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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
ALIENS PREFERRED

The United States Lines, operator of the
liner Manhattan which is bringing 1914 per
sons from Genoa and Naples to this country,
explains the presence On board cf 862 aliens
by saying that they had purchased their tick
cts before the state department issued its or
der that Americans be given preference over
all other passengers and therefore could not be
refused passage.
In as much as a state department ruling
ordinarily abrogates any previous decision,
the word of the line officials appears to be
merely an explanation-and a poor one-rath-
er than an excuse. The Manhattan was sent
abroad to e~vacuate Americans seeking pas
sage home. This was the primary, the i'm
p~ortant, motive for the per1lous voyage.
Americans in Italy were the chief concern of
the American government. Regardless of
tickets purchased by aliens, regardless of any
money received by the lines agents from any
other groups, they should have had the prefer
ence the state department ordered for them.
No amount of explaining, no argument how
ever plausible, for violation of the state de-
partments order, can down the fact that
Americans, estimated at 1000 were left on
Italian soil at a hazardous time while allie S
were brought to the safety the United States
affords.
There is reason to sympathize with the refu-
gees and their sad plight. But we cannot
reconcile their presence on the Manhattan
with the imperative necessity of evacuating
our own nationals from a potential war zone.
That they occupy room on a relief ship which
properly belonged to American citizens is the
fruit of an objectionable blunder by the op-
Grating line. If the same situation threatens
again, the government will be justified in TAX
ing over the operation of all ships sent to
Europe to evacuate Americans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
E. L FOR THE ALLIES

THE latest revision of Germany's war aims
l. specifies humiliation of both France and
England. What the aims would be-, once this
is accomplished, is purely guesswork. But it
would be foolish to suppose that Germany
would be content to recall her armies, recast
her swords into plowshares and devote her
future to the ways of peace. Glutted with
conquest, it is more likely that, after estab-
fishing Nazi rule in those devastated lands,
she would recruit her fighting forces, restock
her war warehouses;, and set forth for new
and greater exploits across the sea. Not at
once. She couldn't do that. But as quickly
as possible.
In any further invasions> she would have
the aid of other dictator states, Russia and
Italy and Japan, and unconquered countries
would face the fate Berlin has set for her
goal in Europe. AS the richest democracy
left, the United States would be the joint
objective of the four. And it is not apparent
that the United States could successfully re-
sist. This uncertainty, this possibility that
we might not be able to complete our defenses
on land and sea in time to turn major in.
vasions aside and maintain our national stand
ards against such foes as would plot our con-
quest, make it the more important for us,
while building our own defenses, to render
such aid as we can-and it can be tremend-
ous-to the two nations against which HITLER
is now directing his military operations. For
it is incontestable that France and Britain
are fighting not alone for their existence but
for ours too.
The HITLER thumb has not gone down for
the United States as yet, but if he accom-
long until he does turn it down with as much
gusto as that of any Roman emperor for an
unlucky gladiator on the arenas bloody sand.
Chiefly, France and Great Britain need
planes to carry on the fight. They are needed
not only to combat Germany's air superiority
but to destroy Germany's stores of gasoline,
shells and guns behind the lines-a
task they are performing with much credit.
But planes are not the only material aid we
can give. We can, and assuredly should,
place our surplus crops at their doors; we
should provide them with the sinews of war
in every available way.
The present campaign of leading Whining
tonians to hold up the hands of government
in the campaign for Allied assistance is so
important that every person in the city ought,
if only from self interest, to take a hand in
the effort. kilograms to our states delega-
ton in congress is one way we can help. Sig
natures on the petitions now being circulated
is another way. There will be others, as time
passes. But for the present these two means
are available to all. Let no one pass them by.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08

primary age and diminutive size cross under
their protection. Their SAM BROWNE belts and
white caps are emblems of authority, no less
than efficiency, and heaven help the motorist
who disobeys the raised hand OF one OF these
young cops, Jealous in service and jealous OF
their prerogatives.
There is no means of knowing how many
accidents they are the means OF preventing.
The only estimate of their services is the
knowledge that accidents at their posts are
rare indeed, and that hundreds of young chill
dren cross streets in complete safety daily
under their guidance.
The tributes which have reached Mr.. RoURK
from the traffic experts put in words the
thoughts of Wilmington's parents who share
the views of Mr.. HocUTT and Mr.. CUTTER and
who are grateful for the inestimable benefit
these youths confer on them and on their
children.
The Star gladly seconds every good thing
said or thought of the schoolboy traffic
squads, and wishes them and their successors
every blessing of life.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
SCRAP IRON FOR ITALY

A strange inconsistency of American neu.
trality is found in the presence of an Italian
ship at a Wilmington dock loading scrap iron.
While Wilmington is righteously proclaim
ing it's sympathy for the Allies and urging the
Washington government to do all that is hui
manly possible to aid them, We are placing a
cargo in an Italian bottom which, but for
MUssoL1NI's order for all ships to seek and
remain in neutral ports, would soon be on the
way with materials for the manufacture of
shells, bombs, guns, warplanes and whatever
else scrap iron is used for IN equipping a ma
ton for war, that Italy might be the better
prepared to fight on the side of the Allies
enemy.
1t is inconceivable that Washington should
allow the ship to slip way, should secret or.
ders come for it to sail, with its cargo. Should
Italy enter the war, and it seems that she
will shortly do so, the sentiment in Whining
ton, which is so strong for France and Great
Britain, will extend its contempt to that ma
ton as we'll as to Germany. There is no rea-
son to suppose that the people of this city
would oppose any action the government
might take to prevent this shipload of scrap
iron ever reaching its proposed destination.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
THESE OUTPOSTS NEEDED

The time is appropriate and even pressing
for the United States to contemplate the ad-
visibility of acquiring Dutch, French and
British islands and continental possessions
in the Western Hemisphere as a defense
measure.
A gracious thing for France and Britain to
do, in the circumstances, would be to cede
theirs without delay. AS for the Dutch,
the government of Holland is still func-
tioning in England and its decisions would
command respect. A sale to this country
could not well be put aside.
The strategic value of these lands is shown
by a glance at the map. British, Dutch and
French Guiana are at the eastern tip of Vene.
zuela. The Windward and the Leeward Is
lands, under British and French flags, stretch
northward above Trinidad, a British isle, off
the northeast Caribbean shore of Venezuela.
Just above Venezuela are the Dutch West
Indies. In the Caribbean off Cuba and south
west Of Haiti, is Jamaica, a British posses
sion. At the gooseneck of Mexico and Central
America is British Honduras. With these
areas under control of the United States, the
Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico could be
made safe against alien entry both on the
water and by air. North of Cuba and peril
ously near Florida's t~oepoint are the Bahamas
and Nassau. Further north in the Atlantic,
almost directly off the North Carolina coast.
is Bermuda. Their possession would be in.
valuable in event of attempted invasion. The
Panama canal, the southern Atlantic seaboard,
the Gulf coast, would be protected if we DOS.
sessed them and adequately equipped them
with naval, military and air bases.
So far as France and England are concern.
ed, REIMBURSEMENT of their possessions would
90 a long way to discharge their unpaid war
debts and establish credits 81 greatly needed
now for the purchase of war needs. Holland
has nothing to lose and much to gain by a
sale.
Senator ROBERT r. REYNOLDS wAs laughed at
when he proposed acquiring even a part of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
Dog Inoculation Clinics
To Be Held Here Today

Dog incubation clinics in the
southern section of the city will
be held today as follows:
Nine to II o'clock, William
Hooper school; $3.50 to $50 o'clock,
Delgado school.
The remainder of the schedule
is as follows:
Monday, June 10, 9 to u O'Clock
at Fifth and Castle streets and $3.50
to $50 at Williston Industrial High
school; Tuesday, June II, 9 to u
O'Clock at Third and Wright streets
and $3.50 to $50 o'clock at 18th and
Dock streets; Wednesday, June u,
3 to II o'clock at Robert Strange.
l1:30 to 1870 o'clock, Front and
Castle streets, and 8 to $50 o'clock
at William Hooper school.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08

girl ,Carole Landis) goes along, Of
course. 80.
Movie decorators, with all that
money to spend, aren't infallible.
In Rhythm on the River Basil
Rathbone occupies an elegant,
modernistic penthouse apartment,
One entire wall is covered with
books to the 20-foot ceiling. The
effect is striking. except that-aS
Raihbone pointed out-he wasn't
quite all enough to reach the top
shelf. So practical a detail as a
library ladder had been omitted.
That Jackie Cooper has grown
up for sure, if appearances don't
lie, which they do. You can see
him on the set of THE Return Of
Frank James," his jaws working
vigorously on a chaW of plug to.
baccy-but it's only old.fashioned
licorice root, which is right for
technicolor. -.
Samuel Goldwyn, war or no war,
was talking of making a picture IN
England to use some Of his cash
frozen there, and expressed a
desire to borrow his ex-star d.
vid Niven from the British army
for it.
will Sam ask Hitler to shoot
around David for a while" asked
somebody with a macabre sense
of humor. ...
Madeleine Carroll, planning her
flying trip to France, was coll'
ing on the refuge of her villa SCUM
of Paris. A home for orphans now
the house is equipped with pleny
of underground shelters from all
raids,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-County Government
under CouncilMdndger ADMINISTRATORS
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from Wrightsviae
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cape Fear River channel, aold'
er Turning Basin, with ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Pared River Road to Southport, via
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Produc-
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro-
motiondl Agency. supported by one,
countrywide tdr.
%Shipyards md DrydocE.
Neqro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around the
Community Hospital.
adequate hospital facilities for Dhites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape grouoing
h~roughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Samatorium.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
Italians Promise To
Respect Egypt's Lines

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. June I
-1RHThe Arabic newspaper Al
Bassir said today Italy has promis-
ed Egypt that her frontiers would
be respected if Italy joins Ger
many against the Allies.
Premier Mussolini has given
Egyptian Premier Ally Maher Pas
ha fresh assurances, the newspa-
per said, that Italy would not at
tack Egypt.
Commenting editorially, Al Bas-
sir observed that Egypt's prepa-
rations have been purely defensive,
and that no offensive war could
be declared without approval OF
the Egyptian parliament. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08

these lands. War, then, was an academic
theory, in most minds.
REYNOLDS was charged with imperialism
But recent events in Europe have turned
mems minds to thoughts of an American in
vasion and provisions for it's prevention. How
better could we prevent it, in addition to
building impregnable continental detenses,
than by extending our defense lines to these
outposts? 1t is a matter the federal authorl'
ties ought to include in the program for max
ing America safe for all time now being
drafted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
Hollywood Sights And SOUNDS
BY Robin Coons-

HOLLYWOOD, June - Lynne
Overman should wait awhile be.
fore collecting a bet he has won.
It's a nickel bet with Shirley
Temple. 1t was made six years
ago, when Overman was making
his first picture and Shirley, then
little known, a "also in the cast"
of Little Miss Marker"
II knew then she'd be the big
gest box-office draw Hollywood had
ever SEEM" says Lynne, because
she was the most talented young
ster I'd ever met. Butt also bet
her a nickel I'd last in pictures
longer than she would; Shirley has
retired, and here I am still strug-
Cling along"
Shirley, retired at II doubtless
can afford to pay the bet, but
say Overman oughtn't to be too
sure of victory. Sooner or later,
Shirley will be back the over
lures had begun even before her
retirement was officially an
nounced. ..
There's an interesting example
OF Hollywood's new reckless
name-calling in the movie "Mys-
terry Sea Raider" It's a wal piece,
the City of Flint incident and the
Altmark prison ship affair COM
bined in fiction. There's no doubt
about the countries involved; one
OF the opening shots shows the
giant Bremen leaving New York
harbor for it's ghostly e S C e
through the war zone; Onslow Ste
ven plays a German secret agent
who commissions a run . down
freighter, captained by Henry Will
coxon, for unknown war duty. The
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
NO RESTRICTIONS

June that
President Roosevelt SAID QUO ,osei
nc restrictions have been Ink At
TN the export OF machine sa ,Gg de-
the state department. ofllS S0 ehia
clined to comment on ~" dis
executives's press con1ere o~xnlsnr
closure. They offered no ha+rssn
ton of the apparent clash 1T1st,
his statement and the depaf
advice to recent mquirers
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
Troops May Be Stationed
Al Fort Story, Va, Soon

WASHINGTON, June 7-R-NT
cent army reorganization depa,'
ment officials said today, pro0aO'
would involve s%tationing troops
Fort Story, Va, overlooking ~'
Virginia capes from the sou'H'
They said one or both Oh wv
new units added to the comfli'D,
of Fort Monroe might be pl't ~
at Fort Story. These units are .T,
second battalion, 57th coast DIM
lary, armed with tractor GiS ~.
1855 nm guns; and the secohu W ~.
talon, 69th coast artillery oil
.i-aircraft unit. Both are col'p par.
ed of troops drawn from fo[' Won.
ancas, Fla, totaling about 4oV l rIor.
They will be replaced at the f'l
ida post with new recruits
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08

against Nazi "Panzer" units. The
region south of the Bresle also is
we'll wooded, affording shelter which
could be used to hide guns from Nazi
air spoilers or dive bombers.
Coupled with the apparently con
tinuing French stand in the Peronne
Bulge and on the western reaches OF
the Ailette and the Ailette-Aisne
Canal the withdrawal of the Allied
channel flank to the Bresle hints
that General Weygand has increas.
ing hopes of shunting the main Ger.
mar blows at Paris aside to spend
their force. The Disc valley pate.
way is still cur
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08

more, in many cases, to get prod
ucts from factory or farm to con
sumner than it does to make them
that millions can't buy.
Merchandising and it's problems
offer opportunities galore to this
June's graduates-Whether they
graduate from high school or col
lege. So, too, it offers the grad
uate opportunities f or satisfying
choices-whether, for instance, he
prefers the unlimited opportunities
of a chain store system OF the in
dependence that comes with indi-
vidual proprietorship.
1t offers his special talents and
abilities real challenges-and
commensurate rewards-whether
these abilities run to getting
along we'll with people in sales or
personnel work, whether he likes
to work alone at desk or in factory,
or figuring new and novel displays.
or creating new packaging or pro-
cessing ideas, or solving t%ranspor-
tation problems.
1t can also use him if he has the
judgment that qualities a man to
put together trade factors and
successfully select good store sites.
Perhaps equally important is
the choice of commodity fields in
which one can develop merchan-
dising skills-whether it be foods,
drugs, shoes, dry goods, furniture
or in a thousand and one other
lines.
What the lad today needs to be
clear on is the work he wants to
do, how to get his chance and
then how to deliver" on his
chance.
Merchandising, in whatever
field, has a common problem that
its recruit will face wherever he
goes. This problem is to straighten
the path from factory or farm to
consumer-to eliminate steps that
add sales-hampering costs. With
that as his guiding star, mercha~
dising's modern recruit can sail
into his new job, confident that
if he ticks it tomorrow as well as
his predecessors licked it in Gre
ating the chain stores and super
markets of the current era, he'll
be as surely and as we'll rewarded.
What the average lad of today
wants is a job-just a job and not
a position. He'll dc we'll to apply
for a place at any one of the sew
eral chain or substantial independ-
ent stores in his town. He'll do
well, too, to take the first likely
place that's offered him, because
an i'm is an important factor in
the task of getting ahead today.
Merchandising today is so vast,
so complex and so competitive
that those who rise to it's better
places do SO only with a wealth
of knowledge, of ingenuity, with
an a%daptability sensitive to men
and changing conditions. All these
qualities come not from books, but
from experience and diligence.
Tomorrow will bring changed
conditions and new problems.
Each represents opportunity to
thousands of boys who will finish
school this June. We in merchan-
dising are looking today for the
lads who will solve tomorrow's
problems. IL
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
Allies Place Orders
For Marine Engines

NEW YORK, June 7-S- "a NJ.
purchasing agents have plasS1 q.
GERS in the United States ioa On.
600, 900 in high speed maInn
gines, it was announced 'qa ar The
In addition d a spokesman for and nd
Allies disclosed, the bri'i; ;no 70,
French agents are negotiating s.sntor1c.
substantial amounts u |
tive business
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
Man bout
Manhattan
By George Tucker

NEW YORK, June 7. - New
York's Midtown Bus Terminal runs
the length of a city block, and to it
every three minutes of the day
and night come and 60 big red,
green and yellow roadhogs from
Seattle, Miami, Boston, Detroit, Al
buquerque, San Francisco and all
points North, South, E a It and
West.
Some of the buses are stream
lined and sleek, and others. are
scarecrows of the road, old shabby
derelicts with broken seats but
they get you there just the same.
This terminal is only a few steps
from Times Square, in the thick of
things. Traffic is nerve-wracking.
Inside the terminal the amplifers
and loud speakers relay fog-horn
voices constantly announcing the
arrival and departure of the va
rious buses.
The first thing you see, from
the 43rd street side, is a tourist
agency" This is local. 1t gives
information and arranges tours in
the city for the benefit of visitors.
Next there is a Western Union
telegraph counter. Next to this is
a newsstand, with all the recent
papers and magazines. Further on
are the ticket agents, the baggage
room, the shoeshine stands, the
public telephones and the restau-
rant.
Frequently the radio in this
restaurant vies for attention with
tie public address system, and
when this happens the noise is
something to consider. This radio
feeds a steady flow of bulletins
and war communicates from the
front during the forenoon, and a
play-by-play description of baseball
games during the afternoon.
You walk in there during the
afternoon, and the radio is sur
rounded by cab drivers, baseball
fans, and other people. When
Brooklyn lisp laying it is hard to get
anyone to wait on you-that's how
avidly the Midtown gang follows
the fortunes of the Brooklyn ball
club.
Back of the counter, where you
can get luscious steak sand
wiches with French fried potatoes
for 30 cents, there is a waitress
with black hair. Yesterday S h
was a red head. The first time l
saw her a bus driver came in and
tweeked her nose. She gave him a
cold, level gaze and turned away.
"Still mad, eh?" he asked.
"Why don't you let Mae alone?"
one of the other mattresses cried.
Listen" said the bus driver.
Were you ever married to me?"
Il should say not"
"Well, Mae was. she was nv
first wife"
unfortunately, something hap.
pened just then to stop the CONVEX
AAAoA1 4dIl Ill dl1Q yGlle0
upstairs, and a group of people
clattered up the stairs. In a little
while an ambulance arrived and
a doctor went upstairs, too. I sup
pose it was the managers office.
In any case, a little while later.
doctor came out with a grin or
his face and said, 'It's a little girl.
Everything's fine"
1t was then we knew that our
BUS terminal, temporarily at least.
nae been turned into a maternity
ward.
On all sides of the doctor
streamed hundreds OF people, in
tent on grabbing buses for Prince.
Wilkes-Barre, maybe event
1or your home town, who never
realized that at that moment a
life had come into the world
~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
The Editors Letter Box
THANKS

Dear Sir:
We wish to thank you for your co.
operation during This Work Paws
Your Community Week" held MAY
20-25 By the Professional and Ser.
vice Division of the w. P. A. The
success of the national celebration
was due in a large part to your
newspaper.
Sincerely,
MRS. GLADYS B. PROCTOR,
District Director, WPA
Professional & Service Division.
ETHEL WILLIAMS, Director,
Wilmington Museum of Art.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
SCHOOLBOY TRAFFIC SQUADS

Well deserved tributes to the school boy
traffic squads of Wilmington have reached
Police Chief RoURK from RONALD HocUTT,
state chief of highway safety, and from WAL
TER CUTTER of the state highway division.
These youngsters, the police departments
main traffic reserves, stand guard throughout
the school year at all intersections near pub
lie schools and halt traffic while pupils OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08

of business actlV.
tiles.
Crete won its
fame as a trade
center. Joseph's
corner in wheat
made news of Old
Testament times.
Today we have
a world amazing
ly alert to t s
needs. Its factory
system a b l e
easily to satisfy
those needs, ex.
cept for one thing
ii cocfc ca m11ch
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08

amid the clatter of basehits from
Brooklyn and the fog : horn an
nouncements of the starters who
were guiding people into and out
OF Americas great TRANSFORM
mental road coaches 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
Unique Time Piece

The Chinese tell time with con-
siderable accuracy by looking at
a cats eye. The pupil of the cats
eye becomes narrower as noon
approaches, and wider as the aft
e-noon Wanes. d
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
; Jobs for JUNE
j
Merchandising Men
Seek Lads to Solve
Future Problems
RY ARTHUR G. HOADLEY
President, Middle Western Divi-
sion. The Great Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Company

MERCHANDISING - the art of
supplying wants and needs that
folks DEVELOPS the oldest, y t
ever newest and most challenging,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-08
TOP o. THE MORNING

life can be pure in its purpose and strong
IN its strife,
Ana all life not be purer and stronger thereby
LORD BULWER LYTTON.