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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
otter BUSINESS
CLUB TO MEET
,,.,,,o And HERS, Port Com.
'''' mission Leaders, Viii.
Be Speakers

orogram looking toward an en-
Lament of the facilities of the
s ls+ If Wilmington will be con-
~, sed at a special meeting of the
su. business club of Wilmington
O'clock Monday evening at the
Cottage, Wrightsville Beach.
n,e clubs committe on port de-
Invent, which includes W. M.
TH emtt chairman, Phillip Schultz,
new Merritt, and L. A. Williams,
L. heen taking steps to initiate
s,,ch a program.
rvr,s D. Hogue, chairman, and
HERS. manager, of the Wilm-
acton Port commission, and a rep
lnassntative from the state depart
Isent Of conservation and develop
mont will be among the discussion
LADDERS at the meeting.
c1,,b officials we're advised yes
.ordsv that either j. T. Anderson,
" the division of commerce and in
drstrv. or Cecil Bell would repre-
oont the conservation and develop
ment department.
The special meeting will mark
Tho first definite attempt of the
cl,,b since its recent organization.
~ ~ m,sh one Of its major detectives.
N. further development of port ia
c@ili.ies.
The club is seeking the enlarge
mont of port facilities so as to take
care Of the coastwise and import
and export ocean trade to and from
those manufacturing centers of
North and South Carolina that
should logically handle their ship
ments through the local port rather
than have them diverted elsewhere
as at present.
The club plans to correlate its
major project activities with SIM
liar groups and agencies in the
community for the advancement of
Wilmington and Southeastern North
Carolina. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

flcers took place. DR.. W. I. Taylor,
president; Edward Farrior, first
vice-president; R. V. Biberstein,
second vice-president; John T.
Wells, third vice-president; Ed
ward Wheels, secretary; Leon H.
Corbett, treasurer; William James
Murray, lion tanner; and Jack Am
ster, tail twister. T. D. O'Quinn,
the retiring president, and DR.. w.
l. Taylor, the new president, made
short talks.
A program consisting of several
violin solos, by Charles D. Viii,
liams, of Fayetteville, accompan-
led at the piano by Miss Margaret
Belts, was enjoyed. A number OF
magical illusions was also present,
ed by Charles D. Williams.
A delicious dinner was served by
the Burgaw Chapter of the Eastern
Star. After the program dancing
was enjoyed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Wrightsville Dredging
Creates New Waterfront

Wrightsville Beach is growing
out of bounds.
So great has been the growth OF
the resort town in recent years that
a great need for additional water
front property has been felt.
10 answer this need four of the
leading realtors of Wilmington
Hugh 4IacRae, c. B. Parmele,
Moore-Fonvielle Realty Co., and
Frederick Willetts-have formed a
company which plans a modern de-
velopment on the northern end OF
the island.
The Company has purchased
from Hugh MacRae and Company
all of the property north of Sails
bury street (the present northern
most PARKING area) with a view to
putting into effect Immediately a
modern development.
Dredges are at work in Wrights.
vile Sound throwing sand on the
northern tip of the island, creating
new building lots and simultane.
ously forming a beautiful bay.
Seeing a need at the resort island
for more permanent construction
the company plans to divide the
waterfront property into lots larger
than the usual run of lots al
Wrightsville Beach, enabling the
owners to construct larger a n {
more permanent beach residences
Dredging work has been going or
for the past week and it is antici
pated construction of homes on the
new land will begin when these
preliminaries have been success
fully completed.
The work is being done by the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Wrightsville

addition No. 2, Wrightsville
Beach.
William M. Hill to D. O. Liv-
ingston, part of lot 8, block 205.
city.
Frederick Willetts and j. B. Sid
bury to w. E.. Spooner, lot 81,
Chestnut Heights.
George H. Hutaff to L. c. Kure.
lot 10, block l, section A, Fort
Fisher Beach.
L. c. Kure to Osmundo Lopez,
lot 10, block /, section A., Fort
Fisher Beach.
Carolina Building and Loan asso-
citation to j. c. Parker, Jr., lot
l, block 493, city.
c. w. Aman to Bertha F. Butner,
lot s, block 46, Carolina Beach. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

Atlantic Dredging and Construction
company and will provide much
new shore line.
Already the development shows
promise Of becoming a credit to
Wrightsville Beach.
The company has announced that
complete maps r available and
the purchase of the lots to be bull,
can be negotiated through any OF
the members of the company or
through any other real estate Office
in Wilmington.
The development already has
given indications of being un, -ual.
ly popular with people from other
cities who have wished to build on
Wrightsville Beach but who have
found waterfront lots there either
difficult or impossible to secure.
The developers announced Satur-
day that a Name It Contest"
would be conducted to secure an
appropriate name for the resort de-
velopment.
twenty-five dollars will be given
the person submitting the name &C.
cepted by the judges of. the contest.
The only rules applying to the
contest, are that all entries must
be printed or typed, and that all
persons entering the contest must
have seen the development, and
must so state on their contest
blank.
The contest opens tomorrow, and
closes Wednesday, July 81. All Ell
tries must be sent to Wrightsville
Contest, care Of Willetts Realty
lCo.. Wilmington. N. C.. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Many Families Help
City Garden Program

The following families have do
mated fruit jars to the City Gar
den program, it was announced
yesterday by Carl Render:
Mrs. Nell Durham Lane, jim
mics Orange Spot, Mrs. E. l..
Davis, Mrs. o. F. Cooper, Mrs. W.
T. Benton, A. E. McKeithan,
Mrs. Archie Craft, Mrs. E. P.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

Crump, Mrs. J. H. Render, Mrs.
T. ]. Baird, Mrs. Carl Brown,
Mrs. E. F. Mathews and Marion
James.
Jars r being used for canning
surplus vegetables raised in gar.
dens under the program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

There were 93,O37 new passen-
ger cars registered in % states
during May, 1910. This is % Is
per cent above the same period of
1899.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
BROWNS

CAMDEN, S. c., July 13.-R-
Leroy Oscar Campbell, -, was
drowned in Hermitage Lake yester'
day while on an outing with com
panions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

~, T neres now me new food stamps, distribution of which will begin
All areSo of this dof y ncsnt will look to New Hanover county's relief clients.
d esag u bt o' he stamps dmpps+1 may be used in the purchase of those foods
the the o rangs can y be be used to buy any food product normally taken off
;c ssnaS SOFT sit drinks, candy and other such merchandise. They will be
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-25
DAKAR-vlTAL PORT
FOR AMERICANS

Americans are too inclined to pass over
news of the struggle for control of Dakar
: as mere sidelight of the war. They're
more interested in the so-called Battle
I of Britain Dakar, they argue, is just
,eanother West African port.
+, That's where they're wrong.
+, Dakar is the most vital port in the
Eastern Hemisphere, as far as we on
this side of the world are concerned.
Dakar is, potentially one of the great
est air and naval bases in either Europe
or Africa. Its facilities need only proper
development. 1t could accommodate
thousands of soldiers, and provide them
with an embarkation point free of moles-
tation.
: An embarkation point for where?
f, For the Western Hemisphere.
Dakar is closer to South America than
any other African or European port. 1t
/, is comparatively few hours by air from
/, the great cities of South America. 1t is
"a short sea voyage from easy landing
places in this hemisphere. 1t is the port
any aggressor would naturally want if
z, he had his eyes on either North or South
America.
: GSeat Britain probably is not acting
against the Dakar garrison because of
these considerations. The British recOg-
nize lDakar as a potentially great sea
base from which an enemy could carry
out extensive operations. And they want
mo such sea base, facing the open Allan
tic, in the hands of the enemy. Britain is
fighting her own battle in fighting for
control of Dakar.
/, But whether she wants to or not, she
lis also fighting a battle of first impor-
stance to the people of the Western Hemi-
sphere. Britain could not hold Dakar,
1f e Oh Loo rln,11 l,,+
!, troll Of Dakar would go a long way to-
ward helping her hold on to England.
And, more and more, it becomes appar-
.ent that it is to the interest of this coun-
try to see that she does hold on to Eng
land.
F, For that reason, we watch the battle of
,Dakar with bated breath.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-25
WILLKIE AND PUBLIC POWER

Nowhere more than in Imperial Valley
are the people more interested in electing
a president who will do all in his power
to protect the interests of the public in
publicly owned and operated power Sys-
tems-such as the Imperial Irrigation
Districts system. We would not for one
minute favor any man for president who
we believe would sabotage our municipal
electrical program.
In the light of that fact, We cannot
help the feeling that Secretary of Interior
Harold l.. Ickes, whose mouth is SO big
f, he puts both feet in it every time he
makeA public speech was not only on
the wrong track-but off the track alto
.gether-when he attacked Wendell L.
,Willkie for WILKES former connection
with priva>e power corporation.
Ickes did everything except call Willkie
"a liar because the candidate declared he
favored completion of two great Pacific
Northwest public power projects. Ickes,
attempting to discredit Willkie and throw
doubt on his words, pointed to WILKES
record in his fight against IVA encroach-
sment in Tennessee.
We believe most of the people in the
United States are fully aware of Wilkes
past connections-and we believe most of
them realize that he was doing the Job
his employers had hired him to do-and
doing it honestly and fairly No man
should be criticized for that.
Willkie is no longer employed by a
power company But we believe he will,
if employed by the people as president,
represent the people just as faithfully
and honestly as he represented his for
mer employer. We can ask no more.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-25
by Bruce Cation =.
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

fold and draw out set of num-
bers, one at time.
Suppose he draws, first, NUMBER
90. and then numbers l40, 3. 28l
and 70. IN each of the $500 draft
areas, all men whose cards bear
the number % will be called up;
next will be called the men bear
ing the number l40. then those
who have number 3.
If YOUR NUMBER
is CALLED
When your number is called
which, if you happen to be among
the first 100000. will probably be
around the tenth of November
YOU appear before the local board
and get placed in one OF the FOL
lowing classificationS:
Available at once.
2-Deferred because of work es-
Sential to defense.
3-Deferred by law-holders of
city, state or county jobs, etc.-or
deferred for physical, mental or
IlOIdl ulllilIleSS.
You will ill out an elaborate
questionnaire and get physical eX-
animation. If you are placed in
class one, you will be in the army
or the navy before the end of the
year. You cannot pick your branch
of the service. For the first four
months of your service you will be
paid $2l q month; thereafter you
will get $50
You stay in the army one year;
list for 10 years, subject to short
periods of training annually.
How about those who seek de-
,ferment?
Army and navy men are working
on exemption rules now, subject to
presidential approval. AS a gen.
eral thing, these points will be
observed:
A wife or other dependents won't
necessarily put you into class 3, You
must show that you contribute the
major part of your dependents sup
port and that they don't have other
resources by which they could be
supported
Should you get exemption or de-
ferment by reason of the Importance
of your job to the nations general
Well-being, the deferment won't last
longer than six months; then you'd
have to go in again and show that
the reasons for your deferment were
still good.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-25
.OUR COUNTRY

smooth bankers of Threadneedle
street, but by the traditional apti-
tude for free government of the
English people as q whole The
qualities we can rely on in this
struggle are just the qualities the
dictators and their slaves haven't
got. the qualities that have made
our country, in spite of shortsight-
edness and stupidity and the greed,
the best place on earth for a man
to live.
In times of great stress nations
sink to their lowest common de-
nominator. I believe that, just as
the lowest common denominator
of Europe has become something
bad for mankind, the lowest COM
mon denominator of the people of
North America is to the good and
that it will get better. A great
deal depends or the kind of les,7'
common demoninator of habits and
traditions into a usable public for
mula, the Jackson and Lincoln
kind of leadership
1t may be that we needed just
this test to make a nation out of
an overgroWn but still half pro-
vincial frontier republic. Anyway
it has come and we must face it.
If we have the nerve, if only we
have the nerve to use our heads and
the exhuberant diversity of our land
and our people and our mighty in
dustrial plant and the experience of
our state building past, we'll pull
through. Well not only pull through,
but we'll give the world an example
of organized liberty that will krOck
Hitlers thousand years of des-
potism into a cooked hat. an old
out-of- date museum piece of a Ma
poleonic cooked hat.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-25
MOTHER OF
HIGHWAYS
Riverside PreSs)

First viewers and users of the new all
weather and all-speed highway from
Pittsburgh to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
pronounced it an unqualified success. 1t
is ''the road of the future" they say, and
''the mother of them ALL
Not having been privileged to travel
over this super road, we must take the
word of these enthusiastic Penn state
boosters that it is a "lollapulosa. But
we will be excused if we claim for Cali
fornia some outstanding highways. Com
parisons are odiOuS, we'll admit, and be-
cause of our limited information we re-
frain from such a procedure.
In another decade or two, however, we
shall probably have checkerboard of
such roads covering the country And
this seems likely to happen regardless of
war or peace. In either case there will
be a strong, continuous demand for free
flexible, swift transportation, linking
populOus centers and enabling land cars
to move almost as freely and with speed
comparable to airplanes.
Super highways heavy enough to carry
mechanlZed army units will be built as
part of our national defense program. 1t
is announced that the Army and Navy
: will direct nearly all of next years S275,-
100000 federal aid highway work, and
the Federal Works administrator, John
M. Carmody, has already announced that
in the interests of national defense he
will concentrate the 1941-42 program
largely on roads and bridges certified by
the War and Navy departments as of
strategic Importance.
Particular attention, it is added, will
be given to the strength of bridges, the
Of CITY dc nf
ingress and egress at urban centers and
the servicing of existing and proposed
Army, Navy and Marine Corps posts and
air bases WPA workers will do a large
part of the supplemental work, Carmody
added.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-25
WHO RULES THE
MEDITERRANEAN
(Christian Science Monitor)

The rising crescendo of air battles over
London and Berlin has diverted atten-
tion mOmentarily from what is probably
the second most important battlefield of
the war - Britain's empire highway
through the Mediterranean.
Much of the action in this highly STRAIT
egic area has been either screened behind
official silence on the part of both Brit
ain and Italy, or else there has been too
little action to merit headlines, a few
scattered and otherwise unrelated re-
ports serve to round out the picture of
Britain'S progress in keeping this highly
necessary supply route open.
Recently it was reported that nine
merchantmen under British convoy
steamed unmolested through the Straits
of Gibraltar, en- route to England. 1t was
also reported recently that the British
western Mediterranean fleet had passed
safely by the tip of 1taly-through the
narrow strip of water between Italy and
North Africa which is probably the east
est point for Italy to notwithstanding
east to meet the Eastern fleet. A third
item, more conclusive in its evidence than
the other two, states that the largest con-
voy of British troops and supplies yet
to reach Egypt has made a safe journey
without even sighting an Italian naval
vessel of any kind.
The implication is obvious-Britain's
empire lifeline is still in the hands of the
British navy, and ltaly's naval strength,
like the major portion of Germany'S, has
found it either inopportune or too risky
to venture out.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-25
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TAXES

NOTICE is hereby given that all
taxes for the fiscal year of July l.
1910 to June 80, 194l in the city of
FL Centre are now due and payable.
That all taxes upon personal prop
erty and One-half of all taxes upon
real estate, mortgages, deeds of
trust, contracts or other obligations
by which debt is secured upon real
estate will become delinquent upon
the last Monday in November next
thereafter at five o'clock pm, and
that unless such taxes are paid
prior thereto ten per cent will be
added to the amount thereof
That the remaining half of the
taxes upon real estate, mortgages,
deeds of trust, contracts or other
obligations by which debt is secured
upon real estate, will become de-
linquent upon the last Monday in
April next thereafter at five o'clock
PM, and that unless such taxes
are paid prior thereto, five per cent
will be added to the amount there
of.
Ihat all taxes may be paid at the
time OF the payment of the first
lnstallment as herein provided.
That taxes may be paid at the
City Hall to the Deputy Tax Collec-
TOR, between hours of eight o'clock
am, and five o'clock pm, with
the exception of Saturday and on
winch day the hours shall be from
eight O'Clock am, to twelve o'clock
noon.
Dated this 10Th day of September
1910.
n. T.. Cox, City Tax and License
Collector. ''''o
by NEAL II. GAVIN.
Deputy.
(Sl9-O2, incl)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-25
by Willis Thornton
War Comes Home

So now it is here. the war they
talked and wrote about while we
read and listened, uncomprehend-
ing
Since Sept. |, British casualties
have been as follows:
Civilians men, women and chill
dren .........................5. 10000
Men of the fighting forces ....... $50
This is war in 1910. war carried
to its cold, relentless logical con-
clusion. 1t is not the first time
that women. and children have
been wars victims. But this is
the first time war has taken a toll
of 40 civilians to one soldier.
War has always been terrible. To
take strong, clean young men, train
them to kill, and send them out
to kill or be killed-that has always
been a standing reproach to all
mans pretense to civilization. But
at least they were trained first,
they had weapons in their hands,
they could die fighting.
Now it is the turn of women ard
children, the urarmed householder
standing on his doorstep Such
have suffered before. have been
killed before, but usually as an
incident to some military operation.
Today it is not only a recognized
tactic of war it Is war.
To say this is not to reproach
the Germans. though to them has
fallen the dubious honor of intro
ducting this logical and ultimate
horror IT would be unrealistic
TO suggest that the Poles would
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-25

have done to Berlin, if they had
been able, what the Germans are
doing to London-that the French
would not have done it,. or the Brit
ish today. once war had been un-
leashed. 1t was pre-knoWledge OF
these things that led TO the i'll
fated attempts to preserve peace
at Munich, attempts ill-advised as
we now know but understandable
For all this was implicit the day
the first bombing plane was built.
Until the world returns to suf-
ficient sanity to see clearly the
utter futility of all thiS-until it
has displaced the leaders who with
out truning a hair plunged the
world into these ultimate horrors
until it SO organizes itself as to
make peace a way of life, there
is only one answer:
Be strongl
We do not know whether any
power plans to wage against the
United States the new kind of
war, in which the housewife pre-
pairing the evening meal is the
military" target of fuzzcheeked
high school boys releasing 1000
pound bombs from $250,000 bombers.
But We do know that the world
being what it is, and war being
what it has become, there is only
one paramount American duty to
build such military strength that
no power or combination of powers
will be tempted to try It, To THIS
we can and must dedicate every
thought and word and deed
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-25
Uranium Crackers
OPENING LINES

Here are the opening lines of q
number of well known poems. Can
you give the title and author of
each?
/. Much have I travelPd in the
realms of gold,
And many goodly states and
kingdoms seen :.
2. That's my last Duchess painted
on the wall,
Looking as if she were alive -
3. Bowed by the weight of CEN
turies as he leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the
ground
4. Something there is that doesn't
love wall,
That sends the frozen ground
swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in
the sun
5. Il arise from dreams of thee
In the first sweet sleep of night
When the winds are breathing
low,
And the stars are shining
bright :"