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La gaceta., 1940-02-17
QUITADO Ell CREDITo PA,
RIA GUAM

Washington, Feb. l7.-COn
81 fin "de no offender 0 antago-
nizar al Jap6n", del presIpues-
to de Ia marian Sc quitaron aye-
los 100000 para obras eli la Is
la de Guam.
Fl dinero Sc habia pedido pa
"a dragar y haeer una base de
hidroplauOs.
La gaceta., 1940-02-17

Ell pueblo sueco siente como
suyos los "contratiempos' del
ejercito finlandes pero Sc We
cbligado, bajo peligrosas cinr-
cunstancias, a declararse neu-
trail. Alemania amenaza....y Sue
cha no quiere dare una excusa
a HITLER para atacar a otra ma
ci6n d@bil.
La gaceta., 1940-02-17
SUMMER WELLES EMBAR
CARA HOY PARA EUROPA

Warrington, Feb. 17.-Em
barcara hoy en- Ell vapor Italia
no Rex" con rumbo a Italia, el
subsecrstario de Estado Sum g.
ner Welles, embajador especial
del presidente Roosevelt. Tiene
separado pasaje en- el mismo
barco Ell Sr. Myron c. Taylor,
nuevo embajador especial ante
ell Vaticano.
La gaceta., 1940-02-17
Los republicanos celebraran

Los republicanoS celebraran
su convention en- Filadelfia.
Ali Sc reuniran todos los enc
migos del "Nuevo Trato" y mn-
chos de los principles criticos
de la ley Wagner y otras medi-
das aprobadas en- bien de los
trabajadores.
Una victoria republican, des-
truirfa en- pocos meses TODD 10
Que ha hecho ell "Nuevo Trato"
por los obreros y las c~olectivi-
dades que a estos representa-.
La gaceta., 1940-02-17

Cuando California Y Texas
habian menester de japoneses,
filipinos y mexicanos..--.-. estos
extranjeros eran muy estima-
dos.
Ahora, en- esos estados, los me
jicanos, filipinos y japoneses son
@'indeseabIes".
La gaceta., 1940-02-17

FL ej@rcito de Batista "contro-
la" la 'bolita diaria" y la Lote-
ria Nacional.
iQuiere este decir que tiene
bien "forrados" los "~pulmones"
La gaceta., 1940-02-17

Garner present6 su candida
tura en- las primarias de Cali.
fornia. Els de esperar que los de-
mScrstas de veras no voten por
el.
Els un viejo politicastro, de 70
amos, que aprecia la democracia
a Ia manera "tejana".
La gaceta., 1940-02-17
Ell TEMPO

Nublados y lluvias ocasiona-
les Sc pronostican para hoy )
mahana. Fl domingo aumentara
Ago 4 trio,
La gaceta., 1940-02-17
LA CfENCTA Y LA LIBER-
TAD INTELLECTUAL
Science, New York


Science, New York
En- la Asamblea de la Asocia-
cion Americana para ell Adelan.
to de la Ciencia celebrada en- In
dianapolis, tuvo dugar la prime
ra de una serie de concentrates
sobre la ciencia Y la sociedad, y
este tema atrajo grandemente Ia
atenci6n de los socios y de Ia
prensa. FL Consejo de la Asocia
ci6n pas6 una resolution que di.
ce asf:
"Por cuanto, la ciencia y SuS
aplicaciones no solamente estan
transformando ell medic fisico y
mental de los hombres, sine tam
bien aumentando g~randemente
las complejidades de las relacio-
mes sociales, economics y poll
ticas entire ellos; y
"Por cuanto,H la ciencia es alb
solutamente Independence de
las ~fronteras nacionales y raza
Y credo y SOLO puede flOrecer De
modo permanente doJVde hay
paz y libertad Intellectual
"Por Tanto:
"E consejo en- etc dfa 80 de
diciembre de 1887, resuelve que
la Association Americana para
ell Adelanto de la Ciencia, haga
uno de sus objetivos Ell examen
de los efectos profundos de Ia
ciencia sobre la sociedad; y que
la association invite a su proto-
tipo la Association Britannica pa
ra Ell Adelanto de la Cencia, y a
todas las otras organizaciones
cientificas del mundo que ten
gan una finalidad analoga, . CO
operar no solamente en- fomeu.
tar los intereses de Ia ciencia.
sino tambien en- fomentar Ia paz
entire las naeiones y Ia libertsd
individual para que Ia ciencia
pueda continuar progresando y
extendiendo, cada vez con mas
abundancia, sus beneficios a to
da la humanidad."
Sc recordara que. en- la asam-
blea de la Association celebrada
en- Boston hace Cinco amos Sc a.
una declaration de liber-
tad intellectual" Esta declare
ci6n que fue ratificada en- Ia n
de Atlantic City Cd aho
pasado, dice ass.
ia Association Americana pa
ra el Adelanto de Ia Oencia So
hondamente preocupada
por las incursiones persistentes
y amenazadoras en- Ell terreno
de la libertad individual, hechas
en- los Gltimos tiempos en- mu-
chas parties del mundo.
"Nuestras actuaies libertades
han sido ganadas al traves de
muchos siglos de lucha y a un
costo enorme. 81 Sc pierden o sc
las menoscaba seriamente no
haber esperanto de un
progreso continuado de Ia cien-
ella, de la justicia en- 81 gobierno
de la paz international o domAs
tica 0 nj siquiera de un bienes-
tar material duradero.
"ConsideramOs Ia SUPPRESSION
del pensamiento Independence
de su libre expression como un
gran crimen contra Ia civiliza.
ci6n misma. Sin embargo, Sc ha
a investigadores, erudi
los, maestros y PROFESSIONALS. de
muchas maneras. OPPRESSION de g
ga clase, bien con la acci6n GU
ornamental, la coercion admi
nistrativa o la violencia extra
egal.
"Estimamos nuestro deber de
1unciar todos esos actos como
'ormas intoierables de la tira-
ia.
mo puede haber compromise
este extreme, pues Ia re-
'dbliea del saber no puede So
Ell ser 'tmitad eaclava y
nitad libre." Por nuestra vida y
'ducaci6n como hombres de Glen
y por nuestra herencia como
La gaceta., 1940-02-17

Pslabsss d Jsmss Farley g"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-01
Not to be Trapped

It is always difficult to keep silent under
attack. That is why President Roosevelt is
To be commended for refusing to be drawn
into a political dispute with his opponent.
The Republican campaign leaders have re-
peatedly attempted to force the President to
comment on it's candidates position on out
standing issues and on legislation, either pro-
posed or adopted, in the hope that he will
saw something capable of two interpretations,
one of which could be used against him.
This he has steadfastly refused to do, and,
if we know the temper of the man, will not
be trapped into doing so by any bait the
opposition offers.
A President of the United States cannot
answer hecklers without demeaning himself
by his deeds-his achievements or his blum
ders. In the present case, Mr.. Roosevelt is
dedicating his concentrated attention on the
tremendous task of equipping the United States
for any war emergency the future may create
The preparedness program is as big a task
as he can hope to tackle. The campaign must
take second place, if he is to do a good job,
ana ne is wisely IelSSdL1lS y " N1o' POoA
ton.
By the same token, it is not amiss to
suggest that Henry Wallace, the Presidents
running mate, would do well to follow his
example more closely than in his acceptance
speech, when he called the Republicans a
party of appeasement." He ought not to
forget that the Republican party numbers
in its membership many able, honest, patrl-
otto thousands who are as deeply concerned
over the situation the United States finds it.
self in as any Democrat in the country. in
Guiding the President himself, and that to
cast aspersion at it because it does not agree
with the administration is to do it injustice.
However earnestly Mr.. Wallace and many
million other Americans hope for its defeat
in the November election, the Republican
party still merits his and their respect, as
a worthy adversary. Remember Knox and
Stimson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-01
Fuse Still Burning

Rumania's cession of territory in Trans
ylvania to Hungary, forced upon it by its
good friends, Germany and Italy, cannot be
expected to extinguish the fuse of the Balkan
powder key. On the contrary, it is more pro-
bable to make it burn faster. This is indicated
by the Nazi promise of military aid to Ru-
mania along the Russian frontier
With German troops facing Russian forces,
we may assume that Hitler recognizes his
alliance with the Soviets is a flimsy thing. not
to be depended on much longer to hold the
Russians back. Thus far Stain has gained
what he set out for without spilling blood,
save in Finland. But there is no assurance
that he will be content with this status indie
fnitely. Certainly he cannot be expected to
witness the further carving of Rumania to
benefit the Axis without protest, either in the
way of taking a hand in the actual conflict
now engaging so much Of Europe, or by
suspending supply deliveries to his friend Hit
Ter. In either event, the Axis would find itself
hard pressed in a war not going wholly to It's
liking in the Mediterranean area or in Brit
ain.
When former Premier hamberlain sol q
Czechoslovakia Town the river, he old II WIN
the hope of appeasing Hitler and perpetuaths
peace in Europe. 1t would seem that the Hitler
and Mussolini ENJOYS at the vienna confer
ence are stirred by the same futile though'
in the ~dismemberment of Rumanla. VIII
they be more successful in appeasing Stain
more Chamberlain was in appeasing Hitler?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-01
Striking Example

When Coroner Asa w. Allen was struck
down by an automobile at Front and Market
streets yesterday morning it was because the
sett, made a right turn on a red signal light.
BY rare good fortune, the coroner was not
killed, nor gravely injured. The fact must
be credited to a kindly providence and great
good fortune.
But that he was struck in this manner
proves What we long contended, that the right
turn on the wrong light is hazardous and a
menace to human life. That the accident came
after the pernicious rule was abandoned does
not alter the facts of the case. 1t was wrong
from the start and should have been repeal
ed many moons sooner.
The court may be depended upon to deal
properly with the careless driver. AS igno-
rance of the law is not a valid defense, he will
not imprive his standing at the bar should he
claim he knew nothing of the revised traffic
ordinances. But the fact that he faces punish
ment does not lessen Mr.. Aliens suffering or
the interruption his injuries will cause in the
performance of his duties or routine of life.
The police department, which long favored
abandonment of the right-turn rule, is under
especial obligation, now that they have won
their point, to enforce the new law vigorously
and be constantly on watch to prevent viola
tons.
The new ordinance gives pedestrians in in
tersections, moving on the proper signal light,
priority over vehicular traffic. With the Allen
case before them, the police naturally will
henceforth see that they get it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-01

merce to draft a constructive program for
participation in the national defense program
must appeal to all members of these organi.
cations on the ground that the people of this
area can perform more valuable service by
united effort than by separate and perhaps
conflicting undertakings.
Trite as the old saw is, there is no disputing
the fact that there is strength in numbers,
provided, of course, there is also strong leader.
ship. The several hundred member of Viii.
mington's civic clubs and the other groups
mentioned can be a power in the rearnnament
effort if they unite IN a program carefully
adjusted to our capability to serve in the ma.
tional emergency.
The proposed meeting will be an important
forward step if some able speaker is chosen
to present the regions situation and outline
ways in which we may best do our part TO,
defense. BY this means it will be possible
to crystalize community thought and direct
our effort in channels best suited to o u
ability to accomplish. There is no reason tt
fear that any group with the community
and the nations welfare at heart will be re
luctant to cooperate in a program thus in
spired.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-01
BY PAUL HARRISON

to drown all the %elocution and dra-
matic-expression teachers.
cts di~scouraging, interviewing
people for a play, to hear EN- say
proudly, I studied with Madame
Glutz.' Most of the time it's ap-
parent that Madame Glutz h a S
trained all the n%aturalness out Ct
them
I mentioned Maria Ouspenskaya
who, when she isn't busy with a
role of her own, is the most cele-
brated of coaches. She's very
good" agreed Winston. And the
reason she's good is that she can't
speak English. Not readily, any
way. She teaches acting, not
speaking"
So how about waiting to see
whether you really need coaching?
A memo to the Hakim brothers.
Dear Gents:
I see by the papers that
you're dickering with W. C. Fields
for some low-budget pictures, and
I hear that Mr.. Fields is saying
he'd rather be busy for buttons
than working occasionally at TOP
pay. Dyed-in-the-wool, %old-trouper
stuff.
Well, I know that you Hakims
are from wise and occult Egypt.
But you don't know our persuasive
and hypnotic Mr.. Fields, and ]
thought it would be only fair if ]
told you something that Mack Sen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-01
COUNTY TEACHERS
TO MEET FRIDAY
White Instructors To Gather
At NHHS, Negroes Satur-
day At Williston

With the completion of all ar
rangements for the opening of New
Hanover county schools the morn.
ing of Sept. 8, H. M. Roland, super
intendent of schools, announced yes
terday county wide meetings for
teachers will be held this week to
determine that ali is in order.
A county wide meeting of white
teachers will be held Friday after.
noon at 8 o'clock in the New Han.
over High school auditorium and a
county wide meeting of negro teach.
ers has been set for Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock at Williston In.
dustrial High school.
All white high school teachers will
meet at the New Hanover High
school Friday morning at 10 o'clock
and all other principals will arrange
for their own faculty members either
Friday or Saturday.
Teachers Of Williston Industrial
High school have. been asked to meet
Friday afternoon at $50 o'clock in
W1lliston Industrial school.
Roland also pointed out that stu.
dents who have not been in New
hanover county schools prior to this
year and who are to be in the sec.
ond through the 18th grades may
register any day this week, begin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-01
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

MIA NC WIG 0Gd14
HOLLYWOOD - Take some let
tiers:
Dear Miss Merlin: Thank you
for writing to me, and Of course
I wish you all sorts of success
when you get to Hollywood. With
a test already assured, you'll be
way ahead of most newcomers,
and one of these days I may be
writing stories about you.
But I'm afraid I shan't be able
to recommend a dramatic or die.
ton coach for you. They come in
all prices and skills. I can, however
tell you something which might
simplify your problem: Perhaps
you have admired Frank Capra's
pictures for their characters quail
ity of naturalness. This is good
casting, of curse But Capra also
has a dialog director to help Ike j.,
the actors in their places. This
offstage aide is Harold Winston,
little known in pictures but highly
regarded as a director in the thea
ter. incidentally, he founded h e
famous summer playhouse on
Cape Cod, and it was he who gave
Bette Davis her start.
The other day on the set of Ca
pra's Meet John Doe," I asked
Winston about coaches. He said,
II think it would be a good idea
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-01
Editorial Comments
From Other ANGLES
CONGRESS TRAILS PUBLIC SENTIMENT
Charlotte Observer

CndTlOtte ODSerVcr
Congress has been trailing public sentiment
on the question of %selective military training
as we'll as proposals to extend aid to Great
Britain. And some members of c o n G r e S S,
especially in the upper branch, have beer
flagrantly defiant Of recognized public senti
mentor some reason that is not clear.
Sentiment of the country is ahead of Con
gress", remarked a keenly observant either
of North Carolina, who travels considerably
and discusses current issues with the people
wherever he goes.
He quoted remark had particular reference
to the proposal to let Great Britain have sc
or more United States 'd%estroyers which are
old and partially obsolete but which England
could use to great advantage in her desperate
struggle now.
The observant citizen had just returned from
a motor trip that took him from Miami,
Florida, to Oklahoma City by way of New
Orleans and Dallas, and back to North Caro-
lima through Memphis, Nashville and Knox.
vile.
Il didn't find anybody in casual converse
ton opposed to sale of destroyers to Great
Britain" he reported. "All favored it."
And that seems to describe the sentiment
generally throughout the country. To be sure,
it is not unanimous, but most people desire
to see the United States extend all possible
oAo " g D4Ato344 ~ A4S VI oA4O4t vi
sending soldiers to Europe and short of Grip
ping our own defenses.
Most people have come to the realistic view
that England is fighting the battles of this
country, and that the longer she can resist
the ~onslaughts of Hitler's mighty war ma
chine the longer time the United States will
be given opportunity to prepare to defend this
Nation and continent against his attacks, even
if Great Britain should be crushed.
Should Great Britain win, She will have
saved this nation from war with the mighty
Nazi machine directed toward the conquest
of the world for Hitler and his fellow gang
sters, at least for a time.
And this view of the people has not been
reached because of British propaganda nor
because of Roosevelt propaganda. as Nazi
partisans would like us to believe. The people
have been convinced of the menace of this
nation by what Hitler and his fellow bandits
have actually done and said, not by what
others have said about them. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-01
Southport Looks Ahead

Southport's yacht basin project, work on
which is to begin soon, is among the more
important undertakings capable of sending the
city ahead economically and giving it a head
start over other towns and cities along the
inland waterway not blessed with similar &C.
commodations for y%achtsmen.
Some idea of what a yacht basin can do for
q community is to be found at Fort Myers,
Florida, which is the western terminus of the
cross-state canal, a part of the inland water.
way system. Prior to dredging its basin and
equiping it with floats, gasoline pumps and
supply stores Fort Myers was merely a dot
on the map of Florida's West coast, notably
chiefly as the winter home of Thomas A. Edi-
son and its stately avenues of royal palms.
1t was not among Florida's prosperous winter
resorts and attracted only a small contingent
Of anglers.
Now, because it's chamber of commerce.
revitallzed group-saW an opportunity for COM
munity advancement in improving the canal
and providing inducements for small craft
owners to lay up there instead of proceeding
to st. Petersburg by way of the gulf, as they
had been doing, Fort Myers entertians severai
hundred yachtsmen yearly during visits
stretching from overnight to a month or more,
and is enjoying larger PROSPERITY and greater
comfort than most of its citizens a few years
ago dreamed possible.
People able to travel in their own boats
spend money freely. They have to lay in
stores, take on fuel, replace machinry parts,
but a graf variety Of gadgets, and they do
their buying where they find the best berths
for their boats and greatest convenience for
shopping. Fort Myers realized this and is
now cashing in on it's vision.
Southport will have equal opportunity for
similar improvement in it's economic situa-
ton when it's yacht basin is completed. IS
there is every reason to expect that next win
tr will be a great tourist season, it is starting
its project none too soon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-01
Book Highlights

"eople who make history don't
usually bother to write it down
at least at the time. They're too
busy. But 100 years ago Warren
Angus Ferris made ' goc-. bit of
history and he took, moreover, the
trouble to put it down. The result
is n of the rarest, most inter-
esting boo to roll off the presses
in a long time.
1t is Life in the Rocky Noun
tains," edited by Paul = Phillips
(o'd West Pull fishing Co., Denver:
$50. This is largely the incredible
graphic diary Ferris, as a fur trad
er, kept ON 1880 to 1885, five
years such as only early Americas
resistless thrust westward could
produce. For more than a century
this record has been lost. Now,
through a curious chain of circum-
stances, it comes to light again, to-
gether with a map as rare as the
diary, and enhanced by full bio
g-orhlcal and background ma
terial.
Ferris struck out from his New
York state home at an early age,
joined the American Fur Company.
He found himself at length caught
in the tide of empire and that ii
tanic three-cornered battle for
monopoly in he mountains be-
tween tn American, Rocky
Mountain Fur and fIudson's Bay
Companies. He found himself al
so near to starvation on more han
one occasion, and his tales of In
dian fights are hair-raising.
Ferris was an educated young
man, 20 after a year r ; o of trap
F. he became clerk for his com.
pany. He met Jim Cridger and
Tho: as Fitzpatrick :ad the Sub.
tletes and a c~lorful arr; of other
characters who move through his
book in a never ending buckskin
parade. Through the long winter
nights ar. the post these men
spun their tales, and through the
detail d, dramatic chapters of his
diary Ferris spins them again.
Cassie example is the story of
trapper Hugh Glass. Crossing the
headwaters of the Yellowstone n
day in 1922 or '23, Glass was at.
tacke1 by a giant grizzly, horribly
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-01

ming Tuesday, at the school thes
are to attend.
Children who are entefInS lN'
first grade may register ffIla'
morning between 9 a. m, and hoo"'
the only DAY first grade e%lfltdie'
may register prior to the opehlI7
of school on Sept, 8.
All first grade children. he SAM
must have had smallpox Vaee'la-
ton and diphtheria immuA'%a'''
before being registered for "orN III
school. In order that a first Si"'7
child may be eligible for eH1e'"7
the first grade this year he ''''
the child must be six years oIo O'
or before the second day Of Octoo','
The state law requires all HIS 7i''
children to enter school diIIns wv
first month, he said, and no ms,
grade child will be allowed 10 '"'
school after oct. 3 unless they CIV"
from another county or state
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-01
Agricultural Group -.
Refuses To Aid FAR

BURGAW, Aug. 31.-Asl..''
agencies of Pender county, 'n's''
here Friday night, voted 10
to sponsor a Pender c"'hN
being promoted by n, o. p"
of Kinston. ~,
The fair has been adve''is'"
the week Of Sept. 9 Tie 9'o.,
meeting Friday, including the.e''.
agent. the home demons. Ia. w..
agent, vocational agriculture '.o
ers, the county soil coo-af''.g
committee and the FsA saI's.'
unanimously agreed thar ''' a7
cultural : fair cannot be Il ,.t..
with such short notice ana a5Sr
the. movement for a fair RIO" ,asr
way did not originate 'n nso.
county OF with Pender s0'''''
pie" zach.
er at Long creek-Grady hoo. s seo.
the group voted that '"''e" w. want
pie of Fender county sho" .as| N, aid.
a real agricultural fait' we
them in every way poss'o'''
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-01
Star-News Program

Consolidated C~ity-County Government
under Manager administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
ShoWs.
Seaside Highway from WrightsUiHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension of City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, aoid-
er Turning Basin, a0ith 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-yie1d methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina,
Unified Industrial md Resort Pro-
motionaz Agency, supported By one
countrywide tao.
%Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital facilities for phites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development of native grape growing
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis sanatorium.