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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30

I'll. Of the people Of this State and from
various points over the country delugeo MIN
with the request that he reconsider.
It may safely be taken Tor granted that
Washington officialdom was by no means MISS
ing when all the voices of protest had been
heard and needed. ,
This is a spectacular tribute to this oeloVeo
and able statesman.
Congressman Doughton has been in Congress
for 80 years and for the past SIX ne mas
headed the ways and means committee OF the
lower chamber. which means that he has been
at the helm for the Administration IN fram'
ing it's taxation policies and In otherwise lead
ing the forces of the party on Capltoi Hill.
The veteran legislator is no pretenCous pup
lie servant. He has never tried to ne ANYBODY
hut himself in Washington and IN Congress-.
He has lived quietly, simply and humbly, doing
his work with a grace and a diligence conspic.
uous for its devotion to the mandates OF clear
duty.
affairs have given him a unique
grasp upon the problems of our national life
as it relates to governmental matters.
Not only, therefore, because he is so inn
mensely personally popular in his district, in
his State, in his country and in the estimate
of his fellow-servants in Washington, but also
because the public knows that he exercises
a mastery in his knowledge OF fiscal affairs
and that, therefore, he is especially needed for
the problems which the Congresses of the
future are to face, there developed this his
toric and Unprecedented pressure that he re-
main at his post.
It is very pleasing that his decision will
carry him back to Washington and there to
spend the remainder of his good days in the
serious and earnest and conscientious service
of his people and of his country.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
QUOTATIONS

It did not occur to me to consider tr.t we
were making an army too democratic to fight
for a democracy.-Leslie Hore-Belisha, ex.
minister of war for Britain.
1 look on America as my second home.
America gave me my greatest professional OPP
portunities and has always been very good to
me.-Max schmeling, German heavyweight.
We must always be expecting new bad things
from Germany. - Winston Churchill, British
first lord of the admiralty.
Already it is largely due to the United States
that British youth is being put into the skies.
Fraser Hunter, liberal member, Ontario leg
~islature.
Canada, in fighting for democracy abroad.
must safeguard the democratic lights OF rea'
sona3le freedom of press, speech, assembly ana
association during wartime.-M. ]. Coldwell,
Canadian member of Parliament from Sas.
k%atchewan.
It is certainly not partisan to differ with
the Presidents policies on GROUNDS OF prlnci-
pe or to criticize Ineffective Administration,
even if that administration relates to foreign
~affairs.-Senator Robert A. TAFT CRep., Oho)
There are no longer secrets of frontiers be.
tween us, We have not only taken our Position
side by side in the stiff cllmp 10 victory, but
we have roped ourselves together.-Raou d.
Autry, French minister of arma11ents, talking
of British French alliance.
I am much impressed by the need for pro-
viding a broader education Tor an cur profess
siona1 men. whether they receive their higher
deoraa from the faculty Of arts and sciences
or from one of our professional Schools
President lanes Bryant Conant of Harvard
University.
Poland IS immortal. We snail deliver her
fron aon+ivity and restore her from ruins--
Ten,ncs Ian P~aderewski, accepting presidency
of Polish assembly in exile.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Twenty years ago
a special train with blinds drawn rolled mourn
fully eastward from the Rocky Mountain coun.
try bringing to Washington President Wood
row Wilson, stricken as he sought to persuade
the U. S. to join the League of Nations.
Twenty years after that tragic collapse, an.
other train mournfully rolled, but this time
westward from Washington to the Rocky Noun.
tains, carrying the body OF Senator William
E. Borah, the man most responsible for defeat
of President Wilson's hopes for a League OF
Nations.
Wilson was in the midst of a nationwide
speaking tour in September. 1918, preaching
the doctrine that an end to strife in the world
could come only through U. S. adherence to a
league empowered first, to persuade, and then
to compel maintenance of peace.
Hard on his heels were Senator Borah and
a group Of senate isolationists answering Viii.
sons arguments with declarations that Europe's
quarrels were a chronic disease from which
this country should remain insulated by abhor-
ring "entangling alliances"
Wilson Was Applauded
It was on the eve of return to normalcy'
campaigns when reaction after the World
War arose to help smother Wilson's lifelong
dream Of an association of nations. His
speeches were att -nded by massive. enthusiast.
tic crowds. He drove his mind to find more
and more arguments for his cause. At Pueblo,
Colorado, a pain developed in his head as he
spoke. Early signs of the oncomips collapse
appeared.
He refused to give in at once, but by the
time the train reached Wichita, Kansas, the
paralysis that later reached his face and part
Of his body had begun. He never fully recov-
cred. He could not attend cabinet meetings. He
lived on until 1924, his activities sharply
limited.
The Senate debated, and Finally defeated, ad-
herence to the treaty which would have made
the United States a part of the league.
Borah considered that the greatest battle Of
his life. During 1t, he made many of the
speeches which since have been looked upon
as models Of debate.
Times Have Changed
In the years that have passed a different
spirit has come into the administration of for.
eign affairs. President Roosevelt has led the
United States into a greater participation in
world affairs, and particularly European af-
fairs, than pleased the isolationist Borah.
He planned to fight it in a campaign which
he too hoped to carry to the country. He had
strength, he said, in spite Of an attack of
pneumonia a year ago, to fight lone more
good battle" He was uncertain whether he
could persuade the country again to pursue the
course of isolation from Europe's affairs which
he considered essential to its safety.
cit may take another bath in blood to
teach this country he told US one afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
ARE ASKED
FOR F. R. LIBRARY
Efforts Being Made To Raise
Quota Of 5000 In New
Hanover County

Efforts are being made to raise
a quota of 5000 in New Hanover
county for the Presidents Library
fund, James E. L. Wade, county
chairman, said yesterday.
The Security National bank has
been selected as The depository for
the fund. Contributions may be
made either in check or money to
the bank or County Chairman
Wade.
Commissioner Wade was recent
ly appointed county chairman hS
Mayor Ben Douglas, of Charlotte.
state chairman for the fund and
past president of the North Caro-.
lima League of Municipalities.
Frank c. Walker, of New York
city, treasurer for the Franklin D.
Roosevelt Library, Inc, wrote wade
yesterday in part as follows: proper
preservation Of these presidential
papers should result in construc-
tive analyses that will be Of bene-
fit to the nation as a whole, and
the sponsors would welcome your
assistance in the attainment of our
scholarly and patriotic detectives"
The movement Is seeking funds
throughout the nation for use in the
preservation of The personal letters
and files of the President from the
time he first entered public life to
the present for historical purposes
n for future generations. Wade
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
THE Y. M. {. A.

TIL best estimate of future accomplish
ment is based on past performance. 1t is the
method used by merchants in replenishing
trenchment or expansion. All else being equal,
a year of good sales ~justifies heavier orders
for the year ahead.
The same rule applies with equal weight
to service organizations. A notable example is
offered by the Wilmington Y. M. C. A. Its
statistical report appears elsewhere in this
edition of the Star, and shows that the or
ganization, which performs a unique service
to boys and men,, had a year OF unusual
activity in 1893. In religious work, for men,
for boys and in Hi-y branches, attendance
reached the unprecedented total Of 4O,615.
On the physical side, in junior and senior
classes, in special games, in the pool and at
basketball, 1882 attendance is recorded.
Softball drew proportionately both as to par
Elephants and spectators. The Phalanx
fraternity meetings were also largely at
tended. There were held A general committee
meetings, six special meetings, 81 outside
groups used the building, special events
numbered 10: dormitory lodging totaled rs,
252.
In addition, there was the intangible ser.
vice which cannot be reduced to figures
personal contacts, interviews with the sec
rotary, advice to troubled persons seeking
solution of battling business, domestic, relig
ious problems. And above all the influence
exerted for moral betterment, for bette,
citizenship.
What all this means is that the Y. M. C.. A
Is drafting its program for larger business
after a successful year. 1t but remains fol
the people of Wilmington to give the cooper
alton needed to justify it's bigger planning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
Editorial Comments
From Other Anqles
MIR. DOUGHTON RECANTS
Charlotte Observer

In the face of the pressure, both persistent
and pervasive, placed upon Congressman
Doughton to reconsider his recent decision to
retire from the National Legislature, his &C.
qulescence in these demands of his constituents
and friends throughout the State to remain in
Congress, could hardly have been otherwise.
The venerable statesman has been anxious
to l,tire for several years.
He seems to be that unique rarity of an Of
flceholder who has had no stubborn ambition
to die in harness.
he wished to get out three years ago, but
President Roosevelt called him to the White
House and virtually commanded him to stay
in Congress.
The statement he made a few days ago that
he had determined not to run again was, of
course, issuet. in good faith.
Mr.. Doughton was entirely honest about it.
He would genuinely like to ge; back into the
%quietude and seventies of private life and
have the balance of his years to himself.
But the protests began instantly to press
in upon him. BY every conceivable means,
his friends got in touch with him and i'm
plored him to announce for his seat again.
And these ~insistent appeals came not only
from the leaders of the political life and
activities of his, the Ninth congressional dis
trict, but from party chieftians from all over
the State.
Nor were these in the majority of those who
entered their dissent to his decision.
Thousands Of letters from the rank and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
Former Slave Victim
OF Exposure, Old Age

MI. AIRY, Jan. 29-R-A form
er slave, reputed to be 112 years old,
died the other day Of exposure and
old age in the Roaring River COM
munity. She was Mary Parks.
She lived alone. She was found
dead by a neighbor. Her body was
found on the floor and there were
burned matches scattered about,
evidence that the aged women had
been trying desperately to keep
warm.
A few years ago she applied for
old age assistance. But she couldn't
furnish documentary proof she was
IS. Finally some persons whose age
was about 70 certified she was mid
die age when they we're small child
rem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30

the people still have not voiced their views,
and takes this occasion to urge that all who
are giving the subject their serious thought
take advantage of these closing twenty'four
hours to commit their proposals to the mails
for delivery while the contest is still open.
After tomorrow the suggestions will be
judged. It will then be too late to have a
voice in the program.
Mail your proposal today, or deliver it by
hand. 1t will receive the same attention as
if it had arrived first.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
GIVE THE CHILDREN A CHANCE

NORTH Carolina law fixes the minimum
' age for drivers of c~ommon-carrier buses
above the age of school bus drivers. 1t re.
quires commoncarrier bus drivers to take a
strict examination and prove their fitness
to drive before they may receive a license,
but requires no special qualifications of school
bus drivers.
North Carolina requires that common-car.
rier bus drivers shall have experience, judg.
ment. 1t exempts school bus drivers from
both.
1t safeguards the welfare of paid passen.
gers in buses by providing competent drivers.
1t jeopardizes the lives of school children
by entrusting the exacting task of driving
school buses to untried, INFESTED, inexperienc'
ed and immature boys.
Is the life of a passenger in a common.
the life of a child On it's way to school in a
school bus, that the one must have extraordi'
nary protection while the other is exposed
to extreme hazards? We believe not. And in
so believing, we do not undervalue adult life,
but seek only to emphasize the i~nestimable
value of child life.
Clearly, there is something wrong with the
law which exalts maturity and tacitly con.
hives at the sacrifice of juveniles.
We contend that the children of North
Carolina deserve the same protection, the
same safeguards, on the highways that adults
enjoy. The law which ignores their parallel
rights to these safeguards is fundamentally
wrong.
The time to plead poverty, or economy,
when it endangers the children of the state,
has gone by. There is no economy in per.
petuating a known peril. Let the lawmakers
do their duty, and lessen the probability of a
similar accident to that which snuffed out
the life Of a little Brunswick school girl,
RACHEL JONES, last week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
CONTEST NEAR END

Tomorrow the opportunity to offer sug.
gestions for Wilmington's and New Hanover
county's development will end, as far as the
Stdr-Neqos contest is concerned.
Responses to the appeal have been many
and varied. The Star-Nea0s is grateful for the
interest the people of the section have
taken in it's effort to help formulate a pro.
gram for the city and the county by which
it may, with a steady pace move toward
greater economic and cultural security.
But it feels that the whole field of oppor.
tunity has not been explored, that many Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
MARKETING BILL
OUTLOOK BRIGHT
Commissioner Scott Says h
Is Optimistic Over fu'
ture OF Measure

RALEIGH, Jan. % G -Co
missioner of Agriculture W, 1t
Scott returned from Washington
day after comforting with oftlcl'
Of Immigrant colleges, and sa'0
was definitely optimistic c
prospects for passage of the BaA'
marketing bill'' now before
house committee on agriculture
The bill was introduced by ssD
tor Bailey and passed by the "
ate unanimously. il,
Land-grant college officials ds'
that under the measure, euI'
tional functions, including teacnA'
research and extension be
ministered by the college OF aglN'
ture," which was acceptable 10 y
commissioners of agriculture ="
reported.
1.-THE bill now seems en- f0u'
successful passage" Scott Sa.
congressman, farm orsaflza''V'
agricultural and governmental n "
ers generally have yle"eu '.
measure favorably. Passage u =
bill will come as a distinct 81" y,
and contribution to the 1afm y
gram of the nation -,
North Cardinals share OF w.
under the measure would be :.
tween $4,000 and $15O'ooO' ,
used for the development Of W.
keting and marketing ser'l'''
farm commodities. No state WV
receive less than $4,000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
ANTI-POLIO BALL

Among humanitarian efforts in the last
quarter century, none takes higher rank
than the fight on infantile paralysis. To be
sure, it's victims have been almost too many
to count. Everywhere one looks there are to
be seen broken bodies-shriveled legs, shrunk.
en- arms, mis-shapen forms in wheel chairs;
cripples robbed of normal physical activity.
And these living specimens are but a part Of
the tribute. Cemeteries hide the others
thousands of children who failed to survive
the whitening attack.
Nethertheless and despite this record, the
fight against it is progressing. Because a gen.
erous people has contributed needed funds,
medical science has been enabled to conduct
research work which, while foiled of a cure,
has at least built up first line defenses be.
hind which the wounded have regained a
measure of health as we'll as limited use Of
their bodies.
germ of ~infantile paralysis impotent. but
we do know how to lessen it's effect.
The campaign of restoration among the af.
flicted is long and costly. To give it financial
support the custom is to hold dances, usually
on the Presidents birthday, with the revenue
from admissions going to the foundation ad.
ministering the national relief effort.
In Wilmington the annual ball will be
held at the Cape Fear Artillery Armory to.
morrow night. 1t will offer all who attend q
pleasant evening at a favorite pastime and
help swell the funds with which the noblest
of current projects in the interest of human.
ity is steadily nearing its goal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
BARNES APPOINTED

RALEIGH, Jan. 29.-Lf'-',
Barnes of Raleigh was appO~
chief of the statistical dlVlsl0H
the revenue department toa',
Revenue Commissioner a. D. :.
we'll. Barnes, who has oeen u
nected with the department .
1884, succeeds Henry Brahu'',
who has accepted an appolN"'
as assistant professor OF la.
the University g. North Cai"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
TAXES COLLECTED

RALEIGH, N. c., Jan. 29.-R
Taxes collected since June 1 on
rinboard ma.
chimes and pinboard dealers totaled
$212, 040, the state revenue depart
ment said today. The machines
were legalized by the last legisla-
ture.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
DEATH PENALTY

MOSCOW, Jan. 29.-LH-A
sian court ordered the DEAN
atty today for a hit-and-ruH
er whose car killed a woman
a drinking party. He fAu
fined ten times preViot'ei'
traffic violations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
Edward S. Hardness
Passes In New York

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-LR-Ed-
ward Stephen Hardness, 66, multi
millionaire railroader and philan-
thropist, died tonight at his Madi-
son venue home.
He was a director Of the New
York Central Lines and the South
ern Pacific company.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
Hollywood
Sights 4nd Sounds
Nv Robin Cooes

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 20. - It's a
pretty little place just off Holly.
woods busiest corne - Hollywood
and Vine.
There was a fellow there trying
to make a comeback. Not spectac.
ularly, but in a small way. A res
taurant man he was, and making
a good try to be one again. He
didn't have an orchestra, and he
didn't have once-a-week dance con
test nights, and he didn't have lines
Of fans outside his doors waiting
for movie stars autographs. All he
had was good food, and soft lights,
and quiet-and a new cuff, because
his old ones were all worn out with
pencil marks representing fr e 9
meals for hungry actors.
He used to have a way about
handling that. He knew about &C.
tors. At his old Montnartre there
was many a financially harassed
one who came in, making ar en-.
trance befitting his professional
rank, who didn't have the where.
withal to buy a piece Of bread. The
way Eddie did it, nobody in the
place knew about that. The hungry
who had been fed merely signed the
check, with a fine flourish of indie
pendence, and made his exit-no.
body the wiser, his poverty a secret
between himself and Eddie Brand.
statter.
Hollywood remembered all that,
with loans when Eddie needed them
later. But Hollywood at large for.
got something else-that the life.
blood of a place like Eddie's new
one is fairly consistent movie pa.
tronage. Eddie hoped they'd start
dropping in. A few of them did.
Are they coming back, Eddie,
those people you used to feed?" ]
asked him the other night.
Sure" said Eddie, a little guy
with a heart. They're coming
the words spreading around that
I'm here. They'll all be back"
I think now he must have been
whistling in the dark. A couple of
days later Eddie was in the papers
principal actor in a drama set in
a dark garage, in a closed car with
a hose leading from the exhaust.
Eddie has put his future on the cuff
The pretty little place off Holly
wood ana Vine is a place you rass
going from parking lots to pre-.
views around the corner. The big
stars are usually driven up to the
theatre foyer in state, and the
%chauffeurs do the parking. The
chauffeurs call again, a couple OF
hours later, when tie foyer loud.
speaker summons Miss Gorgeous
car. please, or Mr.. Glamboy's car.
please hurry, or Mr.. Bloopenstoop's
car, please.
And after the show is over the
stars and the big shots meet for
nightcaps or knickknacks or mid.
right tiffin, and a dance or two. at
one of the Cutlery spots where
everybody who is anybody is meet
ing these days. They used TO meet
like that at Eddie's Montmartre.
when everybody who was anybody
went to the "Mo'mart" and nowhere
else. That was Eddie's day, and
maybe there ere too many new
faces around town in this newer
day.
1t doesn't add up to anything
much, unless it's a thought that
walking, ever so short a distance
as from parking lot to theater, can
be a good, eye.opening thing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
STEALS 800

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 29.-R-A
woman stole 500 from John Pastre,
Is, today as she prayed for relief
Of his rheumatism. Pastre told DO.
lice the woman accompanied by
another couple in an automobile,
asked directions to a church,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
Lake Waceama,v Frozen
From Shore Ia Shore

LAKE WACCAMAW, Jan. 29.-R
Lake Waccamak, which is five by
seven miles in size, was completely
frozen over this morning for the
first time in % years. The ice was
three or four inches thick. The lake
last was froze mover in 1918.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
A ORDERED

Calf, Jan. -
Officials of the Lockheed Az ~,
Corp, said today they had =.
e dan order by the British g0n =
ment for 200 bombing piahs'
new type and spare parts
a total of S1S.000.0G0.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
PRICES JUMP

TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 29.-(R-
Arizona grapefruit prices have jump
ed from $40 to $25 a ton as a result
OF crop-destroying weather in the
competitive regions of Florida and
Texas
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
for the United States when the
present international situation
clears up, characterizing tho
present trade agreements as a
Temporary agency"
TAFT

Senator Robert A. Taft, as,
pirant for the republican prea
Dental nomination, received an
unreserved pledge of suppot
from Governor John w. Brick
er of Ohio.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
The Day In Washington
(By The Associated Press)

There were growing indica-
tions that Great Britain would
take measures to soothe irrita-
ton in the United States over
the conduct of the Allied block.
ade of Germany.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
TOP o. THE MORNING

No man has come to true greatness Whe
has not felt to some degree that his life be
longs to his race, and that What God gives
him, he giUes him for mankind.
PHILIPS BROOKS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-30
CUT

The house naval committee
cut the navy's 1,3O0.O 900, 900 six
year expansion program to a
two.year plan costing less than
$780, 600, 900 in the belief that
world conditions may change
swiftly.