and his military and diplo-
matte advisers. But it should be
expressed, and in such a way that
Japan understands exactly what we
are talking about. 1t may lie in
strongly reinforcing the Asiatic fleet
It may lie in the announcement of
acquisition of rights from Britain
to use the Singapore naval base
and other bases in the Southern
Pacific for our ships. Prime Min
lister Churchill, we can hope and
believe, was prophetically accurate
when he alluded to the fact that
Japan can expect no aid from her
allies while the British and Amer
lean navies remain In being, as they
certainly do and as they certainly
will" Regardless Of the means chosen
to express 1t, Japan must be told
now that the decision rests with her
whether she Is to return unequivo-
cally to the basis of the friendly
power she once was vis-a-vis this
Nation, fully recognizing the treaties
she has now violated, or whether she
wants war.
An expression Of vigorous determi-
nation and the seizure OF the initia-
tive by democratic nation at this
time would be a tonic to nations
crushed under the heel of the axis
or trembling at totalitarian frowns.
It would rekindle hope in their
hearts; abate their dread Of the con-
sequence Of defying totalitarianism;
refute at least the claim that democ-
racy is incapable of decisiveness. For
with the exception of Britain, now
with her back to the wall because she
delayed, every other European de-
mocracy which has waited for the
dictators to take the initiative has
paid with its life for the mistake.
AS a Nation, we cannot afford to
delay any longer. We certainly can
not afford to continue to supply
Japan with a single item Of those
materials she needs to press her
conquests and sit back while she
insolently threatens US with war.
That we have done so for several
years past has been, as matters have
turned out, incredibly shortsighted.
We must seize the initiative and
Aa%
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10

A current punishment for an erring
German schoolboy is to write out
fifty times the sentence, II am given
to lying, and am therefore not pure
Aryan." If that be true, how much
under Aryan "par" Is Hitler?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10

Kings Carol and Michael Of Ru-
mania seem firmly committed to the
principle of rotation In Office.
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@. Could you please tell me the names
of the members Of the electoral college?
d. o.
A. The members Of the electoral
college are selected under the laws Of the
various States on election day in Novem-
Der It is impossible to tell their names
in advance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
EXCESS PROFITS
TAX BILL SENT
TO WHITE HOUSE
Continued from Page One)

\NOAtAllucu 1TOm rage One)
committee of members from both
chambers. The house p a S S e d il
first after little debate and the sen.
ate quickly followed suit after a
brief discussion.
Some members expressed dissat-
isfaction with the measure.
Rep. Treadway (R-Mass) tolo
the house that the bill was only
the entering wedge of the mos1
extravagant line of taxation this
or any other country has ever
known"
Asserting that the measure was
difficult for any but tax experts
to understand, he added that new
ertheless it was the best bill we
could get under the circumstances
Senator King D-Utah), a mem.
Der of the conference committee.
said he had numerous objections
to the compromised bill but hac
reluctantly decided to sign the com
mittee's report.
It was his opinion, he said, tina
congress should not have passee
any tax bill at this time because
in January it would have to con
slider a revenue measure to raise
mot one billion but three, four
five or six billion, perhaps more
At that time, he added, congress!
would possibly sweep it fhe pres
ent bilD all out the window"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
Carolina Beach Road
Project Bid Received

RALEIGH, Oct. 1.-LR-T h e
highway and public works commits
sion received generally unusual
ly good bids" today when it open
ed proposals for construction of
the Carolina Beach road.
Commission members will can
vass the bids tomorrow. They sur
veyed flood damage at Caledonia
prison farm today.
Among projects and low bidders
tabulated this afternoon were:
Halifax county, widening struc-
lures and approaches between En-
field and Halifax on route 3O1:
Bowers Construction company OF
Whiteville, $17, 1857. so.
New Hanover county, s a n c
asphalt widening and resurfac-
ing on 5.66 miles of route 421 be
tween Wilmington and Caroline
Beach; F. D. Cline of Raleigh
500, 500.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
MEXICAN GENERAL
KILLED ON EVE
OF BIG UPRISING
Continued from Page One)

planned to strike with the lawn
to seize the garrison, governors
palace, city hall, and all other
state and local offices.
One of the generals friends was
killed with him, a soldier W as
wounded, seven persons were ar
rested and the other alleged plot
tiers fled in the darkness fir m
their headquarters over rooftops
and to the adjacent STREETS.
Although the authorities b e a i
Zarzosa to the draw, it was report
ed that half a dozen bridges were
fired by the accused plotters.
There was, however, no Interrupt
ton in international train service
between Monterrey and Laredo,
Tex, $50 miles to the north, and
other trains reached Monterrey on
time during the night.
Tonight Monterrey was quiet and
the authorities said the revolution
airy movement was dead. The Mex
lean War department insisted other
parts of the country were tranquil.
This was the first attempt on a
stable scale by Almazan's sup
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
MacRAE URGES CITY
DEVELOPMENT DRIVE
Continued from Page One)

He complimented Lieut.. Colonel
George Gillette on his alertness in
projects of this type, and asked that
local citizens back him up" in the
future. He said that Col. Gillette
was "one Of Wilmington's greatest
assets"
In his discussion of the proposed
military training camp and the need
for new highways, Mr.. MacRae
brought out the need for these oh.
Jectlves in a defense program, saying
lhat troops would be needed quickly
on the coast in case of attack by an
invader. He declared that Whining
ton, as a coastal city, should be ade.
quately prepared for whatever is tn
come.
Mr.. MacRae showed members of
the club pictures which have been
taken at Castle Hayne, Delco, St
Helena, and WOODBURY., during the
development of these communities
IN n past 40 years. He showed
now the purchasing power in these
sections has grown with the develop
OF farms and gardens, speaking
from his 40 years of experience in
this field. He mentioned as an ex.
ample of how the rural sections car
be encouraged through the planting
OF manganese clover, which offers
five months of winter grazing, re.
seeds ~abundantly, and enriches the
soil with nitrogen. This innovation.
alone, he said, is opening up a new
era in the south.
"A great city," he said, must be
backed by a country that is happy
and ~prosperous."
Prior to Mr.. MacRae's speech, w
d. McCaig, who was appointed re-
Gently to meet with representatives
of other civic clubs to arrange fol
a proposed joint session on local de
Tense matters, reported and the Ro,
tarians voted to meet with the other
civic clubs the night of Wednesday
October 16.
1t was also announced at yester.
days meeting that the Wilmington
club will be host to an inter-city
meeting on the evening of Tuesday,
October s, at 7 o'clock. The session
will be attended by members of the
Whiteville, Tabor City, Chadbourn
Charlton and Elizabethtown clubs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
LONDON IS FACING
BITTER WAR WINTER
Continued from Page One)

Garth Russell Evans noted for
quick thinking and quick action
was made dictator" of London's air
raid shelters. Sleeping accomoda-
lions and heating are the principal
problems.
2. The mother-and-child removal
plan was extended to the IA London
boroughs hardest hit by the German
attacks.
8. All adults with no vital reasons
for remaining were urged by Special
Housing Commissioner Harry Will.
link to leave.
4. Food Minister Lord Woolton an
nounced that So emergency feeding
centers have been opened for the
city's homeless.
5. "Official assurances were given
that a new defense system is being
developed to combat the Nazi night
attacks.
During daylight today four Ger
man planes were reported officially
to have been shot down in what the
air and home security ministries
called several abortive attacks on
the south of England" Three Brit
ish planes were acknowledged miss
ing.
"a small number" of Nazi planes,
however, admittedly reached London
and a point near the Welsh coast,
causing some injuries and deaths.
New intensity of the German war
at sea was disclosed, meanwhile, with
the admiralty's announcement that
merchant shipping losses in the week
ending Sept. % were 10 British,
three Allied and five neutral vessels
Of 1884, 88 tons, about three times
the weekly average.
Specializing on this sudden squirt,
informed sources said it might be
pure luck or the use of French and
Italian submarines as commerce
raiders.
Nevertheless, they said, 1--WE must
be prepared for these things and
declared that, in view of the pre-
vious success of conveys in filling
British warehouses to overlooking,
the sinkings were not to be consid-
cred serious.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
Marines TRUCK
TOURING SECTION
Recruiting Vehicles Will Be In
Wallace Today And Visits
Clinton Thursday

The United States Marine corps
,orniting truck visited Whiteville
,.s+erday in the first leg of its
,nr.dav trip through this section
,r the purpose of enlisting younG
,or for the service.
Three youths were recruited into
service at Whiteville.
The truck, which is in charge Of
+,oeant Carl R. Harper, will be
Wallace today, in Clinton Thurs
and will return to Raleigh FRI
The mobile recruiting unit ar
we'd in Wilmington, where it vii
l..on its headquarters while or
+5nr. Monday night.
vome men in communities nee
wallace and Clinton are asked /
,on+act the truck at those point
todav and tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02

Obituaries
LEROY MURRAY

Funeral services for Leroy Muir
ray, 29-year-old Atlantic c o a S t
Line Railroad fireman, who died
in Pittman hospital at Fayetteville
Saturday night at $3.50 o'clock from
injuries received in an automobile
accident between Fayetteville and
Fort Bragg were held from the
home of his parents at 307 Har-
nett street yesterday morning at
1890 o'clock.
The Rev. Herbert Strickland
conducted the services.
Active pallbearers were: Alex
Porter, j.. L. Matthews, j. W.
George, Tim Farrow, Harry Mer-
rift, and R. c. Creech. Honorary
pallbearers were: j. j. Over
ton, Ronald Lane, Joe Norriss, j.
H. Ferguson, H. M. Scharr, W. A.
Spencer, Jr., A. T. Parker,
Charles Cherry, Mutt Spencer, Bill
Fisher, Tommy Thompson a n d
Travis Wick.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
FRANK RILEY

Funeral services for Frank Riley,
Sc, of III Pauline avenue in East
Wilmington, who died in a local hos
pltal Monday morning at 1880
o'clock after a long illness, were
held from the chapel of Andrews
mortuary yesterday afternoon at 8
o'clock.
The Rev. E. w. Halleck conduct
ed the services. Interment followed
in Bellevue cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Buck
Mause, Clarence Banner, Clifton
Roberts, Fred Davis, Randolp h
Bradshaw, w. Ralph Smith.
He is survived by three SONS, OAR
rell Riley, Of Houston, Tex, Lyle
Riley and John Riley, of Whining
ton; and two brothers, E. H. Riley,
Of Bassett, Nebraska, and Thomas
w. Riley of Kansas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02

porters to bring about the revolu-
ton which they have predicted is
coming to Mexico, although troops
have put down small rebel uprls-
ings in several states since Alma
Fan was declared the loser in
July's presidential election to Ger
eral Manuel Avila Camacho, the
administration candidate to sue
coed President Lazaro Cardenas.
Almazan, insisting he was
counted out" has gone to the
United States. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
BUTLER, SNEEDEN
NAMED DEPUTIES
Continued from Page One)


Kure's Beaches, and S. V. Sneeden,
former night jailer.
N. J. Calder, member of the coun-
ty ABC law enforcement agency,
was named to succeed Sneeden as
night jailer.
The purchase of a new automobile
for use by the sheriff's office was
also announced. The car and the
additional officers were provided for
in the 1940-41 budget of the county
as adopted by the commissioners.
The appointments went into affect
yesterday.
Sheriff Jones said that Sneeden
and Butler will work in the capacity
of county patrolmen and outside
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
MRS. H. C.

CHADBOURN, Oct. Mrs. H.
C. Rodgers, Sc, died at her home
near Hallsboro last night at z
o'clock after an illness of about
two weeks.
Funeral services were h e l d
from the Weyman Methodist
church, near Acme, this after
noon at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. R.
J. Raspberry officiating. Interment
followed in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Rodgers was a member of
the Acme Baptist church. She is
survived by her husband; one
daughter, Miss Mary Rodgers; one
brother, Aaron Larkins, of Acme.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
WILLIAM NAPIER
IS FOUND DEAD
Continued from Page One)

A native of Fayetteville. Mamie,
was graduated from Wilmington
High school and attended Virginia
Military institute and the University
here. He spent 1898 in study and
traVel abroad on a fellowship award
ed by the Belgian government. He
had held a teaching fellowship at the
university since 1885 and had COM
pleted practically all his work for a
doctorate.
Survivors include the widow, form
erly Elizabeth Dixon of Fayetteville
his mother, Mrs. J. Napier of Viii.
minston and Whiteville: and three
brothers, Enrol Napier of Whining.
ton, George Napier of Miami, Fla.
and Charles Napier of Monroe.
Funeral plans were not announced
tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
VAZIS LIST AIMS
OF BRITISH RAIDS
Continued from Page One)

L
and tbe sinking of 49,760 tons of
Ginning eight vessels in all by
submarines.
The Big Berthas on the channel
roast shelled ships at Dover with
visible success" it was stated.
Moreover. German pilots claimed
IN have shot down a dozen British
fighters today with no losses among
their OWN squadrons, and the newest
attacks on London itself were de-
s.rihed officially as highly sue
cessful.
Mondays British losses yer
placed at IS, against 81 Germans.
By contrast, German officials in
sisted that little damage was done
ly the British in last nights record
rlid on Berlin. which kept the city
mder alarm five hours and eight
minutes. and declared this was be-
,ause the attackers were flying
novices" sent over primarily for
raining purposes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
MAIZE SELLERS

Miss Maize Sellers, so died at the
New Hanover county home Sun.
day morning at 6 o'clock follow
ing a long illness.
Funeral services were h e l &
from the Yopp Funeral Home yes
terday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
with the Rev. c. D. Barclift, pastor
of the Fifth Avenue Methodist
church officiating. Interment fol.
lowed in Bellevue cemetery.
Active pallbearers we're: L. c.
LeGwin, S. G.. Long, S. P. Branch,
L. ]. Coleman, Charles J. King and
B. F. Britain. Honorary pallbear.
ers were: George w. Trask, j. o.
Hinton, W. F. LeGwin and Levi
Mcmillan.
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Minnie Sargent, of Belmar, N.
j., and Mrs. Hatty Swami, of Jack
sonville, Fla.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
MRS. SARAH j. GARRELL

TABOR CITY, Oct. /. - Funeral
services for Mrs. Sarah Jane Gar.
rell, 81, highly esteemed Tabor City
woman, who died at the home of
her son, C. D. Garrell, Monday, were
held from the home this afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock.
The Rev. Winfrey Davis conduct
ed the services. Interment was made
in the family cemetery at Iron Hill.
She is survived by four sons, r.
M, S. w, J. F., and c. D. Garrell;
two daughters, Mrs. c. C. Soles and
Miss Sally Garrell; n sister, Mrs.
Fannie Ward, of Nakina.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
r ELIZA PHELPS

Mrs. Eliza Phelps, Is, died at her
home in Supply on Sept. "a, after a
short illness.
Funeral services were held on
Sept. 25, at Prospect church in
Brunswick county.
Surviving are three sons, George,
Robert and Jim, and three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Molly Corral, Mrs. Rose
Clemmons, and Mrs. Betsy Sellers,
80 grandchildren, and several great
grandchildren.