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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
WASHINGTON

BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON Dec. 19.-Capital people:
Being a Texan and not exactly a young
man, he is an AL hunter and a crack shot
because 40 years ago there were few men
in that country worth their salt who couldn't
get a quail with each barrel and drop a deer
as far he could draw a bead.
But this man has Nimrod's own rabbits
foot in his pocket, too, and hardly ever takes
the field but that he makes hunting history.
A few years ago, for example, he went grouse
hunting in Scotland. It is customary there,
it seems, to hunt from butts, or blinds, strung
in a line up a hill. The lowest blind is con-
sidered the worst and the hunters draw straws
for them the first time, then move up in
progression until each has had a shot from
every blind.
This fellow drew the worst blind but got the
first grouse. From then on almost every bird
that flushed flew straight into the blind he
happened to be in an he got them all. They're
still talking about that in Scotland.
OF late, this man hasn't been hunting much.
. . what with national defense, elections and
all. But the other day, a friend, Stewart Mac
Donald, assistant federal loan administrator,
finally persuaded him to take in a wild turkey
shoot in Maryland, just across the West Vir-
ginia line.
From here on, it's McDonald's story:
knew it, 1 knew it. I never saw anything like
it. All afternoon we hunt, working every inch
of ground we have time to cover. And what
happens? We see two turkeys, both shots for
him and him only, and he drops them with
one shot each just as if he had been shooting
wild turkeys every day of his life. Not another
person got a chance to fire a gun. I never
saw anything like it."
He is Jesse Jones, sometimes referred to
as secretary of commerce, sometimes as fed
eral loan administrator, but always as one of
the best hunters in this neck of the woods.
BUT THIS ONE HATES GUNS
He saw broadway and Forty-second street
pass from the gold-and-champagne days of
Rectors and Diamond JIM Brady and Zieg-
field and Anna Held to tawdry cross streets
with grind movie houses, fruit juice stands,
Minsky burlesques and flea circuses. He was
manager of the famous old New Amsterdam
theater up until the day that she gasped her
last as a legitimate theater and put on the
%trappings of a cinema. He tells it this way:
'Do you know the first bad break the Am
sterdam had? When they put in a shooting
gallery next door. Yessir, that was the first.
I knew it then and I was right. After that,
cheap restaurants, fruit juice stands, gimcrack
stores, movies, burlycues and all the rest. . F..
and finally the street was gone.
II came to Washington after that to manage
the National tthe capitals only legitimate
theater) and you can imagine how my heart
sank when I walked up E street, looked across,
and saw, almost next door to the theater, a
shooting gallery.
The other day, a fellow was in here with
a petition. It seems you have to have sigma
lures of most of the property owners in the
block before you can put in a shooting gallery
and this fellow wanted to put In another
shooting gallery on the other side of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
On Their Way

The British campaign in Africa and the
reached a point where one holds ones breath,
hardly daring to hope for anything more. In
the few days of their lightning attack the
British have wiped out all the gains Marshal
Graziani's forces had made in three laborious
months and taken at least one important
Italian stronghold over the border in Libya.
In Albania the astonishing Greeks are con-
tinuning to drive the Fascists toward the sea
despite snow, bitter cold and heavy Italian
endorsements.
It seems hardly in the book for these Medi-
terranean allies to pile more victories Just
now on top of the ones they have already
won. By all the rules the British advance
ought to slow up sometime to consolidate
positions already won, to bring up supplies
and fresh troops to meet the vastly superior
Italian forces. The Greek army is still like
a man living on borrowed time. ALI the mill
tary experts gave it up long ago and even
now there are few who will give it any chance
of ultimate success.
But if it is the part of caution not to expect
too much, the hope will not down that both
the British and the Greeks will be able to
continue adding, day by day, to the successes
they have already Won in these two theatres
OF war. A complete rout of the Italians would
be scarsely more fantastic or incredible than
what has happened thus far. And it must be
remembered that armies which nave accom-
plished the impossible have an added weapon
in their belts . the high confidence that stems
from their achievements.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
Quicken The Defense Pace

On all sides there are signs that the nation
is rousing itself from its complacency over
the progress of the defense program. Groups
Of educators, men of affairs, industrialists,
news commentators and editorial columns,
military experts and government officials are
calling for action. We are seeing with a new
clarity what we must do > and are not doing
There is one problem now that overshadows
all others, and that is the problem of produc-
ing for defense. We must have guns, tanks,
airplanes, munitions, all the weapons a nation
must have in this day when might alone
counts. We must have them to maintain the
fighting front in Britain. We must have them
for our own security. We are not getting them
in sufficient quantities, or soon enough, for
either purpose. ,yrr
Not only in this one branch of the program
Idoes a terrible urgency exist. There is also
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
OBITUARIES
FLETCHER j. BROWER

Funeral rites for Fletcher J.
Brewer, 81, of Washington. D. c..
Who died in Washington Monday
afternoon. We're held from the Yopp
funeral home yesterday morning
at II o'clock.
The Rev. George B. Webster con-
Quoted the services. Interment fol-
lowed in Oakdale cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Ar
thur E. Read. Floyd Cox, Albert
Harris, Jesse Groom, Martin Elan
agan, and Herbert smith. Honor.
airy pallbearers w e r e: Charlie
Lopez, W. z. Corbett, Aaron Sal
ings, Walter Barnes, George Jones
and Tom Groom.
He is survived by a daughter,
Miss Betty Brewer, of Washington
and Wilmington, a sister, Mrs. j.
B. Taylor, of Wilmington, a brother
F. L. Brewer, of Memphis, Tenn.
and a haf-sister, Mrs. Frank Stan.
Gil, Of Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
|NESBlTT COURT
| TENANTS GATHER
Plans For Christmas Enter.
tainment Discussed; Win
dow Contest Slated

Tenants Of the Charles T. Nesbitt
Court, white housing project here,
held their first meeting in the Com
munity hall last night with about
100 persons present.
Plans for Christmas entertainment
were discussed, with those present
voting to have a Christmas tree in
the hall Monday night.
A Christmas pageant, directed by
the WPA adult education division,
will be presented in the hall Sum-
day night at 1880 o'clock.
The tenants voted to set in motion
the machinery for organizing a per
manent Tenant association. III. r.
Emory, executive manager of the
Housing Authority of the City OF
Wilmington, was authorized to ap'
point a committee to draw up plans
for such an organization and present
them at a general meeting to be held
after the first of the year.
Emory announced at the meeting
that he will give two prizes of S.
and $3.50 for the best decorated win
dows at Nesbitt Court during the
holidays. A committee of judges is
to be appointed to inspect the win,
dows.
DR.. W. H. Moore, chairman of the
housiny authority, made a short talk
on housing at the meeting.
The tenants voted to appoint a
committee to take up a collection for
the Star-News Empty Stocking fund.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
School Buses On Highways

Already. before the project is fairly start
ed. Holly Ridge traffic has created a problem.
Drivers of the four school buses which use
the highway passing the site of the anti-air-
craft base report that they have difficulty
getting through because of multiplying autos
and trucks. Nor does increasing motor traffic
create their only problem. They say that the
rail branch near the turpentine plant, which
was rarely used before, is now in use at fire.
quent intervals every day.
All of this activity. of course, is an indica-
ton of conditions to be anticipated with the
coming of an army of workmen to construct
the necessary buildings at Holly Ridge and,
later, the soldiers who will train there. It also
indicates the need for a special and prompt
safety program on roads in the region Of the
base. This is essential in the interest of high
way safety and especially for the protection
of children who ride school buses. They must
not be endangered.
The drivers say that ~autoists, particularly
newcomers from other states, pass while their
buses are at a standstill, in complete disre-
gard of the law requiring all vehicles, either
" 4O11OW414S SA1OO OuoCo, " julio
to a complete stop as long as a school bus is
stationary and to remain still until arriving or
departing children have safely crossed the
road. The drivers think that more emphasis
should be placed on this requirement by all
authorities, by contractors, by the army con-
struction personnel, and by residents of this
area. It is their thought that this violation of
a wise law is more the result Of Ignorance
than of willfulness and that a word of caution
to offenders will stop it. AS for the grade
crossing, they believe that the increasing rail
traffic calls for q Waterman, for gates, for
automatic signal lights and bells, or other
warning.
Whatever speed is made in meeting the
emergency to be created by the tremendous
influx of workers and soldiers at Holly Ridge,
it is apparent that the safety of school chill
dren in buses should have immediate atten-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
Star-News Program

Consolidated C~ity-County Government
under CouncilManager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial ShoUs.
Seaside Highway from Wrightsville
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, pid-
er Turning Basin, With ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, ola
orion Plantation.
Deve1opme emf OF Pulp Wood Production
through sustained-yi yield methods through
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Promo.
tional Agency, supported BY n county.
Wide tar.
s%hipyards and Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital ~iities for Dhites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development of native grape grooin0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis sanatoriuns.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20

a crying need for eliminating the causes that
have contributed to it. The service depart
ments have farther to 60 in getting rid OF
red tape and business and in coordinating
their programs. The defense commission needs
greater authority to mesh the gears between
the services and industry. Producer and labor
will both have to develop new and better
means of meeting the demands placed upon
them.
The President, back from his vacation, finds
a great opportunity awaiting him. The country
is anxious and uneasy. but this restlessness
can be turned into achievement. If Mr.. Roose-
welt gives the whole program force and direc-
ton, the chance will not be frittered away.
That he will take the reins is hardly to be
doubted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
CHANGES ORDERED
IN JOB AGENCIES
Joseph Guide, Manager O1
Lumberton Office, Will
GO To Fayetteville

Joseph S. Guide, manager OF the
rrmberton office of the North Car
olina State Employment service,
will assume the managership OF
the Fayetteville office effective
January /, the Wilmington NOSES
office reported yesterday.
GUIDE will succeed J m A.
Gawthrop, who will be assigned
the managership of the Reidsville
office, taking the place of Dan H.
Jones, being transferred to tn e
Lexington office.
Guide, who began his employ
|ment service career as an inter-
viewer in the Winston-Salem office,
had previously served as manager
of the Henderson office.
The new Fayetteville NOSES Of
flee manager will be responsible
for continuing activity at Fort
Bragg and the transfer of work.
ers from there to Holly Ridge and
other job opportunities which may
open in the state.
During the past four months the
Fayetteville office under the lead
ership of Gawthrop made one of
the highest placement records of
any of the 1000 public employ
ment offices in the United States,
the local office reported. He is
credited with the task of securing
the employer cards and actually
placing the men on the $4,000 jobs
filled at the fort. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
Let The Lights Shine

In many Of the countries of Europe whole
populations will retire on the night before
Christmas in total darkness, in subterranean
hideouts, their hearts filled with sadness and
minds harassed with uncertainty.
If they are spared to awaken on Christmas
morn, it will be to face a gray day. The
cloud of war will hover over them, mayhap
close down upon them and snuff out their
spark of life. Yes, Christmas in Europe will
be a day of bafflement and bitterness. All
that Christmas stands for, its promise, its
hone, its happiness, its kindly fellowship, will
III missing for the peoples Of nations still at
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
Reu. Herbert Talks AT
Brigade Boys Supper

Giving Their Best was the
theme of a talk by the Rev. j. F.
Herbert, pastor of Grace Metho-
dist church, at a Christmas sup
per given the boys of the Brigade
Boys club last night.
About rs boys we're present for
the program. The Rev. Herbert
gave the invocation and w. R.
Dosher led in group singing with
Mrs. F. L. King accompanying at
the piano.
The dinner was arranged by the
ladies Of the Brigade Auxiliary, of
which Mrs. Walter Keen is the
leader. Following the supper ses-
sion, the boys were presented with
an orange and a bag of candy as
they marched out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
Yule Party Planned At
Temple Church Tonight

A Christmas party will be given
at the Temple Baptist church to-
night at 1880 o'clock. with a play
let, "The Candlelight," being pre-
scented by the Intermediate depart
ment.
The young people department choir
will assist in the staging of the
playlet.
Included in the cast Of the playlet
are, Misses Marguerite Smith, Wini-
fred R~ivenbark, Louise Murray,
Margare' Weinberg, Peggy Greene,
Julian Ann Coleman, and ]. A. West,
Davis Howes, Lehman Greene and
William Lassiter.
After the presentation a Christ
mas tree, with Santa Claus playing
the host, will be held.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20

National. I told him as gently as
could the story I just told you and
then I said: My friend. / can't lei
you do it. If one shooting gallery
can kill 42nd and Broadway. what
do you think two would do to the
National Theater!"
His name is Edmund Plohn
RASSELIN' FAN
For three hours, he sat at ring.
side in Arnica hall and cheerea
and rooted and jumped to his feet
and made motions to explain i,,st
what he meant as the grunt.and.
struggle boys in the ring went
through those wild gyrations If
mythical slaughter that in these
days passes for wrestling.
He whopped for the beefy heroes
and Kissed the bearded villains.
He had a whale of a time.
He was Sen. Gerald p. Nye ~
North pakota-relaxin9.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
DEFENSE PROGRAM
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tiles is the major industry, all other
lines of business felt the quickening
effect Of it's revival. The Duke Power
company, for instance, which serves
more than half the spindles Of the
two states, announced this week a
$4,000, 900 addition to a steam-electric
plant already under construction at
a cost of $4,000, 900, to meet the
growing demands for power.
Governor-Elect J. M. Broughton of
North Carolina who will take office
next month, expressed a note of
optimism in al interview this week,
predicting that the state would enter
l941 with unsurpassed business and
industrial activity and a chance to
reap rich reward from national de.
Tense building"
Our state will have less unem-
ployment than at any time in the
last ten years-perhaps any time in
history" he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
St. Andrews Choir To
Present The Messiah

The st. Andrews Presbyterian
church choir will present its fifth an
nual rendition Of George Frederick
Handel's o~ratorio, 1.-THE Messiah" to-
night at 8 o'clock.
The choir of As voices will be un-
der the direction of George L. Walk
er, Jr., graduate Of Westminster
Choir college, Princeton, N. J. Laura
Howell Norden will be at the con.
sole of the new Pitcher organ.
The program for the evening is as
follows: Overture, recitative %(tenor)
Comfort Ye," Aria (%tenor) Every
Valley Shall Be Exalted" chorus
And the Glory of the Lord" Aria
(bass) But Who May Abide the
Day of His Coming" r~ecitative icon.
tralto) "Behold! A Virgin Shall Con-
ceive," Aria (%contralto) 20 Thou
That Tellest Good Tidings," chorus
20 Thou That Tellest Good Tidings,'
chorus For Unto Us A Child Is
Born" organ Pastoral Symphony
recitative, %(soprano) There were
Shepherds Abiding In the Fields, reel.
tative. (soprano) And Lo! The An.
gel of the Lord Came Upon Them
r~ecitative (soprano) "And the Angel
Said Unto Them" recitative $50
prano) "And Suddenly There Was
With the Angel" chorus "Glory To
God,'' Aria (soprano) REJOICE, O
Daughter of Zion," recitative icon.
tralto) "Then Shall the Eyes OF
the Blind Be Opened" recitative
(contralto) HE Shall Feed His
Flock Like 9 Shepherd" Aria $50
prano) Come Unto Him All Ye
That Labor" chorus Behold the
Lamb Of God" Aria %(soprano) How
Beautiful Are the Feet of Them that
Preach" quartet "Since By Man
Came DEATH" chorus by Man Came
Also the Resurrection of the Dead
quartet For AS In Adam All Die"
chorus Even So In Christ Shall All
Be Made Alive" chorus "Hallelu'
jah!" Congregation standing.) Ben.
ediction,
The public is invited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
CHIEFS PREF ARE

LoNHON, Dec. 19.-R-A m i d
sporadic and light air raids to-
night, Britain's military chiefs So
berly prepared to resist a German
invasion attempt they believe
might come from a half dozen
points.
The recent lull in bombing, part
ly attributable to u~nfavorable
weather, has not lessened anxiety
Of military circles who point out
that one night Of Coventry raids
at a half dozen small ports like
Brighton and Torquay on the chan
mel could so disorganize them that
they would be open to the landing
of troops.
Suppose" they say, Coventry
had been a seaport. What would
have happened if Germany had in
vaded that port the following
dawn" /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
ITALY ABANDONS
PALERMO BAY IN
FLIGHT TO CHIMARA
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der exhorting Greeks at the outset
Of the war to fight with stubborn
ness and unlimited endurance"
General Papagos said:
This you have done throughout.
All Greece is proud and the whole
world is following with admiration
from victory.
'Neither sacrifices nor priva-
tons, nor pain o even winter
prevented us from repelling the
invader, overthrowing him from
strong positions and facing him
fearlessly and relentlossly.
"Your blows placed him in a
very difficult position. A large part
of his forces are almost disbanded
and without morale -. u enemy
is shaken on front before you and
in Africa before the English, he
is shaken internally. Winter is &C
celebrating his disintegration." S
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BRITISH PLAN BIG .
ATTACK ON BARDIA
CONTINUED from age One)

missing-were officially put at less
than 1000.
Royal Air force reports indicated
that the earlier heavy Italian flight
observed toward Tobruk had
thinned out. There were some in
dications that a gradual retreat
from Tobruk, similar to that from
Bardia, was the Italian plan. A
withdrawal toward Derna, LIS
miles within Libya, had been re-
ported by British pilots earlier in
the week.
Inside. and about the perimeter
Of Bardia heavy fighting went on
during the day.. The Fascists were
known to have plentiful supplies,
and British military sources sug-
gested that the operation might re-
quire some time, although they
expressed no doubt about the ulti-
mate issue. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
Grace Church Plans
Special Yule Service

A "White Christmas" service will
be held at Grace Methodist church
Sunday morning at II o'clock, with
members of the congregation asked
to bring gifts of food wrapped in
white paper.
The food will be distributed among
the poor of the city.
The pastor, the Rev. ]. F.. Her
bert, will preach a Christmas SER
mon.
Sunday night at 8 o'clock, the
young people of the church will give
a Christmas pageant.
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TOP o. THE MORNING

I cannot tell uohy He aohom angels Worshjp
Should set His 1oue upon the sons OF men,
Or aohy as Shepherd He should seek the Wdn
deTeTS
And bring them back, I Enow not how or Dhen.
But this I KNOB that He W1s born OF Mary,
When Beth1ehen1's stable Uds His only home,
And that at Nazeruth He 1ued and Mbored,
so the Saviour, Saviour OF the World is
come.
SAMUEL M. ZWEMER.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
Rain, Slightly Warmer
Temperatures ForecG''

Rain and slightly warmer selr
peratures were forecast for 'or as.
by weather bureau offlclaiS
night. ,.crpes
A low temperature OF a degIes'
is expected early this mo[hn md
Gentle to moderate n~orthedS' hore
east winds will predominant i'''
today. ,oed
Temperature yesterday Tans NJ
from a high of 81 to a ~" ,vo
81 degrees, with the mean
below the 48.desree normal
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
City Briefs
CARS DAMAGED

One car was overturned and
both were damaged yesterday
morning at 7:43 o'clock when an
automobile operated by Gilbert
Justice, Of Atkinson, and Leroy
Sudbury, negro, Of SCOTS Hill.
cOllided at Seventh and Market
streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
DENIAL

WASHINGTON, Dec. 49, Up -
The German embassy tonight de-
MED that arrangements had been
made with American authorities to
transfer 800 sailors from the scut.
tied German liner Columbus from
angel Island in San Francisco Bay
70 an abandoned CCC camp near
Fort Stanton. New Mexico
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
HELD o.

ElwOOd Rivenbark was arrest
ed by police yesterday on a
charge of robbery after he al
legedly held William Aubrey
while an unknown party robbed
his pocket of four dollars and
some change.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
CARS COLLIDE

Automobiles driven by C. L..
Justice and Austin Hull were
involved in a collision at Seventh
and Chestnut streets, with DAM
ages to both cars resulting yes
terday afternoon, police reported.
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CHURCHILL WARNS
BRITAIN AGAINST
GERMAN INVASION
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favorable for such an attempt; to
meet it, Britain has approximately
5000, 900 men under the colors In
the United Kingdom, regulars and
home guardsmen.
In particular, the prime minister
noted the ~slackening in German air
attacks in the past few days-a
slackening which, he said, might
easily be Sin preparation for some
other form of activity" !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
ARRESTED

Police yesterday arrested Sam
Brown, negro, 400 Bladen street,
on a charge of reckless operation
of an automobile with damages
after he allegedly drove his car
into a car driven by John Rose,
damaging it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
WALLET STOLEN

George L. Stearns, Of Green.
vile Sound, reported to police
yesterday that while his car was
parked at Fifth, and Orange
streets that someone stole q
wallet, containing a registration
card and drivers license, from
the pocket of the car.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-20
AUTO ARREST

2. Bass, negro, SO Nixon
street, was arrested by police
yesterday on a charge Of reck.
less operation with injuries after
he allagedl. struck Joe Jones on
q bicycle, injuring him.